Burt Campbell +, Publisher and Editor Page Four — Thursday Morning, September 6, 1973 “Here let the press the people's rights maintain, unawed by influence and unbribed by gain” Short Takes Affer a Long Summer Recess Summer has come and gone-and so have staff holidays here at the Castlegar News. This means that the editor, who has been filling in for employees as they have each taken their annual vacation in turn, can now devote more time to his other duties, including offering some comment in this corner of the paper each week. It's been an interesting summer, and there has been no shortage of events to comment upon had time permitted... At the same imee as we learned from the daily newspapers of Ottawa's stupid decision to cancel this country's participation in Expo '74, two news releases arrived in our mail from the that instead of the terms of Mayor Colin Maddocks, Ald. George Bondaroff and Ald. Jack Chernoff being extended by a year, Ald, John Pinckney and Ald. Gerry Rust should resign in mid-term, This would allow the biennial election concept to be put into existence right away with voter concurrence, The idea has merit, However, the decision of voters on amalgamation in November could well make the whole issue academic, * . . The annual Kootenay-Columbia Days celebration this summer just had to be the best one yet, It was terrific. $ While it’s always dangerous to single out Department of Regional These releases, reprinted as a form of editorio! cartoon at the right, show that while our federal government hasn't got $1.8 million for a pavilion at Spokane, they've got $50 million for an airport in Quebec and $10 million to help build highways in New Brunswick! Is it any wonder Mayor John Landis read anti.’ ‘West bias into the cancellation decision and d western yers deserve id ation similar to that of central and eastern Canada? penhtite Frank Beinder, College's governing council, told the Commis- sion of Inquiry into Post Secondary Education in the Kootenays that a marriage of Selkirk and Notre Dame University of Nelson could only be abortive or “produce imbeciles.” Taking Mr. Beinder's remarks at face value, one can only conclude that not only is he right, but that Selkirk is doing that job quite well on its own, thank you! If Mr. Beinder's viewpoint is shared very widely at Selkirk, then we can only assume that ilding is the local institution's main concern and not the provision of the widest possible educational opportunities for the young people of the Kootenays. * . Hugo Wood and his men at the Castlegar Ranger Station deserve plaudits for the fine job they did in holding fire losses to a minimum during this long, hot summer. Not to be forgotten, either, are the pilots of the locally-based fire bomber crew and the many men who did the real dirty work of actually fighting the fires on the fire line. Like the members of the volunteer fire departments of both ‘Castlegar and Kinnaird, those men went far above and beyond the call of, duty in pi ing our natural and our homes. ee The jury is still out as far as we're concerned on Kinnaird council’s decision to switch: to’ biennial‘ elections ‘where: the: whole -*- council comes up for election every two years ‘instead of half of it each year. One big advantage to biennial elections, as we see it, will be that a like-minded council can be elected and go forward in single purpose for 24 months. On the other hand, if a divided council is elected, then the people of Kinnaird have to live with the situation for two years instead of having the opportunity to effect a partial change in a year's time. One very serious disadvantage is the fact that the services of a capable alderman or mayor can be lost for two years in the situation where two good men square off for mayor. Only one can win, and under the present system the one who loses can then seek an aldermanic seat the following year and, with the voter's approval, be back in harness working for the community. With biennial elections, the defeated candidate must wait two years before running again. ._ * 8 A couple’of people have phoned to suggest any i for particular praise because of the great amount of work done by conscientious. people who labor behind the scenes, KC Days chairman Ken King and people like Lois Ferguson, Steve