A4_December 11, 1988 Castlégar News MARMARER OF THE B.C, PRESS COUNCH, ESTABLISHED AUGUST 7. TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4, 1900 INCORPORATING THE MID- WEEK MIRROR PUBLISHED S€TPEMBER 12, 1978 - AUGUST 27, 1980 LV. CAMPBELL — PUBLISHER, AUGUST 7, 1947. FEBRUARY 15, 1979 PUBLISHER — Burt Campbell EDITOR — Simo PLANT FOREMAN to nain in and belong to the advertiser matter produced by Castle News lows Lid. provided, th that copyright in Yhet part and that spared trom repro prooks, engravings. ec, provided by the Results showing Kootenay development region liaison officer Wally Penner let his enthusiasm carry him away a little bit recently, but his comments that B.C. Hydro under the chairmanship of former Vancouver Savings Credit Union chief executive Larry Bell has adopted “a major change in philosophy” isn’t far from the truth. When Mr. Penner suggested that “over the last number of years there was no way you'd get a Hydro chairman to come and address a group” does an injustice to the likes of Hugh Keenleyside, Gordon Shrum and Bob Bonner, but the philosophical change he refers to does appear obvious. Mr. Bell, who has previously served British Columbia as a deputy finance minister, was in Nelson last week to jointly announce an increase in that city’s water licence with Howard Dirks, minister of state for the Kootenay region Mr. Bell's comments to the guests invited to the announce- ment are worth repeating. He said it is his personal philosophy that there is no need to run the world on the tight technicalities that exist in law books. ‘Common sense and common equity is what ought to drive our society,” Bell said. He said the corporation of which he is chairman has a special obligation not to forget to realize that a lot of issues which might appear trivial on the scale on which B.C. Hydro operates, “are of extraordinary significance to the communities of this Province ...we should constantly remind ourselves (of this) and need others to remind us as well.” Mr. Bell's related remarks were not without interest either. He said matters such as an increase in Nelson's water licence get settled “when there is a political determination to see them resolv- ed.” And he credited the provincial government and the Nelson city representatives for providing that determination Last month the Hydro chairman announced some initiatives at an East K jay g of the K y development region's task forces on utilities and parks, recreation and tourism ranging from land sales to stump removal. It was these announcements that prompted Mr. Penner's laudatory remarks. That meeting in Cranbrook and the one last week in Nelson demonstrated Mr. Bell is becoming increasingly more involved in matters affecting the Hydro Authority in this region. Last August he it clear that profit must be weighed against the environment and appearance of a politician's campaign schedule. But the results are beginning to show. He obviously listened, as well as talked, and the optimistic hopes Castlegar council had following its meeting with him appear well founded . Warnings applauded It is, unfortunately, a little difficult to get excited about Environment Minister Bruce Strachan’s announcement that his government will impose stringent new regulations affecting the discharge of dioxins by pulp mills : The provincial government has been perceived through the years on this issue to speak with a loud voice, but to carry a little stick But this time the federal government is also involved. Federal Fisheries Minister Tom Siddon ordered the closure of prawn, shrimp and crab fisheries near three coastal mills because of the high dioxin content in those species. His department officials said all mills using chlorine in the bleaching process, which produces the dioxins, will be required to provide information on how they plan to reduce or eliminate dioxin and related compounds in the manufac- turing process Hope that something concrete will at long last be done can be taken from the fact that both the federal and provincial governments are involved, and the implicit acknowledgement that both levels of government have failed in the past to respond adequately to the warning signs of a buildup of the toxic substances associated with pulp processes Hard on welfare A recent Gallup poll possibly provides a reason why our governments are being especially hard on social welfare recipents, particularly single mothers The Gallup poll found that 84 per cent of Canadians believe welfare recipients should be made to work. (A Decima Research poll in mid-1987 discovered 57 per cent of those questioned said people capable of working should be required to do community work in exhange