CASTLEGAR NEWS, Fobruary 14, 1982

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Sign of the times

BC Timber's decision to discon-
tinue, retail lumber sales at the
Celgar sawmill to non-employees
is yet another sign of our unfor-
tunate economic times. The

has sp jrabl.
unrest, particularly among
longtime area residents who have
been accustomed to buying their
lumber at the sawmill since it
opened in the’summer of 1961,

Their concerns are quite valid,
Will the two retail lumber outlets
now invested with the respon-
sibility of handling Celgar’s retail
sales provide the same materials
at the same prices and with the
same service as BC Timber has for
the last 20 years?

There is some concern that if
Celgar can’t maintain the species
and grade -selection, then the
smaller retail outlets won't be able
to either, However, Celgar sawmill
manager Al Thornton has given his
assurance that the retail sales
through the two Castlegar outlets
will be policed, though he admits
BC Timber hasn't yet figured out
what it will do if it's not happy with
the new eee ente:

Yet, if Thornton is correet, 6c
Timber is having a difficult enough
time trying to maintain its grip ona

rapidly shrinking lumber market,:

without having to spend extra
dollars for a retail sales outlet that

‘Is really more-a convenience than

@ money-maker.

If, BC Timber Is to survive the
current economic downturn and
continue to provide jobs for more
than 400 area residents, then it has
to pare somewhere.

It is probably better for BC Tim-
ber to continue paring “convenien-
ce” items like the retail sales, than
to start cutting back in areas which
could really hurt the local economy
— like in jobs.

Still, we can't help but think that
perhaps it would have been better
to simply put off the retail sales un-

til the slumping forest industry ~

gets back on its feet. At that time
the local sawmill could have again
opened its doors to retail sales to
the public. Unfortunately, once

changes are made, they tend to

stay that way.

Cart and horse

There's and old saying that you
can't put the cart before the horse.
Now, old says usually don't grow
old unless what they have to say
today is as valid as when they
were first introduced,

Someone should tell Selkirk
College.

The collage is nearing com-
pletion. on i

disabled students, instraciors;
stoff and visitors to travel between
the first and second floors —
something they could do before,
but only with great diffic

move on the college's part to make
the facility more accessible to the
disabled.

But there’s one problem. We're
also told the college will now go to
work on installing o ramp up the
front entrance so the students, in-
structors, staff and visitors will be
able to get in the building to use
the elevators, a.

it would have been

“it's ms

ior 4
st and once the dis. ‘in the
door, to worry about whether they
can get up to the second floor.

Someone should tell the college

The elevator is a commendable
\

ation the old saying
about the cart and horse.

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mation,

pyramids, then fe!

Then their trouble began:
In the 1800'

relative or close friend.

FRED MERRIMAN
A struggle for
social justice

é What does anyone know about El Salvador?
For those few who may not have access to a recent encylopedia
the following facts were gleaned and now presented for your infor-

* The Nahva Indians arrived from Mexico os early as 3000 BC. The

Maya Indians syed for perhaps 900 years, built a few limestone

| or were caused to move by the Pipil tribe. In 1524,

Spanish soldiers led by Pedro d’Alvarado invaded the area and after

fierce struggle defeated the Pipil. Life was more or less peaceful for
300 years as a rather poor, agriculturally based Spanish Colony.

's no less than five presidents were overthrown by
force and two others executed. In the early 1900's most of the
-presidents were wealthy landowners. whe passed on the aitice: toa

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with #

takeovers,

Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez in 1931 the history of ‘this unfor-
tunate country has been; an example of revolution and military

in an orea approximatlay ihe sizeof Vancouver Island reside or
perhaps barely exist some five million’ people. At a growth rate of
three per cent, it is predicted that by 1999 it will be home to more than
10 million, More than 50 per cent of the men and women in El Salvador

decision is the sight

ton and sugar cane,

have chosen not to se married. tied of the consequences of that
o'

streets in an effort to survive — rent they might
The principal products exported from El Salone are coffee, cot-

The principal city is San Salvador with a population of ap-

wandering the

“This is not one man's opinion, but the
opinion of many people in the Castlegar
area. Due to economic pressure caused

San

by the recession, the termination of: :

local ‘retail lumber sales at BC Timber.

is just one more nail.

If this mill is owned by the people;
then it should serve the people.

-When lumber sales are turned over
to local retailers, prices’ will increase
and the selection of all ‘grades, sizes
and species will be non-existent.

