A4 November 20, 1968 a ~ SZ Castlégar News MMADARER OF THE B.C. PRESS COUNCH ABLISHEO AUGUST 7, 1947 WEEKLY MAY 4 INCORPORATING THe MIO WEEK MIARON PUBLISHED SOTPEMBER 12. 1976 AUGUSI 27, 1980 LV, CAMPBELL — PUBLISHER, AUGUST 7, 1947. FEBRUARY 13, 1973 PUBLISHER — Burt Compbell EDITOR — Ron Norman je — Gary Fleming OFFICE MANAGER — Lindo Kositsin CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hadley ONG OF COPYMONT, ful, compete and tle copyright oy printed mater produced by Canto News Costle Nev provided, hos hot Copyright in the! part and mn rapre prechh, enprevings, ews’ provided by the eavertiser Brisco deserving This newspaper heartily endorses Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco for another term in the House of Commons in Ottawa. Mr. Brisco has served our riding and Western Canada well. He is devoted to British Columbia, and to Canada. He has compiled quite an admirable record in his years as a Member of Parliament and has earned the respect of his C is c and public employees serving in both the federal and provincial civil ser- vices. Mr. Brisco has a solid record of accomplishment in Kootenay West. He has repeatedly proved himself in carrying the battle of Kootenay West's best interests at the federal level, and on the provincial scene as well. With the single and important exception of the West Kootenay Power/Utilicorp issue, Bob Brisco has articulated well the concerns and aspirations of his southeastern British Colum- bia voters With his growing seniority, our MP is earning positions on com- mittees very important to our particular area, as well as to Canada. He chairs the Standing Committee on the Environment and Forestry and helped negotiate the $300 million five-year Federal Reforestation Development Agreement that saw $13 million invested in this constituency. It has been a pleasure for his constituents and supporters to watch Mr. Brisco grdw in his years in Ottawa. He is an accomplished speaker, a hard-working MP in the Commons, as well as in this riding, and has developed an impressive network of useful contacts. The House of Commons is a unique body. The demands of office are wearing, and the constant jet lag over three time zones can be exhausting. Residents of Kootenay West-Revelstoke have been im- pressed throughout the campaign at the stamina of a man who a relatively short while ago suffered a health problem as a result of his hectic schedule. We are convinced that this hard-working Member of Parliament is the obvious choice for voters. His competence and his dedication to the needs of Kootenay West-Revelstoke make, we suggest, the choice an easy one. When voters go to the polls tomorrow, we believe they should very seriously consider casting their vote for Bob Brisco. We believe he has earned the right to return to the House of Commons to con- tinue his work on behalf of all of us. See you around This isn't a typical column. I am not going to discuss the municipal election, the federal election, free trade (thank goodness), the envir- onment, abortion or any of the usual topics that help fill 24 column inches in this corner of page 4 every Sunday. This is an obituary. No, I am not dead (though my family wonders sometimes when they try getting my attention while I'm reading). No, this is a journalistic obituary. Mine. After more than seven years with the Castlegar News — all but a few months as the editor — I'm leaving. Ron Tae! Norman leaving in a huff, or because I can't take this job anymore, or because my boss — publisher Burt Campbell — has had it up to here with me. On the contrary, I've enjoyed working at the Castlegar News. When I arrived in this rugged valley eight years ago, this newspaper lacked a sense of purpose and direction. I feel I have helped nudge this paper along a path that has sometimes led to excellence. This paper has won its share of journalism awards in the last seven years, including being named best newspaper in its class in Canada. But more importantly, the reporters who have passed through the CasNews newsroom have achieved excellence. Cheryl Calderbank (who moved to Toronto for a brief time before returning to live in Robson) captured several individual photography awards, along with Simon Birch, Diane Strandberg, Adrian Chamberlain, Mike Kalesniko and freelance Doug Harvey. Several of them also received awards for their writing, as did Surj Rattan. I mention them because putting a newspaper together is a team effort. No singie person is responsible for its success or failure. In fact, it takes 13 full-time workers, an assortment of part-timers and an army of carriers to get the product to your doorstep every Wednesday evening and Sunday morning. I am proud of this newspaper and proud to have worked for it because I have seen it become an essential part of this community. It has helped the community learn about itself and helped unite the many diverse elements in the community. Media guru Marshall McLuhan said the media has helped make the world a global village. He meant that information now is readily available to and from every corner of the globe. In