Castlégar News saasnnen OF THE B.C. PRESS COUNCR LIB TWAch weeny MAY 4 1980 a 27.980 ESIABLISED AUG. 7. 1947 tt MD vevied in and to Castle Mews Lid. prow L rennerearer LV. CAMPRELL — PUBLISHER AUG. 7, 1947-408. 19, 1979 ond sole copyright! in any printed matter pr ded however sorernooment prepared wom repre prasts, engrowngs. om (proveded by the oven by Conia Mowe nd. Ker copyright on nat port ned thet par! onty of Not good aredan It’s ironic that on the same doy Castlegar council turned down a “clean air” bylaw, the U.S. armed In fact, in the case of restauran- ts, the bylaw doesn't even require restaurants to set aside a non- hk area. The bylaw simply forces, an not ex- pecially known * to adapt quickly to changing times, moved to im- says @ restaurant must display o sion indicating whether it provides area or not — har- P an i g cam- paign. Most would have thought it would have been the U.S. armed forces and not Castlegar council that had to be dragged into the 20th century on this issue. And interestingly, the campaign adopted by the U.S. armed forces is far tougher than the bylaw proposed for Castlegar. The directive issued by U.S. Defence Secretary Caspar Wein- berger not only orders the armed forces to reduce smoking in dining areas, health facilities, classrooms, elevators and other areas on military bases, it also calls for strict smoking. prevention er quitting | programs. ‘s itor would have pool no men- tion of trying to encourage residents to quite smoking. It sim- ply would have banned smoking in contined public places and restric- ted it in other places. Unfortunately, it seems Ald. Oglow missed the whole point of the proposed bylaw when he recommended council shelve it for the time being. in the preamble to his recom- mendation, Mr. Oglow pointed out that people are voluntarily quitting smoking or choosing not to smoke in greater numbers than ever before. He suggested council continue to follow the voluntary route, adding that “compulsion” would be “coun- terproductive” at this time> But the whole purpose of ¢ dean air bylaw is not to try to force people to quite smoking — or even encourage them to quit smoking. It's to provide places where non- smokers don't have .to breathe second-hand smoke. Smokers would still be able to puff to their heart's delight. And if Mr. Oglow took another look at the sample bylaw sent to council by Castlegar registered nurses, he would have seen that the bylaw doesn’t outlaw smoking in all public places. ei dy revolutionary stuff. Mr. Oglow didn't even take this controversial and important to his Health and Welfare Commit- tee before bringing his recommen- dation to council. The issue could have been hashed out in commit- tee with perhaps a report from city staff on whether the bylaw would work, and whether it would be en- Terry Rogers, a member of the Health and Welfare Committee, told council he would welcome more information on the topic. Thanks only to the persistence of Ald. Albert Calderbank, more in- LDU HAN 0A "ALAM ume (UN Ub aR A a TUT “Thanks chaps . . SVU UNNMLNAN INE —————— =, ‘yrs VUNG Es Yee "7, Pax i hy OM TT" au J I Uh UT TT CUT TCC B18 - | Know Fiance Ohaatee ae OY 60 enmraceere you ving Bem your ‘seats for the sold-out Kiri Te Kanawa concert - HA FT Waite Wl ] WAMU ti 0a Win TA a yy Letters to the Editor formation will be forth g, just when, no one is really sure. Council indicated it hasn't drop- ped the issue altogether, but it also didn’t put any time frame on when it will be raised again. That's not good enough. The issue should be brought back for discussion at council as soon as possible. That's progress? The new Ministry of Forests of- fice on Columbia Avenue will no doubt be a huge improvement for Arrow Forest District staff (the Avenue field office and the 3rd Street administrative office). But did the ministry really have to remove all those beautiful trees to make room for the office building? The trees made the field office one of the nicest locations in town. (Just ask the City of Castlegar, which eyed the property for years). it seems a shame to cut down the healthy trees when the one thing Columbia Avenue lacks is trees. Citizens want fresh air Editor, Castlegar News: The majority of Castlegar citizens should not have to suffer for a few. Castlegar residents have given Westar Timber plenty of time from the beginning of its operations until now for pollution control, with little results. What guarantee does council have that Westar will do more in the next 10 Pollution is a health hazard and we all know that. Why should we agree to 10 more years of