(MMAABER OF THE B.C, PRESS COUNCH ESTABLISHED AUG. 7, 1947 TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4. 1900 INCORPORATING THE MID-WEEK MIRROR PUBLISHED SEPT. 12. 1978.AUG. 27. 1900 LV. CAMPBELL —- PUBLISHER AUG. 7, 1947.F68, 19, 1973 PUBLISHER — Buri Campbell EDITOR — Ron Norman PLANT FOREMAN — Peter Harvey OFFICE MANAGER — Lindo Kositsin ADVERTISING MANAGER — Gory Fleming CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hadley NOTICE OF CoPYmG) vested in ond belon ony odveriver epored trom belong to the advertiser What's ina name? What's in a name? Shakes- peare asked. A lot, says Marilyn Strong. Speaking like a true public relations person, Ms. Strong sug- gested at a recent town hall meeting that Castlegar should change its name to Welcome, B.C Q8 a way to attract more tourists. A name change might not be a bad idea. But Welcome, B.C.? No way Why not try for something with a little more local flavor, such as Brilliant? Now there's a name that would put this city on the map Imagine, we could shout to all our visitors: “We're Brilliant’ and there would be no argument. There's just one problem, What would the residents be called? Brillianites? Brilliantonians? Then again, Ootischenia or Raspberry might make a good name — maybe even Blueberry. In fact any of the local names would be alright, just as long as it wasn't Poupore Time for cool heads The provincial government was told in no uncestain terms Friday that it is completely unacceptable for it to try to transfer respon- sibility for the Castlegar-Robson ferry to local authorities. Great. That's just what needed The province and the Ministry of Highways are aware of the resolve of the Castlegar and Robson residents to preserve the ferry as it is. But residents must also be aware that this is a time for cooler heads. What changed the mind of Alex was Fraser, the minister of highways four years ago when there was a similar fight over the ferry, was the carefully prepared and presen- ted briet , This time around Castlegar and Robson residents are voicing their opposition to the provincial gover- nment proposal in similar positive and effective ways: through peitions, individual letters, a brief and face-to-face meetings. these kinds of that real It is through democratic actions change takes place. Ron Norman I just don't get it. The public, that is. It's fickle at the best of times and always unpredictable, especially when it comes to money. Several years ago Castlegar coun cil tried to pass a budget with an increase of eight to 10 per cent. The public outcry was so fierce council was forced to call a special meeting and reverse the decision. It brought down a budget with a three to four per cent increase. This year, Castlegar school board raised residential taxes by nearly 13 per cent and nobody said a word Not one peep. The next week the Regional Dis. trict of Central Kootenay announced that taxes are going up 22 per cent in Area J, 17 per cent in Area I and 11 per cent in the City of Castlegar. The reaction? There wasn't one. It was as if we were talking about the color of my socks. Then the provincial government increased the rural tax rate by 28 per cent, and the only ones who complain were the regional politi cians. {{ like that. At the same meeting at which it approved a budget with tax inereases of as much as 22 per cent, the Regional District of Cen tral Kootenay criticized the prov ince for increasing rural taxes 28 per cent. It must be tough to lob verbal grenades from such a vulner. able position.) Castlegar-area residents are get ting gaffed and they don't seem to care. The residential taxpayer is carrying more and more of the tax load, and it’s only going to get heav ier. . To give you an idea of just how bad things have become, this year's school tax increase for the average homeowner is nearly equal to the total tax increase Castlegar home. owners paid last year. In 1987 the average Castlegar homeowner was hit with a $60 tax hike — but that included the city, school district, the regional district, the hospitals, the Municipal Finance Authority and the provincial assess. ment authority. This year, the school tax increase alone nearly matches that. To put it into sharper perspec tive, just 48 short months ago the average homeowner paid a $5 increase in their school taxes. In four years the annual increase in the average Castlegar area homeowner's school taxes has gon from $5 to $55. Ouch! - Part of the reason for the increase is the change in the way school taxes are collected. A few years ago the provincial government decided it would collect the non-residential school taxes, put them in a large pool and then hand them out to each of the province's 75 school districts. The change meant that the local school board no longer had control over non-residential taxes. Now it has to accept whatever the provin. cial government offers. If it wants more, it has to take it from resi. dential taxpayers. When the new tax collection sys tem was initiated some critics pre- dicted that after several years of underfunding by the provincial gov. ernment, local school boards would be forced to increase residential taxes to a point where residential ratepayers would cry out in opposi tion. That's almost the point we've reached now. There's just one small hitch. The provincial government increased funding to the Castlegar school district to the tune of some half a million