ad July 31, 1988 va ESTABLISHED AUGUSI 7. 1947 INCORPORATING THE MID: WEEK MIRROR PU! 1. CAMPBELL PUBLISHER Castlégar News AAEMBER OF THE B.C. PRESS COUNCIL PUBLISHER, AUGUST 7. 1947 FEBRUARY 19, 1979 EDITOR PLANT FOREMAN ADVERTISING MANAGI OFFICE MANAGER CIRCULATION MANAGER SN, WICE WEEKLY MAY 4. 1990, euisHeD Se? 1978 AUGUSI 27, 1980 Burt Campbell Ron Norman Heather Hadley Cape Horn Road The announcement last week that the Highways Ministry will start in September on an initial $ Bluffs north of Slocan City is good 1 million project on the Cape Horn news indeed. While one sympathizes with area spokesmen at the Nelson meeting at which the projéct was unveiled tor wanting a longer term commitment, the fact such a commitment was not forthcoming at this time should not overshadow the immediate important announ- cement. It is only nine months since th accompanied by Nelson-Creston historic problem area. resigned from cabinet and we've since that time while Mr. Dirks cabinet. 1t was shortly after that en high Cliff Michael MLA Howard Dirks, visited the that Mr. Michgel had two more highways ministers has now also been appointed to The obtaining of $1 million by Mr. Dirks has been no small feat considering the changes at highways’ helm, and we should certainly be optimistic at this time that he'll be equally successful in obtaining subsequent funding Canada Lucky It's only been a handful of years since the age of majority in British Columbia was reduced from 21 years to 19. This past July Ist, the life of a nation that span is brief, a preface only. Canada was 121 years old. An individual lifespan of 121 years would be long and extraordinary. Hi in Remember when #@ YEARS AGO From the July 29, 1948 News ‘ Miss K. Comerford, health nurse: for this district was introduced to the: board members and informed the! board her duties in this district will commence September 1st. Arrange~ ments are being made for office: accommodation for the Public Health: nurse and it is felt this public service: will be of great advantage to Schook District No. 9. . On Sunday, July 26th, the Religz ious Vacation School held at Stz Rita's parish came to a success! close. * 6« « The Red Tux Dance Band played the weekend at Christina Lake to ® capacity wows of 600. * 8 A ca Ms crowd attended the Co-Op Women's W.A. Dance in aid of the Flood Relief fund in the Coron; ation Hall last Friday night. $ * 68 « Errol Flynn, Ida Lupino, Eleanor Parker and Gig Young star in “Es- cape Me Never.” Errol Flynn was never more dashing. Ida Lupino was never so appealing. Castlegar Hon. Paul Martin, Canada’s ex- ternal affairs minister and chief i for the new federal Letters to the editor government on Columbia river devel- opment, is scheduled to view the sites of the three proposed Columbia dams this weekend. . . Still quite early into our second century, we face problems, strains and risks that our founding fathers could not have imagined. The question of where we stand t joday is not easily answered, even from a material point of view. While the Laurentian industrial hear- tland and Ontario thrive, the At! slack and we in recession/depression Unfortunately, the map of Ca’ prosperity and depression. the west still lantic Maritime economy remains reel from the effects of the nada is still dotted with regions of But all things considered, ours is one of the most fortunate among nations in this era of world-wide troubles. Our first order of business, of course, is the proposed free trade deal with the United States which offers great opportunities, as Brian Mulroney assyres us, and poses great dangers, as both John Turner and Ed Broadbent warn. The complete reversal of historic Conservative and Liberal tariff policy — Mr. Mulroney replacing Wilfred Laurier as the free trader and Mr. Turner speaking the language of Robert Borden, the vic- torious protectionist in 1911 But irony aide, the future of common border are linked far mo — is ironic our two great countries sharing a re closely than was the case when our Fathers of Confederation brought our nation’s birth about. Those men, from four little highly dubious, possibly impossib! cessors must have no cause for recognition of the real, not the ex must go forward to greatness colonies, were undaunted by the e, task that faced them. Their suc- doubt, but only cause for a new pected, state of Canada today. We Recognition heartening In a reply to Mr. Don Scarlett's letter of July 3, Mr. Bob Brisco defended his government's financial contribution to forestry in British Columbia and specifically in Koot enay West. We would like to confirm that Mr Brisco has consistently supported the efforts of the Kaslo Community Forest Enhancement Society to promote more intensive management of forest lands adjacent to com munity boundaries. He agrees with us that investment These forest projects have improved stands in and around our have contributed to the local economy through the circulation of wages and operating expenses, and have provided a number of previously unemployed people with sufficient training and motivation to regularly secure seasonal contract silvicultural work Mr. Brisco has indicated to us that in the renewed FRDA agreement between the federal government and Province of B.C. he supports funding community, in intensive forest