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Hostess Potato Chips Bathroom Tissue $148 Carnation Evaporated Milk a fo 2ply Town House V. 333333333333 Tomato. 1.36 litre tin through Sunday, Decemb your friendly, courteous Castlegar Sateway Store. Mon. to Wed. and Seturdey 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. We reserve the right to limit soles to retail quantities. Prices effective while stock lasts l4in SAFEWAY CANADA SAFEWAY LIMITED Thursday and Friday Sunday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $ g79 Cream Sq 8 ete B% PIA PA PIAPL> PIE MI% MPL MAMA MI MH rary. TB ee Trail native Ken Georgetti, the new president of the B.C. Federation of Labor, is profiled... A8 Life in danger Missionary John Mun- day tells columnist John Charters that his life was threatened . . . 84 LOTTERY NUMBERS Phe winning numbers in Sat tt 6/49 drow are 3, 6,7, 14, 27 and 23. The bone number was 33. the $500,000 winning number in Friday's Provincial lottery draw is 4915290. There are alsopubsidiory prizes Castlegor's Felix Belczyk in 19th Belc- zyk was 19th in Satur- day's Men's World Cup downhill ski race at Val Gardena, Italy .. . 8 Vol. 39, No. 100 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1986 — PUBLIC HEARING SET Waterslide back on drawing board WEATHERCAST Mainly cloudy today with mittant light snow, Though there will be little accumulation. Highs © to -2. and lows -4 to -6. Monday's outlook is for snow flurries ond little change in temperature. = 60 Cents 3 Sections (A, B & C) VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS .. . | can make this wreath with my eyes closed, says Julie MacArthur. Wreath making was just one of the many activities offered in the West Kootenay National Exhibition Centres Vic torian Christmas for Children Saturday. Sessions also run today when they wind up by decorating a Christ mas tree SUNDAY SHOPPING POPULAR By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer Sunday shopping in Castlegar is becoming more and more popular, but there are still a number of merchants who won't open on Sundays. A year ago Castlegar residents passed a referendum in favor of Sunday shopping while Trail residents voted against the same idea But not all Castlegar businesses are taking advantage of legally opening on Sundays. Those that are say the past year has been great for business Canada Safeway manager Dale Bobby told the Castlegar News that Sundays are one of his store's busiest days. He adds that he has no regrets taking advantage of the Sunday opening law Bryan Reid, manager of the SuperValu store at the Castleaird Plaza, echoed Bobby's sentiments that Sunday openings have been good for business Sunday is increasingly becoming a very popular day. Business is growing and more and more people are coming in to do their shopping on Sundays.” said Reid Central Food Mart manager Mike Bondaroff said he has not really thought about whether more customers tend to come into his store on Sundays, as opposed to other days. “That's a good question. I don't really know. I suppose maybe that more people have been coming in on Sundays.” Julie Kostinow, manager of Fields, said that if she were to count the number of people who have come into her store on Sundays during the past year she would probably” find there have been more on that day than any other. Pharmasave manager Tom Biln said that although he personally would like to have Sundays off he admits drug stores should remain open on Sundays “from a customer service point of view.” But not all Castlegar businesses are in favor of opening on Sundays Larry Bosse, owner of Bosse’s Jewellery, told the CasNews that doing business on Sundays goes against everything his parents and his church taught him while growing up. I think opening on Sundays is heathen, and I think it destroys the family unit. I was brought up Catholic and I was taught that you don’t go to work on Sundays.” said Bosse : He added that he would lose money if he opened his doors on Sundays “Opening Sundays would increase my costs. I'd have to hire more staff and my lighting and other bills would increase. But Bosse admitted he might consider opening on the last Sunday before Christmas Jerry Carter, owner of Carter's Sewing Center. said he won't open on Sundays because people need at least one day of rest I don't believe in doing business on Sundays. | think we need a break because Castlegar is not really a very big place. I've never given any thought to opening on Sundays but I don't think I would.” MacLeod’s owner Rick Hynes said his store will remain open on Sundays only until Christmas and then he'll close Sundays. He adds that he does not think opening on Sundays on a regular basis would be very profitable By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer A proposal to build a major tourist attraction in Ootischenia along High way 3 is back on the drawing board. The Regional District of Central Kootenay agreed Saturday to send the project, which includes a waterslide, to a public hearing early in the new year. Ootischenia residents voted down the plan at a public hearing earlier this year. In order to construct the facility the developers, Castlegar-based Cetac De velopment Ltd., must first convince the regional district to rezone the area. which is situated on a 6.16 acre sandpit- But before the regional district con. siders the rezoning it wants Ootis chenia residents to have their say Cetac director Gary Exner told the CasNews that minor modifications have been made to the original prop- osal He said instead of constructing the facility in three phases, the RDCK's planning department wants it built in Library fund tops halfway mark By CasNews Staff A $7,500 donation Friday from Cel gar Pulp Co. pushed the Castlegar and District Public Library's “46 in "86" fund raising campaign over the halfway mark Library board chairperson Deb Chmara said the pulp mill donated $4,000 now and will chip in another $3.500 in the new year The $4,000 contribution puts the campaign total at $23,262. The board has a goal of $46,000. The funds will be used for the expansion of the down town branch Chmara said the board is still hoping the provincial government will in crease its $200,000 Expo legacy grant by $23,000 If the government comes up with funding, we've got it made,” Chmara told the Castlegar News She added that