CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 8, 1973 - CASTLEGAR NEWS Here Let the People’s Rights Maintain, Unawed by Influence or Gain é Arena Should Go fo a Vofe as Soon as Possible While . showing real interest in the possibility of an early arena vote, failure of Castlegar council at a recent meeting to give the approval in principle sought by Kinnaird's Ald, Jack Chernoff can only be interpreted by many as an indication of a reluctance to get on with the job of pi g area voters with a We don't share this view; but we fully understand it. Castlegar aldermen appear to have had their enthusiasm blunted by the age of the issue, and by the fact that positions they took months ago have now been adopted by others, after Castlegar's representatives ex- hausted their original energies promoting what they felt was the right approach, The longer any issue drags on, the harder it is to keep up interest and enthusiasm. But now isn't the time to let either wane. With an outright provincial grant available and a firm indication to Kinnaird council that the provincial government will look favorably on reopening a winter works program assistance request, we believe a referendum should be proceeded with just as quickly as possible. We grant, however, that the matter can't be done overnight. As Mayor John Landis suggested, the referendum in its final form should be the one which those promoting it are in agreement has the best chance of success, ‘his means accurate building cost esti- mates, solid information with regard to operating costs, and a financing formula that is firm and is not based on what costs might be “if” winter works assistance {s forthcoming and “if" a number of other question marks are resolved favorably, (What happens, for example, if voters in one of the two electoral areas turn down the proposal?) Ald. Chernoff . displayed commendable enthusiasm at his meeting with Castlegar counci! while the remarks and questions of Castlegar's newest alderman, Mike Livingstone, indicated he will do a thorough job in his liaison role with Mr. Chernoff. If the interest of the two regional district electoral areas is as positive as Mr. Chernoff led Castlegar council to believe, then we see reason for optimism that a can be prepared for p: before the end of June. Such a timetable would be tight, but it can be done. We're sure many district residents share our hopes in this regard, sa Tagree uth public oukery thal” the Walergele affair be teecally inesigebefrte sake of honesty, nearly ie SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley Emofions Are Bared When It's Tax Time People will put up with almost anything, as long as they are left in peace. They'll take an incredible amount of being pushed around without doing more than grumble. But there comes a point when all the frustrations, the cheatings, the bullying, merge under some catalyst and the great public heart boils over with rage and humiliation. - When it does, heads roll. This is just a tittle advance notice to some of our various governments, so that any of their mandarins who want to take to the hills on the day of reckoning can get their bags packed and pick out the particular hills they want to € to. In the French Revolution, the Bastille was the symbol of authority and repression. The people stormed it and took it. The American Revolution, or The War of Independence: ae our friends to the south prefer, also began with a symbo!] — chests of tea. A large number of these were dumped into. Boston harbour in a protest that has resulted in the pecu- liar way in which the people f Boston have spoken ever TR Both Gases, the revolu-~ tions’were produced by the: same basic factor — exces- sive taxation, In the case of the French, the taxation pro- duced extreme poverty and hunger. With the Yanks, it produced violent anger. In the one case, the result was the loss of a head for a great many people who had the same quantity of brains before the operation as they had after it. In the other, the result was the loss of a half- continent of incredible riches. Both events in history brought their advantages, of course. Without the French effort, which. spawned Want to Sell ° Your House? CALL MARY 365-6451 or 365-5244 Mal leon, we wouldn't have the Napoleonic Wars and the Retreat from Moscow, and where would our history teachers be? Without the American Revolution, western culture would have been infinitely poorer. What other nation would have had the initiative and gumption to develop sich monumental human achievements as Hollywood and the hamburger: You may think this excur- sion into history has no int. But the more discern- ing readers of this column know that Smiley i is getting somewhere, in his