A6é CASTLEGAR NEWS, December 21, 1980 Province shows real 1980 growth By GARY KINGSTON VICTORIA (CP) — The sign of a successful sports team is one that can lose its top stars and continue to do well. The same could be said of the British Columbia econ- omy in 1980. Despite an indifferent year in the lumber industry and a significant downturn in natural gas sales — the shining star of B.C, industry — the provincial economy experienced three per cent or more real growth, in stark contrast to the decline in Eastern Canada. ° “We undoubtedly did better than the rest of Can- ada and better than most of the provinces,” Bill Hamilton, Employers’ Council of B.C, president, -said in an inter- view. “There was a develop- ing air of pessimism in mid-year, but that substan- tially dissipated by the end of - the year." Hamilton said people of- ten believe that the lumber industry, the traditional lead- er in the province, is the only barometer of the provincial economy, But even though lumber prices collapsed, he said, revenues from other sectors remained high, particularly in the coal and mining in- dustries, EXPORTS REMAINED Despite the drop in lum- ber prices and a 19 per cent decrease in lumber ship- ments to the U.S, because of , 4 housing slowdown, export volumes remained steady, said Don Lanskail, head of the Council of Forest Indus- tries. “The only thing that saved us is better life in exports markets to Japan and Europe,” he said. “Ex- ports to those countries tended to take up the de- cline.” Natural gas sales to the United States took a severe beating, as Americans balked at the high border price of $4.47 a thousand cubic feet, and the mic sl The mining industry ex- perlenced one of its better years in 1980, said Bob Hall- baure of the Mining Asso- ciation of B.C., with most metal prices remaining steady and significant gains being made in gold and silver prices, He said some new mines came into production at the end of the year and more are scheduled to open in early. 1981. Hamilton said that in addition to the good year experienced. by the mining and tourism industries, retail sales were better in B.C. than any other province. “Consumer confidence has stayed at a pretty high level,” he said. Despite the steady year, however, many economists are predicting’ slower econ- omic growth in 1981. William Empey, senior economist of Data Resources Inc. of Toronto, who recently presented a forecast for B.C. to an economists’ conference, said the recession is catching up with B.C. He forecast lower em- ployment growth in most ‘in-: dustries and said an expected acceleration in wage ‘set- tlements will carry the prov- ince’s inflation rate (9.5* per cent in 1980) back above the national average. Craigmont mine stays open ‘til 83 VANCOUVER. (CP) — Craigmont Mines Ltd. will keep its mine near Merritt open until early 1983. - Craigmont had planned to close the mine which em- ploys about 240 workers in mid-1981 because of dimin- ishing ore’ reserves, However, the company said in a news release it has decided to treat its coarse in the U.S. caused several Pacifi¢ “Northwest industrii® users of B.C. gas to cancel shipments. And despite a late fall surge in gas sales from U.S. customers who use gas to heat their homes, sales were expected to fall below 100 billion cubic feet, compared with 167 billion cubic feet in 1979, The resulting drop in revenue to the provincial government — revenues are expected to be $184 million below the original forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1981 — has forced the government to tighten its own purse strings. STOCKS CLOSE VANCOUVER (CP) — Prices were up in heavy trading Friday on the Van- couver Stock Exchange. Vol- ume at close was 7,358,942 shares. be Of stocks traded, 328 advanced, 185 declined and iron kpile and by pro- cessing copper and iron sim- ultanedusly,“ underground mihing may be ~ he CAS Eiasea ad THE MASSIVE exterior of Cominco’s $210 million zinc electrolytic and melting plant project has become how things are shaping up in the electro! as 3% football fields. Pictured is a cath a familiar Trail landmark. This is lysis séction which is as long ode-pulling crane which was jomatic cranes for the plant, it Se These cranes will also be used for cranes are r ‘kable b: — : a 3 will lift 50 cathodes at once holding zinc weighing seven tonnes. g anodes for The with extreme precision, operation in 1981, they are 1 by Pp The first section of the new plarit will begin —Comincs Photo recently installed. One of four such aut | Cosgrove doubts mortgage relief, if any, will b . OTTAWA (CP).