CASTLEGAR NEWS, July 10, 1983 vveqgnungnyssgnacenancnasnanncuanggnncsoccednneecnccceacettat CASTLEGAR NEWS 7.1947 MAY 4, 1980 INC |. 12, 1978-AUG, 27, 1980 A.V, CAMPBELL -~ PUBLISHER AUG, 7, 1947-FEB. 15, 1973 —Burt Compbell EDITOR — Ron Norman Peter Harvey —Lindo Kositsin —Carol Magaw OM FOREMAN — Mickey Read CIRCULATION — Elaine Sallis . ” produced by Costle News Lid. is vested in ond belongs to Castle News Lid.; provided, however, that copyright in that part ond tho! part only of ny advertisement prepared trom repro prools, engravings, elc. provided by the odvertiser shall remain in and belong to the odvertiter. SunFest time again \t's hard to believe that another SunFest celebration is less than a week away — four days, to be ex- act. The first event is the SunFest Legion Bingo Thursday evening in the Legion Hall, though the main SunFest activities don't really begin until Friday. This year's SunFest is slightly different than last year’s. For one thing, it's a scaled-down version of the 1982 SunFest — not so much in terms of the number of events planned, but in the number of days the festival will run. Instead of Spreading the activities over nine days as last year, this year's events will run for only three days (four, if you count the Legion Bingo Thurs- day). The decision to reduce SunFest to three days is a move in the right direction. One of the problems with last year's SunFest was that it never seemed to pick up the mo- mentum necessary to make the annual festival a big success. And that was because the events were spaced too far apart. Another complaint last year was that the activities were in too many locations, with things sched- uled at the I This year the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce, the sponsoring organ- ization for SunFest, has worked even harder to ensure each of the four major locations has a number of events. And the chamber has the even- ts well timed. For example, Satur- day begins with the pancake breakfast at the SuperValu parking lot, That ties in with the annual SunFest parade down Columbia Ave. to the Kinsmen Park, where there will be games and displays of all sorts. The action then shifts to the community complex in the after- noon with the annual bed race, Bavarian gardens and dance later that night. The same kind of well- timed activities are set for Sunday at Pass Creek Park and Kinnaird Park, where events will be going onall day. There seems to be enough variety in this year’s SunFest so that anyone not interested in men's fastball, for instance, can head out to Pass Creek for the canoe rally or children’s plays. If anything, concentrating the Sun- Fest events in three days will pre- sent Castl | with some Kinnaird Park, Kinsmen Park and Pass Creek Park. But it's hard to see how it could be any other way. Pizza please The provinciah government's difficult choices. Perhaps the best feature of SunFest ‘83 is its focus on commu- nity participation. A quick glance at the long list of events scheduled for the three days reveals every- thing from a yard beautification contest to a frog jumping cham- pionship for youngsters. In be- tween there's the Queen pageant, a seniors’ picnic, children’s activi- ties of every description, a men's fastball tournament, and a host of other events. With so much emphasis on to i a Pp cent tax on meals costing more than $7 may not do much for local restaurant business, but it will have take-out operators rubbing their hands in glee. The new tax doesn't include take-out food. Does that mean piz- za and Chinese take-outs, along with the usual fast food outlets, can expect an increase in b it will be ig to Y par it's only ble that the Y respond. One of the disappoint- ments of last year’s SunFest was the mediocre turnout for the an- nual SunFest parade. When so many local and out-of-town organ- izations put a great deal of effort into the parade, it's not too much to ask that residents make an ef- fort to take it in. Besides, the Sun- Fest parade is really what the fes- tival is all about. Auaratnnnncnnccrcncsmscccncncnevnneeccccemnrnenct FRED MERRIMAN Keep up the good work Mr. Premier. You are moving in the correct direction with continued restraint. An important spinoff from the current and hopefully prolonged policy of accountability is a” noticeable improvement in the attitude of service presently being displayed by front line gov i manship, move to the sideline whistle in hand, and allow the men, women and children of this province room to play the game to the best of their ability, is a fair, reasonable and most welcome plan of action. We are anxious that the private ii firms should be Some of them are so bright and friendly they really should consider venturing out into the free market- place where competition is the way of life — some conglomerates excepted. There are several civil service people with whom I have had the pleasure of doing business who could bring much expertise and knowledge to the busi- ness community. It is a shame they denigrate their valuable time playing bureaucracy when they could jump into the business ring and help business find ways to fight city hall fair and juare. Most of us are well aware that men and women — including business — will tend to beat to drums of greed or exploitation of the weak and helpless, We need some sense of legis; allowed to. compete with ICBC. May I quickly say that I do not mean to criticize the people's insurance com- pany, because they are in the unfor- tunate position of being legislated and thereby ordered to insure bad risks. Agreed they are becoming tougher — perhaps too late. It