B4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 9, 1980

Destructive force

One man’s opinion

By FRED MERRIMAN

It Is all very Interesting.

It could be the best news we have yet. Just maybe, the economists are
telling us that the days of wine and roses have come to a close.

| always like to tell the story of my first payment on time:

As a six-year-old, It was my job to babysit or otherwise keep occupied a
three-year-old toddler while his mother picked loganberrles somewhere in Royal
Oak. :

Wages came to one shiny nickle for eight hours’ work. | left the bus at
Hillside and Cedar Hill Ad. in Victoria, walted till it pulled away, then walked
across the street to a general store. All | did was peer in the window at a silver
cap pistol; price 25 cents and It fired real live caps.

At the age of six | contracted to purchase that cap pistol. The pot-bellled
proprietor wiped his beefy hands on his apron and fetched the toy gun from the
front window. *‘I’ll tell you what | will do, young feller. | will set this cap pistol
here under the counter and you can pay for it on time, You cannot have it until
the price is paid in full."* | handed him my first pay check, a Canadian five-cent

lece.
P Four weeks, four hot Saturdays in the sun later, the pistol was mine. |
learned about credit at six and In 1957, some 20 years later | forgot the lesson
and purchased a 1955 Ford financed by GMAG. Settled the account six months
ahead of | credit. | the depression does that
sort of thing to people.

Maybe it was spending all those 40 hours for a cap pistol, without caps,
because the caps were extra.

Finally, | joined the club called Nothing Down and So Much a Month. How
else could a person muster down payment for a house and then those steady
payments of $75 per month at six per cent?

It doesn't really matter how it happens to each of us; nevertheless, available
credit at any price is the destructive force. It all sounds so easy:

“Enjoy yourself, buy now, because the price will be higher this time
tomorrow."

It reminds me of the chicken and the egg story. Nobody tells us that the
price will go up because we bought It today. Something about supply and
demand, remember?

So, here we are come full circle. Interest rates are rising right off the chart.
New amortization schedules will have to be printed or programmed into the
computers.

The ancient tattered, frayed and well-thumbed Interest books we used at the
bank in the old days didn't go past 10 per cent. Simply unheard of, Dear Watson.
No man jn his right mind would dare pay such a rent for the use of someone
else’s money.

| say good for the men at top who say enough is enough. They are saying
simply, ‘‘no more credit.”

It Just might work if the other side of government doesn't try to soften the
effect by introducing legislative aids.

/ WARPath

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Across Canada, it is now

evident that a small, dedi-
cated group of people are
committed to"WAR AGAIN-
ST RISING PRICES" or
WARP.
Warp decided that the
most effective way of exert-
ing pressure on the super-
markets would be to ask
consumers to boycott eight
food items every two weeks,
The idea caught on and
branches of WARP have
been set up in must provinces
in Canada.

In the West Kootenays,
there are several active

branches of WARP located in |

Rossland, Trail, Castlegar,
Fruitvale and Nelson. Now
the branches in the Wesi
Kootenays feel they must
launch an all-out effort
throughout British Columbia
to protest effectively and
Joudly not only their concern
about food prices, but also
the quality of food, additives,
packaging, misleading mer-
chandising and sales prac-
tices, multinational corpora-
tions, domestic growth of
food, lower imports of foud,
and scanner supermarkets.

WARP has been involved
in specific programs of:

1, Monitoring food
_ prices day by day;

2. Protesting unfair
techniques in the market-
place;

3. Producing a boycott
list of eight food items every
two weeks;

4. Studying the addi-
tives and preservatives in
food;

’ §& Urging to

crisis in addition to the
above-mentioned programs
and feels the consumers of
British Columbia must be
warned about the following
problems:

1. The rising amount of
sugar in most food items;

2. The rise of imports
from the U.S.A, into British
Columbia of food items which
ean be produced in this
province;

3. Packaging:

a) the ecological im-
pact on society

b) the dangers to the
consumer of impreg-
nation of packaging
with BHA and BHT
(chemical  preserva-
tives);

4. Food dyes and arti-
ficial flavoring;

5. The introduction of
computerized registers and
computerized scales (or scan-
ners) in supermarkets.

It is imperative that
each consumer in British
Columbia take a stand on
these matters and express
his/her concern.

WARP branches in Ross-
land, Trail and Fruitvale are
spearheading this drive in
British Columbia to wake up
all consumers in the province
and right across Canada.

