CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 11, 1982 ISTABLISHED AUG. f CASTLEGAR NEWS 7.1947 TWICE INCORPORATING THE MIO-WEEK MIRROR PUBLISHED SEPT. 12, LV. CAMPBELL — PUBLISHER AUG. 7, 1947-FES. 15, 1973 Publisher — Burt Campbell Editor — Ron Norman WEEKLY MAY 4, 1900 978. vetted in ond belongs to Costle News Uid.: i provided, however, that a in that port ond that port nly ot Falklands dispute ra By SIDNEY WEILAND LONDON — The Falkland Islands dispute has scarred Anglo-Argentine relations for 149 years and now the armed takeover of the islands by Britain with de- A_ belong tothe odveriser engravings, etc. pe A cisions it hoped could be avoided. Britain's dilemma, the Surprising budget The $7.7 billion provincial budget brought down earlier this week was surprising, to say the least. Pre-budget scuttlebutt had Finance Minister Hugh Curtis either introducing major new tax measures or swallowing hard and bringing forth a deficit budget. As it turned out, neither came off. Instead, Mr. Curtis raided the special purposes funds that came from surpluses of previous years to balance the budget and provide some extra money for job-creation programs. At the same time he introduced no major tax increases, no borrowing to pay for ordinary government spending and no major cutbacks in health and social services — all of which is no mean feat in these tough economic times, But, as Mayor Audrey Moore pointed out this week, the gover- nment had introduced major tax, fee and licence increases earlier this year — all of which we're only too well aware. To add still more taxes at a time when residents’ disposable income is dropping would surely have plunged the province further into economic recession, The decision to use the $360 million from special funds was the only logical choice. The funds were designed to be used in “rainy days” — and if these aren't rainy days, then wehavetoask whatare. , However, the move isn’t without its pitfalls. Having used the special funds, the government will not have them to fall back on next year, should the recession con- tinue — or worse, deepen — and revenues from the forestry and mining Industries remain low. In fact, the government could find itself faced with even tighter restraint measures, higher taxes: and major service cuts next year, if government of Prime Minister Mar- garet Thatcher waited four hours be- fore confirming the Argentine an- nouncement of Thursday night's inva- sion of the windswept, South Atlantic archipelago, some 400 nautical miles northeast of Cape Horn. The Falklands, have been governed by Britain since 1838, Western diplomats in. London ald Britain was seeking to enlist U.S. aud I pressure to Argentines to withdraw. and submit the dispute to further negotiation or to its don't come true, ‘as economists have predicted, Still the budget appears to be a “hold the line“ budget, which isn't necessarily a bad thing at a time when businesses and taxpayers around the province are finding it difficult to simply hold their own against the forces of inflation, high some ‘Interest rates and unemployment. z The key to the 1982 provincial budget is the job-creation program. We have yet fo see any details of proposed initiatives, other than to hear there will be $360 million from special purposes funds and part of the $250 million from the new bond issue to fuel the job program. | - The jury, then, must remain out until we see more, Even before Britain confirmed the invasion, the administration of U.S. President Reagan called for an .Ar- gentine withdrawal. ~ That pressure appeared to pay off, with U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig’s visit to London Wednesday night, followed by a similar visit to Buenos Aires to try to mediate the As well, the European Economic Community officially condemned Argentina's seizure of the Falklands, saying the invasion violated interna- tional law and the rights of the . disputed territory's inhabitants. The diplomats said the situation was potentially dangerous, but there was probably still room for political man- ceuvring in efforty to find a peaceful solution for the ey future. Perhaps the only di with the budget — and it is difficult to find anything disappointing in a budget with no health care cuts and no tax increases — was the lack of any help for small businesses. The small business bankruptcy rate is at record levels and it would have been wise for the government to try to introduce means to stem the problem. We said it would be anny difficult for Britain to stage a successful military foray against Argentina's 185,000- strong armed forces. The sprawling 200 Falkland Islands — called the Malvinas by ntina — are among the last of Britain's colonies. Like'a symbol of its faded imperial role, Britain had only 80 marines there until they were reporter captured Friday by A hope the job an its spinoff benefits will help, but, we're not sure it's the complete answer, Across Canada The following are excerpts from editorials’ in Canadian daily newspopers on the Falkland Isfan- ds dispute. “ : TORONTO STAR: The Falkland Islands — a tiny atchipelago in the South