7,197 ‘awe carat S PuntisHer avo. Peblisher — Burt Campbell vet soe da Kositsh rei ion. '-— Linda Kaslisin ice Manager —Elaine Lee are #78/AUG. 27,1900 }a7-FEB, 15, 1979. 1OTICE OF Cort not e 3 provided, however " q belong tothe edveriser. engravings, pitta pe Y n in thot part and thal part only of in ond S/S B RIC now. RIC 2: The following is reprinted : the Vancouver Sun." |: The provincial governme move to lift the share tively by all British Columbians, through their, gover- ‘nment, were ‘transferred to .in- . 4 of. whom ces restrictions from the B.C,, Resp: a8 bought exira’ shares at a price whatever reason;, “finally signals’ the end of BCRIC’s day: porate guinea. pig and ti its life as a company ‘Ii companies. That Is good news and’. bad news, as they say. The good news: is that 1! market value of ‘BCRIC. shares: | up, the: company. will, have jin flexibility, its board ‘of ‘directo: will be more accountable ‘to, th sharehold ‘and; its, poli apron strings are being cut. The bad news: is: that it: will. be.” and site. ownership and .c ntrél will’ inevitably shift from British Colum- bia toward Central Premier ‘Bill Bennett. would: not dare repeat the slogan with which’ he once fought off d:takeover bid for MacMillan Bloedel Lid.: 'B.C. Is not for sale.” As healthy. as it may be for the. sound operation of the BCRIC, the removal of ownership restrictions represents the failure of Mr.,Ben- nett's experiment. in people’ 's capitalism. The original objective of the ex- periment, as. the premier ex- plained it at the time,.was to enable individual British some bians to’ own what. he called" " piece of the rock.” - That was the rationale according to which assets ‘that were once Canada. «. 3 what, the stock is.now corporations and institutions from ° outside the province. A ‘Premier Bennett was less than candid in explaining the reason for. lifting ‘the restrictions. He claimed it: had! nothing to“do with Dome troleum’s invitation to’ BCRIC: to participate in its liquefied natural. gas project, but it certainly: makes i: it easier for BCRIC: to take up the offer, since it is strapped for cash but has’ shareholder. approval to ‘double its number of shares, ‘Politics undoubtedly. played some ‘part ‘in’ the. premier’s decision. Severing the: gover- nment's last ties’ with BCRIC will “leave: fewer reminders of his ill- fated 1979: election gimmick around when the time comes to call another election. : But on balance, removal of the a-good thing. \f it marke fo the good of the conipany, the shares may one day comniand. a ‘price equal to what Mr. Bennett used to fell people they. would be worth, If'so, those pensioners who sank their savings into’BCRIC shares at the premier's. urging might get their money back — even. if ‘it . mesns selling thelr “piece of the rock" to Bay’ Street, and BCRIC becomes plainRic. - That rmdkes sense Saperransaasg Ts Teprinted from the British Publication. New Scien- it ue . Iraqi postgraduate students studying in Britain have been told to end their studies and join the army to fight Iran. One doctoral candidate from a British'u famed Alwan, held a meeting with the students and informed us that we must volunteer to: par- ticipate in the war. When we asked him about our studies, ‘he ‘replied that participation in’ the war. is more important. than @ piece of paper and all hese who get killed _ said, “The Iraqi minister of state, will be ‘9 Y doc: torate. : ff is not worth a nickle. In that's another story. the United States now at f! sharp, the benefits the federal FRED MERRIMAN Pension plan isn't worth anickle eal ‘achat how many eople know that their Canada Pension Plan pee evena nickle isn't worth a nickle — but We have been reading much about the social security scheme in Re point where we see itis some $3 trillion dollars in the red. It means simply that if Americans stopped making contributions to their social security. Program | Jomerrow at's a. ms ~ almost i uid be make would exceed $3 trillion dollars. The, plan Is is underfunded. cone tributions are used to run the day-to-day operations of the U.S. federal government. Private pension plans that were run that way would draw rom the ( wthorities and such pension programs. : would most certainly result. in long prison terms by the organizers of al #8 eis ME HMI inrnnanucnetenereugist Castlexar.News The growing’ evidence diarism in the district -and th con: sequent threat it presents to the public.’ welfare of Castlegar, and “district caused a discussion of the problem ata, i meeting.of the representative he = * Village Commission, ‘th . District Chamber vat Commi Castlegar schoo! board, inguin panies in town ‘and’ Waldi + and Building Supply with geant McKay of Nelson wh of Nelson Division, ROMP.. . “e es A, Bileski, captain of th i Point fastball team from\Trail; - wi rushed to the Castlegar Fire: : revived with’ the fire ‘department's’ respirator after a néardréwning’ epi: sode in the waters ‘of the Columbia: River at Eremenko'’s Park, Tuesday: From the Aug. 8, 1957’ ” legar News. - Celgar’s initial expenditure; their plant site on ‘the ‘old.:We property will be over $1,000,0 Beaupre, executive. vice-pres the company announced:at,a; held at the Castlegar Hotel Tuesday,” a money will be spent in clearing the: Iant site, building a warehouse ahd Poviog the CPR tracks.. \ Mr, Beaupre also ani 's local sawmill operation ‘will: be Post office ae a fair! eet Editor, Cantlogat News If, anyone’ agrees’, with the fol- lowing, why. not write a letter. to, the head of Canada Post, Michael Warren, our local MP Lyle Kristiansen and the Postmaster General, Andre Ouellet. An open letter to Michael’ Warren: Re: post “office boxes and their rental, It's that time of year again when I have torenew my box rental and I find once more an increase in price. I would like, you to consider this: why should -Tural people be charged this extra tax-. when people in-more populated areas have their mail delivered to shetr Soars at.no extra cost? You ‘say, “A box’ is‘ an oatza convenience.” In what way? Certainly - to your. employees. who. Sort, the, zuail once into the boxes where their respon- sibility for, delivering ceases; whereas, We bleat xo} Canada’ like sheep ‘Editor, Gaitiegar News: Like thé lump of clay when Adam required God's life-breath, Canada re- quires new English lyrics to O Canada. ‘A national anthem should be a dignified peice which inspires a warm glow in a citizen's patriotic breast. But .; when our anthem is publically sung,-we’ bleat like disinterested sheep and mumble barbaric gibberish. The total effect inspires the feeling. © - of a running ‘nose on a-rainy day. The minute the band strikes up, - we all forget the words — or so it appears. Those who. recall the lyrics sing the old‘ones + erat to the fact: that¥the lyn were’ altered in. 1972.* =piigli The present U.S. to the almost di: head on and drawing much political ven for so doing. + ‘ee Meanwhile, all-is calm here. ip Canada where the younger generations shall contribute steadily to ao Canada Pension | Plan system which appears to be modelled after: the U.S. Those now over 60 are.still probably just going to make it under. the wire. Those Canadians under 60 would be-well advised to’ consider the super whole ‘wheat: bread ‘recipe: iged “pi that Janis ‘Lauman demonstrated. at « cat to match the“original French. * fund contributions, order. lam ‘now waiting for confirmation or r denial from our:Member of Fentement on the subject, and will report the answer in due course. in the meantime, since everybody ‘is on a'six per cent kick, it might be a good idea to write your elected representative to find out if ed our Canado Pension Plan contributions: are’ presently’ being eed to run the day-to-day operations of government here In Canada. Items like spending the rumored $200,000'a year just for brief cases for public servants do not seem like a good use of our. pension The reason the misuse of the funds interests me so much is this: : In May of this year | submitted the prescribed and authorized ap- plication form to the Canada Pension — or’social insurance ‘program |: as-it is loosely and inaccurately called — for the purpose of ascer- taining my own personal Canada Pension Plan base earnings. .. The information promptly arrived and | was satisfied Two weeks later | received a letter from the same department ad- plan as. -money down all was in]: vising me that they would not honor my request for information since their records showed that | had already received information about my standings. The law ‘clearly tells us that we may request, such infor- mation only but once every 12 months. The rules are fair — the original tequest | assume was not removed from the re basket was therefore run through the mill a second time. i. The } of the anthem is old: and starchy,’ like: a phrases like. ‘True - patriot *<. * love,’ ‘With glowing hearts,’ and 'We-: ‘stand. ‘on. guard’. are thrown’ pell-mell together “ according to’ the patriotic recipe for, a flop: cake. In total the entire piece is an irony, . “a plece written in an old, never popular.