LV, (LES) CAMPBELL, 1012-1077 Publisher tram Aug. 7, 1847 (0 Feb. 15, 1973 2 GUAT CAMPBELL, Publisher * RYON GUEDES, Editor * TIM MESSENGER, Advert. Mgr. LOIS HUGHES, Mng. Editor * RENE BRODMAN, Foreman » LLEW KEREIFF, Ollice Mgr. The Castlegar News 1s a member ol the Audit Bur Newspapers Association, a eeu af Cleculstions, tne Canadian Community 4c 5%. i a tad ‘Wortern Roglanal” Newipepers fot pudNealon must be Hgned mer 40 ON request, ul the cor feserves the eight fo “Here let the press the people's rights maintai pe prevenistives Lid.) 207 W Hastings 61 , Vancouver, BC ‘snovla be sadressed to The Editer, Costlogar N with the correct name ang agave Ned by AOREPS IB. 1elepmone (604) mt 3007, Contiogat, the wrier, ‘name Must be sudeilled The Castleger NewE and 18 nationally Dut ihe correct ‘Vtetters in the interests Of Brevity, good tatie, ete L. COMMENT vices sinns onsen om Sour (B.C.) Grapes Itis untikely that any of the hundreds of area residents pressing thelr grapes in basement wineries this fall will be crest- fallen to learn they are not Included In Consumer Affairs Minister Rafe Malr’s vision of a cottage wine Industry in B.C. Not that they would disagree with the minister's contention that ‘‘small, family- type operations that take pride In thelr product and strive for excellence rather than ministry made of cottage wineries In the States of California, Oregon and Washing- ton, he does not seem to have realized that as long as the province maintains Its artlfl- cial shield against the use of grapes from those areas and even other parts of Canada, 8.C. wineries will not produce comparable products. The province's existing commercial wineries, the minister tells us, are not to—and in fact large would be a new development in the wine Industry. Nor would they be likely to deem unreasonable the licence fee, the minimum. cash flow or the 50-cent fee for every bottle sold after the first 1,000 each year which would be required of a family winery. What would probably fall to fire thelr enthusiasm is the further stipulation that cottage wines be made fully from B.C. grapes and at least one-half the wine be made from grapes grown at the winery. As any home winemaker acquainted with the virtues of the California Zinfandel grape will be quick to point out, it Is this overly-protectiva quota system which has stunted the growth of the province’s wine Industry for decades. Despite Malr’s claim that these guide- lines reflect the ‘‘first hand’? study his : to react neg: y should be delighted with—the development of a cottage wine Industry. And under- standably so: his proposed bullt-In safe- guard against any real competition from such small operations will create no need for -turther agricultural research by large wine- tles and thelr growers. {f the minister Is serious about pro- viding B.C. wine consumers with ‘‘excel- lence rather than large production’ he should perauade his government to allow all the province’s wineries to improve thelr Products with grapes of a quality similar to the ones trucked into this area from Callfornia for the benefit of discerning home winemakers every September. Not until then will the Industry develop Properly or concentrate on offering more products which are not named after young barnyard animals. It’s Your (Glug) Duty (An editorial in the twice-weekly Creston Valley Advance.) Attention, all beer, wine, gin and rum drinkers: it's now your duty to drink American beer. Put away the jigger and the decanter; hide the bottle opener—everyone must drink American beer, snap tabs and all, so that the provincial government will not be stuck with two million dozen tins of the imported stuff. There won't be any B.C. beer in the government liquor stores until the tins are gone. Of course, the corroflary of this state- ment is that British Columbia workers which make the beer will not have jobs if beer cannot be distributed. Yes, private outlets have draft and even off-sales, but the bulk of the province's production Is sold through liquor stores. The provincial government is now stuck with millions of cans and bottles of beer, which it was sure the public would demand. However, with the beer strike all over, people are not demanding It. In private business any store which over-bought and found itself stuck with unwanted goods would have a giant sale. ml Can't you see the advertisement? ‘We've overbought. This merchandise must go. Prices slashed!* But not our provincial government! No, Instead, it blandly annourices that there just won't be any 8.C. beer until the other Is gone. How cynical can the government be? Does the Ministry of Consumer Affairs not realize or not care that jobs can and will be lost? But than, of course, the bureaucrats found it easier to Import American: beer alt summer than to take steps to settle the brewery dispute. That sort of attitude smacks of money-grubbing. Apparently it was more important to keep the' revenue from beer sales coming in, and incidentally , cut the federal government in on Import taxes than it was to settle the dispute. With all this trouble with excess beer brewing, it would appear that earlier government concerns about moderation might have to be suspended while liquor stores make a case for pushing an American Castlegar News Headline Stories One Year Ago Castlegar is included in a series of public meetings to be held in various parts of B.C. in November and December to study teacher training in the province. . 