S August 27, 1989 Castlegar News 45 AS INTERNATIONAL K-9 CENTRE Ofters DOG OBEDIENCE Classes @_Castlégar News OPINION August 27, 1989 Everyone's help Remember ‘Spies’ advanced is needed to make city shine The tourism committee of the Castlegar Chamber of Com merce has been quite busy this year, and the following quotation (trom George Duff, a former president of the American Chamber of Commerce) comes to mind You never get to the point where everyone knows your story or where there is no more criticism. Remember, you are talking not to a crowd, but to a parade which changes all the time. You must communicate with the marchers young people are growing up, new people are assuming the burdens of the old. Different people are moving into your area. Even some people are changing their thinking The advice offered is sound. We must tell our story over and over again if we are to reach the total audience. Whether we are ad vertising a product or service, identification with our heritage or community spirit, we have to remember that it is a passing parade at which we are aiming our message We have to sell our communities over visitor and resident alike At the same time, promotion of community is the job of all of us and community involvement has to be a high priority. Here's what a reader of the Radville (Sask.) Star said about txamwork Xvxn though my typxwritxr is an old modx!, it workxd quixt wxll, xxexpt for onx kxy. | havx:wishxd many timxs that it workxd pxrtxctly. It is trux that thxrx arx forty-onx kxys that function wxll xnough, but just onx kxy makxs a big diffxrxncx. Thxrx arx timxs whxn communitixs arx likx my typxwritxe — not all thx pxoplx arx working propxrly. 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I'm nxxdxd vxry much ar dittxrxnex —Turning tides said — expensive and only temporary and over again, to tama + do makx ¢ big STOCKBROKER © BMW STATUS QUO Letters to the editor Sell-off slammed 1 have just completed and mailed the card protestiag the ridiculous plot to destory our Canadian railway sys- tem and abandon one more symbol of what once was Canada el sificas It saddens me to think that ia the few short years that I have lived oa Mother Earth, I have witnessed the loss of the Canadian Merchant Marine, the loss of CP aad CN telegraph service and »_of the eager ¢ the _termiaati was sacrificed aad the livelihood of area residents was affected by the loss of jobs along this spectacular line. One wonders what is left to sell of Canada. Must we hurry and “make a for “‘selling off”’ our railway system as you well kaow cad be squandered by the billions oa foolish military waste which we cer tainly don’t anced The few millioas saved press and freight service of the steam operated paddlewheelers oa the Kootenay aad Arrow Lakes. This was followed by still another disaster. The famed Kettle Valley line deal” for our very soul? Please thiak it over Pat Romaine Castlegar OTTAWA (CP) — Modern scien tists believe they can turn back the tide for awhile at least Amid scientific concern about rising seas around the world, engineers are contemplating a growth industry that would protect sandy beaches and other sensitive coastline But scientists say their solutions to shoreline erosion will be expensive and temporary “The problem in the next 50 to 60 years is one that we in the West will have the engineering capability to deal with,” David Prandle of the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory in an interview. Prandle's laboratory is based in the Merseyside region of Britain Prandle, attending a sponsored by the Association of Hydraulic which ended Friday, said conference International Research said there's no question that global seas are rising “*We have information from around the whole world, 200 years, and the net trend globally is for sea level to be rising by 20 to 30 cen going back as far as timetres over the past century. There's no doubt about that.” In some areas of the world, the sea appears to be sinking ‘relative to the land, but this is an illusion caused by the rebound of the earth's following retreat of glaciers, he said BEACHES ATR Beach areas around the world are already experiencing Canada, there is a long history of erosion problems around the Great Lakes, and the beaches of Prince Ed ward Island are considered at risk Prandle said the sea will probably rise by another $0 to 60 cen timetres over the next 5( global warming causes polar ice to melt, swelling the oceans crust erosion, In level years, as *‘When‘' there's already an existing problem in retaining beaches, then that problem is likely to get worse He conceded that measures are ex North American coastline in its present form for the hundred talking hundreds of dollars)."" pensive: ‘to maintain the next years, we're billions (of DNA typing merits argued by experts OTTAWA (CP) — DNA finger hailed as a formidable new miracle printing scientific weapon against criminals, is now on trial itself Canadian experts say the technology may eventually win credibility here as yne tool among many, even as U.S ourts review it Nothing and white the O: in scrence is ever black said Douglas Lucas, direc or of tario government's Cen re of Forensic Sciences. **Sometimes s presented as black and whité, and hat's the proble The justice system is now wrestling vith that problem: how reliable is DNA fingerprinting? Properly known as DNA typing, the chnique identifies an individual by analysing his or her deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material which every ving thing carries When blood, is analysed and results compared in computer data bases. semen or body tissue some scientists jave claimed it can prove identity with 4 certainty of billions to one In Canada, the technique figured in only three forensic has court cases. A defence lawyer used it to clear 1 client and prosecutors twice forced the accused to reverse their pleas to guilty with,DNA typing But DNA typing could take years to prove itself in Canadian courts, said Robert Wakefield, past-president of the Ottawa Defence Association While the scientific merits of DNA typing never been formally challenged in Canada, it’s under critical review in the United States Since November 1987, DNA typing evidence has led to a score of convic tions in more than 100 U.S. Council have criminal cases, some carrying the death penalty But this month, the judge in a New York City pre-trial hearing is to rule on the admissibility of DNA evidence ina double-murder case, In an unprecedented move, scientific witnesses for the prosecution and defence met to DNA typing evidence and issued a statement that said DNA data in this case wasn’t scientifically reliable Canadian and U.S. observers say concerns are warranted. They point to the words of one U.S. juror who found a man guilty of three sexual attacks, based on his DNA fingerprint **You can’t argue with science."* expert discuss Sy. Castlegar News MAEMAMER OF THE B.C. PRESS COUNCIL EStABLISHED AUG NCORPORATING THE MID. WEE CAMPBELL PUBL PUBLISHER C CIRCULATION MANAGER HED SETPEAABER 12 947 FEBRUARY Burt Campbell Simon Birch PLANT FOREMAN Heather Hadley By IAN BAILEY The Canadian Pre: die in his 30 y cancer speciali their children B he rejected the requests for * They apologized later whelmed by the situation, Too many people death, Gallup poll saying seven out of 10 ¢ support mercy killing in principle sick wondering, says de Veber, a founding Physicians for Life, tors on such issues as euthanasia cent of such cases McGill t says the figure is more like 80 per niversity cen! cent of people will die without pa’ people ss Dr. Barrie de Veber figures he’s seen 500 children patient's parents asked him to kill heir illnesses claimed them active mercy killing.”* They said they were over says de Veber, who works at the Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario in London are similarly overwhelmed by says de Veber and other observers citing a recent “What we're seeing is a fear of people who aren't the What's going to happen if Lam sick, member of a support group which advises doc nd abortion De Veber says people fear the pain associated with terminal illness although pain can be controlled in 95 per psychologist t ‘It’s painful to think of that 20 per cent in, who's studied the pain experienced by terminally ill Gallup asked whether the law should allow com petent doctors to end the life of a person with an in. Fear said beh euthanasia sup curable written request Twice regain it, nadians surveyed answer Candian euthanasia minal patient mercy killing and Ronald Melzack crimes But the issue isn’t so vague for Marilynne Seguin, who last week attended five deaths as head of Dying but 80 per says Melzack, — With Dignity, a dying Seguin painful illness if the patient makes a formal When Gallup first asked Canadians the question in 1968, 45 per cent said yes. Sixty-six per cent agreed when Gallup last asked the question in 1984 Few observers seemed surprised by the recent fin ding, but some said rather than looking to hasten life's end, society should ease people to death more smoothly SEEN AS ANSWER ‘A patient who requests euthanasia may feel they have lost control over their life and this is one way to says Dr Montreal's Jewish Gene ‘If a patient feels in pain, lonely and abandoned, should loneliness rather than eliminating the patient.’” Toanextent, it’s an abstract debate in Canada The Canadian Medical Association opposes active the act of directly ending the