the same way, this er has helped make Castlegar into a village. for its editorial writing. Editorials and the editorial page are the sgul of a paper; they give the paper an identity. The gathering and reporting of news is important to be sure, but the sharing of ideas — whether they are in the form of letters to the editor, a column like this, or edi Is — is vital. A paper provides a forum for the exchange ideas like no other media. That's the reason why, when I arrived here in the fall of 1981, one of the first things I did was to create an editorial page. I often hear that the editorial page is one of the first pages readers turn to on Sunday morning, and clearly it is one of the best read. I will miss sitting down to write this column and sharing in the editorial writing with Burt Campbell (who wrote the one above), as I will miss chasing down a major news item. I will miss the comraderie shared by the newsroom, the front office and the production department. But I have a chance to do something I've always wanted to do: \write a book. So I will stay home while my wife, Joan, works full time. It’s been an enjoyable seven years here. I hope to see you around Castlegar sometime. So long. Letters to the editor Uninvolved parents make big mistake With talk of federal election, take a moment to notice how each and every party leader stresses the two main points: the Canada-U.S. free- trade agreement and day care. The trade agreement is opposed by the opposition leaders, but all are unanimous in their support for day-care centres and point out how many more would be started by each compared to the others. Notice, too, the statement so often used, “the family is our strength for/of the future.” What family? What future? Though I am single, I can still see and feel what is happening to our country and our family responsibi- lites. We are a country gradually falling into destruction, not from outside intervention, but from moral decay from within ourselves. To confirm some of what I have said, pick up the October issue of The Plain Truth magazine. Open the magazine to the centre two pages to a story titled, “Daddy, Daddy, Come Help Me Build a Castle.” A little boy and his father went to the beach one day. The boy took his bucket and shovel to dig in the sand. After a few moments the little boy went to his father and said, “Daddy, Daddy, come help me build a castle.” His Dad's cold reply was: “Run on son. Daddy came to the beach to rest. The boy's disappointment showed on his face, but the father didn’t notice. It was others who did. How many parents fail to seize the moments their sons and daughters want and need them, then wonder why, when they want to spend time with their teenagers, the teens disappear with friends instead? The answer is in what happened on the beach when their children were young or when Mom dropped them off at the day-care centre day after day, or when Dad didn’t show up for the ball game. A leading educator researched the backgrounds of several successful schools and found that it was not how much money the school district had or how affluent the neighborhood was that made the schools successful, but parental involvement. The chal- lenge western societies face is that parents are simply not involved and sharing. What a sad thing it is to bring children into this world and not provide the environment to teach them character and give them stability. Sadly, today many parents are too busy, too lazy, too uninterested or too selfish to get involved. That is the tragedy of today’s family. Our hectic, fast-paced, modern way of life has taken us out of the home and out of the lives of our children. We turn them over to television sets, day-care centres, babysitters and schools and we wonder why they aren't succeeding or we wonder why their academic skills are dropping. We wonder why they are not motivated. Wonder no longer. If the family does not instill those values in the children, no one else will. The future belongs to the self-disciplined. It is in the institution of the family these things will take place if they are to take place at all. There was a time when most of us had those values. Our nations were built on a tradition of hard work and sacrifice. In this century, people had to overcome two world wars and the Depression. Out of that came the most affluent, most successful society in history. With prosperity came lethargy. Young people have come to feel the world owes them a living. It seems many feel their birthright is a job, money, success. The immigrant com: munity knows it’s not their birth- right. They go out to work for their “dreams. The future is in your hands. Bringing children into the world is the most important responsibility anyone can have, yet our’ hectic society takes its toll as we climb selfishly for success, fame and Federal deficit inhuman insanity Just a word to ease Mike Wenne chuck’s umbrage. First of all, I am not a politician and have no use for any political hogwash, regardless of amount borrowed, before he is off the hook. How many times over have we paid the national debt? Yet