October 22, 1989

OPINION

October 22, 1989

Sy. a

aa _Castlégar News
Lost opportunity

Castlegor and area may have let a golden opportunity tor some
tourism promotion, not to mention jobs and plain old financial
benefits, slip by now that writer-producer John Stark has decided to
toke his cameras to Vernon in the Okanagan to film the
Dispossessed, a fictional story involving the Doukhobors.

It's somewhat baffling to us why a greater effort wasn't made by
someone anyone in this area to entice and encourage Mr.
Stark, himself a Rossland native, to bring his project to Castlegar
where he originally intended to film part of the movie.

Even allowing for hyperbole and self-promotion on Mr. Stark's
part, which we strongly suspect he has indulged in and continues to
indulge in, the movie surely could have put some dollars into the cof-
fers of hotels, restaurants and other local businesses ahd provided
some short-term jobs. Mr. Stark, in a Canadian Press story Wed-
riesday, estimated at 300 the number of extras he will use in Vernon.
He also speculated that half the film's estimated $5 million budget
will be spent in and around Vernon

But ‘economic benefits aside, the sheer excitement of having a
major motion picture filmed in one’s city and surrounding area
shouldn't be shrugged ‘off lightly..Ask anyone in Nelson where the
movies Roxanne and Housekeeping were filmed

We wonder if the lack of enthusiasm for the project locally has
something to do with the subject matter

From what Mr. Stark has told the Castlegar News and other
media, the script which he wrote in 1979 and has been trying to
film since then is an accurate account of the Doukhobors in the
1930s, that is, an immigrant group that comes to Canada and faces
struggles, adjustments and possible assimilation

But Mr. Stark has admitted that some events have been fic
tionalized to make them more dramatic

Apparently that sounded warning bells among members of the
Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ whose spokesman, Jim
Popoff, criticized Mr. Stark's movie just over a year ago in the

Castlegar News, saying the script draws heavily from the history of
the Sons of Freedom. The Freedomites are a splinter group of the
Doukhobors who have used arson and nudity in defence of their
beliefs

Perhaps the fear of exploitation and the dredging up of painful
memories considerably dampened any enthusiasm which might have
been generated for The Dispossessed here in the West Kootenay

If that's the case, it's too bad. But whatever the reason no one
locally get behind the film, it seems obvious to us that Castlegar’s
loss is Vernon's gain.

Report says
avoid Ooze

OTTAWA (CP) — If Turtles
Retromutagen Ooze is on your child's
Christmas list, you might \want to
break this news gently

It puddles. It grows molds. It isn’t a
great toy

That’s the finding of the Canadian
Toy Testing Council, which is about to
release its annual pre-Christmas toy
report

Take it from Heather Smith, direc
tor of public relations for the toy
testing council

“It’s the most awful stuff. It’sa little
can of gooey stuff that kids are sup.
posed to be able to play with but the
ooze is so bad that is just puddles

for the first existence
Major making

changes to toys on the basis of our

time in our

manufacturers are

evaluations.”
EDUCATE BUYERS

The council also tries to educate the
toy-buying public about what's worth
buying and what's not.

That's where the toy report comes
in. It lists hundreds of toys and games
— for infants to adults — rating them
according to durability, design and
how much fun they are

To evaluate the
gives them

toys, the council
kids.

toys

to the experts

Testing families get sample

“They can’t pick it up. They can’t
do anything with it. And several of the
samples that we got ended up molding
very quickly. Our parents were ab
soluitely disgusted."”

But if Brent-and Belinda want Bat-
mobiles, buy them. If you can find
them,

“It is probably THE stocking stuf
fer of the year for little boys,”” Smith
says. “‘It’s a beautiful little vehicle. But
it’s going to be very hard to get hold of
It’s what everyone’s going to be af
ter."”

The non-profit council promotes the
design, production and distribution of
good toys

“So we are trying to influence what
manufacturers and distributors make
available to the consumers,’’ Smith
says.

Juite recently we feel that we have

achieved success in that area, almost

Parents report how their kids like a
toy, how often they played with it,
what they did with it, how it stood up.

Of this year’s new Cherry
Merry Muffin — a tiny, cherry-scented
dol —is-both-a-big hit and worth the
Smith says. The Micro Mat
also ratesjas a terrific toy

Barbie scores with a Living Pretty
Sofa-Bed and Chair-Lounger. And
Kenner’s Play-Doh Spaghetti Factory
isalsoa top council choice

The Batmobile heads the great
stocking-stuffets list, which also in:
cludes the Pocket Power Road Blaster
and Thunder Blade, Spinjas Warriors
Game and the Koosh Ball.

