A CUP OF TEA and homebaked treats proved popular attractions
Friday afternoon, when the Castlegar Senior Citizens’ Association
The senior citizens’ centre was filled to

held its tea and bake sala,

capacity, as Taarebers and guests turned up to onjoy the refreshmon-
ts and special events, such as cake walks and hardwriting analysis,
— CasNewnFote by Cheryl Wishiow

Call for outcry ignored

By Roger Smith

OTTAWA (CP) — John
Crosbie's call for a public
outcry against government
economic policies has pro-
duced only a whimper so far
and that worries the former
Progressive Conservative fi-
nance minister.

“I think that indicates the
danger we're in,” said Cros-
bie. He’s disappointed at ini-
tial reaction to his call last
week for Canadians to phone,
write letters, perhaps even
hold demonstrations to de-
mand Liberal action to bring
down record interest rates
and inflation:

The MP for St. John’s
West is getting a few more
letters than usual on econ-
omic matters but not as many
yet as he expects.

Several years ago, Cana-

dians would have recoiled at
the idea of 20-per-cent in-
terest rates but now they
seem prepared to accept
them, Crosbie said,
POLICY CRITICIZED
“The inflation psychology
seems to have a massive grip
on public thinking, It cer-
tainly helps the govern-
ment’s do-nothing policy.”
With the constitutional de-
bate, which dominated Par-
liament’s winter setting,
shunted off to the Supreme
Court of Canada, federal
politicians rediscovered econ-
omic issues when they re-
turned from a belated Easter
break last week,
0 ition MPs

rage with each new bit of bad
news about the Canadian
economy.

The Bank of Canada’s
trend-setting rate, which de-
termines interest rates
charged by commercial
banks, hit 18.98 per cent on
Thursday, the fourth week in
a row hit by a new high.

On Friday, Statistics Can-
ada reported inflation in
April had soared to an annual
rate of 12.6 per cent, tops in
more than four years,

While the Conservatives
and New Democrats ‘contin-
ued the economic-oriented
attack Tuesday, Crosbie said
hei is still waiting for stronger

away at Prime Minister
Trudeau and Finance Minis-
ter Allan MacEachen for ac-
tion, expressing more out-

that the public is
fed up with the Liberals’
inaction.

“I'd say there was a stiring
of interest or annoyance but

nothing of hurricane force
yet," he said in an interview.

A spokesman for Ed
Broadbent said there has
been an increase in letters on
economic matters to the NDP
leader “but it hasn't been
overwhelming.”

A spokesman for Finance
Minister Allan MacEachen
said there has been no great
fluctuation in such letters but
the minister and his advisers
don’t interpret that as a lack
of public concern about in-
flation, interest rates and the
economy in general.

And in the Commons on
Tuesday, the Opposition re-
newed its attack on the gov-
ernment’s economic policies
saying the poor, the elderly,
farmers and others are vic-
tims of broken gi

TV dish

decision
VANCOUVER (CP) — The
federal government will ap-
peal a Burnaby provincial
court judge's decision to
throw out charges in a test
case agajnst the operators of
an unlicensed satellite dish.
Crown’ counsel P.W. Hal-

prin, who prosecuted the
case’ before Judge Selwyn

Romilly earlier this month, -

said Tuesday in an interview
that the appeal | will be heard

promises.

Firemen will let buildings burn

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Vancouver-area firefighters
are prepared to watch build-
ings burn to the ground, if
they are forced to take job
action in their current labor
dispute.

But they will step in to
protect “life and limb,” ac-
cording to Bill Copeland,
chief spokesman for 1,100
union firefighters in 12
Greater Vancouver Regional
District i

kind of service will only
prolong the agony of a strike,
so that is not totally resolved.
But I think the majority
opinion is to protect life and
limb during a strike,” sai
Copland.

“Otherwise, you're just in-
viting a back-to-work order
from the government.”

DISCLOSED STRATEGY

He the firefight.

ing of representatives from
all 12 locals and municipal-
ities “'to take one last shot at
putting

‘They are unhappy with the
binding, one-year agreement
an Tirefich

in New county
court on a date to be set by
the court.

The Crown will argue that
Judge Romilly erred in ruling.

. that. the Crown had failed to,,

- prove that signals received
‘by the satellite dish fit de-

ig 4
ers which p a 19-per-

“If that doesn't work, then
we are going to have to start
job action,” he said.

All locals have voted in
favor of strike action, but
they may not legally strike
until mediators still involved

ers’ strike strategy, as ‘the
locals, d plans for a

“We'll have to protect

schools, hotels, hospitals and

* residential homes,” Copeland
said Tuesday, “but industries
in our communities should be
concerned,

“If buildings (on fire) are
unoccupied and there’s no
potential loss of life involved
» «+ well, you can’t expect us
to do some jobs, if our crew
sizes are cut back by a
strike.”

He added some locals want
to totally withdraw their
services.

“They think to provide any

final, co-ordinated attempt to
resolve their dispute before
walking out.

Beginning today in Port
Coquitlam, the locals plan to
table the same basic wage
proposal with each of their

in their disputes have booked

out.