is also my hope that all companies large and small will find a way to divide profits with their workers through the sale of shares to their employees. Perhaps the major unions could invest pension fund monies in the shares of the major resource and utility com- panies. Perhaps, Mr. Bennett, your govern- ment could encourage participatory economics. I to caution order to keep us peaceful. However, many of us feel that we are now over- governed. We understand, Mr. Premier, that you intend to reduce the level of government services and general inter- ference. Good show. Perhaps the void left by the withdrawal of government services will be filled by enterprising folk who will compete with each other and may the enterprise with the best service and the best price win. Most enterprisers know that the resources are not available to compete head on with the government. Therefore, your plan to set down broad rules of game- may Ip you that each civil servant is a human being probably with wife and kids, That which has taken 30 years to grow cannot be set asunder in several short months. Would it not be better to make a nice balance between encouragement of the free enterprise community to get their services in place at the same rate the government retires from the pro- vision of services that seem essential? Just a few thoughts and a note of encouragement to proceed in the direction you have chosen. You have my support and that of others who believe in human initiative as a better alternative than human d di Remember When? 35 YEARS AGO From the July 8, 1948 Castlegar News The Thrums Girls Softball team, very heavy hitte:s, defeated the Kinnaird Ladies 24-5. Return game will be played at Thrums on Sunday. . « «@ ‘The Platter Party. for the Kinnaird younger people, sponsored by. the Improvement Society was very suc- cessful. About 50 were in attendance playing games and dancing to music provided by Hjarni Aasland. The win- ner of the spot waltzes were: Johnny Sorenson and Carol Gunderson, Ivor ostrom and Eileen Tupper, .Reno Manarin and Inga Bondi. *. ° s Canadian Pacific Airlines has again started two flights a day between Castlegar and Vancouver, but mail will only be carried on the first flight. Mail must be in the post otis by 10 a.m. . 8 The first instructions on the use of the inhalator, presented to the St. John’s Ambulance will be given on Monday night at 7:80 p.m. in the Parish Hall. . . * The sum of $39.40 has been received at the Bank of Montreal to be added to the Emergency Relief Food Fund of Castlegar and district bringing the total to $1,286.10. 25 YEARS AGO r From the July 10, 1958 iJ 3. Castlegar News » , [The, telephone at the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce tourist booth has now been installed. It is 8531 and local residents are urged to make use of it, * 2 @ When Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret cuts B.C.’s Centennial birth- REAGAN'S ‘DEBATEGATE' The new Watergate By PAUL KORING NEW YORK — Ever since a security guard found a carelessly applied bit of tape on a door latch in Washington's Watergate complex the word "; has become a suffix sticky political problems. Watergate wasn't the first time U.S. presidents got caught up in dirty tricks. But it sparked an era of trying to clean up the political process and bedeviled language purists with a whole host of gates. The latest — Debategate, which arises from the 1980 theft of then- President Jimmy Carter's briefing book before his televised debate with Ronald Reagan — threatens to tarnish Reagan's folksy good-guy image. It comes as no surprise that Debat- egate has suddenly become a hot topic since Reagan seems the near-certain Republican candidate for next year's presidential elections. Debategate is perfect grist for the cam| mill. For example, Senator John Glenn, the former astronaut and now Democratic presidential hopeful from Ohio gave it renewed currency this week when he said his campaign staff had been offered materials from other aspirants but had turned them down, “I put out the word to all my people that we would not accept material from any other camp,” said Glenn. Then he called for all the dirty details of Debategate to be aired “so the thing won't drag on forever.” But few would deny their uphill bat- tles for the White House would be Just what is obscene By GERALD McNEIL OTTAWA (CP) — Could a proposed new definition of obscenity result in suppression of the 11 o'clock news? “How far might it be argued that those news films of napalmed bodies in Vietnam, victims of Auschwitz, mass suicides in Guyana are ‘degrading rep- resentations?’ " asks Alan Borovoy, general council for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. “This definition of obscenity is a very dangerous one to freedom of expression.” Borovoy is talking about the defini- tion contained in amendments to the Criminal Code proposed recently by Justice Minister Mark MacGui; RONALD REAGAN . .. good-guy image threatened anything but helped by a protracted scandal — especially since this one has already touched several top Reagan aids. day cake in Nanaimo next week, Castlegar will be represented as one of the many candles on the 10,000-pound goodie. The candle will be two-feet high and approximately 2%: inches thick, with the name Castlegar done in black enamel, according to a letter received by the village council from the Cen- tennial committee. es 28 6 Dr. George Page was installed as uncovered piles of filched Carter cam- paign documents filed under “Afghan- istan” in a storage room. Nixon era. “It’s possible that I did see some pages of Carter material for a brief period but I do not recall,” Gergen said. Meanwhile loose-lipped budget direc- tor David Stockman, who got into hot water last year with some incautious comments about Reaganomics, was bragging about the pilfered briefing book back on the day of the debate three years ago. The Elkhard Truth, a small Indiana daily buried Stockman’s boast on page 15 and Time and ignored the story although both knew about it. Now, with the 1984 campaign well Dr. Page was installed by J.M. Macbeth, a past president of the Rotary Club. es 8 @ Buffet supper and band . concert, sponsored by the United Church, Tuesday, July 165th at 6:30 p.m. on W.T. Waldie's lawn. Adults $1, chil- dren under 10, 50 cents. 