Take time New Year's resolutions? Every- one makes them, but few keep them. But r ntly the Castlegar News came across a set of 10 New Year's resolutions in which we thought our readers may be in- terested. They are called “Take time for 10 things” and it being New Year's on Tuesday, we thought we'd pass them along 1. Take time to work. It is the price of success 2. Take time to think source of power 3. Take time to play secret of youth 4. Take time to read 11 is the It is the it is the for these foundation of knowledge. 5. Take time to worship. It is the highway of reverence and washes the dust Ss earth from our eyes. 6. Take time to help and enjoy friends. It is the source of hap- piness. 7. Take time to love. one sacrament of life. 8. Take time to dream. ches the soul to the stars. 9. Take time to laugh. !t is the singing that helps with lite’s loads. 10. Take time to plan. It is the secret of being able to have time to take time for the first nine things. Happy New Year everyone. It is the It hit. A different view Ot course, the college budget is tor a full year while the school district's is tor only for the first six months of 1985, So the comparison isn't entirely fair. A better comparison would be if the school district was forced to cut its budget by the same amount as the college — 10.6 per cent if that was the case, the school district would have to trim $525,000 instead of $182,000 and there would likely be a storm oft public protest. This isn’t meant to detend the decrease in school district funding or to suggest that the school district is in better financial shape than the college (that would be like telling a blind man that one room is not quite as dark as another room). However, it does offer a better perspective on the college's budget problems. 't also serves as a warning to Castlegar dents thar their college is slowly shrinking. This year the college will find some way to handle the 10.6 per cent funding decrease — it will have to. And on the surface, the college may not even show any serious effects But it goes without saying that if a similar decrease is pushed through in 1986, the college will be but a shadow of its former self and that would be a tragic loss tor everyone in the West Kootenay It's strange how one news item can appear to be more important than another. Take, for instance, two recent Castlegar News ar- ticles: one on provincial funding for the Castlegar school district and another on funding provided by Victoria for Selkirk College. Judging by the reaction from teachers, trustees and parents, the province is drastically undertun- ding area schools. And while the province is also underfunding Sel- kirk College, public reaction would have us believe that the problem isn't on the same scale as public school funding But a closer look at the figures tells a different story. In fact, the budget for Selkirk College hos been cut much more severely than the Castlegar school budget The school district must make do with a total budget of a little more than $5 million for the first six months of 1985. That is $182,000 less than the district needs to maintain present operations or a 3.6 per cent decrease The college's 1985 budget, on the other hand, is $10.9 million a drop of $1.03 million, or 10.6 per cent In other words, the college must trim more than $1 million while the school district must cut a little less than $200,000 Fred Merriman 1985 represents to most of us the i i future. Most predict that "85 will not be much different from "84 concerning busi. ness and employment opportunities. Therefore, I thought it might be more positive to end 1984 writing about the events just past in an imaginary 1994. “Yours truly is now 63. Since I have been retired for three years my golf game has improved consid erably. It's a snap taking care of the house because the entire process is automatic. The windows face south. The rest of the accommodation is literally carved into the face of a mountain. Years ago they were called caves. However, we are not alone. The valley floors are now set aside for agriculture and certain manufactur ing processes which require flat ground and natural sunlight. Ex through im technology now make it econ. omically possible to place entire shopping centres and domestic ac the country. However, most of the basies are now made right here in Castlegar. Automation made cus tom orders possible which meant that even small manufacturing shops could do well filling special orders. One large difference between ‘84 and °94 is the development of a leisure class. At one time it was called unemployment. People in those days were embarrassed to say they were not on the job. The only people now working are those who genuinely enjoy the work — under standably, most people are now of the leisure class. You were correct, a universal basic income did come to pass. They eliminated family allowance, pen- sion and unemployment insurance. Automation and computerization fi nally reduced the cost of govern ment to 10 per cent of the 1984 level. Every citizen above the age of 16 has a basic allowance of $1,000 per month. People are in better health. The automation of factories