A4 December 31, 1988 Castlegar News MEMBER OF THE B.C. PRESS COUNCH ESTABLISHED AUGUST 7. 1947 TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4. 1980 INCORPORATING THE MIO WEER MIRROR PUBLISHED SETPEMBER 12,1978 AUGUST 27, 1980 PUBLISHER AUGUSI 7. 1947. FEBRUARY 15.1979 PUBLISHER — Burt Compbell DITOR — Simon Birch PLANT FOREMAN — Peter Har ADVERTISING MANAGER OFFICE MANAGER CIRCULATION. MANAGER Lv CAMPBELL Heather Hadley New year holds promises Tomorrow is the start of a new year, the last one in the decade to be known as The Eighties On the world scene, the pessimism of the early 1980s, fostered by the election of Ronald Reagan and his call for a buildup of military strength against the “Evil Empire” of the Soviet Union, has given way to optimism fostered by Mikhail Gorbachev's ascension to power and a more open Soviet Union. Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika, and the man’s disar- ming charm, give hope that the chilly relations between the world’s superpowers will continue to warm in 1989 and the following decade. There are signs elsewhere that maybe just maybe the close of the 1980s will herald a more peace-lovin world in the 1990s This past year has seen.a cease fire in the long war between Iran and Iraq; opposing forces in Nicaragua agreed to a truce; the Soviets began withdrawing troops from Afghanistan; and PLO leader Yasser Arafat took a major step toward solving the never-ending conflict in the Middle East by recognizing Israel's right to exist Good examples all, examples which must be built upon and which must serve as lessons to other nations and people who have yet to solve their differences. On the Canadian scene, much like that for British Columbia, the decade will be remembered for a terrible recession (many, truth- fully, describing it as a depression)’ that played havoc with our economic lives, causing tremendous unemployment and personal and business bankruptcies. But it will also be recalled as the decade in which Brian Mulroney came to powet in Ottawa and then, with just one lett in it, received a mandate to enter into a free-trade agreement with the United States which will only begin to show its results in the new decade of The Nineties British Columbia will remember the 1980s for the years of restraint and a premier by the name of Bill Bennett. Explosive labor relations will be recalled, and then the election of a populist premier, Bill Vander Zalm, who will either be riding high by the time 1989 ends, or be gone In the West Kootenay, we will remember The Eighties for many of the same reasons we will remember them provincially and federally: unemployment, recession, and very tough times that we'll later recall as being “challenging In Castlegar, the 10 years were a decade in which we lost population, saw our neighbors suffer economically and felt that same terrible financial pinch in our own households. But it will also be remembered asa time, as the decade drew to its close, that many positive things began to happen that gave all of us reason to be op timistic For the year just past, we leave its assessment to our readers Our Year-End Review included with this issue of the Castlegar News recalls the highlights, and yes, the low points of the 366 days that made up 1988. As we enter the new year of 1989 we wish all our readers much health and prosperity. Our hope for all is that this final year of The Eighties will be a positive one that will make the early 1980s fade in the memory as a bad dream Tories face tough year in 1989 By DAN LEGER OTTAWA (CP) This was the election campaign not to cut Remember when 40 YEARS AGO From the Jan. 6, 1949 Castlegar News A lot of difficulty and delay in collecting garbage has been caused by the heavy snow fall, which has given a severe test to our snow plow on the garbage truck. So far we have had two broken axels in one week and other mechanical troubles which, coming in the holiday season, has caused further inconvenience. * . The energetic members of the Castlegar Teen Town Organization have been busy during the last few days and accomplished a real service to the Municipality. In spite of the weather and unfavorable conditions, they have taken a census of the Village and have now reported the population of the Village to be 1,297. In October, 1946, the population was 956. * © * In case of emergency when min- utes and seconds count, it is very important for the members of the Volunteer Fire Department to have easy access to the fire hydrants and stand pipes located at strategic points in the Village. If in'case of fire, the snow has to be cleared from the stand pipes before they can connect their hoses and much valuable time may be lost, so the Commissioners and the Fire Department earnestly supposed