A4__ January 29, 1989 ; su. Castlegar News ALINBER OF THE A.C. PRESS COUNCH, ESTABLISHED AUGUST 7, 1947 TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4. 1980 INCORPORATING IHE MID: WEEK MIRROR PUBLISHED SETPEMBER 12, 1978. AUGUST 27, 1900 PUBLISHER, AUGUSI 7, 1947 - FEBRUARY 15. 1979 LV, CAMPBELL PUBLISHER — Burt Campbell EDITOR — Simon Birch PLANT FOREMAN — Peter Harvey ADVERTISING MANAGER — Gary Fleming OFFICE MANAGER — Lindo Kositsin CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hoadley Report is a valuable service The public school system has come a long way in recent years in.providing help tor children with learning disabilities. But because there is so much to be done, positive steps in overcoming the problem are often overlooked. Nonetheless, the MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds, Dave Mercier, has provided a valuable public service in a report he has prepared on the subject Titled "Orphans of the System: Social and Delinquency Effec- Hs. of Learning Disabilities,” the report is an indictment of a system that sacrifices children’s self-esteem by allowin them to drop out of school. Learning disabled children, Mr. Mercier notes, “may. fall through the cracks. of the monolithic government bureaucracy and may drift into juvenile delinquency or worse. He continues: “Given the best teacher, the best principal, the best school, the best school district; and the best home situation, a learning disabled child has a reasonable chance for survival, even success. But if any one of those links is missing, the oye is at great risk at The rdport, prepared with the help of a researcher, calls for the government to address the problems of the estimated 10 per cent of B.C. children who have learning disabilities. 1t wants those kids, their parents, and their teachers to have much more than the help that is now available at most B.C. schools. Public indifference or, more accurately, ignorance, is likely a great part of the problem. If those parents with learning disabled children were as vocal, for example, as are the pro- and anti-abor- tionists, we're sure the problem would be receiving much more at- tention than it is When the Sullivan Royd! Commission on Education opened its province-wide hearings in Castlegar a little over a year ago, we don't recall any local group raising this important subject The Socred backbencher argues that government must step ifr with early assessment and early remedial education for these youngsters: If we're not prepared to pay now, he warns, we'll pay deeply later He advocates a province-wide system of identifying learning disabled kids at an early age, as well as a province-wide inter. ministry system to catch them in the social, educationat,and justice systems His report recommends better remedial treatment for disabled kids and-a thorough analysis of what it costs not to’ treat them ($1 million, for example, to support this province's 2,000 youngsters of high school age who are school dropouts; $40,000-plus each year to house an inmate in jail.) And then there are the yet higher costs of letting learning disabled kids drift: juvenile delinquency; emotional and psychological problems; higher-than-average divorce and alcohol and drug abuse rates; higher-than-average suicide attempts; and so on Mr. Mercier wants enhanced community services, a support system for teachers of learning disabled children and a commitment from the Education Ministry to declare learning disabilities a priority with that ministry We cannot measure,” the report correctly concludes, “The cost of a broken spirit, a loss of ambition, and a decrease in self con fidence compelling argument(s) for dealing with learning disabilities at an early age Remember when 40 YEARS AGO From the Jan. 27, 1949 Castlegar News Les Campbell was elected presi dent of the Castlegar Board of Trade at a Friday night dinner meeting at activities during the past year and recommended to, the incoming presi dent that new lifd be injected into the work of committees. infant son Kootenay Mrs. L, Watson and arrived home from the Lake General Hospital The Castlegar Fire Truck has had a replacement of one-inch hose 200 feet in length. This should provide adequate protection for all small fires. Castlegar Senior hockey team won 7-4 over B Senior on Sun Letters to the editor Logging blamed for dirty water To comment further on the issue of logging in the Robson-Raspberry watershed: We would be interested to know what Mr. Hamann of the Ministry of Forests” means when he says (as printed in the Wednesday, Jan. edition of the Castlegar News) that the ministry “assumes a portion of that responsibility” for allowing poor logging practices in our watershed. We feel poor logging practices and the resulting sedimentation in our water supply is a direct (and we also point this out to Mr. Louwe of Atco Lumber) contributor to the Robson. Raspberry water purification sys. tem’s inability to deal with other pollutants in the water. Does “a portion of responsibility” mean better policing of the logging site? Does it mean prompt implem entation of rehabilitation measures in the Norns Creek/Ladybird Creek watershed area? Does it mean fund. ing for upgrading of our filtration system? Atco Lumber is not following good logging practices. The company's contract calls for equipment to stay at least 20 metres from the streams as well a& leaving a 20-metre tree buffer between the creek and har. vesting—area.