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TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4, 1980

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EDITOR — Ron Norman
PLANT FOREMAN — Peter Harvey
OFFICE MANAGER — Linda Kositsin
ADVERTISING MANAGER — Coro! Magow
CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hadley

1978-AUG. 27. 1980

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Graduation a start

The Stanley Humphries Secon-
dary School graduation ceremony
Saturday at the Community Com-
plex was thick was nostalgia and
nota little trepidation.

And for good reason. On the

ne hand, the 185 graduates have

hed a crossroads — for many

the first major crossroads in their
relatively young lives.

From here, they leave behind
many friends they made in school
For the last 12 y¥ars their future
has been a common one, but each
must now choose their own way.

it is an uncertain future;

Jouded by high
troubled economy and the epoca:
of nuclear war.

But it is also a future full of op-
portunity. Despite the difficult
times, there is still much that is in-

ind chal

wave of nostalgia and trepidation
could be sensed in the parents of
the graduates.

For them, there is a feeling of
accomplishment and pride, as well
as a sense of loss. They look back
on those 17 or 18 years with fon-
dness, while eyeing the future with
concern for their children.

Yet one thing was clear from

isa time ‘a change. " is a formal
acknowledgement by parents,
friends, family and community

that responsibility is shifting from
parent to graduate.

That responsibility isn't yet
complete — thot process usually
isn't over for several years yet. But
it's started, And that is what
graduation really is: a start.

To each and every one of the

of Stanley Hum-

3 ga
awaiting this year's gi ing
class.
On the other hand, the same

phri dary School, the
Castlegar News wishes the very
best.

Those darned weeds!

It was about this time last year
that a CasNews editorial lightly
chastised Castlegar council for
focussing on the “big picture”
when it came to city beautification,
while overlooking the fine details.

The editorial pointed out —
with some help from several
photographs — that the city is
spending thousands of dollars on
plans for beautifying Castlegar
while ignoring simple things like
keeping the weeds down along city
Property.

The same issye was raised
again this yeor — this time at
Monday's “town hall” meeting.
One di [ d that the

small piece of grass in front of her
home without some of sort in-
crease in her taxes.

To a certain extent, she's right.
It should be up to h and

The Castlegar and District Board of
Trade received word from the chair-
man of the Liquor Contre! Board as to
the requirements of a liquor store
building in Castlegar. The building
would have to have approximately a
26-foot frontage and 80-foot depth, with
a rear entrance.

. 2° *

Mr. E. Jamieson, district public
works department, said that in the
event of the flooding of the Robson and
Nelson Road, the ferry would still be
operated for foot traffic.

. *°* «

An ad in the classified section of the

paper reads: “Wanted: Intermediate
softball players who are too old to play
for the junior teams and too young for
the Cubs. Please get in touch with Mike
Koochin, Pete Plotnikoff and Mike
Plotnikoff. It’s about time we showed
the Cubs we can play softball too.”

. * @

The long-awaited water system is
finally becoming a reality in Castlegar,
with the village bulldozers grading
various streets in preparation for the
digging of ditches and laying of pipe. It
is expected that the work will be

Letters to the Editor

Brisco ‘out of touch’

Editor, Castlegar News:
The well known words of an old
nizing song ask the rhetorical, but
nevertheless important question:
“Which Side Are You On?”

After almost 10 months of “having an
MP on the government side,” at least
one fact is perfectly clear: Our Conser-
vative MP, Bob Brisco is living up to
one of his election promises — namely

businesses to trim the grass and
weeds on city property fronting
their homes and businesses. Some
already do this and it shows.

Others seem to feel that since
the telephone pole or fire hydrant
isn’t theirs, they're not going to cut
the grass surrounding it.

That's too bad, because, as Ald.
Mathieson pointed out, it makes
more sense for residents to cut the
weeds than to have the city hire a

city isn't cutting the weeds and
grass along the boulevards,
especidiily the boulevard in front of
his home.

Ald. Marilyn Mathieson gave
an She said

student to do nothing but
keep the weeds trimmed.

Still, there's no getting around
the fact that some city property
needs tending, if for no other

residents should take care of the
city property in front of their
homes.