own laborious way. And the most discerning readers are chuckling, ‘‘I'll bet he just “made out his income tax.” The latter are right, of course. And as I sat there, surrounded by papers, sick at heart when I realized what a puny amount a year of hard labour had produced, I had only one thought: ‘When is the great Canadian Revolu- tion going to start?” hen came — other thoughts. What symbol! shall ‘we attack? Do they need any- one to lead the attacks on the ~ barricades? Which of the - dastards willl personally gun down? T have news for those in power. I'm not kidding. If you don't get it with bullets, you'll get it with ballots. You can rub our faces in it only so fong, and then the hand that robs the cradle, along with everything else that can be robbed, is going to be bitten. To the bone. Our national Liberal party, supreme in its power, arrogance and scorn, should have learned a lesson. It is still bleeding. In province after prov- ince, the people-have had their say, and have tossed out the old guard. Ontario is one of the few that have sur- vived. Here's a. prediction. Check it later. I've never been wrong. Premier William Davis, the most unimpres- sive politician I've ever heard, and that ranks from ae Kingar Contracting Lid. » now taking orders for TOP SOIL . Telephone 365-6638 ‘deputy-reeves up, is in for a oie fat fall, atong with his Paty? It’s obvious, from the recent Ontario budget. The party has lost touch with reality. And that’s death in politi An example? The tax on energy sources. It's not going to hurt me. I can afford it. It’s not going to hurt any- body except all those people who can already barely meet their fuel and electricity bills. Tax the luxuries. Whack it oncigarettes and liquorand fur coats and there'll be some grumbling. But stick a tax on light and heat, necessities in this climate, and you are accepting the political kiss of death. We shall not forget, at election time. It’s the most stupid single tax that I have ever encoun- tered, and that is a big state- ment. It hits the little guy, the elderly, those on welfare, and everybody else who i is scrimping to make ends “EPILOGUE: My wife asked me, as I paced a hole in the rug, grinding my teeth: “What do we get for all this income tax we pay?" \, It-was a typleal woman's ‘Foran right on the nose. ‘of the life of me, I couldn't give her an answer that made sense. **Well, there's the Armed Forces."’: Protecting us against Iceland. ‘*Uh, there are the salaries and offices and staff of par- liament.’* Producing more taxes. ‘*And, uh, you know, welfare and uh, icebreakers and uh, royal commissions and uh, well, stuff like that."* Aux barricades, mes camarades! sand his plummeting DRAPERY FABRIC SPECIAL For Your Home or Office : Come In and Choose your. fabrics from our lovely. selection and have your home measured for these fine new drapes, COME IN AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AND LET US DO THE REST! CUSTOM DRAPES, UPHOLSTERY AND CARPETS Workmanship Guaranteed Call John at 365-5636 CASTLEGAR CUSTOM UPHOLSTERY Across from the Castle Theatre ANNOUNCEMENT We ore happy to announce that we have purchased the East Robson Store, 9 well esta- blished business in this fine community, and we wish to offer you the friendly and courteous service and prices, For your shopping convenience, we are open open Monday through Saturday. 8 am. to 9 pm. Sunday, Noon to 6 p.m. “WHAT AMI BID" for this terrazo table cokes and district Kiwanla Club Dave Victoria Report Chickens or People - Just Part of Land Problem By Lloyd Mackey Victoria Correspondent for the Castlegar News Which is better — 100,000 chickens or 100 people? That might just fam be one question fm the soon-to-be- formed land com- mission must ans- Most municipal leaders agree that one through three should be designated as farm- land, but dig in their heels at putting scale four and five there. And both four and five were put there in the farmland freeze order-in-council. Mayor Taylor notes if marginal farmland is going to pay off, the only way it can be runs into the scale four level. Matsqui’s objective is to pre- serve just under half of its land for farm use, and Mr. Taylor has a number of optional combinations to make that feasible with what he calls “realistic’ use of scale four land. One would be to increase the acreage requirement for used within an agricul- wer when it ie the agricultural reserve designa- tions proposed by agricul- turally oriented municipalities. ties. Most such municipalities have begun work on those designations, which, under the terms of the amended land commission act, must be sub- mitted to their regional dis- tricts and the commission for approval. Matsqui Mayor Doug Tay- lor pointed