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a2__Castlégar News _Jvne2, 1989

Lack of benefits
angers Edwards

By GUY BERTRAND

s Staff Writer

The question of whether the provin
cial government should provide access
to unemployment insurance for tem-
porary forest firefighters has ‘been
burning for sometime.

Anne Edwards, the New Democrat
MLA for Kootenay, has lashed put at
the Social Credit government in a news
release saying the firefighters are
treated like **second-class workers’’
despite the dangers they face on the

workers for UI is for the province to
pass an order-in-council designating
them as provincial employees,

However, director of the Forest
Ministry’s Protection Branch, Jim
Dunlop, said the government is
making a move to get people off the
unemployment line and establish unit
crews to respond to fires to *‘eliminate
helter skelter recruiting.”

“Presently we have eight new crews
with 20 firefighters per crew. Our long
term goal is to have 12 crews by next
job year,"’ Dunlop said.

‘The provincial government will
not declare these people provincial
employees, therefore, when they are

The crews will be
provincial employees and eligible for
UI benefits, he said

Dunlop stressed tivat it is better to

always been available,” he said.

Dunlop said that the present policy
for temporary firefighters is to give
them ‘a discharge cheque on the site”
after the work is finished.

“Normally these kinds of people
don't work for along time. If you start
collecting UI contributions, you néed a
separate payroll system, eliminating
the on site cheques,"” he said.

Edwards’ said she suspects the
government is trying to avoid the extra
expense of the increased bookkeeping

“Temporary or not, these
firefighters deserve to have access to
some financial security after their jobs
are over,” she said in her release

called into to fight a forest fire, they
cannot claim UI benefits after,"’ Ed

wards said in a telephone interview
In her news rel
that’s

required to qualify

ase, Edwards said all
these

than sameone with no experience.

“We used to shut down saw mills
They had
some practical bush experience. But

and send in men from there.

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Besides improving tourism, Larsen
wants to see the flow of Castlegar
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than was the case in the other two
communities

Economic development officer
Richard Maddocks said the situation
has improved since then but Larsen
says he wants to see dramatic changes.

And Leo Bosse, who owns several
downtown properties including
Bosse’s Jewellery and the City Centre
Square mini-mall, said he is happy with
Larsen’s plans and enthusiasm,

Bosse has been pushing for down-
town improvements for years, he said,
and he’s getting tired. Now it’s time for
younger people to take over and make
things happen, he says.

A major part of Bosse’s vision for
Castlegar is a proposed downtown
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Castlegar Hotel site

The plans have been drawn up and
city council approved them in principal
about a year ago, Bosse said. Two
Vancouver developers are interested in
the project and the only thing holding
up the proposal is finding a major food

Court news

Last week in Castlegar provincial
court, Linda Weeks pleaded guilty to
driving with a blood alcohol reading
over .08 and was fined $400 or, in
default, sentenced to 30 days in jail

Eric Gunderson pleaded guilty to
being intoxicated in a public place and
was fined $200.

W.. Lajeunesse pleaded guilty to
failing td provide information at the

scene of an accident and was fined $50.

send a trained crew to fight fires rather

haven't

Dowtown

Dunlop agrees that those few days
may be enough to give someone the
minimum requirement to
benefits. “It’s really unfortunate but
in most situations that doesn’t hap
pen.”

collect

store to anchor the building, he said.
Bosse and four other business
people bought ‘the old hotel site and
would throw it in for free to the
developers, he said. As well, he said,
the old CP Rail station is in the right
place to fit in with the plans.
“It’s so feasible to put it (a mall)
downtown that it’s.crazy it’s not there
already,"’ he said
City council needs to
promoting downtown and
businesses here, Bosse said.
“City council musi show businesses
they are welcome,’’ he said
The whole town must work
together, Bosse said, because “we're
defeating ourselves by not being on the
bail.”
As an example, he cited the lack of
signs directing traffic to the downtown
area from the Highway 3-Highway 22
intersection. Visitors could easily think
Castleaird Plaza is the
because there is no way for them to
know downtown Castlegar is six
kilometres away, Bosse said
Revitalization of the downtown core
has been talked about for years. The
last time it was seriously considered
was about two years ago when a three
person committee was struck and city
council committed to funding 50 per
cent of the project, Ald
said
Bosse said the project bogged down
because too much energy was spent on
plans such as how to put the downtown
power lines underground and not
enough attention was given to how
much of the city would be included in
the project

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Bonds of

by Stanley Humphries secondary school
torian Fernando Amaral.
By FERNANDO AMARAL

munity guests, and last, but not least, the grads of "89 t
the 1989 Stanley Humphries
graduation ceremonies. It is we, the grads of '89, wh

in our lives.

today, that I shouldn’t feel committed to saying in m

dedicate my speech to the people who gave me this
honor today, my friends, the grads of '89.

