CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, November 6, 1975 A Matter of Opinion On What Really Works Richard J. Needham From columns in the id Mall the British North America Act—"Peace, order and good People come back from China telling me that commu- nism “works”. I reply, "No. Order works, discipline works, work works,” ° ° If milk cost a dollar a quart, and if gin cost $20 a quart, everybody would be screaming about the high price of milk. eo ee The great world sings about love, talks about peace, preaches about brotherhood, and wages unremitting war. o 8 8 If you hado't thought how wonderful he wan when you u wouldn't be thinking how horrible he ts today. se After the great man dies, you find out that his private life was even more aqualid than your own, : . Richard Gwyn is the Ot- tawa columnist of the Toronto Star, and he made a curlous statement in that paper recent ly about Premler Peter Lough- “He knows that it's one thing, with a fat treasury and a politically unsophisticated pub- lic, to run Alberta, and quite another to run the country.’ “Having lived and worked in Alberta for some 16 years o! my life (1985-61) and having kept in touch with it since that time, I'd never say its people were political rubes or hay- ey know what they’re doing, and they’re doing it well—much better, in my view, than the people in Ottawa or Queen's Park. As observe the resulta of the Ontario general election, the political hicks are here Metropolitan Toronto; they gave half its seats to (God help us) the New Democratle Party. ee * I see Ottawa's putting out denomination. Ottawa blows the.money immediately -on ° . Ontario used to have a Latin motto, “Ut inceplt fidelis, sic permanet—Loyal it began, loyal It remains.” This might now be changed to a French motto, “Sauve qui peut,” eo 88 It seems to me that Cana- - dians (and Britons and Ameri- cans and Australians) have just two chofces—(1) to work harder and longer and for less under a system of private enterprise or. (2) to work still harder and still longer and for atill less under a ayatem of socialist “planning”. “Til take the firat of these, anks. At the M Due to the mail strike current issues of Bill Smiley's column are not available, Be- cause ofits popularity the Castlegar News is printing a past column, tHiough not timely, that has-not appeared in this - paper before: GUMMER in the country, Sitting here writing s column in Grandad’s office, a pair of shorts, and nothing else, I would have to work N a 1c BANANA TSA NERY A raintastalis Unexpected. and unwel- but peaceful, and Tm not. about to. Back home, my laws isi burning to a crisp, my roses © are dying for lack of water, my. cat, with any luck, has left. for good, and some junkie has probably broken. into the house and stolen the color TV. I don’t care. Out there somewhere, people are hurtling along hot asphalt in the heat, cursing the obstreperous kids in the back seat, and wishing they'd never this stupid trip, Elsewhere, guys and dolls. all over the world are ustling and sweating and - trying to impress each other, - and: pursulng the ever- windling buck with mani- acal intensity of purpose. ~: Everywhere, politicians FY,’ LIP, di > the next Tt raust then pay you back $3,000—$2,000 in interest, $1,- 000 in eapital, Will it, in fact, do so? Nol It will default on the bonds, or it will repudiate them, or—most likely—it) will pay back the $3,000 in printing. press money of little or no value. T wouldn't trust Ottawa with my savings for one year, let alone 20 of them. eres A. successful marciage, if such there might be, would take its cue not from romantic poems or love songa but from thinking “cup new ways of saying: killing Jews, ‘and Jews are killing’ Arabs, and Christ- fans, in: time-honored cus- re. killing other Christians. Somebody is. winning $30,000 in the Something- Or-Oth i uts for .: come in on “old friends:” The visitors unload two surly kids, one ill- mannered dog, andannounce heartily: “Can't stay morena coupla days.” ‘Thought about gettin’ a motel room, but knew you'd be hurt ‘f we didden stay “thyou" (Sound of old friends’ eyes rolling.) wracked with by malaria, My only daughter is trapped in a box on the ninth floor of an apartment build- ing, in the heat, with an 18- Patricia Young Says ‘month hell-on-wheels © boy > clutching “her. sawed-off eans,andalittlesisterinthe’ oven, ready to join him just - about on his second bi and oh, dear, isn't it awful. Imagine having two babies in two years in these times. oid of Gran, enashing ‘eitnd about ‘all of these things, all the hurly and the burly, ‘all the muss and the fuss, all “the higgle and piggle, all of the everlasting oe | Simply Don’t Care He is in His heaven, and there ain't nobody who could improve on the