“4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, February 13, 1975

Zonscience and Comment

Violent Crime in Canada

By Rev. K, Neill Foster
Violent crime.
The bizarre slay-
ing of two police-
men In Moncton,
Wild shootings in
Calgary. A brutal
gangland mass,
murder In Montreal. The recent
wave of violent Canadian
crimes has transported “The
Streets of San Francisco" to
real-life Canada, in horrible
blood-red color,
Understandably, this new
crime wave has brought in its
wake both analysis and de-
mands for action. Analysts
ponder the effects on crime of
such phenomena as economic
conditions, urbanization, media
Jnfluence, and the use of alcohol
and drugs.
The many calls for action

demand or suggest various
changes: changes in legislation
and practice regarding capital
punishment; changes in gun
laws; changes in our probation
system,

I beliove there is a very
valid place for such human
attempts to combat crime
through evaluation and legisla-
tion. Criminologists and legisla
tors can play an important role
in helping us cope with crime,

+ But the erlme fighters’
final effects will be limited,
because evaluation, legislation,
even rehabilitation will never
adequately deal with the deep-
er, inner cause of crime,

That is the realm of
transformation, Only Jesus
Christ can get to the heart of
the problem.

Above Normal Snowfall

Experienced

For nearly all of January,
the southern interior region
was subjected to cold Arctic alr
which swept out of the Bering
Sea, across the Pacific where it
picked up moisture and heat,
then eastward across British
Columbia and the State of
Wetshington,

At Castlegar, we exper-
ienced above normal snowfall
and sunshine amounts, below
normal temperatures, and for
the first time on record—no

rain. ‘

in January

Our lowest temperature
was experienced on Jan. 11
when a cold surge of Arctic alr
moved south-westward and
blanketed all of B.C.

here was no rainfall re-
corded during the month of
January, which breaks the
previous record of .05 inches,
which fell in 1969.

The record low minimum
daily temperature for January
was one degree below zero on
Jan, 11, The previous record
was O degrees, set in 1963,

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Luck Supper. Dance. All
welcome.
Koot Soe, Handicapped
Meeting. Wed., Feb. 19.
8 pm. Adult Activity
Centre,
Dance Robson Hall on
Sat., Feb, 15. 9 til 1 am.
Ad. Members $4 couple.
Non-members $5 couple.
Hospital Auxiliary Meat-
ing, Monday, Feb. 17 at
p.m. In Conference rm.

Snowmobile -Club Me
ing, Union Hall, Mon.,
‘eb,
Cash Bingo. Mon., Feb.
8 p.m. Arena Hall.
Aamissidn $1 (20 games).
Snow Scoops. — To
shovel off your roof or
clenr the w only
* $12.89, tac le to youar
Please phone and lJeave
your name and ph. num-
ber and we will contact
you. Our scoops are on
display in our window,
so Why not drive around
and have a look at one.

Volunteer Help Required :
For Pool: Improvements

Annual meeting for the
Robson Recreation Society was
held Jon, 29 In the Robson Hall
with reports given by various
clubs that use the hall facilities,

Giving reports were
Mrs, Barrass for the Brownics
with 30 members; Mra. Thomas
for the Guldes with 22 members.
and Mr. Zurek for Cubs which
Bumbers a and the Scouts
number

All indleated a very busy
and active year.

Mrs. Jenner reported. for
the badminton club and stated
that there is room for wore
players, especially junlors, ‘who
meet Thursday evenings,

F. Vanderpol then gave a
report of the activities for the
Soclety during the past year.

L. Godberson gave a re-
port for the swimming pool,
which isa pleasure to many in
the summer. He said it had
been a busy year and the two
major projects for the coming
year were the paving and
Tencing of the tennis court
the installation of a heater F3
the swimming pool. Much vol-
unteer help. will be required,

After a short intermission
the nominating committee con-
sisting of B. Porter and C.
Salisbury, took the platform.
Those elected for a two-year
term are as follows:

- Alberta Man

Named Chairman
OF PW Airlines

Pacific Western Airlines
has a new Alberta board
chairman to match its Alberta
ownership.

Ronald D. Southern, presi-
dent of ATCO Industries of
Calgary, has been elected chair-
man of PWA to succeed Bruce
C. Samis, Vancouver invest-
ment man, according to =
Vancouver news release.

The Alberta government
bought nearly complete owner-
ship of the Vancouver-based
regional airline in a lightning
market operation last Aug. 1.

Mr, Southern was already
a director of PWA at the time
of the takeover. Three more
Albertans were designated by
the Alberta government to join
the board, which stands at five
Alberta members, six from
British Columbia and one from
the Northwest Territo

Mr. Samis and five associ-
ates bought control of PWA
described as worth, $10 million
in 1961 from K. J, Springer. Mr.
Samis immediately became
chairman.

