A4 August 21, 1988 (.- a Sy. Pe, Castlégar News. ¥ MAY 4, 1900 WeCORPORATING IH MID. WEEK AA LV. CAMPBELL — PUBLISHER, AUGUST 7, 1947. FEBRUARY 19,1979 PUBLISHER — Buri Compbel! EDITOR — Ron Norman ANT FOREMAN — Peter Horvey AD" ING MAN: Rn — Gar OFFICE MANAGER — Lindo K CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hadley he News Lid., provided yn repro prools You figure it out The provincial government can't seem to make up its mind about Robson-Raspberry. On the one hand, the province says it won't operate the Castlegar-Robson cable ferry because there are two alternative highway routes that can be used In the same breath, Victoria says that a liquor agency outlet is being considered for Robson-Raspberry because the community is ote". And why is it remote? Because of the long distances the residents must travel to the nearest government liquor outlet in Castlegar. Yet that’s just what everyone has been telling the provincial highways ministry for the last four months; that if the ferry is removed from service, Robson-Raspberry residents will be cut off from Castlegar and the many services it provides. Don't be surprised if the province decides that Robson-Raspberry residents need other government services — not just a liquor agency store — now that the ferry isn't running And this is going to save us money? You figure it out. Sensible bylaw The new municipal bylaw regulating smoking in public places is a sensible piece of legislation that addresses the concerns of many residents, both smoking and non-smoking. The bylaw is not overly restrictive, nor does it try to dictate what private businesses can and cannot do fet instance, most businesses that presently allow smoking will be able to do so under the new bylaw, provided the businesses post a sign with the words “smoking permitted” at their entrances Similarly, employers that presently allow smoking anywhere in their workplace can continue that under the new bylaw as long as they post a sign at the staff entrance with the words: “this is a smoking permitted workplace The bylaw is more restrictive when it comes to reception areas and service lines. It prohibits smoking in or near a service line in any building open to the public and at a service counter in a bank or government office. And smoking is prohibited in reception areas except in designated smoking areas. Castlegar council deserves credit for bringing in the bylaw, one of several progressive bylaws adopted this year (another is the Property maintenance bylaw, which was tested for the first time this week). There's just one quibble. When the smoking bylaw was first in troduced in May it drew some sharp criticism from two aldermen — Patti Richards and Bob MacBain. Yet Mrs. Richards and Mr. MacBain were conspicuously silent the next two times the bylaw came before council, their opposition apparently gone up in smoke. Were they won over? If so, how? There's a sneaking feeling the real debate over this bylaw oc- curred behind closed doors — perhaps in some smoky backroom? What would you say if I told you that one. of the most scenic train trips in the world is right at ourdoorstep, but is largely ignored by British Columbians? Then what would you say if I told you it costs less to go by train than to travel the same distance by bus? It’s true The train trip is B.C. Rail’s Vancouver to Prince George run And there isn’t a rail route in the world that can rival its scenery. I've ridden the Marrakech Ex- press from Marrakech to Casa- blanca, seen the grandeur of the Alps on a train from Geneva to Milan, cut through the heart of England, taken a marathon jour- ney into the interior of Turkey, and sat in the dome car on Via Rail's ride through the Rockies. Each was spectacular in its own way and thoroughly enjoyable. But none can quite match the B.C. Rail route’s natural beauty To top it off, it only costs $52 one way (the bus costs about $80 one way and isn't anywhere near the same). The trip starts at the B.C. Rail station in North Vancouver on the shores of Burrard Inlet. It is a full day of travelling, beginning at 8 a.m. and reaching Prince George at 9 p.m. that same day The train hugs the coastline for the first 40 miles (B.C. Rail, like the other Canadian railways, has turned its back on the metric system and still measures its routes in the traditional miles). There are wonderful views of the Pacific Ocean to Horseshoe Bay, where the train turns north and travels along the shoreline of Howe Sound toward Squamish At Squamish snow-capped Mount Garabaldi (named in 1860 to honor Giuseppe Garabaldi, the 19th century Italian soldier and stateman) rises up 2,678 metres The scenery suddenly changes — and this is one of the unique features of the B.C. Rail line; it has such diverse scenery: ocean, alpine, desert, ranchlands Here, the rail line snakes thtough Cheakamus Canyon as the Cheakamus River tumbles wildly below. The train follows the river 25 miles (remember, no metric) to the summit of the Coast Range at Alta Lake near Whistler. (Cheakamus, by the way, gets its name from an Indian word meaning ‘‘those who fish with cedar rope nets’’) The train continues through Pemberton, Mount Currie and Birken, toward Anderson and Seton Lakes — two alpine lakes that are only accessible by rail. The milky blue-green color of Seton Lake is the result