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Not good hough

Prime Plerre Ti
now infamous one-fingered solute
toa. trio of protestors in Salmon
Arm: this week really didn't come
‘as much of a surprise to most of:
the Canadian public. We have tong

15 per cent ds of Sept) :
The increase in the excise taxes
was ‘promptly criticized, by: th
liquorand: tobacco ind trles:
ie exceeding. the
per cent and fii

known of the Prime
‘arrogance — especially with those
who dare to disagree with him.

/’per.cent cellings on price and wage
Increases for. the next two yea
“Th rough "Wr. «Trudeau's ty

inthis case, (h
Protestors didn't so much di

, the "Ff

with Mr. Trudeau's newly imposed? ‘ne

testraint, measures, as: much as
they’ disagreed ‘with the way. Mr.
Tru iu himself was taking the
new measures to heart. '.

The ‘trio. explained to reporters” {

that in.fact they were protesting
Mr. Trudeau's use of an exclusive
railway ‘Cogch for himself; his two.
eldest’sons and his staff just six
weeks after introducing tough new
restraint measures.

Similarly,, it'really didn't come as
much of ‘a surprise (are we. ever
surprised -at whet this federal
i doe: ?) when

package,. he: gover
ly ‘goes abaut its

ged. .- :
And that, of: courss, i ‘the

problem with: this ‘federal gover-
nment. ‘In: its mind:-nothing has

isthe. greater slap. |.
le on the one hand :

‘really ‘changed,:It's. business as.

usual.’ But: in’ these ‘times, that's...

just: not. good enough.; And_ if... i

we learned Thursday that federal
liquor, beer and tobacco taxes will

expects the Cariadi

public to. buy its new: scheme, ‘it
better realize it— and soon. :

The irony of it all

Timing is everything in-labor
negotiations — only in the cose of
, the B.C. Government Employees
Union and the construction trades
unions, -the ‘timing reveals the
irony of the two contract talks
more than anything else. oP

On the one hand isthe BCGEU —
out on strike for, séveral days this
week fora $1 an hou wage in-
crease, or about 10 per:cent. But
the provincial. government has so
far refused to budge on its offer of
‘about 60-cents an hour — or about
siftpbr cent. e
\ Sen there's the donsteubilon

trades unions. They, too have been *

out.on strike for several days, but
fora $1 an hour increase or-10 per

cent? Not on your life. They have .

turned down a 10 per cent incr
— something the BCGEU. would

jump ot if given the chance — and |

have stated flatly that they Want
nothing short of 28:per-cent over

two. years. In. total woges Jand:
beneflts that adds up to something |

over $5 an hour,
When Premier Bill Bennett first

: Tam writing in responte to a recent
letter:'to the ‘Editor: wherein’ ‘Nancy’
Knight ‘of “Robson ‘voiced; her ‘dis-
satisfaction. with'the: increase to Post’
office ‘box rentals: >

‘As: recently. ay duly 29,1: have |

tuents ‘of Kootenay West, not unlike’
the complaint by Ms. Knight:-: +
In‘ ‘ that I: have :received

. introduced | wage in
February, he indicated that once
the provincial government took the

“lead,.: private — industry would
follow.

* But that hasn't proved to be the

case. Private sector wage Behe ety

tlements have been higher-and
continue to be higher than 10 per
cent, while th ¥ eh Insists on
wage restrairits,fo

wage restraints. will work when
imposed on one sector of the work-
force, but that they. really. aren't
fair. Perhaps it's time for either-full

from’the post office corporation, one of :
the major points..'raised regarding
goetiaeane to'the Postal service is,

‘one part of, Ee
the workforce. We've seen that

U.S. Energy Secretary James’ Ed:

wards mumbled something about how «
“freedom is~

price and wage col Is, of an
abandonment of the,idea— but
not. selective. price. and. wage
restraints.

The’ media ‘ dutifully reported | this
purple message without askirig what
. possible ‘connection : there: might--be
between ' “maintaining freedom’ .and
an “atomic” bomb. ‘in the =

(FRED MERRIMAN

“Field tri
"great ex

for. its unfortunately little known
periences. ~

editorial comment.at this time wl
tion.

