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Enough is enough

The National Parole Board's
decision to grant two elderly Sons
of Freedom women day parole is
an outrage and flies in the face of
everything the board has said up to
now. The board has contended all
along that Tina Jmaeff and Mary
Braun pose a “risk to the com-
munity” and shouldn't be released

The latest string of arsons began
after the women were granted
conditional clemency in October,
1983. They had been in prison at
that time on other arson offences.

A year after their 1983 release
they were convicted of setting fire
to the Kootenay Doukhobor
Historical Museum here in
Castlegar. But they were released
again after going on a long fast.

Then in April, 1985 the pair were
arrested for burning a home near
Gilpin. They were convi

been involved in numerous bur-
ning incidents, yet continue to be
released on some form of parole.

11 doesn't take a Rhodes scholar
to come to the conclusion that
Judge Wong was right: the women
are unlikely to be rehabilitated.
The women have openly defended
the burnings by saying it is part of

their religious beliefs. They
believe the are doing nothing
wrong.

But the question is, is it per-
missable for a person to burn a
home just because they believe
what they are doing is morally
right? Of course not. This society
has a set of laws by which each
and every one of us is governed:
These laws transcend an_ in-
dividual’s sense of right and
wrong.

The National Parole Board
members who decided to free the
women should have consulted with
the iti here and in

August of that year and ientenced
to eight years in prison.

It is interesting to recall Judge
Ronald Wong's comments at the
time of sentencing. He said he had
no doubt the two women’s actions
stemmed from their strong
religious beliefs. But at the same
time he said that when beliefs are
so firmly rooted, rehabilitation is
unrealistic.

Still, some months later the
women were released and in
August, 1986 were arrested for
setting fire to the Doukhobor
Heritage Centre at the Fructova
School near Grand Forks. While in
court in Vancouver on those
charges, the women started a fire,
lighting the blaze despite lying on
@ stretcher on the courtroom floor
and in the 40th day of a hunger
strike.

What's clear is that for the last
four years these two women have

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Grand Forks before arriving at any
decision. They would have heard
ovewhelming evidence for keeping
the women behind bars.

The two women have regularly
and consistently stepped outside
the law, and there is no reason to
believe they won't do so again
based on past experience. The
feeling among the vast majority in
this community is that enough is
enough.

Don't
drink,
drive

The community of Nelson's
proposal to supply young drivers
with credit cards for a free taxi
ride home if they have been
drinking is the kind of imaginative
response needed to deal with a
very troublesome issue.

But it’s not only young people
who drink and then drive. At this
time of year people of all ages are
celebrating the festive season, and
there is a temptation to drive after
having had too much to drink.

For those people who still
haven't learned that drinking and
driving don't mix, we have a bit of
advice: Don't.

Ron
Norman

Privatization. It’s either the
greatest thing-since the intro
duction of the VCR, or B.C.'s answer
to Chernobyl, depending\on whom
you ask. Over the next few columns
I plan to take a look at the contro-
versial plan of Premier Bill Vander
Zalm.

I should state right off that I like
the private sector. After all, I work
in the private sector. The paper you
are reading is produced by others
who also work in the private sector,
and we believe we do a darned good
job.

From my vantage point, the pri
vate sector has a lot of good,
positive aspects and I enjoy working
in the private sector. Perhaps I
better qualify that. When I talk
private sector, I'm really talking
small, private business.

As soon as you get large, you get
problems. Ask anyone who has ever
worked for a large company —
public or private. Poor efficiency
and poor work habits are as
rampant at places like General
Motors and Cominco as they are at
the provincial government offices in
Victoria.

So to set things straight, in
efficiency isn't the hallmark of the
public sector; it's the result of
“largeness” — of things being so big
that no one is really responsible.

You may wonder what all this has
to do with privatization. That's

easy. Premier Bill Vander Zalm has
been arguing — and so have the
New Democrats — a®out the
principle that what is privately run
— is more efficient. 1 want to take
that argument and twist it slightly.
I say it's not whether it's publie or
private that really makes the differ-
ence but the size.

