CASTLEGAR NEWS, June 3, 1981 °

‘Alarmed by

OTTAWA (CP) — Provin-
cist housing ministeres ex-
pressed alarm about high in-
terest rates Tuesday and
urged the federal govern:
ment to take immediate ac-

tion to make housing more .,;

affordable.

Ina communique after two.
days of meetings with federal
Housing Minister Paul Cos-
grove, the ministers also
complained about a lack of
clearly-defined federal hous-
ing policies and programs.

“Mr. Cosgrove failed to
make any commitment with
regard to the future role the
federal - government would
play in resolving the serious
housing problems facing Can-
adians today.”

The communique, issued
by ministers from all 10
provinces and the Northwest
Territories, said high inter-
est rates are the single most

serious obstacle to affordable
housing.

It called for a review of the
interest-rate polleles of both
the Bank of Canada and the
chartered banks as well as a
general review of federal
housing programs.

However, Cosgrove in-
sisted that housing problems
are less severe this year than
last and said he has no in-
tention of lobbying within
cabinet for lower interest
rates.

Cosgrove told reporters
after the meeting that inter-
est rates appeared to have
peaked, housing starts were
exceptionally high in April
and May and federal tax
incentives have helped in-
crease apartment construc:
Hon.

Several of the provincial
ministers conceded that the
problem of high . interest

\y
My

high interest rates Project life has failed _

rates is too broad for Cos-
grove to handle alone,
“There is no question that
(Finance Minister) Allan
MacEachen is calling the
shots and nothing can be

done without, certainly, the
concurrence of the- senior
cabinet ministers," said Man-
itoba Housing Minister Gary
Filmon,

Ontario's Claude Bennett

Drinkers will be
forced to switch

OTTAWA (CP) — The
federal government is bear-
ing down on one of the last
luxuries available to “the
working man by adding un-
reasonable taxes to the cost
of beer, opposition MPs
charged Tuesday.

New Democrat Sid Parker
told the Commons the higher
taxes on beer will force more
drinkers to turn to hard li-
quor.

NEW HOME is being sought for the St. David" $ Thrift
Shop which, for over eight years, has served a special

community ne

in which not only three chruches,

Anglican, United and Robson Community benefited, but
so did numerous couses that receive donations. The
shop, which closes July 1, received articles.and served
patrons throughout the area as a whole, has requested

Parker, MP for the British
Columbia riding of Kootenay
Bast-Revelstoke, noted the
tax on beer increased 29 per
cent while liquor taxes in-
ereased by only six per cent,

The excise tax legislation
will mean federal levies on,
alcohol and tobacco will in-

-erense automatically each

year at the rate of inflation
beginning Sept. 1, in addition
to previous tax increases.

donations ¢ cease until new facilities can be found, The’
shop is now on the site of Castlegor’s new court house.
Appreciation has been expressed to Waldon Holdings
for having accommodated the Thrift Shop. The 50 volun-
teers involved in its operation are optomistic a new

home will be 9 forthcoming.

—KastiewsFote by Leis Hughes

missed “Tuesday's discus-
sions, but he told a reporter
on Mnday that a federal-
provincial meeting of first
ministers -or finance min-

.isters probably would be re-.

quired before any solution to
high interest rates could be
achieved. Z

“I just think it’s one (prob-

lem) that’s going to take'a.

fair amount of discussion,” he
said. j

The meeting of the housing
ministers was the first in
three years and did not pro-
duce any agreement between
the two levels of government
on major housing issues.

“Really, there was a lot of-
talk and not too much ac-
tion,” said British Columbia's
dim Chabot.

However, the meeting did
reach agreement on a select
number of other policies.

Cosgrove said there was
unanimous support for better
housing programs for the
handicapped and support for
expansion of federal pro-
grams for rural and native
communities,

VICTORIA (CP) — A pro-
vincial rpogram introduced
four years ago to encourage

the deinstitutionalization of -

mentally retarded people has
been a complete fallure, NDP
health critic Dennis Cocke
said Tuesday.

Cocke said he was opti-
mistic ‘about the project
when it was introduced but
said it has not been properly
implemented by Human Re-
sources Minister Grace Me-
Carthy.

The program, called Proj-
ect Life, is intended to help
the mentally retarded get out.
of institutions and to en-
courage the development of
community services, to aid
them when they return tothe
mainstream of life.

Cocke said less than 100
people have been deinstitu-
tionalized since the project

gan.

New Democrat Norm Levi
said McCarthy's comments
that funds in the program
have been increased have not
answered charges by the
B.C, Association for the
Mentally’ Retarded.

CITY OF CASTLEGAR

NOTICE

‘ MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAXES

he
rty Tax Notices have been mailed to #!
se eeed owners of afl properties within the cy
of Castlegar. If you have not received your o
Notice, fe ase notify the City Hall: Immediately.
Penalty da Sate te Is 5:00 p.m. July 2, 1961. epaiiis
ligible for the HOMEOWNER
ee Gneureihat you complete In full and sign the
application (on the back of the first copy of the tox
notice}. Note: Pamphlet enclosed.
PLEASE NOTE

New Owners should be aware that they are
responsible for the 1981 Taxes. ta

i tant that any change of mailing address
Bo raparted | promptly, % the City. Fallure to receive
© tax notice does not excuse a toxpoyer from
responsibility for poyments nor relieve him for
{lability for late payment.
After July 2, 1981 the penalty for late payment Is
10% oncurrenttoxes.
You may mall your tax bill and cheque to:
R.5. Skillings, City Collector
Clty of Castlegor
460 Columbia Avenue
Castlegar, 6.C. VIN 1G7

Look into Elementary ene

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elementary education certification program and a
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programs are off in conjunction with the
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teaching methods involving fine arts, creative
writing, music and theatre. Practicum placements
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Treats aba on OU

VANCOUVER (cP) —
Jennifer Shore was four -
moths ' old when her

+ brain damage.