It would be appreciated if the
pressure could be brought to BC
‘Timber to force the continuance of local

sales.
Ray, McLean
George B. Fullertcn

Editor, Castlegar News: °°
T'd like to thank the city’s snow
removal crew. for the fine job they do.
We've lived in larger and smaller
centers in both B.C. and Alberta and
have never had better service. | .
Congratulations, ~ ~« :
Vivian Muir

Viewpoint

not shared

Editor, Castlegar New
In responding to NK. Nevokshon-
off's letter to the editor of Jan. 6 -

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Unions to blame

Editor, Castlegar News: x

Though ‘the shortage of jobs stems
from poor economy, I think excessive
_ union demands, and unjust labor laws
should take their share of the blame.
Our economy might be in a lot better
shape if businesses found it attractive
and profitable to hire peaple.

‘When there are jobs, there is money

. to buy. those products and ‘services

produced by those jobs.

Not’ counting the hassle, all’ the
bookwork, red tape and financial
worries, it has become very tough to be
in business. Unions and the govern-

ment seem to think that just because‘

you're in business,. you have a
money bucket and can

entitled “ as. un-
necessary evil,” the executive commit-

‘tee of“the Union of Spiritual Com- ~

munities of Christ wants the general
public to know that Nevokshonoff's
radical viewpoint is not shared by the
USCC Doukhobors, . -

Nevokshonoff alleges that Canadian
schools affected the minds‘ of Doukho-
bor youth by changing the children's

obedience to their parents.. According’

to Nevokshonoff, the burning of the
schools in the settlements was neces-

ledge.
It should be made clear ‘that the
“faithful elders” burning the schools
were the Sons of Freedom.

- There is vid that

afford all the penalties (even with poor
production).

The penalties: are endless. For
example, a- business usually has no
advance warning of a sales slump, yet
it is supposed to give employees an
advance notice of Isyoffs, severance
pay, etc. (how about up ‘north where
they have to keep paying those, people
who have been off since July? — out of
our pockets).

Sometimes i seems employees have

to their at all,

“ I still feel we need unions, or some -
form of protection for employees. But it

has tochange. It shouldn't be blackmail «

technique’ as itis. now. (to both
employers and their own union mem-
bers).

Union leaders have nothing to offer
other than high wages, big benefits and
less work, which they blackmail from
~ the-people that create the jobs.

Sometimes: a company will settle
(against ‘their better judgement) for a
high! wage that. eventually.

breaks thom. They feel they would be’

! put out of business. by a long strike
anyway, so what the hell!

Most business people are optimists
at heart in ‘the first place, or they
wouldn't get into it:at all. They always
figure things. will get better, but this
time, it is hard for even the most
optimistic of us to hang in there.

. Meanwhile the prices have had to
keep going up (to cover all these oxtra
expenses) so higher wages, ete. didn't
really even help and caused hardship

for those lower. paid people, -self- _

employed and. especially those on a
fixed income, such as senior citizens.
All the freebies have to come irom

‘Think of what it costs for-<:

oti!
¥7" nétevento provide good workmanship.

~<., They aren't even obligated to stay long

enough for an employer to get a return
for the cost of training him (very often
“they, will evel 5° into business ‘in

the ploy that

the Sons who paraded in the nude to’:
display nature to humanity, and who

burned schools to “protect” Doukhobor
children from harmful indoctrination in
English schools, continually refused to
listen ‘to Peter Lordly Verigin.

In a letter from: Verigin to John
Oliver (Premier of British Columbia)
dated April 25, 1924, Lordly asked that

measures be taken to remove the nude -°

paraders and arsonists from the settle-
ments of peaceful inhabitants. -
“These people (the nudists) under-
stand that it was I, Peter Verigin, who
had opened up the schools in the Douk-
hobor Colonies and this is why they -
have burned my house together with
the schools, as according to their belief

I am working togéther with the Can--

adian Government. I am very much
surprised’ that the setting of fire to
schools had begun some time ago, but
the Government does not take any
steps | whatsoever to punish the guilty
ones.”
In October, 1924, Peter Lordly was
‘ilk explosion near Farron,
ppened.some six-months,
after” LSrdly. wrote. the. above-men-
tioned letter to the Premier of Beih

trained him,

The people that do a good day's
work, do it because of. their. own
integrity, not because of any pressure
from the union. And these kinds of
' people don’t need a union. A company
‘will pay them well, just so they'll stay.

