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Page 2 named to college board A Cochrane rancher has been named the new public member to the Olds College board of governors for a three- year term effective April 20, 1983. Roy Copithorne grew up in the Jumping Pound area and atten- ded school in Cochrane, Brushy Ridge and Mount Royal College in Calgary, before enrolling as a student at Olds College. In 1970 he received his diploma in agriculture from Olds College, serving as Students’ Association president during his fir- st year. Mr. Copithorne is a member of the Alberta Hereford Association, the Society for Ranch Management and the Western Stock Growers Association. In announcing the ap- pointment, the Minister of Alberta Advanced Education, Dick John- ston, said: “His prac- tical experience in ran- ch management, coupled with his in- timate knowledge of the college itself will make Roy Copithorne an invaluable addition to the Olds College board of governors.” THE MAGICIAN Ey es = AS . y < i \ =» \ 4 The Gazette Letters to the Editor letter to the editor Unlike many people I was unable to enjoy the pleasure and joy of knowing a_ gran- dmother, The reason for this was that my gran- dmother was arrested, taken to. a concen- tration camp, and gassed, for the crime of. being Jewish. It was to my extreme horror that I read: the comments of my elec- ted M.L.A. pertaining to the events of. the Second World War. These were the words of either an extreme bigot, or a man of total In either case they are the words of a man not only totally unsuitable to be involved in public affairs, but as history has repeatedly shown, a man who is a danger to the standards of the decent society that most of us wish to live in. Signed Claude M. Benton Letter to the Editor ~ —-Mayor of Olds:— -— Dear Sir: _ 2) the firing of Ken ii) F.C.S.S. Board recommendation to Council iii) the direction of and Girls our developing club. The Board of Direc- tors was told by recreation director Bar- bara ‘Hill that we would be an independent body and Ken would report directly to myself as president. Ken accoun- ted to me more than adequately during my time as president. He was fired by Barb Hill without any con- sultation or prior notice. This rather sudden decision following his holidays put the club in jeopardy. Due to in- surance requirements the club cannot operate without the executive director present. Fur- ther, due to our rather was to spend twenty (20). hours weekly working for the Club. Ken did this most satisfactorily. Since Ken has been fired, the Boys and Girls who were mem- bers of the Club no longer have a club. Fur- ther, the Board of —Directors—lack.-trust ‘in to replace Ken, the disruption to our mem- bers and the lack of in- clusion of myself and the Board in the decision regarding Ken, creates a_ situation where we feel that we are not an independent youth service, rather, an extension of the recreation department - a department headed by Barbara Hill. I address the issue of Ken’s firing because I feel a total injustice has occurred. I would hope that this will be ad- dressed by you with Ms. Hill due to her suc- cessful alienation of both the Board of Directors of the Olds Boys and Girls Club and its members. ITEM II The recent recommen- dation from the F.C.S.S. Board to Town Council comes. as somewhat a surprise. The $6000.00 allocated to us for prograrn and volunteer development does not make sense. Prior to Ken’s dismissal, he was working twenty (20) hours plus weekly and had a program that was fully developed. Our program can _ only develop if a full time executive director is secured. Six thousand are scattered. I am angry at the hard work my board and Ken has : themselves .what- dire ‘tion we should ‘go. “My the Youth of Olds. This work seems for no avail due to-both Ms. Hills actions and the funding Feceived. I am circulating this letter to my board of . directors requesting them to review the past decision: is to resign as president because I cannot work with people who apparently by their actions have little respect for my ef- forts. I will recommend to my board ... that the club close its operation. Since we went through the process of becoming incorporated and as a board. are accountable. : President cc Directors of the Board of the Olds Boys and Girls Club Barbara Hill President of the . F.C.SS. Board reappointed to hospital committee Bill received a year appointment to the Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee. ’ This Committee responsible to the Minister of Hospitals and Medical Care visits hospitals, both active and auxiliary, as well as nursing homes and senior citizen lodges. The purpose of these visits is to check par- ticularly on patient care, the atmosphere in the hospital and to measure staff morale. The committee does not report to the local institution but does report directly to the Minister. In addition complaints received by the minister are now referred to this Edgar has further three committee for _ in- vestigation and report. Mr: Edgar has com- pleted one three year stint on the committee. weather report From the weather station at -the Olds College for the week ending Monday, April 25, 1983. The actual precipitation for the week was 7.0 mm. The normal precipitation for this week is 7.4 mm. The actual precipitation since April 1st is 30.0 mm. The normal precipitation. for this period is 29.6 mm. The maximum high temperature for the week was 21.0 