of glacial runoff. The train descends into Lillooet, mile zero for the old Cariboo Wagon Road. From Lillooet you will want to sit on the left side of the train — if you're not afraid of heights — because here the train crosses the Fraser River and begins a winding 900-metre climb up a 2.2 per cent grade to the Cariboo Plateau. The train breezes through Williams Lake and Quesnel, quickly reaching Prince George. The day we took the 462-mile (remember, metric) trip, B.C. Rail had four of its newly-refurbished Budd cars on. The cars aren't quite like the rail cars we are used to. And the engine is..'t the same as the one that pulls the Via passenger train But the nice thing is you can walk up to the engine car and visit with the engineer (which we did) and if you're lucky, (which we were) he'll even let you blow the whistle and ring the bell. Ron Norman ar CTAMRR. Remember when 40 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 19, 1948 News The survey of street lighting has started and the West Kootenay will be starting the installation very soon. It has been suggested that an amber light be installed on the highway bridge. ee The Kinnaird Commissioners held their first meeting after Incorporation on Monday evening last. Mr. A.R. McDiarmid was elected chairman of the Board and the first and second reading of the procedure by-law was given. eee It is said that the price of paper is so high now that show manufacturers are returning te the old standby, leather. eee A weekend visitor who said the eleven o'clock Mass last Sunday at St. Rita’s Church was the very Rev. A.T. Mcintyre V.F., pastor of St. Mary's Church, Cranbrook. Father Mclntyre, who has had charge of the Slocan Missions and other Mission districts in the Nelson Diocese, was on a holiday visit renewing his Letters to the editor former eee Romance and adventure are the twin themes which spark the exciting action of ‘“‘Tycoon’’ RKO Radio’s big Danger signs ignore It is truly a symp of our degraded system of government and big business when obvious signs of danger are ignored in order to greedily continue to make or save money. How many times in the past has mankind arrogantly ignored the warnings about a product on the market for the sake of corporate egos and profits? How many people have to get ill, lose kidneys, livers, stomachs, or die of cancer or other Ferry's revenge I was impressed by the front-page photo in the Aug. 14 issue of your paper regarding the overturned truck on Celgar Road which caused a two-hour road closure. Fortunately, no one suffered injury and I can even detect a sense of humor from the government sage who prononounced that the highway bridge over the dam was, ‘‘an excellent alternative’’ to the Castlegar ferry I can imagine the ‘‘spirit’’ of the Robson-Castlegar ferry as it broods forlornly in midstream saying: ‘‘God will get you for that.”” Pat Romaine Castlegar of chemical invasion of their bodies before it is so blatant that the product is banned? There have been many products that have maimed and killed. Why do so many of God's greatest creatures value money ahead of human values, indeed ahead of all life? Why are we so hung up on absolute scientific proof before we protect our bodies and our planet against men’s greed? Aren't we worth erring on the side of caution? Aren’t our children and their children worth protecting? Ob- viously, when profit’ is involved they’re not. The bureaucrats will stop us from jay-walking to protect us. They'll stop us from buying neigh- bor’s milk, to protect us. They build nuclear submarines for billions of dollars, to protect us. So why not stop using chemicals in our food and water chain to protect us. Spike has already caused a disaster in Sault St. Marie. CP Rail has been cleaning up there for months. I'm sure they told everyone that they knew what they were doing; that everything was under control. How can we continue to allow poisonous chemicals to be used near our homes and water? Please, bureaucrats, do something. Please, public, do something. Get off the fence and talk about it. Write letters to influentical people about it Make phone calls to ministers about it. Stop this insanity. It could be your liver that stops working. It could be your body that develops cancer. Or your child's. Think about it, then act on it. Keith Light Winlaw Wording erroneous In a recent letter to your paper from this unit the word ‘‘infamous’’ was used to describe the 54th Koot- enay Battalion. This wording was a serious error and totally inapprop- riate for this battalion. The S4th Battalion served with great honor and the gallantry of its members who gave their lives for freedom's cause are recognized by this unit. It was in no way intended to slander this great name of the battalion, nor to redit the mem- bers who served with it. It was an accidental selection of an inappropriate word to describe the 54th. Please accept this apology for any hard: feelings that may have resulted. C.D. Wright Major Commanding Officer INDIA LARGEST BUYER Arms sales decline By ARTHUR MAX Associated Press STOCKHOLM — Global arms sales are on the decline and the superpowers are losing an important source of political leverage as coun- tries that once relied on them for weapons turn elsewhere, says a report In its 1988 yearbook, the Stock- holm International Peace