_ Save the‘ not so Old ‘Arena’

Editor, Castlegar News:

With reference to your Sunday, Feb.
7 front page editorials. The Recreation
Director in his year-end report stated
that the old arena had a $15,015 surplus,
in 1881 and continues to serve. the
general public at a low cost to the
taxpayers.

Now that's good news, The ‘taxpay-
ers in the area are getting good value
for their money, in what I like to call
“Not so Old Arena”.

To qualify this — there are many

arenas-of the same structural design .

throughout,Canada which are 20 to 30

years older and they are still serving’

the commpunitie’ well for.- various
ing, to produce

Columbia asking the
remove the arsonists from the sole

ments. . s
*: It is. our sincere opinion-: that:

Nevokshonoff's statements distorting

Lordly Verigin’s position on education: |
cause unjust-harm to the ‘image of .+¢

Canadian Doukhobors.
“Sohn J, Verigin.

proximately 500,000 and two

door neighbor” — Mexico,

junta president.

from the scene.

or not.

(sy. again fortunately.

The country is supposed to be a republic but the most popular form of
government is military junta. It was most interesting to see that a 1977
source shows only 5,000 members in the National Guard.

So much for the history lesson. Don’t forget that El Salvador is just
south of Guatemala, which in turn is just south of “practically our next

Honduras rests to the east, or perhaps north somewhat depen-
ding on your sense of accuracy. Having said all this | still know nothin
about El Salvador except that most of the people are very poor an
nearly 40 per cent illiterate. They are reportedly 80 per cent Catholic
as a result of the Spanish invasion in 1524. Their capital city San
Salvador is named for the Roman Catholic feast of San Salvador del
Mundo (Holy Saviour of the World).

The U.S. government has. seen fit to interfere with military aid toa

Cuban-trained military is interfering with yet another in a ced
line of revolts and overthrow procedures. In the opinion of a respect
observer who has been recently in Central America, the
one basically for social justice and should
preservation or invokement of any particular ideology.

Therefore it would seem logical that both ideologies should retire

Take back your guns and your new airplanes. The people in El
Salvador do not want or need any of our interference — well intended

Theirsway, is not our way, fortunately. Neither is our way their
preee ihe y,

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Credit 4 — _ problem of the decade :

~ By GORD McINTOSH i
TORONTO — The cost of borrowing

* this decade wil] be an issue to rival the

energy crisis of the 1970s, but to date
few borrowers have cut back on their
demand for credit, an analyst says.

/ first-rate pie players : and’skatere.

However, further down the page
“there is bad news (if you want to call it
that), he ‘states that: the. recreation
commission ‘is not planning to operate
the aeing etrctnre after the spring of,
1983. ¢

Of ‘course, all atructures age, particu-
larly if meee do: ‘not. spend the time to

high interest rates are the problem.
And that’s the issue we will be-dealing
with.”

Empey. predicts that though the

North American economy will likely.

William Empey, vi of the.
forecasting firm Data Resources Can-
ada, says even with interest rates and

not be considered ‘ho

high and
rampant, the demand for borrowed
money has been constant.

That could cause problems because it
will place huge commitments on house-
hold budgets, he warns,

“It used to be that high ofl prices
were perceived as the problem, (for the
economy),” says Empey. “Now the

percep’

1 is very rapidly growing ‘that >

recovet by 1983, the recovery will only ©
be

y- credit-hungry

all the days off with pay, the paid:

vacations and so on. I think if we have
“to'cut back during tough times so

should the government. The govern-
ment doesn’t create self-supporting
jobs.

They make us pay for the wages, ete.
‘ for the jobs they create. When their
money bucket gets empty, they don't
cut back, they just up our taxes,

insurance, licence fees, postage, etc. -°
_ (and give themselves another raise).

As times get tighter, they get

maintain them by upgrading on a.year
to year basis.

Just looking at the arena leads youto
believe that the track record on the
upkeep is something short of sufficient.

Less than 20 years ago this fine
moderate building was handed over to
the city on somewhat of a silver-; “platter
by. the Project Society with visions of
good management.

In: 1967 the Castlegar News in its
Special Centennial Edition proclaimed
this building as a symbol of community
pride-and:! dedicated many column
inches in bringing light the facts of its
history and its reality. It came about by

and di

tougher + on the poeple that are‘still
struggling — to cover it all.

