ps Castlegar News March 19, 1986 WOMEN'S CLUB Doctor speaks fey on New Guinea The Trail and District Uni. versity Women's Club heard reports from Jean Cormack on an education panel project and the arts council by rep- resentative Nancy LeMoine. Following the national CFUW perspective on world health and the 25th anniver- sary of CUSO, special guest speaker was Dr. J.V. Hall of Casi 4 He recently returned from a two-year stint with CUSO in Papua New Guinea, at Rabaul on the Bismarck Archipelago where the Battle of the Bismarck Sea took place. The native Melanesians, who underwent the WW II Japanese occupation, live the life style of their ancestors 10,000 years ago. Hall, 10,000 miles from home, was attached to the 270-bed Mission of the Sacred Heart Hospital as a general “surgeon with a vision of health for all by the year 2000. Most Melanesians survive by subsistence farming. The first missionaries there (Me- thodist and then Anglicas) were cannibalized. Many of the present German nuns in the hospital were prisoners of the Japanese. Health problems of the Hall became a member of the Black Magic, the Secret Sorcerers Society, and the Priesthood Cult to penetrate the 72-hour deaths from being cursed. Tranquilizers and other drugs helped him break the spells. Women do the hard labor and carry loads on their heads. Men and boys belong to the secret societies. Hall pointed out that many Canadian men also belong to societies from which women are totally excluded. The father is the boss and men are the leaders. They live by 10 command- ments of their own, similar to this society, but thou shalt not kill is not included. However, three women are in the national parliament. The eldest woman is most important because age is respected. Halll trudged the length of the island BUSINESS DIRECTORY Auto Rentals Brian L. 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Resident Partner eauty Salons THE HAIR ANNEX rot proof for 20: years. Hall was presented with a water glass of silver coins for his project by Linda Bossio. Club discusses technology The Selkirk Club recently held a club ered with examples and arguments against some as- pects of technology. The forum was chaired by Louann Rutledge. A lively discussion fol- lowed the panel's presenta- tion. Each member of the their prurrnalibeay terse rel panel on specific points. More forums are planned as an ive to the for- MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. Ph. 365-7287 mal speeches usually pre- sented in the second half of the meeting. The club will hold its inter-club speech contest March 26 at the Fireside Inn. Regular meetings are held every Wednesday at 7:30 p-m. at the Hi Arrow Hotel in Castlegar. 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Local unemployed workers march past the construction site on Columbia Avenue where the Ministry of Forests is putting up Protesters want local people hired By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer Wearing signs saying “Local jobs for local people,” about 35 people — most of them unemployed — marched past the Ministry of Forests property on Columbia Avenue Thursday to protest the use of out-of-town workers for the construction of the ministry's new office building at the site. Led by Castlegar Unemployment Action Centre coordinator Joe Irving, the marchers capped the protest by gathering at city hall where Mayor Audrey Moore agreed to come out into the warm spring sunshine to address the protesters. “No one is more disappointed than I am,” said Moore of the fact that the tender for construction of the $700,000 building went to an out-of-town company — the Canoe, B.C. firm of E and D Smith Contracting. Canoe is just east of Salmon Arm, on the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately 200 kilometres northwest of Castlegar. But Moore told the marchers that Castlegar council, and municipal governments in general, lack the power to do anything in these situations. “When I met, and council met, with the BCBC (British Columbia Building Corporation which is in charge of constructing the building) we used every moral suasion and arm-twisting to get local people employed (on the project),” Moore said. “Other than that, that’s all the power we have.” More said companies ean bid on contracts anywhere in B.C. and that “it always seems the lowest bidder gets the jobs.” “['m not saying that's just or that's right,” said Moore, who added that she empathizes with the marchers. “['m proud of all of you walking today and bringing this to our attention.” But Irving said he wants more. “With all due respect to Mayor Moore, I have to say all too frankly that that’s not good enough,” he said, and urged the marchers and other unemployed people to attend Tuesday's council meeting in order to continue voicing their concerns. A for the old community store on Broad- water Road in Robson, directy opposite the ferry landing. 1 Elmer Pellerine has applied to have rte However, he pointed out that a golf brochure produced by the KCTA last year was also printed in the U.S. He promised to raise the issue at the next uu Satur- Cy Oe Re Connie Key ee District board. The bylaw now goes to a public hearing. A date for the hearing has not yet been set. Meanwhile, bree oes plant and gravel pit south of Fairview subdivision ~~ Highway 22 will be forwarded to the they did not supply this,” he said. As well, Duck said he isn't happy The regional board gave first read- ing to a bylaw to rezone the prop The board will issue an invitation to KREDA representatives to meet as soon as possible. nts MLA approval of the Area J Advisory Plan- ning Commission. board's representative on the Koot- Budget disappoi By CasNews Staff Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy says he's “disappointed with the provincial government's budget brought down Thursday by Finance Minister Hugh Curtis. “I'm not disappointed that it doesn't recognize private sector job creation,” said D'Arcy, who added that employ- ment levels in B.C. “have not come out of the recession like the rest of Caanda.” “They (the Socreds) seem to think everything’s fine out there. They carry on like before,” the veteran NDP MLA said Saturday. D'Arcy said an NDP government would create jobs in the private sector, not only