As many of you know, | am an airbag that likes to
hear himself talk, so this should not be very difficult.
During the course of my education, I feel that I’ve been
very fortunate to create and strengthen bonds of frien-
dship and trust with the group before me.

The experiences that we’ve had have touched
everyone in one way or another. The experiences I’m
speaking of are not just blockbuster events such as Phil
Hadikin winning his T-bird but also the day in and day
out ritual of going to school which We often take for
granted. From the classrooms to intramurals and from
the band trips to the basketball game, we've'all been
given the opportunity to meet what we admirably call
our friends.

(which, for some of us, never end) to the days of

the Blueberry “‘get together,”” we have all created bonds
of friendship with one another.

Looking upon the grads, it is certainly possible for
me to pick out the athletic peoplejor the “brains” or the
“skids,” but I can only do that because I’ve known
these people for many years. The interesting fact is that
these people have to be picked out, because from day to
day we don’t have everyone socializing only in their
group. Our class has very few snobs and very many
decent and nice people who judge each other for what
they are and not for what they do or what they wear. It is
this fact that makes us the unique collection of friends
that weare.

Many of us will be moving away from Castlegar
and some of us will be making SHSS their permanent
home away from home. But most . importantly,
the memories of our times together will never be forgot-
ten and the relationships we’ ve made are ours forever.
Mention must also be made of the other friends

Awards

are fortunate in having you here to share this milestone

Graduation is a process, not a product, which
began some time ago with the first day of school and
comes to an end. Since the days of learning how to print

negotiating who is to transport the ‘‘refreshments’’ to

friendship
won't end with grad

Editor's note: The following is the Valedictorian
Address delivered at Saturday's graduation ceremonies
(989 Valedic-

it is my pleasure to welcome parents, staff, com-

Oo

secondary school

0
FERNANDO
AMARAL

1 was told, much to-my delight, eight da?s ago 1989

+ valedictorian

speech what has been said year after year. Therefore,
with all due respect to parents and guests, | would like to

we've made over our high school capeers — our
teachers. Alll of us have some teachers who have gained
our greatest respect through showing their human and
caring side as a friend and not just an educator. | speak
for all of us when I express my sincerest thanks to those
teachers who have become our friends. Thank you
There is one group of very important people that
I have neglected, the parents. Although we at times
argue, complain, and disagree with our parents, we still
owe a great deal to them for rearing us and molding us
into the wonderful people we have become. Knowing
some of our grads I think I can safely say that some
parents are here today thinking, “Yeah, I have got to see
itto believe it

I have reached the most difficult part of my speech.
It is sad but true that today will likely be the last time 1
will see some of my friends for a very long time. I've
known several of the grads for a very long time and some
all my life and have grown to value and respect them
greatly

I’ve known some only one year;sbut I can easily
see that they are outstanding people and | consider them
an asset in every way. I cannot imagine a better group
of people to represent the last grads of the 80s decade.
When I needed a confidant — there was someone there;
when I wanted to ‘‘shoot the breeze” — there was
always someone there; when I needed a favor — I
needed only ask. And most of all | would like to thank
the grads of '89 for accepting me for what I am and not
what Ido.

So, to my friends, from overseas in Shoreacres to
the plains of Ootischenia and from the village of Kin-
naird to the valley of Pass Creek and everywhere —
Thank you for being the best friends 1 could ever
imagine having.

continued from front page

— Jeanine Poznikoff and Vicki Gritchen; Bevans-Ellis-
Gorman bursary ($375) — Dina Poohachoff; Beta
Sigma Phi bursary ($250) — Angela Smee; Canada
Safeway Ltd. bursary ($300) — Rod Pereversoff;
Castlegar Hospital Medical Staff bursaries ($200 each)
— Wanda Belbeck and David Kravski; Castlegar Rob-
son Legion Branch 170 bursaries ($200 each) — Marion
kK ff, Vangeune and Angela Smee;
Castlegar Royal Canadian Mounted Police scholarship
($400) — Tracy Josephson; Castlegar and District
Hospital award($400) — Vangeune Oudomsouk;
Castlegar Savings Credit Union bursaries ($250 each) —
Dawn Cumberland, Alisod Zanet and Stacey

The following are the winning num
bersdrawn in Thursday's lottery

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and 45.

