PTS Se er eh Te eee e As Old High School Grads Show CASTLEGAR NEWS __liliteracy Is Deep-Rooted ~ coneremevt PLANNING VALLEY LAMDSCAPE MURS ERY 226-7270 ng 20 Times "WINLAW, B.C. BOOK NOW FOR -THE FINEST RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL agisiative Library, paratanekt Bldgs., 50) Bellevil Victoria, Be C. JXBVOL. 30, NbB% 144 TWO SECTIONS (A&B) == “Here let the press the people's rights maintain, unawed by Hb lee and unbribed by gain" 25 CENTS (HOME DELIVERY 22 CENTS) Published, Every ‘Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of the’ Kootenays” , CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1977 BURT CAMPBELL ~ - ro "Publisher (Reprinted from the Van: =a er : : couver Sun, The writer Is the eae Sun's education reporter.) Medlocrisy. 8B Thursday Morning, May 12, 1977 " RYON GUEDES, Editor Ata Leisurely Pace. The question is not what the engii “firm Kerr, Wood and Leidal's feasibility preee of “potential water sources for the city will recommend, but rather what city council will do with the firm's recommendations, ‘Will couneil gently turn the findings of the study over to the works and services committee for further study? Will the study be filed away until Sept. 1-when the water shortage has declined? Will-some future commitment from the p and fedet render of its its pace since spring oieatea it first acknowledged the water problem—has been leisurely. Despite the enactment of more stringent water use regulations and the thorough and vigorous well drilling program which was completed in March this year, followed by a detailed analysis of the city’s supply and demand for water, the only result of council's efforts to - deal with the problem has been a 25-day ral g ‘the Kerr, Wood and Leldal findings “inopera- tive"? At least part of the local skepticism toward _ council's handling of the water problem is based ona series of studies, over the space of several years, which have not provided a solution to the : impending shortage. : Although the current council cannot be expected to take responsibility for the inaction of building permits, Clearly, the manner in which council deals with the Kerr, Wood and Leidal recommenda- tions will affect not only the future of the city but the credibility of the individual council members as well. As one astute merchant said last week: “We ' know we have a water problem. We don't need somebody to tell us that, We need someone to tell us how to solve the water problem." A Few Feet of Shag Newspapers across Canada printed a fascinating story recently detailing the Ontario provincial government's services ministry's management board policy on granting office - carpeting to civil servants, The story listed office size stipulations for each civil perviee level as well as such ac- curtains, ifacilities and oan large plants. *: “Carpets and floor plants. are available to ~-directors and executive directors and higher,” the story said. “Ministers have offices of 500 square feet; deputy ministers have 400 square feet; directors, 200 square feet; those in middle management, 160 square feet and program analysts, 75 to 100 square feet, Those ranked lower are given a desk and 60 square feet of ae, Space.” are provided for the offices of executive directors, assistant deputy out because the policy analysts who were about to move in did not rate them,” the article said. The story quoted the director of the ministry's design services branch, who said removing the carpets was necessary “because if we left carpets in offices to be occupied by people who had no entitlement to it... we'd have to give everybody a carpet.” Admirable as the frugal spirit behind it may be, the preoccupation of highly-qualified and well-paid civil servants with the {rappings of. office—by* no means confined. Ontario's provincial qoverumentaumotes a trend to ward a twisted set of priorities. Having carried their self-perpetuating func- tion one step further, government adminis- trations are becoming more engrossed in their * own symbols and more detached from their © Official role as structures through which policies may be it -deputy ministers, ministers and judges, the “story continued, “In early April, the tiled floor of two “government offices sustained $120 damage hen brown carpets covering them were ripped y . Anyone making Be serious attempt at have whether administrative decisions are being made in the interests of the taxpayer, or securing an extra few square feet of shag. PETTITT PHOTOS Richard J. Needham That lively weekly, New York, asked its readers for headlines of the future, and got , some lively predictions. .My favorite—Mondale Pardons Carter. s * «6 Much of the illicit sex which goes on in our world is not so much a matter of lust as of curiosity, boredom and, quite often, revenge.