CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 2, 1978

An Endorsement

: The main lounge at Selkirk Collage was the scene of a question-and-answer period

::by a man who called himself the next prime minister of Canada. If | judge the Canadian people correctly, he Is probably correct In hls premature presumption of the title,

Joe Clark, Leader of the Opposition and head of the Progressive Conservative Party

of Canada impressed an audience comprised mostly of college students and faculty

- members with some simple and understandable plans to get this country back on course.

'.am not convinced that the cultural snob appeal of the Official Languages Act of

"4988 ls good for tils country, but the PC's see It as encouraging national unity and

One Man's Opinion

ecognizing the rights of our French Canadian brothers.

.:2+ Except for that delicate subject |, and most of the audience, seemed to be supporting

; his political policy and Intentions as ‘outlined by the way he answered the questions. The maln points he made which | try to summarize here, were as follows: . 1. Make substantial tax cuts for the purpose of setting capital and spending power

p In the hands of the public and business community.

ts: He plans to make this possible by freezing the public service and cutting ‘government advertising. He explained that government has Increased 44 per cent ina . AIB period that held the public and private sector to 22 per cent. Arithmetically * Speaking: a double standard. His party Intends to return tegistation and control to the house ot commons from He hinted that the Cabinet of Canada, personal friends and -Supporters, of our present prime minister has almost undisputed power that laughs in the ~ face of democracy. | would hope it isn't so. If it is, then perhaps this is the only Issue for

arene It has fled.

: the upcoming election.

He told of upcoming legistation ‘that his party Intends to introduce entitled , loproedons of Information Act.'’ | understood him to say that In future the government will have to prove the right to This | ‘-situation where we, the public, must prove the right to have access to documents. n

He told us that a

- commence.”

t have always tended to favor the man when It comes to politics. : We have a Progressive Conservative MP Bob Brisco, already, in the House of Commons and in my opinion the Super Hero P. E. Trudeau has had-more than sufficient time to do the job. Let's put Joe Clark and his High River, Alta, thinking into the head

office.

V'liked him and his Ideas. | think you will, also.

3 jot be In Canada because permission would have to be granted by the Prime Minlater aimee before proceedings could

to the present

Cominco to Offer . $50 Million in Shares

Cominco Ltd, has an: nounced that it proposes to offer by way of private place- ment through Wood Gundy Limited, $60 million of pre- ferred shares. The two million preferred shares, with a par

Anti-Drug Drive Creates 265 Jobs

Federal Health and Wel- fare Minister Monique Begin last week announced that $780,- 000 has been made available through her department's Non- Medical Use. of Drugs Direc- torate to provide jobs for approximately 265 students.

The Summer Resources Fund program is part of the ‘federal government's Student Summer Employment and Acti- vities Program,

The students will be in- volved in the development and testing of relevant community responses to problems asso- ciated with the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs. They will also undertake research into specific problems surrounding the use of these substances.

Salaries will be $155 to $200 per week up to a maxi- mum gross of $2,450.

Hythe, Alta. Welcomes ‘One-Time Residents

7 Residents of Hythe, Alta,, about 60 kilometres east. of Dawson Creek, B.C., are plan- ning to welcome home former residents of the district in a thrée-day Homecoming Week- end scheduled for July.

set for 1978, said a spokesman, because this year marks the 50th: anniversary of the in- corporation of the village. >_> Hythe is an active farming community on Highway 2. Residents have been well known ‘for organizing com- munity events—and a series of _ Such’ events are planned for Hly.14-16.

is Returning residents and

vigitors will be officially greet-"

ed’6n wrrival and invited to all events, including a

Organizers have urged persons planning to visit Hythe to write to: The Homecoming Committee, Hythe, Alta. Ad- vance registration will permit organizers to. estimate atten- dance at the various functions now being planned. Registra- tion forms are also available through R. G. Baxter, 10227 - 125A Street, Surrey, B.C.

Community workers are making plans for billeting—and for providing space for campers and trailers for summer. visit- ors.

All former residents are urged to plan this year's holi- days to include a visit to the village... and to join in making the Homecoming Weekend and

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banquet.

50th

success,

Britain

Sex Lotteries Catching On In Phillippines

Filipino. housewives in a village near Manila are in a furore over a new type of lottery that offers as main prize a key to a hotel room and a woman as sex partner.

‘The government-owned Philippine News Agency said the new game of chance, intro- duced by an unknown group in Calicanto ‘village of nearby Batangas province, has become “popular among male residents, husbands and students in- eluded.