Of course it doesn’t take a genius to
see that this will just compound the
problem by causing more people to
throw in the towel.

Instead of throwing us a life ring,
when we are having trouble | just
keeping our hesds above water, the
government climbs on our backs. Just
take a look at the new budget and how
about property assessments this year
(for those that managed to hang onto
their property, no thanks to high ; achool
interest on mortgages). nel.

Something has to give. I think the
first step is price and wage cuts anddo .
away with some of the freebies. This is
where unions could really help.

Unions should offer good work for
reasonable pay and not try to drain
every last drop of blood out of a
business, but help them to survive and
thrive.

If a union member isn't a good
reliable worker, they should kick him
out of the union and off.the job — not
protect him. If you listen . to’ your *
tymembers, I think you'll find this is,;
At what most of them really want.

It is time now, to protect the other
side too. I think it is clear to us all, that
with no jobs available, a union can’t
exist either.

It’s time for us all to work together.
and get our economy back on its feet
and keep it that way and we'd better
get at it soon, before the unemploy-
ment kitty runs out!

Iris

The structure and financ-
ing of B.C.’s education sys-
tem was one of the many as-

. pects explained during an
exchange visit last week, of
administrative personnel
from Colville, Wash. :

The visit was hosted by
Superintendent . of Schools,
John Holden, district admin-
istrative personnel and

administrative person-

Wednesday evening, Holden
outlined the structure and fi-

tem in B.C. and explained
how the system is put into
operation on the local scene,
Director Instruction,
Mike Lauriente,* outlined
what the basic programs
were and then went into de-
tailed explanation. of the
“special education services”
in the Castlegar, School Dis:
> tetet ba
The following day;
eight visitors toured the var-
fous schools throughout the
district.
Since none of the. visitors
had ever been on a sheet of
curling ice, they were intro-
duced to this. popular local
sport in a four-ended match.
This activity was followed by
a sing-song headed by Dick
Wayling.
This was a return visit for
the Colville contingent. Last
April, a group of local admin-

Preset, Kostnay Stone Cento,

ited various schools in that
eity. Such visits have been
found to be rich in exchange
of good ideas in the teaching
field: |

will step forward to take the reigns —
realizing how fortunate our community
is in having this low cost extra
recreational building.

Considering its replacement value at
today’s inflation, and monetary envi-
ronment, it is more resourceful to
slowly upgrade what you have. In my
“ opinion: that’s good planning and
certainly easier on the taxpayers’
pocket book.

And as a the statement “that

‘must
be applied ts "the facility is merely a
way of the facts and :not

Kootenay
. legacy

The Kootenay Legacy ex-
hibition and presentation at
theLangham Centre in Kaslo
which opened ‘Feb. 1 is well
and truly. underway. The
exhibition explores the hist-

volunteer work from many citizens and
groups from within the: district.

Think about it? In 14 short years, the ©
” abandonment of els building has been
slowly taking place.

+The least we could do is respect the’

pride and hard work that went into it,
by simply protecting it from; the
elements, so that it will serve the
community for many more years at a
reasonable cost.

energy in the economy, and so high

interest rates could be just as effective -

as high energy prices in retarding
economic expansion,” Empey says.
“Thus the next three years may well
be a time when a_ financial crisis
replaces t the ¢ energy crisis as the cause

markets, will. place on the
economy and create a financial crisis
‘that will mean a worse. economic
performance in the years 1982 to 1984
than in the recession-; pete period
| from 1979 to 1982.

of
h
nee

Empey says jy t ag: surely,
energy costs sqheezéd: discral

income of consumers, so wal _ high
cost of debt.

. Expectations-:of high inflation Ynd

Indeed; he that re
expected later this year, could make
inflation worse because it will .fuel

ery,

of "credit will provide for
rapid loan growth in 1982 until 1984,
some economists say. “In essence, the

credit ds as people continue to
borrow. “beyond their means.”

“Credit is: just as. widely used -as_-

fails to ‘cure us of our credit
habit, and the attempt to stay afloat by
borrowing» only digs consumers and:

ory and heritage’ of the
being accountable for details —. the earliest. inhabitants of. this
+ general public should be aware of what
National Building Code regulations
restrict the usage of the building;
what are'the necessary improvements;
and how much will they cost; and will

equal response to the special
seminar, scheduled for the

istrators were hosted by Col-. ¢h
ville, at which time they vis-.

weekend of Feb. 20:and 21.:

mnily partm.
at Queen's benairte

Kingston,

patients and 288. male pat-
ients aged 25 to 64 who had

been diagnosed as having

psycosocial problems. .