dollars this year. Yet we were still slapped with a 13 per cent tax hike. Now, I understood when the board told me last year that it had to raise local taxes by nine per cent because of a shortage in provincial funding. (Victoria gave Castlegar schools some $75,000 less in 1987 than in 1986.) And I willingly dug into my pocketbook and paid my share of the extra $190,000 needed. I personally would rather spend my municipal taxes on education than anything else and I want to see the education system properly funded. But at the same time, I was under the impression the increase would be a one-time hike. Yet, here we are a year later not only paying the $37 increase of last year, but another $55 on top of it. And this year, there is no excuse of a provincial funding shortfall. Certainly, funding from Victoria isn't what it should be after years of insufficient funding. Nevertheless, the province's share of the local school budget increased by some $550,000 this year. But still our local taxes jumped $245,000 — $55,000 more than last year when we were told we were in dire financial straits. Nice flying John, but do we again? ive to go up Do we actually have to eat these fund~raising dinners? There goes the Quebec wing ain! —— in Take Off, Eh? Letters to the Editor ‘Political charades’ With a federal election drawing near, it is difficult to resist commenting on the ongoing “charades” we have wit nessed during our present govern ments term in office, the most recent being a major cabinet shuffle. One cannot help but feel a bit sorry for the prime minister in his valiant efforts to keep his ship afloat. But since this government's installation there have been at least eight cabinet firings — along with various other scandals — mainly because these “honorable gen tlemen” could not resist the temptation to get involved (or continue to be in volved) in conflicting financial deals on the side; scandalous behavior — but will the new cabinet be any better? (One is not so naive as to suggest that any government is perfect, but this has been “too much.”) If it were not so tragic one would be inclined to call it a “comedy of errors.” For a while it seemed that every time the prime minister turned his back someone had his fingers in the pie. Now the game has changed to “musical chairs.” Whenever the music stops the ministers end up sitting in different places — with one or two left out in the cold. And the situation in our provincial government is not any better. This would all make for excellent comedy except that the costs of production are phenomenal — and many of the issues pursued with such fierce determination by these rather unstable governments may have a disastrous outcome for our nation. As a local example of these “poli tical charades” we have the unpopular decision on the foreignization of our electric power utility. Ironically, in that drawn out Ottawa “bowling game” — where eight cabinet ministers went down like tenpins — the two gentlemen who had everything to do with the un popular WKPL decision — the Minister of Energy and the Minister in charge of Investment Canada — went down too. Those “revered” decision-makers went out in apparent disgrace — for a while. Then, one of them came back in again to take up a new position. These surprises, along with numerous others, are enough to make one’s head spin. Most of us have now given up even trying to keep track of who sits where in this funny government — the magi- cian’s hand is too quick to follow. Needless to say these controversial cabinet firings did not exactly improve our already-shaken confidence in the un-Canadian WKPL decision. With all of their “exterior interests” one won. ders whether these honorable gentle ment even took the time’ to read the wording on those weighty applications before signing them for approval. (The WEPL foreignization was only one of several thousand applications ‘that have apparently been rubber-stamped for approval by Investment Canada since the present government took of- fice.) To the best of my knowledge no foreignization applications have yet been refused. It seems that the Can adian sellout is already well underway — even before that controversial free-trade agreement which threatens to give the final “coup de grace” to our Canadian independence and sovereign ty. The transfer of WKPL to American ownership went ahead as planned — in Ottawa and Victoria. Those many con- cerned groups and individuals who op- posed the 100 per cent foreign owner. ship returned to their daily routines on a “standby basis,” ready to become active again if the need arose. They did not have to wait long — already some problems are beginning to surface. Certain rather heavy extra charges are apparently showing up on some new power hook-ups. And then there is that disturbing application to build a large gas-fired/oil-fired thermal generating plant in Kelowna — right in the heart of the most important tourist and agri- cultural area in our province. This is at the same time as B.C. Hydro is gener- ating large surpluses of hydroelectric power on the Columbia and Kootenay rivers a few miles away. It seems ridiculous to suggest that our surplus environmentally-pure hydroelectric power (harnessing the energy of the sun) is to be exported to the U.S. by B.C. Hydro while we — in the Okanagan and Kootenays situated right beside these hydroelectric plants are to become. involved in environ mentally-less-pure” gas-fired and coal- fired generators, with their extremely noisy steam turbines. The B.C. Utilities Commission -has agreed to hold a public hearing on this Kelowna application. We should be in- sisting that the commission make a wise decision on this matter; one that gives due and proper consideration to our vital tourist and agricultural industries;and to efficient utilization of our hydroelectric power; one that rep. resents a positive change from the un wise and un-Canadian decisions coming from Ottawa these days, and Victoria; one that gives us a break from those ongoing “political charades” and “musi. cal chairs” with which our present gov ernments both seem to be unduly af. flicted. H.J. Killough Castlegar more letters page A5 Turner still has class By CLAIRE HOY In The Province OTTAWA — Until the last week, few Canadians had ever heard of Senator Pietro Rizzuto. Now, we're told that the John Turner fired as campaign co-chiirman was a brilliant fundraiser. Really? If so, how is it the Liberals have a $6-million debt? And how is it, if the media hasn't become as active in the plot to scuttle Turner as diseontented Liberals are, that a political nonentity who tried to undercut a duly-elected leader sudden ly is portrayed as such an asset? Face it, Turner has not been a terrific leader. He was, however, fairly elected to the job, then reaffirmed by Liberal delegates. On both occasions, Turner showed he had more support within his own party than the two Quebec.centred groups ing him — the Trudeauites and the Chretienesques. Neither group will accept the notion of party democracy Those such as Keith Davey and Mare Lalonde, who yearn for the Trudeau era, naturally look back fondly since they were the main beneficiaries of that time. Never mind that Trudeau's un. bridled arrogance toward Canadians and benign neglect of party matters is the root cause of the current financial and organizational woes. Never mind that Turner actually ran against the Old Boys’ Network and promised to wrest control from the few and-hand it over to the grassroots. Turner's biggest sin is that he succeeded. For that, he must be punished, even if that means helping the Tories win. Then there's Chretien, Quebec's own Uncle Tom, a man who in English Canada has grown immensely popular by mocking his own heritage, playing the role of the simple-minded French man who delights anglos without threatening them. Sadly, Chretien doesn't have the guts to admit his role in public, preferring to hint at loyalty while sitting quietly backstage pulling the strings of his admiring puppets. Most journalists love Chretien, even if he was rejected by his own party. They love him because he was always available to them. He loved hobnobbing with journalists. He even listed his home phone number, for heaven's sake. It explains why, for example, jour- nalists continue to perpetuate the myth that Chretien, with his two typecast buddies, Roy Romanow and Roy Mc- Murtry, fashioned our constitution in the so-called “kitchen cabinet” meeting seven years ago. The fact that these men were in volved in just one of numerous similar meetings and that they did not come up with the ultimate solution for the political impasse is consistently over- looked by journalists who saw pictures of the kitchen cabinet meeting on CBC's The Journal. Never mind that meeting was set up AFTER the deal had already been struck, it's such a great story, and Chretien is such a hail-fellow-well-met, that many journalists feel no shame in shilling on Chretien’s behalf. All of this is not to say that Turner's problems are not real. Quite the contrary. They're real not terribly fair. But then in politics, few things are fair. And since nobody forced Turner to take this job, let alone hang on in the face of humiliating attacks from his own colleagues, there's no point shedding any tears for him. Yet ven after three years of con stant leadership attacks, the Turner- led Liberals consistently head public opinion polls and have risen from the ashes provincially to capture four legislatures and vastly increase their strength in most others. Turner's position in the next round of polls will almost certainly deter. iorate, given the blood-soaked efforts of his own party “loyalists.” ll right. They're just But in the end, when Canadians are forced to choose between him and Brian Mulroney, they may conclude that despite his warts, he has a quality which Mulroney lacks — class under fire. This is an unusual attribute for a politician, but it could ultimately save Turner from both himself and his party. Even if it doesn't, at least he won't have to sneak out the back door when he leaves. From the May 13, 1948 Castlegar The Variety Concert held in the Castle theatre on Sunday night drew a capacity house and was enjoyed by all. The concert was arranged by Mrs. Eva L. Shea with the proceeds going to the Canadian Legion Band. OPER ee The newly elected Bishop of Koot- enay, the Right Rev. F.P. Clark D.D. preached to a crowded congregation at St. Albans’ Church, Castlegar, on Sunday la: *“ © « The regular monthly meeting of the United Church W.A. met at the home of Mrs. J. Payne on Thursday evening with the president, Mrs. L. Grunerud in the chair and 19 members and one visitor present. * . The Castlegar and Robson Boy Scouts are very active now since the reorganization of the group it with Mr. J.P. Taylor as president and Mr. G. Atchinson as secretary. 