‘ style to praise a new, rising country. So 33,) RobBeynon ‘ ANANTH Letters to.the editor should be sent Box 3007, People are prorle and most of us make fai However, | would hope that this incident is not typical of ine often’ we may expect come benefits time. The incident does confirm for me the personal opinion that our elected representatives here in Canada should be asking some deep, (penetrating questions about Canada Pension Plan. ° Singue: ‘ or delivered 'to: 197 Columbia Ave. ee Castlegar, By Cc. ye a mail has to’ be: resorted every time.” another customer requests it. ".)."." Tt seems to us’ that we. are, sub- sidizing those who’ receive. home delivery, in so far as-when door-to-door service was:commenced, a number of ‘extra people were added to thie payrall, ” at whose expense? ‘Not < those '. who receive this service. Dees this seem fair to you? * People on rural routes also receive their mail in group boxes provided by Canada Post at: no ‘extra’ ‘cost even. ‘tough it kas to be delivered by trick | or_car. Does.this seem fair? It's not really the amount of the fee (which ‘incidentally has - risen another 20 per cent when our wages and pensions are'being restrained toa six’ ‘per cent increase), it’s the fact that ‘we are charged any amount which I am protesting. . (Hoping you will give this matter your consideration. ‘ Naney M. Knight Robson - Setting it straight on =the Bluébefry-Paulsen~ if it is et in general delivery: the” Editor, Castlegar News: .: > . After ‘reading: your ‘column Re. member When" (Aug. ? edition): which always interests me, I’ would :tike:'to inform: you’ that’ when the Proposed. Blueberry Paulsen: Highway: (whith: : was just a dream in the early 1950's) it~ “Bud” » was. my ‘husband © Walter e who: infe the camped at’McCrea Creek where Bud and. John."Landis and the diamond drillers were looking for gold in “them thar. hills.” The surveyors with uni- versity degrees were asking my hus- “band the: easiest route to Christina «-Lake:— and Bud only -had Grade 8 education. : They respected Bud's advice Chamber of Commerce and others how toreach the other side of the mountain. »Bud had ‘travelled that area’ ever since ‘he: was ‘a ‘kid ‘prospecting and trapping with his dad Charles, Ben Shaw of Rossland and Mr. Singer when the Molly Gibson Mine was in oper- ation. I don't think Hugo Wood: was around here: then... ‘When Bud was mining’ at Goren in 1958 all the peated arene, were Bread Fair sei and k dge more than their books on surveying. Bud could use instru- ~ments as well as SBD, surveyor with a degree. 4 Maybe s some of your readers might “tind this bit: of. its present capacity, He said expansion bf jthe sawmills opération will créate enfployment ee an additional 100 men. - Local Guas Steve Rysen ‘won $20 fora “BAP” (Boost for Productions) at the CM&S's operations at-Trail.-He - suggested a more economical method of improving the distribution.of solution at the Warfield Fertilizer Plant. i Other district residents who won awards ranging from $5 to $16 were W.C. Goresky and W.E. Marken’ of Castlegar and Joe Logelin’ ‘and Tom Fourt of Kinnaird. . o . Guy Guido of Kinnaird: was low bidder on the new St. Rita’s Churehj.. his bid being $60,676 and the cont has been let to him. ~ sy tty enn we Poser A 20-year-old Brilliant man, Mike Koochin, was severely burned Wednes- day by contact with a high. tension wire, while up on a pole. carrying ‘a transformer in front ‘of the Spiritual Community of Christ Hall... According to information released by the local RCMP, Mr. Koochin was apareatly engaged in changing the ser- vice to the hall at ‘the time of the accident, + * ‘ A mass meeting of Sina’ ot Freedom at Krestova Sunday. “con- “demned” the report of John Maloff of to read these. ‘lazy summer days when ‘ they, read. Remember When." Joan Schwartzenhauer "(Bud's widow) : _Gaitlegar : “Whole wheat bread recipe was. popular : “Baitor, ‘Castlegar News: . A number of people have ask r the Bread Fair, ‘sponsored by’ the: Castlegar “Community Arts > Council water is used and lemon j juice, instead s of, milk.’ But ,the results are fabulous. -Dorothy Miller-Tait >. Castlegar *Baltor’ 8 note: due to its length | we will during services’ co-ordinato! ing. in’ “Armstrong, erodes soaves of “this ‘delicious bread’ with very limitéd” facilities ‘and’a convection ‘oven. “S-'The recipe is’ somewhat: different ; from traditional bread recipes in ice : ‘strike fund. Editor, Caitlegar: News: Mr. John Fryer of’ the ‘acon boast thatshis union has a strike fund of $20 ‘million sitting in’a, U.S. -bank . account. (CBC news. item Aug. 3). :. Presumably - this ‘money; repre- sents the~ accumulative ‘union;-dues collected from his members, who had earned this money in Canadian dollars : while’ working - for , the’ taxpayers sof British Columbia. If this: money. had been deptsited E in a Canadian bank in B.C:.it-Wwould: have - been -re-circulated in. our, ,own: economy, in the form of mortgages’ at forego re the recipe’ at this e.. However, interested bakers can XRG Castlegar News will publish the recipe dn its: annual’ Cook Book supplement hbater, this fall.’ Look for it thea: "Why is isn’ ft the. BCGEU in. Canada?” consume: loans, ‘which, in turn woutd have created. , jobs for British Colum- Instead of this, $20: million: is now. of Orthodox Doukhobors who visited the New Den- ver dormitory school last: month. * A Freedomite spokesman said “Monday night they questioned also pew ‘that Maloff had been sent to the New ‘Denver School on -behalf ‘of the Sas: katchewan Doukhobors. Eighty-cight Freedomite children, are confined to the B.C. government: operated institution because: ‘their. parents have refused to send'them to. public schools, Maloff said, following the visit, that the children appeared happy and a eared for. * As the canes of telephones in Castlegar tops the 1,000, mark;*B.C.. Telephone Company announ hat work on the $21,000. outside : plant Project in this area is now: pearing: completion, . . * 15 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 10,1967." legar Nowe!” 230": The Celgar pulp division is to be shut down from Monday, Sept...4 to Sunday, Sept. 10 inclusive. due:to a: heavy inventory situation and ‘because. «Of serious market conditions Resulting from an oversupply of pulp. in the, province due to the new. mills. which have been coming i into productioi i Final reading ee fies given: to Pa bylaw to provide ambulance service for: Castlegar and Kinnaird, The. regional, district bylaw, passed at: a meeting recently of Central Kootenay Regional District, provides for ambulance’. ‘Ber: vices for Castlegar; Kinnaird, , Blue: berry Creek and slectoral areas I and: “circulating in the U.S. creating jobs | - south of the border at the expense of the B.C.’ workers who provided: the funds in the ‘first place, soulf Mr: Fryer has so little faith in the BC: economy that he cannot use his Kinnairal ieee a ton Satur: day and the day was an. occasion for, ° laughter and seloninily for’: kee ‘and union funds ‘here, how then -can he = expect the taxpayers of this province to support his exhorhitant. demands? «+ °°" Michael Heard Castlegar; E which the letters: patent > we fonted and the new. council’ in. * university instar ‘courses in the Art: “wor! rid i ‘is increasing its ‘demand for greater + ond Grantor skills and knowledge. This -Means 5 that oy s. siudent MUST ee some form of education. beyond the basics. “and Industries Offering pcan ng aes providing programs ‘designed to properly prepare young. and mature students for today's: changing world. ‘Counselling « avenues are available (such as the Career Centre at Stanley Humphr : __peprentlessh Peng and Pregram Branch. located in Nelson, Coatlegor 7 Trpltand several other conimurities nov clepe ide range of on. In additi gion. coreer and women’s access E, CASTLEGAR CAMPUS — A} the Castlegar campus, the college's offerings include career Technology pre rams in ly Child: Elect lectronics, sirreals Nursing, Social Service Wi Ker ‘and Wildland SELKIRK COLLEG! * Aviation, Bi vanes in n Long Term Care Aid ble al Bax #99, Salmo, 0.€. oe Nelson, B.C. VILIC?,. » NELSON — ‘ Eos Sethe Mideroy, B.C. Box 720, Nok: : bral Vialt Sathirk College situate Nok telephone (604) a fox 720, Nok 1.C: VO 1H0, ; Box 968, Grond Forks, B.C... telophorie 60d) 42-2704, Seord Ottiee Troll 8... telephone Apprenticeships . Apprenticeships are still offered by many employers, and provide hands: on.training backed up with some home study. Periodic attendance at an : upgrading « course offered at a vocational school may also be required, Students’ should be aware of the need today to obtain as much secondary. education as possible, preferably getting their grade 12 with Math and ‘ English being two very important subjects. Many trades wil gecert students with'grade 10, but more and more are requiring grade 12 -Apprenticeship pre-entry courses, available Hrough | regional éolleges and vocational schools, are definitely an‘asset and should receive ‘serious © consideration. Province of ‘ British Columbia = Ministry of Labour Apprenticeship Training Program Branch Ph. 352-2211 (local 453) | ‘Enquiries are welcome to: