_—_— OPINION WEDNESD. August 25, 1993 wy The Casticg: dar Sun “DP AN PUBLISHER MARILYN STRONG SHARLENE IMHOFF CATHERINE ROSS EDITOR ADVERTISING REF MARGE LALONDE NICOLE BEETSTRA CIRCULATION MANAGER ADVERTISING REP JOHN VAN PUTTEN CHRISTINE MOYER SPORTS REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER PRODUC TION MANAGER KAREN KERKHOFF SHAUNA KATTLER REPORTER OFFICE MANAGERVCLASSIFIEDS. Direct Department Phones General Office 65-5266 Circulation K 5266 Classified Ads 55-7848 Display Advertising 5-2278 Newsroom 365-5579 Fax 5-7762 wily S 71S 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. V1N 1G8 IS POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT AND A MEMBER OF THE STERLING NEWS SERVICE Established November 28, 1990 Published by Sterling Newspapers Ltd Weekly on Wednesdays Member of Canadian Community Newspapers Assoc B.C. Community Newspapers Associatio and B.C. Press Council editorial comment Here's to you Blue! Two thumbs up for the RCMP detachments of Castlegar, Trail and Salmo for the cooperative efforts serving members displayed in arresting three people who are suspects in at least two separate break, enter and theft incidences, the lat est of which occurred in Salmo at the Salmo Drug Store After a car chase and extensive search through a wooded area, the three were checked into accommodations at the Castlegar detachment. According to Corporal Wnght from the Salmo detachment, special kudos should go to our own local detachment in Castlegar for the members’ quick actions and professionalism. Good work Blue! A cause for concern? Does Rosstand-Trail MLA Ed Conroy really have a valid concern? The local MLA recently responded to a Press release issues last week that states Kootenay School of the Arts*will receive $75,000 from the provincial gov ernment to expand its programming while Emily Cart School of Art and Design will receive $25,000 to do much the same thing in cooperation with KSA Although it's wonderful to see KSA finally getting the | attention, not to mention dollars, it truly deserves, there is | an underlying concern that when it comes right down to the crunch, KSA's huge potential will never be realized while under the auspices of Emily Carr. It's only natural that when you're number one; you want to stay that way and it’s no secret that Emily Carr is number one in the Province when it comes to courses on art and design The prestigious school is located in the riding of Van couver-Little Mountain, whose MLA is none other than Advanced Education Minister Tom Perry Conroy, following the advice in Dr. Fulton's report believes that KSA, in the end, would flourish in coopera- tion with Selkirk College. As it stands now, KSA will get more attention and funding, but will always play the bridesmaid to Emily Carr Roll out the welcome Castlegar has a wonderful opportunit show how accommodating, welcoming and charitz able it can truly be when a number of international delegations step foot on Kootenay soil on September 12 Delegates from our two twin cities ang, China; and Embetsu, Japan; as well as representatives from Selkirk College's twin, Aoyama Technical College will be in town for approximately five days: This major get-together allows us as citizens to give these warm Kootenay- welcome. It's another excuse te! The first being of course, the opening ceremonies new Celgar Pulp mill. As a community, let's do our t t come mat to these and other internationa arriving especially for the Celgar ceremonies According to a senior staff member at city hall, the dele- gations will be arriving Castlegar Airport on the morning flight from Van (might be an opportunity to be part of a large welcor ommittee inside the air. port. Welcome to Castlegar ut the wel- who are “The problems we have today can not be solved thinking the e thought when we created them.” Albert Einste ERRORS amount paid tor the advertiseme to the negligence ot it . hability for non-insertion of any adver paid for such advertisement All advertising subject to publisher's approya completed within one year from contract date accepted John cing healthy is some thing in which the majority of smart peo- ple take an active role. Others put no thought into it. Those who do try to ensure they are in a rea- sonable state of fitness give their bodies a chance to battle any ill- ness. The end result is a healthy lifestyle and a person who both feels good about themselves and is in good shape. A health con- scious person spends less time sick and puts less of a stress, cost-wise and time-wise, on the medical system. Take two people, 43 years of age, both on the waiting list for a lung transplant. One patient has taken great care to live by the motto “you are what you eat” and generally maintained a healthy lifestyle, including refraining from smoking. For some unknown reason, this per- son finds himself on the waiting Here is someone, through his list for a lung transplant own bad habits, destroyed one The other patient, doctors set of lungs. Why should the realize, has smoked one pack of medical system, through its mar- cigarettes a day for