CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, January 12, 1978 ‘Voice of the People: Time for New Solutions Editor, Castlegar News: The Dec. 22 issue of your newspaper contained a letter from Mr. George Swanson, owner of the silica mine in Winlaw, objecting to a number of points which appeared in a previous article about the mine. "We would like to take the opportunity to reply to Mr. ‘Swanson, 7, When 250 people turn out ona cold night to stand around a hall for 3 hours (yes, Mr. Swanson, there were 250 peo- ple at that meeting) it is unfair to belittle their efforts by saying that “less than a third of that number were there.” All the 160 seats were filled and the rest of the space , was packed with people sitting on tables, leaning against the Walls or just plain standing. These people cared enough io make their opinions felt by their numbers alone if not always by their voices. When the question was asked who was in favor of having a silica mine in Winlaw, only one lone hand appeared—that of Mr. Swanson. As to who will operate the mine, it was Mr. Swanson himself who first told us he had sold his lease to the Moly Corporation and that” a ‘Mr. Brandar of West Vancouver ° was handling the negotiations and later the mining effort for them. Moly Corporation, located in New York is- thoesparent company of Kawecki-Berylco in Pennsylvania, which in turn owns the smelter in Oregon which will receive the ore. In a letter to the deputy fainister of mines, Mr. J. T. Fyles, it is stated: “This property will be operated by W. Brandar on behalf of a partnership comprising, Mr. Glenn E. Crippen, P. Eng., North Vancouver, B.C., Ka- wecki-Berylco Industries Inc., 1462 Reading {sic}, Penn., U.S.A. and W. Brandar”, who — wrote the letter. If Kawecki-Berylco is an operator of this mine how can it “have nothing to de with the mining, hauling and hiring on this project?” What kind of business sense is that? Kawecki-Beryleo is big ‘business. If there ‘has been a change of operators for. this mining development, we would be delighted to hear of it. It is also gratifying to hear from Mr. Swanson that “the chances of silica dust are almost nil” and “that there are laws enabling the mines department. ta close down mining opera- tions if it was a health hazard.” In the same issue of your paper there is an article about the high concentration of toxic substances pouring forth from Cominco and CanCel. Neither of these have been shut down, of course, and company efforts have not been enough. We are still breathing polluted air. The problem with substances like silica dust is that their effects may not show up until years later, years after the mining operators have packed up their money and gone home, We are having trouble believing that whatever pollu. tion control legislation there is will be implemented with enough power to force imme- diate changes should violations occur. So far it has been that controls are not looked at until Reople first have sickened or ied, As for the easements for the road to the mine,: there simply are no easements on our titles and the highways depart- ment has a history of viewing the road as private. When a person buys a piece of property he investigates any liens or easements. If there are no liens or easements that is what he should be getting. What kind of system would we have if we allowed property owners to’ sign agreements with their neighbors which they never bother to put on the deed and then 15 years later, after the property is sold and the new owner has built his house and developed his land, the neigh- bor. shows.un with his pisea. cf. “paper and can say “sorry, but I have the right to do such-and- such on your property by virtue of this paper and isn't it a shame it happens to be in your ea yard but that’s the way i it Ot course, the eens and forestry departments don't need the pieces of paper. They can just say “gimme” and they et. And finally the road itself. We do not deny that the pro- posed alternate route passing through only uninhabited land is more expensive than shoring , up the present road, And why not? Isn't it time we stopped making the ordi- nary citizen the one who suffers all the damages? Why should every Tom, Dick and Harry mining outfit be allowed to take anyone's land at will through our government, no consulta- tions, no anything until the people affected happen to shout loud enough to be heard in Victoria? Mr.-Swanson says “some inconveniences:.to--them (the property owners) will be un- avoidable.” Is having your property divided in half merely an ‘inconvenience’? Is it just inconvenient that our children are faced with huge trucks along their narrow roadway to ' school? Tf alternatives exist which do not disrupt the lives of the people of the area then the government should be right there insisting on those alter- natives. Instead the people are left to fight the combined forces of their own government and someone else's mining com- pany. As to the forestry depart- ment's future use of the same : Makortoff Service Prayer services concluded Wednesday afternoon of last week from the Hammond Fu- neral Chapel in Grand Forks for a‘former Winlaw resident, Fred F. Makortoff, 63, who died Dec. 28 at the Trail Regional Hos- pital. Makortoff was born Aug. 26, 1914 in Brilliant, B.C., where he grew up and married Kootenay Furnace ¢ SOLID STATE, se A Great i See our excellent selection : of records and tapes. MIKE’S TV SERVICE ‘621 Columbia Ave., Castlegar in 1935. Ten years later, he and his -wife, Vera, moved to the Winlaw district, He was employed with the Department of Highways for 17 years, retiring in 1970 due to health reasons. The Makortoffs moved to Grand Forks in 1976. Surviving are his wife, Vera of Grand Forks; a sister; Mrs, Bill (Irene) Poohoch f road, that is, for those of us along that road, entirely anoth- er question. Forestry doesn't want the seven miles of road that goes from the end of the private properly to the mine. It only needs the part which is in private property. And that only in 10 years and then only for a short time before the timber is gone until the next cycle. ‘The valley floor is rapidly filling up. If the government finds itself in a position of continued expropriation be- cause not enough roadways were set aside perhaps it is time for new solutions. Short- term leases for quickie mining operations and widely spaced logging. Maybe this is impractical; we do not know. It is a suggestion, a way to instigate discussion, a way to open doors now firmly shut by the govern- ment's callous inflexibility. Kathryn Woodward ‘Winlaw, B.C. . Six-Vehicle Pile Up Thursday Causes $5,800 in Damage A six-vehicle pile up oceurred early Thursday morn- ing on the Kinnaird Bridge as most people were making their way to work and work crews were endeavoring to clear roads after a night of con- tinuous snow. Total damages have been estimated at $5,800, Police report a 1976 Hon- da, driven by Susan Doreen Charlton of Castlegar, sustain- ed an estimated $800 damage as it was slowing down while following a grader and was struck by a 1973 Dadge station- wagon which sustained an estimated $1,000. Driver of the stationwagon Loto Canada Names 12 $1 Million Winners Loto Canada announced its latest. winning numbers Sun- day,. including 12 worth $1 million each, During a show taped last week at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Loto Canada also announced eight winning num- bers worth $100,000 cach. The following 12 numbers each won $1 million. The last five numbers in each series won $1,000, the last four $200 and the last three $50; 7583337, 7816916, 6961453, 3589915, 300- 9264, 3727797, 6012280, 198. 8114, 2576791, 5605521, 158. 4184, 1932754. The following eight num- bers each won $100,000. The last five numbers in each series won $1,000, the last four, $200 and the last three $50; 2663318, 3704191, 1954419, 5370668, 224- ~8298, 7199120, 6595208, 440- who hos been charged with driving too fast for road con- ditions, has been identified as Diane Marie Simonetta of Trail. Two other vehicles’ each sustained an estimated $1,500 damage when they too became part of a chain reaction ‘piling into the first two vehicles, ‘These vehicles have been de- seribed as a 1976 Volkswagen driven by Carlo B, Quaia of Trail and a 1975 Toyota station- wagon driven by Dennis Milton Holden of Blueberry Creek. ‘Two other vehicles became involved when a 1976 Volks- wagen, driven by John Pere- grym of Castlegar, stopped for the accident and was struck by another vehicle which was unable to stop on the icy road. ‘This driver has been identified On Boxing Day Bird Count Sightings Doubled 1977s Boxing Day Bird Count organized by the West ‘Kootenay Naturalists’ Club more than doubled the number of birds sven ,in 1976 and. set records for participation and number of species observed. With one or two tally sheels still to come in, it appears that at least 91 people travelled a total of 164 miles by car and 121 miles on foot to survey the winter bird popula- tion from Rossland to Argenta. Convenor Mel De Anna of Castlegar reports 70 species identified and 8,802 individual birds tallied. In 1976 (a poor year following a wet spring and summer) the survey produced 9,508 birds in 56 species. ‘This yeur the area survey- ed was extended to Argenta, and the Nelson district was covered by more birders than as David in of Rossland. Reports indicate Ms. Charlton suffered neck injuries and a passenger in the Holden vehicle, Blake Frisby of Blue- berry Creek, complained of a neek injury, Unusual species seen dur- ing the count period but not on count day included a pair of White Fronted Geese and four Glaucous Gulls. A Pigmy Owl devouring a small rodent for Christmas dinner was spotted in lower Fairview and observed for about 10 minutes at close quarters. This diminutive six- toseven-inch member of the owl family showed no signs df fear as he perched a foot or two ahove the birders, his golden eyes gleaming in the winter sunlight and his: sharp beak rending his victim. Naturalists, are cdncerned over the drop in numbers of sved-eaters spotted in recent years—sich as Goldfinch, Com- mon Redpoll and Siskin. It is speculated that the wet spring and summer of 1976 may have adversely affected nesting, hatching and feeding of these species, or possibly, the wet weather may have caused p poor crop of the seeds needed for. winter survival of these little birds, West Kootenay Natural. ists wish to extend appreciation to all those who took -part in this annual survey. When tabu- lated, the results are forwarded to the Provincial Museum. Assorted popular flavors. Super-Valu.... 2 litre +1 ll “MAKE YOUR OWN” ” Super-Valu Flour 20, $2.29 Processed: Velveeta Chees Kraft, 2Ib. pkg. 52,99 Ground Coffee Super-Valu. 