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PUBLISHER — Burt Compbell
EDITOR — Ron Normon
FOREMAN — Peter Horvey
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15, 1973

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A good proposal

The proposal to introduce
athletic scholarships ot Selkirk
College is a good idea if implemen-
ted properly. In-a nutshell, the
proposal calls for the college to
pay the tuition fees of some
athletes. The scholarships would
range from $750 to $900 per year
per athlete.

Selkirk College has a history of
producing strong athletic teams,
whether it was the top-notch
hockey teams of yesteryear oF
today’s volleyball squad, which is
ranked eighth in the haticn.

But the athletic program has
taken a beating over the last few
years as the college has struggled
with reduced provincial funding.
The new scholarships would go
long way to getting the program
back on its feet.

In addition, there are a number
of academic bursaries and scholar-
ships available at the college.
There's no reason why athletic
ability shouldn't be given the same
recognition as academic ability.

But there are a couple of things

the college board should weigh
before making any decision. For
one thing, the college has been
woetully short of funds. Can it
really afford to take money from
its operating budget to pay for
athletic scholarships?

Instead, the board should, try
finding sponsors within the college
region for the scholarships, the
same way it has with many of its
academic awards.

The board might also consider
giving local athletes first crack at
the scholarships. There is
something troublesome about
giving money to players from out-
side the region — let alone from
outside the province or outside the
country — to attend Selkirk
College when our children have to
pay their own way.

Finally, the purpose of the
scholarships appears to be to
make college teams more com-
petitive. But perhaps the primary
focus should be on providing an
educational opportunity — for
students who have athletic talents.

Missing the mark

Attorney-General Brian Smith's
comments this week about capital
punishment miss the mark. In reac-
tion to the shooting death of a
Vancouver policeman, Mr. Smith
said he believes in the death
penalty for the killers of policemen
and he called on the federal
government to permit a House of
Commons debate and free vote on
the subject.

Mr. Smith added that while
capital punishment will not bring
back the dead policeman or his
killer, who was also shot dead, it
could prevent similar tragedies

There's two things wrong with
Mr. Smith's remarks. Firstly, his
timing is way off. He raises the
issue of capital punishment in the
wake of an emotionally-charged
police killing. The pros and cons of
the death penalty should be
discussed by cooler heads in less
heated circumstances

It is intriguing to note the way
Mr. Smith dealt with the capital

punishment issue and the way it
was handled by Vancouver Police
Chief Bob Stewart. Mr. Stewart
told a Vancouver news conference
he felt it inappropriate to use the
shooting to air his views on the
topic.

The second point is that the
death penalty would not prevent
similar tragedies because it
wouldn't have prevented this
week's killing. The man who shot
Sgt. Larry Young was a suspected
drug dealer. It is clear that he had
no intention of surrendering to
police. The fact is it the death
penalty had been in force, in all
probability the man would have
put up the same stiff resistance.
The proof is in the fact he was shot
and killed by police. It is obvious
he was willing to go to any lengths
to resist arrest.

If Mr. Smith plans to push for the

death penalty, he shouldn't do it on
the basis of this one instance.

Letters to the Editor

Stay awake,

My criticisms are aimed at sports
columnist Surj Rattan. I have read the
first three installments of Mr. Rattan's
column and am disgusted with his un-
sportsmanlike comments.

It took the NHL -brass until last
weekend to come to a decision on the
Pat Quinn matter, but Mr. Rattan
supposedly had it all figured out three
weeks ago. Maybe Mr. Ziegler should
ask Mr. Rattan what to do the next
time he has a problem. I doubt very
much that the chairman of the Canucks
or his son will be “looking for work.”

I'm sure many fans are disgusted
when they hear of the brutality and
weird actions of some apparently crazy
people who allow themselves to get
worked into a frenzy while watching
sports. But Mr. Rattan wrongfully
blames American football, namely the
Super Bowl, for the unacceptable be
havior of a few “fans” who were
probably “off the beam” long before
they began to watch sports or the
Super Bowl.