close to 25 vels of modern miracles, allow years, and in addition, relies ‘him the opportunity to destroy a heavily on processed foods for second set? I wonder if consider- his daily diet. He maintains no ations such as these would regular exercise program, other “short-list” the line-up? than moving from the couch to The government is trying des the fridge and back to the televi- _ perately to control the spiraling sion. Let's assume the clock is cost of the medical system, and ticking away for both patients,|. naturally we can all do a small when suddenly, a lung becomes _ part in helping keep costs low by available.Which of the two taking better care of our bod should be given pnonty? les—preventative medicine you There is enough information might say. Still, tragic diagnosis out there these days, and even _ is made each day and these peo ten years ago, to state that a__ ple are suddenly faced with the healthy lifestyle means an over- _ unthinkable—the real tragedy is all healthy life, complete with a in the Cases where sickness could good frame of mind and state of , have been avoided just by physical fitness, not to. mention: Changing.a few unhealthy habits. less trips to the doctor. It's a rel The Haman body is often com. atively simple concept tof spared to a-shaine,-Karen, and there are some people who are to grasp—if you have the disci- pline to live it each day treating their personal shrine So, why should someone who — More like u garbage disposal unit than the holy place it actually is. To me. if it’s obvious that a has made no effort to keep them selves in an acceptable state of physical well-being be allowed person needs a lung transplant to inflict such a heavy burden on — due to their poor lifestyle ( as an an already overworked and over- example, smoking) they should loaded medical system? Here's be forced to wait while those another thought. Should the | who have shown a strong long smoker be denied the lung until _ term commitment to taking care he has absolutely resided never ‘ of their bodies are dealt with to smoke’again? I say yes first by the medical profession his is absolutely ridicu lous, John! Soon you will be advocating that we should have to pay our own expenses for being born. By your argument we had all better watch what we do, and how we live our lives, because we're going to have to pay big time Heck! We'll even have to pay for having the audacity to live to old age. How dare we do some- thing so crass as to age, because, after all, isn't living to old age luck and a habit? Ideally, we are supposed to be a nation of caring individu als, but when we tum our backs on desperately ill people need. ing health care we can truly say we have regressed to barbarian ism. When someone ts looking at you from behind frightened eyes, knowing that you hold their life in your hands, will you be able to turn your back on them and walk away. Or just say, sorry you'll have to wait? When we advocate doling out health care, based solely on a person's lifestyle, we are opening a Pandora's box. If someone can't receive a trans plant due to their lifestyle choic es, you had better believe that they will find a way to get around it. After all isn’t survival a basic human instinct? Transplant criteria? Karen What will happen is those who can afford it will reson to purchasing body parts in order to sustain their own lives. And a desperate person WILL resort to almost anything Here's the scary scenario. John Boe (who has a fat bank account and no money wor ries) is dying. If he doesn't receive a heart—and soon, he will die at a young age of heart failure.-In another City, a young man, Bob, is dying from a brain tumor. His heart is in great shape,-but his death from cancer is inevitable. The young man knows his premature death is imminent, but his concern lies with his family. You see, he has two young children, and his death wall most cer tainly impact them in many ways, including financially. Bob is weary of the long life and death struggle he has endured, and he knows the time has come to let go of his tenuous hold on life—but he still clings to life due to his family’s uncertain financial future Somehow, John héars of Bob's plight and decides to pay the dying man a visit. The end result of that visit is that upon Bob's death, John wil have a healthy heart (for a healthy price), and Bob's family will be financially secure. Bob can finally let go of his pain and suffering and meet his death You say it won't happen? Think again—because it _most assuredly will, and once again the rich will exploit the not-so rich, and the poor will have no choice but to die without a struggle) And in the classified section of your local newspa per you might find the head ing BODY PARTS FOR SALE. We all have the right to medical care, and to die with dignity One last thing John, thank God you aren't a doctor, because as a wniter the most you can do is use your poison pen tee Wednesday, August 25, 1993 The Castlegar Sun Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: In response to the letter by Elaine Robertson [Aug. 18 