it? We should all write to Castlegar council and tell them that we have had enough promises and to get rid of pollution once and for all so a window can be opened for the night's fresh air. In The Excerpts from Hansard, the official records of proceedings in the House of Commons. Feb. 25, 1986 Hon. Jean Chretien (Saint-Miturjce): Mr. Speaker . . . Canadians were horrified to hear that another cruise missile has crashed on Canadian soil. Does the government intend to stop the cruise testing program, since the tests have clearly shown that the safety guarantees _ previere by the American Mr. (Ed) Broadbent: It's a red joke, Harvie. Mr. Andre: Mr. Speaker, of course it is Canadian territory, but it is not Mr. Andre: As a matter of fact it is on the ice at this time of year. Mr. Chretien: You should go on ice, Andre. with failures like these?” Hon. Harvie Andre (Associate Min- ister of National Defence): Mr. Speaker . . the technical answer is that in fact there has not been a cruise missile crash on Canadian soil in this instance. It crashed in the Beaufort Sea. Seme Hon. Members: Oh, oh! Mr. Derek Blackburn (Brant): Big deal! Mr. Speaker: Order, please. Mr. Shella Coppe (Hamilton East): They're selling that off to the Ameri- cans too. Mr. Andre: I am advised that, when released from the aircraft, the engine on the cruise missile did not ignite, did not start, and the missile crashed into the sea, which I guess is one of the reasons why tests are being author- ized. Mr. Ny Harvie for leader. Feb. 27, 1986 Mr. Neil Young (Beaches): Mr. Speaker, my supplementary question also is for the minister of finance. What I want to know from the minister is why taxes on average Canadians are increasing while taxes on corporations are decreasing. Mr. (Ray) Hnatyshyn: West) They are not! Mr. Young: Is that fair? Hen. Michael Wilson (Minister of Finance): Mr. Speaker, I think this is the fourth time — look to page 42. Mr. (lan) Deans (Hamilton Moun- tain): Look to page 99. Mr. Hnatyshyn: Page 44 comes before page 99. We got you there. Mr. (Ed) Broadbent (Oshawa): That's very good, Ray. Mr. (John) Redriquez (Nickel Belt): You should have written the budget. (Saskatoon Council position changed Editor, Castlegar News: In 1978 the City of Castlegar pre- sented a brief to the ministry of the environment’s pollution control branch asking, on behalf of the citizens of Castlegar, that the branch ensure that CanCel (now Westar) commit “suffi- cient funds to comply with pollution control branch objectives with regard to reaching level A standards of air emissions.” Remarks ° unintended Editor, Castlegar News: I am writing in response to the sharp criticism of my Feb. 16 Pulpit and Pew column by Dr. Mark Mealing, who unfortunately took my remarks in a manner that was not even in my mind as I wrote the article. My reason for writing the article as I did had nothing to do with ill will toward the Jewish nation or toward individual Jews. My personal convic- tion is that we non-Jews are ind d The city brief to the pollution control branch noted: “An examination of the lution control di the company had been serious about the pollution control program, and had d the i for con- of other mills across Canada clearly in- dicates that CanCel (Westar) is not being required to commit itself to un- usual or extraordinary costs by - pollution control branch permit . . . city fails to see why CanCel head in any way be an exception to this general pattern which exists not only in Canada, but also in the United States and Europe.” This brief presented by the city went on to say: “Five years have elapsed _gince CanCel applied for its permit and seven since pollution control argument that CanCel must now be al- lowed even more time to comply with the is simply not accep to the City of Castlegar. We feel that if trolling air emissions, sufficient time has already been given for the company to plan for the required capital investment,” That was six ago. The company’s arguments have not changed, but the council's position has. One might ask who is it that council now represents . . . Westar or the citizens of Castlegar? Would council take such a soft approach with us if we didn't pay our taxes or proceeded to drastically pol- lute our neighbor's environment day after day and used as an excuse, “We chose to spend our money elsewhere?” Bud Gedderis Castlegar Council should make strong statement Editer, Castlegar News: Castlegar council recently voted to to the Jews, for through the faithful “remnant” of Jews, Christ our Savior came! I am sorry if readers feel I am a Jew hater and