— Thow-., viewer. as.the Commons held a hi de- until 1982. The company said the mill would then, be con- verted to process only iron. “Although copper pro- duction from that time would. likely be only at a breakeven point, there are benefits to be derived from the immediate processing of all of the coarse iron stockpile,” Craigmont said. _Sandman Inn is picketed VANCOUVER (CP) — The Sandman Inn in Vancou- ver was picketed briefly Fri- day by members of the Hotel, Restaurant and Culinary Em- ployees and Bartenders — Union who were supporting the month-old strike against ~ the hotel chain.in Cranbrook, Contract negotiations between the union and three Sandman Inn hotels in Cran- brook, Kelowna and Revel- stoke reached an impasse in id-N sands of h are being locked in to high mort- gage rates while the federal government studies’ what, if anything, to do about the fi- nancial burdens they face. Senior officials of Can- ada Mortgage and Housing “Corp. will complete a review of the situation over the holiday season, but Housing Minister Paul Cosgrove said it's doubtful any mortgage relief program will be retro- active, Cosgrove was inter- bate on the state of the economy. The debate began Thursday night after interest rates jumped to record highs. Mortgage’rates have not risen as di i in re- the rate five years ago when many -of the loans up for renewal this winter were last arranged. A person with a $40,000 mortgage amortized over 26 years pays. $527.63 a month in principal and interest at a cent weeks as the interest rates on business or other kinds of personal loans, rate of 16 per cent. A similar- mortgage at 12 per cent costs: $412.76 a month. renewing their mortgages this month could be paying interest as high as 16 per cent. That's about four per- centage points higher than CMHC esti rough- ly 400,000 mortgages come up for renewal each year and fhe number of renewals doesn't vary greatly from month to month. Chamber expresses concern about aoutlook for 1981. By THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says it is both disappointed over and con- cerned about the economic outlook for 1981. In its annual year-end the it » but only 217 were unch In the industrials, B.C. L Cranb ploy went out on strike, said union : Ron Bonar. Corp. was steady at $6.10 on 42,340 shares and Finning Tractor was unchanged at $32 on 10,000. Webb and Knapp rose +95 to $5.80 on 5,600 and Canadian Javelin was up .20 at $1.60 on 5,328. ‘Grouse Mountain gained .01 to .72 and Renn Industries was steady at $4.25, On the resource and de- velopment board, West Trend Resources rose .10 to $3.70 on 757,100 shares and Knobby Lake Mines dropped -10 to $2.90 on 334,700. Maclan Exploration declined +11 to $1.34 on 206,700 and Hansa Petroleum dropped 01 to $1.34 on 153,200. Damascus Resources rose .24 to $2.84 and Redford Mines was up .10 at $2.80. Q On the curb exchange, New Beginnings Resources was up .65 at $6.15 on 281,658 shares and New Beginnings Warrants rose .75 to $5.10 on 119,000. Pez Resrouces was steady at $2.30 on 116,300 and Meridian Resource War- rants was unchanged at .08% on 68,100. Meridian Re- sources gained .03 to $1.21 and Velvet Exploration ad- vanced .10 to $1.70. Spot picketing has oc- curred at the Kelowna and Revelstoke locations, and al- lied picketing at other lo- cations, including the Van- couver Sandman Inn, will continue, he said. Bonar said the last con- tract expired in October and talks broke down over wages and management's refusal to provide medical and dental le body says the future “is clearly not very promising.” “While growth hopefully will resume in the second half of next year, this will barely offset the decline in 1980 and early 1981, suggest- ing that by year-end 1981 business activity may not even be back at the level that prevailed at the end of 197! 