L. V. (LES) CAMPBELL, 1912+ 1977 Publisher trom Aug, 7, 1947 to Feb. 15, 1973 BURT CAMPBELL, Publisher » q Editor © Tit Advert. Mi LOIS HUGHES, Mng. Editor © RENE BROOMAN, Foreman « LLEW KEREIFF, Otfice Mgr. Tre Ceoneonss Newt 1s mazar oe Aut Gursau ol Culling, the Canadien Common also & "member ot Western Replenal Wi 7 tArmitrong-Deps Roprosantattves Li 07 Wn coer y i ac fuken Commbalty New Me ‘All correspondance should be addresved to: The Ketter, Costloger Ni VIN SHE. Lelie for publication must be waned with the core t ‘Pen . Dut Ihe cotrect name must BS reserves 118 FiQHt to dit Fattera in ihe tnlerests of brevity, good laste, atc. ‘Here let the press the peor! COM ™ ENT Thursday Morning, September 28, 1978 On the Homestretch j ft anything has become apparent through all the speculation and statements from well-! on completion of the 25-kllometre highway link between Castiegar and Salmo, it Is that setting and meeting a deadline for a project #0 closely Influenced by climate Is not easy. { After belng brought to a virtual standstill for half the year by snow and mud, such construction becomes a race against time—in which autumn [s the home- atretch—before work shuts down once more for:the winter. Yet as the highways ministry hes contirmed In Ing Monday as the official oO asileg: .wiriter which will folfow it. itn to speed up of the highway and ignore possible drawbacks of ing In the year, the ministry displayed a quallty for which it Is not usu givpn credit: sensitivity to focal needs. It has me obvious to someone in Victoria that thedivellhoods both of Individuals and of the corimunities the highway will serve depend hedvily on (ts early opening. 4 ‘Whether or not this new senaltivity Is motivated by a not-t listant call by ‘emler Bill Bennett for a new mandate, It Is tetrashing to know the highways ministry Is Shuffle ‘Em, (An editorial in the weekly: Central Okanagan Capital _ News.) WITHOUT BENEFIT OF having access to extensive public opinion samplings or, for that matter, even having done man-in-the-street interviews of half a dozen pedestrians, we'd suggest to Premier Bill Bennett that he really wouldn't have anything to lose by calling a snap fall election. The official opposition re- mains in disarray, if not in fact at least in the impression it conveys, and the superficiality of Tory leader Vie Stephens’ atalk about tax revolt must be to even the most aware of the of the Salmo route. Thank you, Victorta, for (Istening. A Reminder ¢ Alm if It were a reminder of tonight’s special mesting, a vacant house Just across the road from Robson's ferry terminal burned to the ground Saturday hile nelghbors armed only with garden oes looked on helplessly. (t symbolized the vacuum which cur- rently exists in the unorganized areas tween Hugh Keenleyside Dam and the Grililant Dam: a tack of equipment, funds and pubile support for providing minimal fire protection for residents. Atter harping Intermittently for more than a year on this vacuum, we have little left to say to Robson residents except that they owe It to themselves and to thelr familles to secure the best protection available. Tonight’s mesting at Robson Hall will enable residents to discover how much protection Is available and how much It will cas! No r's referendum they approve the establishment of a volunteer fire department. 5 Robson area homeowners shouldn't heed any further reminders. In Davis’ Aftermath F (From an editorial In the Vancouver Sun.) z :The court has made Its decision in the Jack Davis affair and Mr. Davis has made his,:wisely deciding to take the honorable step. of resigning his seat and thus sparing the Jegisfature and his former constituents in North an argi ovet-the propriety of his staying on. ‘Mr. Oavis has talents that Premler Bennett will miss. But there can be no place In the cabinet or the leglalature for a person whovabuses a public trust, no matter how small the abuse in monetary terms or how technical the offence. : ‘Before this affair Is forgotten, Mr. Bensett ought to make a note to himself—If he fas not already done so—to do two things. One is to draw up guidelines for cabinet ministers so that there will be no doubt in their:minds about what they may or may not ctalm in the way of expenses. The other is to bring the century-old Constitution Act up to date and make clear the Circumstances under which an MLA must forfeit his seat. The act now says a member loses his seat-if he is ‘‘attainted of treasdn or Is convicted of a felony or any Infamous : 2 exists in Canadian criminal law, an MLA can hardly be of one, and crime" could be open to several interpreta- tions. Obviously some more precise wording is needed. Just Dumb Want to feel superior to your fellow drivers? ..