CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 22, 1983 CASTLEGAR NEWS INC ADV! ING MANAGER — Caro! Magow COMPOSING ROOM FOREMAN. ick CIRCULATION — Sherry Anderson — Mickey Read belong to the odvertiser. Pe ” is vetled in and belongs 10 Castle News Lid.; provided, however, that copyright in that port ond that part only of ony advertisement prepared trom repro prools, engravings, et. provided by the odvertiser shall remain In a Park great idea The Castlegar Rotary Club Is to be ded for its Zuckerb area is finished and ready for Island park project now in full swing. The island is not only an important part of our local heri- tage, but it is also uniquely situated at the point where the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers meet. As wall, its location is so near the Senior Citizens Centre down- town and within easy walking dis- tance of the Rota Villa and the new Maranatha Court townhouses that it should be a favorite spot for local seniors. But the park shouldn't be a hit just with the seniors. Unlike the south end of Castlegar, the older, northern area hasn't any handy wilderness area, and this back-to- nature undertaking will fill a void use, and we doubt there's another community of 7,000 people in the whole of B.C. that can boast of a park of similar calibre. It is also interesting to note that the kerk Island chairman is Wilf Sweeney of BC Timber's Celgar pulp division.: It was another BC Timber manager, Dennis Brookes of the lumber divi- ... sion, who was the driving force be- hind the Pass Creek Park develop- ment. It is true to say that If there had not been a Dennis Brookes, there would not be a Pass Creek Park. Speaking of Pass Creek Park, thanks to the federal government, construction of 30 overnight camp- sites and proper public washroom’ for north Castleg fi Castlegar is very fortunate in having, firstly, areas capable of park development and, secondly, civic-minded clubs prepared to develop them. Anyone ‘vito hasn't been up to the Kinnaird Park lately should lose little time in doing so. The job the Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club is doing there is unbeliev- able. The new sheltered picnic is progi g good rate. It is also anticipated that work will be done to upgrade the pools at the park, which will be filled with beach sand. Now: if only Colin Pryce’s proposal for a pathway from Zuck- erberg Island to the Kinnaird Bridge and across to the Doukhobor His- torical Village lands would receive community support... Where theres smoke... San Francisco city board of sup- ervisors’ proposal this week for a far-reaching ord Le tobacco smoking in private and municipal offices is bound to have an effect on other cities across ludi The law merits the attention of Castlegar city fathers insofar as they should perhaps monitor the San Francisco experiment to.see if the bylaw really can be enforced and if it in fact has any effecf on yh in the ‘kpl North America — i g Cas- tlegar. The new law was adopted by a 9 to 2 vote and req loyers A similar bylaw may have a very good chance of passing in p 4o reach a “'r ble accom. i} . given the k pref. modation” between the pref- erences of non-smoking and smoking employees. But if the non- smokers aren‘t satisfied, the em- ployer must ban smoking in the of- fice workplace. The new law, which must still be given second reading next of council members. Only Mayor Audrey Moore and Ald. Carl Henne smoke. So if It ever went to a vote, the non-smokers could carry a simple 5-2 majority. Seriously, though, perhaps council should start with something easier and take a look at asking restaurants to set aside week, was prompted by a over the hazards of second-hand smoke, and carries with it a hefty $500-a-day fine for employers who don’t comply. UAEESEOCOONUOOUUUUUUENAUUUNEGOEgAOOUNLALAUUOU areas for “These are commonplace inthe U.S. and it's hard to understand why restaurants here haven't followed suit. . FRED WUUAUESUEQUUUUNNNUOSNAGAIE MERRIMAN Probably 40 years ago I read a book entitled “What Makes Sammy Run?” The title intrigued me at the time. I can remember little of the plot these many years later, but I will never forget the title. It also gives me an excuse to talk about a popular pastime of an increas- ing number of local residents — run- ning. . What makes us want to run? Many, I suppose, begin for reasons of physical fitness or to improve their general appearance. Some started to exercise in this way because a doctor rec- ommended a program of