Mr. Rattan fills his columns with his
own personal likes and dislikes of
ssports — who cares? Certainly not the

Campaign
raised
$4,290

On behalf of the British Columbia
Lung Association, I would like to
extend my sincerest thanks to your
newspaper, your readers, and regional
Christmas Seal Chairperson Grace
Ackney of Castlegar for the tremen.
dous support given to the 1986 Christ
mas Seal Campaign.

Ron
Norman

The only consistent thing about
downtown revitalization programs
is their inconsistency. Every com
munity seems to tackle downtown
revitalization differently. Trail,
Grand Forks, and Nelson have all
brightened up their downtowns, but
none has done it in exactly the same
way.

Trail is wrapping up a $550,000
program that includes decorative
streetlighting, upgraded under.
ground wiring, landscaping and four
“amenity areas.”

Unlike Castlegar, Trail's utility
wires were already underground —
a major saving. The program didn't
include any new sidewalks or park
ing lots. The cost was split 50-50
between the city and property own
ers, with the owners paying their
share on a frontage basis.

Nelson property owners also pay
half the cost of their plan and on a
frontage basis. Nelson's program
had two phases: a $480,000 first
phase and a $440,000 second phase.
The property owners included in the
first phase pay $13.78 per foot and
those in the second phase pay $9.77
per foot.

The cost ranges from as little as
$200 a year for a small property to
as much as $1,400 for a larger
property,

It, too, included extensive under
ground wiring, decorative street
lights, amenity areas, benches and
landscaping. However, Nelson was
also fortunate to be classified as
a heritage community. It received

another $275,000 in outright grants,
primarily because of its heritage
status.

Grand Forks is a little different. It
spent a total of $1.2 million on
downtown revitalization — about
twice the amount proposed for
Castlegar. The city picked up two-
thirds of the cost and the property
owners the other one-third.

However, the city's $900,000
share included $615,000 in public
works projects like upgrading storm
sewers and water mains. As well, all
electrical wiring was placed under-
ground and was paid completely by
the city.

But there's a catch. The city owns
the utility which supplies Grand
Forks with electricity, so a major
portion of the cost of placing utility
wires underground was absorbed.

The downtown property owners
paid the complete cost of beauti-
fication — about $281,000. For that,
they got landscaping, benches, a
fountain and improved parking (the
city also helped pay some of the
parking costs).

The property owners paid $14.27
per $1,000 of the assessed value of
their land. The land value was used
instead of the total assessed value
(building and land) because it was
felt that those who had made
improvements to their buildings
shouldn't have to pay more than
someone who hadn't.

Next week's column: Our down
town plan and why we need it.

The officially ended Jan.
uary 31 with the goal of $1 million
being realized. Contributors from the
Castlegar and Nakusp area were di
rectly responsible for $4,290 of that —
an increase of just over two per cent
from last year.

Money raised through the Christmas

millions of fans (Canadian and Amer-
ican) who happen to enjoy watching the
Super Bowl. I, for one, would much
rather read a sports column that
contains some intelligent and inter-
esting remarks about all sports and
their participants rather than one
man’s preferehce.

Mr. Rattan’s suggestion that every-
one entering a stadium be frisked by
authorities is absolutely ridiculous.
This is still a free country and what Mr.
Rattan suggests is a gross invasion of

Rattan! |

privacy, no matter how good his in-
tentions are to save a life.

Mr, Rattan bases his support of a
team on whether the cheerleaders are
cute or not, then continues on to say,
“when it comes to football I'm no fool”
— 1 wonder! Perhaps instead of
sleeping through John McKeachie's
sports report, Mr. Rattan should stay
awake and pick up some pointers; at
least that’s my opinion.

R. Mason
Robson

Setting it straight
on water rights

My ministry has received numerous
inquiries from the public regarding
how the possible purchase of West
Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd.
would affect the water rights situation
on Kootenay Lake. The following
information will provide a better

levels and associated flooding arounds
the lake. The lake operation is Also tied
into B.C. Hydro's system with the
Kootenay Canal Plant, and this has a
number of operating constraints which
include maintaining head on the plant
to optimize power production. To this

understanding for all parties conperned * end, "releases from™Duneat Dam, and

about this situation.

First, in excerpting from a letter
sent to my ministry by legal counsel for
the B.C. Utilities Commission the
following questions were raised:

1, What water rights does WKPL
currently possess and for what pur-
poses is it permitted to employ those
rights?