Jankola, Bill Banham and Dianne Strader were the spark plugs who really gave the celebration all they had and helped Nothing for Expo — But Millions for Quebec For Editorial Comment, See Adjoining Columns news release iv = ‘To be released at 4 pm. on July 27 $10.0 MILLION MORE FOR CANADA. NEW BRUNSWICK TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION OTTAWA, July 26, 1973 - The Honourable Don Jamieson, Minister of Regional OTTAWA, July 27, 1973 = The fodernl-provincial investrent in the Special Area of ‘the new Montreal international airport has been increased to $50 million with the AGREEMENT. addition of $20 million to thie Cansda-Queb ‘The Honourable Doi. Jamieson, federal minister of Regional Econcmic Expension, and ‘the Honourable Gérard D,’ Levesque, deputy premier of Quebec and minister responsible for the Quebec Flanning and Development Buresn (0FDQ) today announced that the Department of Regional Economic Expansion will provide $5.0 million in grents and 95.0 million in Joana to the Province to carry out a munber of projects in the region, to macimize the benefits that will flow to the area from the new airport news release iv = For inmediate release CONCRETE FINISHING PATIOS — DRIVEWAYS — WALKS ano BASEMENT FLOORS ” REASONABLE RATES. 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE Phone Ralph Bird a 365-5886 Castlegar: New & Used Pianos YAMAHA PIANOS & ORGANS Largest Selection of Pianos in West: Kootenay Piano Tuning and Repairs Phone 365-3644 KELD'S PIANO & ORGAN CO. |f Fairview Sub.-Div. — Blueberry Creek shale AMBASSADOR is what Bill lees classified as his duties when he attends H cotorade State University at Fort Collins, Col., ‘2 a Rotary. Foundation Scholarship. The : H tholarship will include all registration, tuition gone chairman of Selkirk make it the great success it was. + * # And wasn't Brenda Healey an excellent choice for Miss KC Days? Wow—beauty and brains! The Selkirk Ligne Glob shouldn't have any to its fake especially if wsmbeps invite their reigning queen to some of their meetings. * * *. In what it described as “attempts to check inflation,” the ‘Bank of Canada boosted its lending rate several times over the summer. The chartered banks, in turn, promptly upped their interest rates not only on new loans, but also on loans made months ago! The governor of the central bank, Gerald K. Bouey, issued a prepared statement saying the increases in the Bank of Canada's lending rate reflected “recent financial developments’ at home and abroad.” Mr. Bouey's statement, reported the Canadian Press, “was clearly a message that the chartered banks had been a bit too free with their cash.” In other words, for being too free, the banks were now to be rewarded by being allowed to collect even more interest, on the money they apparently shouldn't have loaned out, in the first place! It was the Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King who said “Once a nation parts with the contro! of its currency and credit, it matters not who makes the nation’s laws" * 8 « No editorial page in this year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three, would be lete without some ho matter how short. toW For those of us who work “during the day {and'a good part of many evenings, :too) the Public Television Network did a real public service in carrying the televised hearings of the special senate committee from the opening gavel on into the small, wee hours of the morning. We appreciated it, and sent a small donation to Friends of Seven in Spokane to help keep such broadcasting on the air. May we suggest our readers do likewise. * * * This editoria] was started just a little over 2‘ hours ago and a telephone call has just been received from home to say friends from Trail are expected. momentarily to enjoy the lovely Sunday afternoon sunshine with us. Comment on Mr. Strachan's “settling” of the B.C. Ferries strike, the educational enquiry being cénducted by John Bremer, and the Can-Cel strike will have to await further issues of this newspaper... Make Your Cer Happy «+. and Make _ Yourself For RUBBER STAMPS See the CASTLEGAR NEWS democracy. That * good. Projects to be Economic Expansion, and the Honourable Richard Hatfield, Premier of New Brunswick, today announced that New Brunswick will be provided