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CASTLEGAR NEWS, October 11, 1981

Power rates can
double warns MLA

West Kootenay residents
may be faced with double the
current electrical rates if
B.C. Hydro is permitted to
take over West Kootenay
Power, warns Nelson-Cres-
ton New Democratic Party
MLA Lorne Nicolson.

In a prepared statement,
Nicolson said a takeover of
West Kootenay Power ap-
pears possible in light of a
poll gauging reaction to such
a move.

The Canadian Polling In-
stitute (Goldfarb) question-
naire recently circulated in
the region asks in part if the
respondent would prefer to
see West Kootenay Power

* become independent of Com-
inco — which presently owns
it — or to have B.C. Hydro
buy it.

“B.C. Hydro has a uniform
rate. If it took over West
Kootenay I'm sure Hydro
would increase its rates for
this region to Hydro rates,
which would be approxi-
mately double what the aver-
age residential user now
pays,” Nicolson said.

He went on to add that he
believes the Social Credit
government undertook the
survey. “We know through
the budget that the govern-
ment of B.C. has paid Gold-
farb for several projects this
year.”

Nicolson called for the
government to “come clean”,
and release the poll results
“to let us know the cost of
doing it.”

He added if the govern-
ment did undertake the poll,
i i doubl

cy — the B.C. Utilities

“If the Cominco proposal is

considering an application to
make West Kootenay power
a public company indepen-
dent of Comicno,

Under Cominco's proposal,
four dams would be sold to
West Kootenay Power for
$20 million, although replace-
ment value is nearly $140
million. West Kootenay
Power would ‘then produre
power at a cost of 6.2 mills
per kilowatt instead of B.C.
Hydro's 20 mills.

Tourism B.C.

not app d, power will be
drained by the lower Okan-
agan, leaving no energy for
Cominco. If Hydro steps in
we pay doubled rates,” Nic-
olson said.

He charged Premier Bill
Bennett with placing the
swimming pools of Kelowna
ahead ofthe job base of the
Kootenays, and said political
interference or B.C. Hydro
meddling should not be per-
mitted.

Shows area film

By CasNews Staff
“Here to Share,” received
H from

Cameron says it had ‘al-
most an instant effect.
Cast] Chamber of

an Pp
‘members of the Castlegar
Chamber of Commerce
Thursday noon at the Hi
Arrow Arms motor hotel.

“Here to Share” is the title
of a recently-released film on
the West Kootenays, pro-
duced by Tourism B.C. with
the cooperation of many peo-
ple of the Kootenay Boun-
dary region. The title comes
from the sharing concept of
the Kootenay ‘Indians.

The 23-minute film shows
the beauty and life in the
West K ing the

Commerce president, Larry
Bosse said the film'was “Very
well produced and really does
show how beautiful our area
really is.

“The film shows what
there is to see and do here
... it shows exactly what we
have to offer.”

Bosse says he is going to
inquire about obtaining a
copy of the film.

“If we had a copy we could
arrange for the public to see
it,” he said.

To build more
world colleges

VANCOUVER (CP) —

Three new United World’

Colleges will start up prob-
ably within the next 18
months, John Nichol, chair-
man of Lester B. Pearson
College of the Pacific, an-
nounced at the college's an-
nual meeting.

Nichol said one will be in
Swaziland, another near Tri-
este, Italy, and a third near
Santa Fe, N.M.

Arrangements are also be-
ing made for a fourth college
to open in Venezuela but it is
uncertain when it will open,
Nichol said.

The first world college
opened in 1962 in Wales.
Lester B. Pearson College in
Sooke, B.C., opened in 1974
and last to open was United
World College of South East
Asia inSingapore in 1975.

Nichol also announced that
$300,000 for scholarships for
24 Third World students will
be given by the Canadian

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lege. He emphasized that all
students are on scholarship
and their family incomes and
connections are unknown to

ithe selection committees.

College director Jack Mat-
thews said 91 per cent of the
college's graduating students
this year won their Inter-
national Baccalaureate de-
grees and 40 per cent of these
students took them with first
class honors.

