B4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 14, 1982.).0:-)34/0'5 ( Socted MLAs 128-page manual By CHARLES LA VERTU, VICTORIA (ce) — The Social Credit party, stung by its near-defeat in the 1979 B.C. general election, its the dirty’ tricks with the media. Party executive director Hugh Harris, a’ crony of Premier Bill Bennett hired to revamp the party's election that election, is one of the reasons the party nearly lost was the. lack of rapport between the politicians and the media. The powers of the press are such they can make or break you, ane the 128-page manual prepared for party. of the 3 urging them to be “truthful and up front ig the media.” The manual encourages use of letters to the editor because readership studies show this is one_of the most well-read sections of any newspaper. But to prevent recurence of the dirty tricks scandal, it urges that, above all, they be signed, and “accurate, honest and ‘to the point.” The scandal got its name when it became known Social. Credit caucus researchers advised party. workers at an election seminar to “play dirty,” following that up with how to plant letters of support in hewepeners by signing them with phoney names, | STAY COOL ‘The section for members of the legislature warns nol to get angry when being interviewed. “That may be extremely difficult at times, “but tt is vitally important. There is absolutely nothing to be gained-by a show of anger, unless you want to see your, own face scowling back at you on the six o'clock news.” The rule applies to all dealings with all reporters at all times. MLAs are reminded no matter how outlandish the charge may be, “an angry reaction is defensive, and it makes a good radio or TV clip.” “So stay cool in the hall. Once inside your office, it’s up to you if you want to use your filing cabinet for karate is they: ‘have a bit of insurance bessues the ae of the program has to find someone to talk to every day of the week, and “he knows there won't be any encores if he crucifies you.” : For a one-on-one interview, the MLA’s office is recom- mended because the reporter is likely to. be less aggressive and the questions less sharply worded. “That's because the type of tough, incisive questions they ask in the hallway: frequently sound just plain rude, and in'the comfortable, informal chit chat in your office, y disclosures, has prepared a slick manual ‘on how to'deal jf anything that smacks of rudeness will seem out of mel Aftermath of Friday's slide. at the Genelle bluffs allowed the camera to. capture what could ‘be classified as modern art as railroad ‘ties and tracks twist into a graceful curve and power lines sprawl along the highway. eam stir bel eed : _ We drank home-ground coffee out of heavy pottery mugs and chatted. In the the delicate of Zamfir ‘came from the large stereo in the living room. A black woodstove kept us comfortably warm on that snowy day. The walls with framed hs and plants — their vines crawling over the walls and onto the ceiling. In his home I met and talked with Ted Crosfield, poet, and self-: styled freelancer. Ted is in he process of helping to set up ‘Able-Fest,’ a two-day arts festival for the handicapped scheduled for the weekend of April $0 - May 1. Sponsored by the International Year of the Disabled and David Thompaon University Centre, this “Celebration of Ability” will take the form of “hands-on” experiences in drawing, painting, Photouvanby. drama, the media, sculpture. The sp ‘to get those with cerebral ane geal th wheelchairs, those who have suffertd atroki are often afraid to go out. ave smteeae i pac peiiee conference or.if you know of someone ‘who might be, contact Ted at 985-7484. What is a disability? What makes | & person “disabled? I asked him? “I've thought a lot about that,” he said reaching for a small black notebook, his personal journal of thoughts couldn't deal with that,’ but we're just ordinary | people 5 dealing with exceptional circumstances. Don't just ar at and a serine. “The dic of ” he "is to make unable or unfit, to deprive of mental eri Ted is convinced that thé real disability resides within the mind. “Disability, is of the mind, ‘inability’ is of the body. Our attitudes. (Bre our disability. Our physical people together to do hands-on stuff, people who've probably never done art before, or thought about doing art.” Ted says the festival will be concerned with the “why” of art. As much as possible, Ted is trying to get disabled artists to lead the sessions, although he does admit, that this is sometimes: difficult. dition is our inability.’ Ted is himself 70 per cent disabled and dislikes the word “special” in reference to the handicapped. “That’s a funny word,” he’ says..