Welcome graduates

Goodbye Class of ‘84.

As the members of the Stanley
Humphries Secondary School
graduating class makes its way in
the world, they go with the
blessings and good wishes of all
Castlegar residents.

It’s at this time that we as a
community welcome the grad

Those scholarships are tangible
evidence of the value this com-
munity places on its gradvates.
They speak well of the students
who were rewarded for their per-
formances in the class and on the
athletic field.

They also speak well of- the

ity whose id r-

into the adult world. We have
placed great stock in these young

people
They will be the teacher:
workers, scientiest, mac!

and homemakers of tomorrow.

For many graduates, their for-
mal education has ended and they
will soon begin — if they haven't
already started — the search for a
job.

In these economic times, with
rising interest rates, staggering
unemployment and record
business closures, the immediate
future looks pretty bleak for those
just entering the job market.

They are the most disadvan-
taged. They must compete with
others who have been looking for
much longer and who have more
experience and greater skills.

It is no easy task. But then,
high school graduates throughout
this century — with the possible
exception of the 1960s and early
1970s — have had problems of one
sort or another to face.

Through it all, the graduates

have survived — somehow. We
feel the same will be true of the
Class of ‘84.

Others in the Class of ‘84 won't
face the job market for several
more years, since high school
graduation is only one of several
educational plateaus.

__ They will go on to further

either or
pears Those who are con-
tinuing their education will leave
Stanley Humphries Secondary
School with an extra advantage:
awards and scholarships totalling
more than $41,000.

vice’ clubs, business, institutions
and unions have decided that our
young people are worth a hefty
annual investment.

Good luck Class of ‘84. And
welcome Graduates.

Hazardous
situation

Two separate motor vehicle ac-
cidents on the Castlegar landing of
the Castlegar-Robson ferry in the
past two weeks have been part of
the local police news.

This brings to light a problem
which seems to be occurring at the
ferry landings on a regular basis —
rs not yielding to vehicles
coming off the ferry.

But maybe it isn’t totally the
fault of the drivers. The signs, with
amber flashing lights, cautioning
drivers to yield to ferry trattic, are
situated on both sides of the high-
way for traffic travelling in both
directions, on both sides of the
ferry.

But some of the signs which are
situated on the ferry lanes may be
a bit confusing, and may not be
clearly visible.

One may think the flashing
lights are only a caution for traffic
proceeding onto the ferry, not for
through traffic.

Maybe the Ministry of High-
ways should consider moving
those signs over to the traffic lane,
so it will more clearly define the
fact that all traffic should yield to
vehicles coming off the ferry.

‘New reality’ sounds
like ‘final solution’

Editer, News:

Bill Bennett and the Social Credit
government have recently rammed Bill
28 through the provincial legislature.
Perhaps, British Columbians should
realize just a few of the things Bill 28
will do.

According to the Canadian Consti-
tution Act of 1961, every Canadian has
the right, as assured by the Charter of
Rights, to the freedom of peaceful
assembly and to the freedom of asso-
ciation.

Bill 28 seeks to remove these rights
from British Columbians by making
movements such as Solidarity illegal
and subject to heavy fines. Bill 28 is
unconstitutional and, therefore, unlaw-
ful.

However, laws do not seem to con-
cern Mr. Bennett and his Socred
cohorts. Bill 28 will grant Mr. Bennett
and his cabinet the right to issue
decisions on labor disputes without
having to submit the decision to either
the legislature or to the labor board for
approval.:In short, it grants the
Socreds near-absolute power over any-
one who works in this province.

According to (Labor Minister) Bob
McClelland, Bill 28 offers British Col-
umbians more choice as to where they

are able to work. What Mr. McClelland
means is that you may now work as a
laborer for $5 per hour without bene-
fits.

The federal government says that if
a laborer is working for less than $14
per hour plus benefits, he is at the
poverty level! I'm sorry Mr. McClel-
land but you neglected to mention one
other freedom that Bill 28 allows the
workers of B.C.: the freedom to starve
to death.