a racist, just because I used them as a classic example. of thase, who for the most part, missed God's purpose for them as a nation. My observation of much of what is called Christianity is that which fits into the category of “spoiled children.” People want God to bless them, protect them, prosper them and answer every prayer, but very often they fail to simply worship God in gratitude and ask God to help them be useful ser- vants! Our Lord's teaching to his disciples was this: “You know that those who are rulers of the Gentiles, lord is over Hbem, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant; and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (St Mark 10:44-45) The “punch line” of my article was in the closing paragraph in which I said: “Christians are called to be servants! Too many Christians try to ‘use’ God instead of being used by God to minister to a hurting world. ‘Spoiled children’ do not find life's greatest joy and ‘happiness, but those who serve Christ with love, and humility and corpassion, do find life's deepest meaning and satisfaction.” It may well be that I overdid the exposure of the blunders of the Jews in relation to what I was trying to say to Christians in general, but it is hard to get the impact of the example without going into some detail. A careful reading of the defence of early Christian martyrs such as Ste- phen (Acts Chp. 7) and Paul (Acts 13:16-41) shows how they appealed to the historical facts concerning the Jewish nation. My apology to those who misunder. stood me. I want to be a Christian servant. Ire L. Johnson (Pastor) Kinnaird Church of God support by Westar Timber, and we wish to comment on the council's action. We realize that pollution control technology is costly and that it may take some time to implement. How ever, we believe that the council's motion should have more strongly conveyed the urgency of meeting pollution control requirements as funds come available. The motion should have represented the interests of all citizens by drawing attention to poten- tial health consequences of continued Many scientific investigations have shown an association between air pollution and risk of disease, including bronchitis, asthma, eczema, pneumon- it lar disease, i ia, » P ism, and a variety of cancers. An ob- jective evaluation by council of current and projected air quality measure ments would have helped the public to assess any proposed timetable for en- vironmental! protection. A strong statement from council endorsing progress toward a clean environment would foster confidence and would provide hope for many disillusioned young people in our com- munity. Remember portation Society received a new Pre- vost Bus this week. The bus will ac- commodate 33 passengers and is by an International Motor and is of all steel construction. The Transportation Society now has 12 buses with 10 being used everyday on runs to the CM&S Co. at Trail. . *. * The Council of the Institute of Metals Metals medal. This medal is the highest querd uate ly to eee a! presented for outstanding service to the non-ferrous monal tnbesteles. The annual ‘aesling “ the Castlegar Legion Band was held in the Public School on Thursday evening. President H.C. Pitts was in the chair and the following were in attendance: Bandmaster G. Leitner and bandsmen R. Sommers, P. Gergely, J. Kein, L. Marken, E. Gergely, R. Manerin, B. Hill, W. MeNie, J. Hawkins and H. Sommers. 25 YEARS AGO From the March 16, 1961 News Castlegar Kinnaird Council beat Castlegar Council 9-8 Sunday in a friendly curling game at the local rink. The game was the first game for the West Kootenay Municipal Council Curling Challenge trophy put up by Castlegar to stim- ulate a friendly rivalry in the sport of curling between the municipal councils of the West Kootenay district. . 2° « The City Centre Motel, located near Castlegar’s overhead bridge in the heart of town, is now open for business. Owner of the motel is F.C. Gorse. * 28 « The world champion Trail Smoke Eaters will receive a royal welcome when they arrive back in the area Sunday by plane. Castlegar municipal clerk Joe Loge- lin said Tuesday that the village's fire truck will meet the Smokies at the From the March 18, 1971 Castlegar News After a contest held recently among ‘Selkirk College students, three stu- ‘ dents were awarded prizes in a French essay contest. The contest was spon sored by the department of modern languages and the winners were: Larry Sandrin, Tim Moxam and Kathy Var. ney. . 