: ‘CASTLEGAR ‘ 9 i Seca faa Prices Effective: Tuesday, Sept. 19 to Saturday, C. at in Castlegar: SuperValu store: Creation of « Second National News Service LV. (LES) CAMPBELL, 1912 - 1977 Publisher trom Aug. 7, 1947 10 Feb. 15, 1973 BURT CAMPBELL, Publisher ¢ RAYON QUEDES, Editor * TIM MESSENGER, Advert. Mgr. Lois HUGHES, Mng. Edllor * RENE BRODMAN, Foreman © LEEW KEREIFE: Cee MQl 2 Can ayo tne Aut Bureny of Clecustioy, ine Canadian Communty 454 Atbec wh Cabs and ¥ 1 NewopepereAtesaion, it lena "Wow ity reprasanied by ADREPE Y, sea Sasebnonnan shea 200 athings St C VOB 148. teieprone (604) andercesnou'd be nadresse io. The alr, Cotlgat Hews, Drawer 3007, Ceetogs, ir at BuBheaton mut! be grad wiih i ca land agarens of the weiter mn reqvest but Ihe eatrect name mutt De submited ‘The Caniegar News to od tellers un tne interes oh Drew, god taste et “Herelet the press the Cc re) M y | E N T Thursday Morning, September 21, 1978 By DAVE TODD {A commentary in the ‘weekly Victoria tabloid Monday on the newspaper chain which publishes The Nelson News and the. Trail Daily Times and was purchased last month by Mac- lean-Hunter Ltd.) IT’S TOO EARLY YET TO pass judgment, but July 26 was elther a red-letter day for Canadian journalism ... or Black Wednesday. * The early evidence is not There’s More at Stake Bad weather, as we learned last week, businesses and Individuals from outelde the can delay even a new chapter In 3 history. A spokesman for the committee of Castlegar and Salmo representatives ap- polnted to co-ordinate opening ceremony area, the same result, have shown enough falth In this community to settle here and Invest in it. A great deal of revenue and a large number of Jobs depend on the opening of plans for the 26 the two communities warned that although the highways ministry considered Oc! “open date’? for the event, Immode: climate could postpone It at least untll next spring. r On the surface, the rationale for the that And It seems unfair to Impose hardship on Individuals and businesses whose only mistake was accepting as truth the highways ministry's assurances that the route would be open by the fall, Itls possible that just in terms of dollars and cents, the waste which would result ministry’s position Is easy t Why subject the highway to “attic which would ‘destroy’ its bottom layer during the winter? More Importantly, why open the highway before erecting rall guards and signs and painting traffic lines? But as much as we can a late the committee’s desire not to pressure the highways department into opening the highway early—'‘it’s our tax money hy re —we find It fo point out there is more at stake here. then that bottom layer. of this I route has prompted many local businesses to make plans to accommodate the extra traffic and trade which would result from its completion. In addition, a number of trom a fi h delay would create costs far in excess of those resuiting from winter traffic damage to the highway. Its Indirect impact on the lives of those counting on the scheduled opening of the route ts harder to assess. In addition, the ministry does not appear to have considered that after the opening, delayed or not, the route will be exposed to the ravages of future winter traffle anyway. Communities at both ends of the highway have their futures tied up In the route. [t {s important that after nearly 20 years of anticipation the ministry finally make a concerted effort, rain or shine, to finish the highway and allow the area to fulfill its potential. The New Revolution (An editorial published eariler this month in the Grand Forks Gazette.) Yesterday most of the schools in British Columbia opened for another ten-month perlod of educating the younger folk of the province. We hope that the students, teachers and educational executives all approach this new school term with the desire and ambition to learn, teach, and manage better our whole educatlonal struc- ture. Everyone who reads the newspapers, listens to the radio, or watches TV is aware’ - that there is a great demand for various changes In the present school structure and . methods of education from elementary school to graduation. Indead, it is a revolution that is taking place. Several very serious and indepth exam- inations of the educational system In the United States and Canada In recent months, show disgraceful results In the present day of children y and high schools. These are consequences of poor quality teachers, and teaching, particularly a- Mongst the younger, more recently gradu- ated teachers, poor teaching methods endorsed by school boards; too many elective courses; insufficient discipline In the schools and In the students’ homes; too many inadequate principals; and a lack of particlpation by school boards In examining and monitoring the type of education belng given to the students under their jurisdic- tlon. On the whole It seems that the urge today Is to return to "the good old days'’ of 30 to 50 or more years ago with the addition of: the: time ‘proven advances that have - developed over the past 50 years. Everyone involved in the educational system of today, the educators and the parents of tha school students, must enter Into this new revolu- tion with the hope that a new generation of students will redress the wrongs that we all forced on them in the past With these things in tind we welcome this new year of school and with it the best wishes for new achlevements by the students, the teachers, the principals, the school boards, the parents of students and the various departments of education, throughout the continent. We should all dedicate ourselves to this end, this year and in those that follow. Castlegar News headline stories one year ago Representatives of the Pulp and Paper Workers of Canada and the Canadian Paperworkers Union are scheduled to return to the bargaining table in Vancouver this morning to resume gover ide contract with the Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau. . 