Perhaps the merchants in the area
should give Bill 28 some thought before
condoning it. If a worker is earning
$800 a month, how much is he or she
going to have left over, after covering
his other posterior, to spend on lux-
uries such as jewelry, cars (new or
used) and vacations?

In addition, the concept of collective
bargaining will be gone. In its place will
be the mechanism for Mr. Bennett's
“new reality,” a labor code.

This code will allow employers — not
unions — to decide who is a member in
good standing in any given union. Mr.
Bennett's new reality sounds quite
similar to another politician's “final sol-
ution,” only this time the persecuted
are you and I.

John Coyle
Robson

Donate BCRIC shares

Editer, Castlegar News:

Attention Castlegar, Trail, Fruit-
vale, Warfield, Genelle, Nelson, Cres-
ton, Nakusp, Balfour, Rossland, Grand
Forks, Christina Lake and all the
places in between. If you have free
BCRIC shares and would like to donate
to the CAT Scanner Fund, send them
to the Trail Hospital, 1200
Hospital Bench, Trail, B.C.

Trail isa small community and needs
help in Faising funds for the CAT
Seanner. So please help us and help
yourself, If you ever need the CAT
Seanner"You won't have such a long
wait.

The government never seems to
have money for “health reasons.” How
often can you donate for free without
digging into your wallets and yet make
you feel good?

You never know when you might
need the CAT Scanner, or someone in
your family will need it. We will accept
shares from anyone, anywhere — it is a
local cause but will benefit the entire
area. So come on, and get in the fun, it
is such a help to all of us.

Let's help the doctors so they can
help us. You will never become a mil.
lionaire with those five BCRIC shares.

Helen Blair

Trail

which sum would be covered dollar-
for<dollar by the provincial public li-

commission.
Mrs. Helen M. David and Mr. W.A.
Kerr represented the library dele
gation. é . ‘

Sponsored jointly by the school
board and Teachers’ Association of
School District No. 9 (Castlegar), the
outatanding social event of the year, a
cabaret night at the Playmor, marked
the culmination of the school term.

During the past several years, the
relationship between these two groups
has been most cordial.

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On Sunday last, the Castlegar Clip-
pers improved their position at the top
of the league by defeating their closest
competitors, the Thrums Indians 7-1.

The Clippers’ ew pitcher, Peter

Letters to the Editor

The public aren't fools

Editer, News:

On Monday at the regular Castlegar
school board meeting two bylaws were
given three readings each and passed
with hardly a notice.

In the past, when school boards
needed funds for capital expenditures
(for things like equipment, renovations
or repairs to buildings), they borrowed
money from a bank and repaid the
money when the government sold de-
bentures to raise that money (usually a
month or so later).

Under the new bylaw passed by the
board last night, boards must enter
into an agreement (on the direction of
the Ministry of Education) with the
Ministry of Finance. Now they must
borrow money from the Ministry of
Finance at '4 to '/ per cent less than
the bank interest rate for all capital
expenditures,

In other words, in eff je borrow
money from ourselves, hd our
selves interest on the loan and then pay
ourselves back. I’m not an economist or
a political scientist, but my instincts
tell me that there is something stinky
about a government policy that allows
it to charge such high interest rates on
money lent to itself.

Who do you think pays that interest?
The same people who own the money in
the first place! Granted, we would pay
the interest rates to the bank. But, this
is our money! Why should we pay any
interest at all?

The sad part is that our school board
had no alternative but to pass the
bylaw. The sadder part is that upon
questioning after the meeting many
trustees didn't understand what they
had voted on. They hadn't researched
it. They didn’t ask questions. And one

trustee who seemed to understand the
process didn’t speak up during discus-
sion on the motion.

The same thing happened on the
second bylaw. The board voted and
passed with three readings — this time
with some dissension — the
ation of the Selkirk and West Kootenay
Health Units.