But Tubby Duck, the Black and
Decker Play Iron and Mattel’s Disney
World Airport Retromutagen
Ooze in the boring category

toys,

money,

join

The 166-page report, which sells for
$8.95, goes on sale about Nov. |

Council in a corner

Please permit me space to comment
on this ridiculous and insurmountable
position in which the Castlegar city
council has found itself by the process
of painting itself in a corner

I refer to increased truck traffic and
the promised modification of the

Gas
protest
_ supported

Pat Romaine’s letter to the editor
(driver ‘fleeced’, Castlegar News, Oct
15) is very true. Speaking to many
people, all say the same thing
Pat, let us know when you expect to
go across the line for gas as a lot of us
wish to join you. It is about time that
something was done. Let’s make a
start
Frank Amoroso
Castlegar

Highway
and the proposed expansion of the
Celgar pulp mill

There is an old trite but true saying
that best describes this situation:
“Why try to make things difficult
when with a little more effort you can
make it impossible?”’

We have a one-street city and we are
faced with a problem. We have two
alternatives

(4) Prohibit all traffic on this essen
tial artery through the city or (2) ban all
truck traffic coming or going to the
pulp mill

Weare being forced intoa situation
over which we have no control and
procrastination and buzz words will
not make the unpainted corner any
larger or paint-free.

My advice to city council: ‘Don’t
happy."’ Our city of
Castlegar will now be safely on the
rocks.

Havea good day

Pat Romaine
Castlegar

3-Highway 22 interchange

worry. Be

MZ

Castlégar News

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Letters to the editor

Gaglardi slammed

Phil Gaglardi’s warnings to the
members of the Castlegar Chamber of
Commerce at their annual general
meeting at Jenny's Cafe Sept. 27, as
described on the front page of the
Castlegar News(Oct
brain-washing techniques, especially
to be coming from the lips of a ‘‘one
** minister of the Christian Gospel
which describes equality as in the Acts
of the Apostles in Chapter 4 of the New
Testament, end of the
chapter

time’

verses 32 to the

No, Christ did not preach socialism
But he did preach
neighbor as thyself.” And that is har
dly possible in any other but a
socialistic state. Any dispute brother
Phil?

per se “Love thy

No, Christ did not
petitiveness, He

preach com
preached co
operativeness. Right? Then whose vir
tuosities are you trumpeting, brother
Gaglardi?

1), are time-worn |

So then, where does the “free enter-
prise”’ concept fit in with the teachings
of the humble Galilean who got strung
up for preaching the Gospel of
Equality? Very sad indeed; that former
messengers of love and compassion do
forsake the crusade for brotherly love
in favor of servitude to the Babylonian
harlot by extolling to high, heavens the
virtues of a ‘‘dog-eat-dog”
petitive social order

Mr. Gaglardi, you being an ex
minister of a certain church
denomination, you must be acquain:
ted with the extremely revealing
document by the Episcopal Com
Social Affairs in the
Canadian Conference of Catholic
Bishops, the document called Ethical
Reflections on the Economic Crisis

The economic crisis referred to in
the document does not mince words
In one of the richest and most affluent
nations of the world — Canada
today: “*The top 20 per cent of the

com-

mission for

Socred unity

I would like to send a message to the
Socred~ and Socred group
within B.C. that is working to split the
Socred vote.

Tormer

I do not understand your
The premier did not treat Alex Fraser
*‘shabbily’’ as the media
promote. Bill’ Vander Zalm is the one
who named the Alex Fraser bridge af
ter him. Many people do not realize
that this was Bill’s idea

actions.

tries to

I think that is quite an honor to
As premicr, Bill
as minister of high

bestow on someone
let Alex continue
ways for quite a while even though he
was ill. In all the stuff | have read and
seen about the premier,
heard of him saying anything unkind
about Alex Fraser

I have never

I think Alex was angry at how un
fairly illness had kicked him in the
teeth and he needed someone to take
his frustration out on. Don’t tarnish
Alex’s memory by forcing people to
take a position for or against him. Let
Alex’s memory be a nice one for all of
us. We all admired how brave he was
and how he took it on the chin, but un:
fortunately times change. An era ends.

