CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 28, 1977 Plara Clientele ‘Terrific’ Shoe Store ‘Required’ For most people, the tran- sition from selling fish to selling foolwear would be too abrupt, But not so with King’s Kobbler owner Terry King, whose shoe store opened earlier this month at the Castleaird Plaza to a public response he describes as “ter- rifie." The former owner of a grocery and aquarium store in Blueberry, King said he had originally planned to open another aquarium shop at the Plaza but discovered that while there was a limited demand for pet fish, “there was a real 3 requirement for a shoe store in this area.” “We're set up for good ‘quality in a medium price ‘Fange,” King said. “And we're trying to set our hats for a little _ style.” In just the two weeks since ‘King's Kobbler opened, y business has been brisk, King -said, “Even without our grand ning things have been ter- ic,” he said. “We're having to ‘order replacement stock al- ‘ready.” ::. . The store's official opening ‘April 28, 29 and 30 will feature ‘a draw offering as first prize footwear for a family of four 4 sand as second prize a nine-inch AC-DC TV set contributed by nearby GLS Electronics, he anid. A former highways depart- ment surveyor, King was born | and raised in Trail, He is married and has two children, Ann Kelly, King's Kobbler sales head, said shoppers are “surprised lo see a shoe store wre” x " think we'll make a go of | it because there isn’t much of a selection anywhere down- town,” she said, “We feel a lot of people will come here instead of going all the way down- town,” Flouride Suspected Of Causing Cancer A United States cancer re- searcher says recent studies indicate that fluoride added to drinking water results in one- tenth of all cancer deaths in that country each year, In an interview during o convention of the Consumer ' Health Organization of Canada, Dr. Dean Burk, a cancer re- searcher for 50 years and former head of the National Cancer Institute's’ cytochem- istry section in Washington, said the studies also showed use of fluoride was linked with cancer deaths, Dr. Burk and Dr. John” Yiamouyiannis, science director of the National Health Federa- the U.S., -with and without fluoride in drinking water. “The primary cancers we are talking about include breast, esophagus, stomach, mouth, large intestine, rectum, kidney, bladder, urinary or- gans, ovary and fallopian tubes,” Dr. Burk said. “First we looked at docu- mented cancer statistics for each city five years before fluoridation and five years after. What we found was an amazing rise in cancer death rates when cities began adding fluoride to water.” The results of the scien- tists’ studies will be presented tion in V two statistical analyses of can- cer death rates in cities across at Oxford University in Eng- land next month, as reported on televislon. One Man's Opinion Blind Trust By FRED MERRIMAN My opinion is not based on facts, Any opinion I ever express oe is only based on hearsay, rumors and perhaps articles, ni newspaper items and the Feeulla of various studies Thave always blindly trusted authors, reporters and originators of rumors and other personal opinion, These people may not have all the facts but I give them credit for having more facts than I do or.I wouldn't be listening 6 them, Would you? No opinion cver expressed in this column can ever be original because it is the conglomerate of ideas put into my head from different sources, T have always trusted the people around me to base what they say on facts and to earry out their various jobs and businesses based on sualifeations, certificates and experience supported by facts. Don’t you? : Now to the point of this report: I trust Audrey Moore and her entirely capable city council ‘to, do the best for our community even though in the short run it may hurt me and some of my fellow citizens. Should Cominco be struck, I trust management knows full well what it is doing and has the facts to support the offer it made. I am sure the unions know, Cominco has stockpiled inventories for some time and can settle in for a long winter's nap. Both management and labor know full well what tremendous power and influence they have over’ the lives of men, women and children in this area. I can remember not too long ago when churches were offering up prayers about problems between labor and management, But I am not worried because I blindly trust both sides to do what is best for us all. Don't you? If Mayor Moore tells us we are short of water, we are. If Mr, Edblad says we are not, we are not. If Cominco management cannot make a better offer to the unions, they cannot. If labor cannot make ends meet on the wages they now earn, they cannot, T have always trusted people and try very hard to keep both sides happy. It is important that everybody else be right and honest and correct because