a Chen er SRN eC ANAY 94 ONE hcl a ee ROR _ BIO CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, December 8, 1977 Kids tuti of 54 MacBlo Executives A Ceram E —Kal’s Kruellest Kut . , By DOUG COLLINS (From a regular column In WORD SEARCH Hidden are 15 words to circle Words go across, down, diagonally, wpside-down, and backwards “Here let the press the people's CAN YOU FIND THEM? P people's rights maintain, unawed by influence and unbribed by gain" CASTLEGAR NEWS: BURTCAMPBELL’: 224 Publisher ae 2 MOWR K ~ business directory — ‘Super heroes Superman |. Whatking of nut has some. ofits Inalde outside? What keeps the moon in place? . Why can‘l yau tell secrets onatarm? |. What season Is most sangerous? . What does aworm doin a corileld? . What plerces and leaves nohote? ‘pu “soyyouR 40 pus 189 oUo u) $000) -¢ Te Rog ‘Oxey soojeiod oy) w0d Ou! osne2eg eweoas i anuyBnopy SYAMSNYV mov-OMHRTYTIZPHO mnmoxxovnetc ore z 11am. Family Worship Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Opportunities to serve ROBSON 9:45 a.m. Worship Service Parish Office: 365-8337 Ministers: Rev. Desmond Carroll, Anglican Rev. Ted Bristow, United Family ae Hour 9:45 a. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Praise 6:30 p. Wed., Bible Study p.m Church Olfice: 365-3430 Rev. Donald W. Reed, Pastor: 365-2630 PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE 767 First Avenue, North Pastor: Rev. H. H. Graham Church: Ph, 365-5212 Sunday Scho! 9: Morning Worship : 11am. Evening Service Tuesday: Bibie Study GRACE PRESBYTERIAN . CHURCH : Sete a Friday: Young People] 7:30 p.m. e C. C. LENFESTY & CO. 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Now you. may also’ Purchase your Quasar Col- our TV from Wayne's, Wayne's TV Service 962-7657. 368-6110 , ~" CASTIEGAR CUSTOM UPHOLSTERY Furniture | Recovering - Carpet & Draperies 2 Phone 365-3692. Box 51 Slocan Park. “Quality & Service Count”. BOY SERVICE ~" RYON GUEDES, Editor fi Thursday Morning, December 8, 1977. Bill: ‘Butcher, Don’t Baste Chances’ are: that the turkey Premier (11 Bennett carves up tater this month will 6 confined to the one on his dining room able-at Christmas. Almost exactly two years after he romised to rotate his cabinet to prevent his Inisters from getting stale and to bring In resh ideas, the closest the premier has ° ‘erries from Transport Minister Jack Davis o-Recreation Minister Sam Bawif. ‘And Davis, who ‘indulged In overkill jonths after assuming office with. his loubling of ferry fares, used stranded north coast residents as ammunition in a confron- atton with the federal government over jubsidies and was Ineffective as a Ilalson, corporation and the etween ‘the fel jovernment'during the illegal ferry workers’ strike, is only one of several ministers who ave either been wasted in their current ositions or have failed to offer credible artormances to the taxpayers. .«For example, the premier's: ratlonale for assigning former mining executive Tom ‘Waterland the! forest Industry ‘emains unclear. Waterland’s h healtation on the” he. apruce budworm pi portfollo enable him to pay more the Vancouver Sun.) THE NAME IS C. CAL- vert Knudsen, pronounced with aK, The first C should be pronounced as K, too, For Kut. King Kut. The cuts at, MacMillan Bloedel, you see, are just about the. most ruthless expressions e 1 to the education ministry and use his abllities In areas more appropriate to his. fleld of expertise—such &s the health’ portfolio, currently held by Bob McLelland. © Yet another reconditioned Liberal, At- torney-General Garde Gardom, has offered little besides a few pleces of housekeeping legislation as solutions to the. serious problems of the justice system In B.C. Environment Minister Jim Nielsen, mean- while, has been keeping a similar low profite. -. And Ifa banana cream pie in the face Is any indication of. declining, credibility, the abilitles of Human Resources Minister Bill Vander Zalm should be _ assigned | to a different ministry, Despite his capacity for hard work, Vander Zalm’s cocky and abrasive posturing has in the past two years helped to obscure whatever merits contained In his ministry's Programs. Polarization of public opinion wilt eventually develop into a liability for the ministry and the government. Grace McCarthy,. currently holding down the provincial secretary and. tourism ministry - portfotlos, would ‘be the * ideal for the difficult Job of selling the ‘only issue his ministry has faced so tar—cast ‘a rather indecisive Iight on the govern- “portant industry. overwork. Eament’s attitude toward B.C.'s ‘most Im- “Assuming that Weterland's mining a background has provided him with a specific -sexpertise unique among the t) would be the logical candidate in.a ohutite to: lake over the mines and petroleum re- sources portfollo from Jim Chabot, one of lhe ministers least likely to collapse from “Also ripe for change is the labor ‘ministry, ‘currently headed -by converted iberal Allan Willlams, who aside from his egialation ralsing the minimum potential zembership for unlon certification to 45 per Or. Pat McGeer, a government's human resources policies. to {he public. Having: already. demonstrated and a arte irra would be ‘wall-suited to defending ministry programs without. allenating:. fares sections: of - the Poputance. Other bright lights in’ the > cabinet include Hugh Curtis, municipal affairs and housing minister, who despite his aloofness has a. genuine understanding of. problems faced by B.C. municipalities, and Highways’ Minister Alex. Fraser, ‘who is certainly competent enough to- handle ‘a more substantia! portfollo. Promising but: still\of uncertain mettle are Finance Minister’ Evan Wolfe, .who is another low-profile cabinet member, Eco- nomic O Minister Oon’ Phillips and Rafe Mair, consumer: and corporate affairs minister; who may prove to be a more appropriate ct choice than Gardom for At- wh {so jumped Liberal ranks te become a he. would have been Plagued by. ‘malpractice: lawsuits. * ‘Perhaps.his current status a8 a cabinet ‘ ewapansrs's aren't infallible. nd quite often we get our wrists Japped by readers with legitimate com- ints. But sometimes, when we should be told. ¥-9' tis puzzling that the premier, the leader of a party. pledged to eliminate waste of the taxpayers’ money, Is reluctant to strip a few cabinet members of their ministerial salaries and send them to the back benches. He owes It to himself and to' the voters to’ engage the most: efficient and compe lent ministers available to him. “After all, if there Is Gne time of the year at which people do not appreciate turkeys, it Is election time. Own Wrists Those pictures weren't taken, and only. one photograph of a display anpeared, in our pages.’ The Arts Council didn't complain; it we feal it had a right to. “Its members worked: awfully hard ‘gathering the handicrafts together, properly them, and then returning them to jisit-to our community. by the Cast fourism Minister Grace McCarthy’ 's recent We: retained ‘a freelance photographer that ‘evening, and issued strict instructions ‘that a goodly number of pictures should be aken of the handicrafts and arts AGlsplays. ; their owners. Mrs. McCarthy was described as highly elated with the: Arts Council contribution. ° For our part, we're sorry we weren’t able to share more of it with those of our readers who weren’t.able to be there In Person, to of Ki "ene terprise that we have seen in these parts since the 1890s, and MB's chief executive officer is responsible for them, new play called The Axeman Koimeth, and the script contains not even one whiff of senti- ment, HERE 18 A. TYPICAL scene: you are a middle execu- tive in your 60s, You have heard rumors about layoffs but there has been no warning that they would affect you. You get to the office in the morning and square up for the day's work. Some lucky guy who is‘not being fired asks for a few words. “Yep,” you say. “What's on your. mind, Horatio?": Horatio proceeds to read your 20 years with the company has just ended. Bingo. But God ‘Is good. You. will get some severance pay. Several “op- our. : ’ -¥YOU LEAVE THE SAME he forgets'to say goodbye. That wag the merry little method of execution used in the great slaughter this week: at MB in’ which 54 careers are at stakes"? We’ all know): ‘of course, that times are tough and that corporations ‘are not. charity organizations, ‘They are. faced with certain realities. They are not the civil service. We know, too, that the forest industry is | famous for its skill with firing squads. these : firings was: that they were not solely or even mainly the result of tough times, They were the result of top manage- ment screw-ups, THINGS: LIKE THE: great shipping investment fias- co, of a. soup of years back. ment rie the!French °. pulp company ‘La Cellulose d'Aqui- taine, in which MB took a 40 per cent interest in' 1974.) % If I read MB's most recent. balance sheet correctly, profits’ for the first nine months of 1977 ‘would have been $37.9 million had it not been:for.the splurge to a dime. - Brother, can you spare a dime? The theme song in MB's Kut Komedy Kapers. Once again the troops have to pay for the mistakes of the generals. IT 18 TRUE, OF COURSE, that those mistakes were made before. the ‘arrival’ on these shores—from the U.S.—of King “Kut. At the same.time, it would A have, been nice to see a bit of enjoy ites “Richard J. (From! a ‘column “in the Toronto Globe and Mail.) Next ‘year, the maximum unemployment insurance pay- able in Canada will rise to $160 Sa week. This .is considerably more than the mi wage New. Democrats. promised in the last Ontario election. The best comparison is with Japan. That country's highly produc- tive workers make an average of $170 a. week—slightly: more than a whol of Canadians payable to. people. who work, the same as the. minimum -wage ($4. an hour) which the PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING AT" » Jimmy-Carter; he makes:Ger- -: ald Ford look good. “THE CROSSROADS OF THE OO TEN AYE ‘CASTLEGAR NEWS. FOUNDED ON AUGUST?, 1947, BY u v. 