‘Ab CASTLEGAR NEWS, October 8, 1980 One man’s'o servant The letter is received in response to my private citizen request tothe deputy — minister of municipal affairs on the subject of standardization:of municipal tax notices. As background for’ my. readers, | would remind them that all assessments in this province are carried out by the B.C. Assessment Authority, notice and, of course, all rural properties are. Issued a standard and efficiently presented tax notice irom, the Surveyor of which p a stand: Taxes. 1 had suggested that the provincial jal form could be used as a model by all the jac of sizes, colors and types of notice that require a Philadelphia lawyef'to réad and interpret. municipalities which now present a ‘ids! Now to the letter quoted In Its entirety: Dear Mr. Merriman: # Re: Standardized Municipal Tax Notices {, would like to emphasize first-off that the” \ninistry has no statutory authority to direct preparation of the type,:kind or size of tax notice utilized by municipalities. While there Is a certain amount of specific information that must be included, how it is Included is entirely up to the local authority. The requirements are governed both by how the local counell feels the | Information should be shown and by the: finariclal control system requirements in place in the particular jurisdiction. “ We-have, In the’ past, :stressed.the.fact;that the tax notice itself cannot provide a detailed breakdown of mij rates or the background data that does into their compilation. In this respect a number of municipalities send a separate Midget breakdown and the various revenue sources in addition to taxation. The* ministry encourdges. this practice, as a valuable suppfement to understanding the make-up of. fesulting tax levies. statement giving the basic’! pinion ; : By FRED MERRIMAN Since a letter from a public servant is public business, | thought | would share the contents of the following letter with my readers and hope that at least one city council in this area would take steps to change as my frustrated public “the While | recognize the. above is not pbrticularly encouraging In respect to the your inquiry, Itrust it at least briefly é&xp Yours truly, F.u. Thompson, C.G.A. Senior Financial Officer y Financial Management { want to publically thank Mr. Thompson, for. taking his valuable time to ings \ynion of British Columbia answer my letter. It Is now my =! hope Municipalities will take note. c Rae KIEIA'T!S BAW] | ILD! iB ‘S| 2. Li) oi PZ aD) Le 1 A, E Bw wh? {e) 4 mzipizi=" EO mien 0} Oal->'iC Bom Pa vm im!ii0'; DEA mimi | IZ >IZEm > msi Z\—-lOWD> OM m'Z promi ZiZ[p} >| 1] >| Oe i Mam (ail he i hl (tu) fh) ia El! [») Answer for Sunday, October..5, Cryptoquip:. fetes SPEAKING OF GRATITUDE: UNDISCIPEENED FLUNKIES FUNCTION UNDER DURESS. Seventh-day Adventist Release A radio program that started in a makeshift ‘studio inside a renovated chicken coop in Southern California 50 years ago will receive a financial boost from the Castlegar-Trail Seventh-day Adventist Church this Sat- urday. - HM.S. Richards, found- er of the Voice of Prophecy, asked his tabernacle crusade * Canada ‘secret’ nation VANCOUVER (CP) — Canadians are living in one’ of the more secretive na- tions in‘thd World, says a University of' Victoria law professor. i - Prof. Murray Rankin told a seminar of. 150 jour- nalists that the Access to Information Act introduced - in July by Secretary of State Francis Fox contains time- consuming technicalities, an unnecessary fee for services and a clause that allows a dozen Crown corporations to be exempted from disclosing information, He said that even if the bill is proclaimed by 1981 it will be several years before applicants will be able to ob- tain information on anything but eurrent’ matters. ™ Rankin’ told the’ semin- ar, sponsored 'by the Centre for Investigative "’Journal. ism, that the 30-day limit response ‘time allowed by the govérnment includes’'a list of qualifying factors that could postpone an answer “for an indefinite period:”: Erie Nalder, & Seattle. Post-] Intelligencer investiga- tive reporter, said if the Canadian people allow the | government to get away with exemption and time-” limit clauses, “they're going, - to use it against you.” “If they've got 10 days to give you ‘the information © they've got, they'll take 20,” - Program gets boost aired at 10:30 a.m. every Sunday