ESTABLISHED AUG. 7. \947 (CV. CAMPRELA — PUBLISHER : WHKLY KAY 4. 1900 (escomrcnA TONS Th AO: WEEK MURROR PURLINND Ser TL PPURAUO. 77,1980 ADVERTISING MANAGER GIRCULATION MANAGER — AUG, 1.1947-F68. 15, 1973 — Peter Harvey — Linde Kositsin — Fleming \Hodiey ‘edvestiement .* 10 the edvertiner. Full; compleve wasted in ond belongs 10 Castle News Lid. |, however, that Sees "st that port and thal part he odverises shall renown Tax burden shifts it is sometimes difficult for. people on the street to fully grasp some of the more ‘technical changes that affect their lives. For instance, we all understand how postal rotes affect us; it usually costs us more to mail a letter. But changes in things like tax legis are more if the ettects are not always apparent. $16,000 to $107,550. Yet it will have to pay nearly $150 more in regional district taxes. The winner in this tax game is industry, Last year the major Castlegar industry cited in the city’s example paid $313,390 to the regional district. This year it will pay $130,000 less. In effect, the removal of the h and i tax from So it was with the pri 9 ‘s decision to eli: the machinery and equipment tax industry has shifted a greater share of the tax burden to other for industry. Local poli war- ned about the effects of the change; but the message didn’t s@em to come across. payers, :namely h and the commercial sector. The same is true to a lesser ex- tent for school taxes. Most h s and c cial Now every h and commercial business will get the message loud and clear on their tax bill. its message: Homeowners and businesses will have to pick up a largers share of regional district and regional hospital district taxes. The City of Castl 's businesses will pay more for education costs this year despite. a drop in their property assessmen- ts. But industry will pay less — far less. In the example cited by the city, major industry will pay only $389,107 for school taxes this year of 1987 tax bills published in Wed- nesday’'s Castlegar News spelled it out. A home assessed at $55,350 last year paid $57.89 to the Regional District of Central Kootenay. This year the home's value has dropped more than $12,000 to $43,200. But its regional district tax bill will jump nearly $20 or 32 per cent to $76.39. The tax increase is even more for a home assessed at $67,100 — the second example the city gave. That home will pay $118.66 in regional district taxes. Yet the same home was assessed at $75,450 last year and paid only $78.91 in regional district taxes. It is the same story for commer- cial businesses. The city’s exam- ple of a downtown business assessed at $123,900 last year paid $317.49 in regional district taxes. This year the assessed value of the business dropped more than compared to $737,638 last year — a decrease of $348,000. That is one of the reasons the City of Castlegar decided to hike industrial taxes this year while holding the line on commercial and residential taxes. Castlegar coun- cil obviously felt industry was get- ting a big enough tax break from the provincial government that it could afford to toot more of the city tax bill. es : 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, Castle- gar, B.C. Letters must be signed and include the writer's full nome and address. Only in very exceptional cases will letters be publish without the writer's name. Nevertheless, the name and address of the writer must be disclosed to the editor. The Castlegar News reserves the right to edit letters tor brevity, clarity, legality and grammer. Fulfilling a dream Rick Hansen brought his\Man in Motion tour back home Friday to a tumultuous welcome from tens of thousands of well-wishers. It brought to an end an incredible 26-month round-the-world odyssey that many thought he would never finish. I know I had my doubts. But then I had wondered whether Hansen should have ever started it. I can remember thinking as he wheeled out of the Oakridge shop- ping centre parking lot: Why wheel around the world? What will it accomplish? We had already seen Terry Fox's superhuman effort to run across Canada, followed by Steve Fonyo's successful completion of the run. Did we really need another charity marathon, because that is what it appeared to be — only on a larger scale? In the first few months of the tour, it looked like Hansen wouldn't achieve his goal. He was plagued by difficulties — both physical and financial. It looked like the financial problems would sink the project. There were reports that all the money raised along the way which wasn't very much — was going to pay for expenses. Then Esso threw its support behind Hansen and contributed $40,000 to the tour expenses. I couldn't help but wonder at the time if the $40,000 wouldn't have been better spent on something else, such as providing