provides excellent social and econ omic returns and that community oriented projects can significantly benefit participants, residents, and businesses. To this end he has approved federally funded job dev elopment projects which have trained local social assistance rec ipients and unemployed people in basic forestry skills. pecifically for ity forest management. His recognition of the role Jocal people can play in the management of local resources is most heartening. We sincerely hope that provincial resource agencies eventually come to share his perspective. ill Phillips Greg Lay Kaslo Pilot knew risks It was about a month ago that I met John Thies, pilot of the Conair Fire Cat that went down in the mountains near Ymir. It was the first time I had ever met a pilot and I must admit, I did have a stereotype image of one (arrogant, conceited, dare devil). Well that all went out the window the moment John smiled and spoke. He was warmhearted, jovial and very open and honest as he answered my questions about his plane, his job, and his life. He offered to take a group of us on a tour of his plane, #65. I didn’t know that you had to climb in through the roof to get in one of those things! John was very thorough in his explanation of the aircraft and the procedures that the pilot follow must He flew the plane alone, but just about always the 3 Firecats went out together, as through time it was found to be the most éffective strat- egy of bombing fires. One of the questions that I asked him was how he coped with such a dangerous job. He answered that the danger was only relative to the job that was to be done (everytime you drive a car, you jeopardize your life). John took great pride in hig skill as a pilot, he stressed that he was very careful, not an orangutan, and held no respect for pilots that took unnec- essary chances. He loved flying, to him it was worth the danger. I will never forget John Thies, the job that he did was one that he truly loved. Marie Allison Castlegar Subscribers watch out This letter is directed to Shaw Cable and all subscribers who don't know what they could be up against. When I came home from work last Tuesday (July 19), I found a yellow in town we play by your rules or else. To all subscribers who don't pay their bill on the first of the month, watch out for the yellow card people to come ing your into effect on the second? By the way Shaw Cable, why only $10 for this fee? Why not $20 or $507 After all we play by your rules or we don't play at all. Nice to have a card in my door from contacting me on behalf of Shaw Cable concerning my account. I had a outstanding balance of $23.09 for July to which the company had tacked on a $10 processing fee, making an amount of $33.09 payable within 24 hours to ensure immediate credit of payment and cancellation of disconnection When I confronted the receptionist at Shaw Cable the next day she told me it was the new policy, either pay by the first of the month or be subjected to the processing fee and possible disconnection. If I didn't pay it would have cost $66.09 to get my service back. (There is a physical charge of $33 to reconnect). This is all for a service which I have only received two- thirds of a month's worth. I guess when you're the only game ballance.” I wonder if in the future if we haven't paid by the first of the month, will the processing fee come ly isn’t it? Scott Jellicoe Castlegar Free Trade is shameful I would like to congratulate the Honorable John Turner, leader of the opposition and thank him for his strong opposition to the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Bill. I would like to think that I am a proud Canadian and I am worried that the present Conservative gov ernment is determined to sell my birthright in this shameful manner. I was unhappy about the sale of our water, oil and energy to the U.S.A., but tonight's news revolted me when it was announced that even the Canadian Red Cross is protesting that the Free Trade deal even includes our blood. Surely this is going too far. I hope he continues to do his best to block this, shameful sell-out and thus earn our undying gratitude. Pat Romaine Castlegar Metric system should go When the Liberals were in powér, and forcing metric down the throats of Canadians, the Conservatives said they would scrap compulsory metric if and when they attained power. Much to the dismay of at least 90 per cent of Canadians, when the Tories did attain power it was soon evident that they were just as adamant in enforcing metric as were the Liberals. Of all the gigantic, ludicrous blunders any government in the world has made in the past thousand years, bringing metric into land measures here in Canada has to be the ‘ultimate. It’s hard to imagine that in a country as big as Canada, which has been surveyed in imperial measures with which everyone is happy, some pipsqueak dictator comes along and says we will change miles into kilometres and acres into hectares. Even the most simple-minded, de. mented person would know better, but our Liberal populace, composed mainly of Quebecers, think it's great because that's another move to be like France. Let's look at some examples of metric: one mile is 1.6009344 km; one kilometre is .62109 miles; one square mile is 2.589988 square kms.; one acre is 