physical ex- ercise. Sometimes it starts with a daily walk. Others of us started as the result ofa challenge or to recover some of the joie de vivre of an earlier day called “barefoot boyhood.” It used to be great racing across the cow pastures, changing course abrupt- ly to avoid sometimes wet cowpies. The fields were quite often furrowed, tufted or irregular. It made for dex- terity of foot and it was just plain good fun just being alive, well and happy on the farm. We worked hard and played for the fun of it... and running was something we did as kids all the time. Achum of mine, Gerry, and I used to scan the daily newspapers for summer picnics for service clubs, fraternal lodges or any. other organization which stood out as a likely candidate for sponsoring foot races for the children of such bretheren. Both of us were quite speedy in the 100-yard dash and the prizes were usually a good incen- tive. We found an excuse to pedal our bikes out to Beaver Lake or Elk Lake in Victoria to attend those picnics and enter those races. We usually returned from the picnics with a carrier full of worthwhile prizes, We were an earlier ion's example of "1 ing - hi tlers.” I look back now and can say we came very close to being dishonest be- cause neither of us had parents in any of those fraternal or service club organizations. But we were young teenagers and no one asked us for identification. Track and field events in an earlier time were only for those who didn't hold down a job after school, We ran on Sunday afternoon. There was more money in it. Each person you see jogging :along the city streets or out on the open highway probably has his or her own personal story that gives a clue why they started to run. However, the reason they continue torun even long after the initial reason fades, interests me. It is that reason” I would like to discuss now. Most of us run because we enjoy it. It is much like any other sport. The more time you spend out on the highway, the better you become, the easier it becomes. There are runners who push themselves to a level of fitness that challenges them to compete. That does not interest most of us, particularily those of us beyond 60, But we do reach the stage that it is downright good fun to watch the trees go by or hear the sound of easy running on light gravel at the road’s edge. Sure, the hills still give us difficulty, then there is the easy coast on the down slope. Time flies when you are having fun and it still amazes me how quickly time passes on an “eight-miler.” The most difficult part about running is finding the time. I squeeze it in by having the car pool drop me off a few miles from home, after work, or run- ning on my 30-minute lunch break. We run because it is fun. Try it and join the club. “Ronnie baby, nobody’s saying you're the Darth Vader of the"60s... it’s : just that... ifyou could lighten up a bit when you exhale . : ATUUEALIDAECTECTUNTUUANANNNNAAATTTL TN NM _LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. LOND UUM PEACE MOVEMENT ~ UUCAQCDUGLEQSUULAOUEOHHULIOOQOCOOSSUCNUSCAQERECLOLELERSES Moral aid not enough | Editor, Castlegar News: , . Although my wife and I have been in sympathy with the peace movement. all of our adult lives, it has not been until recently that we have come to the realization that our moral support was not enough. We are great-grandpar- ents now, and it had always seemed to us that protesting with placards and banners was a prerogative of the young of this generation. It was Something quite beyond-our experience; !some-+ thing we had not known when we were young. Still, the need was there. The threat of nuclear annihilation was now * an ever-present danger to all of human kind. And so we thrust our scruples to one side. We got busy in the basement and made our signs and prepared to join the peace walk on Mother's Day from Haynes Point to the U.S. border south of Osoyoos. They arrived in their campers and their trucks and cars, some modern and sleek and others upon which time had taken its toll. Signs and banners blossomed everywhere. They had gathered here, on the shore of this beautiful lake, on this cold and blustery day impelled by a deep seated yearning. They had come from all points of the Okanagan to make their plea for peace and to affirm life on this planet. There were no familiar faces there to greet us when we climbed out of our car and self consciously hauled our signs out of the trunk. Still I needn't have worried, for when I looked up I was reassured