ESTABLISHED AUG 7 1947 snenanen OF THE B.C PRESS COUNCH INCORPORATING THe MAID WEEK MIRROR A.V. CAMPBELL — PUBLISHER AUG. 7. 1947,F88 191979 PUBLISHER — Burt Compbel! EDITOR — Ron Normon FOREMAN PUBLISHED Sars 12 1978-AUG. 27 180 News | TWIG WEEKLY MAY 4. 1980 Peter Horvey Kor Good for Castlegar Every cloud has a silver lining — even if that silver lining should last only a short while. Tom Waterland’s resignation as forestry minister is unfortunate, even though required. He has been conscientious in his duties and im- pressed many locally when he visited Castlegar, Salmo and Nelson last fall. However, appointment of Inter- us all back. Jack Munro (leader of the International Woodworkers of America in B.C.) understands very well what makes the world go round, but he’s had to put up with these militants living in the thirties with their heads in the sand. To compete jnternationally we've got to be more productive and we've got to be reliable. Q What are the best | Trade Don Phillips to the position (albeit on o caretaker basis) is good news for Westar Timber, and for Catlegar. Phillips also visited Castlegar last fall, but he took the time to not only meet with officials of Westar's two operating divisions here, but to also tour through the Southern Wood Products sawmill. At the Chamber of Commerce- . d hy Juding his visit, he told his audience how im- pressed he was with the strides made locally by Westar, and praised what he perceived as a potential new markets for B.C.'s forest industry? Phillips: The Pacific Rim coun- tries, Japan, South Korea, China — that's where the action is going to be. No doubt about it. We've finally got Canada thinking about itself as a Pacific Rim country. | take a lot of pride in that. We've been pushing for lower tariffs in Korea and Japan and we'll keep on pushing, but the in- dustry has to get out and find out what the market wants. In Korea we're trying to break into the h industry. We're new era of labor 9 relations. He was to be quoted later as saying: “When | went through the mill at Castlegar, em- ployees were smiling and waving at management.” Thanks to the courtesy of Mayor Audrey Moore, this "s publisher recently saw the first edition of what promises to be an excellent publication, Westor Timber Magazine. 5 Unknown to the company, Phillips, the magazine's editor or even Tom Waterland or Bill Ben- nett at the time, the feature inter- view was with the man who is now minister of forests. Excerpts from that article follow, and suggests the way Phillips will move his new ministry and the way the smart companies in that in- dustry will go: : What's the single biggest challenge facing 8.C.’s forest industry in the international marketplace today? Phillips: They've got to be com- petitive. They've got to get but there and find out what the market wants and give it to them Management has to get smarter end labor more productive. That message hos got to get out. It’s the only way we're going to survive. Question: How is the industry going to regain that competitive ? Phillips: There's no secret to being a success. We have to do the that made us successful in the first place. There wos a time when we were productive and we were smart. Over the years the forest industry has got fat and lazy. it runs a bunch of spaghetti fac- tories producing two by fours, dumps them on an oversupplied market and drives the price even farther down. . . « I's no good the industry saying it's debt ridden and it can't make any more capital invest- ment. What did Chrysler do when they were debt ridden? They went out and designed new cars Question: They also got bailed out by the U.S. government. Is your government going to bail out the forest industry? Phillips: Not bail out. | won't use that term. But if management and labor and the banks will all come to the party then we will come in too. We will work with them, but management has to give labor has to give and the banks have to give ded i working with COFI and we've had our first homes built by Hyundai Construction. We're hoping the Federal Government will build a timber frame embassy and offices which would be a fine example of what can be done. But you have to remember that we've got to over- come centuries of them building in bricks, mortar and mud. in Japan it's a case of ham- mering, hammering, hammering away. They've said they'll take off their tariffs in 1987. That's fine, but | think tariffs have been used as an excuse by some of our lumber companies for not getting into Japan. The tariff is only 10 per cent. If the quality of the product is good enough they'll pay the extra. There are lots of companies who are selling into Japan. Westar Timber is a good example of what can be done if you give the market what it wants Question: What can the industry do to fight the threat of U.S. tarifts on our lumber? Phillips: The market in the U.S. is very protectionist oriented at the moment. The industry is going to have to go direct to