Workshop
Nov. 13
by M. Csapo

The first meeting of the
Castlegar Primary Teachers’
Association was held recent-
ly at Shoreacres School.

The president, Mrs. Lor-
etta Kazakoff opened the
meeting. The minutes were
read by Miss Eleanor Dyck.

Agency to Pearson College in
1981-82. The money will be
matched by the college to en-
able another 24 students to
attend, Nichol said.

Nichol told the meeting
that there is still a
understanding among the
public that students can pay
their way into Pearson Col-

’ report was given
by Mrs. Barbara Archibald.

New business was dis-
cussed. Interest, was ex-
pressed in the Nov. 13 Pro-
fessional Development Day
which is to consist of a

mis- morning workshop given by

Mrs. Margaret Csapo.
There will be a panel dis-
cussion in the afternoon.

ara as far as Midway to the
West, Yahk to the East and
Galena Bay to the North.
Three hundred copies of
the film are being made to be
distributed worldwide to var-
ious travel agents and airline

a

says Mike Cam-

service
affected

Editor, Castlegar News:

Concerning the impending
closure of the 24 hour service
Texaco has offered in the
past, we as another 24 hour
service are most anxious.

We would like to impress
upon you the strong possi-
bility that we may be forced
to cut back our services
without any service stations
open in the graveyard hours.

This letter is to be re-
garded as a formal complaint
to the city regarding the im-
pending closure of the Tex-
aco. :

Jo Mundt
Aero and Castlegar Taxis

eron assi: to the regional

of the Koot

/ Voice of the People

Worse than no law?.

News:

Bounary Visitors Associ-

ation, who d the
film.

He says the goal is to make
sure each chamber has a copy
of the film.

The show has not been out
long. The world premiere
was in Nelson in early Sep-
tember where it was intro-
duced by Minister of Tourism
Pat Jordan.

The producer-director of
the film is Norm Keziere, film
maker for Tourism B.C., who
is presently in Czechoslo-
vakia accepting an award for
his film made in the East
Kootenays, “Valley of a
Thousand Peaks.” .

The film's biggest showing
was in Spokane at the Opera
House Sept. 10-12 where it
attracted 1,800 people.

John Harshenin
prayer services

John Harshenin, 69, of
Thrums passed away Wed-
nesday at Kelowna General
Hospital. Prayer service con-
cluded yesterday from
Tarrys Hall.

Born May 12, 1912, in
Verigin, Sask., Mr. Harshen-
in came to British Columbia
as a small boy settling in
Brilliant.

He married Polly Negrieff
on Feb. 16, 1932, and lived at
Raspberry until 1944 when
he moved to Thrums.

Mr. Harshenin worked in
the lumber industry and for
the B.C. Forest Service. He
enjoyed farming and fishing.

. Harshenin is survived
by his wife, Polly, of Thrums;

two sons, George of Thrums
and Fred of Lethbridge; four
grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. Alex (Mary) Gleboff of
Robson; one brother, Bill
Harshenin of Raspberry vil-
lage and several nieces and
nephews.

He is predeceased by his
parents, Sam and Marhuta
Harshenin and one brother,
Pete.

Prayer service began Fri-
day from the Castlegar Fu-

neral Chapel with burial
Saturday at the Brilliant
Cemetery. Funeral arrange-
ments were under the dir-
ection of Castlegar Funeral
Chapel.

Editor, Ci =
Some thoughts regarding
the proposed anti-noise by.
law.

What can be worse than no
law? A law that is restrictive,
unreasonable and outrage-
ous.

How many more tax dol-
lars will have to be spent to
enforce this law if passed as
written?

Let us be reasonable. No
one can question the need for
an anti-noise by-law. How-
ever, let us consider some of
the items as prop: in this

during the week will be con-
sidered an illegal act and
could cost you a $1,000 fine!
Is that reasonable?

3) And what about this
“Residents can no operate
any electric device or group
of xt ic de-

Reasonable???

