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_Community service

It's clear from several events this
week that service clubs play an
important role in the life of the
community. But just how impor-
tant? To gauge the real worth of
the clubs we have to ask where
Castlegar. would be without them.
The answer is all too obvious: A lot
worse off.

For instance, Wednesday's
CasNews mentioned two new ser-
vice club projects. The Castlegar
Selkirk Lions Club plans to con-
struct a gazebo near the centotaph
at Kinsmen Park. Anyone who has
sat on the grass to the

during SunFest ‘87. The derby is
just the kind of new event SunFest
needs. SunFest needs a major at-
traction on which to hang all the
lesser SunFest activities. The
demolition derby could be itt

Other projects are either in the -

prepa stage or y un-
derway — things like the Rotary
Club's work on Zuckerberg Island
Heritage Park and the Gyro Club's
plans for a ball field next to the
Community Compl

And these are in addition to

concerts in the park series over the
last few years will know how much
@ proper bandstand is needed.

But the gazebo's value won't be
just as a place for musicians to pla:
during the summer concert S .
It will also add to newly revitalized
Kinsmen Park. With Rosewood
Manor at one end, the new
Castlegar and District Public
Library at another and the gazebo
at the other, the park could once
again become a focus for the
downtown community.

There was also word this week
that the Castlegar Kiwanis Club
will sponsor a demolition derby

going proj such as the Lions’
Trade Fair, the Kiwanis Club's
Citizen of the Year award and
banquet, which was held last
night,-and-the Rotary’s student ex-
change program.

Si clubs don't always get
their due, in part because we tend
to take them for granted. But we
should remember that these are
not huge organizations with large
pools of resources on which to
draw. They are made up of in-
dividuals — our neighbors and
friends — who“are doing a good
job of serving the community. But
then that’s why they're called ser-
vice clubs, right?

Airport flying high

Things are looking up these
days at the Castlegar Airport, and
it can only mean good things for
the flying public.

The airport is in the midst of a
$1 million upgrading of its elec-
trical and water systems and has a
riew apron worth some $500,000.
On the horizon is another $2.5
million in renovations to the ter-
minal building.

But perhaps the icing on the
cake are figures for 1986 which

show that the number of
passengers who flew in and out of
the airport totalled nearly 80,000.

In addition, the number of
flight arrivals and departures jum-
ped by more than 2,000 — from
26,643 in 1985 to 28,886 in 1986 —
an increase of 8.4 per cent.

With numbers like these, it's
almost certain that the airport
tower — the subject of rumors
about possible closure several
years ago — will remain open.

Ron
Norman

We've had Watergate, Contrag-
ate, Irangate and even Scandalgate
(the Canadian equivalent thanks tq
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's
Tory government). Now we have

Biblegate or Pearlygate, if you wish,

involving big-name American TV
evangelists and what seems like a
cast of thousands from the U.S.Bible
Belt.

Before I go any further I better
say straight out that I'm well aware
of the admonition Jesus Christ gave
those who thought Mary Magdalane
might look better covered in rocks.
My glass house is as fragile as they
come. But the strange goings-on
below the border in televangelical
land can't be overlooked.

The plot has all the elements of a
TV soap opera: sex, drugs and
money. I take that back. It’s even
too far fetched for TV (though I bet
a cool one at the new Lions Head
Pub in Robson that we see some
thing similar on Dynasty or Dallas
next season).

First, evangelist Jim Bakker’s
wife, Tammy Faye, admits she has
been addicted to prescription drugs
for the last 17 years. Then Bakker
himself admits he had a sexual affair
with a church secretary. Both inci
dents aren’t so bad in themselves.
Prescription drugs can be danger.
ous — ask former First Lady Betty
Ford. Her problem was even fea
tured on a TV movie. And sexual
misconduct, while unacceptable, is
about as common as sunshine in
Florida.

Bakker and his wife would
probably have been given the bene-
fit of the doubt and forgiven if not
for the fact they are TV evangelists.
And there's the rub. Televangelists
portray themselves as almost God
like, or certainly as close to God as
anyone on Earth will ever get. And
they thrive on that image, reaping

huge monetary rewards. Again, just
look at Bakker. His PTL empire is
worth $172 million.

—Oral Roberts carried the notion
of beirtg near to God to the extreme
saulier bhis year when he told his
followers they must raise more than
$8 million or God would “call him
home.” The idea that God would in
effect hold Roberts ransom is even
more unsavory than the Bakkers’
moral failings.)

So Bakker’s fall is all the more
precipitous because of the position
in which he placed himself. He
chasitized and criticized those‘ who
didn't have the strength of his moral
and religious convictions.

Those who had never quite
bought the televangelical line ini.
tially looked on the whole episode
ash . They would probably

Letters to the Editor

Rattan’s humor stinks

First of all I don't exactly know what
Surj Rattan’s title is at the Castlegar
News. It definitely couldn't be in the
sports editor area. Usually most

Thief
cursed

I hereby proclaim a curse on
whosoever-plays golf using my stolen
Confidence Visa Clubs.

May he struggle in defeat.

Pour his quarters on the table.

A devil's bargain? Soon he'll meet

That soul within.

Al Johnson
Castlegar

editors involved in the write-up of
sports events are admirers and lovers
of the certain events and types of sport
taking place.

Secondly, I suggest he take the
March 22 clipping that appeared in the
Sunday issue of the Castlegar News
and put it where the sun doesn’t shine.
His sense of humor stinks! We as
Canadians are proud of our country’s
cont¥ibution fn the sports field. It’s
obvious there isn't a sport around that
appeals to him or one that he doesn't
pick holes at. He obviously has nothing
better to do than to slam each and
every organization which involves
many hours and time by individuals
who are dedicated to what they believe
in.

Our young energetic and athletic
children and the adults shouldn't have

to open the paper to read this sort of
trash written by someone who prob-
ably doesn’t have the energy to move
his chair from the dinner table to go to
the bathroom. We don't want to read
about his low opinions on something he
knows nothing about, mainly sports.

How he feels is of no interest or
concern to us as a family. We want to
read’ positive ideas about past and
upcoiting ‘events, titerviews, conver-
sations and involvement with our local
athletes, or on a national level.

It's apparent that he is a very boring
individual with nothing to offer the
community of Castlegar and would
probably be doing us a favor if he were
to go back where he came from — if
he’s allowed that privilege.

Michelle Feeney
Castlegar

Another fight looms

Just when I thought Koot West

was safe from any more threats of
extinction, it looks like we could be in
for another fight.

As you will recall, the Federal
Electoral Boundaries Commission for
B.C., in its report to Parliament issued
last month, recommended that Koot-
enay West be maintained as part of a
larger federal constituency to be
re-named Kootenay West-Revelstoke.
While this proposal has its flaws, it at
least allows Kootenay West to remain
intact.

But to accommodate the reinstate-
ment of Kootenay West, adjustments
had to be made elsewhere in the
province. In this case, it was the Lower
Mainland, where the number of seats in
urban Vancouver was reduced from
five to four.

New Democrat MP Ian Waddell,
whose Vancouver-Kingsway riding is

have laughed and shrugged off the
whole affair if not for the distasteful
turn of events which saw a battle
shape up over Bakker's multi-mill
ion dollar empire.

Bakker accused another TV evan
gelist, Jimmy Swaggart, of a
“hostile takeover” of his PTL Club
and its 500,000 members. Other
evangelists quickly jumped into the
fray, lining up to throw their
support behind one side or the other
(including Roberts, who from his
prayer tower in Tulsa, Okla. backed
Bakker).

What had started out as a simple
moral failing had suddenly and
unexpectedly turned into an ugly
scrap for money and power. TV
evangelists have long suffered from
a poor public image because of their
intense focus on money.

The struggle for Bakker's PTL
empire has probably done more
harm and given televangelists a
blacker eye than Bakker's sexual
indiscretions or his wife's drug
habit ever would have.

for is not happy.
That's understandable. I wasn’t very
happy either when it was Kootenay
West that was on the chopping block.