the American consumer. | don't think that the American public want to pay more for their lumber, but it’s up to the industry to get their story across Question: You spend a great deal of your time travelling and meeting people. What do they say about us around the world? Phillips: They envy us. They envy us for the'@mount of fibre we have. They envy us for the way we treat our lumber industry. They envy us for our Tree Farm Licences. This industry had it too good for too long and it's never going to be like that again Time for change Announcements by NDP MLAs Lorne Nicolson (Nelson-Creston) and Dave Stupich (Nanaimo and the Islands) that they won't seek re-election when a provincial elec- tion is announced set examples that should be followed by many more MLAs on both sides of the legislature. Rejuvenation of political parties, just like plants, is both healthy and We've p to Hydro, we've brought in a whole bunch of tax incentives. What more do they want? Management have got to look to the long term. Most of our com panies only look at the short term because we're so used to dealing with the American market. We've been spoilt by it and we've got to change. 1# was the smoll lumber producers who were flexible and could adapt thot were the real sur vivors through the recession. They didn’t have to call o director's meeting or make o phone call to head office in Timbuktu to decide how to run their businesses. That's going to be the way of the future. Question: What about labor? Phillips: We've got smol! pockets of militant leaders thot are holding ry. In fact, when political parties fail to do the job them- selves (witness W.A.C. Bennett's attempt to hold on to office one time too many), the people have the good habit of doing the job themselves There are those who say NDP leader Bob Skelly has been en- couraging some of his longtime members to step down, especially if they're in ridings considered sate” for the NDP While this may or may not be so (and it’s to Mr. Skelly’s credit if it is the case) Premier Bill Bennett should do something similar A contest next time between o “new” New Democratic Party and a rejuvinated government party would result in an especially in- teresting election and a rebirth of political spirit in this province. has been feeding the public. Rarely a day passes when the government, usually Mulroney, doesn’t boast that the Conservatives have created 450,000 jobs since taking power in September 1984. There's no question the jobs have been created — Statistics Canada figures show that adjusted for seasonal variations there were 11.5 million people working in December 1985, 458,000 more than in September 1984. to claims by the Opposition, about 85 per cent of those are full-time jobs. Also, about 137,000 more jobs were created during the first 16 months of Tory rule than were created during the final 16 months of the former Liberal administration. However, the Conservatives didn't create all those jobs and what the impact of the government has been on the growth in employment is open to the interpretation of economists. “The change in government . . . really didn't change the direction of the economy in any meaningful way.” said ist George Saba. “The Trust chief Tories still in trouble By ERIC BEAUCHESNE OTTAWA (CP) — Depending on which economist ery. you ask, there may be more political gravy than truth to SPAWNED CONFIDENCE the job-creation claims Prime Minister Brian f i was in a recov: Ted Ci government simply came in at a time when the economy Institute, was more generous, saying while Tory policies may not have created a lot of employment directly, the governmet did spawn consumer and business confidence. While there would have been substantial job growth regardless of who won the election, Carmichael estimates the government can take credit for somewhat more than a quarter of growth in employment that has taken place. He suggested that without the Tories the jobless rate, now at 10 per cent, would be closer to 11 per cent and the increase in employment would have been closer in the economy to 300,000. Carl Sonnen, economist with Informetrica Ltd., said analyses of major government initiatives, such as the "84 with the C.D. Howe the May ‘85 budget and the federal-pi for the increase “the direct impact of their policies on employment was close to neutral or perhaps slightly negative.” That the government is claiming most of the credit in employment, surprising to anyone. “Governments by their very nature like to take credit for any good news,” said Saba. “The whole rational for politics is to look good and be re elected.” energy ag! suggest however, is not Tory claims in doubt By WARREN CARAGATA OTTAWA (CP) — The Tories have taken a money-losing enterprise that has gobbled up almost $1 billion in federal funds, sold it to the world’s biggest and best airplane company, and have still ended up in trouble. As it has tried to defend the sale of de Havilland Aircraft of Toronto