28 8 The SHSS Rockers conquered the Trail Hawks last Saturday in the season's most spectacular game. The Rockers were victorious by only a margin equivalent to one field shot in their 46-44 win. Special mention goes to Bob Rush and Brian Polovnickoff who led the team in scoring. . 28 8 Castlegar Guide Company and Brownie Packs held their annual mother-daughter banquet last Thurs- day evening in the SHSS cafeteria with some 125 girls, mothers and leaders No approval given Editor, Castlegar News: Your March 2 editorial condemning Castlegar council's quick decision to support Westar Timber’s application for a pollution control variance is quite accurate. While there may be no need to hinder Westar’s attempt to upgrade Celgar Pulp Operations, there is also no need to give instant approval when more input is on the way from the Ministry of Environment. On March 9, the front page of the Castlegar News carried an article stating that the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada Local 1 has already supported the variance orders, which would allow the mill to continue to exceed pollution control standards. This statement is not true at all. Westar requested us to inform the Minister of Environment that Celgar Pulp had discussed the proposed vari- ance with us so that the ministry could begin their variance procedures. At this time it was not necessary to give our approval to start the ball rolling. We have some questions for the ministry before we make such a decision. Council's show of support may bene- fit Westar, but it may leave council in a weaker position should Westar’s prop- osal be plagued with problems, as the proposal states are possible. One exam ple is in a quote from the Sandwell review of mill optimization (the paper outlining the proposed program): “A program involving prerequisite im- provements to the recovery boiler en- tails an element of uncertainty in that some frontier knowledge would be ap- plied.” We wish Westar success but at the same time we would like whatever assurances we can get that the plan will proceed as quickly as possible and preserve as many jobs as possible. Mistress of ceremonies, Miss Pat- ricia McKay, extended a sincere wel- come to all and introduced the head table guests: Mrs. H. Johnson, Twin Rivers, division commissioner; Mrs. D. Hill, Castlegar-Robson district commis- sioner; Mrs. W.E. Wright, district badge secretary; Mrs. J. Blydo, Parent Group president; Mrs. J. McKay, mother of MC; Mrs. A. Calderbank and daughter Carol. * 28 «@ Lt.Gov. Nicolson was greeted at Castlegar airport Saturday by the aide de camp for the Kootenays, Major R.T. Fraser. Mr. Nicolson was in the area to attend the annual mess dinner of the 44th Field Squadron Royal Canadian Engineers in Trail. 5 YEARS AGO From the March 15, 1981 News Eating facilities will be available at the Castlegar airport in the near future with the arrival Thursday of a pre- fabricated building which will be used for this purpose. * 28 « For the past three months the Stanley Humphries Secondary School Jr. Rockettes have worked toward getting into the finals of the West Kootenay Jr. Girls’ basketball cham- pionships. Last Saturday the girls achieved that goal but a second consecutive championship eluded them as they lost out to a fine Salmo team in an exciting final game. * 28 « Six community water systems in the area have been warned again that the quality of their water supplies violates Canadian health standards. MORE LETTERS Bees not ‘kamikaze’ aT Sa ee to ek chair iaadia Ge a article entitled “Council says hives must go” in your March 6 issue. I have kept bees at this location on 4th Avenue for 14 years and have done so in a responsible manner. I have had no complaints from neighbors except for one harping individual who ig plagued by illusions of hoards of African kamikaze bees out to kill her (mine are diligent Italian bees). Thave been told by people in the area that their gardens and fruit trees benefit from the presence of my bees. People say that the honey is good as well and I have no doubt that they would disagree with the council's decision to remove the hives. I hope that they phone city hall about the matter. In your article you refer to a person with the evocative title “chairman of the Protective Services Committee” explaining various things about bees. I don't believe it is “common sense” that if one is stung by an insect one must The chairman also translates the 's report in the article. I agree that being stung by a bee too often can be “serious.” I agree totally because to unlucky. It is indeed “serious” for the Meetings waste of taxpayers: money have been stung by the insect from next door. Of