J Castlégar News June 12, 1985 Dye warning ignored WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 18 months ago the executive secretariat of the Food and Drug Admini THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY Accounting Blinds tion prepared a warning for a senior Reagan administration official about six color addi tives that were found by the FDA to cause cancer in ani- mals. The bluntly worded memo said that now that “these color additives have been determined to be carcin- ogens, it will be difficult to defend any further delay.” Despite that warning by executive secretariat Dan Brand, the Department of Health and Human Services has refused to move against the six food, drug and cos- metic dyes found to cause cancer in laboratory animals, arguing it wants to study the issue more. The House of Representa. tives government operations committee said there was no written evidence that Mar. garet Heckler, secretary of health and human services, received the Nov. 23, 1983, memo. But the memo was cited by the committee as evidence of concern among FDA's career scientists who have watched repeated rejections of their recommendations that the dyes be banned as danger. ous. The committee, in a report adopted “unanimously by Democratic and Republican members and released Tues- day, accused the Reagan ad ministration of undermining federal food safety laws by allowing known cancer-caus ing agents to remain on the market. FAILS TO BAN “This report reflects Con. gress’s bipartisan view that HHS has blatantly violated federal law in failing to ban” the dyes, said Representa- tive Ted Weiss (D.N.Y), Chairman of the e s Brian L. 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The FDA received scien. tifie studies as far back as three years ago indicating the dyes caused cancer, the committee said. Yet, the committee said, the six dyes officially remain “under study” by the FDA, allowing their continued use. The committee said that in 1981, the admnistration took away FDA's power to act independently on such issues, requiring the health and hu- man services secretary to approve agency actions. The committee complained that the department seems to put more emphasis on studies by industries that use the dyes than on the views of its own scientists. Industry as sociations have long conten. ded that the six dyes are safe in the quantities likely to be consumed Lang winner IODE NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. (CP) Mary-Elien Lang Collura of Parksville, B.C., has become the first winner of the $3,000 National Chap. ter IODE Book Award for her book Winners. 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OPTOMETRIST No.2 - 615 Columbia, Castieger -2220 oF 346 Boker St., Nelson 352-5152 ALL TYPES OF COMMERCIAL PRINTING * Letterheads * Envelopes * Brochures * Roffle Tickets Ete, Ete OFFSET & LETTERPRESS WES PRESS FACILITIES Castlegar News 197 Columbia Ave. 365-7266 Gedo. 0.6 COLEMAN COUNTRY BOY SERVICE Sump & Septic Tank Pumping PHONE 365-5013 3400 - 4th Avenue Castlegar first individual consultation With your own personal cour selor is free Call now Sererday 8 a.m. 9 0.m 1223 - 3rd $t., Castiege: 3465-6256 MEDAL WINNER . . cy presents Dave PICTON WINS COLLEGE'S TOP STUDENT AWARD By CasNews Staff David Picton of Castlegar was awarded the Governor General's Silver Medal at Selkirk College's annual awards ceremonies Friday. Picton earned the college's top honor with a grade point average of 3.97 out of a possible 4.0. The Arts and Sciences student attended Selkirk College for two years and plans to attend the University of B.C. in the Commerce faculty. More than 250 students, parents and instructors attended the ceremonies, which for the first time included a banquet Other major award winners were Brenda Semenoff (Balon), an Office Administration student who won the Lieutenant-Governor of Britigh Columbia Medal. Rosemarie Moberg, a student in the Social Service Worker program, and Fred Plotnikoff, a student in the Trainjng Access program, were named winners of the Chairman's Merit Award. Guest speaker at the ceremonies was Andy Soles, former Selkirk College principal and now acting deputy minister for the Ministry of Universities, Science and Communications. In a speech that touched on a number of topics, Soles stressed that to live in a technological revolution and not understand it is “a monstrosity.” “I worry really about the alienation that technology (places) upon a segment of society,” he said Soles admitted there is much in the world which surprises” him, but “above all it's the speed with which everything moves.” However, he warned that technology alone doesn't hold all the answers for the future. He said “a drastic change in attitude” about the meaning of life is needed to ensure a secure future. Meanwhile, a total presented, including: Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D Ar- icton with Governor General's of 25 scholarships were Silver Medal durin Selkirk College award ceremonies Friday night. Cortews Prot Normen William Barchard Prize: James Cory Robertson, Forestry. Registered Nurses’ Association (Trail): Gail Hama Dagg, Nursing Program. Ferraro Aviation Scholarship: Peter Buckley, Avi ation Technology. Ferraro University Transfer Program Scholarship: David Buckley, Arts and Sciences. Selkirk College Faculty Association Scholarship: James MeNicholas, University Transfer; Cheryl North, University Transfer; Gerald Robert Dooley, University Transfer; David Einarson, Forestry; Andrew Chernoff, Electronics; and Lynda Guymer, Graphie Design Dai Sweeney Memorial Award: James Talbott, Aviation Technology District Teachers’ Association Scholarship (Trail): Tracey Schmidt, Arts and Sciences. Margaret Knights-Letts Memorial Donna Brown, Arts and Sciences. Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd., Award of Merit: Annalisa MacDonald, Computer Information Systems Technology. Dick Fowler Prize in English: Phil O'Connell, Arts and Sciences. Marilyn Cooper Scholarship: Nursing Program. Mike Wichert Memorial Scholarship: Denise West, Arts and Sciences. Jim Johnson Memorial Scholarship in Psychology: Michael Harnadek and Mark Bodnarchuk, Arts and Sciences. Certified General Accountants Association of B.C.: Nance Henne, Business Administration. Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship: Forestry. Marty Martin Memorial Samoyloff, Arts and Sciences. Curtis McDonell Memorial Buckley, Aviation Technology. Labatt's Award: Corinne McGougan, Administration. Snook Memorial Award: Gary Schmidt, Arts and Sciences. University Women’s Club: Kari Sahistrom, Arts and Sciences. Scholarship: Laurie Tedesco, Suzanne Bagur, Scholarship: Stephen Scholarship: Peter Business continued on poge A2 UNLESS 'UNECONOMICAL’ PWA pledges no to ‘abandon’ city By RON NORMAN Editor Pacific Western Airlines promised this week it will not pull its Castlegar to Vancouver flights out of Castlegar Airport even though AirBC plans to introduce the same service. “We won't abandon the community,” PWA Interior director Steve Bullock He said that if AirBC’s presence stimulates the market and increases traffic so both airlines can survive “that’s good.” However, he said ‘both airlines cannot survive with the current passenger traffic. Asked if PWA will simply give in or go head-to-head with AirBC, McDoug- of C . Trail told rep: and Nelson municipal councils and chambers of commerce at a meeting in Castlegar Thursday. However, Sandy McDougall, PWA regional vice-president, cautioned that the airline will not operate the jet service if it becomes “uneconomical”. “If the community chooses not to support our services, we will look again at this service,” he said. “We're not going to fly empty seats.” Bullock pointed out, “There are a lot of empty seats” on the flights between Castlegar and Vancouver now. The flights are less than 50 per cent full, he ‘said. all “We'll be the competi- tion.” Mayor Audrey Moore pressed Bull- ock further, asking’ him how long Castlegar can expect to have the 737 jet service. “As long as the demand is there,” Bullock said, adding “I don't think we can answer that 's up to the people who use the service.” McDougall said PWA has no plans to introduce smaller planes on the run. He said PWA has only 737 jets and plans to stay with the single type of plane. He led that PWA is also not considefing handing over the Van- couver-to-Castlegar route to Time Air. Moore and Ald. Bob MacBain sugges- ted that PWA could increase traffic by stopping in Kelowna rather than Penticton on its Castlegar to Vancou- ver flight. She said Castlegar passengers could then travel any number of directions. By in Pe Casth passengers can only go one way — to Vancouver, she said. But Bullock said the Kelowna flights are regularly booked up. Ron Moore, AirBC’s sales and marketing manager, told the meeting his airline plans to operate two flights a day between Castlegar and Vancouver beginning Oct. 1. A morning flight will leave Van- couver at 7:20 a.m. and arrive in Castlegar at 8:30 a.m. It will return to Vancouver at 8:45 a.m., arriving at 9:55 a.m. An afternoon flight will leave Van- couver at 2:30 p.m., arriving in Castlegar at 3:40 .m. It will head back continued on poge AZ INQUEST RECOMMENDS Mitt should keep tabs By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer A jury recommended that Westar Timber keep in closer touch with outside contractors working on its machinery at an inquest Wednesday in Castlegar into the death of a young man at the pulp mill April 11. Frank Franta, 22, a Burnaby boilermaker’s apprentice, died after a cylindrical machine calléd a cascade evaporator shifted suddenly, causing him to slip and be crushed between the cylinder and a chamber wall. It was the first fatality at the mill since Westar Timber began operating 25 years ago. Supervisors for both Westar Timber and C: that there should be Strict adherence to procedures for entering machines such as the cascade evaporator, especially the need for an external watch person; that Westar Timber establish a “entry permit system” to identify personal working in a given area; @ and that contractors have a safety representative on each contract. All except the last were also recommendations