“I'm not special. I'm unique, different, maybe, but not“special.” ‘Ted believes that the disabled “really have something to give back; this special ability to ‘rise back up after you fall. Other people say ‘Oh God, I the the empty Pant leg, the shaking hand,’ but look atthe person: beneath. Ted calls himself a second generation Vancouverite. Both: he and his father were born and grew up there. ‘At 19 he joined the air force and took pilot training. It was while he was stationed in Saskatchews that Ted “crashed a Harvard and broke myself. I killed myself at age 22.” His legs were crushed, his skull was fractured, his back and pelvis and jaw were broken, and he ‘suffered ‘many: internal injuries and bruises. It was a long road back for Ted — but he says with confidence, “I couldn't have become what. I am today if not for, that.” The only effects Ted still carries around with him ate the loss. of one leg and a continual'sore back and neck. “It’s an* more than ig.” The fall after he left the hospital Ted married Judy and kids began to come along. He “took a crack” ‘at UBC,.but it as a “mi ” He worked for a while, but always in the back of his mind was the idea of returning to sch In 1968 he enrolled at Simon Fraser University and -his “life did a beautiful hard right.” He discovered drama, and “My 15-year involvement ‘with the camera,” writes Ted in his journal, “has taught me the art of seeing and this awareness has allowed me to share with others my joy in the . diversity and the beauty. of life. It has taught me there is always something worth locking at in any situation and that I must go beyond the obvious if I am to capture or record this: special, something and. then share with others. ‘The camera allows me to show what can be seen from behing or ‘perhaps from the top of-my wall.” Ted shoots his pictures with an old Canon F1 and either a telephoto or a.wide angle lens. “The telephoto requires that you look.closely and selectively. The wide angle is just the opposite. | You look at the much bigger picture.” Many of his soloe lor pictires hang framed on his wall; a muted, misty orning picture of Delores in their back yard garden (“I Iiked that on so. much,” he told me, “I entered it in a photo contest in Harrowsmith."); a face peering from behind:a multicolored stained glass window; plus-.a_ variety. of interesting portraits. ‘Ted dislikes posed photographs, " preferring to shoot his subjects unawares. This casual and informal manner seems to’ characterize ‘Ted. On the last page of his journal Ted wrote a poem and the middle lines'seem to reflect his philosophy of. life: ” “Life is too short and seldom sweet enough to waste good the camera, He got a part in a play and “found outa whole lot : . times.’ about me, the nice me, the ugly me.” He “did professional theatre” for a while, but then realized that he didn't want to make this a full time thing. “It became obvious that if I |. wanted to be an actor it could become a selfish occupation.” He got a job teaching Grade 9 English and Social Studies = in West Vancouver, but. describes that “as the toughest job I’ . ever had.” The year he taught ph at that same school and “had a marvellous time.” He organized the : < kids into a very successful dramatic group, and they “did a TED CROSFIELD.. . whether it's painiing: writin drama, or photogray hy A Ted believes that the disabled can learn through Lite aca “believes that the disabled can learn through art. Art couple of theatre things.” But by the following year he was,” ready to leave the city and find a place in the country. - . Staying with friends in Castlegar -he.remembers looking across the river to treeless Ootischenia, baking and broiling’ in the summer sun and_saying to himself, “who would ever want to live over there?” You guessed it. Ted now lives in Ootisch He was to be able to hase 24s acres which he ahowed me with pride. Along with the house, which he has completely refinished, the Property came with two complete Doukhobor houses in ‘remarkably good condition, -..: » What are you going to do with them? I asked. “We're not sure,” he admitted, but did say that he plans on “being very E ee with them,” meaning he respects them and has no plans on tearing them down. Ted taught at KJSS fora while, but now mostly works on consignment. By working on his own house, Ted learned carpentry and woodworking skills. Then, after, taking a creative woodworking course, woodworking. He has built three houses, his own, one for his sister and one for his mother. Last year he refinished the ‘kitchen cupboards at Hobbit Hill Day Care Centre. One of his first projects, a wooden drum, was displayed at the 3 Kootenay Crafts 81 last year at the NEC. Shortly after. moving to Castlegar, Ted and Judy separated. Ted now lives with Delores. He has four children, Tony, who lives with his mother in town; Shannon, 14; Sarah, 11; and Charmaine, 9. Whether it’s painting, writing, drama, photography, Ted is on the road to self-discovery and it was art which helped Ted through his own disability. “The. camera taught me to see. Drama taught me about myself.” : he got “hooked” on- One of with Pictures Ted has taken is old Canon FI. teams left this’ week for the provincial hexigra at as ate iin homers _ Angie’’-Popoff, Cheryl North and Ruth Eh- man — and ‘seniors Sandra Churches and John Landis ‘ '< finish competing in the two- day competition today (Sure: The’ teams have -been ‘in three competitions this year, one in Grand Forks, one here and, one,‘at Nelson. Their: good showing in the Nelson tournament’ qualified . them for the, provincials. . 