for welfare.) The poll also found that 35 per cent of respondents do not believe welfare recipients really need government aid, although a similar number believe they do Forty per cent of those surveyed said governments spend too much on welfare programs; 22 per cent said too little is spent Twenty-seven per cent believe public spending on welfare is about right. Maybe the many worthy groups working so hard to change government attitudes are chasing the wrong constituency. Maybe they should be out in the community appearing before service clubs and other organizations telling their story. Maybe if they succeed in changing the perceptions and attitudes of the general public, those of government will change, too. Lasting effects 't was very unfortunate that Premier Bill Vander Zalm was prevented by snow conditions at Castlegar Airport from being present for the sod! turning Tuesday morning for our area's new aquatic centre The $700,000 provincial GO B.C award, announced in the premier's absence by Castlegar and District Projects Society president Ron Ross, is a significant amount and it is very under- standable that the premier wanted to be here to announce it. But what is more, the award was the first under the GO B.C. initiative and so. had special meaning far beyond our regional boundaries GO B.C. (meaning Growth and Opportunities) is a capital funding program being financed from the B.C. Lottery fund. If other Projects eventually funded around the province have the same local Significance as our aquatic centre, then the GO B.C. program is destined to have a lasting influence on the lifestyles of this province and our people Die tou vem Syms 2 “Have a nice day, dear, but keep in mind that the Premier is holier than thou." Letters to the editor Premier gets advice I would like to share my views about the speech of Bill Vander Zalm being distributed by Campus Cru sade of Christ to many churches. The proverb says, “The tree is recognized by its fruit, and man by his deeds.” In the New Testament from St. Mathews, chapter 24:2 it says: And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many. Verse 21: Jesus said unto him, if then wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast and give it to the poor, and thou shall have treasure in heaven, and come and follow me. Verse 22: But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had the great pos session. (Probably like Fantasy Gar dens). Verse 24: Then Jesus said unto his disciples, verily I say unto you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. The teaching of Christ is that the rich shall share their wealth with poor. Bill Vander Zalm's teaching is to take away from poor and give to rich. As an example he took away $50 a month from poor mothers and children, and gave $100,000 to a person who is not in need, and does not deserve. As a New Democrat MLA ex pressed: that he appears to have a messianic complex, it is incredible that he choose to make that compar. ison. As I remember, such incidents happened before. When a person gets mentally ill there is a sort of reaction. He feels that he has some sort of celestial power. Some think that they have the control of heaven; another thinks he is the king of heaven and so forth. In Bill Vander Zalm's speech, he says, “The closer we come to Christ the busier the devil gets.” Some of us think maybe Bill is on the verge of mental illness. Before it is too late, he should go and see the doctor of psychology. John S. Lebedeff Thrums Obituary style deplored We have been subscribers to the Castlegar News for some 33 years and enjoy reading it. But there is one thing about it we deeply deplore and that is, the method of reporting the death of local people, which we find extremely distasteful Please take a look at the editions for Sunday Nov. 27 and Wednesday Nov. 30 reporting four deaths with headings like “Doe dies” “Doe funer- al” “Doe” passed away. Would your relatives like to read “Birch dies?” We have asked several senior§ about this and they are upset about it. Also, you have had letters published in regard to this matter in the past. Why cannot you report the passing of people as most other newspapers do? Head a column, “Obituary” and then write John Doe of Castlegar passed away on Dec. 14... and then go on to family details. Please stop being so crude as at present. Robert and Constance Rivers Castlegar Editor's note: We agree, not only for the reasons stated by Mr. and Mrs. Rivers, but also from a_ practical point of view of not having the items scattered throughout the newspaper. The change took place with last Wednesday's edition. Remember Castlegar A special meeting was called for the purpose of considering