made in a report on the accident compiled by the Workers’ Compensation Board. The confidential report, from WCB investigator John Christofenetti, attached no blame to Westar Timber, Franta, Engineering said that they weren't exactly sure of the whereabouts of each other's work crews in the vicinity of the accident when it occurred. Brian Verigin, supervising the Combustion Engineering crew including the two boilermakers on the cylinder, said he was given the go-ahead to have his men do repairs by Dick Wigen, Westar engineering supervisor. Wigen testified earlier that: “In this particular case, I was not aware that they were doing that patch-work on that wheel at that time.” Later on, lawyer Andrew Sandilands, representing the dead man’s family, was critical of Westar Timber's procedure. “That's a very significant flaw in your procedure, not to have white flags out of your construction (areas) to show there are men inside,” Sandilands told Westar’s industrial relations officer, Ron Belton Following a full-day of testimony and one hour's deliberation, a five-man jury made six recommendations: e that Westar Timber “establish an effective means of communications specifically with external contractors when engaged to perform maintenance functions,” @ that machines such as cascades, precipitators, and evaporators be secured while work is being done; @ that the accident at Westar Timber be the subject of a hazard alert to all pulp mills and manufacturers; or his employer C ing of V 4 revealed WCB information officer Alastair Gordon in a telephone interview Thursday from Richmond. “There's no blame attached to anybody,” said Gordon. “What we're intending to do is issue a report making other pulp mills aware (of the accident) so it doesn’t happen.” Gordon said the report indicated that both company and contractor had followed standard safety procedures. In testimony given at the 7'/-hour inquest, Christofen. etti said the cascade evaporator may had shifted because of an “unusual washing method” used to clean the machine. While the evaporator was usually cleaned of residues with a water bath, prior to the accident it was cleaned with a saline solution sprayed through a hose. This solution may have encrusted itself on the top of the wheel, and “this indicated to me that an amount of imbalance could have been present in the wheel,” said Christofenetti. Considerable testimony was given to a repair procedure being done by Westar millwrights on a chain connecting a motor to a sprocket on the cascade evaporator when the accident occurred. Millwrights were tightening the chain when the cascade evaporator moved. Millwright Tom Idle, asked if this outside force could have caused the movement, replied: “Either that, or the two men (Franta and a fellow boilermaker) working inside.” continued on page A2 Hospital $67,000 in the red By CasNews Staff A substantial increase in patients at the Castlegar and District Hospital was the main reason why it dipped into the red over the 1984-85 year with a $67,000 deficit. “The hospital has been extremely busy in all its departments with the in-patient work load increasing by 10 per cent over the previous year,” administrator Ken Talarico told the annual meeting of the hospital society Thursday night “Comparing our hospital to similar sized hospitals in the province, our ac tivity is slighter higher.” Board treasurer Nick Oglow said the hospital faced a $90,000 deficit for 1984-85. but the provincial government provided’ $17,500 as partial payment for increased oceupancy, and $4,480 for medical and surgieal supplies The deficit is nearly two per cent of the hospital's total revenue of more than $3.5 million. The year before, a $44,000 surplus was recorded, largely due to increased out-patient revenue, Workers’ Com. pensation Board admissions, and a hefty employees’ salary increase Salaries and wages increased by about 6" per cent over the previous fiseal year due to additional staffing to handle increased activity, a 2 to 2.6 per cent increase in overall wages, and a $20.000 pay out of severance and sick time, according to Oglow's year end report And employee benefits increased nine per cent or $27,000 due to higher premiums and increased wages The only decrease in costs for the 1984-85 year was a 32 per cent decrease or $33,000 drop in plant maintenance costs. Oglow's report says, “Numerous undertaken during extra projects 1983-84 have paid off in lower (plant maintenance) costs for this year.” Equipment totalling $134,000 was purchased over 1984-85 — major items including a chemistry analyzer, blood gas machine and computers. Capital projects completed during the year include: a patient sundeck, nurses’ call system and a fire alarm system Costs included: © drug costs up 16 per cent due to extra patients: increases during the year @ food and supplies up 12 per cent also because of increased patients: @ diagnostic and therapeutic patient care up 14": per cent f © administrative costs up 6". per cent @ plant operation up 17 per cent © housekeeping supplies up 50) per cent ($7,662) due repl oextra cleaning, and ment of supplies