- On average, women re-
ceived one-third more pres-

~ eviptions for anxiety-reduc-

ing drugs, with the group
aged 25 to 44 showing the
- most marked difference. In
this group, 88 per cent of

* women, versus only 24 per

cent of men received such
drugs.

At a dinner meeting on ~

nancing of the education sys-

SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. are explain

ined by
Those in attendance were Jim Corbett, Grille ai Fred Fill lipott,

ke Lauriente.. Miller, Terry Rogers,

Suzanne Nel:

feamlisne?

‘Pulpit & Pew

by Ministers in the West Kootenay

4

The standards by .which
God will judge us‘were once
made pointedly clear when
Jesus described the Judge
saying to those who were
commended by God: “I: was
hungry, and you gave me
food; I was a strs and

Castlegar

Probably 90 per cent of
what you do every day
simply has to be done; going
to work, eating, sleeping,
chores, family obligations. No
oice, really: You ‘could

If we realize we're not as
righteous as we thought we
were (and who of us is) the»
Proper response is to let
ourselves be changed from
within, to let God be our
Sane, and to let our

TRA

make a list at the start of the
week of what simply must be
done that week, and 90 per © Put your five per cent or 10
cent of your time is filled in. per cent alongside those

Tm told that when you~ Standards, and decide how it
retire it:changes to 95 per looks on the day of judge-
cent. ment!

But you've still got that | The point isn't that if you
five per cent or 10 per cent of TUN around doing “good
time left to do with as you Works” you're stro to find
want. You can fill it up any favor with God. If you read
way you please: watch tele- © in this story about judge-
vision, dosomething with the Ment (see Matthew chapter
family, go skiing, visit, a 25) you'll find out that the
friend, do some community “righteous” didn't even re-
service, read. ‘The list ‘of alize they were doing good
possibilities is endless. * Bilin eee came out of

Ta suggest it's ‘that five Hone Te wae theo Kind of
per cent or 10 per cent that
shows the kind of person you
really are, what you really
believe in, how selfish or un-
selfish you are, what sort of
things mean the most to you. -

The Bible presents the idea
ofa day of j Never |

you welcomed me; I was sick,
and you visited me.”

. what our five per cent or 10
per cant reveals to us. |

surplus.money accumulated through
the years pay off the face-lift the arena
needs.

This should be a fascii
forum bringing together as it
does, : the Kootenay Indians

mind the details about how or
when. But the idea of a’
was taught by

Frank Stasila 1 + the

Castlegar archeologists, representa-
tives of the museums and the
Heritage Conservation along
with the general public. The
weekend will. consist of lec-
tures, open discussions, for-
ums and workshops.

Booking in . advance is
business deeper into debt,” says Em- essential for this unique
pey. ent, Contact the Langham

In an article entitled The Pin Stripe Centre, Kalso ay 358-2661 for.
Arabs, Empey says commercial banks special seminar program and
and other lenders, having found con- other details.
sumer credit cravings Profitable, will i

"Jesus, and makes a lot of

ly, or waste it away foolishly?

sense, too,

Td suggest that when our
time comes to be judged,
we'll be asked not what we
did with that 90.per cent we
had to spend in just living. 'd
suggest that we'll be asked
what we did with that five
per cent or 10 per cent we
had left over.

Did we use that time wise-

IF YOU

DONE SO

continue to provide funds ~ through

aration to-increasp the velocity of
neylending and «make : tl edit

habit hatel to E Eade 8

"tn! Bact! Ni ink Aniericans have just
as hard an adjustment giving up their
“credit habits,he says, as they do when
they have to'give up gas-guzzling cars
and electric popcorn poppers.

An easy cure, Empey says, is simply
to borrow less. But that won't be easy
ae achieve, he adds.

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be
quietly aid by. His inter-
ests and motivations.

St. Augustine once
summed up morality in the
sentence, ‘Love God and do
what you like.” Do what you”
like that is, having first and
foremost loved God.

‘And God isn't hard to love,
considering how much He
loves us first. .

‘Which suggests to me that
some of that five per cent or
10 per cent.would be wisely
used to let ourselves feel
close to God, which should in.
turn motivate us to use some
more of that five per cent or |
10 per cent to feel close to
some People who need us,

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