May 5, 1985 mt: ESTABLISHED AUG 71947 ov CAMPBELL PUBLISHER EDITOR PLANT FOREMAN OFFICE MANAGER Castlégar UNCORPORALING IH MID WEEK MIRROR PUBLISHED SOF1 12 PUBLISHER AUG 7 — Burt CorfBbel! — Ron Norman ADVERTISING MANAGER — Coro! Magaw News TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4. 1980 1978 AUG 4) 19e0 Peter Harvey inde Kositsin Heather Hadley Full hearing needed It's a shame the proposed children’s zoo and recreational park in Robson never got off the ground. The zoo would have included small farm animals like goats, geese, chickens, ducks and cows. Besides providing the Castlegar area with another much-needed attraction, the zoo would have aiso given children who don't have access to farm animals a chance to have a close-up look at animals they see only in books or on television. But then the zoo never had a chance. First the Regional District of Central Kootenay mishandled the rezoning application, The Robson family who proposed the zoo had applied for rezoning of the property almost a year ago. And while it was necessary to contact the various provincial regulatory agencies like the Ministry of Health and the Fish and Wildlife Branch, there's no way the delay should have lasted nearly a year. What's worse is the way the regional district turned down the rezoning request. The request wasn't even given a public hearing. The Area J Advisory Planning Committee apparently received a letter trom a neighbor objecting to the proposed zoo. The APC then took it upon itself to decide that a public hearing wasn't necessry — and turned down the rezoning application outright. Surely, the APC should have given everyone in Robson a chance to air their views on the proposed z00. Maybe the zoo would have still been turned down — but at would have least the proposal been presented fairly and squarely. The owners would have been able to put their case to the public and those who opposed the zoo would have been able to state their reasons. That's the whole point of a public hearing on rezoning applications in the tirst place. For the APC to simply decide on the basis of an objecting letter without a tull public hearing is ridiculous Trade fair a success The Selkirk Lions Club, and their ladies, have to be given full marks for yet another successful West Kootenay Trade Fair — their ninth! While crowd i varied THE ConTeps AYD Te ToTAUITAR AN SANDINISTAS SIT DoWN AND TALE... ConGRESS RELEASES qe 4 14 MILLION IN AID To THE ConTRas | BuT THE MONEY CAN overt BE SPerTt ov Food AND STUFF... ht THE END OF Go DANS THE SAMDWWISTAS AGREE To THE Con Teas’ DEMANDS oF We Turn que Money Wie Guns... TL SAY Peace’. wey SAY ‘UNCLE’. Letters to the Editor Wake up Merriman Editor, News: It is attitudes such as Fred Merri- man’s that encourage the present un- (and some felt they were down), exhibitors e pleased. In fact, many exhibitors sensed a new optimism amongst fair-goers. Those in the building field, particularly, said people were showing a sincere interest in their products, not just curiosity. New lower mortgage rates and a general belief that the real estate market has bottomed out hove people planning on building programs and extensive renovations. it hardly seems nine years ago that the Lions sponsored their first Trade Fair, taking a tremendous gamble. Their continuing faith in Castlegar and the West Kootenay is highly commendable — and contagious. Fred Merriman Let's talk about alms-taking and alms-giving. Specifically, those good citizens young and old who raise their thumb aloft in the current sport called “hitch-hiking.” The sport now rivals booze and tobacco as a neat way to take a calculated risk just for the thrill of it all. Since the sportsters have now taken possession of hitch-hiking, those of us who were former alms-givers now pass even the genuine needy on the road to some- where. Personally, I stand guilty of begging a lift but twice in my life: Halfway between McBride and Prince George, I flipped to the reserve tank. Result negative. A kind motorist responded with a ride to the nearest service station. The second incident of begging at the roadside was also the outcome of failed transportation. I remembered how grateful the feeling was. Con sequently, I have normally an swered cries for help from pedes trian travellers. However, it has become most difficult to separate the needy from those raising the traditional salute just for the fun of it. Hitch-hiking is dangerous. It can be fatal for either the samaritan motorist or the assisted passenger. Fortunately, I and those I have befriended over the years have parted friends from the chance meeting. The inveterate storyteller is also a story-seeker; with a few simple questions the words rolled and more was learned of the people who make up the travelling public. An original Canadian sta; sleepily from the bush near Hope. He told me about life on the ranch near Williams Lake. An old First World War soldier, with shopping bag. came aboard in Grand