on Radio CKQR in Castlegar in the Russian lan- . guage. cations secretary for the local _ Adventist church says,’ "A Dirk Zinner, cominuni-: Nalder said." ‘CLASH ON VIEWS In another panel dis- cussion, a reporter and a law professor ‘clashed with a newspaper publisher over ithe practices of anticom- bines investigators jn raid- ing néwarooms and ‘corpor- ate offices, Vancouver, Sun report- er. Gerry Bellett said re: porters should resist attacks on freedom of the press — even to the point of refusing to co-operate with investi- gators. « ‘Replying to a question from Sun, publisher C.W. Davey, Bellett said he had no to anti: Bellett . said. the anti combines branch had'a duty to protect the public from restraint of trade, not to ab- + ridge freedom of the pros. Davey said it was “cur- ‘ious that sdme reporters think they can judge which laws to obey or not obey,'\; and added this demonstra-; ted a double. standard. - Leo McGrady, Univer: sity of B.C. law professor, said reporters’ notes ‘were: more worthy of protection than corporate files. AB, He said Bellett was de-' fending the public's right | to’ know, whereas Davey was saying that corporations’ should their ‘busi-. bines’ agents raiding cor- porate offices of newspaper groups ‘suth as Southam or Thomson to investigate whe- ther ‘they had conspired to restrain trade in their recent series. of business deals. ness records intact from the’ scrutiny of the public. wet The Vancouver-based centre was established three years ago to improve. stan- dards in Canadian journa- lism. Mounties seize booze Local RCMP cracked down on liquor infractions over the weekend resulting in 28, liquor seizures, 15 minors in possession, nine 24-hour suspensions of dri- | vers’ licences and two drivers charged with impaired, driv- ing. A spokesman for the de- tachinent said ‘the intense felt some assaults and the numerous minor damage ‘ex- perienced in the area, and to a point, - some of the more serious offenses, are liquor- ~ related. A continued concentra- tion on liquor infractions is expected to alleviate much of the related problems said a P will continue. It is special ‘night-owl b: was initiated 20 years ago to reach the 30,000,000 Amer- icans who work during the night hours.” H.MS. Richards, Jr. who in 1960 joined his father di at the b the Depression to bring their old gold and jewelry to sup- port the undertaking. The bucketful of precious metal they brought sold for $200. This. purchased 13 half-hour “time” slots*on KGER — a‘ Long Beach radio station. « — a @Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 170 Guests Be oNED Bingo: Every Thursday at 7 p.m. Lo. Sunday Bingo - Early Bird 6:30 p.m. Regular 7:00 p.m. = * who at 86 is still active, says, “Radio is still the on the prog is now dir- ector- speaker and is excited about the future possibilities, especially since 49 new sta- tions have already been far this year. “{broadcast, heard worldwide, also oper- ates an ‘international Bible correspondence school _ in- volving 13 courses in the En- way to talk to the world.” “On Jan..4, 1942, the pro- gram went coast to coast on 89 stations of the Mutual Broadcasting System. It is currently carried by the American Broadcasting Com- pany in the U.S.A., CKO ALL news Radio Network in Canada, as well: as. many. private stations. This 30-minute broad- cast, is now heard more than 1,200 times a week on 800 stations, including some 83 stations in Canada and is glish 1 and 25 other tongues. Some 26,000 indi- viduals graduate. from these courses each year. The Voice of Prophecy is also a prayer ministry as every Monday- morning lis- teners worldwide are invited to join Voice of Prophecy staff as they gather at their headquarters for a special prayer meeting to pray for the many prayer requests and answers to prayer that come to the offices through- out the past week. Zinner says, “Two re- cent i In- 11330 a.m. - 1935 Col -8:30 p.m. male ae Su] Fo, OR pee. RCE ; AN) ities: ‘Monte Carlo eMotoe bia Ave., Cast! d Dining ior aaa? 177 side’ Track ‘and Wayout,: in- clude a public service spot series that helps students -choose a career and other young people cope with the controversial and troubling * fopics of our day.” now! Five persons were taken to Castlegar and District Hospital Monday: and re- leased later that day follow- ing a two-vehicle accident on Highway ‘3A in Thrums, Police report a 1962 pickup, driven by Herbert Morris of Thrums, was struck broadside by a 1972 Buick which was passing at the ‘time. The driver of the. Buick “has been identified as Wayne - Zibin of Castlegar. Both vehicles were de molished. The ‘incident is still un- - der investigation. 