15 YEARS AGO From the July 11, 1968 Castlegar News Trail and district will be scrutinized by world-fs baseball talent Satur- day of next week, as the St. Louis Cardinals hold a one-day tryout camp there, for boys aged 16 to 20 years. under way, it is front page news. The camp will be conducted by St. So far, no one has suggested the ‘‘Lobis’Cardinals' western scout super- president knew anything about the ' visbr Bill Sayles who had major league way his staff ired the pitching experience as well as manag- William Casey, Reagan's chief and now head of the Central In- telligence Agency, claims he never saw the papers but other Reagan insiders say he had them first. James Baker, the White House chief of staff and a former campaign staffer, says Casey gave him a copy of the briefing book and he passed it to David’ Gergen, now the White House com- munications director and the man who prepared Reagan for the debate. Gergen initially denied any know- ledge of the material but later and adds degradation to the list of obscene matters. In other words, something could be judged obscene if it unduly exploits crime or horror of violence or portrays persons in a degrading manner, even without a direct link to sexual activity. MacGuigan has said the broadened definition could be used to prosecute someone publishing a photo or film of a woman wearing a dog collar and leash without depicting explicitly sexual scenes, The amendments also clarify that the law covers all media, not just “publica- tions” as defined at present. That would bly make it easier to get The new definition would be aimed at anything that unduly exploits sex, violence, crime, horror or cruelty at people selling pornographic video- cassettes, for example. But Borovoy and other critics say the “through d dit Pp of a male or female person... .” The Criminal Code currently defines obscenity as the undue exploitation of sex, or the exploitation of sex combined with violence, crime, horror or cruelty. is so broad, and words like “degrading” so vague, that just about anything could become a target. Asa result, he predicts, police would become the arbiters of freedom of expression. i) trials are An Democratic documents, but that inay ' ‘ing tedms in organized baseball, then no longer matter. Few believe Nixon ' an assistant general manager for the was aware of the break-in Vi M and general man- before it happened. ager for the Portland Beavers before ‘As with other gates, the political Joining the staff of the St. Louis dangers of this latest scandal lie in the Cardinals. way the administration handles it. If high officials are implicated or should there be even a hint of cover-up or stonewalling, then the damage to Rea- gan’s chances in 1984 could far out- weigh whatever advantage the briefing book gave him in 1980. ‘ ' s s * Fire totally destroyed the Pass Creek home of a family of five Monday afternoon. RCMP said the fire, which started in a back porch of the home of the Kenneth Fleming family, was of undetermined origin. . e direct distance dialing sometime in 1970, an official of B.C. Telephone Company disclosed recently, LJ s Members of the Selkirk College class who graduated this spring have founda most gratifying response to their quest for employment. The demand for graduates from the two-year program in business and commercial practice was greater than the supply. 5 YEARS AGO From the July 13, 1978 legar News James Norris was named new presi- dent of the Castlegar and District gross subjectivity. There's really no Teachers’ Association at the annual attempt toset out any kind of objective Seneral meeting held recently at eciterta” Stanley Humphries Secondary School. The Canadian Association of Uni- Sri agg ® versity Teachers suggests that the consent of an attorney general be required before prosecutions can take place under the proposed law. Otherwise, the law could become “simply a licence to attack serious and respected works” of scientific, artistic, literary, medieal or educational merit. Meanvhile, there isn’t any immi: danger to the 11 o'clock news, because effect, getting charged is the equiva: lent of a heavy fine. Civil Hbertarians therefore fear that a mere suggestion from police that there has been a complaint about a magazine or a film may be enough to force its withdrawal. Borovoy says that if the case does go to court, the judge becomes the arbiter because there is nothing in the proposed definition to guide him. “This definition is infected with The Kootenay Nuclear Study Group has endorsed a report calling for an immediate halt to uranium exploration in the China Creek area near Genelle and a judicial inquiry with public par. ticipation into uranium mining in B.C, s s s The Castlegar and District Chamber of Ce tourist inf booth is drawing at least 22 to 23 visitors The key to the new is that it the need to alink * between sex and the other elements accused who