edi- tion) T would like to say that I too am a newcomer to Castle~ gar and truly believe that beav- ty is in the eye of the beholder. I've walked and driven by the window display which Elaine Robertson denotes as “violent” and I can’t believe someone walking by that dis- play could see it as being vio- lent or depicting violence against women. I think per- haps she has let her thoughts roam a little far afield. What does she s¢e when she looks at Looking for something that just doesn’t exist skipping ropes, or ropes that cordon of specific areas, rope Swings or even kids using a rope as a belt? It's unfortunate, indeed, i some experience has led her thoughts in this direction, but to equate that store window display with violence against women or any violence in gen- eral goes way too far. Maybe she could look at it for what it is: a colorful display of new fashions and nice clothes, and enjoy it the way I’m sure most of Castlegar does, Patti Davies Recognition by Sun appreciated Dear Editor: We, at Kootenay Society for Community Living Community Options, appreciate being able to recognize publicly those individ- uals and businesses who particu- larly demonstrate excellent service and attitude. The Castle- gar Sun's weekly “Excellence in Service Award” is an important Letters Policy Letters to the Editor are wel- come on any topic of local or general interest. Letters should be double-spaced, typewritten, or legibly handwritten, and no more than two pages if possible. Letters will be edited in the interests of brevity or taste if necessary. Al} letters must be signed, with address and tele- phone number, although names may be witheld from publication for valid reason by the approval of the editor, Send letters to: The Castlegar Sun. 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar. B.C., VIN 1G8, or drop them off at the office Poetry will not be published If you have any ts org th about this week's Cheek to Cheek, feel free to send us your comments in a letter to the editor c/o The Castlegar Sun. if you have a subject that you would like to see debated In the Cheek to Cheek column, Karen and John would love to hear your suggestions. Call the newsroom at 365-5579 or fax us your ts and req ts at 365-7762 Why emulate the U.S. when Canada is just next door One of the most positive and heart-warming scenes on television that is too often addicted to the violent must must be the sight recently of thousands of Cambodians, the young and the aged both, wading through Monsoon rains and braving threats from the Khmer Rouge in order to exercise their democratic right to vote. Watching these people placing their slips in the ballot box so solemnly, so hopefully, made this viewer at least send up a silent prayer that the politicians in whom they are placing such trust do not let them down. At the back of my mind, however, echoed William. Penn's vaguely ominous phrase: Let the people think they govern and they will be governed! In the former Soviet Union, democracy has brought with it a whole slew of new problems ranging from unemployment to rampant crimi- nality. A recent BBC World Service report indicated that Scotland Yard is becoming more worried about crime syndicates from former communist countries dealing in drugs, fraud and prostitution, than it ever was about either the international Mafia or Chinese groups. Meanwhile our alarming neighbors to the south are still grappling with an awesome amount of problems that even their new president seems unable to get a grip on. It is interesting to compare the number of eligible voters who actually tum out to vote in the United States less than 50 per cent — with the Cambodiaris, whose turnout was up in the high 80 per cent range. This means that Mr. Clinton was elected by only a fraction of Americans who today rather bitterly see themselves governed” more by lobby groups than by those they place in office One positive sign is that a small group of U.S. thinkers are searching for “cures” for what they see as a democracy gone wrong. Much soul. searching 1s going on about their society's weakening of the capac ity for independent judgement, initiative, and self-discipline. on which femocracy had always been understood to depend Neo-one-has-yet come up with any answers, however, except perhaps r elder statesman George F Kennan who. after referring to th If you would like to appear in the My Turn column, simply send your typed or legibly hand-written copy to The Castlegar Sun, no later than Friday before the publication date. Submissions can be of public or personal interest and no longer than 600 tragic deterioration if the quality of our society” suggested that the United States might be better governed if decentralized into a dozen constituent republics While it could be unfair to say that Canada does not have simi- lar problemis, the truth is that, by comparison, the extent to which we have them, still gives us time to grapple with them, to perhaps learn something from the gradual deterioration of democratic prin- ciples that have taken place with- in American society. It is a mystery