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A new beginning
for the Chamber

The official opening of the
Castlegar Chamber of Commerce's
new office and tourist information
centre this week should mark o
new beginning tor the chamber

The building provides the
chamber with a physical presence
it has never had. The building is
also timely, coming just when the
chamber is beginning to show a
higher protile in the community

In the last month the chamber
has met with Highways officials to
try to iron out this city’s notorious
sign problems — and appears to
have met with some success

Shortly after, the chamber also
met with representatives trom
Pacitic Western Airlines to discuss
that company $s plans tor
Castlegar. It is the kind of work the
chamber has tried to undertake in
the past without a whole lot of suc:
cess. But that was mainly due to
lack of support. Here’s hoping the
new building will change all that

The building also has a second
function: To act as a tourist intor
mation centre for Castlegar. In that
respect it is a vast improvement
over anything in the past.

The building is appealing trom
the outside and even more attrac
tive inside. It projects an image of
Castlegar as bright and modern

Perhaps the only complaint
heard around the community —
and one which is partly justitied—

is about the location of the
building. Some have wondered
why the chamber didn’t place it
nearer the highway, perhaps by
the government weigh scale or
across from the airport

there EApsars to be two

reasons for that. Firstly, the cham
ber anticipoted the Highways
Ministry would build the new inter-
change overpass right by its door,
though that may not happen.

But secondly, and perhaps most
importantly, the chamber received
the property virtually for nothing,
thanks to the City of Castlegar

Please address all Letters to the
Editor to: The Castlegar News,
P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar, B.C. VIN
3H4, or deliver them to our office
at 197. Columbia Avenue,
Castlegar, B.C

Letters must be signed and in
clude the writer's full name and
address. Only in very exceptional
cases will letters be published
without the writer's name. Never
theless, the name and address of
the writer must be disclosed to the
editor

The Castlegor News reserves
the right to edit letters tor brevity.
clarity, legality and grammar

Letters to the Editor

If not for a holiday long weekend
and Canada Post, Audrey Moore
might today still be in the Castlegar
mayor's chair instead of pounding
the pavement trying to drum up
voter support for her Social Credit
election campaign

One of the interesting footnotes
to last. Monday night's Rossland
Trail Socred nomination meeting, in
which Moore went to a fifth ballot
before finally turning aside a
combined challenge from longtime
party members Sid Crockett and
Burt Campbell, is that only 290 of
the 450 people who showed up at
Tadanac Hall were voting party
members.

Some observers (who obviously
didn’t know better), expressed sur
prise at the number of spectators
who found their way to Tadanac to
watch the proceedings. Now things
can get pretty ho-hum around these
parts, but dull enough to drive more
than 150 people to a political nom
ination meeting? Come on.

No, 100 or so of those extra people
at the meeting were party members
all right, but they were ruled in
eligible to vote. That in part ex
plains the mixup during voter
registration that delayed the nomi
nation speeches by about a half
hour

The problem was that the mem
bership cards for those 100 or so
people hadn't arrived at Social
Credit party headquarters in Rich
mond in time to make the members
eligible to vote at the nomination
meeting

Under party regulations brought
in following the 1983 election, mem
bership cards must be into the
Richmond office 30 days prior :o the
nomination meeting. The change
was made to prevent candidates
signing up new members and then
back dating the membership cards

But the bulk of the new mem
bership cards in Rossland-Trail
didn't get to the Richmond office
only 26 days before
the numiaation meeting

until Sept. 3

Ron
Norman

We sent them by regular mail,”
explained Carl Price, a member of
the Socred constituency executive.
Price also said it didn’t help that the
cards were sent over the Labor Day
long weekend.

That was because many of the
new members were signed up
during Premier Bill Vander Zalm's
visit to the riding Aug. 25-27

So “well in excess of 100 mem
bers” (according to Price) were left
standing around Tadanac Hall last
Monday night without a vote. Who
knows, Moore might still have come
out on top, perhaps earlier and with
a larger majority

Then again, she might not have,
and either Campbell or Crockett
could have been the Socred stan
dard bearer in this election. But
that’s politics, isn't it?

