October 6, 1990 oo Castlegar News LOCAL NEWS Safety course teaches parents skills The Kootenay Region of the Canadian Red Cross Society is working to reduce child accidents through a program called Childsafe which offers courses to parents and a printed guide to first aid and safety for children. The course, ap- proximately seven hours long, teaches parents basic skills that could save a shock and burns are all included. Along with first aid training is a discussion on making a home a safe place for children, “Accidents are the leading cause of death among Canadian children, but for each accidental death there are 125 accidents that require medical at- tention,"” said Gary Ockenden, the ped onda uepcena aarp aaa oe Kootena: “We' “4 delighted to have ad- ditional instructors for this course — there is a real need for it. It's the only course of its type and is also one of the only courses that can be arranged Pythians celebrate anniversary Twin Rivers Lodge No. 70 and Kootenay Temple No. 37 Pythian Sisters celebrated their 45th anniver- sary with a dinner and entertainment at the D-Bar-D restaurant on Sept. 22. Twin Rivers Lodge No. 70 was in- stituted on Aug. 25, 1945 and Board submits brief The Slocan Community Hospital and Health Care Centre board has submitted a brief to the Royal Com- mission on Health. Hopefully, this brief includes all the concerns of a small hospital in a remote area, the board said in a news release. Many volunteer hours were spent by board members composing and preparing the submission. This was an opportunity for the board to make known concerns about health care and costs for the area. Memorial and other donations have paid for the spirometer, an in- strument used to measure vital respiratory capacity. The next piece of equipment to be bought by donated funds is a volumetric in- fusion pulp. The foot care clinic is gaining in popularity. The care is painless. People other than seniors may take advantage of this service. Future dates for the clinic are Oct. 15 and 29. The annual family barbecue held for the pavilion residents, families and friends Sept. 8 was again a great success. Many helped make it a good day. LEGALS SNOW REMOVAL: Tenders will be received up to noon, October 19, 1990 for snow removal from the following School District No. 9 Schools: Costlegor Primary, Kinnaird Elementary, Kinnaird Junior Secondary School, Ootischenia Elementary, Robson Elementary, Stanley Humphries Secondary School, Torrys Elementary, Twin Rivers Elementary Valley Vista Elementary, Woodland Park Elementary, Please indicate school or schools preferred. Tenders must specify hourly rates, type/size of equipment available. and if travelling time is extra Tenders should be marked ‘Snow Removal Tender.” The Board reserves the right to reject any or all tenders. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily J. DASCHER, Secretory 865 1H3. PLEASE NOTE: Copy changes ta’ Kootenay Temple No. 37 Pythian Sisters on Sept. 26, 1945. Mistress of ceremonies for the evening’s entertainment was Jan Neumann. There were 46 members and guests in attendance. Chartered members in attendance were Ora and Omer Lightle and Edie and Jerry Wanless. Chartered mem- bers unable to attend were Kae An- dreashuk, Jean Jones and Earl Le Roy. Jerry Wanless gave a short history of the beginning of Twin Rivers Lodge No. 70, and Neumann, acting in the absence of most excellent chief Joy Saunders, gave a history for Kootenay Femple No. 37. / Out-of-town guests in attendnace were three sisters from Salmo, three from Fruitvale and four from Trail. A variety of skits followed with music provided by Ray Gattinger. The birthday cake was cut by Ora Lightle and Jerry Wanless. Presbyterians welcome minister at ceremony Castlegar and the Slocan Valley of the P ry Church in Canada welcomed their newly appointed minister, Rev. Murray Garvin on Sept. 28 at the Passmore Hall located a few miles north of Slocan Park in the Slocan Valley near where Garvin lives. Garvin formerly served the chur- ch as secretary with Education for Mission at the national church offices in Toronto and before that as a missionary to Taiwan and in several pastorates in Canada. Garvin's warm personality and ear- nest faith and openness will no doubt extend his service well beyond the church and into the community at large, the church says in a news release. MURRAY GARVIN . newly appointed minister Charles McNeil of Creston, of Presbytery; Rev. Calvin Attending the conducted by the Presbytery of Kootenay were Garvin's brother, the B.C. superintendent of missions; Rev. John Allan, moderator of the national general assembly; Rev. Successtul applicants must hav: dable * Company approved van 1. Cube van required 2. %-ton required Owner/Operator Required Nelson Area — 2 POSITIONS AVAILABLE — we have one that is available These positions are available 10/9/90. SEND RESUME TO: courter Z 368-3335, Trail Brown of Nelson, clerk of Presbytery; and elders from Grace Church in Castlegar, St. Andrews Church in Slocan and the Slocan Valley Com- munity Presbyterian Church. Good Driving Record * Bon- PURALATOR COURIER 20 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, VIN 4B5 or PHONE WAYNE 365-3335. Castlegar 352-9835. Nelson ken once per month onl Deadline is the last Wednesday of each month, for the following month. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 809 Merry Creek Rd. 365-3430 5 SUNDAY mans TRY je Schoo! 11:00 a.m. — fMoraiay Worship 6:30 p.m. — Evening Fellowship Home Growth Groups (Bible Study & Prayer) Verious Weeknights Youth Nights Fridey & Sunday EVER YONE WELCOME ats ROBERT C. LIVELY, Pastor Secnrareparanmarmusanrmereretmnen EVANGELICALFREE CHURCH 914 Columbia Avenue 11:00 a.m. Family Worship Service 9:45 a.m. Sunday School Pastor: George Millar Phone: 352-3585 Church Phone: 365-3556 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 1471 Columbia Ave.. Trail 364-0117 Regular Saturday Services Pastor Slawomir Malarek 365-7759 ROBSON COMMUNITY MEMORIAL CHURCH 1st & 3rd Sundays 7:00 p.m 2nd & 4th Sundays 10 a.m No Service 5th Sunday UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA 2224-6th Avenue 12 Blocks South of Community Complex 10. a.m. Worship & Sunday School Mid-Week Activities for all oges one tor information Rev. Ted Bristow 365-8337 or 365-7305 ST. PETER LUTHERAN LUTHERAN + CHURCH CANADA oi. mh Street 5-3664 paston Gen BACKUS SUNDAY Worship Service 90m NURSERY PROVIDED Sunday Schoo! 10 15.0 m Listen to the Lutheran Hour Sunday @ m on Radio CKOR Frets tema 2329-6th Avenue Phone 365-5818 PASIOR STUART LAURIE © 365 3278 Sunday Morning Worship 10.300 m Nursery & Children’s Church provided Week Service & Study Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 p.m Bible teaching for all oges A Non-Denominational Fomily Church Preaching the Word of Faith! ee FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP (A.C.0.P.) Below Castleaird Plaza Phone 365-6317 PASTOR: BARRY WERNER » 365.2374 SUNDAY SERVICES Adult Bible Class 9.30.0. m Morning Worship 10 300. m Children’s Church Ages 2.11 Evening Fellowship 6 30 p m Wednesday Home Meeting Thursday Youth Bible Study Cees HOME OF CASTLEGAR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 365-7 CHURCH OF GOD 2404 Columbia Avenue Church School 9:45 a.m Morning Worship 11 a.m Pastor Ira Johnson * 365-6762 eee nn ea GRACE PRESBYTERIAN 2605 Columbia Ave. Morning Worship 11:30a.m Church School 11:30a.m Rev. Murray Gavin 365-2438 1-226-7540 ST. DAVID’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 614 Christina Place 80.m. Holy Communion 10 9.m. Family Euchorist ‘ond Church Schoo! The Rev. Dorothy Barker 365-2271 or 365-6720 To Know Christ and Make Him Known —_—_—_—_—_——————— NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY 602-7th Street * 365-5212 Be o port of our caring friendly, growing family — SUNDAY SERVICES — 920 A class for all ages 10.30 Morning Worship Chitdven's Church & Nursery Provided! 6.30 Evening Celebration — WEDNESDAY — 7:00 Adult Bible Study v AUTO-BODY & HULL PAINTING FREE ESTIMATES * Specializing in Cors & Boots! 365-2505 1364 Forest Road Located in Labott’s Building and taught in people’s homes,"’ said Karine Johnson, Red Cross ~~, coordinator. Parents, child care workers an others interested in registering for @ Childsafe course or in purchasing the guide may contact the Red Cross regional office in Castlegar. REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY NOTICE OF ELECTION Public Notice is hereby given to the electors of the Regional District of Central Kootenay that | require the presence of the said electors at the Regional District Office, 601 Vernon Street, Nelson, B.C. on Monday, the 29th day of October, 1990, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, Pacific Standard Time, far. the purpose of electing persons to represent them as Directors for the following Electoral Areas of the Regional District of Central Kootenay: Elec- toral Areas A,B,C, D, E, F,G,H,1, Jand K. Vacancies to be filled: ELECTORAL AREA A The Office of Director — 3 year term — one vacancy ELECTORAL AREA B The Office of Director — 3 year term - ELECTORAL AREA C The Office of Director — 3 year term ELECTORAL AREA D The Office of Director — 3 year term — one vacancy E — one vacancy — one vacancy ORAL The Office of Director — 3 year term — one vacancy ELECTORAL AREA F The Office of Director — 3 year term — ELECTORAL AREA G The Office of Director — 3 year term — one vacancy ELECTORAL AREA H The Office of Director — 3 year term — one vacancy ELECTORAL AREA! The Office of Director — 3 year term — one vacancy ELECTORAL AREA J The Office of Director — 3 year term — one vacancy AREA K one vacancy The Office of Director — 3 year term — one vacancy The mode of nomination of candidates shall be as follows Candid. shall be d in writing by two duly qualified electors. The nomination- paper and the Public Officials Disclosure document shall be delivered to the Returning Of- ficer at any time between the date of this‘hotice and noon, Pacific