The report said 200 tick- ets are sold in-each draw, at two pesos (26 cents) per ticket. When the lucky number is drawn, the winner is given a. room in a town hotel where he claims his prize. He also gets pocket money of $6.60.

Europe

d students can obtain information from Non- Medical Use of Drugs regional offices in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Van- couver or from universities, community colleges, interested agencies and private associa- tions which have already re- ceived the information bro- chure, “Summer Resources Fund 1978."

Students or agencies wish- ing to hire students to carry out projects should use this guide

: Church is Not Socialist

value of $25 each, are to be designated as floating rate pre- ferred shares series ‘C’, and are to be issued at par.

The closing of the sale of these shares is expected to take place on or about March 6, 1978.

The net proceeds of the

dssue will be used to reduce

short-term indebtedness and for general corporate purposes. There will be no appli to

Editor, Castlegar News: — I'm not sure why the

Castlegar News reprinted an

article from the Vancouver

Province accusing the United .

Church of Canada of selling out to socialism. Perhaps it was to get a letter to the editor like this one,

I have to agree with the article that the crisis of our time is in the “deep spiritual,

ional, and-

list the series 'C’ preferred shares on any stock exchange.

The series 'C’ preferred shares will rank on a parity with the $2 tax deferred ex- changeable preferred shares series ‘A’ and the $2.4375° preferred shares serles ‘B’ and will be entitled to preference over the common shares of the

+ company.

Dividends as and when declared, wili be payable semi- annually on March 31 and Sept. 80. The first dividend payment is expected to be made on Sept. 30, 1978.

needs” of people, “There's riot much else in the article that is helpful.

In no way does the United Church support socialism, or any other “ism”. Nor do we

spend all our time talking about,

social issues, Follow any minis- ter around for a week and you'll find our priorities are in wor- ship, Christian education, and helping people who need a friend. Evangelism, bringing people to God, is very much where it's at in our Church. Part of our concern to help people, and surely part of God's

Aci Requires Registry Of Mobile Home Sales

Provincial cabinet appro- val of new Mobile Home Regu- lations and the proclamation of the Mobile Home Act, effective April 1, 1978, was announced last Tuesday by Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister, Hugh Curtis.

The Mobile Home Regis- try, a first in Canada, will open its doors this April 1 and will be located at 825 Fort St., Vic- toria. At the same time, the 51 government agents’ offices throughout the province will be in direct with

in their Applications for funding should be made by March 15, 1978. All hiring must be dojie through Canada Manpower Centres where interested stu- dents should register. Infor- mation may be obtained in B.C. by contacting: 3 Mr. Pat Crawshaw, Non-Medical Use of Drugs Directorate, * Health and Welfare Canada, 560 West Broadway Ave, Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 1E9 (604) 666-6061

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the registry office and wil fo able to serve the individual citizen at.the local level.

“This registry will offer a service to mobile home owners and the mobile home industry similar to that now performed by a land registry office to owners and others involved in real property,” said * Curtis. “This is evidence of our recog: nition of the important role of mobile homes in providing housing for British Colum- bians.”

The Mobile Home Act pro-

vides that as of April 1, 1978, except for certain exemptions, no mobile home may be moved without a transport permit from the registry and no sale or purchase of a mobile home is effective unless it and the transaction are registered.

The exemptions are float- ing homes, modular homes, travel and tourist trailers, bunkhouses and mobile homes used solely for non-residential purposes,

Mobile hemes Iccated on land owned by the owner of the mobile home may not - be registered unless the owner

. wishes to relocate or sell the

mobile home. All mobile homes to be registered must be so

“before the end of September.

The initial fee to private owners is $10,

A week or so before the opening date, the registry will send an information brochure and an application form to those mobile home owners recorded with the Assessment Authority in mobile home parks in every part of British Columbia.

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‘concern’ about human affairs, includes bringing the tight of the Gospel to bear on social issues. We cannot always re- main safely quiet about the way society often contributes to the personal problems of our peo- ple. Soclal concern is but another, indirect way to love our neighbors.

It speaking’ up on social

At the same time, we are just as concerned as other churches about the personal crises of individuals. Maybe even more so, because we try to

do something about the causes,

of various crises as well as the effects. Rev. Ted Bristow . United Church

issues makes us then that may be the price we have to pay for being faithful to our Lord,

After all, He, wasn't always popular, was He?

There are some denomina- tions which seem, by their silence, to legitimize the status quo, and concentrate on helping their members feel safe from the terrible things that are happening around them. That's ‘@ very popular approach to religion: I'm okay, so I don’t have to even think about the way. the world is going. .