* . aun o a BO x= a e 3 foal - ry a SOLOHd LLILI3d “The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth”—that's what you're sup- to tell in the courtroom, but if you told it outside the "courtroom, you'd be fired, |. divorced and commited all in one day. Top Soil At Discount Prices Delivered Call TRANS-X LTD. _ Castlegar Residents 365-6563 AUCTI “come rain or shine” PETTITT PHOTOS SOLOHd L1ILL3d . PETTITT PHOTOS F. A. Hayek: “The primary duty today of any economist who deserves the narlé is to repeat on every occasion that the present unemployment is the direct and inevitable conse- quence of the full-employment policies pursued for the last 25 years. Most people still believe mistakenly that an increase in demand will remove unemploy- ment. This ‘remedy, though usually effective in the short run, produces much more un-" employment later. To under- stand this basic’truth is’ to recognize that the majority of economists whose advice gov- ernments have been following during this period have thor- oughly discredited themselves and should repent in sackcloth and ashes.” es 8 @ That word, which doesn't exist, is a perfect definition for the state of literacy in B.C. today. It was used last Satur. day by a school trustee and a secondary-school principal in a discussion about quality educa-.. tion for children, Mediocrisy, they sald, ex- ists in our schools, and our schools, which need upgrading, are to blame for illiterate students. But who, one wonders, are in charge of the schools? And if schools are medio- cre, who is to blame? The two people who said “mediocrisy” exiats in the qual- ity of teaching and the general school atmosphere were not recent high-school graduates. That seems to indicate that a mediocre school system has existed for 2 long time, and if the people in charge don't recognize that they too are victims of “mediocrisy,” they had better review their criteria for quality education. The subject of “medio- crisy” came up in a seminar on “forward to basics” at the B.C. School Trustees Association's annual general meeting. It's a good thing that they hadn't used the expression “back to basics” because, if “mediocrisy” is what they're trying to get away from, there's nothing to go back to. During the discussion, which involved 2 panel includ- ing a teacher, a principal, a schools superintendent and a ministry of education represen- tative, and a roomful of school trustees, the point was mado that misspellings and wrong grammar are prevalent every- where in society—in stores, restaurants, in advertising and, - . yes, even in the media. “Perhaps we should hide this from our children,” the teacher on the panel said, referring to examples such as the use of “to” for “too” or the ubiquitous apostrophe for plur- als. * Maybe that's a good idea. Perhaps it’s also a good idea, while we're reviewing the whole school system, to admit that the school atmosphere was mediocre even in the days when the rod was not spared, the child not spoiled and tests were an everyday part of school life. And perhaps, once this is recognized, once it is -under- stood how schools are and were mediocre and what. they've overlooked—like giving. people a good grounding in English, there will be no more “medio- erisy.” A Year Ago: Oklah "a electric chair is out of commission and would cost $62,000 to repair: so the legislators are talking about knocking off murderers with a fast, painless drug injection. I've a good Old Testment suggestion for them—let the murderer be killed in precisely the same way as he killed his victim. * * When it comes to the money we owe other people, we're a bit on the vague side; when it comes to the money other people owe us, we've the memory of a computer. s 8 8 The great. cross-Canada pipeline—oil andnatural gas go in at one end, welfare and “Unemployment Insurance Com- mission cheques come out at the other. ON APPROX. 