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If one thing has sniatded irbin
the first three days of the B.C,
Utilities Commision hearing, in
Rossland on West Kootenay. Power
and Light's application for a ‘rate
increase, it Is that the whole pro-
cess has grown so complex. that it
is beyond the understanding of

eaten away at their saiesied
profit In 1983. Now they want a7.8 -
Per cent increase in power rates si
that Investors in 1983. can b

Svaranteed @ return, of 16.25 per:

2 took defended the. 16.25 pe:
cent return. by pointing out. that

most’, ordinary: West. K y
residents.

Nevertheless, at the end of the.
long trail of financial figures there
is a bottom line — and that bottom
line Is that West Kootenay Power is
seeking a 7.8 percent rate hike in
order that ‘it .can; an

thout It West

finance néw facilities. He said that
@ return of 16.25 per cent will show .
potential investors that they can be

, guaranteed a." table return” from

already ~ significant return on)
shareholder equity — all of which
is held by Cominco. i

In ‘testimony to the Seniilsaton, Ms

West Kootenay Powér finance vice- *
- president Jim Brook admitted that,
the made a

. profit in. 1982, offering its
shareholders‘.an 18.2 per cent
return. That ‘came fn a year when
most companies were struggling to

c Power *
may, not be able to attract new in: .!
vestors-later on when‘in needs to

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‘return on thelr investments when

no one in private, competitive in-
dustry is? -

In fact, ‘we would go so ‘far as to,”
suggest th C. Utilities: Com-*
mission. should’: restrict - West.

survive, and went
bankrupt. . *
But West Kootenay Power isn't

satisfied with that return. They say -

inflation and increased costs have |.

Pay.TV

~ Pay-TV in ail its glo Hl be.
beamed into Nohon ge $s Canada
beginning Tuesday bes ast giving
everyone a chance a Toon see

y Power, to. the same
‘crease that the. rovincial gover.
nment has held B.

for themselves what all the fuss” |

has been about. But we're‘willing
to bet that most viewers will be a
little disappointed when they
finally see what they've waited so -
long for.
After all, the emphasis on pay-
'V overdthe fast month hasn't been
Its specials, or even its blockb
movies. It's been the Playboy
Weekend — a 2% hour late night
adult entertainment feature. And
. that doesn’t. begin until late
February.
Lost in the Playboy controversy
has been the fact that pay-TV is

the multicultural ‘needs of ‘the:
country, es
“it's perhaps unfortunate that the ©
more positive aspects of pay-TV
have bsen shunted :to the rear,
while Playboy has managed to cap-
.ture the focus of the country. Ws
unfortunate too, that
Kootenay residents cannot. choose

to have pay-TV without Playboy. -”

Residents here are stuck with
-éither having pay-TV and Playboy
or doing without pay-TV: .
altogether.

FRED

MERRIMAN.

We are now hearing much flack
‘about First Choice TV and are they
loving all the free publicity. However,
that point must be put aside for
another day. The discussion about
what is moral and what is not, though,
does interest me.

y I begin with the dictionary
definition of morality? “The right ér!
wrong of an action.” We read back to
the word moral and see, ““Goog in’
character or conduct; viet 5
ing to civilized standards of ae
wrong.” Gy

Now where does that lea
Fox, the official censor oF “thie
good-intentioned people who are
lobbying for tight control and other
limits on the kind of material which will
be available on pay-TV? I wouldn't take
the job if you gave it to me.

I am quite sure there are people
who would be shocked and offended to
see a chicken beheaded. It used to
make me lose my'stomech when my
Dad the with a

world not leave weil’ enough alone? I"

am not, and probably never will, be ina
-position of moral: perfection which
would-then qualify me to moralize on

Tietheee I believe that given a choice

of right and wrong — whether or-not

standards to

most ‘people (including

“ehildren) will ‘choose that: shih: is
good.

