C2 Rott 3 Even though we are into the last quarter of the twentieth century, with the tremendous fgchnological advances that $ Siave been made, this can still H fe a mighty harsh land to live 0. ‘ ? t the time of writing, my i Feart aches for those poor ‘devils in southern Manitoba, y'ahd in northern Ontario, } Sho. have been victims of floods. It must be Hevastating to see your fine rm covered with muddy Water, your house or barn Follapsing under the force of Svast, callous element over Mhich you have no control. =, We can blame ourselves r.-bad: judgement, faulty janagement,’ or just plain ziness. But when Nature jooses, with her random, different power, to throw a ig one at us, whether it be i Tire, flood, drought, hail or ¥ grasshoppers, ‘there is not much to do but weep, curse, 3 or pray. Modern man can walk on the moon, drift through the sky in tuxury at 750 miles an hour, keep himself warm and clean by flicking switches and pressing buttons. He can communicate with his fellows over thousands of miles. + But when it comes to a tor- nado or an earthquake, there is little he can do but cower until it’s over, and then try to nick up the pieces, +. We are'not much bothered in this country by those two “acts of God.’? But we have plenty of our own variety: blizzards, floods, forest fires, periods of either drought or that make the farmer despair. Perhaps the greatest glory of man is that he refuses to succumb to the desolation that follows these curses of nature that remind him con- stantly that he isa peuy creature, indeed, of little nde SB oes semrerecarss oper sezeapans ssc =a more importance in the - scheme of things than an ant or acockroach, and not near- ly as capable of survival, over the long haul. If 1 were a farmer in the ‘Red River Valley today, I'd probably feel like going out behind what was left of my barn and quietly shooting myself. ut they. won't, do.it, and ffhat'is why man will’Survive ahe worst things that Nature Xan do to him. He will pick sup the pieces and re-build, qwith a stubborn and Sdauntless spirit that makes im refuse to give in, I've just finished reading She Pioneer Years, by Barry Broadfoot, about the settling f the West. A lot of people jailed in their first confronta- ion with the eternal hard- ships of the prairies: the bit- er cold, the vast emptiness, he terrible daily toil, the lagues of insects, hail, rought. But even more of them fought back, with little but their human refusal to cave yn under almost unbearable ‘sonditions. And their an- Festors are still there. And hey, too, will go on fighting ghe savagery of this country af ours, and triumph in the CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 31, 1979 tract a meagre crop from a quarter-section, with horses, and brutal, dawn-to-dark human labour. With the advent of the telephone and the automobile, the appalling loneliness of life on the prairies, of which Sinclair Ross writes so movingly, has disappeared. Today’s farmer may even have a small air- craft to flip him into the But there still isn't a darn thing he can do about the weather. If there is drought, his crops burn and his cattle don't fatten, If there is hail, he can have a year's work wiped out in a few hours, and be off to the bank to borrow for next year. He may have modern, technical advice from government. He may be part of one of the great bread- baskets of the world, pro- viding food for millions, But if it rains all summer, the larger towns, or across the border to the fleshpots of the States, /érma Bombeck | read somewhere that in 1977, copy machines throughout the world regurgitated 226 billlon coples of everything from annual reports to birth announcements. It seems anything worth saying once can improve If you Produce It again and again, At first, | thought It was a business-orlented plece of equipment, but when all my friends began getting them for their homes, | realized how much | needed one. As | told my husband, ‘‘A home copler would really save us a lot of money.’ “*What would you use It for?” ‘Are you crazy? | could duplicate all of our birth certificates and our medica! records and your discharge from the Army, not to mention a Christmas letter to 300 of our Intimate friends."* “You need a copler- Ike the Osmonds need a cavity fighter.” “You are saying then that what | do Is not worth saving. I've seen your memos and they don’t exactly belong In the archives, After all, | like to run my home with the same efficlency as you run your office."" anhalt hit a nerve and by the next week, | was busy at my copier. The first week alone | turned out coples of every check we had ever written, our Social Security cards, driver's licenses, and warranties on all our small appliances. | made 60 copies of a garage sale notice for Mayva, 35 forms to leave for the milkman, and an inner-utility room memo regarding laundry left on the dryer longer than 60 days. Ata dinner party, | wheeled in the copler and turned on the button and asked, ‘‘How many of you want a copy of my recipe for Ambrosia Liver?’’ (They were obviously too stunned that a housewife was that efficient to say anything!) One night my husband made his way through the pillars of white paper and sald, ‘'Aren't you going a little crazy with this thing? The next thing you know you'll go Into cloning wPEOPIB» cis waicvidsinsrovinemeshods itis | looked up from my copier, which was producing Instructions for a current diet going through: the neighbor- hood. ‘"You know, | could cross a Dolly Parton, a Barbara Walters and a Carol Burnett that could make test tube Productions obsolete!"’ t z irsenae NELSON'S oe Monday to Thursday 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Friday 11 a.m. -11 p.m. Saturday 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. Sunday 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. "A Strong Breed on a Harsh Land bank still wants the interest on his loan, even though his crop is adisaster, Sure, 1 grouse Just like you, and you, when bread goes up a nickel a loaf, beef prices soar, milk costs more than beer, or nearly as much, and I can’t afford a head of lettuce, without cutting down on cigarettes. But when f think of the gamble a farmer takes, the amount of work he must do, and what he gets for his pro- duct at the rail-head, [ can only shake my head and mut- ter, “Why do they do it? 1 wouldn't."* Well, my friend, it’s going to get a lot worse. With the millions of acres of junk land in this country on which tv build houses, our blinkered politicians continue to allow industry and developers to buy up rich farmland, and turn it into factories that pollute with — essences, highways that pollute with Naturalists Claim Chimps Murder Too | When upset, a chimpanzee doesn’t monkey around. And if it's really angry, a chimp can go banarias and commit murder, as sadistically as a human, Naturalist Jane Goodall, who has spent the past four years in the wilds of Tanzania, realized this fact of life when * she witnessed the murders of seven male chimps by a gang of 11 male chimps. ' Most of ‘the killing was accomplished with hands, feet and teeth as the. weapons, according to Ms, Goodall. “But we saw one old male pick up a rock and throw it at a prostrate victim of another's attack. It showed chimps are closer to humans than I thought.” Ms. Goodall arrived at the Gombe National Park 18 years ago to commence what has evolved into a lifelong study of chimps. Over. the years, Ms. Goodall said she observed a single community of approxi- mately 40 chimps. At first they lived In bliss- ful harmony, but as the years: passed, the happy community showed signs of division, until, finally, six years ago, a group of seven males and three females left and formed their own community, , Four years ago, Ms, Good- all was an cyc-witness to a brutal attack by five ‘males of the original community on a: solitary male of the new com: munity.. After 20 minutes of kicking, biting and punching, “the male lay dead, she said,” °, *The- naturalist also wit- nessed the murder of an older “# female in the new community by a gang of vicious. chimps from the original community. A subsequent attack by a gang of. chimps from the original com- + munity resulted in the death of a single male chimp from the new community. “They broke his leg and beat him up," said Ms, Goodall, “Nobody's seen him since | LAST CHANGE TO CLEAR OUT YOUR Lockers must be emptied:b 31st 1979. The Red Mountain, D lodge. is open daily. Saturdays & Sundays 7a.m.": p.m, Please use side door only. necluding Red Mountain Ski Area Rossland, B.C. gas fumes, and high that pollute with people. . Take a trip abroad, Check the prices of farm products. Ours are still among the cheapest in the world. When you have to pay $5.00 for a pound of meat, 40 cents each for tomatoes, and $2.00 for a loaf of bread, don’t cry. Just remember that you read it here first. The farmer in this country has been getting royally Screwed for’ decades, and he knows it. Prime Minister Trudeau chooses to call the farmers’ anger ‘‘whining.” My hat is off to them. Pick up the. pieces, boys, and rebuild. We need you. Very much, Join Us In Christina ke For ‘Dining & Disco Dancing On the Weekends inte & Place: Christina Lake 447-9515 Enjoy the relaxation of our holding tounge before en- tering one of our 2 dining rooms fo¥ an evening of fine culsine. Phone us today and make your reservation. Phone 365-6000 fireside place Castlegar Steak & Seafood fp) PX> Restaurant, Open 8 a.m. tli p.m: losed Wednesdays Ph. 447-9572 - Reservations Christina Lake When in'Nelson ENJ 3 Different’. “Chinese =: - Smorgasbords! Friday - Hong Kong: Saturday - Shanghal Sunday - Peking « OPEN Every Day . Inctuding Holidays? 8a,m.-10 p.m! a 479 Baker 952-3456 RESTAURANT |, { Watch ) For lt “MID-WEEK MIRROR Missed your copy ol The Mirror of want on extra copy? 