August 10, 1986 Restrictions needed The Regional District of Central Kootenay board is on the right track with its plan to bring in o Though the bylaw won't be as simple to implement as initially an- 4 tb the ‘i board needs provincial approval before it can prepare the bylaw and that could take some time), the board should persevere. Smoking needs to be regulated. it's ironic thet those who disagree with restrictions on smoking in public places and those who agree with the restrictions cite the same argument: their There ‘ore laws governing air pollution, which in the strictest sense infringes on the rights of companies polluting the air to operate. if the smokers’ argument is ac- cepted, companies should be able to pollute the air as much as they want. But they can't b o———_2.cce mn Remember When? 35 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 9, 1961 News Castlegar The last three appointments for the tanley Hemphrice High School hove eaniey ee ty the Castagar Diawrth School Board. Mr. R.W. Graham, B.A., has been appointed to be in charge of the music department. Mr. Evan E. Hansen, B.P. Ed., alsoa they aren't the only ones with: rights. Residents near those also have rights, one of them being the right to breathe air free of dangerous materials. We as a society have determined Letters to the Editor that the rights of the outweigh the rights of the com- panies to pollute. But why is it when the same argument is made about smoking, most smokers want to turn their back on thot logic? Of course restrictions on smoking in public places would be unnecessary if non-smokers were @s much a hazard to smokers. Both could then make strong cases for their rights. But non-smokers don't pose the same hazards. That's why their rights toke precedence. And that's why smoking restric- tions are Strange bedfellows The Regional District of Central lined up Martin Vanderpol, who once Expensive look The Regional District of Central Kootenay’s bid to buy West Kootenay Power and Light Co. must be seen for what it is: an out- side chance. purchase week with the resignation of Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Rit- chie and the swearing in of Premier Bill Vander Zaim, it is also clear that the regional board still faces on uphill battle. The board must convince the new premier and new municipal attairs minister that passing the h d for the land-Trail Disaster could await reactor there is similar to the one at seems so far away and we did not feel the direct efforts of the tragedy, yet to some degree the worldwide environ- ment was altered and will continue to be so. I can still remember the thrill I felt when I first moved to the 12 weapons know that at times some of the deadly have been “lost” aamicnate pier ictwartar phn NDP nomination. While Mr. Vanderpol was absent from the board vote to prepare a smoking bylaw (his alternate, John Jmayott voted against the move), he has opposed smoking restric- tions in the past. The last time the smoking issue came up at the regional board — July, 1985 — Mr. Vanderpok and. Ms, Bakken were again united in opposition to a move to restrict smoking during board meetings. The alignment on the smoking issue is doubly intriguing given that Ms. Bakken is a non-smoker and Mr. Vanderpol a smoker. But the 11 directors who voted in favor of preparing the clean air bylaw made similarly strange bed- fellows. Among them was Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore, @ smoker. And Mrs. Moore supported the smoking ban even though Castlegar council rejected a similar clean air bylaw in March. She gove no indication at that time that she favored restrictions on smoking in public places. Mrs. Moore's position will be even more interesting should the special legish 9 regional district to purchase West Power would be in the best interests of Kootenay and Okanagan residents. And that is no small feat given Mr. Vander Zalm’s predisposition to private enterprise and less give ap- povol to the smoking bylaw. The bylaw will not include the com- plete regional district, but just thos: rural areas and municipalities which want to take ge Even more importantly, the to proceed with the second stage of the feasibility study. That's 10 times more than the cost of the fir- st phase. When the regione! board first considered buying West Kootenay Power, Mayor Audrey Moore said the Central Kootenay regional district's $3,000 share of the cost of the first phase was money well There's no denying that. But $100,000? That would be an ex- pensive look. Editor to: The News, P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4, or deliver them to our office ot: Coldmbio Avenve Castlegar, B.C. ——_—_—_———_——— Please address all Letters to the Castleger Letters must begign the writer must be disclosed to the editor The Costlegor News reserves the right to edit letters for brevity, clarity, legality and grammar ne part. As the City of Castlegar’s . Mrs. Moore will have to decide if Castlegar will participate in the smoking ban. Gift from heaven News this week out of Edmonton of a slow-growing grass that may person to spend hours each week cutting the lawn. Not only is the new grass slow- growing, it's also self-weeding, drought and disease resistont and needs no fertilizer. In other words a gift from heaven. But everything isn't rosy. Imagine the state of anxiety lawnmower companies must be in. Pesticide and fertilizer com- panies? Toodleloo. Landscapers? e And that's not all. Think what effect the lawns of tomorrow will have on our social fabric. No more chatting over the backyard fence with the neighbor. No more cool beers between mowing. What will we do with all our new leisure time? The ramifications of the greatest single effect on Canadian society. Uh, uh. It's the new lawns. appreciative to live and raise a family here. Yet only 226 miles away as the Chernobyl, could await, turning southern B.C. into a radioactive disaster area. The Hanford Nuclear Reserve is one of the world’s oldest, largest, and im- portant nuclear facilities. The N- Bridge repairs ridiculous . news: Has the local Ministry of Highways supervisor taken a ride across the Pass Creek or Brilliant bridges since they have allegedly been repaired? If not, someone should drive him across these bridges about 20 times at 80 km/h and see how he likes it. The “repairs” at the ends of these bridges are ridiculous! Someone is going to have a bad accident and it will be his fault. Pretty soon Castlegar is going to become notorious for its stupid road repair jobs — for example the “ski jump” at the railroad crossing by Safeway that was left all winter. Ski jumps are meant for the