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Canadian Press must be considered
unofficial

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Polonicoff; Castlegar Selkirk Lady Lions bursary
($200) — Blaine Bartsoff.

Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club bursaries ($200 each) —
Marion Kooznetsoff and Sherry Popoff; Celgar Pulp
Co. bursaries ($400 each) — Roger Briscoe and Cheryl
Gampbell; Columbia Beverage award ($200) — Judi
Gloskey; Cominco award ($700) — Candance Carter;
CUPE bursary ($300) — Fernando Amaral; Dorothy
Miller-Tait Memorial bursary ($200) — Jennifer
Voykin;.Eastern Star Minto Chapter 70 bursary ($250)
— Sandra Verigin; E. DePaoli Memorial bursary ($200)
— Nicola Bullock; F.A. Haywood Memorial bursary
($100) — Fernando Amaral; Fishwick award ($50 each)
— Brad Smithers and Allan Phipps; Herb Pitts
Memorial bursary ($200) — Darryl Furey; Castlegar
Gyrettes ($100) — Doug Gorcak.

James H. Corbett Memorial scholarship ($350) —

Carrie Gorkoff; Kanigan Dental bursary ($200) — Lana
Bush; Kiwanis Club scholarship ($350 — Allan Phipps;
Kootenay Savings Credit Union bursaries ($200 each) —
Darryl Furey, Sherri Chernenkoff and Sarah Finney;
Auxiliary to the Castlegar and District Hospital award
($300) — Deb Chernenkoff; Leigh Lalonde Memorial
bursary ($500) — Vicki Gritchen; Letter Carriers Local
260 award ($150) — Candace Carter; Simon Fraser —
The President’s Entrance scholarship ($9,000) — Greg
Peregrym; Phil Malekow Memorial award ($150) —
Jennifer Voykin and ($100) — Lisa Verigin; Principal's
award ($150) — Brent Pinckney; Pulp and Paper
Workers of Canada Local No. | bursaries ($300 each) —

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STUDENT LEADER . -
hoists her Leaders award she received from
acting mayor Ald. Patti Richards.

farrle Gorkol (left)

ComNews photo

STUDIES REWARDED . . . Greg Peregrym
accepts the K.T. and R.E. McGauley Memorial
scholarship trophy and the Governor General's
Bronze Medal from teacher Jim Crawford.

day’ at the

it ys@
Community Complex. —comews prox

Robert Scott and David Kravski; Robson Women’s In-
stitute bursary ($150) — Dorothy Chaves.

Robson Women's Institute Home Econongies award
($150) — Lucy Cardoso; Selkirk College “a: ($500)
— Mike Gerrand; Union of Youth of USCC scholarship
($150 each) — Lisa Verigin and Sandra Verigin and
($100) — Jennifer Voykin; United Steelworkers of
America Local 480 award ($100 each) John Bird and
Heather Penman; Westar Timber-Southern Wood
Products scholarships ($600) — Lucy Cardoso and
($400) — Lisa Verigin; Community bursaries ($250
each) Jason Kramer, Burke Ganton, Tammy Ratcliffe
and Marnie Mitchell; United Steel Workers of America
Local 9705 bursary ($300) — Kellie Plotnikoff.

MAJOR AWARDS
Aggregate award ($300) — David Kravski; Leaders
award ($300) — Carrie Gorkoff; K.T. and R.E.
McGauley Memorial scholarship ($300) — Greg
Peregrym; Governor General’s Bronze Medal — Greg
Peregrym; Stanley Humphries award ($350) — Judi
Closkey.

Grads

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“1 will not wish you luck," he said, ‘*because I
believe luck has very littleto do with it.”