out the “chickens versus humans” issue, noting it illustrated the thinking needed on what to do-‘abgut marginal . farmland, He and other dite leaders are anticipating that the commission might put up some argument, insisting that marginal farmland must all fall into agricultural reserves. The nub of the issue is the Canada Land Inventory Scale, which cites prime farmland as “first” and works downward in quality as the’ numbers get higher. Patricia Young Says... which do not depead on soil quality. And what kinds of opera- tions are those? Well, there are poultry farms, hog farms, dairy feedlots or mink ranches. None require high quality soil. But all are similar in that tural i Another possibility, said Mr. Taylor, is to get some of the scale 4 land into the public domain as green belt, so that intensive agricultural opera- tions can be well-separated from each other and incompat- ible operations. A third option is to allow . [ FILL UP. WITH GAS HERE & SAVE | Lou Anne and Harry Verigin EAST ROBSON STORE GROCERIES AND GAS In the Robson Townsite — Phone: 365-3038 a a KOOTENAY VACUUMING ANNOUNCES SPRING IS HERE! Are you re-decorating and re-painting your . home or office? Get rid of old Dust, Ashes and Soot in your heating system before you paint, AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT Don't let dirty, clogged-up airducts and they are more like’ than farms. Modern technology has” made it possible for such operations to survive economi- cally through putting thou- sands of animals or birds on toa small: property. parcel): to:.be raised in “hothouse” conditions. But Mayor Taylor pointed out the factory-like character- isties by citing the sewage disposal problems. He noted, for example that a_ single poultry farm with 15,000 birds has more of a sewage disposal problem than a town of 2,500. In Matsqui, a municipality of 54,000 acres, scale one to three land amounts to about 17,000 acres, An equal amount A Lesson from an ‘Ancient Hindu Story There's an anci- midered his chief - minister to go out and bring back the most foolish men he could find in order to make an example of them. The minister departed and the first man he encountered was walking along the street carrying a heavy wooden door on his head. When asked what he was doing, the man replied: “[ have lost my key and am afraid. that someone. might enter my house and steal my possessions!" whereupon the Spring Tire Sale FREE GAS! WITH ATLAS SUMMER TIRES minister ordered him to return to the palace with him. The next man they encoun- tered was seated upon a horse with a Jarge bale of hay on his head. Asked what he was doing, the man replied, “You see, my horse is pregnant and I wish to lighten her burden.” The minister shook his head sadly and asked him to accompany him back to the palace. But when he arrived at the palace with his two fools, the king was furious that he had only brought two fools. Where- upon the chief minister smiled, “But your majesty, I have found the four fools. You are the third, because if I were king, I would not be searching out fools, but the wisest men in my kingdom to help me rule better. And Iam the fourth fool for wasting my time carrying out such a foolish bidding!” The moral of this story? Only that we should utilize our time and energy in constructive pursuits rather than negative action that is without construc- - tive result. Indeed, while we burn ourselves up bemoaning that which is wrong with society, government, systems and insti- tutions we all too often overlook the great strides which have been made and fail to find time for constructive action. The great Dr. Johnson once said, “Criticism, as intro- duced by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.” To judge well then, is to uphold that. which is while rejecting the bad. Any undue preoccupation with the negative is unheaithy- unless one is prepared to work equally hard to promote the good. Or, putting it another way, we could say, “Don't cry over ‘spilt milk—go milk another cow!” Buying a Mobile Home? FOR COMPLETE: INSURANCE rural minimum one-half or one acre lots, or any size approved for septic tank use by public health officials. What Mayor Taylor's com- ments show, ,is that farmland Breservation Tie" “just, a; little more complicated than it sometimes appears to be on the surface. spoil. your new paint job. For Free Estimates Call 365-3179 Kootenay. Vacuuming $ Servic e at I Clearing” tin has arrived at the Kinnaird Bluefire by Phillis Whitney, Ferguson as he takes his turn as an auctioneer doring the club's glant auction held Saturday at’ the Kiwanls Scout Hall. Displa: the table to Kiwanis for by The club expects to net $1,000 from the auction. The money will be applied against