life of a ter And Canada’s Law Reform Commission has said ‘oup concerned with the quality of ays the poll reflects a Canadian understan ding that despite medical advances, institutional death remains a horrific experience ind ort Benjamin Freedman, an ethicist at | Hospital be to deal with their pain and ding suicide should be considered Societal roles called root of family violence REGINA (CP) won't be curbed until society nurtures Family violence gentleness in boys and assertiveness in girls, says a university professor studying justice for abused women It’s not enough to send offenders to jail for rehabilitation, said Gloria Geller, University of Regina a social work professor at the Sexual violence and battering are rooted in society's rigid expectations of male and female be! making it crucial to educate the avior young about gender roles, self-esteem and life skills. she added “If we're going to make any dit ference, we have to do it ata very dif ferent place,"’ she said in a recent in. terview. “‘If not, repeating thisendlessty we're going to be Geller, on leave from the university, is doing a study on what justice is for abused women. She about 35 abused women will interview about their experiences, long-term effects of abuse, the criminal justice system role and how they think justice can best be served Society’s messages about what means to be a man or woman can s the scene for abuse, she said Young women are taught to be caring, open, naive and nurturing qualities *‘we do not want to destroy, but open the potential for vic timization in our society,” she said MUST CONTROL Young men — whose self-esteem is tied up with their sexuality, she said learn they must be in control. They make demands, trouble coping with frustration and can express only unrealistic have a limited range of emotion “We are a society that prides itself on being aggressive and competitive Men who don’t go along are not seen as real men. We have very few places for that kind of man.” Education about gender roles and coping with conflict in relationships should start in high sexual violence and battering already with date rapes and abusive tionships, Geller said Some female victims of abuse agree that putting the abuser behind bars doesn't deal with the whole problem, she added Some school, where occur want the guy in jail, but rarely do they say they think it will make a difference. But few are looking for vengeance The amount of anger they carry often depends how much help they've received. Many abusive situations involve two people who know each other and the justice s, stem has been reluctant to in terfere in domestic Geller said Assaults by a matters, stranger are more clear-cut, but the system distinguishes between women who can and can’t be raped, she said If she is young, innocent, has white skin and comes from a good family, then she is someone the people in the justice system can feel some concern for. We separate off who we can and cannot be concerned about.”” The system is lenient with white male offenders from good families and it comes down harder on the poor and natives, sheadded Please address all Letters to the Editor to: The Castlegar News, P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar B.C. VIN 3H4, or deliver them to our office at 197 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar ters should be typewritten double-spaced and not longer than 300 words Letters must be signed and include the writer s full name and address Only in very exceptional cases will letters be published without the writers nome Nevertheless, the name and address of the writer must be disclosed to the editor The Castlegar News reserves the right 0 edit letters tor brevity. clarity. leganty When? 40 YEARS AGO From the Sept. 1, 1949 Castle News At a recent meeting with Dr, J.M. Hershey, Commissioner of Hospital Insurance branch for B.C., it was revealed that a hospital for Castlegar and District was not feasible. Dr. Her- shey pointed out the fact that it is out of the question for a small hospital to provide the necessary equipment to be found in larger hospitals. He said that the feeling of the public towards small hospitals is **that they are all right for Tom, Dick and Harry, but if I have to go to a hospital it will be to a large one where everything is available.”” Fa yt The traffic on the Castlegar ferry has been steadily increasing, the figures for the months of April, May and June It has been rumored that a new ferry is to be built in the spring, with a capacity of 28 cars. If all the ferries were tied together end to end, they would make a fair pontoon bridge It has also been rumored that the ferry slip may be moved down the river a ways to the sandbar to shorten the run of the