Yy A2 . CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 22, 1981 Employment figures B.C. showsimprovement By Dea McLeod HALIFAX (CP) dustry and the sale of natural resources, Premier Brian Peckford boasted in the Newfound. land legislature this week that unemployment had fallen 44 Percentage ures, just sow unemployment in Newfoundland fell from 17.1 per cent in February, 1078, to 12.7 per cent last ond-best improvement in job the rate went down in -the same period to 5.9 per cent from ese es PeGuebee's rate fell seven- tenths of a point during that time to 9.5 per cent, Alberta's by .6 to 3.6 per cent and three provinces — tO assure tion if a partner dies? Why not let me show you hw you and your each down half a per centage point, P.E.I had the same un- employment level last «month, 10.8 per cent, as it land has little to do, »o far, with offshore petroleum says economist Williamson of St. John's, Nid, although part of the economic hum is dian economy is in a period of strong growth, The devalued dollar is a duetion is not far away is partly responsible for a Job-rich construction boom, said. CALGARY (CP) — An AP berta Court of Appeal has ruled that the federal gov- ernment's excise tax on ex- ‘The decision, handed ye Friday, was unanimous b; ; the iejadges whobeara the the Canadian figures in the last two years. The na. tional rate fell to 7.2 per ‘ebruary from workers increased to 192,000 from 170,000 and the actual number of New- foundlanders unemployed dropped to 28,000 from 35,000, The size of the total labor fores. Er vem 000. from 205,000 in February, 1979. re new Newfoundland have been going full blast.” The plummeting unem- ployment levels reflect the new activity as well as a employment,” Williamson said. MIGRATION MAY REVERSE slowdown in the of the labor force probably reflected the “leading edge” of the end of the post-war baby boom. “What will reverse that is if we see a reverse in the migration pattern” and there are indications that the number of Newfound- landers leaving the prov- ince is Np High unemployment elsewhere in Canada te! to drive people wh, cannot find a job elsewhere back to their native province, “mainty because the bene- + The province had asked the court if the federal gov- ernment had the power to impose an excise tax on gas produced by a government- They ruled that under sec. : tions of the British North America Act the federal gov- ernment did not have the power to impese such a tax. The tax was introduced in the Oct. 28 federal budget. of Robson Urigation District to be held in Robson Church Hall STANELY HUMPHRIES SECONDARY SCHOOL Concert Bands Stage Band . Drama “The Insanity of Mary Girard” Tuesday, March 24 7:30 p.m. Golden Agers . Students .. program calidon terete eae thousand cubie feet on nat- ural gas for export as well as from government-owned wells, “The true object and intent of the tax, its real bite is phinly visible,” said the ap- peal court ji ent. “It is a tax respecting the of a province and to that extent is invalid. reference, it is not a tax on the transaction or on the consumption of gas or on a person. It is a nk ona province respecting its prop- erty and isprohibited by the BNA Act.’ The Alberta case, pre- sented in January, took the form of a reference. The vincial government oper. ation. Ottawa's position was that the province was en- gaged in a regular business transaction. Did you know Although the evidence is not as stark as in Now- said fe the Maritimes also are ex- in the last few years coe the Atlantic economy ‘is heading ‘into a “strong ¢ycle” and added: sented It to the Eroperty ot » and has purported to base its tax on the result.” B.C. _ Racismi in schools a concern: ne Wi Fear of the Klan, which has Happy with ruling VICTORIA (CP) — BC. i Me federal Severnment’s export tax on natural gas is uncon- stitutional. “I'm very happy that that’s the judgment made by the Pine court,” he said Fri- “It's .the position that we've taken from the be- Attorney-General Allan HOMEGOODS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Tues. - Sat. 9:30-5:30 China Creek “Drive a Litte to Save alot” are stolen? 