Turner told the students to realize receiving an
education is a privilege and reminded them of the har-
dships of their fellow students in China where young
people were recently massacred for speaking out against
the government

Don’t give in when others try to change you, he
said.

The crowd, which nearly filled the complex arena,
listened while Rev. Jim Ferrier gave the invocation and
Ald. Terry Rogers, standing in for acting mayor Ald.
Patti Richards, gave an address from the city.

The presentation of candidates for graduation was
performed by teachers Bernice Kavic and Jim
Crawford - - ~

Crawford also gave a short,
goodbye after 30 years of
Crawford is retiring this year

motional speech of
teaching in Castlegar.

Briefly

Recycled oil promised soon

VANCOUVER (CP) — Recycled oil will soon be used in 25 per cent
of provincial government vehicles, Cliff Michael, minister of government
management services, said.

Michael told the Recycling Council of British Columbia there is a
glut of re-refined oil on the market because while motorists have respon-
ded to oil-recycling programs, they haven't been as quick to use recycled
products.

He said ‘‘within the coming months’’ all. government ministries will
follow the oil-recycling program, which will force about 1,000 private
garages and service stations provincewide to stock re-refined products,
also making them available to consumers.

Crown corporations, municipalities and school districts will also be
encouraged to convert to recycled oil, Michael said.

No strike vote, union says

MEDICINE HAT, ALTA. (CP) — Time Air flight attendants will
not take a strike vote despite an unsuccessful mediation session between
the company and the airline division of the Canadian Union of Public
Employees, says a union official

Instead, the union will put pressure on business people, air travellers
and politicians to bring Time Air back to the bargaining table, division
vice-president Donna Hendrick said.

“*Wee will try every way possible to avoid a strike,”” Hendrick said in a
telephone interview from the union's Toronto office

Time Air's 135 flight attendants have been in a legal strike position

since June 10. They have been trying to negotiate a first contract since last
year.

MLAs take long weekend off

VICTORIA (CP) — Night lights will burn again ‘in the British
Columbia legislature next week as members try to make some headway in
a still heavy legislative agenda. But the politicians are taking an extra-long
weekend for Canada Day.

The legislature will not be in session on Friday or Monday, July 3, so
members may spend more time at constituency festivities. The current
session is not expected to wind up untl close to the end of July

Marijuana plants siezed

GRANTS PASS, ORE. (AP) — More than five dozen marijuana
plants were seized from an indoor plantation operated by an elderly
couple who told authorities they hoped their cash crop would supplement
their retirement income.

Josephine County sheriff's Lieut. Allan Pendergrast said the 76-
year-old man and his 61-year-old wife have not yet been charged in the
case. Results of a continuing investigation will be turned over to a grand
jury for charges, he said.

The 61 immature plants, with an estimated street value of $150,000,
were found growing in a barn. Under Oregon law, growing marijuana is a
felony punishable by a maximum 20-year prison term, Pendergrast said

Crew works to contain oi

NEWPORT, R.1. (AP) — Crews worked Saturday to contain nearly
four million litres of heating oil that spilled from a tanker as the slick
spread over eight kilometres off the Rhode Island coast.

White House officials arrived just hours after the Providence-bound
tanker World Prodigy, carrying more than 28.7 million litres of heating
oil, struck a rock at Brenton Reef in Rhode Island Sound about 4:30 p.m.
Friday

Aftef initial reports from Gov. Edward DiPrete that the oil had
reached shore, Chuck Givens of the state Department of Environmental
Management said he had not confirmed that

Quebec nurses take vote

MONTREAL (CP) — Quebec nurses — despite some dissension in
the ranks — have taken the first step toward ratifying a new contract and
have voted to stop pressure tactics in hospitals

Just under 400 delegates representing the 40,000-member Quebec
Federation of Nurses voted in Montreal to accept an agreement in prin-
ciple with the Quebec government

The agreement calls for a four-per-cent wage increase in 1989, a
seven-and-a-half-per-cent increase in 1990 and as much as eight per cent
more in 1991. There will be an additional cost-of-living increase if in-
flation goes beyond five per cent next year

That will work out to between 16 and 21 per cent more in nurses’
paycheques, depending on their seniority and qualifications, by the end of
the three-year contract

Communist party said split

WARSAW (REUTER) — Poland’s chief Communist party
ideologist said the party was split by a tumultuous debate over its future
after its stunning election defeat by Solidarity

Marian Orzechowski said the party should take a majority decision
on how far it should change, including proposals to replace it with a
totally new party.