. . oe

Moore was not the clear favorite
of all the party members at Mon
day's nomination. That much is
evident by the fact she had to go to
five ballots to wrest the nomination
away from Crockett

It will be interesting now to see if
the party's old guard rallies around
Moore, a relatively new Socred, in
her bid to defeat NDP MLA Chris
D'Arcy

Campbell gave one clue to that
this week when asked if Moore can
work with the party's old guard
We can certainly work with
Audrey,” he said cryptically

Crockett’s response to a similar
question the night of the nomination
meeting was: “If Audrey Moore
wants to win the election, she needs
my wife on her team.” Crockett's
wife directed his campaign for the
nomination.

It's been nearly a week since
Moore won the nomination, yet her
campaign is off to an incredibly slow
start. That contrasts with D'Arcy’s
campaign, which kicked off the
morning following his rubber stamp
acclamation for the NDP
nation.

nomi

Move over Mrs. Marcos

A million dollars of tax monies was
spent on a two-week tour of Asian
countries by Brian and Mila Mulroney
This tops their tour of Paris and New
York which only cost $800,000.

Imelda Marcos, with your 3,000 pairs
of shoes, move over; our prime
minister and wife can outspend you any
time.

While programs and projects are cut
or eliminated that gave work and a
little income to hundreds of thousands
of Canadians in need, the money is then

squandered on the Mulroneys.

One miniscule example of such cuts
was in Nelson this summer which saw
the grant cut to the Summer Program
for children six to 12 years of age.
Instead of employing eight students for
2" months, the grant allowed only six
to be employed. Thus two young
children were denied an opportunity to
earn about $2,000.

One wouldn't mind biting the bullet
if one thought the savings were being
used, to build a stronger economy

Support sought for
one weedless day

Most readers will be aware that
cigarette smoking is the major pre
ventable public health hazard facing
the western civilized world. Approxi
mately 30,000 persons die prematurely
every year in Canada alone due to the
cigarette smoking habit. I wonder if
readers are aware that recent studies
suggest that a conservative estimate of
500 lung cancer deaths occur every
year among non-smokers due to
secondhand or sidestream cigarette
smoke

As an individual I firmly believe in
freedom of thought, freedom of speech
and freedom of action, as long as such
action does not impact upon the legiti
mate rights of others. As Medical
Health Officer, 1 am committed to en
couraging others to adopt healthful life
sytles so that not only will the length of
life be increased but the quality of life
also enhanced. To this end, education
persuasion, and whatever legitimate
way is available to me, will be used tc
encourage the adoption of such health
lifestyles.

In this regard, I solicit the support of
both non-smokers and even smokers
for the concept of “weedless Wednes
days”. If the 68 per cent in the general
population which does not smoke let it
be known to the proprietor of their
favorite restaurant that they would
enjoy eating, dining out, or having a
coffee in a smgge-free atmosphere one
day per wee&, the combined pur
chasing pow@gm would persuade res
taurant owm that at least one day
per week, smokers should be
entitleg@te enjOy good food, or coffee,
without the polluting effect of second
hand or sidestream cigarette smoke

Many restaurant owners state that

vast majority of their patrons
e, particularly over their cups of

Could this be because large
numbers of non-smokers avoid smoke
filled enclosed areas such as res

coffee.

taurants?

The Central Kootenay Union Board
of Health, recognizing the dangers
associated with cigarette smoking, for
smokers and non-smokers alike, has
agreed to help advertise any res
taurant prepared to offer “weedless
Wednesdays”, on a trial basis for a
month or so.

Readers (smokers and non-smokers)
are invited to comment through the
columns of this newspaper

Dr. N.M. Arnott, M.Se., F.R.C.P.

