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Referendum needed
on Sunday shopping

The Castlegar merchants who
are hopping mad over this week's
developments in the Sunday shop-
ping issue have every right to be.

In fact, every Castlegar resident
should be uneasy about the
situation

What is at stake isn't so much
the issue of whether Castlegar
stores should open on Sunday, but
who has the right to decide it
stores should open.

Several local stores decided to
try to accommodate Christmas
shoppers by opening on Sundays
during December this year. That
apparently prompted a Trail mer
chant to make some inquiries with
the local RCMP about Sunday store
hours

The RCMP in turn issued a notice
reminding local merchants that
unless the city has a bylaw
allowing Sunday shopping, stores
are required to abide by the
provincial Holiday Shopping Act

Doing a
good job

The Castlegar city works crew
was given a rough ride at the
beg g of this pl
season — and tor a reason. Part of
that was because residents have
grown used to excellent
snowplowing and clearing over the
years

Well, there isn't any doubt thot
the crew is doing a tine job now
Streets and sidewalks are in ex
cellent shape.

And anyone who
should try to drive or
downtown Trail

complains
walk in

which outlaws Sunday shopping.

In effect, an out of town mer-
chant was able to tell Castlegar
b — and r di it angi
what they are and are not able to
do.

It's a ludicrous situation, and one
that needs remedying.

The simple solution is to hold a
referendum asking residents it
they want local stores to open on

“I've checked again . . . there isn't a war toy in the lot.”

Sunday. The voters of Castleg

and not someone in another com
munity — should be masters of
their own fortune.

And though a reterendum in it
self won't answer the larger
q ot whether resident:
want Sunday shopping, it will
allow the issue to be debated in
the proper forum

You can
still help

With so many worthwhile en-
deavors making demands on our
pocketbooks at this time of year,
it's often difficult to choose one
over another

But one that is worth mentioning
is the Legion Homper Fund. It
provides needy Castlegar
families with something special for
Christmas. In fact, the Hamper
Fund is what the spirit of Christmas
is all gbout — helping those less
fortunate

So the Castlegar News simply
reminds readers that the Hamper
Fund can still use all the help it can
get in the way of food, toys or cash
donations

| Fred
Merriman

It behooves me to speak about
un-Christmas-like things. To wit
fullday kindergarten. Mother, ple
ase help before Big Brother begins
snatching children from the cradle

Don't laugh. The school of behav
jor modification believes with a
religious fervor that hardly a parent
in 10,000 is qualified to love and
modify children as well as the
professional.

You see, the professional mod
ifier, as demonstrated by Paviov's
famous dog, knows about condi
tioned response, and negative and
positive reinforcement.

Even this writer knows a danger
ous and smal] amount about mani
pulation. Thank, God, its only a
spoonful of training or the world
would be a sorrier place for the
greater degree.

You see, dear mothers of small
children, the school system is facing
declining enrolments. The outer
limits are reached when Billy starts
to shave and Helen becomes a
mother herself. Twelve years of
general and heavily subsidized
publie education are not enough

Personally, it cost this person
some $60 a month to send our
children to a private kindergarten.
Public kindergartens were just a
twinkle in Big Brother's eye in those
days

You may think that I regret that
expense these many years later
Not so. I relate the fact to
demonstrate I am in favor of
kindergarten.

However and it is a large
however — full-day kindergarten at
five years of age will be the next
step to half-day kindergarten for the
four-year-old. Downwards we go,
until literally the newborn is
whisked sway from the delivery
room to begin a process which will
see to the child's complete training.

For what, only heaven knows

The system is rather insidious in
its most gradual manner of taking
complete control. The strongest
argument that the child snatchers
put forth is this: given the freedom
citizens now have to raise and train
their own children, we are not
convinced according to the
documented facts — that children
should remain in the care and
custody of amateur parents and
part-time guardians.

Mothers, let me share this: A
dark-haired lady called the boy in
from play to attend to school work
at the kitchen table. He learned to
count by tossing homemade bean
bags into a large mixing bow! on the
floor,

He was introduced to music by
this same lady playing a western
guitar and singing, Red River
Valley, and the Man on the Flying
Trapeze, or even Come, Joesphine
in My Flying Machine.