The firefi; ighters devised
their tactics in co-operation
with the B.C. Fed of

cent wage increase. This left
the firefighters still $75 a

. month behind the parity they

are seeking with city police-
men. °

John Parks, chairman of
the regional district’s labor
relations committee, said he
is pleased the firefighters
have decided to co-ordinate

Labor.
AIDS SETTLEMENT
The firefighters currently
earn $1,907 a month, plus a
$28 floating, cost-of-living

—a
38-per- --ceht pay increase over
two years, plus a nightshiit
differential. i

If not agreements are
reached by the end of next
week, said Copeland, the lo-
cals will they ask chief
provincial mediator Clark
Gilmour to convene a meet-

Slate of candidates
now is complete

+The list of candidates for
the Miss Castlegar title is
now

Vader; Miss Taks Furniture
Village, Colleen Dascher;
Miss D Busi

and their sponsors are:
Miss Maloney-Pontiac
Buick, Wanita Command;
.Miss Century 21, Cathie
Ward; Miss Selkirk Lions,
Leanne Smalley; Miss Bartle
and Gibson, Susan Tischler;
Miss Hair Annex, Diane

mens’ Association, Lorene
Tamelin and Miss Dixie Lee,
Leona Sorenson.

The candidates will make
their first public appearance
June 1 when a fashion show
will be held at the Fireside
Place.

soup

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mushroom, 284 ml tin. «

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Their
agreements expired Dec. 31,
1980.

their strategy.

“One of the problems has
been having to deal with each
local separately,” Parks said.
“Now, it seems their de-
mands have been clarified
and we're prepared to sit
down and deal with them."

finitions provided i in the law.
The and Radio
Acts state that a dish re-
quires a licence to pick up
radio waves, which are de-
fined as “travelling in space
without artificial guide.”

Judge Romilly said that.

from the evidence presented,
satellite signals seem to be
artificially guided by the sat-
ellite and that therefore a
licence would not be req

to receive them.

‘The dish, which was shut
down last fall by federal
department of communi-
cations officials, provided
four channels of pay-TV in-
tended for the U.S. to resi-

dents of the apartment block:

in the Vancouver suburb of
Burnaby.

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In senior citizens’ centre

Tea draws good crowd |

‘A capacity crowd filled the
Castlegar and District Senior
Citizens’ Centre on Friday
afternoon for the Tea and
Bake Sale sponsored by the
association,

President J. Donnan de-
clared the tea officially
opened, and extended greet-
ings to all present,

The basement was a pop-
ular place, as this is where

, the CAKE WALK was held.

Members were kept busy and
the guests won many eakes
which had been made by the
members. The cake walk was

in the charge of Helen Bon-
accel, Gladys Morris and
Marge Dulsrud.

Another popular event was
the reading of handwriting
by Loyd Groutage.

Mary Ellen Cormier was
general convener for the tea.
Serving teas were Mrs. J.
Raine, Mrs. R, Hunter and
Mrs, H. Peddle. The ever-
busy kitchen was well looked
after by Mrs. E. Newman,
Mrs. E, LeRoy and Mrs. J.
Kalmakoff. The well-stocked
white elephant table was su-
pervised by Lisa Dyck, Dor-

othy Keating’ and’ Mrs. R.
Manuel,

In charge of selling the tea
tickets was Mrs. Edith Sher-
biko and Mrs. Mildred Brady.

The bake table, which was’

well-ladon with home baking,
was under the care of Mrs.
Jean Fritpatrick, Jean Stone
and Magda Akselsen,

Members extend — their
thanks and appreciaiton to all
who attended their tea,

Grateful thanks are also
extended to all the members
for their donations and time
in helping out.

Trip accomplished little

By Bob Douglas
ROME (CP) ~ "Prime Min-
ister Trudeau's four-day trip
to Algeria and Italy was
billed as an informational trip
and to most observers it was
little more than that.
Trudeau returned to Ot-
tawa on Tuesday night after
three days in Algeria and one
in Italy with no new agree-
ments signed and no signi-
ficant progress reported on
any political issues.
Trudeau had said before
setting out that the trip was
instended to help him get to
know Algerian President
Benjadid Chadli and Italian

Be Eligible To

Premier Arnaldo Forlani be-
fore this summer's economic
summit meeting of leading
non-communist industrial
countries in Ottawa.

He also managed a visit
Tuesday to the Rome hos-
pital where Pope John Paul is
recovering from gunshot
wounds received in last
week's assassination
attempt.

Earlier, he made a plea to
Chadli to use Algeria's spec-
ial influence to try to restrain
Syria in its dispute with
Israel over Syrian surface-to-
air missiles in Lebanon. But
Chadli made no comment on

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the plea and there was no
indication. it had any effect.

WANTED VIEWS
‘Trudeau said last week he
wanted to hear Algerian
views on North-South prab-
lems so he could “guide the
discussions at the Ottawa
summit in a way which will

bring positive results.”

The so-called new world
economic order has been a
pet project of Trudeau and he
has been travelling around
the Third World and Europe
talking ‘to government lead-
ers on how to have inter-
national talks on the issue.

