Happy Birthday, Canada While Battles Rage Across the Sea in Countries Left Divided

Happy Birthday, Canada While battles rage across the sea In countries left divided. While children die of poverty In lands left unprovided. While people of another race Have dreams of being free While cities running out of space Drown in a concrete sea There is a place, of which me know— A country young and strong. A land where people have no foe Where peace is the only song Q_ Where riches clothe the vast terrain Of a country well-provided. Where soaring peaks^and golden plains For a country undivided. 3__ A land where freedom for you and I Will never be denied. Where seas of peace and oceans of sky Reach northward far and wide. To CANADA—Our Home, our Land, Where people of all nations ;__i Walk together hand in hand We say: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR CANADA!

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§_9 Qs, a. **»* m DAVE PARKER CONDUCTS TOUR OF EXPANDED COURSE Picture Butte course offers new challenges By DAVE SULZ Not only has the course been *J> of The Herald expanded from nine holes to 18, but Any strategy golfers might have some of the original holes have been devised for playing Picture Butte Golf altered. The front nine will consist of Club will have to be altered when the four of the original holes along with course's expansion to 18 holes is com five new ones. pleted sometime next season. In the new layout, the first hole will Club members were treated to a be turned into a par four from par five glimpse of the kinds of challenges the and will finish at the old No. 2 green, course will offer at a recent preview says Dave Parker, who was the course that included a round of golf and a superintendant back in the days of guided tour. sand greens at Picture Butte. In addi-. No longer will golfers be able to run tion, the old greens on numbers one, the ball up onto the green or; approach three and four will be abandoned. shots. New greens guarded by mounds The course also features a new and sand traps will test golfers' chip underground sprinkler system which ping skills — or lack thereof. will water the course at night. There will be holes which dare long The expansion and revamping was hitters to try to carry their drives handled by Les Furber's Golf Design across the lake to the green, while at Services Ltd. of Canmore and so far, the same time offering a safe way most of the club members are pleased around for those who prefer to play a with the results, says O'Donnell. WHAT GOES UP—Picture Butte resident Joe Watson keeps his eye cautious game. "We're really happy with how things And adding a unique touch to the have progressed. on the ball as he races for a return in a Saturday tennis match. Watson course is No. 16, which is already gain "This day really got everyone going. won a bronze medal in the Games. ing fame among club members. Golf It was almost like playing a new ers tee off from the top of the coulee course." to an undulating green tucked down in Another major advantage will be the • the coulee on the south end of the increased traffic the course will be able | course. to accommodate. "They say you can All in all, the expanded and handle two and a half times as many revamped Picture Butte course will people with 18 holes as you can with offer a whole new variety of challenges nine," O'Donnell says. to golfers. "It's got holes for the big hit ters and it's got holes for guys who are The club hopes to be able to have the placement hitters," says club presi full 18-hole layout ready for play next dent Terry O'Donnell. "It's got a vari spring, and the official opening date is ety of holes. It's going to be a course targeted for June to coincide with the you want to play again." club's annual men's open tournament. *^

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HOSE HANDYMEN—Picture Butte firefighter Bert Foord gives Herald photo fellow teammate Duane Casson a shower as they practice for a hose- GARY ROGA looks on while teammate Morris Sosick putts laying competition in Milk River this weekend. <_a_: Roga, Sosick dynamic duo Gary Roga and Morris Sosick teamed up to win %. overall low gross honors Saturday at the second annual Lawrence Ehlert golf tournament at the Magrath Golf Club. Roga and Sosick fired a round of 69 Friday in the best ball competition and followed up with a 66 Sat urday for a 36-hole total,of 135. Overall low net honors went to Rollie Perkins and Sam Kowalko with a score of 110. Following is a complete list of results. <£-i

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MINOR HOCKEY DONATION-Picture Butte B.P.O. Elks No. 268 Exalted Ruler John Pollemans presents Diane Zalesak with cheque for $598 for Minor Hockey. The Elks Lodge also donated $250 to the Elks Midget Team for warm-up pants and other donations included $140 to the North County Figure Skating Club and $400 to the Picture Butte HOLDING STEAD Y-Debbie Leitenberger has no trouble with these Girl Guides. two couplings as she practices for the women's competition. SQUIRTS WIN—Two squirt hockey tournaments were held during the Christmas break by North County Stroeve Charolais Raiders. The Raiders placed first in Fort Macleod and Crowsnest Pass tour naments. Pictured above are team members. Back row: Corwin Sik- kens, Ryan Casson, Jeremy Bender, Jamie McCloud, Dylan Capton, Darren Van Raay. Middle row: Ryan Haney, Darren Charlesworth, Donovan Casson. Front row: Pat Haney, Jason Gergel, Jason Knoch. Missing from photo: Daniel Davy, Denis Nolette. Coaches: Terry l Casson, Marv McCloud.

BREAK AWAY—Pic ture Butte Sugar Queen Sherri Rae Charlesworth had a clear field against the Raymond Comet tes on January 15. Charlesworth made eight points in the game.

i^> Grade 9 debate winners, flanked by their debate speaker points. teachers, pose with certificates received for ^ PBHS debates completed y> The annual Grade 9 debate final ment "Be it resolved that Sunday Certificate recipients included at Picture Butte High School ran shopping is significantly restricted Leighton Purcell, Colin Davy, Wednesday morning pitting Tricia by the Alberta government." Martin Kubik, Tricia Pickering, Pickering and Alison Price against Each team member was award Maria Burghardt, Alison Price, Kim Becklund and Laurel Sauer. ed a trophy and numerous cer Joanne Surmik, Nelly Klok, Kim Pickering and Price were the tificates for speaker points were Becklund, Norman Blimkie, unanimous choice as the winning given to other members of the Kendall Sawa, Pam Wieland, team after a debate on the state Grade 9 class. Laurel Sauer and Mark Ckune. Tricia Pickering scores a few debating points while team mate Alison Price ponders the issues. .: -1! I :Stp§iift##BaiS

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LANNY McD1 ... is he or isn't he? IS LANNY SMILING? ' ..-.- How vcan you tell if Flames' star Lanny McDonald is ZONE PARTICIPANTS—From left, Tricia Kerri Praskach, Coach Wayne Weitz. smiling underneath all his facial fur? The Page put that puzzler to Lanny, while the hock Tersteeg, Sherry Oikawa. Darren Mazutinec, ^ ey star was posing for photos at the Centre for Per forming Arts. "They know if I'm smiling," deadpans Lanny. "They know!" We'll take his word for it!

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DEBATE WINNERS—Tammy Bodnar, left and Keveny Marsden won first place in a regional debate held at Catholic Central High School in Lethbridge March 2. The two students, along with Coach SECOND EVENT WINNERS-From left, Floyd Gillies, Elton Mrs. C. Sucher, qualified to attend the provincial debate tournament Anderson, Grant Gillies and Gary Jensen. Second, third and fourth in Calgary scheduled for March 16. Bodnar and Marsden debated both placed rinks were the Don McCann rink, the Alan Pittman rink and the sides of the question, 'Should the Olympics be abolished.' Brian Nicol rink.

ATHLETES GALORE-The above PBHS Darren Mazutinec. Front row, Sherri Rae ATHLETES OF THE YEAR-Darren students won MVP awards or sports letters Charlesworth, Celeste Johnson, Maryanne Mazutinec and Sherry Oikawa display some June 17. Back row from left, Rod Oosterbroek, Forrayi, Jackie Loman, Mike Davies. of the hardware their athletic distinction Randy Hellwig, Paul Bergen Henengouwen, brought. ^H

Herald photos FIRST EVENT WINNERS — From left, skip Roy^Jensen, third Ernie ^H Porkka, second Bernie Austie and lead Boyd Nummi Time for a change for Jensen foursome After winning the second event two chance to put a guard on it." _H years in a row, it was time for some Rounding out the winning rink thing different. were newcomers Bernie Austie and So the Roy Jensen rink of Picture Boyd Nummi. "They curled really Butte went out and won the first well," said Jensen, while Porkka event Friday in the annual Leth added, "It was a pleasure to curl 9m bridge and District Farmers Bon behind them." spiel at the Lethbridge Curling "We had a lot of heavy rocks this Club. game," Jensen said. "The ice was "It was our turn," laughed Ernie straight and we had a lot of take Porkka, Jensen's third and a mem outs." ber of the Jensen rink the previous two years as well. Jensen and his teammates capped the week-long bonspiel by outlasting Stan Brecka of Iron Springs 8-6 in Friday's first-event final. Brecka had a chance to tie the score with his 4£±00i last rock in the 10th, but hit and rolled y :%V y4H out. : "We had two extra-end games and '•'."%*' "w»«»*"|fc ' I thought this was going to be an extra end, too," said Porkka. "We got a break in the last end when their skip missed his first shot," said Jensen. "That gave me a A study in concentration ^— John Virostek takes a long hard look down the ice during action at the annual Coaldale men's bonspiel. The Virostek foursome one of 64 rinks battling it out through Sunda^for prizes and trophies. The finals go Sunday at 4 p.m. with a banquet and dance scheduled Friday night.

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DOWN BUT NOT OUT-Falling down is easy, it's the get- skating class at North County Recreation Complex learned ting up that takes training. Participants in a pre-beginners some of the harder facts last week. t-^fWy^y

BUTTE INSPECTION HAWKS-Back row, Kubik. Front row, Keith Pearson, Kevin Grant, from left, assistant coach, Herman Stroeve, Pat Eddy Stroeve, Brian Brouwer, Trevor Cochrane, Becklund, Rodney Boyd, Trevor Brassard, Mur Tom Kubik, Calvin Neher. ray Trechka, Troy Renning, Manager Marty nw MILDRED COX, LEFT, EVA GARINGE;ralRd phot o Timing perfect for golf winners Eva Garinger picked a good time to play her best round of golf of the season. Garinger fired an 89, then edged Marie Uyesugi in a sudden-death playoff Tuesday to win the invita tional division of the annual Henderson Lake women's combined golf tournament. "I'm ecstatic because this is the first time I've bro ken 90 this year," Garinger said of her winning round. "My golf has been up and down." Mildred Cox said her game has also been up and down so far this summer, but she played well enough Tuesday to win the senior women's division with a 92. "I was happy with my round because I've been playing very badly." Cox won the event for the second time, the first victory coming in 1981. For Garinger, it marked her first win in the annual tournament. She captured the crown by sinking a bogey putt on the first playoff hole to beat Uyesugi by one stroke. Garinger said the pressure of a sudden-death playoff didn't both her because "I was tense anyway, so an extra hole didn't matter." The key to her fine round, she said, was her putting. "I only three-putted once."

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS-The Picture Bergen-Henengouwen, Darren Mazutinec, Ran Butte Sugar Kings won their own invitational dy Hellwig, Mike Davies and Assistant Coach tournament February 9 defeating the Immanuel Scott Reiter. Front row, Wayne Boras, Alan Christian Eagles 63-43. Back row, from left, Janssens, Rod Casson, Mark Sabo and Terry Coach Kevin Reiter, Rod Oosterbroek, Paul Johnson. a%

i& MURRAY HANNA, "LEFT, lil Top athletes named Murray Hanna and Lor- His sister, Donna raine Methot were named (Hanna) Branch, is a pre- *> University of Lethbridge vious winner of the athletes of the year Fri- women's top athlete P day night. award. The pair were honored at the university's annual Blue and Gold Awards ^ Night at the Lethbridge Exhibition grandstand ^ and received the Asso ciated Canadian Travel lers award. Hanna, in his third year with the U of L Pronghorn men's basketball team, was a Canada West all- star this season. Hanna is also assistant golf profes sional at the Lethbridge Country Club in the sum- \ mer.

^ b* TOURNEY CHAMPS-The Picture Butte r—The Herald's Team ot the Day—^ Mini-Kings won the Taber Junior High tourna ment held February 16. Back row, from left, Shane Mazutinec, Leroy Vanee, Michael Sur- mik, Coach Tom Marsden. Front row, Rick ft Zalesak, Michael Tolley and Norman Blimke. Missing from the photo are Chris Baskin and .___... Chad Vanden Broek. The Mini-Kings defeated Taber Junior High 57-20 and followed with a 49-37 win over Burdett. In the championship r_ ill IH against Magrath, the Kings won with a 38-22 score. STAN SIWIK

• Katie Wilson One of Lethbridge's greatest all-around women athletes was one of four inductees added to the I list of the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame today. m Herald photo Katie (Thomson) Wilson joins Harold "Babe" Harris, Stan Siwik and Kai Yip as the the newest Picture Butte Sugar Queens names in the Sports Hall. Wilson, who was born in Innisfail and moved to Picture Butte Sugar Queens play in the Chinook Girls High School Lethbridge at the age of 19, excelled in baseball, Basketball league. Front row, from left, Shirley Stroeve, Marlene track and field, basketball, tennis, swimming, Bergen-Henengouwen, Sherri Rae Charlesworth, Michelle Austie, hockey, curling and golf. y Celeste Johnson. Back row, from left, Erin Reiter, Sherryl Vogt, She was known as the best soft- ball pitcher and tennis player in Maryanne Forrayi, Jackie Loman, Lisa Fazekas. Lethbridge and won several golf L& titles, including 13 Henderson Lake Golf Club ladies titles and a similar number of Southern U* Alberta ladies crowns. As a curler, she skipped several > Southern Alberta zone qualifying rinks over the years. Wilson died in 1982 at the age of 73* ______.|,...... •. !•'•••».

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Welcome home, Chargers it- Jennifer and Shannon Whimster along with mother Patricia were surprised to see a sign stuck into their front lawn welcoming them backg*^ from a trip to Europe. Jennifer and Shannon are memtfers of the Chargers Soccer team which played in Europe this month and returned home*^ Tuesday. Jennifer, a centre fullback for the team, injured her knee Thursday in a game against Norway. Even though a cast was noU^ needed for her injury team members still signed their names to her bare^^ leg. The person who made the welcoming sign is not known " —_

JUNIOR HIGH PBHS WINNERS-In in Johnna Kubik, Mindy Russell, Cindy Gillies. tramural events recently completed, this team Front, Tammy Johnson, Becky Johnson, came out champs in the "5 on 5" basketball Karen Tolley. competition. Back row, from left, Kerri Oseen,

15 th Annual John Howard PHYLLIS DILLER BEFORE, AND. AFTER, MAKEUP APPLIED HOUSE AND GARDEN TOUR AND TEA Wtd., Aug. 28-1-00 to 5:30 Diller pleased with results eM NEW YORK (AP) — After two facelifts, two nose jobs, a tummy tuck, a breast reduction, three teeth bondings, a forehead and under-eye lift, an eye The Tea at the L.C. Institution will be from 1 - 4 o'clock. During the fifteen years liner tattoo, cheek implants and a chemical peel, comedian Phyllis Diller says more than seventy - five gracious homeowrors and the Director and staff of the she's satisfied with her looks. Correctional Institution have made it possible for the Society to raise funds for "My doctor tells me I'm good for the next 20 years — that is, unless some local projects. This year the lovely homes of Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Bland, Mr. thing like a jowl should drop on me," Diller, 69, said in an interview for this and mrs. Douglas Bray, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Elder and Mr. and Mrs. James Sunday's issue of Parade magazine. fiH Mack will be shown, as well as Napi lodge, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Members of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery voted Diller an Rehabilitation Centre. Our president Paul Phqro, director Gordon Lieglo and all award earlier this year for publicizing her surgery. board members ask for your support. Tickets at '5°° may be obtained at Leister's 316 - 6 St. S., at Fletcher's Men's Wear, Coaldale or at our office 120 - 8 St. S. "I've done more for plastic or cosmetic surgery than Bayer has done for We hope to meet you on the tour, Wed., Aug. 28 For further information call aspirin," she said. "I've made it respectable." Marie Wylie 327-3817.

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ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE—A gymnastic stu- day. The gymnastics course is one of several dent gets assistance from instructors Marci Neher, organized by the Oldman River Regional Recreation left and Brenda Irvine at Huntsville School Thurs- Board.

