CASTLEGAR NEWS, MAY 25, 1980 i x y G0 PT BE As part of a unit th motor § BCGEU PICKETS s at Hobbit Hill Day Care are exploring the role of a bee. If you don’t help Smokey tell people to be careful with fire, who will? Flashback to 1847: notes on a volcano (Superannuated, but timely, diary en- tries from Paul Kane's book Wanderings of an Artist.) 5 Mi 26, 1847, When we arriyed at the mouth of the Kattlepoual River, 26 miles from Fort Vancouver, I stopped to make a sketch of the volcano, Mount St. Helen's, distant, I suppose, about 30 or 40 miles. This mountain has never been visited by either Whites or Indians; the latter assert that it is inhabited by a race of beings of a different species, who are cannibals, and in whom they hold in great dread; they also say that there isa lake at its base with a very extraordinary kind of fish in it, with a head more resembling that of a bear than any other animal. : These superstitions are taken from the statement of a man who, they say, went to the mountain with another, and escaped the fate of his companion, who was eaten by the “Skocecoms”, or evil genii... I offered a considerable bribe to any Indian who would me in its ion, but could not find one hardy enough to venture. It is of very great height, and being eternally covered with snow, is seen at a great distance. ; There was not a cloud visible in the sky at the time I: commenced my sketch, and not a breath of air was idl a stream of white smoke shot up For the record A number of production errors in Wednesday's Cas- tlegar News no doubt left some readers scratching their heads over the state of labor relations at Selkirk College. Type for the stories “June date eyed for Wilkin- son hearing” and “Contract talks continue between facul- ty, college" was inadver- tently’ switched and printed under the wrong headlines. the second paragraph of the other. In addition, because the story on the Hugh Wilkinson hearing contained a typo- graphical error, the lawyer for Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1341 was incorrectly named as Leo- grady. His name is, in fact, Leo McGrady. Finally, two points of clarification: * College personnel Thus, if you are il in a more coherent reading of the two stories, proceed from the first paragraph of each to Harold K: ji did not tell the Castlegar News the interest shown by Attorney-General Allan Wil- ‘OUTWEIGH’ SYRINGA Continued from page Al already constructed almost to standard. It just needs some upgrading. If you look at the Arrow Lakes road along the lake from Syringa north, you've got a public road but it certainly needs considerable upgrading and considerable blasting in or- der to develop ledges along some of those rock faces and widen them sufficiently to allow for public safety and convenience.” While stressing high- ways ministry figures on the cost of the proposed high- ways are not up to date, he said the planning department has assumed the costs quoted “have probably quadrupled.” The proportional difference in the costs of the two routes “is probably similar" he said. Referring to Castlegar area support for the Syringa- Fauquier route, the RDCK "Tow rai f a [SUNMON 2199p WARHING: SOME COARSE LANGUAGE B.C. DIR. [TUE] THE SEDUCTION GF IGE TYNAN TS scoralR TORN SS MELWN DOUGLAS pects liams’ ministry in the Wil- kinson hearing has hindered efforts to set an earlier court date. He said the involve- ment of ministry lawyers in the case has made such efforts more complicated. * Despite past state- ments to the contrary by individuals involved in the case, the CUPE Local 1341 petition against Wilkinson was ‘not filed with the Su- preme Court af Canada. It was filed, the Castlegar News: has learned, with the B.C. Supreme Court. director indi the matter may not yet be closed. “I think if this contro- versy continues and if in fact the brief that was presented to Mr. Bennett has any weight attached to it by the politicians, probably they will request an updating of the figures for both routes and an examination of both routes,” Dykeman said. Presented by George Evin, a Castlegar contractor, the submission to the pre- mier said the proposed Sy- ringa-Fauquier link which would shorten the distance from Castlegar to Kelowna by about 100 miles would provide a better truck route to the Okanagan, aid develop- ment of waterfront land and boost the local economy. The link from Syringa Creek to Fauquier would be about 40 miles long, the presentation said, but va- rious roads developed by the Al AL! BARBARA MERYL HARRIS STREE, Hn A Gum BY AREY BEMATTOLRG Se Tena A STmOUER Pees byl COAT ‘A UNIVENEAL PICTURE ig ministry and forest service in the proposed route area are already in use. “From Syringa Creek to Deer Park is a distance of some 15 miles,” the brief said. “Coming from the Fau- quier side toward Deer Park (Canadian Cellulose) have developed some 20 miles. Theoretically one could pre- sently travel from Syringa Creek to Fauquier by four- a as Pp from the crater of the mountain, and hovered a short time over its summit; it then settled down like a cap. This shape it retained for about an hour and a half, and then gradually