2, What impact, if any, would a
change in ownership of the shares of
WKPL have on the rights described in
response to question number 1?

3. What steps would WKPL be
required to take if it wished to amend
or expand its rights under its water
licences? For instance, to the extent it
does not currently have the right to
directly export water, what steps
would WKPL have to take to obtain
that right?

4. Is there any historical precedent
to which your office can point which
would shed light on how the kind of

Seal Campaign helps fund lung disease
research, public and pr ional edu:
cation programs, school programs to
inform children about the danger of
cigarette smoking, and awareness
campaigns emphasizing the harmful
effects of air pollution, tobacco smoke
and occupational respiratory hazards.
Again, thank you all very much.

Isobel Austin
President

Hospitality
appreciated

We take this opportunity to thank all

of those readers involved in the
successful exchange of our daughter,
Louise Devin, who was hosted by the
Castlegar Rotary Club as an exchange
student. While her letters to us during
the year-long exchange informed us of
the tremendous support of the citizens
of Castlegar and surrounding areas,
Louise on her return to Australia Jan.
17 revealed the full extent of the kind
nesses, generosity and the hospitality
extended to her. It is obvious that she
had a very happy and memorable year,
which will be an asset to her and to
international relationships over her life
span. -
Louise really enjoyed your beautiful
country and tells us she feels homesick
for the winter landscape with its low
temperatures, compared with our
present temperature 38°C with high
humidity.

Thank you again for treating Louise
as one of your own.

Thyriene and Arthur Devin,
Bonnah,
Queensland, Australia

pp lated in question 3
would be dealt with?

P. Brady, comptroller of Water
Rights, province of British Columbia
responded as follows:

1. “West Kootenay Power and Light
Co. Ltd. owns seven water licences for
power purposes at four sites on the
Kootenay River near Nelson, together
with two water licences for storage
purposes on Kootenay Lake. The

Libby Dam {in Montana) are: increased’
by agreement under the Columbia
River Treaty in periods of low natural
stream flows and these augment Koot-
enay River levels and lake inflows.
These flows are released from water
stored during higher than average
stream flows, thereby gaining the flood
control benefit. Kootenay Lake levels
are raised substantially by these
higher inflows during low natural
stream flow periods.

b. Notwithstanding the above, the
total watershed draining into Kootenay
Lake is around 18,000 square miles,
whereas the watersheds controlled by
Duncan and Libby Dams amounts to
only about 10,000 square miles. Ac-
cordingly, nearly half of the lake's
watershed is unregulated, and there-
fore, unaffected by treaty storage
operation.

c. The minimum levels of Kootenay
Lake are constrained by river channel
restrictions which occur at a relatively
shallow level at Grohman Narrows just
upstream from Corra Linn Dam. Re-
gardless of inflows, this level becomes
the minimum on the lake below which
Kootenay Lake becomes @ “plugged
bath tub.”

“For these reasons, minimum levels
have never been regarded as a serious
concern to the Kootenay Lake Board of
Control, whose membership includes

storage licences are d with the
power licences and do not permit any
other useage of the water resource.

2. A change in ownership of the
company would have no impact what-
soever on the rights discussed in
question No. 1. As you may know, all
water licences issued by the comp
troller are appurtenant to the control
works and specify the use made of the
water; they do not change with change
of ownership. .

3, West Kootenay Power and Light
Co. Ltd. would have to apply for
entirely new water licences since, by
precedent, the power of the comp
troller of water rights to amend
existing licences is limited to changes
that would not affect the rights of other
licensees. Additionally, I would advise
that the province is adamantly opposed
to the commercial bulk export of water
from interior streams.

p ion from my office. Oper-
ation of the lake conforms to a carefully
conceived rule curve evolved from
many years of observation and use, and
which balances, quite successfully I
believe, a number of disparate de-
mands from lake users as well as those
upstream and downstream therefrom.

“In conclusion, I would advise that
the comptroller’s function is to ensure
beneficial use of the provincial water
resource, and to ensure that the rights
of all licensees are safeguarded.”

I trust this information will assist
those citizens who have expressed a
concern about this matter.