- First, buckle up your seat-belt and then note the following: A study conducted by the Natlonal Institute for Rental Health has determined that people who choose not to wear seat - belts are likely: i © to have less than high school educa- tion ® to be in a low-income bracket * to view their station in life as unsatisfactory and to feel powerless to change it * to be an infrequent church-goer © to neglect basic health care activities such as regular dental checkups or Pap tests Putting it all more bluntly, people who don’t use seat belts are dumber. —Victorla Colonist Castlegar News headline stories one year ago Dity council has noted to seek funding under a federal government program which will make 315 party style of for the next three to five years anyway, we'd just as scon an election were held to clear the air and give Mr. Bennett an opportunity to swing the axe around that cabinet room. RIGHT NOW, HE'S PROB- ably loath to undertake some needed blood-letting, because it wouldn't be politic to admit certain errors of judgment in the choices he made the first time around just before going to the people. We barely need to repeat our view that the most critical change in dramatis personae as far as this valley is concerned and no doubt for the eternal benefit of our province is in the (From an editorial in the Fernie Free Press,} , JUST HOW, LONG CAN- ada can continue with its deficit financing is a mystery, for the laws of economies do not allow infinite overspending. Prime Minister Trudeau must have a low opinion of Canadians, when he announces one day that he will cut some- thing like $2 billion off govern- ment spending, only to have the finance department of his gov- ernment come out the next day with the announcement that the country went into the hole $4.45 billion in three months. IN THIS CONTEXT AL- so, one must query why the government felt obligated to pour money into the already rich Ford Motor Company in order to have that company locate a factory in Canada, Hewers of wood and car- riers of water we will always be if our ii to “The trick now Ie to get him unpolsed from launching himself on to the hustings . . . .”” ministry of environment, cur- rently occupied only by a pre- tender. Above all, Jim Nielsen must go and he must go quickly. NEXT IN LINE FOR THE Bennett-drop,. we'd suggest, would be Human Resources Minister Bill Vander Zalm, While we'd much prefer that he devote his undeniable ability full-time to the nursery busi- ness, if he must remain in government put him some- where that he can't do so much damage to the less fortunate among us. Perhaps he would be effec- tive in the forestry portfolio, currently held by Tom Water- land, or mines and petroleum resources, which now labors under the delusion of having a minister in the person of James Chabot. ON THE BASIS OF THE long-term public interest in this province, neither Chabot nor Waterland have proven satis- factory in overseeing the natu- would be Education Minister Pat McGeer and Attorney- General Garde Gardom. Mc- Geer would do the people a tre- mendous favor by retreating with his elitist views to he backwashes of Point Grey, while Gardom simply seems too terribly bored by it all, perhaps because Alex Macdonald, whom many within the legal profes- sion consider was the best tt ral that belong to the people of British Columbia. And we strongly suspect that a couple of people the premier himself wouldn't miss To Avoid a 25-Cent Dollar Let’s Set Deadline for Success | the Canada grants ‘program, which this year paid thousands of dollars to “poets” whose works no self-respecting pub- lication would dare print be- cause of the filth therein. Perhaps it is high time we elected a minority government, and,wrote."a pox on both your houses” on the ballots. Better still, perhaps we should vote for either a bal- anced budget with a one-year YE 1 this province ever had, was a hard act to follow. WITH THE POSSIBLE exception of Hugh Curtis, whose background of involve- time limit on the successful party to achieve some progress in that direction. CONTINUED DEFICITS of $10 to $15 billion will soon lead us to bankruptcy or a 25-cent Canadian dollar. ment in municipal polities emi- | | nently qualifies him for the -' municipal affairs and housing portfolio, there isn't a cabinet post today that couldn't be’ " improved upon with a new or' different face. Evan Wolfe is the minister of finance in name only, the “ premier having taken the posi- ‘ tion he wouldn't make the same mistake as his two immediate * predecessors by assuming the’ portfolio in addition to the premiership. So Mr. Wolfe does the lip-moving. _ TH OF COURSE, there is Grace McCarthy. What _ can we say? There are people,| particularly those in the tour- ism industry, who think she's doing a grand job for the pro- vince. There are also people’ who think the tooth fairy lives. ” AND, WITH “ALL DUE respect to Gordon Gibson, who apparently prefers Ottawa any- way, it would free us of. the. Liberal taint, at least at the provincial level. Go, Mr. Bennett, go. We're, . right behind