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Vice-principal Rich- ard Manery arrived on the scene just as those involved were leaving the scene, Manery said in the con- fusion he was able to get only the license plate numbers of the Indian student's cara, which he gave to the RCMP. Charnjit Gill sees it an- other way: “It's the same atory — they always regard us East Indian kids as the problem, not the other white ‘kids who start the fights. Masi said one student ‘in volved in the attack on the Indian students has been ex- pelled and he defended the reaction of Manery, who Masi Service yesterday for ‘William Evans 108 Tboe in Wale, end came, to Canada and settled in Trail asa small child. He’ Stew upand attended schools in Trail, and later moved to He was employed by Com- inco, retiring in 1968 after 45 golfer, and a member of the Castlegar Golf Club. He is survived by his wife Louise, of Castlegar; his son Andy, of Vancouver; his two stepsons, Keith Watkin, of Quesnel, and Terry Watkin, of Vancouver; his sister, Bea Bulmer, of Stateline, Nevada; four grandchildren, re three step-grandchil- paid, was conffanted..with a “ald, as fight arr a the it, the called wt oraig ae of parents it In- vited only East Indian par. ents, MRS _HEDDA “THAT. na TEA a Modern Languages at Michaels niversit School in Victoria, has . for a second i year seen one of her. pile ranked first, in Showa friends autre sd British Columbia ‘in’a e nations may be made Heart Fund, P.O, Box 8023, Castlegar. Funeral were under the direction the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. ‘aie invited to see and hear Americas eee authority on the family. James €. Dobson, Ph.D. >CUS COM ICHT teu! MSE DIVISION, WORD, IWCORDORATED. hie 1; The Strong-Willed Child Film 2 Shaping the Will Without Breaking the Spirit ! : Christ! : Fatherin, iB 4: Preparing for Adolescence: The Origins of Self-Doubt Preparing for Adolesce Pressure and Sexuality * nce: : What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women: ‘The Lonely Housewife rs What Wi Money, Sex, and Childs fives Wan ene Husbands Knew About Women: March 24 and every Tues. till May 5th 1:30 p.m. — Fireside [nn Banquet Room = ee Ri March 28 competitive two-hour German, language exa- . contest, . serangenenth | i aot by ¥ West German Consulates sae ross Canat 18 O) to those with no Gernselt. y This year's foremost student of German Beltish: folumbie fs: JODY BARBER (top). aged 16 th of Dr. and Mrs. T.. Arthur Barber of Victoria. Jody. a Grade 11 pupil, is in b second year at St. aise expenses ee West German government. Candidates “to” enter St. Michaels versity Schoo! this- fall are now tested and sidering entry ia 1065 side entry in 1! and other future are cautioned. to now. For information, phone or write: Joba Quatity Remnants for Dressmaring Lou Decorating “ aps equa arena By Pastor IRA JOHNSON (ChurehofGod) . * EVERYONE NEEDS ae HOPE! Some years ago, a near- tragedy occurred «in the waters of the Hudson River near New York.City. A submarine with its full crew had, for come reason, settled to the hottom of the river and would not respond to the efforts of the crew to bring it to the surface. Even their radio communication was cut off, They resorted to tapping out a message in Morse code on the bull of thelr stricken ath in the hope that someone ld hear and understand thelr call for’help. ‘When the searchers came pe’ One of the greatest needs in today’s world is the need for hope. ‘This is true on the international scene, as.world powers continue to pile up armaments. of. destruction, . People in Third World Coun- . tries‘sook: desperately for ‘a way vout | of the’ ‘hopeless. ness” of their situation, Even” in nations - like ‘our own; where -most-of our people have'a sufficient income to +live comfortably, there is a real shortage of hope. Many: mar: hopeless. Family relation- ships break down and are viewed as being hopeless; When you walk on the beach, do you ever wonder what it would