SS ce Castle News _ September 4, 1985 works for peace STURDIES BAY (CP) — At 77, poet Dorothy Livesay continues to wage a battle for world peace, a-struggle she began in the 1930s. “It is a movement I can't stop working in,” she said during an interview in the garden of her Galiano Island * home. More than two years ago about 1,000 female writers in Canada met for the first time to discuss women’s. rights and women's issues and how they relate to their writing. Livesay presented a motion that read: “In spite of all the women’s needs . . . the greatest need-is to be ‘Part of F nancial Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 the peace Livesay, who goes frot meeting to meeting on Gali- ano Island helping organize the peace movement there, says women have a special interest in speaking their minds.on world peace. “If there is a war, women's whole lives are gone, their children are gone .... Women have the most to lose from a nuclear war because they are the givers of life.” Although the motion passed, Livesay says there was no solid support for it until recently. What has come of the motion is the Women’s Peace Write project. Each writer has been asked to submit a poem, short story, diary en- try or a letter. Each week Parliament sits, MPs are sent one of the contributions. POEM FOR PEACE The first poem: sent was one of Livesay’s entitled The Poetry: interpretations. It read, in part: Above all a poem records speech: the way it was said between humans, animals, birds a poem is an archive of our times Zz That is “hy NOW today a poem must cry out against war. Only one MP — Ian Wad- dell of Vancouver Kingsway — responded to the poem by Livesay. Waddell wrote to express his support for the peace write and also for the | peace movement. So far, two other pieces have been sent, one by Lou- ise Cotnoir of Thetford Mines, Que., and one by Penny Kemp of Bethany, Ont. Thirty-three other writers, including Mary Meigs, Hea- ther Menzies and Daphne Marlatt, will send their works to MPs when Parlia- ment resumes. Livesay has no intention of giving up her life as an ac- tivist as long as she is healthy. She. still writes nearly every day and is putting special effort these en a —days—into—completing the ‘ Write,~ third part of her autobio- graphy — the book about her life and her conflicts with her parents over her radicalism. When she was young, Livesay reluctantly agreed that Canada should arm for the Second World War to de- feat the forces of Adolf Hit- ler. Livesay said that rather than protesting the build-up of nuclear weapons like New Zealand and the Scandana- vian countries, Canada is “just a banana republic” to the United States. She said she had hoped Canada would be a leader in the peace movement. 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The study — similar to a study completed last November for Vancou- ver Island — will outline how to ensure along term wood supply in the Central Kootenay. “We're hoping what we'll come up - with here is a plan of action,” “Committee chairman Mike Berg told “the Central Kootenay Regional District board. Berg added that his committee is prepared to pay for the study. NOISE BYLAWS funding pi for the Central Kootenay under the Modified Indus- try and Labor ‘ment im. Berg said $125,000 of the $2.4 million has been budgeted for administrative costs, including studies. He appeared. before the regional board to ask them to take the necessary political action to implement the study once it is developed. Funding will be needed from both the federal and provincial governments to carry out the plan, he said. And while ‘he said he doesn’t know yet how much funding will be needed, he said the planning, silviculture and BROKEN — ‘orest stud thining could create between £00 and 500 new jobs. Berg to begin the study “immediatley” and complete it by late fall or early spring. Figures Berg gave the board show the plan could increase. the timber supply in the region by 20 per cent. The Vancouver Island proposal calls for annual funding of $22.3 million. ‘That would create 1,100 new jobs and result in the production of second growth stands ready for harvest in about 30 years. Berg said some of the ideas in the Vancouver Island plan could te incor- porated into the Central Kootenay study. RDCK to lay charges By CasNews Staff ‘The Central Kooten Dis- ceived a number of complaints from triet-board is taking the promoters ofa series of} rock concerts at an Ootis- chenia drive-in theatre to court for violating the district's noise bylaw. The board decided Saturday to proceed with charges against the promoters of the Castle Rock concerts at the Sunset Drive-In. “We have somebody who has bla- tantly broken this bylaw . . . and if we do not prosecute him, I do not know why we make: bylaws,” said Area J director Martin Vanderpol. | Vanderpol said he personally’ infor- med the promoters before the first concert that they would be violating the district's noise bylaw. He also said he warned the promoters that he would ask the regional board to lay charges if the concerts proceeded. “They chose to ignore the bylaw completely,” Vanderpol said. The first concert was held Aug. 10 and another concert followed on Aug. 24. There was also a concert last night and a fourth concert is scheduled for next Saturday. In a letter to the regional district, C: RCMP Staff Sgt. John Ste- “TOURISM UP . | DESPITE FOREST FIRES By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Although the B.C. forest fire situation may ‘have slightly hampered tourism this summer, many in the Castlegar hospitality industry. saw a slight increase in visitors, according to a Castlegar News survey. Gerhard Felgenhauer, manager of the Castlegar Sandman Inn, said the hotel's occupancy was up by 20 per cent from 1984, although the figure might not be a total indication of tourism growth in the area, since the FEATURE REPOR Sandman Inn only opened last year. But Felyenhauer said his colleagues also say they experienced more tourist traffic this year. “There was more American traffic,” he said. “There was a little lull when the press hyped up the fire situation,” he said. ‘Although there were no inajor fires in this valley, Felgenhauer said it kept people. away. ‘He said some tourism people, particularly’ from the Kootenay Country Tourist Association, went to the about the forest fire situation here. “It helped a little, but obviously we couldn't get back what was already lost,” he said. Yet