We ap nreveray ae ede ra arnt ent oe . ESDAY, April every Wednesday by Sterling Newspapers Ltd Cd eats aD. Vili 10m Tre Ceatioges Sin 1s politically area thamiper of the Sharirg News Sorice, een peg ern re Sms coe Comet “HOW ABOUT THAT, EH?.:.. WE’ BOTH EARNED OUR STRIPES ON A PEAC RE BOTH CANADIAN, BOTH SOLDIERS, AND EKEEPING MISSION!.... “ editorial cgmment Making the news the wrong way beaded Aare b organ heme gar is g: and even nati promi- tignce due to its healthy economy, unspoiled pe and high standard of, ~— that is highly attractive. Castlegar made national again, only this time the rest preg eror about a Post immune n here is a folly often played have lived here for most of their lives. Unfor- ay teil wont i and they are also changing in Castlegar. This latest episode is rude, effective proof. Sima wea SAAS 1s pokatigall A provincial political perspective The zoo that is the legislature | VICTORIA — It was just like in the good ‘short: it was a z00. In the end, rookie Liberal MLA Mike de comenh play of ineptitude, Playes right into the opposition’s hands. In the final analysis, .? nobody won the day. ji At the centre of the storm was Attorney ~~ General Colin Gabelmaan, who wasn't even ‘present during, the bedlam. He was announcing =* in an exp and pr A A time to mourn ‘by h i of April 28. Sponsored the West Kootenay Labor Eas Sieeleenearen busineses and shope are urged to take part inthis solemn occasion= Daring this time, we should also remethber that ,one million people each year are injured while on the job, and that deaths from even greater chance of mishap. Ouiperfect example of tis can be found right here in Casth where once seen as “hight rial job sis ct as Celgar, are being, elapse of capaci due to costs. With so many people working in a saa co going babble about he on eS ee Legian an cor out Reese apn ast oat pare ne beep on worl be much better off for it. ERRORS: The advertiser agrees that the publisher shall not be fable for at 11 am. All | of new court houses in Prince has been appointed to determine whether Gabelmann should face charges. Such appointments are routine. What isn’t routine is that the cabinet minister keeps his job during the We have come to expect that the minister under scrutiny steps aside untfl-he or she is cleared. I have yet to talk to anyone who believes that Gabel has done ing wrong. of the Liberal opposition. That is, however, not the . Peter Dueck had to aban- don his post as health minister for more than a year, while whether he was guilty of hav- | ing been a recipient of the largess of a German pharma- ceutical firm which was trying to sell into the B.C. market. Dueck was eventually cleared and got back into cabinet, albeit in a different Gabeimainn’s refusal to step aside during the George and Coquitl while the opp Liberals skinned him alive back home. . Gabelmann has come under increasing fire since he told the legislature that a court affi- davit he filed last year to avoid having to testify in court contained an error. In that affidavit, Gabelmann said he ~, didn’t take notes duting a meeting with rep- resenfatives of the Everywoman's Health Centre. When an anti-abortion activist filed a private information, alleging that Gabel- mann had taken notes during the meeting and had, therefore, perjured himself, a search of his files revealed that he had, intleed, made what he later called some inal notes.” To clear’up the’ matter, a special prosecutor i a st that is supp d by Premier Harcourt is, however, not only wrong in terms of past practice, it’s also a bit of a tac- tical error. The investigation will presumably last no more than a couple of weeks. I’m sure his min- istry could have manage¢ nicely without Gabel mann for such a short time; not withstanding the minister's statements that he needs to stay ik ee a eg On geen $2 billion forestry renewal program out of the the RCMP tried to figure out . And because Gabelmann was absent, Har- | court had to bear the brunt of the Liberals’ scom. Again and again, they hammered home the question: “Will you ask the attorney general to resign?” Again and again, the premier said no. He had confidence in the attorney general, and so did the opposition, he said. De Jong’s antics, which got him evicted from the legistature, bear some examination. He told the House that he overheard someone outside court call the attorney general a liar ‘That’s a no-no under parliamentary rules and when he refused to withdraw the remark he was turfed 6ut. The exchange brought back memories of another.day, May 31, 1989, to be specific, when Harcourt was thrown. out of the legislature. He had suggested that the then labor minister Lyall Hanson had lied in connection with the Knight Street Pub scandal. Harcourt refused to withdraw his remarks and was expelled from the legislature for the rest of the day. Ironically, the Liberals had first decided not to press Gabelmann too hard. The question is why they changed their minds. My guess is that de Jong is feeling his oats and wants to impress Liberal leader Gordon Campbell while, at the same time, making a name for himself. Unf ly, he d his leader instead because if anyone should have led the attack on Gabelmann, it was Campbell. When all is said and done, it would have been better for everybody if Gabelmann had vacated his portfolio during the special prose- cutor’s investigation. The government wouldn't have come under attack and could have continued following its own agenda; de Jong wouldn't have looked like an eager beaver, and Campbell wouldn't have been embarrassed. Wednesday, April 20, 1994 Letters to the Editor The folowing it. open iter to the pupils of Castlegar Primary School. Dear Pupils T have been reading the letters you wrote to the editor of the Castlegar ‘Sun of April 13, 1994, regarding the loss of your school’s flag. I was very sorry to learn that it was stolen off the flag-pole during the long Easter weekend. It is a great many years since I last