MA CASTLEGAR NEWS, July 31, 1983

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Music to our ears

The Summertime Concert in the Park series closed out its month- long run in Kinsmen Park this week to an appreciative crowd. We say that with a tinge of regret, because the series was on the whole highly enjoyable, providing some light noon-hour entertainment for both residents and visitors. :

cause the weather cleared up soon after everything was packed off to the Legion Hall.

Still, there can be improve- ments. Organizers should stick with musical entertainment rather than plays or children’s shows. The latter two don't really attract much of an audience from tourists, or

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The Di 's and the Castl and District Arts Council deserve kudos for bringing us the lunchtime con- certs. It is only hoped that this is the first of many summers of con- certs in the park. After all, it takes a few years to establish a tradi- tion, and we believe the concert series could be one of Castlegar’s finest traditions.

Attendance this year was ex- cellent considering the terrible weather for the whole month of July. in fact, the concert series was forced indoors only once — and that move was questionable be-

As well, it might be an idea to press Castlegar council or one of the service clubs to erect a ban- dshell for the park. The picnic ane ter seryed a limited purpose —

ee cera gone away Wit ay

“7d been wondering when we'd hear from the govemment that we

very limited. With a dshell the summer concert series da place. The b would also go a long way in estab- lishing the tradition of a July con- cert series in Castlegar. In any case, we say thanks for

this year and we look forward to -

taking our lawn chairs to the park every lunch hour on Thursday next year.

Holding the line?

B.C. Chamber of Commerce president Gerry Frederick's urging this week that local chamber exec- utives across the province “stand up and be counted” in their views on the provincial budget signals the chamber's entry into the battle over the Social Credit govern- ment's new legislation.

Frederick called the advertise- ments taken out by the B.C. Fede- ration of Labor linking the provin- cial government with that of Nazi Germany ridiculous and in poor taste. He's right. To draw a direct connection between the Nozis and the B.C. government is to trivialize the lives of more than 12 million who died at the hands of the Nazis before and during World War Two. The B.C. Fed should be urged to withdraw the ads and replace them with ones that outiins the facts and why the federation op- poses the legislation.

However, Frederick also says the chamber supports the new budget in its entirety and the intent of the new legislation. He dismiss- es the massive layoffs in the public

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Editor, Castlegar News: The claim is being made by some people that the Socred government

sector and the g 's move to strip local autonomy from hospi- tal, college and school boards only by saying that it will “adversely af- fect some people.”

He defends the moves by noting that the aim of the budget is to bring government costs in line with the ability to pay. “The alter- native is continuing deficits,” he says.

Frederick's motives are unim- peachable. The government should be encouraged to lower its costs. But are they? After laying off more than 1,000 employees and freezing hospital, schoo! and college budgets, is the government really holding the line?

It isn't. In fact, its budget this,

year is 12 per cent higher than, last year — about double what the cost of living is expected to be. If that's bringing the cost of government in- to line, we'd hate to see what in- flationary spending Is.

Just where is the 12 per cent in- crease coming from? That's a ques- tion the government should make clear — and quickly.

FRED

MERRIMAN

Again, the dictionary came into use. “Fired” means to dismiss from a job or position. “Dismiss” means to remove from a job or position. “Remove” means move from a postion of place, or to complete the circle it also means to dismiss from an office or position.

Like somebody once said, “Perhaps it is better we do not know.”

Now let's talk about honesty: we are now hearing much publicity about “firing” without cause or reason. The very word has a touch of permanence about it akin to accepting the results of a firing squad. If the act were indeed that serious, then it would be quite fair for a person to ask, “Why the execution?” Now, we get back to honesty. Does anyone — including business, government or even indi- viduals — really give the blunt honest reason why the do damage to the victim of the action?

There were two examples by way of clarification which gave reasons why any of these actions were required.

I was fired by the gentle wife of a grocer with the words, “We won't be needing you anymore.” It took me two weeks to get over the experience. I didn't believe or accept the reason. Perhaps they remembered the time I dropped a bottle of Javex on the floor.

Maybe some ration coupons had gone astray. It could be the incident involving the portly grocer husband was my downfall, after all, I had deliberately arranged that empty canned milk carton with the incoming shipments. The sight of my normally good natured employer laying asprawl as a result of lifting a box of air did bring a smile to my face. Perhaps any of these were the real reason I lost my 60-cerfs-an-hour delivery boy and

a d in the. May 6 election to carry through the measures it has now ‘introduced in the - legi- slature. It certatwty did: not. 2

To begin with, the Socred popular, vote increased by only 11 per cent.: The final figures will not be available until September, but preliminary fig- ures show the Sbcreds received Ble ly less than a majority of those who voted. However, that is not the main point.