Felgenhauer said in general tourism was up. He cited a golfing promotion in the Eastern Washington area put on by the KCTA, as one reason. As well, the advantageous exchange rate offered American tourists also lured them north, he said. media in Spokane and “told them the real facts of life” Various gatherings like the Jehovah's Witnesses convention, the provincial swim meet in Trail, and the Seattle Thunderbirds training camp, also. helped to.boost the Sandman Inn's occupancy. Rod Clifford, manager of the Fireside Inn said he, too, noticed an increase in July and August. Clifford’said that during the early part of the season, there were many tourists from Saskatchewan and Alberta staying at the motor inn. The number of tourists seemed to drop off for a while, but in July and August he noticed an increase, especially in the number of American tourists. He speculated that the increase in American tourists was due to the difference in the poems and Canadian dollars. “That's what I'd assume, haviag more (Americans) this year than last year,” Clifford said. ' He said that the fire situation may have been one: reason why there weren't many tourists from the East this year. They may have been avoiding the southern route because of the fires, he said. But Gabriel Ferreux of Gabriel's Restaurant said he noticed a slight drop in the number of tourists. Gabriel's had more patrons at night but fewer at lunch, he said, adding that a few weekends were heavy. “Maybe it was too hot,” he said. Ferreux explained that some tourists camp and the only time he sees them in the restaurant is when it's raining and they come into town for a meal. But Castlegar didn't have much rain this summer. Jackie Fitchett, manager of Anthony's Pizza and Steakhouse, which openéd only a few months ago, said there were a fair amount of tourists in her restaurant during the day, but she isn’t sure about the evening shift since she wasn't working at that time. She said the provincial swim meet and baseball tournaments brought a lot of people to her restaurant. Diane Medal, manager of Dee's vens said he received seven complaints about the loud noise during the Aug. 10 concert and another six complaints during the Aug. 24 concert. All the complaints were from Castle- gar residents, Stevens noted, adding that he hadn't received any complaints from the unorganized areas at that time. However, Vanderpol said he re- outside the city. ‘Stevens also pointed out in his letter that while the drive-in theatre is zoned for rock concerts, “my concern is the lack of regulation to control such events and the disruption it is causing concert goers were consuming liquor. The first concert began at 8 p.m. Saturday and ended at. 1:03 a.m. Sunday. The noise bylaw prohibits “amplifi- cation of sound by electronic means” 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. Monday through all day Sundays and to residents of the City of Castl sk He said there was “very little control of the crowd” at the concerts and statutory holidays. The bylaw ‘Provides tinued on page AS * Fewer students as schools open By CasNews Staff Fewer students and fewer teachers started off the 1985-86 school year this week in the Castlegar School District —and they face further reductions and elimination of programs and staff as another year of reduced funding takes its toll. “Less library time, fewer clerical staff and less learning assistance time” were examples of cuts district super- intendent Terry Wayling listed. 3 He added that second language programs in French and Russian for Grade 5 and 6 students are “tempor- arily suspended” for this year. “In a general sense, funding has caused the district to review programs closely. We've tried to manage the district as best we ‘can (but) some programs have suffered.” Secondary school enrolment is down by about 50 students and elementary, enrolment is up slightly, Wayling said. As of Wednesday, there were 2,353 students registered in the district, down 58 from 2,411 at the end of June, he said. However, Wayling cautioned that those are preliminary enrolment fig- gures for this year and said he would have a better idea in a week after > things have settled down. He explained that high school students are sometimes late returning to school from summer jdébs and therefore affect enrolment figures on their return. Wayling said th¢re are 134 full-time equivalent teachers in the district, down eight from the end of June. continued on poge AS Cuts keep coming By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer ~ As students sharpen their pencils for the start of the new school year, the Cas- tlegar School District faces a “quiet crisis,” the president of the Castlegar and District Teachers’ Association says. In an interview Thursday, Lisa Pedrini, who this year succeeded Mike Rodgers as CDTA president, said there's “no immediate crisis” at the start of the new year, the third since the provincial * government announced its restraint program. “There's no crisis we're reacting to, but a quiet crisis is happening,” said Pedrini, a Mindergsriea ped at Rob- school. restaruant, which is also in its first summer, said she i} continued on page A3 ” gbe said starting the year with eight fewer teachers in . the district means the overall situation is “not as good as last year.’ -. USA PEDRINI ... “quiet crisis” Funding reductions have led to cutbacks in specific areas, she said, giving the following as examples: e the elimination of the district's French language co-ordinator for Grades 5 and 6; cuts to the district computer co-ordinator’s time; e cuts to the district resource centre co-ordinator’s time; cuts to the supply budget. Pedrini said her goal as president of the CDTA is to “keep the public aware of the situation in education and what it’s like in the classroom and what effect the cuts have * had.” “ She said she would not necessarily be maintaining a high-profile in the job, adding that her position would depend on the particular situation. Pedrini said her main concern in her role as CDTA president. is to achieve “justice in education.” Meanwhile, Pedrini, who splits her time between teaching and duties as CDTA president, said the CDTA will ibe making a pi this month. toa public organized by the De d Education Services Coalition (DESC) which will be soliciting public opinion on education in B.C, starting “ The new survey comes close on the heels of Let's Talk About Schools, a pi 1 gover P report