to me why most demo- cratic countries look to emulate the United States when far more successful examples can be found in Canada, Australia and some of the smaller northern European countries As Winston Churchill said the the House of Commons all those years ago, democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time Marjorie Radu her husbane writer now living w has recentt rld War Tw words. If you can not supply a photograph, one can be taken at The Castlegar Sun office, located at 465 Columbia Avenue. More letters page 8A Coming Soon Castlegar & District UNITED WAY KICK-OFF DAY Sat. Sept 18 Community Complex @ Includes: is © Outdoor Flea Market ¢ Pancake Breakfast © Meet Miss Castlegar & Princesses Fly Past - Nelson Pilots Assoc. e And more... 365-7331 ompteted a his BALANCE Catalogue avaliable community service and we'd like to say thank you for allowing this recognition to take place Andrew Green Three traditional parties don't have the solutions Dear Editor: In a recent newspaper article, the new Conservative candidate for Kootenay West-Revelstoke commented on how neither the Liberals nor the NDP have come up with any details on how they will deal with the deficit and the debt He criticized the NDP for sug- gesting that “they think that they can spend their way out of a deficit”. His criticism in this area is very valid. It is also paraphras. ing of the comments made by Reform Party. candidate Jim Gouk in a brochure that he has Decision reaffirms that council is out-of-touch mfeiad Editor: I agree with Councillor Doug Green that local people should be hired to do the work when these out-of-town contractors are hired: But there should also be someone watching our for safety machinery should not be left running while no one is in sight These contractors hired from Kelowna have all kinds of work back in Kelowna—yet their-boss wants more. Have any of the members of city council been to Kelowna lately? If you haven't, then you should go because they are not short of work out there. Our local contractors don't have a chance here or there because these jobs are grabbed by these con ‘tors who want not just a piece, but the entire pie. Local workers on welfare are not on it by choice but because a-torafe not trades peo ple and can’t afford to go out of town to get jobs and shouldn't have to because they have families her But of course that doesn't count because all of you on council have jobs. So what if the next Joe’s on welfare? But yet he spends his money in this town, whatever he can afford—whieh isn't very. much. There’s a chance he and his family are pot even eating properly So look in your own town, maybe you can make these people happy But don't expect these out-of-town contractors to do it, because they don't care. Meanwhile the boss is getting a bigger house or another plane, Wake up city council, look around and live in the real world. Helen Tereposky Castlegar Support for industry is a two-way street Dear Editor: Phase, despite continual contact Recently an advertising repre with various contractors, we were sentative from The Castlegar Sun never offered any contract or contacted us, to present an oppor- work opportunities. This was the tunity to advertise in the ‘Salute case with many Castlegar and to Celgar Pulp’ special edition area people (including contrac My initial reaction to the sugges- tors). These concerns were made tion was negative. I personally —_ known to Celgar and local inter spent many hours attending chip __ est groups, to no avail truck transportation meetings. Sil. Now we also understand that am also told that the whole log pulp woodroom at the pulp mill will never reopen. That is despite the lack of opportunities present ed to locals and Slocan Valley residents is appalling. And now continual assurances from Mr we will be forced to share our Parker, that the whole log pulp grossly inadequate highway with who-knows-how-many chip trucks! I hope you will present these thoughts to your readership and that maybe it will evoke a response from Celgar. quality of wood in our area would be accommodated in the new mill We are now forced to transport these logs to Cache Creek or Chilliwack at great expense verton Transport has been around for 15 years, and I was a Team- ster Union member for 17 years. During the pulp mill construction the Highway 6 chip truck dilem ma, despite much public involve: ment and input, has no resolution being offered by Celgar Pulp. I I have personally supported the pulp mill project all along for the environmental and social benefits it could have provided. However Blair Nelson Silverton Transport had in circulation for over five months He then went on to criticize the Liberals for not defining what they are going to doto deal —_ed_us with nine years worth of with the deficit and the debt. His _ massive deficits comment was, “It requires more The only party that has than just saying, “Trust me, I'll promised to end the deficit. and tell you later.” This is also a given a detailed’outline of their valid criticism. 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