November 17, 1985 ABLISHED AUG 7 b¥47 Lv. CAMPBRLL vested longs 10 Castle News Lid. pron ony oct ment prepored i below rer ise 5 Ru 12 Castlégar News ts twa INCORPORATING THE AUD WEEK MIRROR PUBLISHED SEPT TZ. 1978 AUGTZ?. i900 PUBLISHER AUG. 71947 188 1919/5 PUBLISHER — Burt Campbell ADVERTISING MANAGER 2) CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hadley “ motick OF corrmcnt: full Complete aid note coogi in any printed inatter ICL WEEKLY MAY 4 Ivey jer produced by Costie. News itd A happy balance Mayor Audrey Moore deserves sincere congratulations on her return to office in yesterday's municipal election. She won handily against a strong contender, indicating the people of - our community believe firmly she is the person to continue guiding and moulding our future as we emerge from recession. The health of ‘our municipal government will most assuredly be added to by the new faces on council. Terry Rogers and Nick Oglow have a challenge before them as they learn the procedural ropes and begin to make their contributions to civic life. But there is also a challenge, in~ their election, for Mayor Moore. Mrs. Moore, while certainly tespected by council members an city hall staff, is not necessarily loved. She is a_ strong-willed woman who frequently shows her impatience’ with differing viewpoints (especially when she believes the individual hasn't done his or her homework. thoroughly enough), and ~is somewhat autocratic in manner when running meetings. It was a charge — the only charge — challenger Bob made in the This isn’t to say that former councils have been milqutoasts. They haven't. But with new faces on council, it’s time for rethinking on the relationship between the mayor and aldermen. If Mrs. Moore can control her impatience with new aldermen as they become familiar with their jobs and the problems and challenges of “running - a Progressive city, and if the new aldermen will put up'with a bis of initial impatience from the mayor's chair without taking personal offence, perhaps — within a matter of a couple of months — we will have a’strong council that can work harmoniously, yet differ strongly. % Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appears to want to be loved by everyone; former Prime Minister Pierre Eliot. Trudeau didn’t tore if Letters to the Editor everyone. hated him. e between those two extremes of style is a happy balance that should be sought in Castlegar. Raise level Failure of the Canadian Com- mercial Bank and the Northland Bank, and public ‘concern ex- : pressed about other Class “B’ banks, serves to emphasize the need for the Mulroney government to raise the insured level on savings from the present $60,000 to at least $100,000. In the cases of the Canadian Commercial and Northland banks, “the federal government (ie. tax- payers) have made up the $40,000 difference. This has now resulted in people with more than $60,000 on deposit with any one bank moving the difference to another bank, or splitting the amount (if it’s under $120,000) between two banks. A serious concern The proposal by Westar Timber’s Celgar Pulp Operations to use chemically-treated wood chips is not just another:pollution problem. It poses a serious concern for all of Castlegar, and possibly for a large part of the Columbia River Valley. Westar is proposing that its sawmill treat hemlock with the chemical trichlorophenate to prevent the wood from discoloring. The company is also proposing that the material left over from the sawmill be chipped and used in the pulp mill. That's where the concern comes. lt appears no one really knows. what happens to the TCP in the pulping process. It. is believed the chemical is removed from the pulp and carried away in the “black liquor’ to the recovery boiler. y However, if the TCP must be burned at a temperature greater than 2,200 degrees F, otherwise dioxins could be created. The dioxins could then be emitted with the other gases into the atmosphere, creating a grave health risk. But so far no one is sure if the recovery boiler burns hotter than 2,200 degrees F or if it does all the time. To its credit, Westar management is taking a cautious approach to the problem. It has established joint union/manage- ment c i to i the History sought Editor, Castlegar News: The Procter-Harrop Historical Book Committee, which covers the “outlet” area of Kootenay Lake including Sunshine Bay, Balfour, Longbeach and Queens Bay, is seeking information from all former residents and their descendants regarding their family stories and regollections of the early days, from the 1890s to the present. If anyone in your area is from this region, or knows of anyone, we urge them to contact our book committee as * soon as possible. We have extended our original deadline to Dec. 31, but we need ‘their input now. Mrs. H.A. Ogden, Corr. Sec., A ‘good evening’ needn't cost a lot Editor, Castlegar News: Even for those on a tight budget — you missed a very enjoyable family- style evening. Robson Recreation Society held its well advertised Annual Membership Dinner last Friday even- ing, open to anyone and everyone. An old fashioned pot-luck dinner provided a warm and: scrumptious smorgasbord variety of tasty dishes to sample, topped with ‘some great dinner-settling desserts. Live old-time dinner music was also provided tog- ether with some snappy tunes for those who chose to twirl around the floor after dinner. It seems the general public believes that.a good evening doesn't begin unless they have to pay exhorbitant entrance fees to get their. foot in the door, plus extra fees for something to nibble on and then pay a lot more to make themselves think the event was a “great night”. Robson still has the taste of old-fashioned small community family- _ Style get-togethers. Keep your eyes and ears peeled so you don’t miss the variety of upcoming events. Coralea Schuepfer for the Robson Recreation Society MINIMUM TAX Rich will have to pay By ERIC BEAUCHESNE OTTAWA — The experts are betting the government will limit the use of tax breaks by well-heeled Canadians to fulfil its promise that a proposal. It is important that the company treat this issue differently than other more routine pollution concerns. . Because dioxins are the most lethal toxins known today, there can be no gray areas. Either the process is completely safe — or it isn’t. If there is any doubt whatsoever about the recovery boiler, or other aspects of the process, the mill should di tax on the rich will be in place next year. “The limit on tax preferences” was one of three options for a minimum tax contained in a discussion paper pres- ented~ by Finance Minister Michael Wilson in his May budget. But whether that option, or either of the other two, would fulfill Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's promise the rich should pay a “handsome tax” is open to interpretation since by the government's own reckoning thous- c. the proposal or seek alternatives. It will be a tough decision for Westar. The company's timber license is more than 25 ‘per cent hemlock, and to be completely efficient.the pulp mill should use the sawmill's chips. But there comes a time when — this community's health takes priority over company operations. Residents will put up with effluent in the river and a smell, but they won't — and shouldn't — have to stand for dioxins in their valley. Quotable Quotes A ONE-TIME “regular” on The Tonight Show turned 104 this week, saying he has had his turn in the spotlight and doesn’t regret that it's over. Farmer Wally Lattimer, ‘who marked his 97th, 98th, 99th and 100th birthdays on the NBC-TV show, says he. doesn’t mind sharing his home- grown tomatoes and homespun philo- sophy with host Johnny. Carson. “He's a nice guy, but I can see why he's been divorced so often,” Lattimer said. “I wouldn't want to live with him.” THE FIRST annual Fort McMurray Film Festival suffered) a few at- tendance problems. The biggest attendance of the weekend festival was 40 adults and children for a children’s movie; other movies were attended by only a couple of le. “I don’t think it was a resounding success,” said Patti Trautman, the city’s cultural services co-ordinator. TOP-SELLING Chinese pop star Zhang Xing was arrested this week for immoral conduct after making two fans pregnant a total of nine times. Zhang, 23, is famous for his rend- itions of Hong Kong and Taiwan songs. When one of the girls threatened to report him, he is reported to have replied: “You want to sue me? Go ahead. The law will be on my side.” PRINCE HIRO, grandson