The same barefoot boy, fresh
from the woods near that shack
deep in the West Coast rain forest,
submitted a drawing of a 1936 car of
the future to the Correspondence
Division of the Department of
Education. It was published and as
memory would have it, the car of
the future looked very much like a
Volkswagon Beetle.

That lady was my Mum, a
graduate of a very strict Roman
Catholic convent in Verdun, Quebec.

She was, and continues to be, the
fairest and most qualified teacher I
have ever had the honor to know.
May, I also say, publically, that she
was and is at the same time the
most caring and understanding.

I wonder if your children will be
able to say that 45 years hence?
Ladies and gentlemen, your child
ren need more of your time — not
less.

Letters to the Editor

No cutbacks on liquor

Editor, Castlegar News:

We steadily hear of restraint meas-
ures — cutbacks here and cutbacks
there. We hear of restraint and
cutbacks in every humane program.
Yet, we never hear of restraint and
cutbacks in satanistic programs such as
advertising of liquor and tobacco.
Billions of dollars are spent every year
teaching our youth to believe in

drinking, smoking and narcotics.

Are our politicians abnormal to
allow spending of billions of dollars for
the moral destruction of the youth?

Think also of the deaths on the road
and deaths due to heart attacks and
strokes which are attributed to alcohol
and tobacco. Think of the families
which break up, the institutions to
house the alcoholics, the cost of policing

Feared for children

Editer, News:

I am writing this letter to those
ignorant people who butted in line, and
pushed and éhoved at the recent
opening at Central Food Mart

Trying to save a few dollars these
days is like going to war. After waiting
in line with my two children for about
15 minutes, fighting off the cold, I was
appalled when the doors were opened
and the pushing and shoving started. I
was especially annoyed at those people
just arriving who walked right up to
the doors ahead of all of us who had
patiently waited in the cold.

To hell with the free cheese, I feared

for my children. My four-year-old was
being crushed and hit by carts and as I
held on to my two-year-old, I myself
had to fight through the crowd to
safety,

It's hard enough to raise children
these days to respect their elders and
be polite. I sure learned a hard lesson
that day, and thanks to those rude
people, so did my children.

‘Tis the season to be jolly, not
ignorant. You can save your dollars,
push and shove. I'll stay home and
protect the ones I love.

Lynn DaRosa
Castlegar

Stand up to Victoria

Editor, Castlegar News:

More and more school boards, such
as Coquitlam and Vancouver, are
standing up for education. They are
telling (Education Minister Jack) Hein
rich and (Premier Bill) Bennett what
they are hearing from their com
munities: education cuts have gone too
far.

Some boards think that they must
slice their budget submissions to
comply with the ever-changing “pro-
jections” coming from the ministry
But that is not the case

The Education Interim Finance Act
makes it clear that the board is
expected td submit all projected
expenses for administering, operating

and maintaining all schools and ser
vices in the district.

All three new trustees to the
Castlegar school board promised in
their campaigns that they would
support the submission of a “needs
budget.” Now is the time for the
trustees, old and new, to stand up for
education in Castlegar.

Full-day kindergarten, loss of busing
and split classes are only the beginning
if we as educators, parents and
trustees do not stand up to Victoria and
demand the means to provide quality
education for our children

Michael Redgers
President, Castlegar District
Teachers’ Association

the drinking public — and all because
billions are spent to instill the idea in
the youth that they have to have the
drink, or smoke, or life just isn’t life.

All these billions should be tax
dollars spent on humane programs
instead of on the moral and physical
destruction of the youth.

There is also spending of billions of
dollars on the suicidal accumulation of
nuclear weapons, which also proves
that the world politicians are abnormal
— not Christians.

Where are our clergymen? Are they
completely deaf and blind to the works
of the satanists who are undermining
the work of Christ and destroying the
human race?

It is high time for Christians to speak
up aghinst such atrocities of the
satanists. Clergymen (who profess God
and Christ for their authority) in
particular must raise their voices for
the truth that saves.

Where are
the fans?

Editor, Castlegar News:

Where are the fans?

This is an appeal to the people of the
area to come out and watch some
exciting hockey. Castlegar Jr. Rebels
have a nine-win and three-loss record
at home this season and are very near
the top in the Western Division
standings.