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(From the Chicago Daily lews,) + _ IdtAmin will be murdered before 1978 Is over. Prince Charles of Great Britain will’ shave a sex change. The Leaning ‘Tower of Pisa will collapse, -Baboteurs will blow up the Alaska pipeline. Yeah, I know, looney itunes, I don’t believe it either. ‘But polls show that millions do believe in psychics and ESP ‘and psychic phenomena, and the above: predictions are in- ‘cluded on a lengthy list of ‘prophecies made for this col- umn by five superstars of the ‘psychic world, . Recently there was a na- ‘tional convention of psychics. More than 100 psychics attend. ‘ed to speak to believers in ‘psychic phenomena, and of those 100, five are regarded as Superstars among the extra- sensory prophets: Criswell, Trene Hughes, Shawn Robbins, David Hoy and Joseph De- Louise. Each of the five has legions of followers who swear that each has had remarkable past success in predicting events, and each can provide lengthy Iitantes of past psychic tri- umphs. Psychics, by the way, are said to be born with their powers of prophecy; it’s not something you can learn to do, It has long been the policy of this column to pander to the basest, most sensation-crazed thrill lust of its readership: So we asked the five superstar psychics to provide us with a list of predictions for 1978 (the exception was the Dec, 20 plane crash prediction, which is for 1977). The psychics agreed to do so, with one ground rule: the predictions had to be printed verbatim, with no change in the psychics’ language. Thus, some of the following may appear eryptic—especially Criswell's predictions—and others may appear Will attem toimprove juebecs Sagging financial poe ttl ee moonlighting endorsements ou TV. you. get. into public service journalism, you pay some dues. _ Anyway, here they ai the psychic superstars’ pre- dictions for 1978. IRENE HUGHES - e Richard Nixon will be in the headlines in 1978 because a tradictory. But what the hell mistress of a former Congress- Sex Change for Charles, Curtains for Idi man will say things about Nixon thai may not be true, @ A scare about individual privacies in the U.S. The out political party will demand that records be opened and will find that there was a lot of illegal wiretapping and recording of data. This may involve Bert by edited toEurope J TheMint will stop prin he brelicf that Canadians Lance, bul others as well, President Jimmy Carter will have to take to the airwaves to reassure individuals that their privacy is secured. e Due to the record-break- ing hot summer that we are going to have, more e pulty will be evident. ) can best solve wit problein outside Canada, SHAWN ROBBINS e Earthquake in Japan be- tween March and May causing major damage. e Billy Carter will have a car accident later part of 1978, e Between March 19 and 22, a 707 will crash, e Former president Nixon Prices affective Tuas.. Jan. 1M in Sat. 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(Obviously Criswell feels that Prince Charles will have become King Charles by the time this happens, but he will not outwardly make that prediction—he wants this pre- diction to read just the way it stands.) ~ elce on the Equator. e Red Snow in Montana. @ Pregnancy Sweeps Wo- men's Army. e Flea Invasion from Cuba. e Animale Used for Active Arm e Artifical Products Re- place Milk. Energy from the Sea Will Power, Television. ° » President Carter’ 's image will definitely improve due to the lowering of the unemploy- ment rate and a tax cut. eThere will be another but it will not be an + oThe | “first instance of blackmail being involved: with automatic weapons will be dis- covered in 1978, e Tremendous oil finds in Mexico ‘will, be immediately pumped with the United States’ I and will vastly Potato Chips 69° TG 02, BOK esc e eee nnree Super-Valu. improve the United States’ economy. e The next hig college fad Presto! Five Clairvoyant Superstars’ Predictions for 1978 will be tightrope walking, and many injuries will result. eJackic Onassis has a secret love. The person has some connection with royalty and has only seen her on clandestine visits outside the United States, eIn'February and March of 1978, we will see the deaths of several leading stars in the entertainment world, and not all of them will be aging. ¢ Anwar Sadat will not be assassinated. And he will re- ceive the Nobel peace prize. e Within two years, the Super Bowl will become a night game. Within five years, it will become a best-out-of-three ame. e Idi Amin will be murder; ed before 1978 is over. ¢ This will be known as the year of earthquakes. While numerous ones will be reported around the world, there will not be spectacular damage nor tremendous loss of life. JOSEPH DELOUISE* eThere will be two at: tempts to assassinate Anwar Sadat. The first attempt will 2.secons will sieceed, eThere will be guerrilla warfare in thé Philippines. — e Telephones will also be- come adding machines. ein 10 years, the suburbs ill be incorporated into the = cs we There is going to be an attempt to blow up the Statue, : of Liberty. eRichard Nixon wil! be accepted by the. public again, . And that’s it. You might want to clip this column out and keep it next to your 1978 calendar. On the other hand, you might want to make it into a paper hat. Can, Yardstick Help Measure Snow Weight “Should I or should I not get up on the roof?” the home- owners in Castlegar and area could well be asking themselves after watching the growing 4,29. $1.49 PORK SPARE RIBS a OT Oo | STEWING CHICKEN * Fresh frozen. Cut Teay pack, 4a? FLETCHER’S BOLOGNA | GIFT FOR LEARNING Nordic Hall Tuesday at 7 p.m. SIE mente 8 ere pe aime Wg Weichert wf Berth Cohumins Lid, rapetered vase. id A Rages Posen, sa peesee to rreees