Director /Medical Health Officer

Central Kootenay Health Unit

Brisco
excuse
illogical

Please permit me space to reply with
a short rebuttal to Kootenay West MP
Bob Brisco and his letter supporting
the apartheid regime in South Africa
with the same illogical excuse used by
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher,
President Ronald Reagan, P.M. Botha
of South Africa, and the chief of the
Zulu nation with the unpronouncable
name.

Despite all this flowery rhetoric of
these eminent people I would strongly
support the overwhelming call for
sanctions as evidenced by the chur
ches, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Nelson
and Winnie Mandela, the British
Commonwealth (except Mrs. Thatcher)
the European community, Japan and
hosts of caring people throughout the
world

Pat Romaine
Castlegar

toward a more secure future. But to
see it squandered! Cuts could surely
have been made in line with the state of
Canada’s economy in some of the
following expenses:

$300,000 for transporting sound,
video and office equipment (why not
use facilities there?)

© $41,700 for a banquet;

$37,800 for rented transportation;

$42,500 on gifts for foreign officials;

$5,700 for expenses for Mulroney's
butler and maid;

e $2,572 for a translater for Mrs.
Mulroney in Japan;

If the government really wants to
trim the fat off its spending it could
start with lopping off its head.

Vera Kristiansen
Nelson

Issues in

education.

Now that Premier Bill Vander Zalm
has called an election, teachers, like
many others, will be supporting and
working for the political party of their
choice. The Castlegar District Tea
chers’ Association has no political
affiliation and does not work for any
party. However, we do believe that
education should be one of the major
issues of this campaign

B.C. voters should be aware of some
of the trends that government edu
cation policy has taken in the past few
years:

1. B.C. is ninth in Canada in amount
spent on each child's education. Only
Newfoundland spends less!

2. B.C.’s education budget has had a
real decrease of 13.8 per cent since

3. In 1985 government spending on
public school students dropped by 2.8
per cent while spending on private
school students rose by 7.5 per cent

4. Class sizes have risen to 1974
jevels.

5. B.C. allocates only 7.4 per cent of
its total budget to education, ninth in
Canada, while property taxes have
been raised

6. Only the Atlantic provinces have a
lower rate of pay for certified teachers.

These are just a few of the education
issues, but they should initiate ques.
tions on the future of our children and
education. We would like parents and
voters of Castlegar to raise these
questions with the candidates when
they come to seek your support. Your
child's education is now in your hands.

Michael Rodgers
President, CDTA

By MIKE KALESNIKO
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Staff Writer
ROSSLAND -TRAIL candidate
Audrey Moore made a surprise visit
to the NDP breakfast Friday
morning and was in good form
When Bob Skelly was introduced
Moore applauded amicably remark
ing, “I guess I can clap for him too
But when the audience got to
their feet for a standing ovation she
added: “Now they're pushing it.”
SKELLY showed no sign of his
much publicized jitters while speak
ing at the breakfast. It was also
pointed out that he refused coffee
and drank only milk. Wife Alex, who
was with him at the breakfast, has

Election notebook

said that coffee contributed to his
earlier “anxiety attacks.”

LOCAL NDP President Ren
Sehmidt drew a few chuckles at
Thursday night's rally in Trail when
he said people could wait until
after the speech, then they would be
given an opportunity to ask Skelly
“personal questions”

SKELLY MADE reference to
Social Credit candidates who have
been saying the only way to have
good representation in Victoria is to
elect a Socred MLA. Skelly called
this the thinking of a “one-party
province” and he termed the idea
“political blackmail”

BOB SKELLY
drinking milk

THE NDP breakfast was well
attended by the major media
including Clem Chapel of BCTV and
Cennie Monk of CBC-TV. Unfort
unately, neither seemed to be aware
that Moore was attending the
breakfast until long after she had
left

Remember
When?

35 YEARS AGO
From the Oct. 4, 1951

ar News
‘Tuesday night the Castlegar Ki
wanis Club announced Miss Joanne
Dunlop as winner of their musical

scholarship.