As expected, Mr. Waddell is calling
on his constituents to support -him in
his campaign to save Vancouver-King-
way. Mr. Waddell is pursuing what he
feels is in the best interests of his
constituents. That is only natural, and
is to be expected from any responsible
MP.

But what worries me is Mr. Waddell,
and likely other Lower Mainland
politicians, will be arguing in favor of
the boundaries commission's original
proposal; that which r ded the
status quo in Vancouver, but, of course,
called for the elimination of Kootenay
West. If the parliamentary committee
hearing objections to the boundaries
report accepts Mr. Waddell's
arguments, Kootenay West would once
again be in deep trouble.

In justifying its decision to remove
one of the Vancouver ridings, the
boundaries commission stated:

“We were convinced by what we
heard throughout the province of the
justice of dropping below the electoral

Brisco
Report

By Kootenay
West MP
Bob Brisco

quota in sparsely settled mountainous
rural constituencies and exceeding it in
populous city constituencies of small
and manageable area, and modified our
proposal accordingly.”

That decision was based largely on

inquiries handled by my constituency
office are ones that would be dealt with
by a federal department, where an
office existed.

The boundaries commission under-
stands that. Hopefully, so too does the

the ar the heard
when it came to Kootenay West. Those
were rational and valid arguments, and
I firmly believe that the commission
made the right decision. But it looks
like the people of Vancouver are about
to tell the commission that it was
wrong. az

Among “Ahe arguments being
advanced by Mr. Waddell is that people
living in more populous ridings find it
harder to get help from their MP. In
the case of a more populous rural
riding, I would agree. But in the case of
an urban riding, I would not.

People living in any part of
Vancouver have.easy access to virtual.
ly every department of the federal
government. If they need help from a
federal department they can simply
visit the local office. And they can
normally get there quickly either by
walking, driving or taking a bus.

In Kootenay West, people needing to
visit a federal department in person
are usually out of luck. Often they will
come instead to my constituency office.
In fact, nearly. 70 per cent of the

parli ‘y committee reviewing
the commission's report. In any event,
when I appear before the committee, I
wilt be reiterating many of the
arguments which helped to convince
the Commission of the need for greater

rep in the K

gave his very interesting
trip to the U.B.C, ‘student council
convention.

A panel discussion was held with five
students taking part and the talks were
interesting and at times entertaining.

. * 8

April is Cancer Campaign month
throughout Canada. This, year the
objective in British Columbia is

Of this sum the B.C. division of the
Danadian Cancer Society needs
$150,000 to maintain its programs of
education, research and welfare assis-
tance.

._ * @

Playing at the Castle Theatre is the
Big Carnival starring Kirk Douglas in
his most powerful role. Also playing is
Night Cry with Richard Widmark and
Gene Tierney.

25 YEARS AGO
From the March 29, 1962
News

The statement that the “0/5 counts
are proving nothing,” as was rej
in this paper recently and attributed to
Comm. Pat Romaine, is definitely not
the majority opinion of the Kinnaird
Council.

This was strongly emphasized by
,chairman Carl Loeblich and Comm.
Gerry Rust at Monday's council meet-
ing.

In giving a report on his attendance
at a Kootenay Health Unit meeting,
health committee chairman Gerry Rust
asked for council's feelings on fluor-
idation.

*

All possible adjustments are being
made to improve the TV service in the
Kinnaird area, the village council was
assured by Kin-Gar Video Limited.

A letter to this effect was read at
Monday’s council meeting in Kinnaird.

J.W. Loader, director of Kin-Gar
Video stated “the amplifier equipment
which did not perform to the standard

First local mail carrier delivery will
take place June 26 with inaugural ser-
vices to take place at 2 p.m. on June 24.

More detailed information will be
announced at a later date.

The new mail carrier service will
increase the present Castlegar Post
Office staff by eight more employees.