to reduce unemployment lev- els, but also to bring down the prov- ince’s deficit, estifiated in the budget at $875 million for the 1986-87 fiscal year. “Deficits are unfortunate and gov- ernments have to deal with them,” D'Arcy said, but added governments must “create tax dollars instead of using tax dollars to support indivi- duals.” One way an NDP government would stimulate employment would be to lower resource taxes which he said “are far too high” under the Socreds. He said the resource taxes are so high it is becoming “less and less practical for companies to smelt and refine or go on mining” such metals as lead and silver. D'Arcy was also critical of the gov. ernment’s announcement of special funds for health ($720 million over three years) and education ($600 million over three years), saying that when inflation is taken into account, there is actually less money for each area He also questioned whether the funds are “new money or a redefinition of money taken from other areas of the budget.” “How can we have excellence in education (the name of the Socreds’ education fund) when the existing facilities are greatly underfunded?” D'Arcy asked. As for the government's announce- ment that it is capping fuel taxes at current levels for 15 months, D'Arcy said “that’s wonderful.” “We (the NDP) have been saying that all along. “Let's remember though that it would be politically embarrassing | to go with a tax increase when the price is its new office building. Local workers are upset that out-of-town labor is being used on the project Costiews Photo by Simon Birch Irving also called on Ald. Len Embree, who stood with the protesters outside city hall, to make a statement. Embree is the business agent for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 2300. In addition to the capping of the fuel tax, D’Arey said, “one of the few good things about the budget” is “a little more” money for the forest and silviculture industries, which he said will help the Arrow forest district. Asked if he thought the budget is an election budget, D'Arcy said: “I don't think the budget has anything to do with (Premier) Bill Bennett's election agenda. “When the polls say he can win is when he'll go to the people.” RDCK wants to attract retirees the idea, and added “I think it's already happening in the Kootenay Moore said Cominco retirées are the second largest industry in Trail. “We have an aging population and we better recognize it,” Moore said. However, she suggested Barelay’s idea needs some investigation “because it deesn’t really tell us how we're going to promote it.” Area J director Martin Vanderpol agreed. He called for additional plan- ning ‘which would include what facil- ities would be needed to attract retirees “Lf you want to make this a retire- ment area, then you have to prepare the proper facilities,” he said. Area F (North Shore) director Dave Pearce was the only director hesitant about the concept. Pearce said the area should include a proper “mix” of young and old. “I don't think we need to emphasize this at all we've got enough old people now,” he said. Pearce also added: “I can't be against old people because I'm getting that way myself.” “Anything I can do I will do,” told the marchers. “We have a moral obligation . . . council should take a position publicly, a stand that endorses loca! employ ment.” Embree suggested to Moore that the matter to put on council's agenda on Tuesday or “at least have a report on this delegation and have it discussed For the local unemployed people in the protest, seeing jobs go to out-of-town workers is upsetting. “When I see outfits from out of town (working on local projects) it’s hard to take,” said Grant Reed, 51, of Castlegar, an enemployed ironworker now on welfare “T've worked 21 weeks in the last two years.” However, Reed said some of that work was out of town. Asked if that didn’t put him in the same position as some of the workers at the Ministry of Forests construction site might be in, Reed agreed it did “That's true enough,” he said The’ only work 55-year-old Stan Warcimaga of Castlegar has had since 1983 was last year at the Indus trial Park. His UIC benefits run out in October Warcimaga, who has 30 years’ experience in construction, said he went to the forestry site Thursday morning to ask if the company doing the work was hiring He said the superintendent at the site told him the company had to bring in its own men first “I thanked him and turned around and walked out Irving also used the protest as an opportunity to take a swipe at Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco, who Irving said keeps painting a rosy picture of the area’s economy while the unemployment rate in the West Kootenay continues to rise. “While the government member for Kootenay West was going around in the fall and winter talking about signs of recovery, the reality was the economic centre was collapsing around us. “He was saying the same thing after the new year when the (unemployment) figure had risen to 20.5 per cent. “In fact, that was before the last round of Cominco layoffs,” said Irving, who added that his guess.at the unemployment rate in the area is “40 per cent at least “We're saying conditions concerning local hiring have to be predominant. People here today are expressing that concern.” Embree CHRIS D'ARCY questions funds “ By CasNews Staff The Regional District of Central Kootenay plans to begin promoting itself as a retirement centre. “We all know the population of the Kootenays is diminishing each year. said Slocan director Bob Barclay Barclay said retirees bring “guaran teed income” which in turn can create hew jobs. He said seniors would create a need for service industries, recreational de velopment, medical facilities, transit and commercial development. He pointed out that a large propor tion of Canada's population is reaching retirement age in the next decade, and called his idea “a reasonable answer to our economic needs.” Barclay added that the Central Kootenay is an area relatively free from industrial emissions, herbicides and toxic waste, and can offer a moder ate climate, for reason able housing and a host of recreational activities. The idep drew support from most of the directors. Mayor Audrey Moore said she liked