In spite of their record, fan attend
ance is very discouraging. It is still not
too late to help make this an excellent
season for the club. Come out and cheer
them on!

The next home game is Dec. 21
versus Grand Forks Border Bruins.
Where else can you go for an evening’
entertainment for three dollars?

James Ryan
Castlegar

ey

SAORI!

Movies at Castle Theatre: John
Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden,

Archer and Paramount News.
. .

Mr. Charlie King, secretary-treasur-
er of the Castlegar School District,
returned Wednesday from a busy week
in Vancouver and Victoria.

Due to trajn delay, Mr. King, ac-
companied by Mr. G. Craft, chairman of
the board, and Mr. R. White, board
member, took the plane to Vancouver
on Tuesday morning and were met at
the airport by inspector C.E. Clay.

They drove directly to the architect's
offices, where they met Mr. Berwick,
the architect, Mr. Simpson, the heating
engineer, and Mr. Thompson, the
lighting engineer to discuss final plans
for the new high school and propose a
few improvements.

25 YEARS AGO
From the Dec. 17, 1959
News
District highways engineer D.C.
y wil d reg: s
a second ferry at Castlegar by the
Castlegar and District Chamber of
Commerce.

“68 «

The first store in Castleaird Plaza
opens Saturday. On that day Mike
Nazaroff opens Pardman Furniture and
Appliances offering a wide line of fur-
niture requirements.

Mr. Nazaroff was manager of the
Brilliant Co-op for six years before
deciding to enter the furniture busi
ness.

. 8

Celgar has made a donation of $1,000
to the Castlegar and District Project
Society for the ice arena.

. 8 6

A fire destroyed the log cabin home
of two Portuguese families in an
early-morning blaze. Neighbors and
residents of the Castlegar district have
come to the aid of the seven members
of the two families and have supplied
them with clothing, bedding, furniture
and shoes.

Castlegar
The Robson Recreation Society's
monthly meeting was held recently and
it was announced that B.C. Hydro has
officially turned over the Robson
swimming pool to the society
. 6« -«

Resker Hall in Robson, built jointly
by the Anglican and United Chureh
congregations for Christian education,
was the scene Saturday of a brief
ceremony when R.T. Waldie unveiled a
plaque placed there in memory of the
late Dr. B.A. Resker, after whom the
hall is named.
* 8

The Castlegar Chamber of Com.
merce will be headed next year by its
past-president of 1962, Art Anderson

who is the first

UN tackles torture

By AL COLLETTI

UNITED NATIONS A landmark
international agreement against tor-
ture, approved by the United Nations
without dissent, has loopholes that will
make on-the-spot investigation of the
worst offending countries difficult.

Under so-called opting-out clauses,
countries accused of flagrant torture of
prisoners technically can keep out UN
investigators by not recognizing their
competence

Yet the Convention on Torture has
some teeth. In particular, it creates @
new body of international law provid-
ing for the arrest and extradition of
torturers anywhere in the world.

It also d: national

All 150 members of the world body
sit in the third committee, which also is
known as the social, humanitarian and
cultural committee.

At least 40 per cent of the UN mem
bership has been involved in the mis-
treatment of prisoners, says Amnesty
International, the main private organ-
ization monitoring torture.

In its latest report on torture in the

there were sore points in
the draft convention, even the worst
offenders of human rights didn't want

against torture

The convention was long coming. It
took seven years for the 43-country UN
Human Rights Commtission in Geneva
to complete the drafting phase and
send it to the 39th General Assembly
for final approval

But initial approval by the so-called
third committee of the General As
sembly, which deals mainly with
human rights, seemed doubtful.

mittee acting on information from any
source could still accede to the con
vention. The Soviet Union supported
India’s position.

But the Netherlands and Sweden,

General Assembly where approval is a
formality, The convention goes into
foree when it is signed and ratified by
30 countries.

Alphons Hamer of the Netherlands,

The convention defines torture “as
any act by which severe pain or
suffering.

fering “afising only from, inherent in or
incidental ¢o lawful sanctions.”
(Canadian Press)

to serve a second term
as president, went into office by ac
clamation at the group's monthly
meeting last Thursday
* 8 6
A final figure of $17,200 for the 1969
Community Chest campaign in the
Castlegar, Kinnaird, Blueberry and
Robson area has been released by the
campaign committee

Castlegar

Representatives of Selkirk College
and its faculty members will meet with
provincial government mediator RJ
Phillips early in the new year in an
effort to resolve the outstanding issues
of salary and seniority regarding fac-
ulty layoffs. Seventy-five per cent of
the faculty association has voted to
strike.