8 Ce The Kinnaird Fire Protection Com- mittee has announced that William Waldie and Sons Ltd. of Castlegar has donated 1,700 feet of lumber for use in construction of hydrant boxes and in the installation of the fire siren. 25 YEARS AGO From theMay 9, 1963 Castlegar News The Castlegar ferries made 179 more round trips during April, 1963 than they did during April, 1962 and carried 4,609 less automobiles and drivers. Laying of oil on Castlegar streets to control dust is being delayed by weather. = © * *. Amalgamation was termed an affair of the municipalities involved who should “set aside monies to have this looked into by professional studies,” Castlegar commissioner R.C. Mad- docks told last night's meeting of the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce. “ *# « Four hundred and 25 ft. of sidewalk along with 485 ft. of retaining wall were construction in Castlegar during April, works supervisor Norman Mc Nabb reported at council Tuesday night. * 2 « Both Castlegar and Kinnaird had: satisfactory. water during 1963, Comm, Walter Thorp, quoting from the annual report of the WKHU told Castlegar council Tuesday night. 5 . 8 « A 70-pound beaver, believed to be a record for the Kootenay area, was trapped at the weekend at Champion Lake by Castlegar resident Jack Kiilough. 15 YEARS AGO From the May 10, 1973 Castlegar News A resolution to obtain an air pollu- tion bylaw, which was tabled at last month's Castlegar and District Cham- ber of Commerce meeting, is scheduled to be lifted at tonight's meeting. . 8 « B.C. Hydro has been asked by Re- sources Minister Bob Williams to investigate the recent erosion problem on the inside curve of the south bank of the Columbia River between extension of 8th and 10th Avenues in Castlegar. * The twin towns of Castlegar and Kinnaird have agreed to share thé $600 survey costs of the Castlegar-Kinnaird Centennial Site (Kootenay Doukhobor Historical Society communal home property). * 8 « The May meeting of the Blueberry Creek Recreation Commission was held last Thursday with eight directors present. Plans for the spring dance at the Hi Arrow Arms were finalized with the park as the main topic of discus- sion. * 6 « The president of the Nelson Rotary Club, Walt Laurie, has announced that plans are in the final stages for a “Car- eer Expo” to be held at Selkirk Coiiege Monday. * 8 6 Three years of service to the community will be marked on Friday, June 1, by an open house at the Youth Information Project at 421 Front Street in Castlegar. 5 YEARS AGO From the May 8, 1983 ar News Thursday's provincial general elec- tion outcome was bittersweet for Rossland-Trail NDP MLA Chris D'Arcy. While D'Arcy retained his own seat by a 2,800 vote margin, he saw the Dave Barrett-led NDP fail once again in its bid for control of the provincial legislature. * © « Castlegar council Thursday ‘gave third reading to a bylaw that will pave the way for a new shopping mall in the 1500 block Columbia Ave. The bylaw will now have to be given final ap- proval, probably at Tuesday's regular council meeting. COMMUNITY NEWS ; 1988 Castlegar News AS May 8, Ferry move I strongly protest the recent decision to transfer responsibility for the oper- ation of the Castlegar-Robson ferry to local government agencies, The area taxpayers are utterly un- able to support this burden, Already our school system is struggling to maintain education standards, and we in the outlying areas have lost several schools to the cutbacks. We are barely able to fund fire protection, and have had to dig deep to keep our fire Dinner was fun An appreciation dinner and dance for volunteers was held at the Legion Hall April 22. It was organized by Castlegar Community Services and featured a potluck dinner and music by Dick Wayling and his seven-piece volunteer band. Thank you to all those who worked so hard to make this occasion such an enjoyable evening. Maybe next year more volunteers will attend. Volun- teers are much appreciated and are used widely in this community. How- ever, it is nice to be shown appreciation in such a fun way. Dorothy Salisbury Castlegar department alive. And now the provincial government wants to thrust a $300,000 annual bur- den on us. Our fire department budget is only $60,000 and even that amount was hard to find in the depressed property assessments of this area. I find_ it exasperating that Highways Minister Stephen Rogers appears to be so ignorant of our situation. He must be aware, by this point, that if the .provincial government removes funding for the ferry it will most cer- tainly cease to operate. The “excellent road alternatives” his press release protested alluded to add eight miles to my trip to town, Has Mr. Rogers given any thought to where we find the funds for additional gas, how our children bike in to see the Saturday matinee or how our senior citizens walk to shopping cen- tres and clinics? In short, I strongly resent the de- cision to, with a stroke of the pen, move my house eight miles out of town. Mr. Rogers may rest assured that this de- cision will not be taken lightly by the constituents of this area. George Stein Robson Grad ceremonies back at complex On behalf of the 1988 Stanley Humphries secondary school gradua. tion class I would like to thank the Brilliant Cultural Centre Committee for its generous offer to host the graduation ceremony. However, due to concerns about seating