mons OF Ory odvertisement prepared trom repre pr belong to the edverhewr \ Fol ‘ested in ond botonge ro Cavite News Ud provided. however Ror copra on that part ond see Oy the advertiser shell remain in and It's time for a change Newspapers have a term tor over-used phrases. They're called bromides. Some of the bromides that seem to receive an excessive amount of use at election-time are ones like “this is the most impor tant election in Canada's (or British Columbia's, or Castlegar’s) history,” and “the future of our country (or our province, or our community) will be decided for years to come in this important election We are ot the very seriously considered opinion that this time these bromides have a far greater truth to them than they have for many years This present federal election is an extremely important one tor our country, and the Canadian people are going to decide at the ballot box what our future is to be We believe the Liberal Party should be deteated. We believe its economic policies have driven Canada to the brink of financial disaster, and that Prime Minister John Turner, as well meaning and competent as he is acknowledged to be, will be unable to divorce a new Liberal government from Trudeau's destructive policies and the legacy left him of fumbling cabinet ministers and theoretical and im- practical upper-echelon bureaucrats who help formulate public policy We believe the Progressive Conservative Party should be given an opportunity to form a gover- nment We believe that Brian Mulroney, with a comfortable working majority, will give this country of ours the type of leader ship and policies that will allow it to realize its great potential and make that other old bromide (“the 20th century belongs to Canada”) a reality Except for the short-lived Joe Clark government, we have had the Trudeau Liberals for the past 16 years. With only 16 years left in this century, let's give the Progressive Conservatives the next four of them in which to start the job of building for greatness Nothing new said by leaders in lt was hardly a Great Debate. But perhaps it was the best that millions of Canadians watching TV could have expected. It was a debate of relative equals, each giving as good as they got. Neither Prime Minister John Turner, Progressive Conservative leader Brian Mulroney nor New Democrat Party leader Edward Broadbent injected anything really new into the election campaign But they did give us some excellent theatre At this stage, with almost six weeks to polling day, Mulroney and Turner are striving to make lasting impressions on the voters minds, yet carefully avoiding detailed promises TV debate In the competition of style over substance, Turner outdid Mulroney. He seemed more sure of himself than he has been. And he showed genuine flashes of feeling Mulroney scored more debating points, but his smoothness bor dered on unctuousness. The harder he tried to project sincerity the less it worked The more experienced Broad bent put on the best show. With the real contest between Turner and Mulroney, Broadbent wasn't under the questioners’ guns. In stead, he played the interrogator of the other two, performing far better than he usually does in the Commons (Reprinted from the Province) Fred Merriman Summer is well upon us and the open road calls. Therefore may I dwell, yet one more time on the subject of highway safety? Since safe driving has more to do with attitude and respect than ever it does with skill or driving exper tise, perhaps it is appropriate to merge the concepts so those who think they can handle their wheels may have just a little more concern for others. Myself and many other so called straight or square people view other drivers and ourselves as either professional or amateur. This writer is both an amateur writer and an amateur driver. Fortunately we are able to recognize a professional by his or her performance as a motor vehicle operator A captain of a motor vehicle respects his equipment, himself and others who share the road with him The operator likes driving. He would like very much to drive at speeds far in excess of the legally posted limit to test his own skill and measure the performance of the truck or automobile. However, he exercises good judgement and dem onstrates self control, self discipline and healthy respect for himself and others by maintaining legal speed on the public highway. He has a responsibility Let me, if I can, give some exam ples of how a professional might respond to some typical driving situations in and around Castlegar He would back into his driveway not drive directly in, as most people do. Our professional driver would indeed yield to the highway traffic and immediately occupy the slow lane for a gentle acceleration. Our professional is also a conservationist as he knows that accelerating on a hill is a large consumer of fuel at $2 a gailon, half the price of milk and only a means of getting from A to B. The driver's road test and exam ination was taken to be serious therefore he signals as a matter of habit as the lanes narrow toa single and he glances to the left as a double check and as instructed. Several speed zones come on following each other. His speedometer has been changed to kilometres since this country has gone metric, against his will but at least this professional knows