equipment or paying medical expenses for the disabled, or perhaps helping to fund spinal cord research. It seemed a waste of money to spend $40,000 on a man in a wheel- chair making his way on an obscure trip around the world. And I wasn't alone. Esso was the exception rather than the rule. So was Abbotsford businessman Ed Rempel. His $500 contribution helped ¢he “financially strapped tour through 4t# early weeks on the U.S. West jpast. But most of us ignored the Hansen tour until it arrived back in Canada. (If you don't believe that, remember that Hansen's trust fund was less than $200,000 when he started his cross-Canada trek. Now it is more than $10 million.) Yet who could see that Esso's $40,000 and Rempel’s $500 would be worth 100 times those amounts in awareness and contributions? It is easy now for us to look back and say the $40,000 was a wise investment if only because of the impact Hansen has had on the country. But at the time, very few were sure the tour would accomplish anything. I guess I'm guilty of lack of vision. We're lucky some people — like Rick Hansen, Castlegar resident Tim Frick and the other supporters — didn’t lack that vision. They had a dream. And they made up their minds to strive for that dream. Along the way they had such an effect on the rest of us, their dream became our dream. It doesn’t matter anymore if we were doubt. ers 26 months ago, 12 months ago or even last week. What matters is that dream touched us and changed us. And for that we can be thankful. Letters to the Editor Commandment changed I have before me two “New Testaments” — both by The Gideons International — and a big question mark. One states: “Ye have heard that it was-said by them of old time thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shal] be in danger of the judgment.” St. Matthew 5:21. The other states: “You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You ‘shall not commit murder’ and whosoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.” Which version is one to accept? I also have an article from the February, 1949 American Vegetarian by Morley Steynor, where he states: “When we remember the collectors who were appointed by the ecclesiast- ical authorities at the Council of Nicea A.D. 325, to correct the text of Scripture in the interest of orthodoxy, and the ‘12 picked men’ of the reign of James I, who were similarly commis- sioned, who is to trust the present version? “These men edited anything they did not like or which clashed with their preconceived opinions and _ beliefs. Many verses are now capable of several different interpretations. If we go to the Essene Gospel of Joh, translated by Dr. Edmond Bordeaux Szekely from the original Aramaic text, dating from the first century after Christ, we find the present orthodox version, ‘half-forgotten, misunder. stood, wrongly-annotated, hundreds of times rewritten’, differs so radically from the original words of Jesus as to be hopelessly misleading. “These complete manuscripts exist in Aramaic (the tongue spoken by Jesus) in the library of the Vatican and in ancient Slav in the Royal library of the Hapsburgs (now the property of the Austrian government). We can imagine these dangerous manuscripts being as closely guarded from the orthodoxy and the vested interests of the church in the royal library as in the Vatican! “In this Gospel we find Jesus speaking clearly: for here the ‘correc- tors’ and the ‘picked men’ have had no chance to corrupt and travesty His words: ‘And the flesh of slain beasts in his body will become his:own-tonib, For. I tell’ you truly,’ he who kills, kills himself, and whoso eats the flesh of slain beasts, eats of the body of death. Again: ‘Kill not, neither eat the flesh of your innocent prey, lest you become the slaves of Satan. For that is the path of suffering and it leads unto death.’ ” Being an ardent beleiver in His teachings and.a vegetarian, to me even the killing of beasts is murder, so maybe those who changed the commandment from “thou shalt not kill” to “you shall not commit murder”, were of the'same opinion as myself? Or, with that change, was someone trying to travesty the commandment of the Son of God, with the intention of justifying the mass murder of war, which even today is legal by some evil law? Maybe the ministers could throw some-light on the matter: Why was the commandment changed, and who had the right to change the words of the Son of God Himself, for the change is very significant to general believers and unbelievers alike. Mike E. Chernenkoff Crescent Valley Voting not enough I heartily agree with Ron Norman's column of last week about the missing pre-election, peace-making Bill Vander Zalm. However, I fear there's more to be upset about than just one B.C. politician. It’s not