Forks. He worked as a janitor in a Chinese gambling club in Vancouver East The vet got door-to-door service and &- this sojourner profitted in his mem- ory bank. A barefoot girl walked a lonely highway in rural Montana. The Canadian automobile was the last of a series of vehicles which had trans- ported this particular girl on a circle tour of the United States. She had only an oversized hand bag and the clothes she wore. Her story was most interesting. Another time, a grateful bearded chap tracked me down the following day and presented a St. Christopher medal. Despite the memories and the feeling of goodwill, trumpet blowing and all, the pick-up days are over. For example, just this morning, with a school bus less than a quarter-mile from a scheduled stop in front of his house, a high school student walked directly from his gate to the roadside. He extended his arm and raised the thumb to beg a ride. There are old grey-haired men who run 20 miles at a crack. Why should 4 healthy teenager or young adult not be able to lope a couple of miles just for the thrill of watching the trees go by? I can remember some of the Blue- berry huskies who could blow a couple of 50s a month on beer and cigs and have the brass to beg rides to downtown Castlegar. Hitching is now a way of life for the adven- turous teens. They don't need a ride. Unfortunately, those who do, will be lost in the shuffle, thanks to the popularity of the new sport called begging — whether it be for free transportation or a quarter for the fictional cup of coffee. It has been said that we need only ask and we shall receive. It will now be a challenge to decide whether those who ask have not sufficient already. Sorry, old vet, next time take the Greyhound. problem to persist. Does he honestly believe that 11.3 per cent of the available Canadian work force wants to just keep their heads above the water on UIC? Perhaps he would like to see UIC and social assistance programs removed entirely and go back to the same situation as in the “Dirty 30s,” or was that a hoax as well? Let's start from the beginning, Mr. Merriman. Mexico has zero unemploy- ment. Mexico also has 60 per cent inflation and their peso is worth next to nothing. Also, if things are so great in Mexico, why do thousands of Mexicans yearly leap into the trunk of a car, at $200 American for the chance to go to the USA? You also mentioned that it took you three years to “luck onto an employee status.” When were those three years, Mr. Merriman? Were they 10 years ago when jobs were plentiful, or were they now? Sure there are laboring jobs out there, but they want experience and they pay only $4 to $5 an hour. You show me how a working man can support a family on those wages. Do you honestly believe that $2,000 is enough capital to start a business and keep it running long enough to make money? Unemployment, a scam and a hoax Mr. Merriman? Perhaps you would like to get together and discuss the Jewish problem in Nazi Germany with Mr. Keegstra — Wake up! Rich Coyle Castlegar ~ Role games are wrong , Castlegar News: Games, Games, Games, Games. This is how the caption read on many of the noticeboards found in one of our schools. The advertisement went on to say: “Our members are involved in role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons, Traveller, ete. — board games such as Squad Leader, Russian Campaign, Kingmaker, Divine Right, ete. — table top miniatures. The club is said his objective was to develop a “positive religion.” His idea was that if you can “play a role” — for instance, the role of God — and develop that role, and stop its playing at will, you will begin to learn how not to be possessed of that role. He said, “The only way to get rid of the God syndrome is to act it out.” Moreno’s “positive religion” was that man is all powerful, capable of answer- opened to all indivi os of gaming experience. If you enjoy games or would like to learn some challenging, fun-filled games then Games Club may be for you. This is what is happening right here in Castlegar. When I read the caption it just added topping to the information that I had gathered pertaining to Dun. geons and Dragons. In my research I gathered informa- tion from sources that were secular and Christian in content. As well I viewed the movie Mazes and Monsters. I do not claim to be an expert or even to have played the games of role playing or adventure. This does not mean that I have to. For sources, people who have been involved and the Bible are enough to convince me that such games are wrong and are engulfed in the occult. The root of role-playing was intro- duced in the early 1900s by Dr. Jacob L. Moreno, contemporary of Freud. He Working to Ss lives Editor, News: We have just Feturned from a “peace walk.” Sponsored by the Slocan Valley Peace Organization as a protest against Canada’s parti ition in the testing of cruise missiles and Ronald Reagan's “Star Wars” program Despite inclement weather, we were encouraged