you. Pushing. IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT | INSURANCE CLAIMANTS During the current interruption of postal services, special procedures are In effect for the distribution of overspend, then erect factories for people of other countries, WORSE YET, IT POURS something like $4 million into et! The Bierman Bite Starting on Thursday, Sept. 28, L districts lIsted below will pick up thelr cheques and the collection of clalmant's bl-weekly report cards. fe] living In the communities and postal Eagles Hall, 1505 Bay Avenue, Trall. Castlegar VIN Frultvale VOG 1L0 Genelle V0G1GO h and deposit thelr report cards at the Montrose VOG 1P0 Robson VOG 1X0 Rossland V0G1Y0 Trail VIR i Please read the following Instructions carefully and RETAIN THIS. ADVERTISEMENT for future these pi will make a major contribution to orderly cheque distribution. *® You MUST present your soclal Insurance card, PLUS one other item of Personal Identification to pick up your cheque. © People picking up cheques for claimants on sickness or maternity benefit MUST have a letter of authoriza- tlon signed and dated by the claimant. The letter MUST Include the clalmants SIN number. The person picking up the cheque must have personal Identification. Erma Bombeck It wasn't my idea to buy the jawbones and teeth of a shark to bring home from our vacation, Okay, so I take the blame for buying the ceramic chess set, the two Aztec dolls in full costume, and the round mirror surrounded by bread dough flowers, but the shark's ortho- dontic nightmare was definitely my husband's idea. I told him, “You can buy a shark's mouth on every street corner in the United States, Why do we have to lug it back over 3,000 miles?" “You should talk,” he grumbled. “I thought we made a pact never to buy any souvenir we couldn't pack in our luggage, wear, eat, or pour over ice cubes.” “If you're referring ‘to the Mexican hat I bought with the sequins, you'll change your mind when it covers a wall in the ‘family room and Tom Youth Injured While Making ‘Bolt Bomb’ An explosion, resulting: from an 11-year-old Castlegar boy attempting to make a bolt bomb, has resulted in the youth receiving extensive damage to his right thumb. a Police said the incident occurred late Thursday after- noon with the youth being taken to Castlegar and District Hospital by ambulance. No other injuries have been reported. As we stumbled on the plane, I said, “Besides, that gross thing smells." “It doves not smell," he said defensively, “Then why are people on the airplane ‘trying to open their windows?" “Lean't get my feet under my seat,” he said. "You're going to have to move the drum. Maybe if you took the shopping bag on your side, I wouldn't have to hold the drum between my knees,” “Okay, I'll take the shop- ping bag if you'll take the sourdough bread we bought in the airport. And remember if the Grecian urn in the shopping bag breaks, let it be on your conscience. Besides, I don't see why you can’t put the bread in the shark's jaws.” “Can you imagine how this conversation “sounds to the people in the seats in front of us?” “I don't care what it sounds like, We have to get all this stuff under the seat. What did you do with the coconuts with the cute Indian faces?” “Over by your handbag.” “Look, let me out in the aisle and I think we can stuff all this under the seat.” Minutes later, I One Man‘s Opinion Who's to Blame By FRED MERRIMAN Readers of this column have been able to surmise that most of us live in a safe, stable community where many people work productively, get a good night's sleap and sometimes go to church on Sunday. There are always a few items in the newspaper that give us a clue that it Isn't always 80; ''Big Brothers needs volunteers” (for all the boys that don't have fathers). ‘Foster parents needed"' (for all the children who don’t have parents). Youth Worker wanted (for all the kids who have said ‘‘to H.. with it.’ In. my opinion, the blame can be placed on two groups of people: People like myself who live In peace, happiness and general well being with an almost naive belief that all Is well with the world and that the good people will finally win In the end. And people in the second class who do know the facts of life and work very hard at keeping the sordid details swept under the rug or buried in confidential files. Maybe the people in the second class are right: It seems that we even need a licence and/or a degree’ to direct concern. Let's be fair about the people who work with the unfortunate, lost, lonely and discouraged. An amateur could say something to the despondent that may have irreparable effect . . . or would they? That would never do. Maybe the newspaper should run a list of the needs in the Classified Section. eg: 350 young people want somebody to tell them that they are important and we need them; 112 elderly people sit alone each night waiting for it to gat dark so they can have an excuse to go to bed; 39 men