with an additional $10,000,000 for highway construction through an amendment to the existing Special Highways Agreement. The amendment provides for all approved construction costs for four financed by the par of Regional Econenie Expansion, increasing federal funding under the Agreement to $30,000,000, Cartoon on Evolution is Most Popular Film Of More than 700in Selkirk College Library short, cartoon film, “Evolution, which traces Dar- win's theory, from the dinosaur to ‘homo sapiens’ in a light- hearted manner, has been the most popular film in the Kootenays this year, according to John Nesteroff of the Selkirk College film library. In second place is another animated film, “The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes” tracing the geological history of the Great Lakes area of Canada. Still very ‘popular is the film “The Railrodder” in which Buster Keaton drives a railway ‘speeder’ over the tracks of the - C.N. and C.P. railways from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In the ‘Conscience and Comment What is Watergate, Dad? By Rev. K. Neill Foster gates was the pointed question of our 13-year-old © son: And it wasn't easy to answer. Frankly, it appears that the United States is having a national nervous breakdown. And the Senate hearings in Washington, the public agony of a patient in decline, have been televised internationally. Happily, the torrid sum- mer has kept the number of viewers at a minimum. The? summer urge to get away from it all has made sense this year. There is something to get away : from. The endless accusations against the Nixon administra- tion and now the attack upon vice: president Agnew show democracy at its best—and very worst. That deception and corruption should be rooted out of an administration still in power could only happen in a ‘That the painful accusation should be mixed with lies and tainted with political hatred, that very respected and power- ful men are being tried out of CANADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT PACIFIC AIR SERVICES REGION: SEALED TENDERS, addressed to the under- is wholly court and in a public forum is { democracy's,shame. . “One wonders when it is all’ going to explode. It ‘will, of course—but not yet. One day the whole world will go mad at once. When what the Bible calls, “He that restraineth” will step out of this world. Merci-- fully, the living church and the . restrainer still hold back the million Watergates we call Armageddon. process, comes involved in many hilar- ious incidents, Selkirk College film library has 700 films on its shelves, many of which have been obtained from the National _ Film Board. Over the last year, there have been a total of 5,000 film borrowings. Schools in the Kootenays are the major borrowers of the films, but any group or resident in the Kootenays may borrow films free of charge. For persons who cannot pick up the films at the college, a small mailing charge is made. Residents and groups in the East Kootenays can also avail themselves of the services of the film library at no charge. Buster Keaton be- KINGAR CONTRACTORS LID. Back-Hoe Loading & Hauling Sand, Cement and Pit-Run Gravel Top Soil Septic Tanks 365-6638 Box 1248 — Castlegar, B.C, Excavating Disposal Fields He and lab fees, limited educational travel, and board and incidental living costs for je full year. Mr. Merilees, who is shown here ith his wife, June, and sons Andrew and tion and outdoor community education. His duties’ will include many public speaking engagements on behalf of Rotary. Mr. Merilees, who leaves Monday for Fort Collins, said he has enjoyed the help and association he has had with the Castlegar Rotary Club during the last yoursndesal while local Rotary Foundation chairman G. C. Bissell said the whole essence of (Fraser, will p ‘ue 'y program p hcorporating parks planning, resource recrea- News Photo Rotary work is to promote understanding and ion th ‘hout the world. ‘ 1 Silverton - New Denver Newsletter 21 Years Of Service Recegnized Members of the non: teaching. staff of School District honored thelr malnten- anes supervisor Fred Howes at a retirement party last Friday marking his final day of work with the district, Spokesman for the group, Denny Hughes, toasted Mr. Howes first as a fricnd, secondly as a fellow worker