disappeared. About three years before this the mountain was in a violent state of eruption for three or four days, and threw up burning stones and lave to an immense height, which ran in burning torrents down its snow-clad sides. March 30, 1847 . . . We landed at the Cowlitz farm, which belongs to the Hudson's Bay Co. Large quantities of wheat are raised at this place. I had a fine view of Mount St. Helen's throwing up a long column of dark smoke into the clear blue sky. Continued from page Al merits of a school district is the degree to which it adapts to its local condition.” “What we're trying to do in part is to find out what some of those things are that successful districts do,” Wil- son added. “And then spread , those views around to other ople.” The study included visits to about two-thirds of the schools in the district, ac- cording to the research team, and conversations with trus- tees, the superintendent and district staff, principals, teachers, parents “if pos- sible” and students. Discussions with district students included a session at Kinnaird Junior Secondary School where the team met with 12 students represent- Continued from page Ali. work for those longtime employ PRS Les There: have been no job offers coming from the employer.’ paiitoaad The union also has yet to receive assurancé of provision become dant for whose for training emp other ithe within g he said. Of a total 3,300 forest service employees actors BC. n al 312 from Nelson district 1 about 14 ranger stations in communities which include the North Shore, Fauquier, New Denver, Nakusp, Grand Forks, Salmo, Kaslo, Lardeau and Castlegar, he said. Also affected are BCGEU members working at the Nelson district headquarters, he added. Clerical, trades, engineering, technical and ranger positions are among those affected by the picketing, he sald. laced w d in Some of the Nelson, he said, but others employed in the district would be assigned to positions elsewhere in the district. The moves are expected to include relocating forest service personnel from Salmo and, “to a degree", from Fauquier and Nakusp to Castlegar. Doug Fellman, shop steward for forest service workers here, said the. work stoppage affects about 20 BCGEU members in the Castlegar area. But striking employees represent about 70 in the Arrow timber supply area, covering Nakusp, Fauquier, New Denver and Salmo as well as Castlegar, he said. Fellman said the union members’ decision on whether to return to work depends partly on whether GERB seeks an injunction against the BCGEU under essential services legislation. “If that doesn’t happen we don’t go in,” he said. Forest ministry spokesmen were unavailable _ for comment on the picketing of forest service picketing or pians for legal action against the union. SECRET OF SUCCESS ing Grades 7, 8 and 9 to “talk about things that concern them and that they're proud of.” After completion of the study, the team plans to incorporate their findings into a report to the school district. os “It'll be a summary of perceptions and feeding back to people what they've told us in an organized manner,” Cooper said. “But we can’t guarantee there'll be any- thing new in it.” * Also planned, she said, is preparation of a report to the education ministry in which the team will try to draw together the results of the studies of the four districts “and see if we can figure out some of the strengths.” Help Wanted Downtown Dixie Lee requires ma- ture, responsible person for full- time position. Duties include front service and food preparation. Apply in person. How to Subscribe to the- Castlegar Circulation ite Caatlegar New, Box 3007, Castlegar, B.C, VIN SH4 Yes, I'm interested in get- ting the Castlegar News as follows: OO carrier (1 ait Please contact me with details. Name (Please Print) Address City Phone Number Or better still, phone 365-7266- Appoints 7 residents to commission Sam Bawlf, the minister who was in charge of provin- cial library services in 1978 dissolved the library devel- opment commission and an- nounced the establishment of the library advisory council. On May 2, almost two years later, provincial secre- tary, the Hon. Evan Wolfe, announced the appointment of seven B.C. residents to the council, In his release, Wolfe stated: “Council members will be expected to provide me with advice on matters which affect public library service. They will make to our » ge that missing portion of five miles were prepared to logging road standards.” ADY | TRUCKING for library development and for improv- ing public access to library materials." WE SUPPLY & HAUL: ROAD GRAVEL CONCRETE GRAVEL % CRUSH DRAIN ROCK MORTAR & BEDDING SAND ‘s 365-2281 Box 3553, Castlegar, B.C. good work. TOPSOIL Tribute Carriers... ep APER CAR! mato" Asincere THANK-YOU from all of us at the Castlegar News to our nearly 60 Carriers for the great job of delivery you have done during May our Sunday edition. We're proud of you — and want to thank you publicly. Keep up the CASTLEMEEKCNEWS ier for the Ss ing the i fest one delivery for the launching of re open a Nancy Anderson of New Denver was« presented by chairman Bill Merilees with + the