only in this province that leaders say whatever it takes to get elected, then, once in power, do whatever they want. Sadly, it seems voting as wisely as possible is not enough anymore to make sure we live in a democracy. You have to watch what a government does after the election, and be willing to write, lobby, reason, pressure, explain, protest, consult, demonstrate, com- plain, petition, and whatever else it takes when government leaders try to turn our democracy into their dictator- ship. When politicians clearly promise one thing, then do another, somebody has to care enough to kick and scream in defence of the democratic process. Ted Bristow Castlegar SPOKANE PLANNER SAYS mh teemcoenr Neélson ‘encouraging’ a? Editot’s note: The following editorial appearéd inthe weekend Spokesman. Review. Gerald Rotering, mayor of Nelson, British Columbia, delivered a valuable message last week to downtown Spokane merchants concerned about the challenge posed by the proposed Liberty Lake Mall. Rotering said that buffing up historic d ildi can pay signi: dividends in economic vitality and does not have to cost enormous its of sionals who work downtown, youth workers and others who care about Spokane got together this month to begin preparation of a new centfal- business-district plan. These dedicated people may not have $60 million to invest, as does the out-of-town firm that wants to construct the Liberty Lake Mall. But they and the downtown business district do have some things the Cafaro Co. lacks: loyalty to this community money. Downtown Nelson's retailers have enjoyed more sales to visitors and local residents alike as a result of a mostly cosmetic, $2.5 million project to spruce up downtown buildings. “Just by the town looking good, looking wealthy, people are coming out of their houses and spending money,” Rotering said. Larry Chalmers, president of Spokane's City Plan Commission, said Nelson's experience offers encouraging evidence that “even if you don’t have a lot of money,” and “if we all work together, we can make something happen.” Chalmers intends to make something happen in downtown Spokane. He, the Plan C issi and a and deter to preserve the health of its core; a century-old relationship with area shoppers; a central location; a skywalk system that links\a diverse set of retailers with a broad hase of professional services and employees with money to spend; and proximity to Riverfront Park with its thundering display of rapids and falls that no plastic interior fountain ever will match. But the downtown folks also face challenges, and they identified three of them at this month's meeting: A need for free or low-cost parking — and plenty of it. Malls offer free parking because retail tenants pay for those vast lots. Some people, Chalmers said, are beginning to ask why d h. couldn't do the committee of 50 Spokane retailers, preperty owners, architects, profes- same kind of thing. © A better loading spot for the buses that now clog Riverside Avenue, filling the air with fumes and racket, blocking views, obstructing traffic and erowding development, and the history and ad- vantage of the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service. ._ 28 @ Castlegar's Bob Sommers, Social Credit candidate for the Trail-Rossland riding, has spent the last two weeks in an extensive speaking tour of his electoral district. He was joined by S.C. Watson of Kinnaird, campaign manager Carl Loeblich, of Kinnaird, president of the Trail-Rossland Social Credit Associ- ation and Tommy Nichols. . 2 *« The S.H. PTA met in the school library on Monday, May 26, with the president, Mrs. Marshall in the chair. Mrs. Marshall was appointed rep- resentative to the Kootenay Society for Handicapped Children with Mrs. Mar- tini as alternate. 25 YEARS AGO From the May 24, 1962 News Prime Minister John Diefenbaker will drive through Castlegar and Kin- naird this coming Saturday at about 3:30 p.m. on his way to Trail. That evening he will speak at a giant rally at Cominco arena in support of Kootenay West Conservative candi- date Peter Dewdney. Mr. Diefenbaker's visit to Trail is the first visit of a prime minister to this area in over 30 years. The giant rally is to start at 8 p.m. sharp with local entertainment, fol- lowed by a major address by the prime minister on Canadian affairs. * 8 « Swimming lessons taken at Clarke's pool in Castlegar have resulted in the saving of a life. Last year the children of Mr. and Mrs. Rene Mitchell took lessons at Clarke's pool from instructor Alice Price under lessons sponsored by Greep’s Electric. The family later moved to Texada Island across from Power River. ' Recently eight-year-old Bobby Mit- chell was riding his bicycle on the wharf at Texada Island when the brakes failed and he plunged off the wharf into 30 feet of cold ocean water. Young Bobby rememberd to take a breath of air as he hit the water and after surfacing he swam to the wharp . . and safety. Comments Johnny Clarke about the incident: “This proves all children should have swimming instruction.” 