— Burt Campbell Ron Norman GIRCULATION MANAGER — TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4, 1900 PUBLISHED Sar). 12, 1978-AUG, 27, 1900 > Peter Horvey — Linda Kositsin ‘Saverneament prepared irom repre Selong to the odverteer: tegen ttongn te Capa enn, road. Rewer, an ‘engravings, eK. prov: Oppose closure A legal notice in Wednesdoy's Castlegar News advised the public of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways intent to close the footbridge attached to the CPR bridge across the Columbia River downstream of the Castlegar ferry. if for no other reason, the ap- plication should be opposed on the basis of the safety hazard that would be caused by its abandon- ment. The ministry would probably be surprised by the number of early- morning and weekend walkers who use the footbridge to make the loop around the terry for exer- cise. As well, the footbridge plays the Kinnaird highway _ bridge across the Columbia River to the airport/NEC orea. Young people use the bridge ex- tensively during the summer to get to Pass Creek Park, while the foot- bridge provides an alternative for both cyclists and pedestrians when the ferry is closed for any reason. With. regard to safety, young people and cyclists will still use the bridge if the footpath is abandoned — by walking between the railway tracks on the bridge itselt. A couple of thousand dollars for materials would likely see the footbridge brought up to an accep- a port in the long proposal to have a circular walk constructed on both sides of the river utilizing the CPR bridge and table dard, and yearly main- tenance costs can't be high. Abandonment of the footbridge would be a retrograde step. Input necessary By BURT CAMPBELL Publisher There are some subjects on which no one can speak as a final author- ity. In fact, even those with legis- lated authority will admit freely that in certain governmental policy areas they could quite possibly be very wrong, but decisions have to be made and policy set and govern- ment meets its responsibility. Such an area, where nothing is completely black and white, but is many shades of grey, is the field of liquor policy. Prejudices, financial i ions, religious viewpoi and personal experience are just a few of the factors which affect individual attitudes towards liquor control and licensing. Public input, there, is extremely important and valuable in this mat- ter. The more who contribute ideas, complaints and suggestions, the better. For this reason, the hearing being held here later this month by the legislature's Liquor Policy Review Panel should be well attended. And it appears the committee's chair. man, MLA John Janssen, expects it to be. There will be three sessions in Castlegar on April 23 spanning a generous nine hours. The City of Castlegar — wisely, in my opinion — has declined par- ticipation. The attitude of council is that aldermen don't represent a community consensus on such ques- tions as: e Whether further privitization is necessary or desirable in liquor/ beer/wine sales, and if it is, now it can best be implemented; The type and nature of liquor licenses to be authorized; © Criteria for reviewing liquor Letters to the Editor in early June. ‘The equipment is due to arrive from the factory within the next few weeks, a fact which will enable the telephone company to advance start oi jnstallation by a full month. e. 8 te Arlan Henderson, 16 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Henderson of Kin- naird, is in Trail-Tadanac Hospital in fair conditi ving am aceid discharge of a .22 calibre rifle that he’ was carrying. The accident occurred Sunday afternoon, ‘The bullet struck the youth in the neck and penetrated hig back, dam- aging a vertebra and causing partial paralysis. . * Playing at the Castle Theatre is Operation Pacific, starring John Wayne and Patricia Neal. It's “torpedo- packed and terrific.” Coming soon is Ghost Chasers with Leo Gorcey and the Bowery Boys. They're up to their phantoms in fun. 25 YEARS AGO Under present conditions it would Why hire Rattan? This letter is about a growing con- cern among the readers of Castlegar News regarding the so called Sports Editor Mr. Rattan. In my opinion, I feel he could be replaced by someone more positive, ef- ficient and generous with his language concept. It appears that he is after if. license and renewals; © The nature of liquor adver- tising; Days, hours and conditions of operating licensed premises; The role of municipal govern- ments in provincial liquor policy. These are all important ques tions; ones which most people should hold opinions. Let's hope a lot of those opinions are heard here on April 23, and at the Policy Review panels other hearings around the province. The special interest groups will be out in force setting forth