and within the sw ing mountains without damaging the general landscape. Our electronic servants have been performing well. Most communities have devised local generating sys- tems which leave the bulk hydro energy to serve areas not as for tunate as we. We have come a long way from the old Apple IIE. The Japanese were on schedule; the fifth gen eration computers hit the market in lifestyles has saved mil- lions in wasted labor and materials. The most significant improve ments were made in the automobile industry. Fossil fuel is no longer used. Solar power and electric vehicles are now virtually mainten ance free. They are no longer status symbols. For your information, 1994 was a direct result of the exponential leaps in science and high technology started on its way by an earlier day space program and a war scare. Cc for 3’ atten- tion was the catalyst. Have hope. We will wait for you up ahead.” Letters to the Editor Fire sparks concern Editor, Castlegar News: We are writing in regard to the Dec. 28 article “House Burns While Owner Away.” We would like to offer our deep jon to the who tried their best to minimize the damage both to Mr. Gouk's home as well as to the neighbors’. This was a job well done under difficult circumstances. However, we have some severe concerns about the procedures follow ed once a fire has been reported. Firstly, the time of the first call as reported by your paper was 7:46 a.m. This contradicts what we were told by the fire chief on the street after the fire. He stated, and had it confirmed, that the first call came in at 7:38 a.m. Although we were not the first to call in the fire, we did make a call at approximately 7:45 a.m., giving our name and address as a reference. By this time the entire north end of the house was in flames. Our neighbors, whose home was being whipped by the flames, came over to be safe from the fire. They informed us that they had received a phone call from the fire department. The chief — as we found out later — asked them whether there was actually a fire in the area. A few minutes after calling in the fire ourselves, we also received a phone call from the fire department asking if there was ac- tually a fire in the area. In the meantime, the ambulance had arrived but there was no sign of the fire department until around 8 a.m. This is over a 20-minute lag time, and we cannot help but wonder whether the fire department took our calls ser- iously or whether they were too busy calling the neighbors. We can understand some degree of skepticism, but the impression that we got was that the Gouk's home was going up in flames as the fire depart- ment was phoning neighbors to deter- mine whether there was a fire at all. If it is standard practise to treat all fire reports as crank calls first, and to res- pond later, then we feel this practise should be reviewed before someone loses their life. We do not mean to take anything away from the firemen who did such a splendid job once they were here. We just felt that this above-mentioned practise, if it is standard practise, should be reviewed. There was no injury or loss of life in this case, but there could be next time. Mr. and Mrs. A. Keith Waldie (worried neighbors) ‘Good ship Socred’ sinking B.C. Editor, Castlegar News: It seems Michael Walker and his cronies in the right wing lunatic fringe have really done their homework this time. At every turn we see creatures from the dark ugly past crawling out from under their rocks dragging us off on a voyage to “Fantasy Island!” looking for something called “the new reality.” As transportation they are using the good ship Socred, piloted by that fog bound Captain Willy Nilly Bennett, and his dubious collection of castoffs, has beens, and “never-wases.” This far reaching search has so far brought us into a depression, and with it, we have a new No. 1 industry in the province: unemployment You know, that’s the one the Socreds have been doing away with every elec tion campaign for most of the last 32 years. This is the same creature that was so horrible under the NDP for three years with about 70,000 people suffering from its grip, but now is quite acceptable with figures approach ing 250,000. This artificially created monster has reached deep with its ten tacles and is sucking the lifeblood out of the population This is the time for step two in the master plan of the neo-conservative (fascist) policy makers at the Fraser Institute. They feel the people have been softened up enough. If you want a job, maybe you'll be in favor of our latest come-on called “economic zones.” These will give you the right to work, free of the need for union affiliations and all the entailing restric tions, such as fair wages and safe working conditions. These and other frivolous extras that would interfere with productivity, could be done away with at the stroke of a pen. There seems to be no shortage of available dupes to carry out these plans. Locally, we have our very own Iris Bakken, who now has a forum to spout her ‘anti-union rhetoric at the public's expense. Yes, wouldn't it be dandy for Iris and others of her ilk to do away with all the hassles of unions, so we could