the bond issue on the Castlegar Water Com- pany purchase by-law. The bid of Nesbitt Thompson and Co. Ltd. of Calgary was accepted. The interest rate on the issue is to be 3'/ per cent and four per cent as shown on the by-law. ee a | Five nominations were received at the Village office for the posts of Commissioners, they were: Mr Muirhead, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Collin- son, Mr. McDermid and Mr, Watson. Voting takes place today and Thurs- day. At a recent meeting these men expressed their views on the oper- ation of the Village and the major problems at hand. *_ © « A successful tea and bake sale was held in the Parish hall on Saturday last by the St. Alban's W.A. The hall was tastefully decorated in the Christmas motif with streamers and green bows and Christmas trees. . . The IODE regular monthly meet- ing was held in the Coronation hall Tuesday night with 16 members present and the Regent, Mrs. D. Magee in the chair. It was decided to give five Christ- mas hampers to needy familics and also to aid a recent flood family. 25 YEARS AGO From the Dee. 5, 1963 Castlegar News The $451,500-junior secondary school referendum, voting on which takes place today, was described as “a most essential referendum” by school board chairman Mrs. Walter Jacobsen when she addressed a public meeting at the high school last Thursday night. * . An extention of 1,500 ft. of six-inch waterline is to be carried out in the Sherbiko subdivision to the Castle- gar-Kinnaird boundary at an esti- mated cost of $6,500. * . If the Pollution Control Board wants Castlegar to chlorinate the effluent from its proposed sewage lagoons this will be done, Comm. Walter Thorp told a public meeting on sewage held at SHSS last Thurs- day night. * Ed Herman headed a delegation lending support to a petition op- posing any change in the proposed zoning bylaw which would allow the establishment of a precision machine shop in the Sherbiko subdivision south of the Kootenay Auto Collision. 15 YEARS AGO From the Dee. 13, 1973 Castlegar News Voters in Castlegar and Kinnaird passed ion on Saturday by REAGAN BLUNDERS AWAY By The Canadian Press Here is a sampling of some of retiring U.S. President Ronald Reagan's bloopers and misstate ments: “My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.” These words were spoken by Reagan into an open microphone on Aug. 11, 1984, while preparing to record his weekly radio address. Responding eight days later to the flap his remarks caused: “If the press had kept their mouth shut, no one would have known I said it.” “ 8 « During a sound test for a radio address on Nov. 20, 1982, Reagan said: “My fellow Americans, I've talked to you ona number of i about the ic probl and opportunities our nation faces. And I'm prepared to tell you, it’s one hell of a mess.” . . “Aproximately 80 per cent of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let’s not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough i di from de sources.” Said while Reagan was campaigning for U.S. president on Sept. 10, 1980. Ps . “I know Teddy Kennedy had fun at the Democratic convention when he said that I had said that trees and vegetation caused 80 per cent of the air pollution in this country. “Well, he was a little wrong about what I said First of all, I didn’t say 80 per cent, I said 92, 93 per cent, pardon me. And I am right. Growing and decaying vegetation in this land is responsible for 93 per cent of oxides of nitrogen.” Defending his earlier comments in an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Oct. 9, 1980. * 8 « “I didn’t know there were any (segregated schools in the United States). Maybe I should have, but I didn’t. I was under the impression that the problem of segregated schools had been settled.” Said in an interview with the Washington Post, Dec. 5, 1982. * «© -« “(South Africa) has eliminated the segregation that we once had in our own country, the type of thing where hotels and restaurants and places of entertainment and so forth were segregated. That has all been eliminated.” Statement made by Reagan at a conference Aug. 24, 1985. . 8 news * “I'm no linguist, but I have been told that in the Russian language there isn't even a word for freedom.” Comment to reporters Oct. 29, 1985. . “We-did not — repeat, did not — trade weapons or anything else for hostages, nor will we.” News conference, Nov. 13, 1986. “A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it was not.” A presidential statement March 3, 1987. * 8 «@ “What we have found in this cpuntry, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, [are doing it] you might say, by choice.” A speech made in 1987. . 