Herald photo Winners being picked Only the "big game" chairman knows for sure Tuesday to determine who this year's winners if this mule deer sized by (from left) Gerry will be. A wild game supper and awards banquet RAMAD^M Pittman, Ken Pierson and Ron Pittman will Jan. 26 will announce the winners. That list also **Jnr- measure up to snuff. Picture Butte fish and includes prize fish and birds, which were game enthusiasts got out their measuring tapes measured and weighed in season. A TWO-FISTED DRINKER

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Mirror reveals the awful truth but to reveal my actual weight. If I stay the same as I It has taken a lot of time and courage, and it has not am now, that is going to be extre-e-e-mely humiliating. been pleasant, but I've finally come to terms with re- I have to lose at least 30 lbs. — and even then it's going to be embarrassing enough. I have finally accepted that the 'orrible thing staring SEAN The fourth and final reason is that a number of my back at me out of the mirror is a true reflection, not a Sun colleagues are also going on this slim-a-thon, so trick of the light. ; we'll be able to offer each other support. I have finally accepted that the bathroom scales are I can see it now: columnists Jack "Tubby" Tennant not possessed by an evil spirit which insists on tell DURKAN and Jim "Jumbo" Davies, entertainment editor John ing filthy, rotten lies about my weight. "Chubs" Coulbourn and myself, Captain Butterball, And I no longer kid myself with words like cud a-Tent. And I'll be able to throw away my reinforced sharing a lettuce leaf in the canteen and discussing dly" or "a little overweight." concrete furniture. calories and cholesterol. I admit it. I'm fat. (Oh, how I hate that word!) How can I be so sure I'm going to lose all this We'll be joined by two lasses who don't look like they How fat? Well, I have been mistaken for the Goo blubber? Well, there are four reasons. need to lose weight (creep, creep); cartoonist Susan dyear blimp. When I go swimming at the beach, the The first is that for each pound that I (and a host of Dewar and lifestyle editor Linda Slobodian. tide goes out. It has to. There isn't room enough for the other media tubbies) lose, the Alberta Children's Hos both of us. pital will get $5 from the Diet Centre, which is spon i But I'm not going to tell you exactly how much I soring the slim-a-thon. weigh. Not yet anyway. There's a limit to how much The second reason is that the Diet Centre is control soul-baring a man can take in one go. ling the slim-fest, which means it is laying its reputa So why am I telling you any of this at all? tion on the line. I suspect it will ensure I lose weight Well, I'm psyching myself up for the next month, dur even if it means wiring shut my jaw and locking me in ing which time I am going to lose an incredible amount of a padded cell, though I'm assured this won't be neces- lard in a charity slim-a-thon. ssrv. Yes, it's going to be goodbye El Tubbo, goodbye Cap The Chird reason is that I hereby pledge not only to tain Butterball. No longer will I buy my shirts from Rent- reveal how much I've lost at the end of the four weeks, CGIT GRADS—From left, Peggy Vander Linden, Brenda Irvine, Paula Koenen and Dawn Zalesak. Springs CGIT holds grad

Four graduating members of tives gathered to pay tribute to Said Miller "CGIT groups what we have and how we the Iron Springs CGIT, Paula them at the annual CGIT are readymade for nurturing look." Koenen, Peggy Vander graduation service, convened the caring kinds of friendships Linden, Brenda Irvine and by Lynda Becklund and Sandy that are needed in life. It offers Sandy Koenen read a poem Dawn Zalesak, were the guests Koenen. unique opportunities for girls which she had composed for of honor at a dinner held at the Guest speaker for the to be together with congenial graduation night. The vale Lodge Hotel in Lethbridge occasion was Gloria Miller, the peers and with adult friends dictorian address was given by recently. former CGIT leader. She chose who are personally concerned Peggy Vander Linden. In the evening the Iron as the theme of the address about each girl in the group." Springs United Church was friendship, classifying those "We realize we can be loved Guest soloist for the occa filled to capacity when CGIT who make up the circle of for what we are and for what sion was Erin Reiter, who was members, friends and rela one's friendship. we become, rather than for accompanied by Lois Reiter. BRYNNER HAD FOUR WIVES. right; Kathy Lee Brynner, left; and Virginia Gilmore in 1944, top left; Berta Kleiner in 1960. Jacquline Decroisset in 1971, top AP Laserphotos

Brynner dies at 65 NEW YORK (Reuter) — Yul Brynner, The show was a failure but Oscar the actor who rose to fame as the dica- Hammerstein saw the play and cast him torial yet endearing King of Siam in the in the King and I. musical The King and I, died of cancer When the muscial opened at the St. early today. He was 65. James Theatre in New York, it was an His wife, Kathy Lee, and four children immediate success and stayed on were at his bedside at his death. Broadway for 1,246 performances. The Brynner's agent, Josh Ellis, said the film won Oscars for itself and Bryn actor who first created the role of the ner. shaven-headed King of Siam in the At the time of the musical's concep Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in tion the role of the King was secondary 1951, died at l a.m. EDT in New York to Anna, the governess, who was played Hospital-Comell Medical Centre "from in the original Broadway production by multiple complications that came as a Gertrude Lawrence. Lawrence died result of what was originally cancer." after a year in the role and the balance Hudson in Paris hospital Brynner was first reported to be suf of the show changed, with the King fering from lung cancer in September becoming the leading character. PARIS (AP) - The American ing a series of examinations. As of 1983. He had just finished a successful "He was the King, he was the father," Hospital in Paris denied today that this moment the results of these revival of The King and I — his last per recalled Byork Lee, who originated the movie idol Rock Hudson is being examinations have been inconclu formance on June 30 being his 4,625th role of the princess on Broadway at the treated for inoperable liver cancer, sive." and said tests have not yet shown appearance in the role. age of five. "He took us to the zoo. He Redo said late Tuesday that the Brynner won an Oscar for his 1956 role took us to the circus. He treated the chil what ailment is responsible for the 59-year-old Hudson was under star's collapse. in the King and I — the story of a 19th dren in the show like family." observation and in satisfactory Century English governess who went to But although he is best remembered "As far as we know that report condition. Siam to tutor the crown prince and for, and in fact became almost synony (of liver cancer) is false, and it cer Hudson had gone to Paris to see ended up teaching the overbearing king mous with the authoritarian oriental tainly wasn't given by the doctors doctors at the Pasteur Institute, at the American Hospital in as much as she did his son. potentate, Brynner had many other said his Beverly Hills physician, Brynner kept his head shaven after memorable film roles, co-starring with Paris," said hospital spokesman Dr. Rexford Kennamer. Olson Bruce Redo. his initial stage success. Ingrid Bergman in Anastasia in 1956. said: "I believe people from the Born on Sakhalin Island, between He also starred in the Brothers Kara- Redo was replying to a question Institute Pasteur have been treat Japan and Siberia, to a father who was mazov (1958), the Biblical epic Solomon from the American television's ing him. He has not been in the half Swiss and half Mongolian and a and Sheba (1959), and The Magnificent CBS Morning News. Institute Pasteur as a patient." mother whom he described as "pure Seven (1960), a western. One of his last Hudson's publicity agent has said The institute specializes in gypsy" from Bessarabia, his career in film roles was in Westworld (1973) as a the actor is suffering from liver research on AIDS, or acquired robot who broke free from his control cancer and being treated by spe show business spanned half a century. immune deficiency syndrome. His mother died at his birth and he lers and went on a murderous ram cialists from a Paris institute that Hudson had made a public page. specializes in medical research eventually went to live with his mother's appearance last week in Pebble family in France. There he joined the But it was to the King and I that he and has conducted a search for the Beach, Calif., to help Doris Day cause of AIDS. circus as an acrobat and at 17 he had a ultimately returned in what was billed promote her television series on bad fall that left him with a chronically as his last appearance following the 1983 The agent, Dale Olson, said in pets. He looked gaunt at the time, troubled back. announcement that he had cancer. Los Angeles on Tuesday that the but his publicists said only that actor had collapsed at the Paris He came to New York and became a When on June 30 he gave his 4,625th Hudson had wanted to lose director with CBS Omnibus in the early and, he said, "absolutely final" perfor Ritz Hotel on Sunday night. weight. "£ie's been in and out of a coma; days of television. He co-starred with mance as the King, the whole audience Beginning in 1948, Hudson's com Mary Martin in Lute Song. rose to its feet as one and cheered. he's a very, very sick man," Olson manding six-foot-four frame, added. strong presence and good looks led "My official statement is that him to starring roles opposite some Rock Hudson is in the American of Hollywood's leading ladies in Hospital in Paris, where his doc ROCK HUDSON more than 50 Westerns, war epics, tors have diagnosed that he has told The Associated Press: "Mr. comedies and tear-jerking dramas. cancer of the liver and that it is not Hudson was hospitalized July 21st, He later went on to star in the tele operable." Sunday, for fatigue and general vision series McMillan and Wife Hospital spokesman Joyce Gray malaise. He is currently undergo and Dynasty. )N , 5-w-y Disease claims Hudson LOS ANGELES (AP/UPI) - Rock Hud son — the cinema idol whose admission of a year-long battle against AIDS won sym pathy and attention for victims of the dis ease — died yesterday at his home. He was 59"Pleas. e God, he has not news of Rock Hudson's died in vain," his friend and death. He will always be re one-time co-star Elizabeth membered for his dynamic Taylor said in a statement. impact on the film industry, Hudson "died peacefully and fans all over the world in his sleep at 9 o'clock this will certainly mourn his morning," said publicist loss." . Dale Olson. Isabel Sanford, the star of Another co-star, Doris Stage West's The Ginger Day, broke into tears when bread Lady, was shocked to she heard of Hudson's hear of Hudson's death.! death. "I didn't know him but I "Oh my God, what can I admired him as an actor say," she sobbed. "This is and as a man," the former when our faith is really test star of the hit television se ed. It's so terrible I can't be ries The Jeffersons told the lieve it. All those years of Sun yesterday. working with him I saw him Hudson — who was long as big, healthy and inde known in Hollywood to be structible. Life is eternal. I homosexual but chose not to THE DEATH of Rock Hudson shocked friend and co-star Doris Day, who thought of him as "indestructible." hope we will meet again." acknowledge the fact public Taylor, who starred with ly — revealed he had AIDS Hudson in Giant and The through a spokesman one Mirror Crack'd, was co-host year after he learned he had for an AIDS benefit Sept. 19 the disease. with actor Burt Reynolds. He had known for more Seven local victims Hudson donated $250,000 to than a year that he suffered the benefit, which grossed from acquired immune defi Seven Calgary men have died of In Canada 309 people have the dis hemophiliacs or drug users. more than $1.2 million for ciency syndrome, but it be AIDS since the first reported Alber ease, though many more may have "Unless a person is in a high-risk AIDS research, and sent his came publicly known only ta case three years ago. AIDS Related Complex (ARC) — group chances are they'll never last public words: after he checked into the And 12 other Alberta residents, in not fatal but with many similar come in contact with the disease," "I am not happy that I am American Hospital in Paris cluding two children, have the killer symptoms. Others may also have Waters said. sick. I am not happy that I July 21. The hospital decided disease, says Dr. John Waters, the AIDS virus inactive in their In the United States over 13,000 have AIDS, but if that is that Hudson was too weak to director of the provincial communi blood but could transmit it to AIDS victims have been identified, helping others, I can, at be a good candidate for its cable disease control program. others. says Dr. William Csokonay, Cal least, know that my own experimental therapy with AIDS doesn't kill its victims; it gary's deputy medical officer of misfortune has had some an unproven drug. destroys their bodies' ability to fight About 75% of the Canadian cases health. And researchers there have positive worth." off disease. are gay men, 15% are Haitians and said it may take as long as five Funeral arrangements the rest are sexual partners of those years before a vaccine for the dis President Ronald Reagan were not disclosed. Most victims die of pneumonia or said in a statement: "Nancy cancer, Waters said. with the illness or infectious virus, ease is found. More coverage: and I are saddened by the Pages 12, 13, 22,32. EDITORIAL We have little time to lose This is not a tribute to Rock Hudson, who died of But it is time we got harsh about this disease. It is can be spread through any body fluid, including saliva AIDS yesterday. the only way the devastation will be stopped. and tears. While it is possible to regret his death, the legacy If you think AIDS is contracted only by homosexu Let's stop debating whether children with AIDS he left in films is overshadowed by the legacy of fear als, Haitians, hemophiliacs and people who use hypo should be admitted to schools. They shouldn't be, he has left with atl who knew and acted with him. dermic syringes, then you are dangerously deluding until we know the ways in which the killer virus is AIDS is a killer. People with AIDS are potential kill yourself. transmitted. ers of others. No one is immune. People diagnosed as having AIDS should and must Rock Hudson was a potential killer. Some estimates say AIDS will kill more people than be institutionalized. They are dying and must not be He knew more than a year ago that he had AIDS, the black plague, and that wiped out 20% of the allowed to infect other people. yet he continued to act — even when the role de population. We have no compunction about putting people with manded he be involved in physical contact in love infectious hepatitis in isolation units. When tuberculo scenes. Projections say that most males will have some sis was killing people, victims were placed in sani- And, despite his image, carefully cultivated by the form of AIDS by 1992, and that by next year it will be toriums. studios for which he worked, Hudson was no hero. the largest single killer of men between the ages of 29 AIDS is more threatening than TB ever was; it is Endangering others is not the action of a hero. and 45. already epidemic. Intolerant? Perhaps. We know now some of the ways in which the It's ludicrous that we're even debating the matter Harsh? Certainly. syndrome is transmitted. There is a suspicion that it when all our lives are on the line. r

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PETER AND JEANNE Lougheed, who have tasted political victory many times in their lives, are about to becor The retiring king.

Edgar Peter Lougheed was born July 6, 1928 in Cal The retiring premier can't carry a tune for the life of gary to Edgar and Edna Lougheed. He's the grandson of him, a drawback Jeanne discovered was a Lougheed fam late senator Sir James Lougheed. ily trait during a birthday singsong. Lougheed attended Central High School where he Peter has a girth-expanding yen for chocolate chip played football and was a Sea Cadet in the mid 1940s. cookies. He met wife-to-be Jeanne Rogers, a music student, at Lougheed joined the Edmonton Eskimos squad in 1948 the University of Alberta. but the CFL record books show him gaining a paltry total of eight yards rushing in two years. Lougheed suffered a rare political defeat at U of A —- not being elected chairman for the school's athletic ^4>~ The Lougheeds have four children, two sons and two board. But he bounced back to win the university's stu ^^ daughters aged 19 to 30. dent council presidency in 1951. Lougheed choked on a piece of gum during a high He was also a "frat brat", being a major organizer for school football game, and hasn't chewed the stuff during the Delta Upsilon fraternity. contact sports since. He is remarkably superstitious and has crossed his fin A After graduation he spent two years at Harvard before gers for the duration of most election days. Jeanne re ^ik returning to Calgary and beginning work as a lawyer in calls once having to tie her finger-crossed husband's ^ 1955. shoes. The Lougheeds married June 21, 1952, the longest The Lougheeds will move to Calgary next spring. He'll •*A.. day of the year. They say they came in for some ribbing Join the law firm of Bennett Jones, with sidetrips to Ed ^f because their wedding night was the shortest of the monton to lecture on political science at the University of year. Alberta. CHANGE OF MAND £_

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A Donald Ross Getty, son of a pipeline salesman, was The new premier is a white-knuckle flyer and once re- i y&* born Aug. 31, 1933, in Montreal and weighed eight lbs. "Jfc. fused to fly to a Grande Prairie campaign function, rent- four oz. ^^ ing a car instead and arriving three hours late. The family moved to London, Ont., where Getty be- An Eskimo bubblegum card bearing Getty's face was "Jj* came star quarterback of the Sir Adam Beck High School ^i among the first acquisitions of the Alberta Art Founda ^ team. tion in 1971, partly as a gag by cabinet cohort Dave Russell. Getty met head cheerleader Margaret Mitchell and ^i courted her for several years before they married in Getty was Alberta's first intergovernmental affairs *** .% , 1955 and moved to Edmonton. «L minister and was energy minister in the turbulent ~ 1970s. He was once threatened with expulsion from the Uni- ^L, versity of Western Ontario for cutting too many classes •^ He's superstitious, avoiding 13th floor hotel rooms, ^ to play bridge. black cats and ladders. **£> Getty was backup quarterback for the 1955 Grey Cup Getty is famous for his barbecues, and his back yard

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By Marie Sorgard in grain was a complete failure. This has been a catastrophic year for In some soft wheat fields there has been agriculture in Southern Alberta. Although a second growth which may reduce the there was good moisture and excellent pro quality of the grain. spects in the spring the prolonged drought Damage to crops was also caused by a wreaked havoc with dryland crops end also hail storm which swept through the district created problems in the irrigated sector. in the middle of August. Irrigation systems were shut down three Irrigated hay crops will be below normal #H times during the summer because of the due to the water shortage. water shortage. Cattlemen and hog producers are ex Harvesting has gotten under way and pressing concern about their sector of the although swathing and combining are in full agriculture industry as prices continue to swing dryland crops on summerfailow are dip. Some feedlots are empty and there are producing only a fair yield while stubbled reports of impending receiverships.

AP laserphotos PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES ARRIVE WITH WILLIAM William enrolled in school _____ LONDON (Reuter) — Prince Wil liam enrolled at a small London nur sery school today, the first pros pective heir to the throne to begin his education away from home. The three-year-old prince was taken by his parents, the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, to start lessons at the school, run from three basement rooms of a Victorian house in western £g__ London. William waved to crowds of report ers and photographers who had __i camped outside the school overnight to record his arrival. "I hope it's not like this every morn ing," said a neighbor pushing through the throng of reporters and photogra phers. Charles invited the media to cover William's first day but asked that he then be left in peace. Police spent weeks screening neigh bors and searching the 36-pupil school with sniffer dogs but the family announced only Monday that the Cjfi prince would attend the kindergar ten. Charles was the first royal heir to attend high school but he had his kin dergarten education at home in Buck ingham Palace. Diana taught at a kindergarten before marrying Charles in 1981. Wil liam is the elder of their two sons. i.