to Boeing, the U.S. aerospace giant, the government has looked like someone walking through a well-used cow pasture, eyes fixed on the heavens. After weeks of controversy that followed the Dec. 2 decision to sell de Havilland, Industry Minister Sinclair Stevens returned to the Commons on Dec. 19 to say he would be only too happy to let the opposition examine the details of the deal. A parliamentary inquiry began in earnest this week, with testimony from critics, de illand and So instead of taking a little bit of heat, which government ministers should expect, it stonewalled and got so much heat that even the old ghost of the Avro Arrow came back to life. The Arrow was an advanced jet fighter killed by the Tory government of John Diefenbaker. Comparisons with the trouble-prone Diefenbaker administration, which lost its huge majority after one term, are not wel. comed by those around Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. But the flip-flop on the inquiry was not the government's only faux pas. Last week, as the committee was starting its inquiry, Tory MPs decided to stop all the critics of the deal from appearing, all except Bob White, president of the United Auto Workers. The government insists that its MPs were acting on their own. But this move to silence the critics was made in full view of Stevens and was orches- trated by Gerry St-Germain, chairman of the national Conservative caucus. The Tory MPs confirmed their de. cision the next day, when the move was the subject of heated debate in the question period. It took another two days before the Conservatives agreed to restore the full list of witnesses before the committee, critics and all Letters to the Editor Boeing officials. The Liberals and New Democrats on the committee have not been won over but it now seems the deal is not such a bad one at that. PRAISES DEAL Even one bidder for de Havilland who was bested by Boeing had nothing but praise. The union between de Havilland and Boeing is “almést a miracle,” said Justus‘ Dornier,” the West German industrialist who wanted to buy both de Havilland and its sister Crown tion, Canadair, in Montreal. “Being accepted as a partner by Boeing is a very good thing.” ‘The government couldn't buy praise like that, but it should have been said weeks ago. The question is why the Tories did not allow a public examination in the first place, why the public did not get an opportunity to hear from Boeing about its plans for de Havilland in December instead of late January, when the political damage has already been done For almost three weeks in December the government took a daily battering inside and outside the Commons, with the opposition demanding an inquiry and the government in the person of Treasury Board President Robert de Cotret steadfastly refusing CHANGES MIND Then the government changed its mind. Stevens returned to the Com mons after a long convalescence from a heart operation and agreed to the inquiry. One observer suggests the govern- ment feared any flak at all about the sale and thought an inquiry would only fuel a controversy that would other- wise go away Does MLA believe in NDP statement? Editor, Castlegar News: There was a rather interesting meeting in Salmo on Jan. 8. It was not very well advertised so I did not hear about it until the meeting was nearly over. Joe (who works for us) had gone into Salmo to report that someone had stolen his pickup chains. Someone told him about the meeting and that is was about jobs and some- thing to do with overthrowing the government. He thought I should go and see what it was about . . . sol put on my “Kootenay Socred™ hat, so no one would think I was sneaking in as a spy and away I went. I missed the speaking, but managed to get some of the literature and later, one of the posters about the meeting. It reads “Want a job? . . . work to defeat the Bennett government (time, date, place), everyone welcome. I feel this was rather cruel and crude to advertise the meeting under the guise of creating jobs as it caused mis understanding as to what the meeting was really about. We are all very concerned about jobs here, ind it is no joke. It strikes me rather curious that the NDPs only seem to be able to be creative about causing distruction and not about coming up with actual solutions to the real problems. This appears to be typical of the only type of jobs (non-paying, yet) they might be able to come up with. It fits in with their philosophy I read in their brochure. Lorne Nicolson . . . as a small business person, I ask you, publicly, “Do you really believe in the NDP phil osophy?” It states in the brochure you gave me (Inside the B.C. NDP on page 2 under philosophy) “The principals of democratic socialism can be defined briefly as: That the production and distribution of goods and services shall be directed to meeting the social and individual needs of people and not for profit. “Do you really believe in this statement? I would appreciate