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Now purchase your Qua: ls our TV from Wayne's. a Wayne's TV Service 362-7657 368-6110 CASTLEGAR CUSTOM UPHOLSTERY Furniture Recovering Carpet & Oraperies Phone 365-3632 RYON GUEDES, Editor oe Thursday Morning, March 9, 1978 | Grounded This Spring The Feb. 11 Pacific Western Airlines plans crash In Cranbrook—which killed 43 persons and is still under investigation— prompted Castlegar city council two weaka later to ask tho federal transport ministry for protection agalnai iiability for Alrport employee negligence, Given the foul-weather hazards of the local airport and the city’s alternatives of either paying higher insurance premiums or risking even greater hardship for the city taxpayer In the event of a lawsult, the move was prudent. But however zealous council mambers ° lose have been In guarding clty coffers trom multi-million-dollar court cases, they do not appear to be concerned about a situation potentially as injurious to the local taxpayar: May and June the ministry will shut down the alrport completely during resurfacing of the main runway at the in April, expense, a8 a local merchant provincial cabinet minister last week, of the local sconemy. Aviation Ltd. and Hal-Aero small-craft airstrip. True, council has championed the cause of two alrport-based businesses, Adastra which will probably be forced to relocate if the transport ministry does not permit the use of the grass strip between the airport's taxi line and main runway’ as a y Nevertheless, council does not seem to have considered the indirect Impact those three months will have on area Industry and business. It is certain that what hospitality Industry does extet locally as 2 recut of the alroort's centrat tncation tn the roglon witt be seriously hampered by the detour of Passengers to Nelson and Trail. Shopkeepars can exnact sa! s, in whet difference Casil busy time of the year, to drop slightly from those of the previous year. The three-month absence of airline focllitles here could make tne’ crucial In a company’s choke belween and another hauling the location. Local transport firms currently freight dolivered at the alrport could to mor result of the Publicly told a 8 located Trall and Nelson firms. Local businesses depending on alr shipments to Castlegar will be forced to make other arrangements which will prob- ably result in higher shipping costs. And the cutbacks businesses are forced to make as a alrport shurown will probebly Services Ltd., should have tocal In the toca! itis surprising of this three-month shut high priority of either the city or the transport ministry. tn addition to seeking the preservation of those two alrport businesses which provide services unavall- + able anywhere else in the area, city councli nat the economic effect jown has not been a negotiated better terms for the Because It has not been considered as an Important factor, it appears that the focal spring. y¥, as well es grounded this spring, will. be ... Re member? Castlegar News headline. stories one year ago A request to have the role of regional districts and their functions reviewed and ass been made by the City of Castlegar. ; . * ~~ Five hundred seats, in the form of portable bleachers, have been added at the Regional Recreation Complex as the Rebels, newly-named West Kootenay Champs, prepare to face-off with their East Kootenay counterpart, the Cranbrook Colts. * Although only 82 per cent of the 1976 canvass goal was achieved by holding a very strict tine on administration cost, the directors of Castlegar District United Way were able to apportion larger percentages of the funds to local, provincial and national grants. oe 8 sed has New Democrats Keeping a Low Profile | News, published in Kelowna.) i IN RETROSPECT, THE i worst aspect of the election you_ may also 7 Pal (An editorial in the weekly #2 Central Okanagan Capital back in 1972 of British Colum- bia's first New Democratic Party government was the ulti- mate loss of an effective official Opposition in this province. __. ~~ During its relatively brief three-year term in office, the Columbians who are not of the left persuasion but,. more sig- nificantly, it alienated quite a few people who were previous supporters, ~ THE CONVENTIONAL wisdom—and it’s hard to‘argue against it—is that they moved too swiftly on too many fronts. with the result that even the more generally popular legisla- tion like government automo- bile i and the farmland NDP g offended the majority of British freeze was badly fumbled in - -KINNAIRD-TRANSFER-LTD,— _ L.A, (Tony) Geronazzo, Manager EXCAVATION — HAULING — BACKHOES CONCRETE GRAVEL — PIT RUN GRAVEL TOP SOIL — % CRUSHED ROAD GRAVEL DRAIN ROCK — MORTAR SAND PHONE 365-7124 UNION SHOP many respects, leaving them vulnerable to what proved to be fatal political criticism. And when the Barrett government did other things like having the: premier hold down the financial portfolio and calling a snap election after less than three years—both con- trary to prevously enunciated party policy—supporters began _ to wonder whether, in fact, there had been a major change in the government at Victoria. HARDLY ANYONE AN- ticipated the extent of the humiliation that was accorded the NDP on Dee. 11, 1975, when the resurgent Social Credit party under the clarion cry of the youthful Bill Bennett sent the socialists back into opposi- tion with 17 seats and a person- - ally defeated leader. What a lot of people are beginning to wonder is how the NDP can hope to become the government again without first becoming the official Opposi- - ‘The right to negotiate a readjustment of the city’s planning lovy with Regional District of Central | Kootenay has been denied at.a RDCK hoard meeting. tion again. The socialists have- unquestionably provided . the lowest ‘profile Opposition in recent memory in this province and at a time when a govern- ment that isn't particularly PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING AT “THE CROSSROADS OF THE KOOTENAYS”” CASTLEGAR NEWS FOUNDED ON AUGUST, 1047, BY L. V. (LES) CAMPBELL * ny RYON GUEDES, EDITOR W.H, JONES, ADVERTISING MGA. BURT CAMPBELL, PUBLISHER RENE BRODMAN, SHOP FOREMAN {015 HUGHES, MANAGING EDITOR Publisher from Aug. 7, 1947 to Feb, 15, 1973. ta Mall Subscription rate to the Castlegar News Ia $11 per year. The price by carrier ‘and on newsstands is 25 cents an Issue. Second-class mall registration number 0019. 