world just as it ght now. i's a cool-hot perfect | Canadian day, Hot sun, cool breeze. Whatever your thermometer says, it’s about 83 Fahrenheit here: I raise my ‘head from the typewriter, and roses ‘lean toward me, a’big, matronly maple ruffles her bustles in the breeze, likea lady caught in a body-rub parlor. \ Onthe top railof the fence, 10 feet away, two re! obit are singing, ‘and making, overtures. A ‘de- nuded lilac bush is whisper- free sbut wait ‘til next year’ Along the back fence, the bellyhocka stand: not row on row, ee. muttering together, tosain thelr heads in the breeze, id looking down their long, God's in His heaverr and all's’ ‘wrong with the world, or the opposite, I don't eare. Tjust don't give a diddley- dam. Why nol? Because, at * this time and in this place, I have irrefutable proof that eed Men: Who Tell If: as t Is Edmund Burke spoke a profound truth when he ob- served: “Example is the school, of mankind; he will learnnootherway.” ‘And: while we try to be something of an example to our. children, we rarely demand an example of putt, and ‘somebody else is losing it by missing a four foot putt, le are earnestly tak- jing virtually useless summer courses which will fit them for practically nothing. ‘Thus, we have an example of govern. ment. arrc,,2nce, “government Hes and wwoaselling: foolish government | waste of. taxpay- ers’ money. iti can do, s0 the taxpayer‘can do, be jt a double-shuffte in book- keeping or a padding of the expense account. What we need of govern: ment then. is less government and more freedom from bureau- cratic domination. We need politielans who will refrain from campaigns of what they will give us, but what they can save us; who will commit themselves to cutting red tape, rather than . employing more civil servants to manufacture it! What we need is not more the pose that what government GULF’S WINTER TUNE-UP PACKAGE 2 ee Libres heat riser 3% Sp adie eal Supply and install new @ spark plugs (surcharge for resistor plugs). 1 Ignition system analysis. me IACK’S | AUTO SERVICE LTD. 850: COLUMBIA. Lo. CASTLEGAR PHONE 365-7511 “SCOPE TUNE-UP CENTRE” te Examine rotor, distrib- utor cup and high stension 6 Adjust d dwell angle timing. J Asivst carburetor: Q peesicctaer element. INCLUDING PARTS AND LABOUR la » [tes and service battery. J? Steceand resort ‘compression. $ Bs est and record freezing ea radiator coolant. 9 case ventilation valve, 14-POINT TUNE-UP ‘35° $3Q° 4a" Use your Gulf Travel Card, a or Hasler Charge: aoe" Not your. average service: station. hte ng sancti aN aL rmons, but men who will practice what they. preach, Instead of having to reach for our wallets every time a politielan opens his jouth, elect menand ‘women: who tellit like it is, who. are not afraid to call a spade a spade and whocan help us face an economic truth without sticking a wellare lollipop in our mouth to make it more palat- able. : Little wonder that Ed- mund Burke once observed ly that. free men were in ‘Jeopardy every time parliament ,was in session - Basically, it is an insult to the intelligence of the voter when politicians assure us that things were never better. It is an insult to citizens when politicians go from group to group informing them of how bigasllee of the pie this or that party will give them. It is equally dishonest to threaten the voter that the “opposition” party would dupli- cate the mistakes of the party inspower! Better by far that politicians make the campaign promise to “leave us alone” except in those areas of desi Ke a shoulders at the uj blue delphiniums, Beh bear a gleam of miscegena- tion in their eyes. 7 Just beyond them isa field of uncut, late, lat bowing rippling like'a blonde teen: ager who has just discovered she just might be a beautiful woman. = 2 re “degree, , and iter, framed in green foliage, is the deep blue beauty af the o-mile-wide bay, with the - high, rolling shoreine on the ather side, and the collages » sotiny that you can't see the squalling, grunting, sweaty humans in and around them. Ah, but it's lovely.’ And peaceful, And lonely.” Not Tonesome, but the good kind of-lonely, when you: don't want another human being, seven a loved one, to spoil mi “Maybe that's it. My Loved One is away down the pratee roa: exchanging, : les about “ates veh an old shoo, Grandad, an incorrigible 83-year-old, is out. belting around his, 40-mite, mal be morning, 1 saw * hawk, When was little, the chickens, ‘who were all ° payehed upy would seutle, the kids. w + hawk!" and the farmer would tun in for his shotgun. Nobody even noticed this” guy. Helooked like a skinny, ancient kite, peering down for thedead body of a Roman legionnaire, perhaps. No chickens. No legionnaires (I haven't pald my dues). «It ‘was kind of sa ” Downinthe Bay, there