go back to the good old days of drudgery, long hours, child labor, and poverty level wages. In the end, should the Fraser In stitute and their tools in Victoria suc ceed with their regressive tactics, not only will we and our children suffer asa result, but we will be the ones to blame for allowing them to do it. Are we doing to let them? Baw. Brits love royalty By PAUL KORING LONDON — Royalty-watching rivals country walks and speculation about the island kingdom's unpredictable weather as the favorite pastime of Britons. As the year ends, unemployment re mains at a record high, the bitter miners’ dispute seems no closer to an end than when it began more than nine months ago and Prime Minister Mar. garet Thatcher spent 30 hours aloft in a punishing, globe-girdling foray to bol. ster her image as an international statesman. Yet all three were overshadowed by the countrywide fascination with the christening of Prince Harry, fourth in line to the throne, and widely publici- zed — although probably groundless — reports of a tiff between Princess Anne and Diana, Princess of Wales. The christening of the infant prince sparked renewed musings that the Queen, now nearing 60 (the usual retirement age for women in Britain), might abdicate some time in the next few years in favor of her eldest son, Prince Charles. Otherwise Charles, 35, could face a prolonged and tiresome wait in (he wings until well into middle age. Like the incessant and media-fuelled curiosity about Andrew, the sailor prince, such speculation seems largely idle and 9 If anything the Queen is becoming more active, more impressive and more powerful as her reign moves through its fourth decade. DIANA DAZZLES While the Queen Mother remains the most loved and most endearing of the royals and Diana has brought a delightful dazzle to the sometimes dull House of Windsor, the Queen is very much the modern constitutional mon- arch. She handles the pomp and pageantry of state oceasions with long-practised ease. She remains Britain's best roving ambassador and its biggest tourist draw. She copes with the often-conflicting demands of being head of state 24 times over and lends a much-needed continuity to a Commonwelath that in- republics and constituional monarchies. But the full force of her carefully played power is most evident in Britain, where its most obvious thrust is in the fascinating interplay between thoroughly learning her job, injects a sure and deft influence on the country Last year her Christmas message sparked a national debate because of the gentle pressure she put on a gov. ernment considering decreasing over- seas aid. After Ethiopia, it's clear that the Queen — rather than the government — had correctly sensed the mood of the British people. Without ever interfering in the actual process of governing, the Queen makes clear her concerns. This year’s Christmas message was perhaps even more powerful Her theme was that peace, whether within countries or among them, rests ultimately on trust, not power. In a skilfully orchestrated show that combined crowd-pleasing footage of the Royal Family gathering for Prince Harry's christening juxtaposed with her own greeting, the Queen set in motion another debate. “We could borrow that unstinting trust of the child in its parents for our with each other,” she said “Above all, we must retain the child's readiness to forgive — with which we are all born and which it is all before the end of 1949. The new water rates will go into effect on Jan, 1. OF Oe: resigned as Stipendiary Magistrate and Mr. W.H. Taylor of Kinnaird has been appointed in his place. Mr. Ballard has officiated since March 1949. of @ The annual meeting of the Robson W.L. was held on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E.S. Martin. The election of officers for the year 1950 were: president Mrs. William Waldie, secretary Mrs. D. Magee, treasurer Mrs. S. Grant, directors Mrs. R. Berry and Mrs. E.S. Martin. . 8 6 Movies at Castlegar Castle Theatre: Annabella, Henry Fonda, Leslie Banks and it's your last chance to see and hear the great Irish Tenor John MceCormach in Wings of the Morning. Romance flaming from strife-torn Spain to the home of English kings. The 22-member auxiliary police force made up of residents of Castlegar, Kinnaird and Robson will graduate in January, Steve Jankola, district civil defense officer told the Castlegar council at its last meeting. They are backed by the RCMP. Members of the force can be called upon by the RCMP and the village to handle a variety of duties. . 8 6 A Christmas dinner fit for a king was one of the more mild descriptions made of a Christmas dinner hosted at the Celgar pulp mill site Thursday by Canus Services for the men at the site and guests of the catering firm. Jelly-roll logs emphasizing the con struction camp's purpose, helped dec. orate the tables and two little cooked piglets drawing a sleigh with a roast turkey on it were on the main table. . . Forty-one three-yard loads of gravel were hauled onto village streets during November, works supervisor Norman MeNabb told council at its last meeting. . 