Standard Time, of the day of e per may be in the form prescribed in the “Municipal Act”, and shall state the name, residence and occupation of the person nominated in such manner as to — identify such candid The paper shall be subscribed to by the candidate. In the event of a poll being necessary, such poll shall be opened on Saturday, November 17, 1990 between the hours of eight o'clock in the forenoon and eight o'clock in the afternoon, Local Time, for Electoral Areas A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, |, J and K at the following designated locations of which every person is hereby required to take notice and govern himself accor- dingly: Electoral Area A — Crawford School, Crawt Boswell Comecronity | Hall, Boswell d Bay Miendel Recrcotion Hall; Riwdeh” Creston & District Community Complex, Creston Electoral Area B — Erickson Elementary School, Erickson Canyon Elementary School, Canyon Creston & District Community Complex, Creston Lister Elementary School, Lister Yahk Elementary School, Yahk Electoral Area C — West Creston Community Hall, Creston Wynndel Intermediate School, Wynndel Creston & District Community Complex, Creston Electoral Area D — Ainsworth Community Hall, Ainsworth Kaslo Municipal Office, Kaslo Jewett Elementary School, Meadow Creek Joh: ‘s Landing C y Hall, Joh ‘s Landing Electoral Area E— Balfour Hall, Balfour Procter Elementary School, Procter Blewett Elementary School, Blewett Central Elementary School, Nelson Electoral Area F — A.1. Collinson Elementary School, Nelson North Shore Community Hall, Nelson Central Elementary School, Nelson Taghum Community Hall, Taghum YY mir Community Hall, Ymir Salmo Municipal Office, Salmo — Electoral Area G — Electoral Area H — Brent Kennedy Elementary School, South Slocan Winlow Semone Hall, Winlaw Women's institute Hall, Slocan Hills Community Hall, Hills Silverton Municipal Office, Silverton New Denver Municipal Office, New Denver Electoral Area! — Sh . Sh Tarrys Elementory School, T Pass: Creek Elementary School. Pass Creek & District C Complex, Castlegar Electoral Area J — Blueberry Creek Elementary School, Blueberry Creek Robson Elementary School, Robson . u School, O. he coonege & District C y Complex, C Electoral Area K — Edg he y School, Edg d Fauq el y School, Fauq Burton Elementary School, Burton Nekwvep Elementary School, Nakusp ADVANCE POLL The Advance Poll shall be conducted at the following locations District of Central Kootenay, 601 Vernon Street, Nelson, B.C. — Areas A, D,E,F,G,H, IJ and K Castlegar Municipal Office, 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. — Areas | and 3 Office, 904 Vancouver Street, Creston, B.C. — Areas A, B and C Between the hours of nine a'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon, Local Mar on Friday, November 9, 1990 in accordance with the Regional District of Central Advance Poll Bylaw No. 145 as amended ys law No. 720, for permitting duly neti electors to vote, who shall sign a statement that (0) they expect to be absent from o Regione’ District of Central Kootenay on polling day: or (b) they are for reasons of con- evented from voting on polling day; or (c) through circumstances beyond their control trot. trey wil will not be able to attend the poll on polling day, namely, Saturday, the 17th day of November, 1990. DATED ot Nelson, 8.C. this 3rd day of October, 1990. VERA WENSCHLAG, Returning Officer Regional District of Central Kootenay WEDNESDAY October 10, 1990° Vol. 43, No.1 Castlegar, B.C. 3 Sections (A, B & C) 75 Cents ae Fbn Rebels back to drawing board +B WEATHER Tonight: Mainly clear, Frost in most oreas. Lows near 0. Thursday: Early morning fog i Highs neer 14. The outlook is Recycling info in the mail Precipitation is near zero per cent tonight and Thursday rising to 70 per cent Friday Ry a -tlégar News \. Lumber layoffs could hurt B.C. economy By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer The entire BC. economy will be hurt if enough of the lumber industry is affected by high interest rates and the high Canadian dollar, the divisional manager of Slocan Forest Products said Tuesday as the layoff of about 125 workers at the com- pany’s Slocan operation | went into ef- fect. Terry Dods said the layoffs in the mill, and the possibility of about 75 layoffs in the bush in the next few weeks, is ‘‘one of the steps we most reluctantly have to take’’ due, to the lack of demand for the company's Products. Such cutbacks are designed to ensure the sawmill will be in operation when the market turns around, he explained. When asked if he could say when the laid off workers will be back on the job, Dods replied, ‘1 wish I knew."” Dods said he doesn't see any ‘‘sub- stantial turn around”’ until at least the end of March. But even that date is “pie in the sky’’ right now, he added. Kalesnikoff Lumber Ltd. is also feeling the financial squeeze from current economic conditions, said Pete Kalesnikoff, president of the Tarrys sawmill operation. The mill's afternoon shift of 15 workers was