their views. It's vitally important indi- viduals are heard, too. But it’s up to individuals to make the effort to be there. The Liquor Policy Review Panel is giving them the opportun- ity. Where is the concern? In reply to Pat Romaine's letter of March 22, 1987, I feel very concerned that people can be so unconcerned ahput the feelings of the grandparents, parents of the children who are being raped and murdered. Why would anyone want these kind of rapists and murderers kept alive so they can do this over again, as there doesn't appear to be any kind of treatment psychologically to help the murderer and rapist overcome the need to do this. Further, why should the taxpayers pay $65,000 per year for security at the Kingston Penitentiary for special security so the inmates cannot do away with the person and in this case I refer to Clifford Olson who murdered many children. We also have the additional terror at Clearwater where grand- parents, parents and two teen-age daughters were brutally treated. British Columbia has the worst rating of the provinces of Canada for these brutal slayings and these lives cannot be replaced to their loved ones. If the people of this province took as much interest in stopping rapes and murders as they are attempting with drugs, alcohol and assisting the handi- capped, wé could certainly put a stop to all these senseless rapes and murders. R.C. Rhodes Castlegar (Le. picture taken on ski hill ete.) I am not interested seeing his picture in regards to sports; my in- terest is for the local people, children involved locally in the community and on the national scene. His personal ex pression on golf, bowling, hockey and how their organizations should be run is of no concern to him as he is on the biased level. I am a football fan and read three newspapers daily, this individual has no right to search the pockets of CFL management that how much money they make and how they make. My friends and I appreci the North Van.? Whom he he want to impress that buying a footfall game ticket is no big deal for him (March 29 column)? Nobody is interested in his autobiography which he is trying to feed everyone through this paper, instead we are interested in sports. It is obvious that he lacks journalism game. He is a and I am d that CBC, TSN is too expensive, CKVU's range he criticizes. If Air BC and Canadian Airlines are too expensive, he should take a bus. Whom he want to . impress..by telling. that..he lived in a pap P who is the recipient of past awards, could consider hiring such a negative individual like Mr. Rattan. Harjinder Thind Castlegar Short term solutions As we are drawing closer to this school year's end, we are facing prob- lems (yes, again) for the 1987/88 year. Because of high enrollment at the primary level, we have been asked (by our superintendent and board) to find two rooms in our school, Twin Rivers, to alleviate the “crunch.” No problem! Wrong. We don't have the room. Making this change would mean getting rid of two out of four of the very special and indespensible programs in our school, (the only programs of their kind in the district, by the way, available to all students who need them). Omitting any of these programs would, in fact be regressing. Re-open one of the schools closed last year? Build on to an existing school Rent a portable? Sorry not in the bud- get. We do not feel that taking out any of these programs will be the answer to a long-term problem. We see it as years of hard work that these teachers have given our children and the overwhelm- ing improvement these programs have given them lost forever if these prop- osed changes do, in fact, become a reality. Some alternatives have been talked about (ie: moving Grade 6 to KJSS, moving Grade 8 to SHSS, Grade 2 to Twin Rivers, integrating the bilingual program). What's your reaction to this? We will try our best to keep every- one aware of upcoming meetings, and urge all those concerned to come out and give up support. These are our children and something must be done to ensure that the quality of education and opportunity for all our chlidren remains in our school. Diane Guglielmi \ Chairperson Twin Rivers Parent Group Article a pleasure It was a pleasure reading the article “Support Given to Group.” The article was consise and factual. On behalf of the Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society, I wish to thank you for writing such ah accurate report. Katrine Conroy Society Coordinator Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society Quebec still selling Senate stalls y GARY REGENSTREIF " Canadian Press The Quebec government is eager to unload several more Capwn interests this year, despite drawing flak for fire-sale prices and lost jobs in the first year of its privatifation program. Privatigation