This increase would consist of six
letter carriers, one supervisor letter
carrier and one postal officer of letter
carriers.

*

A request to build a four-plex on
property on Purcell Street was turned
down by Castlegar council as it again
entered into hearings pretaining to
spot development in its boundaries.

Council heard arguments that single
dwellings led to civic pride while
multiple dwellings catered to a less
permanent tenant.

* 6 «©

A diesel powered sweeper will be
ordered by the Town of Castlegar at a
cost of $4,000.

The ‘model is reported to be seven
years old and formerly used by Prince
George.

5 YEARS AGO
From the March 31, 1982
News
Whatever happened to Nicholas
Wasilenkoff? 5
That question has baffled both
Castlegar RCMP and Coroner Paul
Oglow for nearly a year now and
they're no closer to an answer today
than they were when they started.
Oglow and the RCMP have searched
everywhere in an attempt to turn up
some information as to Wasilenkoff's
mysterious death last year — but so far
have run‘up &gainst a brick wall.
This week the coroner appealed to

However, in arguing that the right
decision has been made, I may be up
against great odds. The campaign to
save Vancouver-Kingsway is gaining
momentum. It has the support of
Vancouver city council] and the
Vancouver Chamber of Commerce.
Those are formidable forces.

I once again must ask for your help.
If you want to hep ensure the future of
Kootenay West, I urge you to write to
the Federal Electoral Boundaries
Commission for B.C., with a copy to
me, telling the commission that by
reinstating Kootenay West, it made
the right choice and it must not reverse
its decision. The commission's address
is 55-200 Granville Street, Vancouver,
B.C., V6C 184.

We've come too far in this fight to
give up now.

Ci for help.
* 28 «

A potential park and garden plot
area has been closed to the public
because of vandals.

Nick Chernoff of Trowelex Rentals
publicly announced gardening plots for
the asking to anyone who wanted to
garden ona 10-acre area above the new
Industrial Park site.

But the invasion of four-wheel drive
vehicles which cup up the ground, left
piled bush and downed young trees,
has made Chernoff have second
thoughts as to how people will use this
area.

* «© 6

A Creston construction firm has
tendered the lowest bids for two new
firehalls in Area I.

ia NS
10) rE LETTERS

FER’

officiating at a mass in San Salvador.
He had been an outspoken advocate for
peace in his country and his voice is
still sorely missed.

There is also another opportunity
available to persons wanting to “do
something” to support the Central
Ameriean people. A cross-Canada
letter . writing campaign Has been
organized by a coalition of churches
and Central American solidarity
groups to urge Prime Minister Mul-

ugees.

I would encourage Castlegar News
readers to send evén a few hand-
written lines to: Prime Minister Brian

Selkirk

The applicant should possess teachir
perience, particularly with adults a

July 13 to August 4, 1987.
2. lishasa dt

Requires the following

1. English as a Second Language Instructor:

The successtul candidate will instruct Japanese Technical
students in the skills of speaking and understanding

qualifications and ex-
have training in
met ‘and linguistics. Salary in accordance with the
B.C.G.E.U. collective-agreement. This is a 60% position trom

€.S.t.
tiny Howe Sound

It was readily apparent that many
Castlegar and area citizens were in-
volved in the conduct of this tourna-
ment and in its suecess. Their efforts
speak well for our community and for
the depth of volunteerism that we

enjoy.
‘ “To all those involved in this week

long event, please accept my thanks
and appreciation for your efforts.
Bob Brisco, D.C., M.P.
Kootenay West

HOWE SOUND
Aging pulp mill
spews pollutants

PORT MELLON (CP) —
An aging pulp mill at this

environment minister Tony
Brummet, but that order

the f did

will make.

aces
field trip experiences.

with the Kooter

se

omany international students on tours of the area and

The applicant should have a proven’ ability to work with
le, be interested in other cultures and have a familiarity
area. Salary will be $13.00/hour. This is o

full time position tor 3'4 weeks — July 13 to August 5, 1987

Deadline for applications is: April 16, 1987

Please send curriculum vitae, along with three reterences to:
Personnel and Industrial Relations Department

—— CASTLEGAR CAMPUS——
Box 1700, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3J1
365-7292

stacks —

continues to spew out pollu-
. tants above provincial stan-
dards because of special per-
mission from former envir-
onment minister

rs.

