Castlegar News ™ on i GOREN 9 CE Ba July 20, 1991 WORKING TOGETHER Mike Jinjoe pitches in last weekend to help build a concession for the annual Johovah's Witness dis- trict convention held at the Community Complex. Local musicians ace contest Students in Selkirk College’s two-year-old Professional Music program are already making their mark on the national music scene. The Selkirk Fusion Ensemble scored the highest marks possi- ble in their category at ~ Musicfest Canada — a national competition for junior sec- ondary, secondary and post-sec- ondary music students — held May 19-21 in Vancouver, a news release said. “Their performance was very professional, very tight, they did ‘as good as it was possible to do — they won a gold,” said Gilles Parenteau, the ensemble’s instructor. Forming the ensemble are first-year students, Alex Cavbal- lo of Trail on keyboards and David Velisek of Crescent Valley on bass, and second-year stu- dents Greg Mann of Nelson on guitar and Chris Perra of Castlegar on drums. The national competition attracted hundreds of musicians of varying ages, who for the most part, performed traditional jazz, Parenteau said. “Ours was the only band to Guarantee!* perform Funk-Fusion,” he said. The ensemble competed against bands from other col- leges and universities with music programs such as the University of B.C., McGill Uni- versity, University of Victoria and Capilano College. Parenteau said his group did not elicit any particular response from the judges at the time, but when the results were posted, the ensemble saw gold. “I think what these students have done is exceptional,” he said. “Their victory will cause people to notice our music school.” su Castlegar News ATTENTION ALL BOYS & GIRLS We need a replacement carrier for summer relief in WOODLAND PARK for the end of July & Other Areas in Castlegar Call 365-7266 Days + CASTLEGAR MAZDA 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE - use ar Clearout Continues! We're overstocked. with quality pre-owned, domestic and import cars and trucks. All have been safety inspected and come with our exclusive 30 Day Money Back '86 CAMRY LE — Low, low kms... 88 CAMARO "88 HYUNDAI Excell, clea Pontiac. Loaded .... "87 VW FOX Low Kms. .. 6000. V-6, auto ... 86 CELEBRITY — Chev. Auto CAMRY Toyota. 5 spd. .... AZDA 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE - CASTLEGAR MAZDA 30 DAY MONEY BAC ‘a CASTLEGAR Chev, 5-spd., V-8. 0.0.0.0... 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WCB staff from the Nelson office would be back at the site today “to determine what we should be doing,” he said. The report, issued July 5, cites Celgar Pulp Co. for five breaches of the industrial health and safety reg- de ] — but i ly (the deadline) will be something welll be looking at,” he said. Various sources told the Castlegar News that six workers went to the hospital Tuesday with chlorine-gas ~ related complaints, but that number could not be confirmed. Len Embree, business representa- tive for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, said Tuesday he’s been having “prob- lems with communication” with the WCB. “I’m not very happy with the WCB right now,” an angry Embiee said Tuesday. “I think they could be doing a hell of a lot better job.” He said a meeting between the building trade unions, Celgar and its contractor, H.A. Simons, has been scheduled for Friday morning in Vv to di the ongoing ulations relating to the ’s pulp mill expansion and moderniza- tion project. McCloy was reluctant to say what kind of conditions might place on Celgar but said the 30-day deadline will be considered. “We may add some conditions. I can’t say yet because I’m not going to speak for the officers in that regard — they have to make their own problems. Celgar general manager. Jim Browne said gas monitoring before, during and after the workers fell ill failed to detect any problems. “That's what's got us frustrated.