125,CARS,TRUCKS, BOATS & "RECREATIONAL VEHICLES EXPECTED TO ARRIVE at 10 a.m. Sat., May 14 ‘at Courtesy Brokers, Hwy. 3A, Genelle Terms - Cash or Certified Funds — For Consignments 693- 2413, Lava dhe MPSA I orn deta seas SR wis Logit Seta? oe Headlines from the front page of the Castlegar News of May 13, 1976: . . * City of Castlegar Mill Rate Up; Increase Just Below Five Mills s s . New Treatment Plant Completed by May 31? * * . Three Local Groups Assisted By Provincial Labor Program | - Rich Cat Taxed $608 In California _ A cat that inherited almost $7,000 in its owner's will, has been ordered by Californian officials to pay $608 tax. The cat, which got the money to continue its gourmet-style diet, is believed to be the first animal in America to get a tax demand. Machine Sharpening @ Saws @ Tools @ Scissors, etc. FRANK'S SHARPENING SERVICE (Behind Castle Theatre) 365-7395 4 As planners requested it f Px, Asthe director ordered it As engineering “designed it ‘LANDSCAPING, 1977 NOW RENTING " SHAVERS BENCH TOWNHOUSES eer te een ~ 1) Set QO FOR INFORMATION — - Call 364-2249 After2p.m. OF FISH over 50 varieties © TOMORROW, FRIDAY, MAY 13 ‘| {, 10 a.m. to. 7:30 p.m. at the Castlegar Hotel ‘West Coast Seafoods How Ave The Wine! . Of the Castlegar Drug - Cartoon Caption Contest First Prize of » $10 Gift Certificate David Galloway, Casilegar “Sitting down on the job sometimes helps re-esta- © blish one’s goals. That, Js, when you're puckered our” Runner Ups: Lorna kinakin, Cranbrook: “Help! Help! Get it away from melt” . Fred F, Hoodicoff, Crescent Valley “Ok Folles, You can ‘look — ve" got my pants back ont!" } Lor Butlin, New Denv: sey Gu Says scott if stopped itl | realy did! Sees. ere i me ta all who paipated “tammgn rene em Da an te roe, Keapdiontootpodctot rt mo os oath rat coors, fed — NG DEALER Saamammes West's Dept. Store 27 Pine Street -. erate apeiron “MY FAMILY Poster Contest winners are, left to right, Marnie Mitchel, Wayne Popoff, Darren Grewcock, Ernie Verigin; Jennifer Many facets of family life in our community were de- picted in the many colorful entries in the “My” Family”. poster contest sponsored by the Castlegar and District Com- munity Arts Countil. ° ; Outings, camping, boating * sters. Others enjoy family trips to the city, to parks.and z00s, while -a, number .of children placed importance on their church activities. s . . Mrs. Carol Couch and Mrs, Polly Corbett, judges of the contest, both commented on the: and outdcor activites- in .- good overall quality of the “pic *. general.’ appeared to be the: popular pastime of our young: : making d tures”: and spent ‘some’ time _ diffigalt decisions on’a Castlegar ‘Searching _ For New City Clerk . The ‘search continues for someone to replace Castlegar‘ city-clerk Richard Beauchamp. City: administrator Bill Krug said Tuesday the: com- petition deadline is May 30 for the. position, from which Beau- -champ~ resigned May 6 to fassume’ his new job as ad- _Tministrator of the Regional ‘District of Kootenay Boundary, ° and which has been range of $16,000 to $24,000 and a act as an office manager and* assistant to:the administrator” as well as fulfilling the. re- sponsibilities directly related to the position. ” Preference will be given to’ ‘applicants with a Municipal Administration | certificate or, who are enrolled in a course of studies of the Institute of ; in the Calgary Herald, the Van- couver Sun, as. well. as. the Castlegar News and other West -Kootenay newspapers, and posted at B,C. municipalities. - According to the advertise- and Ad- cuintbatones and Certifled - General Accounting or equiva- lent accounting training is and ‘experience. Krug. said the: city 3 ad Scory, Yvonne Verigin and Jeff Fitz-G ald. In ~ Robson Ratepayers Approve Contamination Warnings ‘By RYON GUEDES Editor, Castlegar News ‘The Robson. and ‘District Ratepayers Association ap- proved Tuesday night a resolu- tion that the Robson Irrigation District inform new ‘residents of the contamination inthe area'a water supply. ‘About 70 membera of the association—reportedly the best turnout the recently-re- activated organization has had since September 1974—decided the irrigation district should: * tell Robson : newcomers . Pass Creek water must be either boiled or chlorinated before * drinking. Resident’ Harry Jukes, spokesman for a group of resi- dents who had charged that the irrigation district had failed.to inform water users adequately ” has. Gpevtously not made the water test findings available until the release of the annual report, the district had