by a much larger crowd than last year and the excellent pro- gram of music, skits and speeches and the overflow audience of gentle, friendly people who hope and pray that this nuclear madness must stop in order that the world’s children can live and love in a peaceful harmony At this moment in B.C. Steve Fonyo is completing his historic run across ada. The media is constantly refer. ring to this event a run to save lives.” This is admirable, but I also believe that the hundreds and thou sands of peace marchers who walked for peace also deserve the admiration of the nation. Men, women and children who walked in these demonstrations are trying to save millions of lives, including those potential concern vic tims who are threatened by nuclear radiation. Pat Romaine Castlegar lems apart from any supernatural being — more popularly known as humanism. Dungeons and Dragons is an elabor- ate fantasy and role-playing game which evolved from the war games popular in the late 50s and are fought in the minds of the players as they assume the identity of the characters they create. The game is for three or more players, age 10 and upward. Each player can stay in the game as long as his character is not killed. If it continues long, most players identify themselves with their char. acter and the line between fantasy and reality tends to grow fuzzy, as seen in the ending of the movie Mazes and Monsters. Many schools are using D & D (Dungeons and Dragons), especially in gifted and talented programs. Special “classroom versions” are being pro duced. The reason is because it requres and sharpens match and reading skills. It expands the imagination and crea- tivity. But the outcome to a lot of students is tragic. For D & D and many other so-called games are filled with spell casting. violence, witchcraft, voodoo, murder, rape, blasphemy, suicide, in- sanity, demonology, human sacrifice, Worksho Editor, News: B.C. Emily Carr College of Art and Design Outreach Programs will spon- sor two-day art workshops in the Castlegar area next fall and winter. We seek input from residents to help determine subjects of local interest. Adult workshops in painting, sculp- ture, printmaking, photography and other visual arts are available. We have outstanding artist-teachers across Canada eager to share professional expertise with groups of 12 or more — those just starting out and people wanting stimulation of new ideas. What's needed are workshop requests from individuals or groups in Castle- r. M pequest forms and workshop details are available in — — sadism and every other form of per- verted and violent conduct without being intensely and perhaps perman ently affected. We become what we think. There have been reported suicides, missing persons, and permanent ef- fects of some who have played D & D and many of the role-playing games. If D & Dis only a game, why do the writers use religious terms like Atone- ment, clergy, gods, deity, faith, heal ing, heaven, prayer, fasting, resurrec- tion, soul spirit worship? This is a ques tion that should be asked before entering into the world of fantasy role. playing. There is so much more I could say on this matter and a lot more research that could be done on such an impor. tant and timely subject, but I would like to encourage you to spend time in serious research on fantasy role-play. ing games because their use is es calating. Also, find out what the Bible has to say about all of this. I would like to close with Deut. 18:9-12: “When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and be- cause of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.” Morley Soltys Castlegar p planned through college centres or directly to Outreach Programs, 1399 Johnston Street, Vancouver, V6H 3R9. This is a new opportunity. Tradi tionally we have consulted college and community arts groups each spring. This year we include individuals and groups who have been unable to par. ticipate in our formal meetings. We invite them to consult Artist Teacher catalogues and make their request before May 30. This year artist-teachers will set out by car, jet, boat and float plane to bring weekend studio workshops in a variety of media to large and small com munities throughout B.C. We hope Castlegar is among them. Judith O'Keefe Liaison Officer, Programs Teacher braries and_college codinuing stom tion centres. Forms can be forwarded More letters, AS Remember AD. Torabull, Coalition member of for e pr Tal riding. became the Hon. A.D. Turnbull, B.C. Minister of Health and Welfare this week. As health minister, Turnbull will have responsibility for the operation of the controversial hos- pitalization scheme which, came under fire both from the Opposition and from some government sources during the last session. *“ * * Freight into Castlegar was a little heavier this month, with 19 cars un- loaded here. Of these, eight were coal, three cement, and one each of feed, steel, poles, lumber, plaster, vege- tables, hay and autos: . At the copula bi cibethly meeting of the Castlegar Village Commissioners, petitions for regrading and lighting of Srd Ave. and for grading of 6th and Tth Avenues were answered. The roads and grading will be attended to as soon ‘tas men and machinery are available, but more lights are at present “a luxury which we cannot afford unless all are willing to pay for them.” And playing at the csute Theatre is a “show the whole family will enjoy,” starring Irene Dunne and William Powell in “Life With Father.” Second billing goes to Elizabeth Taylor, Ed. mund Gwenn, Zasu Pitts and Howard Lindsay. 