PAGE A4, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1990 eemnen oF me 8c PeEES COCR 8 Core, — UR AUST 7 BRT FERRY OD Sauce major reconstruction of Columbia Avenuc — imo a four-lane strip — is, probably, at least 2 couple of years away, something had to be dome socom to keep vehicles moving along more efficiently. ! i if iI { | i int ei ry ri i] LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Reaction different From a business point of view my reaction to the Panef's Interim Report on the aratD satisfied with their evening owt and a picasant coffee break. Because of the seriousness of the Persian Gulf and Expansion of the pulp mill s somewhat Gifferemt from that of our politicians. Fiestly, if we look at page 11, paragrah two it choose to act on the basis of this recommendation o sions of should the pane!’s final report will recommend that strict authoriaies.~ Put imto simple language & means that no matic: what busuness plans are prepared and submiteed, they are not binding The banks would have to iend moncy with the idea that two mouths or a year after the project has begee the could change the plan. in + other words, there could be over runs of anywhere from one dollar to hundreds of millions of dollars. ask you, would you be willing to go abead on 2 project Eke this from 2 business point of view? The playing ficid has to be established before the game starts. I would ike to ask our local politicians how amy cost? It’s okay to make stupid political Statements but please don’t offend our ability to think things out. As for Colleen McCory, who works out of Mr. Fulton and Mr. Kristiansen’s office, I say to you, it’s mice to have a cushy govermment job but remember those people working at the pulp mill ave the tax papers, I understand from ali the mectings and bearings I have atecuded that Ceigar is willing to put all modern, up-to-date equipment into this mill. They will be using all the best FLITE th ti | i i HT from ies who have pulp mills. Is that wanting the modernization and cxpamsion at all costs, 2s stated by our local politician? The pubic bas an obfigaton to build an ccomomnic system that will prepare us for the future and will prevent millions and millions from dying of starvation as is predicted im Eastern Europe. My prediction is that 2 successful system for the future will mot be led by people whose major pay cheques come from They cris, I the building to be overcrowded: people bursting with zeal to do something really comstructive for peace, perhaps even a Wrigit’s moval and spameal character, tet sioner that of the many peopie who mught be persuaded to vote for ber. Wright sexys the covircament is of such crucial importance that = alone can unite people of oe of cars straight to (Prime Minister Brian) Mutroncy’s door step, stating, “As truc war! If ix is the of that you are willing and ready to slaughter millions of human lives for, we don’t want your ofl or the wehicies. As truc Dowkhobors and your tax notices for our lands, which we sow own individually. We will not pay any tax on God's gift to mankind. “The wealth of the whole world is not worth the life of one child.” However, judging by the turnout at the peace rally. and gencral apathy, pethaps we should change that principe to, ““The ff for our fancy vehicles is worth millions of ives!” Mike E_ Cheracskeoff (Coescent Valley Time to grow up Why is « that when people berd together to get govermment grants for services that we im the country either do without or gladly pay for for ourselves, they thimk they can bak the march of progress and keep their ows larie eactave for themscives. (Cities and towns all across the comstry have had to confrom the problem of a limited land base versus a rising population. Should Castiegar be different from the rest? Only if 2 city has an unimited land base can & keep expanding horizontally. When there is no more room at the mn, one has to expand cathe: up or down. in my opinion, every residential area im every city should ‘be zoned for ssukti-una housing. Why should one acighborhood be cacmpt just because they Eve on one side of the tracks or the other. are past of the problem. it is ey opinion that the goverment bas to establish the rules by which busimesses operate. pe ny 7 i i L { i hh | r I Uy agri rhe i fivak kr osf cannot have the rules and regulations before they make up thes business plans how cam we capect them to be competitive Or even to survive? Elmer Peiicrine Castegar Sad turnout Last week I participated im two peace rallies. On Saturday, Dec. 8, I marched with the Keestova Doukhobors who had cnough desire and respect for peace to parade up and dows the strects of both Castlegar and Nelson. carrying placards Stating thes stand against war. Ou Sunday, Dec. ‘Sh. | attended an open rally im Boikant (Cuteural Centre, which I found to be very Gsappomting. | expected 2 much greater response for peace from 2 community claiming to be 5.000 My first dappomtment. upon entering the building, was secing that