Woe Turn

CASTLEGAR ‘NEWS, January 16, ‘1980

One of the important functions of any newspaper ia
to provide readers with a means of Indicating thelr stand
on important issues of the day. That's what Your Turn is

all about — a chance for you not only to take a stand on
an Issue but to find out how many other people feel the

3 same way.

A recent report submittted by. North
Vancouver citi to their icipal coun-
cil has again revived det on wheth
B.C.'s legal drinking, age should be raised
from 19 to 21. The: report says youthful
drinkers represent a substantial portion of
vandalism and anti-social. .behayior oc:
curring in the community. and Atoving back
the uge of legality back:to:21 could lessen
the offences. What do you say?,;

Should the legal drinking age be raised
from 19 to 21?

YES—] NOL)”

Mail to: Vourtuan,
BOX 3007, CASTLEGAR, B.C.
VIN 3!

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clude any written comments with your oP,

out coupon.

The deadline for this week's bollots Is 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Jon. 22. The deodline for. lost Wes ‘week's. vate on
lof women 50, they:

election

Requests assistance |
in game bird

Officials of the ministry
of environment’s fish and
wildlife branch have ap-

pealed tothe genera! public,
vid to bird hunters in par-
ticular, to report any unusual
or unexplained game. bird
kills, following the dise discovery
of about 60 dead ducks

Winni ing’
Express tickets

for Jan. 9 draw

Check those Jan. 9. West-
ern tickets. Winning num-
bers for the $10,000 prizes
are 1878767, 2715260,
1579565, 2116318 “and
2162717.

The five $100,000 . win:
ning numbers are 1616944,
1592572, 1555217, 1568003
and 2185927,

For additional prizes re-
member the last six identical
digits are worth’ $1,000; last
five identical digits $100.and
the last four identical digits
$25. The last three identical
digits will allow the ticket
holder to redeem that ticket
for five dollars worth of
Western Express tickets.

recently i
* ‘The birds, mallards and
pintails, were found in an

unharvested cauliflower field -

south of the Steveston High-
‘way and east of Gilbert Road.
Analysis of the birds’. stom:.
ach ‘contenta revealed high
ts of, the p icide fen-

kills field.

“Pare!
volved fn ‘thelr " ldren's
schools, not dnly to promote
better achievement, but also
to | prevent : educational
abuses from taking hold, says
a new booklet for parents.

“Baying that only. an, ir-

society: leaves

which: is sxtremels toxic to
birds. High leyels of the same
pesticide were also found in
soll. samples from: the field
where the birds were found.

Fish and wildlife officials
are concerned that a bird
hunter or ‘his ‘dog might

find a

ducation : entirely - in the
hands of educators, the guide
points to‘abuses which occur
when parents either refuse to
participate or. are excluded
by school officials.”

Some ofthe abuses are:
teacher. union intrusion into
icles which are

bird and "milatake | it: for one
that.had been: brought down

, poli
the responsibility of elected
money. di-

schooling. Ge
Parents’ who are’ in-

volved in the education sys- <5

tem have a lot* ‘to; off

achievement and caret
velopment.
overcome’
clude them
‘e organize’ a pare aH i

Srincipats be
2 @ help the school. Feview
its philosophy, goals ani

grams fH
e aeras mateo

verted to adult education;

rt hile they em-
phasize tha is
not as toxjc,to. humans as to
birds, 1 the public

ti bite)
possibility; of, accidentally
taking home; bird that had-
died as a Fesult, of a pesticide:
overdose. -

A zon gun, :

propane ~
which emits periodic loud
noises, has since been placed
in the field by fish and wild-
life branch personnel to keep
other ducks from feeding
there.

WESTERN

proper ‘safes re-
tention | of seeereeene
teachers, ;

The guide says another —

abuse is the failure to teach
for competency in the three
“R's.” If. students “do. not
know, the basics and are
denied . academic self-worth
they are likely to turn to
gangs and illicit activities for
social approval. The guide
says it is not true that there’
is no connection “between

to; include. ‘paren’
ment ‘ ‘
© ask legislat a
speak out for parent involve-
ment. , ee
“The guide is being’ made ...
sealable to parents so that :
they » need - ‘not “muddle ’
through”: in their efforts to
work with the ‘schools.. It
ineludes a number of check- ;
lists and projects for parent |
groups and is available for $1.
from: . Education | Advisory,
2267 Kings Ave., Weat Vai
conver, B.C. VIV 2C1.