Things have to take a different direc
tion

Remember, the Socreds didn’t feel
Bill Bennett could win another elec
tion, as good-a leader as he-was, Bilt
Vander Zalm won the last election
hands down. He has bravely carried on
through a very tough time that was
mostly created by manipulation of the
media. He and his goverriment have
brought in an amazing amount of good
things that will help, not
Socreds, but alll people in B.C

It takes a little time for people to
realize just how good it is. We should
be united in getting the facts to the
people, not doing things to try to
destroy our own party

only we

If we can make the people aware of
all the good that has been, and is con
tinuing to be done by this government,
led by Bill Vander Zalm, they will not
jeopardize all that good in the next
election by taking a chance on voting
for someone like Mike Harcourt, who
would soon have us in an even worse
fix than Davey Barrett did.

It may be fine to play games during a
byelection, but people are not stupid
It will be a very different story in the

population receive 42.5 per cent of
total personal income, while the bot
tom 20 per cent receive only 4.1 pet
cent.””
It appears that we are. so imbued
with -proclaiming the
democratic “free enterpris
order to the world that we are found
negligent in recognizing the ‘‘genuil
democratic rights given each one of us
at birth, the rights guaranteed us by the
Creator of this planet earth — to
breathe pure and clean fresh air, to
drink unpolluted water,
sustenance from Mother Earth
How then, brother Gaglardi, do you
reconcile the rape of the people's
natural resources of this planet by the
doings of the much exalted “free en-
terprise’’ practises that __ spell
inescapable extinction of the human
if, permitted yo continue un-

merits of

social

to derive our

John Perepotkin
Slocan Park

urged

‘big one."’ Bill Vander Zalm is the
only one who can win that election for
us, but he needs our help and loyalty
Don’t make him waste valuable energy
defending -his~back from ‘our
people. We are Socreds, quit playing
games’and power trips and back our
hard-working leader. He deserves to
win

own

Iris Bakken
Salmo

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News, P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar
B.C. VIN 3H4, or deliver them to
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Avenue, Castlegar

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Letters must be signed and include
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Nevertheless, the name and address of
the writer must be disclosed to the
editor

The Castlegar News reserves the right
to edit letters tor brevity, clarity, legality
‘and grammar

OTTAWA (CP) — Shopping
early to beat the Christmas rush
may not be wise, a Toronto retail
analyst advises.

Ken Kubas said consumers can
look forward to price reductions as
retailers make their traditional
year-end push to sell merchandise.

“That has been the Christmas
technique retailers have used for
the last three or four years and it
will continue,”’ Kubas said in an in
terview

Ve’ve reached the stage where
seasonal markdowns are
something consumers routinely
expect

“Families are also worried about
the amount of debt they're
carrying and are concentrating on
trying to pay it down. I don’t think
there will be a lot of early Christ
mas buying this year.”

Pointing to the fact that 1989 has
been the third consecutive year of
lower retail sales gains, Kubas is

Beating Christmas
rush may cost shoppers

forecasting a fourth-quarter sales
increase about 5.6 per cent higher
than the same period last year.

“Retailers will be facing in-
creasingly cautious consumérs this
Christmas,"? he said. |**The
pronounced slowdown in. retail
sales activity will result in hard
times for some of Canada’s larger
retailing organizations.””

Retail sales last December, ex
cluding vehicles, were up about 10
per cent over the same month in
1987

NOT ASSTRON|

Analyst John Winter said that
based on buying trends in recent
months, this Christmas isn’t going
to beas strong as last year

But because store owners have
“been worried about the economy
in recent months... . that has trans-
lated into smaller orders, Retailers
aren’t going into the Christmas
season with excess inventory sitting
in warehouses

About 36 per cent of purchases

of what analysts call typical depar-
tment store merchandise happens
at Christmas. This takes in the
classic gift purchases of clothing,
jewelry, books, lingerie, ac-
cessories and cosmetics

And Christmas sales are crucial
for department stores, Winter ex-
plained. ‘*For them, it can literally
make the difference between red
ink and black ink for the year.””

Sales growth this year as of the
end of July registered 6.4 per cent
compared to the same
month period of 1988

“Overall sales have slackened
off considerably this year but for
the traditional Christmas items like
clothing and accessories, I think it
won't be a bad season,”? Winter
said.

Christmas falls on a Monday this
year and Winter predicted owners
of larger stores will happily face
fines for staying open on Sunday
the 24th because it’s a prime, last-
minute shopping day

seven

Remember
When?

40 YEARS AG'
From the Oct, 20, 1949
Castlegar News,

Guests at last Thursday's Board of
Trade meeting were Mr. F. Boettger of
Castlegar and Mr. G. Walker of Deer
Park and Mr. B. Lamb of Robson.

Mr, D, Turnbull, M.L.A., attended
the meeting, his first as a member of
the board.