it doesn’t get smaller, but increases, with the political , 1 do try to distinguish between. politics and plain insanity. Te me, politics means any political party trying to do something for the benefit of people who elected them. But when politi- cians sell out the people and country to financiers and allow them to repeatedly rob the citizens of hun dreds of billions of dollars, then it is plain “inhuman insanity.” Maybe Mike is right about the NDP; but. I have my doubts. Elections have been held since Canada” becamé “a nation, but no party ever mentions the national debt or even dares to inform the electorate as to whom we owe this money. What country or organization is so rich that it can easily afford to lend all those billions and why? When someone borrows money from the bank, and if he keeps up with the payments, he only has to pay three to four times above the payers paying more and more interest every year. There is no end to this inhuman racket; a racket that is bleeding the country not only of its blood, but of its lymph also. And, to top it off, these insatiable creatures do not pay a penny of income tax on the hundreds of billions that our so-called politicans (pathetic pawns) are str eamlining to them, while cutting back on essential services to those who elect them. AsI see it, the only possible reason for the obsolete nuclear subs that Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is after is for the sole purpose of increasing the national debt to keep those insatiable vultures happy. Our pathetic politicians must get a kickback from those billions, other. wise I can't understand why they would allow this insanity to go on. : Mike E. ft Crescent Valley fortune. It’s time parents re-establish a proper sense of priorities. There is no greater gift you can give your children than your time, to be involved with your children at every stage of their lives, knowing you are there and knowing you care provides a sense of security and stability. Yes, the greatest mistake in family life today is parents’ non-involve- ment. James C. Whaley Nelson Time to come forward It seems as if this is the year that the people of Robson are out to do battle. Now, once again, we are fighting for one of our major facilities and we know that once again we will rally around those who are at the head, at least I would like to think so. I cannot imagine a summer with- out the pool as I now have children who are constantly using it. Imagine having to go across town for swim- ming lessons daily, especially when the kids are in different classes. Imagine the daily River Otters practices and how easy it was just to go to the pool or send them on their bikes. Remember the hot summer days when you and/or the kids wanted a cool swim and how easy it was to drive, walk or ride a bike up to the pool. I realize that in the past a very few parents have volunteered their sum mer days to help keep the pool going and now it is time for us all to come forward and offer our time and energy to upgrade a facility which is a tremendous benefit to all of us. Sarah Tupholme Raspberry Village Homemaker would help It takes eight weeks for home- makers to allow a worker to come and wash my bathtub out. Why? My doctor also contacted home- makers twice in regards to trans- Remember when 4 YEARS AGO From the Nov. 25, 1948 Castlegar News Jimmy Quinn, the CCF candidate in this riding, made a blistering attack on the provisions of the Coalition Government's Labor Bill 39 which he stated was an insult to every workers organization in this province. He pledged that if elected, he will work for the repeal of this Act and its replacement by a more sane and equitable piece of Labor Legis- lation. His remarks were made in the course of a CCF meeting at the Com- munity Hall here on Tuesday night. ._ * * The regular meeting of St. Alban's W.A. took place Thursday Nov. 18 in the Parish hall with Mrs. L. Killough in the chair and 10 members present, and two visitors. The motion for the payment of all funds and pledges was adopted *_ * *« The Kinnaird Rifle Club is hoping the older members will turn out better next week. Tuesday. night refreshments were served by Elaine Robertson, Eddie Collinson assisted by Mrs. W. Collinson. YEARS AGO From the Nov. 21, 1963 = Castlegar News Castlegar and District must vote “yes” on the plebiscite in December asking whether or not the area residents favor a regional college located in the West Kootenay area or possibly be placed in the position of opposing the college in principle yet having the rest of the West Koot- enay favoring it while the college's portable location is in the Castlegar District. * * « The cost of a pedestri: to the Shewchuck subdi cost the village between $17,000 and $24,000 while the cost of a pedestrian overpass would be more, Associated Engineers have advised Castlegar council. * * « Although total cost of the proposed sewage bylaw in Castlegar is up over the one presented two years ago, other charges are down considerably, Comm. Walter Thorp told the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce at its meeting last week. . * « The report on the defalcation of $3,679 in funds of the Castlegar and District Hospital has been referred to the attorney-general’s department in Victoria. 