For instance, our city works crew
does a terrific job of clearing snow
from our streets. But I wonder
whether a crew in a city the size of
Toronto is as efficient? I bet not.

I say it's the same with the pro-
vincial government. Employees in
small Highways offices, liquor
stores and forestry offices are likely
more efficient than their counter.
parts in large, city offices.

So does it make sense to place
those local jobs in the private
sector? Will it really make the crews
any more efficient? To answer that,
take a look at the Castlegar Ferry.
one of the possible targets of priv.
atization.

The ferry operates on a pretty
basic principle. It goes back and
forth across the Columbia River
from 6 a.m. - 10 p.m. every day,
carrying cars and people

What will turning the ferry over
to private operators do? It may
mean user fees, reduced hours, or
reduced wages. But will it mean a
more efficiently run ferry? You
answer that one

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Letters to the Editor

Leave programs alone

Christmas has come early to the
Castlegar School District. Terry Way-
ling, Superintendant of Schools,
handed out the presents. This year we
got a “Future Directions in School
District No. 9” memorandum.

Some considerations in this mem-
orandum:

e Should all Grade 8s be trans-
ferred to SHSS?

e Should all Grade 6s be trans-
ferred to KJSS?

‘© What programs may be affected
by these transfers?

What changes in facilities may be
required?

e@ Which staff could/should be
transferred?

The first two items are the issues
at the moment. Mr. Wayling is asking
parents of Grade 6 students their
opinion on moving the children to
KJSS. But there is a point that is being
missed. The first step should be to ask
all parents of junior high and elemen
tary school students if they want Grade
8s to be housed in Stanley Humphries.
Once Grade 8s are moved into Stanley
Humphries they will stay there prem-
anently. Parents, do you want your 13-
year-old going to high school? That
should be the question? Now is the
time to voice your opinion. Call the
board office or your school trustee.
Parents are very happy with the
“middle school” situation. The children
have an extra two years to mature
before entering high school.

By moving Grade 6s to KJSS there
will be more children pushed into town
from Tarry’s elementary school. The
conditions are already unbearable.
Why bring more kids in?

Every time there is a change in the
district, we lose more and more
teachers but get more and more aides.
This drops the quality of education. I
would like to see our teachers left alone
to teach and not constantly have to be

watching over their shoulders for their
jobs.

I would like to see our programs
left alone. We just got some back and
some are barely hanging in. If you
install a program, then support it. If
you can’t fund or support it, then don't
install it in the first place.

There is also a “wee” matter of
closure of schools. Castlegar and Dis-
trict Teachers’ Association President
Mike Rogers announced at a Nov. 17
District Parents’ Committee meeting
that in early spring an announcement
of a closure of a school would be made
and would be in effect for September of
that same year — 1988. Poor Mike
immediately had everyone at the board
office pounce on him. Certain people

were yelling and screaming “false
rumors.” I wonder, what's all the fuss if
there's no truth to the statement?
Oops, maybe that should of been a New
Year's present.

“No more schools will be closed,” is
what Mr. Wayling said, and I support
him. This time the parents are
prepared. If you want to close a school
(Valley Vista, Tarry's, Robson or any
other) bring an army. You're going to
need it.

My tip of the “hat” . . . wait, that's
somebody else's phrase. My tip of the
“parasol” to Mike Rodgers.

Nina Keodrin
District Parents C

Uranium mining
vote a victory

The Committee for a Clean Kettle
Valley has struck a resounding blow for
“grassroots” democracy with its over-

With a better than 80 per cent

“No” vote in the Boundary area, we

could expect a similar majority at
fey

whelming victory in the dum on
the uranium mining issue in Grand
Forks, Greenwood, Midway and Areas
D and E of the Kootenay Boundary
Regional District. John Hughes, Pat
Kelly and the committee have chal-
lenged Premier Bill Vander Zalm to
honor his statements made in Grand
Forks during the 1986 provincial
election.

