B4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Mav 3 1979 /Your Turn One’of the important functions of any newspaper Is to * provide readers with a means of Indicating their stand on s important issues of the day. That's what Your Turn is all ‘about — a chance for you not only to take a stand on an + Issue but to find out how mony other people feel the same 2 way. . Should Regional Districts . Be Given More Power? Diol-a-Thovght B.C. Way to Get Married “Hang-loose” British Col- umbians are mortified. Their ‘They need only give the opera- tor a code number from a 2 for suaveness is crumbling. The Health Education Cen- tres of B.C. have just disclosed bi the tape warited — to get advice on a problem which, in other circum: stances, might h that out of 169 three- to six-minute tapes they play on request to telephone callers, by far the most popular is “Who to Marry.” Regardless of the outcome of the provin- cial election; the role of B,C’s regional : districts shows bright promise as‘a source of > controversy both on a provincial and a regional level. While one side says that in their existing form regional districts are little better than clearing-houses for rubber- stamping provincial government decisions, “another side says they should not become a fourth level of government. What do you say? : Should the provincial government give regional districts more power? Mail to: air BOX 3007, CASTLEGAR, B.C. VIN SH4 Please check the box of your choice and in- clude any written comments with your clip- - out coupon, YES[_] NOL] + APRIL 17 RESULTS: Despite confusion of some readers over the ‘wording of the poll on criminal prosecution of persons charged with ing small ties of marijuana for their own use, those opposed to retention of criminal charges made their position ar. While 34 per cent favored prosecution of those charged with possession of marijuana for their own use for a criminal offence, 66 : ber cent were opposed. In what was the biggest response so far in & Your Turn poll, comments accompanying the ballots included several drawings of odd-shaped plants with serzated leaves. A +Grand Forks reader who voted in favor said governments “should stop worrying’ about the discomfort they are causing grass jokers and concern themselves with not influencing more and jore to get started,” Claiming that the effects of alcohol and : tobacco are worse than marijuana, another reader who cast an : ‘opposing ballot said “drinking and cigarettes are way worse for : you, so if they are legalized why shouldn't dope?” Since it is a --priminal offence, has made good, ding citizens be :franded as criminals,” wrote another. It's a shame, because the Zworst thing these people are guilty of is smoking a joint, relaxing sand seeing the world with a smile." Yet another reader suggested. tthe federal government purchase incoming drugs “then place some at designated locations free of charge. Think of the crime this ‘Syould eliminate.” is 5 p.m... Wed- on the right of Ine is & p.m. Installment Payments Come in All Sizes . It was a case of the tax assessor's office going that xtra step. Robert and Mildred Sears , Of East Providence, R.I. owed :32 cents tax on their 1975 car. :But instead of being dunned for «the entire amount, they got a ‘bill for the first of two 16-cent ‘instalments, “IT said they must be crazy," said Mrs. Sears, re- calling her reaction when the bill arrived. Mrs. Sears and her hus- band decided to withhold pay- ment, hoping the city will add the 32 cents to next’ year's bill, The second 16-cent instal- ment was due in March. Available now, at Bosse’s! The amazing Seiko Quartz Memory Bank Calendar watch. is the painfully self- Narcissism notwithstand- ing, the tape service also has answers for many thousands of calls concerning physical health problems — “Arthritis,” “Bee Stings," “Venerea! Disease” seramble for second place be- tween “Am I Mature?” and “How to be Happy,” and beg- ging for ion close behind, and “E are also in the top 20. * It success recently prompt- ed the B.C. branch of the affairs di to is “How to be Better Looking.” These are four of the five most. hook up 133 tapes in a pilot project of its own, The health tapes in 100,000 calls made over the last two years, and they leave British Columbians rea- son to soul-search over. their penchant for electronic soul- searching. The other tape in the top five ‘outlines a stop-smoking plan, and contains the sort of practical self-help advice that B.C. health officials had ex- pected would be most often in demand. Since theirs is the only such phone-in system in Can- ada, they had no records to go b : y- Joan Harter, Vancouver director of the Health Edu- cation Centres, guesses that the overwhelming popularity of what she calls the “psycholo- gical tapes” stems from the anonymity accorded to callers. ‘ and tapes are played by the same operators, and the only difference in the request code is that consumer tape numbers are prefaced by the letter “C", — a system which, last month, gave "Gum Disease" (181) to a caller who wanted to know how to buy skis (C-181). As consumers, British Col- umbians have proven hard- headed — the top three con- sumer tapes so far have been “How ‘to Buy a Used Car,” “How to Shop for a Mortgage” and “How to Buy a Home.” Lest social observers be led to infer a solid, homebody B.C. character from this, it should be noted that last month 78 people called to heat “How to be Better Looking,” while only four people requested “Save Your Children's Teeth." April — May saat April 22 - May 12: Print display by ‘noted ~ Canadian painter Tony Onley to be shown at the National Exhibition Centre in Castlegar. Hours are from 10:80 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Centre is closed Monday and Tuesday. April $0 - May 4: Kootenay School of Art