‘The United Church tries to be a little more realistic sud prophetic than this, even at the risk of being

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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, PHURSDAY: MARCH 9, 1978

aye:

CKRHD Board Prefers Tex Levy

Central Kootenay taxpayers will pay for $573,289 worth of * hospital construction with’a special tax levied over two or three years instead of paying interest rates on a loan for 20 years,

Approved Saturday was Area I director John Moran's motion that the Central Kootenay Regional Hospital District invest tax Airlines to provide service

Tevenue from a short-term |

her than itselftoa

: long-term loan—to pay for upgrading and‘ expansion at the + Castlegar and District, Creston Valley and Kootenay Lake District

hospitals, °

Moran, who sald long-term borrowing for the project would require taxpayers to pay over 20 years for facilities which would,

% be" “a dead horse” in 10 years, also won CKRHD board support:for ” + his motion that the provincial health ministry be asked to provide, ; 60 per cent of the cost despite its policy of giving hospital + Improvement grants only to hospital districts borrowing on a ; long-term basis. The Area I director told fhe board he | did not believe

should be

whieh

! would involve the sale of Gebentures| in foreign markets, by paying ; Interest to banks and other financial institutions. He said the

} CKHRD would save money with the short-term levy even if the

health ministry did not provide funds for the improvements,

i Area F director Dave Pearce agreed, telling the board the value of the Canadian dollar is expected to drop a further 10 cents from its current value of 89 cents.

Administrator Reid Henderson told the Castlegar News the CKRHD share of the costs would amount to about $200,000, or 1.2 mills, if the health ministry does provide 60-per-cent funding. The entire cost of the project would amount to 3.75, mills, he said.

= Central

Chiunce for Further

Extension Awaited:

The only chance for further public involvement in a land use study for the Lower Arrow

; Lakes area would be an exten- - sion of: the study's’ March 31

RDCK Not Consulted On Land Plan

Regional District of

deadline, Ald. Bud Godderis said last Tuesday. .

Reporting on the public meeting held by the ee Arrow Lake’ Resource Mana; ment Committee Feb. 22, Cal deris told ‘city council the provincial government-appoint- ed committee is “really not ina pesition to allow any “public input.”

“As far as further action is concerned, it looks as if the

have asked the !

ition has to be solved

and land ” he said,

and land use, committee not

representative “No Brewater said this week.’ e.Brewster, told the

development of the area and said the RDCK should have|

sented on the resource man: agement.committee by plan- ning director Floyd Dyke- man, but does not have a) vote in committee decisions.

“There's not really much we

can do before March 81.”

He said the Feb. 22 hearing

drew penny 100 people and the - bv eity’ ° askin;

rc s § Bi

sail nal = months to allow further. public input, ‘provided

: “the main theme’ of’ the meet- 5 ing.”

“There seomed to be a

fi very broad consensus that

there. should be more public participation,” Godderis told council. _ é

“It's kind of. disappointing and sad that people have been left out,” he said.’ “Hopefully the environment and land use committee will be able to do something about that.”

Asked by Mayor Audrey Moore whether further public meetings were planned, God- deris said the only meetings scheduled by the resource management committee would be for compiling the final report “as required by its mandate.”

Godderis said the only

‘thing the city could do was to

monitor the progress of the study and hope for a deadline extension which would enable . council to submit another brief.

PWA to Detour to Nelson,

During Local Closure

By LOIS HUGHES

“win Otter sireraft willbe flown out of Nelson and Trail airfields by Pacific Western

during runway resurfacing at Castlegar Airport, acheduled for closure from April 2 to June

80. Details of how PWA plan- l__ned ts service the area, re-

teased last Wednesday at a special reception attended by

. city representatives, travel

agents, news media and PWA officials, were as follows: |

Flights to Trail (Colum- bia Gardens Airport) will be made four times daily end flights of the 18-passenger air- craft going three times to Kelowna, and the ‘ther -ai Penticton to connect with regu-

lar jet service to Vancouver.

e Four flights will leave from Stibbs Airport in Nelson three times daily, One will stop at Kelowna, and the other at Penticton to connett with regu- jar jet service to Vaticouver, ‘The third Nelson flight will go

east to Cranbrook to connect with a 787 jet to Calgary,

e PWA will maintain its offices at the Castlegar Airport for ticket purchases as well as

using it asa communications

centre, @ In Trail, the airline will

use the Trail Flying Clubhouse,.