(A column of personal opinion.) zs
Regional Recreation Number One should be publically recognized

Our family has just returned from yet another of the most worth-
while. outdoor hikes‘ put on by the. recreation staff. Hopefully. an

psarea.
perience -

summer and winter field trip

I draw the program to your | atten:

d:for the.Kek

Sixteen’ p

Park Hike. Six
t 8 a.m. for the Sunday hike. Pat
d herself: as‘ driver

Kubos, a third-year ed
chauffeur driven van.from the Cas

The. round trip inc!
reasonabl:
rides here

licence-and: assume the.
uarantee. that all regi
se, perhaps,
good shepherd. She endured’ ‘the’
fer as.wedid. 2:
Sac was beautiful day.

student,

and leader. for the’ day.’ The cost was $1. per person which included a
tlegar arena complex to the Gibson a

Lake parking lot. ae Seen 3 :

participants will return +
tired anditanned, bit most certainly safely-P

+ Clear blue sky; the tmell of fresh cool pees mossy ui lerfoot if

celta ‘s eee hee

verocious mosauites at aslo

you chose to leave. the trail. The trail which:climbed and: meandered
| through alpine meadows with high,mountain flowers, the greenest of
grass and crystal clear snow water, should be experienced. We were
not alone today. We spent much fime stepping aside for. groups of
|. backpackers, “overnighters”, they are called who were. retuming from.
the Slocan Chief Cabin er the ‘glacier beyond.” All had smiles \and
hellos. Some 40 cars had
and it was easy to confirm when ‘the foot traffic: was almost heavy on
the bark tr irall t! Is. sunny Sunday. We spotted what'some thought was.a'
g almost blending with the grey: and white:log

arock wah ing. «.) ¥
There fa steed on H ‘dee on_an at

been parked at the Gibson Lake parking lot |”

Nevada desert.

For. 95 | years, ‘these: horrific. body
blows to mother earth Kave been calléd
‘“teats”. A teat is described as a “critical
examination ‘‘or trial of-/a thing's.
‘,qualities”..Yet. after more than. five’
‘years of, full-time: work. on. disarm-

= ament, I haven't the foggiest notion of

what. they could possibly be testing ‘for -
. ++ what it could possibly: be that they |

don’t already know.: ~ ¢
- I dare; to: suggest, that ‘the, entire

,_. media has been duped by jargon. Both

changing‘
delivery
as the:

| permit.
{ Beeat

the post office to spend some $200,

Se ime advertising: Weare talking: of

ap] oximately. a $400: million |deficit,

t 600 bi

shot jome of th ofthe o highlighta of
were:

* Many. Castlegar reaident
the trip to Nelson on Monday.totakein -
the firat day of Nelson's Jubilee. It isa
day that will be long, remembered by
residents of Nelson, and they are: to be
‘ congratulated on. the fine Ow, y they

. bd
The TB Clinic , Van srt into
tion at the ¢
‘terday and the committee in pT
hopes that everyone over the age of 15
oars il tere of bein, "9

the B.C. Interior early next month ‘ac-
cording to a letter from the Hon. R.W.'
Mayhew, Minister of f Fisheries; who is

uy in charge of © the tour arrangements,

‘oddities in the methods anil regulations
for which no one seems able to discover

“a sensible basis, I'do, hope than in'the

very. near future many-of these things
can’ be’ straightened ‘out in‘a’ manner

“which will ensure sensibility and

fairness to all of us who depend on the

which’ others ‘have. sald'may grow:to = -‘n

$500 million,’ but what iss.

this $200,000 to advertise? © 7 -.
{ There. are| many: anomalies and

Editor, Castlogar-
- You recently; carried
"about remarks madé’in Castlegar by
‘Bill Dorm, MP, 'a vigorous opponent of
’ phetric.conversion.I!:would. dispute
several of the statements attributed to.
Mr. Domm: and would ‘like the oppor-
tunity to correct'the record.asfar’as
your reeders,