Again, it had no alternative but to
pass the bylaw. But, when asked if our
children would receive less health care
in our schools as a result of this amal-
gamation, trustees didn't know.

Again, no research was done before
the vote. Of the two trustees who
voted “no,” one sat mute during dis-
cussion of the motion, therefore giving
no indication of why she voted against
the bylaw.

They then moved on to making the
ition, This

(As an aside, it astounds me that os

board will continue the Ki:
Russian Immersion year after pat
instead of taking those children who
have gone through that program and
continuing their immersion in Grade 1.
What good is one year of Russian
Immersion at the Kindergarten level?
Why not continue those children in
Russian Immersion Grade 1, since the
curriculum for Grade 1 has been estab-
lished, and discontinue the Kindergar-
ten?)

Anyhow, if someone wants to donate
$500,000 to the board, they may and
will even receive a receipt. What's the
point of this exercise? Do we want to
be ready just in case someone wants to
donate $500,000 to the school district?
Let's all write to Mr. Jack Heinrich
(Minister of Education) or Mr. Bill
Bennett and ask for a tax deductible
donation (they'll get a receipt) in ex:

when
Bill 89 was introduced last year. The
intent was to get around the section of
Bill 89 that stipulated any donations to
a school district must go directly to
Victoria, to be shared by all the
province's school districts.

In other words, if a parent group
raises funds to buy a stove’ for a school,
that money must go to the Ministry of
Education and not the school or even
the local school board.

With charitable organization status,
the money raised locally can go directly
to the board and then back to the
school. Our board states that donations
from the public will be accepted for
approved programs only. So the Grade
1 Russian Immersion group cannot
donate to the program because it is not
an approved program.

Kristiansen letter

‘cries’ for

Editor, Castlegar News:

I seldom write letters to the editor
and in the 10 years I have been a
Member of Parliament, I have never
written in response to an editorial let-
ter in a newspaper outside my con-
stituency.

However, the May 6 letter by Vera
Kristiansen so cries out for response, 1
cannot let the matter rest.

By the way, Mrs. Kristiansen says
her party’s amendment was submitted
on April 9. Do not bother looking in
that particular issue of Hansard — you
will not find it; it was on April 4.

Let us set aside party differences for
a moment and look at the amendment
her party submitted: “Any such cash
contribution for hospital insurance and
medical care programs and post-sec-
ondary education program shall be ex-
pended by the provinee for the pur-
poses of those programs only.”

Let me ask you, how does that
amendment meet Nelson’s needs? If
the province has, in fact, diverted
post-secondary funds away from David
Thompson University Centre, how
would the provisions of that amend-
ment expose such a diversion? It
simply tells the provinces, “Please
don't do that!”

What if they do? Is there any
condition placed on subsequent trans-
fer payments? Is there any demand for
accounting proof that funds trans
ferred for: education are spent on
education by the provinces? Will you
ever, as a result of that amendment,
have accounting proof that funds have,

response

in fact, been diverted from David
Thompson? Not on your life! In all
kindness, it is an insipid and toothless
amendment!

Accountability is necessary. Prov-
inces are quite capable of diverting
transfer payments for other purposes.
That is why my colleague proposed,
and received unanimous consent for
just such a substantive amendment. It
deals with the need clearly and re-
quires the kind of explicit tracing of
federal transfer payments to the prov-
inces so that in the future we can know
how those funds are spent.

Is it really asking too much of MP
Lyle Kristiansen to cateh the precise
issue at stake? He has missed so many
important votes, he may not be follow-
ing the flow too well. He missed all four
early important votes on the Consti-
tution, the amendment on women's
rights, his own party's amendment on
Native rights and the government's
amendment on Native rights.

He also missed 30 votes June 10 to
28, 1982, including two votes on Free-
dom of Information, and a number of
votes on the Crow Bill, Canagrex, as
well as an NDP motion to stop the
testing of the cruise. Missing as much
House time as Mr. Kristiansen has may
go some distance in grasping his failure
to understand the issue.