I am in the middle and I am not so sure about myself. Are you? Executives Elected to Council Thomas G. Rust, president of Crown Zellertiach Canada Limited, has been elected chair- man of the Employers’ Council of B.C. succeeding J. W. Hudson, Eleven corporate execu- lives, representing major com- panies in the province, were elected to the council's board of yovernors. Among eleven others who will remain on the board for a further term are F. E. Burnet and A. V. Marcolin, of Cominco Ltd. The 11th annual meeting of the Employers’. Council was held in Vancouver last week. Family Month: Plans Include City Cleanup By COLIN PRYCE People Interaction May time. What pleasant memories this acason brings to us; a time of birth and joy. ‘This May the communities in: B.C. are called to observe Family Month, What can we in Castlegar do to copy the healing force of. nature in terms of our familics * and our community? As fami- lies we could all start to clean up our own yards and gardens and remove any, ugly or: un- necessary objects. Loca! schools will be parti- cipating during the first week’ > of May in the city's cleanup, and hopefully both children and adults will learn not to. litter our streets and homes, May is a month for plant- -ing, and Acting Mayor Brian Kilpatrick will plant a tree with his family on the Community Recreation Complex grounds the evening of May 4, Perhaps those of us who consider Castlegar our home would also like to plant their own family trees somewhere in the city, Alex Lutz, the city fore- man,” will give families in- structions where to plant their trees, - z tf On May 5 the Arts Council will be collecting posters drawn and painted by elementary stu- dents an-the theme of Family Month, The public will have an opportunity to view many of Legislative Library Parliament Bie ees Victoria, B. C. V8V' 1X4 Feb. 28 CASTLEG: EWS ’ Published Every Thursday Morning iat: “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” VOL. 30, No. 18 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1977 aE: a. 25 CENTS (HOME DELIVERY 22 CENTS) the posters in our . libraries as a part of a library . display ‘of books about the family. , ‘Tho first week of May will conclude on Sunday,. May 8, Mother's Day, with family ser- vices’ in our local churches, A preview for the second week of: Family Month’ will appear next week. Total $562,500 ‘In NIP Grants For City of Trail The City, of Trail will receive $562,600 in federal and provincial government grants . Under the Neighborhood Im- provement Plan program. The grant was confirmed Tuesday at a regular meeting of Trail eity council, Ottawa is providing $376,- 000 and Victoria is contributing $187,500 and the city, also with a 26 per cent commitment, now has. six months in which to determine how the money should be spent. ficant. effect on the economy of the area.” SHOES SHOES SH1OES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES sRAND OPE Today, Tomorrow & Satuday, April 28, 29 & 30 acioc, Kine te contributed to our Grand $ Opening by, ats Electronics, next door. For Every. Pair a “Shoes Purchased During the Grend Opening - You Receive a. FREE. SUNDAE! Fine Family: Shoes. at the Castleaird Plaza Welcome to Castlegar’s. Newest. Store! Drop in and meet Terry King and his Staff at King’s Kobblert . You'll find a great assortment of comfortable and affordable shoes. Come in this weekend and take advantage of the Grand Opening Low Prices and enter your name for our Fabulous Prizes} Door Opening Specials | While Stock Lasts! Sandals og 5” & 6” Thong’s Men's.’ & Ladies ...sssssesssssese 49 Hand Made in Mexico Cowboy Boots 45” wn pt So = Mi- 2 1o = 1A wa ar 19 at on Ia | a |o = “a 2 So = 72) 2 oe = 7) “nr aw oS = nn “a a (=) a 72) 2 So = (77) 2 So = nr PH (=) = n 2 i=) = “A nn a o = 77) n pr So = wn wn mu o = n nn ws o = n ww a So = 7) ' T. Bing’s Robblec Hid. _SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES SHOES “SJOHS SIOHS SHOHS S2OHS SIOHS SIOHS SIONS SIOHS SIOHS SIONS STOHS S10HS SIONS STOHS S10HS SIONS SIONS TWO SECTIONS (A&B) | «RB “Businessmen Recommend Pumproom Expropriation FOURTEEN FLOURY FIGURES prepare to load the remainder of a 10-éon flour shipment into a local store last Thursday. The group, members of the Stanley Humphries Secondary School Senior Band, unloaded the shipment 'to help‘ fund the band’s ex s change trip to Normandeau, Mike Varabloff, Ed ss Calgary May 24 to 27. Front row, left to right: Lou: Dave Chena Jeff Townsend, Steve By RYON GUEDES Editor, Castlegar News The Castlegar Downtown Businessmen’s Association has asked the. municipal affairs ministry to consider expro- priating the B.C, Hydro Dam pumphouse as'a water source for the city. In.a letter sent last Tues- day to Deputy ‘Minister Bill Long, association member Pau) Moroso said the.water problem “can be laid to rest at the door- step of Celgar and