to be the holiday season when Brian Mulroney could put his feet up by a cosy fireside at 24 Sussex Drive, content in the know ledge his rent is paid for the next four years But less than a month after his Conservative party won a rare second consecutive majority man date, the Supreme Court of Canada spoiled things by striking down a controversial Quebec language law The court's decision, and events that followed, opened old and chronic language wounds. And national unity was threatened by what appeared at year's end to be a dire threat to the Meech Lake constitutional accord The Conservatives — who on Nov 21 won 170 seats to the Liberals’ 82 and the New Democrats’ 43 are facing serious difficulties in 1989. “There’s no reason to suppose the Conservative party has an enduring basis of support in Quebec,” political scientist George Perlin of Queen's University said in an interview “They,still have 100 years of self. reinforcing alienation between the Conservatives and Quebec to over come.” SEVERAL WORRIES The Conservatives in fact all three major parties — have more than language to worry about Free trade, the Conseratives’ holy grail, was rammed through the Com. mons in the last hours before Christmas. But it must go into prac tice without ravaging vulnerable in. dustries or else the Tory promise of happy economic times will flop If the trade deal does bring prosperity, the shrill opposition of the Liberals and NDP will ring hollow On the other side of the coin, Perlin says Mulroney might have boxed himself in by promising during social programs to reduce the budget deficit Entering the crucial five to seven years of negotiations with the Americans on definition of trade subsidies, “this government is not going to have a lot of room to manoeuvre because (of promises that) certain programs can't be touched” — programs such as medi care, unemployment insurance and regional development. Meanwhile, Liberal Leader John Turner must be pondering his politi cal future. PARTY FOES WAIT Turner knows that the Liberal dis. sidents who barked at his heels almost from the day in 1984 he became leader are still out there, waiting to get him. The man Turner defeated for the leadership, Jean Chretien, barely let the dust settle on the election campaign when he,said he would be willing to serve as leader, if asked. But Chretien’s aspirations suffered a blow in December when the party executive decided to postpone a national convention_ until October Journalists fall asleep By BOB TAYLOR The Canadian Press In 1988, journalists continued to fall asleep at the switch to the delight of readers, who gleefully snitched on them to the New Yorker and Punch magazines. These are some of the boners that readers spotted: A native of Melbourne, Foster was an accom panist here this summer with the London Symphony Orchestra. He won. — Daytona Beach [Fla.) News-Journal. When Mussolini and the Fascists came to power in Italy, Mussolini went to the United States, where he became musical director of the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. — Washington Post The 37-year-old daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and her horse finished fourth in the National Hunt race at Hereford, 45 miles southwest of Birmingham in western England. — Peoria [Il.] Journal Star Pope Beautifies Controversial Monk — Turkish News David Shapiro, a Torontonian who is present of QO and Y Southeast, is a staunch believer of air in the er /ironment. — Real Estate Weekly Frank Basso, 39, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was attempting a left turn into a driveway from Route 41 on Saturday when he collided with a car driven by Frank Basso, 39, also of Poughkeepsie, N.Y Lakeville [Conn.] Journal The council issues free bus passes to women aged 60 but will not give them men until they are aged 65. — Birmingham News, England Despite a 2,000-signature petition backed by naturalists Sir Peter Scott, Sir David Attenborough and David Bellamy, 38 wildflowers have secured a five-year lease to shoot ducks along the mouth of Camel River, Cornwall. — Standard, London For some considerable time, the Canberra Times has been publishing wrong tide times for Narooma. The error, the s« urce of which is lost in antiquity, was discovered last week when the editor, relying on the Canberra Times figures, was swept out to sea. But he managed to return to shore and ordered this correction. — Canberra Times Pregnant Farm Women are Told to Avoid Lambing — General Practitioner, England Aucklander Alan Robert Stockhausen, officially listed among the dead in a train crash in China, is determined to continue his overland travels to England. “He's a determined guy,” said his brother-in-law Corrigan, of Wh — NZ. “We use dog teams because they don’t break down like Ski-Doos do.” And he says that every single structure at Colville Lake is made from dogs because plywood is too expensive to ship. — Canadian Living. Nuclear Accident Would Bring Out Best in People — St. y (Vt.] C Record At other times worms have been regarded as cure medicine for jaundice, gall-stones, baldness and importance. — Standard, Nairobi Defiant PM Returns to Bomb Hotel — Post, England Ballerina Viviana Durante, aged 20, relaxing after taking over the lead role half-way through Swan Lake at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on Wednesday when Maria Almeida, who had been dancing the part, tripped and injured herself in the wings. — Guardian, England Last year, 43 women were among the 96 graduates of the Theological Institute of Uppsala University. The best of them end up in the basement, never offered for sale. — Marietta [Ga.] Journal Nude Dancing Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court — New Haven [Conn.) Register Between them, they have trapped more than 1,000 bears — black and grizzlies — in Montana and Yellowstone National Park, said Aberhold. Most have master’s degrees. — Laramie [Wyo.] Boomer- ang Infant Morality Up in Vermont — Randolph [Vt.] White River Valley Herald. Bad health resulting from sheer overwork — he had by that time become a sensationally popular playform reader of scenes from his novels — killed him when he was only 58. Still he carried on. — Boston Globe There were now 18,406 prisoners sharing a cell designed for single Middlesex Chronicle, England Announcements last week of more than 420 job losses were partly offset by Social Welfare’s announcement that it would hire nearly 400 people to deal with unemployment and other benefits. — occupation. — Dominion, New Zealand Move for Clamp on Pedophiles — Melbourne Sun, Australia The world’s longest-reigning monarch, who was 87 in April, spent most of Tuesday in bed but was able to walk for his meals to the dining room of his summer villa in Nasu, 185 kilometres (115 miles) north of Tokyo, a court spokesman said. — International Herald Tribune During the course of his career James Robert- son has been an author, broadcaster, journalist, advertising agent, pig and dairy farmer. — What's New in Farming, England Substitute Egg Whites for Health — Knoxville [Tenn.] News-Sentinel The upper part of the skull of the Bos primigenius with the horn cores attached to it was dug up near Devizes in 1835 and may be a member of News, U.K. Cold Pasta, James McNair's first cookbook, released in 1985, sold 125,000 copies and has been translated into Australian and Swedish. — Vancou- ver Sun Notice: Due to transmission problems, there was no weather in the world yesterday. — Asahi News, Tokyo the Club and the Monday Club. They both enjoy gardening — Marlborough Times, England There will, finally, be a full-scale autobiogra. phy of Marlene Dietrich, written with the cooperation of the legendary actress herself. — Montreal Gazette Homosexuality among consenting adults is legal in Britain but not compulsory in most countries. — SydneyHerald, Australia the residents located near each hod pipe to volunteer and clear way the snow as to give ready access. & 25 YEARS AGO From the Jan. 2, 1964 Castlegar News Castlegar ended its 1963 opera- tions with a year-end surplus of $15,000, retiring village chairman Aage Sylvest — who doubles as finance chairman of the village — told council at its last meeting of the year. He added that this surplus, when added to that carried forward from previous years, “results in a total surplus in the order of $45,000.” * 8 @ A third shift at Columbia Cellu lose’s Celgar lumber division here has been on the job for the past 14 days, a whole two weeks earlier than was expected. Sixty-five men have been put on the payroll in that time with the third shift for the rest of the plant, including the planer mill, loading and shipping operations, expected to go on to the job this week filling another 50 new jobs. * 8 6 The Pollution Control Board has given Castlegar permission to re- lease effluent from its proposed sewage lagoon into the Columbia River. The board, however, reserves the right to insist at a later date that the effluent be chlorinated. 15 YEARS AGO From the Jan. 10, 1974 Castlegar News The sharp thud of the gavel commenced Monday night's histori- cal council meeting, the first for the new City of Castlegar-Kinnaird which is the fifth largest city i ‘ue Kootenays. The ceremony included the sur. rendering of the respective Letters Patent of the twin towns of Castlegar and Kinnaird by Mayor John Landis and Deputy Mayor George Bondaroff and the presentation of the new Letters Patent for the city by Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy. . 