Ald. Mathieson added that she
wouldn't expect the city to cut the

reason thon there isn't a
h busi nearby to
do it. That's. especially true of

Columbia Avenue.

And like any good landowner,
the city should keep its property in
shape.

Parents supportive
in different ways

Editer, News:

Re: The June 16 CasNews editorial
‘New breed’ not new.

Castlegar’s District Parents’ Com-
mittee has never insinuated or implied
that “parents in other years were
either not interested in their children's
education or weren't fulfilling their
responsibilities.”

We recognize that parents can be
supportive in many different ways.
“New” is not restricted to district
committee members, nor to parents of
the 1984-85 school year.

The “new breed” term used very
briefly at the June 10 school board
education committee meeting referred
to parents who are seeking more in-
volvement in educational decision-
making and who feel reasonably com-
fortable about voicing their concerns to
the board.

Parents from 11 schools in our dis-
triet meet regularly; as far as we know
that’s “new.”

Parents from Castlegar School Dis-
triet haye been in contact with other
parent networks in B.C. and with the
provincial parent co-ordinator — that
may be “new.”

The editorial states the parents
group seems to “be overlooking that
the board is answerable to the com-
munity.” I'd like to remind readers that
the District Parents’ Committee in
itiated the publie forum: C

ticipate in planning the March 10
forum.

District Parents’ Committee meet-
ings are open to the public and the

press.

As for the claim in a June 19 article
that “the editorial provoked the ire of
at least one parent .. .” Allow me to
clarify that I never mentioned the
newspaper, nor did I speak in anger
when I asked the board if we were
indeed “arrogant in our approach.”

I merely wanted to determine the
board's perception of our presentation.
In addition to the three trustees
mentioned in your article, at least two
others assured me we didn't sound
“demanding or arrogant.”

Incidentally, in a letter dated June
13, Terry Wayling, School Superin-

his oft-rep d 1984 state-
ment that, in his words, “I don’t want
to be elected to represent Kootenay
West in Ottawa — I want to represent
the government in Kootenay West.”
Well, what we heard is what we got.

While Conservatives themselves will
have to judge as to whether or not our
“Ottawa MP” is doing an adequate job
of “representing. the government,”
here, there is little, if any, doubt that
he is simply not representing Kootenay
West in Ottawa — especially not our
senior citizens who feel double-crossed
by the Conservative betrayal of Prime
Minister Mulroney's election promise
(and Mr. Brisco's) not to touch their
basic old age security pensions.

The Nelson Daily News reported on
page one of its June 13 issue that our
Ottawa MP feels that “cutting the
national deficit . . . is more important
than worrying about the small amount
of money penioners will lose with
deindexedold age pensions.”

Not only is our “Ottawa MP” ob-
viously out of touch with the vast

majority of Kootenay West seniors,
who are understandably upset with
losing up to $2,285 in projected basic
pension income over a six-year period,
he is not even keeping in touch with his
own leader nor his Minister of Health
and Welfare, Jake Epp, who began (6
backtrack from this Tory betrayal in
the very same edition (on page 2) of the
newspaper in which Mr. Brisco's
callous remarks ap}

Even one Conservative MP (from
Victoria) has publicly joined the ranks
of those representative Canadians,

which your Ottawa Conservative bud-
get will steal from the average family
here and elsewhere across Canada.
That's a lot of sales that won't ring up

on local business cash registers.
Finally, Bob, if you're really con-
cerned about reducing the deficit, you
and your fellow “Ottawa MPs” might
consider charging interest of one per
cent above prime rate on the approx-
imately $25 billion in corporate de-
ferred taxes which are owed, but never
have been paid, to the government and
the people of Canada. That would un-
ib’ encourage many of our

ding labor and b groups, all
Opposition MPs, and women’s, anti-
poverty, and seniors’ organizations,
who have spoken up in defence of Can-
adian pensioners.

But notour “Ottawa MP.” Will he be
the last Canadian to hear the thousands
of voices being raised in protest against
this unfair and unjust law? Come on,
Bob. It's never too late to listen. We
won't call it a retreat — just an advance
to your rear.