As I said at the outset, it is not my
custom to write letters to newspapers,
especially outside my riding, but I felt
in this case I just had to set the record
straight.

Benne Friesen, MP

Sarrey-White Reck-North Delta

change for paying interest on the
money that we borrow from ourselves.

Time and frustration prevents me
from going on. My message? A simple
request to our school trustees: Please
don't perpetuate the myth that the
public are fools. Many of us are getting
tired of the too-many-times heard
whines that “we're in a time of re-
straint” and “the economy is poor.”
These are excuses, not reasons.

Please take your own advice and get
involved. Let the government hear
your collective voice. Work — as you
have. done — with the pitiful and
intolerable restrictions placed upon
you but please register your disgust
and displeasure. Don't just rubber-
stamp the manipulations of a govern-
ment which has forgotten about chil-
dren. And stop following their lead.

With concessions to my socialist
friends with whom I have argued the
merits of a Social Credit government,

Kay Johnson
parent
Castlegar

Cemetery
vandalized

Editor, Castlegar News:

Some time between the early even-
ing of June 16 and noon on June 19,
some persons saw fit to push over a
number of headstones in the Robson
cemetery, breaking two of them. |

‘These persons were not small kids as
some of the stones are very heavy. One
of them had been lifted up off of pins
set in the cement base. The inscription
on this particular stone read: “A day
of duty done. A day of rest begun.”

Poonar sri the mentality that must

faction from

(Rocky) P , allowed only two
hits, gave up one walk and struck out
four batters.
. 8 @
Mr. and Mrs. A.T. Horswill and Mr.
W. Duncan attended the street bus
ceremony in Nelson.
25

Two Castlegar lads and a Robson
youth will have the opportunity of at-
tending a garden party for Queen Eli-
zabeth and Prince Philip.

George Schwartzenhauer and War-
ren Thomlinson of Castlegar and Leslie
Waldie of Robson have received invi-
tations from Lieutenant-Governor
Frank Ross and Mrs. Ross to attend a
garden party at government house.

. 8 «

A West Kootenay pathology com-
mittee has been set up with repre-
sentatives from Trail, Nelson, Rossland
and Castlegar hospitals to try and
develop a laboratory system for the
four hospitals.

* 8 @

The miners of Bluebell Mine and the
Warfield Engineering team were top
winners in the 18th annual West Koot-
enay mine safety and first aid com-
petitions held in Castlegar Saturday.

. 28 «6

J. Koenig of Trail has been appointed
manager of the Co-op Retail

“Store. Mr. Koenig replaces Jack Kirby

who has left to start his own grocery
business.
* 8 «

Gilpin Construction Ltd. and Henry
J. Kaiser Co. Canada Ltd. general con-
tractors are the successful bidders for
Celgar’s structural contract at the pulp
mill here.

The Kinnaird Fire Department
placed fifth in a hose competition held
June 14 at Cranbrook.

+ 8 «@

A petition to protest the kraft odors
caused by the Columbia Cellulose pulp
mill here will be circulated by members
of the West Kootenay Pollution Control
Association and other concerned citi-
zens in the next two weeks.

*

Dr. Basil Resker, MA, DD, 80,
former Anglican archdeacon of Koot-
enay and honorary Boy Scout regional
commissioner, died Saturday in the
Kootenay Lake General Hospital in
Nelson. He was a longtime resident. of
Castlegar prior to his retirement.

* 8 @

The congregations of both the Kin-
naird and Castlegar United Churches
have voted to create a centralized
ministry of Christian service in St.
David's Anglican Church.

The historic step was taken during
two meetings this past Sunday and at
an earlier meeting on June 15.