of Emper- or Hirohita of Japan said he does not want an extravagant wife. “I do not mind much about her height, .academic career and family status,” said the 25-year-old bachelor prince who is the eldest son of Crown Prince Akihiro and second in line to the Japanese throne. - “A (lady) who has the same sense of value as mine will be desirable. I not like a woman who would buy this arid that at Tiffany’s in New York.” ands of high-i would still be able to duck the taxman. Wilson has promised he will intro- duce the minimum-tax legislation ‘shortly to take effect Jan. 1. “I suppose if you're a betting man you might want to bet they'll go for the one that’s not too darn complicated and that Will give them some political yardage and that would be the limit on tax preferences,” said Lyman Mac- Innis, vice-president of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Basically, such a move would limit the amount any“taxpayer could deduct from income through specified tax breaks — deductions, exemptions and credits — to, say, 50 per cent of total income. That's also’ the option Ottawa ‘has been indicating in its discussions with the provinces, according to an official with one of the provincial finance departments. And David Perry, a researcher with the Canadian Tax Foundation, said it’s the simplest option. “It requires the least work on the part of the taxpayer and on the part of National Revenue,” Perry said. The other two options. are an “add-on” minimum tax that would levy a flat-rate tax on deductions above a set lével and an “alternative” minimum tax in which individuals would fill out two tax forms — the regular form and one with a low tax rate but covering a broader definition of income — and pay whichever was higher. Regardless of the option, the prov- inces also stand to gain financially from. a minimum federal tax since their tax rates are set as a percentage of federal tax. And for that reason Perry said there shouldr’t be too much of a problem getting the provinces to gb along. In fact, two provinces — Quebec and h — have -their own MICHAEL WILSON . effective Jan. T versions of a minimum tax and several provinces have stated they will likely support the introduction of a federal minimum tax. While a minimum tax-has no appeal for many tax specialists, they accept the government is politically com- mitted to the move and want the changes-ktpt as simple as possible. “Generally, the profession would like to see whatever is simplest,” MacInnis _said. None of the three options the government has been looking at is simple. But of the three, the limit on tax preferences is the simplest, he said. That option would also allow the government to reduce the drain on revenues from tax breaks that have been a political and financial embar- rassment for years. According to Perry, the preferences limit would make it easier for the government to target tax shelters it wants to go after. Wilson has conceded none of the three options will ensure all the rich pay their fair share of tax. For example, in 1982 there ‘were about 4,000 people with incomes over $50,000 who didn’t pay income tax. Yet, even if the limit on tax preferences had been in place that year and depending on how it was applied there still would have been anywhere from 1,781 to 3,578 high-income Can- adians who would have escaped paying any tax. And with either of the other two options, the number of high-income earners that would have ducked the taxman in-1982 ranges from 320 to 2,700. Also, the revenue gain to Ottawa would be relatively small, ranging from $4 million to $447 million a year, again depending on the option selected and how it was applied. ‘The fact that some will stili be able to avoid taxes is the reason the govern- ment cannot expect support from its opposition critics, especially the New Democrats who were the first to propose a minimum tax during the 1984 election campaign. Press) 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. Letters must be signea ana include Remember When? ; 35 YEARS AGO From the Nov. 16, 1950 Cas News ‘The Castlegar and District Board of | Trade received word Thursday night to the effect.that the Jong awaited new post “office ‘boxes; would be, shipped ° from Montreal on Nov. 20 and would be installed immediately