. 28 6

Investigation of arson as the suspec
ted cause of the fast-spreading fire
which levelled Kinnaird Elemen
Sehool at a cost of $1.3 million near
midnight Saturday continued this
week.
Pe investigator for the provincial

of the blaze 45 volunteer firemen bat-
tled for more than seven hours.

HAMPER HELPOUT .. . The Grad ‘85 class from Stanley
Humphries Secondary School recently helped out the
Castlegar and District Christmas Hamper Committee
by donating $150. Ed Zorn (left) of the Royal Canadian

Legion, which has been co-ordinating the fund, with
groceries and Kim Thors, president of the Grad ‘85
class. The class raised the money with theis Mr.
Stanley Humphries Pageant, held Nov. 21. == cosrlews Pnote

128 FOR TURKEY

Seniors held Christmas dinner

turkey-and-all-the-trimmings
meal.

Invited guests were Mayor
Audrey Moore, who with Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Brady, was
seated at the head table long
with the Association officers
and executives.

The big event of the year
for the Castlegar Senior
Citizens’ Association is its
Christmas dinner.

This year it was held
Wednesday at the Royal
Canadian Legion Hall, with
128 persons seated for the

MAN BLEW
BIG CHANCE

WINDSOR, ONT#CP) —
Those simple, skill-testing
questions that contest organ- was disappointed for the
izers refer to se offhandedly person.” Martin said. “Our
have been the downfall of a people say our customer was
Windsor resident. terribly disappointed.”

The unidentified person A Toronto resident, picked
blew a chance this week to from a group of 30 alternate
win an $85,000 Florida home winners, correctly answered
by failing to answer an arith the question and won the
metic question requiring sim house, he said
ple addition, subtractiort, Canada Trust was taken to
multiplication and division. court by the Alberta gov
ernment recently in connec
tion with a similar promotion.

“The province contested
that our mathematical ques.
tion did not constitute skill
testing,” he said. “But the
court ruled in our favor after
several experts testified that
it did involve the use of
mathematical skills.”

“I think everyone in the
company who was involved

The person's name had
been drawn from thousands
of entries gathered from
Canada Trust branches
across Ontario. The prize was
a condominium in a Canadian.
owned retirement develop
ment 50 kilometres from
Tampa on the Gulf of Mexico.

holiday season and a pros-
perous and successful 1985.

Gordon Brady also ex-
pressed the appreciation of
himself and Mrs. Brady for
being included, and extended
their good wishes.

Dinner was served by the
Legion.

President Curtis Water
man welcomed the members
and guests, and reminded
members that 1985 would
start with a business meeting
on Jan. 10, adding that it The hall cleared for enter
would be a welcome change if ‘ining, Mrs. Lipsett intro
all the people at the dintrer—duced her soloist for the
would come out for the evening, Verna Hemmons,
meetings. who was accompanied by

pianist Ron Smithers.

Mrs. Hemmons sang three
Christmas songs, filling the
hall with her clear soprano.

She interspersed her solos
by leading the whole com
pany in carol singimg and
wound up the program with
an impromptu duet with
Ernie Newman.

They sang “Holy Night” in

Arlee Anderson was asked
to present grace before the
meal, she did so with a poem
of her own composition,
written especially for the
affair.

Toward the end of the
dinner, entertainment chair.
man LaDell Lipsett drew the
lucky number for the door
prize, which was won by Bea its original German, and the
Ludquist, who was respon applause was enthusiastic for
sible for the table decor ith the soloist and her
ations. unexpected part-singer.