The main point is that the far- reaching undemocratic anti-people's and anti-labor program it has now put before the legislature was kept from the public during the election cam-

2 palgn. Not only did the Socreds hide

heir real intentions, they also mis- pandas, where o they stood on many

Premier Bil Bennétt said his party if returned would not tamper with the health care program. Now we know that was not the truth. He did not tell

_ the ‘public he intended to abolish the:

human rights commission and other important public bodies. He did not tell the public that he intended to immedi- ately abolish rent controls and give landlords power to evict tenants with- out cause.

Nor’ did ‘he ‘tel the public of his

intentions to'order massive firings of ‘public employees: without cause and outlaw seniority and other tenure ‘provisions to be included in any future ‘collective agreement with public em- “ployets: One “could go on at great

to. recite all the measures now.

length. ‘put fn legislation which the Socreds kept from the public.

Premier Bennett would never have won the election on the program the Socredis' have now placed before the legislature. That's why ‘it was kept from the public. The people who voted

for the government thought they were voting for the Socreds, but what he actually got was the program of the far-right Fraser Institute and its director Michael Walker.

The majority of people are outraged at the Socred government's action. People from all walks of life are protesting, and their protest can win. United public action can compel the

to either withd present ieguuee or be forced to resign. Maurice Rush, B.C. Leader Communist Party of Canada

No levy for swimming pools

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Editor, Casthégfai’ ‘Nea (170210). 7

Three cheers for the aldermen who rejected a recommendation that the $12-a-year rate fc for pool own-

‘ “‘podl'is tof emptied and refilled each

year as is a cement pool. ares my opinion, any topping of a pool ires less water than a similar area

ers be hiked.

The rate would be levied to cover the cost of water to fill the pool. If you own a vinyl-lined pool the initial fill does take a good quantity of water, and a fee is understandable. But I wonder how many people realize a vinyl-lined

INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY Common sense a key

Editor's ‘ote: Bruce Howe is pres- ident and chief executive officer of I Corp.

grocery clerk job. In time, h the truth was plain in the original words. Q

We can no longer afford to pay you. Should I also say that this grocer’s family was accommodated in one large single room behind the store?

All of us would like to know why. Question: Will it ease the pain any to know wi

A girl said “No” because I was too short. In the old days of public dancing most of us received a steady stream of “no's” and never were given a reason. The tall,.dark and

column is excerpted from a speech given at the Foreign Exchange Associ- ation of Canada’s meeting in April in Vancouver. By BRUCE HOWE

Long before the recession hit us, there were some serious problems in the Canadian economy. The recession has pushed those problems aside for a while by putting some immediate and crucial challenges right before our eyes.

In the past year or so — by dint of

lad following me down the chair-lined wall usually received pretty smiles and a warm “Yes.” I assumed it was his looks. It was outright discrimination towards short men with pimples. Those people who are making much ado about firing without cause do have a poiht. However, given the usual stock of reasons like: restraint, reorganization,

downturn in markets or requests for

services, could we ever expect or should we expect the bluntness of a civil service personnel manager who says simply, “You will not get a job in government unless you have a relative or friend in an influential position?” He also said that he had

— most Canadian corporations -have escaped the economic noose. But I want to suggest to you that that escape represents not a full pardon, but a reprieve.

We have always assumed that it is enough to have the resources, that it is only necessary to mine them or cut them or pump them out of the ground, and that the world is waiting to take them off our hands at a good price. But it just isn’t so.

The Japanese do not assume that they will always buy from us. Nor do the Americans or the Europeans. They will buy from the producer of the best product at the best price with the most

BRUCE HOWE «..Celgar lumber cited

the changing structure of the Canadian economy. The service sector’s growth rate has outstripped the goods pro- ducers’ by two to one in the past 20 years. Service industries do not generate much new wealth: they mostly distribute the wealth the goods

acquired his present position because he had been an aide to the G

reliable deli er that pro- ducer is oe or ‘Australian or

General of Canada and felt Victoria would be a nice place to live.

He wore Hush Puppy shoes and short sleeved shirts, open at the neck. Presumably he would be leaving the office after this particular interview to go sailing. It was final, blunt honesty. Perhaps I could ask those people who want the reason for dismissal to be paralleled with the reason for hiring. I wouldn't want to know.

is up to us. We leave to|be| beat at what wwacan'as!

Unfortunately, one of the things Canada is best at is losing work due to strikes. As we emerge from the current recession with our balance sheets in fragile condition, business and labor must strongly resist the temptation to return to strikes and confrontation as a means of settling unresolved issues.

Another burden to the industry is

haved created.