on arrival here. The installation of the new boxes will permit the opening of of the post office lobby on Wednesday y afternoons and each evening. en ey Castlegar's Remembrance Day Ser- vice was held in the Castle Theatre last Sunday afternoon. ‘The parade, under parade marshall Bert Martin, and headed by the Legion Band, under. the ‘direction of Band- master Gus Leitner led off from the Legion Hall and paraded to the theatre. Bert Lamb, Legion president, gave a short opening address. The Castlegar District School Board met under the acting chairmanship of Mr. R. Waldie Monday evening at the school board offices. The board attended meetings throughout the district all last week. In the course of these meetings, Mr. R. Hunter was re-elected for Castlegar, Mr. Waldie for Robson, and Mr. Craft for Brilliant. Representatives were also elected: Mr. Marshall for Blueberry, Mr. Koche re-elected for Renata and Mrs. Kent elected for Deer Park. 25 YEARS AGO From the Nov. 17, 1960. Castlegar News A new. pharmacist has joined the staff of the Castlegar Drug. She is: Miss Roberta Stevenson, a UBC pharmacy graduate of 1957 who was brought up at Balfour. ks . . . Commissioners Aage Sylvest and George Carr will seek re-election to Castlegar council in December's muni- cipal election. Cece ee) Protests against the Trail Chamber of Commerce's attitude towards the Castlegar airport were voiced at the local chamber's meeting last. week. The Trail chamber, it was said, supported a bid for an airport at Creston and when it was found that an airport there was unlikely, it'decided to back a bid for one at Salmo. ee Teams in the Castlegar and District Minor Hockey Association have re- ceived best wishes for a successful hockey year from the Montreal Cana- diens and the Chicago Black Hawks. The best wishes were enclosed with group pictures of teams sent the local association this week. 15 YEARS AGO From the Nov. 19, 1970 Castlegar News Sharon Wiesner, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Wiesner of Perry Siding, appeared.-last Sat- urday taking first_ place on Starlite Stairway, a TV program originating from Spokane. Sharon, who has been singing since she was four years old, will be participating in the Feb. 20 semi-finals. ~ 7 2 8 The joint meeting of Castlegar-Kin- naird councils on Tuesday discussed recent developments of joint interests on the subject of amalgamation. It was decided to set up a committee com- prising Ald. Carl Knutson and Ald. Andy Shutek to study the implications of amalgamation. . 2e « Smoldering ashes-are all that re- mained shortly after nine Friday morning following the fire at the Castlegar Airport which levelled a 40 by 30 foot building which contained a small cafeteria and the flight records and log books of flying students, including Selkirk College aviation stu- dents. s 8 Two members of the Castlegar Library board were elected to the new joint library board to be made up of representatives from Castlegar and Kinnaird. Elected were Mrs. Frank Wilcox and Mrs. J.B. Grant. Castlegar Ni A bylaw that would allow Castlegar city council to borrow as much as $2 million to build a combined public library-city hall-court house on Colum- bia Ave. was defeated 1,244 votes to 530 in a referendum Saturday night. . 28 Area J returned incumbent Vera Kanigan for another two-year term as District No. 9 school trustee Saturday. John Voykin of Pass Creek upset incumbent John Moran of Thrums in a 204-81 vote to win the regional dir- ip of Area I. ‘Jim Gouk, with 794 votes, led the the right to edit letters for brevity, clarity, legality and grammar. Face among a field of six contenders for the three two-year openings on council. He-was followed closely by incumbent Len Embree with +783 and former Kinnaird mayor Carl Loeblich who polled 633 votes. eke 5 SS, fat November 17, 1985 Castlegar News AS NEW BOOKS AT THE ~ LIBRARY More big Canadian names hit the library shel- ves this week. Robertson Davies’. What's Bred in the Bone has loomed large in the media lately, and in- cidentally, -provoked. dis- cussion about what is great art, as it deals with the life of Francis Cornish, inter-_ nationally known art ex- pert and collector. To his biographer, Simon Dar- court, he: was a man of mystery, influenced by the supernatural, and possibly involved in a great art fraud, with Hitler and Goering as its targets. As always with Robertson Davies novels, the plot has great ingenuity and power, and characters are rich and bizarre and the language is elegant, witty and wise. . 