Orzechowski appeared to call for a vote on the dispute between
reformers and conservatives by the Central Committee, the party's top
policy-making body, when it meets Wednesday

PM asked to form government

ATHENS (AP) — Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, in hospital
with pneumonia, was asked Friday to try to form a new government after
leftist parties refused to join the conservatives in an alliance.

Greece’s political impasse developed after no party gained a majority
in Sunday's election for the 300-member Parliament

Constantine Mitsotakis’s conservative New Democracy won 14
seats, Pap ‘sP Si

rahst gott25 seatsandthe
Coalition of the Left and Progress wound up as the power broker with 28

The other two went to an independent and a small party

Castlegar residents Pam and Rod
Mosby are the first prize winners in the
Sunfest 89 button lottery

Pam Mosby's button No. 2600 was
drawn Wednesday morning by Joai
Blain of Moroso, Markin and Blain af-
ter the first number drawn, 2087, was
turned in on Tuesday as an unsold but
ton,

The Mosbys are already busy
thinking about their trip to Montreal
on Via Rail and have starting making a
list of places they want to see.

**We'll likely go in September, after
the kids are in school and then we can
see the autumn colors,” Pam said
**My mother-in-law said if you go east,
go in the fall in late September because
the colors are spectacular.”

Mosby heard about her win from a
neighbor.

“She heard the
redraw on Wednesday morning ani

my button number. At first | didn’

Ferrier (Castlegar Festivals Societ

had to be true. | wore the button all da:

New
evidence
of dwarf

stars

VANCOUVER (CP) — For every
visible star in the sky there are
probably another 100 to 1,000 that are
impossible to see, says a research team
that has uncovered new evidence that
the heavens are populated with billions
of invisible “brown dwarfs.”

“What we are talking about are
Basically stars that never turned on,”
says team member Harvey Richer of
the University of British Columbia
“They haven't got quite enough
mass to have a nuclear reaction in their
core. So they are not self-luminous.”"
Such invisible stars could explain the
whereabouts of the 95 per cent of the
mass in the universe that scientists have
yet to account for

Many physicists believe the missing
mass is tied up in sub-atomic particles
Others have theorized it is found in
brown dwarfs

Astronomers such as Richer and his
associates Gregory Fahlman of the
University of British Columbia and
Leonard Searle and lan’ Thompson of
‘the California-based Las Campanas
Observatory have long supported the
brown dwarf theory and two years ago
set out ifi search of more eviderice
Working from a telescope in Chile
the researchers peered into a globular
cluster at the edge of the universe and
measured the intensity of the light —
and by iriference the mass — of close
to 3,000 stars in the cluster

They were unable to find any stars
below 10 per cent of the mass of the
Sun.

“The lower you get the most stars
you have until you get to 10 per cent of
the mass of the Sun and then there are
no more visible stars,’’ Richer said. He
and his associates believe ‘‘anything
weighing less is a brown dwarf and
hence invisible

Their findings are to be published in

a paper in the Astrophysical Journal
Letters of the American Astronomical
Society in August

Pilot
dies in
crash

HOPE, B.C. (CP) — A small plane
crashed in Manning provincial park
Saturday morning, killing the lone oc
cupant apparently after an abortive
attempt to make an emergency lan
ding ona nearby highway

RCMP said the crash occurred
about 60 kilometers east of Hope in
the park, which straddles the Canada.
U.S. border 160 kilometres east of
Vancouver

“The lone occupant of the aircraft
did not survive the crash," RCMP
said in a statement. ‘‘The iden- ai
tification of the deceased is being E
withheld pending postive iden
tification and notification of next of
kin.”