25 YEARS AGO From the May 5, 1960 Castlegar News Tenders have been called by the department of highways for the dis- mantling of the old Nelson ferry at its re-erection in Castlegar. Sealed ten- ders for the project will be opened in the office of Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi on May 13. . 6 * Rossland-Trail MLA Don Brothers today officially opened Castleaird Plaza, the 10th shopping centre of its type in B.C. The Plaza boasts six businesses and a doctor's office: Shop- Easy food store, Marshall Wells hard- ware, Golden Horseshoe Restaurant, Haigh Tru-Art Beauty Salon, Pardman Furniture, Castleaird Bakery, and the office of Dr. T.F. Ternent. ._ 8 6 Health chairman Walter Thorp told council this week that Castlegar had the second-best water in the West Kootenay-Boundary area during 1959. Grand Forks had perfect water, while Rossland placed third, followed by Warfield, Tadanac and West Trail. ._ 2 8 Castlegar and District Hospital trus. tee Johnny Williams stated in a recent report that “there were 152 babies born for a total of 895 baby days” at the local hospital. He said that the 152 babies will mean “five sure classrooms for the school board to construct for grade one students in 1966.” 15 YEARS AGO From the May 7, 1970 Castlegar News The appointment of Bob Patrick as principal of SHSS was announced this week. Patrick will succeed John Hol. den, who has been appointed a district superintendent of education with the department of education * The Kootenay Doukhobor Historical Society plans to open its summer mar- ket on May 23 in the old Cheveldave's Store (now Crossroads Printing) at 123 Main St., opposite the Russian Hall. Stalls will be available for the sale of garden produce, handicrafts and other products. .- 8 6 A serious water supply problem has prompted Kinnaird council to cut its present sprinkling regulations by two hours. Times for watering now are from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and § p.m. to 11 p.m. * ¢ « A proposal has been made to the Town of Kinnaird by funeral home dir- ectors from throughout the Kootenays that the town, along with Castlegar, build a crematorium. Such an estab- lishment would be built on cemetery land and would be jointly managed by the twin towns in the same manner as is Park Memorial Cemetery 5 YEARS AGO From the May 4, 1980 Castlegar News Starting today, the Castlegar News starts twice-a-week publication after 32 years of community service as a weekly newspaper. The Sunday Castlegar News will be delivered free during the month of May to all homes in those Castlegar area communities where the newspaper presently has carrier routes. 7 28 «© Blueberry Creek residents’ fragile water system shut down almost com- pletely this week in the aftermath of a heavy rainstorm in the region earlier in the week. The source of the cutoff has been traced to gravel plugging the dis triet's six-foot-high screening tank for the water system. KRISTIANSEN CHOSEN TO HEAD FEDERAL NDP Former Kootenay West MP Lyle Kristiansen has been chosen to lead local federal New Democrats. Meeting in Nelson recently, feng member chose a partial with Kri Trails Brent Adair was preety vice-president, while Lilly Popoff, also from Trail, was chosen secretary. Shawn Philp of Casino near Trail will be an at-large member. A Nelson resident was named treasurer. The rest of the executive will be chosen by the Rossland-Trail and Nelson-Creston provincial NDP riding association, according to a prepared release. New D who the el at the Hospital Employees’ Union offices in Nelson, ae that with the pi hat politic: 1 vietory in Ok riding should also become involved in - a ‘est ind was given a seat on the executive. Small towns along Upper Arrow Lake are in Okanigan North provincially, but in Kootenay West federally. Kristiansen pointed out in the release that today every square foot of Kootenay West is in provincial NDP hands — a situation that has never occured before. The situation is unique in the B.C. Interior, and “looms as an ominous sign for the current Conservative representation in the federal riding,” said the release. In his election report, Kristiansen noted that the NDP vote rose by 3,000 in the federal poll, i the popular vote from 43 per cent to 45.2 per cent. In other jurisdictions, meanwhile, NDP support remains high nationally and has increased from four to 16 