man- aged in the last two months to obtain the results of tests made in January. He said only one of five samples in each of the 10 tests done on the Pass Creek system showed contamination. Mike Harnadek, chief pub- lic’ health inspector for the West Kootenay Health Unit, told ratepayers monthly tests were discontinued in 1968 after some users in the area started playing “a numbers game” with results which varied from month to month and ignoring the hazard. ! “People forgot’ the basic requirement that: there should be no coliform in the water,” he said. “A surface source is al- - ways aubject to contamination. It's virtually impossible to try to control it, “All you have to do is get into your car to see it,” he said, He said he has seen resi- dents washing clothes in’ the creek and children swimming in it, as well as contours of land which drain into. the . creek. Prohibition of such practices would be difficult to enforce, he said. “I could not: legally ec The: Castlegar. News is pleased to’introduce to“you a new face and a new feature: < Shirley P ‘a column At of the condition of the water supply ©. over the last eight years, told the meeting:'the. manner. in which the district: had recom-. mended boiling or chlorinating the. water, had' made, the con- Voykin.— Castlegar News Photo by Lois Hughes - Local Arts Council's Poster Contest ‘number of finalists, While‘only : one first prize is being given ra each grade, there were quite a few who rated an honorable mention. -” The Arts: Council would like ‘to thank all teachers’and participants in the contest for contributing’ to. the focus of family life «during this: May. ‘Moi iitowat | nee Mitchel, Tarrys School; Grade 1—Darren Grewcock, »Wood- - Grade 7 entries were received. ~.*: Overall winner of the con- test was Brian Voykin of Twin Rivers School who won a free family admission to “A Taste of. Robert « Service",--a - one-mai theatre presentation‘of the life.’ and poetry of Robert Service to . Brilliant: Cultural * Castlegar: Savin; Uni rald, Wayne Popoff, Oathchoais “Grade 6—Yvonne Verigin and Ernie Verigin, Pass Creek. : -* Two Grade 6 prizes: were ‘Cost ys partment Store. one Aide - - awarded due tothe high quality ~ : of the posters and because no ‘Up. Production, Not Prevention, Bonner Suggests Robert Bonner, Chairman of B.C. Hydro said Monday the key to. Canada’s energy. pro- ion seem, unimp “Why is our irrigation dis- trict telling us when we call that there is no reason to worry, that the water is no worse than it was 30 to 40 years ago, that spring run-off is the cause-of the problem, that a screen filter is removing the cause of the problem? The health unit report tells .us of a high coliform count, the source of which is fecal material in the water.” Terigation - district chair- man Ross Oborne told the rate-. 4. area: ~cager; said the 210 posted. dgenda." “At the’ last cating’ we had two other, people besides the . executive.” We're \ won- dering» where the interést ‘is when’ we're not’ getting the support of the district.” Oborne said’ the ‘district special assistant Development. Minister Don = Phillips, has been hired ‘as’a consultant, by Sterling News- papers, Company president’ David . Radler. said last Tuesday that ‘Weeks will do a variety of jobs, including a study ‘of: national _ “ment, the hal receive a salary’ within the select the sticeessful candidate. blem | is more’ energy, pro- ducti t Bonner .told the “Pacifi ic _ Macphee’ Elected © New PPWC Head ‘Angus Macphee of Prince Rupert hag been elected presi- + dent of the Pulp, Paper and. Woodworkers’ ‘of - Canada (PPWC) union, ‘+The Prince : Rupert: resi- dent ran-a close race against Stan Shewaga of Nanaimo, a. former PPWC president. an Macphee succeeds Reg Ginn of Vancouver, who has served the union for the past nine years, the last three as president. . ‘There was s one out of 43 at South Slocan, seven out of 139 ‘at Crescent Valley, and eight out of 47 at,Slocan Park. That. was © the « roll ‘call yesterday as parents withdrew. their children from three ‘Slo- can’area elementary schools : with demands that the Nelson School Board’ reinstate . Alex ., Pereverzoff. as. principal. The picketing parents.had’ * begun demonstrations Tuesday, when they picketed and halted construction of Brent Kennedy * Elementary—the : school - de-, signed ‘to’ replace’ the: three Ballot. tabulation ‘was con- cluded Saturday by a PEWS national ; office committee . Vancouver. Other ' officers - elected were: Len Snow, Kamloops, first vice-president; Jim Sloan, Castlegar, ' second .. vice-presi- dent; and Ross. MacDonald, ° Crofton,. secretary-treasurer. ©” The. PPWC represents.» about 5,500 pulp workers in.16 jocals. ; eee tain 4 credit ». that we cannot afford delays in the--implementation: of - such projects as the Revelstoke dam ‘on the Columbia River and oil exploration in northern British ‘ Columbia. ° He painted a gloomy pic. ture of the future if we don't © hurry “to develop energy sources‘in the north, ‘ “We will not have in this country, by some estimates, more than 25 per cent: of our own capacity to meet domestic energy. requirements by the 1990s," Bonner said, As for electrical energy in B.C. Bonner said, we will be hard: pressed to avoid the al- ternative ‘of nuclear energy. "However, Radler said that Weeks. wasn't: on- staff. or working ‘under™ contract," : <<"! 4He'g just doing some jobs for me, although I expect he'll be sending me a Dill,”, said . Radler. E ae Weeks was fired’ from his $26,100-a-year job in December’ for stock’ trading in companies involved in the aati of Grizzly | Valley “natural .: fields. Radler.. said. he has known Weeks for a number of years. He said Weeks has been working on his projects for a couple of weeks. The “Sterling group pub- lishes .15..newspapers—in- cluding the Nelson Daily News . and the Trail Daily. Times—in BC ‘ helmi ly in favor of demon- pxisting which Pereverzoff's principalship ap- plication was turned down. ‘A group. of 60; parents © made the. di to boycott the schools at a public meeting Saturday after a group. of dele- gates reported the. School Board's rejection ‘of demands - ff be feltas if they've been eaaappen in! the face,” strating and withdrawing their. children. “Lagree with Alex that th worst possible thing to do is to use children,” he said. “I ‘did ery tab board tlakeet this areu'ar ; an lump ‘in’ their’ athat P Norman Brewster, a form- , er. Slocan: Schoo] -District.”; ‘trustee : who represents’ the Slocan Valley on the Regional District of Central. Kootenay, ~ told the-Castlegar News Tues- day the schoo} board's rejection alimentary. tract.” Brewster’“said he “ha *passed along Pereverzoii's per-' sonal message at the meeting requesting parents not ‘to use their children to force the, isst e, but the. meeting:-was * over “iHe He aaid ithe’ board had not ‘been | able: to. provide’ any, é _ has examined various methods of, in the supply. and -has been in- structed in meeting. discussions to get further: information on the methods.:He said although the West nomena Health Unit ‘week; on Thursday deadlines will be in effect: “CanCel Bulletin Board: outside the community was ‘a i cairable in the new principalship are ‘inconsistent with , the ‘re- newal of incumbent principal ‘Gerald Conkin’s tenure at Win- law School ‘atthe same’ time . Pereverzoff's ‘tenure ::was he‘ said. ‘Teachers at Pereverzoff’ three schools also feel ‘threat- ened by: the decision, he said. ? x “They! feel ‘Alex has been made an example which could: their: Wits End.’ : t °°” Postnikoff's , wry, topical humor is a domestic product. * She was born in Waneta, is married and; the: mother of three children, and she lives in Rossland., At 26,° she has. - written: for the Trail: Daily Times and also writes ‘poetry and plays. ‘She . describes her own style thus: “I take thines that. people don't normally thiuk are” eee and I make them that AG Wit's End appears on ; A. Page 3A. _ Humorist Postnikoff - Debuts this Week | dumping garbage or sewage in the ‘creek, but: if somebody washes his clothes in'the creek T would 1 not be able to stop him legally.” : Any attempts to stop these practices depend’ greatly ‘\’on - the goodwill’ of the people above your area on. the Harnadek said the average percentage of water samples . containing‘ coliform—ranging Operations Normal ~ In West Kootenays Tel x Union ina > ‘The BC. phone Com- pany’s West. Kootenay. offices were operating normally this dispute ‘based: on -B.C. -Tel’s purchase of equipment from‘an eeaters venacian be rather ‘from three per cent to 88 per *‘cent—varled so much from year to year he was unable:to'see “any trends or. influence’ local development and ‘the weather have had on the creek. “If it points out anything, what it points out is that you have a surface source of water ~ that chdnges from year to