laid off last week and eight more people may be out of work if the lamber market remains in its current slump, he said. The company may have to consider cutbacks in the 35 to 40 jobs in the forest that feeds the mill and a com- plete sawmill shutdown may have to be considered eventually if the market doesn’t improve, Kalesnikoff said. “I don’t want to see this (the layof- fs) and no one wants to see this but it’s here,"’ he said Meanwhile, Westar Timber Ltd. near Castlegar is not planning any layoffs right now, although ‘‘who knows what the future holds,”’ said mill manager Roy Helmkay. Market conditions are ‘‘really tough,"’ Heimk: SFP, sells much, o! United States. Dods noted that other divisions of the Slocan Group, SFP’s parent com- pany, are also feeling the effects of high interest rates and the price of Canadian goods. The company’s plant in Valemount, north of Kamloops, shut down Tuesday and is expected to be down for a month or two, Dods said. The Valemount operation sells mainly to Europe and Great Britain, which shows the United States is not the only country reluctant to pay high Canadian prices, he said. The International Woodworkers of said. Westar, like its lumber to the America-Canada are not happy with the notice the SFP workers received before the layoffs took effect, said Klaus Offermann, first vice-president of IWA-Canada Local-405. The union received notice of the layoffs on Thursday, Offermann said. The layoffs took effect Tuesday and the amount of time between the two dates was not sufficient for families to arrange their finances, he said. As well, being laid off Tuesday, the day. following Thanksgiving, - means the workers will lose their pay for that statutory holiday, he said. “It was mot a very nice Thanksgiving present for our mem- bers,’’ Offermann said, adding that the union asked SFP to hold off on the cutbacks. But Dods said re, weed infor- med the union of the Myoffs ‘*as soon as we could reasonably tell them."” The possibility of laying off workers has been under consideration for some time and most of the sawmill workers were aware that such cut- backs were likely, he said. The notice of layoffs was ‘‘cer- tainly not welcome but not unexpec- ted"’ to most of the mill’s employees, Dods suggested. night's city council Wayne Ackerman (left) and Robin Tomlin of Cas: Tuesday during the city's fall cleanup day. GIVING THE HEAVE-HO asdomeoon bison lhbeoeaee RT ees sates tlegar's public works department heave an old stove on to a forklift . Flaca Hample, director of engineering and public works, said at Tuesday g the tomorrow to finish picking « Up everyone's unwanted junk y Was sO + ~ Contlows photo by Claudette Sondecki g it may take city workers today and Arrow Lakes Indian band looks to World Court for ruling By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer The Arrow Lakes Indian band is Preparing to seek a ruling from the In- ternational Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, concer- ning the band’s jurisdiction over all burial sites containing graves of the band’s ancestors, band ambassador Bob Campbell said. Trail tries to plug doll TRAIL (CP) — Businesses in this southern Interior community have launched a non-interest credit cam- paign to try to stop the drain of shop- ping dollars to the United States. Five local banks are offering in- terest-free loans of up to $1,000 to people who spend their money at stores in Trail. After passing a credit check, residents get special blank cheques for use at 34 Trail stores. For a fee equivalent to five per cent of the The issue will likely ‘‘go inter- national’’ since the band does not recognize any role in the matter for the B.C. or Canadian g. welfare benefits, he said. Instead, the Arrow Lakes people were persecuted, killed and run out of their territory, Cam- Campbell said Tuesday. The band’s case will be based on historical documents that entrusted the protection of Indians to the government, which was also instruc- ted to provide education, health and cheque’s value, merchants can redeem the cheque at the local Chamber of Commerce, which turns the fee over to the banks to help defray their in- terest costs, Residents have up to six months to repay the loans without interest. After that, interest is charged on the remaining balance. “We have a huge problem with people going to Spokane (Wash.) to shop for Christmas presents,’ said chamber manager Helen Secco. ‘*So —_— er” pbell said ‘‘Where was the protection? And we never received other benefits.’ The traditional territory of the Arrow Lakes people runs from Revelstoke to the Washington state ar drain we came up with this idea and people are really going for it.”” Spokane is about 225 kilometres south of Trail, but residents routinely go just across the border to shop for cheaper groceries and other goods. “We love our town and we've got quite a problem here with retail leakage,"’ said John Stark, manager of the local TD Bank. “We're hoping this will help."