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Strathmore sparks Steve Fonyo's love By SUSAN MATE Fonyo moved to Calgary from Vernon in Staff Writer July to study aviation and Reeder works STRATHMORE — Love has lured Steve at her parent's store and does part-time f_ Fonyo back to Strathmore. fashion modelling in the city. But not to former girl friend Sonja Gos- As fate would have it, Reeder is an old teli. The one-legged marathon hero has school-chum of Fonyo's previous flame found a new sweetheart in the town — Gosteli, who now lives in Calgary. sales clerk/model Wendy Reeder, 19. But that's not who brought them togeth "We're in love," confided the happy er, he says. couple in an exclusive Sun interview. "We met when I was in the store to buy Speaking from the Strathmore jewelry something — I think it was a watch band store owned by Reeder's parents — where — and we hit it off," says Fonyo. the couple first met six months ago — The two managed to keep in touch while Fonyo, 20, says the two have been dating the runner completed his journey west fL steadily since Thanksgiving. ward. But it wasn't love at first sight, they But it was Gosteli, 18, who was on his admit. arm when he dipped his artificial leg into The two became "best of friends" in the Pacific Ocean in Victoria, symboli May, when Fonyo ran through that town cally ending his run. on his cross-Canada trek to raise money Though that fairy-tale romance ended in for cancer research. August, Fonyo's friendship with Reeder — "We've known each other for a long who he describes as "a beautiful lady, and time," grins Fonyo, who turns to grasp his very intelligent" — blossomed. girlfriend's hands. She says she was drawn to the runner by The pretty blonde teen — who graduat his "good looks, smarts and smiles." ed last year from Samuel Crowther High The chums realized they "were in love" -sue deike, sun School — responds with a laugh and on a weekend trip to Medicine Hat to visit STEVE FONYO laughs with his latest Strathmore sweetheart Wendy Reeder. squeeze of her hand. Reeder's grandparents. ft*

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The Alberta Sugar Beet Growers He said the only monetary figure men interest in the project would be construc employment in the province. Association has been approached by a tioned was $1,200 for producers and pro tion of the plant. He added the technology Beet growers are now waiting for word Calgary firm proposing ethanol be produc cessors if farmers received an average yield for producing motor grade ethanol is on the establishment of Canadian sugar ed using sugar beets. of 17 tons. available to ABAX through one of its policy and Boras said a draft of the policy In a July 30 letter addressed to Associa Boras said it is possible for ethanol to be shareholders, Howe-Baker Engineers Inc. has been completed by Charles Meyer, tion President Walter F. Boras, Ian produced from beets and it is currently be That firm is now building a $40 million minister responsible for the Canadian MacGregor of AB AX Energy Services Ltd. ing done in West Germany. plant owned by Energy Fuels Corporation Wheat Board. said an ethanol plant could be "a partial In addition there are various plants in the of Tulsa which will produce 10 million Meyer was given the responsibility of solution to the current dilemma" facing United States that successfully convert the gallons of ethanol blending agent per year. drafting the policy and it is now ready to Alberta beet growers. gasoline additive from corn. MacGregor notes government support be presented to cabinet. A meeting with the firm to gather further for funding, as well as tax incentives, would "A 10 million gallon per year plant would information will probably be scheduled be needed. Boras said no details of the policy have likely consume more than 250,000 tons per within the next two weeks, said Boras. "This project would be economically been released but he has heard it will be year of sugar beets," writes MacGregor. "A The idea has received the endorsement viable in Alberta and would provide addi favorable for the beet industry. larger plant could be built to provide more of the town of Picture Butte and the local tional markets for your members. It would "It's a waiting game now and of course significant consumption, if desired." Economic Development Committee. Both be possible to consume all of the product many people are interested in what hap Boras said Saturday he had another call administrative bodies received a copy of the from the plant internally in Alberta." pens," said Boras. He added he expects the from AB AX and is looking further into the ABAX letter at recent meetings. He added construction and ongoing policy to be presented around the last week matter. In the letter MacGregor says his firm's operation of a plant would also create in September or the beginning of October. CHRISTIE Alternate use for beets BLATCHFORD Ethanol production from sugar In the letter MacGregor said more," he said. beets remains a possibility follow ABAX's interest in the matter ABAX has talked with people ing an October 3 meeting would be construction of the plant. willing to finance a plant in Alber between Alberta Sugar Beet He stated a 10 million gallon plant ta, Boras said. He added it could It's all Growers officials and ABAX would likely consume over 250,000 be possible for the company to get Energy Services Ltd. of Calgary. tons per year of sugar beets. a seven-year tax write-off if the Walter F. Boras, president of Boras said the meeting was a plant was built completely new. the beet growers' association, and positive one and ABAX decided to However, he stressed nothing is so gross conclusive at this point and more Picture Butte's deputy mayor take further steps in the matter. The other day, a really gross thing happened to me: Charlie Shimek met with Ian "It looks like ABAX is going to will be known after the ABAX I was French-kissed by a dog. It was my dog, the MacGregor and Lawrence Baily of quite an extensive study, in con study is completed. wondrous Blux, dog of my dreams, who did the kiss The towns of Picture Butte and ing, but it was still incredibly gross. ABAX in Calgary. Allen Haman junction with Alberta Agriculture. I love dogs, I particularly love my dog, but I hate it of Alberta Agriculture was also They plan to come up with a pro Bow Island have both shown an in when a dog French-kisses me, I really do. present. jection sheet on what's involved terest in having the plant locate in Anyway, it made me think. It also made me wash their respective towns, Boras said. out my mouth, but that's not important now. What is Boras said Sunday the meeting and what the market potential is." important is that it was gross, I hate gross things, and was a preliminary one at which "They've both said they were in Boras said findings so far in I bet you do too, and I think the first step in getting rid they discussed the cost of building terested but probably there will be of gross stuff is by talking about it, getting it out in dicate there would be no problem an ethanol plant, the tax incentive presentations made, in the later the open, going public, etc., etc. So here are Some getting customers for ethanol. The Things That Are Gross: available for the company that stages, by a few areas." additive is now being used suc Jellied salads are gross. Jell-0 is okay, and so is builds the plant and the market The plant itself would be jelly, and any matter of dessert that moves, but shak cessfully by Mohawk Oil in ing, quivering salads, especially those weird lime potential for ethanol. relatively compact, said Boras. green ones mothers sick on hockey banquets and Manitoba, Boras said, where Ethanol plants are all built along Ukrainian weddings ("You bring the onion buns, The meeting stemmed from a ethanol is produced from corn. the same design and are usually Myra, Linnie will bring her cheese dip, I'll bring the letter received by Boras dated Mohawk's plant there produces built elsewhere and transported to lime green jellied salad"), are gross. July 30 in which ABAX suggests Anne Murray videos are gross. about one and a half million their permanent site. Liver is gross. Liver smells gross, it tastes gross, it a solution to the current sugar gallons a year. Boras said the A plant in Southern Alberta feels gross. All innard food (kidneys, heart, intestines, dilemma would be to use beets in plant being considered for Alber etc.) is gross, but liver is the worst. Me, I walk into a would have a "dual frontage" or room and I can tell, right away, if there is some liver producing ethanol, a gasoline ta is much larger. the ability to produce ethanol from there, even if it is hidden in a pate or in someone's additive. "We're looking at 10 million or both sugar beets and barley. pocket, and I nearly pass out it is so gross. Getting cat food under your fingernails when you dish it out is exceptionally gross. Dead squirrels on the road are gross. Cold spaghetti, especially if it has formed a pattern on the plate, is very gross. Sugar policy ready Snow in April is gross. Empty pierced-earring holes in your ears are gross. Such holes look magnificent when stuffed with ear Discussion of a natural sugar had his presentation prepared for Boras said Mayer could not give rings, but gross when empty, especially if the holes policy may begin by October 15 or the federal Cabinet. have been stretched by previous wearing of giant any details regarding the contents earrings. 16, Sugar Beet Marketing Board of the proposed policy, adding White turtlenecks, particularly when worn under a President Walter F. Boras Mayer is minister responsible sugar beet growers and B.C. Sugar suit jacket, are highly gross. predicts. for the Canadian Wheat Board and Company would work within Egg whites are gross. Bright red lipstick stains on drinking glasses, cups, Boras said Sunday he met with was given the further responsibil- whatever guidelines the policy all manner of utensils and dishes, cigarettes and the Charles Mayer in Winnipeg two ty of developing a national presents. collars of men's shirts are gross, especially if you per weeks ago and at the time Mayer sweetener policy earlier this year. sonally do not wear bright red lipstick. Men in dresses are gross, even if the dresses aren't. Women wrestlers are gross, even though they're supposed to be. Male cheerleaders aren't supposed to be, but they are too. Big diamonds are gross. Generic peanut butter is gross, especially when all the oil collects on the top. Fat, over-sized tires on souped-up cars are gross. Makeup lines are gross and so are burgundy cheeks. Burgundy cheeks do not occur naturally on anyone. Knee-high nylons are gross, even if you wear them under pants and no one can see them. Taber sugar plant Fruit flans are gross. Overly tanned skin is gross. People with overly tanned skin look like cheap leather purses, and this is a gross look. could reopen soon Men's shoes with high block heels are gross. Scabs are cute, but blood blisters are extremely By RIC SWIHART ers to spread the work over a longer gross, and so are people who pick them. of The Herald period. Getting soap in your nose when you wash your hair Alberta Sugar Co., owned by B.C. "We hope to be able to keep enough is gross. Sugar Co. Ltd. of Vancouver, will hold workers to be able to operate the plant Running shoes with dark socks are gross, and so are talks today with unionized workers at its next year," said Guccione. sandals, with any socks. Taber factory to attempt to implement a He said most of the work will involve People who clean their teeth with matchbooks are work schedule designed to retain as packaging sugar that was processed gross. many employees as possible. from the 1984 sugar beet crop. Ear hair is most gross. Joe Guccione of Lethbridge, Alberta News of the company-grower conflict Back hair is gross, too. Sugar general manager, said he has held was raised in the Alberta legislature Persons who wear their blue jeans slung so low that talks with all other staff, also about the Wednesday. when they bend over, the top of their bums show are work arrangements. Opposition Leader Ray Martin said very gross. The factory processing operation has growers have opted for other crops Walking into a spiderweb is gross. been closed following unsuccessful con because of a dispute with the processor, And so is swallowing bugs when you are running. tract talks with the Alberta Sugar Beet but Agriculture Minister LeRoy Fjord Dress shirts with sweat stains are gross. Growers Marketing Board. No beets will botten laid the blame for the situation on So are grey brassieres that are supposed to be be grown this year. the lack of a national sugar'policy. white. He said the company will suggest a He said Canada is a dumping ground Hospital flowers are gross, but then, so are hospi reduced work schedule for many work for cheap sugar. tals. Lakes with muddy bottoms are gross, and so are form letters that pretend to be personal, and so are people who wear sunglasses indoors. And you know what else is gross? This column is, that's what, but it has' to be so that we can fight the good fight. Have a nice day, eh. TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1985 Threats reported No change, after beet decision By RIC SWIHART "There have not been any threats for the of The Herald company. I think the threats are limited Purported threats of violence, includ amongst the growers and between so no talks ing the use of guns and bombs, are run groups of growers. That is where it ning rampant throughout the Municipal stands, although that could change." By RIC SWIHART District of Taber following the collapse Walter F. Boras of Iron Springs, presi of The Herald of the sugar beet industry and balkani dent of the Alberta Sugar Beet Grow The Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Marketing Board turned down an offer to zation of farmers. ers Marketing Board, said Monday, "It talk contract with B.C. Sugar Monday when processing company officials declined At least two farmers, an Alberta is hard to imagine that anybody could ; to move from their original proposal. Sugar Co. employee and one govern make these kinds of statements." And board directors got a firm commitment from three MLAs at an emer ment official confirmed talks with dis He said the industry must go through a gency meeting in Lethbridge to speed the process to gain legal powers for the traught farmers who had agreed to plant "cooling off" period and reassess the marketing board, a major issue raised at a Saturday meeting of 450 farmers at sugar beets this year and who had economic realities of the situation the Yates Memorial Centre. received threats against themselves later. The other major issue raised at the Yates meeting — distribution of the province s and/or their families. "Everybody is feeling the pressure $10-a-tonne subsidy — will not be amended. It will be paid to anybody who grows One farm wife was reported as saying and maybe some have made some rash beets this year. a caller said her husband could be shot statements," he said. That disappointed some growers who feel payment of the subsidy to anybody out of his tractor if he planted beets Eliminating or reducing resentment who grows beets destroys a negotiating edge for the board. while another farmer reported several and animosity among growers was a key Bob Bogle, Taber-Warner MLA and minister of utilities and communications, other farmers approached him in his part of the company's decision early Sat said in an interview the province will not change the method of distributing its field demanding to know what he was urday to abandon even a limited pro subsidy, a program that would pay up to $6 million to farmers. planting. cessing campaign. The company had He confirmed a position outlined by Agriculture Minister LeRoy Fjordbotten Carole Rex, district agriculturist for said it would operate the plant regard that the payment will be made directly to farmers in the fall when the beets the Municipal District of Taber, said one less of the acres of beets grown in 1985 to have been harvested. farmer told her Monday morning accommodate those growers who would threats had been made against his wife sign contracts outside the marketing and children. board. "I didn't think that this would hap Boras said company negotiators "fab City tries to help pen," said Rex. ricated" the resentment factor at the There were several reports of a bomb Uth-hour negotiation session Friday by Aid. Don LeBaron was directed by city council Monday to convince B.C. Sugar threat against the sugar beet processing insinuating there have been threats of president Peter Cherniavsky to personally enter negotiations with Southern Alberta factory in Taber, but Alberta Sugar Co. violence. beet farmers. General Manager Joe Guccione of Leth Boras said marketing board directors A resolution by council also directed LeBaron, if necessary, to travel to Van bridge denied receiving any threats met Sunday and Monday with farmers in couver to encourage the firm's president to come to rejuvenated talks. through Monday. their locals to update them on the con While LeBaron was unsuccessful in reaching Cherniavsky in Vancouver during "As far as we're concerned, we've not tract negotiation sessions and how it Monday's city council meeting, he said he will continue to try over the next two received any threats," said Guccione. affects them. days. LeBaron was able to reach the company's vice-president, who said he'd come to negotiate with the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Marketing Board if it made that request. MP talks co-operative There's been too much criticism already reported in the media, LeBaron added, Expressing "extreme disappoint importance of the timing of a national j and suggested future negotiations function on a "news blackout" to ensure a better ment" in the actions of B.C. Sugar Co. sugar policy. i chance of success. Ltd. to close sugar beet operations in He said talk of forming a co-operative Southern Alberta, Lethbridge-Foothills and building a plant "is premature until MP Blaine Thacker Monday called for there is a policy." Firms 'want to talk' co-operative action to build a competing Thacker has praise for the marketing plant. B.C. Sugar and Alberta Sugar Co. "would like to be asked to meet again" board. with the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Marketing Board, the firm's local man He said growers should explore the "I hope they will keep the marketing ager said Monday. possibility of getting their own factory. board together and carry on," Thacker Joe Guccione of Lethbridge, manager of Alberta Sugar Co., a subsidiary of "If they could get 5,000 people to con said from his Ottawa office. "There is a B.C. Sugar, said the processor remains committed to the concept of talks with tribute $1,000 each, that would be $5 mil lot more to it. I think the company the farmer-run marketing board. lion," said Thacker. "Then they could wanted to break the marketing board. "We have not tried to sign contracts with individual farmers," said Guccione. He get some of the Heritage money or some They wanted to stop that process. That said company officials told the marketing board it may have to talk directly loan guarantees. was more behind the company decision with farmers and attempt to sign production contracts, "but we have not done it "Or they could send a group to the (to close the Taber factory this year) yet." United States to chat about a joint ven even than profits." That company position was viewed favorably this week in a special Taber ture with an American firm." Thacker said the company, in its deci meeting. About 35 farmers gathered to discuss sugar beet production in 1985 Thacker said farmers should not auto sion, was not a good corporate citizen. outside the marketing board. matically think B.C. Sugar is the only "It is people they are dealing with." Frank Rabusic of Taber, who attended the meeting, said only about five to six act in town. "Times are tough, really tough," said per cent of the farmers were in favor of supporting the marketing board. He said that if farmers had their own Thacker. "These are the times to pull Walter F. Boras of Iron Springs, marketing board president, said he is sure plant, "they could give B.C. Sugar a run together. It was sugar which saved the I "not that many growers will be willing to jump in and loot the industry" by for its money." company's bacon in its first tough years • signing a contract outside of the marketing board. Thacker said there is no doubt passage in the oil business. I feel the company of a national sugar policy is vital to any could have been more reasonable." attempts to compete with B.C. Sugar. Thacker said federal assistance to Walter F. Boras of Iron Springs, presi attract a competing sugar processor is dent of the Alberta Sugar Beet Grow possible through the department of ers Marketing Board, agreed with the regional industrial expansion. Rene Levesque calls it quits QUEBEC (CP) — Premier Rene Levesque went into seclusion today after making his long-awaited announcement that he was resigning as party leader. Levesque, who bowed to intense pressure to quit, is expected to stay on as premier until a successor is chosen after a 90-day leader ship campaign that will culminate with a province-wide vote among the Parti Quebecois's 110,000 members. RENE LEVESQUE Cost too high sessions on sugar policy planned Walter F. Boras of Iron Among those participating Springs will travel to Ottaw will be representatives of the Association, the Consumers in September. without policy Association of Canada, as well this weekend where, as Presi Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec Boras, in his capacity as The economics of producing sugar from sugar dent of the Alberta Sugar Beet as representatives of the Sugar President of the Albera Sugar Departments of Agriculture, Institute. beets, in the absence of a national sugar policy, is Growers Marketing Board, he Beet Growers Marketing prohibitive, says Joe Guccione, manager of Alberta representatives of the sugar will be a member of a panel of refiners in British Columbia, Tentative plans have been Association, says he is hopeful Sugar Co. 20 conducting the first of white made for an August meeting The Taber plant continues to operate in anticipa Manitoba and Quebec, repre negotiations will be able to get paper think tank sessions sentatives of the corn sweet with the hope that the Minister under way with B.C. Sugar Co. tion of a revived sugar beet industry next year. of Agriculture, John Wise, will But, that won't happen without a sugar policy. under the guidance of Charles ener industry, corn growers, for the 1986 sugar beet crop. Guccione said the plant employed 110 operating Meyer Minister in charge of Nutrasweet representatives, be able to present an outline of at capacity. However, the compliment has been the Canadian Wheat Board. members of the Sugar Users' the proposed Canadian Sugar reduced, either through transfers to Vancouver — Policy to the Federal Cabinet home base for B.C. Sugar, owners of the Alberta Sugar Co. — or because people have found alterna Board tive jobs. Those who have found other work have been told they will.be recalled if a sugar beet crop is planted files next season. If not, Guccione anticipates the Taber plant may accept fine sugar processed in Vancou ver for packaging and resale. Should that route be status taken, Guccione said the local plant would reqire "considerably fewer people and a lot less equip The Alberta Sugar Beet ment." Growers Association has final The sugar policy should be established by Octo ized the implementation of its ber at the latest, he said, if farmers are to prepare regulations within the guide the land for 1986 production of sugar beets. lines of those of the Marketing The compay, however, has more flexibility and Council. "although planning for the company is difficult enough", it can hold out longer for a sugar policy By the end of July they will than the producer. be filed with the Attorney General's Department. This will give the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Association full Wheat chosen marketing board status. The bulk of sugar beet producer went into soft Copies of the regulations are white spring wheat production this year. expected to be available to the The addition of an estimated 30,000 acres of soft membership of the organiza wheat has not hurt that industry says Art Eckert. tion by the middle of August. president of the Alberta Soft Wheat Growers Asso ciation. The markets exist to absorb the additional wheat. Concessions have been made to accommodate the sugar beet growers, said Eckert, with pro ducers being allowed to contract without limit. As work continues toward a national sugar policy aimed at saving the sugar beet industry, Eckert says the market for soft white wheat appears able to absorb the additional acreage put into the system by sugar beet producers. However, he said soft white wheat has been a rotation crop of sugar beet producers for years. The sugar beets are heavy nitrogen producers which produces a healthy crop of soft white wheat. A five-year agreement for the supply of soft wheat has been signed with Egypt and Eckert, who lives in Duchess, said markets are continuing to open. Much of the reason for that, however, could be the low export price oi soft wheat, said Eckert. The heavy competition has resulted in repeated cuts to the price. However, without sugar beets, the farmers will have to find an alternative rotation crop. Soft white wheat alone cannot be grown without a heavy risk of soil damage and diseased crop. Jim Tanner, president of the Alberta Processed Vegetable Growers Association, said if beet grow ers find themselves looking for an alternate rota tion crop they should look to something other than vegetables. The existing market for processed veg etables is already tight and Tanner said it cannot absorb additional production. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1985