7. se Two break and entries were reported to police, On Sunday ‘the window of Bos- se’s Jewellery was broken and $250 in jewellery items are missing. .The second: was at Henne’s Marina which oc- curred sometime overnight on Tuesday. The first incident is un- der “investigation while a local male juvenile was ap- prehended of the second inci- dent. A Castlegar woman was treated at Castlegar and Dis- trict. Hospital for leg injuries after the 1978 GMC pickup - she was driving left the road Sunday and went down a 180-foot embankment. _ Police say Shirley Ann - Dickson d the in- For Convenient HOME DELIVERY of the Castlegar News 72 juries approximately 15 miles from Castlegar when the ve- hicle was travelling'on Deer Park Road and the road edge gave way under the wheel on the passenger side. - Damage has been esti- Now You Can Get _ Off-Road Portormance Great fecanony = (35 mpg, highway) ° With the Suzuki LJ80 Four-Wheel Drive Series: - TEST DRIVE ONE TODA v! BEAVER AUTO CENTRE Ltd. Beaver Falls "on the Fruitvale Hwy. ‘plus Phone D. 6251 367-7722 (Police Briefs mated a $7, 000. A Gicoess man, Neal Dermody, has been charged with driving without due care and attention after the vehicle he was operating rearended.a vehicle driven by Marilyn York, also of Castlegar. The incident occurred on Seventh Avenue at sunetion Shell. = 02:3 5 Damages have been: esti- mated at $1,200. PODIATRIST FOOT SPECIALIST $.G. Fiellstrom, D.P.M. ATHI ARROW ARMS ~. TUESDAY, OCT. 14 9a.m. to 6:30 p.m. FOR APPOINTMENTS PHONE 365-7282 gh WISE’ "MIXED CURLING CLUB GENERAL MEETING * ° AND REGISTRATION “ October 14 — 7:30 p.m. Curling Club Lounge . ‘All interested mixed curlers must’ attend, Fred's Service & Fix lt Shop Located in Brilliant ‘ 365-6639 . ° Specializing in: tron Railings Fibreglass Work Light Body Work Welding — Will Also Repair Appliances — p stac’ and manu! new a ry to puild your! vm SHIRLEY. ANDERSON: abe CASTLEGAR — 365-7561 = NATIONAL HOMES LIMITED = 0. Box 245, Abbotstord, B.C. = x or 4652 99th S1., Edmonton, Alta. [EE Pease send me National's 1980 Catalogue of manutactured fome Plans 1 have enciosed $2 10 cover postage an {| handhiag “2 Ian to bua date. ‘ Emotional aoa 7 opnace and Bologna 29, Empty Globe 10! Loverboy ‘$V Uncut 512 Urban Cowboy aye : Against: the Wind D 15.": Peter Gabriel 16 | One for the Road “17. MeVicar Soundtrack 18::, Beatin’ the Odds 19: Rocchi for Keeps: , each for the Sky LA. took at jhe 20 most ah lak eh bi ‘artists, Brough to you each week ETE'S TV LTD, Somewhere ‘today, traveling’ ‘along the’ ‘open roads of this'country,. Is ‘a family headed for'a hat is Planning move to set domestic oil. prices _ s'1om TORONTO (GP),— The Globe and: Mail'says ‘the ‘fed- cursed ‘with a child bearing the code name, eine Hysteria Connection."" (H.C.) bam eral is planning to move unil to set japsts can ‘be triggéred bya negative resolution by a min. 1% mum of 10° members of tu This) child “has. courted pessimiam and despair and is Intent on pointing . everyone the pltfails that'are sure to await them. asks, . “Mom, 'Y Coiumbia A Vanecuver Art" Gat "PETE'S TV LTD” CASILEGAR Ph 365 6455, There was something unusual about H.C. from the moment she was‘ born. From the. way she preferred. sackecloth diapers to’ her first. words: breakable 7, but It just did." 1You are ony five minutes, Into. the trip when H.C. “It. says un- remember It belng plugged In,:Just before’ you walked out the door.’’ Mom is to spand\the entire two weeks’ vacation ‘listening for sirens:’and trying to: remember where she: put the Insurance policies, : Minutes ‘later, H.C. will lean over the seat where Daday is‘humming and tapping on the steering, winieel | in atare moment of relaxation and inquire, ‘'Did to leave the hose running, Daddy?"’ Daddy will’ nat rhutn “ agal ‘on this trip. “ALG. never plays ‘Count the Cows! likg the other children. She hears a strange kriock in the'énging that was the same knock her friend, Robin; heard just :betore the transmission went.out in thelr car. She: :hears'on a ‘nawacast that where they are.headed is where there are tornado warnings issued for the next 36 hours. She notes. that the farther they go, the higher. the price of gasoline gets and her asthma seems to ‘getting. worse and-she probably will not be able to breathe in thecabin you have 2 rented. She turns. to her brother and asks; ‘‘Did you. tell Mom about the cat you've been hiding under your bed?"’ - and to her sister, ‘‘Everyone who's been ‘accepted to State next fall has been notifled ‘by now.) She hears sirens’ before anyone else in the car and smells rubber burning. She reassures her mother that- the Ryans’ dog had a hysterectomy and he got fat too! Just when you think the Hysteria Connection has | dispensed all the anxiety the family can stand, she says, turned to recording or. vok-i, ‘lery exhibition titled aoa A. Purguit of Dreams". will be in Trail’ Oct.’ 20. , =). The ghow of 16 paintings + will’ be .on< display’ -at ‘the. Laura Morrish Séltiool gym in’ East ‘Trail for schoo! classes in the afternoon and for the. general public from 7:30 p.m. to 9:39 p.m. Marnie Fleming ° from the Vancouver Art Gallery will bé on hand to explain works, snd answer questions. ** Acoording to a Vancou- e Art Gallery news release, ‘is ing the often * “nonsensical, . vin ence. os ; Or pafticular note ib the oil painting completed by the: British master Henry Fuseli, in 1790. “The Dream of: Belinda,” “| didn’t want to mentionit, but when Daddy. was hiding the key under the flower pot by.the door, §saw.a man watching him from a parked car across the street.’ Then adds cheerfuliy, ‘‘I wouldn't worry. I've been to did you turn the iron. off? | distinctly . * tion’ of! the ic oll prices. In an Ottawa story the paper says the controversial action, without eyen a partial oil pricing agreement with Alberta, is required to pro- vide a basis for Finance Min: ister. Allan The Prog Conservatives ‘are sake to seek such a debate to pro- vide a forum for criticizing the Liberals for failing to obtain a pricing pereement with Alberta, ’ CASTLEGAR NEWS, Odiohse 8,'1980 SHE spon bf one : (at _AZ dura Wacarnucete reundecks tet your outdoor living area. West Kootenay Waterprocfing , Permanent vinyl sundecks: oo 968-9295. + ah. WATERSOTTOM HERE'S, ‘THE BAILING BUCKET, YOU , F 1895 The Crown Point 1895, lata Lr Aa ‘ A Unique Restaurant featuring giant antique plan his revenue sources and requirements for. the federal budget, expected about Oct. ' Energy will bea major focus’ of , the budget, “the newapaper, said; sand: reven- ues of up,to $10-billion during’ the next four years are, to be generated), for. ; the;,, federal treasury. through,.a,,contro- - versial,, natural ., a creer charge. 5 i The Globe, ‘and Hau sald the. federal government will ~ achieve the .powyaryjto set. + domestic: oil prices without traditional provincial -agree- ments through a special sec- iim | Ad- ministration’ J i ‘Urider ‘current’ 'egisla- tion, a limited parliamentary meastes and If I'm on schedule, the'rash should appear night. and we should alt be coming home Mate | Friday — Hong Kong Saturday — Shanghat ' WATER WELL DRILLING. wees te, Bat agtornive . Telephone oini?) A2B-5905 L@e atts century English and ftallan stainad glass, and much’ more. os EQUIPMENT. (Hockey Sticks not Included.) galled. * i Calls for upgradi ng | "paramedic facilities - VICTORIA (cP). — A government” report calls for “Queen -.Mab,” lay in ob- ‘security at the Vancouver Art Gallery, until 1971 when its with various artists realj- zations of their, imagination, Qver the centuries, artists have followed either organ- movenients or their own asa key work in Fuseli’s career “was revealed. Lavish in content, the paint- ing indicates Fuseli’s selec-, tion of litery subject matter rich in sublime and melo-; rit sibilities in -seeking=‘to-;.dramatic narrative. .conyey levels’ of the cons- cious, and mind... The Trail eves of this is bein, ~ Whether. as ‘member’ ina school of roman- p bye the ‘Trail’ aed District ‘ticism,: or surrealism, each artist in. this exhibition has_ Arts Council] in co-operation with School Dis- trict No. 11,» “Your Family * Air Equipment - 1” te Painting Equipment + _% Concrete Equipment 107 Pine St., Nelson, B.C. “andex equipment rentals for All' Your Rental Needs!" . Rental Centre. Scaffolding % Contractors % Homeowners Tools 352-6291 night 229-4606 ding of par- amedic facilities in B.C. _The Ambulance Employ ee's Union has: asked ’-the government to spend $50 million to hire 300 facilities. A Health Ministry re- port, :.now.. before. Finance Ministér Hugh’ Curtis, asks for $500,000 te upgrade: pres- more . ‘drivers and also upgrade ent facilities before ‘the’ end of the fiscal year. Every Dcy welding ‘ete monday to Thu a.m. to9 pane Friday & Saturday 7.a.m, ta 10 p.m. Sunday:8 o.m.