7 Ehman and North won the junior. ‘division * title’ at all three tournaments. Coach Jeremy Pelmer says: - this pair has the best chance of doing well at the Pro- . vinelals, The local teams are joined by six students from Grand Forks and six. from Nelson. Results from Joy Keillor Bridge Club Eleven: tables,‘ with an average‘of 108, took part in.’ play March 8 at the Joy Keillor Bridge Club ‘with the following results: North-South Firat, Otto and Inez Walk- er ‘with 181; ’, second, Bey Swain and:Agnes Charlton with 180; third, Bert Tyson and Wayne Weaver with 118% and Rob Troubridge and Jude Goodwin with 118. East-We First, Bill Gorkoff and Bill Martin: with 184%; second, a Baulne.and Donna Wiwchar with 125%; third, Etuka Cameron and Pearl Palmer with 119% and Don - Baines and Ted Vockeroth Sr with 119, elie No senior memb: inlay Humphries ‘ debating ‘teams; from left, coach Jeremy . Angie Popoff and Ruth Ehman, Atissing are Kim, Fry, and Sandra Churches and John‘Landis. CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 14, 1982 wh R.H.C. INSURANCE: ae 3 and’ Mrs, § Dovid Bc Barrett o Nsom @ ton, born May h7. . BROWN — to Mr. ond Mrs. _ : Srown of Trail, a son, born Feb. ew 8 Baden _ Hale ond Mrs, Don len jelson, @ son, Bryden, son, born CLEAVELEY — To Me. and Mrs, dim Cleavele: ft Trall, dughter, Born Pb, yebbed FENOICK — To’ Mr. ai sonore vende a ‘smithere : To Mr and Mrs, Dougal felinan of Castlegar, a son, FLANAGAN — To Mr. and Mra, Kevin Flanagan of Trail, @ ton, born Mai GEORGETTI — To Mr. and Mrs. Ken Searels of, Teall, 9, ughter, born Ma wie aan 9 a t cotleger i ghter, born HEIM — To Mn ond | Mrs. Tony Heim of Rossland, a son, born March 9, 2 soeenh Hughes fon sland joseph Hughes daughter, orn Feb.2 paar JOHNSON —> To Mr, and Mrs, - Peter Johnson of Rossland, a son, . bom March 6. _"—CesNewsPhoto “Reflects effects felt: Issues affecting Kaslo and the Kootenay, Lake. region were aired in detail"March 7 _when MLA Lorne Nicolson’ and MP Lyle Kristiansen held a public hearing in the lakeside village. The proposed purchase of T and H Sawmill ‘by Cres- brook Forest Industries drew a comprehensive brief from _the Nelson-Trail District La- . Death -sentence .. for. freeway killer LOS ANGELES (AP) —. ‘Twice-paroled ‘sex offender - William Bonin, the convicted “Freeway Killer,” was sen- tenced Friday to death in the gas chamber for the homo- sexual torture-murders of 10 young men and boys. 5: - California Superior Court jury malice aforethought.” . Keene, who presided over” the trial ‘that led to Bonin Jan. 19 convictions, ordered the ‘sheriff to remand Bonin’: to the warden of; San Quentin prison: Appeal to the state Supreme Court is antomatic in capital cases,-.: 4 It was a sentence a shad e: ~ “Td be stupid not to think it,”’he told’a newspaper re- porter last January after the. had convicted him in the 10 murders, acquitting him of ‘two, mufder counts. ~ The same jury later re- commended the death’ pen- “alty. Bonin® still faces four murder ‘counts‘,in Orange ‘County, ‘where “a, separate. trial is'to begin in May. The bodies‘ were dumped ‘along freeways in Southern’ California. bor - Council, which village lic ‘hearings in Kaslo to air Alderman - Lutz rounded out with the coun- cil's view of that, situation. Keslo Chamber of Com- In addition to the village -merce representative Terry and the labor. council, briefs Jones told the elected offi-. bo : Undo of Nel Budde the T and H Purchase prop- 1 were presented by the Kaslo Chamber of Commerce, deau Chamber of Commerce, cials that eight jobs had been lost in the village“ when the present government brought , Bociety and, several individ- - uals. rg fltbageh Fastest T and H +4 Kokanée ‘Springs Develop. in the provincial Social -Ser- < ment, Kaslo' Homemakers _ Vice Tax Act, which imposed Society, Shutty Bench @ tax on those boats bought Lodge, Kootenay Historical oe, but shipped out. of rr large part of, Jo les operation 234 Sawmill is ‘a non-union o; gary -in response ation, the labor council rer legislation. sought to protect the jobs... provided by the mill, and that may be’ threatened ‘through * closure of the:-mill ‘either peed wits present owners or Crest- tak sind oe Premed Cited for The brief seemed to reflect: a growing regional consensus “OTTAWA (CP) — Cory that ‘because ‘the forest re- MeCallpm was playing on the source is publicly-owned, it: Shore near his home at Pine- should not be bought and sold | house Lake in northern Sas- among private firms without _ katchewan,. much like any regard to local econonifc im- . other eight-year-old on May pact, as small-mills close‘and . 2, 1980, when he saw a canoe timber. is moved ‘to’ larger carrying three girls overturn mills cutside the community. about 80 metres away. B.C’s. minister of forests. Pbat’s what Cory stopped had only. weeks. before re- being just another eight- fused Nicolson's and’ Kris- ‘year-old and undertook the tiansen’s joint: banked fee atid which sa he of. Bravery 259 Columbia Ave. * * sini Paper: (ell cofours) /_*& Elastic Bands _ out. sizes) cently “by. Gov. Gen. Ba Schreyer. . Cory grabbed a sheet of plywood for a makeshift raft and s stick for a- paddle and | headed for the girls, arriving in time to pull Sandy. Caisse to safety on’the raft while Mary Lariviere swam ashore. Although he turned: back for, “her, it was too late to save Emily Misponas. Of the medals announced, ‘four other incidents involved potential