Whave ‘met very ‘tow people in
half-a-century who in my opinion would
jualify'as model citizens in the moral
sense. Those people who do qualify do
not give me, the: impression that they

bebe dirteigereny Spratt
In fact most of the really moral

people that I do know confine them- |

selves to an attitude of acceptance.

“They go quietly about their lives

helping people to live moral lives by
Without king th

short handled axe. I personally think
that it is immoral to kill a chicken, yet

. the dictionary would seem to call it
moral simply because it is. not wrong
according to civilized standards of Fight
and wrong. It's interesting to note that
my feelings of immorality do not seem
impinged as we feast on chicken at the
eveningsmeal.

At present we have a wide range of
immoral possibilities on” the local
television and even in the Holy Bible
where we read of incest, mass murders
and hanging — good and bad alike — on
a cross. Is it not a possibility that the
moralists should look at that great
Book and reduce it to the Sermon on
the Mount and perhaps the 28rd
Psalm?

Here at last is my point. Why can't

d

ey seem
to say, “I am happy, healthy and at
peace with myseif and others because I
live this way and believe this way. I
invite you to do likewise.

“If you should choose differently, I
will be said for you. I will not condemn
or criticize or interfere. Perhaps in
time you will see that morality is better
than immorality whatever it may
mean,”

I feel for the people who are
concerned about the material that may
get into their living rooms
television. It is my hope, nevertheless,
that the freedom to choose shall be
upheld. Those who are concerned for
the sake of the immoral should change
to another channel.

We can always hope that, in due
course, they aleo will discover for

the and pseud f the

h Ives what morality is all about.

‘West. «

Castlegar News: y
public has ‘been’ tombarded re.

heir forteestoes irae tp
ble callousness of the: federal gov

< income. ion‘ vero ineome up to $1040.
oe ‘

of. "$16.00. “After nang deduc-,
: tions, he arrives at-a net: income -
of under $5,000..He ends up.

"tho board voted is Sone to

; “cover ‘the loss of pei mare bya

gress
ston’ inthe year's ‘activities ‘of various

organizations of the ‘parish: were. the
key notes of-the 10th annual Vestry

- Meeting -held in Bt Alban's. Ghureh

“fact that the Parish was ‘developing’.
‘very: fast, It’ was,-felt. Ay might be

the: fal $200 reduetion in actual’
Quite ‘a number, I should. think, ‘out of

necessary .t0,.divide it’ in
future, -which would:
chan;

“nwo men have “retired. ‘from the .

Celgar Ltd. Mill and were tendered a

*Jancheon in the Castlegar Hotel by. the

Icaves 5 per cent ohich might be can-
celled out by. the new allowance: It
would seem the $200 tax reduction gets ©:

the
the Old): Ago” ‘Security - with ‘a federal tax ‘payable -of $520. to ‘most of the. pensioners who, ‘really

cent to. aix | per. cent for, 1983, and a 54s,
Per. cont level for 1984.

an’ OAP’ recipient I have shared -
* the lack: of-enthusiasm of old age pen-.
+ sloners for this seeming subversion of.
the original federal indexing initiative:
“Gast: week, I received ‘the. blank

- political donation - reduction,
brings ‘down ‘his total federal tax
payable to $245.

‘However, he still has to take out the
“B.C:. provincial: tax on’ the’ taxable
income, ‘which he ‘calculates ‘at $916.
But this total of $561, is reduced by T4
alip deductions at source of about $460,

plus the alk for.a B.C: p:

‘Personal Income ‘Tax-forms. ‘ing
1982,. ‘as. usual” directly ‘from’ the
. Department: of Revenue.. For many.

