a4 _August7, 1988 Castlégar News AMMAR OF THE 8.C. PRESS COUNCH STABLISHED AUGUST 7, 1947 TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4, 1900 INCORPORATING THE MIO-WEEK PUBLISHED SETPEAMBER 12.1978. AUGUSI 27, 1900 LV. CAMPBELL — PUBLISHER, AUGUST 7, 1947. FEBRUARY 15, 1979 Burt Campbell! PUroITOR — Ron Norman provided repro prools, ef 10 the adver iver Tragic example Last weekend's coyote attack at Stag Leap Provincial Park on the Salmo-Creston Highway summit is a tragic example of what can happen when we treat wildlife like domestic animals. Anyone.who has seen the coyotes around Ootischenia knows they are shy and skitterish animals that avoid close contact with people. Yet, the coyote that mauled 18-month-old Jolynn Kimball of Edmonton was anything but timid. That same coyote nipped a four-year-old Wynndel girl a few days earlier and showed no signs of running away when Victor Kim- ball, the father of the tiny Edmonton girl, ran to save his daughter. Early medical tests indicate that the coyote wasn't rabid. So what made it so unafraid? Wildlife officials point to the fact that the animal simply became too used to people. Regional Conservation Officer Jim Heyland notes that there were reports of people feeding a coyote at the picnic area in the park. Mr. Heyland can't be sure the coyote that mauled the youngster last Sunday and the one that was being fed scraps of food are one and the same, but he's betting they are. And that’s the reason wildlife officials are always warning us not to feed wildlife. Those animals are not tame, though they may appear to be so. Unfortunately, it takes an incident like the one last weekend to remind us of that. Ron Norman I’m back (in case you hadn’t noticed), refreshed and relaxed after a month’s v: ‘ion that sometimes resembled Chevy Chase’s holiday in the movie Vacation. You know, station wagon, kids, luggage. Luckily we don’t own a dog. Our trip took us west to Vancouver, north to Vanderhoof and then back down into the Okanagan. And if there’s one thing that became clear in all that travelling, it is that heritage is big business. But then Jack Charters has been telling us that for years. Charters, the redoubtable president of the Castlegar Heritage range (formerly the Castlegar Advisory C local historian, was one of the first in these parts to recognize ‘hat we need to preserve our past. He was one of those who helped get the Doukhobor Historical Museum across from the airport off the ground and was the motivating force behind the Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park. Now he is leading the restoration of the old CP Rail station. The society has a $20,000 grant from B.C. Heritage Trust to transform the station into its old self. When completed, it will house a transporta- tion museum and offices. I learned from my travels that Castlegar isn't alone in its heritage preservation. While many communities in this province don’t have the relatively lengthy pasts (I say relatively because they are still just to the i Ontario and Quebec) of say Nelson or Rossland, they have nevertheless realized the importance of retaining what is left of their heritage. The museum in Vanderhoof, for instance, has changed completely since I last visited it. Five years ago the museum — if it could be called that — was housed in a tiny white building and the exhibits were displayed in near-darkness. Now the tiny white building has been joined by several historic buildings moved onto a good-sized piece of property from their locations in downtown Vanderhoof and from neighboring farms. A wooden sidewalk leads from the parking lot to a restored hotel-cafe, while a short path opens out onto a restored farmhouse from the nearby agricultural community of Mapes. It is completely furnished with artifacts of the time. The jewel in the crown of the newly-refurbished museum is the old OK Cafe inside the restored hotel. Vanderhoof’s historical society has recognized that history is best understood when it comes alive. So local Mennonite women run the cafe, providing outstanding food. (For lunch I had a great bowl of corn chowder and a piece of Saskatoon pie.) After lunch we walked over to the museum building where we latched onto a tour of the hotel rooms above the cafe. They have been restored to their former splendor thanks to generous donations of artifacts from local residents. Like Vanderhoof, Salmon Arm has suddenly realized that heritage is important. When I lived in Salmon Arm some 10 years ago the museum was located in the basement of a squat stone building smack in the middle of the downtown. It consisted primarily of displays in glass cases. No longer. Now Salmon Arm has moved the museum to a 40-acre spread on the outskirts of town, the site of the newly-restored Haney House. The house is a turn of the century farmhouse and through a variety of grants the house and grounds ‘have been restored to what they might have been in 1910. Also on the 40 acres are two old log buildings displaying homesteading and agricultural artifacts from Salmon Arm's past. As well, a historic church and