.

The Women's Auxiliaries of West
Kootenay deanery of the Anglican
Church meeting was held Thursday at
South Slocan.

Delegates from Grand Forks, Trail,
Rossland, Castlegar, Kinnaird, Fruit
vale, Nelson, Willow Point, Nakusp,
New Denver and Kaslo as well as
South Slocan attended the day-long
session. Host was Rev. Canon W.J
Silverwood, rural dean

. .

The first meeting of the fall season of
the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Canadian
Legion was held in the Legion hall on
Sept. 25 with president Mrs. E. Me
Donald in the chair and 12 members
present

Committees were appointed for the
bridge and whist drives. The first
series will be held the third Saturday of
October.

*_ 6* *

Mr. and Mrs. L. Ackney had as their
guests over the weekend, Mr. and Mrs.
R. McKinnon and Mr. and Mrs. Cyril
Belmer of Brandon, Manitoba.

. .

Mrs. A. Zuckerberg returned last
Sunday from a holiday and business
trip to Calgary

25 YEARS AGO
From the Oct. 5, 1951
Castlegar News

Castlegar has a new fraternal group
known as Nordic Lodge No. 50, Sons of
Norway. This lodge came into exis
tence Sept. 30 at the Twin Rivers Hall
under the leadership of Tormod Rek
dal, Regional manager of Vancouver
Henry Carlson, president of Lodge No.
2, conducted the balloting of 62 new
candidates from Castlegar and neigh
boring cities and two transfers from
Prince Rupert, Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar
Selvig, who are making their home
here

. 2 «

Bill Stefoniuk won the Castlegar and
District Golf Club handicap champion
ship and the Leo Bosse trophy

In a match that was very closely
contested he took the match from John
Zaporozan on the last bole of the
18-hole final. The consolation prize of
the competition was won by Gerry
Rust with Bill Johnson as runner-up

. 6 «

“British Columbia Telephone Com
pany has-passed the 90 per cent mark
in number of dial telephones in its
360,000 square mile system, with the
recent conversion of Trail's 6,200
phones to automatic operation, ac
cording to a company announcement

15 YEARS AGO

From the Oct. 7, 1971

Castlegar News

At precisely 10 o'clock last Thursday
morning, Castlegar's acting clerk
treasurer, Mrs. Betty-Jean Price, an
nounced opening of the annual tax sale
of properties. (Properties whose taxes
have been in arrears for a total of three
years.)

Crowded into the foyer of the
Castlegar municipal office were some
20 people believed the largest crowd
ever to attend a tax sale in the
community. The reason for the in
terest: for the first time legislation had
required a municipality to advertise
the street addresses, as well as the
legal descriptions, of properties to be
put under the auctioneer’s hammer and
people with their curiosity aroused as
well as serious bidders were on hand

. 8 6

Castlegar would like to join with
Kinnaird in inviting Premier Alexi
Kosygin to visit the area when he
makes his official visit to Canada.

The proposal came at Castlegar town
council Tuesday night and it is
suggested tha’ if Kinnaird is agreeable.
an approach be made to the Depart
ment of External Affairs in Ottawa to
extend the invitations to the Kremlin's
top official

+ 8

An attempt will be made by Kinnaird
town council to have a light signal
placed at the highway intersection at
the Castleaird Plaza shopping centre

5 YEARS AGO
From the Oct. 4, 1981
Castlegar News

Selkirk College maintenance and
clerical workers have voted to throw
out the Canadian Union of Public Em
ployees as their bargaining agent in
favor of the Pulp, Paper and Wood
workers of Canada

Employees voted 64-57 or 53 per cent
to change unions in a ballot conducted
Thursday and Friday by the B.C. Labor
Relations Board

eo Ae

Castlegar council has lost round one
of its fight with the B.C. Buildings
Corp. over a new courthouse

In a letter to council that arrived
Monday. BCBC indicated it would re
tender the contract for the new court
house in January

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