While you're at it Bob, how about
restoring indexation of personal in-
come tax exemptions in order to stop
the government from being the unjust
beneficiary of inflation (after all, your
party bitterly opposed just such cuts
when thé-Liberals threatened to im-
pose them). And, in case you've finally
started to listen to your constituents,
you might even find a way to restore
some of the rest of the $512.50 per year

Campground won't
harm Summit Lake

» Castlegar News:

In the Street Talk column of the May
29 edition, it was indicated that con.
cern was expressed at the last Regional
District of Central Kootenay board
meeting regarding effluent discharge
from the new Summit Lake camp-
ground near Nakusp. As the board
member who spoke to the issue, I
thought that your readers should know
that I was simply questioning why we
had not received additional information
regarding the application under the
Waste Management Act that was
before us.

Since that meeting, I have looked
into the issue in some detail. I have
come to know that the operators of the
campground have proceeded with the

development in a responsible manner.
To date, all existing requirements have
been met and in some instances, the
campground developers have volun.
tarily gone beyond those requirements
to ensure that no harm is done to the
lake. In addition, I have personally
checked with the Ministry of Environ
ment and from its point of view, there
appear to be no reasons why the
project will not be approved.

Indeed, when the campground is
complete, I. believe that it will be a
facility that our area can be proud of
and one that will attract campers be
cause of the beauty of the setting.

W.B. Cuthill

tendent, remarks that “the
was positive at this meeting (June 10)
and perhaps it will open the door to
further discussion and explore avenues
of cooperation and mutual support.”

Mr. Wayling made the same com-
ment directly to me immediately after
the June 10 meeting.

Quotable Quotes

major corporate citizens to voluntarily
begin to put us on the long path back to
national financial responsibility and
political integrity. I assure you that
many of our senior citizens — who
indeed are ajso concerned with what
you call “other matters” — would be
happy about that too.

Such responsible action might even
allow Ottawa, as a plus, to honor your
full, and now apparently broken, com-
mitment to meet the Cominco request
of assistance for lead smelter moderni-
zation in Trail, and maybe also provide
for the extra $25 million per year which
would be required to bring the present
federal contribution to the B.C.-Ottawa
Forestry Agreement up to the level
offered to B.C. by the federal gov-
ernment when I had the privilege and
duty of representing and working for
Kootenay West in Parliament.

Get on side, Bob. Kootenay West
can't afford an “Ottawa MP.”

Lyle

din the early part of July
and, when once begun, should go
through to the end.

Castlegar village
Ogiow, urged a meeting of West Koot-
enay municipalities this week to fore-
stall attempts by Creston to have an
“all weather” airfield located there. A
Creston site for an “all weather”
airport has been branded “illogical and

to the Ki ” by
Castlegar Chamber of Commerce.
._ 28 «

Kinnaird council rejected a request
by a local restaurant owner to park a
restaurant-trailer at the junction of the
new highway. “Any form of trailer,
commercial or residential, is against
the betterment of the village,” declared
finance chairman G.S. Rust.

._ 28 *

Kinnaird may widen the road past
Park Memorial Cemetery if the village
can find out what property it owns in
the area. “Either the road is in the
wrong place or the cemetery is out too
far,” remarked Comm. Jake Hendricks.

ere ee

Angry residents of Sherbike subdiy-
ision decided that organization is im-
perative if their garbage disposal
problem is ever to be solved. The
province issues heavy fines for im-

proper disposal of garbage, but no
iriper facilities are provided in this
case. Both Castlegar and Kinnaira
allow only village residents to use
village garbage dumps. As one Sher-
biko resident put it: “We can't keep
stinking garbage around indefinitely.
We have to get rid of it on the sly.”
15 YEARS AGO
From the June 25, 1970
Castlegar News

A day-long youth rally, which at-
tracted approximately 300 people of all
ages, was held at Kinnaird Park on the

President — Kootenay West NDP

Editorial
a switch

, Castlegar News:

Now that’s a switch!