and thirdly, a boss who had given 21 years of sorvice to the school ‘ district, CASTLEGAR NEWS, ‘Thursday, September 6,-1973 BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIALS A gift was p d to Mr. Howes from the group a8 well as a token of appreciation from the staff of the Twin Rivers and Castlegar Primary : schools presented by principal Jim Corbett, who jokingly offered to change jobs with Mr. Howes who in turn quite happily declined. Besides being maintenance supervisor, Mr. Howes at one time drove a school bus and served on- the maintenance staff. District Socials Mre. Jim Horswill 905-6856 Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Mc- Creight and family of Kinnaird spent the weekend visiting in | the Ok Ny. Do You Need A Septic Tank? 4 We Have Tanks for the Kootenays By Nancy Barnett Mr. and Mrs, Sam Ott of Silverton arrived home after a three-month vacation. They visited Mr. Ott’s relatives in We will contract out complete Tank and Field ‘GAYLOR SEPTIC TANKS LM. Bray jecPhnee 365-3083 — Box 3058 — Castlegar, B.C. Want to Sell Your House? - _ CALL MARY 365-6451 or 365-5244 IN THE HEART OF ‘DOWNTOWN VANCOUVE THE MAYFAIR HOTEL “provides spacious “new accommodati fully, equipped. kitchens, bie TV, «phone, -agdltion ith “you nent visit to Vancouver tay downtown. at the Mayfair Hotel located at Hornby and Robson: Streets. For reservations, write to: . with’ for + $14.00 single and $3.00.) TERM DEPOSITS Invest in Your | Clearance Sale CONTINUES And the Prices Are Right - BONNETT'S isrone-scssrst TELEPHONE 365-6751 toured Austria and Switzerland, Included in their trip were Verona, Italy and Alsace, France. * . Mr. and Mrs. Vern Haller and their four children of Grand Forks, while camping at Sumit Lake, are visiting old friends in the Silverton area, «8 For cleaning black marks from shoes, other than leather, here is a handy trick. Spray some hair spray directly onto the mark and wipe off immediately. : Mr. Ron Horswill of Ash- croft spent the weekend visit- ing in the Nelson and Kinnaird area. He was the guest of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Jim Horswill of Kinnaird, : Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and family of Kinnaird spent the Labor Day weekend visiting relatives in Oliver and Penticton, Did you know that pears can be blanched like peaches? First place them in boiling water, then in cold and skin like you doa peach. No more waste and hours of. peeling. Please ” don’t leave the pears in the hot water bath too long as they will turn color. Try it! You'll like it. Gordon Hunfer Funeral Service Held Wednesday Funeral services were held Steering stubborn? Then steer here!’ When steering gets difficult, it may be a sign car wheels are out of balance and alignment. We'll put them. right. We can now balance trucks up to 1 ton | | Ken 's Auto al Wheel | Alignment lier sane ‘eater \ We Pay INTEREST On EARLY REDEMPTION MANY OTHERS DON’T! Our * TERM DEPOSIT RECEIPTS from ‘St. David's ‘ Church in Castlegar for Gordon George Hunter, 42, of Kinnaird, who died accidently Saturday near Cranbrook. Born Oct. 6, 1930, at Anyox, B.C., Mr. Hunter came to Trai] as a young boy where he received his education. He was employed with Cominco as a’ tradesman in boiler-making. Mr. Hunter merried in Trail and resided there until 1962 when he made his home in Kinnaird. He was a member of Fidelity Masonic Lodge of Trail and for many years a member of Kinnaird Volunteer Fire Department. Mr. Hunter is survived by his wife, Shirley; one son, Kenneth and ‘one daughter, Nancy-Lynn, all at home. His father, George Thomas Hunter also survives. Mr. Hunter was pre- deceased by his mother in 1953. Rev. Terry Allen officiated at the service during which the hymn “Sun of My Soul” was played by organist Mrs. D. A. McIntosh. Pallbearers ‘were Jerry Booth, Rob Bacola, Gerry Rust, Wes Butler, Reg Anderson and,. Cliff Clelland. Honorary pallbearers were Brian Webster, Dave — Me- PORK STEAK GOVERNMENT INSPECTED» BONELESS ROUND STEAK =: SMOKED PORK PICNICS $1.19 19: GOVERNMENT APPROVED Ib. 99° Denny i BONELESS RUMP ROASTS PORK ROASTS BOLOGNA “NO. 1 QLTY, BY THE PIECE .......... sawe$11 49 “AY Ib. GOVERNMENT ¢ INSPECTED .....scssues : ». 19 SARDINES BETTER BUY .. 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