A4 = October 12, 1986 o— ESTABLISHED AUG 71947 pegersy sanaen OF THE B.C. PRESS COUNCR TWACE WEEKLY MAY 4 1980 week Ly CAMPBELL longs 10 Castle News Lid. proveded ‘odvertwement prepored trom repro pr PUBLISHER AUG. 7. 1947-68. 15.1973 PUBLISHER — Burt Campbell EDITOR — Ron Norman PLANT FOREMAN — Peter Harvey OFFICE MANAGER — Lindo Kositsin ADVERTISING MANAGER — Gary Fleming CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hodley MOTICE OF COPYRIGHT: Full complete ond sole copyright in ony printed matter produced by Costte News Ltd. ted in ond bel fools engravings eX provided by the odvertser shall 1 12. 1978. AUG 27 1980 thor copyrighe 10 the! port and that part onty of oman on ond y, Talking tough From the Vancouver Sun At last the true seriousness of the threatened United States torift on Canadian lumber is being put on the table. International Trade Minister Pat Carney is talking tough and she has time to get her Not Miss Carney. She has already said that an earlier offer to in- crease the price of Canadian lum- ber by provincial toxes was the “only offer A paper mountain of intor- mation has accumulated in across. The U.S. blinked, post- poning for a week a scheduled an- nouncement on the tariff. A week is a long time in politics and it is politics rather than rationality that has brought this dispute to the point of severely damaging relations between our two countries Miss Carney is now making that clear. She told The New York Times in an interview that Canada is considering “a strong response’ if o tariff is imposed. The newspaper interpreted that as a threat of retaliation although Miss Carney said she was "not going to tell you what it is She also described the behavior of U.S. lumber producers seeking the tariff as “total harassment Miss Carney is also quoted as telling American reporters that imposition of a tariff would set off a wave of anti-Americanism, and could jeopardize the Canada-U.S. trade negotiations. One can only speculate on the real reason the U.S. commerce department backed off its preliminary announcement, now planned for this week. This official comment was that the delay would allow negotiations to take place between the two governments. If so, who is willing to give ground? gton as the Canadian forest industry has made its case against allegations that it is subsidized. The U.S. agreed similar allegations were unfounded in 1983 and nothing has changed here except the British Columbia government's agreement to increase stumpage fees — some loose talk by the premier and his forests minister. But when it comes to subsidie: the Americans are no innocents. For instance: Isn't the U.S. lumber industry subsidized by the income tax deduction American homeowners receive for the mor- tgage interest? Canadians don't get that. And aren't there a host of special deals and incentives from the states and local governments to U.S. industry? American subsidies aren't con- fined to the forest industry, of course. And nor is trade with Canada. There is plenty of room for negotiation or even retaliati in the overall relationship. For in- stance: Do we have to test U.S. cruise missiles? But the greatest argument in favor of an amicable solution to this malicious dispute is the threat to the good will on which Canada- U.S. relations is historically foun- ded. There's still a week to make the point. Keep it up, Miss Carney. As the provincial election cam paign heads into the final 10 days it's clear the Social Credit party intends to stick closely to its game plan. And that is basically one thing: Give the ball to Premier Bill Vander Zalm. The Socreds are convinced the populist premier with the engaging smile can win the election almost single-handedly. That's why such party heavyweights like Brian Smith and Grace McCarthy have taken a backseat in this campaign. It is also one of the reasons behind the now famous “gag” order in structing Socred candidates not to debate or take part in forums with opposition candidates. The theory is let Vander Zalm do all the talking and the local candidates will be able to ride into the Victoria legislature on his coattails. When you're as much as 18 points ahead in the polls, it’s sound strategy. Why let a local candidate mess up a good thing with an inop- portune remark made during the heat of debate? But the strategy could backfire in ridings where the Socreds must make up a lot of ground — such as in Rossland-Trail where a 14-year New Democrat MLA won by more than 3,000 votes the last time out Perhaps that's why Social Credit candidate Audrey Moore has dis. regarded the gag order and agreed to meet New Democrat Chris D'Arcy head-to-head in a series of encounters (three last week and one this week). Maybe Moore senses that she can't topple D'Arcy by relying solely on Vander Zalm’s popularity There reason. The gag order was meant to help inexperienced Socred candi