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The Castlegar News jer one insertion, It 8 ertiser to fread his ad when It (s firat published. ae ie careed by ine svertior requesting space that the advertisement ls accepted on the condition that In the event of fall erroneous item, together with balance of the advertisement w ds or services at a wrong pri ra to publish any a T dvertisement, that portion of the adverilsing spac Sn ieee tegatana ‘vessonabla allowance for elgnature, will not be 111 be pald for atthe applicable rate. in the event of ce, di Ices dvertisement of any description, or In the event that errors jupied by tha jed for but the rertiaing goo. , the gi to sell. The offer may be withdrawn at any time. is merely an offer, "George, we've got to stop meeting like this..." By PAUL St. PIERRE (From a regular column in the Vancouver Sun.) WE ARE INDEBTED TO justice Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada for reminding us that $860,000 is not $860,000. It could be more. It certainly is less. But except for one brief moment in time, it is not what the figures say it is. This $860,000 is the a mount awarded to a young man in Prince George who was crippled by an accident in the school gynasium. Prince George school board was found negligent in this case and ordered to pay compensation, but how much the compensa- tion should be has occupied the attention of three courts of the land. Naturally the size of this award has excited interest, and some alarm, AUTOMOBILE OWNERS whose public liability policy is for only $100,000 may recon- sider their coverage, Even those who carry half a million liability insurance may wonder if some day they might be left a quarter of a million dollars short in a damage suit. Insurance companies are suggesting higher premiums for everyone and, indeed, if there are many more such settlements in the highest court Opposition Record Hum-Drum attuned to the people is in power. PERHAPS THE STRAT- egy is to lie in wait until it appears an election is imminent and then come on strong like Genghis Khan to give the illusion of strength. Or maybe, taking a leaf from its own pre-1972 election tactics, the party is keeping a low profile so the anti-socialists can be lulled vinto a false sense of security. Then again, maybe the part really is ina shambles and has not yet gathered its wits from.that pasting at the polls. That, perhaps combined with some Tory-like infighting con- cerning the leadership. THERE CANNOT BE any. doubt that many people, supporters and non-supporters. . of the NDP, believe that Dave Barrett has lost his credibility as a leader and is simply in- capable of regaining power for his party. Some will have arrived at that conclusion with a great deal of regret, for he isa man not without considerable personal charm and ability. But, as John Diefenbaker discovered, Saturday's hero can readily become Monday mor- ning’s bum in the deadly game of politics, and no doubt people like Dave Stupich, Bill King and Dennis Cocke are being looked at as possible leadership suc- cessors who might’ succeed in attracting the uncommitted when Bennett pulls the plug. WHATEVER THE REA- sons for its present ineffective- ness may be, the NDP should be assessing its performance as the official Opposition very earefully and asking itself whether ‘it can realistically . aspire to office on the basis of that performance. Wedding Invitations e Raffle Tickets CASTLEGAR NEWS of Canada, premiums will go up. Damage awards can only come from the accumulated pre- miums, 4 THE AWARD iS LIKELY to seta precedent because of its ‘history. In the original lawsuit, a jury awarded damages of $1.5 million. (Juries are fi ! SAY THAT SUCH A SUM be invested prudently to yield an income of 10 per cent — $86,000 a year, or $7,833 a month, This rather considerable income is effectively reduced each year, if not each month accused of being generous with insurance company funds.) The award was appealed and the higher court reduced the figure to $649,000. But now the Supreme Court of Canada has increased the figure again, and although it is not a million anda half it is, by the calculations of most people, a lot of money. BUT IS IT A LOT OF money? In the age when a buck is no longer a buck, no one knows, not even the courts, who have wrestled long with this difficult case. In each of the three courts, once the liability of Prince . George schoo! board was estab- lished, the task was to deter- ~ mine the amount of compensa- tion, Some compensation would be for pain and suffering and loss of normal ability to enjoy life. The larger concern, and the harder question, was how much money was needed in a lump sum, today, to keep the man for the rest of his life in reasonable comfort. -made and day, by inflation—the en- during fact of our times. Inflation was eight per cent in Canada last year. Last month, compared with the same month a year earlier, it was 9.5. Assume, in a spirit of optimism, that it drops to six per cent, If this rate be applied to the settlement it will be found that in 10 years the purchasing power of the $86,000 annual income has been reduced to about $46,000, At the end of another 10 years, annual income is down to slightly less than $25,000. In 40 years, the annual income will be $7,237.90. At this point, the annual income is the same as the monthly income was in the year in which the award was made. 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