Let us all breathe in pol-
luted air, but better we do it
quietly.

Are you concerned? Re-
member city council meets 7
p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13.

d citi:

vices, (such as loud speak-
ers,) at any time from 5 p.m. -
7 a.m. Mon. - Sat. 6 p.m. - 9
a.m. Sunday” Who is the

judge on what is anelectronic ~

device?
4) No lawnmowers in sum-
mer. Illegal after 7° p.m.ll

y

one.

1) No bells to be rung on
Sunday. No church bells? No
door bells? No sirens or
whistles. Do we outlaw fires,
trains, accidents and RCMP
sirens all day Sunday and
stat. holidays,

2) Do-it-Yourselfers. You
will now be restricted on
your work projects, (ie.)
working on Sunday and stat.
holidays or after 5 p.m.

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Divide up bullion

MURMANSK, SOVIET
UNION (REUTER) — Brit-
ish and Soviet officials met
Friday on a heavily guarded
ship to divide the proceeds
from the biggest gold salvage
operation in history.

‘Yhe 1,400-tonne Stephan-
iturm, which docked in Jur-
mansk on Thursday, recov-
ered about $76-million worth
of bullion from the sunken
British warship HMS Edin-
burgh.

The 481 ingots which were
to pay for American arms
during the Second World
War had lain in about 240
metres of icy water since the
British ship was sunk by a
German torpedo in 1942.

British diplomats and So-

viet officials involved in the
six-week operation gathered

in, a cramped: corner’ of the locked.

“ship's deck.

Salvage operator Keith
Jessop beathed with satisfac-
tion as he opened the double-
padlocked storage cabin and
began passing out the Soviet
government's share of 159
ingots.

“Handing over each ingot
is like pulling a tooth,”
Jessop said. “It's painful.”

GETS 45 PER CENT

The consortium of three
firms headed by Jessop will
take 45 per cent of the total
haul, with the remainder
going to the British and So-
viet governments.

‘The 12-kilogram gold bars,
most bearing the stamped

date 1987, were loaded into
two‘ green metal ‘boxed and

fed.
order guards lookéd’on as
a eats ashes the green
boxes across the ship and
eased them down onto the
board dockside next to a
solitary railway wagon.

Any view into the carriage

was blocked by iron bars and -

thick green curtains.

But a soldier appeared
briefly at the double iron
doors to help winch the trea-
sure aboard for its final jour-
ney, probably to Moscow.

Jessop later joined David
Keogh of the British defence
ministry and two Soviet in-
surance officials for a signing
ceremony which formally
closed the salvage operation.

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“The blessings wo are used.,
fo Become so much tho habit ,
of our lives that we are apt to,
take them, at Wranted and
fail to be stirred by them so
any positive emotion of
thankfulness.”

— E.C. Martin.

“When was the last time
that’ you gave your wife a
flower?”

“Uh...”

“Last week, last month?”

“I don't remember, really,
on har birthday, I think.”

“When did you last tell her
that you loved her?”

“Well, she knows that I
love her — isit essential ...?”

And it is true. The friend

and early work in building a
practice, had plinded him to
the needs of maintaining and
building his own marriage.
His wife, shut out of his Jife
by his complacency and lack
of word or symbol of affection
and worth had given up and
left.

Now, he, a much wiser and
chastened man, was on his

who last week was telling me ‘|

of this little incident has one
of the best marriages any-
where — a fine home, a
wonderful wife and family
and a warm, supportive

relationship between all of §

them, as well as a job which
he experiences with both
pleasure and achievement. In
brief, “he has it made”.

His questioner, a profes-
sional man who had called at
his office on an entirely
different business, had
dropped they query out of
the blue, then went on to tell
how he was separated from
his wife, a woman he obvious-
ly adored. The demands of
his long training, internship

Tom and Alta
mines,

dumps,

love exploring old
abandoned

homesteads for their treasure. Their
home is completely furnished with

antiques.