8 . JUDY WEARMOUTH . librarian Last year, Farley. Mowat ran foul of American immigration officials and was refused admission into the U.S. My Discovery of America is his hilariously stinging account of his confrontation with U.S. government bureaucracy, and of the rather obscure role played by the Canadian government in the affair. Mowat looks askance at public relations hype about Americans and Canadians being best friends and suggests we take our own deep look at the situation along “the longest undefended, frontier: in the world.” . The le Papers is Peter Gzowski's own choice of the best 12,000 letters, essays, poems and reflections sent in by! listeners to the CBC program. wie the help of this many fans will be able to recall their favorite maeniaais and maybe catch up on some missed gems. 7 . Marilyn Monroe continues to fascinate us, 23 years after her death. Goddess, by British journalist Anthony Summers, exposes her charmed and fated life to detailed scrutiny, going behind the myths and gossip to reveal facts about her marriages and affairs with some of the most famous men of her era. Summers produces first-hand testimony about her long rumored liaisons with {§ John and Robert Kennedy, and, in probing the murky circumstance of her death, uncovers hidden police reports and suppressed phone records. This very readable, compassionate book portrays Marilyn as she actually was: witty, seductive, bright and patheticand shows how incredible her rags to riches achievement was. se . There could be another history-making gold rush. Golden Giant by Matthew Hart, tells the story of the Hemlo gold field in Ontario, which, with its high grade ore and: good location, has the potential of being the richest source of gold in the Americas. The Hemlo saga is one of good hunches, bad luck and mised chances. In 1979, two prospectors, the most recent of a long line of fortune seekers, staked a claim but WJ couldn't get any backing from Toronto money men, so Murray Pezim and other intrepids from the Vancouver Stock Exchange got into the act, scooped Bay Street and the rush was on. Now three giant competitors are digging away furiously, Murray Pezim has lost one fortune and is looking for the next. And billions of dollars and several personal shirts are at stake in a fierce dispute before the Supreme Court of Ontario. Read what it's like to have the gold bug, listen to the negotiations in the nation's largest boardroom when thdgoing gets rough, and experience a gambler's thrill wen the stakes are high. -_ 2. * Two famous Canadians, writer George Woodcock and painter Toni Onley, have collaborated on The Walls of India, a rich portrait of contemporary India and the result of a journey they took together with their wives in 1982-83. George Woodcock is an old‘Indian hand, having extensive knowledge of Indian culture and history and having made five trips to the sub-continent. Toni Onley was visiting the country for the first time and his spontaneous delight in his surroundings is captured in his exquisite watercolors. The two couples travelled from Rajasthan in the northwest, through Kerala and Darjeeling to Delhi, vividly evoking in paint and word pictures the beauty, |flavor_and contrasts of India today. Royalties from the sale of their book are to be directed to the Canada India Village Aid Association (CIVA), to be devoted to rural medical aid in India. Canadian Tragedy “py Maggie Siggins, is the love, hate story of JoAnn and Colin Thatcher. The startling murder trial of Colin Thatcher made public the dramatic. details surrounding his wife's murder. The autlior's research builds up an amazing picture of their marriage, which would have been riveting enough even if it hadn't culminated in murder. We watch the pair through their adoloscence in very different homes, their idyllic romance and then the slow crumbling of an “excellent” i into violent marria; confrontations, bitter divorce arid a child custody case that went “beyond bitterness.” We learn about Thatcher's wild lifestyle and