the foan on the bus purchased by Resource Workshop To be Held Silvor Lake environmental atudy area will be the setting for a Teachora’ Natural Re- ares Workshop May 11 and 1 The Canadian Forestry ‘ Association, together with the Okanagan, Valley Teachers’ Association, Is sponsoring this : workshop with an aim to familiarizing teachers with our forests and the life that abounds within these forests. . The workshop is designed to ‘give ,the teachers an introduction to, and a better. understanding of the use and~ management of our natural resources in a forest environ- ment. Basic and applied infor- mation will be presented and the teachors will be expected to” adopt and use this information to suit their particular needs in instructing their students. The format of the work: ° shop has been planned so as to achieve a balance between , indoor instruction and practical application to the outdoors, ie. ° woods tours. Resource personnel from ~ industry, government agencies, ~ and education institutions will participate in the program as instructors, Teachers, in this case, will become the students. , Forty teachers from the Southern Interior will be in Regional Ri the appreciative crowd is Bob Patrick while Bill No. 1, —Caatlegar News Photo Oleski marks the item off the master List of Kinnaird Public Library Has Announced Arrival of Wide Selection of New Books A selection of new books Caldwell, Rule Britannia by Daphne Du Maurier, We Speak no Treason by Rosemary Jarman, Cape of Storms by John G. Davis, Speak to Me of Victoria Holt, The Sandalwood Love by Dorothy Eden and The Fan by Katherine W. Eyre, Manticore by Robertson Dav- Winterwood by Dorothy Eden, _ ies. Public Library. ADULT FICTION: * King of the Castle by Dark’ Horse by Fletcher Knebel, The Camerons by Robert Crichton, Hecuth and the Eagle by Anya Seton, Brave New World by A. Huzley, The Flowering by Agnes Turnbull, Bright Orange for the Shroud by John D. MacDonald, Out of the Dark by Norah Lofts, A Falcon for a Queen by Catherine Gaskin and Triple Threat by Helen Mac- Innes. ADULT NON-FICTION: Treasure, British Columbia by T.W. Paterson, 1973 Charl- ton Coin Guide by. J. E. Chariton, Creating with Beads by. Grethe La Croix, Lovechild by ‘Mary Hanes, Stories to Silverhill by Phyllis‘ Whitney, the Sorcerers by David St. John, The Shrine of Illusion by William E. Barrett and A Shade of Difference by Allen Drury. Man Overboard by Monica Dickens, The Winter of the Fisher by Cameron Langford, A Small and Charming World by John F. Gibson, The Captain andthe Kings by Taylor We Serve You First INSURANCE for personalized insurance service on all classes James Fillipoff Predeceased By Wife Annie The Castlegar News has Make You Feel Better by Bennett A. Cerf, British North America Stamp Catalogue 1978: by Will Gandley and The Night Country. by Loren Elseley. Diving for Sunken Trea- - sure by Jacques-Yves Cous- teau, Anatomy of a Party. by Walter Young, Silent Surender ° by K. Levitt, Deborah —a Mountaineering Expedition by David Roberts, The Serpent's Coil by Farley Mowat, Wild River by Laurence Pringle, The Life -of the Far North by William A. Fuller and Encoun- ter's with Arctic Animals by Fred Bruemmer. : The following sunset Book _ Selections have “just arrived also: ‘Recreation. Rooms, Plan and Remodel your, Kitchen, How to Build Decks, Planning “and ‘Remodeling Bathrooms, Furniture You Can Make, Furniture and Upholstery Re- pair, Planning and Landscaping Hillside Homes, Pruning Hand- book, Organie Gardening, Cas- serole Books and Oriental Cook Book. BIOGRAPHIES: Before the Age of Miracles by Wm, Victor ‘Johnston, i and Jake by FARE AUTOMOBILE UABILITY BONDS been informed by the Castlegar Funeral Home incorrect infor- see mation was given them pertain- Hugh Nicol ing to the obituary. of James be _ | Fillipoft, 90, who died April 20 at in the Castlegar and District ANDERSON |"; . Mr. Fillipoff was pre A E N C I E $ deceased by his wife Annie in Castlegar, B.C. 1952 (and. not Mary) as had BA -been reported to the Castlegar News earlier. | Johnny Shoe Repair New Under New Management {Dave Opper, Owner) First Class Workmanship Hours 9 a.m, to 5.30 p.m. Formerly: Johnny's Shoe Repair in Lewis Block A had 416 MOTHER'S DAY GIFTS FAMILY: SIRTHSTONE JEWELLERY 3to 8 Stones :..... $16.50 Order Now for Mother’ Day Vernon Klimo and Will Oursler and Horace Greeley —Voice of the People by William Hale. JUVENILE FICTION: , The Ponyman by Gordon Lightfoot, Otherwise Known as Shelia the: Great: by Judy Blume, The Marrow’ of ‘the World by Ruth Nichols, Sum- mer at World’s End by. Monica Dickens, Follyfoot by Monica Dickens, Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing by Judy Blume, The Golden Pine Cone by Katherine