all the insects that “sting”, probably the last to do so would be a honey bee — that race is too busy making a living by agriculture. Hornets and wasps around a sloppy barbecue pet Di for Canada's International Relations” — whatever that may mean. Meetings are scheduled for March 17 and 18 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver and at Whitehorse on March 19 and 20. Crucial questions am very much aware that March is education month in B.C. and concerned that perhaps many parents and citizens are unaware of important decisions being made that will have a profound effect on the quality of our children’s education. It is my fear that all this “B.C. Spirit” we hear about is not It is important to understand and question what is happening in our schools, and certainly to make your elected representatives aware of your concerns. March is also the month in which school districts prepare and submit their budgets. As in other school districts, your elected trustees had to submit, by law, a preliminary budget by March 15 for the school year 1986-87. The bottom line for the budget to be submitted has already been written by the minister of education. On the basis of this bottom line your trustees, including myself, have to decide crucial questions such as the following: How many employees are going to be out of a job? How much less money is going to be available to purchase school sup- plies? How many fewer hours are some employees going to work? Which school may be closed? How many children can take advantage of the busing system? How many split classes Words of wisdom Editor, Castlegar News: Regarding your March 9 editorial concerning a retired teacher saving for nearly half a century: At age 63 she surely did not start saving at age 14 or 15. There are credit unions, banks, Canada Savings Bonds and RRSP to save for are there going to be in our district? What other school programs have to be cancelled? In short, some or all of the above may have to happen because of the as I know it will affect the quality of education your children and mine will receive. This is not a time for us to be ignorant of the facts. I make a distinc- tion between “simple ignorance” — that is, the ignorance we are all born with (ie. as a newborn child not knowing a second language or the his- torical reasons for our free society and about the effort needed to keep our freedom) and another kind of ignorance which I call the “ignorance of ignor- ance,” or choosing not to know. We know that “simple ignorance” can be overcome with good schooling as we grow and hopefully become more wise. But not knowing the effect that budget limitations will have on our children's education is not “simple ignorance” but “chosen ignorance.” Having examined the facts myself in my role as a trustee, I am very con- cerned about what I have learned. I do not think that the minister of education has adequately funded our schools for the 1986-87 school year. I am anxious to know what you as parents and citizens think. I question where that portion of our tax dollar collected for education has actually been spent and where it will in fact be allocated. Because March is education month, it is an appropriate time for us all to dispel our ignorance regarding these matters. Antonio Gugtielmi Castlegar Please address all Letters to the Editor to: e News, P.O. Bok 3007, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4, or deliver them to our office at: 197 Columbia Avenue, Cc , B.C. “Do not put all your eggs in one bas- ket” — surely teachers should know that folk wisdom. If they did not, they certainly are aware of it now. On their blackboards, teachers should print these words of wisdom from kindergarten to Grade 12. It makes a person wonder how bright some teachers are in this day and age of affluence, food banks, soup kitchens, layoffs and Expo 86. Fern Schwartzenhauer Castlegar Your service centre for major $ OFF 1-2: ON THE Ist HR. of SERVICE bay 17" ta Letters must be signed and in- clude the writer's ful address. Only in very ex cases will letters be without the writer's name. Never- theless, the name and address of the writer must be disclosed to the editor. The Castlegar News reserves the right to edit letters for brevity, clarity, legality and grammar. Castlegar Plumbing & Heating Ltd. F COUPON: COUPON-COUPON: Present this coupon to our service bay coer Nodnod-NOdnod, individual who happens to be i ether returns by April 30. Bob These bus! il fi i i i if fr tit peared weapon yy Fo-bany ete Selkirk College! 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