restrictions, we have been forced to move the cere- monies back to the Castlegar Com- munity Complex. We would like to invite the community to join with family and friends of the graduates\in attending the ceremony Saturday, June 25, beginning at 2 p.m. The graduating class of 1988 is a special group of young women and men. It is my hope that through co-operation and continued parent sup- port, we can make grad 1988 a very pleasant memory for all. Grant Lenarduzzi Grad Sponsor Students plant 8,000 fir trees Students enrolled in the Wildland Recreation pro- gram at Selkirk College es tablished four new tree plan tations on the Castlegar Campus April 9. In a project designed to enhance wildlife habitat on college grounds, 23 students spent all Saturday planting 8,000 Douglas Fir seedlings at four separate sites. Spaced on a four-metre grid, the eight-inch seedlings were each placed in ground that had been “screefed.” Screefing is the removal of sod around each planting to eliminate competition for water and soil nutrients. The trees were purchased by the college from a private nursery in Haney at an ap- proximate cost of $1,350. Now their growth will be monitored by successive classes of Wildland Recre- * ation students to study the effects of various ecological conditions. Some groups of trees will be managed to provide snow interception cover for white tailed deer, which inhabit the campus during the mid-win ter period. Other forms of wildlife that benefit from these and older plantations on college grounds include Live Snow White show here May 14 Kate's Hairstyling SNOW WHITE... The Castlegar Rotary Club will * sponsor Snow White and her Seven Magical Dwarfs next Saturday at the Castle Theatre. S$, grouse and quail. “This planting is just a part of an overall plan to improve wildlife habitat and provide forest management oppor. tunities for students in For. estry and Wildland Recrea. tion programs,” said Biology instructor Peter Ommund- sen, who participated in the planting project. College students are also engaged in the study of seven older plantations on the col. lege grounds, in addition to some natural forest stands, For the past year, work study students have been developing a system of trails approximately four kilome tres long that will be marked with interpretive signs to aid in public education. In 1986, several thousand trees were removed to de termine the consequences of improved spacing on the growth of the remaining trees. Campus lands are also used for a variety of ex periments involving wildlife forage. Tree farm a park A 220-hectare area of Slo- can Forest Products’ Tree Farm Licence No. 3 has been officially turned over to the provincial Ministry of Envir. onment and Parks. The Drinnon Lake area, which was transferred to the ministry Tuesday, will form a portion of the Valhalla Pro- vincial Park. “We felt that the recrea tional potential of the area could best be achieved under the guidance of the Parks Branch,” said Ike Barber, president and chief executive officer for Slocan Forest Products. “We are pleased that we could make this con tribution to the park system of British Columbia and par. ticularly the Slocan Valley.” The forest company will continue to maintain road ac- cess via Hoder Creek to the Drinnon Lake trailhead, an arrangement that has been in effect for several years. Blethering Place "2 2250 Oak Bay Ave., Victoria, B.C. by Comp, hd A I PHONE (604) 598-1413 Por on EN Tany TE, Re (Valid only with this ad) Karl Hager Limb & Brace Ltd. 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Wa.m. - 5 p.m. The famous World of Fan- tasy Players, will present a live production of Snow White and Her Seven Mag- ical Dwarfs at the Castle Theatre May 14. The World of Fantasy players are on their 22nd annual national tour and will appear in over 200 cities this year in the United States and Canada. Producer Philip Morris, internationally- known magician and cos- tumer, has assembled a most talented cast of young pro- fessional actors and dancers for this year’s presentation of Snow White. The story is essentially the beloved traditional tale of Snow White and her adven- tures with the dwarfs and her wicked stepmother. Several delightful new characters are also intro- duced, including Freddy the Magic Fig}d Mouse, the Talk. ing Cuck lock, the Funny Bunnies and many others. The production includes songs, music, dances and a series of startling illusions which are worked into the story line. For instance, when Snow White is sweep- ing up the Enchanted Cot- tage, she is assisted by a magic broom that sweeps without being touched by human hand. Again, when the Hand- some Prince awakens Snow White she is seen to rise and float in the air and then swd- denly vanishes and re- appears in the audience. The show is resplendent with beautiful costumes, glittering props, enchanting special effects, and, as al- ways, the magical and color. ful World of Fantasy stage settings. The show is sponsored by The Castlegar Rotary Club. GRAND OPENING Sat., May 14 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Everyone's Invited Haircut Specials! Prizes! Refreshments! call Kate Kalin, licenced stylist at 359-7986 Look forward to meeting you. et 3688 Crescent . 4 miles up from Hwy. 6, turn right after Crescent Volley Bridge. Watch for bloe signs. ee ‘SPECIAL Style Patterns $1.00 ea. 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