dates. But as mayor of Castlegar for the last 10 years Moore has had plenty of opportunity to polish her considerable political skills and should be able to fend for herself in a tight situation But while Moore has decided to abandon one aspect of the Vander Zaim strategy, for some reason she has stood by another. Like the premier, she is talking in general could also be another Ron Norman ities and avoiding specific issues. But unlike the premier, she hasn't met with the same success. That was particularly evident during the forum Thursday at Selkirk College. Moore responded in vague terms to a question about the impending U.S. lumber tariff issue. When the student who asked the question pressed for a “concrete yes or no” answer, Moore grew visibly upset and, glaring, retorted: “I'll let Chris (D'Arcy) give you the con crete yes or no.” D'Arcy then jumped at the opening and blasted the Socred government for not reviewing stumpage fees earlier Moore fell into the again Friday morning during the CBC Radio program Daybreak Though she started strongly, she faded when she was forced to become more specific. Another aspect of Moore's strat egy is to tie D'Arcy to riding projects that have never material ized. On an local open line radio show this week she criticized him for not carrying the flag a little stronger to Victoria on the CAT scanner application by Trail Reg ional Hospital She made a similar charge about D'Arcy's role in the West Trail approach during her nomination speech Sept. 29. She noted that if she had been the MLA the project would never have been delayed this long The problem with that argument is that it hasn't been D'Arcy who has stalled those programs, but the Social Credit government That type of argument works during a speech (as it did during the nomination meeting) or in response to a question when the opposition candidate isn't around. But to raise it during a forum is suicide That's exactly what Moore did Thursday at Selkirk College. And D'Arcy at it up. He threw it back at Moore, putting her on the defensive. It may be alright for Vander Zalm to be non-confrontational and to avoid issues — he's got the luxury of being ahead. But if Moore seriously hopes to unseat D'Arcy she's going to have to change her tactics. same trap +, whch ing for was hired by the ND says Castlegar News The Castlegar Kats captured the West Kootenay girls softball champion- ship Monday, defeating Nelson Boyals ._ °* 8 urprise tea was held at the home pire D. Magee by the Robson W.1. members for Mrs. C.E. Tutt before her departure for Ladner, where she will eat i o ota eee institute, presented Mrs. Tutt with a life time membership pin and certif- ieate for the good work she has done for the institute in the pest 20 years. . The Parish Hall was full of Wolf Cubs on Wednesday last when C Lloyd showed his films of the Letters to the Editor Cats use yard as toilet We at Hobbit Hill Children’s Centre are having a problem which we hope our good neighbors will help us solve. The problem is cats — specifically, cats who use our yard as a giant outdoor toilet. As a licensed childcare centre, we. have a responsibility to keep our yard in a clean and sanitary condition for the many children who play here each day. This is becoming difficult to do, as a nightly parade of cats undermines our efforts. Our chief medical health inspector informs me that nowhere in North America is the common house cat subject to regulations, laws or bylaws. Where no laws exist to protect public Please address all Letters to the Editor to: The Castlegar News, P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4, or deliver them to our office at 197. Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. Letters must be signed and in- clude the writer's full name and address. Only in very exceptional cases will letters be published without the writer's name. Never- theless, ihe name and address of the writer must be disclosed to the editor The Castlegar News reserves the right to edit letters for brevity, clarity, legality and grammor safety, individual responsibility must fill the breach. As a cat owner myself, I appreciate the difficulty of supervising the move. ments of the average feline. Indeed, the cat's independence is one of his most attra@tive qualities. And who really enjoys cleaning out a well-used litter box? Yet I feel this task is a small price to pay for enjoying my pet while keeping my conscience clean about his effect on the health of others. Though we think of the cat as a “clean” animal because he tries to bury his droppings, it is important to know that cats can be the source of serious health problems. My son Jeffrey, 14, is a victim of the parasite toxoplaxma gondii, which is carried by the cat and excreted in its feces. When an expectant mother is exposed to this one-celled parasite, it crosses the placenta and infects the newborn