The Alberta’ government
paid more than $36 million to
buy the airline that has grown
since 1961 from about 500
employees to more than 2,000
and that has expanded its
routes in B.C. and to Seattle. At
the time of the Alberta pur-
chase, control was no longer *
concentrated.

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President L. Godberson,
vice-president R. Nelson, secro-
tary-treasurer S, Bell and ‘di-
rectors R. Zurek, S. Wiwchar,
V. Lucas and J. Lloyd,

Mr. Godberson extended a
thank-you to the out-going
executive for the fine co-opera-
tion it has given him. The

members of the past executive

are F, Vanderpol, P. Gillman, B
orter, T. Wallace, B. Cawte
and M. Gregory.
‘Thanks were alsoextended
to everyone who helped to
make it'a good year for the
Society.

Letter to the Editor

Asks City fo Investigate Possible Ways {0

It should bo obvious that

Dear Slr:
T heartily agcee with the
comments of the two writers
who have oxpressed concern
and annoyance with the method
of plugging up the paths and
driveways with all the un-
wanted snow we havo had,

This letter is belng written
with mixed emotions. I feel like
the man who watches his
mother-in-law drive over a ellff
in his new Cadillae.

First ofall, I want to
express my congratulations and
appreciation to the City of
Castlegar’s work.crew for their
fob of clearing and sanding our
streets, But, on the other hand,

thoy only aggravate our prob:
tem by shoving the snow ints
our driveways,

Surely it is possible in
this twentloth century to alle-
viato this problem, such as a
follow-up witha front-end load-
er or somo such machinery. I

realize this would Cost extra,

but would not the average
homeowner be willing to pay
something extra for this ser-
vice?

It might be possible to
make arrangements with a
private contractor. This should
be more efficient than for each
individual hiring help‘on his
own,

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this snow problem will be with
us for many years, How about
some serious investigation of a
solution to this dilemma?

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Remember, if you must
“shove it" don't shove it onto
us. Our driveways are sensi-
tive,

i Pat Romaine

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Victort.

VOL. 28 No. 8

Published Every Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays”

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1976

School District No. 9 Operating
Budget Increased 19.59 Per Cent

£6 develop oa
see peoples b apts of acing tented theo, tak on the face

Villa Soctety, Pau!
‘the roof of the villa and

‘with the Delta’
* sband tentatively scheduled here in May. Contest, News Photo

Coblecasting Not Presently Available to Citizens

Society Voices Its i

In June, 1974, 8 press
release from Community Video
the cable company serving the
West Kootenay ares, indicated '
that 8' x 16” buildings would be
placed at headend locations in
‘Trail and Castlegar. ~

The release stated that
small-areas within ‘these build-
ings would be provided for
interested groups who wish to
use the access channel in each
ayaten: The buildings were

forjuse by Septem-
ten 1974.

In October, 1974, cable-
casting over Channel 8 in
Castlegar and Trail was discon-
Unued, because of a modulator
breakdown. A modulator is an
electronic instrument which
enables, videotaped programs

to be sent ‘over the cable ©

system into individual sub-
scriber’s homes.

‘The West Kootenay Cable-
vision Soclety,'a citizen access
group to cable ‘TV in the West
Kootenay, have expressed con-
eern.to the cable company,
Community Video, thatthey
have not lived up to their stated
objectives as of their press
release in June. And also that
there has been no capacity to

cablecast with: the modulator

break-down: in’ October,’ 1974,"

even though many programs
are available for cablecasting.

‘The cablevision society re-’
ports it has been:unable to
discuss the situation with Com-
munity, Video Ltd. Many writ-
ten words’ have’ been
back and forth, but the words
have not brought about any.
change. Citizen groups are still
not able to cablecast programs.

‘The cablevision society re-
ports it is well aware af its
limitations. It is a society made
up of volunteers. and. has no
financial base to speak off:.A
secretary of state student ser:
vices program grant gave &
boost in the arm to community
cablecasting when six students
worked full time for four.
months promoting the commu-
nity channel.’ Grants: unfortu-
nately are short-lived.

In order to’ provide the

"capacity ‘for citizens in: West

In spite of the society's

‘efforts to make. this possible

‘only relative success has been
achieved. .

‘One éf the premises that
the society. has operated on is
that the cable company. has
some responsibility to the co
munity other than collecting a
$6 monthly subscription fee

* from individuals. in the commu-. ':

nity.
‘The Canadian radio and
television commission, the fed-
eral government body which is
responsible for the licensing of
cablecasting, urges and en-
courages cable companies to
provide access to community
groups and. individuals.