15 YEARS AGO From the May 25, 1972 Castlegar News Parents in New Denver have sup- ported disciplinary action taken by Lucerne Secondary school principal Brian Holt last week. Last Wednesday Holt suspended 21 students for taking part in a sit-in following attempts by students to have him resign or change his method of administering the school. At a meeting held in the school gym on Tuesday night attended by about 70 parents, it was decided to try to get together with the students a bit more and to establish a counselling service. * 8 «6 : A strong hint that a new landing strip and water storage facility was in the wind for the Castlegar Airport was made Saturday by an official of the Ministry of Transport. Representing the federal govern- ment at the opening ceremonies, Eric Winsor, director-general of the airport and the construction service of the min istry told the airport committee “if with waiting 8. e More creative uses for the skywalks, which now serve only as places people walk through. Other communities with skywalks have made them gathering places that feature art shows, indoor plants and spots for street entertainers to perform. During the next few months, Chal mers said, ideas such as these will be placed in written form, ultimately leading to a central-business-district plan that will identify a long-term future for downtown Spokane and facilitate development that would make that future a reality. Preparation of that plan, he hopes, will fire enthusiasm for downtown your pursues the airport with the same degree of energy you have shown in the past, no doubt you will attain your objective.” 5 YEARS AGO From the May 22, 1982 Castlegar News Concerned parents of Robson Grades 5 and 6 students who will be bussed to Twin Rivers elementary because of the closure of the old Robson school, met Thursday evening with the Castlegar school board. * 8 «8 Castlegar and District Hospital an- nounced Friday that despite a $175,000 budget shortfail this year, it will not be forced to lay off any employees or close any beds. Spokane and i that Spokane's core has a future and is worth remaining in and investing in. This effort — greeted with enthusi. astic business support, Chalmers said — serves notice that downtown Spokane will not sit idly by while outsiders lay plans to seduce its tenants and customers. If Spokane business interests work together, downtown Spokane will enjoy a new and stronger future. board chairman John Dal- ziel said in a prepapred release that the hospital will reduce staff hours by an equivalent of 4.6 positions. * Thrums Indians won all three of their games this week in Castlegar Commercial Fastball League action de- feating Northwest Homes 5-2 Tuesday, the Cubs 4.3 Wednesday and Pass Creek 6-0 on Thursday. Sa A. ID SIMPLE It will also help ensure that business and investment IAL aaene -Reasons behind labortroubles CAT FOO 399° are based on merit and growth potential rather than on tax considerations. The White Paper will also set out proposals to achieve our goal.of replacing the federal sales tax system. The current system is flawed and inadequate. It will be replaced with a broad-based, multi-stage sales tax. There are alternative mechanisms: a federal-only, multi-stage sales tax, with or without invoices; or a atively for the good of both outfits. Finally he brought in an old steamer to tie to the rocks for housing and board- comparable federal-provincial tax with invoices. They government will propose lower rates, few rates, fewer special preferences, and greater use of tax credits rather than exemptions. at Lower rates will benpfit the large majority of taxpayers, not just now, but into the future as their incomes grow and they get to keep more of each additional dollar. Fewer rates will simplify the tax structure. There are now 10 tax brackets. We intend to reduce them to they are implemented. services. vary only in their application and the manner in which A federal-only tax without invoices, which could be called a business transfer tax or a goods and services tax, is relatively simple — both to administer and comply with — but only if it is applied uniformly on all goods and A federal-only value-added tax with invoices can be Now go ahead and try to con- vinee me that sections of the labor code do not need re- working! This kind of thing should never be able to happen, yet it re: a con- stant threat over employers or potential employers of labor in this province. driver on the job and knew how to use it. He phoned the