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It (8 > ‘are going to get for doing a tap. 5 : * * . You' have to hand, it: to Fn cee eee Be + Remember: when’ political ‘, candidates: tried to assure the :telectorate that they ‘were nor- mal, decent people with a nor-. mal, decent wife and a couple of normal, decent children?’ That golden ‘age may be passing. ‘When: Mario: Cuomo,-was run- ning for'the New’ York mayor- alty,, he had TV, commercials ; showing himself and his.family. This brought him’ a‘ storm’ of abusive ‘telephone: calls, from tetosenls and’a declaration he’ Gay Rights, Political Action Council. that he was)’ Wi 401, Front sti, ‘Castlegar| Knudsen Is the author ofa © out a statement. It says that. tions” exist, too. But each spells . day. And although God is good,’ _ A Year Ago. But the funny thing about ‘Things like the bad invest- in’ La: Lovely. Cellulose. That /. becomes an “extraordinary |: item” that reduces net earnings , to $16.9 million. And dividends ** “Don't you remember last week, Mr. Walton? In one fell swoop you shifted ‘Stouffer to accounting, transferred. Kirby to purchasing, phased out Abbott, - dismissed Colby, fired Sparling eeieer Kapitatism with a Human Kis- ser. 4 4) Tt would not have been an. impossible thing to summon, Acouple of years ago, Jack Clyne was the chief spark on MB. He hada reputation for. being, tough. Ruthless, even. But when he was faced with having to do some belt-tighten- ing, his solution was to reduce salaries by 10 per cent. That way, it wasn't necessary to turn too many people foose: with their begging bowls, + 1 ASKED KNUDSEN why he didn’t’ do the same’ thing. No use, he. ‘said. “We would still be doing things. we don't need to d0.); Headlines from the front page of the Castlegar News of Dec. 9, 1976: * ia . Castlegar Mayor Byelection Set for January 29 . te iJ * Selkirk Seeks 18 Pet. Budget Hike While Holding Services eee Chamber Active’ Thanks toa Few ee et Study Indicates 7-Mite Has Modest Area Impact & ae le i New Skyway Signs t ut Ferdman, and kicked old Was it true, I asked whim, | + that he himself gets his $250,: 000 salary in American dollars (which would mean that as our buck goes down his goes up—to’ $276,000 at the current rate of exchange)? “Yes,” he said. There's one guy who can spare a. dime. We pay our axemen well in these parts, He should write a new play called I'm All Right, Jack. : There are some marvellous lines ready to hand for it. GORDON TOWILL, WHO is blessed with the hilarious title of MB Vice-President, Human Resources, is quoted as saying that the employees were: ‘not fired.’ Their job functions were simply eliminated. The dead* are not really dead, said the padre. They have H been promoted to glory. Or, as the South African justice minister said about the death. of Steve Biko, “A man can injure his brain’ in many, ways". IT SEEMS TO ME THAT some of the kapitalists in some . a othe y ie : assessment law?, arf Please t take time toread «its fairness can be TheaA _ ereenage of what your pg rty is worth value comparisons: based ona fixed actual (market value) iss ¢ your 1978 Assessment Notice. ‘The faimess of ‘your assessment may be actual v ha had become inequitable i in terms: t f ‘Assessor's * estimate of actual value ‘ofyour property to , your own: estimate ‘of its current market values ngit to the wy ater ar This in ~ ‘similar worth: 78 assessment roll their fair values of “share of pee ‘and others less. The new law required production of: the ‘19 in fixed per- centages ofactual value fore each « class of The percentage of actual value at which: each class of property will be assessed is: Residential —15% ni apartments, ; condominiums, mobile homes, etc: ) prove removed, and. Gate cl pOY a will be assessed on the itprovidesa fairer way’ share the cost of essential iy 3 What will happen to taxes? » Industrial, ries Machinery: and. Equip. ‘every assistarice necessary to properly * used by municipalities, school boards and Other-25% (i ‘mercial, some industrial), :.* ment, Forestry -3 ‘The Assessor and his staff will give you check your assessment, What appeal do Ihave? Your Assessor is prepared to provide you, how ya Hides amount: ear tobe si ae _ property tax ur seen was determin | f Ify wi +a and wish an inccpendent review, a right oe WENDT is ces but to. provide'a fairer basis pon awhich toappor- tion the costs steseualle local services ees 3 ,, January 20, 1978. complain is simple: and i is is fully explained -" on the reverse of your 1978 Assessment ¢ Notice. The deadline efor ‘any written’ appeal sf previ ots yeas ; directly related a assessed values aye plained i inthe! broctiure thon will accompany < is fully ex-.: e ect last year does not