the rally would be relegated to the basement. rather than the max portion of the building. I expected the hail to be full to capacity and then some, but down in the basement there were herdly exy more people than Sete Krestova had marching up and dows the Streets the day before. Another big Gsappoistment was the fact that there were so youth im attendance. This rally for peace should be of utmost concern forall youth. bet of particular concers to those who belong to a The next disappointment came upon viewing 2 video, Smart Missiles, which portrayed just how fax our world politicians have removed themsctves, im thelr mentality. from bomen bemgs. Then came the presentations of the Speakers — educated, political jargon — hardly sustabie for the audsence of semior citizens, mostly Dowkhobors, with intie or no education However, the majority of the audience sigeed It seems to me that & makes more sease for 50 familaes to be paying for the costs of roads sewage and water fines im 2 mouiti-unit area rather than 10 in 2 singic- familly zoned block. People age and children grow up. To resist Change is to ignore the future. 1 think i is time for I'm giad Andrea Wright's letter makes it clear that the discussion Coliers McCory and I had Dawid Lewis represented it to be. Lewis's arid sory. (Colleen and I certainly did mot imtend or endeavor to force our views upon Ms. Wright. We hoped that upon bearing what we had to sey. these would be mutual agreement out of which she Coficen and 1 id this. it is not truc. 1 do think there ethecal question here, but & has nothing to do with people who merely refevant af 2 teme when the prescet govermmncet is ang severe nom across the province, when the NDP is committed to substamal measures to stop the carmage. an d when the Green party cannot pomibly get in office to do amythung sbowt = The MDP docs have 2 chance, but only if cevwonmentaists, workers, womes and saure poopie wil band together to vote for thom. The question m thea. whether an covwommentaily concermed persom who know: af ths can comsorshousty wage a pubic campmgs wtah attacks the MDP im order to get wores for the Green party. | think this is 2 compelling issue, but ‘at mo tume hewe Colliers and | Gmaperaged Andrea views these is no way that the cuvromment, taken alouc, cam umic cnough people to put the Green party or any other party im power — sot m Ontario or BLC Rumming ths province mrvolves a huge compicury of thousands of sues and mecrests. sot jest the coviromment. The NDP courts labor because isborers i= should and must be rectified. The party which makes a serious effort to balance these comcerms = maturally the ome whch can bring together cnough voters to get im power. This is why & was the NDP, not the Geeess, who won i= Ontario. ‘Wright's ssxsement that “any party that is oot 100 per cemt betund the caviroumest is naturally brungmag about #3 own downfall” 5 pure campaige rhetoric. Even Bal Vande: Zain will oe you he’s 100 per com behund the covronment Bot what bas be done for the cowsoument bendes and corporate favorite? What can the Geers do besid ‘ ‘ ‘ees bef diection tame, and then it’s all over? And. Z they manage to split the voor cnough, we'se stuck with an) - ‘Wright says it’s suicidal to worr for 2 party that is warespomsiee to carth’s aceds. Maybe that’s so, bet the MDP bas mot bees earcsponsiee. (Colleen and I tried to tell ber about the many ways the NDP bas bees very sesponsiee to cavrocemental comcerms when * was = powr: and sebseqecatly ms as pobcies and private member balis. She bas complencty wiped away the powerful Gflerences between the Socreds and the NDP on the cavrcament, and speaks about them as ff they them woes dows the dram Sencr « s apparently mmacceptable to Ms. Wright that I sci her my opinion of this im private, | will say & im public, as she has mamecd Bpos opes pubic éebanr Coliecn bereces Nesom and Castlegar. in 2 secemt articie, Stocan Valicy could ouly be achieved @ the Sons oa As we now eater the 1990s, 2 group of pareats m the South Shocas and Shorcacres aca ase striving to correct this oversight. AB leveis of gowermment have been sympathic and supportive, and sow we urgently need action Our problem is acute. We hove two schocts (rem and Moun ae ir that our chiidsen are Genied access to. What pareat cas reconcile sending them children to a school 25 km away when the arighborood schoo! reo to three km away” bn am attempt to be reasomabie. cur onty request to the Castiegar board has been thar they ai ore ime carrest boundary amd subems thew finchngs ic eC eT SO gers RT SNE eee were pe ee Zan OP THES 6D An BE 4 ee EE conatengie Beet ee Cage Aes TE te HOLIDAY HOURS Friday, December 21 820 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, December 22 CLOSED Sunday, December 23 CLOSED Monday, December 24 aoseD ‘ { i | We i " Ht Ary I i | tht Tuesday, December 25 cLoseD 8-30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ‘ear in Review Edition™ WANETA PLAZA ‘3 Mihes Eas? of Tred oe agrees,