8 « Asked last August whether Democratic presi- dential nominee Michael Dukakis should release his medical records in light of unsubstantiated rumors he had received psychiatric treatment, Reagan said: “I'm not going to pick on an invalid.” Reagan apologized within an hour of making the remark. * 6 «© As Reagan prepares to step down on Jan. 20, he has decided to try to leave them laughing. So he has taken to relating a joke or two at the end of recent speeches. One of his favorites, in his own words: “You know, in the Soviet Union, for a private citizen to buy an automobile, there is a 10-year waiting period. You have to put the money down too, 10 years in advance. “So this man has gone in and he's doing all the 10 years and take delivery.’ “And the man asked, ‘Morning or afternoon?” “The man behind the counter said, ‘Well, 10 years from now, what difference does it make?’ “ ‘Well,’ the man answered, ‘the plumber’s coming in the morning.’ ” an almost seven to three margin. They voted 992 to 520 in favor of amalgamation, giving it an overall 65.6-per-cent favorable vote. Only a 50-per-cent affirmative vote was required. * © « A cheque for $100,000 is now in the hands of Kootenay Doukhobor His- torical Society treasurer, Harold Webber, as a concrete sign of an im- mediate green light for construction of a national exhibition centre in conjunction with the society's very successful restoration of a Douk- hobor communal village. + 2 6 Approval of a subdivision plan that would allow School District No. 9 to sell part of the old Castlegar Elem- entary school property facing on Col- umbia Ave. was given at Castlegar's cpuncil meeting last week. * . The 10-mill tax rate concession granted Canadian Cellulose Co. five years ago will end Jan. 1. This was angounced late Tuesday afternoon by Mayor John Landis, who received a wire that afternoon from Municipal Affairs Minister Jim Lorimer. 5 YEARS AGO From the Dee. 7, 1983 Castlegar News Former Progressive Conservative MP Bob Brisco turned back a challenge from newcomer Judith John Sunday to win the federal Tory nomination in Kootenay West. Brisco, a Castlegar chiropractor, polled 467 votes while John, a Beaver Valley music teacher, managed just 135. *“ © -« A Pacific Western Airlines flight carrying 30 passengers and crew members destined for Castlegar Monday was forced to turn back and land in Vancouver -International Airport because of a bomb threat. * 8 -« The City of Castlegar will seek the help of the business community to try to market its industrial park in 1984, Mayor .Audrey Moore said Monday in her inaugural address to council. December 11,1968 Castlegar News as GINGERBREAD HOUSES ~ . . students at Castlegar primary school decorated gingerbread houses this week for Christmas. Kindergarten MacPherson. (From left) Lily Price, Sourivanh Seneyavong, Cody Makorto, Since wars begin in the minds of : Karl Hager Limb men, it is in the minds of men thot Hospital | Sic & Brace Ltd. Othotic & Prosthetic Auxiliary meets MONTHLY CLINIC The Castlegar and District Hos- pital Auxiliary held its November meeting on Nov. 21 in the hospital . : . Fite d i i upports imbs board room with president: Marg © Orthopedic * Sports Shoes Injury Davidson in the chair. Reports were heard from all com. * Body & Leg Brocing Bracing Christmas Should be a Time of * Foot mittees and extensive plans were made for the December meeting as well as all the activities for the Christmas season. The next Auxiliarf meeting will be held one week early, Dec. 12. Beginning at 12 p.m. an in-hospital bake sale will take place, followed by the decorating of the hospital day rooms and lobby by members. The Auxiliary meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. with members exchanging gifts. The Auxiliary will again provide patients who are in hospital on Christmas Day a fruit basket compli- PLEASE DON'T GIVE CHILDREN TOYS OF VIOLENCE & WAR We Wish You Peace Always! FOR APPOINTMENTS OR INFO CALL KELOWNA Collect 861-1833 Sponsored by Kalesnikoff Lumber Company On behalf of the USCC Children's Sunday Meetings. Loretta Read and Shannon LETTER TO THE EDITOR Explanations wanted It appears that most Canadians do not understand the free-trade agree- ment with the United States. Could the government please explain in simple language how this free trade will help the average or all Cana- dians? As Canadians could we go to USA and buy things for less and not pay any custom duty? Or is the free trade deal made only for large import and export companies. If we import goods from USA and not pay any duty,then our government will be losing revenue. In this case then our government will assess tax on mer- chandise imported to recover its loss, making the customer's price