Kootenay communities toef--

production equipment of a
community channel,: full time
salaried community. television
personne] will have to be made

‘available to all communities,

Link Trainer Made Available;
Lack of Floor Space is Holdup

A. Link ‘trainer, used by
pilots for extra instruction, is

available to School District No...

The board of trustees, at
Its meeting Monday, expressed
a strong desire to accept this
equipment, formerly used at
Selkirk College, but {3 exper>
iencing delay in finding suitable
floor space in facilities which
are. already taxed.

The board had earlier
considered an aviation course,

~ but at present has had to leave;

such plans in abeyance. The
equipment would, if, installed,

be used by members of 681

Squadron (Castlegar) Royal Ca-
nadian Air Cadets.

‘Any maintenance would be*
attended by personnel of the air
defence command,

‘The problem has been put

into the hands of the building
committee which is to bring its
recommendations back to the
board.

fectively use the expensive.

{

Unfortunately, the encour-
‘agement of the CRTC has the
effect of being very vague as to
just what the responsibilities of

| cable companies are in respect.
to community programming.

+ ‘The practical consequence
is that cablecasting is not now

available to West Kootenay

citizens
Only individuals or groups
who have expensive television
production: equipment and
skills are’ able to produce
programs: Those individuals
be do somehow manage to
rograms will have to

reduce
deal directly with Community ©

er
Video if they wish to cablecast

RAD LEIS RE LOUIE NH Recetas

An increase of 19.69 per
cent has been experienced by
School District No. 9 with final
approval given at a. special
meeting recently to its 1975
operating budget totalling

,995,841. Last year's operat:
tng budget was $2,769,408
The final figure approved

by the board of trustees, after _

> having cutback approximately
$131,597 from the’ original
provisional budget, is still
$118,722 over the 10 per cent
Increase considered acceptable
by the’ department, of educa-
tion.

‘Ten per cent can be
included in the budget without
having to pass a special budget
bylaw which has to pass a vote
of not less than two-thirds of all
members of the board, Pre-
viously the assent of the owner
electors was reqi

Total mill for this
overage is estimated at 2.58
mills.

The. mill rate for the
balance of the operating budget
is estimated at 31.01 mills for a
combined total of 88.59 mills.

Last year's mill rate for the

“operating budget was 27.29

mills which give an increase of
approximately 6.30 mills,

Increases are blamed on

rising salaries in both teaching

and non-teaching employees, an

increase in the number of

rising coat in sup-

ind the

provision for I teach:
ing ‘and noa-teaching stalf.

,:_ In a breakdown of costs,
76.35 per cent ig budgeted for
teaching, 10.11 per cent for
operating coat, 6.97 per cent for
repairs and maintenance, 3.68
per cent for administration,
8.48 per cent for transportation
and .61 per cent of ausillary
services.

“School District No. 9's
share of Selkirk College's bud-
get is expected to remain
around three mills,” says secre-
tary-treasurer ‘John Dascher.
Exact budget and mill'rate
figures are not known until the
department of education has
reviewed the college budget,

“The debt services and
non-shareable capital items
amount to $259,492, actually a
amall decrease of $1,207. The
mill rate in’ this area will
therefore not increase,” he said.

Questionnaire on Russian
Classes fo be Circulated.

sian language
cireulated shortly by the board
of trustees for School Distriet
No. 8. ¢
‘At Monday's’ meeting, the

board ‘reviewed the question-

© A questionnaire on Rus:
classes! will’ be

withoet additional expendi.

Trustec Sam Konkin ques-
tioned why a questionnaire was
hhecessary now and not when
the'French cla:

“ynairesb but debated whether gee “pol

estlon

the outcome’ of how people
responded to the questionnalre

*. ~~ Atpresent the board is not
in ‘a, position’ to’ spell out. the

exact ci wut does realize
ae it'ean not be implemented

French ‘came from ‘the depart-
pment of education while the

for: haying French,";said trus-

“tee; Anne Jones, “if; students:
want to enter federal service

and have a civil service job they
better. have French.”

" (asilegar ‘Arts Council
| To Receive $1,600 Grant

*A’$1,600 grant for the
© Castlegar and District Commu-
-nlty Arts Council is included in

‘a total of more than $1.4 million
government granta to commu-
nity arts councils and to non-
profit cultural organizations
announced recently by provin-
clal secretary Ernest Hall.