Province ready to help beet farms m Provincial Agriculture Minister Charles Mayer, minister responsible for (the company) are always trying to LeRoy Fjordbotten ended an emotional ers' Association said it made his day. B.C. Sugar closed the refinery, likened__J the Canadian Wheat Board, pleaded the change our contract when the situation The moisture is good for the farmers and the "blow" dealt by the federal govern-^^ speech Tuesday with a $10-a-tonne assis case before the 17-member economic is depressed." tance program for Southern Alberta's makes the delay easier to endure. ment's refusal to help to the crushing development committee Tuesday. The In an interview following the meeting, sugar beet farmers. pleas were rejected. blow he felt when as a teenager hisfr-" "You do have from us (a commit Thacker said he was "shocked." father died. Although the $10 a tonne will give the Mayer had travelled from Vancouver ment) that we will stand with you," sugar beet farmers some "leeway" in "I can't believe it," he said. "I always^J I Fjordbotten told about 500 crowded into to Quebec gathering information and felt politicians, even in Central Canada0% negotiations with B.C. Sugar Co. Ltd., when the economic development meet I a save-the-sugar-beet-industry meeting Walter F. Boras, president of the are rational human beings." I at the Yates. With an estimated 600,000 ing was delayed a week, that time was Van Orman, like the other govern-6^ Alberta Sugar Beet Growers' Marketing spent gathering ammunition for the • tonnes expected to be harvested, the Board, said the farmers are not pre ment, chamber of commerce, farming' I assistance scheme could cost the prov- cause. A letter-writing campaign was and industry representatives addressing pared to sacrifice a 63-37 split with the organized and Telexes were sent, but to I ince as much $6 million. company. That split, which has been the the 500, said a message will be sent to6*^ Only moments before the anounce- no avail. Ottawa and it's crystal clear: "We don't stumbling block to a settlement, gives The farmers have planted as late as If the federal government should ment, Lethbridge-Foothills MP Blaine the farmers 63 per cent of the sugar accept no for an answer." s-g Thacker had to say the federal govern April 22, when a contract dispute rethink its decision and come back with price and the company 37 per cent. delayed planting in 1978. "When I looked a short-term bail-out plan, the province Boras said the producers don't want ment had turned a deaf ear to the farm Boras said of the provincial assistance handouts, they want to be on equal foot-~^ ers' pleas for assistance. out (this morning) and saw this beauti will back out. plan, "there's nothing in it for the com ful wet snow," Boras, who is also presi Taber Mayor Van Van Orman, whose ing with their competition through a po_** Armed with hundreds of letters, pany" but, it isn't losing money. "They dent of the Canadian Sugar Beet Grow icy that would end dumping. The coun municipality would suffer a direct hit if tries dumping sugar have ensured their ^ producers survival through a policy and Strategy the excess is allowed to be dumped on. the international market. w* The following are the members of the mapped out federal government's economic (level-** A strategy is being mapped out to opment committee: storm Ottawa in the wake of a federal Chairman Regional Industrial fr_j government decision to refuse sugar Expansion Minister Sinclair Stevens,' beet growers assistance. vice-chairman Energy, Mines and. Aid. Don LeBaron, instigator of a Resources Minister Pat Carney.fc* save-the-sugar-beet-industry meeting Employment and Immigration Minister Tuesday, said no time will be wasted Flora MacDonald, Transportation Min-rn^ rallying a contingent to converge on the ister Don Mazankowski, Fisheries and capital. Because the federal govern Oceans Minister John Fraser, Agricul ment won't sit next week and the South ture Minister John Wise, Science and6«s ern Alberta contingent wants maximum Technology Minister Tom Siddon.Minis- exposure, LeBaron told The Herald ter Responsible for the Canadian Wheat m^ today it's likely the Ottawa trip will wait Board Charles Mayer, Labor Minister*^ until April 15. However, he says "I'm Bill McKnight, Tourism Minister Tom ready at a moment's notice". McMillan, Small Businesses Minister^* "We're just at the beginning of the Tom Bissonette, Minister of State for battle," said Walter F. Boras, president Transport Benoit Bouchard, Consumer ml of the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers' and Corporate Affairs Minister Michel"^ Marketing Board and vice-president of Cote, Mines Minister Robert Layton, the Canadian Sugar Beet Growers Asso International Trade Minister James j ciation. The $170 million generated by Kelleher, Communications Minister the Alberta growers proves their signifi Marcel Masse, and Forestry Minister t cance to the provincial economy. TABER MAYOR VAN VAN OgMAN WITH BEET GROWERS REPRESENTATIVE WALTER F. BORAS Gerald Merrithew. The battle to save the sugar beet u industry also means a trip to Vancou ver and to B.C. Sugar Co. Ltd. Utili ties and Telecommunications Minister 'No excuse' for federal aid refusal Bob Bogle, Taber-Warner MLA, said he There's no excuse for the federal government's news otihe federal government', refusal to heluJBijt was prepared to knock on the door of the Van Orman, whose community faces the threat of refpssd-to hail out-the &aga„ beet industEjk - people wanteeUo know where the remainder of the the closure of the B.C. Sugar Co. Ltd. refinery, said the ^ sugar company. That was the general consensus among the politi Western Conservative MPs were and why their voices Bogle also said he would let Premier government has to be told in no uncertain terms that cians, growers and business representatives weren't heard in the cry for assistance. "we are a part of Canada. We have been shoved aside Peter Lougheed, in Ottawa to attend the addressing about 500 people attending Tuesday's save- Thacker said with the economic development com conference on aboriginal rights, know of since 1871. We expect to be treated as equal citizens, fes the-sugar-beet-industry meeting. mittee's refusal to support an assistance program, the not as second class in the West." the federal government's decision and The province came through with $10 a tonne, which other MPs, including cabinet ministers will be called in he meeting's response to that refusal. Thacker repeated Medicine Hat MP Bob Porter's e_ translates into a $6-million assistance program for to do battle for Manitoba and Alberta sugar beet farm speculation that the federal government may look at Lougheed's government Tuesday Southern Alberta growers. Walter F. Boras, presi ers. announced a $l0-a-tonne — about $6-mii- what has been done thus far for Western Canada. dent of the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers' Marketing The announcement ignited a fuse that exploded into He mentioned the revised National Energy Program tSai lion — assistance program for the South Board and vice-president of the Canadian Sugar Grow a barrage of criticism. Taber Mayor Van Van Orman ern Alberta sugar beet farmers. The agreement, which ends the much-debated Petroleum ers Association, said $5 to $10 a tonne in assistance said of the refusal, "it's inconceivable, it's completely and Gas Revenue Tax. The agriculture department^, plight of the sugar beet producers also from the federal government would give the sugar beet irrational." The federal government invests millions prompted the province to establish a inherited little money, he said. •*" producers a fighting chance. of dollars to create or save 15 or perhaps 25 jobs, yet Utilities and Telecommunication Minister Bob hree-member committee of Bogle, Repeatedly the two Southern Alberta MPs were cre refuses to offer a short-term lifeline to save hundreds, Agriculture Minister Leroy Fjordbotten Bogle, Taber-Warner MLA said "we've suffered a set-js- dited with spending long hours lobbying for assistance said Van Orman. back tonight, but we're not going to give up. We're and Economic Development Minister and a national sugar policy. And it was a sullen-faced Hugh Planche. "What is $10 million or $15 million in a budget of $80 going to lick this problem. We're not going to roll over^, Blaine Thacker, Letbridge-Foothills MP who broke the billion and a deficit of $30 billion?" he asked and play dead." wH