8 Merchants, service ‘libs and representatives of organized groups in the city are invited to a special meeting to “clear the air” regarding the role of the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce. * City council's health and welfare committee are to examine the Castlegar and District Hospital board of trustees plans to reduce city representation on the board. (From an editorial in the Vancouver Sun.) THERE HAS BEEN A serious outbreak of electionitis this summer which is threaten- ing to spread into fall. If so, it might be necessary to consider immunization. The ailment began in Bri- tain, where the Conservative party became so feverish it launched a billboard adver. tising campaign in anticipation of the real thing. Finally, Prime Minister James Callaghan made a special television appearance to deny that he was making a -special television appearance to announce the election date. Then it was the turn of Prime Minister Pierre ‘Tru- deau, who allowed his con- stituents to swelter through the summer of anticipation (in Britain, where the climate was less kind, the victims of the Callaghan strain of the virus suffered chills). Mr. Trudeau has at last announced that he is not calling an election, either, until spring, anyway. WHAT, NOW, ARE WE to make of the danger that Type B has been let loose by Premier Bill Bennett in Br Columbia? Mr. Bennett serious gentleman, but he j surely, when he allows speeula- tion about a provincial election to spread through the ranks of his own party with no more of a disclaimer than that old chest- nut about an election coming in the fall, the spring or next fall or even the spring after that. ‘The system under which Messrs. Callaghan, Trudeau and Bennett operate allows them the luxury of calling an By ALLAN FOTHERINGHAM “(From a regular column ain the Vancouver Sun.) VICTORIA — BILL BEN- nett sits gazing over the lamb chops at dinner and muses over the question about the No, | thing he has learned as he marks this month the years that he has formally been in politics. “The No.1 thing I° have learned—that I know today and didn't realize five years ago—is that I knew a lot more than I realized I knew and that a lot of other people really didn’t know as much as I thought they + knew.” HE'S NOT REALLY AR- rogant, he's not really chippy, but there is the sense—in a guy who has come farther in a Shorter time than anyone in recent Canadian political his- tory—of someone who thinks: Okay, you thought you could take me on. I've shown you. The major characteristic of Bill Bennett is tha is one of the most competitive SOBs ever to come down the pike, whether on the tennis court, in» politics or in cut-and-thrust across excellent lamb chops and a bottle of Beaune. He is still from Kelowna and he is still from the outside and he is going to show all the doubters—if they have any doubts left. (The Bierman Bite y EZ, ) Wan Ca Hows. Immunization May Be Necessary 8; Vk, HN 1) New Epidemic Threatening to Spread | See ms i NV. é ea) ee < é : i f ie Pe We Don’t Know Where To Draw the Line ON SERVICE! JUNCTION SHELL SERVICE : AND WASH (1976) 2015 -7th Ave., S. i. dare one contemplate the weeks ahead as municipal, provincial election when it best suits them, despite Mr. Trudeau's altruistic nonsense about not choosing. a date just to win; would he choose one to lose? and federal forces set out to arouse our political passions..." But not all the world's political leaders can pick and choose. THERE WON'T BE A presidential election in the United States this fall, or next, because the date in November 1980 is fixed by law, whatever President Jimmy Carter's popularity, or lack of it. There's a lot to be said for this. It may ‘Other People Didn't Know as Much as | Thought They Did’ He Has It and Knows How to Use It HE ENJOYS POWER, AS most people in power do. Not in a sadistic: manner, not in a bullying manner, but he rides it, like a man who enjoys a good horse, knowing that he’s there and no one else is close. He svoffs al the reports circulating in cor ‘atorial downtown Vancouver cireles that a com- bination of Gaglardi insurree- Nice Guy. He loves nothing better than a fight. In his monkish manner, he remains probably the only Canadian premier so dedicated to workaholic tasks that he lives alone during the week in his apartment penthouse, most nights cooking for himself—his reunions with his family re- strained to weekends in Kelow- tions and businessmen pique-— na. It is most strange and, as 1 comight try to unseat-him as Mr. always argue with him, un- natural, I suspect it affects the public image of him. 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