The people of the area potentially
affected by the exploitation of the
Blizzard uranium property near West-
bridge have said no to uranium mining
in their watershed.

Now it’s up to Mr. Vander Zalm to
live up to his undertaking to “let the
people of the area decide” on uranium
mining.

in the Valley

where the four major cities, all three

regional districts and the Okanagan

Tribal Council have all come out

against uranium mining.

So what about

Zalm? The issue isn't going away.

with uranium on

Remember
When?

4 YEARS AGO
From the Dee. 11, 1947
News

‘A meeting of the executive of the
Castlegar and District Hospital com-
mittee was held last Thursday evening
to discuss ways and means of raising
the $50,000 needed to construct a
hospital here.

Many ideas were explained and it
was decided to have pledge forms
printed and appoint canvassers for
Castlegar and and District.

The executive agreed that raffles
should be held off until a complete
canvas has been made. .

. 8

At Eremenkos, beef T-bone steak
is selling for 45 cents a pound, beef
minced steak is selling for 38 cents a
pound, beef prime rib’ roast is selling
for 45 cents a pound and stewing veal is
selling for 18 cents a pound.

°

Playing at the Castle Theatre is
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir starring Rex
Harrison and Gene Tierney and Time
Out of Mind starring Eddie Albert.

. 2 *

At Wests, lathes are selling for
$22.50, jointers are selling for $41.50,
electric drills are selling for $21.25 and
sanders are selling for $11.75.

25 YEARS AGO
From the Dec. 6, 1962
News

Celgar is not opposed to the es-
tablishment of a qualified air pollution
board by the provincial government,
the company’s executive vice-president
AE. Penny has advised council.

Mr. Penny made the comment in
answer to a suggestion made by council
in a recent letter to the company.

.

Twenty eek oe the Sopow
subdivision, representing about a doz-
en families who petitioned the village
to allow them to remain on the Sopow
water system and who say they are
satisfied with the water supplied, are
quite free to stay on the system.

Water commissioner Walter
Thorp made this comment at Tuesday
night's council meeting.

However, said Mr. Thorp, if these
people have less than 107 feet of
frontage they would save money by
being on a village system.

. 8 6

Castlegar may get a signal light at
Pine and Columbia if a proposal made
by the department of highways by the
village is accepted.

At Tuesday night's council meet-
ing, commissioners approved a letter to
the department offering to pay the full
cost of installing the light if the depart-
ment will reimburse the village the de-
preciated price of the signal light once
traffice is heavy enough to warrant it.

15 YEARS AGO

From the Dec. 7, 1972
News
A request from the Blueberry
Creek Irrigation District ignited some

the free trade agenda, and the more
you waffle on the issue the weaker you
become.

Take some strength from the
people whom you purport to lead and
reimpose the ban on uranium explor-
ation and mining in B.C.

Buy wholesome toys

Now that the sombre, grey days of
Armistice season are over and the
cheerful days of Christmas are near, it
is time once again to rush out and buy
those special Christmas toys for the

to get some idea of

these days in toyland,

recently glance through the Christ-
mas edition of ohe of our popular mail
order catalogues. The front cover of
the “wish beok” was reassuring, as it
boldly displayed a large, robust, white-
beared Santa Claus — epitome of child-
hood joy. However, when I reached the
toy section, my spirits rapidly declined.

Several full pages devoted to toys
of violence and war — toys tragically
depicting the state of the art in modern
warfare. Contraptions of every imag-
inable sort for combat on land, sea,
under sea, snow, in air and in space —
all bristling obscenely with missiles,
cannons, bombs and Gatling guns —
niceties of the trade. One item in parti
cular drew my attention: “Defence
force combat set includes AK47 sub-
machine gun, two hand grenades,
handgun, holster, binoculars, dog tag
and I.D. card. Ages three and up.” This
is shameful to say the least! It suggests
that we begin to apprentice our chil-
dren into warfare at the age of three!