Atlantic — have become an Ui} centre of i controversy. Blood has already been spilled in a clash which threatens to turn into a full-blown military confrontation between Britain and Argentina. This should not be allowed to happen. The two countries would do better to heed the United Nations Security Council’s call for a negotiated settlement of the 149- year-old dispute over who owns the islands. A diplomatic solution is still possible and would be the wisest and most practical course of action. Any other creates a risk of human tragedy and poses a danger to the stability of the region. . MONTREAL GAZETTE: Argentina, it is true, has an historical claim to the islands . . . The Falkl But there is a real possibility that this may actually happen... Prime Minister Margaret That- cher now is in the dock, She has pledged to recover the Falkland Islands by force. Such deter- mination, and folly, is not beyond her... | . One face-saving possibility might be to have the United Nations or the Organization of American States take’ over ‘the disputed islands for an interim period. After thot, the Inter- national Court of Justice, the OAS ° or the UN could decide which coun- try they should belong to. MONTREAL LA PRESSE: Nothing more accurately measures the shock waves in Britain. over the Falkland Islands invasion than the resignation of Lord Carrington. The foreign secretary is considered one of the best and brigt in Mrs. tine forces. Politically, it would be equally hard for Britain to fight. As a founder * member of the United Nations, Britain. is one of, the big five powers with permanent ig maintain world peace. AETER 149 YEARS ed Lat ate ges on — di to 46 of its former astons, ranging from India — the Fewel” of the British empire — in 1847 to Antigua in the Caribbean last year. The Falklarzs have few resources and virtually no strategic value, but there are unconfirmod reports of off-shore oll deposits that could make them a potential prize. In 16 years of vn-and-off negotiations with Argentina, Britain has refused to hand over the islands without the _ express agreement of their 1,800 - staunchly pro-British residents, mostly sheep farmers. Talks last year ended in stalemate. Although Britain has played a ‘major ‘role in Argentine life, relations: have been persistently soured over the Falklands, with Argentina claiming rights it says tt inherited from Spain. Its Jast island garrison was expelled by British troops in 1839. Welsh settlers went to Argentina in 1865, followed by British entrepren- eurs who built the country’s railroads and laid the foundations for much of its industry and cattle firming. Argentines of British origin form one of the larget ethnic groups outside the formerly British-governed Common- wealth, and there are still 17,000 resi- dents with British passports. © Until the invasion Britain had been making a special effort to improve economic and commercial links with Argentina. The break in diplomatic actiat is therefore a blow to businessmen’ and companies involved in trade. Numerous British trade missions have visited Argentina over the past ‘few years as businessmen recognized the potential market of a country richly endowed with natural resources, Argentina is one of the top four world grain exporters and a leading supplier of beef. It is self-sufficient in energy and has vast untapped mineral resources, Until the mid-1970s Britain was one of Argentina's main traditional eus- tomers for its beef, taking‘ nearly 160,000 tonnes in 1969. However the; Security: : Sversceri es Council, the UN: body~empowered to” humiliating fitlure and Vineeeaa EE Y Sonitiiries ‘the aa greatest Britain's: last’ military intervention overae with France against , Perr the: 1956 ‘Suez crisis — prided * international:condemnation. With only a “dozen Common Market rules cut frozen and chilled beef compris to Britain iteties pine Britain is now ra reluctant Ol Gt colonial power, Britain has granted Faced with the loss of major thikkéts? Aigvntina titted to Japan, ‘the Middle East and Africa’ to sell its products. Peckford: a master manipulator By DON McLEOD ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. — Newfound.-. land, where it was once illegal to live and where it has never been easy, has lost 10,000 people in the last few years, many of them simply because there were not enough jobs or money at home. ” The landslide win for Premier Brian ~ Peckford’s Progressive Conservatives in the provincial election Tuesday re- flected his masterful manipulation of that dismal fact. Valerie Summers; a political scientist at Memorial University, said the elec- tion result can only.be read as wide- spread endorsement by Newfound- land's 550,000 people of Peckford’s Thatcher's cabinet ... . By sacrificing himself on the altar of a humiliated soory: Carrington that offshore oil and gas is their last chance to break a centuries-old pattern of poverty. “It was basic, underlying economic however, were discovered by the British and have been settled ahd administered by them for 150 years. The Argentina position is feeble... a Although Argentina. proclaims itself ready to