taught school and many of the things that were done at school when I was a ~ Dear Editor: This is in response to personal innuendoes and comments made recently by Steve Davis, presi- dent of the Castlegar and District Wildlife Association, about my bear research in Kokanee Park young teacher are now considered to be quaint and archaic, but we pe cone cans oes Us welt even “Th flag is the symbol of our country and because of what it stands for, it deserves to be treated with respect. It should never be allowed to drag on the ground or be stepped on, and should never be left Wanging on the flag-pole overnight. Many years ago, we in Canada used a flag called the Union Jack, which. Davis’s comments Glacier National Parks where risk of bear encounters to people. This not only helps park visi- tors and may even save lives, but it makes it better for bears, too. Since Mr. Davis claims to be on the side of grizzlies, one can only on ¢ of the saddest days of life and if red pepper spray been available at the time I certainly would have exercised a different option to save myself. These studies such as done recently in areas of Yoho and late what his real motives were for taking my unfortunate Kokanee incident entirely out of * context and making a very sick *, joke about it. Mr. Davis's personal innuen- does also side-step the real ques- tion being’ raised—the matter of excessive trophy kills by hunters of a species now listed as “vul- nerable”. Our consultant's study done on grizzly bear mortality for the two hunting management units around Kokanee Glacier Park drew a number of startling conclusions. This was by using only the B.C. Wildlife Branch’s popula- tion estimates and grizzly bear hunting guidelines. The first was that of a total of 39 grizzlies killed by hunters in the two man- agement units between 1975- 1991, 40 per cent were, would offer you children a much more timely and practical reason for bringing your flag indoors at night— the threat of theft. Now we have our very own beautiful red and white Canadian maple-leaf flag which should be Teens frustrated and bored in Castlegar this to happen. Aad you have scaty Road ont tata fag Yolk moming and will case for it in‘a suitable manner - so that it will mtmain bright, clean and safe for masty years to come. « Yours A retired teacher who cares calloused, inappropriate, and unfair concentrated ‘near Kokanee hunting « of grizzlies has been Creeks. Six grizzlies, includi g two females were killed ‘by hunters in these drai Other areas of the province between 1989 and 1991 which just happened to also be a period Of the total of 15 grizzlies killed by hunters, seven were females. By factoring other mor- tality including loss of grizzlies due to poaching and hunter crip- pling, we estimate a total of 18- 25 bears killed in the three-year period. This represents an esti- mate 32-50 per cent of» the assumed number of adult female bears—a figure which we felt would cause a population decline: Our conclusion was that, for” - ' these three years, the hunter kill rate far exceeded the Wildlife Branch’s own provincial guide- lines and that hunting should be closed indefinitely to allow the population to recover. A recent population model suggested that a reduced grizzly population | could take up to 40 years to recover from too many deaths. Over the past decade, over- Sun columnist touched a nerve Dear Editor: I would very much like to be the first to say that I am sorry young Mr. Carlson has had, as so many these days, a first encounter with someone he knows who has come down with AIDS. The article he ‘wrote touched me deeply. I hope his friend is doing well to this point, and that doctors will find a cure. Second, I would like to thank him for his column in last week's paper. Crash and Bum is the cor- rect phrase for what so often hap- pens to families these days, but there is more to this story. World Wars one and two dis- lodged families, sending the young men off to war, many to die, leaving children with grieving mothers, afraid of the world, and forcing many of them into the war effort, building parts for ships and Pee oS further dislodging families. The generation between the war lived through the depression, try- ing to restore what they could of family and life. The generation after the second world war was the baby boomers. The depression was over, housing was available and so was work. But they, being children of the depression and the wars, unable to learn what a good marriage was made of, had child after child, each one not getting quite the care they needed, and divorce became more common. The next generation, the product of the baby boomers, rebelling against one cause or another, became known as the ‘me’ ew tion. Without this would not be as many cases ot equal opportunity for the present generation, nor a lot af the rights and freedoms the youth of today Hnirs not lnpeearing nyone by tang life and cheap shots There are, as he stated, lots of rocks for them to trip over on the way, but I for one believe this columnist to be on the right track. So beware of those sticks and stones on the pathways of life. They are. there to teach you, but they can also bury you alive if you let them. We are all sorry for the rough trip kids. I’m sure I. speak for many parents. Keep it up, kids of today, the ‘me’ generation is pulling for you. M. Tycquet har pega using different calculations. t these It is imteresting to see Mr. Davis congratulate his group for a “group in grizzly bears” ro happen “by accident”. didn't by aaNet of land vient dil oar part”. What hard work ‘may'I 2k? The yeality is that our Kokance With every purchase, no will receive a MY: COUPON. Ripping open me educated guesses subject to & wide margin ‘of crror that is not considered cnough when the matter how smalf or STERY you your sealed envelope could 4 inch. round sub with every '| | TEST RIDE! ‘| |@emral “Survival Pack” seat gah repair items with any new bicycle purchase!