Minister Pierre Fortier defended the sales from Oppositién Parti ¢ and labor Fortier said he hopes the government's agro-food holding company will be able to sell its 35-per-cent interest in Montreal-based Culinar Inc., Canada’s largest maker of cakes. Quimet-Cordon Bleu Inc., a private Montreal company, had offered $200 million for all shares in Culinar. But Le Groupe Desjardins, a financial services and industrial criticisms by saying the program has lifted heavy losses from the province's balance sheet. holding Ps which controls two-thirds, turned it down. That sale would have earned the government $72 ion, but Desjardins offered to pay Quebec only $52 not be 1 for the village of Kinnaird to undertake the develop- ment of 9th Ave. it was disclosed by the water and finance committee report at Monday's council meeting. Three main points were stated in the report as drawn up by Commissioner Ron Giles and G.S. Rust. First the committee felt “it unwise to allow any further temporary connec- tion either from 10th Ave. or 7th Ave. as this method is only prolonging the final solution and we do not consider it to be in the interest of sound municipal planning.” . A 1962 priority list for Castlegar village council public works and winter works projects was submitted to the village commission by public works chairman V.R. Cook at Tuesdays council meeting. . « 8 Castlegar will not submit a tender for garbage collection in the Village of Kinnaird as it would not be advan- tageous to the former village. Commissioner Murray Little re- ported his findings on the matter at Tuesdays council meeting. 15 YEARS AGO From the April 13, 1972 Castlegar News The provincial government plans to proceed with a road between Syringa Creek and Deer Park whether Celgar contributes financially or not. This was announced in Trail on Saturday by Education Minister Don Brothers, MLA for Rossland-Trail, just after he was chosen as his party's standard-bearer for the next provincial election. Brothers had announced in the legis lature that the provincial government would build the road, but that Celgar would be expected to contribute towards its cost. . Controversy sad praise center around the beginnings of a new group in Castlegar born as a result of an attitude problem with the alternate or “head” culture. The name of the .group is light. hearted and knowingly ungrammatical. It is CRUST (Committee for the Responsible Use of Sychedlic Things). CRUST was born of necessity — from a small all-to-common\incident in Castlegar and throughout North Amer ica. Two Castlegar men, Gerry Graves and Arnold Martin, have appointed themselves to police the “head” com. munity “There is no way that I want to put F yn, Taxider: mists from East Ke thr —Coitiews Proto by Gary Heung BIRTHS ALLAN — To Trudy ond Bob Allan of Nelson, @ girl, born March 24. ANSELMO — To Helen ond Russel Anselmo of Fruitvale, o girl, born March 22. BOSER — To Lynette and Marvin Boser of LaCoray, Alta., a girl, born March 30. BOWIE — To Nancy and Don Bowie of Rossland, a girl, born March 18 CALDERBANK — To Chery! (nee Wishlow) ond Phil Calderbank of Toronto, a girl, born March 28. DICKSON/HIGGINS — To Pat Dickson and John Higgins of Nelson, a boy, born March 25. FENTIMAN: — To Kathleen and Brion Fentimon of Nelson, a girl, born March 29 FRIEDRICH — To Tomi-tynn and Robert Friedrich of Trail, a girl born March 24 Births & Funerals HEMPHILL — To Nicole and Bob Hemphill of Ymir, @ girl, born March 28 KICHARD —.To Mona and Len Kichard of Nelson, a girl, born March 29. KINRADE — To Margaret and Terrant Kinrade of Nelson, a boy. born April | MARGOREETH — To Anno and Rob Margoreeth of Fruitvale, o gitl, born March 27. McDONALD — To Brenda ond Robert McDonald of Fruitvale, o girl, born March 24 POLLOCK — To Wendy-Lou and Rob Pollock of Slocan, a boy. born March 25, REBELATO — To Gerianne and Ron Rebeloto of Trail, a girl. born March 25. SHELEFONTIUK — To Roxanne and Keith Shelefontiuk of Blueberry, a boy, born April } SHEPHERD — To Mr. and Mrs. Seniors hold The Senior Citizens enjoy- ed a St. Patrick's social, March 19. President Florence Lay. cock welcomed the members and guests and Edith Berg played O Canada. Two guests, Wally Walper and Pete Letkeman, were in- troduced. Walper, known as the yod- elling cowboy (while singing Job openings Details of these and other job opportunities gre available at Trail Canada Employment Centre Spokane Street Phone: 368-5566 Hairdressers ore required in Trail and Castlegar. (10, 53° & 134) Casual position is available in Trail for o certified medical laboratory technologist. Approx 2 days per week. Wage is $122.35 per hour. (100) Live-in companion required in Trail. (93) Plumber required in Trail area for a part-time position (129) Certified pre-school program co-ordinator required in Trail (28) Experienced cooks required in Trail. (130 & 131 Solesperson required in Trail (ya) Foodservers required in Trail area. (119, 132. 