“1. “We are --against ~ corde
council which ‘make’ imperial phat id
ment illegal in retail: trade ‘without

issued‘ by the’PC erhizient) were
issued alter a full parliamentary debate
amending ‘the ‘Weights and. Measures

Act aut orizing. the cabinet “to, issue’

lord r setting dates beyond which
‘imperial “‘could’“‘not ; be ‘ tised..” The

superpowers. know. everything: they. ; orders-in-council :did- ‘nothing’ not” ab

_ could ; possibly. need ., to “know, about

ready-autharized by. parliame:

».-2.Both Britain and the'U.S. ‘have

undoned the. metric system and have

dexe i
£ LONDO —Per capita, Israel is’ the.
world’s: ‘most eavily armed country. Saree 20, (000 armored fighting vehicles

fuse the theovgh oo
Kootenay Lake: far, cae The paces of barn ‘of Seat

Us. Army ‘of.

d to the imperial system in the a
EER yn GY PERRO E

~ Britain as abandoned nothing. It

“has simply. stalled its conversion pro-
gram. Because her EEC membership
requires’ full conversion and -because

SS her schoo] children. are learning only

tric, ‘she is expected to get moving

“We iene ‘you’ need
Wore paint iva jou tilige! Bot

when we're going.to give you a bridge

depends on'‘when! money ‘equipment:
and labor are available. 1 hope ft will be
the not too distant future.” *
So said the Rev. Honourable PAL’
Gaglardi, Minister of Public ‘Works ‘in
the new B.C. Cabinet, toa delegation of
Nelson and Castlegar civic officials in
the Castlegar. Hotel last t nigh

Abevy tate high school girls a are
participating in the’ Harvest” Queen
Contest this year, the Castlegar and.
District 1952 Fall Fair Committee have
announced, The: girls, pupils’ of the
Stanley Humphries High.School, are
Betty Jean Lampard,’ Shirrel Biey,
Jerry Anne Wanless, Rose Marie
Soberlak, Share] Martel asd Gall Bea '

o s
Behind the’ mighty “arm of ‘acs!
. Mound-tender Johnny Sofiak + who
the .

Cal
c Y Polat hthd frotti
the Trail and District fastball playoffs
in four games, and won the right to
enter the best of seven finals with the
League Champions, Trail Pontiacs.
. Ld s oe. 9
25YEARSAGO .__.
From the fnaet 15, 5, 1987
Members of the Hoon Society
heard reports on sa' progress
at the new hospital when they met
ht.

The v. 8. has aband nothing,
never had a retail scales conversion
However’ voluntary metric

|. Program,
‘ eonversion is proceeding slowly, but
very; steadily, in:-the retail sector.

‘Auetiean industry is rapidly convert-
ing,’ most American. school ‘children
-must learn metric, and several depart-
‘ments of the U.S. government operate
in metric. Congress is still committed
to voluntary-conversion to nietric and

‘President Reagan has stated his con-

‘currence with. the law. :;
The ‘other errors are’ minor.
Cleo
Meniber, Meri enminon Canad

" jaTune was thelr fifth serious conflict
“since :1948, when the ‘country: was

established.

"tT Taraclis have the edge through
their three decades ‘of ‘combat ex- .
. < perience and ‘a unique dedication:and

y motivation among: their personnel,”

: “In canes” “they, developed "equip:

ment that ‘even the Americans ‘don't
have,” he’ said: “They pass.on to: the

| tép-aceret “electronic fave.
"ment;:: developed” independently. in
Israel,:in‘its stunning’ victory against
syrian fighters and missile Latino ts in
Lebanon's’ Bekaa‘ ‘Valley in Jane,

- ‘Allan McCulloch, ot Paul Smith
and Partner Architects, said concrete
columns in the basement area have
‘heen nourad sods large portion ef the

Reseuilins are vs andes way on the
site of the new liquor store\on’ Maple
‘Stree!