8 «@ George Rilkoff of Robson was re-elected by acclamation as chair- man of the board of trustees of School District No. 9 when the board held its inaugural meeting on Wed nesday of last week. * * * Five communities in the Koot enays could be hit by a withdrawal of taxi service because of new insurance rates. Taxi owners in Castlegar, Nelson, Trail, Rossland and Grand Forks threatened the withdrawal recently unless the Insurance Corporation of B.C. lowers its proposed premiums. 5 YEARS AGO From the Dec. 28, 1983 Castlegar News 1989. That gives more organizing time to other potential leadership candidates, such as Manitoba MP Lloyd Axworthy and Quebec MP Paul Martin Jr. The Liberals have another prob- lem: money. Although the party was raising funds at a rapid clip toward the end of the election campaign, it still has at least $5 million in long-term debt to clear. As for Ed Broadbent, the socialist leader must be wondering if some union-made steel isn't being pointed at his back. Despite leading the best-discip- lined party among the Canadian Big Three, Broadbent proved again in the fall campaign that Canadians aren't ready yet to embrace the NDP. Letters to the editor I recently sent this complaint (by FAX) to the editor of the CBC Television Journal in Toronto. It protests the undermining of chil dren's values by giving coverage on public television to that repulsive war-toy monstrosity known as the “Rambo” Santa Claus: “I do not like to sound a negative note at Christmastime, the season of peace and goodwill. But I am won dering how many people were of. fended — as I was — by that short piece of the end of your Journal one night last week, on the state of the art: in war toys? é — and fair enough — but many I am at a loss to understand the intent of the CBC in showing this item. The gruesome war machines were bad enough. But the sight of the “Rambo” Santa Claus stumbling around like a madman —-firing a machine gun — while a demented song about shooting down the com munists played in the background this was just plain sick. What a sadistic and cruel joke against chil dren! Some people are not “into” the Santa Claus “trip” with their children others respect this tradition as the ultimate symbol of childhood joy. In any case, this perversion of children's values has no place on the regular channels of our television. I consider myself to be a fairly broad-minged person but I strongly urge you to spare the children from this sort of demented joke. Put this on the “Blue Movie” channels where pornography and perversion belongs if anywhere.” Harry Killough Castlegar Castlegar’s United Way received a much-needed shot in the arm last week with a $10,000 grant from the Vancouver Foundation. At last report, the United Way drive had reached only $37,000 — well short of its $62,000 goal for 1983. . 8 ¢@ Castlegar resident Laurie Biron received a much-needed Christmas present this year. After being laid off from her job Nov. 30, she was destitute, without any groceries in the house. She was even placed on the Royal Canadian Legion's Christmas Hamper list, though she never actually received a hamper. Then, three days before Christ- mas, the B.C. Seniors Lottery draw was made and Biron was chosen ner of the $10,000 second prize. t prize was $100,000. a) tlegar News 4s December 3), 1988 History on tap Early this past summer, a group of friends gathered for a breakfast business meeting. It was an expression of concern for the fact that Castlegar has no history — written history that is. Nelson, Rossland, Trail, Salmo and most other towns have a record of their past, but anyone wishing to get ready information on Castlegar has a lot of digging to do in scattered sources. And-what we have is little known beyond the bounds of profes sionals and in the memories of some of our senior citizens. John ¢ Reflections and recollections Nonetheless, I have shared theory that this quiet community is a reflection in miniature of the larger history and development of Canada. From our complex geology, our geographical location, the movementg afd activities of our first people, our early explorers, traders, mining and Yumbering operations, development of transportation from the early river-type to the present as well as the people involved, we can draw a fascinating story. It was suggested also that we have the facilities. the college, knowledgeable citizens, a community newspaper, several groups of active citizens and a deep reservoir of oral history, as well as a number of writing skills. To begin is to be half done, or so it is said. It was agreed, therefore, to lay the foundations for such a book. In view of our past history and present development, it was given the tentative name of The