graduate, Brad Pasutti, who hails from Trail, will be showing paintings and sculpture in the KSA Gallery. ‘Tuesday, May 1 Beginning May 1 - 31, a show of South American cera- -mics at the National Exhibition Centre in Castlegar. University Women's Club is sponsoring a Provincial Can- didates Public Forum at 7:30 pm. in the Trail Jr. High auditorium. Moderator is Chris- tine Grant of CJAT Radio. ‘Thursday, May 3 Christian Science Society welcomes you to hear Miss Patricia Tuttle, C.S.B. of San Francisco, Calif. who will speak on “Claim Your Real Inheri- tance”. At 8 p.m. in church auditorium at 287 Baker St. in Nelson. . May 8 - 4: Theatre Ener- gy's “Power Play” will be pre- a sented at the Silverton Gallery in Silverton, , Friday, May 4 ; “Trial by Jury", by RLOP, to be shown at Rossland Sec- ondary auditorium at 8 p.m. (May 10-12 at Trail Jr. High.) Saturday, May 5 May & - 6: “Power Play” y * will be shown at Nakusp High hool. Schoo! Drawing workshop in- structed by Leni Normington at the National Exhibition Centre in Castlegar, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration fee is $20, Tuesday, May 8 Fiesta Fashion Show ‘at Trail Jr. High. Thursday, May 10 May 10-11: Trail Annual Fiesta Days featuring an Arts and Crafts Show. Contact Karla Gardiner at 868-3870 for further details. * «¢ « You are invited to list your events and activities in Com- munity Datebook. Send us a note — typewritten or printed — at: Datebook, Box 3007, Castlegar, BC. VIN SH4. 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Moat people love them, » ‘Alot of people are afraid of them (at least those that grow }. “And ‘throughout history ted with ‘T they've ‘bad. associa + “Them” is the lowly mush- jm, But in the Slocan Valley mushrooms provide a god living for'a man, his wife and their £ grow mushrooms commercially, f Ten years sgo Henning | r Pibl uprooted his family from { Campbell River on Vancouver Island.and moved to Winlaw. } Then, in July of 1976, “tired of : climbing hills as a faller” and d Pibl . four children, Because they , their children | Stopher, 16, Suzette, '18, Annete, 12, and Karen, 7, The Slocan Valley. mush- room grower says the main dif- ference between his product’: sand those grown at Vancouver is that he doesn't use manure. He uses a amall farm tractor to mix-hay and sawdust. When’ this mixture breaks down into a. type of compost, it'then goes | into the growing area, e growing area is a huge. * Th “barn” built by Piht’ of local atone, The stone was used be- cause of its easy availability, but also because the moisture level ‘in mushroom ° growing must be kept high and stone or concrete isn't affected by mois- ture in the same way that wood would be over a long period of time, + his experimentation with mush- { Foom growing into a fulltime y business. } operation again, almost doub- } ling’his production, : — At the moment, the: com- { plete production of Henning ¢ Pih!’s mushroom farm is sold | (at $1.25 a pound) to customers ¢ calling at the farm and to one commercial outlet, the Slocan ‘ Park Co-op, When the expan- ‘sion program is .completed, }-additional commercial ‘outlets will be sought. + But ‘growing mushrooms isn’t a. nine-to-five job. Close neighbors, the Arvid Swansons, And now he's enlarging his ' The jh growin; process sounds simple, but involves a lot of work: The compost is put: into 4'x6' traya and the mushroom spore (a fungus that is pur- chased already growing on rye grain) is spread on the compost” trays much as grass seed would be spread on a proposed lawn. ‘The spore has minute roots that can’t be seen with the naked eye and, after ‘they've been stacked seven high, the trays are moved into the mush- room barn with a-forklift. . The barn is heated with radiator pipes. to a constant _ Mushroom Growing in the Slocan Valley ment to Fulltime | rs ? Livelihood Readily available rocks were used to build huge durable barn the bottom of the compost, and then, when it hits the bottom of the tray, it starts pushing mushrooms up. - ‘ After five weeks the mush- rooms start to appear, and at . the end of the sixth week Pihl and his family are picking. The mushrooms continue to come in flushes (cycles) of 10 days with picking being done for six days and the beds.resting for four days. The compost lasts until the mushrooms start coming out (“about 10.weeks"), then everything is thrown out and the process is started all over a At the beginning, the trays are “completely white" with h and-then thin out y J: of 58°, although when they're first report Pihl is a ng man who labors “all day long, seven'days a week.” And he’ assisted a good part of that time by his wife, Mary, and planted the iskept higher. (Mushrooms will not grow in temperatures over 68°, , although spawn will.) : The spawn grows down to Henning Pihl checks trays which show signs of the harvest to come Public Can Help During Forest Week Canadian Forestry Ass'n. Release . time wondering or leave it'to someone else. First spend a towards the end of the growing period. , The barn is kept dark so that the mushrooms stay white. If they were exposed to the sun they would darken and, worse still, dry up. es 3 The mushrooms are picked by twisting. Then the stems are © cut: with a knife. and they're taken to the wash room before being ‘sold. 2 “The sooner they hit the market after picking, the bet- ter,” says Pihl, because they're then very. firm. | The. mushroom grower says'his mushrooms “are the best type on the market for canning or freezing,” and peo- .ple buy them in lots ranging from two pounds to 40 pounds. Pihl's move to enlarge his - production facilities will involve the hiring of some workers and will also involve the building of a sterilization room where the Yaushrooms will be planted. 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