CASTLEGAR NEWS February 27, 1983 “SPECIALS. FORYOU. - -Monday;-Tuesday and Wednesday » this week ottage Rolls S199 TUNA. ee. 99° * CREAMETTE MACARONI so 28: 99° | MOTTS CLAMATO _ the House of C Airplane | search ‘called off. VERNON (CP). — The * Ministry of Defence. will not resume the search for a:Ces- sna 182 ‘aircraft that dis- appeared Feb.. 8 ‘with two” men‘on board until spring’ MP Vince Dantzer (PC-Okan- agan North) told the missing men Friday. The ministry believes the two men, pilot Jack Scott and’ Vernon businessman’ Paul - Sargeant, died ‘when: the’: plane apparently crashed ‘while flying ‘from Castlegar. . to Vernon and that the white plane; which, would | be ov 2 ered with snow by now, will not -be, found until spring, Dantzer. said. Dantzer read a) petition i in iends of ‘By GaaNeee Sian A~ marked: increase in + poaching violations: and of- fences ‘ against the . wildlife and fisheries ‘acts last year has been linked to the down- (ora in: the: ” icer Weyne Campbell, the number. of “violations. has jumped 25 per cont over pro-’ * vlous years. In‘an interview this week,’ Campbell sald the number of ; d- about’ A roport issued recently by ‘the Trail ‘and’ District Conservation ‘Services ‘notes “that ‘there appears to be » some. indication’: that. the tough economic time. we are’: now. jexperieneing has. in- creased the potential for vio- lations.” 7 Last’ year ; was, ‘the. first "year ; the ‘Trail office has compiled statistic, but) ac. cording to Conservation Of _ poachin; 1982, eat er elk 276 in past’ years, but 1982 -< saw 845 violations reported. ‘And the’ total number of complaints increased to 1,028; last year from an average of between 800 and 850, Camp. bell said. : “The economy is ‘putting little more pressure on those “who wouldn’t normally hung ~ game ‘in the off-season -. ig ee because they see that meat’ “or. fish -sitting there,” he. i ,a bear r vremyrations it and ‘they'd give the jbear a * break and walt a while. before : le vi- And Campbell. says he hopes |... The report. noted that d toa people can be informed viduals should ‘try to. sol programs. z He ‘added that the 2 number j of" nuisance ‘animal | com- plaints sete 1982 has drop- ' FUNDING. DOUBLES “gathered signatures: for ‘the © nesday. calling’ for ‘the" vn Application. forms’ are-avail- tary toresume the air search. ableat- the “Trail Canada. Friends of the missing men Employment: Centre. ‘Projects: must be a’ mini- petition and are organizing a “;,um six weeks and:a, maxi fund-raising event. to get’. mum 18 weeks and ‘employ enough money.to rent civilian minimum three “st dents, nd camp sér- vices, health ‘and: social ‘pro- grams, , tourism development, artisti€’ and ‘cultural projects: and: ‘energy’: conservation projects, among others.’ A Castlegar man ‘was ta- Schneider ‘said “Kootenay ‘ken’ to « hospital suffering West's share of the funding | minor injuries sustained’in has The federal government. “a has allotted $15 million for Planes to continue the search, The last radio contact. with ‘the light aircraft is believed to have taken place over the Kettle Valley. Castlegar Savings Credit Union 601- 18th Street, Castlegar 365-7232 Stocan Park 226-7212 R.R.S.P. Retirement Savings Lg ® Tax deferral ® Invest. % ‘of income © Deadline to contribute March 1,:1983 ATTRACTIVE RATES . NO FEES INQUIRE TODAY The projects must can inelude’ ane like ‘parka ‘the.’ Summer : Canada : pro-’- *gram,, with. $2.3 million sets aside for B.C.”. SS COURT NEWS In) Castlegar - provincial | court. this week, Wallace © Einarson pleaded. guilty ‘to~ impaired driving and. was: sentenced to 14 days in jail to be served intermittent) Binarson also pleaded guil- ty to failure to submit to a breathalyzer. and. was. sen- tenced to. 14 days coheurrent. . Heuuie Boel plese guilty» to, impaired driving and. was in fll “Rhian tandis i fined $85 for being a minor in’ poss. ession of alcohol...” vy Salt and Pepper Frult Napple Soup Bow! CASTLEAIRD PLAZA Covered Casserole CARL'S DRUGS. OPEN THIS SUNDAY STRESS. TEST Barry: Glendinni: a fined $ $800 after’ pleading guilty .to, driving without valid instirance. “ “Driver John. Grakam of “Castlegar suffered minor < - Mark” Woodrow suffered Stephen Somer was’ ‘gen- ; tenced to.14 days in jell after 25 accident on ee Castlegar. RCMP. hire the “vehicle, a 1970 Olds- mobile, ‘sustained. $2.00 damage. No charges resulted from, the accident. Crombie e: will run. { eontinved from front page year. These funds ‘were approved in January by the Inspector’ of. Municipalities. “-Metge said the ‘Vancouver firm was hired i because of its of of. g beams. And he added that, the Complex Consiets expects to have the analysis and line. drawings complete within a * couple of aveeks. < -TORONTO.