—This—has rot been adhered to. Mr. Berukoffs ¢omment in the Sunday edition of CasNews (Jan. 15, 1989) of “in some areas they kind of fringed upon it a little bit” is a gross understatement of the limi tations. A-landing-in-the-recently logged. area is less than 20 metres from the creek, and not one tree is left standing in this area. As a matter of fact, trees that were partially grow ing in the stream were felled. Skid ders have oil changes done on the landings with no provisions made to remove dirty oil from the site. Skidder refuelling is also done on site, and the resultant yellow diesel spray in the snow in all the landing sites is sad evidence of poor envir onmental practices that directly con tribute to contamination of the sur: face water whith is our drinking supply Mr. Berukoff goes on to say that skid-trail cuts are to be kept to a maximum of two feet, and that\Atdo sometimes exceeds the limitation ‘‘a little.” There are in fact skid trails exceeding eight feet. Another fact that should’ be men: tioned is that stumps are not to exceed 30 centimetres-on_the uphill site for purposes of waste and pest control. There are, in fact, many ‘stumps-that-are—or-exceed—90-—cen- timetres on the uphill side. This is three times the allowable maximum. Forestry's response to our water. shed being “in good, hands” is tough to believe once you've seen it These poor logging practices should not be allowed to continue in the Norns Creek/Ladybird Creek Watershed area. At this time. we would like to express our sincere appreciation to Ed Conroy who has stated that the cattlemen wish to be “part of the solution and not part of the problem,” and indeed there has been some evidence in one area of a portion of fence repair and it would appear that some of the cattle are being kept well back from the banks of the creek. Astrid Austin Sandra Groepler Robson-Raspberry Watershed Alliance Ontario Tories turn radical By PETER GORRIE TORONTO (CP serva' re considering something part of an opportunity to give control Ontario Con- to grassroots members It's new — an attractive feature radic for a party laboring with a lingering If di S agree at a meeting in image of says Long, a | Tories will 31-year-old right-winger and former ot party in protege of financier Conrad Black Parti “‘I_have scen first-hand the wide spread support that this proposal has want to be staleness. February, the become the Canada the first was the Quebecois — to vote for its leader generated The decision will begin a lengthy _ part of this contest t Andy Brandt, who ‘The _has_filled.the Jcadership job_tempor- support. . and wants to be re 1990. A. provincial following provinc second m let every member People will high-powered replace concept has arily says he placed by early party's constitutional committee, af tera year of study. and endorsed in early December by most riding asso: ciations at a meeting in Toronto. It is backed — by the executive and most of those expected to run for the leadership, including tegistature members Mike Harris and Alan Pope as well as Dennis Timbrell, a former cabinet who lost the two 1985 leadership contests and dfdn't run in the 1987 election Skiing coverage appreciated The chairman of the publicity com. mittee and the board of the Red Mountain-Racers Society have asked me to acknowledge the fine coverage which you provided for Red Moun. tain Racer activities during the 1987-88 skiing season. Felix Belezyk of Castlegar has cer. tainly brought much honor to the community of Castlegar_and-we_all wish for his continued skiing suc cesses. We hope that you will be able to maintain the same fine coverage during the 1988-89 skiing season. M.J. Fairweather Secretary Red Mountain Racers Society election is expected | the year Such a bold move new leader would have been unthink able during the 42 Tories held power in Ontario. But the golden years endedin 408s and the almost four succeeding years of dis. asters would shake up even the most hidebound organization Since October 1984, the Ontario Conservatives have gone_ through three leaders. trounced in a general election have 17 seats in the 130-seat legislature — accumulated nearly $5 