‘The grants‘ to. community

arts councila are used ‘to
encourage and develop cultural,
-activities at the local and
amateur level while the grants
to the non-profit organizations
are used to help defray operat-
ing expenses and aasist in some
touring programs. »
Mr. Hall stated. that the
recently: appointed interim
British Columbia arts board,

NET tat ean a

under the chairmanship of Mrs.
Elizabeth Lane of Vancouver,
had reviewed applications from
over 175 cultural organizations,
and ‘after considerable’ study,
had made its recommendations
to the government.

Mr. Hall noted that the
grants are paid: from: the
interest generated by the $20
million endowment cultural
fund:

The provincial secretary
also observed that there were
still'a number of grant anplie.
tions to be considered. Fi
recommendation on these
‘grants has been deferred pend:
ing additional:studles by mem-
bers of the arts

Re ON a em cn

ASTI EGAR NEWS

In stimmarizing the in-
crease, Mr. Dascher stated that
the taxpayers of School District,
No, 9 can expect a mill rate

TIME TOGRIN

‘Tho minds of too many
people are like blotters.
‘They soak everything up—
backwards!

20 CENTS PER COPY

increase of approximately six
mills unless the assessment
figures come in much higher
than anticipated.

Dignitaries Arrive in Area
To Take Part in Keep Fit Clinic

Chairman of the B.C. edu-
cation committee of the British
Columbia Heart Foundation,
Mra. A. 0. (Max) McBean, will
be one of several visitors to the
area this weekend to take part
In the Keep Fit Clinte and

“attend the Heart Ball this
weekend,

Other. visitors include
chairman of the board of Action
B.C., Bill Owens and his wife
Eleanor;' executive director: of

‘Action B.C., Grant McKeen and
his wife Lorna: project co-
ordinator of Action B.C.,: Mrs.
Pat Smith; co-ordinator for
community recreation’ branch,
Roger Lamoureux; and a teach-
er from the physical education:
department of UBC: Lionel

Mr. Pugh is a former BBC
broadcaster. and commentator,
an olympic athlete and Cana-
da's national track coach for
several years,

‘As chairman of the B.C.
education committee, Mrs. Mc-
Bean says the committee's goal
Is to'reach the people with
heart health information,

Last year 779,900 booklets,
recipes and pamphlets were

sent out to the genera! public,
528 films,'were shown in
schools, clubs and at forums.
and over 50 talks were given by
the members of its speakers’
bureau and the staff of B.C,
Heart Foundation.

“Taking part in'‘keep fit!
dsys’have been rewarded by
the interest ‘shown’ In‘ the
foundations heart health aware-

ness program,” she says.

$55, 300 Capital. Expenditure

pttal eh. ‘pro.

Aq
‘posal: totalling $605,300!

received approval of the board
of trustees for School: District

appro
foraddiion to Rlanaind Senior
Secondary School, which are to
include an additional science
lab, a textiles room, metal and
power mechanic shop anda
special classroom:

7 Ala included in the capital

_ expenditure proposal fs a new.

district maintenance shop to be
located on’ tho: site ‘of one of” >
Castlegar’s original elementary
schools and an extension to the
individual progress clasa at
Kinnaird Elementary School:

Village of Slocan Reaclivates
Its Volunteer Fire Department

Recently a voluntary fire
department was organized for
the Village of Slocan.

Steven Cooley, was elected
fire chief with Alan Rourk and
Gordon Clarke as_as:
chief and deputy chief pee
tively. Fifteen other members
were registered as voluntary
firemen,

Training of the new. re-
cruits has already started, with
regular meetings to be held
every two weeks.

‘Assessment of existing
suppression equipment ‘has

been made and a follow-up will
see the purchasing of new tools
and self-breathing apparatus.

In addition, co-operation
bas been offered by the fire
protection department of. Tri:
angle Pacific (Woodlands and
Manufacturing Division) ‘to as-~
sist in familiarizing the newly’
formed fire department of their.
Protection systems,

For immediate protective’
measures-a 200-gallon rapid.
attack tanker, provided. b:
Triangle Pacific, is being pre-
pared for_standby and Initig
attack purposes,

‘The department plans. for
1975 will see, for the first time,:
a telephone “dial a fire" type of;
alarm system. Use of this.
system. has proven to be mora:
cllective and efficient ‘and ls pa
being used by most organized?
fire departments,

Further details ‘on how
report a fire will be mad

{continued on page 4)

Funding Available
For Manning Loca
School Crosswalks

The question of manned:
crosswalks for School District’
No, 9 has been referred to its,
safely committee. 3

This step was taken al:
Monday's meeting when the
board of trustees was told the
basic education program had
been increased by $7,000 to
cover the cost of school crossing
guards,

The money, however, is to
be used for this purpose only
and will be withdrawn if
manning of crosswalks is not
implemented.

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