baby’s brain and retinal tissue, leaving cysts which later become scar tissue. This condition is called toxoplasmosis, and my son is blind, severely physicality handicapped; and profoundly mentally retarded Roundworms and hookworms are also carried and excreted by the cat, and these are directly transmittable to children who come in contact with the cat's feces. While we have invested in a cover for our children’s sandbox, it is virtually impossible for us to cover every square inch of dirt in our yard to keep cats out. So, neighbors, we beg your assistance in solving this problem. By providing your own animal with a personal sandbox, and encouraging its use, you will be making a major con tribution to the safety, security and happiness of kids and staff at Hobbit Hill Children's Centre. Many thanks for your cooperation HOBBIT HILL CHILDREN’S CENTRE Catherine A. Lafortune Director Put jobs back in Kootenays Re: Castlegar News Oct. 8 story on MP Bob Brisco unveiling a grant project for “employment preparation.” Mr. Brisco used to say he didn't like “make work” government programs. So now his government is announcing, through him, a “make look-for-work” programs. If that is what we get for “having an MP on the government's side”, let’s go back to NDP representation. We want work, not resumes, and put jobs back in the Kootenays! E.T. Bunce Nelson More letters A5 Cub camp of last summer. Some parents brought the Kinnaird Cubs to share in the pictures. . 6 The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Buckna was the scene of a very busy meeting for the Kinnaird Catholic Club on Tuesday evening last. It was agreed upon at this meeting that the club should sponsor a bake sale in Trail on Oct. 26 at the market. Mrs. T. Fourt agreed to act as the convenor for this bake sale. 25 YEARS AGO From the Oct. 12, 1961 News Plans for the mass KRC Community Chest canvass of Kinnaird, Robson and Castlegar on Oct. 29 are well under- way, reports R.C. Maddocks, co-chair- main of the publicity committee for the blitz. Mr. Maddocks said the response so far towards plans for the giant canvass has been gratifying while the atmos- phere at meetings held so far has been inspiring. * ee 6 A brief on The Moral Aspects of the High Arrow Dam was presented to AF. Paget, comptroller of water rights, at the recent water licence hearings on High Arrow held at Castlegar. The brief was presented by Dr. C.S. Fowler on behalf of the Arrow Lakes Water Resources Committee. * © «6 Premier W.A.C. Bennett last week indicated at Oliver that the provincial government will not expropriate the West Kootenay Power and Light Company in the immediate future, but made it clear a government buy-out will almost certainly occur when and if Columbia river power is more fully developed 15 YEARS AGO From the Oct. 14, 1971 News Pulp operations at the Celgar plant here will shut down for three weeks, beginning Nov. 1 The was made late Election notebook BY RON NORMAN E ROSSLAND-TRAIL Social Cre- dit candidate Audrey Moore had to hold down the fort alone at Thurs- day's all-candidates forum at Selkirk College when Howard Dirks, the Socred candidate in Nelson-Creston, refused to attend Dirks is apparently following the advice of the party's strategists at the Richmond headquarters and avoiding ‘forums which involve opposition “tandidates. If Dirk? absence wasn't obvious enough, Corky Evans, the New Democrat candidate in Nelson-Cres ton, decided to drive home the point. Evans tacked a hand-printed sign reading: “For Howard Dirks” to an unoccupied chair on the candidates’ platform marked “re served.” The empty chair provided the perfect foil for Evans. He opened his speech by telling Liberal candidate candidate Toby Smith that it takes a lot of guts to stand up in front of a crowd. “You've got more guts than at least one other candidate in this race,” Evans said. NO, ROSSLAND.Trail New Democrat candidate Chris D'Arcy was not at Friday's breakfast for Premier Vander Zalm at the Uplander Hotel in Rossland. D'Arcy took some heat from his own paty for attending a Vander Zalm break fast in August in Castlegar. Moore reciprocated with a visit to the breakfast for New Democrat leader Bob Skelly last week at the Fireside Inn. THERE IS no question the New Democrats would win Rossland Trail hands down if the election was based solely.on the two breakfasts. For $6 the NDP offered a smorg NO SHOW .. . Nelson-Creston Liberal candidate Toby Smith (left), and New Democratic candidate Corky Evans with empty chair “reserved” for Social Credit candidate Howard Dirks at T all-candidates forum at Selkirk College. asbord that included omelettes, eggs. bacon, sausages and ham. And you could sit down to eat. The Socred breakfast cost $5 and you got croissants, muffins and fresh fruit. But you had to stand up to eat, which proved tricky for those who wanted a coffee with their meal. But the