on goods just as expensive as before. Please explain how under this free trade deal can a Canadian save from $300 to $800 as the government states? Going back a little in history, after the Cuban revolution, the Cuban government asked USA government for help. U.S. refused, Cuba turned to Canada for help, to buy such products as wheat and flour. Some of the flour mills in Canada such as Ogilvie and others were owned by USA companies and were instructed by USA government not to sell any of these products to Cuba. The reason given by USA was that they had to protect their interest in whatever country they were in. At that time Canada was not bound to USA by any free trade deal, yet we had to abide by the wishes of USA. Another thing that I remember happened here in B.C. somewhere between 1955-1965 when USSR of. fered a contract to B.C. so we would build them some 300 or so fishing boats. B.C. dry docks and ship builders at this.time were out of work and this contract would have lasted about three years and employed many of our people. Again USA government intervened and the contract was lost by B.C. to Sweden. Now take into consideration the amount of money that the Progres- sive Conservative government had given Cominco to reconstruct its old smelter in Trail to keep people at work there. What happened to all the profits that Cominco was reaping over these years while depleting our natural resources from Red Moun- tain gold mines in Rossland and Pine Point up north? Our government used our tax money again to build a railroad to these ore bodies up north or was it just to keep our people working? Now Pine Point has just about been depleted so where do we go now? Do we still have to finance these companies? Where are there profits? Years back Cominco in Trail employed some 3,000 men. Now we hear of the Mulroney government creating jobs, but to my understand- ing that upon completion of the new smelter, which is under construction now, there will only be some 800 people working. Now where is this progress for new jobs? Some people say that union workers asked for higher wages and so Cominco lost all their profits. If so, let’s take a look back to the years of 1920-1930-1939. Didn't Cominco make a profit by selling their shares at $80 a share. Their general managers are building estates and some are worth $250,000. West Kootenay Power and Light president used a special train to come and visit West Kootenay from East- ern Canada. Company bosses are getting as much in one year as 20 ordinary production workers in the same year and yet they claim no profits are made! 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TiN $129 Nurses seek prise, or are they making it possible for the “rich to get richer” and the “poor to get poorer.” Next item is the Columbia Treaty. We were told that it would bring work for lots of people and we would be getting 34% cents per kilowatt from down stream benefits. Our property taxes would be lowered and our government would be gaining revenue for its expenses. By the time the Treaty was completed our taxes had increased considerably and B.C. government was $11 billion in debt. Now a word or two about nuclear submarines for defence and Arctic patrol. Some people say we have to have them to defend our borders allegedly from USSR invasion. Well let's stop and try to remem. ber who or whose soldiers were on whose soil in the last say 60 years. Whose soldiers were in Siberia fighting between 1917-1920 against Russian peasants and who was in Balaclava, during Crimean war? Wasn't it the British and French trying to capture the oil fields in ezarist Russia? Were there any Russian soldiers seen here in Canada or USA? Of course not, then who are we scared of? Why are we acquiring these submarines? Let us put these $8 billion for peace efforts and for the benefits of poor Canadians! Mickit Nazarov Robson pay hike VANCOUVER (CP) — British Col- umbia nurses will seek a hefty pay inerease when contract negotiations get under way next spring, the president of the B.C. Nurses Union said. Pat Savage told a bargaining com- mittee meeting that nurses’ wages in British Columbia rank sixth in Can- ada, behind some federal govern: ment nurses and those in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manito- MONEYS MUSHROOM SLICED. 10 Ox. TIN HAWKINS: CHEEZIE $429 ht to limit quantities to stock on han d PRICES EFFECTIVE Wor -EASY FOODS CENTRAL FOODS SUN., MON., Community Owned & Operated heenelunae’ 2717 Columbia, C tlegar To the Voters of Kootenay West-Revelstoke THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT | look forward to working with and for you all. 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