degrees Celcius recorded on April 21st. The minimum low for the week was 3.0 degrees Celcius, recorded on April 20, 21, 22 and 23. tabled until Monday’s . meeting so fluctuating interest rates could be monitored and a realistic penalty bylaw enacted. penalties, charging monthly ies for unpaid No action was takén on this initiative. Coun. Jules Muller ‘tabled an amendment which would have staggered; penalties of nine per cent and four ‘per cent, to be imposed on July 1 and Oct. 1, respectively. He also suggested equivalent penalties on Jan. 1 and lost in favor of the nine- and four-per-cent ‘Both Muller and Coun. Jim Spicer voted against the bylaw in the last two Both felt the to be too steep. “‘Where is (council’s) com- passion?” asked Muller. He maintained that it should. be__ established whether people who withold tax. payments do so because of choice or because they can’t afford to settle their bill. Spicer’ objected to_ the principle of elected bodies being allowed to charge penalties on taxes that are well above what private business can charge on delinquent bills. town since penalties were raised to 18 cent. In 1981, according per cent of taxes were left in arrears at year’s end, when a 12 per penalty was in force. I 1982, though, after penalty was raised 18 per cent, the level unpaid taxes dropped to 6.5 per cent. B 5 a8 Wednesday, April 27, 1983, {Sr Se Nn) feet mee Pe Mi re swe my lm ey emt == ASN HS NS UR SS FER] AR Nol viewpoints the Stiles affair People from one end of Canada to the other were sympathetic and generous when Olds lost its winter sports complex and those grain elevators in that long ago Hallowe’en night fire. They were grieved, amused and amazed when in February, 1982, Olds - Didsbury elected a Western Canada Concept member to the Alberta Legislature. They applauded when in October, 1982, we reversed the February ' decision and sent a member to Ed- monton to sit on the government .. benches. Today they are not generous or sympathetic to the citizens of Olds - Didsbury. They are not amused or amazed by the things we do or say. | They are certainly not applauding - those remarks made in Edmonton by MLA Stephen Stiles. They are grieved and so are wel “‘the media and the message” Herbert Marshall. McLuhan is remembered as Canada’s com- munication philosopher and it was he.who coined the phrase we have used as the title to this editorial. Several recent events, including the Stiles affair, the CBC documen- tary on Canada’s aircraft industry and the parliamentary inquiry into the affairs of Bryce Mackasey, have prompted us to look at our own role as well as that of the national news media. Kurt Luedtke, former executive director of the Detroit Free Press and the writer of the screenplay “Absence of Malice’ had some harsh words for the media last year when he spoke to the American Newspaper Publishers meeting in ‘San Francisco. Here are some Leudtke quotes: “You no longer shape public opi- nion, you have supplanted it. There are good men and women who will ' not stand for public office concern- ed that you will find their flaws or in- vent them.” “Many people who have dealt with | you wish they had not. You are capricious and unpredictable, you ° are fearsome and you are feared because there is never any way to - know whether this time you will be -: fair and accurate or whether you will not. And there is virtually nothing © we can do about it.” “The public knows whatever you choose to tell it, no more, no less. If it would have something to say about what it is you choose to call © news.” - “Your the public did have a right to know, . shortcomings would be |. more intolerable if we had a sense ~ that you were willing to listen, but you do not suffer your critics gladly | and surely not with humility.”” To be fair and accurate is the never -- of a newspaper . publisher. By remembering: that, we ~ hope to.avoid the criticisms Luedtke - ending goal levels. \s ‘The media, broadcast and print, |. must maintain those basic strengths - in order to retain trust for its role'as ~- public protector. the budget Those officials in the federal department of finance that whomped up the budgets presented to Canadians in 1981 and 1982 seem to have had a change in heart. Or perhaps it was that the new minister, Hon. Marc Lalonde, had sufficient grasp of the Canadian and world economic situation to order a sweeping change in direction. The federal budget finally recognizes that governments alone cannot change the economy of the country. It takes a healthy business and_industry to_create-jobs and to pay the taxes’ necessary to keep government programs in place. It takes. working people to buy the goods and services business and in- dustry generate. Governments can apply some medicine to a_sick economy. The prescription presented by Mr’ Lalonde last Tuesday is not a magical cure. But the budget seems to have created the confidence the Canadian economy _ needs. However, for an agricultural: com- munity like Olds, the budget does not address the concerns of farmers ~ namely high imput costs in a period of shrinking product returns. The Gazette Published Weekly at Olds, Alberta Subscription - $8.00 per year in Canada P.O. Box 820, Olds, Alberta Represented for National Sales by Western Regional Newspapers and Ad Reps, Vancouver, B.C. Entered as Second Class Matter at Olds, Alberta under permit number 0370 Phone 556-3351 \ 6
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