wins faces tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees. In daily, according to chamber President proposal isn't likely to get wy fo tt Searle Sheldon 8 passage before the next general elec- tion, expected sometime in 1984. PROVINCIAL BUDGET '83 The West Kootenay area is to have Government drops axe on civil service VANCOUVER (CP) The B.C. government moved to cut 400 jobs from the civil service Friday, one day after introducing legislation that allows it to fire government employees without cause. The 400 employees were the first of some 6,000 the government says it plans to axe from the civil service as part ofa aie austerity drive revealed in Thursday's budget ‘speech. ation, said he was stunned by the legislation. “They’re saying they can fire you if they don't like your politics, or they don’t like the color of your hair. “It’s absolutely incredible . . . and will result in the destruction of basic employee rights.” R UNREST Union leaders predicted the legislation would lead to serious labor unrest, including the possibility of a The | i by Pi Si 'y Jim Chabot, eliminates job security wide strike by public service workers. in workers’ contracts, allowing the government to fire them tlre cause when their ‘current collective agreements expire. The New Democratic Party and the labor movement d e | as fascist and d and union leaders predicted it could lead to a province-wide strike by public servants. Chabot said Friday the 400 employees were being told by letter and telephone that they would be without jobs when the B.C. Government Employees’ Union contract expires Oct. 31. The minister said attrition was not working fast enough for the government to achieve its stated goal of chopping 25 per cent of the provincial work force. By September, 1984, the government hopes to trim the public service by some 10,000 jobs. About half that target has been met, he said, leaving about 5,000 workers the government still wants to get rid of in little over a year. Asked when the next set of termination notices will go out, Chabot told reporters: “It depends what next set of Programs are being eliminated in the public service.” VIOLATES CHARTER The bill was tabled Thursday’ following the $1.6-billion deficit budget presented by Financé“Minister Hugh Curtis, which among other moves, increased’ provincial sales tax to seven per cent from six per cent! due B.C. Federation of Labor ‘president Art Kube, who described the firings as destructive to the “social fibre of the province,” said the legislation appeared to violate the Charter of Rights. Executive officers of the federation met Friday to discuss several avenues of action, including a possible court challenge. The federation said it will outline its plans at a news conference Monday. The Public Service Restraint Act allows for the dismissal without reason of every public servant in the province — something in the order of 250,000 including municipal and regional district employees, teachers, profes- sors and Crown corporation workers — after present contracts expire. Larry Kuehn, president of the B.C. Teachers’ Feder- HIGHLIGHTS e Retail sales tax increased to seven per cent from goes a day from $7.50 for acute care and to $12.75 a day from $11.50 for long-term care. Fee for emergency room visit jefinitel; 1 ed ¢ Provincial civil service ‘nil be reduced fo 99,965 tn the 1988-84 fiscal year from the current complement of about 44,000; private industry will supply more consulting functions. e The pupil-teacher ratio to be increased in public schools and small school districts could be amalgamated. © Increases in water rental fees for generation scheduled for Jan. 1, 1984, will be deferred at a cost of $16 million this fiscal year and $66 million in 1984-85. The move will avert average hydro rate increases of 5.5 per cent. ¢ © Ski facilities in two provincial parks, Pacific Coach Lines and Beautiful B.C., and other provincial govern- {_ ment publications to be turned over to private industry, ] wae SELKIRK COLLEGE VW) KIDS ‘N SX4 ss COMPUTERS Selkirk College has limited openings re- Cc for in ie is children, grades 4 through 12. GINNERS 1 — LOGO: Introduction to Pro- Srerinning through Turtle Graphics and student rojects on the Apple computer. Recommended for Grades 4 - 7. (9 a.m. - 12 noon) BEGINNERS 2 — BASIC: Introduction to Pro- hrough graphics and student p' on the Apple computer. Recommended for Grades 8 - 12. (1 p.m. - 4 p.m.) FEE: $50.00 per course. CENT VALLEY: July 18 - 21, 19863 tees NELSON: July 25 - 28, 1983 CASTLEGAR: Aug. 29 - Sept. 2, 1983 EASE REGISTER BEFORE JULY 15 AT THE TRAIL CAMPUS, 368-5236, TO BE GUARANTEED A SEAT. REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE COURSE IF SPACE 1S AVAILABLE. union presi- Norm ge ploy dont, said if the termination notices aren't rescinded, the union will be required “to use the most forceful means at our a ” Frank Howard, the NDP house leader, said the worst feature of the legislation is the introduction of what he termed fascist-type legislation that allows for “all of the Hitler-like discrimination that they want to engage in.” Chabot said the decisions on firings will be based on skills, abilities, and ‘Workers not doing their jobs’ VICTORIA (CP) — Many: of the public servants who will be fired by the provincial government in the coming months have not been doing their jobs, says Premier Bill Bennett. “What do I say to the tax- payers if I pay people with their money or money they don't have . . . for functions that weren't being per- > A) 3/8" D. Fir B) ¥%e" Std. 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