6¢ @ The Second Castlegar Cub Pack held its Christmas party recently and mem bers of the association said it was very encouraging to the leaders to see so many parents present. Special guests were. scout leader H Bronswyk and Mrs. Bronswyk 15 YEARS AGO From the Dec. 23, 1969 News Three youths, one who attacked a nurse with a pocket knife at the Castlegar and District Hospital at 2:30 a.m. yesterday, are being sought by local RCMP. The head nurse was answering the buzzer used for night calls when she found the youths in the emergency ward on the main floor going through trays. They were wearing silk masks. The nurse received minor cuts from the knife-wielding youth before all three fled by foot. . 8 6 John Mills of Kinnaird is new presi dent of the Royal Canadian Legion, Castlegar-Robson branch . 8 @ A very enjoyable Christmas concert was held at the Kinnaird Elementary School Dec. 15 performed by Blueberry Creek school children, Grades 1-6. A great deal of effort by the teachers and children was put inte a two-hour variety program which consisted of humorous and Christmas plays, piano solos, square dancing by two different groups and Christmas carols sung by different grades along with the choir which also played a few numbers on recorders. 5 YEARS AGO From the Dec. 19, 1979 Castlegar News A contest held to raise funds for sponsorship of a family of Vietnamese Boat People was well received by school children in the Castlegar area. Winners of the contest are: Christine Moyer, age 11, Pass Creek school; Genneine Wishlow, age 12. Woodland Park School; Stacey Poloriicoff. Grade 2, Twin Rivers School. . 8 6 Mrs. Jessie Donnan was installed as president of the Castlegar and District Senior Citizens’ Association when the group held its annual Christmas party on Monday evening in the Legion Hall. Nan Ruine, secretary Francis Hunter, Ernie and execu tive members Rose Johnson apd Bob Cormier. toinette) Ballard of Win- field; 17 grandchildren; 13 She was born Dec. 10, 1897 in South Dakota. When she was a young girl, she moved with her family to Spalding, Sask. where she grew up and married Emanuel Beau- champ in 1923. ‘They farmed there until 1962 when they moved to Nelson and came to Castlegar in 1967. She is survived by three sons, Bud of Nelson, Joseph of Montrose, David of Wil- liams Lake; two daughters, Mrs. William (Helen) Barrett of Ontario, Mrs. Wilbur (An- ‘en; one brother, John Koenders of Dunean. She is predeceased by her husband, eight brothers, one sister, and two step-sisters. Funeral services were held Friday at Castlegar Funeral Chapel with Father Herman tributions may be made to the B.C. Heart Foundation, Box 3023, Castlegar, B.C. or the Canadian Diabetic Asso- ciation, Box 184, Trail. Funeral ar AIDS cai attack brain Kootenays, there have been “many problems” with these chimneys installed in the 70s and early 80s. “Many of these installa- tions have been .aspected and given approval by build- ing and fire authorities, how- ever, over a period of time deterioration in linings or in- HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The lethal disease AIDS may be much more difficult te treat than previously thought because of new re- search that indicates virus that causes it can attack brain cells as well as the immune system, rese- archers say. The AIDS virus had been thought to attack the body's immune system by invading one type of white blood cell — the T4 lym phocyte. But premature sen. ility in some patients afflicted der the direction of Castlegar Funeral Chapel. Former local resident died in Vancouver Former Castlegar resident Grace Amy Dinning, passed away Dec. 24 at Lion's Gate Hospital in Vancouver. She was 90 years old. She is survived by one son, Gordon Charles and wife Dawna; four grandsons, Greg and Bruce of Winnipeg; Dean of Medicine Hat and Gordon at home; two great-grand. sons, Dallas and Jesse of Winnipeg; two sisters, Lois Davidson of Ontario and Winning Western numbers The winning numbers drawn Wednesday on the Western Express Lottery were 117217, 1337825, and 1485566 for $100,000. The $50,000 prize numbers were 1719943 and 2049435. The five merchandise prize numbers were 298A973, 262B349, 1400968, 130D258 and 263E336. The millionaire club number was 2. The eight numbers drawn on the Lotto West Jackpot were 11, 13, 15, 16, 41, 42, 50, 52. The Jackpot of $150,000 was carried over. The bonus number was 8. The five correct plus bonus number category was carried over. Twenty-seven winners of the five correct category won $979.30 each, 867 winners of the four cor rect category won $88.90 each, and 13,094 winners of the three correct category won a prize of $5 each The jackpot to be drawn Jan. 2, 1985 was estimated at $220,000. ee _Vital stats _ BIRTHS CROWE To Mr. ond Mrs Adrion Crowe of Rossiond. o boy, born Dec. 1! KLIT — To Mr. and Mrs. Peter Klit, a girl, born Dec. 6 MEYER To John Meyer ond Leolo » Knight ‘of South Slocan, o born Dec. 14 NICOL — To Mr. ond Mrs. Dovid Nicol of Port Coquitiom, @ girl born Dec. 17 DEATHS BUCHIGNAN! Robina Jeon Buchignani, 42, of Richmond died Dec. 18 MILLEN Ellen Millen died Dec ’ 8 VAN acsherdehrgr Anne Ven Verseveld. 