Rebels Win-Once Again -

Pace, Dave Kirby end Dave Ki This Was the fina game of the best of For

page AG. A: ‘Kootenay Juntor Kootenay International Junior Hockey x division they. now mui face the East % Keotenay champtons, a Cres

_ the earlier games see League wi

‘tack’ of 2nd Accoss’ ‘life. Safety yt

iis of wines of the West

teal ewsFot0 ed Doug Yeo

sauce Could ¢ Cause Lawsuit

Failure of the city to provide a second access to the

to council's attention they. would be off the hook,” he “But it has been

could put it ina “life safety liability”

situation, Lakeview Drive resi- ~

dent Tom Good said Tuesday.

Good, replying to charges made by ‘fellow subdivision wesident G. T. J. Hughes last week that the use of a nearby CP Rail access road by the city asa second route would lead to unjustifiable expenditures, told the Castlegar News that ac- cording to a legal opinion he had been given, blockage of emergency vehicles from the single Woodland Drive North access could result in a lawsuit.

“If this is a restricted.

“ww was

The contrast between the roles of urban and rural regional directors is among the recurring themes in answers to a Regional Dis- trict of Central Kootenay “questionnaire, Area H set

RDCK Questionnaire Contrast

municipal arec directors," he said. “Also, another question that arises is the split alle- giance a municipal director

represents,” Brewster said the re- plies © suggested nuntepal the

tor Norman the Castlegar News this week.

A member of the three- man RDCK board commit- tee formed to compile ques- tionnaire answers and use them as a consensus for a ‘'RDCK brief to be submitted ‘in April to the provincial government's regional dis- trict review committee,. ‘Brewster said many.of the ‘65 past and present direc- tors polled cited “very clear \{differences” between the ‘Ffunctions of electoral area and municipality represen- tatives.

Questionnaire replies generally indicate rural

* those of the municipality, he

interests of two levels of ‘ government. Often the in- terests of the regional dis- trict are not consistent with

said.

Answers in “at least 80 per cent” of the 35 ques- tionnaires returned to the RDCK so far agreed the concept, of the regional dis- trict is worthwhile, the Area H director said. But. many stressed that regional dis- tricts do not have the power to take a significant enough role, he said.

Brewster said the com- mittee would compile the~ answers from the total of 65

tors are at a d tage because they lack the support given urban direc- tors by Tauniipal councils .and staff, he sait

“What al comes out ‘is that there is a sense of division of feeling between. rural -area directors and

and begin putting the views into brief form early next week,

The regional district review committee is sched- uled to hear briefs in Castle- gar the week. beginning April 10.

access and council chooses to ignore it, and a life is lost as a result in a delay of an emer- gency vehicle then the munici- nality is liable,” Good said. “If this were not brought

brought to their attention.” He said losses resulting

from the liability, judging from

the trend toward large court

settlements in B.C,, -would be considerable for the city. Good said a spokesman for the highways ministry, which is currently leasing’ the unpaved

1,600-foot section of road from‘

the CPR for $585 annually, said

he “'would be pleased to turn over - responsibility for the access ‘to the city." The city is already leasing CPR property from the end of the pavement on Woodland Drive North to the » he

Council to Fight Franchise Fee Cut

Penticton, Salmon Arm,

Quesnel, Chetwynd, Hudson's

Hope, Nelson, Prince George and other by of the

Wilson, Bauman to appeal the recent decision, which called for a 20-per-cent annual reduction in over five

Union of B.C. Municipalities will be Invited to join Castle- gar's appeal of the B.C. Energy

, Commission decision to phase

out franchise fees paid by natural gas suppliers to muni- cipalities.

In a closed session last Tuseder, city council! members

Tuesday, sity coi

years and an‘ eventual’ esti- mated loss of $44,000 in city revenue yearly. + Castlegar'’s natural gas supplier is Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd., which announced this week that it would increase its prices by approximately 10 per cent. (See Pg. Bl Col. 2 for

said.

Good said he had also been told by Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy. the road was within city limits “and there- fore a city responsibility.”

located at the airport. There are no plans to secure facilities at the Nelson airport. PWA will serve the public from Peebles Motor Inn, where ticket offices and waiting facilities will be located. A shuttle service for passengers to Stibbs Field will be available.

Presently independent car-

before the Wednesday night reception. The strongest ob-. jections were voiced by Nelson Ald, Hank Coleman who indl- cated facilities could have been located right at Stibbs Airport.