donations — large and small — are continuing to roll in two phases. If rezoning approval is granted Cetac must begin construction within two years, obtain an approved water supply and an approved waste disposal site. The first phase of the proposal would include a convience store/gas station, RV park. mini golf site, a lundromat and a waterslide with 280 parking spaces. The second phase would include a restaurant, motel with a swimming and whirlpool, and a fit gentre. “I don't think we'll have any difficul ty with this proposal,” said Exner But he admitted Cetac will have to do “a lot of door knocking” to win residents’ approval of the plan. “A lot of regional directors were criticized during the civic election cam- paign for not originally approving this development,” said Exner. “We talk about tourism and devel- opment and this is a pretty clean thing. I don't mind a good argument why we shouldn't go inte Ootischenia but they (RDCK) didn't give me a good argu ment.” Exner said Cetac has had “a lot of different offers” for the tourist attrac- tion from both Nelson and Salmo. “We picked Qotischenia because Highway No. 3 brings a lot of traffic through.” In June Exner wrote to the Muni- is to Ootischenia residents about the proposal. On Saturday Vanderpol told the CasNews that it is up to Ootischenia residents to decide if they want the tourist attraction in their area. He refused to say if he would support the proposal at the upcoming public hearing. “If the people have no objections, then there would still be a few things I would like straightened out.” Vanderpol would not say what those . adding that his comments could the way area i vote at the public hearing. Another Cetac director, Giulio Am- brosone, said the project could bring in a capital expenditure of $2 million, an annual payroll of $750,000 and create 30-45 jobs. Brisco survey says WKPL sale opposed By CasNews Staff Nearly 2,000 Kootenay West con. stituents have gone on record opposing the sale of West Kootenay Power and Light Co. to UtiliCorp United. United. In a recent survey taken by Koot enay West MP Bob Brisco, 79.4 per cent of the people who responded said they are against the proposed sale. The survey was contained in a recent copy of Brisco'’s “householder. which is mailed to all constituents. Constituents were asked to indicate whether they favored the sale, opposed it or had no opinion. Of the 2.470 surveys completed, 1,963 were opposed, 356 or 15 per cent were in favoF of the sale and 151 people had no opinion. Dorothy Gourlay, of Brisco's Castle gar constituency office, said there are still about 50 to 60 surveys to be counted In other news, Investment Canada LUMBER DISPUTE has delayed for a second time a ruling on UtiliCorp's application to purchase WKPL. According to federal law, Invest ment Canada had 45 days to rule on the application and issue a decision. But the agency reached an agreement with UtiliCorp to extend the deadline for 30 days. Trace Acres, Brisco's assistant in Ottawa, said that deadline was on Thursday, but Acres has learned that Investment Canada had negotiated another extension with UtiliCorp. The latest extension is for two weeks. Investment Canada's decision won't be known until after Christmas or early in the new year. In order for the sale of the utility to the Missouri-based company to go ahead, approval must also be given by the B.C. Utilities Commission. Com mission hearings on the ownership transfer have been adjourned until Jan. 5. Two sides far apart WASHINGTON (CP) issues, U.S. imdustry sources say While the two governments have agreed Canada impose mmediate export tax of 15 per cent on shipments of border softwood lumber south of the disagree on what happens after that Ottawa has said it wants to phase out the tax as provincial governments raise the fees they charge Canadian companies to harvest timber The U.S. side has agreed to that approach. But the two governments “are far apart timber-cutting fees must increase to ensure the price of does not fall below the price guaranteed by an export tax, the U.S. sources said The U.S. industry contends the provinces would have to 2 billion Cdn. a year in timber-cutting fees for the 15-per-cent increase in the export price to be maintained. Canada has not come close to agreeing to that Canadian lumber going to the U.S n additional $ level. the sources said Canadian and U.S. officials met Saturday in Ottawa for A formal negotiating session was technical” discussions scheduled for Tuesday in Washington The US. sources said they remain hopeful a settlement can be reached, despite the remaining hurdles The push for a negotiated settlement is aimed at heading off a final ruling Dee. 30 by the U.S. Commerce Talks aimed at settling the prolonged lumber dispute between Canada and the United States continue with the two sides still far apart on key on how preliminary ruling lumber shipments The US industry they continue to Canadian Mulroney Department on whether to uphold, to impose a 15-per-cent duty on Canada’s worth about $4 billion Cdn. last year trade represented by the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports, withdraws its petition for penalty duties Ambassador government's decision to try to negotiate a settlement on grounds Canada was unlikely to win its case alter or reverse a case can only be halted if the U.S Allan Gotlieb defended the with U.S. trade authorities He told a briefing for Canadian reporters Friday the Commerce much provincial finding. which negotiate a the transition week that Department left Canada with the option of trying to settlement that would keep the additional revenues in Canada A second key issue in dispute is a U.S. proposal that a committee of Canada US. officials be established to monitor from ar to make sure there Canada's Trade elements of the latest U.S unacceptable because they infringed on provincial rights to manage natural resources. She also objected to the United rarely reverses a preliminary export tax to increased stumpage fees s no slippage in the export price. Minister Pat Carney said earlier this proposal were States involvement in policing a deal. If a negotiated settlement isn't reached and the final trade ruling goes against Canada, Gotlieb said the Mulroney government would likely fight to have the ruling overturned in the U.S. International Court of Trade in New York