Two new committees were set up
during the past month and reported on
their findings to the Board. The first
committée was appointed to look into
the possibilities of establishing a liquor
store and finding a new site forthe Post
Office.

On the evening of Friday, Oct. 14, at
approximately 7 p.m., a house and
barn owned by William Markin of
Winlaw, was burned to the ground.
The barn and hay were insured, but the
house, vacant at the time, was-not in.
sured. The cause Of the fire is
unknown.

. “

REWARD $5.00 FOR A PIG LOST
IN THE VICINITY OF KINNAIRD.
MR. M. HOUGAN, ROBSON

. * 8

The unsatisfactory road allowance
at the entrance to Main Street from the
highway has been taken up with Mr. D.
Turnbull, M.L.A., a Victoria and the
proposed sale of this property by the
Government has been cancelled.

25 YEARS AGO
From the Oct. 22, 1964
Castlegar News

Bids on the Arrow dam have been
called by B.C. Hydro

They are returnable on Jan. 12 anda
contract will be awarded after study by
Hydro engineers

Total cost of the Arrow project has
been estimated at $130 million but this
includes relocation and compensation
charges while other contracts, such as
the one for the coffer dam, are to be let
separate from the main dam contract

A peitition is to be circulated in Rob:
son calling for the reconstruction of
one mile of the Robson road in the vic
ninity of the ferries.

The West Kootenay Regional
College council announced last week
its intention to hold an architectural
competition for the design of a
regional college and campus here at
Castlegar

1S YEARS AGO
From the Oct. 24, 1974

Castlegar News
Electors in the Kinnaird area of the
City of Castlegar will be voting on a
$3,592,000 sewer referendum Nov. 16
In releasing the figures at Monday
night's meeting, finance
chairman G.S. Rust said this reflected
the maximum amount which will be
required and will be reduced by taking
advantage of provincial and federal
grants that are available and depen-
ding on final treatment of site location

council

An exploratory committee on a joint
effort between the city and the school
board for a swimming pool presented
its recommendation to council Mon-
day night receiving approval in prin
ciple

teacher
negotiations back on to the local level
was made Monday night by a represen:
tative of the agreements committee of
the Castlegar and District Teachers
Association when he appeared before
the board of trustees of School District
No.9

A request to put

SYEARS AGO
From the Oct. 21, 1984
Castlegar News

A slight jump in projected student
enrolment figures for Castlegar means
the school district will likely face a
$200,000 cutback in funding for the
1985-86 school year, instead of a
previously forecast $300,000 cut

Moré and more Castlegar residents
are shelling out an average of $650 for
home video recorders and ignoring
television programming in favor of
renting video movies like Terms of En-
dearment and Footloose

Sales of video recorders and video
cassette rentals have steadily increased
since Pete’s TV of Castlegar began
supplying them three years ago, accor
ding to Pete Zaytsoff, manager and
owner

With just a week before
nominations close, several new faces
have filed nomination papers for
Castlegar council and school board
positions.

Castlegar businessman Michael
Hurd has thrown his hat into the ring
for one of three vacant city aldermanic
seats. Incumbents Marilyn Mathieson,
a housewife, and Bob Pakula, a
sawyer, have also filed papers

The other incumbent, Len Embree,
has not filed his papers yet, though he
told the Castlegar News he plans to
seek re-election.

By JOHN CHARTERS

Heritage Week is still four mon
ths away but the Castlegar and
District Heritage ready
laying plans.

Last year's celebrations turned
on the theme of “Community and
Media Involvement’? and featured
costumed guides. The 1990
celebration will feature among its
attractions Castigar’s ‘first
policeman, George (Mac) McAn-
drew with uniformed mannequins
and early mementos.

At its Oct. 19 meeting at the
Castlegar Rail Station, the Society
also dealt with a considerable
number of other pressing matters
The constitution was amended and
given tentative approval for
referral to the registrar of com
panies. The museum/archives
acquisition policy, prepared by a
committee under Bunny Charters,
passed unanimously with
congratulations by president
Sherrel Koreen. Koreen also
congratulated fire chief Bob Mann
and~ the Castlegar and —District
Development Board crew on last
week’s fine job of slash burning at
Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park

With the work by the
guide/restorers, Heather Kerekos
and Kathy Bowe on the island and
Connie Schmidt and Gordie Hill at
the station, great progress is being
made in both areas.

‘The Island,”*
Keraiff noted, “‘is the
beautiful it has ever been. I wish I
were five people.”