The Canadian Forest Prod-
ucts mill has not met B.C.
standards for 10 years and
the emissions from its smoke-

expired in D b

The variance order means
charges that could result in
fines of up to $50,000 under
the Waste Management Act
must be cleared by the en-
vironment minister's office.

Roger's variance order,
which expires June 30, 1988,
stipulates the company must
install pollution control

Stephen

COMMUNITY 7
e
Bulletin Board
ING

USCC PEACH COMMITTES MEETING 5s
Sunday, AprilS. 1:00 p.m., Brilliant Cultural Centre. Open
to Public. 2/25

Saturday, April 4, at the Arena Complex
$1,000 and $500. Early Bird 6:00 p.m.,

Tickets at door, $10.
W.1. COFFEE PARTY

@.m.-12 noon. Rick Hansen fund. $1

Castlegar United Church. In

Central America. All Welcome.

10:00 to 12:00 p.m.

and 5 p.
Notices should be brought to the Cast!
Columbia Ave.

COMMUNITY

CASTLEGAR AQUANAUT BINGO

regular 7:00 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for 20 regular games and are available at
The Wool Wagon, Central Food Mart and Macleods

Also Boke Sale, Door Prize, Legion Hall. April 3, 10:00
00. 3/24

“THE HOPE FOR PEACE IN CENTRAL AMERICA”
Ecumenical Prayer Service, Sunday, March 29, 7 p.m.
Memory of Archbishop
Romero of El Salvador and-of all the suttering people in

SPRING RUMMAGE SALE
Hospital Auxiliary April 10 — 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. April 11 -
Held at Kootenay Builders Store,
Columbia Avenue, North Castlegar. For Pickup please
phone 365-3676, 365-8302, 365-5552, 365-2737. 365-6743.

Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit
zations may be listed here. The first 10 w
ind additional words are 15¢ each. Boldtaced wor-

Bulletin Board

Prad Khare,

tion in the area.

Two jackpots —

2/25 phere for hours.

8/20
then

is ore

hydrogen sulphide gas and
tonnes of waste products —
have drawn complaints from
area residents for years.

spokesman
from the Environment Min-
istry's waste management
branch, said the 79-year-old
mill, called Howe Sound
Pulp, is one of the major
causes of industrial air pollu-

Khare said mill break-
downs often result in waste
products being pumped un-
controlled into the atmos-

And although the mill has
not met air pollution stan-
dards since 1978, Khare said
it has never been fined under
the Waste Management Act.

Environment Ministry of-
4/22 ficials say it was considered
better to work with Canfor
instead of laying charges.

Rogers, who resigned from
the environment
earlier this year and was
inted minister of
intergovernmental relations,
granted the mill special per-
mission in December to con-
tinue exceeding the stan-

The approval was given
after a meeting with Canfor
chairman Peter Bentley.

The mill had been opera-
ting. under a 1983 ministerial
variance order from then-

noxious and “conti to
co-operate” with the govern-
ment in studying the effects
of the mill's pollutants on the
Howe Sound area.

Rogers approved the order
even though a 1,500-name
petition opposing any exten-
sions was sent to his office,
Khare said.

Public meetings can be
held by the waste manage-
ment branch if it believes
there is widespread public
concern over an amendment
or extension of a pollution

Khare said it is more than
likely the branch would have
held those meetings before
issuing a permit, but now all
decisions concerned the Can-
for mill must come from the
environment minister's of-
fice.

“It is out of our hands,”
Khare said.

Rogers refused to com-
ment because he is no longer
environment minister.

But deputy environment
minister Ben Marr said Rog-
ers made his decision based
on a commitment from Bent-
ley that Canfor would honor
the terms of the newest
variance order.

portfolio

Bentley said the company
plans to spend $2 million in
1987-88 to meet government
requirements.