Columbia Builders were ‘he. suc:
cessful bidders on the job: with their
figure of $48,282. Estimated oat, for
the building was $70,000. ro

Genstraties oi Patel ‘pew

- $17,906 Fire Hall is going ahead-satis-

factor, and footings for the. building
have been completed.
= :
5 1S YEARS AGO
From the Angust 17, 1967 $
News:

Castlegar
A total of 60" students loft the
Castlegar airport Tuesday. ‘Yor Mon-
treal, Que., travelling: onthe ‘federal
government's Centennial: student ex:
change. program. :
foe s od so
A total of $2,080 has been granted
by federal and provincial’; ‘governments
<\ for a playground ‘for Pass: Creek: ‘and
four other. areas.
Included in the ‘grant anncunced’.
"this week by Judy. LaMarsh; secretary °
of state, are Pass Creek, berry
cue” Brilliant, *. Ootischenis and
ie.” me re

new r Management, ‘begining ‘Bent: we ‘

0.A. Bergeron ‘of Trail;‘owner of :
the theatre . will’ “be ‘operating, it:
oy beginning at’ that ‘time,

one Israeli airmen destroyed :

80 Sovie
ked out 19:SAM-6 cae batteries,
scons at i

fare inst Seeeee with’

‘would
missile~ “i Americans ‘one’ day,” Begin’ said,

When we do ft will change the

dding:
vs hole b ‘balance of strength between the

pplied ‘MiG-28s ‘and knoe...’

Castlegar Chamber ‘of Commer:
be its participation on “Aug. 18
Highway’ No. 8 Thin earava Heats

a ger ee ie new?

Firefighters calcd thiols strug: -
gie yesterday morning to -control a |
blaze which had ‘spread through °45.
acres of forest three miles south ‘of the
Blueberry-Paulsen ‘ ‘Highway.

pean | to! Dee. 1 ‘last

éar, which was'a long time. [i

fore the income  ‘stabili-

2 ation Program’ was intro‘.

Management and Profession- a ced.’
al Employees Society. prone

with the. Grown sorpor:” ipod ea four. ‘anes years,
ation that does: not’ permit from ‘January ‘this “year.
strikes or ‘Tockouts, is study- April, i

‘Mail. is better
late than’ never

YELLOWENIFE, NWI. (cp) — The ‘mall got

_ through to the community of Spence Bay in the eastern
“Aretic this week, 24 years late.

Hye - A mail bag lot in an air drop in the fall of 1958 was

discovered’ by.a caribou hunter named ‘Joe Killconik,

dressed 'to Ernie Lyall. 5
_ Lyall, 72, said he recalled the incident of the lost bag. :

At the time, Spence Bay, a small comimunity.:1,300
iilometies:north of Chorehl,, Man, bed no.:lending

: }S0TTY. .. +f
Src) ee fag oot esa Bay and kd
was anything they. could. bring us.
“I. said: bring us 12, cases.of beer. Iwas joking.”

On'the next ; drop, the pilot parachuted’ in the dozen .

cases of:beer..
votes, the bag was. forgton until Killoontk

years:

to the:

and: what.’ are’: tho ,

saa which the

SEE T, “JOHN (CP) —
children who had’ been,’

northern ‘community since ~

“quill take’ a strike). and I
don't. remember ‘when ‘I've

wright.”

dian Gencel Electric -
| heat pumps,"the‘No. 7 energy. and. cost:

i saver int North. pluie

were found safe
early Saturday, R
“An. RCMP, dogmaster

ithe re-- ever. been’. 100 Per, cent found” the’ children, ’ Nancy,
‘ MeIsaac, 11,'and her brother. .
ceil-: “Davison fought in the Sec." Robert, 9, at 7:10 a.m. PDT, cor
War, “A tracking dog. ‘and volun.‘ f

tive ‘agreements for the Prov:
inces’ of Alberta

‘five digits win $100; last four
‘digits win $25 and the last’.

* three’ digits win five’ dollars’. ’
of Express tickets, /

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children. words,
# your teeta re as ego
“eng ben he at CS MY NO Ee

There’: better, prepare children for the school yeors chead ”
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