guarantee the Falkland Islanders’ civil rights, the: Argentine government's un- willingness to protect or even recognize the rights of its own people makes the claim os wor- thless as it is absurd... WINNIPEG FREE PRESS: The great victory that is being celebrated in Buenos Aires was achieved by thousands of troops over about 80 Royal Marines, 1,800 civilian inhabitants and one million'sheep. {t is a fitting new battle honor for a e ior what in the ‘ayes ‘of Britons is a horrible mess. The British government mode the. worst of misfakes: it failed to have foresight . . . Argentina had made its. intentions known-in the clearest way possible... TORONTO SUN: Canada has con- demned the Argentine action in the Falkland ‘Islands. This must have posed a thorny problem for our prime minister even though is dto as a fascist state — distinct from those non-fascist places like -Nicaragua and Cuba — which should mean we'd condemn anything Argentinian from breathing to being. g the whole: ‘question of economic development ,.that. swept Peckford back into:office with 44 seats in the 52-seat legislature,” ‘Summers said in an ‘intetview. ; “This is j that provincial rights kind of, an election,” she said. “What we're seeing here is a kind of Quiet -Rvol- ution, the kind of rhetoric a la Quebec, masters of our own house, control of our own destinies, this sort of thing.” During the campaign, Peckford re- peatedly raised past Newfoundland struggles, proving again — as he did in 1979 — that he accurately reads the mood of his electorate. He recalled the struggle for survival stretching back to the first discovery of the: rich Newfoundland fishery by Europeans, when British law forebade permanent settlement until the 1830s. The law was not enforced for about 50 years before that. Len Stirling, novice Liberal leader whose party was crushed and who lost personally in Bonavista North, paid tribute to Peckford asa “very smart island kingdom for centuries. Because of poor ‘forest practices under, long-term ‘leases, three paper mills were using all the available raw “resource. Federal licensing control of the fishery meant there are no sig-- nificant job opportunities ahead in that area for at least another five or 10 years, © ~ The future of minitg is unpredic- table, Peckford said, pointing to the recent closure of asbestos and copper operations on the Baie Verte peninsula, one mine when it ran out of quality ore and the other when profitable markets disappeared. He also noted the planned ‘10-week shutdown this summer of, Labrador iron mines, due to general international economic problems. Peckford said he thinks he has a politician, a. very sincere lander” who had chosen an issue “on which he could not be nailed.” Peckford told suiloncae that 84,000; About 100,000 have ioved away seek- ing jobs but would love to come home. ~” However, Newfoundland had handed ‘strangers the economic keys to the partial intwo areas,. the first b being reclaiming from Hydro-Quebee the Labrador electric power..on which it is making $500 : million'a year. Putting that profit in the Newfoundland trasury would give the “province almost as much money as it now receives in federal equalization payments. But offshore ofl and gas is the real key. Peckford wants 75 per cent of the government revenue and says he will not yield to the federal government the final say if, when and how the de- His" prop would lea’ to an impartial third party. Money from the offshore wealth, Peckford says, can then be directed by Newfoundland into providing ational levels of roads and public services, lowering the highest tax levels in the country to the national average and reducing the public debt. “There is no other way to break this stronghold,” he said. It can appear to be a short step, however, from a quiet revolution to a totally go-it-alone decision and this province, the youngest by s half a century, appears to be demanding a special helping hand because it started 20 far behind the others in 1949, Peckford rejects separatism outright but admits, in'terms of who might follow him if the people are not heeded, that “Sure, it’s’a dangerous game,” ‘a about Good Deeds or God De FRED MERRIMAN Good deeds are welcome ” For those who are not religious, we will talk about the luck of the trish, For the majority of us who have come to realize and accept that is everywhere and mostly He Is in people, this writing will be My maternal grandparents were Irish from Donegal. All | k for certain is that ! am most grateful to all those who jet hoppened 13 be at the risht place at the he right time, At other times | feel either like a royalty with God and his angels waiting spoiled child or some ~ CCROSSWORD 7 ‘Christ Is Risen... . answer in Wednesday's paper. ‘Today's Crypioqap clot R equals Average Time of Sotution: 68 Miontes, 6 7? [ea [8 so fir fiz faa 20 Aquarium new dimension VANCOUVER (CP) — Aquarium visitors soon will get a chance to walk through a jungle with iguanas under- foot and a three-toed sloth hanging from a tree over- head, Hundreds ot piranha will be . Anesthetic 11 Asthroptid apa 24 Greek under~ WGergyman's ground, , BAgtale