per cent in Atlantic Canada. New Democrats have picked up half a dozen provincial by-election wins across Canada since September, Kristian- sen said. The Nelson gathering approved three resolutions for the federal NDP convention to be held in Ottawa June 28 \ through July 1. The first was a settlement of support for industrial co-operatives as a means of economic develop- ment, while the second calls for a shift by Canada from military to peaceful research funding. A third resolution follows B.C. NDP policy, which demands the return of B.C. Telephone Co. regulation from federal to provincial jurisdiction. Most other telephone companies authority. in Canada already come under provincial After adjourning the political meeting, the New Democrats retired to the home of Lyle and Vera Kristiansen for a wine and cheese reception. Funeral today for Slocan Park man Fred. E. Podovelnikoff of Slocan Park passed away May 3 at the age of 82. Funeral service will be held today beginning at 7 p.m. at the Passmore Hall and continue Monday at 10 a.m. at the Passmore Hall with burial at 1 p.m. at the Slocan Park Cemetery. Mr. Podovelnikoff was born in Saskatchewan on Oct. 10, 1902. He grew up there and married Anne Osachoff at Marcellan and came to Slocan Park in 1932. During his life he worked as a blacksmith and in the lumber industry. He was a member of the USCC, en- joyed blacksmithing as a 25%: hobby after his retirement and farming. He was an ac- tive member of the commun- ity in which he lived. He is survived by one son, Fred of Slocan Park; two daughters, Mary Chernoff and Ann Bonderoff of Salmo; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Joe and Pete of Slocan Park; and two sisters, Helen Lebedoff of Wyndel, B.C. and Margaret Lebedoff of Glade. He was prede- ceased by his wife, one son, two brothers and one son-in law. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. FEDERAL NEW DEMOCRATS members chose an executive recently, naming eer . . » Kootenay West NDP MP Lyle Kr left ar right) p Nelson-Creston MLA Lorne Nicolson, hg ex- and Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy, also an ex: officio member of executive. Thurs., May 9 — 7:30 p.m. At Robson Hall The Trustees Alzheimer's group to meet By CasNews Staff A support group for rela- tives of vietims of Alzheim- er’s disease has been started in Trail John Marko, a social work- er at the Columbia View Lodge in Trail, says the sup- port group was started in November and members of the group have been meeting regularly since. One of the organization's goals is to support those giving care to Alzheimer's victims. Those people are given a chance to share with each other, to feel that they're not alone in caring for relatives or others, Marko said. Another goal of the group is to educate the public on Alzheimer’s disease. Alz- heimer's is a deterioration of the brain cells, he said. It first affects the memory then affects the physical parts of the body, like muscular con- trol, bowel, bladder and res- piratory functions. There is no cure for the disease. “It's frustrating for victims and families,” Marko said. Alzheimer’s disease is dif- fieult to diagnose, Marko adds. There is no test to de- termine whether a person has the disease. Diagnosis is done by eliminating other diseases and by doing CAT scans over a period of months and even years. The scans can determine brain shrink- age. Another goal of the Trail support group is to raise funds for research. Marko said the group is af- filiated with the Alzheimer's Support Association of B.C. Funds raised locally will go to WWWWWWWs that association which will distribute the funds to var- are drugs and ways of deal- ing with the frustration, an- xiety and hostility of Alz- heimer's victims, Marko said. The disease has been kown as Alzheimer’s disease since 1909. But it’s only in the last five or six years in Canada that's it’s become “popular” and people are taking a serious look at it. Marko said the reason that 4 support group has started in the area is because the disease seems to be coming to the attention of profes- sionals here. “The numbers are cer- tainly there,” he said. Marko estimates that there are about 15 victims of the disease who come out to the meetings of the support group. But that’s a small sampling of the actual num- ber of victims in the West Kootenay. Marko said there are probably 100 victims in the West Kootenay. The support group's next meeting is at 7:30 p.m. Wed- nesday at the Columbia View Lodge in Trail. Discussion and a short business meeting will take place. Supervision is available for Alzheimer’s pa- tients if needed. GRAND OPENING Sat., May 11 & Sun., May 12 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. New Flea “Market Place” FREE Space for Marketeers Bring your own table. Reserve your space early. Phone 357-9302 AT: ERIE LAKE SERVICE & RESTAURANT 2 Miles West of Salmo, on Hwy. 3 Retailers Welcome! 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