B.C. Hydto.” “To this end, we: are ‘ contemplating the .practicality of the City of Castlegar ex- tending its boundaries to en- compass the ‘pumphouse lo- - cated above the B.C. Hydro Dam and then applying to the controller of water rights to expropriate this water source facility for domestic purposes over — its :-present. industrial usage,” Moroso said in the letter. i “It appears to me that this ‘ would make a good bargaining circumstance and would bring all of the responsible parties to the-bargaining table,” Although the association | was prepared to support the city in résolving’ the water problem, members: did - not agree with. “carte blanche ex- pensive _ engineering. projects that only provide expensive fees,” the letter "By RYON GUEDES | Editor, Cas cels into one-acre Tots in order ‘greater use of the The B.C. Land "ecia! sion’s proposed refinements to the Regional Distriet of Central Kootenay agricultural land re-" serve “will not accommodate feoalond available, Sin) my. estimation, ae 3 _ better: use “of ‘existing’ local.._P' farinland,"Area"J2 ireotor™: fi th Martin + Vanderpol told: “Castlegar: New: Vanderpol, wuency includes’ Robson, Ootis- chenia,” Blueberry, Réspbetry: : southern Edgewood’ and th Champion Lakes, said the ad. justments ‘proposed. by: com- ‘mission 'chairman Gary Runka at a closed! meeting Thursday: with RDCK “directors, ‘chiefly involve boundary corrections which offer local farmland resi- dents. little: opportunity for aor beneficial usage of their - He said although he agreed with the commission's recom- mendation that Robson, a resi- dential area ‘with “little farm- © land, be excluded from the re- serve, restrictions on |‘sub- division jn Ootischenia are too rigid. oir certain areas in Ootis: chenia: lots cannot”: be -sub- divided’ and ‘residents cannot build a second:home on them,” °" Union members‘had been working without'a contract for » three days while the: negotia- ting committee’ worked almost. around the-clock to reach an — + agreement. with Cominco. Strike notice’ was issued... a Castlegar Fire De-. extinguished.a burn-* tress ina heneaveeoing said. - “The eG will un-! doubtedly. look’ at the many alternatives,” the letter said. “But by their very ethics (they) would, not. consider . recom- mending this type of approach.” Moroso told:the Castlegar News -yesterday ‘Kerr, Wood: and Lellal: the ‘em the city his +. hired to-find the ‘most feasible method ‘of securing’ a: suitable water: supply, would probably the call put out the fire cine it Id spread orca ‘own’ and. control.”*! “I: think ‘it! would’ takes’ . very gutsy’ sort of politician to make that type of decision,” he said... Moroso said the Water Act “has teeth in it" and has sided in the past with community needs over corporate interests, “If the pumphouse is with- in our city limits I think we have a right to ask the con- troller to consider the recom- mendation and make a deci- sion,” he said, “We could be looking at.a $30 million: Columbia Valley - system later," Moroso. said. “But we have an possible water sources for the city. Bjorn Edblad, owner of Castle Realty'and CDBA presi- dent, said it is doubtful whether any solution will result from the study. “As soon as they: hire a consulting firm they think they've got it made," Edblad - said. Nick Deenik, Robirison Store owner and Castleaird *s Associati need. If we don't resolve it we are faced with the threat of a similar moratorium next year.” He said the association had not filed the recommendation to the ministry through city coun- cil because, council’ members think of suggestions “as criti- cisms of them personally.” Other businessmen con- tacted - Wednesday | criticized council's decision to conduct an engineering feasibility study of president, said several studies have been conducted by council in the past with no results. “Studies are expensive if you don't listen to them,” Deenik said. “We don't need someone to tell us we've got a water problem. We neetl some- one to tell us and the city how to solve the problem.” It's like a common cold,” Deenik said. “If you don't do anything about it it’s going to hang on.” Ratepayers to Discuss Robson Water Source * ‘The “resetivated” Robeon and District. Ratepayers As- - sociation will hold a. general meeting May 17 to discuss con- tamination in the area's surface water supply, a spokesman told the Castlegar News Monday. : A Year Ago. Headlines from the’ front page of the Castlegar News of May 6, ance s 8. Canal Sawant Fonnd iuilty Vi ly on assets * ‘you oir Judy Cameron said repre- sentatives from the Robson Ir- rigation District and the West Kootensy “Health . Unit» will speak to Robson and Raspberry residents on the level of coli- form bacteria in the water from Pass Creek. 