a clear answer to this question for myself and all other business and working people. I understand you have a computer supply business in Nelson. With you receiving a pretty good salary to be our MLA, your business may be just a sideline to you, but to most of us our businesses are all we have. Even though many of us live hand to mouth most of the time, there is the incentive that if we keep working hard someday we'll get that lucky break and become millionairs (or at least well off). For the people that think they are NDP, please read the NDP literature, look up the word socialism in your dic tionary and then read the story of “The Little Red Hen.” Then come or any other Socred about B.C. Social Credit Party. Iris Bakken President, Kootenay Stone Centre Salmo Remember When? 35 YEARS AGO From the Feb. 1, 195% Castlegar News A disastrous fire raised the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Weishaupt at noon on fore the fire department out of con’ Weishaupt and his 18 month-old son narrowly escaped death in the blaze, Mrs. Weishaupt was out shopping at the time. ‘The Kinnaird Improvement Society headed a drive for funds by donating $200 and the ladies of the wi authorized a donation of $100. ._ * * Lieut. Governor Walter Hendricks indueted local Kiwanis Club officers for 1961 at a gathering Tuesday night in the new Twin Rivers Hall. The new officers inducted were: president Gus Leitner, first vice-pres- ident Bob Sommers, second vice-pres- ident Mike Dalton, secretary Earl Stanford, treasurer Johnny Williams, directors Cyril Bell. Gilbert Fowler, Bob Waldie, Cliff Brown, Ralph Kerr and Glen Stanford 25 YEARS AGO From the Feb. 2, 1961 Castlegar News Justice minister Davie Fulton will speak in Castlegar Monday night on Columbia River development, federal Progressive Conservative candidate Peter Dewdney announced this week. . * * Completion of the Southern Trans- Provincial Highway is bound to result in an improved demand for the products of this area, members at- tending the annual session of the board of trade heard in Grand Forks Monday night. “Grand Forks will be only 90 minutes from Kinnaird,” said guest speaker Douglas MeMynn of Trail,” and Kin- naird will become the centre of a West Kootenay trading area of some 40,000 people. oe . With the passing of an extra-ordin- ary resolution at its 14th annual meeting the Kinnaird-Robson-Castle- gar Welfare and Recreation Society became the Kinnaird-Robson-Castlegar Community Chest, retaining the old familiar KRC while falling into line with the more widely-used name of Community Chest . . Due to the relatively small area of Castlegar, Kinnaird and Robson, there has been no Rover Scout crew in this district Now four boys from Robson, Les Waldie, Ted Batchelor, Gordon Beynon and Norman Skene, under the leader- ship of Mr. W.J. Banigan, also of Rob- son, have started the first Rover Scout Crew in this area. 15 YEARS AGO From the Feb. 4, 1971 Castlegar News David Lewis, deputy leader of the federal NDP and Ran Harding, MP for Kootenay West will be in the area next Tuesday * 2 « Robson Centennial ‘71 Committee announces Lana Jolene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Verigin of Rasp- berry Village as their Centennial baby. The infant was born at 12:50 p.m. Jan. 31 in Trail Hospital. . 8 @ Two Celgar Pulp divisions em- ployees injured in a serious industrial accident at the plan on Jan. 7 are “continuing to show satisfactory im- provement.” . . The Sunday evening and Friday early morning skating sessions have proved worthwhile to many of the senior members of the Castlegar Figure Skating Club. At the recent regional competition in Kimberley, Donna Walker and Carol Fitzpatrick placed second in the pre- liminary dance. Janice Jacques with her partner Fay Fodor, placed second in the Junior Bronze Dance. In the Senior Bronze Dance Pat Nichol placed third. 5 YEARS AGO From the Feb. 1, 1981 Castlegar News Castlegar Selkirk College celebrated its 10th anniversary Saturday night with a banquet and dance at the Fire- side Restaurant Ten years of community service to Castlegar and district were recognized turday evening when the Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club celebrated its 10th anniversary ee . Barry DePaoli of Castlegar has been included in the 1980 fall quarter honors list at Eastern Washington University near Spokane * 8 6 The annual installation of officers for Nordic Lodge No. 76 for 1981 was held Jan. 17 at the Nordic Lodge and was followed by a dinner. Executive for 1981 include: presi- dent Jean Christensen, vice. president Dan Rodlie; counselor Ger Van Bey- num; secretary Alyse Rubbert; finan- cial secretary Polly Travis; treasurer Wilma Van Beynum CHARTER PRESENTATION . . . Students of Pass Creek Elementary School received a charter membership into Canada Post's Junior Collectors Club this week. Pictured with charter are: from left, Rene Brown, (classroom teacher), Roy postmaster), Robert Moll, Arron