133, 135 & 150) Casual bookkeeper required in Trail area. Wage is $5.00 per hour, (126) Rick Shepherd of Rossland, o girl, born March 8. STRANGWARD — To Tommy and Douglas Strangwald of Trail, o boy, born March 3. TAYLOR — To Patty and Worren Taylor of Surrey, a girl, born March 30. WALLACE — To Cheryse Wallace of Trail, a son, born March 22. DEATHS BAYNE — Bob Bayne, formerly of Nelson, died March 28 in Bokerstield, Calit., ot age 76. on, Mr. in community attairs and was @ charter member of the is survived by is Shirley; son Bryan: daughters Sharon Martin and Cloudia Jones; and ei dchildren, all of Bgk: GEIGER — Wallace David Geiger ot New Denver died March 29 at ter a briet iliness at age 79. He is survived by his wife Jean; three social with Don Messers New Brunswick Lumber Jacks) entertained. He sang three Irish songs: Mountains of Mourne, Back to Donegal and That’s How I Spell Ireland. He was accompanied by Edith Berg on the piano. Pete Letkeman gave two humorous readings. Jean Fitzpatrick read a St. Patrick greeting. The Legends of the Blarney Stone. This was fol- lowed by a contest. The pro- gram ended with the group singing a few Irish songs led by Wally Walper. The social convenor LaSell Lipsett thanked the guests Wally Walper, Pete Let- keman and Edith Berg. A social hour was enjoyed and refreshments were served. The next social will be held April 16 which will be an Easter theme. Westar Shipping Crew sons, Elwood of Fruitvale, Barry of Flatbush, Alta., and Walter of Slocan Park; two daughters, Deone Gruchy of Prince Albert ‘and Dellores Brown of Watson Lake, Yukon Territories; 14 grandchildren and 14 great. grandchildren; one brother and two sisters. He was predeceased by two brothers. MATTHEWS — Joan |. Matthews ‘ot Kalso died March 25 at age 63. She is survived by her husband Jock, of 4 and da of Nelson, John and Dar! ot Kalso; daughter Gillian ot ¢ iitiss Wut is in conflict with the ways and inelinations of our world Dr, Thielike commented 10 including our own baser na- her About this, she smilingly. tures, Greatness, as our Feplied that she was hoping world normally understands thereby to add yet another it, consists in striving for a star to her crown! It was all a position of power and author- charade. Service, when done ity over others which would for. selfish purposes such as then involve being served for the sake of some personal by others. Such greatness reward, is no longer service, was apparently pursued by Our Lord put it so well in His James and John, two of Sermonon the Mount: “Don't Jesus’ disciples, when they Jet your left hand know what unabashedly asked the Mas- your right hand is doing.” ter: “Let one of us sit at your . When.it comes to genuine right hand and the other at motivation for serving, we your left in your glory.” Christians have been plenty. ‘There are any number of According to. the inspired stirring examples of service Word, when we serve others, which have been given in our we are serving no one less world. The apostle St. Paul than our Lord Himself. In represents an inspiring ex- that awesome scene of the ample of someone who gave Last Judgment which Jesus himself comp in service vibes for us in to others through the preach- 25, we hear our Lord in His FOR THE SAKE OF THE FETY OF OUR CHILDREN ta school bus is stopped on the hi tway' with red lights ftlashin LL motorists from EITHER DIRECTION MUST STOP and must not proceed un- +H the red lights stop flashing. Board of School Trustees School District No. 9 Castleger ing of the Gospel. As he -glory declaring to those on wrote in I Corinthias 9: “For His right hand: “I tell you the though I be free from all men, truth, whatever you did’ for yet have I made myself ser- one of the least of these vant unto all, that I might brothers of mine, you did for gain the more.” me.” Bridge results Kelowna; daug! sons-in- law Wendy and John of Port Coquitlam and Debbie and Jerry Wash.; six ‘ond sisters Val Lyden and Sylvio Ballesteros, both ot London, Eng. Mrs. Mathews wos predeceased by her mother and father and ‘one brother Ray, all of London, Eng. Ten pairs of duplicate Wayne Weaver and Ian Glov- bridge players competed er 58'/2; third — Jean Fischer March 30 in the Joy Ramsden‘ and’ ‘Agnes Charltem:.