schoolhouse have been moved onto the site and will be restored. What I found so intriguing about these two heritage sites is the dual purpose they serve: they aren't only popular with visitors, but they help local residents get in touch with their own past. A provincial government survey earlier this year reported that visiting heritage attractions was the third most popular activity of tourists who travel to B.C. It ranked just behind visiting the Queen Charlotte Islands and whale watching. The survey tells us something about where we as a community should be directing our energy and funds if we want to attract tourists. For instance, the survey showed that visiting a gambilng resort drew the lowest interest (take note all of you in Rossland who sought a casino). Tourists spent more than 48 per cent of their days visiting beaches, lakeshores, gardens or parks, while only three pet cent of their days were spent attending festivals, special events or sporting events. (That should tell those who organize the annual Sunfest celebration something. Most of those who take part in Sunfest are local and any money spent trying to attract visitors to Castlegar for the thi day event is p1 ly better spent If we are serious about drawing more tourists to Castlegar we have to pffer them what they want. And it is clear tourists want our age’ and our heritage sites ly developing our r recreational facilities is an important first making Castlegar an appealing tourist destination. of the Community Club property to the Village. . . . Sixteen Castlegar and Kinnaird Boy Scouts on Monday from a camp at Camp Tweedsmuir, Fruit, vale. 7 « The Kinnaird softball team won grounds. The rocky condition of the field made it very difficult to judge grounders. . 28 @ A 5 meeting was held on Monday evening at which the grounds committee gave a report on the new playing ground being pur- chased at Kinnaird. ° e e 25 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 8, 1963 News Every step necessary will be taken to see that Canada gets the “best possible price’ for its share of the downstream benefit power which will be sold to the United States and that this price ‘‘will cover. the complete cost” of the (Columbia) projects. . ee ee A motion to implement parallel parking throughout Castlegar was Letters to the editor Collector owes apology For the past while my husband has been experiencing financial difficul- ties. One of his creditors is Revenue Canada. For some months now I have been handling the bookkeeping for him, making sure that Revenue Canada received a good share of the monies paid out to all the creditors. During this time, Revenue Canada collectors from Penticton were in constant contact and always aggres- sive concerning payment of the account. On July 14, I received a phone call from a Revenue Canada collections officer who wished to speak to my husband. | told him that my husband was out of town looking for work and to please contact my lawyer. He said he didn’t want to talk to the lawyer and wanted to know how to contact my husband. I told him that he was not in one place at one time and would phone me. The collection officer asked me to haye my husband contact them. Then he told me that even if my husband was working that they (Revenue Canada) were going to start taking 50 per cent to 60 per cent of his wages. At this point I was taking notes. He then said that as for talking to the lawyer, he was not about to make some cushy deal with any lawyer. He said that the account was 2% years old and they weren't getting anywhere and they were tired of my husband jerking them around on this. He told me that if my husband didn’t contact him soon that they would start taking action. replied that I would pass the mes- sage on. He then told me that if they didn’t see some big money soon they would start taking action. 1 am four months pregnant now and I am not the taxpayer. I owe no money to Revenue Canada. After I talked to this man, I felt like he was condemning us to a life of poverty because my husband could not pay his debt fast enough. I felt humilia- ted and greatly distressed. I wanted to cry. I knew that in the 2% years this collections officer had been talking about; my husband had used most of his income as a contractor to service his debts. This phone call left me feeling that the situation was hopeless and there was nowhere left. to turn. My husband phoned me from northern B.C. and | told him what had occurred. My husband called the collections office and my husband explained to’ him that his call had very badly upset me.