<4 Castlégar News orwary 18, 1909

MAKE 1989 YOUR Y MAKE US YOUR CHO

YOU DON’T NEED TO WAIT TIL SPRING, DO IT NOW. WE'LL MAKE

IT WORTH YOUR WHILE WITH OUR

CE

’89 PONTIAC FIREFLY - $798

i Le ee ee ea

89 PONTIAC SUNBIRD $10

From

'89 PONTIAC TEMPEST $4 9

Stk. No, 2-7266-0 2.0... secre esecesccces 9

‘SOGRAND AM, *14, '89 BUICK CENTURY $19

Stk. NO: 6-0235-0 6... cece cece w cece

’

’

REMEMBER . . . WE SPECIALIZE IN 100% FINANCING ¢ PERSONALIZED LEASING FOR BUSINESS OR PLEASURE © TRADE DOWNS TO REDUCE MONTHLY PAYMENTS © WE WILL TAKE ANYTHING IN TRADE © AND OF COURSE WE ALWAYS ACCEPT CASH

"89 GMC S-15 PICKUPS -$QQQ

PHN oinieins ocindeisie oie e eine anes we wee wiisecn,

‘S9.GMC PICKUPS $] 1, "89 GMC 4x4 $15, eee i

89.1 TON 4x4 $23,

9 9 ) 9 9

We hada record year in 1988 and we aim to out-do that record in 1989. Try our deal, you'll soon find out why more

people choose Maloney Pontiac Buick

GMC Ltd. when buying a car or truck.

Call Now — Call Collec

365-2155

MALONEY PONTIAC BUICK GMC

1700 Columbia Ave,, Castlegar D.t. 5058 PHONE NOW 365-2155 PHONE COLLECT

Steering You Straight.

Ri Reagan steps down

after eight years

Editor's note: After eight years as president of the United States, Ronald Reagan steps down on Jan. 20. He has made strides in domestic and foreign affair: including a free-trade deal with Canada, but there have also been notable problems.

By NORMA GREENAWAY

WASHINGTON. (CP) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan could never be accused of letting the facts get if the way of a good story;

So it is with some embarfassment that veteran journalist Charles McDowell tells the story of how he “pulled a Reagan” one night when the president was his only_a)

He told Reagan about his vivid memories of the foremer actor's visit to Lexington, Va. McDowell's home town — inthe, late 1930s to film Brother Rat

But the president had to correct him.Reagan had never gone to Lexington to work on the movie.

“Don't feel too bad,” Reagan said, gently patting McDowell's arm. “I do those things all the time.”

Indeed, the retiring 77-year-old president is notorious for mixing fact and fiction, often spouting the lines of Hollywood creations like Rambo and “make-my day” Dirty Harry to make his points.

The trait has turned assessing the Reagan years into a cottage industry as hé prepares to relinquish the

Gotlieb, Canadi: ambassador to Washington since 1981, said in an interview.

“We always think of America as the world's strongest power, How can they not be confident when they are so dominant in the world?”

But Gotlieb argued that the turmoil of the 1960s and "70s led to so much self-criticism, guilt and doubt, the country risked losing its essential vigor

“Reagan came in as a ray Of Sunshine and did what we forget presidents are supposed to do: use the bully pulpit to full advantage and rally folks, inspire them,”

Lansing Lamont of the Americas Society, a New York-based business group.

BILLS UNPAID

There is less agreement on Reagan's economic, social and foreign policy scorecard. This is the man who could declare war on terrorism and then secretly sell weapons to Iran, a leading terrorist country

The most worrisome legacy is the mountain. of unpaid bills left behind, largely the result of a record spending-spree on nuclear weaponry and his refusal to raise taxes.

The national debt, which tripled to $2.8 trillion under—his. mandate, and a huge budget deficit will hobble future efforts to deal with such aching problems

presidency on Jan. 20 to George Bush, his loyal

vice-president and first heir of the Reagan legacy. The media took pains to document the gaffes. But

most Americans shrugged them off as, well, kind of

endearing.

as s, drug abuse and a deteriorating environment

If Reagan ever grew weary of playing head of state, he didn’t let on.