0.40468564 hectares; and one quarter section is 64.749702 hectares. One standard-sized house door is now 767.09531 cm. by 1917.713251 em. A centiliter is 0.6102 cubic inches, or a liquid centiliter is 0.33934 ounces, and the list of confusion goes on an on. These figures and many others I did not mention were taken from dictionaries; then I noticed that some figures quoted differed slightly from one dictionary to another. So I checked an encyclopedia and found that many figures were different again to the dictionaries. Then I was told by a librarian that this was possible because it depends on which reference book is quoted, as there are many metric systems throughout the world. Now that we are entering into a free trade agreement with the United States, goods manufactured in Canada intended for the U.S. market will have to be manufactured to American standards of measure — the Imperial measure we Canadians once used. Now we manufacture goods in Imperial measure for the U.S. market and in metric for our Canadian market. The U.S. manu. facturer metric for our market and imperial for its own. What utterly stupid nonsense, to say nothing of confusion. This practice also adds at least 30 per cent to the cost of products going either way. Another important factor is the cost yet to come for total conversion to metric. A letter I received from a member of Parliament informs me that at least 100 billion more will be spent to complete the metric con version — just what we need when 60 per cent of our tax money goes to our Gross National Debt incurred by Trudeau. I think that metric should be dropped entirely and no more money spent on it. Since there are many different 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 Ave- nue: Castlegar. etters must be signed ‘ond include the writer's full nome end eddress. Only tonal cases will letters be published without the writer's. nor Nevertheless. meme ond ~ writer must be dsclosed to the editor. The Costlegor News reserves the metric systems throughout the world and only one Imperial measure, surely we are far better off with the Imperial measure. More — we would be in step with the United States on all measures. And we would not be adding many hundreds of millions to our Gross National Debt. L. Kram Surrey French law hated Bill C-72, the French Ascendancy Act forming French down the throats of Western Canadians, is one of the most despicable acts of the Mulroney government. Backbenchers in the Progressive Conservative party have brought up 136 amendments to this infamous law, all to no avail, because both the New Democratoc Party and the Liberals have joined the PC elite in stifling debate on this issue, as they have in the past on other issues detrimental to Western Canada. When you gag debate, you breed violence, and perhaps violence may be the only answer. Those brave MPs who defied party dictatorship and voted against this bill should know they have the full backing of most Western Canadians. They would be most welcome to join with us in the onward march of the new nation of Western Canada and run as Western Canada Concept can- didates in the next election instead of serving a red-neck as Mulroney so obviously is. M.J. Guidera Edmonton A election will be held in Castlegar next Thursday to fill the vacancy on council created by the resignation of Comm. Frank Richar- dson. Contesting the election will be a former Castlegar commissioner, George Carr, and newcomer Gwilym Hughes. Voting will be held in the village office (not the Legion Hall) from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. . . Since the release earlier this year of Dr. John B. Macdonald's report on Higher Education in British Colum- bia, the scope and complexity of ber P of future d this province's system of ened education have been given wide publicity. © . Forty-five Castlegar and Kinnaird girls and boys passed their Red Cross tests last week at the Kinnaird municipal pool, Clarke's pool and Pickerings pool. . . The Dolphin Swim Club is spon- soring a swim meet next Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Kinnaird pool. The swim meet is open to everyone in the Kin- naird, Castlegar and Robson district. 15 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 2, 1973 News The decision of the federal govern- ment to cancel this country's pavilion at Expo ‘74 has raised a storm of protest in the Kootenays and elsé- where in B.C. . * Condition of forests in the Castle- gar Ranger District was described as “explosive” this week and residents and tourists alike are urged by Ranger Hugo Wood to exercise ex- treme care. . * The Pulp and Paperworkers of Canada went on strike against Can-Cel’s pulp division here at 2 a.m. yesterday. * «© « The Montrose float which carried Miss Montrose and her two prin- cesses in the KC Days parade was judged to be the best entry in Satur- day's parade. * 8 -« A Simon Fraser University stu- dent was the winner of the $1,000-bill in the KC Days raffle draw made at 5 p.m. Sunday at Pass Creek Park. * * Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy is one of six people from B.C. who will attend the Commonwealth Con- ference in Quebec City this month. 