If New ‘wave is ae. ‘iti
is ebsing. tien what js left to:
clamber out of the Primeval

. sea of rock?

Melvin and the: Pryamide,

is the Nelson, band with ‘a.

6%2-foot redhead out in‘front i] ?

and has. a‘ reputation that
keeps growing as a group
that is) blasting out hard,
gritty rock.

It’s a band with a lot of
talent for playing hard and
writing well, and -it will be
dropping out of sight shortly
for several months, .

But first there is the
Spring Ball, Area residents
with an ear for a good time
can catch Melvin and the
Pyramids Saturday and after

that, their.next confirmed en

date is inthe fall. :

- Melvin and.the Pyramids
will be playing at the White-
water Ski Lodge, along with
another local talent, Warlord,
a rock and roll band out of
Nelson.”

Band meinbers with Mel-
vinand the Pyramids say the
music they play” does not fit
into one neat ; pigeonhole,
Simple labels such as‘ New
Wave are just that — labels,
which may be alright: for a

file but they: don't fit live’:

music.

A good 80 per “cent of the *

material Melvin‘: and . the

Pyramids plays is written by:

members of.the group. For.
the rest of their songs, they
play singles by: other bands,
but they, “want something

instead, they concentrate, on’

music many people may not:
with, ‘says one

be familiar
band member. -

CRESTING “the aaical wave ; of ., the
future ara Melvin and the Pyramids. The

band members are, from let

spent four yeara as a sailor in
th ‘marine.

ground.
that: ies playing in‘a

amit of groups in

The five musicians in the’: ve!

hand have been playing as a
unit for two ‘years. Meet
Melvin and the Pyramids:
There is B. (Melvin) ‘Jacks, *
on vocals and guitar. Before
helping found this band,’ he!

The two of. Tate go back
long way, having toured ex-
tensively together with | a
number of bands. = :

pressed little;
with the concept; only those

representing Alberta Indians | |

appeared ready to commit
themselves immediately.

The main issues at - the
four-day meeting, which be-
gan Monday; are two prop-
osals- for: an-Indian' govern-

ment that would radically al-.-
ter the role of: the National”
God,

Indian Brother!
of the conference.
Both’ proposals. ar
on the notion that the Indian

ple are sovereign - and.

should control their own af-
fairs within ‘their own poli-
tical traditions.

Are found

Kelowna, B.C., development”

company and two of its’ prin:
cipal officers were found not
guilty of fraud charges in

Vancouver < Pravin court ||

The. Crown entered: stays

of ‘proceedings ragainst two.

others, Gerhard Nargang ‘of
Kelowna: and) Willard’ Wil-
liams of Coquitlam, B.C.
The charges were laid by
commercial erie

two-year investiga arf
The Crown’ Metiaey sales of

land in the

B,C, residents were fraudu-

lent because the land was not.

ary hearing ‘was being: heard ;

here, the defence ehanged its
election: to trial before a

it to right: B.

Dave Sly, a blues veteran
out of ‘Toronto,’ ‘handles'th

fan, you don't want

cuses.late Monday. io asa

While no group‘expressed
direct opposition to a national

jelvin) Jacks, Dave sly,
Randy Bolgerand Craig J Jack:

neutralize the ‘acid rain, th

*, statement. says.

Indian nent when the. ;.si

caucuses reported ‘Tuesday,

* chiefs from New. Brunswick, :
Prins

: atudy the: proposals a)
tain fe

back from their’ * peo

‘Because there's’ always.
time to ‘do ‘things right ‘and
because many of our’ people
are not’ represented — and
we would not want to make

‘though .
Grand, Chief of Treaty No. 3

“ple and must be fought. °

+ Steinhauer said that-as it

Ind
who. disagree with’ federal:
policies, the only: acceptable
) maintain;

special
stitutional Status is to use’ it
as a foundation-on which.to
bales an n Indian government

95-year life of
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chance at the °1,000° per-
manent jobs expected to be’
‘created by the project. There

will be 2,800 jobs at the peak

tier of attractive cafe cur-

‘an "Abbotafor family:

relatly ere: killed

ly night w! he
$ ber in which they were
flying ‘crashed: into ‘a ‘treed

bout -120 kilom: tres east of
Vancouver. '

(
unidentified 20-year-old ar
‘clerk cut his boss losse from:
‘an “extortionist’s bomb’ yes-.

“terday as hundreds of shop-

pers were evacuated from a
shopping plaza. :

“.quick-thinking, ‘clérk, ‘whose:

name: was* not: released ‘by)

pol
metal cutters from. a hard- |

ware store and returned to
thi

ore
An ROMP spokesman ide:

tified the four as pilot Kevin:

John Friesen, 19, his parents,

. John and Jenny Friesen and
his uncle Norman Ellas.

The spokesman said it,
peared Friesen found hi
in low. cloud just’

Hopes ‘which is urroun led

“mini
Then the: two i

‘quad member, said the de-

‘vice was crudely -designed,

“but there ‘were ‘enough
explosives inside to; kill

‘The oxtoritioniat, °

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