At the present rate of progress
and financial help; the station
baggage room will be restored by
spring and a gift shop installed by
early summer. Crafts people will be
approached for saleable goods

Charters reported five weddings
this season on the Island. and 17
conducted tours, while the number
of registered visitors has more than
doubled for the year
13,000 from all over the world
Meetings have been held with local
service clubs and from the Com
munity Employment and Tourism
Training Program and the respon
ses have been heartening
Operations at the station and
Chapel House will continue
throughout the winter and major

jociety is a

was

treasurer Verna
most

more than

announcements are expected soon,
Koreen said

There isa steady flow of artifacts
coming in for cataloguing and
display. Potenial donors are asked
to contact Charters,

Director_Nick Verigin reported
that he, Joe Killough and John

Heritage planning b

RECOGNITION . . . C and
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hes 4
Zuckerberg Island. —cosnews photo by 5
Charters had met with George
Hadikin of Hadikin lumber mill
concerning the offer of an early
mill stone. This metre-wide, 800-
pound stone is the last survivor of
three grist mills in this area and the
committee was most pleased to ac
cept the offer. It constitutes a
significant addition to the com
munity’s history and education
Memberships are now due. Old
and new members are asked to call
at the rail station where
manager Shirley Giles will be hap-
py to issue a receipt. A membership
drive will be initiated in the new
year and Helen Dunlop, a heritage
delegate, suggested
that the Heritage Society adopt a
policy of group membership and
establish a foundary members
plaque.
Meanwhile, with the adoption of
a new logo, life membership cer
tificates are being prepared for
several-outstanding-contributors.
Building safety now has a

office

conference

e
im and The Pinetree Picnic Guide to B:

District

heightened profile and Mann will
be seeing to the early installation of
smoke alarms at the Chapel House,
a city budgetary item, and will be
consulting with Byng Giraud, joint
restoration supervisor on security
and fire alarm systems at the
station

Meanwhile, upstairs the
Castlegar Arts Council has
established a permanent office un
der president Donna Moyer

Earlier in the week she had at
tended a grants workshop given by
Brenda Berck for the B.C
Museums Association and will
meet later with Koreen and other
members of the Heritage Society to
consider grants for the rail station
museum. On Oct
number of representatives from a
wide range of local organizations
will attend a facilitators workshop
given by Virginia Cleary for the
B.C. Tourist Council

Darlene McDowell of _the
Selkirk Weavers’ and Spinners

30 she and a

the society Ha na poser Kairos en Challesus °9
itish Columbia which features six pages on

Guild, which also occupy rooms on
the upper floor of the station,
stated that the guild is busy
working on the annual pre:
Christmas sale and exhibit at the
Complex on Dec. 2. She also said
the guild is interested in plans for a
gift shop at the station and is
prepared to cooperate fully in the
endeavor

A handsome certificate
received from Kootenay West
Revelstoke MP Lyle Kristensen for
the society's strong participation in
Challenge 89.

This prompted Koreen to men:
tion a just published book, The
Pinetree Picnic Guide to British
Columbia. It is written by John
Wittacker, a local
resident, Ross Wittacker. Six of the
264 pages are devoted ‘to Zuckér
berg Island Heritage Park

This is going to mean another
steep rise in visitors next year,”
Koreen_ said. ‘*We had_ better be

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ferries could be plying San Francisco
Bay, but a corporation
spokesman says availability might be a
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“At this time of year, we have to do
quite a bit of juggling,’ Bouchard
“*But in an emergency, that’s the
time you look at what you cando.””

Bouchard said the ferry corporation
would “‘look at its operations and
make an assessment’? but no commit
ment has been made

Because the Bay Bridge linking San
Francisco with Oakland and an ap-
proach freeway were knocked out
by Tuesday's earthquake, there is a
need for extra transportation links
between the cities on either side of San
Francisco Bay.

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Washington Gov. Booth Gardner
said Friday that three passenger-only
ferries with a combined capacity of 850
people are ready to sail to the Bay area
The largest B.C 1,300
people and 300 cars

The 450-passenger, 100-vehicle
Queen of Prince Rupert that serves the
Queen Charlotte Islands might be a
candidate for the Bay area, Bouchard
said, but also cautioned “‘our refit plan
is tied into our whole off-season.

You have to be ready for summer,
but in an emergency . . . that’s when it
calls for flexibility."”

The peak season for B.C. gover
nment ferries runs from late May to

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early October with
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Bouchard said other areas to be
assessed are Bay area terminal and
docking facilities and how they would
work with B.C. ships, some of which
discharge vehicles simultaneously

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