-My husband told the collections officer that he owed me an apology and asked the collections officer to call me and apologize. The collections officer re- fused to call and apologize. My husband and I then called our lawyer, Terry Dalton. Mr. Dalton said he would phone the collections officer the next day. Mr. Dalton said he would give the collections officer seven days to send me a written apology. If the apology was not received within seven days, Mr. Dalton told me that he would write to Mr. Elmer MacKay, the Minister of National Revenue in Ottawa, and ask Mr. MacKay to direct the collections officer to send me a written apology. Mr. Dalton telephoned the collections officer on July 15. The collections officer told Mr. Dalton that there would be no apology and that Mr. Dalton should write the minister, Mr. ~— h that day. . Dalton has advised me that on "pond of Revenue ame directly the pi communications, alarm, distress, are likely to result. Mr. Dalton called the Ministry of the Attorney General in Victoria. A lawyer from that ministry confirmed to Mr. Dalton that the conduct of Revenue Canada collections officers whose calls originate inside British Columbia, from cities such as Pen- ticton, and whose calls are to tax- payers in British Columbia, is gov- erned by the provisions of the Debt Collection Act. The Act provides that a corporation which contravenes it provisions is liable to a penalty of not less than $200 nor more than $5,000. If an individual is involved, the penalty is not less than $100 nor more than $1,000. We will not be pursuing a penalty. Mr. Dalton has written Mr. MacKay and informed him that if he will not direct the collections officer to apolo- gize, we will be pursuing the civil remedy provided for in Section 20 of the Debt Collection Act. This letter has two purposes. The collections officer is a government employee paid by the taxpayers of Canada. This was not my debt and the man should not have threatened me in the way he did. I wanted to make this letter public so that others like me would know the protections they have in the Debt Collection Act. Secondly, 1 hope that persons reading this letter might be prepared to write Mr. MacKay a letter suppor- ting my request for an apology and asking Mr. MacKay to ask all his our Debt Collection Act in Dai Columbia which provides that no one demanding payment of a debt can exert undue, excessive or unreason- able pressure on a debtor or a member of his family. It expressly prohibits a collection officer from communicating with a debtor, his family or his employer in a manner and in circumstances that, because of the nature af the frequency. of the officers to act in a more fair and courteous way. Mr. Mac- Kay’s address is: The Honourable Elmer MacKay, Minister of National Revenue, 875 Heron Road, Ottawa, Ont. K1A OL8. Could you please send me a copy of your letter to Mr. MacKay. It can be addressed to me in care of P.O. Box-3637, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3W4. Jeanne Paling Castlegar Cook meats properly Many readers will have visited Mexico and experienced what is commonly called the “Tijuana two- step” or “Montezuma’s revenge.” Unfortunately, food poisoning out- breaks, or upset stomachs, can also oceur in the local area. With the onset of summer and barbecue time, it is imperative that readers under. stand that only proper cooking of meat products will destroy the or- ganisms that can contaminate food. E.coli 0157:H7, campylobacter jej- juni coli, salmonella heidelberg, and yersinia enterocolitica are but a few of the organisms that can infect food produets. In the very young or very old, an infection with any one of these organisms can cause severe illness, if not death. Following an investigation of a number of deaths in London, Ontario, the coroner's inquest was told that in North America the following were the most common causes of food poisoning outbreaks: 1. Inadequate refrigeration — 46 per cent; 2. Preparing food far in’ advance — 22 per cent; 8. Infected persons practicing poor personal hygiene — 21 per cent; 4. Inadequate cooking or heat processing — 19 per cent; 5. Holding food in warming de- vices for extended periods — 16 per cent; 6. Contaminated ingredient in uncooked food — 12 per cent; 1. Inadequate re-heating — nine per cent; 8. Cross-contamination in _pre- paring food — six per cent; 9. Inadequate cleaning of equip- ment — seven per cent; 10. Obtaining food from unsafe sources — six per cent; 11. Using left-overs — three per cent; 12. Storing acid foods in toxic containers — three per cent. Severe diarrhea has been associ- d at council’s meeting on Tuesday night. eee The High Arrow dam phase of Columbia river development will not be- eliminated from the Treaty, amendments on which are being negotiated with the United States. 7 28 e The possibility of too much village business being referred to committee and not dealt with in public was raised at Castlegar’s council meeting Tuesday night. oe @ The CPR will be sending an en- gineer to| discuss the matter of an overpass to the Shewchuck subdivi- sion with the village, Comm. R.C. Maddocks told council at its meeting Tuesday night. . 8 @ A dozen new heliports have been built to aid fire fighting in this area, it has been disclosed by R.E. Robiaa son, forest ranger of the Nelson- Salmo Ranger District. 15 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 9, 1973 News Castlegar A well-known Castlegar business- man, Mike Chernoff, was lucky to escape with his life early Monday morning when dynamite rocked his combination home and office on Col- umbia Ave. . 