A4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 25, 1983 ! muvee new philosophy _ You can contribute to eer (S$ THERE A DECENT ‘United Way by... 5 mn transformed: into a, to throw them out into the pathos to create a bit of fun |. ballroom, dining, a testes os tro thn ot nt 3, Payroll Deduction 2. Bank & Crédit Union Deduction Fraser is a proficient actor ROOM FOREMAN — Mi CIRCULATION — Elaine Sallis vested nnd belongs to Castle News Ld. provided, however, at corgi part ced tt pro ‘ony advertisement prepored from repro prools, ‘belong 10 the odvertiser. af. provided by the edverioar shall remein in The new B.C. aap aie Meet the new B.C. Hydro. It’s. barely recognizable from the same Crown corporation, that everyone has learned to love to hate. The new Hydro is leaner, more respon- sible, friendlier and vastly more cooperative. But then it has nothing to lose. After all, it probably won't be star- ting any mojor hydroelectric pro- jects in this century. That much is obvious from the front page story what drives Hydro now, not job creation or political lobbying: In fact, he says the new philosophy is so Siienepes that Hydro’s elec- trical estimates are now lower. than the provincial government's estimates '— for probably the first time’in. the Crown corporation's history. » All this ‘doesn't mean Murphy Creek is lost. On the contrary, © Murphy Creek fits into Hydro’s new, in Wednesday's Cast! News. In it, Hydro community affairs officer Bill Mykes confirmed the obvious — Hydro won't begin con- struction on Murphy. Creek dam in 1988 as planned. Mykes couldn't say just when Murphy Creek will start — that information won't be released until the Crown cor- 's board of di issues better than any other dam on the book: with the exception of the Keenleyside generating project. Murphy Creek is a “small''dam, comparatively speaking, in an'era © when. building small dams: is,’ becoming more and more attrac- J" tive. It won't go ahead. on hedule, but when the time comes its annual systems plan in January. But it won't be much: of a sur- prise if Hydro delays Murphy Creek until after the year 2000. The reason is sim; Hydro is entering a whole new era, an era where electrical demand is not in- creasing fast enough to warrant new dams. Murphy Creek project coor- - dinator Peter Calder put Hydro’s new philosophy in perspective this week when he sald staff are naw encouraged to “pinch pennies” to build a new. dam, it will have a high priority. Keenleyside is in an even bet- - ter position, having already been built, and waiting only for the in- stallation of generators. In fact, if the electrical forecast for the next 15 years hold true; Keenleyside could provide just the right amount ~ of electricity Hydro will-need to cover any growth. spay Creen’s delay, but could not comment on Je. Could it mean the when it comes to new dams. Calder says economic reality is decision is so close that it could go either way? We'll know in January. Cloudy forecast Canada’s, economy has .a distinctly schizophrenic streak running: through it, if the lotest economic indicators gre to be believed. Word out of Ottawa this: week by. Finance Minister. Marc Lolonde,, but criticised by the ETE ERIE >, Castlegar Ne ‘A: veritable: highland: “hing of print outrage’ and, ‘air-wave © hysteria ‘sur- rounding the: recent downing’ of. the. Korean passenger. plane have Suecess- "a Debit a, deeply good: held’ belief in’ the American ‘moral the fully shocked the T The:sum of the three indicators is that the Tec ‘loosening its gtip oh the eis economy. But at the same time is that the country's: 19 leadi economic forecasters predict real ding will: by 2.8 per cent this year--a full per-’ centage point increase over the last forecast of 1.8 per cent. At the same time, the Paris-. posed Organization for Economic. and D heen Canada for having the worst unemployment rate of the major industrialized notions: The organization ‘estimated Canada’s jobless rate this year at 12.5 per cent, up from last year and more than two per cent higher than the ge of the 24 and inflation won't fall ony further than 5.5 per cent. No wonder economists have so much difficulty telling which way the winds are blowi to rise © ‘ pul hell-bent ‘on:revenge, complete with’ a’ massive ‘outery for world- ‘tide ‘condem- nation and severe retribution,. making even the most belligerent leaders seem like men of peace and moderation. The isa th to,the days. In any‘case, the 5.5 per cent in: Jtlation figure is interesting for the fact that the government views it as a success. Ho + as one newspaper columnist points out; the figure is still half a percentage point above the 1969 inflation rate. At that time the Trudeau gover- nment viewed the five per cent in- flation with alarm. In fact, in 1969, the g began an all out countries. : : And if that isn’t enough for one week, we also learned that the in- flation rate in Canada Is only down to 5.5 per cent -- a figure cham- ploned in the C this week war on inflation by announcing a virtual freeze on ‘government spending for the fiscal year. : Times have changed. Now 5.5 per cent is. proof of -how well the gt has been doing. Britons await cable arrival By PAUL KORING But the changes are coming amid dire predictions that the feast may turn into an avalanche of junk food from the United States that will ruin Britain's for t reve: bly, the ae painted by executives of Britain's two TV networks which currently share their country’s captive market. Both the commercial-free, state- owned BBC and ITV, the I enjoys a monopoly on commercial tele- predicted ; with cable, they give view- ers, father: than control over to the U.S. prime-time ‘hit which has won a huge following around the sae “Europe, including Britain, will the next ae offshore market ie fear fragmentation when a host of channels become available. Cable TV will make Britain just another market for U.S. rogramming, says Aubrey Singer, PI managing director of the BBC. Singer compared the situation to Canada, where the impact of American programming has long been a political hot potato. Unlike North America, where con- sumers have eagerly paid for com- mercial-free movie stations making them the most successful cable ventur- es, many observers expect the advent . of cable in Britain to bring more com- that Delish o cable TV will be driven by .paranoiacs our attention to the immorality of the * could: you of the infamous:Cold War era. ‘The wind of suspicion, hatred and distrust , is blowing at ever greater velociti belstetthat thats gor Ks firmly; ernment gives backing only to broadly- based popular liberation movements. ‘The truth is that the who apparently, took load of: ‘paésengers for an extended ret ride isn the dark.over a sensitive area marked ~as.an,extreme: danger: on navigation’ “maps, and then fortwo hours ignored the signals \of;the Russian air patrol. Peraonally,.I don't: know of many ‘army patrol hesitate to. fntocan Ai ic na- tions do turn to the Soviets, opting for. to escape from the unhappy colonial and neo-colonial Past. Only inthe bl wish -Qnly wishful thinking can make us believe that the attempts to damage the Soviet image in the eyes of the world will positively alter the existing “ BREAKFAST & LUNCH FIRESIDE DINING ROOM. AND COCKTAIL LOUNGE Next door to Konkin's Irly Bird ‘who. was whisked here be- ‘tween in Van- couyer: by director Meredith conservative Pete puts.on ‘ Bain Woodward .to ‘star in credible performance. And it cp ona no fastt ot is own flamboyant feels }.. Cash Donation K Mail in Contribution Help Support - the. » United Way He ~ Mail Your Contribution By Oct. 31 Sprugg. Pete, the janitor,:is supposed to-be dull, since he.” ete ns eal to tbe other ena me Rowberry's Pete be- closer inspection're- eal ai COMMUNITY e Bulletin Board KOOTENAY ART There will be a Fall Art Show, txhiStion ond Sole at the I Exhibit tion Centre from Sept. 28 fecal to. 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