15 YEARS AGO From the Nov. 22, 1973 ar News Kinnaird's municipal election Sat- urday was a series of firsts. It was a first time mayoralty candidates came so close in ballot counting, George Bondaroff defeated Gerry Rust by a scant four ballots with Mr. Bondaroff receiving 511 votes and Mr. Rust 507. * « A recount of votes for the mayor- alty race in Kinnaird appears to be a strong possibility. At Tuesday night’s council meet- ing town clerk Allen Selbie stated he had not received notification from the county court but he understood a recount of the votes cast for George Bondaroff and G.S. Rust would be requested. * 8 « The amalgamation referendum, to be voted on Dec. 8, was thoroughly discussed by the councils of the twin towns of Castlegar and Kinnaird Tuesday night. 5 YEARS AGO Frém the Nov. 23, 1983 Castlegar News Pass Creek parents are heaving sighs of relief today with the know- ledge that their community school will be kept open. Ina school board meeting Monday, a delegation of concerned parents from the area thanked the trustees for ensuing the continued existence of their school which has been a focal point for the community for nearly 10 years. . . . portation for ‘3 still don’t help. My doctor gave me a letter to move out of the Robson area because of the ferry closure. I thowght as seniors and war veterans we had rights, regardless of health reasons. Dennis Boudreau Robson Please address all Letters to the Editor to: The Sastloger The finally caught up with the Castlegar construction in dustry this year as the value of building permits issued by the city plummeted to a six-year low and fell 34 per cent from last year. A total of $3.9 million in permits was issued this year, compared to $5.9 million in 1982 and $7.8 million in the peak year of 1980. * 8 « The labor unrest is over at Selkirk College. The institution has returned to normal and in the aftermath, News, P.O. Box 3007, B.C. VIN 3H4, or solver them to our office at 197 Columbia Ave- nue, Castlegar. Letters must be signed and include the writer's full nome and address. Only in very exceptional cases will letters be published without the writer's nome. Nevertheless, the name and address of the writer must be disclosed to the editor The Castlegar News reserves the right to edit letters for brevity, clarity, legality and grammar is ing the effects on the college. The strike ended Sunday when 76 per cent of the striking vocational instructors, members of the B.C. Government Employees’ Government Employees’ Union, voted in favor of ratifying a new 30-month contract. The college and the BCGEU had signed a memor andum of agreement Saturday night — November 20, 1998 Castlégar News as Free trade not only issue By EDISON STEWART OTTAWA — Anybody remember the federal deficit? How about nuclear-powered submarines? Tax reform? In the campaign for Monday's election, it would seem there is a single issue: free trade. The governing Progressive Con servatives want the deal — neither the Liberals nor NDP agree. “Once the flag and national iden. tity is the issue those (other) things just get buried,” observes Ken Carty, a political science professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. “You can hardly go into a res- taurant in Vancouver without over- hearing four arguments at the near- by tables about the free trade issue and what it’s about. “People are preoccupied with it and talking about it everywhere.” The Conservatives’ emphasis on other issues, particularly the cost of Liberal campaign promises, may be having some impact, says Joseph Wearing, author of political scientist at Trent University in Peterborough, Ont. “Now, whether it’s coming up in time to have any impact on the elec- tion is another question.” That doesn't mean the parties don't have positions on other issues. Here are some: The Conservatives promise to buy 10 to 12 nuclear-powered submarines for $8 billion over 27 years. The yam i acide Seer th Bia" 57% CANNOT IDATIFC? THE ORD yo We Bir Bau TT ITB 7) ect GA BPR NT Nae @! Liberals and NDP would scrap the plan and buy four conventionally powered subs for $1.6 billion. All three parties support construction of a second batch of six frigates for $4 billion. The Liberals would buy eight more for $6.8 billion. ABORTION All three leaders will allow MPs to vote as they choose on the issue but only the NDP has a clear position: to leave the decision to women. TAX REFORM The Conservatives promise to push ahead with attempts to negoti- ate a new national sales tax, which would combine existing federal and provincial sales taxes and lower the tax rate but apply the tax to many more items. Tory MP Don Blenkarn, Faas Wee chairman of the Commons finance committee in the last Parliament, es- timates the tax could add $10 billion a year to federal and provincial treas. uries. The Liberals and NDP promise to scrap the plan. THE DEFICIT Wilson says the annual deficit is on target at $28.9 