ski slopes — not roads. And “daredevil” ramps like the above-mentioned brid- ges are meant for stadium shows, not our regular roads. suming teven, bad for all the tourists through the town and almost crecktag Sagres pra or breaking their necks because of lousy finishing on highway repair jobs. Teresa Phillips Trail due to world wide nuclear weapons testing. for the B.C. Hanford Action Group Response to Westar project a surprise with 06 tine the Custlagss: News I was most surprised by the short, frank response to Westar's inquiry, as it was my goriguaes that Westar had Pith both the CFS and BCFS on this matter. ly after I heard of area on the company’s Tree Farm License, and you correctly point out the hard work that is going to be necessary to make this project work. the negative response, I wrote to the CFS to find out why, and what further consideration the proposal is being given. In my view, this project could be of great value to the communities of Nakusp and Castlegar, not just in terms of jobs, but also in terms of the future of the forest industry in Kootenay West. I support it whole heartedly, and will assist Westar in every way possible to find the necessary funding. I hope, as you suggest in your concluding statement, that I am not alone in trying to help. Beb Brisco, D.C., M.P. Keotenay West No ducking trade issue EDMONTON — They can't duck freer trade and the Constitution, but given their druthers, many premiers gathering for their annual meeting here would just as soon focus on issues such as the woes of western farmers and federal pro- posals for tax reform. Ontario Premier David Peterson will lead the charge for greater provincial participation in freer- trade negotiations when the pre miers get down to work Monday and s{tEF EEE Bue a ‘i Ottawa has constitutional auth- ority to negotiate and sign a freer- cor hen but most experts say it formula for ratifying a trade deal. This would require the consent of at least seven provinces representing 60 per cent of the country’s population. formula would be used when Quebec remains opposed to the 1981 accord that led to the patriation of the Constitution from Britain. He has-lobbied Ottawa and the other provinces for a new round of constitutional negotiations. Castlegar current ‘ones, on Tesetay night. Amis tees sce wean a terest Ores raging in the Nelson Forest District and hundreds burning throughout the province as a whole, there has not been a fire within the Castlegar Ranger District for over a week. . . 8 Classified ad: Exclusive, executive home — simply gorgeous — built on bes landscaped area Columbia River, 1512 - ist ike" {oi engage meee FE eR LE ROTE 0 BI LE LORRAIN Castlegar have been hired, under @ provincial - Six peuple from the forest sector. ng pre “Back row (left to ri ram in t) are FORESTRY PROGRAM UNDERWAY sector. The By CasNews Staff Six people from Castlegar and six from Nakusp have been hired under a provincial government program that provides employment and training opportunities for people on income assistance in British Columbia's forest program, called a Forestry Social Assistance Recipients Program (FORSAR), began July 21 and will Wesley Nunley and John Gibson. Front row (left to right) are Graham Allison, valodoff, Matt Harshenin and Eugene Forest. run for six months, says a news release from the B.C. = Service. it has allocated $1.66 million out of a 4i0 aims ood te the Molaca. forest. region. The Arrow Forest District office in Castlegar is coordinating the local FORSAR program in cooperation Resources. with the Ministry of Human The 12 people will work in the areas of silviculture, foreman, Gerald Nich- courses such as survival first aid, fire training, and power saw use, the release says. BUT MEMORIES LIVE ON ‘Halifax ghetto gone HALIFAX (CP) — Afric- ville is long gone, but it's a place that still lives in the Shoppers being misled EDMONTON (CP) — Shoppers are being misled by that rewrap meat and stamp the package with a new date, says the Consumers Association of Canada. “People don't know they're buying meat that may have been on the shelves for days,” says Ruth Wood, the memories of people like Ber- nardine Carvery. “I was born and brought up in Afrieville,” Carvery says proudly. “It was like one big family out there. Even now if I meet one person from Afric Ville, it's tike a tittle reunion right there” Carvery and her 10 chil dren left the impoverished black community in the mid 1960s as part of an ambitious municipal relocation plan. They ended up in a public housing project in the city’s north end where they gained water and sewer lines and lost a sense of community. “You can't ride roughshod over people,” said Halifax County Coun. Wayne Adams, who wants Africville to serve as a warning to other black Nova Scotia communities. “You can't treat them as less than human. We've learned from the Africville exper- ience.” By the mid-1960s, Afric- ville had deteriorated into a century-old collection of rick- ety houses and tin shacks overlooking the harbor at the north end of the city. The community, an embarras- sment to some Nova Sco tians, lacked ser- A Dalh vices and jobs. Despite the ghetto-like conditions, many of Afric- ville’s 400 blacks were reluc- tant to leave their homes and neighbors. It took the city three years and $200,000 to complete expropriations, which left blacks scattered throughout Halifax and as far away as Toronto. “For a while the commun- ity was a pretty good one,” said Brenda Steed Ross, who left Africville at the age of 18. “There was the community hall, the church. I remember the baptisms down on the shore. And I went to the little school in Africville the last year it was open.” Black leaders like Adams believe residents lost more than their homes, school and church. They lost an essential sense of community, he says, something which helped them combat the racism and injustices of the day. “When you're a minority you need to stick together,” said Adams. “They lost that.” Independent studies have confirmed what many blacks believe: the relocation was not a total success. appointment. A representative of the Bank will in Castlegar on August 13th, discuss your Business’ t needs. today at 426-7241 (collect) to arrange an should have read After coupon price should read $5.97. We are sorry for any incon- 1986 to Financial and Why not call us Bank Canad@ report concluded “thst the project fell far short of its official goals. Residents, the 1972 report said, received better housing, short-term welfare assistance and good value for their homes. But social programs failed to materialize. 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