.sion (never. included ‘as‘an availaable’

reduction) is ‘provided for the first”
time. I refer to'the “Spouse's Federal .
Income Tax Reduction,” in graduated
amounts'to a maximum of $200 (Guide:

“politi donation ($75) He. is, of last

|, week, very happy to-pay a'total income
pensioners, a new tax reduction provi- {tax of about $85 instead of over $800: ; damn fools?
' whicti (having no knowledge: of the new *
spouse's federal: tax '-reduction), he’:

figured, e would have. had ‘to pay.
_ TV cannot help | ering how many
pensioriers are’

ly” placed ..fi-

need it. :
The appalling ‘thing to me, appears.
to be that both: Conservatives and New.
‘Democrats failed to uncover this. Fail
” they must have, because as far as J am
_ aware, the'opposition hounds, were out .
“for blood day and night: ‘through ‘the
media. Yet a “leak” surely could have
been ‘discovered, since the’ tax ‘forms |
vand' the 1982 Tax Guide, had to go to
print’ early in- December at the latest:
Can-the-opposition-parties be: plain ~:
an they be thinking the -
‘public is?.Or are > they ina very. shabby.
way (as:shabby as any. federal. ‘gov- |
“ ernment ever thought to be), trying for
political gain for all itis worth? If they:
knew about it, ‘why didn't they try to.

Item 52); which a taxpayer may deduct: ‘ nancially, ‘and ‘because ofa spouse. pick holes: jn it ately ee

depending on’ the spouse's Persons!

“There i is

having no, superas income, can, claim

room for.

_ disagreement

‘As a trustee in’ this district, Tam
largely in agreement with the /sen-_

timent expressed ‘in your ‘recent: edi-
torial. A ‘gchool. board (or. any -public

body) should conduct its business i in as.

open a manner as possible.

_ In fairness to ‘the current, board, the

process more open is under current
Tiseussion. There’ is, I believe, a
growing feeling that some change may

TEAC WieRs s SAY.

Pi primary class is an example of how
difficult it can be to decide whether.or
uot'‘an issue ‘should’ be discussed
publicly. ‘I. voted against disbanding
this « However, my negative vote
was:clearly based on. closing « down”
another. program area. to keep the
primary. class’ open. As the. other
program area in question will now not
be closed ‘down, would ‘a (public dis-
, cussion have been fair to the 1

What .do you’ think? “Whi , 0. really
“Joses? Is .it. those. taxpayers in the.
higher brackets who shouldn't -receive

the, pension at all? Whose faces will be

red, Not mine, I hope. .
- Leonard Howe.

> School | |
celebrates
anniversary

, Castlegar News: :
Burnaby Central Senior Secondary
School in Burnaby, will be celebrating

, involved? While I would have been in
+ favor‘of a public discussion of this
‘issue, there “is certainly ‘room for
pene noe

Board should be

Editor, 1; Cantlegur News i
‘Some concern has been raised ‘Showy

the Wetinesday, ‘Tan. 19 article in the :.

- more optimistic _

$70,000 qninus ‘ $24,000. or $46,000.

. Now, ‘we must ‘ consider _ early

retirement and géneral attrition. In the

é ..' Jast three years 29 teachers have been

We wah t to remind the board ag
a total cost

hired. This attrition avereges 10 per.
year. The. CDTA, can foresee no

to the board of: two por cent actual X°

70 per cent for.B1 section equals 1.4 per
cent less .1 per cent plans and Pro-D
not adjusted equals 1.8 per cent. This

will cost at most $105,000 in the 1988 *,

year.) .

‘The severance cannot be costed as
you do not -have.to pay temporary
appointments’ the five per cont per

year.

‘This1.8 per cent or less, or $105,000
will now be reduced by the shuffle at
Twin Rivers which. saves $35,000 and
not $4,000 as set out in the article. Thus
$105,000 minus $35,000 equals $70,000.
This $70,000 can be reduced by at least
two retirements, thus 4/10 or 4 X
$60,000 equals: $24,000. Total now is

if cuts are made in the‘area of
high cost as set out in the board “report

© In conclusion, we feel that. natural
attrition,

unforseen conditions will leave the
‘ board in a surplus situation as it was at
the end of 1962,

Hopefully, : attrition will be the
handmaiden of the ministry. and we
appreciate . the~ board’s comment on
attrition. However, we do feel that the
board. might better present a .more
optimistic outlock for 1983 to try to
dispel .the fog of, pessimism that:
shrouds some of our membership. ~~

* ~~ Robert Cacchioni :

Presidext CDTA

retirements, early-
wwetirements, pregnancies and other.

it's 25th ry on Oct. 21 and 22,
All former students and teachers of

‘Burnaby Central are invited to send '

this letter along with their year, name.

and address to Burnaby Central Senior

Sec... School,- 4989. Canada Ware:

Burnaby, B.C. V6G 111.

