BG CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 8, 1979

hour,

Skil saw like it was a spare

unions are going to have

not.

were all truly professional.

qualifications for those people who call 1

The key for all of us is in that terrible word “prod: A professi
produce, Amateurs may putter if it is only a hobby because it probably beats watching
football every Saturday. | know for a fact it cosis me more to do my own projects
because of the waste—but that is my problem.

if | were building a motel, or a a hotel, or any other commercial development, |
would want to use professionals, if they were available, because | would know it
would be built correctly and in the shortest possible time.

But os | hinted before, if the price is not right people won't buy. Motel builders are
just like you and me. They want the best deal they can get.

One of the participants in a recent information picket tells me that the unions feel
responsible for not enrolling all carpenters and tradesmen. But eliminating the
competition is not the answer.

Perhaps the trade union movement should take the same approach the other
establishment unions or “associations,” take. Set standards for professionalism,
enforce a rigid code of conduct with a schedule of fees in keeping with a happy balance
between level of training required and need for the service. i

The building trades would not have to fear or protest against amateurs if they

One _Man’s Opinion

Key is ‘Production’

By FRED MERRIMAN

The building trades are upset because it is now likely that a handful of amateurs
are going to build o motel. | don't think they should be worried at all,

What thay should be looking at is Ihemselves: | have had the opportunity to watch
journeymen carpenters, plumbers, electricians, pointers, brick masons, iron workers
and other tradespeople work hard at their jobs.

| have noticed that some of those men were true
expertly and did more work in 20 minutes than three of

A journeyman tradesman is well worth any wages he may be paid and in many
cases is grossly underpaid when measured against his expertise and training.

Then we have the ticket holder who is just along for the ride. This man faitens out
the payroll and gives his professional brothers a bad name.

!'am an amateur carpenter, electrician and plumber os are many of us who just
want to putter and do our independence bit. Recenily a retired professional carpenter
offered to help me ona project and all | could do was stand by, amazed, as he used a

jond,

His mind was turning over like a computer as he planned joints and spacings
before we ever reached them. This man was a professional and would be worth $20 or
even $50 an hour based on his production, knowledge, and training.

Therefore, like dentists, doctors, lawyers, teachers, and accountants, the trade

fo look seriously at

professionals who worked

eir lessers could do in an

pg! g training and prof
hemselves journeymen when in fact they are

Preserve Language, Culture
Chief Aim of USCC Members

The first phase of ‘the
annual convention of the Union
of Spiritual Communitics of
Christ was held in the Cultural
Centre in Brilliant Feb. 24 and
26 with more than 150 regis-
tered delegates and represen-
tatives of 17 communities in
attendance.

In accordance with the
established practice and in
compliance with the organi-
zation’s by-laws, delegates
heard and discussed reports
from the various committees,
trustees of each community,

six weeks the second phase of
the convention will be con-
vened, at which time the deci-
slons of the general member.
ship will be incorporated into
resolutions for the year ahead,

As in previous years, the
convention dealt with the ques:
tion of

tion was expressed in a mes-
sage sent to The United Na-
tions, the Security Council, and
the Prime Minister of Canada,

“We implore ‘you in your

positions of authority to do as:

best you can to ensure that the
dark clouds of a war holocaust

tion of the USCC, Prior to the
convention, each community
was directed to discuss and
decide whether the post of the
honorary chairman was neces-
sary, and if so, who should fill
that position. .

The recorded

and the revisory as

well as the financial report for

1978, and the budget proposal

for 1979,

Other major items on the
d

the unanimous response of the
membership and its represen-
tatives, that it is absolutely
necessary to have an honorary

to head the organi:

ly hanging over huma-

; nity will not be allowed to

explode into what will undoubt-
edly be human suicide,

“Men, women, and chil-
dren, irrespective of race, color,
or creed, look up to you to do
your duty by them. We want
life, not death, As a small voice
in this multitude we want to go
on-record that our Convention

of the Union of Spiritual Com- .

munities of Christ appeals to

agenda d
continued maintenance and de-
of the Russian lan-

| must

guage and culture in the mem-
bership's activities, the chil-
dren's Sunday School program,
involvement in Canada’s multi-
culturalism, and local and re-
gional family councils. Nomina-
tions for the Executive Com-
mittee and Revisory Com-
mittees were also presented.
The purpose of the first
session of the Convention is to
place in focus all- pertinent
information regarding the main
concerns of the USCC, for the
delegates to take back to the
members for consideration. In
an expected period of four to

‘Parlor’ Versus ‘Family’ Room

We're all crazy. And back-
wards,

It's beyond me, even
though I'm guilty of putting the
most expensive furnishings,
which are usually the most
comfortable ones, in a room

! that is only used for company or
special occasions.
Aut Yes, we are going back-
+ , wards into a time when middle
class homes had a parlor, which
the dictionary defines as a room
for reception of callers or
entertainment.