that highway speed signs can be misleading to one who has to convert to metric in his mind as he drives An early morning speeder comes up quickly, the 13-second rearview mirror is an absolute minimum, sq our guide signals and pulls over to allow gunga din to run ahead for water or whatever else moves gunga to drive, amateur. In due course this professional motorist arrives safely, calmly at the mill, backs into a parking stall well away from the buildings whieh will give some walking exercise, secures the car after noting mileage, circles the car and contemplates how he can arrange a car pool to justify the operation of a vehicle for just one passenger, him. A_ professional driver and a poor business man. Letters to the Editor Where was Kristiansen? Editor, Castlegar News: I enjoyed listening to CKQR radio open line show, with their guests, our candidates for Kootenay West in the next federal election. I listened to the candidates answer questions from listeners who are concerned with our area. Their concerns and those of the two candidates present were handled well. What was not handled well was the absence our local NDP representative, Lyle Kristiansen. I find this somewhat desturbing that the person who was elected to represent the people of Kootenay West could not find the time to be present on schedule for this program. This absent attitude only confirms a letter written to this paper a few weeks ago, by a White-Rock MP. In his letter he pointed out the fact that Kris. tiansen was not present in the House when he was supposed to be for important issues. “Is this the way the people in our area Brisco’s statement is ‘absolute balderdash’ , Castlegar News: Conservative candidate Bob Brisco's statement to Fruitvale seniors that Tories have a commitment to stren gthen pensions and other social ser vices is absolute balderdash The Conservative party Finance Minister-designate, John Crosbie, has already made it known that a Tory government would slash such pro grams. Corsbie refused to give details, saying that if people knew what the PCS were really up to, nobody would vote for them Certainly there was no mention of “homemaker pensions” in Mulroney's $20 billion patronage package, and everyone remembers that the last Tory PM did nothing whatsoever for seniors. Now that the radical right has taken PRICE INCREASE over the party, we can expect even less. Let's not forget that it was the CCF NDP that invented the Canada Pension Plan and forced minority governments in Ottawa to accept it. The best way to strengthen programs like the Canada Pension Plan and Medicare is to dem onstrate your support for them by voting for the New Democrat, Lyle ‘Kristiansen. Meanwhile, if you really want to know what the Tories and Liberals have cooked up for pensioners, read the report of the Parliamentary Task Force on Pension Reform, particularly the dissenting minority report by New Democrat Ted Miller who discusses so-called “homemaker pensions.” Mike Culpepper Nelson Promise could cost CP News Analysis By WARREN CARAGATA OTTAWA (CP) — Election promises are paid out of your pocket and the cost of this one, made by the Tories and the Liberals, could cost Canadians as much as $2.5 billion Both parties have said they would move Canadian oil prices to world levels, a move government estimate indicates could raise gasoline prices at the pump by more than five cents a litre in Ontario and about six cents in Quebec. The bonanza would be shared with the oil companies by the federal and provincial governments which levy taxes a5 a percentage of the price. The estimate of the cost to Can adians of moving to world prices was confirmed this week by Bob Brown, president of Gulf Canada Products, who said in an interview his company’s forecast of the increase at the pumps was also between five and six cents. The major beneficiaries of higher prices would be the large multinational oil companies such as Imperial Oil, Gulf, Shell and Texaco, oi] analyst Robert Reid of McLeod Young Weir in Toronto said. Mueh of the oil produced by the majors now is priced below world leveis. The move away from the controlled Canadian price, now about 88 per cent of the world price, comes as the parties outbid each other to undo the 1980 na tional energy program, a centrepiece of the Liberal record of the last four years. Liberal Leader John Turner has said consistently that he is not part of the Trudeau years and dismantling the NEP is a8 good a way to make his point as any. Last week, the government an nounced the beginnings of deregulation of export prices for natural gas. Last weekend, Turner said in Edmonton that he believed “we ought to move immediately towards world price” and suggested changes in the ineentive system used to help finance frontier exploration and in the petrol eum and gas revenue tax which fi nances the incentive payments. Turner's proposals were met with righteous indignation by the Tories, who had earlier proposed their own demolition of the NEP. “If the Liberals want second-hand policies, then that’s their problem,” said Conservative energy critic Pat Carney Oil found before 1974, representing about half of Canadian production, re- ceives $29.75 a barrel. The new oil ref. erence price, basically the world price, of comparable quality crude imports is $41.50 in Montreal. Transportation costs for Canadian crude to Montreal bring the so-called “old oil price” to $31.50, leaving a difference between old oil and new of $10 a barrel. By the time the government levies ite charge on all oil, new or old, a charge to compensate for higher world prices, and adds its Can- adian ownership charge, Canadians end up paying about 88 per cent of the world price. deserve to be treated. This person is paid to be on the job for us. If people don’t show up on time for their jobs in this area, they don't have one. We deserve our i in ‘The Sunday train special from Trail to Nelson will be continued for the month of August, it was announced. 