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RON JACOBSON, LEFT, MAYOR ANDY ANDERSON FLANK SAUVE MONDAY, MAY 13, 1985 fgaf^a fSfgSk Final bid for beet crop fails By RIC SWIHART "In view of the failure to reach agreement and Boras said marketing board directors, in the Boras said the company action confirmed his of The Herald the refusal of the growers' board to allow mem eight-hour negotiation session Friday, had given suspicions that B.C. Sugar was not worried about Sugar beets will not be grown or processed in bers to grow beets at their own discretion, and in "very substantial" concessions in an effort to the dollars and cents of the 1985 contract, but tha Southern Alberta this year. order to avoid the build-up of resentment and ani reach a contract settlement that would have the company was interested only in breaking tht An llth-hour contract negotiation session with mosity against growers willing to accept the com allowed farmers to plant beets. producer marketing board. officials of B.C. Sugar Co. Ltd. and Alberta Sugar pany proposal, it has been decided to abandon He said the board had agreed to give B.C. Sugar "They wanted to split the industry this yeai Beet Growers Marketing Board that ended at 10:20 plans to run even a short campaign in 1985." about $3 million in federal and provincial stabiliza because they could see a national sugar policy anc p.m. Friday was not resumed Saturday. tion payments promised for the 1985 crop. Alberta the powers of the marketing board in place nex ^ "The negotiations between Alberta Sugar Co. (a The company had told farmers they would pro farmers expected to get about $9 million. year, and that will set the trend for the industry foi ^* subsidiary of B.C. Sugar) and the Alberta Sugar cess any beets produced in Southern Alberta this "I think one of the deciding factors was that B.C. future years," said Boras. iaf year. iaa« Beet Growers Marketing Board, resumed Friday Sugar has got a contract with Manitoba growers in "The company tried to circumvent the market "" at the request of the company, have again reached Walter F. Boras of Iron Springs, marketing its back pocket, and it was not willing to make an impasse," Joe Guccione, Alberta Sugar general board president, said a telephone call early Satur any other concessions in Alberta," said Boras. ing board by signing production contracts outsidt manager, told The Herald about noon Saturday. day from Guccione "was a slap in the face." "We were not talking with the company negotia the board. But they didn't even get half-way to firsi "We agreed last night (Friday) that we would tors. We were talking with intermediaries. The base. ^ "It is clear that the position of the parties remain meet at 11 a.m. Saturday," said Boras. "He called decision was made in Vancouver early Saturday. "And then they had the ridiculous request for ui too far apart for an agreement to be in place in at 8:45 a.m. and said there is nothing to meet It was made by Peter Cherniavsky (B.C. Sugar to release the growers to sign production contract) time for the 1985 crop. about." president) and Bill Brown (a vice-president)." this year." M* ^ yyy-'yyj-mptg.yyity- •» Farmers ...... ^ 'Disaster' consider for Taber '86 options By JUDY PARSONS Of The Herald By RIC SWIHART TABER — Taber Mayor Van Van Orman says the closure of The Herald of the sugar factory here this year is "a disaster." With Southern Alberta sugar beet production a dead issue "Whether it will make a ghost town out of us I don't know,' for 1985, "grower representatives are eyeing long-term solutions he said Sunday. "It will have a serious impact not only ir they hope will lead to a revitalized industry in 1986. Taber but in Lethbridge, Vauxhall, Picture Butte, Bow Island. And they are starting to wonder out loud if they want a )> continued partnership with B.C. Sugar Co. Ltd. of Vancouver or Van Orman also said he has little hope there can ever be i if they should form a co-operative and borrow money from the sugar beet industry in Southern Alberta. Heritage Savings Trust Fund to build their own factory or "There's no possibility of a future. The federal governmen encourage another private firm to locate in Alberta. won't introduce a sugar beet policy now. The sugar beet pro Walter F. Boras of Iron Springs, president of the Alberta ducers aren't growing them anymore, so what's the point? Sugar Beet Growers Marketing Board, said following collapse of He said you can't take 100 jobs out of a town the size of llth-hour contract talks Saturday all efforts will be directed to Taber, along with the "spin-off effects on related businesses, get a national sugar policy in place before the 1986 crop must be without it hurting. planted. "I could say it's an unmitigated disaster." *a The need for a national sugar policy was the rallying cry of Bruce Milliken of Milliken Farm Supplies said Sunday the about 100 industry, business and government leaders from closure will be "devastating. It's going to harm Southern Alberta Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec at the first-ever industry-wide very greatly." lobby trip to Ottawa April 14. The Alberta grower organiza He said his company has already lost sales of unrelated equip tion has been demanding the policy for about 30 years. ment this spring because farmers didn't want to spend money A national sugar policy would stipulate how much sugar Can when they were unsure of the direction the industry would be ada should produce. It would be designed to give Canada some taking. self-sufficiency in sugar production and give some income pro He said business will now just get worse and estimates he tection to beet farmers and processors. will lose between $500,000 to $1,000,000 in sales as a direct result The other major concern of Alberta industry leaders is the of the closure, "and that's only my business." *^ status of the marketing board. Perry Leishman, the branch manager of Taber Oliver Irri Boras said he is convinced the Alberta Agricultural Prod gation said the sugar factory was a big business in Taber and ucts Marketing Council, which regulates marketing boards and added "its closing will affect everybody." commissions, will approve regulations within a month that will Mike Pyne, past-president of the Taber Chamber of Com give official power to the marketing board. merce and part owner of Pynewood Sight and Sound and The Without those regulations, the board is unable to say who Club, said in the long run the closure won't be "really bad can produce sugar beets in Alberta, and it was that lack of but in the short term it's really going to hurt." power which allowed B.C. Sugar Co. Ltd. to attempt to sign He also said this doesn't spell doom and gloom. "Taber still contracts outside the jurisdiction of the board. has a lot going for it," he said adding the town is still in the the Boras said he would not want to be B.C. Sugar or its subsidi heart of irrigation country, oil well servicing and other food pro ary Alberta Sugar Co., with head office in Lethbridge. cessing. Boras said Alberta represents about 60 per cent of Canada's Chamber president Richard Sugden says it's too early to beet sugar production, and the failure of the industry in Alberta say what the impact on the town will be.. this year could have ramifications in the governments of Canada Herald photo John Wilk, who farms north of Vauxhall, said the closure is and Alberta. WALTER BORAS WITH HIS IDLE EQUIPMENT going to hurt many farmers with money tied up in beet equip **& ment KEEPING TRACK OF THE CLAN'S KIDS • ROBERT AND ETHEL'S CHILDREN: married Ed Schlossber, author and executive, friend even though the Kennedys made their disap Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, 35, is the second child yesterday. of the late senator to seek a congressional seat in Mary proval known, and married him in April. Maria is the **& land in the upcoming election. She is married with John F. Jr., 26, is a senior executive for an urban anchorwoman and main attraction with CBS Morning three children and is a lawyer in Baltimore. renewal project in New York. He spent '84 in India News in Los Angeles. David Anthony died in 1984 at the age of 28 in his hotel studying and plans to attend law school in the fall. Robert, 31, is a lawyer. In '83 he was fined $250 for suite from a drug overdose of cocaine. He lived life in the • TED AND JOANS CHILDREN: scalping tickets for a baseball game. fast lane, making headlines for everything from wild Ted Jr., 25, had his left leg amputated because of Timothy, 26, works with sexually abused children in university parties at Harvard where he once went on a cancer in '73. In '80, he was arrested for possession of New Haven, Conn. 40-day heroin binge to a joyride in a jeep driven by his marijuana. He has started a foundation to seek better Mark, 22, is a recent prep school grad and Anthony, brother Joe that left a woman paralyzed for life. jobs and transportation for the disabled. 21, is soon to be the same. Patrick, 19, is a student and Kara, 26, graduated from Bobby Jr., 32, was arrested in 1982 for possession of university in '83. • PATRICIA AND PETER LAWFORD'S CHIL heroin. He joined a drug rehabilitation program and DREN: was given a suspended sentence and two years' proba .• JEAN AND STEVE SMITH'S CHILDREN: tion. Married, with a child, he works as an environmen Steve Jr., 28, William, 26, Amanda, 18, and Kym Christopher, 31, was arrested in Aspen, Colo., in '79 talist. Maria, 13, are all in school. Steve worked the summer on charges of obtaining a narcotic prescription drug by of '83 at a Thai refugee camp. fraud. The charges were dropped. He graduated from Douglas, 19, Rory Elizabeth, 18, Michael, 29, Mary law school in '83 and is now a drug counsellor in Bos Kerry, 27, Christopher, 23, and Matthew, 21, are all • SARGENT AND EUNICE SHRIVER'S CHIL ton. students. **2 DREN: Sydney, 29, is married and living in Boston. Mary Courtney Ruhe, 30, is married and so is Maria, 30, was considered the greatest rebel among Victoria, 27, is working for C-Span, a subsidiary of a Michael. the Kennedy girls. She made headlines when she lived major pharmaceutical company. D JOHN AND JACKIE'S CHILDREN: with movie star and former Mr. Universe Arnold Robin, 25, is a theatre major at Marymount Manhat Caroline, 28, a first-year law student at Columbia, Schwarzenegger. She refused to give up her boy __^ tan College. Seed has to come out By RIC SWIHART will give then better cash flow know if he can make the payment of The Herald because it takes more than a year on his new beet equipment, and he Some Southern Alberta farmers to get the final beet payment. doesn't know if the bank wants it who had already planted sugar "One farmer said he doesn't back," said Rex. beets by Saturday morning when Alberta Sugar Co. decided to aban •• « g * don plans to operate its Taber fac tory this year face agronomic problems. Farmers who had prepared land for sugar beets and planted will likely have to cultivate the seed out, Carole Rex, district agricul turist for the Municipal District of Taber, said Monday. "One fellow was in here today (Monday) and said he had already planted half of his beet acres," said Rex. She said it is impossible to esti mate how many acres had been planted before word got out to the farmers that production in 1985 CP LASERPHOTO was futile. Even an llth-hour con COUNTRY SINGER HANK SNOW IS STILL A STAR tract session by Alberta Sugar Co. and Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Marketing Board failed to solve the economic impasse that Snow still a star thwarted production this year. HALIFAX (CP) - Hank Snow stops, Brooklyn, N.S., started off as hard and Rex said reports of beet planting pulls a pair of eyeglasses from his tough as the callouses on a guitar- range from 800 acres intended and fancy, sequinned suit and fiddles with picker's fingers. 400 acres planted to 10,000 acres the itty-bitty word sheet. A battered child, Snow left home early intended and 5,000 planted. Slow, Laid-back. Kind of like an ol' to work as a fisherman, lumberjack, "But there definitely were some hound dog in the Tennessee sun. newspaper vendor, fish pedlar and acres in the ground," said Rex. "I had an eye implant 'bout a year Fuller Brush salesman before breaking Mrs. Frank Tomcala of Taber ago," Snow tells the folks in a low, down- into the music business. said a company official told farm home drawl. "So excuse me if I use "I was sent out into the world when ers those who didn't plant their the cheaters." J was 12 and I've been there ever since," crop would be able to return it to The folks aren't paying much mind says Snow," who now heads a U.S. foun the company. to the tinted cheaters. Or the word sheet dation aimed at stopping child abuse. Snow needs to get him through My Nova Billing himself as the Yodelling Mrs. Frank Rabusic of Taber Scotia Home. Duded up in string ties, Ranger and then the Singing Ranger, said she understands those who cowboy shirts and city suits, they've Snow once shared the stage with a planted will be compensated by filled a downtown Halifax convention trained horse named Shawnee. His only i the company for labor and seed. centre to see Hank Snow — country-and- son was born in a charity ward and western legend, local boy made good. Snow, himself, has stood in a Halifax She said no contracts had been "I've been called a legend and a bread line. signed by the farmers who wanted Herald photo superstar," Snow says backstage. "I The hard times ended in 1950 when to circumvent the marketing BEET GROWER JOHN WILK WITH IDLE EQUIPMENT don't like that word 'legend.' It makes Snow, who broke into Nashville's Opry board, but only because they me feel old." with help from Ernest Tubb, wrote and hadn't been printed. Farmers had At 72, Snow is old to some people. But recorded the electrifying I'm Movin On. given their planting intention to the diminutive, white-haired singer, a The song topped the trade charts for 29 the company. Firms look at losses Grand Ole Opry regular since 1950, is weeks and sold a million copies, when Rex said those farmers who Two Lethbridge-based firms, this year it will affect us to some still a star. He brings the crowd to its million-sellers were rarities in the 78- planted beets will have to work up hard hit by the decision Saturday degree. Some people will be laid feet when he strolls on stage — trim and r.p.m. recording industry. the land, and those who had pre to shut down the Alberta sugar off and beets will be a contributing upright in a white, western suit deco To the deeply religious Snow, it was pared the fields with chemical and beet industry for 1985, "could be factor." rated with blue and pink sequins. And he nothing short of a miracle. "The Good the tip of the economic iceberg" leaves them on their feet with his famil fertilizer, but had not yet planted, Marv Kirchner, a partner in Lord stepped in and guided my pen as I face tough decisions. facing the area's economy. iar sign-off, I've Been Everywhere. wrote the song I'm Movin On," he Bill Parasack, vice-president of Kirchner Machine Ltd., said his "I told my manager: 'I have a built-in explained years later. "The biggest problem will be Oliver Industrial Supply, said that immediate concern is to find alter audience in Halifax and I can fill that fertilizer and chemical," she said. while accurate figures aren't native equipment lines to make or house anytime,'" Snow tells the crowd. On this night, Snow can recall only "If they applied Ro-Neet, which available, the demise of the sugar handle. "These people are with me and they two verses of another hit, Blue Velvet kills weeds for six weeks into the beet industry "will mean many, have been for years." Band. It's been 50 years — longer than Sugar beet equipment makes up many fans have been alive — since he beet crop, they will be limited to many hundreds of thousands of a big part of Kirchner's business, People weren't always with Snow. His corn production, although a few dollars" in losses to his firm. life, which began as Clarence Eugene initially recorded the song, his first hit and Kirchner is hoping to be able by Canadian standards. may try sunflowers." "It will have quite an impact on to move some of his beet machines Snow in the tiny south shore town of us," Parasack said in a telephone Other farmers may have applied into the United States. The members of his band, the Rain interview. "We are strong into the Specialized beet harvesters are bow Ranch Boys, are no longer boys. Avadex, but the recommended irrigation business and a good part rate for sugar beets is too high for hardest hit because they can be They're middle-aged men dressed ir of our business is for row-crop used only for sugar beets. pale green suits, wide belts and lime soft white wheat. Rex said more business. than 80 per cent of the land Kirchner said there will be no green apache scarves. One of the boys intended for sugar beets has been "We are also involved in the immediate impact on staff, mostly wears a hearing aid. There's at least one or will be planted to soft white chemical end, as distributors. because the firm laid off some toupee on stage. wheat, a variety used for pastry "And our industrial end sells workers about two months ago flour that yields in excess of 100 many repairs to the factory. We when B.C. Sugar Co. Ltd. indicated bushels an acre. get it from all three ends." it may have to close the factory at Parasack said there is no imme Taber unless more government And many farmers applied 160 diate threat of staff layoffs due to stabilization money was made pounds of nitrogen, a vital factor the beet situation, "but likely later available to growers. for high yields of sugar beets, but too much for barley. Barley planted with that much nitrogen will lodge in the field. No word on plant staff "Some will plant dry beans, can- The status of Alberta Sugar Co. "We talked about how it may ola will take a percentage of the staff following the company deci affect our employees." beet land, and there will be a few sion not to .operate its Taber fac Guccione said that as soon as the acre of sunflowers and a few acres tory this year likely won't be set company is prepared, it will make of corn," said Rex. "Some will tled for several days, says a statement on how employees plant more potatoes." company General Manager Joe may be affected. Guccione. Rex said some farmers are , "I really have got nothing to tell The personnel manager of B.C. claiming the loss of their beet con you," Guccione said following a Sugar Co. Ltd. of Vancouver, par tract won't adversely affect them. day of talks with Taber employees t ent firm of Alberta Sugar Co., was Planting a soft white wheat crop Monday. also in Taber Monday. Sugar official raps less-efficient growers By RIC SWIHART Alberta is about 18 tonnes an sugar in bulk rather than in Direct haul allowances will be of The Herald acre. smaller bags. discontinued, and; Break-even price levels in There are also many grow The company proposal is • As a consequence of eli Southern Alberta's sugar beet ers who traditionally produce based on the $25 a standard minating the divisible sugar industry could be reduced more than 20 tonnes an acre, tonne for growers, but would selling expenses, the com dramatically if traditionally and the company would wel give farmers 60 per cent of all pany will cancel the balance inefficient producers would come a shift of acreage con income when the bulk sugar owed by growers on the cost- get out of the business, a pro tract to the better growers or price ranges from $500 to $700 sharing agreements signed to cessing company official those on land better suited to a tonne. Sugar is selling for build sugar storage bins at the says. beet production. about $500 a tonne now, and Taber factory. That forgive "The marketing board He Said farmers who pro that would give farmers the ness is valued at $1.5 million. should weed out its growers, duce such low tonnages can't $25 a standard tonne of "The federal government because the government is not expect to make money in beets. has announced that it and the prepared to support ineffi sugar beets. But those same When the bulk sugar price provincial governments will cient growers," said Joe Guc farmers are part of the indus exceeds $700 a standard set up a joint committee in cione of Lethbridge, manager try-wide cost-of-production tonne, farmers would get 75 1985 with input from growers of Alberta Sugar Co., a divi studies which set limits of per cent of the price. and industry to design a new sion of B.C. Sugar Co. Ltd. of profitability. Under the 1984 contract, policy for the beet sugar Vancouver which is in the That cost-of-production farmers received 63 per cent industry," Bill Willison of middle of 1985 contract talks level, estimated by marketing of the average wholesale Vancouver, a B.C. Sugar vice- with Alberta Sugar Beet board officials at about $45 a WALTER F. BORAS JOE GUCCIONE price of sugar and also shared president, said in the letter. Growers Marketing Board. tonne for 1985, is a major in byproduct sales of molas "Without a crop of beets in Those talks were scheduled stumbling block in contract Springs, president of the mar who Tuesday unanimously ses and beet pulp. talks. 1985, the government would to begin at 10:30 a.m. today in keting board, said, "The let supported the marketing The new contract proposal probably do nothing and the Lethbridge. The talks have The sugar company has ter is so full of half-truths, it is board contract talks stand also calls for: industry would be lost for involved the seven-man mar guaranteed farmers $25 a disturbing. It is misleading to rather than agree to sign the • The company will assume ever. keting board and five officials standard tonne of beets, the average producer. contract. all costs and income relative from B.C. Sugar and Alberta equivalent to about $19.88 a "I have received many calls to packaging, shipping and "The company firmly Sugar Co. tonne of field-run beets at the since the letter came out and In that open letter to grow selling expenses, leaving no believes that the minimum Guccione said there are 1984 sugar extraction level. A I'm pleased to see so many ers, released this week, the divisible expenses; return to growers outlined farmers in every beet-grow standard tonne is the amount growers can see through the company said it wants to • There will be no sharing of above for 1985, coupled with ing district who traditionally of beets required to produce half-truths." share costs with farmers on byproduct income or the joint committee work produce less than 10 tonnes of 125 kilograms of refined Boras said he doesn't think the basis of bulk sugar expenses and growers will later in the year, will assure beets an acre. The average sugar. the company letter will returns. That is the wholesale assume the full cost of freight the future of the industry in production in Southern Walter F. Boras of Iron change the minds of farmers price for buyers who take to haul beets to the factory. Alberta for years to come." Reagan's health not that funny Somebody has to ask the cruel ques his face. 1 tion: Has U.S. President Ronald Reagan The charm is still on the front burner, stayed on too long? too. He can toss off a one-liner produced He he already joined that sad com by his writers with the best of the pro pany of Franco, Brezhnev, Mao and fessionals. Tito, world leaders who became little But being president of the United more than wax figures on the world States is more than a smile or paying TV I stage in their twilight years? tribute to George Burns on the occasion Consider the facts: of the comedian's 90th birthday. Reagan is 74. He's deaf in one ear. He's suffered two kinds of cancer — Reagan's colleagues insist the office- treatment for skin cancer and major and the ravages of time and disease surgery for cancer of the colon. His naps have not seriously affected their manim are the stuff of comedy routines. the White House. Is it too cynical to sug gest it is in their best interests to make And his appear the claim? They ances now give the don't want to lose public a feeling of their power base. unease. He seems Gary In fact, if Reagan is to smile sometimes Lautens losing his effective when he shouldn't. ness, they move And he makes too Toronto Star into the vacuum., - many fluffs in his Perhaps it isn't speeches. fair to comment on He referred to a foreign country's • the Princess of Wales last fall as "Prin president from this distance but Canada . cess David." In his speech announcing has American missiles flying this sanctions against Libya, he talked about moment over its soil, the prime minister a-terrorist talk on "Viet Nam" airport. of this country is counting on free trade He meant Vienna. with the U.S. to provide "jobs, jobs, He got the name of the American girl jobs." killed at the Rome airport wrong. Her name was Natasha. He called her "Mar In the past year, we have had Ameri-'' sha." can ships in our territorial waters. Instead of General-Secretary Gorba Defence arrangements with the U.S. are" chev, Mr. Reagan referred to the even more extensive than our members U.S.S.R. leader as "Secretary-General" of Parliament know, as we found out this Gorbachev. week. Trifling errors? Perhaps. In short, Canada has a major stake in But. the plain truth is, if Reagan the vigor of Reagan and his mental applied for a job at your office on the capacity. We have a "me-too" govern-I sales staff or in the mailing room, he ment in Ottawa; a prime minister more wouldn't get past the first interview in anxious to cosy up to the White House, personnel. than any leader in our history. And yet he holds the most powerful Are we throwing in with a man of yes position in the world — and the fate of all of us in his hand. How steady is that terday? Are we following a man who hand any more? should be playing checkers in the sun?, Make no mistake, Reagan is tough. He God help us if our destiny is in the can take a punch. He breezes through hands of superhawks and Rambo-style, surgeries that snip off suspect polyps in "patriots" like Caspar Weinberger and his colon with a smile. The latest skin George Bush. bump appears to have no effect on his Like it or not, Ronnie Reagan's health- good humor. Even a bullet (as we could be Canada's No. 1 domestic issue- \member) doesn't wipe the grin from in 1986. _**

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STEVE KOTCH, TOP PHOTO, WITH HIS LOANER Neoplan double-deck Super Skyline., just before RCMP and Customs and Excise officers arrives to seize it. The bus, which has a capacity of 106 passenger as the world's largest tour vehicle, (inset photo) had to be driven on planks to cross a railway spur line enroute to the Bridge Central Towing compound.