(CP) “If everything went in an orderly manner, we. would : Crombie confirmed Saturday. “figure to be: under ‘construction-in May,” he said.” bet : CG “back injuries.and passenger © 2 Meatiwhile, etworks for their lack of coverage of the Shell Cup. *__D'Arey said he fired off a telex to CBC, BCTV and “the Canadian Radio-Telecommunications Commission protesting both network's Secision not. to cover the _ championships. “*Canada has internationally’ acclaimed skiers and ere we aré relying-on. U.S, networks to.cover ‘the 1988 championship event. If the men's downhill was at’ Whistler.or Banff you couldn't move ie TV. cameras and. commentators,” he said. “The “networks ‘have «.tinie to. + puraue world- famous skiers through airports, but no’ time ref actually film action at.the Canadian downhill meet of the year. © » “This fs a’ national disgrace.” ‘CBC-TV,’ in|. Vancouver. ‘sent a = television ‘sports crew to Granite Mountain following the telex. The crew, = McConnell leading them,. morning and was’ caverta the: ra Saturday. want be. 4 Joo Clark for the leadership, to be decided at a f Junie: 10-12 in Ottawa. DISCOVERY _ “BAY 00: for. ‘commoner's glimpse of royalty. . p.m. Mond jays | de oes ibe brought fo the ‘ona News at 97 COMMUNITY Bulictin Board H Shell Cup CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 27, 1983 festivities— festivities this rt of the: ‘Shell cope Cc nad or parade, while rade ek at R a ight porade |. down Red anda fireworks display. Photo at left is: time exposure of photo at right is time exposure of § —CosNews Photo by Ron Norman _IN SNAP ELECTION. Clark could lead Conservative party OTTAWA (CP) — Joe Clark could easily reverse his decision and-return to lead the Progressive Conserva- tives in a federal election if the Liberals called a snap vote, says Tory party pres- ident Peter Elzinga. . Elzinga was explaining al- ternatives available to his. party should an election be called before a new. party Ir ep re PEM AES taey: leader could be elected at the June convention. “We have the machinery in place whereby we could go ‘into a leadership convention .within a three-week period,” he said in a weekend: radio interview. with Standard Broadcast News. “And if all (other) things failed, Mr. Clark could very oly. do what Mr. Trudeau Wea 2 (the prime minister) did when we were forced to call an election in 1979 and he had indicated he was going to step down and he continued on as the leader of the Lib- eral party.” Elzinga, MP for Alberta's Pembina riding, refused com- ment on the morality of Clark reclaiming the may leader- ship. “I'm saying that we as.a party have to make sure that we have all bases covered so that the Liberals do not catch us off guard.” However, he dismissed the possibility of a snap election, citing a poor Liberal showing in recent Gallup polls and the ions of con- astair Gillespie's cogl project. Results of the most recent Gallup poll show the Tories favored by 49 per cent of de- ‘cided voters, with the Lib- erals at'31 per cent. And in the C The party: has cut its spending because of the cost ofthe January meeting when Clark: called the leadership convention, | As well, the party figures : will cos! last week, the opposition repeatedly demanded. the flict of interest concerning former energy minister Al- Native rights talks start By KEN MacQUEEN OTTAWA (CP) — High. * level discussions on abori- ginal rights begin here Mon- day with native leaders com- plaining there is a huge gulf in - understanding between themselves, the federal gov- ernment and each of the 10 provinces. Indian, Metis and Inuit leaders said this week that they don’t know where any of the governments stand on specific rights issues from native self-government to on their fae : “The two-day meeting of federal and provincial min- isters and native and terri- torial leaders will set much of the agenda for the constitu- tional conference here March 15-16 when Prime Minister’ Trudeau and provincial pre- miers begin negotiating what special rights Indians, Inuit and Metis have in the new Constitution. The Assembly of First Na-. tions, the national status In- Socreds ‘ready’ for election NANAIMO (CP) — Social Credit party president Ber- _ nie Smith told'a party mem- bership meeting in this Van- couver Island community Fri- day that he has a “gut feel- ing” the provincial election will be held this spring. “Right now I: feel we are ready and never before in the history of this party have we been so ready,” Smith told about 45 party members who greeted his speech with en- thusiasm and a standing ova- tion. * But he: added: “I don't know when the election will Cominco icoms over workers’ be called. “I don’t have a clue. The only person who knows is our beloved leader Bill Bennett. He is the only person who knows when the election writ will be dropped.” In 1979 at the time of the last election the party was the worst prepared party in the country, he said, but it won because “people. be- lieved in solid, responsible government,” ‘Smith urged party ‘mem- bers to make sure that apathy “is not our downfall as it has been in the past.” TRAIL (CP) — Gordon McTeer lives about 16 dian is is keeping a wary eye on the provinces, said Gord Peters, an as- Pad constitutional strate- oe said some Indian lead- ers still feel the provinces should not be involved be- cause Indian rights have his- torically been a