to see all these young mothers and fathers with their chil- dren observing us and smiling their ot ny, in, efr children, ams; grand- ers, men in business suits and ties, young people in floppy sweaters and jeans. And the children were wonderful. They did not hold their parents’ hands, but instead held tightly to their own messages for peace, messages that were deeply significant and which clutched at my heart. One little girl Please address all Letters to the Editor to: The Castlegar News, P.O, Box 3007, Castlegar VIN 3H4, or deliver them to our office at: 197 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. letters must be signed and in- clude the writer's full name and, address. Only in very. exceptional cases will letters be published without the writer's name. Never- theless, the name and address of the writer must be disclosed to the editor. The Castlegar News reserves the right to edit letters for brevity, clarity, legality and grammar. carried a sign which read, “I only want to grow up to be a grandmother.” Two little boys carried a banner between them which read, “We would like to grow old too.” I thought of another ‘time and another Man. A much younger Man who struggled up a hill with a cross . upon his back 2,000 years ago. He too had a message for the world, much the same as ours. “Love thy..neighbor as thyself,” He said. es: I thought. of the world about me seeting with distrust and hate and fear and the words of this Man who died so long ago stabbed at my heart. “He who lives by the sword shall perish by the sword,” he had said. I thought of all. these beautiful. children who trudged up the long hill by my side. They knew that something was terribly wrong with their world. They looked to their parents. They trusted us and I knew in that moment that this was what the struggle. for nuclear disarmament was all about. The old man who trudged up the hill with his sign just in front of us understood this only too well. We finally reached the border and I was exhausted. The old man sank down upon a varnished log by the road side. He still held his sign but I could see xthat-bis, hands were trembling. Then I w thie.two little boys still bravely holding”théir banner between them. . - I went over to them and I asked them why they had come to be with the peace walk on such a blustery day. “Because we don't want the bombs to fall on us,” replied the older of the two. “If they do, we'll just run away and hide,” said the younger boy, with a bright smile. “You can't do that,” said the older boy scornfully. “There'll be no place to hide.” G.H. Rutherford Hedley, B.C. Thanks for making _ May Day Editor, Castlegar News: This letter is intended to:say thank you to all those who helped to make May Day (Sunday, May 1) a most unique, successful and happy experi- ence. - It was unique in that it represented real community involvement in a happy family fun picnic; an opportunity for people from all walks of life to come to-. gether and share with their: fellows their food, their company, music and laughter in harmony. The participants ranged from infants and babies just starting on the road of life to respected oldsters including the senior citizens of Kiro Manor. It was:a happy day be- MP CRITICIZED a@ success. cause all of us met and mingled with old friends and new people with smiles and good will, and a mutual desire for peace and friendship. for all. It was a happy day as well because we appreciated the pretty park-like setting, the glorious sunshine, the in- spirational sing-song, the laughter of children, and the joy of being alive. Our heartfelt gratitude to all those’ good people who gave of themselves to make the May Day possible. Pat Romaine On behalf of the May Day Social Committee and the Unemployed "Action Centres Justify your actions, Lyle Editor, Castlegar News: Could someone tell me what events of national import made it necessary for our free travelling MP to be in the Kootenays April 25 to May 5? Are we about to get a fish hatchery under the DREE program for the Arrow Lakes or something instead of another free cafe for a businessman? I submit that it was nothing less than a misuse of a public position and misuse of public funds and should be investi- gated under Section 110, for Lyle Kris- tiansen's presence in the riding to hand out NDP propaganda. What type of MP or MLA would hand out election material on polling day at the Celgar Pulp Mill? Not a very moral one, it appears to mel The black armband reception for the