2 Cameron said ‘a-group of. Robson residents: decided to revive the inactive association after the irrigation “district, which meets only once a year, failed’ to act .on © complaints _ about water contamination. -- Despite a ‘general’ apathy — °vamong older‘Robson residents ‘the group has gained support. from “quite a few: interested peo] le," Cameron said. 5 R eatially us ‘ \ \ of the Pass Creek supply during . ‘the’ past eight years.» ‘ “Phe: irrigation. districts’ concerned most certainly have.” a’ moral, ‘and ‘I’ understand a” Tegal to: inform / ae Passing Buck Back and Forth, Says Brisco By RYON GUEDES Editor, Castlegar News Federal and provincial governments have blamed each dther for. inaction in the con: ° sideration of proposed ‘depart- ment of regional economic ex- pansion funding of a proper water supply for Castlegar and the rest of the Columbia Valley, Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco said Tuesday.':.... Contacted in Vancouver, Brisco told the Castlegar News he ‘was told “in. his. meeting Friday © with - DREE - officials that if Castlegar secures the ‘of “the "Thursday by. the t representing - 4,600 - workers, andthe Association’ of Com- ‘mercial and Technical Employ- ees, | representing 585, ‘workers, but action was postponed while” ‘negotiations continued. government DREE: “would be interested in sich a project ina sharing. formula. © *But Brisco said he was told later in avbrief discussion with Premier Bill Bennett about the DREE program that the fed- eral government was'the main obstacle to such:a project. - . “Phe ‘premier’ indicated that (regional development minister) Marcel Lessard has been hard-nosed and very dif- ficult to deal with,” Brisco said.. “He said Lessard is fearful of any innovative program mak- ing:any changes or. moving away fromthe defined cri- teria.” Criteria for DREE grants have been adjusted in the past and tailored to: suit: specific regions, | "Brisco said. i Brisco said the province is looking at the DREE: program in a. more “global context”. “Instead of an infrastruc- ture {looking > at, a specific community, they are looking at a large number of programs,” Brisco said. “The province is probably dead ri ah” Brisco added. “It probably knows better where the priorities Hesin the pro- vince.” “But we have: to convince both: governments. that there is \@ serious parochial problem in Castlegar,” he said, : Brisco said he is trying to set up a meeting with economic development minister Don Phil- lips. to discuss DREE in the context ofthe Kootenays and Castlegar. = In _ Ottawa, Castlegar mayor Audrey Moore is sched- uled “to meet today ‘with Lessard to discuss federal in- volvement in the proposal for a proper. Soler supply for the area. : the: water users, of. the: con- tamination problem,” she said in the letter. “And I feel very. ‘strongly that they have been, remiss ‘in ‘not, doingsoa lot sooner and ina a more ‘straigh- West Kootenay. Health’: Unit, showing the presence of colt form bacteria—usually found in fecal matter—in 21 per cent of: the Pass Creek samples taken, making the area “third-highest on the contamination list out of 34 community. water. sources in -.: the health unit's district.” “ Cameron's letter: said the“ contamination .'is caused — by: livestock and by. people bath- ing, swimming “and washing « their clothes in the creek. “According to the encyclo- pedia good drinking water should contain no coliform bac: : teria,” the letter said. °' Cameron said : Monday * other discussion topics planned . for the meeting—scheduled for, 7:30 p.m. in, Resker_ Hall: on: Broadwater Road—will include. (continued on page 11A): come 2 10 live i in the fl to make it a living village. . Alreport by NEC admin- : istrator Duane ‘Harder ‘spelled out “past problems and’ accom- and i d the least a year in advance," the report said, Several shows are already: booked for. 1978, . the report said. Members - voted. to offer free for centre's financial position, The ‘report said: 19. dif- ferent exhibits of art and.arti- facts were displayed from May to Dec. 31 with approximately 5,000 visitors... : In:addition to exhibitions, Harder's report ‘sald education have been d student. tours ‘of the village. Although such tours of. the vil- lage. were charged ‘admission last year, :, society members < voted to invite school boards to, contribute financially: to “offset! costs. | The society: formed fac to study the ‘These | programs, he stated, are proving to be: popular among. the schools.: ““Tnasmuch é as traveling ex: hibits. move ‘Yon’ a “national” schedule ‘it; is: important: that ing be’ developed’ at: - possibilities of forming a West ‘Kootenay cultural | society to = develop a comprehensive cul- tural, ‘program to “serve: the: Yjnterest ‘of,all’West Kootenay centres and at:the same time. d on page 1A)” Pl Ps 5 Wik Colturol Society Propoted - Secretary Shirley Podovelaikoft, Polly Hoodicet ‘Treasurer Harold Webber, President Elmer Verigins and Past-Presidest Pete Oglow