9. “The inflation rate in 1981 is likely to exceed this year’s 10 per cent, and the | danger of a new wage-price plans which are d in the industry. TRAIL OTHERS Bonar said Sandman em- ployees earn an average wage of $5 an hour while employees of other similar hotels receive $6 and $7 an hour. Office workers organizing The five clerical and office employees at Castlegar city hall and two at the RCMP office have applied to the Labor Relations Board to become part of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2262, he 8: “In the face of these difficulties, the unfortunate tack taken in the last federal budget becomes even more apparent.” A year ago, the chamber says, it was expecting a boom in energy-related develop- ment which would cushion the economy from other weaknesses and build future strength, But the budget elimin- ated that hope, at least for next year, it says, “In addition, it has ex- acerbated the political divi- sions in Canada, and led to a shocking and worrisome rise in western Canadian separ- atist sentiments. SPENDING HIGH “At the same time, the budget glossed over one of the main economic problems facing Canada, namely the excessively high level of spending by the federal gov- ernment.” é The federal-provincial energy dispute had to be re- ' solved quickly, not only be- cause of the constitutional stresses it was creating, but also because of-the impor- tance to the economy. “As 1980 draws to a close, it is abundantly clear that the Canadian economy is in poor health, and that what should be a season of good cheer and rejoicing is instead much more a time for a somber re-assessment of our national problems and pros- pects.” Elsewhere on the busi- ness scene, financially bat- tered Massey-Ferguson Ltd. said interest on its crushing short-term debt created a loss of $225.2 million for it in the fiscal year ended Oct. 81. In the 1979 fiscal year, Massey had net earnings of $37 million. Its sales rose worldwide to $3.182 billion from $2,973 billion, but interest charges of $229.9 million more than wiped out at net profit. Massey now is basing its hope of escaping bankruptcy on a plan in which the 260 banks to which it owes money will: take shares in- stead of interest, No decision has been announced yet by the banks. An. unusual take-over fight is shaping up between Zeller's Ltd, of Montreal and Hudson's Bay*Co. of Winni- peg, wiich already owns 57 per cent of Zeller's shares, PROPOSED MERGER The Bay proposed a merger Nov. 21, offering $16.50 a share for stock it does not yet own, Zeller's said the bid is too low, since its value had been estimated at $18 or $18.25 a share, The Bay said it will continue with its merger proposal, which would need a two-thirds: vote to pass. The federal government said it has decided not to increase the export price of natural gas March 1 to reflect a new. tax announced in the Oct. 28 budget. The export price now is $4.47 for 1,000 cubic feet. The decision against an export increase means that pro- ducers in Western Canada will have to swallow the new tax of 80 cents for 1,000 cubic feet. et Hydro-Quebec says it. plans new projects for the next decade that will cost $55.5 billion, The provincial- ly-owned utility says it ex- pects electricity use in Que- bec to triple in the next 15 years, and to fill most of the demand with hydro-electric power. Alcan Aluminium Ltd, of: Montreal says it successfully brought its new smelter at Grande Baie, Que., on stream. When it reaches full operation, the $425-million smelter will have an annual capacity of 171,000 tonnes of aluminum and employ 650 workers. ' That means perhaps 33,000 homeowners are ex- periencing large increases in, their monthly payments this ‘month, Federal cabinet minis- ters and senior federal offi- cials acknowledge this adds ' to burdens, but say they have yet to hear from lending institutions of people bein; forced into the street by high mortgage rates, That claim has been dis- puted almost daily by oppo- sition MPs. Last spring, after inter- est rates rose to what were then record levels, the Lib- erals promised help to a sel- ect group of 7,000 to 10,000 homeowners whose mort- gages. were coming: up for renewal and whose monthly e retroactive family incomes. By May, int Tal were falling again and the government shelved its relief plan indefinitely. WANT NEW REPORT Cosgrove said that CMHC president Ray Hes- - sion and other senior officials of the federal housing agency have been asked for a de- tailed report on the situation by the first week in January. . . The report is to include a review of the earlier mort- gage relief plan, an analysis of recent housing statistics compared to statistics from previous years and a report on problems with mortgage renewals based on infor- pay were 0 exceed 30 per cent of their mation lied by major lending institutions. * Manfor still sf up*for'grabs {a WINNIPEG (CP) — Ef- forts to sell Manitoba For- |, estry. Resources Ltd. at The, Pas, ara based on finding