federal res- ponsibility: . SEEM RELUCTANT But Ottawa and the Bree to be gested one annually for five years or until the question is resolved. Meanwhile, ‘both the as- sembly and the native council are hoping internal divisions will not bedevil their efforts this late in the game. WON'T BE THERE The Union of New Bruns- wick Indians voted last week to pull out of the national organization and boycott the inces seem. rel pinned down to constitutional guarantees, said Louis (Smokey) Bruyere, president of the Native Council of Canada which represents Metis and non-status Indians. “They're thinking is very far behind ours,” Mark Gor- don, chief constitutional neg- otiator for the Inuit Com- mittee on National Issues, said after meeting Alberta officials during a cross-Can- ada-lobby of provinces last week. “We have been talking for months on defining our rights but they’re still talking about priticiples.” Even a fundamental ques- tion. — whether aboriginal rights negotiations should continue beyond March — ‘elicits conflicting answers. The federal government has proposed one more first ministers’ conference by April, 1987. Ontario has sug- Some Alberta bands also may not participate. As well, the assembly has formed two units, Peters said. Saskatchewan and Alberta Indians will focus on their desire to defend Indian rights that have been guaranteed in treaties with the federal government, A second group — includ- ing British. Columbia, Mani- toba, Quebec, Ontario’ and the Dene Indians of the Northwest Territories — are interested in the broader is- sues of aboriginal rights. They also want the as- sembly: to end its isolation and co-operate with Inuit and Metis in the common fight for rights, Peters said. The assembly's overture was welcomed by Bruyere: “If all three (native). groups could get together, you'd have an awful force.” There is no talk of strike yet, but the current contract ‘Salt Lake City, (B. ister Mare Lalonde. . Government documents show Lalonde was aware of : Gillespie's attempt to win $1- million in federal-money for a. of Finance Min- - candidates close to $500, oon: he added. *. “In my own mind,.I would find that very difficult to be- lieve and I would assume that the majority of. the: leadet- Wage rollbacks tough to get HARRISON HOT SPRINGS (CP) — The title was Concession Bargaining — How to get back what you've already given. It attracted the biggest and most eager crowd at the second day of the annual conference of the Industrial — of B.C. But after a sumptuous buffet lunch, the delegates, mgoagement executives, had to swallow an unpalatable truth: In Canada at least, they can expect to get very little back. - Canadian workers have resisted wage and benefit rollbacks to a far greater extent than in the U.S., where there ree been 100° to 150 major concession agreements i steel airline and ship cise-a certain amount- of re project to turn coal into liqid: © motor fuel within two years . of leaving his post as energy minister. _Meanwhile, the cost of the June convention in Ottawa is going to be high for all in- volved, Elzinga indicated. “T honestly can’t see why a candidate -couldn't put. to- trucking ipdustziea. said Robert, McKersie,.a. professor, of ‘industrial relations: a¢’ the Massachusetts. Institute of > Technology. 7 ““What we are observing now is almost unparalleled,” he added. “There were periods of time during the. 1930s or other sion periods when ‘there have been union gether avery lead- ership campaign for some- where in the veety: of $200,000." Gas sales contract ‘collapsing’ VANCOUVER (CP) — A natural gas sales contract considered essential to the future health of B.C.'s pet- roleum industry appears on the verge of collapse. The contract would allow the sale to U.S. markets, starting late this year, of 8.5 million cubic metres of gas per day at a gross value of $600 million annually. Al Porter, president of Northwest Pipeline Corp. of 8 only export customer), said the. sales contract will likely fall’ apart within a: week. ‘i “To put it bluntly, I'm 3 ii of at all optimistic,” he 2 said telephone interview? fro Salt Lake City. f The deal was seen as the, saviour of B.C.’s devastated natural gas industry, provid- ing interim relief as early as this fall while longer term contracts (such as LNG sales to Japan) were negotiated. The contract involves what's called an “offline” sale of natural gas from ‘North- west to two other U.S. util- ities — Texas Eastern Trans- mission Corp. and. Trans- western Pipeline Co. North- weet would take the gas from B.C. and relay it to the other two utilities, Porter said the deal is expected to fall upart next" week because of strong op- position from the. ultimate’ U.S. gas who ob- cutbacks but not on Fr tke scale in the manufacturing sector that we see taking place right now in the U.S." UNIONS OBJECT “Why ‘haven't the same things been happening in Canada?” he asked. “It is clearly because unions in Canada have taken much stronger ideological exception to- ‘y i than A ‘ican unions have.” He pi will begin to fade by the