The manufacturers and merchants
who sell these toys are not the only
ones to blame by any means. We are
willing consumers of the trade. Grad
ually, year by year, we are slowly and
subtly being lead into acceptance of
modern warfare mentality. The mili
tary industrialists are no doubt beam
ing with pleasure to see that children’s
pages of the mail order catalogues are

filled with models of their trade.
en we were children, Santa

Claus occasionally brought such things
as toy six-shooters or sets of tin
soldiers, or even models of World War I
bombers and battleships. Most people
did not think much about these toys
then — although they should have —
but the prospect of nuclear war is so
horrendous as to demand that we pay
close attention to trends in modern
toys. A nuclear war would turn our
planet into a crumbled, radioactive,
lifeless “moonscape.” Then why pre-
pare for this madness? Why apprentice
our children for guaranteed suicide?

It always makes one shiver to see
television coverage of pale, grim-faced
Soviet children mechanically marching
in “goose-step” — like automatons from
another world — or western children
grimly engrossed with toys and games
of war. War-like sorcery and witchcraft
— is a black art that society would do
well to forget. If violence and war could
be successfully de-emphasized during
the raising of our children — the very
youngsters will soon be in charge of the
Earth— our planet might have a better
chance of survival. It is crucial that
children learn to distinguish right from
wrong. The killing of human beings is
wrong. Why pretend that it is not?

Unfortunately, it is a fact of life
that until some semblance of effective,
multilateral, world disarmament can be
achieved, the adults of the world must
be prepared to defend their respective
countries — but this grave, adult
responsibility should have nothing to
do with the toys and games of children.

Let us ask this

Under the Christmas tree on Christ-
mas morning — the day set aside to
honor the birth of Jesus Christ,
ultimate symbol of peace and love — is
there a place for tanks, ray-guns,
nuclear missiles and . death-dealing
“star wars” machines? Surely it is a
perversion of a child's Christmas joy to
present him or her with such obvious
symbols of violence and death. War is
not a game. Why do we continue to
pretend that it is?

I would like to suggest that people
from all walks of life in the Castlegar
area — merchants, mothers and
fathers, ministers, teachers, children
and all others — enter into the spirit,
each in his own way, of a general anti-
war-toy campaign. This city has
already seen considerable effort in this
regard. Some merchants would per-
haps suffer a slight financial loss but
surely they would gain a sense of
satisfaction that would more than
compensate for any losses.

So, in the upcoming weeks when
Santa Claus goes out to shop for those
special Christmas toys, I would urge
him to overlook the war toy sections
completely and fill his pack instead
with those of a non-violent, non-war
nature — toys not involved with the
theme of killing or maiming or tor-
turing human beings. Judging from
those other pages in the Christmas

there is an of
wholesome, exciting, civilized toys
from which to choose.
Harry Killough
Castlegar

More letters, AS

heated at Castlegar’s council
meeting Tuesday night.

Ald. R.C. Maddocks, with a draft
reply prepared by Ald. R.W. Cook, toa
request from Blueberry that the town
participate “in exploratory talks re-
garding the possibility of having a joint
Castlegar, Kinnaird, Blueberry Creek
feasibility study done on the probate
costs involved in developing the Lower
Arrow Lakes, above Keenleyside Dam,
as a future possible water source for
our mutual areas.”

. 8 6

Fire Chief Ed Lewis laid a formal
complaint with Castlegar council Tues-
day night concerning safety deficien-
cies at the Castlegar Arena and was
promptly invited to make a more
thorough tour of inspection and submit
a written report.

* e «

Less than 50 people attended
Tuesday night’s forum in the Kinnaird
Hall when council presented reports
and candidates for Saturday's munici-
pal election expressed their views.

Ald., G.S. Rust told those present
amalgamation was no longer the word,
it was District Municipality.

He said he was not for or against
the idea but states “we must have
facts.