year,” he said. He said one of the reasons for the’ current health unit re- quirements ‘for treatment of ‘all’ surface water is. that. ill- nesses caused by coliform bac- teria—which inhabit the in- testinal tracts of men, ‘al and fish,—can only be meas- ured in the more dramatic ill- nesses such as typhoid,’ which has not occurred in this region. in " “With the milder illnesses like stomach upset apd diar- thea, you can't ‘tell for. sure here it from,” he said. eek with members of the A Castlegar, No kusp ‘and. Grand Forks’ who | went out Wednesday morning : “union ‘set: ting'up'picket lines at'B,C. ‘Tel: offices: : Rotating © strikes fol- ywed, Hsing th se. Cariboo and over, an dispute in ‘Vancouver returned : ito work 24 hours later. But pickets at Kamloops are: affecting B.C. Tel: opera-:-- “tions ‘in’: Princeton, Hedley, < » Oliver and Osoyoos, he said. He said rotating strikes continued - this week in Abbotsford, Mis- sion, Haney, Chilliwack, North . Vaticouver, Vancouver. and Vic- y ria, 4 The picketing - is’ being carried out. a members of the |. * ; pact the’ Seven: Mile Dam ‘will’ have’ on Castlegar, Nelson and, Salmo. : In‘a let! received eatlier this: ‘month: by ..the Regional ‘The Castlegar News will publish oa its. usual day next Li However; because Monday isa legal holiday and our’: ‘employees ‘will not be working that day, the following Deadline is 3 p.m. today for advertisers who normally provide us with their advertising copy on ena Fe Real i 5 pam. Friday. News‘atd ‘Photos: 11 a.m. Tuesday. Display ‘Advertising: 12 noon Tuesday. ~ Classified/Want Ads: 10 aun. Wednesday. The. cooperation st our advertisers and readers. is requested so that we can publish next Thursday morals _ Father than delaying the paper until Friday. In’ addition ‘with ‘Porever- zoff demoted back to a teacher, * the Crescent Valley school will be overstaffed:' and “probably lead to displacement of a mem- ster said, °"Board chairman: Donna: Graychick ‘told the Castlegar News Wednesday the board did not’ consider ’ the March. 9 Pereverzoff demotion “a ‘nego- tiable item.” “It'just comes down to a point - where they want Pereverzoff as principal and we eaamn ber of the teaching staff, Brew- *- District of Central Kootenay board, Hydro general manager. _ C."W. Nash-agreed with the: * RDCK ‘board's previous com-:. " plaints” that ‘a similar study conducted by the Regional Dis- trict of Kootenay Boundary did not adequately cover the three communities. “In the: interests of. con sistency, of results and ‘econ- omy, it would be important to ase methodology ‘and ‘cri- teria developed for the initial study,” the letter said. “On this basis we understand: that the cost of extending’ the study to include major centres in Cen- «tral Kootenay would be in the order of $7,500. “B.C. Hydro is prepared to underwrite that _ cost”. the ¢ » letter sald. Area J. director. Martin want to hire anew o eetglpaie she ‘said. “They’ were ‘not willing to move at all.” Pereverzoff said’ Wednes- day. he was planning to have legal counsel look, into the situa: |” tion. “Dam cininae a letter to the board asking on what: grounds,.and what authority they “:took’ my’ principalship away,” he said. “3, Pereverzoft: said. he had "100 °per cent support from the principals committee: of. the Nelson District Teachers As- A : the: first’ time B.C. Hydro’ ad- mitted it will have an impact oh the West. Kootenay. communi- ties, 52 City Gets $180 Instead of Taxes - Castlegar will receive $180 out of a total $1,044,503: in’ grants in lieu of 1976 taxes the. Insurance Corporation:of B... will ‘pay to 23 palities.:) ‘The grants were equal the ‘amounts which’ ¥ ‘would’ otherwise have ‘been levied as property ‘and business taxes, Vancouver, the largest re- cipient ‘of the grant, was paid: 2: i $489,480, Burnaby $67,797 and: North Vancouver $73,165. Sa- anich received $48,330. Smallest. recipient:.was Prince Rupert, which was paid $103... sociation when his tenure was denied, and now has: the backing of the entire associa- tion, which is asking the board ‘to reconsider its: decision. Pereverzoff played a major: role in the 1960s: when Free- domite: children; were being forced to attend public schools. He mediated between the’ Doukhobor community of the + Slocan Valley: and .the | pro- vineial government. Those, on the picket: line say no ‘satisfactory answers\: were received, and action will continue while they are.