ferry 25 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 27, 1964 Castlegar News There will be no strike this year in the Celgar lumber and woods division. Woodworkers and employees in British Columbia's southern Interior Tuesday accepted a concillation proposal giving workers across-the- board 37-cent hourly wage increase on a three-year contract show, The Village of Castlegar is to take over the arena from the Project Society and operate the facilities. Following a committee meeting last week, council made the decision to reaffirm its motion of last Dec. 20 to take over the ownership and operation of thearena The Project Society has written the village that it is prepared to assist with the orderly transfer of responsibilities for the arena from the society to the village. 15 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 29, 1974 Castlegar News School District No. 9 schools, scheduled to open their doors this Tuesday following the student’s sum mer recess, could havea set back Canadian Union of Public Em- ployees (CUPE), which represent the secretaries, janitors, bus drivers and other members of the non-teaching staff, has served strike notice to School District No. 9 this Tuesday. This step was taken at noon Tuesday Baseball fever is high following the send-off yesterday of the local) lads who take their title won recently in Delta, of Western Canada Bronco Baseball Champs to Sydney, N.S., where they will meet teams represen ting Central Canada and the Maritimes for the Canadian Championships Cost sharing between the City of Castlegar, Areas I and J and Selkirk College through the department of education lead to a equitable form of financing of the new arena which is to go to referendum on Sept. 28. Two proposals, both set forward by Regional District of Central Kootenay whick is working on the financial structure of the referendum, were outlined to council Tuesday night by its representative to the arena building committee, Ald. Audrey Moore: 5 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 22, 1984 Castlegar News Deputy Minister of Health Peter Bazowski will probably announce the official opening date of a building for the recently amalgamated Central Kootenay Health Unit at its inaugural meeting Sept. 25 in Castlegar, says the director of the health unit could more B.C. Federation of Labour president Art Kube charged today that the decision of Expo 86 to award a $4.7 million contract to the non-union Marbella Pacific Enterprises Ltd “*smelis.”” “The whole things smells,” Kube said in an interview with the Castlegar News Kube was in Castlegar to organize Operation Solidarity’s March For Jobs a grassroots job creation scheme About 1,000 people showed up at David Thompson University Centre in Nelson today to hear New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent accuse the Liberal and Conservative party leaders of ‘doing the Bay Street shuffle A few of the audience at Maryhall composed mainly of party faithful, waving NDP placards — may have showed up for the free lunch that was offered. But Broadbent was en- couraged by the turnout, and said it was the largest so far during his federal campaign Stunning photos sent PASADENA, Calif. (CP) — Voyager 2 headed toward interstellar space today, leaving behind stunning photos of Neptune's moon Triton, where pink snow falls on towering ice volcanoes unlike anything else in the solar system The: range of geological dazzling,” astronomer-author Carl Sagan said Friday. ‘We are almost certainly in a regime of volcanism involving ices, maybe exotic ices” such as water ice mixed with frozen nitrogen or methane (natural gas). The one-tonne space probe capped its historie seven billion-kilometre, nets when it skimmed 4,905 kilometres over Neptune's north pole Thursday night, then dove past Triton, the planet's largest moon. It made its closest approach about 38,460 kilometres above the moon’s surface at 2:10a.m, PDT Friday E aring its approach to Neptune, six moons besides Nere! 12-year tour of four pl Voyager discovered id and Triton, which were first ob served from Earth. It also discovered one complete ring of debris around the planet and a partial ring, or ring arc, scientists believe will also prove to bea complete ring. Although Voyager has passed its closest encounters with Neptune and Triton, it is continuing to send back recorded photographs taken during the time of closest ap. proach The photographs show a cracked, frozen Triton scarred by 300-metre-high ridges, fault lines, bowl-shaped craters, mysterious domes and dark spots ringed with white halos that so far defy explanation ICY FLOWS “The images returned this morning revealed a world unlike any we've ever seen,’” Voyager project scientist Ed