million in debt and are dead last in opinion polls Tory leadership contests were once fierce battles for the premier's office Now, Queen's Park jokesters sug gest could be held in a with room left for in choosing a in public, anyway years the minister once mighty fallen from power. been they this one phone booth, Superman 100,000 VOTES The proposal for ‘‘one member — up to 100,000 could cast says — would system of one vote" ballots, the party replace the: traditional oting~py delegates at-a_leadership. convention. The step is viewed by the Conservatives as a way to start the long climb toward respectability almost_a_desperate Some see it as . most notably Tom ‘Others — the party's president and a hip candidate — say it's move Long likely leaders! It was formally proposed by the Today is Sunday-and-the-high- way from Castlegar to Meadows (Salmo) has been closed for nine days now As a daily commuter from Castlegar to Salmo, the extra 40 miles and 80 minutes each day is extremely frustrating. These feelings are similar to those felt by the Selkirk College students from the Salmo-Fruitvale area, Closure frustrating jogging-truck—contractors._chip- hauling contractors, teachers and others who use that route to get to school or work Is this another bureaucratic bottleneck? Who pays the bill — Bel Maintenance or the Min istry of Highways? Is it the tax ayer who pays ‘‘doubly’’ for privatization? To whom it road may concern, please-cut-the bull,untangle the red tape and enable the tax payers to use the roadway! Soon With the closure of the Rob: son ferry still fresh in my mind, this closure for an extraordin arily long period is intolerable! Louise E. Zaitsoff Robson Having read the article in-Wednes- day's Castlegar News (Jan. 25) about the proposed intermediate care facil- ity at High Meadows, | am saddened and upset by the comments of some local residents opposed to the facil- ity What a sorry state is in when property values are more im- portant than providing a decent facil ity for the elderly. Some remarks quoted in the article from supposedly educated residents showed a great deal of ignorance and prejudice against the older members of our society After all. it's not a new garbage dump which has been proposed for the neighborhood, just an old folks home! What are these property hold ers scared of? Old age is not catching — it comes to us all in time Where would these residents like the facility to be built? (They actual ly do admit Castlegar needs one!) 1 suppose. they'd prefer it was tucked away in some downtown back street, where it couldn't be seen Don't the elderly have a-right to pleasant park tike-surroundings just as much as the residents of High Meadows? I can’t belieye that they insist that a buffer_zone_of_pine—and_tamarack trees be retained between the facility and the neighborhood. What eves do they expect to see? Old people are society nts humah—beings—like—you—and—me-— they just happen to be a little slower. that’s all I just hope when those same prop- erty owners come to need care and attention in their old age, a similar facility is available for their use and hasn't been turned down by their day afternoon The Castlegar Volunteer Fire De partment visited the Kinnaird Volun teer Fire Department on Monday evening to discuss the improvement of the Kinnaird fire fighting equip ment. Refreshments were served by the social committee of the Kinnaird Department 25 YEARS AGO From the Jan. 30, 1964 Castlegar News Castlegar school district No. 9's budget for 1964 has gone over the $1 million mark for the first time in the district's history Ata meeting held tast Thursday irustees studied and gave tentative approval to the budget totalling $1,085,860. The police are going to crack down on teenage hitchhikers in Castlegar who don’t stand well off the roadway when looking for rides. RCMP Sgt. Alex Borodula said this action follaws*.a- number of_ com plaints from. motorists have barely missed hitting hitchhikers un der snowy adverse driving tions who condi Castlegar’s new CBC-TV_rebroad caster located near the airport is scheduled to be officially on-air tomorrow. It will operate on Channel 3 with a power of five watts Hon. James Sinclair, PC, was elec ted a diector of Columbia Cellulose Co. at the company’s first 1964 meet ing of directors Kinnaird is to join with the Village of Montrose in seeking lower electric rates for théir residents 15 YEARS AGO From the Jan. 31, 1974 Castlegar News Bill Stoochnoff was named chair man of Atea J advisory planning commission when it held its first meeting of 1974 on Jan. 18 Mr. KC Days for the 1974 cele bration, which is scheduled for July 26-28 is Ken Bonde First area chairman to be named to the 1974 Heart Sunday canvass is Andre Lamarche of Kinnaird who will chair that particular area This has been announced by cam paign chairman Albert Calderbank who also spoke of a banquet and dance planned for Feb. 23 to be held in conjunction with the canvass and Eitness W. younger, more affluent-neighbors: In case you are interested, I would welcome such a facility ‘tin my back yard."’ People in Robson care about the people around them, whatever their age Yvonne Hawkins Robson Voykin’'s concern pleases taxpayer Cheers to Evelyn Voykin. Voykin not only is concerned about the school children, but also about the School District No. 9 staff taking too many sick leaves which reflects on the taxpayers. From our taxpayers’ experience in the last few years, the only way the school budget was balanced was by increasing school taxes on property owners. I am very pleased with Voykin's concern. We should have more like her in o@ schools for a trustee or even to monitor the school board budget so our school taxes won't be escalating like they have been in the last few years. N.N. Bayoff Grads wanted Magee secondary school in Van couver is celebrating its 74th anni versary with a reunion on May 26 and 27. We invite all former students and staff of the school to join the Jubilee Reunion. Interested persons should write to: ® Don Bain Magee Secondary School 1975 W. 49th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. V6M 2TI The Castlegar district's Good Citi zen of the Year for 1973 is Mrs. G.W (Arlee) Anderson The infant city born Jan, 1 has now been officially named Castlegar. The name was the choice of 825 out of 999 yotes cast in the Name the City Con- test which offically closed on Mon. day In a breakdown of entries it was Selkirk 58, Castleaird 23, Castlegar. Kinnaird 23, Twin Rivers 14, Kin naird 11, Columbia City 4, Sentinel City 4 and Kootenay City 3 5 YEARS AGO From the Jan. 29, 1984 Castlegar News A cheque in the amount of $10,483.29 was presented to the Castlegar and District Hospital by the Hospital Women's Auxiliary to purchase a fetal heartmonitor. The money will cover two-thirds of the full purchase price, with the remain- ing third coming from a government grant . Castlegar council is leaving no stone unturned in its bid to locate funding for-a new $1 million RCMP detachment building The latest inquiry was directed at Kootenay West MP Lyle Kristiansen asking if he knows of any federal or provincial program that could heip fund the new police building BUSINESS U.S. apple growers flood Canuck market ““AS"a result Of the precipitous price declines in the 1987 crop year, various provincial and federal insurance and price-support programs were called on to attempt to address this dilemma, the association told the three-man Canadian Import Tribunal. Last summer, Revenue Canada levied an undis- closed duty on U.S. apples after complaints from anti-dumping hearing ability of Washington state to “Therefore the ers in British Columbia, Scotia and New Brunswick per cent for Delicious apples Washington state total Canadian production VANCOUVER (CP) — Washington state apple growers are so good at producing large volumes of Delicious apples they now have no choice .but to dump them into the Canadian market, an association representing Canadian apple growers said. And if that flood of apples is allowed to continue unchecked, it will mean a rash of bankruptcies, loss of jobs and a drop in wages for those lucky enough to still have jobs, the Canadian Horticultural Associa- tion said in a brief submitted on the first day of an “The present and predicted capacity of produc- tion of Washington state dramatically exceeds the Prices in excess of the cost of production, either domestically of in its established export markets United States will alternative, if it wishes to sell its product, but to sell it at prices less than the cost of production, association, which represents more than 4,500 grow- Ontario,, Quebec, RETURNS REDUCED The association estimates that returns to Cana- dian producers have dropped to a range of 58 per produces billion pounds of apples a year, about four times the Canadian p that W state. growers were dumping apples into the Canadian market — selling them in Canada at a price lower than what it cost U.S. growers to produce apples. The-tribunal now is considering whether the United States is selling significant volumes of delicious apples at below-production costs and how much that is hurting Canadian growers, presiding member R.J. Bertrand sa break at the hearings. LOOKS FOR INJURY “If the decision of the tribunal decides there was materinl injury, then the duty remains in place,"’ he said. “‘If the tribunal decides there was no injury, then the duties are refunded (t6 U.S. sellers)."’ The tribunal must render its decision by Feb. 3. While lawyers for Canadian and American apple growers bickered over the timing of submissions, Okanagan grower Mike Hearle, 63, and his wife Shirley listened intently at the back of the nearly empty public seating at the hearing. an interview during a sell its apples, at have no said the Nova “We've been walking on the edge of bankruptcy since the early 1980s,"’ Hearle said, explaining, his interest in the hearings. ‘‘And the last couple of yéars, peach prices have been extremely low “We're in a position now that if all the prices are low, including apples, we could go down the tube," said the white-bearded grower, who has tended about five hectares in the Okanagan valley for 20 years. more than four Time Air may pull service SASKATOON (CP) — Time .Air is threatening to pull out -of northern Saskatchewan. if it is not allowed to continue its monopoly on the region's mail delivery This residents in three communities Who say the loss of their passenger air service could ultimate ly spell the end of their communities. Canada Post is reviewing the: ten- der for northern mail delivery ang will decide soon between Time Air and Points North Freight Forward irig, a Saskatoon-based air freight company worries Residents of Uranium City said the Time Air flights are vital to their community “We'd pretty well have to shut down,"’ said shopkeeper Paul Boug. ie. “How can you attract tourists when you don't have good air ser The hamlet's said the flights ferry medical staff in and out "It’s the only life line we've got,”” said Doris Kavanagh mayor “Everything we want to buy comes by airplane;"’ she said Time Air, a subsidiary’ of Pacific Air Canada seven new MONTREAL (CP) — Air Canada has announced it plans. to buy seven Boeing 747-400 aircraft, the largest aitliner in the to. serve the expanding Asian market The deal involves-orders for-three combination passenger-cargo air craft, valued at a total of about $600 million, and options on four more. Deliveries begin between December 1990 and May 1991 The purchase brings to almost $3 billion the value of aircraft ordered world purchasing jumbo jets by Air Canada in the past 12 months, the airline said in a statement. Air Canada president Pierre Jean- niot said the new aircraft, which have a range of 6,350 nautical miles, “will enable-us-to harvest the full market potential of some important interna- tional growth areas."* He said the airline expects the most rapid growth over the next few years in flights from Canada to Korea, Europe to Singapore, and Canada to Japan, where Air Canada has asked to be designated the sec ond Canadian carrier The 747-400 holds 277 passengers and 12 cargo pallets. Last July Air Canada placed orders for 34 AirBus A320s, with 20 more as options. It ordered seven B-767s. earlier Canadian Airlines International has also ordered four of the 747-400s, to take delivery of three in the fall of 1990. Weekly stocks TORONTO (CP) Stock prices rallied on Friday in Toronto on the strength of foreign investors and moved upward in New York following some good econortic news from the U.S. government The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index rose 9.45 points to close at 3,617.56, up 44.15 points on the week The Dow Jones average of 30 in- dustrials climbed 31.79 points to 2,322.86, bringing its gain for the week to 87.50 points The stock prices and heavy trading in New York were attributed to news from the U.S. Commerce Department estimating the gross national product grew at an annual rate of two per cent in the fourth quarter. of last year In Toronto, heavy trading was seen on a number of fronts. Prices in BCE. Development rose 30 cents to close at $3.65 after 1,003,975 shares traded Trading was halted temporarily at the exchange for an announcement that the power ful Reichmann family of Toronto is —working ona deal with BCE Inc.to. becdme a major shareholder in sub sidiary BCED. Southam _Inc., which announced Thursday that it had almost pleted a year-long austerity program, rose 3/8 to close at 31 3/8 with 428,000 shares traded ‘ Dunnery Best of Prudential-Bache Securities said trading was also heavy-in Canadian Pacific and Nova Corp. with more than 1 million shares traded on each stock. WE’LL WASH THE SALT OFF And You Won't Even have to Wait in Line! com- Our Mobile Pressure Wash Will Come to You and Wash Your Vehicle. HOT WASH &@HOT WAX 99 Seniors ce i Castlegar Pressure Wash 4 Any Time “‘When international investors be- come interested in Canada, the first stock they buy is Canadian Pacific,’ Best said. ‘‘And international inves- tors are interested in Canada, there's no doubt about it."’ In Toronto, advancers led decliners 409 to 364 with 354 unchanged on 41,981,078 shares traded worth $689,345,750. Nine of the index’s 14 subgroups were higher at the day, led by transportation, up 1.86 per cent and industrial products, up 1.75 per cent. 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