7 8 6 the name of the city of Nelson. Purchase of the Castlegar airport by the city was proposed when it was found that two villages of Castlegar and Kinnaird could not legally enter into joint purchase with the city under the Village Municipal Act. The airport is being operated by a committee from the three municipalities. , Castlegar One hundred and seventy-one per. Ottawa, that is what we pay taxes for. It appears to me, from letters to this paper by numerous people that Mr. Kristiansen is on a free ride to do what he wants, not what we need. We need someone in Ottawa to do our work and get this area moving again. We have waited long enough and watched our area being neglected while other areas move ahead: In this election, I wilk-be voting for the person who will do the most work and have the most answers when I need them I won't vote for someone who does not care. Graham Read What about RRSPs? Editor, Castlegar News: I recently received a mailing from sons are pr ly working at Celgar’s pulp mill site. This figure includes all supervisors, office personnel, truck drivers, carpenters, machinist and laborers working for the major con- tractors, Gilpin-Kaiser, and for the other sub-contractors at the site. . 8 «@ Court action may soon be taken against “sneaky motorists” who jump lineups at the ferry, Castlegar RCMP warned this week. . 8 6 Archdeacon B.A. Resker has been appointed first regional commissioner for the Kootenay-Boundary Scouting region on the recommendation of the Kootenay-Boundary regional council. Rev. Resker takes up the post of top volunteer uniformed leader as the first regional commissioner to be appointed in B.C. after 52 years of Scouting. . ee Two thousand crates of Lambert cherries have been picked and shipped so far this year at Renata with 4,000 crates yet to be picked. . 2 6 Traffic problems created by the Castlegar ferry were the subject of my Member of Parlia It contains a quote from Hansard, Feb. 22, 1983 “ordinary Canadians do not have the right to defer their taxes.” Has no one informed Lyle Kristian sen of RRSPs, RHOPs, DPSPs, ISIPs, MURBs, oi] and gas and research development investments, etc. etc.? Somebody should If Mr. Kristiansen is advising his constituents that they can't defer in come taxes he is doing them a great disservice. Walter A. Siemens Trail Advice to save lives Editor, Castlegar News: My advice to save human lives, instead of hundreds of thousand young beys and men being killed is to let president Reagan of the U.S. and Chernenko of the USSR come out in the open and wrestle, who beats who, then get up, shake hands and love thy neighbor as thyself; Just like David and Goliath. Michael F. Bayoff Nelson Kristiansen not inconsistent Editer, Castlegar News: One cannot accuse Lyle Kristiansen of being inconsistent. His failure to show up for a scheduled all-candidates debate on CKQR Monday morning merely follows his established record of being absent from Parliament over the last four years. Robeen ata h meeting yes- terday between Rossland-Trail MLA Don Brothers and members of the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce. 15 YEARS AGO From the July 31, 1969 News NDP leader Tom Berger was a visitor to the Castlegar area Tuesday as he appeared in a car cavalcade here on behalf of Rossland-Trail NDP can. didate Tom Mackenzie. ._ 2 @ The Town of Kinnaird has received the official Letters Patent for its coat of arms. Working through Allan B. Beddoe OBE, consultant in heraldry, the nego tiations have been carried out over a lengthy period of time and now council awaits instructions on protocol for its official presentation. The coat of arms bears markings from the Baron Kinnaird’s Arms of Scotland. . 2 A small but vocal minority failed in a bid to unseat Don Brothers as Social Credit candidate for Rossland-Trail riding in the Aug. 27 provincial elec tion. Brothers, provincial education minis- ter, was elected unanimously after a threat by Robert Sommers, lands and forest minister, before he was dis credited on charges of theft, dissolved under firm handling by the president of the provincial Social Credit organ ization. * 28 «@ Mike Obetkoff and Nick Kinakin were fishing late Monday near the Ootischenia cemetery in a boat when one of them reached over the edge to pull in a fish which had been caught. The boat tipped over. Castlegar RCMP said the incident sparked sev. eral telephone calls to polices head. quarters as the fishermen floated down the Columbia river — first clinging to their overturned boat and then on a log. They floated five miles before getting into calmer water and making their way to shore. 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