ward Stone said Friday at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Laboratory They found swampy ground in the southern half of the moon — “you could walk on it, but it can melt,"? Smith said — frozen lakes probably composed of nitrogen, methane or ammonia drawn up from within and glacier ice Icy volcanic flows have been seen on Uranus’s moon Ariel and some other moons, but Triton is the first place scientists have actually seen ice volcanoes, Stone said. Photographs showed at least three inactive volcanoes. NASA geologist Joseph Boyce said one of the ice volcanoes — which look like dry lakebeds filled with smooth material — measures several hundred kilometres across. Some were encircled with cliffs 300 to 600 metres high The properties of exotic ices of water, methane and ‘are very different from ordinary ice,"’ said “That may nitrogen Sagan, a member of the Voyager imaging team. explain the exoticness of the landforms.” Parts of the moon are frozen methane discolored by @ radiation. that produced chemical “We've got pink snow. Think about bombardment of changes, Sagan said how exotic that is to die, say terrorists BEIRUT (AP) ¢— A Palestinian terrorist group will kill 15 to avenge the assassination pf one of its senior leaders. A statement from the Fatah. Revolutionary Council of master terrorist Abu Nidal did not divulge the names of nationalities ‘of the alleged spies or set a deadline for their killing “The movement death says it “*spies”’ will execute the sentence against 15 spies PROB SIGNAL A WHISPER Here are some facts about Voyager 2: ~ The signal from the Voyager 2 space probe is just a whisper. The data stream, pictures included, is transmitted at the speed of light, but takes four hours and six minutes to reach Earth from Neptune The transmitter rates just 20 watts, about one- quarter the power of an average home stereo system. By the those signals reach NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, their strength is reduced to a 20-billionth of the power put out by a digital watch bat tery time Fo capture them, scientists use powerful receivers enclosed in liquid nitrogen — to protect them from the noise of clashing atoms. Voyager 2, at one tonne, weights about the same as a family car — but it uses just 0.0007 liters of fuel per 100 kilometres. Most power is provided by cap- turing the gravity of different planets for a slingshot ef fect, with thruster rockets used just for manoeuvres and course adjustments. Voyager 2, its exploration of Neptune com- pleted, will keep on going to the outer reaches of the solar system and then into deep space and other galaxies. close-in Woman named to cabinet TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu chose a woman parliament last fall ned Japan since the party was formed in 1955. to replace \a cabinet minister who resigned Friday in the second sex scan. dal ina year for the governing party The appointment of Mayumi Moriyama, 61, as chief cabinet secretary was seen as an attempt to limit the damage caused by Tokuo Yamashita’s resignation from a gover nment formed 16 days earlier to clean se the party’s scandal-ridden image. She is the first woman to be chief cabinet secretary, and it is the highest government post ever held by a woman in this male-dominated society Moriyama was formerly director of the Environment Agency, also a cabinet position. The chief presides over twice-weekly cabinet meetings, speaks for the government and co-ordinates policy discussions among ministries. Yamashita, 69, resigned after acknowledging a three-year affair with a bar hostess nearly 45 years his junior. He became the sixth cabinet mem- ber, including prime ministers Noboru Takeshita and Sousuke Uno, to resign in less than a year because of an in fluence-peddling scandal, publicity over illicit sexual liaisons and an elec tion defeat A major factor in the election loss last month, which cost the Liberal Democrats their majority in secretary parliament’s upper house, was outrage by housewives at a three-per-cent sales tax the party’ forced through “Mrs. Moriyama has experience asa housewife as well as a bureaucrat, and can see things from a consumer's stan- dpoint,” Kaifu said in announcing the appointment. ‘*She will be able to in clude the people's perspective in policy discussions.”* Takako Doi, the popular woman leader of the Socialist party, has been the main beneficiary of the public discontent with the governing party The selection of Moriyama was seen as a way to counter Doi's impact Doi’s party was the big winner in the upper house against the conservative Liberal Democrats, who have gover Custom Built ALUMINUM RAILINGS Won't Rust — Baked on Ename! 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