Research Institute said international arms trad- ing reached $35 billion US last year. It said $24.7 billion worth of weapons, about 70 per cent, were delivered to Third World countries. India was the world’s largest buyer with $5.2 billion The United States, Soviet Union, France, Britain and China supplied 80 per cent of the international market, the report said. But developing countries are reducing their dep y on the The 600-page annual report said arms deliveries increased last year by $2.8 billion, the largest jump in at least five years. It attributed the increase to U.S. and Soviet supplies of jet fighters ordered in the early 1980s. But it said orders were declining, and with an end to the wars in Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf, “the trade in major weapons could drop precipitously.”” still dominated the arms market, but more deals involved licensing agree- ments, technology transfers, and the modernization of outdated systems. The report also said: © At the end of last year, 36 major wars were in progress, as defined by more than 1,000 fatalities. Many of them involved several conflicts am- ong various factions. © Despite the breakthrough in the U.S.-Soviet agreement to dismantle medium-range nuclear missiles, both ‘About 70 per cent were delivered to Third World countries’ superpowers for weaponry. buying less and varying their sources, and military hardware is not the foreign tool it was in the 1960s and 1970s, the institute said. Buyers ‘‘are increasingly able to insulate themselves from the sup- plier’s influence."’ In addition, it said developing countries cannot afford U.S.-built first-line weapons systems, they don’t want inferior Soviet-built equipment, and they gre turning to other manufacturers. The institute, an ndent The Iran-Iraq war spawned a thriving black market. ‘‘Virtually all western nations found themselves embroiled in controversies over il- legal arms sales,"’ said the report, written by Aaron Karp, a researcher from the institute A “grey market’’ of officially approved covert sales was thought to be worth $2 billion last year, the report said. [legal or covert sales to Iran over the last few years included anti-aircraft missiles from the United group mustly funded by the Swedish parliament, monitors worldwide dev- elopments in weapons and arms control. States, p! and sp from Sweden, artillery shelfs from France, and a factory from Czechos- lovakia for producing AK-47 assault rifles. countries dep a total of 1,250 new long-range missiles last year. Britain and France moved toward a collaboration agreement on a new missile, and China continued its modernization program. * The five countries that admit they have nuclear arms conducted test explosions last year at an average rate of one a week, about the same level as before the 18-month Soviet moratorium that ended in February 1987. The Soviet Union conducted 23 tests, the United States 14, France eight, China one and Britain one. © A re-examination of seismic data showed that the United States con- ducted dozens of tests T lor drama co-starring John Wayne and Laraine Day. 25 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 22, 1963 Castlegar News A motion by new Castlegar com- missioner Gwilym Hughes that Comm. R.C. Maddocks and ex- Comm. Frank Richardson be reim- bursed by the lage for legal ex- penses incurred in their protest earlier this year against the Oglow subdivision agreement failed for want of a seconder at council’s meeting Tuesday night. eee About 75 delegates and their wives are expected here Saturday for the annual fall convention of the Associa- tion of Kootenay Municipalities, being hosted by the twin villages of Castlegar and Kinnaird. eee E. Davie Fulton, new leader of the B.C. Progressive Conservative Party, was guest at an informal coffee party held here yesterday. Mr. Fulton met with local residents at a coffee party in the City Centre Dining Room and discussed provin- cial matters. eee Private donations to the Kinnaird swimming pool have totalled $17,423.33 since 1958, a report tab- led at Kinnaird’s council meeting last week disclosed. 15 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 23, 1973 News Mayor John Landis has described himself as ‘‘cheesed off’ with the City of Vancouver's decision not to support Castlegar’s protests to the federal government over the cancel- ling of Canada’s pavilion at Expo '74. eee A vote on the amalgamation of the twin towns of Castlegar and Kinnaird will not take place until November. This was reported to Castlegar coun- cil Tuesday night by Ald. Ed Mosby, who said the earlier date of Oct. 16 has been found impractical eee A traffic count, taken in May by the department of highways at the intersection of 2nd Street and 7th Avenue in Kinnaird, has resulted in a request for signal lights at this inter- section being rejected. eee The Castlegar Figure Skating Club has asked the Town of Castlegar to give consideration to a reduced ice rental fee for the East-West Koot- enay Regional Figure Skating Championships being held here Nov. 24 and 2S. 5 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 21, 1983 Castlegar News What if they staged a rock festival and nobody™came? That's exactly what happened Saturday at the first day of the Hidden Creek outdoor rock festival this weekend near Salmo. Festival promoter John Giza had predicted anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000 fans at the event. But by 1:30 p.m» — an hour and a half after the festival began — less than 100 fans had turned out to listen to the first of eight bands slated to play this weekend. . . ° at the Hobbit Hill Chil- from 1963 to 1986. Moscow, ending its policy of secrecy, announced all tests since the moratorium ended. © Last year, 85 satellites were launched with military functions, or about 75 per cent of all sutellites put into orbit. The Soviet Union reported four launch failures — compared with two for the United States — and three other Soviet satellites malfunctioned. dren's Centre will have a little more room to move in October, once a planned $40,000 addition is com- pleted. The new addition is being built with the help of a $15,600 federal employment grant and will bring the infant development program and the integrated child care program under one roof, August 21, 1988 Castlégar News As WOMEN: There aren't any in cabinet By DAPHNE BRAMHAM Canadian Press VICTORIA — Premier Bill Vander Zalm says he thinks very highly of women. ‘Women have a great deal of intuition,’’ he says. ‘They tend to be influenced by it a great deal. My wife, Lillian, is so perceptive and intuitive about things. I think women are more instinctive too. Certainly no one has proven it otherwise.’’ The B.C. Social Credit leader, however, appoint- ed only one of the four women in his 45-member caucus to cabinet in a July shuffle. And his minister in charge of the women’s secretariat is a man — Stanley Hagen, who proudly says that his wife, Judy, is a member of REAL Women, a group that promotes the traditional role of women as homemakers and mothers. (Among other provinces, only Prince Edward Island has no women in cabinet. New Brunswick has the most with four women cabinet ministers.) Vander Zalm says he never even considered the male-female issue when he made his cabinet appointments. WANTS LOYALTY “‘I say women and men are totally equal,”’ the premier said in an interview. ‘Obviously I need a loyal team. I need people with knowledge in a particular field and I have to take into consideration the regional representation.”’ However, Vander Zalm’s 22-member cabinet does not include a single member from Vancouver. Kim Campbell, the woman representing Van- couver-Point Grey, wasn't offered a cabinet post, and Socred veteran Grace McCarthy from Vancouver-Lit- tle Mountain turned down Vander Zalm’s offer of a lesser cabinet post. McCarthy had resigned as economic development minister before the shuffle, citing interference from non-elected people in Vander Zalm’s office. Also left out was caucus chairman Carol Gran from Langley in the staunchly Socred Fraser Valley. Gran and Campbell may not have passed the loyalty test. They have criticized Vander Zalm’s leadership and his anti-abortion stand. ABORTION FIGHT Earlier this year, Vander Zalm stopped all public funds for abortions in cases where the mother’s life was not in jeopardy. The policy followed the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision that the current abortion law was invalid. RITA JOHNSTON . more women needed “I simply move ahead with’ my job because I believe in what I'm doing. But the legislative process has changed Gran, who worked as an executive assistant to a cabinet minister for 10 years. “I call myself a feminist now. It’s something that I wouldn®t have called myself 20 months ago (before the provincial election) because I found the word offensive,”’ she says. ‘‘But I realized how little support there is for women and children and how little you hear about them in the political world.’’ Many women in the party still belong to its women’s auxiliary — a tea club mainly for the blue-rinse set that is still devoted to providing sand- wiches and other support for the men’s meetings. WOMEN’S ISSUES Gran, a 41-year-old mother of two, spoke to the women’ ’s auxiliary recently and says she was about The provincial policy was later after the B.C. Supreme Court ruled the g did as ived as one of the five NDP women not have the authority to arbitrarily limit medicare payments. Municipal Affairs Minister Rita Johnston — a longtime Vander Zalm supporter and the lone woman in cabinet — says that if there had been more women in cabinet and caucus, the public might have better accepted the abortion policy. ‘‘Women would have been able to say, ‘We had several women in cabinet and in caucus-and they did hear our voices in there.’’’ Johnston, a 53-year-old mother of three, says more women are needed at all political levels because ‘‘we look at things a little differently. ‘*But I must admit I don’t really think about it a lot. I just go ahead and do my job.”” REBUILT PARTY Like Johnston, McCarthy, 61, never thought too much about her sex. “If you get too tied up with that sort of thing, you can’t be effective and it’s self-defeating,’’ says McCarthy. The flamboyant politician was first appointed to cabinet in 1966 and was credited with rebuilding the Socred party after its defeat in 1972. of the might have been. The NDP has 22 members in the legislature. Gran says her party must pay more attention to the so-called ‘‘women’s issues’’ like day care. Otherwise it will lose women to the Opposition New Democrats. But while they admit women face some barriers to getting Socred nominations, none of them — Gran, Johnston, McCarthy or Vander Zalm — wants a rigid system of quotas like the ‘‘gender parity’’ goals set by the New Democrats. As Johnston says: ‘‘You have jerks of both sexes. Why take a chance on a screwball of one sex when there’s someone of the other sex who would be a superb candidate?” Vander Zalm, meanwhile, admits he has some “traditional views of women. “| wouldn’t expect Lillian to push a heavy cart. I would put my shoulder to it. But Lillian knows there are some things she can do a lot better than I can, like washing and ironing. “She wouldn’t let me do it because she’s so much better at it than I am. We share things like that, it just comes naturally.”” had more babies in 1987 than in any year in almost a quarter-century, but the United States also recorded more deaths than in any previous year. Last year also saw the lowest mar- riage and divorce rates in over a decade, government’s National Health Statistics show. Babies galore in 1987 WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans figures compiled by the Centre for Our Action Ad Number is 365-2212 Going away to college? Order the Qi. CastlégarN ews NOW TO BE MAILED TO YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE UNIVERSITY TERM. Only $15 for 8 Months “As good as a Letter from Home!" Phone 365-7266 Gary Fleming Dianna Kootniko! ADVERTISING SALES NEWS STLEGAR To mme 90 cane » CAS FALCON PAINTING & DECORATING 2649 FOURTH AVENUE Bc Naat 365-9863 i —_ LETTER 10th Ave. in need of work The cleanup program the city has put into effect sounds very impres- sive. We and our neighbors will find it even more impressive if our area is included in this project. The area we are concerned about is the deadend bank at the north end of 10th Avenue. We -have submitted many requests asking the city to en- force the fact that this is a dead-end street. Vohicles of all sizes and descriptions drive up here and have to manoeuvre themselves around in this confined space. Motor bikes try and negotiate the steep bank to get up onto the highway. This creates all kinds of problems. As this specific part of the highway is in the location of the city and school bus stop, the need for safety is imperative. What we would like to see put into effect is: 1, Cement blocks returned to their proper position to prevent this bank being used as an approach to and from the highway. 2. A prominent sign at the Kin- naird elementary school end of this dead-end street, one that can be seen and understood by motorists. 3. A general tidying up of this un- sightly bank. 4. A garbage receptacle placed at the top of the steps. These few changes would result in a much safer and more attractive place for residents and users of the local transport. R. and E. Moorhouse 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 Ave- nue, Castlegar. Letters must be signed ond include the writer's full name and address. Only oy exceptional cases will letters be publi ed without the writer's name Nevertheless, the name ond address of the writer must be disclosed to the editor. The Castlegar News reserves the right to edit letters for brevity, clarity, legality and grammar. Our Action Ad Number is 365-2212 CENTRAL FOODS SPECIALS PLETCHERS: BOLOGNA 8 THe Piece We reserve the right to limit quantities Prices limi to stock on hand. a CENTRAL .£90DS Community Ow ree 2717 Columble, Ca For Your Convenience We're OPEN MONDAY WIN TICKETS scribors names are listed below. 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Organization, the head offices of which are located in Grand Forks. In assembling historical material for the supplement the staff of the Boundary News received our full co-operation, and we are satisfied that the final result presents a reasonably fair and authentic picture of the sub- jects covered. We had no prior knowledge, however, of the publisher's in- tention to also distribute this supplement through the Castlegar News, as was done in the edition of August 10, 1988. Had we been aware of this intention, we would most cer- tainly have worded the greeting from our organization (con- tained in a full page ad in the supplement) in such a manner as to include not only the residents of the Boundary region, but the West Kootenay region also. We would also Have strongly suggested to the publisher that the supplement include coverage of that portion of U.S.C.C. history, sites and facilities, etc. which is located in the West Kootenay area, where the majority of our mem- bership resides. We also feel, that with West Kootenay distribution, equal opportunity should have been given to West Kootenay areq@ business (including many involving our USCC members) to advertise in the supplement. We sincerely regret any misunderstanding which may have been created by these oversights which, as explained above, were out of our control. May we take this opportunity to extend, on behalf of all the members of our organization, in this, its Golden Jubilee Year, our sincere greetings to all dur neighbors and friends, in the West Kootenay, in the Boundary, and elsewhere throughout our great multicultural land. The Executive Committee and Staff the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ (U.S.C.C.) Box 760, Grand Forks, B.C. VOH THO