Voyk Births & Funerals McNeil ( , Daniel Fodor, Brooke Irving, (Back row), | (Casth Tanya Farko, Tracy and head teacher Plotnikoff, Harold Plotnikotf, Patricia Legebekott Jack Kinakin. Front row, Caroly n Chernoff, Mat. Voykin, , Ronnie io thew Lebedoff, Clinton Myers, Sarah one. Cone Tarasoff, Venie y Lorne Harshenin. School receives charter By CasNews Staff oRTHS BALL — To Annette and Doug Ball of Nelson, o boy, born Jon. 2 CHAPMAN — To Agnes and Doug Chapman of Salmo, o boy born Jan. 22 CROSSFIELD — To Mary and Robert Crosstield of Trail, o boy born Jon. 18. KABATOFF — To May and Jock Kabatoft of Castlegar, o girl born Jon. 27 KOTYK — Te Nancy ond Frank Kotyk of Fruitvale, o girl, born Jan. 20. LOUGHLIN — To Kristi ond Ron Loughlin of Fruitvale, « girl, born Jon. 21 McINTYRE To Roberta and Kerry Mcintyre of Fruitvale, o boy, born Jan. 15. MORRIS — Morris of Castlegar, o boy Jon. To Carol and Kevin born OPSAHL — To Karen and Terry Opsahl of Trail, a boy, born Jan 18. PRESSACCO — To Mr. ond Mrs Pressacco of Trail, a boy, born Jon. 15 RIPLEY — To Maureen and Jomes Ripley of Nelson, a girl, born Jan. 26. ROSNER To Therese and Walter Rosner of Rossland. o girl, born Jon. 18. SCOFFHAM — To Linda and Bill Scoftham of Rossland, a boy born Dec. 10. TURNER — To Gail and Rick Tur ner of Wartield, a boy, born Jon. 2 DEATHS BANTON — Frank Wesley Bon. ton of Trail died Jon. 27 after o lengthy illness ot age 84. Mr the first od the Regione! of Prince George, Patricio Bon ton of Vanderhoot and Von donations may be Shriner's Hospital for Cripped Children, Box 353, Trail Richard Oliver B.C. Cancer Society Troil FOSTER — Thomas Henry Foster of Rossland died suddenly Jon neth, all of Wetaskiwin four grandsons; ond Phyllis Foster of Boddek lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be mode to the Rossland Legion GRIZZELLE — Herbert Cecil Griz zelle of Nelson died Jon. 27 at age 91. Mr. Grizzelle had lived in Nelson since His porents opened Griz Florists, which is still in operation. He was predeceased by his wite Bea in 1977, JOHNSTON Alexonder William Johnston of Nelson died count Tinant of Nelson; and several cousins. KING — John (Jack) Paton King of Trait died suddenly Jon. 23 at by his wite tle age 69. He is survi Myrtle; son Jim of daughter Joanne Carmichael of Kelowna; four grandchildren: sister Marjorie Smith and brother Charles, both of Castlegor; and several nieces and nephews Memorial donations may be to 8.C. Heart fund, Box 310, Trail McLIM — C.A. (Chuck) MeLim of Trail died Jen. 27 after a briet doughter Sharon of Calgery; 10 gran dchildren: sister Irene Smyth of nephew: by @ son Danny in 1971 at Pass Creek Elementary School were granted their charter mem- bership this week into Can- ada Post's Junior Collectors Club. The Junior Club, a program prepared by the Pacific Division of Can- ada Post, is designed to pro- vide information about stamps and the hobby of stamp collecting. To assist educators in es tablishing a stamp club, a teacher's guide provides ba- sic information on the tools of stamp collecting, the removal of used stamps, arranging the and mounting a collection, stamp club activities and a “ea Club with five complimen- tary copies of a Canadian stamp catalogue. The pr made by classroom teacher Rene Brown accepted the charter on behalf of the school’s 17 d from Grades 4, 5 Castlegar jer Roy McNeil marks the first time Collectors ¢, Junior Collectors Club. Head teacher Jack Kinakin and and 6, who are all members of the junior stamp collecting club. The club was formed back im September and meets after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Centre established J.W. Churchman, presi- dent of the lung association providing a grant of $150,000, wan with support from the Saskatchewan Lung Associa- tion. The centre will co-ordinate Each stamp club member receives a personalized mem- bership card and a copy of The Joys of Stamp Collect- ing. Canada Post also pro- vides each Juiifor Collectors * h into p re- garding health and safety for farmers and their i health and promote public health be one of the centre's main concerns. GENERAL MEETING ‘Monday, Feb. 3 7:30 p.m. be tel id if aj! ay PROFESSIONAL TYPESETTING Give your photocopied printing (newsletters, notices, etc.) protessional image. CASTLEGAR NEWS Commercial Printing 265-7266 v) @ i. ae You'll be ready to get a picture of the Groundhog with a SPECIAL ON FILM DISCS 30 Exposures . 15 Exposures CARL'S DRUGS Castleaird Plaza 365-7269 oye SPECIALS SELKIRK COLLEGE THE RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT NOW .... For Training as a Practical Nurse ® 10 month program © 3 months in class, learning theory and nursing skills © 7 months in clinical practice at regional hospitals © Graduates are eligible to write examinations for licencing as a licenced Practical Nurse in B.C. Closing date for applications — February 14, 1986. The program begins April 7, 1986. 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