The goods producers are the main engines of our economic ship. Service producers are just the amenities of the superstructure. Canada needs an in- dustrial outlook that where

in lawn or garden, which means a vinyl- lined pool owner is being penalized. This year, similar to some in the past, the rainfall has made it necessary to remove water, not add, to maintain the recommended level. [Mrs.] Lois Hughes Castlegar

chew their way into our markets. We could end up with a service economy that has little economy to service. Costs relative to productivity have been out of alignment in this country

for a long time, and the gap will keep -

growing unless we face up to it now.

And it can be done and done without pain and suffering. At British Columbia Timber’s Celgar Lumber Division there is a mill which, when running at full capacity, produces enough lumber in a year to build 18,000 homes. The sawmill had long been a high-cost inefficient operation, but within the past year it has become one of the most productive in the interior.

In the last quarter of 1982, employee productivity was up more than 30 percent over the same quarter in 1981. Pre-employee productivity went from just over 1,000 board feet per day to over 1,600. The total cost of manu- facturing 1,000 board feet went down by $82, although. wages and other operating costs went up.

How was this accomplished? Well, not by overworking the employees or making them run at double all day. That's proved by the accident rate. There was not a single lost-time injury at Celgar last year. Not one. Although there were 47 disabling injuries in 1981.

British Columbia Resources put a new manager into Celgar in 1982 to carry out a new style of management. No more confrontation, no more “us-against-them” thinking. Instead the mill was run on the basis of

the real economic drive comes from.

Over the past few quarters, these gaps have been made more obvious by the fall in prices for most resource commodities,

If we are to go back to complacently overpaying and underproducing, our foreign competitors will continue to

and and a clear recognition that everyone would sink or swim together

Important gains in productivity have also been achieved at three other British.Columbia Resources mills. But it is a triumph of sophisticated management technique. It's a victory for common sense.

Remember | When?

35 YEARS AGO. From the July 29, 1948 Castlegar News

Miss K. Comerford, health nurse for this district, was introduced to school board members and informed the board her duties in this district will commence September 1, ‘

: os 6 8 ‘The tender of V. Jenks to supply

coal for the schools in the district was

accepted. s s e It has been brought to the school board's attention that willful breaking of windows in the Robson. school ‘is again evident this summer, and action will be taken. s s e The Red Tux Dance Band played the weekend at Christina Lake to a capacity crowd of 500. . 6 8 A. Eremenko and Co.: Grapefruit Juice, 20 oz., 14 cents; coffee, Nabob, 1 Jb. pkg., 55 cents; cheese, Canadian, per Ib., 47 cents. s s s Leitners: Blue Gabardine line check pants — the latest in style. eo 68 @

Mr. and Mrs. J. Lewis and children

Shirley were weekend visitors to Nel-

25 YEABS At From the July 1, 1958 Castlegar News The new manager of the Castlegar branch of the Bank of Montreal is not a

airs ete to the Castlegar District. Ronald D. Minnion, who arrived in

Vancouver branch of the bank, was in the Bank of Montreal at Rossland for 18 months. He left there in 1951 when he was moved to Vernon.

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Kinnaird is going to be 10 years old

Everyone Kinnaird park to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the incorporation of Kinnaird as a village. es 28 ee Reh Air cadet Gordon Anderson met Margaret. | = i

Princess Margaret stopped by his bed and said she hoped he would soon be up and about.

15 YEARS AGO

From the Aug. 1, 1968 Castlegar News

‘The Syringa Creek Park proposed by B.C. Hydro is to be started next spring.

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A promising young singer has been offered a scholarship from Toronto as well as Vancouver.

Don Oddie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oddie of Kinnaird, who is at- tending the Banff School of Opera, sang male lead in the workshop production, Riders to the Sea, at their recent open- ing concert. i

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The Castlegar and District Cham- ber of Commerce executive last week approved the forwarding of a cheque for $100 to Selkirk College to pay for air pollution testing equipment.

5 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 3, 1978 Castlegar News The city will cease running Castle-

gar airport after Oct. 81.

That was the decision of city council members reached in a meeting Tues- day after examining city solicitor Galt Wilson's recommendations on the new airport lease woven by the federal transport ministry.

The motion, hea by airport com- mittee chairman Ald. Gerald Rust, noted the lack of proper equipment and the potential liability faced by the city in any further involvement with the airport function.

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Genelle Merchants walked away with the hardware following the final game in the Castlegar Selkirk Lions sixth annual fastball tournament when they downed Rutland Molson Rovers 6-0 during the recent Castlegar Sun- flower Fest.

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A classic turn-of-the-century river- boat will be commemorated by the fed- eral government for its national his- toric importance in Kaslo.

The 8.8. Moyio, a sternwheeler that plied Kootenay Lake from 1898 to 1957, will be commemorated with an Historic Sites and Monuments Leek of Canada plaque.

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