be: like.to be atanding on.that very spot 1,000 or’ 1,500 years’ ago? Matt Rohn, local collector of Indian artifacts often does. . It's probably what’ has given him_ su: ‘Tow the xes and boxes. of arrow- toads, spearheads, | bowls, pounders and skinners; 3 col- . lection be guesses includes 2,500 to 3,000 pieces. © . Matt wanders the beaches of the Arrow Lakes’ some- times six days a week, his trained oye 2 spotting an ar- rowhead three yards away that: you and I. might hick aside as just another pebble. He keeps a daily log of all his finds; the day, the month, the year, and .what-.and how: mauch was unearthed, He‘ thumbed through this 1980 was a banner month. He brought home 116 items. So far this year he's found over & hundred arrowh: “They're, still out, there,” he's confident. Since the Hough Keenleyside Dam was built, the situation for the collector’ is’ an ’ interesting one, Matt explained that each time the water rises, it washes up more arrowheads. According to Matt, a gold mine of arrowheads is located at Syringa. Point. The ori- ginal river narrowed there, and apparently, it. was thick : with ocean salmon. The w ‘Lakes region isn't the only place he hunts. 2 eb Divbsie Reape be Personal problems and emo- tional problems: become 80, great in many people's lives that they: seek. escape . ‘ through alcohol, or r drugs, or even by suieidi Many are also fearful of the * future and stand without “resources at the graveside of a loved one. A very real heartery of opr world today is the cry: “Is there any hope?” THERE IS HOPE!" The source of hope on the .. international scene is not in bigger. and. better arma- ments, but in a radical change in human naturé. The . hope for. a more..equitable - sharing of the world's wealth ,and “know-how” also must * spring from hearts no longer controlled by, greed and insensitivity, but rather, from hearts. motivated by love and compassion, |. Marriages and family’ re- Teaches off. egg decorating A- workshop on ‘Ukrainian | Easter egg decorating will’ be" held April 11 from 10:80 a.m.. to 1 p.m. at the- National - i n' Centre in Castle-’- gar: e Bveryone is invited to” come and learn the history: and the. process involved ‘in this, art Materials will be He has searched the beaches . of the Slocan “ River. and *Kokanee Park near Nelson.” “Wherever ‘there are beaches, the Indians would séttle there.” . . Matt | has :all.. kinds - of. implements in his collection, pom very old ones ‘which :he « ‘atound 7,000. @ fairly sew ones , yeara ago. It was very easy to see the difference betwee! the older and .the’ newer, arrowheads when he pointed’ }.£ it out to me, The older ones are crass gray, long spear- « ‘like’ a’. willow Teal nas lationships can thrive only in: the ‘climate ‘of . love : and understanding and, forgive-- ness. Personal problems and emotional problems and fears about the future. can. be - handled by the person who discovered the one who can: bring real hope and purpose into life, Jesus Christ made the far-'- reaching claim: “I have come to bring you life... a life that is_ more‘ abundant.” (John 10:10) He went on to say.that . gitm, @ had come to lay down his’ ‘fe, that we might find for- | giveness and peace and pur-_ pose and hope. {Eee also John 14:1-6) Because Christ is our ere- ator, as well as our example and Savior, He-alone is able to make such -sweeping | claims, and produce radical change in human ‘nature, + Christ can bring hope and purpose to your lif life and your” situation, the art provided ‘so that everyone: will havea chance to try their hand > at’ decorating som eggs. Please preregister by:eill- ‘ing the N.E.C. at 865-2411 before ‘April 4,. if ;. if possible. - ‘The cost of the workshop will be $6 for-N.E.C, ‘members - and $6 fer: newmembers, sibly Tasked him. One method, he “That thing we may’ not lightly have. Thereafter wil] ' = td (for) all day and - Chaucer tka wile of 's Tale’ Just before the ‘turn of the century, in the dying days of the Victorian Era, there was an art dealer in. New York ‘who’ bought.’a number’ of prints .of:a painting called HAAR rac etyoseemaieetete VERSA dy ld rireeeunasiinbmtan et re caeempemeet teense rmnmnieednnales oA x It) shows’ an attractive, -* morning With one hand she Sods 8 te: y skirts'above her knees" while: with’ the “other” she - washes a shapely leg. The picture sat in his’ dis- Deéeney repredentative,’ who, having decided’ what was «best “for .:their.'own conscience, ‘decided that ‘it was, best for others as well: Naturally, ‘as‘s00n as some- one-creates ‘another’ version of ‘forbidden fruit’ h creates Us, 'y created. “bility and clergy... the * law: : which’. controlled’ every aspect of the life ‘of a. togeth ‘with His’ preaching won” many converts’ who, asa wit- “ness to their devotion, built xi ffir tal ho ts law > play window for, weeks and“ scarcely drew a glance’ from = passers-by. Then the. dealer’: de cheonueake fe froot of the! “became one ‘of “the -best--" known own'across the nation and © ‘in hundreds of th The dosirabii ty and aw nesa of ‘forbidden fruit’ is old ‘as:the story of mother Eve eat.” Bri attached. All too-often itis ~ Tei inforced by eoe eee “looking for a warzier place and saw an ad in the pape! Matt, then only. a, remen- . “In his unique way,: ‘Matt is an-historian, an.ar--’ chaeologist, and probably would be the f climb aboard.a time machine and head back to . irst to the Arrow Lakes a thousand years ago.” says Mattin describing them, ‘These were fastened to sticks and used to. spear the larger the arrowhead, the + larger the animal it could kill. the notched-type of arrow- head is a newer variety, and is more easily fastened to spears. “I guess as they got . modern they decided to put notches in ‘them.”. “Matt guesses that the arrowheads were used only. once or twice -and that is why they are so plentifal. “Some are as sharp as a needle yet,” he states. ° . Matt has hundreds: of an: - other. type of rock utensil used by the Indians, Small rocks, flat on one side were filed down to a sharp edge all “around, These, he concludes, said, is to heat the rock, then cool it suddenly in the ‘water, « * “then chip away!”. - Larger boxes in Matt's basement are filled with the "bers “that first. winter was like paradise, » warm and no, snow.” “Between 36 and 40 ‘a blacksmith’by trade, began . families were, settled in Ren-" pik aud most of-them fruit, more ‘rare. pounders and. bowls.: Like a’ mortar and pestle, these were used to etush and grind things. He's . not sure why,: but. “in this country a nhs never found a lot of bowls.” showed me a “tretootlong pounder. Matt supposes. it - was‘either an ornament, ‘or used to crush an extremely hard substance like bone, Matt began to discover r his first Indian artifacts when he: “was ‘a: boy ig up, in Renata on the Arrow Lakes. MWe, used to find arrowheads at 50 loved this. idyllic community, this :-mount shangrila, that when he grew up he stayed right there’ ‘and managed the. fruit packing house. “There was quite a: market for Renata fruit. It- was-ideal for growing. One year we had 17 loads of anaes : : His collection has all > Kinds of implemen- ts. Shown’ here’ are some of -his arrowheads which~ Matt said. are easy’ “to tell the ‘older from the newer. aIn at sirailar. “fashio! when: the Frovhet ‘forbade ig, to be precise: thou shalt net drink one @rop.of _eplcitons liquor’ — the alight- ly: less-than-deyout sons of na Prophet: would carefully.“ remove 'the offending drop, dangerous, ' , when it attempts to arbitrate “and direct ‘morality. For example, there is the case of the Italian Renale- sance Dominitian monk Sav. ononorola” who,’ deeply ‘con cerned aver. the :Hicentious- ness and moral laxity of the period, ‘preached. fiery de- juneiations ‘on the moral : It: was his own ‘spn,, Bays, Matt, who. really. got ‘him’: gol Arrow Lake was going to be flooded bythe new: dam. .., “The Indians,” he explained © -" tome, “built in holes.:They'’d _ diga hole and pitch their tent ” over it because it was warm- er. in the. ground.” ” Before the ‘water 5 chaeologists from ‘all. over came to dig in these holes. “My .boy, was a. teenager... then,” he said, “and was real ' interested in what they, were * doing.