Crossroads and would be organized in four parts or divisions. Part one would be the historical narrative written in authoratitive but popular style. It would begin with the geological history of the area which is both complex and fascinating and has much to do with the course of the subsequent development. This part would then consider the story of the Indian tribes in the area, the explorers and fur traders, the,mining, the lumbering, the development of transportation, the immigrants and settlers and so on up to the present day. The second part of the book would be biographi cal — the stories of families and individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of the area. The third section would cover anecdote and incident — recollections, particularly by senior citizens with long memories, of people and events which would give color, light and shadow, and immediacy to such a history. The fourth part would be a reference and gazeteer section — thumb-nail sketches of groups, organizations, churches and schools for ready reference information. Any endeavor, however large or small, must begin with an idea. The proposed book would meet a felt need in our educational system and in the preservation of our heritage and cultural identity. It is viewed as a cooperative and community endeavour and with all of the talent and facilities available has, it was felt, a very good chance of success, particularly since some of the material is already available. The breakfast meeting concluded with an agreement by those present to prepare a first-draft of written material in each one’s particular field to be ready by the beginning of January 1989. It looks as if a second breakfast meeting is in order. Watch this space. Next week we will print an incident and anecdote item which proves that the pioneering spirit reaches into the present. We will call it “The New Voyageurs” or perhaps “The River Raft Caper.” It invalues several past and present citizens. In the meantime, while standing like the two-faced Roman god Janus at the doorway of the old and the new year, and with my hand once again in working order, I can consider the old Jewish maxim: “['get old too soon and too late smart.” Not that it is likely to do any good. I would also like to wish all my friends and readers a most happy and prosperous New Year and to thank them for the many kind words on the book, Over My Shoulder, and my all-woman team from Selkirk College, particularly Susan Bond and Diane Cowlin, in the preparation of it. Our whole family joins a host of other friends and patients in wishing Dr. John Hall a fulfilling career in his retirement from active medical practice. I look forward to seeing his book one fine day. And to both Dr. John and Ruth a bounteous and happy future. Interest rate increase predicted for new year By ERIC BEAUCHESNE Canadian Press OTTAWA — Economists, in predicting a slow down in 1989, are again crying wolf, or so it may seem. In late 1986, the economy came within a whisker of a recession, prompting economists to warn that economic growth would slow in 1987. It didn't. In late 1987, with the dust from the October stock-market crash still clouding their crystal balls, those analysts again warned that economic growth would slow, or worse, in 1988. It didn't. In fact, once figures for gross domestic product — the value of all goods and services produced by the country — are in for 1988, economists expect they will show an after-inflation increase of four to 4.5 per cent over 1987. The Conference Board of Canada was one of the more optimistic forecasters after the stock market erash, but Filles Rheaume, the board's director of forecasting, concedes even it was surprised at 1988's robust performance. “We did expect some slower growth,” he said. “Some areas caught us by surprise.” Consumers did not reduce spending much, house building remained strong and business investment surged — all despite rising interest rates, a severe drought that cut agricultural production in Western Canada and Ontario, and weak world oil prices. However, analysts are again warning that the rapid expansion of the economy cannot continue another year. They may be right this time. SEE SIGNS Consumers have whittled away their savings and increased their debt, as have many businesses; oil prices remain weak; and the strong dollar is threatening to squeeze exports to the United States. But probably more important, John Crow, governor of the Bank of Canada, seems determined to use high interest rates to fight inflation. Canadian conomy grows LONDON (CP) The Canadian economy grew faster in 1988 than that of any of the seven major industrial democracies except Japan, the Organization for Economic Co- operation and Development reported