union to let him drive these few piles, create more | rather than fly a man from three. Fewer special breaks for high-income earners will reduce opportunities for them to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. Converting personal exemptions and some deduct- fons to tax credits will make the tax system fairer more progressive. Moving to a system of credits will be a major change, a socially progressive change — a change to the personal income tax system on which future more selectively applied, but would . asd A P existing provincial retail sales taxes. A national multi-stage sales tax in co-operation with the provinces, which could be called the national sales tax, would replace both the federal sales tax and provincial retail sales taxes with a national system. Such an approach offers obvious advantages — a harmonized national tax system; lower administration costs; and less in the face of 1] Vancouver, pay him double time or more,and then fly him back. The boat should be Economically, we will S never be what we could be until these kinds of behavior mioored quickly. The union patterns from union hiring refused to consider it. He was halls or offices are banned by convinced he had to have the jaw. piles driven at once, so he went ahead and drove them Upstairs in Trail's Towne ‘Fun & Games Played . ' EVERYNIGHT — Squar Wayne O. MacKenzie Nelson improvements for low-income Canadians can be built. For the corporate income tax system, the government proposes to broaden the tax base by eliminating many special preferences and reducing others. As a result, many more profitable corporations will pay tax, and government revénues from corporate income tax will increase. Broadening the tax base will allow lower corporate paperburden for economic activity, F cs have indicated some interest in a national sales tax. The concept is clearly worth pursuing. The government's proposal for comprehensive tax reform aims to give Canada a fairer, simpler tax system. The new system will more effectively encourage create jobs and provide new opportunities for Canadians. This is what we are 1. $500 Bonanza ‘Pot of Gold’ 2. Pick for Cash “Good Neighbour Dobber” Games 3. Cash for Lucky Booklet 4. Pick for Cash “Good Neighbour Bag Game . Why have Trail The question has been Kootenay. We suggest that rates which will remain competitive with those of our major trading partners and competitors. And it will working towards in d ping our prop that Michael Wilson will table June 18. $12,800 for Columbia Ave. this situation be changed by hiring our own local dispat- cher. We in the Twin Rivers Kootenay Temple No. 37 and the Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 70 are all very disturbed with this situation. We sug- raised by many Castlegar residents why the telephone number fo" the ambulance in the phone book is 1-368-9192, a Trail number outside the city of Castlegar when our own ambulance office on 6th on Columbia Avenue has no local number Every Mon. Wed. Fri. Sat. & Sun. $31° Specials Pkg. for $16 PLUS CHOICE OF REGULAR CARDS Every Tues. & Thurs. Combination Express Nights and Highways Minister Cliff of d* this ith daries, including bridges and other related structures. A secondary highway is one which has been classified Funds totalling $12,800 under the secondary high- Michael y their. boumo AVEBMG oinossa tiw youd eid gest.the, matter be taken up with Mayor Audrey Moore. | phone number? i i | i | | | | *34” Specials Pkg: for *18° PLUS CHOICE OF REGULAR CARDS Call 364-0933 @ 1:30-9:30 p.m. The funds are ip addition and unrelated to the Revenue . Sharing Act grants admin- This is a disgrace to the istered by the Ministry of City of Castlegar and the icipal Affairs. communities of the West under p. of the High- way Act. Along a secondary high- way the ministry may con- tribute a share of 50 per cent of capital construction cost and 40 per cent of main- tenance costs of approved programs, providing the mu- nicipality concerned applies for such i In the City of Castlegar, the funds will be used for WEEKLY SEWING SPECIALS May 19- Eyelet 25% Off & Flounce .... 0 SURPRISE SALE!!! FF ALL REG. PRICED 20% ° FABRICS CARTERS SEWING CENTRE DOING OUR BEST TO SERVE YOU. 623 Columbia Ave., Castlegar 365-3810 ways cost sharing program week. Castlegar, Transportation million appropriation being distributed in 1987 to B.C. C b municipalities which have UDS applied for capital construe- hold Act for approved designated secondary highway work cam pout within their boundaries. The money is distributed after day campout at Camp Cayuse Municipalities are respon- during the Victoria Day long sible for construction and weekend. Some of the ac- tivities included first-aid rambles. 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