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Instead of being more than a year on the way to the accomplishment of having a cleaner mill producing less ion as our city's neig we can now contemprate the fact that it May actually come about, Instead of having more than a year of economic security under our belts, we can anticipate what may soon be, ‘Despite the uncertainty surrounding the linchpin to Castlegar’s future, steps were taken to see that what was necessary was in place when the time, that may not even have come, was right. In fact, with the announcement of the Twin Rivers outfit finally got tired of playing the game that, from all appearances, was going to result in a foregone conclusion anyway. It would not be too hard to believe that it has never been so difficult to approach and pass through what should have been an open door in the first place. :We have finally reached the threshold. We can see the light on the other side. Let's not look back. Let's hope bod: nonsense. learned from this A Little Knowledge 1) To a military man, what’s an ABM system? 2) Who was Hitler’s propaganda genius? 3) In theory, a incapable of flying. True or false? 4) Which is bigger, Great Slave Lake or Great Bear Lake? 5) How is Tiw, the Anglo-Saxon god of war, still remem- bered today? Answers 1) Anti-Ballistic Missile System. 2) Dr. Josef Goebbels. 3) True. Which all goes to show that experts should be on tap, not on top. 4) Great Slave Lake, by about 500 square miles. 5) Tiw is the Tue in Tuesday. CAS CHERINES By Don Addis PUSH DOWNWARD WHILE TWISTING, THEN PRY UP ON OUTER EDGE.» at the stat tuary, the desperate writer can always convince himself that new ,. things that make black marks on white paper will bring the happy tum of phrase, the flawless metaphor, the image. Self-d 1 don’t know why that.image per- sists in my memory or why it retums, and i , at odd not i is the original sin. But that counter in Edmonton was no place of soluce and refuge, Those pushing, jousting customers were clawing after the greatest gift to d bef intervals. Somebody trained in witchcraft, sorcery or psychiatry might be able to help me but I’m not, much given to,occult Practices and: black magic. The year is 1974, the month November. I'm in a large department | store in Edmonton. A ‘clamoring, elbowing, frenzied crowd is assault- ing the stationery counter and I don’t like it. A man has an inalienable right to expect decorum, politesse and gra- cious conduct at a stationery counter. A stationery counter: that’s the last refuge in the modem mall where you can still wander in solitude and browse at leisure without being ordered to have a nice day. It’s also a self-directed medical clinic for those “of us who need therapy. In that sanc- Mall development; it almost seemed ‘like at least one |" °°" |) Hannaford S| Syndicated Columnist It is a new world dawning indeed! I speak not of glasnost or r pere- stroika, nor yet of.such p fore the advent of the fax machine and the teflon frying pan: the ballpoint pen. An American, _ Reynolds by name, claimed to have invented it, That version of the Roman stylus was called the Rocket — in honor of some of the in the Late Great, I suppose. Not felicitous, that name: rockets were known for their petulant behavior, wanton disobedi- ence and whimsical desire to go astray. Reynolds claimed that his Rocket . would make six carbon copies if you pressed down hard, It did, provided you were an earlier iron: pumping. bench-pressing boon to messy eaters who also write. And it worked under water, provided you were a Jacques Cousteau taking notes on the breeding habits of the Pacific dolphin, | It also leaked on shirts, sweaters, waistcoats, ties and pinstripe suits, stained the hand that bought it, tat- tooed the flesh and sold for $18: a day's pay. Multiply by 10 if you want the equivalent in modem, dehomed, eviscerated Canadian bucks, Well, I never liked the ballpoint pen, still don’t. I'm an aficionado of the sloping desk, the mediaeval goose quill, Gothic script and the Dickensian eyeshade. I’m also in favor of the hand that shows a man’s character: thick strokes for power and virility, thin ones for sensitivity and prissiness. Spelling doesn't count in either case, of course. The rolling ball won't permit that kind of psychoanalysis, But I'll be gracious and charitable. Even the modem version of the Roman stylus allows us to record facts, figures, i the stuff of its real merit lay elsewhere: the Rocket wrote on butter! I never quite seized the import