a ‘company to enlarge the pub- licly-owned sawmill’and pulp operation, Finance Minister Don Craik said Friday. “The only options we are , looking at are-options that ‘will expand the opportunities for employment,” Craik told the legislature. i Despite a grilling by three Opposition New Demo- cratic Party members, Craik refused to describe the gov- ernment’s sales pitch to potential buyers in the forest - industry. ass He would only say no -sale hasbeen made yet. Craik objected to an ac- cusation from Jay Cowan: (NDP-Churchill) that the;) ‘government was hiding» - something. * ' Craik said nogotiations:: with various companies must remain confidential if the, Conservatives are to get "the best possible deal” for Mani- toba. : : » MacBlo wants to offer new ‘preferreds VANCOUVER (CP) — MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. ‘is seeking securities! commis- sions approval to offer a new issue of convertible preferred shares worth $50 million. MB, Canada's largest in- fegrated forest products company, says it filed a preliminary ‘prospdttus on the new issue, 2 Proceeds will be used to finance expansion. x Derek Parkinson, senior vice-president for finance, said in a news release the company has spent $340 mil- lion in 1980 on the capital expenditure program. He said the company's total capital spending plans amount to $2.3 billion which will be financed primarily by reinvested earnings and by additional market issues. ce ‘sewage color CRANBROOK (CP) — Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd. will spend $2.5 million to reduce the color of sewage being pumped into the Koot- enay River at its Skookum- chuk pulp division. ’ Environment ministry . officials ordered the company to improve the quality of dis- charge after residents in the area criticized the color of the Kootenay below the point of discharge. Crestbrook said in a’ news release Friday the new System, the first in Canada, will reduce the pulp-mill effluent color by 90 per cent and return the Kootenay River to its normal upstream color and clarity, CASTLEGAR Thank You for your patronage and making our . Ist year in business a successful one. AUTO BODY (1979) utd, 2230-6th Ave. + cat Lan wo oe + acholar x ¥ 4 Creek physician 108 A president ‘A single track of Germany CROSSWORD No Monotony answer in Wednesday's paper - Seek. $3 per _hour increase “,” NANAIMO (CP) — Non- KUSE'M DGAKGYE PMB DPCYM NCYS KUSA ‘Today's Cryploqaip chen: Mequala8 _ Ready fo Bree so s“as UN UYUAGEUKUSCOM a + ‘— An A ry ,. whose work ranged from the Union of Public Employees said. The workers are seek- fgred $1 an hour. Everybody's favorite sister -— OAKVILLE, ONT. (CP) ing a.$8 an hour increase | while the employers have of- CASTLEGAR NEWS, December 21,1980 NOTICE Schedule of Garbage - Pick-up Over'the Holidays. con ‘nell te i ane at who norma ave garbage..pick-up an. Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday will have. - : high’ Arctic to a former Hamilton jail has inspired an Oakville woman to produce r deluge Virtually all ilabl B.C. Tel operators will work 4%-hour shifts Christmas Day to accommodate an ex- pected deluge of greetings Mord, than 1.2 million calls ‘Day, said: spokesman Keith Matthrews, although week- end rates from Boxing Day at 6 p.m. through 5 p.m. Dee, 29 are expected to spread.the load. : Dear Ann-Landers: | am be: inning -to feel like some kind of freak. Ann, amt hopelessly square, orare 8 Place Editor, Castlegar, News: Last week I wrote a eolumn on recollections of Christmasses years ago, and some of: the traditions asso- ciated with the evént. The key memory in the cele- bration, I indicated,-was the preparation of the ‘Santa’s cake’, and setting it, together - with a bottle of (port) wine in of honor just before things changing so fast that-no one my.age can keep up we went to bed. | with them? For some. reason or Last night 1 was invited ‘toa party. The hostess other, the key concluding said, “This is going to be a fun affair. Bring money. You might want to buy something.” | told her | already had the point of the story was enough Tupperware, ‘thank you. She replied, "Wow, lost. For the sake of these are you in for a surpri: When | arriv lsaw several people I knew (mostly © married couples) and a few fresh faces. On the dining room table was a display of sex godgets for both males and females — Including a rub wore a sign, “My name is your wife is visiting her mot! her. There were “love potions,” er-doll, life-size. She