end of the year “depending on what happens in the general econoniic climate.” However, he said if Canadian management can persuade workers to give back previously. won wage increases and fringe benefits, both sides would benefit. On the management side, it cuts costs, and on the unions’ side, it saves jobs. But there are other less obvious advantages.” *“It reinforces the concept of take-charge management,” McKersie added. “Management is in the position to do something about the economic challenge that faces its business, On the union side there is a sharing of information. They tinsist on and get detailed information about their firms’ profitability. They can exist ‘on “equality of sacrifice,” ensuring that proportionately there is an equal number of ject to purchasing epensive Canadian natural gas. -- “We're still wrangling but it just doesn't look, like the ie is going to go,” Porter cut as‘there are workers and they can insist that all-savings be reinvested in the Plant, “We call this i " said McKersi “Keeping the money in the plant, using investment dollars as,a-basis for job security.” However, he said a negative aspect is often a feeling on the part of workers that management is trying to take was Henna wan conning some of the niarkets it lost in the Pacific Northwest and © the contract was described by the National Energy Board as future health of the British Columbia natural gas indus- try.” . “I've been mayor for 10 years and I've always felt they “important to the’ kilometres out of town so he can forget about work when he. leaves for the day.’ He doesn’t see the massive Cominco Ltd. lead-zinc smelter on the hill looming over him, hear the dull roar or smell the fumes on his days off. But McTeer and 4,500 unionized Cominco workers have their employer on their mind more than ever these days as they mull over a company propogal for contract concessions that are estimated to cost each worker. about $8,000 over two years, . Despite the company’s tales of economic woe and with awareness of the sad state of the mining industry, the workers ‘voted 96 per cent to reject Cominco's Proposal. Cominco wants to abolish the cost-of-livi doesn’t expire until April 80. The workers say thay they want at least to keep what they've got — especially the cost-of-living allowance. “I think the people are upset over how the company wants to take things away from us that we've had for years,” said Eddie Tambellini, a leadburner (welder of lead) and veteran of 29 winters with Cominco. ~ ‘KEEP COLA’ “I think if they iett things for a year, people would be happier: And leave the COLA alone. The COLA's a big thing, too.” Tambellini has lived in this southeastern B.C. all his 48 years and worked for Cominco since he _ and wipe out a 58-cents Hourly COLA increase due April 30. “Vacations, benefit plans and: tradesmen's seh duties also would be affected. was 17. . “It's a good outfit to work for.” Mayor Chuck Lakes agrees. were a good corporate citizen,” he said. Cominco pays two-thirds of Trail’s general tax base and employs about two-thirds of its work force — the rest work in service industries that depend on the smelter. McTeer, 26, is a former Steelworkers shop steward and current member of the local union executive, but he spends most of his time now in front of a lead furnace. the situation. He warned against overplaying its hand, setting the stage for resentment. “You may win concessions, but you may lose down the road when the.union comes back for its innings.” He was supported by Peter Capelli, an assistant profes- sor of labor and fons at the Uni: of Minois. . Capelli said layoffs and shutdowns are happening on an extensive scale in the U.S. — 40 to 50 plant shutdowns a month, according to the Bureau of Nationa! Affairs. lives “Let's face it, if you're sitting in front of a lead furnace and it’s 2,000 degrees, you don’t want to work for less than $13 an hour.” There is no possibility that the mine will close without the contract concessions, said Trail Ald. Norm Gabana. “It's just a fantasy to even consider a Permanent shutdown,” said Gabana, a Cominco supervisor. Cominco has sunk too much money into its Kootenay He said the company has the sy y of its emp! whoare working harder to get Cominco through the market downturn, “The people are in the mood to give the company a break, to try and go for a square deal. But.the company’s turning around and being stupid. I would personally settle for just a COLA — no increase — but I would have to see some major changes in contract language, and not the way they want to go.” He won't give up any of his wages. he said, “plus they have the cheapest power in the world here.” Tuesday, after a visit from Premier Bill Bennett, the machine shop workers in Kimberley voted against accepting contract concessions, “Not while they're still paying dividends,” said welder Jack Armstrong, who has been with Cominco for 32 years. “How much profit do they want to make?” Another worker, Ken Vickers, added: “They never gave us profit-sharing. Why should we take loss-sharing.”