Adversity, including a failed assassination attempt and a brush with cancer, was shrugged off with a

Still, probably no other president was | as-mercilessly-as-Reagan- COMIC RAMBO Democrats posed gleefully at their national convention in Atlanta last summer beside a three. metre-tall cardboard cut-out of a muscular,. bare-chest ed, machine-gun-toting Rambo Ron.

RONALD REAGAN eight-year reign

Cartoon-style books, such as Ronald Reagan's Reign of Error, reminded readers that Reagan once claimed trees were the major cause of acid rain and German SS officers were “victims” of the Second World War “as surely as the victims in the concentration camps.” >

His personal memories of the Second World War are definitely confused. He told Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and American Jewish leaders in 1983 that he had filmed Nazi death camps as part of his military service. In fact, his army duties involved making Hollywood propaganda films and he never left the United States.

There are dozens of other examples, leading some critics to suggest consumer advocate Ralph Nader wasn't overly harsh when he mused that Reagan probably owns “more horses than books.”

Nevertheless, Reagan is credited with inspiring new faith in the presidency, government institutions, traditional family values and the country

. TOO LOYAL

It seems a surprising legacy for a man swept to power on an anti-government platform, known to nod off at cabinet meetings, and faulted for remaining loyal too long to scandal-tainted members of his government.

More than 100 officials left during his tenure, either convicted of ethics violations or under a cloud of impropriety

Michael Deaver, the former White’ House aide whom the Reagans likened to a son, was convicted of lying to Congress and a grand jury about his lobbying activities after he left the administration and went to

gly bottomless well of optimism:

Reagan could console a grieving nation after the space shuttle Challenger blew up and leave his teary television audience bursting with hope in the future.

WAS INSENSITIVE

While Reagan radiated. compassion on some occasions, he could be shockingly insensitive on others. An example was his treatment of Jim Brady, the press secretary crippled by the assassin’s bullet meant for Reagan in 1981

Reagan entered a White House ceremony honoring people injured in the line of duty, said “Hi Jim,” pulled out his famous cue cards, read them into a microphone and walked out without another word

This bundle of contradictions has produced what analysts dub as everything from the Reagan Revolution to the Teflon presidency

He and Nancy, his much-maligned Joyal sidekick, brought an aura of glamor to the pregidential circle absent since the Camelot days of John and Jackie Kennedy

It was Hollywood on the Potomac. White House galas were a showcase for the world's rich and powerful Old Hollywood cronies like Frank Sinatra-and Bob Hope were regulars.

Pierre Trudeau and his former wife, Margaret, and Brian Mulroney and his wife, Mila, revelled in the showboat Reagan presidency on visits to Washington.

Never mind that the tiny figure of Nancy was frequently and secretly wrapped in “borrowed” haute-couture gowns, violating her promise to report such gifts to avoid any appearance of impropriety.

White House image-makers raised media manipula tion to new heights. There was no shortage of pretty, patriotic television pictures for the nightly showing an active, engaged president

By contrast, a string of kiss-and-tell books by former aides painted Reagan as a 9-to-5 president with a short attention span for all but a few pet ideas, such as the Star Wars nuclear space-shield

He was a visionary president who left other people to fill in the detail, with some disturbing results.

news

Reagan's hand-off management style led in part to the Iran-Contra scandal, a scheme whereby profits from the secret sale of arms to Iran were diverted to the anti-government rebels in Nicaragua, apparently without his knowledge.

By some standards, Reagan has been wildly successful with his non-analytical, aw-shucks presiden tial style.

He went from behaving like a trigger-happy nuclear cowboy, whom Trudeau accused of “war mongering,” to something of a peacenik in his final four-year term.

He signed a historic treaty with the Soviet Union eliminating all medium-range nuclear weapons from the

work for several foreign -g Canada.