Wednesday so | wouldn't lose it,"” she
said

The Festivals Society matched: the
prize to this year’s Sunfest theme:

“With the theme of Pioneer Days
for this year’s Suntest, the committee
felt that a trip for two across Canada
by train would not only be historic but
tie in nicely with the theme,”’ Ferrier
said. ‘Many of the pioneers of B.C
came out by train from central and
eastern Canada and the opportunity
for a modern day Castlegar pioneer to
make the journey in the opposite direc
tion was too good to resist

“We had tremendous support from
both Mark Rutherglen at BCAA
Travel and from Brian Dixon,
marketing representative for Via Rail,

June 25, 1989 Castlegar

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Sunfest winners plan trip

iy

number of the

called to tell me that she was sure it was

in The Mosbys’ trip
believe but when I phoned the chamber
(of commerce) and then talked to Jim

fundraising director) then | knew it

when we first approached them for the

trip last fall and we are pleased for Pam

jan Rod-and wish them a happy jour-
ney,” Ferrier added.

will start at
Revelstoke and take five days and four
nights to get to Montreal. BCAA will
y provide them with three nights’ hotel

commodation so they can stay and

y tour the Montreal area. Then it's a

SHE'S THE WINNER . . . Mark Rutherglen (right) of BCAA Travel
in Nelson presents Pam Mosby of Castlegar (centr: a
certificate entitling her to a first-class train trip on Via Rail to
Montreal and three nights’ hotel accommodation in the Quebec
city as first prize in the Suntest button lottery. Looking on is Joy
Jenner, pi of the Castl Festivals Society.

five-day, four night return journey
Pam Mosby bought here button on

the Saturday morning of the parade

from a member of the Festivals Society

who had set up a button booth in
downtown Castlegar and her prize is
the last one to be claimed in the Sunfest
89 button lottery

dumped in Eremenko flats, the area
along the Columbia

Negotiations continue,
nurses boycott hearing

VANCOUVER (CP) — Negotiations aimed at settling
a provincewide nurses’ strike continued Saturday under a
news blackout, as the-head of the Industrial Relations
Council considered how many nurses were needed to main-
tain essential services.

As the sides met with mediator John Kinzie, the B.C
Nurses Union boycotted a hearing by council chairman Ed
Peck, asked by the provincial government to ensure an
escalating strike that began June 14 wasn’t compromising
patient care.

A. spokesman for the Health Labor Relations
Association, which represents 144 health-care institutions
in British Columbia, said it was becoming increasingly dif-
ficult to get nurses to abide by essential services levels set
earlier by private arbitrator Stephen Kelleher

“The staffing levels were, in the main, satisfactory to
both sides,” said Gordon Austin. But Peck “monitored
the situation and ascertained that staffing levels in some
hospitals were not adequate.”

Nurses’ union spokesman Jerry Miller said the method
of setting essential services was working and there.was no
need for the council to get involved.

Essential services legislation requires about 70 per cent
of the nurses to Stay on the job.

The strike has forced cancellation of elective surgery
and hospitals have discharged as many patients as possible
as management takes over duties-such-as serving-meals,
cleaning and answering telephones.

Some strikebound hospitals were starting to show the
effects of several days without a full complement of sup-
port staff

“It’s getting a little dirty in there,” a pharmaceutical
sales representative said of one Vancouver hospital. **You
know, wrappers get left on the floor, that kind of thing. But
it’s like a tomb. There are hardly any patients left.””

Despite court orders that nurses provide the staffing

Task force

levels set by Kelleher, Miller said it wasn't cleag how the

nurses would respond

The union has said it won't obey decisions of the In
dustrial Relations Council, a provincial government agency
set up to resolve labor disputes that has been boycotted by
labor since'it was formed two years ago.

Nurses were on strike at about 80 hospitals. And-sup-
port staff represented by the Hospital Employees Union
were striking 35 hospitals, and refusing to cross nurses’
picket lines

The 17,500-member nurses’ unin began an escalating
strike after talks broke down over the issue of wages

The hospitals have offered to raise the nurses’ starting
rate to $17.96 an hour from $15.07 in a three-year contract.
The union wants $20.78 an hour for starting nurses

Some of the Hospital Employees Union's 29,000
members, who include practical nurses, cooks and
cleaners, were staying on the job as essential personnel

“Our aim is to put as much pressure on management
to start discussing the issues that are of concern to our
members, like workload, a pay equity system that’s fair to
women,”’
O'Flynn

The union wants a $1.50-an-hour raise in each year of
a two-year contract. The hospitals have offered a three-
year contract with increases of five, 5.5 and five per cent on
an average wage of $11.25 an hour

Meanwhile, a hearing with Kelleher was scheduled for
today over staffing of operating rooms at
General Hospital

said union secretary-business manager Sean

Vancouver

The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered nurses to be on
the job Monday at five operating rooms.