Usually you use your editorial space
to complain about the apathy you see in
the community. For some reason in
your June 16 editorial, “New breed not
new,” you felt you had to criticize the
District Parents Committee for being
an active and involved group.

You stated that school trustees are
“elected to run our education system —
not the parents committee.” Shame
on you. Obviously, you and I have
vastly different views on this matter. I
believe that elected officials are repre-
sentatives of the electorate.

Therefore, we must listen to and
hear. what that electorate has to say
before we make major decisions. At the
very least, we must let our public know
what we are discussing so they have
the opportunity to provide input should
they choose to do so.

You also stated that the parents

Us. AMBASSADOR te Canada Paul
who 4 d his resigna-

The District Parents’ Corimi is
not attempting to “run our education
system,” as stated in the editorial. We
are seeking greater information ex-
change between all concerned in the
education process —

By working together, we can ensure

% Be: — ie There) Dewe 'ee
Children with a B.C.

Business groups, service organiza-
tions and people of all ages and differ-
ent occupations were invited to par-

the best for students in our
district.
Cc for being selected
“best newspaper in Canada!”
Corinne Postnikefi
Castlegar

tion this week, says of New Democrat
Pauline Jewett (New Westminster
Coquitlam): “She belongs right next to
the Community Party of Canada in
terms of her views on my feelings
toward defence.

“I mean to say, Pauline, somebody
like her, let’s not single her out — I
mean, it's like saying what does Bozo
the Clown think?”

... on Canadian journalism: “I think
you have a lot of first-rate journalists,
as opposed to editorial writers and re
porters. I've seen-several times in this
country where baseball scores and
hockey scores are wrong. Wasn't 4-3, it

was 42. They get the Stanley Cup
wrong. That's the problem.”

. . om the difference between
Canadians and Americans: “Perception
of risk. It's different. Different outlook
on questions of investment. It's an
expense in thig country, whereas it’s an
opportunity in the United States.”

THE THREE MALE giraffes at
Taipei zoo turned gay after their
female companion died, the z00 keeper
reported this week.

Chen Pao-Chun said the zoo is con-
sidering importing female giraffes from
Africa because “we are running out of
explanations for the children visiting
the zoo.”

has “ovioked” the factact
that the board represents “pensioners,
the unemployed (7) and businesses.” I
would suggest that if these groups feel
an interest in board
is their responsibility to
come forward.

You label the DPC as having “a lot of
nerve,” being “arrogant” and “demand-
ing.” I call them a gutsy, intelligent and
concerned group who are working very
hard both in the schools and in the
community.

At least you will never be able to
label them “the silent majority!”

Kay Johnson
School Trustee
Castlegar -
More letters, AS

/

. The rally was termed suc-

cessful by a spokesman for the

recently-formed Youth Information

Project in Castlegar. Adults who at-

tended the event left the park with a

new outlook on the youthof the area.
. 68 «

A silver medal in the javelin event at
the B.C. Track and Field champion-
ships held in Victoria was won by
Harry Kooznetsoff of Castlegar. The
formation of a track club at SHSS next
year should also stimulate other good
athletes in the area.

* 28 «

Meanwhile, a former Thrums man,
Pete Savinkoff, was named athlete of
the year for Calgary. One of the finest
fastball pitchers in Canada, Savinkoff,
of the Calgary Power Chief Braves,
was the 13th recipient of the Scott
Mamini Trophy. The award is pre-
sented annually to Calgary's athlete of
the year as voted by the Press-Radio-
TV Sports Club of the city.

* 28 «

Bob's Pay "N Takit ad has the follow-
ing specials this week: “Canadian
brands of cigarettes — carton/$3.79;
bananas, 8 Ib./$1; Supkist frozen
orange juice, 5/$1; ca pop —
12/$1.

Family of seven Vietnamese refu-
gees arrived in Castlegar this week,
bringing the current total to 15. A total
of 43 refugees are slated for this area.