-I mean the guy is obviously not feeling well, he’s sweating and everything else, but we can’t detect the gases,” he said. Celgar has added another “two or three” people to monitor the situa- tion, including one inside the mill to keep track of the process and warn workers outside if a leak is detected, Browne said. “We're doing all we can... we really respond when we find some- thing wrong, but we can’t find any- thing wrong.” But Cal Him, a worker at the mill and spokesman for the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers, Local 1, dis- greed. “I think Celgar can do much more than they are doing,” he said today. “I realize that some of the problems are caused by mill personnel because of upset conditions, but I think any- time someone is sent to the hospital is an unacceptable situation. And when you hear about it repeatedly, something drastic has to be done.” McCloy said the WCB is doing just that with officers on the site “at least three times a week” and with a push to get an acceptable air quality control plan in place, particularly before the work camp opens next month. “We believe it’s a coordination the pr side of the mill and construction side of the mill,” he said. “We want better coordination from the mill . . . so the workers on the site are not at risk.” “Also what we want the mill to look at .. . the camp beside the mill and we want to ensure that workers there, cooks and those kinds of folks, aren’t put at risk.” One of the problems WCB has with the camp’s on-site location is that there aren't any standards set for 24-hour air quality. “We have levels for eight hours, but not for 24 hours — none of our standards are based on 24-hour exposure.” That and other gas-related issues were the focus of a meeting held Fri- day b WCB repr the Environment Ministry’s regional director and the chief environmental officer at the Central Kootenay Health Unit in Castlegar. “What was determined in the meeting was that essentially the WCB will carry the ball for air quali- ty,” McCloy said, explaining that its air-quality standards exceed stan- dards enforced by the Health Min- istry. Another meeting between the three parties is planned but a date hasn't been set yet. America camp set up at the MEOW OF A MASSAGE ay CasNews photo by Donna Zuber Kari Elken of Colorado (left) gives‘ fellow cyclist Paul Malette of Michigan a rub down after the pair settled in at the Cycle ‘Compiex, while a friendly local settles in on Malette. Cross-country cyclists camp for night at Community Complex Grace backers recover from loss By aor BIRCH Edito Rita’s respectable, but Grace would have been great. That feeling lingers this week among several local Socreds who backed Grace McCarthy in her failed bid for the party leader- ship as they try to shed their disappointment and gear up for ‘a provincial election behind new leader‘Rita Johnston. “I still feel I had the right choice,” said McCarthy support- er Walter Siemens, the Social Credit candidate in Rossland- Trail. 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The group pitch tents for the night beside the Community Complex after setting out from Nakusp that morni: “That number ~(of cyclists) changes week to week,” said Keith Lee, a spokesman for the company that arranged the tour. “But we average roughly 100, though last week we had the biggest group we've had with 135.” The tour started June 2 at Flagstaff, Ariz., and is scheduled to. wind up Aug. 25 in San Francisco. “This particular tour is just for people to be able to ride through national parks,” Lee said. The cyclists will have been through 16 national parks in Cana- da and the U.S. by the end of the tour of “(The cyclists) are from all over and are of all age groups. We've got quite a few people over 60 with us and they're some of our best riders, he said, adding that the oldest cydlist in the group is 74. Other than a couple of Canadians who picked up the tour for a while, most of the cyclists are from around the United States -— with the excep- tion of two Australians on board. “We're here for the whole 11 weeks,” said Elizabeth Reid, who with her brother, John Lawson, made the trip from Victoria, Aus- tralia. “When you're coming so far, you've got to justify the expenses.” Of the group, Dave Cassel, a cyclist from Aptos, Calif., is possibly the only cyclist familiar with the Kootenays. “I lived in Victoria 20 years ago so I’ve travelled into the Interior before,” he said. “But I'd forgotten how beautiful it really is, how big the mountains are. I think (the tour) rhe The NDP is “going to be able to proceed with its plans for an anti-Vander Zalm election,” Campbell added, because of Johnston's close ties to the for- mer premier who resigned amid conflict-of-interest allegations three months ago. “The party certainly has its work cut out for it,” Campbell said. : Another local McCarthy sup- porter, Lion’s Head Pub owner Elmer Pellerine, said he'll get over his initial disappointment in the interest of helping the party. “My enthusiasm took a bit of a beating to start with but for the sake of party unity I think please see BACKERS page AS