-So I had to drive him | in the ear; and I wasn't going to sit in the car and wait for, “him, so both of us would dig :, and '-dig.: We chad ‘a - little sereen with us and cali fnd of ‘culture they've left behind. +: ) Unfortunately,’ pega x ol, while fleeing the sin of CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 22, 1981. Enticement of ‘forbidden fruit’. Ina x ke 1 manner; { great grandfather, could’ tog. any street corner today, and ans aa aed by the. lure of ‘special | pow! _beeame involved in the prac: tice’ of witcheraft,’ ably. in the fires. With | the ' coming’ in“ the : xt’ century «of in increased liberal education, the! whole: immorality, fell into the sin of ». nigh pride, . was ; take: pnerites for-centurlés before, became -‘minions’ ‘the: devil,”; en’ dowed-with all’ kinds of ter- bes supernatura! Exhibition Centre," would like to. someday. dis- play his ‘collection :for all to’ Bee but, “Pm always so busy + looking ‘that. I never: have. ar. time to mount and dato them, properly.” on! In bis unique babs liens Matti is an ‘historian, ‘an at, and probably ier 4 the. first’ to‘ climb aboard a time machine aad bead: back patie peste retain sand years ago. Matt'can’ back.,in: time, but he: yee ‘study. the Indian. way of life: by collecting remnants of the yomba ite future looks alittle - ." Fortanately, all « Matt: history. Premrde ‘song says, “You can't, have ithout. ‘the; oth great See ailod with Geery King of “plant: and ‘animal . out ‘stepping on the’oc- bine ‘ bitcof: Anthea lor ‘Bepent one grunt get one’s shoes soiled. It -would’’be: better, “Indeed, to Tearn: nt ‘only ‘to ’ enjoy and use. use. the garden to the ‘limit ‘of ’one's~ abilities, * - while at the same time learn- ing where’ not’ to-put one’s fee! Fememberiog that min also han’ i it “particular: me sincdre and yells i climate i : | Bosiogend tne neve an" ‘age’ of innocence,’ 5 _fliged? near & oopesa town. It had to be the t ‘oust Oakalla: robbery, prostitution, tmur- oenee strong-arm work and sadism. My‘ brothers and I hed to attend’ school ‘every. - serious than a ‘parking ! fraction. .As. bad examples.” +; they were just great, yet we: ‘were forbidden to make, any » moral sudcements on them, ) por did our pare! The trouble banc making moral judgements is the fact that the- conditions . vary, : sometimes simultaneously, in both space and time.. For_ *{ example, in'some societies, total sexual freedom is the. norm, while at te same time ; it {ls highly immoral to eat ‘ one's food anywhere except in complete privacy. ° watch the crowd 0. ‘by. he would be justifiably hort at the number of prot wey soiree of vitamin t Captain Cook, however, had learned that. the “eating : of ‘kraut prevented '.the disease and ordered that it be. i served, to his crew: ‘The sail- < ors, accustomed. to'a: diet of salt. beef,:"-pork, and hard ; basalt dumped their. sauer- ut crew’ his officers at his table'to, » theirs‘ up and ask ‘fo * Word .of this’* ment for the officers got tient to the crew, who goon’ began to demand to have their fair. folk’ |: erew got their kraut and’ nob a man was lost’ to ‘scurvy. in the long three-year vo: .. Perhaps the prophet Micah ‘ had the best solution to'th Nextt problem of mo: when ‘he said:” “He has shown thee O man what is q the Lord, [require of thes; but id. to love Ge sManand eeosaanatynaaanernnntns 8 Es 4 FE OB: = ‘connections | “refused. .: NICTORIA (CP) — Appli-’ cations from the city of Kam- loops..to connect’ ow! ter- Stephen Rogers an- nounced Friday. . He also denied ‘ request to 3 discharge River tonine: nallion gallons az day. 2 Instead, Rogers ‘anounced formation of a committee to explore options for treatment ; ‘and disposal of sewage in the Kamloops area. *- .+ The committee is expected to ‘submit .a report and recommendations within six months, Committee members wilt include representatives ‘7 from the ‘city. and Weyer- } hauser ‘Canada, who dis- charge :the largest amounts of'sewhge into the river.