Kotch's big-bus plans <§*••» turn into 'bad dream' By RIC SWIHART Kotch said the incident is like a bad "An officer at customs addressed me Lanny of The Herald dream. by name, and asked me what in the •%a- Lethbridge businessman Steve He saw a picture of the giant bus, the world was that, and what was I plan Kotch's dreams of operating and sell largest in the world, and contacted the ning on doing with it," said Kotch. ing the world's largest travel buses in manufacturer, Neoplan USA, a firm "He told me that I could haul passen Canada have hit a snag. which builds the bus plus several other gers with the coach under the above Kotch has been operating and models in Boulder, Col. circumstances, including international .___, demonstrating a 106-passenger, dou He arranged a complimentary bus, movement both ways. I was never ble-deck, German-designed travel bus actually a prototype, to test under advised of a negative use for the vehi in Alberta and British Columbia since Western Canadian conditions. The bus cle." Dec. 1. is worth about $700,000. Kotch applied to the Alberta Motor But Thursday, RCMP and federal "I had several concerns, such as Vehicle Branch in Lethbridge for Customs and Excise officers seized the temperature control and comfort in Alberta dealer licence plates, but was M bus and impounded it in Lethbridge extreme sub-zero climates," said told he could use the Colorado dealer pending its return to the United Kotch. plates and apply for a carnival/enter States. He was also concerned about the bus tainment permit for $10 that would be The seizure order, dated Dec. 17 in stability in Southern Alberta winds, renewed every 30 days. Fernie, said the bus was being unlaw passenger acceptance of the extreme "I then drove to the Lethbridge fully used in Canada contrary to the height of the upper deck, operating detachment of the RCMP and met with provisions of the Customs Act and reg costs under load in adverse weather Sgt. Bill Jones and repeated the situa V-1 ulations. It called for immediate conditions, safety of operation due to tion to him, and he acknowledged by removal from Canada under customs its size on Canadian highways and signing the permit issued by the Motor control. streets, and serviceability in Canada. Transport Board," said Kotch. Kotch was able to return the bus to Neoplan agreed to the test, allowing Kotch said a "very likeable nice Lethbridge where the special permit Kotch to use the bus to move people to guy" at Coutts customs neglected to was revoked. various events in Western Canada. It tell him not to operate from point to RCMP officer Frank Norman of was used to take passengers to a Can point in Canada, "resulting in a chain @* Lethbridge could not comment Thurs ada-Russia hockey and a ski trip to reaction of misconceptions." day after escorting Kotch and his bus Fernie. to the Bridge Central Towing com "I have never had previous experi pound. Kotch also won the distribution ence in the importation of a demonstra Ted Clifton, a senior official in the rights in Canada. tor vehicle to this country and I relied Lethbridge customs and excise office, on the expertise of Canada Customs i— refused comment in front of Kotch. He Kotch picked up the bus in Boulder who deal with these matters daily, to said he would respond to written ques and arrived at the Coutts border cross show me the proper procedure," said tions today. ing at 1 p.m. Dec. 1. Kotch.

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irtrk GORBACHEV CASTRO STALLONE COLLINS MULRONEY XIAOPING $18,700 U.S. $9,600 U.S $12 million U.S. $47,000 U.S. $93,000 U.S. $2,200 U.S. a year a year a movie each episode a year a year Kotch looking for an end to troubles Government red tape has Lethbridge In the adjudication office, said Kotch, and searched department papers the bus has been used for other than businessman Steve Kotch tied up in Christmas Eve that he isn't in a position for another regulation under which the demonstration and/or evaluation." knots. to comment on the Kotch issue. bus may be permitted in Canada. Smith said that because of that ruling, Kotch says Customs and Excise offi He said no reports from Western Can Smith said that while he hasn't been Kotch does not qualify for any remission cers in Lethbridge, Calgary and Ottawa ada have been received in Ottawa. directly involved in the issue, he has the order_than would stifle his $800 penalty refuse to disclose full details in their "I told Mr. Kotch we would action the right to search out and allow the bus to investigation that he misused a bus thing as soon as we get the paperwork," department regula be removed from brought into Canada without paying said Ladamore. "I understand it is com tions for action that seizure. duty. ing by courier." may be in the pub Kotch said he Kotch says the regulation under which When asked if government would lic interest. believes the simi he was charged and fined $800, and had move to take control of the $700,000 dou He said another lar responses of the the bus he was using as a demonstation ble-deck, German-made tour bus, Lada regulation states government offi unit from Neoplan U.S.A. in Boulder, more said it is unlikely government that a temporary cials is a coverup Col. seized and impounded in Leth would move quickly. entry remission for a mistake at the bridge, has been dropped from the stat Kotch brought the bus into Canada order is available Coutts border utes. Dec. 1. Following several excursions for goods that are temporarily imported crossing. with paying customers, the bus was into Canada and used in Canada solely He says the fact that officials in the seized in Fernie by RCMP Dec. 17. He for evaluation and/or demonstration. He said that he was allowed to bring Customs and Excise Adjudication Office was allowed to bring the bus and passen the bus into Canada with no special Cus in Ottawa can't find the regulation in a gers back to Lethbridge, and the bus He said it must be a class and kind of toms and Excise papers, and was not number of books means the regulation is product not made in Canada. told he couldn't use the bus as speci was impounded Dec. 19. tied. null and void, and that he shouldn't have Steve Smith of Calgary, an official "I have been advised it (the bus) is a been charged. with the Customs and Excise remissions class or kind made in Canada," said He wanted to test the bus under work Dave Ladamore of Ottawa, an official office, said he received a letter from Smith. "I have also been advised that ing conditions, to determine its suitabil- over bus ity in Canada. He has also secured the so due to the fact that the information Canadian dealership from Neoplan was confidential," said Kotch. He was told to write out his questions U.S.A. and Clifton would determine what can He has demonstrated the bus to sev be released to Kotch. eral groups, and planned a cross-coun "I was overwhelmed by Mr. Clifton's try tour to show it to various tour com arrogance, trying to" establish facts panies. about the system," said Kotch. "How Kotch said his major argument is with else does a person establish an import- the Lethbridge Customs and Excise export business?" * office, and officer Ted Clifton who Kotch said he also can't understand charged him with misusing the bus. why Clifton called Neoplan U.S.A. to He said the regulation used by Clifton question the winter-readiness of the bus is the same regulation that has been in impound. dropped from the statutes. Also, the reg "Officer Clifton admitted to me both ulation covers passengers and goods before and after his conversation with imported into Canada in bond. Neoplan that he knew the antifreeze in Kotch said he imported neither pas the coach was good to minus 30 sengers or goods, and therefore degrees," said Kotch. "Clifton panicked shouldn't have been charged. Neoplan by telling them that he could "When I asked Mr. Clifton to show me dispose of the vehicle under extreme additional regulations for my assistance circumstances. He was undoubtedly in clarifying the situation, Mr. Clifton trying to discredit me with the Neoplan told me that he was not permitted to do people." Anniversary Flashback N_. SO Bible Bill's visit a big day By BRYAN GOULDING Of The Herald It was like a Who's Who of the day's politicians back on Feb. 28,1940 in Lethbridge. .8. It started in the morning when Alberta premier Wil liam Aberhart, Liberal post master general Charles G. Powerf provincial treasurer S.E. Low, provincial secre tary E.C. Manning, minister of lands and mines N.E. Tanner, minister of health Dr. W.W. Cross and Angus J. Morrison, mine union *3* executive and independant Labor candidate could be seen buzzing about the lobby of Lethbridge's Marquis Hotel.

Aberhart was here to assist in the selection of no less than nine Social _gJ Credit candidates and said his prov ince-wide tour had been popular. QgL A 1940 edition of The Herald quotes the premier as saying, "The response of the people has been wonderful and it is most encouraging. We had a won derful meeting in Medicine Hat last night." .The same could not be said for a meeting at Majestic Theatre in Leth bridge that evening, where catcalls, heckling and a gallery scuffle livened up a Social Credit rally. Questions on the large school unit policy, recall, health services, taxa tion and other widely publicized issues of the day led to unrest throughout the meeting. At one point, necks were craned towards a fight in the gallery as many seemed more interested in the fist- fight than in what the premier and other Social Credit candidates had to say. The Lethbridge stop was part of a southern swing where they tried to garner votes for an up-coming elec tion. The premier accused the press and WILLIAM ABERHART, PREMIER OF ALBERTA 1935-1943 federal government of taking sides ^ with "selfish money interests," to collapse of the present econonomic "That is our ultimate goal — control block the progress of his Social Credit structure and said the war with its of our own credit," he said. administration. resultant huge borrowings will'has Aberhart was applauded when he announced Albert Smith, meeting ten that collapse. The great reform Aberhart charged no other political chairman, had been named Social parties had a platform. "Their only the people of Alberta must continue to Credit candidate in the March 21 pro platform is to 'throw Aberhart out.' press for was the right to create and vincial election, describing Smith as We haven't finished our job yet, by issue money. "capable and sincere." any means, but we are pressing on. We want to get state medicine and better educational facilities for you. 1940 - Premier William Aberhart Books, pencils and paper should be addresses meeting at the Majestic provided to put all school children on a Theatre par basis. Bruce 1952 - Central Alberta Dairy Pool buys Haig local creamery "I haven't said much about our 1955 - New section of Eaton's store to £a department of agriculture but it's one open in March of the best in Canada. We are deter Historic Trails 1956 - Athena Bennett, a woman who mined to protect our natural Society of Alberta came to Southern Alberta in a covered resources for our own people and not wagon, dies • for the wealthy outside this prov 1960 - Cleb Mowers named editor and ince." publisher of The Herald February 28 £g E.C. Manning, in his address, said 1962 - T.R. Haig reports to the cham 1901 - Shortage of housing is dis ber the desireability of the city the issue in Alberta was clear: couraging settlers whether* the people desire to continue extending to West Lethbridge the fight for economic security or to 1979 - Approval given for $10 million 1939 - Lethbridge pioneer Mrs. James Animal Diseases Research Institute quit the fight. He forcast the ultimate Perry dies S*

_- » — I Thacker has no plans to retire *yyyy. OTTAWA — Blaine Thacker is a full- On Dec. 13, Donna was sitting in the time member of parliament and plans gallery in the House of Commons when on that vocation for quite some time. the Liberals and New Democratic Party Quashing rumors that he will step brought down the Clark government. down, Thacker, relaxing with a glass of "I was frozen in the gallery," said orange juice in his new condominium Donna. "I was the only one left. One of with a view of Parliament Hill, said his the guards came down to see if I was decision to seek re-election is made in okay. I told him I just had to sit for a consultation first with his wife Donna moment." and with the Lethbridge-Foothills riding That taste of government power association, about two years prior to an returned Sept, 4, and despite some con expected election. cerns in the riding that Thacker was "The member has the obligation to tell bypassed a cabinet posting, "the prime his executive if he wants to run again, minister was proper in naming the three and at this time, I'm Albertans to cabinet a full-time politi that he did." cian," said "After the next Thacker. "I won't Ric election, who knows even address that what will happen,' question until Swihart said Thacker. 1987." He said the part} Thacker is "very Business Editor felt it had to name a satisfied" the way practicing farmer. his political career John Wise, agricul has developed. ture minister, and another farmer, That career started to form when for Charlie Mayer, is minister of state mer Lethbridge-Foothills MP Ken Hurl responsible for the Canadian Wheat burt decided not to seek re-election. It Board.' was in the fall of 1977 that Thacker Thacker, a lawyer, was named chair decided to seek the nomination. man of the justice and legal affairs com The nomination meeting was held mittee, one of the more powerful com spring 1978, and it was a family effort. mittees of cabinet. "That was a real The couple telephoned people through honor." out the riding, telling them Hurlburt was Thacker's job is not only committee stepping down, and if they expressed work and duty in the House of Com interest, a follow-up visit was made by mons. either Blaine or Donna to sell member "Many here are surprised at the num Herald photo ships. ber of-Southern Albertans who travel to "That way, Donna could talk to the Ottawa," said Thacker. "They come as FAMILY DISCUSSION COMMON FOR TODD, BLAINE, DONNA AND TYNAN THACKER wife, and if one would come to the nomi tourists, the university or with senior nation meeting, usually both would positions on national organizations." come," said Thacker. He expects two to three groups frorr There were 1,605 voting delegates at Southern Alberta a week. b Thackers like living in Ottawa the Sportsplex, and Thacker polled 905. He credits a strong agricultural base Prime Minister Trudeau called the for many of those visits. OTTAWA — Todd and Tynan Thacker were nine and eight what would happen," she said. "As it turned out, I got a job election for May 22, 1979 and Joe Clark "Agriculture has had a massive thin years old respectively when their parents — MP Blaine as soon as I came." led a minority Tory government to ning out, and it has become very diver nd wife Donna — decided to move here from the centre of power, a government that would last sified," said Thacker. 'the Lethbridge-Foothills riding. She teaches family studies in a high school, but even the only nine months. desire to work has paled in recent years. "I just decided to Clark appointed his cabinet without "Southern Alberta has big operators, J It was viewed as an adventure by the youngsters, both slow down and I am still in the slow mode." calling Parliament together, allowing specialists, and they are part of the proper gentleman and lady in the prim Ashbury school uni Thacker to stay in the riding to "cement national decision-making process. forms. She has published a bread cookbook, and some of the pro all those relations and solidify the "Even in these tough times, Southern ceeds are invested in the family's only car, a convertible infrastructure." Alberta, vis-a-vis other parts of Canada, "I had just come home from the YMCA camp when the purchased at Dtinlop Ford. The Thackers bought a home in the is really a productive area, and many ,decision to move was made," said Todd, now 15. "I thought Gatineau Hills in Quebec Dec. 12,1978. are wealthy." -*! of it as an adventure." Blaine said his busy schedule, while still allowing him to » be at home for most breakfasts and two to three dinners a £k Tynan, now 14, said she had some early worries about week, has thrust "buckets more responsibility" on Donna ^^making friends in Ottawa since she had lived her entire life than should be. Family unit important 1 in Lethbridge. "What would the people be like" was a big "She has the full-time responsibility for raising the chil OTTAWA - The desire to have a solid was best for his family, and the way he g^^concern. dren," he said. family unit is the underlying reason has decided to operate. Lethbridge-Foothills MP Blaine "It is hard to know," he said. "We —. Both have found that Canadians are Canadians, either in Donna agreed, but the biggest change has been learning s^_iethbridge or Ottawa, and thank you very much, they are Thacker lives in Ottawa. have a $105-billion corporation, and it is how to run the physical home. "I sure know more about serv very much controlled by the bureau * enjoying their new home. icing the home work." And while the debate on absentee rep resentation has gone on for years, the cracy and cabinet. I think parliamentar ^^ One safeguard has been the guarantee that they could Blaine said he realizes it is important for Donna to be a Thackers laid their cards on the table ians should be making the decisions." return to Southern Alberta every year. homemaker as well as to follow her profession. with the Lethbridge-Foothills riding He feels he can best contribute to those association. decisions by working, as much as possi ~ "I wanted to be able to renew my friendships in Leth The life of a politician is not lost on the children. ble, five days a week in Ottawa. bridge," said Tynan. "I asked only once if Dad wasn't a politician if he would "We told them at the nomination stage He said MPs who live in their ridings become a lawyer again here or in Lethbridge," said Tynan. that if Blaine was elected, we would go can have problems with family life. IT Todd said it never occurred to him that he was leaving "He said it would be in Lethbridge." as a family," said Donna. "They They also tend to become part of the .other friends in search of new friends. "I knew we would accepted that with no trouble at all." "Tuesday-to-Thursday club," a reflec come back every summer." Blaine said his political life has given the children some That decision was stalled by the politi tion that most leave for home ridings "The children were young enough that they were happy to degree of uncertainty, but "the kids sure appreciate democ cal turn of events in 1979-80. Joe Clark late Thursday or early Friday, and often be where we were," said Donna. "They didn't miss a racy more. They are pretty sophisticated about politics." formed the government in the spring are not back in their offices until late beat." The social life of Ottawa has not been lost on the 1979 and named his cabinet without call Monday or early Tuesday. Thackers. ing Parliament. He agreed MPs who live in their The change in the school system was smooth. In Leth "The National Arts Centre is absolutely superb," said That allowed Thacker to remain in ridings can do more constituency work, bridge, the children attended Immanual Christian School. Donna. "That was one of the things we decided when we Lethbridge, "and I found a real advan and perhaps can get more local prob ' 'They were ahead in some subjects and behind in others,'' moved here, to take advantage of such facilities." tage to staying a home." lems solved. said Donna. "But the teachers picked up on that and They bought four season tickets for the ballet, and if one or They moved to Ottawa in September, "I have gone the other way," he said. ^j^dapted." more of the family couldn't attend, they would invite friends 1979, moving into a home in Aylmer, "The government allows me $98,000 She said the family selected an area of the city they out for an evening and dinner. Que. in the Gatineau Hills. from the taxpayers to pay four staff — wanted to live, and were fortunate to find a good school But Lethbridge has come home to them even in the Clark was defeated Dec. 13, the day three are in Ottawa and one in the g^sAvithin easy walking distance, National Arts Centre. During a performance by pianist after they bought the home in Aylmer, riding. x The move also meant a change for Donna. Frank Mills, he stopped and told the audience he had just and they remained in Quebec until last "That frees me up to do more commit 'v In Lethbridge, she had done some work for the Lethbridge come from the most wonderful place in Canada — Leth year when they moved to a new condo- tee work and help in policy development -*"*Community College, and in moving to Ottawa, recognized bridge. minum that has a view of Parliament work. * she didn't have an Ontario teacher's certificate. "That just showed us we don't have to be in Ottawa to get Hill. That involves extensive talks with y5& "When we moved to Ottawa, I applied for a job just to see the best performances," she said. He chose to live in Ottawa because it cabinet ministers. r •______& i^!pl^^^i^i_I^^^^H:

ii B______iWm&yyy.. Wm&£ JOHNNT I CARSON MAY BE 60 BUT THE SANDS HAVEN'T RUN OUT YET!