5 YEARS AGO
From the June 28, 1979

News
The mining engineer whose tests on
uranium deposits near China Creek
sparked angry confrontation last sum-
mer with Genelle residents, announced
here last Tursday that the exploration

will not eontinve:
*

to get
bag say I wonder if the inscription
gave those who asked pushed over the
headstone the footing of = job well

a people of Robson, or some of
them, are trying to upgrade the ceme-
tery, but there is not much incentive
when we have people who show such a
complete lack of common sense, de-
cency and respect.

Perhaps one could hope that, upon
reflection, those responsible have the
moral and physical strength to repair
the damage they have done.

Is that expecting too much?

Albert Lamb

Robson

More letters
on page AS

one-third of the esti-
nibh $70,000 cost of a Castlegar com-
munity recreation project Will be
funded by the province, the provincial
secretary has announced.

Hugh Curtis, provincial secretary
and government services minister,
awarded the grant to the Kiwanis Club
of Castlegar for development of a sport
field to be built adjacent to the com-
munity recreation project.

. .

Twin Rivers pupils Carrie-Lynn
Brown and Tim Horeoff have had their
poems chosen by a selection panel
among the best B.C. poetry submitted.
The poems are to be included in the 100
best poems from B.C. to be sent to the
Canadian Couneil of Teachers of Eng-
lish to be considered for publication in
the all-Canadian authology.

i group ipthanly

payne Centre fog be ygr aN

oe igre my
‘support arts groups have re-
eeived from the community of Castle-

oar ity hall, the newspaper,
radio arts council, library, and

Without such support, we of the
Kootenay-Boundary Artisans’ Alliance
could not have managed to produce “A
Show of Hands,” our first major juried
exhibit of members’ works from the
West Kootenays now at the National

Preset of BO. pobn general
meeting held in Nelson, the board of
directors, which is mainly from the
Lower Mainland, were impressed with
our community support. It is important.
for us that the Kootenays not only be
known for our natural resources and
historical past, but for our creative
resources as well.
Sandy Donohue
Rebson

Editor, Castlegar News:

For the past two years, I have been
researching a book detailing the
experiences of Canadians who served
or worked in Southeast Asia during the
Vietnam Era.

To date, I have confirmed several
hundred Canadians who served with
U.S., Australian and New Zealand
Armed Forces in Vietnam as well as
Canadian troops who served with the
series of International Controls Com.

Info needed for book

missions between 1964-78, Canadian
journalists, doctors, nurses and others
whose duties ranged from covert oper-
ations to rescuing orphans.

I am appealing to your readers, who
may have served or know someone who
did, to contact:

Doug Clark,
7 Douglas Crescent,
Fergus, Ontario
NIM ICI

Many say, they don't be-

» Meve God exists and use this

argument to back up their
beliefs. But does God just
want people to believe or
does He have a greater plan?

“You believe that there is
one God. Good! Even the de-
mons believe — and shudder”
(James 2:19).

The bible tells us belief in
God alone means nothing.
Some believe in God and still
hate Him. Surely, fear of hate
is not God’s purpose for
people.

God does not want people
to believe in Him. At least
not if that belief leads no-
where. There are many peo-
ple who believe in God, but
all they do is talk about Him
as if He were a good dis-
cussion topic.

Some people, like the de-
mons, fear Him and think of
Him as their enemy. I think
God would rather have us not
believe in Him if we become

tian?” The student said no, he
did not want to change his
life.

This is the truth behind so
many people’s doubts about
God. It's not that they
couldn't believe. It's that
they don't want to believe

It would mean that they
would have to change what
they are . God wants
you to believe in Him, but He
wants something else even
more.

during the Middle Ages when
everyone believed in God?
No. People then lived in ter-
ror of God and tried to buy
Him off with money and
repetitious prayers.

You can really know if God
exists. As David said to his
son Solomon, “If you seek
Him, He will be found by you;
but if you forsake Him, He
will reject you forever” (I
Chronicles 28:9).

The choice is ours. And a

spectacular miracle will
occur; God will come into our
hearts to live! .