Tuesday. But unemployment is likely to rise next year and Canada remains ex tremely vulnerable to any worldwide increase in interest rates, the Paris based OECD said in its semi-annual report on the world economic out look. It said real economic growth in Canada this year was 4.25 per cent, second among the so-called Group of Seven countries only to Japan's real growth rate of 5.75 per cent. Canada was tied. with Britain but ahead of the United States, Italy, West Germany (all at 3.75 per cent) and France (3.5 per cent). The OECD, projecting its final 1988 figures from date up to the end of September, credited the Canadian performance ‘to strong domestic demand and the spillover ‘effect in Canada of continuing strong world wide economic growth. But the organization, which groups 24 major non-Communist industrial countries, predicted Canada _ will suffer next year. In June, it predicted real growth of 3.25 per cent in 1989. But on Tues day, it revised that figure to three per cent. It predicted real growth in 1990 will also be three per cent. An OECD expert in Canadian affairs said the calculations were made on the basis that the free-trade agreement with the United States would be implemented as scheduled next year. He blamed the “very big drop” in world energy prices and the effects on agricultural production of this summer's drought for the downward revisions. The report predicted Canadian un: employment will be 7.75 per cent next year, compared with its June forecast of only 6.75 per cent. The OECD expert blamed the much-higher figure on the increased number of Canadians seeking work, rather than any actual rise in the number of people without jobs. To assist with snow 9 owners and operators are requested not to park on City streets or parking lots during heavy snowfalls. Parents are also requested not to allow their children to play on snowbanks on City streets. LOAN-OUT CAMERA The Castlegar News has two simple-to-operate loan-out cameras (complete with film) which it is pleased to allow groups to use for taking pictures for use by the Castlegar News. Arrangements for the use of these cameras should be made through our News Department at 365- 3517. Castlegar News HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TESTS General Educational Development (G.E.D.) Testing Schedule The G.E.0. testing program, offered by the Examination Branch of the Ministry of Education. is available in the Selkirk College region. The G.E.D. tests provide ‘€n opportunity for individuals to earn an olficial document stating that they have secondary school equivalency standing G.E.D. tests sessions for the winter will be held on the following dates Sat., Jan. 21, 1989 at Selkirk College Castlegar Compus Sot., Mar. 18, 1989 at Selkirk College Castlegar Campus and at Selkirk College Grand Forks Centre, Kaslo Centre and Nakusp. Sessions are from 8:30 o.m.-5 p.m is required troms must be received by the Ministry Pp 9 ‘of Education 21 days prior to the testing date of your choice. There is @ registration tee of $13.00. . For application forms and further intormgyon contact Sard + CASTLEGAR CAMPUS Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3J1 (7d Sale the Year ALL LADIES WINTER CNCP sale completed MONTREAL (CP) — Canadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Ltd. said they have completed the sale to CP of CN interests in CNCP Telecommunications and in Telecommunications Terminal Sys- tems. A joint statement said CNCP business will be continued by a new partnership between CP Ltd. and a wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Pacific Telecommunications Inc. The Kootenay-Columbia District Boy Scouts of Canada Twelfth Annual Night Burn at the Recreation Complex on Fri., Jan. 6 The district will pickup trees on Thurs., Jan. 5 Commencing at 4:00 p.m. Please leave your discarded Christ mas trees in the snow bank at the “ihe log contages are the best ("ve ever seen.’ front of your property and we will **You have worked hard to add the personal touches that make ‘endeavor to pick it up. You are more than welcome to take your tree and throw it on the pile at the complex branch from your Christmas Tree and atter making a wish for the coming year, throw your branch on the fire Coffee and Hot Chocolate Will be Available! The Kootenoy-Columbia District Boy Scouts of Canada, would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best in 1989. us want to come back. It's charming here.’* The West Coast Experience of a Lifetime! Share the untouched beauty of our sandy beach. Log comages Information R.R.#1, Parksville, B.C. VOR 2SO - MERCHANDISE AND WINTER FABRICS © AVINGS UPTO 90 ALL SALES FINAL —~ ALL TOYS AND GIFTWARE (Large Selection) Y OFF “yrs West's Dept. Store Will Be’ Closed Jan. 2