Where does the family live
and have their activities? In the
den, family room or rumpus
room which are usually furnish-
ed with the old living room's
eastoffs and anything that can
be salvaged, It really doesn't
make sense.

We need to bring back the
days when a guest entered our
homes and immediately was

By LIN KRAUSE

C
Interiors Beautiful

Anterior Ties) / :
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part of the family circle because
they are entertained where the
family lives. a

The stuffiness of our for-
malized and expensive living
and dining rooms which are
never used aren't always in-
viting because they don't have
that “lived-in” atmosphere. Ina
society where we are building
larger and larger homes but

‘finding more and more leisure

time outside of the home, it
doesn't make sense to spend
the most money on the least-
used rooms.

Rather than being nega-
tive, however, I'd like to offer a

: Local School Trustees
To Receive $2,000/Year

Local school trustees have

‘ ‘approved payment of $2,000

‘yearly indemnities to them-

: [selves despite one trustee's

suggestion that they cut them

by $200 as a demonstration of

fiscal restraint. .

‘A proposal by Stewart

‘2 Webster, who was not present,

! Jthat each trustee collect only

: 2$1,800 this year won little

ssupport from School District

* INo. 9 board members at their
“last regular meeting.

Trustee Ann Jones, pass-

ing on the proposal to the

board, said Webster suggested
the reduction as a means of
demonstrating trustees “are
making an effort to curtail
spending.” But trustee Ernie
Mills said his “conscience is
quite clear” about collecting the
$2,000 indemnity and in that
relation to the hours he put in
as a board member the sum
amounted to “less than mini-
mum wage.”

The $2,000 figure repre-
sents no change from the sum
provided for under the Public
Schools Act for the past several
years,

few constructive suggestions.
When ft comes time to make a
parlor out of the living room
because the basement is finish-
ed for family everday use,
evaluate these aspects: j

e Can the existing fur-
nishings be cleaned, recovered,
or slipeovered to fit into the
look you want? Buy new com-
fortable pieces for your family

* room where you will be spend-

ing the most time.
eWill a little paint, wall-
paper or moldings on the walls
and different lighting help to
create a more formal atmos-
phere with less expense?
Draperies have little to
do with physical comfort so
maybe they can be moved into
the new room to make a base-
ment wall seem warmer, or set
a new theme for a bedroom, and
purchase new ones to give an
instant change for your parlor.
A formal room has fewer
furnishings and they are usual-
ly further apart in arrange-
ment, So you may not need as
much as you thought to furnish
1

This is a good time to
move the piano or sound sys-
tem into the living room so it
won't compete with the tele-
vision, which will no doubt be
the focal point of the new family

m.

e Often old pieces of fur-
aiture that have been aging and
stached away at the back of the

garage should be cleaned up
and refinished to be used in-the
living room.

e Purchase the new tables
and accent pieces for the family
room with use and durability in
mind, such as wall units to store
games and sports equipment.

e A small patterned area

rug in the living room to set the -

furniture around will set a new
theme also as will accent
pillows, :

These are just a fe
suggestions to make a living
toom into a parlor using the
“old” items around the house so
the finances will allow you to
make purchases where they
will be used the most — in the
family's room.

Steve Bozek
Tops NMU’s
Deans List

A Castlegar student at
Northern Michigan University
in Marquette, Mich., has been
placed at the top of the Dean's
List for outstanding academic
achievement,

Steve Bozek of 935 Sixth
Avenue South, Castlegar, is
one of 312 NMU undergradu-
ates who earned all A’s (4.0
grade point averages). There
were 1,474 students in all
earning a 3.25 grade point
average or better to make the
Dean's List.

Bozek, a graduate of Stan-
ley Humphries Secondary
School, was an di

tion. The members stated their
unanimous feeling that this
responsibility has been most.
admirably carried out by John
J. Verigin, and expressed their
sincere gratitude and praise for
his service in years past. They
requested that Verigin con-
tinue to serve as‘ honorary
chairman of the USCC.

In his response to the
unanimous wishes of the mem-

bership, Verigin reminded the ©

membership of the charges
directed at him, and in this
regard he re-affirmed his inno-
cence.

The members again re-

‘affirmed their desire that Mr.
, Verigin continue as honorary

chairman of the USCC, and
rendered a standing ovation as
a sign of their support.

The delegates also respect-
fully noted the 40th anniver-
sary of the passing of their
leader, Peter P. Verigin-Chis-
tiakov (who died in 1939), and
the passing of Anna P. Markova

your to provide re-

assurance to mankind that this ‘

will be done. For your infor-
mation we are descendents of
the Named Doukhobors, assist-
ed by Tolstoy, and we truly
adhere to our slogan of “Toil
and Peaceful Life.”

The convention concluded
with a firm resolution‘that the
members of the USCC are
united in spirit and in effort, to

* pursue the organization's goals,

embodied. in the principle of

* creating a “Brotherhood of Man

under a Fatherhood of God.”

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