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He said the ad- EDITORIAL | : Children need war explained The Persian Gulf war is a long way from our relatively isolated corner of h n British Ci But the ability of telévision to provide i di and fri ing images and sounds of the war has become crystal clear over the last two days. Before the Iraqi government made them pull the plug on their 5 YEARS AGO broadcasts, reporters for CNN —-which has done an outstanding and From Jan. 29, 1906 remarkable job ering the war for the world. — described Wed- i ™ etete . hI . P J Rit (Castlegar News nesday night's initial aerial attack on Baghdad by American-led inter- . The Castlegar Chamber of Com- national forces with chilling immediacy. Video tapes of the attack Sees LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sea oe But having the conflict in the gulf brought almost instan- Thursday night to give chamber taneously into our living rooms brings with it, whether we want it or patnesy ‘008. page prety not, one tremendous obligation — the need to explain clearly and building fund. objectively to children the events they are seeing. The fee wouldn't include in- This isn’t Rambo, this is real, and children deserve an ex- : : i dividual members. planation of what they are seeing in terms they can understand. The | Much of the media is manipulating public ce burden — and a heavy burden it is — falls on parents and teachers. opinion and could cause wrong decisions to be Children must know this is not a simple conflict between Iraqi made because some politicians are running scared, _be OPINION Castlégar News st Meats tne Best Prices Visit Your Castlegar SAFEWAY CHICKEN Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco said he was “bloody mad” when he heard from a third party the area had been de-designated and was no longer under the DREE program. He touched upon this matter, and Others, as well as the lack of TV coverage for some of the riding when he addressed the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce at the installation meeting Monday evening at the Hi Arrow Arms Hotel. the Celgar pulp division are scheduled to meet today to hold CHICKEN Woe SSS © DELI FAVORITES © BAVARIAN FRESH MEATLOAF PASTRAMI Sliced or Shaved more to clean up the environment than any other government in the history of B.C. To bring pulp mill effluent from over eight per cent or more, down to 2.5 (kilograms) in one short term has to i quite an i It’s too bad John quit, he was doing a good "We told you so’ It’s a sour comment but it must be said: ‘‘We told you so."’ For years the Peace Movement has been concerned about supplying weapons to national Negative barrage The Castlegar News has received reports that S President Saddam Hussein and U.S. President George Bush. It is not, and you really can’t blame them. as Mr. Bush naively put it, simply good versus evil. I feel this is what happened in the case of The gulf war is a complex conflict with roots that go back hun- John Reynolds, our former minister of job. The media has destroyed another political career, but of course they won’t look at the real leaders who are sociopaths at best and often criminal psychopaths. Saddam Hussein did not Lumber Ltd. of Salmo has closed its doors less than four months after it 99 -:99 © MARKET FRESH PRODUCE e _FRESH FRESH BANANAS AVOCADOS Imported Grown opened. The reports indicate that all 18 employees have been laid off while the company tries to restructure its financing. ee eee | Castlegar’s Unemployment Action Centre is unhappy with what it says is the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s policy of requiring welfare recipients to produce two Pieces of identification when cashing their Ministry of Human Resources cheques. And to protest, the centre Thursday closed its account at the downtown branch of the bank. dreds, even thousands, of years. environment. It takes great strength to make . . . they will blame Bill Vander Zalm. It is about religion. It is about the deeply felt hostility among decisions that won't be popular with the media. some Arabs towards Westerners over past treatment of Arabs and With the constant negative barrage that is hurled their homelands. And, yes, it is about oil and the need to protect the at our politicians by the media, it must be hard economies of the Western world. for them to stand back and take an objective view The goal now is to bring the war to as fast a conclusion as__ of the situation. possible with the least loss of life and the minimum of destruction. Cleaning up the environment is important to Then it would be wise to thoroughly reflect on not only the historical all of us, but jobs are also ifnportant for our causes of the war and possible solutions to those, but also on the environment. Therefore, forcing the pulp industry rationale which led to the decision to oust Saddam from Kuwait by which provides people’s livelihoods, to pay an force. extra $600 million to meet 1.5 standards (1.5 We must learn all we can from this war and what led to it so we kilograms of organochlorines per tonne of pulp can prevent it happening again. That’s a familiar refrain but one produced) and forcing others that can’t meet it which we must keep repeating until we get it right. out of business before it is proven necessary is If we do, maybe those growing up now through this war will not also a very i i i i have to know another one. As it does with every generation, the hope during an economic downturn. Pie of the future lies with the children. ““The Bill Vandet Zalni*govertitnenit has done become a ‘‘madman’’ overnight. The people of Kuwait have now paid a high price for our cynical exercise in real politik. They appear doomed to pay an even higher one in the near future. Our armed forces face the consequences of the global arms trade. There are “Made in Canada’’ labels inside many Iraqi weapons. Send Mulroney As a concerned citizen I am writing in support of sending new recruits to the Persian