Reagan's glowing promotion of cherished American traditions of family, ¢hurch and community sold well but reflected little of his own life.

The son of an alcoholic, he had a Hollywood-style divorce from actress Jane Wyman. Reagan doesn't go to church, and he and second wife Nancy admit to rarely seeing their children or grandchildren.

RESTORED LUSTRE There is almost universal agreement that Reagan

restored to the presidency a lustre lost in more than two ¢

decades of upheaval over the Vietnam War, social unrest, the Watergate scandal, and the humiliating Iranian hostage erisis that doomed Jimmy Carter's re-election hopes-in 1980.

“That's not easy for foreigners to relate to,” Allan

JOURNEYMAN

MILLWRIGHT & PIPEFITTER

We have an opportunity tor 0. qualified Journeyman Millwright and Journey man Pipefitter to join the regular Maintenance crew at our Castlegar mill

Pulp industry experience is preferred but not essential hove recognized T.Q. and Interprovincial Certification

Millwright applicants must be familiar with both computer and laser align

ment techniques.

Rate of pay is $20.15 per hour with an excellent employee benefits program

Please send complete resume to

Manager of industrial Relations Ceigar Pulp Company

Box 1000 CASTLEGAR, B.C.

VIN 3H9

Applicants must

two. superp. ar: .

To cap the initiative, Reagan travelled to the country he once condemned as the Evil Empire, and strolled arm-in-arm with Nancy around Red Square. Hard-line conservatives were appalled

Reagan's flexing of U.S. military might was kept mostly to threatrics, reflecting the lack of support in post-Vietnam America for fighting messy foreign wars.

NEFITS CANADA

At home, there were six consecutive years of economic growth. Canada, which ships more than 70 per cent of its exports to the hugé U.S. market, was a major beneficiary.

More Americans were working than ever before, though many, accustomed to high-paying industrial jobs, were forced to flip hamburgers and take other lower-paying service jobs.

Our Action Ad Phone Number is 365-2212

sy

Castlegar News

January 18, 1989

— may be kind to Reagan

WASHINGTON (AP) History is likely to regard Ronald Reagan as an average to good president, according to some American scholars of the presidency

Eight presid scholars, i I in history, political science and social Spayebnlogy: were interviewed by The Associated Press for this report card

Their tentative verdict: Reagan will get high marks for his use of the White House pulpit to unite the United States and will get credit for improving East-West relations even though Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev may have been more responsible for it than Reagan.

“My view is that he will be viewed by the ‘American people as an above-average president,” said Thomas Cronin, a historian of the presidency at Colorado College who calls himself a moderate Democrat.-“I-think-the-historians-and- biographers will treat him a little bit more harshly, still ranking

‘My view is that he will be viewed by the American people as an above-average president.’ — Thomas Cronin, Colorado College

him at least an average president but not as high as the American people now do or will.” LEFT PROBLEMS

‘But Daniel Franklin, a professor of pélitical science at Colgate University who is critieal of many Reagan policies, said: “I think, in the historical sens. somewhere down the road, that Reagan will be considered as a somewhat worse than average

president because of the problems that he has left us.”

If the economy turns ‘sour in the wake of his administration's record budget and trade Reagan may go down in hi like Calvin Coolidge as a president who failed eke action to: stave off coming disaster

Some scholars said Reagan's reputation will also suffer from scandals in his administration and from his failure to deal effectively with such social ills as the plight of the homeless.

“T think probably in the short range reaction in the next five or 10. years, even liberal and radical historians will find something good to say about-him and that will be that he somehow represented a kind of quality of Americanism and a sense of national unity and he projected that from the White House,” said Herman Belz, a neo-conservative historian at the University of Maryland.

SOVIET TIES

“Whether or not in the long run our relations with the Soviets will be so good that people will alWays say it started in the fall of 1988 under Ronald Reagan I don't know, but it would certainly look that way,” said Vaughn Davis Bornet, professor emeritus of history at Southern Oregon State College and a

Hf bed. i

. P .