caverour. sf. : PIQLR AYLT OLIB WGYW WGJ VIVQMYS KT VY TCYMM RQKWYS IA-VISWQRQITI (AP) — Conditions are hard and life is simple on the Falkland Island in the South Atlantic — and will probably remain so because of their isolation and harsh climate no matter who ends up in, con- trol of the disputed archi- pelago. pools, turtles will bask in just fo follage and birds will swoop overhead. The urban jungle is being created by the V “AS Coldsdl GROCETERIA & said, “For instance, the an- LAUNDROMAT aconda (a snake) ,will prob- al ably have to be confined.” We Are Open The inhabitants of this man-made jungle will be the Days a Year CASTLEGAR NEWS, adds April 11, 1982 last to move in and the logis- ‘tics are giving aquarium staff a headache. The aquarium already had a collection of reptiles and tropical freshwater fish so most of them have had to be 8:30 - 10:30 p.m. Public A jum as part of taken out of while « fon is under way. &H its new tropical river exhibit due to open in September. The $3.6-million jobdays There will be frogs, tur- 9 - 10:30 p.m. tes, tortoises, caimans (@ 1 1038 Columbia will add a new dimension to the aquarium in the form of a large, Falkland island - Life is simple but hard ‘argentina seized the of Port Stanley, the only sparsely populated British town. Otherwise, diversion is colony early - ay but supplied by a few hours of Britain appeared ready to local radio programming and fight to get it back. drinking in the capital's five There: is no television, pubs. newspaper or theatre on the The drinking establish- islands, Movies are- shown, ments are a page out of turn- once a week in the town hall of the-céntury Britain. They display *: portra of the Baby chicks By B.T. Laing, District Agriculturist “Managing a Small Poultry Flock” is the title of an Agriculture Canada publication which should be a good . guideline for person who annually rear a few chicks their own eggs or meat. When you buy your spring chicks you have the choice of day-old or started chicks. Day-old chicks require alot more care and attention and here are some tips that , may_come in handy. . oF 7Aveid disanneintment.dug to loss: from disease, “start with chicks tha a been vaccinated for Marek’ disease. In my experience the biggest problem that is liable to occur from a disease point of view is coccidiosis. This is an intestinal disease which can be treated and, for the most part, prevented by ensuring that either medicated chick starter and grower or medicated water treatment are used up to’ twenty weeks of age. The environment of your baby. chicks is‘all-impor- ant. Sometimes it seems that chicks are suicidal and so proper planning and layout of the brooding area will pay you dividends. You should brood your chicks under electric or gas heat preferably with a backup system available in case of an electrical failure. For the first week chicks require a temperature of 35.C at the level of their backs. This temperature can be dropped by 8 C each week until the-chicks are six to eight weeks of age at which time the birds no longer require any supplemental heat provided we are into good spring or summer weather. In order to keep the chicks from wandering too far away from the heat source you should use a brooder guard. Rolls of cardboard’ approximately 18 inches in height work very satisfactorily as the brooding area can easily be enlarged as the chicks grow by simply rolling out more card Aone-gallon waterer per 50 chicks isa “goed starting point, Both water and fee should be kept close to the heat source and never allowed to run out. lit is the last The litter must be maintained and the chicks should not be exposed to'wet or dirty feed, water, or litter. Copies of “Managing a Small Poultry Flock” are available from the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Food | ctfice in Creston, Box 1980, Creston, B.C.VOB 160.) Queen Over the bar and are the centres of keen dart competition. Results are re- ported on the radio news along. with those of sheep- : shearing contests and sheep dog trials, The shortwave radio net- work keeps the island out- posts in touch: with Port Stanley and with each other. The 40 hams operating it are reluctant’ to admit that tun- ing_in by the 1,800 inhab- | tatita is a cor “itants is ‘common means to. fight Falkland solitude. No tree can grow because of the strong Antarctic gales that lash the islands. Smoke rising from chimneys in Port Stanley and “the camp” — the countryside — comes “from smoldering peat the residents have chopped themselves in local bogs. RAISE SHEEP “The, bleak weather and “terrain make the is- lands suitable for little other than ‘raising sheep, which | |, Rumber between 600,000 and 700,000. Wool and hide ex- ports are the chief source of reveue. z Mutton is the staple of the island diet, often served with vegetables which almost every household grows, Fruit must be imported and is ex- pensive. A fat upland goose shot on the moors or a trout hooked in an inland stream adds occasional variety to an otherwise austere table fare. Port Stanley's one hospital handles births and uncompli- cated ‘medical cases. Any- thing >