and women In old folks hospital are afraid to dle; 52 members of a church congregation are wondering where the other 248 members are this Sunday morning. We could even list the names and telephone numbers. Yes, | suppose there is a possibility that some disturbed person will get hold of a name, address and telephone number along with the unfortunate’s weakness or need and take full advantage for private gain or ulterior motive. But | think that Is a chance we are going to have to take. A lot of people In Goody Goody Land want to help. They are not aware of the need. They don't know who to call. Have | made my point? Isn't there some way In this modern day of communication that those who have, can get together with those who have not, without going into the confidential file and missing up the entire system? Silverton Gets New Post Office A fire the night of Auy, 28 has deprived Silverton resi- dents of their postal service, Doukhobor Specialties © Borscht © Pyrahl * Vareniki C.E.C. RESTAURANT Located at the Kootenay Doukhobor Historical Site, across from the Castlegar Alrport. Roy Mills, an employee of the Silverton General Store, discovered the fire on his way back Lo the store and turned in the alarm. New Denver and 965-6622 :, }. Silverton fire units and volun teer firemen responded to the alarm, Extent of damage was a total loss, The mail, being housed in a separate section, was nol threatened by the fire, New Denver Post Office is handling all ‘the mail for the area at present, ‘The post office was located adjacent to the Silverton Gen- eral Store for-a number of years, Residents will soon be going across the street toa new 14'2x20-foot cabin, purchased by Clyde Hammond of the Silverton Store last week. It should be open for business early next month, A donation of $150 was given to the Silverton fire department from the Silverton General Store for its services, which kept the fire’ from spreading to the store, Fred: 365-2211 It Looked Like Wood to Me! i Ge Home Can Have the Beauty of Wood Without the Problems © Building a new home? © Tired of painting AGAIN this year? Give us a call—Free Estimates Vinyl & Aluminum Siding, Soffits & Facia A&L Exterior Siding Dealers for Kaiser Aluminum Marcel: 365-2616. | ed up and slid into the seat. At that moment, two sets of upper and lower teeth clamped around my backside, causing me un- believable pain. “What's the matter?” ask- ed my husband. “I've just made a sequel to Jaws I and II that no one is going to believe.” My husband was smiling. No one will convince me he didn’t put the shark up to it. (COURT NEWS 7 In provincial court on Tuesday of last week three separate charges of driving with a blood alcohol count over , -08 were heard. Pleading guilty were Brian Nickel, 18, of Blue- berry Creek. He was fined $300 or in default 20 days in jail. He was also placed on six months’ probation. Gregory Zeberoff, 30, of Castlegar was fined $350 or in default 20 days in jail. Philip E. Drader, 56, of Castlegar was fined $400 or in default 20 days in jail. «se Three separate charges of driving while impaired were heard with all pleading guilty. Linda Lottin, 33, was fined $350 or in default 20 days in jail and placed on six months’ probation as was George Ogloff, 18. Robert Riesen, 24, was fined $100 or in default 10 days in jail. All are of Castlegar. > 8 6 Three separate charges of being in possession of a narcotic were heard. Edwin Crossley, 31, of Castlegar and Michael Finlay, 19, also of Castlegar, were each fined $100 or in default 20 days in jail. Michael Mulherin, 25, of Castlegar was given a conditional discharge and placed on three months’ probation, * * Terry Duff, 19, of Blue- berry Creek pleaded guilty toa charge of wilful damage.: He was fined $100 or in default 10 days in jail. He was also ordered to pay restitution. + 8 4 Three separate charges of being a minor in possession of liquor were heard. Terry Smith, 18, of Robson, Edward Marcel, 18, of Castlegar and Kenneth Kinakin, 17, of Castlegar were each fined $50. 8 8 John Graham, 17, of Rob- son pleaded guilty to a charge of being in possession of stolen property. He was fined $100 or in default 10 days in jail. He was also placed on three months’ probation, . «8 « A male juvenile was fined $25 for being a minor in possession of liquor. _ Feature Specials ‘In Every Department Shop now, for | Fall and Winter Needs! 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Those whose SIN ends In “'8'' or “9” will pick up cheques Friday © Do Not mall clalmant’s bi-weekly report cards. Dellver them to the Trall Unemployment Inaurance Office. Sale .. STORE HOURS ; Monday to Saturday - 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. ide Employmentand . « Empioiet Castlegar Residents Only : Canada ig z Zenith 15000 Canada west kootenay power q “tm going to read up about the economic situation because who knows . . . I may win the next election..." J