Corbett offered apologies: -

and termed the situation “a breakdown in communications”, but defended the airline, saying. each had been

riers provide lit facili- ties from Trail and Nelson to the Castlegar Airport but Al Corbett, western region assis- tant vice-president, said PWA

. had no plans to provide limou-

sine service by his company and caid he was not awere of any

independent carrier providing -

one from Castlegar to either Nelson or Trail.

. PWA received some criti- cism from Trail, Nelson and Castlegar civic officials for not haying informed the municipali- ties of the company’s intentions

contacted through someone in the community in touch with council.

He said it was known by. Jan. 31 air service would be disrupted.

“Why didn’t the communi- ties come to us and say ‘what are you going to do?" he asked.

Corbett said the Twin Otters, leased from Wardair Airlines, are ideal for Trail and Nelson runways. The craft has a short takeoff and landing

{Con't. Pg. A2, Col. 5]

Pass Creek Park Project Underway

Work began Monday on the $35,000 facilities develop- ment project at Pass Creek Park, regional recreation direc- tor Pat Metge told the Castle- gar’ News this week.

Metge said progress on the project—scheduled for comple- tion in June—was “pretty mini- mal" this week as five workers employed under a Canada Works grant began soliciting materials from local businesses and “setting up a plan of attack."

“The only actual construc-

tion work that’s taken place out -

there is the removal of the old fencing and main gate,” he said:

“We're hoping a new gate .

will be up by some time next week."

ies AL general. park: cleanup «+ “will foliow, as. well as removal

of apparatus that has outlived

its usefulness, before work on’

the picnic shelters. begins, Metge said.

“Hopefully by that time that will.bring us to the end of the month and allow us to get

_ onto the ballfields,” he. said.

“After that. is the laying of concrete for the second picnic shelter as well as the com- mencement of work on new washroom facilities.” « Regional Recreation No. 1 had gained Regional District of Central Kootenay support in its application in January to the provincial recreation and con- servation ministry for about $10,000 as a regional park grant

Committee to Discuss Discounts With CDBA

The city’s administrative services and finance committee will meet with downtown mer- chants to discuss _ proposed

* sewer and weter rate discounts

for city businesses last Tues-

day.

Councit supported commit- tee chairman Ald. Gerald Rust’s motion that city staff arrange 2 meeting with the Castlegar Downtown Business- men's Association executive to review its Fequest last year for

decided to instruct city solicitor

CITIZEN OF ‘THE YEAR for 1977 Is E. A. (Ed) rails honored Tuesday evening for his years of service with t!

ry xpand its scope and improve Its equipmeats Ig

making the presentation, Kiwa: k Oglow—a‘ for Castlegar mayor—praised Lewl: working with, the volunteer department and keeping It a it Noting that 10 years ago the Citizen of

by pecial talents’ min

the Yea Ives unatintingly of

hook the bonds of sot e addiction,”” Oglow sald ime

helping the local AA

group. In thanking the large gathering of friends, firemen,

AA members and KI

agaln.’’ He confe:

tor the honor, Lewis sald if he had the whole thing to Hid ov r faaln Vy

'd do it all over

that would wait until f fintahed a ‘hale Klwants president Roy Ward, Lewis. Ogiow. (See story on Pg. A2 Col. 1)

‘oto by Burt

the same ly-pay it dis- counts given to idential

to cover one-third of the park's: development costs. But a minis- try spokesman said: grants would be baséd on one-third of - the commissions $8,000 contri- bution, which would amount to, a maximum of $2,700, y Metge said the commission ©

had not yet heard whether the

grant request had been success.‘ :

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MAINLY CLOUDY, how- ever there will be periods of

sewer and water users,

A June 28, 1977 letter to the city from CBDA president Bjorn Edblad said the cost of such overhead as water and sewer rates are passed on to the consumer and a discount for commercial users would result in lower administrative costs for the city.

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City, School Board | Hold Closed Talks

topics

Budgetting, recreation and snow removal were among the d for

in a closed meeting

between city council members and School District No. 9 trustees, School board secretary-treasurer John Dascher said this week .

water, snow removal, planning, traffic, and the proposed extension

of Third Avenue North to Ivy Street topped the board's list of

discussion priorities.

City discussion priorities also included planning, as well as budgetting, ‘special needs’ programs, transportation and rec"

reation, he said,

The school board last month approved city council's request for a joint meeting to discuss common problems faced by the two

bodies.

In calling for a joint meeting with the school board Ald, Len Embree suggested it be open to the public. City administrator Bill Krug said the meeting was intended as a “fact-finding” exercise. Council and the board would announce any significant decisions made at the meeting, he said,

e-LABOR:. Two sides of the-| ~~