8 # Schoo! District No, 9 board of trustees has rejected a local group's request for support in hiring a family counsellor for the Castlegar area. On July 26 the word was revealed that this country will soon have a second major domestic wire service, a com- panion for Canadian Press, The development comes as the result of a takeover of United Press International's Canadian branch (ever a small potato compared with CP). The com- pany will be re-named and starts operations Jan. 1, based in Toronto. News and picture bureaus will be established in Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria. So far, so good. But what makes the purchase ominous is the identity of the buyers: the Toronto Sun syndicate and Sterling Newspapers Ltd. of Vancouver. Because, between them, these two firms manage in their daily operations to emulate: 1. the Hearst Press in its screaming hecbie-jecbies heyday, and 2. the spending habits of the late Lord Thomson of Fleet. i THE T.0. SUN IS THE home of Lubor J. Zink, Peter Worthington and . 200-point headlines, Sterling has as its general manager one David Radler, It was Radler who, two years ago, provided the defini- tive assessment of Sterling's attitude toward its audience. In early 1976 he turned down a well-considered proposal for a Victoria-based service which promised to supply the Sterling chain (17 outlets in B.C.) with news and analysis from the legislature. RADLER'S ANSWER: “Frankly, my readers would rather look at pictures of bowling trophies.” Which helps explain why papers like the Peace River Block News and the Terrace Herald are still playing in the five-pin league, ACCORDING TO TORON- to Sun general manager Donald Hunt, the UPI purchase was made to provide a much-needed alternative to CP, However, competition aimed at generat- ing a better product is not the only reason for the takeoever. It's not even the main con- sideration, ‘The Sterling chain pays CP an enormous bill each month, In the case of one daily with a circulation of: 7,000 the tab amounts to about $2,400. Mul- tiply that a few times and it’s easy to see why anyone would consider a shopping expedition “TH tell you what the consumer's answer [s to bullt-In Built-In sales According to Needham: —Red-Letter Day or Black Wednesday?_, for some wire-service hardware. and a few reporters. For the Toronto Sun, standard-bearer of tabloid hysteria, there is the added appeal of being able to. control the spread of one's own: gospel. FOR THOSE WHO, LIKE to believe what they read in newspapers the only question that matters, of course, is whether the public will be better served by UPI recon: stituted. Here's how a -senior: editor at one Sterling Paper sees it: "I think it will hurt both (UPI and CP), But I wouldn't be surprised if Thomson papers do it too. Thomson already has: special material going over the CP wire, for Thomson service | only. rey “It's a definite threat to Canadian Press, pens? CP falters a little bit and then maybe a few papers pull: oul. And the papers that will pull out will be the small ones whose readers don't get much outside news anyway. { “As for the rest, they'll get their wire stuff rehashed through the Sterling central bureau.” THIS SOURCE ALSO RE- ports that at least one Sterling publisher in B.C. is already considering dropping Canadian What ‘hap: Ff’ Press service. Joke is on Both the Tories and Voters By RICHARD J. NEEDHAM (From columns in the To- ronto Globe and Mail.) “Some Canadians believe things will “get better” when and if the Conservatives win power in Ottawa. That's funny enough; what's hilarious is that the Conservatives themselves believe it. * 8 8 Ifa Japanese businessman went to a Canadian high school or university and set forth the reasons for his company’s and country’s’ success, he'd | be laughed and jeered and heckled out of the room. Same thing if Expected ICBC Rate Hikes: No Time for Playing Games {An editorial in the Van- couver Sun.) INSURANCE CORPORA- tion of B.C. president Robbie Sherrell was heard to say the other day that auto insurance rates will be increased in 1979. If we're lucky, he suggested, they'll go up only 10 to 12 per cent. Mr. Sherrell was none too clear about’ why the hikes may be needed—and wants to hold off until October before letting us know exactly how high the rates will go. INFLATION 1S__IN-_ ereasing costs, he said, and there are more claims being filed with ICBC. On the other hand, he admitted the average settlement of new claims is less than it was a year ago. And the reserves the cor- poration has put away to pay claims that have .occurred in previous fiscal years seems to be quite adequate, he said, They ought to be: ICBC had $261 million tucked away at the beginning of the fiscal year, a sum many times greater than similar reserves of other gov- a The Bierman Bite | ap = 60 = oO c 7 © ecO : 26 IN ry yy o- Pot P ae Nat ‘ al ; oe “1 |, [decide the course as ‘eng as I'm captain of this ship! ..."* indeed he’ ernment companies, even when B.C.'s larger scale of operation is taken into account. In addition, Mes Sherrell had another $56 ina so-called “rate stabilization reserve,” THE AUTOMOBILE IS A necessity; automobile insur- ance is ‘y; inflation is outdistancing the average worker's wage and salary in- creases.-It'is no-time to be “playing gates with ‘insurance rates. ICBC should increase them only if it is absolutely necessary, and then make pub- lic a detailed explanation. he tried to explain it to Parlia- ment Hill or im Queen's Park or in Toronto City Hall? No; they'd listen politely, and ap- plaud when he'd finished; and after he had left, smilingly shake their heads, “Boy, is he ever out to lunch!” * 8 When a man says, “I'd never do a thing like that,” what he means is that nobody, so far, has offered him enough money to do a thing like that. s 28 8 In everything he says pub- licly, the writer should be aiming always at truth and honesty,’ What he says pri- ‘vately is something else again; like the rest of us, he has to get along with the people immedi- ately around him, Were he always honest about his thoughts, truthful about his feelings, they would slaughter him. * 6 « If you asked all the states- men df all time to name the principal function of govern- ment, most, I think would reply, “To maintain domestic order." 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