Socreds packed more people into their breakfast — 250, compared to only 40 at the New Democrat affair. CASTLEGAR NEWS publisher Burt Campbell says he's got a $100 bill that says Moore wins Rossland Trail. So far Campbell, who Moore defeated for the dew 4 nomination, hasn't had any take VANDER ZALM presented local Socred John Rypien with a pin to honor Rypien’s work selling 100 new party memberships in the riding. IF YOU THINK the media gets a little jaded following the provincial party leaders as they criss-cross the province, you're right. Listening to the Vander Zalm speech Friday morning in Rossland was an exper ience. ursday's Costtews Photo On the one hand the premier was talking and on the other the media was one step ahead, giving nearly word for word his speech — a speech they had obviously heard before. DO D’ARCY election signs grow with watering? The D'Arcy election sign seen soon after you enter Woodland Park keeps growing in size. It started out as a small one, and keeps getting bigger. “Maybe it grows with Watering!” chuckled a local resident. THE VANCOUVER SUN profile of the Rossland-Trail ‘race included the little-known fact that D'Arcy was the publisher of a community newspaper in Castlegar. Asked about the paper, D'Arcy told the Castlegar News it was called Kootenay West Sentinel. He and his ran the paper for about three years in the late 1960s. “We never made a whole lot of money,” he said, but then they didn’t lose any money either. Tuesday afternoon by G.W. Scrim- shaw, president and chief executive officer of Columbia Cellulose in Van couver. Reason for the shutdown, he said, is “because of the delay of the recovery of the economies in the free world.” The speed by which Castlegar school students left their classrooms during a fire drill last week won the admiration of fire chief Ed Lewis. The students at Stanley Humphries evacuated their classes in one minute, 36 seconds, while the little ones in Twin Rivers Annex came out in 35 seconds. Twin Rivers Elementary made it in 28 seconds. . 28 e Mayor Murray Little has disputed Statistics Canada figures showing a drop of 372 people in the town between 1966 and 1971 and has requested a re- check. 5 YEARS AGO From the Oct. 11, 1981 News Castlegar voters will be asked to aprove two major public works pro jects totalling nearly $1 million when they go to the polls this November. The projects — one for storm sewer lines in the south end and the other for paving and road improvements — will be presented to voters in two separate referendums. . 28 6 A unique proposal for a riverside park consisting of a chain of islands sculpted from the gravel pit in north Castlegar was unveiled Tuesday to Castlegar council. The park is the brainchild of Castlegar native Rod MacPherson, who undertook the project in the final year of his architecture degree. * ° Selkirk College is considering the introduction of a charge policy for non student use of its library Under the proposed policy the community user would pay $10 per year for membership. If approved, a $7.50 charge would also be made for interlibrary loans for individuals from libraries outside the Kootenay area. _—_ SLASH BURNING . - . Helicopter ignites trees Wed- nesday during slash burning of a section of Westar Timber's Tree Farm Licence No. 23 near Cayuse Creek. The slash was burned in order to prepare the 60- hectare site for spring tree planting when about 72,000 seedlings will go in the ground. MORE LETTERS B.C. must recall past The B.C. electorate is acting like a typical victim of abuse these days. Voters are locked into a relationship with the Socreds that defies all rational under ing. It is a rel. hip that will end only when the victims recog: nize what's happening and decide they've had enough. We've been subjected to both psychological and physical battering for a long time now. All our edu cational, social, health and other such services have been reduced or elimi nated; our incomes — if we have any — won't buy what they used to; the In terior of the province is being emptied of jobs, resources and people; and if we have the audacity to complain, we're told we're bad B.C.ers and we don't deserve even the little we have. We finally threatened to leave — to vote for the NDP — so we got a grand partly thrown for us this summer and are now told to forget the past .. - everything’s going to be “wonderful” from now on. We're assured that the last few years were a mistake, that Bill really loves us and most certainly won't Please, let's wake up before it’s too late. Surely we're capable of remem: bering the past and of not being fooled yet another time. All we have to do is stand up for ourselves on election day and be counted. If we do, then together we'll discover enough self-respect and confidence to get on with the job of building a humane and just world for ourselves and our children Ann Godderis Nelson