1. We can, and must,
demand that our provincial
and federal governments lis-
ten to us, the consumers,
After all, we are the voters,

2. We can, and must,
demand that the federal
government bring about
changes in our laws regard-
ing additi lear

complain effectively.
Now WARP wishes to
probe deeper into the food

an
It could mean our health and
our lives,
3. We can, and must,

demand our provincial gov-
ernment reduce imported
food in British Columbia and
grow more of our own,
Support B.C. farmers.

4. We can, and’ must,
demand that the food pro-
cessors reduce the sugar
content in processed food.
Our federal government can
help bring this about. This is
necessary for better health.

Each of these steps could
result in lower prices tothe
consumer.

We, the consumers in
British Columbia must take
the time and make the effort
to be heard. We will be heard
if enough of us speak out. Sit
down now and write your
letters of provincial concern
to: Premier William Bennett;
Leader of the Opposition
Dave Barrett; James Niel-
sen, minister of consumer
and corporate affairs; MLA
Chris D'Arcy.

Address for each of the
above is: Parliament Buil-
dings, Victoria, B.C.

Write your letters of
federal concern to: Prime
Minister Pierre Trudeau;
Leader of the Opposition Joe
Clark; National NDP Leader
Ed Broadbent; Andre Quel-
ette, minister of consumer
and corporate affairs; MP
Lyle Kristiansen.

Address for each of the
above is: Parliament Buil-
dings, Ottawa, Ont.

All letters sent to the
above-named in Ottawa re-
quire no postage.

Whatever action the con-
sumers of British Columbia
take is a step in the right
direction for better nutrition,
lower prices and an effective
voice in the food crisis.

The Castlegar News/ Mid-Week Mirror.
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Two area men receive
WCB Belt-Up Awards

Two skidder operators
who work for Salmo logging
companies have been given
Belt-Up Awards by the
Workers’ Compensation
Board.

Each man was saved
from serious injury because
at the time when his skidder
went out of control and rolled
down a steep slope, he was
wearing his seat belt.

Melvin Eberts of Glen-
dale Street, Salmo, was driv-
ing a skidder for Swift Creek
Logging on Dec. 2, when the
vehicle hit a patch of ice and
rolled 150 feet down a steep

bank, coming to rest on its
roof, William Johnston of
Hoover Street, Nelson, was
working for H.D, Read Log-
ging near Marsh Creek on
Sept. 27 when the ground
beneath his skidder gave way
and it rolled down the slope.
Neither worker was serivus-
ly hurt.

The WCB Belt-Up
Award, a framed certificate
and belt with a specially
designed buckle, is given to
workers who are protecting
their safety by wearing seat
belts when they are involved
in work-related accidents.

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Pulpit & Pew

by Ministers In the-West Kootenay,

By ROY HUBBEARD
Pastor
Castlegar Pentecostal
Tabernacle
Easter is now past. The
theme of Easter is the word

“alive.” This theme lives on
in the hearts of many who are

true Christians. Increasingly,

though, the thome of Easter
is pushed aside or totally
ignored.

Today, more and more,
the theme of mankind seems
to be “death.” They do not
want to be killed

rights deperidi' Let those who
advocate abortion at least
come clean and admit they
favor a moving away from
the traditional Christian val-
ues upon which our society is
founded . . . The real
argument, then, goes much
deeper than pro-lifers vs.
pro-abortionists: ... Perhaps
it. is more of a spiritual

warfare in which we are
engaged and there is more at
stake than so many of us
realize.”

Karen is right. Jesus
said, “The thief cometh not,
but for to steal, and to kill,
and to destroy: I am come
that they might have life, and
that they might have it more
abundantly.”

but all other human life be-
comes ingless to them.

/ Wedding Bells /

Congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mrs. David
James Baines whose wedding took place April 5 in the
Highlands United Church, North Vancouver. The bride,
Lauren Elizabeth, is the daughter of Mr. Gordon Wall and
Mrs. Robert Leadbeater and the groom the son of Mr. and

Mrs, Bev Baines of Trail.

Vehicle decals dictate
insurance renewal

B.C. Vehicle owners on
the Staggered Renewal Sys-
tem of Autoplan insurance,
should pay particular atten-
tion to coverage expiry
dates.

That's the word from the
Insurance Corporation of
B.C. as over 62,000 renewal
forms are mailed recently to
vehicle owners whose Auto-
plan policies expire April 80.