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______A little song, a little dance A little seltzer down your pants Ml— Epitaph to Chuckles the Clown. HEN I was asked to do a bit of business on Johnny Carson reaching his 60th birthday last Wednesday, I Wwasn't sure how to approach it. JOHNNY as Dr. Ruth, Karnac the Magnificent, as I could go the eulogy route, but that's for obits. The he was in 1957 and coping with a special guest. gushing bit with an overload of platitudes is best left for Bob Hope fans. Let the sour pusses handle the knocks. well as being in the spirit of what he does. For vaudevi- So I guess the best way is to write about what Johnny lians, it was slipping on a banana peel. For Johnny, it's a Carson means to me. And to most folks who've shared furry little animal wizzing on his head. Grab a paper towel their living rooms and bedrooms with him for 23 years. and on to the octopus. Although there were times that I'd rather have missed a As the years passed, Johnny grew in maturity and meal than a Tonight Show, my relationship with Johnny sophistication. He did more in his monologue than just has been more, like a good friendship than a love affair. poke fun. An intelligent, well-read man who keeps in touch In the early days, it was new, fresh and exciting. Lots to with what's going on, he could also mirror what is on other talk about, laugh at and enjoy. I, the viewer, made no people's minds. He said the unsayable. The points were demands on him other than he entertain me. He, the per made even though he was going for the laughs. former, asked only that I tune in to it. As well, he's left his mark everywhere. As the years rolled by, our friendship could withstand Impressionists long ago committed the familiar Carson time apart. I could switch to something else. He could mannerisms to their spots. The eye-rubbing, the pencil- give way to guest hosts. I could still trust him to deliver a tapping, the shoulder twitching, tie straightening, the good show. He could trust me to enjoy it. fresh-faced kid from the Nebraska cornfields — the aver unmistakable laugh and the golf swing. And just think of And now, as our relationship heads towards the quarter- age guy from a real family who made it big. The where the Bird of Paradise and attorney Henry (Bom c"entury mark, it prevails like most true friendships. We American dream come to life. bastic) Bushkin would be without Carson. bump into each other off and on, spend some time and But he was many, many other things. There was that Divorce and alimony? The man has turned it into a come away with a good feeling. Who can ask for more? enigmatic charm, the razor-like wit and the best double growth industry. Both would still be a major part of his act At the core of all this is the prime ingredient of what take in the business. Like all true comedians, his timing if not for those ex wives who keep suing him for mention Carson has always been about. The man has never pre was impeccable and his material solid. And even when his ing it. But when they come up in on-air conversations with tended to be anything else but the congenial, funny, jokes bombed in the nightly monologue — his reactions guests, he still manages to get the point across with a talented -host of the Tonight Show. alone to the inevitable audience groan were funny. raised eyebrow or a sly grin. If you're looking for interrogation, in-depth interviews Some viewers enjoy his Carnac the Magnificent and the Sure, Johnny also has his detractors. But I can never and burning social issues, go somewhere else. If it's fun Mighty Carson Art Players. That's scripted stuff and, for figure out their point. They keep calling him boring, non- you want, a few laughs and the odd shocker, tune in me, it fails as often as it succeeds. hip and irritating, a guy past his peak who puts people to Channel 3 at 12:30 a.m. He'll give you the best he's got. But give him a good guest — particularly one who will sleep. If it is thus, they sure do go under happy. And so far — although many have tried — no one is challenge him — and you've got Carson at his sharpest. And the other networks must know something. They keep better at what he does than Johnny Carson. He's as good as anyone with a comeback and can trade throwing more victims up against Johnny. And NBC "I'm a comedian," he once said. "I have no messages. I insult for putdown with a Don Rickles all night long. keeps giving him him more millions to stick around. never understood Jack Benny's message except that he There's a charm there, for sure, but it's backed by an No question, there is the private side to Johnny Carson was an entertainer. And he was funny. If that's how people agile, rapier mind. that turns some off. The no-nonsense businessman who remember me — I'll take it." He's also a hell of a sport, who will try anything once. goes for the biggest buck, his refusal to reveal his personal I don't recall exactly when I first started watching Car Some of the funniest shows involved Johnny treading on life and his only working three nights a week. son, only that it was soon after he took over the late-night unfamiliar territory, such as parachute jumping, eating But so what? Whatever happens off camera has abso spot from Jack Paar in 1962. To me, Paar was a whiner — rattlesnake pie, leaping the high bar with experts or pick lutely nothing to do with us. His deal is to give us our the guy you loved to hate. ing up any number of those weird animals brought on by money's worth. I figure he's full measure for it. Johnny was far different and infinitely more appealing. his regular wildlife visitors. So Johnny, buddy, happy 60th. And may the Bird of Although he was 37 at the time, he still looked like the If he comes off looking foolish, so be it. It's human as Paradise grant you 60 more. v . Older than the pyramids and Stonehenge $10 million Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre should be ready by 1987 A huge crane, which would look more about 1,200 years when the jump wasn't at home on a Calgary high rise, is busy used. in the foothills along .the""Spring Point The site has also been designated a road on a $10 million Alberta Culture UNESCO World Heritage site, such is its project. importance. The project, 20 kilometres west of Within the Crowsnest drainage basin Fort Macleod, is the Head-Smashed-In is at least 20 jump sites, but Head- Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre, and Smashed-In is the second largest jump the seven-level building, buried in the known. The largest was near Great hillside, should be completed in July of Falls. But, Head-Smashed-In is the lar 1987. gest preserved buffalo jump in North But, it is "way behind schedule" America. "Bone miners never removed any because the sub-rock turned out to be" ijjjg*-^, -#t. much harder than expected. Then, rain bonesjr_n this site," says Digby. "It's and snow have not only big, but added to the delay, preserved as well. ^> says interpretive "Bones are piled guide Robin Digby. about 11 metres Despite the lack deep at the base of of a building and the jump — there's any reasonable about two metres of facilities, the site soil in there when still attracted 16,500 the site wasn't used in the past year, for about 1,200 and projects for the completed centre years." are as high as "hundreds of thousands" The area abounds with bones, arrow a year, says Digby. heads and flints, and near the base is a The centre will be built and then cov well-preserved tepee ring. ered again with dirt, so it blends into the Last used about 1830, most of the natural coulees and jump site. It will be bones are broken, and the area abounds the equivalent of five stories, but on with fire-broken rocks. These rocks seven levels. were heated and dropped in water dur ing the rendering process and even HERALD PHOTOS BY GARRY ALUSC , Those entering the building will be tually cracked and split open. GIANT CRANE AT WORK ON HEAD-SMASHED-IN BUFFALO JUMP INTERPRETIVE CENTRE greeted by a cliff, with a small herd of Evidence of the abundance of arti buffalo a'bout to run to their death. facts is the proliference around the The site covers 1,400 acres, with a opening of gopher holes. large piece of the initial expenditure Also, within the area are petroglyphs How they got buffalo to 'jump' going toward land acquisition. The site (carvings in rock) and pictographs (paintings on rock). The pictographs is only a quarter mile from the east end Once a year, about 800 to 1,000 Indians would gather on the the cliffs. Generally, they were 5-10 miles away, and they ha of the Peigan Reserve. are on the actual cliff face of the jump, but are almost not visible. flats below the bluff and cliffs west of Fort Macleod and hunt to be guided to a 30-yard wide cliff. buffalo. "So, they built drive lanes — rows of rocks piled about kne "This is a Peigan site," says Digby. The name of the site has nothing to high," says Digby. "The piles were 10-15 feet apart and hum do with buffalo falling to their death, but They wouldn't go out as individuals or on horseback, but on "We're not sure if anyone else used it. foot, using time-tested ingenious methods to herd buffalo ers could hide behind the rocks and keep the herd in the lanes But we do know Cree out of the north, rather from the death of a young Indian, and running. They also had to keep them clustere says Digbyr" -over the cliffs at what is today known as Head-Smashed-In Shoshamee from the south and Koo- Buffalo Jump. together. tenay from B.C. came here. Basically, Like a man behind a waterfall, the "As the herd continued, the pace increased. About a mil youngster placed himself at the cliff, By the 1940s, the last of the Plains Indians who used the it's a Blackfoot site." jump were dead. and a half from the cliffs, the herd was speeded up. keepin under a ledge, and watched the buffalo them tight. There's a small hill above the jump which dis Some materials found at the site date tumble past. But, the dead buffalos' But, through some stories told to anthropologists, explor ers' notes and journals and the records of nature found guises the cliffs and the buffalo would run down that hill out c back to 3600 B.C. — even before the depth rose and he became trapped control, and over the cliff." Egyptian pyramids or Stonehenge in between the animals and the cliff. at the jump sites, it is clear how the hunts were conducted. Driving the buffalo was done on foot — the first 5,000 years Very small arrowheads were shot at the herd, merely t England were built. It has been more or He was found, crushed, and the spot sting them and keep the herd running toward the cliff. [ess used for four and a half thousand of the jumps there were no horses available. became known as Estipah-sikikini-kots Meanwhile, the front runner in the calf robe had to keep th years, says Digby. There was a period of — where he got his head smashed in. "They couldn't keep up on foot, so they drove them off cliffs to stop them," says Head-Smashed-In interpretive guide herd on line. He had to keep running ahead of the her Robin Digby. "They would also try to corral them and then and not get trampled. If he ducked off. likely the herd woul> shoot them once penned, or drive the buffalo into snow-filled follow. Two front runners could criss-cross and eventual! ghllies. While they were mired down, the Indians would move duck behind the rocks. in and shoot them." The prestige, however, was in staying ahead of the hen The women, children and elderly would stay in the camp, and leaping over the cliff first, ahead of the herd — to a ledg while the men sought out the buffalo or bison. A herd of just below the cliff. 200 to 500 was considered ideal. "Most buffalo runners weren't allowed to be married.' The key was to get the herd moving without the animals Digby says. "The campsite wasn't a great one. but there usei realizing it, says Digby. Their methods revolved around to be a spring here. This is known as Spring Point. There wa: ROBIN DIGBY points out natural elements, such as fire. also a lot of wind and very little fuel. However, it was jus ollection of Buffalo bones "But, prairie fires were dangerous, so the Indians used used as a work site, only used about two weeks." smudge pots," Digby says. "They would release just enough Tanning of hides was done at a more permanent cam] smoke up wind — that's why the jump faces east, the wind along the river valley. almost always blows west." Virtually every part of the buffalo was put to use by th( Because calves often wander away from the herd, a hunter natives. Hides were used as clothing, bones as utensils, nee would cover himself with a calf robe and entice a cow, hope dies and decoration, and the meat was eaten fresh, dried o fully the lead cow, in his direction. When the lead cow moved, made into pemican. the entire herd would follow. He would bleat like a calf and Pemican was the main food from the work camp, and rea the herd would start moving. son for the hunt. Properly prepared pemican would las Once on the move, there was a need to aim the herd toward 20 years. __ Vancouver man charged with murder By JIM LEGG , Stillinger, who was single, has a of The Herald brother Tony living in Taber and a sis A 27-year-old Vancouver man was ter Helen in Medicine Hat. charged with first-degree murder Thursday in connection with the death of Asked to describe the mood today in Peter Stillinger of Taber. •__ the community of 6,400 people, town Arnold Alexander Bartz has been police chief Harley Phillips said: "I remanded in custody and will appear in l: ? think probably the best way to describe provincial court Monday in Lethbridge, it is that the community is in a little bit said RCMP Staff Sgt. John Doree. of shock." Stillinger, 23, was found in his car "There's no question of that. People about 5 p.m. Wednesday near Cranford, are shocked and concerned." a small farming community about 38 The last murder Phillips recalled in kilometres east of Lethbridge. Herald photo Taber occurred in 1972, when Alvin ROAD NEAR CRANFORD CLOSED WHILE MURDER SITE STUDIED Chomas of Taber killed his father with a Stillinger was pronounced dead on shotgun. arrival at Taber Municipal Hospital, and mother were both visibly shaken as He said his son had recently returned police said. they spoke about their son. from visiting his aunt in Creston, B.C. Phillips praised the co-ordinated "I couldn't believe it when I heard it," "He had lots of friends," and was liv investigative efforts of the RCMP, and Although an autopsy was performed said his tear-filled father Peter, a 49- ing with a friend in a south-side house in the Taber town police. Thursday the cause of death hasn't been year-old employee with Empress Foods Taber. "Without their (RCMP) help, I don't confirmed. in Taber. "He just moved a couple of "He had a red Trans Am and liked to think we would have been able to make Earlier in the day, Stillinger's father weeks ago." fix it a lot," his father said. an arrest a_ fast." Plea reserved A city resident charged in connection with a fatal stabbing incident during the weekend reserved Security tight election and plea in provincial court today to a charge of first-degree murder. Frederick Thomas Horsman, 28, of 2302 6th Ave. for hearing into S., was charged after 22-year-old Barbara Shelly Burt was found stabbed to death in her southeast apartment early Sunday. bizarre murder Horsman will appear in court next on June 14. LONDON, Ont. (CP) — Amid tight security, large Horsman also reserved plea on a charge of crowds and complaints about lack of co-operation from attempted murder in connection with the stabbing the prosecution, a preliminary hearing opened of Keith Norman Bradley. Wednesday into murder and conspiracy charges in the Prior to the weekend,incident, Horsman faced bizarre death of Hanna Buxbaum. charges of assault causing bodily harm and breach Spectators lined up for as long as two hours to watch of a recognizance. proceedings against the woman's husband, Helmuth Bradley, 21, is in satisfactory condition in St. Buxbaum, and six others charged in the July 5 Michael's Hospital. death. A hospital spokesman said he is recovering from Mrs. Buxbaum, 48, was shot to death in broad day injuries to his chest and abdominal area. light when she, her husband and a nephew stopped Counsel for the accused is Timothy Jervis. their car on a highway west of London to help two apparently stranded motorists. Buxbaum, a wealthy 45-year-old businessman from Murder trial set nearby Komoka, and the six others are charged with A spring trial date has been set for a first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit mur Lethbridge man charged with der. first-degree murder and attempted A publication ban on testimony at the preliminary murder. hearing was granted at the request of the defence. Fredrick Thomas Horsman will face The hearing, scheduled to open in a provincial court the two charges in Court of Queen's room, was moved to a more spacious room normally Bench beginning April 21. The reserved for Ontario Supreme Court trials when judge-and-jury trialis expected to crowds became too large. take several weeks. Spectators were seated on a first-come, first-seated Horsman is charged in connection basis. When the doors were locked on 70 people inside, with the June 2 stabbing death of another 100 were turned away. Barbara Shelly Burt, and the serious Those who were admitted were scanned with metal wounding of Keith Norman Bradley. detectors and provincial police officers surveyed The prisoner, now represented by crowds inside and outside the courtroom. Edmonton lawyer R.G. Gariepy, was The seven accused were brought to court in leg irons shackled when he appeared in court which were removed as they entered the hearing Friday for arraignment. before provincial court Judge Alan Baker. The other six accused are: Gary Foshay, 31; Janet Hicks, 31; Terry Kline, 26; Robert Barrett, 24; Patrick Allen, 25 and Terry Armes, also known as Terry Lewis, 34. All are from London^ Wife-slaying trial resumes Lover tells of shock |: ST. CATHARINES (CP) — After a two-week Christmas recess in his jail cell, Helmuth Buxbaum returns to court NEW YORK (AP) - Rock Hudson's hou "I told him, 'You're wrong,'" Christian today for the second stage of his trial for the first-degree semate, who has filed a $10-million claim said. "You know that if you'd told me you murder of his wife. against the late actor's estate, claims Hud had AIDS, I'd have helped you get treat It's the defence's turn now to try to persuade the Ontario son never told him he had AIDS, and found ment. You should never have done Dynas Supreme Court jury Buxbaum, 46, a wealthy former nursing out the actor had the disease "on the 6 ty," he added, referring to the television se home owner, did not arrange the roadside slaying of his wife o'clock news like everyone else," says Peo ries. '"You should have concentrated on Hanna in 1984. ple magazine. staying alive.'" Buxbaum told police he and his wife were driving "When I went into Rock's hospital room, "He just looked at the wall and didn't say along Hwy. 402 and she was ambushed by gunmen it was the first time he'd faced me since the when the couple stopped to help a motorist who appeared to anything," Christian said. "We never AIDS issue had come out," the magazine talked about it again." be having car trouble. quotes Marc Christian as saying. During 40 days of testimony from 60 witnesses, the Crown "I asked him, 'Why didn't you tell me you Christian received nothing in Hudson's alleged the highway scene was a set up. had AIDS?' He avoided giving me a di will. In his lawsuit he says that for 13 Buxbaum, described as a heavy drug user who engaged rect answer. There is no answer to that months Hudson knew he was suffering from the services of prostitutes because his wife gave him question. He said, 'When you have this dis acquired immune deficiency syndrome yet no sexual satisfaction, arranged to have her killed, witnesses ROCK HUDSON ease, you're all alone,"' Christian, 32, told never told him, even though they were hav said . . housemate suing People. ing sex. But defence lawyer Edward Greenspan has described the couple as affectionate and loving toward each other. Three of the Buxbaums' five children will testify on his behalf and Buxbaum will also take the stand in his de form.. fJr_»nsnan said Provincial No charges lai $1,500 or 90 days c Court _i A Lethbridge man was given the option of a $1,500 Kotch trial adjourned fine or 90 days in jail as a result of an impaired driving Former mayoralty candidate Steve accident earlier this year at the Highway 25 inter Kotch, acting as his own lawyer, in highway fatality change west of the city. Brian Joseph Tokai produced conducted lengthy cross-examination breath-alcohol readings of .13 when RCMP persued his of Crown witnesses Friday. And the RCMP and the chase ended in vehicle east after he lost direction and wiped out sev provincial court trial of charges he Picture Butte RCMP report no eral posts on the cloverleaf guardrails, Crown council Dylawsky's yard. stole lighting fixtures is now not charges have been laid in connec pointed out. Judge Lynch-Staunton also ordered Tokai expected to resume until late tion with a September 28 accident Apparently he wanted to avoid to avoid excessive use of alcohol and placed him on November at the soonest. the Checkstop because he had probation for a year after court was told of an earlier Kotch, travel agency operator and in which a Shaughnessy man was impaired driving conviction in 1983. been drinking, but subsequent former owner of a charter bus fleet, killed. was charged with theft over $200 Frank Eppie, 80, died when he breathalizer tests revealed he was 30 days behind bars following his eviction last spring from was hit by a car on the highway under the . legal limit, the a city home at 18 Queens Road West. spokesman said. City chiropractor Richard Kane and running through Shaughnessy. An area farmer, found impaired after Coaldale his wife Darlene obtained the eviction An RCMP spokesman reported In other court news, Byron police responded to complaints about a man who order last April on the basis of Thursday that William Dylawsky Yates, 20, of Nobleford was fined attended a real estate open house there, was sentenced non-payment of rent, court was told. $1,000 for dangerous driving and to 30 days in jail Monday, with no fine option. "You are But when they inspected the home was recently charged with failure obviously a menace on the highway," Judge Martin after Kotch moved out, they found to stop for a police officer and had his operators licence suspend Hoyt told Texas Gostola. ; lighting fixtures as well as drapes had resisting arrest. ed for six months. "There have been enough convictions in your case," been taken. Dylawsky was fined $425 in Charges stemmed from an inci he said, including one in February last year which car It cost more than $1,200 to replace dent July 6 when Yates was stop ried a 36-month licence suspension for impairment. the fixtures before they could get on Lethbridge Provincial Court Oc The judge also fined him $600 or 60 days for driving with other repairs to make the home tober 7. ped by a Nobleford resident who while suspended. saleable, Darlene Kane told court. took his keys. His case was initial The couple had bought the home for The spokesman said charges $100,000 as a favor to a friend of nine were laid when Dylawsky did a U- ly set over for trial and when he ap years who was about to lose it due to turn to avoid a Checkstop. He was peared in court October 9 he plead financial distress, Richard Kane told ed guilty to the charge. Judge J.P. Wambolt of Medicine Hat. pursued for about 10 miles by the The home was then leased back to 'Butte Kotch for $1,641 a month — on the understanding he'd have a three-year option to buy it back for $100,000. RCMP Under cross-examination, it was revealed some documents covering Farmer chased Pensioner fined the sale, lease and buy-back A Shaughnessy area farmer who A Picture Butte pensioner whose car report agreements had not been signed by all refused to halt for a police Checkstop was involved in* a highway collision parties, and neither had some been was fined $425 in provincial court was fined $600 Monday when he Two charges of sexual dated or executed by a city lawyer Monday. admitted to driving while impaired, assault have been laid by handling the matter for both buyer and Judge Fred Coward was told Leon Haughian, whose breathalyzer Picture Butte RCMP against a seller. William John Dylawskyj attempted to sample yielded readings of .23 and .21, town resident. The Crown has yet to complete turn around and head back down the told officers he was drunk when they Kelly Dean Tichler, 20, was presenting its case, before Kotch highway when he came to a check investigated the accident, north of charged following incidents at begins to present his own defence. He location on Highway 25. An RCMP car Picture Butte on Highway 25. The rear the Picture Butte swimming also faces a charge of possession of quickly signalled him to pull over. end of his car was struck as he turned stolen property. But Dylawskyj refused to stop, left onto his farm approach road, court pool. He is scheduled to The matter was adjourned to next proceeding another three miles along was told. "I never seen her coming," appear in Lethbridge Provin Wednesday for fixation of a court date the highway and nine miles north on Haughian told the judge. cial Court July 29 to face the for a continuation of the trial. Soonest gravel — despite a siren and flashing His licence will be suspenced at least charges. possible date, the judge indicated, is a lights. six months. A Coalhurst man was fined half-day on Nov. 28. On reaching his family farm, court $800 and one day in jail was told, the accused drove through a resulting from charges of swathed field and finally pulled into break and enter and assault. New trial date set the home quarter, where the guard Licence suspended Walter Leitenberger, 34, A new trial date on theft-related charges against a dog reportedly bit the arresting officer A 58-year-old resident of the Turin appeared in court July 4 when former city alderman was set Thursday in Lethbridge four times. Other family members area had his licence suspended for six he received the sentence. Provincial Court. also became involved in a verbal months Thursday after he pleaded Charges resulted from an inci Forty-year-old Steve Kotch, an unsuccessful mayor battle, as Dylawskyj resisted arrest guilty to a breathalyzer charge. dent involving a Picture Butte alty candidate in 1983, will stand trial on charges of while being handcuffed. Alvon Warnock was stopped by woman last April. theft over $200 and possession of stolen property Nov "A policeman's lot is not a happy police after he was seen driving very 1,1985. The charges involve light fixtures taken from one," noted Judge Coward — and the slowly on city streets early Oct. 27. the accused's former residence last April. job is made harder by citizens who will In defence, the first offender told The new date was set following a successful Crown not co-operate. court he and his hired hand had been in application for adjournment Tuesday due to the una "The fine must be substantial," he Lethbridge drinking that evening and vailability of a crucial witness. said, in setting a $350 fine on a going without supper was probably to* Criminal Code charge of obstructing a blame for the high readings. Warnock police officer, with a further $75 for added the hired hand had been driving failing to stop for an officer. Guilty previously but the accused decided to pleas were entered on both. take over just prior to being stopped Though court was told the accused's by police. breath sample yielded a .08 reading, The accused, who provided readings no impaired driving charges were of .17, was fined $500 for his first laid. He was reported to have no offence. ___ BURT previous related driving offences. Passed away in the Woman city on Sunday, June 2nd, 1985, MISS BAR BARA "SHELLEY" stabbed BURT at the age of 22 years of #309, 3210 - 23rd Avenue South, beloved in city daughter of Mr. and A 28-year-old suspect reserved Mrs. William Burt of election and plea in provincial court I North Bay, Ontario and today charged with first-degree ' beloved sister of Miss murder in connection with the Leslie Burt of Bow weekend stabbing death of a city Island. resident. Funeral Services and Frederick Thomas Horsman has Interment will be held in been charged with the death of 22- North bay, Ontario on year-old Barbara Shelly Burt, who Friday, June 7th, 1985. A was found murdered in her south Memorial Service in east apartment early Sunday. Lethbridge will be A second victim, 22-year-old jannounced at a later Keith Bradley, was transferred to date. Those who wish St.. Michael's Hospital, where he may donate to the remains in stable but serious condi Shriner's Hospital for tion following surgery. Crippled Children, Box The matter was adjourned until 444, Lethbridge, Thursday. Alberta. TlJ 3Y3. An RCMP spokesman said Drug charges laid In possession of dope Thursday Wayne Paul Leihto, 19, of Picture Butte is scheduled to ap A 22-year-old Picture Butte resident was fined $350 in Picture Butte RCMP charged one juvenile were able to "get to tne bottom of it very, very provincial court Monday for possession of a narcotic. pear in Lethbridge Provincial and one adult with possession of marijuana on quickly." Ronald Juris was charged after police searched his Court December 30 to face charges January 29 and 30. He said although there are drugs being used residence earlier this year and found 25 grams of mari of possession of a narcotic. Constable Fedor of the Picture Butte detach in Picture Butte, use is not abnormally high. juana. The accused, who has one previous conviction, ment said Friday the chargs were "the result "There's a drug problem everywhere. I was given until April 4 to pay. Charges were laid following an of an extensive investigation." wouldn't say there's a drug problem per se, but incident December 15, the Fedor said he could not release the names of there are soft drugs in Picture Butte. It's spokesman said. those charged nor the amount of marijuana present and we're trying to do something about found in their possession, but both people are it." Lyle Courtland Shearer, 62, ot from Picture Butte. The adult charged will appear in Provincial RCMP Picture Butte was charged with The investigation in the matter started Court on February 18 and the juvenile is care and control in the operation January 29. Fedor said "quite a few people" scheduled to appear on February 25, Fedor of a motor vehicle and refusal to have been interviewed by the RCMP so they said. catch provide a breath sample last week. Shearer is scheduled to appear in court January 21 for the Provincial Court thieves charges. .[ J I Weapons, drugs found In other court appearances A resident of the Picture Butte area was handed a Picture Butte RCMP appre Michael Sauchuk, 28, of Picture hended two men who broke Sentenced Aug. 16 two-month sentence in provincial court Monday on Butte received a $700 fine and had drug and weapons charges. into the Picture Butte Club Two area residents involved in the theft and subse house on the morning of his operator's licence suspended' quent sale of $30,000 of cigarettes over a four-year Numerous charges were laid against 30-year-old period will be sentenced in Lethbridge provincial court Mark William Kahlo and a co-accused after police March 13. for six months December 13. He Aug. 16. searched Kahlo's vehicle and residence Jan. 18 and Charles Glenn Holman, of was convicted on a charge of found $1,500 worth of marijuana and four revolvers, Court was told 40-year-old Peter van den Hengel was Lethbridge, and Michael dangerous driving. employed as a shipper for Macdonalds Consolidated including two .22s, a .44 and a Colt. The Crown submit Stanley Lefaivre, of no fixed Ltd. between March 1,1981, and April 22,1985, when ted all four handguns had "gone missing" over a address, were charged with period of years from two owners. numerous cases of cigarettes were taken from the break, enter and theft and Kahlo pleaded guilty and received two months on a company. The accused allegedly stole the cases and appeared in court on March marketed them to a second accused, who distributed charge of drug trafficking and $1,200 or two months for possessing restricted weapons, the time to be served 14. the cigarettes to local dealerships. The stolen goods The thieves entered the were then sold at unsuspecting city stores. consecutive in the event of non-payment. Eighteen building by kicking in the door Van den Hengel, of 203019th St. N., pleaded guilty to additional counts, including nine against a co-accused, theft over $200; while 30-year-old Phillip Shields gave a were withdrawn by the Crown. causing $100 damage. About similar plea to one count of possession of stolen prop $250 in candy, pop and cig erty. . arettes were taken. Crown and defence counsel requested presentence An RCMP spokesman said reports for the accused, noting neither has a previous Thursday two more youths are criminal record. being sought in connection Second drunk driving with the incident. A former Coaldale resident's second drunk-driving Two Picture Butte men are conviction resulted in a $600 fine and a one-year licence scheduled to appear in Pro 'Bizarre' circumstances suspension for the accused Thursday. vincial Court March 25 in... William K. Munro was stopped by Coaldale police in connection with a break and A break-and-enter offence with "bizarre" circum the town after he was seen driving with his headlights enter at the Alberta Liquor stances resulted in a hefty fine for the 34-year-old off about 2:30 a.m. June 19. Court heard the 24-year-old accused Wednesday. accused, now living in Lethbridge, stopped the vehicle Store on March 2. Walter Leitenberger, of Coalhurst, was charged at an intersection, got out of the vehicle to look for a Cody Mantford Peever, 19, after he broke into a Picture Butte residence last April hubcap and then turned on his headlights and contin and Timothy Brian Heather, and assaulted the complainant. ued driving. 22, have been charged with Court heard the accused had been having a relation When stopped, Munro allegedly showed signs of break and enter. About $300 ship with the complainant and was upset when she impairment and subsequently gave breathalyzer read worth of liquor was taken in broke it off. In the early hours of April 6, Leitenberger ings of .140. the incident, most of which rode his bicycle from Coalhurst to Picture Butte, In fining the accused, Judge Fred Coward consid was recovered. where he proceeded to knock on the doors and win ered a prior related conviction in 1981. Munro's licence dows, trying to get in. The accused finally broke a win was suspended for at least one year. dow and entered the home. Leitenberger allegedly threatened to kill the complainant and then hit her in the face and stomach before police arrived. In defence, Frank Peta told court his client cannot recall threatening the complainant but admitted tak ing eight valium the prior evening. "It was an on- and off-again relationship (that) caused the accused serious mental problems," sub Court reports near overkill mitted counsel, adding Leitenberger was in a very I am writing to you about the pol the paper. If it has though please confused state of mind. "He was no longer rational." be written in article form but the icy adopted by your paper, to print accept my apology and print in printing of these petty crimes is a Peta further submitted his client was very sorry for your paper by how much. the incident, "which was totally out of character for the names of every Tom, Dick and waste of space. him." Jane that breaks a law in this city. I leave you with this, it's Leth Judge Fred Coward noted Leitenberger has had a How often do we have to be told I read of one case where an 18- bridge's 100*h year, something we clean record since 1969 when he was convicted for a about. Lysol thefts from Wood year-old was given 30 days for fail should all celebrate. And be proud like offence, adding the "bizarre circumstances" had ward's food floor, the A to Z list of ing to appear on a drunk and disor of the good things that happen in to be considered in sentencing. After ruling a jail term parking offenders and bilking of derly charge, which he said was this city. Leave the darker side to would be inappropriate and probation was unneces cab drivers. I think you are reach because he feared his name being those who have taken care of it all sary, Judge Coward sentenced Leitenberger to one day ing a point of overkill with this pol printed in the paper would be detri these years mainly the police and and fined him $800. icy. It doesn't seem to me that the mental to his getting a summer job. the provincial court system. Thank rate of impaired drivers has Your provincial court section You. dropped any as a result of having should be their to curb crime not JON McCLOY the name of the driyer printed in create it. The serious crimes could Lethbridge ___