-9 p.m, 6008 sovett RESTAURANT 479 Baker 352-3456 . The report oi several temporary portable - ambulance. shelters bé coi- structed as well as Portable crew quarters, A ministry official said the $500,000 program would help in the short-term and would giv@ the government . time to come up with a more comprehensive pish ‘for the “future, Prices Incteased! on some ‘81 cars. DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co., the No. 2 U.S. automaker, says it is raising prices on some 1981 cars by. 2.3 per cent — an average of $193 — above prices first announced for the new mod- els... - The increases, | which Motors ‘Corp. On’ Sept. 30, - GM said its-1981 cars would average $238 or 2.5 per cent above the prices it announced in August. i % Ford added that a vi- bration was discovered, and corrected recently in the automatic trans- axle- “to Selkirk Galege OO st Selkiek hia eaatlener Phone: 365-7292, Exten- ROCKS AND Mi FOR took effect ii di: after they. were meee ‘Mon- . day, do not apply to Ford’s_, new sub-compact' Escort and Lynx models nor to luxury ST pond said on Sept. 9 that its 1981 models would sell for an average of 3.2 per cent-or $286 over the final cost of the '-* 1980 models. That increase came on the heels of a similar an- Escort and Lynx models, Another problefn i in the Escort and .Lynx’ models -involving: air conditioning wiring harnesses and brake backing plates was. discov- ered “virtually before ‘any customer milés were accumu- lated,” said. Bennett E. “Bid; well, vice-president of the car and truck group for Ford's © North American automotive aby 1 The two stage deatgn makes for more efficient use of | low cost heating fuels — wood or coal. (1) Machine cast doors for @ necr perfect air-tight, + triple seal, + (2) Fully tined with firebrick, ; (3) Spin dra aeolt cops for easy regulation of combustion 4) Fireseree : (5) Two stag coating top. Little Guy 1,000 sq. ft. capacity Size — H. 29", W. 23", 0.21%" $43.99 Chubby 1,500 sq, ft. capacity Size — Hi. 31'4", W. 25%", D. 28%" $519 Big Guy 2,000 sq. Af copacity Size — H, 31%", W. Ya9%", $574°3 D. 26%" ‘Hardware & Furniture Ltd. 2044 Washington, Rossland, 362-5171 - cacooesers Becca PRES © Minerology, properties of specific minerals, Iden.’ tification and classification of rocks, occurrence. and forniation of rocks. Four sessions. Register by October "15, Fee:. $20.00. Instructor: Geologis}, Fraser Shephard: : 2 den in hes a jis Rejuvenation Program Involves the . gomturol i hods for attaining and retaining health lity.” The workshop will take place at the celleges all I doy November 1 and 2 and on the evenings For more informatioA ond phone Continuing Education. ‘Ft 15, Co- -spansored by the Soci orld-wide> reputation os a prerdne YOUR CHILD FOR SCHOO! for parents of pre-school children, Detigned oe a sier, for your child, the transition from the home enylronment to school. Learn how to develop your ‘child's, language, social and computing skills and ‘other home activities. Oné gister by October 21. Fee: $10.00. Childhood Education Special PAINTING: A WEEKEND WORKSHOP: | - Aweekend workshop in olls ond acrylics..For painters atall lovals of experiance. Artist-teacher, Brian Scott from the Emily Cart College of Art. Registration by Oc: tober J4. Co-sponsored by the Emily Corr College of | BASKETEAL COACHING LEVEL It: @ second technical level ‘of basketball in the Nancnel nal Coaching Carfifieation Program, This is the FIRST TIME the program has been.offered in this area, and will probably not. be offered again for a few” years. Fee: $20.00. Register by October +7. Co- sponsored by the P.E. ‘aie Athletics Department. CONSTRUCTION/FRAMING SQUARE: This course will improve your skill with the irauare, Register by October'lS. Three sessions. Fee: $10. ‘CQURSE IDEAS: five youa suggestion for 2: course or setlvity? Please give us acall, at 365-7292, e \.- Selkirk College, ‘Cortlegar. Craig Andrews, Coordinatoy y OOOO VGOLOY ©560000000000000000 pecoresceeire RENO. 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