DRUG PAART a,

Economiser

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(Odin te from front page|

program ‘is high, Tuline said.*
“It was very enthusiastically received,
orry there isn't more’ ri money, herie: ls
‘ould be sai y

p.m. ‘Jan. announcement with a

"/subeldisad’ sahil fe ould be ected: A

banks
‘on the program was ‘completed in March, 1976 by

” final report
tn ;the ~ the head of tho B.C. Central Credit, Union, he said, but was
"never rele:

«(Proclamation of the program now represents an attempt
Social Credit government “to put some
distance: between’ themactooe and the original concept

4 iphored by'the NDP.”

ie, NDP: MLA described the program as a positive

gai ‘asker although he stressed it is\“not without, quite a few

© ah

m would have on lumber and p!
Ere although st think, it.s alt hel

} Asked whether the announ sie
Seaulted in’ any immediate
conditions, he said he believed it “haa x ie pal self
than negative.”

i No real influence
Maurice Eggie,
‘Woodworkers of America Local 1-405, , agrood with;
resident Jack Munro's

one
98 a

: ae
business. agent ;, ec ictoiareatiols
et

ea and pitfalls in the way ‘it's been implemented.”
“The general concept is a good ope and people should

“bede'in mind the price tag of this is only going to be $8 million °

ear to the provincial government — and that is if there’ ‘3 a
iplote takeup,” he said.
“And frankly, with the starting date and I

Here-are.
highlights of
the piagram:

for Bt lumber and ply-
wood;
e Stimulate the con-

ating jobs; _

‘thn't see the takeup being 100 per cent of the program.”
“U“It takes time: to get a! rental investment package
‘together and you can’t even make a housing start at this time
Yof the! year in the interior,” he explained.
jo if there's anything that's going to get off the ground
ing to be a project that had been taken right up to the

more money than the union a
“I didn't expect to see any: prograrn’at ‘all,’
But the program “is not going to have any real influence
oe industry jarereinNs unemployed, people'to work,” he:

“E don't, think it goes near far enough,” Eggie ‘said.
“You're talking about $200 million at a cost to the government
of about $8 million a year over a three-year period. In terms of

ctual employment assistance $200 million is really nothing.”
© “There's some questions to be asked following. that,” he

3 continued. “What happens to interest rates’ after. the

year? And is there going to be more money: made available?”
<* IWA members have felt the impact of high interest rates

on lumber production “to a degree” but
Pots at the B.C. coast, the unidn

operations especially ha ve ‘pon hit faifly;
ont the short-term evel,” he said. “I think the grest majority’
operations were’ down for at least foun weeks a
the Christmas period.” - :
At last count, about 70 out of 800i6WA, Local:
‘hbclbers were unemployed, although the figure will

3

as much as have
‘per

stage and then shelved or postponed

use of the increase in interest rates. But you can't make a.

housing start here probably until after March, and then once
*the' ground thaws out there's going to be a shortage of
backhoes and excavation equipment because they'll be in very
high demand.”

The program is not likely to “make a big dent” in the
lumber inventory, Nicolson said.

: “I've heard the inventory of one of the Fort Nelson
sawmills would probably be enough to supply all of the studs
and lumber that would be consumed by this program,” he
* ‘said. “But you've got to start somewhere and I don’t knock it

con that’ basis.”:

/-MIt's not going to lead to a great takeup berause about 90
cent of our lumber production is exported mostly to the -
US:." he explained. “It will help a little bit more in the
plywood field because about 90 per cent of our Plywood is

,consumed in the domestic market.”

Could sef: frend

3) More importantly, the Nelson-Creston MLA said, the .
rogram could set a model for action by other provincial

“move up a bit” at the end of this month, Bggie ae 2
bcs bap fray pear ese
Lorne Nicolson said the pearl ah ee

as well as for

; dria the federal election campaign.

-think it's ‘an to other. g
scan the country,” Nicolson said. “If Alberta follows
| they start doing something in Ontario and then the
|” Mortgage ard Housing Corporation is sort of.
d into doing hing it could ball across

could bave a good effect.”

ie 4 But the program ‘will not reverse the decline in housing

onstruction in B.C. since 1976, the Nelson-Creston MLA said.
Even if it results in'as many as 4,000 housing starts, he said, it
‘would not. bring construction up to the 1976 level of activity.

dents and help create more
housing for renters.
Along with’ the stipu-

must use B.C. materials,
$95,000 silly on Laer

first served” basis

ning Jan. 15°from credit
unions around’ the prov-
ince. Applicants” for’ the te

been residents of B.C. for
at-least two years, or, if
they. are ret resi-
dents, they must at one
time have resided in the
province for'a total of at
leact five years.”

struction industry by cre-]’

e home]:
ownership by ‘B.C. resi-|

lation that the new houses}:
the program also placed'a |

vailabl kit a
available on'a “first come,
begin- |

Four plead
not guilty
of theft
with teeing about {$50,000

worth of silver from
co's Trail smelter all pleaded

“AND ARE PALANCHING
TO ROCK BOTTOM. —

: saalty theme for '80 trade fair

not guilty in Rossland pro-
vincial court Jan. 7.