5 YEARS AGO
From the Dec. 5, 1962
Castlegar News

Preliminary figures show the
Castlegar school district will balance
its 1983 budget despite reduced
funding from the provincial govern-
ment.

The Ministry of Education con-
firmed Friday the district will have
$8.1 million to spend in 1983 — that
down $500,000 from $8.6 million in
1982.

. 8 8

The Castlegar school board voted
Wednesday to decrease its indemnity
by 2.75 per cent, the same cut
are facing by losing five days pay next
year.

Newly-elected trustee Peter Kagis
proposed the cut, which will mean the
trustees will lose an average $120 on
their indemnity of $4,000.

The board chairman will lose about
$137 on a $5,000 indemnity.

MORE LETTERS

Increase too much

I note with interest that the local
school board wasted no time setting
their priorities after the election. I
refer of course to their nearly un-
animous approval to increase the
stipend of both the and vice-

the city employees. Or does this act
indicate that we should expect tea-
chers’ salaries to jump 25 per cent this
year?

Lean appreciate that the trustees

chairman by 25 per cent. That is an
inerease unprecedented at any level of
government. If either our MPs or
MLAs had committed such an act,
there would be an outcry across the
country.

Certainly, the amounts are within
government guidelines. But, as trustee
Doreen Smecher pointed out, they are
at the maximum end of the scale. Put
another way, our chairman and vice-

amount of
More laiossy ties ter the community.
But then, so do many of us, without
expecting financial reward at every
turn. Ater all, chairing the school board

is not a full-time vocation. The money
would be better spent on téxtbooks or
the like, for which our board re-
peatedly tells us the government does
not provide adequate funds.

In closing, I can only give thanks
that this philosophy is not in political
power at the provincial or federal level.

George Stein

Robson

War toys promote
violent behavior

Cc the of chil-

chairman have
with the same dollar amount allowed to
their counterparts in the Greater Van-
couver school board. Do they sincerely
believe their workload is as great?
Put yet another way, chairman
Gordon Turner's remuneration now
approaches that received by Castlegar
Mayor Audrey Moore. I'm certain the
weight of her duties surpasses that of
the school board chairman. And yet she
restricted her recent increase to 21/2
per cent, comparable to that given to

dren's toys: Toys are a important

Companies responsible for the
production of war toys invest heavily in

investment in our children’s
Toys that promote violent activities
and violent solutions to problems (war
toys), promote the participation and
acceptance of violence in our society.

Please choose toys that promote
co-operation and constructive achieve-
ments. Building sets, science sets,
sporting goods, books, puzzles and
games are examples of toys that en-
courage these goals.

to sell their
products. Please don't knuckle under to
pressure from children to purchase war
toys that they have been brainwashed
into wanting.

The choice of non-violent toys for
presents fosters thé wish-of Peace on
earth, goodwill to all men.”

for the Castlegar Peace Group
Blueberry

Harcou

By DAPHNE BRAMHAM

VICTORIA — The phrase Drop-
ped the Ball was scrawled on a yellow
legal pad in front of New Democrat
Leader Mike Harcourt.

“So you're going to say (Premier
Bill) Vander Zalm dropped the ball
again?” asked a reporter.

“Yeah. That and a lot more,”
court replied lamely.

“How come Moe's not holding the
news conference?” asked Vancouver
Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer, refer-
ring to Moe Sihota, one of the young
hot shots in the British Columbia NDP
caucus.

“He's got a cold,” replied the
Opposition leader, his voice chilly.

Harcourt struggled along, unable
to say just what British Columbia
should do to fight a preliminary report
of the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade report that says restrictions
on exports of unprocessed B.C. herring
and salmon violate GATT trade rules.
British Columbia wants to keep the
status quo because processing fish
creates many more jobs than simply
shipping it raw south of the border.

A few minutes later, Sihota ap-
peared at the door and one reporter
ducked out, preferring to talk to the
possible successor than the leader.