president of the United States, and the bawdy house position of our globe- trotting MP is bad enough, but I for one do not condone his latest excursion. Can anyone? It appears to me that our MP is not only in violation of Section 110 but Section 170 of the Election Act as well, Why not write in and tell us what you were doing here Lyle? Did the people pay you to hand our propaganda at Cominco at 6 a.m.? Is your little trip going to be part of Chris D'Arcy’s elec- . tion expenses? I wonder what the House of Commons morals and ethics committee will say? I intend to find out. Come on Lyle, justify your actions to the people of the Kootenays. F.W. Peitzsche Fruitvale Miss Barbara Easton won out in the Queen contest for the IODE May 24th Celebration and will be crowned at the festivities on Monday afternoon. Her princesses will be Cicloly Raine, Dora Horcoff, | Vera : Kanigan, Florence « Kavic, Elsa Gunderson ‘and Gladys Dolormo and attendants will be Mollie Kuryluk, May McClure, June Spencer, Marjorie Woods and Mary McKenzie. ‘ e s . Castlegar took a prominent part in the Kootenay Musical Festival held in Nelson last week and succeeded in bringing home the Hume Challenge Cup. This .cup is awarded to the city having five or more entries and gaining the highest average for the two first-place winners. s * . Preparation for construction of the new Kinnaird elementary school has started with the clearing of the lot by J. McDonald of Trail. Two acres of the grounds will be cleared by the resi- dents, then levelled by a bulldozer, to give the community a playground and ball park. A fringe of shade trees is being left on the northwest corner for picnic and lunchgrounds.' * 8 . The first game of the junior softball league was played Sunday at Kinnaird. Castlegar being in good shape, topped the score 15-6. Castlegar Ni Castlegar lad Arvi Pellegrin. has been selected by Air Cadet head- quarters in Ottawa to take a drill in- structors’ course at Camp Borden, On- — tario this summer. Arvi was a flight sergeant in Squad- ron §81 of the Air Cadets and now holds the rank of W02. . * « The Robson Farmers Institute meet- ing was held Tuesday evening at the home of W.T. Waldie with A, Smecher presiding. Mr, Smecher was appointed delegate to the semi-annual meeting of the Weat Kootenay Central Farmers Institute in Nelson May 30. © ._ © «& The annual spring cotton sale of the Robson Evening Group was held May 9 in the Robson Community Hall. 15 YEARS AGO From the May 23, 1968 Castlegar News Elections are finally over at Stanley Humphries Secondary School: The fol- lowing are Stanley Humphries MP's for next year: at Prime Minister, Keith Sinclair, dep- uty Prime Minister, Stuart Deverney, secretary of state, Morag Nicholson, minister of finance, Pauline, Fowler, minister of social affairs, Jerry Cyr, and minister of athletics, Bill Walker. se . Mrs. Matt Shelfontiuk and 12-year- old Doug Houghton, both sponsored by the Kinnaird Women's Institute, com- pleted the 27 miles in the march for Oxfam. Their success was reported at the recent meeting of the institute held Wednesday of last week at the home of Mrs. Jim Wisted. Nine members and two guests, Mrs. Ron Johnston and Mrs. Allen Selbie, were present. * . At the May meeting of the Castlegar Public Library Association the librar- ian, Mrs. Donnan, reported that cir- culation of books for the previous , months was well over 2,000. | A special grant from the Public Li- ore Commission has made possible the yeh: of a number of refe books, some of which have already ar- rived. 5 YEARS AGO From the May 25, 1978 Castlegar News Cash prizes given by the city to Stanley Humphries Secondary .School and 1h d-wi ning graduates will increase to $100. In response to a request by SHSS principal Lach Farrell, city council Tuesday approved a $50 increase for each of the two awards, which will be presented at graduation exercises June 9 . . * Selkirk College council last Thursday approved a $6,052,208 budget for 1978 — on the condition that it will be re- vised when final education ministry allotments are made. . * *. The Kinnaird Grade 8 school band, under the direction of Ken Nelson, entertained the Castlegar and District Senior Citizens' when the association held its monthly social evening at its centre last Thursday. The 17 members of the band enter- tained the seniors for an hour with a wide variety of selections. An added feature were the piano solos performed by Shawna and Kevin Mason, as well as readings by Kilmeney Jones.