Another “by chance” prize The evening concluded
was won by Mrs. George with dancing; Mrs. Lipsett
MacAndrews. had planned several “fun”

Before clearing away the dances the Waltz Quarille
tables, Mr. Waterman asked proving very popular, and
the guests to say a few the ever-hilarious balloon da
words. Mayor Moore thanked nce winning a prize for Mr
the seniors for inviting her to and Mrs. Art Hostetter.
the annual event, and on All in all, the dinner was
behalf of the city and for all considered a by all as one of
Castlegar offered sincere the best Christmas parties
best wishes for a happy the seniors had yet held

journey

é ¥
LLOWENIFE, N.W.T: (CP) — A clean shirt will
‘of the question, their sleeping bags will likely
“into 20-kilogram slabs of ice, and they may be
‘out of their tents in the middle of a -50 C night if
the ice beneath begins to shift.

Thodeare just the niggling inconveniences facing six
adventurers preparing for an 8,000-kilometre trek by dog
team and skis to the North Pole.

‘The expedition hopes to make the trip to the Pole
‘without. beck-up support from airplanes. No fresh
supplies will be dropped to the party— men and dogs will
depend on the food on the sleds. .

The team is made up of a Richard Webber, 24, of

three Americans, an Englishman, a New
Zealander and 20 dogs. Led by Will Steger of Ely, Minn.,
members will conduct field studies and tests on early
y travel systems, daily mileage data and
navigational methods.
DEPEND ON OTHERS

“We'll be able to lend some data to the controversy of
who reached the North Pole,” sayd team member Paul
Schurke.

“And the personal dynamics on an adventure of this
magnitude will be fascinating. I'm looking forward to
seeing the inner workings of people whose lives are in

each other's hands.”

Schurke, 29, who works with Steger at a winter
travel school in Minnesota offering dog-sled expeditions,
says four years of preparations have gone into the trip.

“We've been racing around from the east to west
coach meeting with sponsors. The time on the ice is
starting to look relaxing in comparison to all of this racing
around.”

Other members of the team are Robert McKerrow,
36, of New Zealand, Robert Mantell, 30, of Alaska, and
Vie Walsh, 49, of England.

HOLDS REHEARSAL -

The first of three stages over 18 months is set to
begin in mid-December when Steger leaves Duluth,
Minn., to travel by dog team through Northern Ontario
and Manitoba to the Northwest Territories. He plans to
pass through the Mackenzie Valley on his way to Inuvik
in the western corner of the territory

The team will make a one-month trek — a dress
rehearsal — from Inuvik to Barrow, Alaska, then start for
the North Pole in February, 1386 from Ward Hunt Island,
Canada’s northernmost point of land.

The entire trip is expected to cost $300,000. National
Geographic magazine is helping to pay the cost.

The December training expedition is to allow the
team to determine how far and how fast it can expect to
travel by dog sled. They hope to make 40 kilometres a
day

DRIED DOG FOOD

The dogs, specially bred huskies, have been fed a
training diet of dried dog food, which might end up being
the key to a successful trip, Schurke says.

“This food weighs about a quarter the weight of
meat. If we were to bring meat, we would have to bring
about four pounds a day for each dog. About half the
payload is dog food, so having this dried food will lighten
us considerably.”

The team will carry about 1,500 kilograms of
“luggage,” including sleeping bags, tents, ice-picks and
food. Their own diet will be similar to that of the early
explorers, high energy to supply the 6,000 to 8,000
calories they will use up each day

The diet will be heavy in dried milk cheese and
butter. A staple will be pemmican, a mixture of dried
meat, fat and berries.

“We need food that can be eaten hot or cold,” says
Schurke. “Often we won't be in a position to set up camp.”

They won't have a change of clothes. They will sleep,
travel and sled for 90 days in the clothes they have on
their backs.

They will carry a radio with them in case they have
to be airlifted out, but hope only to use it to call the base
camp to say they have reached the Pole. A plane will pick
the team up at the Pole for their return to civilization.

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The skill-testing question
was: multiply 228 by 21, add
10,824, divide by 12, and sub-
tract 1,121

A pencil and paper were
provided and 15 minutes
given to solve the problem. A
calculator could not be used.

“The correct answer was
180," said Stan Martin, a
company vice-president. He
did not say what answer was
given and refused to identify
the contestant in order to
avoid embarrassment. He
said the company is legally
bound to require a test in
such contests. —L. Webber. Pianist

“It is not an attempt to be DECEMBER 23 — 10:30
hard-hearted or not to award vice,
the prize,” he said. “We have
to make any promotion like
this into a contest. If it were
only a game of chance it
would be considered a lottery
and would be illegal

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