But the company's plan
will not completely solve the
problem, say Canfor officials,

Hardware and
Giftware

Selected Merchandise at

Enter at West's
For Daily Draws

Special Prices

THROUGHOUT LADIES WEAR

& FABRIC DEPTS.

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c
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because that would involve
redesigning the three re-
covery boilers, which would
cost as much as $50 million a
boiler.

anadian Forest Products
had more than $2 billion in
sales over the last two years
and a net income in 1986 of
$32 million before write-
downs. The company was
also able to reduce its debt
load by $180 million last year.

E FOR A CHECKUP.

Whether your
name starts with
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You'll find
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Peace Group said in a pre-
pared release. “The corpora-
tions which are attempting to

ucts of violence use sophis-
ticated techniques which ef-

‘Tell Us What You Think

fectively people
from asking fundamental
questions about the real
value, purpose and useful-
ness of their products. We
lose sight of the fact that the
produters are out to make
money, sometimes regard-
less of the long-term effects
on our society and the world.

“It ‘was encouraging to
learn that in Europe, which
has had many relatively re-
cent experiences of devasta-
ting warfare, several coun-
tries are banning the sale of
war toys.

“In other countries, toy
manufacturers are voluntar-
ily reducing or eliminati:

© Ppa
stores which do not sell war
toys. i
Following this brainstorm-
ing’ session, participants
wrote letters to several local

About Liquor Policy

Members of the Liquor Policy Review Panel, chaired
by John Jansen, 'M.L.A., will be in
Castlegar — April 23, 1987 _ to hear briefs from inter-
ested groups and_ individuals on
liquor control and licensing policy and the question
of privatization of the Liquor Distribution Branch.

‘THE SIDE MOTO BE AT:
9:00 @.m.-noon; 1:30-4:30 p.m.
7:00-10:00 p.m.

stores in this area which do
not stock war toys, was given
each.

hile, the e
ship of the Castlegar Peace
Group, is growing. Members
regularly receive a newslet-
and are welcome to
attend the regular monthly

Everyone is welcome to come and discuss these im-
portant issues. Those unable to attend are invited to
send their views.”

An information kit is available upon request.

Those wishing to make oral presentations. should
meeting of the group where contact the Government Agent's Office. 354-6104 (Nelson}
; om fo onch

the production of toys depict-
ing or advocating violence. It
was noted that it is in the
United States, which has not
experienced war on its soil

for many years, that war toys ,

sales have reached all time
highs in recent years.

“In Nosth—Amenica, par-
ents are oly néw beginning
to realize the effect these
toys and the accompanying
advertising, especially in the
form of TV cartoons and dra-
mas, are having on their
children and are initiating
the formation of educational
and lobby groups to promote
alternatives as well as boy-
cotts of war toys.”

Several suggestions were
made at the meeting re-
garding “what people can do”
to respond to the situation.
These included:

writing TV stations pro-
testing the airing of violent
shows, specially children’s
cartoons promoting war toys;

Joy Ramsden
Bridge

Ten pairs of duplicate
bridge players compéted
March 23 in Joy Ramsden
Bridge Club.

The average bridge: score
was 54. Winners were: first
— Bill Gorkoff and eHubert
Hunchak 71; seconds+ Rita
Perrier and Heather: Pottle
59‘; third — Mary Stewart
and Helen Batchelor. 56;
fourth — Jean Fischer and
Agnes Charlton 541.

Hom

Phone
Collect
693-2227

d and Please forward: written submissions by April 3, 1987
events planned. be Mr, John Jangen, M.L.A.
The next public activity i bg! ree
tl Parliament Bui
gr: allen pret va Victoria, B.C., vav 1x4
Day vigil and walk to Zucker- Province of British Columbia
berg Island on Aug. 6. :

Take It to the Road with the

1987

Motorcycle Show

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PRIZES

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Banquet Room

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10 a.m. -6p.m.
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