+ Nicola Hodge was alsoa -

few months old’ when ahe

thother, Janice, saw -hert! (began having what. her .

moving in a way that su;
ted the baby was wat

_ having an epileptic seizure,

the firat'of many,

For eight months Jenni.
fer had about 200:selzures
dally, Every nine days she
had what doctors call stat-
us epilepticus or constant
seizures. Without immed.
iate treatment in hospital
she could have suffered

mother, Laura, described,
as “jerky- spells.” The di-
agnosis was tuberous scler-

osis,.a brain’ disorder. as- |,

sociated with epilepsy.

Jennifer and Nicola are -
three years old’ now’ and’
their seizures: are: under |
control.. They're being

_ treated ata new clinic at
Vancouver's Children’s ~

Hospital run by neurolo-
gists Drs, Kevin Farrell

More abortions.

Editor: Castlegar News:

I will begin with the quo-
tation, “Anyone who. per-
forms a therapeutic abortion
(for. physical “disease) : is
either. ignorant’ of . modern
methods of treating the com-.
plications of pregnancy, or is
unwilling to take time to use

gress of American College of
Surgeons, 1951).

With this premlse it be-
comes oxtremely difficult to
understand the news item in
the doctors’ “fee'’ dispute,
Vancouver Sun, May He that

from all hospital committees
except abortion committees;
at the end of the week, and
also to halt free services.”
Now, in looking back to

Oct. 1880, and thee dispute at

the Surrey hospital,,we find
that doctors there‘ threat-
ened to resign from all-20°.
medical committees when the
new hospital board decided
to disband the Surrey Mem-

‘are
“ferred to the clinic’ by tel-
{ ephone, but are treated on
an “out-patient : basis: in
home’ commualties,

costs and preveriting: long

hospital stays. |
DISORDER COMMON

‘The clinic’ opened’ last’.

Auguat with 867 patients,
!\ but that number is” ex-
pected to double by the

end of this summer be- .
caise.the need is so great...

and the disorder so com-
mon, sf

‘About one. in 20. young: |

abies, can have a oF
he ‘said. “But in

paid people, © especially
during puberty, the brain's

ability to stop it is less
developed. Ultimately .. .
children _ outgrow them,
But before then we try to

control: them with: antl <.

” convilsants.”

Clinic staffers are wark-: \

ing with pharmacists at the
University of B.C. ona new.

a frightening determination -

‘on the part of some doctors to

perform a needless operation
which results in the death of
one ‘of their. two: patients,
makes ‘one. wonder.
whatever happened to the
Hippocratic Oath.
While 1,000 patients. in
B.C. wait for needed surgery

elective abartions continue to
take place at’ an ever es-
calating rate, an ‘and at the tax-
payers’ oxpenne:

john, 2,
_Fratala, BS, ;

Apility y gerege

raffle,
sabe nus won by Bea Mills
It was reported that the

baby. case .in. the. hospital: ,
realized over $200 for ‘the .

month. ‘The garage sale, was

, epilepsy.

Hodges’ are -pleased ; wil

= ieee Nicola re-

Both ine Shores Saka the

after her‘seizures .

has

Tesearch :
role, the Clinic tries tomeet

the /emiotional’” needs ~ of

patients and their families. .
ANXIETY: ‘NEEDLESS’ :

s: “Epilepsy. isa” condition

whicl terrifies people be-

use they: don’t“ under-

stand it,” - Farrell | said.

“There .is an = incredible:
of

vin the.
ay aheet.: he bulletin ‘is

published every two months
for the benefit of all the: aux:
iliaries in B.G.:. .°/

:Vera Johnson and Linda

-Weegar were May hostesses.

took her child to a'pri ate.

school. in : Vancouver, and
th ipal

‘epilep
i § earn more from pare

“ ents'than:I.do from. text-

books,” he said. “The books

here again.
Parvo virus, the dog dis-

lOgs vi
Guta last year» eshould
get shots ‘again this year.
‘The: vaccine: {i last

- don't tell 5 you i how It feels.” :

That's: where - Jullan

P
cator and; liaison between: -

doctors ‘and ‘patients. “It's:
‘her: Job to answer: quos-
fears, . to

. The Engineering’ Tnatitute ‘

of Canada annually elects: a

“number of engineers. to: the. ;

grado of Fellow: in the

stitute for thelr exceptional
contributions to engineering

in ‘Canada.
Gwilym’ ‘Hughe

Castle-:
ted ‘was amongst those elect q

i tran to this:honor,
very tough on: our’ mar-

; her, medication -to: school .

one day for show and tell.” ’
Jullan:

tiop'group that is lobbying
‘Abbot Pharmaceuticals

“the: only. man

nfacturer of

Depakene,.to produce, it: in
tablet form for children.”
«Shore said the drug now.

is available in'a syrup that.

bousehold .. battles® f

Gwilym Hughes was born,
riage,” said Shore. “I think |< ia Prince Rupert, B.C.,went :::
it was harder for, me to ac-.;, to England as a child and ob.”
rofessional quali,
Tnatitation

‘or. taxpayers whose:, in-
epee bie nternt te

rograms.
without . the’ necessary. re: >.

awe we ad” 9: a

verify claims for personal ex-". ceipts and records, taxpayers

Bobby Mariiay snd Its Gi. emptiond, deductions from, could fd that thelr
incot

with
termed a success, $800 ham “will ‘be Rosi a

from sales. .

‘The Candy Stripers’ ban-

quet so Be! be held June 11 at

Rosa's: is, to be at-

Vers Duo Betty Metae,

Vera 6, iy. By,
Axworthy,

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