Edward Chester, a conservative historian at the University of Texas, said it is too early to evaluate Reagan. Buf; echoing. many of his colleagues, he said; “The deficit does bother me.”

“I think we can say history will probably look most kindly upon him not necessarily for any substantive policy changes that he brought about but for the tone that he brought to the office and for a renewed sense of national pride,” said Charles

academic

Dunn, a former Republican congressisonal aide who teaches political science at: Clemson University and has written extensively on the presidency THE BIG ‘IF” Austin Ranney, chairman of the political science

‘',..in the historical sense... Reagan will be considered as a somewhat worse than average

president because of the problems that he has left us.'

— Daniel Franklin, Colgate University

department at the University -of California at Berkeley, said: “On just the externalities of it, I think Reagan's presidency, with one huge ‘if,”” will probably go down as one of the most sucessful ones certainly in this century and maybe ever.”

However, the big “if” is if the pessimists’ predictions-of-eeonomie-collapse-eome true.

“(Calvin) Coolidge is not nm now a a successful president followed by Ho er, a bum, but as a president whose do-nothing policies led to the huge crash of the early ‘30s that Hoover was the victim of,” Ranney said

Dean Keith Simonton, a professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis who has devised a formula for predicting how history will rate presidents, said: “When you put all the pros and

all the cons in the equation, Ronald Reagan comes out as a slightly above average president.”

One of the “pro” factors for Reagan, said Simonton is the improvement in U.S.-Soviet

ions that he and Gorbachev forged.

He gets nice points for that. in foreign policy when actuafly he didn’t, take the initiative for that,” Simonton said.

1 CHANCE

Clemson's Dunn argued: “A~ good Jeader also must seize the Opportunity, and Gorbachev offered an opportunity to play for high stakes in the international arena. He (Reagan) seized that; he was not frozen in place by rigid ideology, and thus I think one has to give him credit

From Berkeley, Ranney said the relaxation of East-West tensions. was the most important of Reagan's accomplishments: in foreign poli

The Iran-Contra affair and the investigations and indictments that have marked Reagan's administration will cast their shadow, the scholars said.

“The people will historians won't,” “The historians will have chapters on the sleaze stuff and they'll call it as bad or equal to the Watergate mess.”

Psychologist Simonton said one big factor working in Reagan's favor is the simple fact that he was the first ‘U.S. president since Dwight Eisenhower to serve eight years

"The longer you serve the more events happen that can be credited to you, whether or not you are responsible for them,” said Simonton. “You make a thick chapter in the history of America under your name.”

forget that quickly; the said Cronin of Colorado College.

Social programs und

TORONTO (CP) — Eliminating universality on some of Canada's social programs may be the only ‘way of cutting the country’s swollen gov ernment deficit, and business groups say

“Universality is the first thing we can realistically look at,’’ Yves Guer. ard, chairman of the Canadian Cham ber of Commerce, said in a

some economists

n inter. view

Economists say Canada’s system of distributing benefits to all Cana.

dians, no matter how much money they earn, may not make sense That's because Ottawa is forced to not only borrow money to. finance programs but also borrow money just to pay interest on existing debt “From a strict economics point of view, univetsality-doesn't” make sense for a lot of people who could buy unemployment insurance cheap: er somewhere else or could do better things with their Canada Pension Plan contributions,"* said Mike Man

NS out of

acid-ra

HALIFAX (CP) — Nova Scotia will not join Ottawa and at least two other provinces in a court. battle to force the United States to restrict acid rain-causing emissions

jo and several, New England states launched the lawsuit last fall against the U.S. Environmental Pro. tection Agency Since then, the federal government and New Brunswick have applied for friends of the court"’ status so they can present evidence to back Ontar io’s claim

in fight Environment Minister John Leefe of Nova Scotia said in a statement that an expensive court battle isn’t the answer Co-operating with New England states and providing an example by curbing acid rain emissions by Nova Scotia jindustries is a better ap- proach, said Leefe Several salmon rivers in the gran ite country of southern Nova Scotta; with no ability to buffer the effects of acid, have been killed by acid rain borne on the prevailing winds from the American industrial midwest

bees dome Miles, eho:

AUTOMOTIVE DIRECTORY

lle, meptasrs bevhary din

K&A TIRES LTD.