of that feature of the Rocket, but I suppose it was a this decision strikes at the very root of the Canadian psyche. After all, one of the few facts of Canadian history which could proba- bly be recalled by 90% of the popula- tion is that the Hudson’s Bay Company was organised over 300 years ago to deal in furs. To stroll through one of the larger metropoli- tan Bay stores where they sold fur coats - and even more to go into one of the remote northern stores where they still bought pelts - was as close a brush with their heritage as many Canadians ever had. The Bay does ~~ after all pre-date confederation by about 200 years. Well, the Bay is still there, but what now distinguishes it from any arrangements as may emerge from the swamps of the Euphrates. No, it is the decision of the Hudson’s Bay Company to close its fur salesrooms. It’s positively un-Canadian. The term, seems appropriate. Our cousins to the south of the border are generally much quicker to castigate things that they don’t like as un- American, than we are in the silent north to call things un-Canadian but other large store? I suppose that next we shall have McDonalds abandoning hamburgers ‘in favour of nut cutlets and oat-meal cookies, Exxon touting electric cars and non-contact hockey games in the NHL. Some changes are beneficial and desirable perhaps, but some of us old dogs are going to have a tough time leaming to love the new tricks. Talking of progress, the first draft of history. When did it all start, this business of scratching cyphers on stone, on bits of bone and bark, on tablets of onery Fetord wax? No one knows. But civilization depends on that ancient art. ‘Without it the heritage would be lost, the long experiment over. Because I don't play golf or five- card stud, I’ve often bent over some. of those ancient scripts in fusty . crypts. And sometimes there’s.an awesome modemity about them, This one, for example. Herodotus, who lived in the Sth century: B. a describes a “letter” once sent by the Scythians to the Persian king, Darisu. Tt consisted solely of crude draw- ings of a bird, a mouse, a frog and five arrows. It translates this way: “Persians, can you fly like,a bird, hide in the ground like a mouse, leap through swamps like a frog? If you can't, then do not try to make war with us, We shall overwhelm you ancient cheek close to the modem jowl of Sad- dam’s Iraq. Of late, George Bush seems to be telling his PR boys to stop with the words and send cyphers instead: dress a mouse, a frog. And those modem arrows. . . aica as rockets, RR, Jeffels is a Richmond free- lance writer and former principal of The Open Learning Institute. POLISHING UP THE SOCRED ELECTION ing their roots, I notice that the Unit- ed Church came out strongly in sup- port of the Senate for its refusal to endorse the government's abortion bill. Their spokeswoman applauded the Senate’s vote because she felt that the bill would interfere with a woman's reproductive choice. I can see how a feminist organization might argue that line, but I would think it takes some intellectual gym- nastics for a Christian church to pull any support for that from scriptures. The federal aia operating through the Canadian Intemational Development Agency, seems intent on remaking the opinions of our young People. E External Relations and Monique Tandy has announces 4 a ‘Global P dren to their brothers and sisters of the world.’ Oh really. From what I have seen on the tv and read in the newspapers since this country went to war two weeks ago, what we need in this country is not ‘sensitization’ to our global brothers and sisters, but a few lessons in national pride. Every time we sing the national anthem, I can’t help wondering how many people actually stand on guard for anything, never mind Canada. I sometimes fear that this country could slip away from us through sheer apathy. I just hope that this programme is not an attempt to sell the concept of world government to our impression- able youth. And if you think that might actually be a good idea, just stop and ask yourself one simple Alberta children, to ‘promote a “toe al perspective’. Her press release explains that ‘global education is a growing movement both nationally and internationally and relates the entire educaiton process to the inter- dependent nature of the world... The Global Education Programme is an Mulroney tackles “Wishful thinking that evil will go away if we want it badly enough, has no place in serious decision-making.” * P.M. Brian Mulroney in the Commons