Ever meet a walking his-
tory book? As I sat in one of
Alta Weir's beautifully re-
finished rockers, she told me

‘stories, true stories of In-

dians and massacres and
chiefs and town foundings;
complete withsdates;-el cor-
rect, and with-a,epeed; and
dnthusiasm that I towld only:
marvel at.

“Let me tell you the story
of ‘that coffee grinder,” she
said pointing to an archaic
black implement fastened to
the wall. “It was a story that
Duncan McDougal told. Be-
cause of all the massacres he
showed a little bottle to the
chief, and he told the old
chief, he told him that the
bottle contained diseases,
and whenever they were bad
he would uncork the bottle.

This was passed down
through the years and all the
Indians believed him.”

Alta told of the white
man’s arrival to Washington
with much detail and des-
cription. The Indians not im-
muned to the white man's
diseases, “were getting sick
and figured that the white
men had uncorked the bot-
tle.”

(All this time I wondered
how the coffee grinder fit in.
I was soon to learn.) It was
one of Duncan McDougal’s

The Weirs also collect field
herbs, clovers, comfrey,

way to the city to attempt to
retrieve what he had lost by
neglect.

I had intended getting on
with my numerous writing
comments, but when I heard
this all-too-familiar story, &
train of thought was lit — and
led to the fact that next
Tuesday is Thanksgiving
Day.

LINDA

Originally, it was a
thanksgiving for a successful
harvest and the assurance of
life for another year in an
uncertain time. Now, with
the steady decrease of farm-
ing as a way of life and a
paralle) in on com-

JOHN CHARTERS’

Reflections &
Recollections

9 RUC. MRAM

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CASTLEGAR NEWS, October 11, 1981 A3
wpe oN

Thanksgiving... more than a ritual —

prehension in the basic reali-
ties, I though that it might
be, with another moment's
pause, for appreciation of the
year.

No person or event is
wasted, even though they
may serve only as a bad
example.

As reported before, in-
structions by Dr. John to get
out for a walk each day*have
led not only to better health,
but certainly to a sharpened
perception of, and apprecia-
tion for, things in my immed-

Thanksgiving is

more than a ritual

expression of gratitude for a good
harvest. It is an. opportunity to take
stock of our less tangible assets and
give them tangible recognition.

renewal, as well. The week-
end stay at the Benedictine
Monastery at Mission
(Westminster Abbey) as the
guest of the prior Father
Wilfred, my» high school
of over 45 years

iate This had
led to the present prepara-
tion of a small book of verse.
It also gave me the courage
to undertake the work of a
senior English teacher for
some weeks —‘a further

i in

ago, was a rich renewing of
memories; while a very re-
cent visit by Betty — “the
little girl who lived across the
street” — in Vancouver and
who has lived there for the
past 60 years, was re-

people appreciation.

Taking on the job of census
commissioner was a kind of
accident, one I will not
repeat. But again, it was rich
in experience and human
relationships and I'm thank-
ful that I took it.

It has been a time of

HALL

with an old
neighborhood.

Then there was the grad
reunion when people who had
the happiest association as
classmates became, in later
years, virtual strangers,
even though they were
neighbors.

“It made us realize,” as

Harry noted a few days ago,
“What a rich and unique
relationship we had and how
we had almost lost it.” I am
most thankful that I was able
toshare that experience with
them. It was just another
case of' losing a “pearl of
great price” by complacency
and neglect.

It has been said that “man fire.

is born into trouble as the
smoke riseth upward” and
certainly son Bruce seems to
have been getting more than
his share recently. However,
the laws of compensation
seem also to have come into
operation, for it is difficult to
realize the outpouring of
concern and help which he
has received from all sides. It
has been a great help.

Tam thankful that the city

Getting to Know Your Neighbor

mushrooms, mullen and al- (ag

falfa for their special dried
teas. Alta offered me a cup of
her own red clover tea and I
readily accepted. They also
grow a’ variety’ ‘of garden
spices; parsley, lemon balm,
sage and others.

An old converted fridge
with three light bulbs in the
base has become their food

dehydrator where they dry @

prunes, apples, pears, bana-
nas and all manner of local
produce.