isa big rainbow. trout. just waiting to show me. some tricks. Yesterday, I saw two partridge flush just outside Grandad’s “office”. window. ‘Tomorrow I'll see three deer standing up: by the’ fence, _Jooking eurious. z bad things and good things happening in it: able Since I am not looking for a Big Brother and am capable of + being my own Big Spender, I'll vote for the man who promises me least government and the most protection of my individ. freedom of in ‘this! place, I don't care, God may be out tolunch, asI frequently suspect. But whoever is filling in for Him at this moment is doing one helluva job, if you'll pardon the expression. scream ‘with delight: “A hawkt cA ual cholee and right to mske a wrong choice at my'own risk. This is the essense of freedom—something we must fight for test the do-gocders * slave nations of:the world. So take’ notice, Mr. Poli- tician—sing not’ about how you'll spend my money for me, ‘but how you plan on saving me a buck or two! “Tools, Paint and Electrical Supplies -, 500 Kootenay Builders Ltd Intermediate Teachers Hold Conference ‘75 Approximately 50 Castle- gar teachers travelled to. Pen- ;tieton Oct-24 and 25 to attend * the';Provincial Intermediate Teachers’ Association “'Con- ference 75". AERO TAXI Fast — Courteous — Reliable. Tl fe with the theme of “Out of Bounds", drew teachers from as far away as Cassiar and Campboll River, It ibegan at 8 a.m. Friday and concluded Saturday at 3 p.m, \During this time, local teachers were able to attend as many as six different workshop sessions _ on toples of their choice from a total of 25. ‘Teachers found themselves in'the roles of students as speakers presented topics such ‘as “Schoolyard Science”, “Diag- nosis and Remediation in Math: - ematice",, “Beginning Elemen- tary Band for the Non- specialist”, “Programs for Glft- ed and Talented Students” and many more. General comments from teachers returning to the area were that they received. many new ideas to use in their classrooms. Each year the department of ‘education provides’ B.C. teachera with five daya that may be used for professional development, Friday, Oct. 24, was an example of how local teachers are using this time to make themselves: more’ effec- tive in the classroom. Through- ‘out the school year, teachers in this district will continue to use this’ time. either as ‘a group or individually to improve the quality of education in School District No. 9. ay Compaign For Voters {0 Pct. OFF for CASH. BONNEITS M.. Malnarich, 304-5th Ave. Neo) ® Vote Cees oe 522 wade a: eh my’ Flea Markel. Sat Experience Large Turnout * > The provincial president of the Benior Citizens’ Associa: tion, Mra. 'L. MeWililame ‘of, Vancouver, as well'as district ‘regional president Mrs. W. R. Forrester of Grand Forks, were among, the participants in the “Flea Market", sponsored last Saturday in Slocan City, by the . Slocan' Senlor, Citizens. ‘zens thei included the “Swinging Seniors” with their bake: table,’ and? the > ‘Fegular group with a “bidding ‘booth’, ‘ where all the items had The government will be mounting a campaign during the next week to get people on the voters’ list, provincial sec- retary Ernie Hall: has an- noun : British Columbians voting in. the Dec. 11 ‘election an- nounced by Premier Barrett Monday must be registered on he ‘ist’ by ‘Nov!'22."" are‘already registered, b ut those who have changed th addresses duriog the eee and--half years might be regis- tered in the wrong constitu: ency. The government will be mounting a canipaign to in- struct people on registration procedures and’ there will be Enumerations in specific areas where the populations have |. grown substantially. since the New Democratic Party, was elected in August of 1972, said Mr. Hall. The provincial secretary said registering booths and (}: offices will.be established in various areas throughout the province and their locations will be advertised in local news- papers and on radio and televi- sion. f; we can make your money work harder Utilize Our Free Chequing Service Free Shecues and No Service cher Castlegar Savings Credit Union Castleaird Plaza and Slocan Park. START SHOPPING ~~ CASTLEGAR: NEWS: - DAVES CHICKEN * Recently. Nutrition Buyline “ to be bid on with the success ful bids being. announced later in the afternoon. They also had a hot dog and coflee concession, and a: booth offering chances on cae o ped novelties. | “Otter. booths were™ oper. ated. by the. Slocan Curling Club, Slocan Sports and Recre- ‘ation, Slocan W.'I., the’ 4-H. Club, David:Barclay, Canadian Legion ang the Ladies’ Auxil- ‘The co-operation of the weather assured a’ large turn- out of ‘people throughout the successful day. Botulism — When are Home. 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