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Gabriela lo area of ap- West Kootenay Naturalists There’ S Lois of Activity : West Kootenay Naturalists Association Release. ‘: | 'West Kootenay Naturalists vare now in the full swing of :their summer program. Returned just last week . from six days camping at Na- ‘noose Bay, the West Kootenay. ‘group, numbering 380, formed the largest ‘contingent at the Federation of B.C.' Naturalists Vancouver Island camp. Attended by 115 nature | fovers from all’ over British Columbia, this camp included ‘drives: and walks to many points of interests on the Is- land, and a boat trip to Mittel- natch Island off Campbell River, ‘ where guillemots, puffins and other sea birds were observed at close quarters. << Club secretary Helen Peachey, attended the annual meeting of the Federation of B.C. Naturalists at UBC the weekend of May 12-18, where , field trips in the vicinity of Vancouver were also featured. Over the recent holiday weekend, half a dozen members drove over to the’ marshes and Nature House at Creston, then on to a Heronry at Sirdar, camping Saturday ‘night at hart Beach. ; A Sunday morning the camp- ers met Riondel Club members and Louise Hawes. and Nancy Derbyshire, who guided them around several local beau- ty spots, Picnic lunch at North Bay provided a welcome break, and after more rambles, a-cop of coffee at the Hawes’ residence was appreciated before catch- ing a later afternoon ferry home. Last Thursday, W. Pavlick of the botany division of the Provincial Museum’ gave an- illustrated talk at Selkirk Col- lege on “Plant Life of the Chileotin Plateau.” Highlight of the month was a film and talk by ‘naturalist Lynn Hancock at the Exhibition Centre yesterday. Ms. Hancock is well-known for her know- ledge of wildlife, her. clever outdoor camera work, and her entertaining: books, such as “There's a Seal in-my Sleeping Bag.” Sunday will see a number of club: members off to Water- ton Lakes; Alta. for a week's F.B.C.N. camp at Crandell ‘Campground, Field trips to Erie Lake and Vallican on June 2and 10 are programmed, anda weekend at. Okanagan Falls June 15-16 will be led by Hazel Street. i A supper picnic at Cham- pion Lake on June 26 will take the place of the usual monthly meeting. Meetings will resume in September, and field trips for July, August and Septem- ber will be listed in the club's July newsletter. Area Fire Chiefs Named to Executive ' Named to the executive during the B.C, Fire Chief Convention held May 7 to 11 in Richmond are’ two area men. ‘Trail's fire chief, Warren Banks is vice-president and Warfield fire chief, Jimmy, Nelson, a director. Guest speaker, fire com- missioner Gordon Anderson, gave details of the new aca- demy at Jericho Beach. in Vancouver. Tentative date to start courses for both paid and volunteer fire personnel is the + week in September. ‘Trail Student Winner In Forestry Contest "Dave Melnnis, president of the Canadian Forestry’ Asso- ‘| elation of B.C., has announced the winners of the association's 1979 Poster Contest, an annual event now in its 29th year. ‘Among the winners is Kathy Burbridge of Laura J. Morrish Schoo! in Trail, who received. first prize in the Division II category for Grades 4, 5, 6 and 7 students, “Each year the Canadian Forestry Azsociation selects a forest theme. which students are asked to illustrate,” Mec- Innis explained. “Gur theme for, 1979 was “The Giving Forest” and we were impressed with the quality of work submitted. Students had obviously put careful. thought | into their aphic presentations of what, the forest gives to man and the FIRST AID TIP from MINOR BURNS AND SCALDS ® Lessen the spread of heat In the tissue and relieve pain by. immersing the burned area in a basin of cold water @ If a sink or basin is not evallable apply cloths soaked in cold water ® Don't place a burn under extreme water pressura as that pres: sure may damage the tissues further 1.@ Periodically add ice to the cloths or cold water @ This process should be continued as lang as there is pain © Do not apply butter, ointments or ail dressings @ Cover the area with a clean cloth and seek immediate - medical attention. other living beings of our B.C. environment,” j Winning Junior and Ele- mentary ‘entries have been forwarded’ to Ottawa where they compete at the national level with the top posters from all provinces of Canada and then go on to enter the Western International Poster Contest to be judged in Spokane later in the year. is really cheap. most places in B. a ~ CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 31, 1979 ; bg (Anniversaries ‘& Milestones _/ Trail Couple. Honored on Their 50th Anniversary Fiftieth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs, David Ewing was marked May 19 with a supper held in their honor, at the Crown Point Hotel in Trail. The couple were married May 19, 1929 in Slocan City where they resided until 1945. During the war years, Mr, Ewing spent the entire time of the European Campaign in England and the continent where he par. ticipated in many active Canadian campaigns, In 1945,. Mr, and Mrs, Ewing moved thelr family to Trail where Mr. Ewing took his training in Jewelry. He operated “Ewing’s Time Shop”. for‘many years. Attending the reception were their sons, © n 2 Bilt, Roy, Alex and their families, relatives and: ey ig ha. > friends from throughout the Kootenays, the Mr. and Mrs. David Ewing coast, Alberta,’ Saskatchewan:and Montreal. — News /MirrorFoto by Frank Turik |’ B.C. Tels special weekend rate P. You can dial direct (112) to between 5 p.m.” Friday and 5 p.m. Sunday for just are‘d 35¢ of less per minute. 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