Gigi. Sleep with me when massaging oils, — “His and Hers” — and a bottle of “Emotion Lotion.” (When you. put iton.. it feels Warni-Wheh' you blow on it,"It feels hot.) There, were crotchless pantyhose and black garter belts, as. well as see-through joxer shorts. The most amazing item was a-pair of real candy panties with licorice laces up the sides. Order blanks were passed. around. The woman who ran the party beamed as she wrote up over $500 worth of orders. These people were middle-America types — no goys,.no oddballs, no degenerates. What does it all. mean? Do you approve? — Square Peg In A Round Hole Dear Peg: tooking to t: that used to be stash sold In the living rooms America.” - lt approve? What, approval. The fact that these Do Adults don't need m = It means an awful lot of people are something different. It also means items under counters are now being of Mr. and Mrs. “Middle difference does it make? “fun-and-game” peddlers couldn't get a dime out of me is. of Ilttle cons uence. A lot people want that paraphernalia, an Nil bet the peddlers clean up. Dear Ann Londers: Recently you printed a letter from a man who was dinin his office. They split the cl was upset because he had yout with seven people from eck eight ways. The fellow not ordered drinks and had no dessert. He resented paying the same amount as the others. You suggested separate checks, Several months ago | had dinner with several women friends, and we asked for separate checks. The person in charge of the dining room said, “Sorry, we don't give separate checks. It's too much work for the: bookkeeper.” \'d like to know, are restaurants in business to ser- ve the -public or to make life .easier for the bookkeeper? Now I carry a calculator to figure out each person's share, Since | am doing part of the waitress’ work, | leave onl! a 10 per cent tip. Maybe they think | am cheap, but t resent this additional chore. How about it, Ann? Where do you stand? — Santa Rosa Expression Dear Rosa: Several pocele wrote to sey they, too, je rate chec! 6, "Sorry, ti tet up and walk out. s, and the "bett t's too much trouble for the paragraph was left out and readers who wondered “what is the point?” and asked me, and for those who wondered and didn't, let me explain: ° As indicated in‘ the col- TORONTG (CP) — Fam- ily-life programs, of which sex education is an important part, are in. use in: every school under the control of the “Me lit Toronto “forms — umn, the cake was'the richest and best that could be made, and everyone had a hand in. its preparation and preseh- tation. It was the visual symbol of hospitality by the entire for “nothing was too good for the tired, busy saint.” i Now the acceptance of the proffered gift or hospital-* ity is as important, (ritually, ‘as the offering of it. This - acceptance may take several accepting the gift. entire; acce it i-"* Christ Child's harid- is, ex- tended indicating not only acceptance of the gifts but + the blessing of the givers. Therefore, when we children came downstairs in the morn- ing, the first thing we ‘would do was check the cake and the wine. If there was a small wedge out of the cake and dregs in the wine glass (and it always was, naturally), this was proof positive that Santa Claus had not only arrived, but that he had accepted our h and would go on it cally by placing one’s hand upon it, or taking a sample of - the gift offered. In some of the paintings of the Medieval masters his way refreshed. Then, and only then did we feel freg to open‘our presenta. | |: Strangely, or perhaps not .so strangely, the ritual with the years long the of the gifts of the Magi, the : _ Family-life _ ‘program lauded tunity” Roman Catholic schools have to transmit | Christian values to’ their children. “If you_accept the de- I of the human per-.. ‘#7 separate school board. Robert O'Neill, the board's family-life consultant, said teachers are trained to discuss sex openly in res- ponse to children's concerns. Sister Rita Cote, a fam- ily-life congultant to Welland County separate school board, said it would be wrong - to ignore “the unique oppor- son as the goal of Catholic education, how can I omit it,” she said. : “For the past 20 years, we have learned more and ‘understood more about the human person, sexual devel- opment and the importance of feeling. We've got to take account of that learning and impart it to people.” . Attention Men & Boys! 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