elderly face service loss NELSON (CP) — Approx- imately 350 independent Nelson-area elderly people will be left without essential services and face being placed in institutions if pro- “From a financial point of homes at an average cost of $150 a month each for the Joan co-ordina- tor of the Nelson and District Health Support Services Society, said its homemaker operation is facing collapse because of a small but grow- ing deficit. Kimberley and Fernie are closure, Reichardt said, al- though the other nine ser. vices in the region are also experiencing financial diffi- culty due to government re- straint. elderly person forced into an intermediate long-term care hospital will cost the govern- ment about $1,500 a month — 10 times the cost of the homemaker service. The deficit for the Nelson homemaker sector is $20,000 on a budget $694,000 a year. “That's a lot if you can't afford it,” Reichardt said. “We have no surplus to fall back on.” Brisco plans survey letter Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco plans to canvass the opinions of constituents on two issues in a survey to be included in his next con- stituency newsletter. The two issues in question are the electoral boundary redistribution which pro poses to eliminate Kootenay West as a federal consti- tuency, and the proposed sale by Cominco of West Koote- nay Power and Light Co. to UtiliCorp Inc. “On the electoral bound- aries question, I will simply be asking for the support of constituents in opposing the proposed changes,” said Brisco, in a prepared release. “Concerning the West Kootenay Power Sale, I will be asking for opinions. “It is important that I hear from all constituents on both ... Survey letter issues,” he added. “I believe it will be in everyone's best interest to complete the sur- vey, and I urge all con- stituents to do so as soon as it is received.” The newsletter is expected to be in the mail the last week of October. come aloné Sendays 10.8. - Pi Napanee tg BULK HA BLACK FOREST. SLICED. We reserve the right to limit quantities. Prices limited to stock on hand. Lumber subsidies violate rules GENEVA (AP) — U.S. and Canadian officials presented their cases Friday at the opening of hearings to rule on Washi 's int that says the U.S. investigation, prompted by complaints from the domestic lumber indus- try, constitutes unjustifiable subsidies to Canadian lumber production violate free trade rules and are subject to penalty. Andrew Stoler, an attache at the U.S. trade mission, said talks will continue after the initial one-day meeting but no date has been set He declined to disclose details about the confidential hearing by a three-member dispute settlement panel set up under the General Agree ment of Tariffs and Trade, the main treaty governing international commerce whose administration is based in Geneva. Michael Cartland, head of the Hong Kong mission in Geneva, is chairman of the group. Canada hopes the panel will urge the United States to refrain from imposing a stiff tariff on Canadian softwood lumber. U.S. officials say their Commerce Department has the right to investigate whether Canadian lumber is unfairly subsidized. Canada trade hara: . Canada won a U.S. ruling on a similar case in 1983 and argues that W has A TASTE OF ART 5th Anniversary Sale Tuesday, Oct. 14 to 18 New large selection of framed ond untramed prints... In time for Xmas! NEW SELECTION OF “STAND UP” FRAMES Limited Edition Prints Of BATEMAN RON PARKER, SEEREY LESTER, LES WEISSERICH, ETC. [Meet the Chef and Win All You Can Eat® =: HOLIDAY AND Steak SUNDAY SPECIAL and 9 $Q95 Lobster From 3 p.m.-9 p.m. INCLUDES: 6 02. Top Sirloin:3 to 4 07. Lobster, Baked Potato, Mushrooms and Garlic Bread. Limited Quantines Kootenay Cattle Co. Nelson no new evidence to justify a tariff, a GATT source said The U.S. industry is seek ing tariffs of up to 36 per cent on about $4 billion Cdn of lumber Canada sells to Amer. icans. The Commerce Depart ment was to announced a preliminary ruling this week, but U.S. authorities delayed it in hopes of a negotiated settlement, even though a compromise offer from Can ada last week was rejected by the U.S. lumber industry. Canadian officials say Com merce's final decision is likely to come well before the GATT panel completes its investigation, which is likely to take months. The delegation of Geneva based Canadian officials also was believed likely to claim the United States is in- fringing on Canada’s national sovereignty by trying to force it to change natural re- source pricing policies. PLAZA Open for Your Shopping Convenience THANKSGIVING MONDAY, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. OcT. 13 Mony more delicious favorites from Burgers to Escargot! | THE DAM INN NEIGHBORHOOD ‘SOUTH SLOCAN — 359.7515 | t } | See Our THANKSGIVING SPECIAL in the larger ad on page Aé. 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