Dennis McDonald
Regional Director

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Remember
“When?

35 YEARS AGO
From the Feb, 7, 1952
Castlegar Ne

we

A Social Credit meeting was held on
Thursday in the Twin Rivers hall with
about 60 in attendance. S.C. Watson
spoke briefly on the Social Credit
‘Association and then introduced Peer
V. Paynter, first vice-president of the
Social Credit party of Canada.

“Social Credit,” said Mr. Paynter,
“has become a by-word in the province
of British Columbia in the last few
months. It is becoming well organized
in all parts of the province.”

. * *

It is interesting to note that the
Castlegar Post Office staff now consists
solely of male clerks. A short while ago
Mr. Deans added Paul Gregely to his
crew and now.Reno Manarin of
Kinnaird has become the third mem-

Tr.

“The mails,” Mr. Deans said, “we are
getting heavier all the time; and the
next year will no doubt show an even
greater increase.”

. *

The downtown car usually driven by
W.W. Thorp was stolen from Trail Fri-
day. Mr. Thorp went to pick up the car
from after work and found it locked and
no keys in evidence.

He hitch-hiked to get another set of
keys and when the men went in to pick
up the car it was missing.

. * 6

Playing at the Castle Theatre is Cry
Danger starring Dick Powell and
Rhonda Fleming.

. * @
25 YEARS AGO
From the Feb. 8, 1962
Castlegar News

There is no bylaw prohibiting the
use of steel septic tanks in the village of
Castlegar.

However, before allowing the in-
stallation of such tanks, permission
must first be obtained from, the wK
Health Department. Steel septic tanks
came up for discussion at council's
meeting Tuesday night when a letter
was read to council from Commissioner
V.R. Cook.

*_ 28 *

A delegation of four ladies from
Sherbiko subdivision met with Castle-
gar council Tuesday night to discuss
widening of the Sherbiko Hill and
laying sidewalks through the sub-
division.

ue

Castlegar residents used 115 million
gallons of water last year at a cost of
approximately $30,000.

The village's 1961 population of
about 2,200 persons saw each person
use an average of 52,000 gallons in the
year. The daily average was 143
gallons per person and the daily
maximum was 455 gallons per persons.

* * *

oe cr

At the Shop Easy store chicken was
selling for $1.00 for a 52 ounce one, ice
cream sold for 59 cents for a half a
gallon and a carton of cigarettes sold
for $3.15 for a carton.

. 8

15 YEARS AGO
From the Feb. 10, 1972
Castlegar News

For the past two weeks the John
Koznuik family of Kinnaird have been
living a life of absolute horror. And
there seems to be no end to the
problem.

A family of skunks has taken up
residence under their home at 800
Seventh Avenue and although three
have been trapped and disposed of,
there seems to be little anybody can do
to relieve the situation except offer
sympathy.

But sympathy won't get rid of the
skunks and nobody knows for sure how
many there are. On several occasions
during the past fortnight they have “let
go” and Monday night there was “an
unholy row” going on below the floor-
boards.

* 6 6

The Celgar Pulp operations will shut
down for a two-week period over
Easter. Company officials in Castlegar
said the exact date for the closure has
not yet been decided upon.

. * *

5 YEARS AGO
From the Feb. 7, 1982

Castlegar News
Selkirk College is considering using a
hanger at the Castlegar Airport to
maintain its own aircraft for its
aviation program, the Castlegar News

learned this week.

Ministry of
Nelson

More letters page A6é

» 4. There is no historical preced
for amending or expanding rights of
the magnitude which you have con
templated.”

In further commenting upon the
public’s concern that new owners could
create artificially lower water levels on
Kootenay Lake, Mr. Brady stated: “.

I would advise that this is not a real
concern for the following reasons:

a. Kootenay Lake is controlled by
agreement with the International Joint
Commission which, as noted, mainly
concerned with reducing higher lake

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P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar, B.C. VIN
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Letters must be signed and include the
writer's full name and address. Only in very
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The Castlegar News reserves the right to
edit letters for brevity. clarity. legality ond
grammar

, it's still not clear whether
the college will lease the hanger of
purchase it outright.