* please see TRAIL page AZ border, the natives say. The territory includes a burial site at Vallican in the Slocan Valley where the Arrow Lakes natives have been camped for more than a year. The band, now based on the Colville Indian reserve near Colville, Wa: set up the camp to watch over the gravesite, which now lies beside a new road into Vallican that the natives attempted to stop last year. Last month, the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria handed over to band members the remains of six of their ancestors the museum removed from the Vallican site in 1981. The band plans to rebury the remains in a ceremony Saturday. The natives are currently trying to relocate all the burial sites in the band’s historical territory, Campbell said. Archeological Studies have produced maps of many of the grave- sites. As well, native elders, early set tlers to the area and people who live here now know where some of the please see INDIANS page A? Moore seeks another term Citing what she says is a current need for continuity in” Castlegar’s government, Audrey Moore announ- ced Tuesday she will seek another term as mayor Moore, mayor since 1977, listed numerous developments proposed or underway in and near the city as well as changes to the city’s senior ad- ministrative staff and her work on the board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities as reasons for wanting to stay on for another term. “I think perhaps it’s a time in the history of the municipality when there needs to be some continuity,"’ she told the Castlegar News after Tuesday night’s meeting of city council where she made her announcement. ‘I'd like to think that this council under my direction has been fair, equitable and accountable and very open to the people. I'd like to see that continue.’” The ,mayor said she made the decision to seek re-election after doing ‘‘a lot of thinking about this municipality”’ during the Thanksgiving weekend Moore said she has been ‘“‘sen sitized’”’ to the needs of Castlegar residents during her years as mayor “There has to be some care and consideration for the people,"’ she said. ‘‘That has to be guided, that has to be managed. You have to do that in a sensitive way so that people aren't frightened and so they're not Pislocated. | think I have been sen- sitized over time." Moore said provincial and federal government approval of the proposed $650 million expansion and moder- nization of the Celgar pulp mill will be the key to much of the development in the 1990s “The Celgar modernization is going to trigger other development Proposals. That will trigger a bridge (between Castlegar and Robson) city’s AUDREY MOORE .. wants continuity which is going to change, I think, a lot of the traffic patterns that we've been used to in the city. It’s going to change the focus of travel."” She said the city has also lobbied for B.C. Hydro’s proposal to install generators in the Hugh Keenleyside dam to follow close on the heels of the Celgar expansion to provide con. tinuity in construction jobs and keep Castlegar’s economy on an even keel ““We've worked hard as a municipality to make sure those two projects follow one another,’’ Moore said. “There's also a very significant Proposal that relates to neither one of those that's in its formative stages at this point in time."" However Moore declined to describe the proposal but said council would release more information in “*two to three months."” ‘Ll think it’s an interesting Project."’ she said. ‘It's different. It's not fully a commercial project.” City cracks down on troublemakers By CasNews Staff Castlegar city council passed a new bylaw Tuesday that will force the city’s only amusement centre to shut down at 10 p.m. but a second bylaw which would close public parks in the city between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. was sent back to committee in the wake of opposition from aldermen The amusement centre bylaw is aimed at youths who loiter around Wizard's Palace on 2nd Street and have been disturbing residents of Rosewood Manor. The bylaw to clése public parks is an attempt by the city to control vandalism in the parks. Both bylaws were proposed by council's protective services commit- tee. Committee chairman Ald. Lawren- ce Chernoff said the bylaws are sim- ply intended as ‘‘tools’’ to give the RCMP clout in dealing with problems in the parks and around the amusement centre But Ald. Patti Richards who op. posed both bylaws said the amusement centre bylaw will just move the problem to another area of the city “We're making this general rule for a handful of bad ones (youths),"* she said. “‘They’re going to be* bad wherever.”" However, Ald. Doreen Smecher said she supports the bylaw because it will improve living conditions for residents of Rosewood Manor “I'm not supporting this bylaw so we can deal with half a dozen bad ones," she said, but ‘so the RCMP can disperse patrons of that business $0 residents of Rosewood Manor can sleep in peace.” The bylaw provides for fines of up please see CITY page A2