The hospital has been reduced to two operating rooms
and nurses’ spokesman Miller said there is still no guarantee
the other three will be in uge because the ruling applied only
to nurses, not other hospital workers.

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bypass traffic which would likely consist mostly of heavy
trucks

Stein also took issue with a number of other statements
in the report

Saying the ferry ‘‘may be a local issue,"’ the report
suggests it may not be appropriate for the task force to deal
with its possible reinstatement

Stein said the regional task force is the appropriate
body to consider the future of the ferry precisely because it
is a local issue that falls under no other government
jurisdiction

Stein noted a recent newspaper ad from Dirks’ office,
touting the go ahead for the Slocan Bluffs highway project,
that states:

“That's what regional development initiative is all
about. Local concerns resulting in local action.””

Stein also said the bypass and bridge proposals should
not have been given equal rating in the report since the
bypass will likely be used only by industrial traffic

The bypass may be looked upon favorably because it

will open up subdivisions for Castlegar, he said

The proposed bypass route would extend north, west
of Castlegar, off Highway 3 and join a municipal road west
of Columbia Avenue before rejoining Celgar Road north
of town, thereby allowing trucks to bypass the downtown
core

Stein said he hgpes that if the errors in the report are
noted and changed the task force recommendations will
change somewhat also and may favor the bridge and ferry
more

The bridge and bypass solutions were given ratings of
42 each in the report, putting them in the high-priority zero:
(o-five-year bracket for possible construction.

The report was written after task force hearings in
April invited submissions from local groups and in
dividuals on area transportation concerns

The final report, endorsed by the task force’s parent
body — the Regional Advisory Council — and Dirks, will
go to the provincial cabinet for incorporatipn into a B.C
wide plan for future transportation

Soil
said

In memory

clean

By CasNews Staff

No contaminated- soil has been
passed away June
River in north
astlegar between Inland Gas Park
nd Zuckerbérg Island, a Ministry of
nvironment spokesman says.

Jim Jensen, of the ministry's Waste
Management Branch in Nelson, said

became Castlegar

He married E

Charles Salekin, beloved husband of Elena Salekin of Castlegar,
24at age 70
Mr. Salekin was born Feb

began working for Waldies Sawmill and in 1950 began working for
Cominco, retiring in 1982

was a lifetime resident of Castlegar

Charles Salekin

16, 1919, at West Robson which later
He grew up and received his schooling in Castlegar. He

lena Androsoff on March 20, 1937, in Castlegar. He

As hobbies he enjoyed trapping, hun

C¢-ordination Centre in Victoria said
the small but intense fire caused by the
crash had made identification of the
plane extremely difficult

ned,"’ said Butch Hooper of the RC
MP's
Centre in Chilliwack

last week soil dumped by PetroCan
during the recent replacement of gas
tanks at the company's Columbia
Avenue service station has

negligible’ gasoline contamination
and vapor detection equipment found
nothing

Capt. Art Sakamoto of the Rescue

“The plane was very badly bur

Jensen's office conducted the in-

Operation vestigation after Castlegar Ald

Communications

ting and fishing, and especially enjoyed fishing trips with his friends to the
cabin at Lardeau

He is survived by his wife, Elend of Castlegar; sons, Fred of Robson,
Charles of Nelson and Jim of West Robson; two daughters, Dorothy
Shelfontiuk of Beasley and Elizabeth Postnikoff of Fruitvale; eight gran
dchildren; four great-grandchildren; sister Mary Zaytsoff of Pass Creek;
and brother Bill Salekin of Robson. He was predeceased by his parents
and one brother, Peter

Funeral services will be held at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel begin-.

Sakamoto refused comment on
whether the plane belonged to Robert
Arend, a 56-year-old Toronto
gemologist who set out Saturday mor
ning on a non-stop, cross-Canada

flight

Lawrence Chernoff reported the dum:
ping and expressed concern over the
smell of gas from the dump site earlier
this month.

John Daigle, who'lives near the site,
also detected the odor but said Thur
Sday the gas smell is now gone = =

Funeral Chapel

ning today at 7 p.m. and will continue Monday from 10 a.m. until noon
Burial will be at Park Memorial Cemetery

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the B.C
Asspctation, 906 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar

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