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A nuclear energy display and a fitness analysis computer

The club is also negoti-

i OLERISIIN AES FSCS

are among the attractions planned for the Castlegar Selkirk -

Lions’ Club's fourth ‘annual West Hocteny, Trade Fair April

Be oma atiee

eek,”
Frank Stasila, public relations chafrnan for the 1980 fair,

* said the family will succeed last year’s Year of the Child

really
“display on the basis of the
‘great interest in that dir-
vection.”

festivities-as-the. theme. for. she ner than 100 displays.

expected to appear ‘at Ci

Complex.
‘ Dubbed Fun Fest ‘80,

6f about 15,000 and will
feature attractions “the fam-
fly, not just the children, can

enjoy,” he said.
Under negotiation are
arrangements with the
ll Nuclear h

Group to feature a nuclear

power. display, sponsored by -

the federal government, at
the fair, the Lions spokesman

id. E
“It's a huge display-

which shows how from its
very source uranium is mined
and its processing and some
of the p

Canada display in which the
public can use computers to
assess their health and fit-
ness level and prescribe sol-
utions to fitness problems, he
said.

Also planned is the erec-
tion of one or two “huge”
tents which will house film
presentations'.as well as
“dancing gardens” at the fair,
he sald.

~ New PWA schedule means”
delays and extra expense

A Pacific Western Air-
lines ‘schedule change will
cost West. Kootenay resi-
dents on passenger flights
between Calgary and Castle-
gar more time and
money, according to a Trail
travel agent.

In a letter to an area
newspaper, last week, Al
Tognotti said the schedule
change “will mean that pass-
engers flying back to Castle-
gar from eastern Canada will
not be able to make the
connection departing from
Calgary at 10:10 a.m.”

_ “For passengers coming
from such major centres as
Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa

--Cast advance
federal ballots
Feb: 4 io 15
_ 4. Kootenay West voters
‘planning to be out of the

fiding. during the Feb. 18
federal election will have

ic) _ Although the formal ad-
-vance poll will be conducted
from Feb. 9 to 12 between
noon and’8 p.m. at locations
to be listed on voter enumer,
ation cards they receive in
jthe mail voters will also have
ithe option of. casting their

and others, there will be no
chance to complete the jour-
ney in one day,”
explained.

“That will necessitate
either waiting over in Cal-
gary for the night or going to
Vancouver for the late after-
noon flight with an extra cost
of $43.”
Passengers face delayed
arrival in Castlegar as well as
additional expense from
either airline tickets or over-
night accommodation and

“Tognotti' -

meals, ne said. He noted a
previous PWA decision had
already eliminated Saturday
service at Castlegar Airport,
and he suggested the airline’s
new. decision was “part of a
trend neglecting the resi-
dents of the West Kootenay.”

He urged concerned Cas:
tlegar Airport users to write
to Pierre Roy, PWA's dir-
ector of schedule planning
and tariffs at $00 - 224 Ninth
Ave. SW, at the airline's
Calgary office.

>” ating. for an appearance by

artist Ron McKinley, “re-
ported to be one of Canada’s
fastest painters,” for a dem-
onstration of his ability
“ complete..an_ oil landscape:
painting within two minutes,
Stasila said.

Eyed as a side attraction
is'the clown trio Bim, Bom,
Boom, which presents an en-
tertaining repertoire. of

“Remanded to Feb. 13,
Trail resident Lewis Brent

“Wehner, 24, and
residents: Terry . Michael -)
Duff, 21, :,Th Michael

with the theft of four bars of
silver.which had not yet been

clown acts, “j bal-
ancing, acrobatics, magic and
mime, Stasila’ said. He
pointed out the trio's past
successes in school shows and
workshops, rodeos and sum-
mer festivals, RCMP musical
ride tours, provincial: show-
cases, television programs

- and professional theatre pro-

ductions are evidence they
will entertain the family audi-
ence at which this year’ 's fair
is aimed.

The event will be pub-
licized in television, radio and
newspaper advertising
reaching “over 35,000 homes
with 85,000 people”
West Kootenay region, ac-
cording to the club.

Available display specs
for the fair is quickly ‘de-
creasing, Stasila said. The
Lions had 55 per cent of the
space reserved by May, 1979,
he said, and 85 per cent of all
booking has now been ec
complished.

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She said votes can be
cist — with the exception of
the days of the formal ad-
vance poll — until Feb. 16
between noon and 8 p.m. at
the returning office.

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