28 @ The federal government's decision to cancel Canada’s pavilion at Expo '74 was described as ‘‘a slap in the face for the west’ by Mayor John Landis on Tuesday night. . ee e@ The Commission of Inquiry into Post Secondary Education in the Kootenay Region will be holding public hearings today and Saturday in Kinnaird. . e¢ A $75,000 project to complete construction and gravel new sections of the Syringa Creek-Deer Park Road has been announced by Rossland- Trail MLA Chris D’Arcy. ._ 28 @ Castlegar’s long-awaited curb and gutter program will definitely go ahead. o 28 «6 A freak accident at the Castlegar ferry has claimed the life of a Robson woman. . 28 A number of windows in Castlegar business places were broken early Saturday morning. . 8 e Kinnaird’s regular bi-monthly council meeting, scheduled to have been held Tuesday night, has been postponed to next Tuesday. ated with the of meat, Celgar pulp poultry, raw milk and milk p Tt cannot be emphasized too strongly that the inadequate cooking of food, or poor personal hygiene, places the cook and other persons, particularly young people, at risk of severe di- arrhea. As one recent article stated: “If the meat isn’t cooked, your goose may be.” Enjoy your summer, but please take precautions to ensure that all meat products are properly cooked before consuming them. Dr. Norman the company 72-hour strike notice. So far, the Celgar plant is the only pulp mill in the province to be given strike notice, a company spokesman said. 7 ee @ Castlegar and district residents who were cursing the rotten weather in July can look on the bright side — record rainfall reduced the number of forest fires in the area. 7 28 @ The Castlegar family support pro- gram is being phased out resulting in the layoff of two Human Resources Ministry workers, an official said this week. ae nate naan eeeneeeeeeerneiemeee August 7, 1968 Castlégar News AS 2,4-D linked to cancer TORONTO (CP) — A rare form of lymphatic cancer that has been link- ed to the common weed-killer 2,4-D Welfare Canada’s bureau of chronic disease epidemiology, said in an interview. ‘It certainly is curious that the rates for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are up,”’ Morrison said. Non-Hodgkin's ymghions is a can- cer affecting the immune system that usually appears as a tumor in the lymph glands. “There's certainly strong suspi- cions for 2,4-D”’ as the cause, Mor- rison said. Extremely effective at killing broad-leafed weeds, 2,4-dichloro- phenoxyacetic acid is cheap — $2.50 worth will treat a hectare of land. About 5,000 tonnes are sprayed annually in Canada on seven million hectares of land, including wheat, oats, barley, rye and corn crops, city parks, golf courses and residential lawns, in commercial forests and under power transmission lines. Federal statistics show Canadians are developing new cases of non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma at double the rate two decades ago. In men, 12 cases were diagnosed for every 100,000 people im 1938, compared with 6.5 cases in £969. In women, nine cases per 109,000 wete diagnosed in 1983, compared with 4.6 in 1969, Canadians are also dying from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at twice the rate they did 35 years earlier. In men, there were six deaths for every 100,000 people in 1986, up from 2.8 in. 1951, while’ in women, there were four deaths per 100,000 in 1986, compared with 1.9 in 1951. In 1986, 829 men and 700 women 3% died from non-Hodgkin's and four kinds compared with 194 men and 132 women in 1951. Concern about the cancer stat tics, and recent U.S. studies linking 2,4-D to the same disease in Kansas and Nebraska, has prompted Ottawa to finance two studies to find out if the weed-killer poses a long-term health risk to thousands of Prairie grain farmers. In one of the studies, Health and Welfare is examining the medical records of 360,000 farmers across Canada and comparing them with the number of hectares of crops each farmer sprayed with pesticides, in- cluding herbicides such as 2,4-D, in 1970, 1975 and 1980. Special \attention is being paid to 70,000 farmers in Saskatchewan, the province that uses most of the 2,4-D sprayed in Canada each year. In another study, scientists at the University of a ea and Mc- of cancer related to the immune sy: tem — Hodgkin's disease, soft-tissue sarcoma, multiple, myeloma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In 1986, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded Kansas farm- ers exposed to phenoxyacetic her- bicides — particularly 2,4-D — for 20 days or more were six times as likely to develop the disease as people who were not exposed. The study found the risks were higher for farmers who mixed: and sprayed the chemicals themselves, those who failed to wear protective clothing such as gloves and face masks, and those who used a back- pack or hand sprayer instead of a tractor or airplane. The weed-killer 2,4. proved for use in United States in 1946, before gov- Gill L Propose to examine Y ibta links between required detailed health studies. 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