They store all their home-
dried spices and herbs in
those old blue canning jars
with the glass lids. “I rescued
them out of the workshop’
where they were full of oil
and axle grease,” says Alta.

Everything in the Weir
house has a tale behind it and
I could have stayed for days
listening to all the stories.
Tom showed me a couple of
metal milk scoops and told
me the story behind them.
Before the days of dated
plastic pouches in the super-
markets, milk was delivered
in large metal jugs, and Tom
when he was 13 remembers
that.

“There was a dairy just

descendents that had the &

coffee grinder, and Alta was
fortunate to get a hold of it.

Before I knew it, my pen
was flying again as Alta was
sailing with Captain Robert
Grey somewhere at the
mouth of the Columbia River,
making those old stories live.
She's the kind of person you
can sit and listen to by the
hour. History is her hobby.

History is also Tom's hob-
by, although in a slightly
different way. He collects it
in dumps and refinishes it.
“Tom is very handy,” says
Alta. He has unearthed
chairs that almost everybody
else would either throw
away, give away or chop up
for firewood;
stripped the paint, and
crafted them into beautiful
treasures that even the fan-

and has |

ciest homemaker would be ;

oud to display.
Me “That chair was all
warped, oh it was a mess,” he
said pointing to a highly.
polished beautifully-grained
chair. “And that sewing ma-
chine,. we found it at the
dump.” Tom and Alta love
exploring old mines, dumps,
abandoned homesteads for
their treasures. ‘Their house
is completely furnished by
antiques, “other people's
castoffs,” says Alta.

‘ 3

beyond my house. I carried
two two-gallon drums, and
had a pint scoop and a quart
scoop. People left metal buc-
kets with saucers on top on
their porches. I'd fill up the
jugs ... then put a little in
the saucer for the cat.” ~

The Weirs have a collec-
tion of old Doukhobor trivets
scavenged from homesteads

4 sem

Coffee grinder from the past

in the area. “Tell her about
the beeswax,” said Tom to
his wife. She walked over toa
shelf and pulled out what
looked like a piece of copper-
colored soft rock riddled with
honeycombs. -,

Alta went into yet another
of her stories: A ship loaded
with this rare beeswax out of
the Phillippines was ship-

wie 4 i : .
-* Tom and Alta Weir surrounded with their treasurers

shells, and china collected
from here and there. Tom
States, “when you get your
eye trained to find stuff, it
helps.”

*Alta;’ herself quitét ratty”
has put “together “thréde™

#. braided rugs out of all-wool

wrecked off the Oregon coast
in the 1500's. Alta

scraps, cut from old coats and
things. She also made a quilt
in honor of the United States
Bi-Centennial which has been
displayed at a quilt show in‘
Astoria,
town. d
‘Tom was born in Scotland
and came to Rossland when
he was five. He was given an
apprenticeship at Cominco in
the lead burning division, the:
second aprenticeship in the
history of that company. For
51 years, from 1919 to 1970,
Tom worked there and loved

it.
Those early days of Com-
inco are well

to find a piece on the shore.

Tom and Alta have collec-
ted a variety of old kitchen
implements which decorate
the walls of their kitchen.
They also have a number of
arrowheads and Indian
pounders found in this area,
and Indian trading beads,

i.)

Tom who said it was a lot of
hard work. “They had four
teams of horses and one
white truck.”

A large party was given in
his honor at his 50 anni-
versary with the company,
an occasion he still
with pride. Tom showed me a
lead-framed picture he made
while there. “You know how I r|
made,tHiat? I got p:new rope, ¢

3?
; Tom still has the home he
built in Trail in 1928 and the
Weirs spend most of their
winter months there.

Alta was born in Astoria,
Ore., a town she insists has
contributed to her love for
things historical. It was the
first U.S. settlement west of
the Rockies and claims a lot
“of “firsts”; “the first customs
office, the first post of-
fice...” -

Alta taught northwest his-
tory’ at Clatsop Community
College in Oregon. She has a
large collection of history
books and reads absolutely
everything she can about
things past.