+, Let us know where you arel
Netty DeWit

‘Management: et

‘Mr.’ W.: Pierpolkin completed 41
years at the mill and the. remarkable
thing is that he never lost 3 any time duc
to -accident in all those’ years.. Mr.
Pierpolkin started with William Waldie
‘and Sons in 1916 and rode. the’ carriage
for 80 years which . Fepresents a lot'of
miles. Mr. W. Makieff of , Brilliant

actually: retired in October: of ‘ast year

* owing to illness, He started work at the
mill in 1944 and, worked on the boom as
stripman. hase
e+ - . Ms

Mr. AT. Horewill, clerk’ of the

- Village of Cestlegar for the past 8'/,

 yeurs,:“Minded” ‘th ‘his ‘resignation at,
Monday. night's ‘special meeting of the:
Commission... <

Mr. Horawill said he did not eare to
this ‘time,

“make any statements on: the matter at

: *
The new See “Liquor Store

‘on. Maple Street will: be, opening on

Saturday - morning. Staff. members

have been busy for a.week stocking the

- shelves. The, building. was constructed
voby the Columbis Builders Hus

Brownie tae cameras at Pettitt

i x Photos: Just imagine, these remark-
> able.cameras make all three kinds of

pictures — black and ‘white snaps,
Kodacolor snaps’ and color alides.. - °
YEARS AGO |
», From the Feb. 1, 1968"
Castlegar News
The Red Mountain courses for the du
Maurier International ski’ races’ in
March compare.with those at the. 1964

: * skiing great ‘Toni. Sailer. '

Sailer, winner of three gold medals
at the 1956 . Olympics and - 1958
Olympics..and 1958 FIS world cham-
pion, graded.the giant slalom - and

slalom for.the World Coy event. sariier, F

“It has all the physical savises ofa
great giant slalom,” Sailer said..“It is
very steep and. with about 60:gates it

~ will compare with Innsbruk.”

“Catlleday
week. late?

Editor, Castlegar: News:

‘Enclosed is a print of the cover page
from the December edition of the B.C,
Amateur: Hockey Association's’ maga-
zine Hockey B.C, Please note that
Minor Hockey-: ‘Week. is Jan. 15-22,

983.

I would like to know why wo “in
. Castlegar conduct Minor Hockey Week
one week later than the rést of Canada.

B.L. Kilpatrick

Editors note:: Castlegar Minor Hoc-
key Week chairman John Stevens says -
,the reason for the change is that the ico
“time at the communtiy complex and old-
‘arena was booked before local organ...
izers ‘could confirm: “Minor Hockey
‘Week date inthe ‘Test of the. country.

The du Maurier. International i is the
second last event on the 18-meet:World.
the..best

- Cup Circuit and’ will a

kirk girls basketball team’ Tuesday
with a final score of: ort

Concerned _parents' of childen at-
tending the Hobbit Hill Centre for chil-
dren have organized a raffle to help the

centre recover more’ than $270 lost
when’ vandals burglarized: -the, estab-
lishment. -

At approximately 7 2 m. on Jan, 11
vandals entered the building by shat-
tering the glass in an entrance door.
Further damage was caused when a

_ second glass door was shattered togain

entry to an office. Glass was imbedded
in several foam mattresses used by the
children for naps during the day.

Stanley Humphries Secondary
School Jr. Rockettes scored their sec-
ond.big tournament win of the sdason
“-by-capturing top spot in the four-team
Rockettes" Invitational held at Stanley
Humprhies last weekend..
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