The year-round system
went into operation a year
ago, when, for the first time,
Autoplan buyers were able to
purchase 12 months of insur-

have renewed before mid-
night on March 31. Another
62,500 with decals marked
“APR 80" have until April 30,
1980 to renew their Autoplan
insurance. Forms have been
mailed,

While the corporation
reminds people that their
coverage is expiring at the
end of the month, the presi-
dent emphasized that the
onus is on vehicle owners to
renew on time. “Anyone who
isin doubt about their expiry
date, should check the rear
plate and decal,” he said.

ance Bi of
the time of year. Previously,
all coverages expired on the
last day of February re-
gardless of when they were
purchased.

A total of 62,000 vehicle
owners had silver decals
showing “Mar 80" and should

Autoplan renewal forms
are now sent out at the
beginning of the month in
which coverage expires.

Vehicle owners who do
not receive renewal forms in
the mail, should contact an
Autoplan agent or a Motor
licence Office.

Burnaby woman wins
Lucky Leo top prize

Vivian Tang of Burnaby
was drawn as the $100,000
winner in the Final Draw of
Lucky Leo Lottery VII spon-
sored by The British Colum-
bia Lions Society for Crip-
pled Children.

Tomislav Jadranin of
Vancouver won the $25,000
second prize and Betty Brad-
shaw of Victoria won the
$10,000 third prize, in addi-
tion to eight $1,000 winners
seattered throughout the pro-
vince.

Lottery chairman for the

British Columbia Lions So-
ciety for Crippled Children,
Doug McCallum, expressed
his sincere thanks to the
public for its consistent sup-
port of the society.

With these funds, the
society will continue to pro-
vide services of the 25,000
handicapped children of Brit-
ish Columbia with 123 Easter
vehicles, three Easter Seal
camps, Easter Seal House
and direct patient care ser-
vices.

Violence is then permitted
because life means little or
nothing to them.

The evidence of the in-
creasing lack of regard for
life is shown by the modern
phraseology that is rising up.
A number of years, ago, the
words, “abortion,” “infanti-
cide," “homocide,"  “geno-
cide" and “euthanasi” were
seldom mentioned and by
many, not even understood.
Today, these words are com-
monplace.

Why should we be con-
cerned about these issues?
Human life is unique and
precious. God has given us
life and holds it in high value,
Jesus confirmed this in His
teachings. Life is precious
from conception right
through to the grave. Noman
or woman has the right to
take another human life just
because they do not want
that life around,

In 1969, therapeutic
abortions were legalized in
Canada which - effectively
legalized abortions-on-de-
mand because the word
“health” was never defined.
In 1978, over 60,000 women
in Canada had abortions. The
question has rightfully been
asked, “if it is right to take
the life of an infant after its
inception but before its birth,
what protection does the
child have after birth?"
There is a move on by some
to legalize so-called “mercy-
killing,” the murder or al-

- lowing to-die helplessly (pos-

sibly by ‘starvation} or re-
tarded or terminally ill ba-
bies. The next step is the
destruction of the retarded
or terminally ill children and
adults. Then comes the ex-
ecution of a race or group of
people not believed to be

/ Vital Statistics /

Ky
OENNEUS Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Denneus of Blueberry
Creek, a son, born March 18.

AYER — To_Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Fryer, of Trall, adaughter,
born March 25, ||

MONTEITH — To Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Montelth of Trail, ason, born
Mare! < %
SWITZER — To Mr, and Mrs.
Richard Switzer of Castlegar, a
daughter, born March 28.
WILLIAMS — To Dr, and Mrs.
Roger Willlama of Frultvale, a
daughter, born March 29.
BITUARIES
BENEDETTI, — Marie Annie
Benedetti, 69. of Nelson, died
March 31 In Kootenay Lake Dls-
trict Hospital.
‘co Agnes Carter,
7 in

i190 Garter,
arter, Jim

Carter and Steve Ward. Interment
was In Nelson Memorial Park,

ie) Porath,
March 23 In
remation took
nd & memorial
In Salmo ata
later date,
RUSSER — John Ruasser, 18, of
Nelson, dled March 28 In Ed-
monton, Alta. Graveside service
was held in Nelson Memorh
on April 3 with Rev, Jam
‘Wilson officiating.

WASELENKO — Mary

ko, 61, of Ymir, died March 28 In
Kootenay Lake District Hospital.
Service was held April 2 in the
chapel of tha Thompson Funeral
Home with the Very Rev. J. Alan
Jackson officiating. Interment was
In Nelson Memorlal Park,

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