Jan. 22. tackled the big problems head-on. And it.is Mulroney's tough stand on the big issues that has forced the Lib- erals to take a hard look at where they stand and what they stand for. It is clear-that on the Persian Gulf, The “wishful thinking”. of New Democrats and Liberals in the House of Commons on the war in the Per- sian Gulf is a preview of the dismal « choice Canadians will face in ithe next ‘* general election. As much as Canadians my distike ® Brian Mulroney, thiey can't escape the fact that on the tough issues, his gov- emment’has never, failed to take a” the most p ful bers of the Liberal caucus mirror the NDP. ‘They oppose having Canadian Forces in the region, in anything but a peace-keep- ing role. But when it became obvious their position wasn't in keeping with Liberal traditions, they abruptly switched positions. Jean Chretien ‘should be thankful Saddam attacked (Israel, The scuds gave him the peg on ; which.to, hang his Caer switch of ‘policy. It looked like amateur night on the “Rideau, and savagely, exposed the + Jack of depth on the Liberal benches. «Nowhere do people. follow politics «more closely than in Atlantic Canada. + How’ they must have. been fuming “down home’? when they. saw ‘Pink Floyd”, Axworthy and “Peace in our. * d 4 Tne Bi pret agrees voting mi havi way to our chil- problems Gulf region! Adantic Canada is the area where the Liberals have their highest level of support, and from where at least 25 - “percent of the personnel in the Gulf come, Vacillation in support of “our boys’ is.not seen as leadership by Eastemers. ‘At least the NDP didn’ 't try to have it both ways. NDP Defence critic John Brewin, MLP. for, Victoria, came here with a big reputation. His father, Andy was a dyed-in-the-wool CCFer who repre- sented a Toronto riding in the Com- mons, and while Andy was a pacifist, he wasn’t a dummy. The younger Brewin has the same shock of. white hair that distinguished his father, ‘but he ‘clearly: hasn't yet developed the. old man’: 8 Political Para It as Brewin the younger "who" demanded the government seek a. cease-fire in the i taonched Hs fist The ‘Prime Minister and External lark: couldn't If the world was to be as one, who would you like to see running it? No, I can't think of anybody off- hand either. The only Person who I would accept, was offered the job on top of a mountain 2,000 years ago and tumed it down. It probably isn’t that good an ideas? head-on that now is the time to go easy on Saddam Hussein? That the allies should reward his attack on Israel with a bombing pause? Between the Liberal’s confusion, and the NDP’s naivete, the govemn- ment ministers ‘couldn't believe their luck! They had been yea the issue on a platter! It was the first big fall for Brewin, the new NDP star from the coast. it wasn't easy, learning a lesson like that in public, but to give bim credit, Brewin took his licking like 'a man. ‘There has been a lot of growing-up ‘in the House of Commons recently, and it is not before time, But there will have to.be a lot more over the next few years, if either the Liberals or the NDP are to the electorate with more than slogans, ‘> They must offer a credible alternative to the incumbent government. So far they haven't done so. t Mulroney is ‘correct ben be ‘Mik Duffy h ibook eam ey re he ts Si an wcrvi. 051 Sunday Edition £1991 Canada Wide Fei Se ¢ Limited’ c é ‘Wedriasday, February 6, 1991 The Castlegar Sun ‘Letters to: ‘the: Editor To the weditors This past summer the water ‘users of Cayuse and Little Cayuse Creeks, (on the lower Arrow Lake), formed a watershed com- mittee. They were concemed with how their water quality and quan- tity was being affected by the log- ging activities beirig carried out by ‘Westar Timber in these creek drainages, *)''! eats ‘AS Madividuals,’s some of the © water users had previously been ted in their attempts to have their concerns about the logging taken into account by Westar. and the Ministry of Forests. The water users hoped that,’as'a committee, they would gamer more respect for their position concerning the Giving generously To the Editor: ° As we watch TV and listen to commentators and military experts talk about the Gulf War, we're forced to ask ourselves “How can we help?” It’s still too early to know what'the needs will be but’ it’s become evident that the dam- age, suffering and of * the logging activities, and they ‘ resolved. Unfortunately, this was -selves in rather hostile territory. ‘tive from the MOF that they had logging activities ia