§7/27 Bridge Club with an average and fourth Norm and..Les bridge .score of 54 with the Gallie 57. following placings: Duplicate bridge will be First — Bill Gorkoff, Hub- played at the airport coffee ert Hunchak 68; second shop every Monday at 7:30. down marjuana,” said Graves. “But the While Premier Robert Bourassa has indicated other million. ' Hd Gre: ; irresponsible way in which people in Receives Safety Award Teleglobe sale OTTAWA (CP) — The Senate has thrown up a road block to the sale of Teleglobe Canada, a Crown corporation the federal government has agreed to sell to a Montreal firm for $608 million. Tuesday marked the end of Ottawa's fiscal year and the dalay means the government can't put $450 million of the sale proceeds towards the outgoing year's deficit, as Finance Minister Michael Wilson had planned in the February budget. But Richard Remillard, Wilson's communications adviser, said the gov ernment will still meet its $32 billion target for the 1986-87 deficit be cause revenues from non-resident taxes and other sources have been greater than expected. “So we'll make the 32,” he said. “The targets are not in jeopardy.” Earlier in the day, the Teleglobe bill was given third and final reading in the Commons after a week-long debate. ‘The government announced the sale of the company, which handles overseas telecommunications, in February. Both opposition parties oppose the sale of Teleglobe to Memotec Data Inc. of Montreal and had been trying to drag out debate as long as possible. By mid-day Tuesday the government was able to call a vote, which is easily won. RON NORMAN ON HOLIDAYS sales are on hold in an apparent bid not to further antagonize critics, Fortier said in an interview “it’s not finished.” “It’s slowing down,” he said. “When we came to power, there were a few Crown corporations losing a lot of money right and left. There was a need to act fast.” But minority interests are harder to unload, he said, and Quebec doesn’t have a controlling interest in most of the remaining stakes it wants divested Fortier indicated Finance Minister Gerard-D. Levesque will inelude some plans for privatization in his April budget. The first year of privatization just ended earned Quebec a capital gain of $170 million — $30 million from a share issue of Cambior Inc., which regroups some Quebec mines, and $140 million from the sale of its 56-per-cent stake in Donohue Ine. to Montreal publishing giant Quebecor Inc The sales of such money losers as the Madelipeche fishing operation in the Iles-de-la-Madeleine, regional airline Quebecair Inc. and a sugar refinery in St-Hilaire near Montreal saved the government losses of at least $25 million a year HOPES FOR SALE And Fortier said a For Sale sign will likely be hung this year on the Quebec energy agency's 16-per-cent stake in Noverco Inc. that is believed to be worth $100 million. Noverco, a holding company that owns the Quebec natural gas distributor Gaz Metropolitain Inc., is controlled by Unigesco and Canam Manac Group Inc. of Quebec City. “We want to sell it but not at any price,” said Fortier. And the government will continue to sell off money-losing processing subsidiaries of its Societe nationale de laminate asbestos agency. Quebec couldn't sell its 28-per-cent interest in pulp producer Domtar because its stock prices soared at the end of January, bringing the province's investment to $550 million from $400 million. The program has attracted a fair share of criticism, with the PQ attacking it for being no more than a fire sale of public assets, many of them acquired by Quebec when the PQ was in power from 1976 to 1985. “You don't just sell Crown corporations or part of Crown corporations just to get money to help the public finances,” said PQ privatization critic Jean-Guy Parent. “You don’t sell your toolbox you want to continue working,” he added in an interview. “We have tb be present in the economic development of Quebec.” By selling to the private sector, the Liberals have risked eventually losing Quebec control of the companies whose survival will no longer be guaranteed if they perform poorly, said Parent. He cited the sale of money-losing Quebecair to Nordair-Metro Inc., which led to 375 layoffs and complaints of reduced regional air service, as an example in which the government should take a loss to ensure the protection of jobs Castlegar use it is a disaster.” 5 YEARS AGO From the April 17, 1982 Castlegar News Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy said Tuesday the provincial govern ment “simply repackaged” many old programs and presented them as new in its 1982 provincial budget. In fact D'Arcy said that of the budgets brought down in his 10 years in the legislature, “This one makes the fewest changes.” There are no tax increases or de creases he noted. The government is “basically holding the line.” . . Castlegar's proposed $1 million RCMP detachment won't be built on the site of the present detachment. Castlegar council disclosed at a recent meeting. . Instead, the new 6,000 square-foot building will be located just behind the present detachment on federal gov ernment land. 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