Gulf, these being Brian (Bush Clone) Mulroney, Joe Clark and the rest of their cronies. Bring home the innocent, send in the arrogant. This way the loss to Canadians will be minimal. John Chernenkoff Krestova So support the Peace Mdvement, we were the ones who saw this coming and shouted-out the ; warning. With a bit of help we can stop it from happening again. George Richards Castlegar 3 i>. “ Selkirk College board member Elizabeth Fleet cuts the 20th anniversary cake at the college's dedi. y at the Castl campus the week of Jan. 13, 1986. Similar ceremonies held at other Selkirk to kick off Y ¢ Valley biologist helps wildlife survive winter Deluged by weeks of steady snowfalls and low temperatures, the West Kootenay looks like a postcard of the classic winter wonderland. ‘Blessed with natural good looks, the landscape becomes more dazzling with almost daily dustings of snow. The esthetics belie the challenges to residents of the,Slocan Valley, human and otherwise. While many rural inhabitants struggle with frozen water lines, wild animals confront the spectre of starvation. To the uninitiated, the appearance wildlife. Although other winters have been more severe, the current season is running close to the maximum amount of snow on the ground recorded since 1977. “We're going from bad to wor- se,”” Woods observes. McCrory, who is an authority,on grizzly bears, ‘says the depth and condition of snow, as well as cold temperatures, increase the severity of winter. Deep snow which has par- tially thawed, then crusted over with freezing temperatures, creates i iti for the mule of deer and elk ng along highways and grazing in gardens may only enhance the sense of beholding deer, white-tailed deer and elk in the area. Catherine Shapcott the consummate winter scene. To wildlife biologists Wayne McCrory and Guy Woods, the arrival of in- creasing numbers of wild animals at lower elevations signals the possibility that they may need help. McCrory, a long-time resident of New Denver who is very knowledgeable about local deer con- ditions, decided in early January to start a community project to feed ’ wildlife in the area of Silverton, New Denver and Hills. Woods, who is based out of the B.C. Environment Ministry's Nelson office, supports the handouts, especially because the government has no plans either to feed the wildlife or to finance local com- munities to do the job. “We can’t go here,” ex- } plains Woods. “‘We could sink j money into the feeding programs, Although McCrory says ‘‘we're not panicking yet,"’ he is preparing for a repeat of the “starvation win- ter’ that happened in the mid-1970s when he initiated a community wildlife feeding program, and per- sonally fed 30 deer over a period of three months. Both McCrory and Woods caution People against offering too much to eat because the animals could stuff themselves, and to make sure they supply only those foods compatible with the winter digestive system of deer anid elk. McCrory cites cases of wildlife that have been found dead of starvation, although their stomachs were full of hay — a case of too much of a good thing. The intention of the artificial feeding program is not to replace the usual winter diet of buds, lichens and recent years mean there are more mouths to feed, but because deer and elk have been foraging at higher elevations, McCrory and. Woods say browsing conditions are in good shape at low elevations. The wildlife biologists advise benefactors of hungry deer and elk to disperse feeding stations, which discourages animals from congregating in a few places and overeating. Feeding stations should be set up away from highways, where wildlife are especially vulnerable. McCrory notes heavy traffic along Highway 6 — the main road through the Slocan Valley — including chip trucks supplying the Celgar pulp mill in Castlegar. Feeding stations should also be established away from residential areas “ where wildlife can become exhausted or attacked by roving dogs. Dog owners are prohibited un- der Section 80 of the provincial Wildlife Act from allowing their pets to run at large or chase deer. Con- servation officers can shoot dogs caught in the act of chasing deer, and impose fines, says Michael Krause, district supervisor for the Environment Ministry's Conser- vation Officer Service in Castlegar. Once feeding begins, it should continue until conditions improve or the animals move away. McCrory assigned names to the 30 deer he fed during the last crisis, but urges People not to make the deer depen- dent or turn them into pets. Wildlife can also be assisted by “feeding with the axe."’ This requires people to carefully chop off the lower branches of conifers such as cedar and Douglas fir, as well as the taller shrub growth of maple and willow, leaving them @n the ground 80 deer can forage the buds. Such interventions may save many lives which might have been lost un- ORPO “Can claimants in an accident dispute get fair treatment when their adjusters both work for ICBC?” The answer is yes, for two reasons. First, the adjuster for each party serves as an impartial representative in the claims process. And, second, since most Claims are totally paid by Autoplan, the adjusters have no reason to favour either side. After considering every element of a case, both adjusters use their experience and expertise to reach an equitable settle- ment. Anything less would be unfair to the claimant. But to offer more would be __ equally unfair to some two million other ICBC policyholders whose premiums are ICBC Which side is your adi fon? suster Last year, 81% of the people surveyed who had property damage claims were satisfied with their settlements. 98% of injury claims were settled out of court. Many claimants opted to settle disputes through mediation and other alternatives, rather than long, costly legal action. Which side is your adjuster on? On the side of fairness. Together, we can drive insurance costs down. 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