A. Clark, Our House by Anon, Best of Friends by Anon, Favorite Animals by Anon and Big and Little by Oscar Weigh. JUVENILE NON-FICTION: Your Future in Exotic Occupations by Dora R. Evers, James Bowie and His Famous Knife by Shannon Garst, Tales from. the Igloo by Maurice Metayer, Indian Crafts and Lore by Ben Hunt, Norwegian Folklore by Zinken Hopp, Winland the Good by Joan T. Blindheim’ and Poverty . by Graeme Kent. Many more not listed are available. Come in and browse. Library hours are: Monday —2 to.5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m, Wednesday —7 to 9 -p.m., Thursday —2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., Friday —2 to 5 p.m. Ask the librarian, Mrs, Turner, for any book you are unable to find. She will be very s glad to be of assistance. attendance at the workshop. Teachers registered represent all schoo! districts in the valley,” as well as delegates from Nakusp. The teachers will be living at Silver Lake -for the work- shop, sleeping in the bunk- houses there and eating their meals (cooked by a pro- fessional) in the dining hall. Teachers from the Castle- gar area will be aftending, the Saher: Hospitalized After Vehicle Strikes Bridge A Castlegar man was taken to the Castlegar and FRYING CHICKEN =... ROUND STEAK ........... PORK STEAK essen DELICIOUS PORK Side : RUMP ROASTS :x=. .... BABY BEEF LIVER <== BULK WIENERS ...... MARSHMALLOWS 3... 89°] oRiscO 3.~°1.19 CHUNK TUNA 2... 898 CARE MIXES 2 3G CLOVERLEAF DUNCAN HINES PURITAN STEWS 2's 89° | = JAMS & JELLYS 3 ,., $f § HEEL WHIZ District Hospital evening by a passing motorist following a single-car accident reported at 7:30 to local RCMP. Police identified the man as Paul Poznikoff, who. on Monday was reported to be in good condition. Mr. Poznikoff is believed to have been traveling south when his vehicle struck the:. right-hand . rail’ of) the Brilliant Bridge only to travel approximately 100 feet more and strike the left-hand railing. . The incident is still under. investigation. Af-Cost Auto Ins. Officially - On Its Way ‘The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is officially on its way to providing B.C. - citizens with at-cost automobile insurance and general insur- ance. Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, Walter Owen, approved Cabinet orders April 19, The cabinet d , WIENER OR HAMBURGER . SALAD DRESSING. 32 OZ. . | PACE = = = i CANNED 7 7 = HOT BREAD 6~$1 LARD, Tender Flake ... 4 ibs. $1.00 PEANUT BUTTER, York, 32 oz. 9c: TIP TOP ‘NUTS, 13 oz. tins ... 89e RELISHES, Astd. Nalleys . . 3 jars $1 CRISCO OIL $2.99 TOOMPASTE $1.99 8'= $1 REGARD $1.69 J CLOTHS SOHNSONS, 24's Highways Minister Robert Strachan. as president and chairman of the board of the insurance corporation. Also appointed to the board of directors were Health Minister ‘Dennis Cocke and Norman Bortnick. i Mr. Strachan said two highly-qualified private citizens will be appointed as directors by summer to raund out the The proclamation of the L.C.B.C. Act. permits ‘the cor- : poration to begin the massive preparations for inaugurating a completely new, and publicly- ‘owned ‘auto insurance plan which ‘will cover every vehicle and driver licenced in British Columbia by the March 1 start of the next licence year. - Last Coach The last- coach carrying British mail-ran in 1850. A CORN FLAKES 1} | 206 FooD OG ee Re. cnn: 6 25798 | PERFEX BEACH 796 CALIFORNIA AVOCADOES 10 . *1| TUBE TOMATOES unue 29 PROTECTION AT. A VERY COMPETITIVE RATE, CALL; OFFER GOOD ONLY ON: @ ATLAS IMP. MARK 5 ~-@- MARK IV. POLYESTER-STEEL @ MARK Il POLYESTER-FIBREGLASS @ MARK V RADIAL Minimum purchase two fires. Any combination of summer. tires qualifies for two or more of your family vehicles, YOU GET FREE: 20 GALLONS OF GAS 30 GALLONS OF GAS 40 GALLONS. OF GAS 50 GALLONS OF GAS ., 60 GALLONS OF GAS © ‘Agents for Hertz Rent-a-Car and Trucks Woodland Park Esso PHONE 365-3355 . MAY 13 1S MOTHER'S DAY ® . Be sure to place your orders now and get the best‘selection CHARLES COHOE tRepresenting Fruit Growers Mutual and Co-operative Life Insurance Company FLOWERS WIRED ANYWHERE HELEN'S FLOWER -SGIFT SHOP LID. 73 Maple Street, Castlegar — Phone 365-5191 He'd tackle a ditch or a’ Douglas Fir, a shift i in the'mill or: ‘a shaft in the mine...and a glass or three of Old Style beer when the ‘whistle blew. We brewed Old Style for hardworking guys like | } him way-back-when. ‘Slow, natural and full of old-time:flavour. i And that's ‘the way it still tastes today. The ier sucicning beer for hardworking guys. Like you. BUSINESS LIFE'- AUTO - FIRE SERVICE BOSSE'S JEWELLERY % : Old Style stow.snewen anv NATURALLY AGE! : ” é Fone 26 ue 269 Columbia Ave., Seatac Phone 365-3301. 2-17 BUSINESS Castlegar, B.C, —