88 Dec. 18 Hospital: lengthy Hiness WALLACE Wattoce Gladys Leaney of Penticton; many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Gordon in 1969 and two brothers, Ernest and Gordon Rhodes. Funeral service was held Dec. 26 at Hollyburn Funeral Home in West Vancouver. Flowers gratefully de clined. Donations may be made to B.C. Lung Asso- ciation, 906 West Broadway, Vancouver. One in five kids injured BOSTON (AP) — At least one in every five children is taken to a hospital each year for treatment of injuries suffered in bicycle spills, kitchen burns and other accidental tumbles and mishaps, a new study thdicates. The research, described as the largest of its kind ever conducted, surveyed all emergency room visits by with acquired immune defic iency syndrome led resear chers to conclude the virus also attacks the brain, said Dr. Robert Gallo, head of the tumor cell laboratory at the National Cancer Institute and one of the discoverers of the virus. Gallo, lecturing Friday at Hartford Hospital, said his research task force has found a variety of strains of the AIDS virus, raising “worry in 14 The statewide basis, average public,” Health Department. this is a much larger problem.” “impact of injuries is staggering” whep. the findings are used to calculate the number of mishaps on a the study said. The researchers estimated that Massachusetts’ 1.7 million children and teenagers can be expected to suffer 377,000 injuries requiring hospital treatment annually. “The number is not surprising to people who are in the field, but I'm sure it would be a surprise to the said Susan Gallagher of the state Public “The things that get the attention are child abuse and lost children. They are important, but whether that will impair vaccine or therapy.” “It's really unpredicta ble, but it's a five-year problem at best,” he said. “If we don't come up with a vaccine, we're in some tro uble.” He said his work will be published next month in Science magazine. Scientists seeking a cure for AIDS have concentrated cells as well on the — system in the hope of damage once a way is found to kill the virus. White blood cells pro- duced by bone marow are a key component of the im- mune system. “If we could control the virus, we could cure these people through some immun- ological treatment,” said Dr. Joha~ Dwyer, chief of im munology at Yale University Castiogur News of Sun., Jan. 13 school of CAUSES PROBLEMS “It's possible to transplant bone marrow after getting rid of the virus, but repairing damage to brains is some thing in which we have no expertise at all. So it might be much more difficult to treat the disease than we ever thought.” No vaccine has been dev- eloped to combat an AIDS type virus, and the dev. elopment of any vaccine is complicated further when multiple strains are involved, Dwyer said. AIDS is a fatal disease that afflicts more than 7,100 peo- ple in the United States. The number of newly reported cases is expected to double every five months, Dwyer said. Latest figures from Health and Welfare Canada shows there were 115 confirmed HOLIDAY HOURS Sunday, December 30 Closed Monday, December 31 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, January 1 Closed Wednesday, January 2 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. cases in Canadian adults as of Sept. 10. ATES An average increase of 2%. The effect of the annual adjust- ment of premiums to reflect the actual claim costs of each rate class and rate group, means an increase of $25 or less for more than one million vehicle owners, and a reduction of up to $100 for more than a half million. Another 16,000 vehicie owners will pay increases ranging from $26 to $50, and for a few the increases will range up to $100 or more THIRD PARTY LIABILITY The compulsory minimum limit for Third Party Legal Liability insurance is increased to $200,000. This change assures more adequate 1985 AUTOPLAN MOTORIST KIT AVAILABLE FROM AUTOPLAN AGENTS Nua THE PLAN § for those with claims against motorists who purchase only the minimum coverage. It legally liable, and if no ex- tended limit has been pur- chased, the insured would be responsible for payment of any $200,000. claims in excess of coverage Maximum coverage for bodily injury or death resulting from an accident caused by an unin- unidentified motorist Private “NO FAULT” ACCIDENT BENEFITS Payments for total disability of employed ‘Ss are increas- ed by 15% to $115 weekly. insurance a oe er, oa OWN DAMAGE FOR “X” PLATES With some exceptions, the own- ers of vehicles licenced with an "xX" plate may now purchase Own Damage coverage with their Owner's Certificate. Liability plate policy will now extend while the vehicle is being driven on However, own Property. ers are still required to purchase a separate liability policy to cover the vehicle while it is in use at the site of any operation 5 at r, ETC. Premiums for such vehicles as Repiicars, Ubilts, etc., previously detérmined by rate group, are now determined according to the declared value as stated by the owner at the time of purchase of FOR ALL SEASONS under the mums. EQUIPMENT Canopies, way radios require a Special TERRITORY “Z” RATING is equivalent to Territory A pre- Q@ororcycn ES Motorcycles in excess of beat ECIAL and two-