Palmer, not the only observer
critical of Harcourt’s low-key leader-
ship, wrote recently in his Sun column:
“Opposition leader Mike Sihota . . .
oops! I knew I was going to make that
mistake some day.”

Political scientist Norman Ruff of
the University of Victoria agrees that

Har-

Funeral services
for Thomas Ehl

Ehl of Castlegar; grandpar-
ents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ehl

Thomas Ehl of Castlegar,
infant son of Thomas and
Carol Ehl of Castlegar passed
away at Vancouver Chil-
dren's Hospital Dec. 2.

Private family services will
be held and burial will take
place in the infant section of
Park Memorial Cemetery.

Tommy is survived by his the
parents, Thomas and Carol Chapel.

and Mr.

Watson of Castlegar; great-
grandmother, Blanche Man-
ning of Castlegar; and aunts,
uncles and cousins.

Funeral
were under the direction of
Castlegar
IL.

rt too low key

after seven months as 0;
leader up against Vander Zalm, the
charismatic Social Credit premier, the
44-year-old Harcourt hasn't yet made
the transition from his former job as
mayor of Vancouver.

“The leader should see where the
public is running and run-ahead of it,”
Ruff says, noting Harcourt has yet to
stake out a high-profile policy area for
himself.

“A news conference on GATT?”
wonders Ruff. “It boggles the mind
why he would do that. It’s not an area
he knows a lot about and it’s a matter
that has to be dealt with at the federal
level.”

When Harcourt was acclaimed
leader of the provincial NDP last
April, the round-faced, Groucho Marx
look-alike made a conscious decision to
let the 22 relatively unknown members
of his caucus boost their public profile
while he consolidated his hold on the
leadership. ** * *

Harcourt calls himself “a team
player,” and indulges in a back-slap-
ping style, his speech sprinkled with
cliches — preferably those with a
sports motif like “putting a full-court
press on the Socreds.”

But he chose to stay huddled on
the bench last spring and summer,
refusing to ignite further confrontation
when organized labor staged a one-day
general strike to protest new Socred
labor legislation.

His gentlemanly explanation that
disputes should be solved in the legis-
lature, and that votes can be used in
protest, hit the heart of an angry labor
movement. So this fall, as Vander Zalm

even more con-
tentious sooua, Harcourt declared
he was ready to assume a more visible
role as Opposition quarterback.

He said he was going to quit
reacting to Vander Zalm and use his
own party's playbook. But his instincts
still appear to hold him back from
adopting the shouting, desk:

Public waiting
on river tests

REGINA (CP) — It will
take at least three months to
find out if fish

from a Prince Albert, Sask.,
pulp mills are contaminated
with toxic chemicals, fish-
eries director Paul Naftel
said.

The province's fisheries
department recently ordered
tests on fish taken from the
North Saskatchewan River
downstream from the giant
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
pulp mill.

People living

performed at the Bedord In-
stitute in Burlington, Ont.,
said Naftel.

Despite
pawin Mayor Jim Taylor for
immediate testing of fish in
the river, Naftel says the test
results will not be available
for months.
hatels ‘

from the mill, many

of the 4,500 residents of
Nipawin, Sask., regularly eat
fish caught from the river.

The tests will determine if
the fish are contaminated
with chemicals associated
with pulp mills, including a
highly-toxie dioxin compound
known to be cancer-causing
in laboratory animals.

“The tests will look at a
fairly broad range of dio
xins,” Naftel said in an inter-
view. “I must admit that until
we see the results we won't
know what's there and what

ment

have been sharply ecticined
by dioxin experts and com-
munity officials for not or-
dering tests sooner.

“The technical committee
we do have in Saskatchewan
that looks at contaminants in
fish basically had the opinion
that there just wasn't any
evidence to suggest that
there was a dioxin problem in
Saskatchewan,” said Naftel.

In fish, the Canadian safety
level for the most toxic form
of dioxin is 20 parts per
trillion.

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