the wate "open house. on ‘their five-year plan; Told by Westar that the trouble ” some of the users had had in the spring battling dirty water and fouled intakes had little to do with ' Westar’s logging operation and practices, In the end, they were left with the distinct impression that their concerns ‘about the ds came ‘a distant second to the harvesting of the trees in these watershed, The Committee members had hoped ‘to ‘go through their list of concerns and proposals at the meeting and discuss each point with Westar and Forestry. This did not happen, but they were pro- , mised a written reply by both of these parties, To this end, they drew up a list of concerns and proposals about scheduled a meeting with Westar and the MOF in Castlegar. They went into that mecting with a spirit of cooperation and a hope that their would be and perhaps some could be not to be. : The Committee members who attended this mecting found them- They were told by a representa- had a chance to have input into the system when Westar held their Intemational Development Agen- l urge your readers, whatever cy *s (Cl. D.. A ) International their own beliefs are, to contribute Division ly to The Canadian Red Le already channeled $2.55 million . Cross Society’s Persian Gulf through The Canadian Red Cross = Appeal now, so that lives can be Society for its humanitarian work. saved and assistance brought to This amount, welcome as it is, those directly affected by the con- will not be enough. On January 16, flict, as soon as possible. innocent victims will be greater than the resources available. The Government of Canada itself recognizes the potential for massive suffering. The Canadian City should fix the real problems To the Editor: I see that with the changes to take place on Columbia Ave. by the City, except the change at the overpass and the restricted | left into 4th St, they will what The of have always been a the Red Cross inched a world. eas people. It is time for that wide appeal for the equivalent of. generosity to show once again. $125 million CND. As the situa- Donations can be made at any Red. tion in the gulf intensifies, the fig- . Cross Branch or at any major char- ure will surely rise. tered bank. Cheques and money Letters Policy Letters to the Editor are welcome on any topic of local or general interest. Letters should be double-spaced, typewritten, or legibly hand- written, and no more than two pages if possible. Letters will be edited in the interests of brevity or taste if necessary. All letters must be signed, with address and telephone number, although names may be witheld from publication for valid reason by the approval of the editor. Send letters to: The Castlegar Sun, 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C., VIN 1G8, or drop them off at the office. they have wanted to do for years. That is to close down the down- town part of Castlegar. I shall not list all the changes as they have been published already, all I ask is that they take a deeper look into these changes. ’ Also I ask why list thé ‘ehr pak behind the Pioneer Arena as it is already there. And for what other use than for the arena I cannot see, The speed limit on Columbia sets itself. All the changes to be done, must be to accommodate bad drivers, ‘will not alter the accident rate. It is known that Castlegar has some or maybe most of the worst idrivers in The changes will be a waste of money. Money that could be spent srepairing the roads here in Castlegar. John C. Gibson Coverage was well received Dear Editor: On behalf of the Kinnaird Ele- mentary and Valley Vista Parents Group, a special thanks for the fantastic coverage we received in the Castlegar Sun, at our Decem- ber Christmas Carol Singalong. A very special thank. you to Nancy Lingley for depicting our sing-a-long so well, despite it being the frostiest night of the year. ‘We would also like to thank the following people for their con- tributions in making this event such a huge success; Mr. Dick _Wayling, Mr. Rick-Hahn, Mr. Ken Sbitney,’Mr. Lawrence Chemoff, ‘Mr. Dino Zanet, and the many : others who helped. See you all next Christmas. . Sincerely, Parent Advisory Council of Kinnaird Elementary and ; Valley Vista. ut you have something to sell Phono 365 - 7848 | The Sun is your source for advertising * WELCOME.CANADIANS. CHUCK ROASTS _ Boneless. U.S.D.A. Choice E Lean: : “Family, Pack: v4 or. more pounds, CROSS RIB ROASTS h Soneless. U.S.D.A. Choice VEGETABLES “Western. 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