COMPUTERIZED ALIGNMENTS pennant Siu 1507 Gacnble Ave Aw

‘STONE 365. D955

— UNIROVAL —

Notice is hereby given that a

BYLAW 516

shown below from RI

NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING

Tuesday, January 24, 1989 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C dttord all persons who believe that their interest in property is alfected by the following amendment to Zoning Bylaw T60 an opportunity to be heard—or—to—present_written. submissions. respecting matters contained in this amendment,

The intent of Bylaw 516 is to amend Schedule “A” of City of Castlegar Zoning Bylaw 160, being the Zoning Map, to change the zoning designation of Parcel B, Reference Plan 127525-I, District Lot 12362, Kootenay District, Single Family Residential to Pl Schools, Institutional-and Public

Public Hearing will be held on

, in order to

(2300-14th Avenue), as

A copy of the above bylaw is Hall during office hours, from

required BETTY PRICE

City Clerk City of Castlegar

through Friday,or you may, phorie 365-7227 for information

available for ifspection at City 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday

ford, .chief economist at ScotiaMe Leod Inc

In fiscal 1989, Ottawa is expected to pay about $10 billion in unemploy ment insurance benefits, $16 billion to pensioners and $3 billion in family allowance federal ments.

A growing chorus of big business. economists and banks are calling for cuts in Canada's deficit ISSUE WARNIN'

This week, Allan Taylor, chairman of the Royal Bank of Canada, called for tax increases and spending cuts to reduce the government deficits saying Canada is ‘‘in a danger zone of debt."”

But economists warn that raising taxes to reduce the deficit could do

according to budget —docu-

payments government

+100 Down

er fire

more harm than good.

“Tax increases are a very ineffi cient way of reducing the deficit,”’ Manford said

He estimated that every $1 in crease in sales tax, for example, would generate only about 40 cents in deficit reduction

“There is an awful lot of govern ment spendiig that hasn't been touched yet and tax increases are an said George Saba, chief economist at Montreal

undesirable- option.”’

NOTICE |

The Board of School Trustees of School District No. 9 (Castlegar) invites the General-Public to present briefs for its 1989-90 Operating Budget

MEETINGS WILL BE HELD ON:

89.02.08

Commencing at 15:00~

Appointments will be arranged for groups and individuals at 15 minute intervals School Board Office on or betore 89.02.03

Written briefs should be submitted to the

Trust To be placed on. the.Agenda, please contact the School Board

Still, some economists afgue Ot tawa's biggest problem in paring the deficit is high interest rates.

In fiscal 1988, the federal govern- ment spent about $29 billion just in interest payments. more than the entire budget deficit that year.

VIN 1H3

Office at 365-7731

Board of School Trustees

School District No. 9 (Castlegar), 865 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, B.C.

And Your Good Credit

Can Put You in a Brand New

MAZDA 323

At an Unbelievable Low

Payment of

$9 T '10”" Per Mo.

TRY nY OUR PERSONALIZED LEASE OR CREDIT PURCHASE PLAN, SIMPLY CALL 365-7241 COLLECT, ASK FOR BRIAN OR GORD AND WE'LL DO THE REST!

AS LITTLE AS $100 DEPOSIT DELIVERS 0.A.C.

And Your Good Credit

You Can Own a Brand New

MAZDA PICKUP

Unbelievably

re $ low Payment of ...

96

Per Month

CASTLEGAR

“T

Mazda Way!"

his is the

IN THE CASTLEGAR AUTO MALL PHONE 365-7241 COLLECT

DA. 7956