Elton Anderson Club Service Award at the windup banquet of the Federation of B.C. Naturalists’ annual gen- eral meeting held at Selkirk College. Applauded by 140 na- turalists representing most of the 33 affiliated clubs in ithe province, the smiling population at the same time as recognizing certain rights of the Inuit people is a dis- tressing and socially difficult problem which bears some similarity to union bargain- ing. “The Inuit are bargain- ing,” he said, “and in such negotiations there are always extreme positions taken, and eventually always compro- mise. The problem requires ing colonies of the rare species. Opening the proceedings of the gathering of natural- ists on Friday afternoon, Nancy Anderson of New Denver moderated a panel discussion called “Ask the Pros” which dealt with the concerns of nature lovers in many fields. ' The 10 panellists repre- senting various organizations pi “What- ever I've done for the natura- lists is nothing compared to ‘what the naturalists have done for me.” A second award for outstanding service will be presented later to Bob Harris of the Vancouver Natural History Society who was unable to attend the weekend meeting in the Kootenays, After-dinner speaker was the honorary president of the FBCN and noted for good, data, clear thinking,” concluded the speaker, “and also political action to remind the federal government there is responsibility on. both sides." SES Dr. Cowan was thanked by Charles Rommerdahl of . Trail, and presented by West Kootenay Naturalists’ presi- dent, Margaret Barwis, with a small momento of his visit to the Kootenays — a locally carved tional Doukho- conser’ ist, Dr. Ian McTaggart-Cowan, who chose the serious subject of “Native Rights” for his address, explaining many as- pects of the impact on Canada of native claims. “There is a necessity of all being conscious and toler- ant of the objectives of the Inuit and Indian people, and some adjustments must be made in our concepts of resource management,” Dr. Cowan claimed. But, while sympathetic _with the aspirations of the native peoples to better themselves, he stressed that the goal must be what is best for ALL Canadians. Admit- ting that treatment of native peoples in the past has left much to be desired, “our . wildlife heritage should not bor wooden ladle. Preceding the Saturday ening banquet, delegates with ja in the day-long ses- sions of their annual meeting. ° President Dr. Bert Brink of Vancouver was re-elected for a third term of office, with many of the previous officers elected to support him, and four new directors named. J. Lewis, (Naramata) D. Turn- bull (Victoria) Wayne Erick- son (Kamloops) and Natalie Minunzie (Langley) will join eight directors whose three- year terms still have one or two more years to run. Resolutions endorsed at . the meeting were divided into three groups..In Group A, dealing with ecological reserves and sanctuaries, the be offered as if sins have been committed.” Comparing a proposed agreement between the gov- ernment of Canada and the northern Inuit represented by the Canadian Organiza- tion of People's Entitlement, with an agreement recently reached between the govern- ment of the United States and the native people of . Alaska, Dr. Cowan person- ‘ally preferred the American ” agreement. : This preference was mainly because the American native peoples have not re- quested special status with respect to wildlife: the juris- diction of the federal author- ity is recognized, subsistence hunting and fishing has top priority, but such use is not restricted to native people . but is available to all U.S. citizens. : Quoting figures to show that certain populations in B.C. have been “over-killed”, Dr. Cowan pleaded that the finding of solutions to these problems is more important than the laying of blame for past mistakes. : Drawing on his wealth of knowledge of arctie con- ditions and northern ogeans (he is chairman of the Cana- dian Commission on Whales and Whaling) Dr. Cowan de- plored the fact that for every whale killed legally and re- covered, almost certainly an- : other is wounded and escapes to die. The problem of pre- serving the world whale Pp 4 was asked to increase the staff - and budget of the ecological reserves section of the B.C. ministry of the environment and to pay special attention to several specific areas such as grasslands, Osoyoos arid lands, saline and estuarine areas, and to specific animal species such as grizzly bears and sea otters. . Under, Group B_ deci-_ sions,.local-action groups will” continue to foster the known populations of burrowing owls, spotted owls, pileated woodpeckers, osprey and badgers. Of special impor- tance to people of the Koote- nays, -the Valhalla Park Pro- posal Study received unani- mous endorsement by the - provincial delegates. ; Among other subjects considered in Group C, strengthening of Pollution Control Board regulations regarding disposal of garbage and wastes in both rural and urban areas was urged by delegates... That rare endemic Cana- dian mammal, the Vancouver Island marmot generated much attention, and a special resolution from the Van- couver Island