* 8 *

Expected fireworks over the pro
posal to build a new $1 million regional
library never materialized Thursday as
only a handful of Castlegar residents —
most of them city staff, politicians and
library board members — bothered to
turn out for a meeting on the new
library.

The media nearly outnumbered the
general public at the meeting, which
was held at Stanley Humphries secon.
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WAR AND REMEMBRANCE

Biggest in history

LOS ANGELES (AP) —
War and Remembrance, with
a budget of $100 million US
and set to run 30 hours on
ABC, may well be the most
monumental project ever
undertaken by one man in
the history of motion pictures
or television.

The one man is director
Dan Curtis.

In addition to directing,
Curtis is the executive pro-
ducer. He also co-wrote the
2,119-page script with Earl
Wallace and author Herman
Wouk. War and Remem-
brance is the sequel to
Wouk's The Winds of War,
which Curtis also directed.

Curtis has been filming
War and Remembrance since
January 1986 and will not
complete principal shooting
until September. He spent
most of last year in Europe
and this year will film in
California, Hawaii, Florida,
Washington and Philadel-
phia. The sea battles will be

filmed in minature in the
Bahamas in 1988. Then he
faces a year of editing.

The miniseries continues
the story of Pug Henry
(Robert Mitchum), Rhoda
(Polly Bergen) and their
family. It tells the story of
the Second World War — on
the battlefields, at home and
in the Nazi death camps.

“This is my third year on
War and Remembrance.
counting the pre-production
work,” Curtis said from his
motor home during a half-
hour break from shooting for
lunch. He spent four years on
The Winds of War and
expects the current assign-
ment will take five years.

“I couldn't do it if I didn’t
enjoy it,” he said. “I've been
shooting a year and I'm not
even tired. Compared to
working in Europe, this is a
vacation.”

After the 18hour The
Winds of War, which ABC

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Night Court who is a fan of

‘orme.

“I didn’t know about thig
until six weeks into the
show,” Torme said: “Then
people started coming to me
and saying, ‘Did you see this
show, Night Court? My God,
they do a plug about you
every week.’

“Needless to say, I tuned it
in, and I was bowled over. So
I called them, and they said,
"Do you think we could get
you to do even a gag thing, on
tape?’ ”

His response led to oc-
casional cameo appearances
on the NBC show.

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MON. THRU SAT .
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televised in February 1983,
Curtis swore he would not do
the sequel. Why did he
change his mind?

TIME OFF HELPED

“I guess it helped to have a
year off,” he said. “I couldn't
find anything I wanted to do.
Nothing seemed to be a
challenge. It was all pale by
comparision to what I had
done.”

In the meantime, ABC
moved ahead with its plans
for War and Remembrance
and negotiated with Curtis.

Curtis at first felt the
sequel wasn't feasible. Not
only were there the big naval
battles and submarine war-
fare in the Pacific, but there
was the Holocaust.

“How could I do the Holo-
caust without it being a pale
imitation?” he asked. “The
thing that bothered me the
most was dealing with the
Holocaust material.

“J didn't know how to
begin. Where do you go to

recreate it? How do you do
it? If you do it, it has to be
done in suich a way that it
won't be an insult to 11
million people who died. I felt
it had to be told right because
so many people don't believe
it ever happened.”

Curtis said it was his wife,
Norma, who su; ited that
he do it. eee

“| said ‘yes’ and I forgot all
the problems,” he said.

As it ‘turned out, Curtis
was able to film the death
camp scenes at Auschwitz
and Birkenau in Poland. He
got permission after some
very delicate negotiations.

Curtis felt the scenes had
to be filmed there.

“Words can't describe how
frightening it-still looks,” he
said. “It just goes on forever.
There's no way you could
duplicate the scope of it.
They killed millions of people
there. It is the most fright-
ening place imaginable.”

By CasNews Staff

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which will focus on Trail's
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The one-hour program
will also have highlights of
last month's Team Pac-
ifie and Soviet under-17

ional team game played
in the Cominco Arena.

The program can be seen

TSN to
feature Trail

in Castlegar on Monday
from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. on
channel 5.

The Community Econ-
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raised $25,000 in sponsor-
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cluding a $8,500 injection
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