The key to hing hea
ven is not believing in God
(the demons believe but they
won't be in heaven).

The key lies in loving God.
This is what God wants most
from all creatures. Specta
cular miracles wouldn't bring
it.

Imagine if God did perform
some great, visible miracle
and no man could ever doubt
Him again. I guarantee you
most people would not
change their lives; crime and

Home
makers

group
helps out

The annual general meet-
ing of the Castlegar and Dis-
trict Homemakers Service
Association and Meals-on-
Wheels was held in the Le-
gion Hall June 4.

During 1983-84 this non-
profit agency — which is
governed by a volunteer
board. of — pro-
vided caring service #0 215
elients.

This service enables eld-
erly and handicapped people
to remain in the comfort of
their.awn homes rather than
being instituionalized, and
also gives temporary service
to convalescents and young
families.

The agency employs up to
60 trained homemakers, who
are given ongoing training
during the year.

The Meals-on-Wheels ser-
vice provided 3,147 meals to
clients during the year.

The meals are prepared by
the hospital kitchen staff and
are delivered three times a
week by volunteers, some of
whom have been providing
this worthwhile service since

passed at the meeting, chang-
ing the name of the asso-
ciation to Castlegar and Dis-
trict Home Support Service
Association.

The board elected for the
1984-85 term will be: Bob
Wadey, president; John Hol-
den, vice-president; Louise
Gjennestad, treasurer; Helen
Smith, secretary; directors
Marilyn Mathieson, Brita
Haley, Heather Brady, Anne
Jones, Ines McAdam and Jim
Moore.

Hire A
Student

By KRISTAL BRADSHAW

The Canada Employ Centre for has
over 350 Castlegar area students registered. These are
university, college and high school students who are
energetic, eager and enthusiastic to work. Most of the
students are out of school conducting a summer job
search. Those in high school will soon be finished their
year and conducting their job search.

A job search should be well thought out, and
planned. Job hunt on your own through advertisements
in local newspapers and trade journals. Ask your friends,
‘neighbors and relatives and check into the Employment
Centre for students often. Make a list of those businesses
you would like to work for and conduct a job search.

A vital part of any search is a resume. Your resume
requires time, effort and planning. If your resume is neat,
clear, well-organized and tells your story as briefly as
possible, it will be easy to read and you will have made
your first good i on the prosp

Before starting to write your resume, there are some
questions you should ask yourself. What kind of job do I
want? Which firms may have openings in my area? Which
parts of my training and experience relate to the job I am
seeking? Which of my personal assets will help me get an
interview for the job I want?

The resume is often the deciding factor in whether or
not you are given an interview and “get your foot in the
door.”

A resume should be headed by your name, address
and telephone number. Next describe what type of job
you are applying for. Then list any work experience you
have had — beginning with your most recent. Give the
names and addresses of your employers. Describe in
detail what you did on the job, not just the titles of the
positions you held. This is your chance to impress upon
the employer why your past experience fits you for a job
with his company.

Next, go on to list your education and training.
Include special skills, interests and any hobbies. Here, list
the machines you can operate, sports interests and
volunteer work you have done.

The final section of a resume should be a list of ref-
erences. Three references, one of whom should be a
former employer, is the d. Prior app: to list
their names as a reference is a good idea.

The p P
appreciation to retiring
board members Bert Lamb
and Jean Burak for their ser-
vice to the association.

At the conclusion of the
business meeting, a slide/
tape presentation entitled
Homemaker Services in Brit-
ish Columbia was shown.

Refreshments were served
and door prizes were won by
Edith Wilson and Maureen
Saliken.

Lyle Kristiansen, MP

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Ham

Sliced. 375 ¢ Phe.

bak

Mock # °
Chicken Loaf

Sticed. 375 g Phg.

Prices Effecti
Castlegar

ae

ive June 25th-30th, 1984 in
Safeway Store. We Reserve the

to Limit Sales to Retail Quantities

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