. 8 @

Highways ministry staff are sur.
veying the Kinnaird interchange area
to determine the feasibility of a new
design for the 15-year-old structure
joining Highways 3 and 22 and Colum-
bia Avenue. The city’s proposals for
the interchange include the addition of
an extra ramp at the southeast
quadrant, conversion of ramps into
loops at the northwest and southwest
quadrants,

MORE LETTERS

Farmers ‘endangered’

Editor, Castlegar News:
In the May 26 edition of the Castle-

Inonoaklin fishway in a social one. At
this, I and perhaps many other people,
take offence. We are not social
anomalies or odious, diseased rejects.
We are farmers, and to quote someone
else, “. . . there's the rub.” (Hamlet)
The farmer (at least historically) is
the whole basis for our society, pro-
Socies primary and Seatomennaty, im-
portant products. The farmer is the
world’s first conservationist. He must
take care of the plant and the animals,
and. conserve the soil and the water.
This is our way of life — to return to
the earth what she has given us, so that

Yes, we cannot afford the power-
steered boats, the skidoos, the power
rifles, the fancy fish gear. Many times
we don’t even have time for these
things; we tend to make do with the
satisfaction of seeing our labor produce
necessary and beautiful things. Is this
socially wrong?

The Inonoaklin Creek (not a river, as
is the common misconception) is used
to irrigate our crops, to water our live-
stock, to provide us with drinking
water, and in the summer after a hard
day's work an ideal place, just a few
hundred metres away, for children to

go swimming.

With the introduction of the fishway,
we feel that many of the above will no
longer be allowed us or will simply not

be enjoyable any more. Not only are we
fighting for our water and property
rights, but for our way of life and our
children's future. Is this socially
wrong?

If Mr. Andrusak is convinced the
problem is a social one, he might well
be right. It is a social group that no
longer knows the joy of growing and
raising plants and animals; of working
hand in hand with the Creator. It is a
social group that only knows how to
make demands. As being of only one
per cent of the population of B.C., we
farmers are beginning to feel endan-
gered — by a social problem.

Edgewood

Noon hour
busing

Editor, Castlegar News:

I would like to thank all those who
attended the June 17 Castlegar school
board meeting in support of the noon-
hour kindergarten buses.

I realize that it hardly seems like it
was worthwhile since there was no dis-
cussion on the issue at the meeting.
Believe me, I know how you feel, but
hopefully our presence was felt by the
board, and will help to prompt them to
re-instate the buses.

Red Retzlaff
Glade

Crying for moon?

Editor, Castlegar News:

Re: Mayor Audrey Moore's state-
ment in the May 26 — News on
the I

—— Mayor Stan Fellows indicates,

caused partially submerged
ry erosion of old mill yards,
banks and other things. The

klin fish ladder
in which she says, “We are asking for a
return to the past.”

Those communities like Nelson and
Castlegar which backed the Columbia
Treaty in the past, in order to cash in
on the temporary business and con-
struction booms now want to pass on
their long-term troubles, brought on has
the dams, to. small successful
valley like the Inonoaklin. They wnat
their cake and eat it too!

If you want to develop the Arrow
Lakes for tourism — you have to im-
prove the conditions there first. The
May 29 Arrow Lake News reports on
the Nakusp Fish Derby: “Kokanee
were plentiful — thought small .
weight was well down from last year,”
according to Koert Dieterman, derby
organizer.

The problem on the Arrow Lakes, as

Arrow Lake with its 60 to 100 feet of
bare shore is neither attractive to
tourists — nor is it enhancing the fish
to grow. How can any person — _
especially the mayor of
ask for a return of the past. Is that not
like crying for the moon?

8. Zerrath

Edgewood

Please address all Letters
to the Editor to: The
Castlegar News, P.O.Box
3007, Castlegar, B.C. VIN
3H4, or deliver them to our
office at: 197 Columbia
Avenue, Castlegar, B.C.

IN MEMORY .

Kinnaird elementary
school and the itlegar
School District Wednesday
honored the late Jim Cor-
bett, a longtime teacher
and principal in the dis-
triet, by dedicating the
Kinnaird elementary
school library to his mem-
ory.

School trustee Kay

Parents’ Group, dedicated

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TO JIM._CORBETT

School library dedicated}

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touching words about Cor-
bett.

It was Corbett’s strong
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dition to the school dis-
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