She is a lifetime member of
the Astoria Historical So-

weet

saw fit to purchase Zucker-
berg’s Island and the adjoin-
ing mainland for develop-
ment as a park. It is, and will
be, a great asset to the
citizens, of Castlegar. I
understand that ‘one of the
service clubs has offered to
take on the improvement of
the island as a club project. It
is an offer which should not
go by default. H x
Many of the paths are
becoming overgrown, and so
depriving citizens of some
delightful strolls at every
season. It also helps protect
the island from vandals and

Got up this morning to
hear on the six o'clock news
the murder of President
Sedat. His star, as some
commentators noted, may
have been on the decline, but
he was a brave, devout and
dedicated man, who, by his
courage in the fact of the
daily possiblity of death, and
his efforts to achieve peace,
has ‘set an _ outstanding
example in a crazy world.

Women Voters in the United
States “was to aquaint wom-
en with what was going on. It
was called Know Your Coun-

ty.”

Because of her program,
Alta was asked to speak
during the 150th anniversary
of Lewis and Clark's landing
in Oregon. Tom and his wife
were in Oregon, then, and
listened to her lectures.

She talked about the Col-
umbia River and said that
Captain‘Robert Grey discov-

ered it, Tom: heard’ this ani -

Irepeat then — Thanksgiv-
ing is more than a ritual
expression of gratitude for a
good harvest. It is an oppor-
tunity to take stock of our
less tangible assets and give
them tangible recognition.
Thanks for that second
chance, a word, a note or a
gesture, a compliment passed
on for that service rendered
of kindness done. We're a
lonely lot,-we humans, and
recognition and appreciation
our greatest need.

I would, therefore, like to
thank all of our friends and
all of those kind folk with
whom we have been associ-
ated over the years. By their
association and the giving of
themselves, they have en-
riched our lives. :

I would like to thank our
local government and local
school board for their hard
work on a frequently thank-
less job. I thank God for such
people as Mother Theresa, a
Catholic, and the late Presi-
dent Sedat, a Moslem. They .
are the candles of the human
spirit.

Finally, I would like to
thank our family — for their
love, warmth and caring —
the final ingredient in the

good life.

A thankful Thanksgiving,
everyone! It could be
catching.

Tom and Alta Weir. . .collectors of passing history.

Edith Weir. When they went
back to Trail we began cor-
responding.”

When Alta’s husband died,
suddenly and a few years
later Edith was killed in a car
accident, Tom and Alta nat-
urally began writing. In 1966
they married and Alta moved
to Canada. Alta has two sons
living in Washington; Eldon,
who manages a logging com-
pany, and Steven, a Napa
sales manager, and six grand-.
children. prec of one?

*Phe Weirs‘are members of ;

Ore., her home : Ere

Fjeld herbs are dried and carefully stored

like every good British Col-
umbian he leaned forward to
tell her that no, it was David
‘Thompson who discovered it.

“I spotted him,” says, Al-
ta, “and wondered who is this

ciety and was the presid
at one time. She and Tom are
i ib of the

guy who is
but she conceded,
Th truly did.” Cap-

Trail Historical Society.
This is the second mar-
riage for both Alta and Tom
and I listened with interest to
the amusing story of how
‘they ‘met. In Astoria, Alta
hada radio program where
she spoke on various histori-
cal events. The program,
sponsored by the League of

tain Grey, I found out, dis-
covered the mouth of. the
river and named it and David
T madi jf

the Knox United Church in
Trail, and attend during the
swinter months when they
live there. During their sum-
mers in Castlegar they at-
tend the United Church here.

- Tom is in the Order of Ma-
sons and Alta is in Eastern
Star.

Alta and Tom are forever
busy,
shores,

ie
maps and charts of the rest of
the river. *
“That evening,” recalls Al-
ta, “my husband and I went
square dancing with, the:
Weirs. And I got to ihaget

or filling the back of their car
with treasures from the
dump. sire ‘i

Says Tom, “too many peo-
_ple hayen't got an interest in

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