_iS Anniversary Flashback N° 34 Fire led Sven to bigger things •y By RIC SWIHART food outlet was opened at Mayor the same staff in his new restaurant. of The Herald Magrath Drive and 3rd Avenue S. in "That was his biggest dream in his Many people get burned by fire, but 1968. life," said Wichers. "He wanted to Sven Ericksen turned a potential About then was the large El Rancho own and operate his own restau disaster into a major family-operated fire which destroyed most of Erick rant." food service business. . sen's investment in the operation. Wichers said the white pillars at the Sven Ericksen's Family Restaurant Wichers said friends told Ericksen family restaurant were part of Erick is the major asset owned by daughter after the fire that he should retire and sen's dream. He had been impressed and son-in-law Doris and John enjoy life. by the white pillars surrounding the Wichers, and the large brick building "But Sven didn't want to retire, and Harlan Sanders headquarters in outlined by big white pillars is a focal he wanted to do something for his Louisville. point on Mayor Magrath Drive. employees," he said. "We put the Wichers said construction of the The community-minded restau- plans together for Sven Ericksen's restaurant proved a bold move when ranteur, who was a staunch Liberal, Family Restaurant and went ahead it was built. He said it took the chicken was also one of the first to jump on the with the project." operations to help support the major Harlan Sanders Kentucky Fried Ericksen kept his staff on full pay capital investment in the early days. Chicken bandwagon. after the fire and opened with much "At that time people were looking A personal friend of the man who for a change," said Wichers. "The added honor to the chicken-raising only notable restaurant at the time business, Ericksen started in the busi had been the El Rancho, and it had ness in rented facilities, and the Burned down. Wichers now own four take-out facili "He really wanted the restaurant ties in Lethbridge and an eat-in, take business to stay in the family, and it out facility in Taber. is for the family." Ericksen arrived in Saskatchewan The Wichers' two sons Harvey and from Denmark in the 1920s, but got his wyyy. Brian are an integral part of the oper start in Alberta as manager of ation. Picardy's Restaurant in Calgary in Wichers said Ericksen thrived in 1944. business. He moved to Lethbridge in 1948 to "He was strictly a businessman operate the dining room, coffee shop who worked for the community," he and pastry shop in the Marquis said. "He felt the public wanted qual Hotel. ity food at a fair price. That was his He expanded in 1949 when he opened success and it is still our success a restaurant in the El Rancho Motor today." Hotel, an operation that was again Wichers said Ericksen was "as hon expanded in 1954 with the El Rancho est as a day is long. He did many Coffee Shop. things on a handshake. That was good He opened his first Kentucky enough for him." Chicken outlet in the Marquis in 1951, Ericksen's character is personified and opened the first take-out service by his actions at age 65. in the El Rancho.. He never cashed an old age security His ,first Kentucky Chicken fast- SVEN ERICKSEN cheque for his own use, preferring to donate the money to charity. "He accepted the Canada Pension because he felt he had paid for it," said Wichers. "He didn't take the old age security because he didn't need it and he hadn't paid for it." Some of his community endeavors include service as a city alderaman from 1964-68, national president of the Canadian Restaurant Association in 1955 after service for the Alberta Res taurant Association, president of the Lethbridge Curling Club in 1954, and president of the Alberta Tourist Asso ciation in 1967. He was president of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce in 1963-64 and served as president of the Lethbridge and District Exhibition Association from 1960-61. He was an active member of the Lethbridge Kiwanis Club and helped form the Rocky Mountain Tourist Association, the forerunner of the Chinook Country Tourist Association.

Herald phot JOHN, DORIS WICHERS IN FOYER OF ERICKSEN'S RESTAURANT