glamorous women, and about his connections with the underworld. © omments spark response By CasNews'Staff, Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy’s decision not to en- dorse an extension of High- way 23 from Mica Creek to Valemount has provoked an , angry response from the city of Revelstoke., D'Arcy, in a letter to Fruitvale council — which supports the extension — says there are. “compelling reasons why. Tcarinot endorse council's action at this time.” D'Arcy went on to cite high priority highway needs’ in his constituency such as the West Trail approach, Pass Creek-road reconstruc’ _ tion, resurfacing of the Trail. Waneta and Fruitvale- Meadows highways and the linking of the West Koot by a new highway from Syringa Creek to Fauquier. “As you can see, the southwest Kootenay has highway improvement needs that are of a greater urgency . than-a lakeside: parkway 300 ~ miles to the’ north,” D'Arcy says in his letter. But R.A. Carter, Sapoird trator for to the Monashee Pass Road D'Arcy’s comments er sighted.” . | “If we are all our thinking we may benefit no one, ourselves included,” Carter says in a letter to Fruitvale council. “We can see the parochial in’ years, says D’Arcy’s ‘com- ments “would not really be of much benefit to the area as a whole. “Certainly we all have our bet interests, but what we short-sigtedness - in his (D'Arcy’s) comments.” + who says in the letter he lived in the Fruit- vale area for a number of g is’ not a lake- ride parkway 800 miles to the north.” Carter ‘says the highway would in fact be “approx- north. imately 200 miles” _ important to us locally.” General Meeting To select delegates to the. Montreal Convention Nov. 17, 1985 © 2:00 p-m. Fireside Inn, Castlegar —————— or KOOTENAY WEST PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION Ham Steaks Maple Leaf. 175 g Pkg. Breakfast - Slices Maple Leaf. 375 g Pkg. Sliced Side Bacon Olympic. 250 g Pkg. European Weiners Olympic. 450 g Pkg. Pizza - Snackery. 9° Frozen. Assorted. 300 g Pkg. Gainers: Light ‘n Flaky. @ Pkg. Small Eggs, Lucerne. Canada Grade A. White. 1 Dozen. Ga rbage Bags Ss ‘s 49 Blue Plastic. Pag. of 10. Noodles Mr. Noodles. Assorted. 5g Pk Sard Spanish. 124 g T Tomato Paste faim. ‘Olive Oil Bertolli. 500 mL Jar. ines Club des Millionnaires. Ss |49 49 9 149 149 rd Kiwi Fruit From New Zealand. Grapefruit White or Red. Florida Grown. Plant Food Schultz. Liquid. 5.5 oz. Container. Potting Soil Penningtons=— 58 6s : | Ou: > Prices Effective Nov. IN-STORE BAKE SHOP SPECIAL Sourdough Buns [49 MEAT DEPARTMENT SPECIALS Fresh Pizza Paolo’s Deluxe. 375 g Pkg. $]49 Olivieries. Egg or Spinach, paghetti, *Fettucine or *Ling 450 g pkg. Fresh Pasta juine. [49 Yogourt Lucerne. Ptain or Asst'd. Flavours. 200 g Tub. Sifto. Stim Pack. 1 kg Pkg. Pine Sol Liquid Cleaner. 400 mL Container. Uitrabrite. Striped Gel. 150 mL Tube. Fabulous Razors Disposable. Pkg. of i Trac Il. Regular or Lime. 300 mL Container. Salad Consists of: ; 1 Head Lettuce 1 Stalk Celery 1 Bunch of Green Onions 1 Bunch of GROCERY DEPARTMENT Table Salt othpaste Quick Flans mec. Lady Daisy or Good News. Shave Cream PRODUCE DEPARTMENT a Wi a | Assorted. \ __Radishes He goes on to sven) that the proposal to extend Highway 23 would create an alternate’ local issues which ‘are very: Bologna Burns. Pride of Canada. Sliced. Or Mock Chicken Loaf. 375g Pkg. — Sliced Meat Fletchers. Bologna, Pickle & Pimen ‘Giese of Mock Chicken Lost. 173 g Pkg. Meat Pies Cliffside. Chicken, Beef or Turkey. Frozen. Pkg. of 2 - 140 g Pies. Chicken e Livers =:*-,. 454g Pkg. 2 2 Oral B. Right Angle. Shampoo Alberto Balsam. or Conditioner. Assorted. Bonus 600 mi Container. Hair Gel Super Rich: Assorted. 350 mL Container Absorbent Balls cured =. of 350. Tags & Cards § 449 Assorted. (Gift, Candies" $ 49 $ a Hand Dipped. y re Ekco Pans Frozen Bread Pan. 9 Inch Pie Plate. ix Pan 9"*x9". 8 Round Cake Pan. Small Cookie Sheet. Each. Decanter Natural Juice. Each. Carrots & Boiler “Onions e¢,¢en 31°) No. 1 Grade. 2D for $] * African Violets *Areca o1 ‘Neanthe Bella Palms. 4” Pot. S$ *Asstd. Tropical Plants. 5" Pot. Ea. | 49 or *Cactus Plant *Aloe Vera Medicine > 49 4” Pot. for $| In Castlegar Safeway Store We Reserve the Right to Limit Sales to Retail Quantities. 3). SAFEWAY CANADA SAFEWAY cimires