5 YEARS AGO From the July 31, 1983 Castlegar News Castlegar residents will have a chance to vote on whether they would like to see B.C. Hydro pay hospital taxes on a mill rate basis the same as other corporations. + « « West kootenay Power and Light office and technical workers were back on the job Thursday after ratifying a 25-month contract that provides for a total salary increase of .25 per cent. * ee «@ An outdoor rock festival planned for August in the Salmo Valley has the Salmo mayor worried, despite facilities and parking will be pro vided. July 31, 1988 Castlegar News AS AWARDS RECEIVED .. . recently passed th suparkoet course and plc their cer- service. . The Superhost course places emphasis on good customer Press Council upholds federation complaint The B.C. Press Council has part- ially upheld a complaint by the B.C. Federation of Labor about the Victoria Times-Colonist’s report of a press conference held by the fed- eration’s president, Ken Georgetti. The report was headed: “Georgetti sees general strike if Bill 19 hinders ions.” The first : “A general strike is possible this year if the government uses Bill 19 to interfere in contract negotiat- ions, B.C. Federation of Labor president Ken Georgetti said Wed- nesday.” A later paragraph read: “He said a general strike would be an option if the government interferes in the collective bargaining process.” The federation called the state- ments attributed to Georgetti “com- plete fabrications". Tom Fawkes, assistant to the federation officers, and Cliff Andstein, secretary, told the Press Council at a hearing that at Canada no time did Georgetti use the words “general strike.” Georgetti had been asked by a reporter at the press conference whether there would be 4 general strike if the government intervened in bargaining by the B.C. Govern- ment Employees’ Union, and Georg- etti had replied, “We are not ruling out any options.” The federation said it believed the Times-Colonist had altered the con- ference story that was turned in by its reporter in order to give it more prominence and “to meet the needs and goals of the newspaper.” Times-Colonist managing editor Gordon Bell told the council the story had been changed, at the suggestion of a city desk editor in consultation with the reporter, to stress the element of greatest interest to readers — a common routine in newspaper newsrooms. recruits exchange students Interculture Canada, the country's leading intercultural exchange or- ganization, has launched its 10th annual recruitment campaign for students, aged 15 to 18, interested in studying abroad for one full school year. This not-for-profit, charitable or- ganization encourages young people to join its yearly class of inter- ations will take place between Jan- uary and March 1989, depending on the country. “It's an opportunity not to be missed,” concludes Ms. Otis. “Not only do our students develop more self-confidence through the experi- ence, but by living with a carefully chosen host family, they also get a real and lasting taste of life in a national stud by as of today, the educational adventure of a lifetime — in any one of 30 different countries. Denise Otis, the H for part of the world, which is an education in itself.” Interoulare Canada, a member of Interculture Canada’s Sending Pro- gram, continues to marvel at the results of such an exchange. “July is the month many of our students return,” she explains, “and again they've come home with such a wealth of knowledge, skills and first- hand experiences. I just wish all students were aware of the possibil- ity to study abroad.” Placements in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Brazil, among others, are the organ- ization’s: current priority. These countries have a school calendar which begins in the winter, making it necessary for students to apply to these countries by September 25th. Departue for these winter destin- hatin Here's My Card e) R NEWS CASTLEGAR ave.vnm ams, is part of ike world's largest network of international student pro- Bell said the fact that Georgetti did not use the words “general strike” was inconsequential; that his re- marks were such that it was quite proper for the paper to paraphrase them. He said that from Georgetti's answer to the question about a general strike, the reader was left in no doubt as to what the federation’s ultimate response could be if the government were to interfere in the collective bargaining process. The Press Council's adjudication ‘follows: “While the report was essentially a fair representation of what occurred at Mr. Georgetti’s press conference, the council found that aspects of his remarks had been marginally dis- torted, in the emphasis placed on the possibility of a general strike in the first paragraph and in the causal connection between certain govern ment action and a possible strike-that was:the subject ‘of the headline. The headline simply went further than the facts in the story substantiated. The council found no evidence of deliberate distortion or fabrication on the newspaper's part. “The council did not agree with the THINKING OF SELLING YOUR HOME? 1 NEED HOMES TO SELLI! The majority of the homes | had listed have sold. | now need inven tory for new clients PLEASE CALL ME JORDAN WATSON Residence 365-6892 365-2111 grams operating in over 70 countries. NRS Mountainview Agencies itd. 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