billion this fiscal year and denies a report that the govern ment expects it to rise to $32 billion next year, about $3 billion more than the budget forecast. He hasn't ruled out the possibility there might be some increase. Liberal Leader John Turner says his program won't inflate the deficit and won't require higher taxes on lower- and middle- income deficit and won't require higher taxes on lower- and middle- income earners. NDP Leader Ed Broadbent says an NDP government would increase the deficit by as much as $1.4 billion during its first year. HOUSING The Liberals promise $1.65 billion a year for housing, including rein- troduction of a modified Registered Home Ownership Savings Plan to help people set aside money for their first home. The plan would apply to families and individuals earning less than $80,000 and $40,000 respec- tively. The party also promises tax credits of up to $2,500 a year for homeowners paying more than 30 per cent of their household income on basic accommodation. Households with income above $75,000 would not be eligible. Personalized Christmas Cards Now is the time to order! See our complete selection of beautiful personalized Christmas Cards Castlégar News $429, We reserve the ri Prices limit PRICES EFFECTIVE SUN., MON.. TUES., WED. OPEN SUND. 10 a.m.-5 ae “gg GROUND COFFEE, $149 FINE CUT TOBACCO (aronT. 2000 $998 # 10 limit eventos hand. to stock on CENTRAL | FOODS Community 2717 Columbia Castlogs MORE LETTERS WKP sale disappointment This morning I read a_ short account of how the employees at Omak Wood Products Inc. bought the mill at which they work. The purchase was unusual in that the mill is a money-maker and the employees outbid other interested groups. Of particular interest to me was a short paragraph which said, in reference to the mill's having been sold three times in the past 32 years, “Each time the new owners cut the labor force, which once totalled 1,200, and took the profits out of the commun ity, located in a remote area of north-central Washington, 362 kilol- metres east of Seattle.” This put me in mind of the long and sometimes bitter battle in which T and many others engaged in trying to keep control of West Kootenay Power in Canadian hands. I was one of the first people to join the Electric Consumers’ Association, the group formed to oppose the sale of West Kootenay Power and Light (as it was then) to the U.S. firm UtiliCorp. I was not a founding mem- ber, but one of the first in our area. It was easy for me to join because when the organization was brought into being I was already doing what I could to convince my elected repre sentatives, both federal and provin cial, that this sale was contrary to the best interests of Canada and of the people in southern British Columbia in particular. My feelings were strong, I welcomed the coming of the ECA, and I was and I am more than pleased to be able to put my money where my mouth is. At one point the ECA (asked its members how much money they would be prepared to invest in a fund to buy and hold WKPL until pur- chase by a Canadian firm could be arranged. I made my pledge, and so did many others. It soon became apparent that money was not a prob- lem, and indeed some 15 offers to purchase WKPL came forth from other groups, more than one of them quite capable of handling the deal entirely on its own. However, Investment Canada did nothing to prevent this long-estab- lished electrical utility from being bought out from under us. It even gave some of us reason to feel that it had a perverse interest in giving a U.S. firm preference over Canadian groups, and the sale to UtiliCorp was allowed to proceed. I was denied the opportunity to honor my pledge. This was a disappointment to me, even a source of chagrin. I like utilies; I understand them, and I have an appreciation of the role they play in the development and the well tax extra. Advance reservations so that makes k. . . Subject to availability. Advance CARRIAGE CARRIAGE CHOUSE INN. AS LOW AS S46* WITH THIS AD * Double occupancy, Friday, Saturday or Sunday nights, standard room (regular rate $60). 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I realize that I am earning and receiv- ing this dividend because I am helping to finance an enterprise that is fundamental to the operation of our western technological society. I also know where the money comes from that I get as my dividend. Part of it comes from each and every customer of my utility each time he pays his bill. This line of thought leads me to reflect on what becomes of the profit component of the bill that I pay to WKP every second month. Inevitably I come to the conclusion that Investment Canada is not doing much for the benefit of the citizens of Canada, and especially for those of us here in southern British Columbia. F.G. Marsh Castlegar Mention this Super WEEKEND 3 days, 2 nights only $ 9 Expries December 31, Ad to pt Meg Special PA neal ieee or Double Occupancy 1988 Stay in an elegant suite with separate livingroom and bedroom, balcony, color TV, Free parking. 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