Ss « CasthaarN. April 3, 1985 TOKYO (REUTER) Eight Soviet! warships in cluding the 43,000-ton Kiev- class aircraft carrier Novor- ossiysk Tuesday cruised southward through the Tsushima straight between Japan and South Korea, the Defense Agency said. The fleet, spotted by a Japanese destroyer, included three 9,700-ton Kara-class missile cruisers, a 6,000-ton Kresta-class missile cruiser, two 3,000-ton Krivak-class destroyers, and the 24,450. ton Boris Chilikin, a fleet replenishment ship, the agency said It was the second time the Novorossiysk, one of the three Soviet aircraft carriers, had been spotted near Japan since it was deployed in the Soviet Far East in February last year, the agency said. Last September, the war. ship passed through the Soya Strait between the Soviet island of Sakhalin and Jap. an’s northernmost island of Hokkaido. The Soviet fleet, the big: gest sighted near Japan in about five years, is expected to take part in large-scale maneuvers in the South China Sea, agency sources said Ottawa selling property OTTAWA (CP) — The federal government is selling off more than $50-million worth of surplus property, Public Works Minister Roch LaSalle said Tuesday. The sale of 80 properties scattered throughout Canada — a prison, office towers, vacant land, — is only the first step by the Conserva tive government to rid itself of unused property, much of which was ai d by : | Accounting PERSONAL INCOME TAXES PREPARED $15 365-2659 Quolshied individual Reasonable Roles Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 SOLIGO, KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Castlegar Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc. 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Plant Foremon tine DA = KOSITSIN ' Monoger. CAROL Advertising Mo HEATHER HADLEY Monoger. MICKEY Reap Composing Room F Castlegar's Curt Hor- ning set a milestone when he piloted a flight to Newfoundland this week Rotary Exchan student Kimiko Mit: arrived in Castlegar this week from Tokyo... AS & * LOTTERY | NUMBERS. number was 31. The $500,000 winning number Provincial lottery draw is 5043678. The six winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw were eight, 21, 27, 34, 41 and 46. The Id in Friday's memories CasNews columnist WEATHERCAST Sunny this Easter Sunday with highs of 15-17. Monday will be sunny with increasing cloud toward evening. Chance of Precipitation today and tomorrow 1s zero 50 Cents ace VOL. 38, No. 28 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1985 ” Cast gar aw. 2 Sections (A & B) CARNIVAL TIME . . . Photographer Doug Harvey cap- tures the lights of amusement park ride at night ina rides arrived time phot: raph. A in Castlegar Thursday for the Easter long weekend BUYS 18 OUTLETS COMPANY ROBINSON WINNIPEG (CP) — The presi of a Vancouver-based company says it has bought 18 of the remaining retail outlets of the bankrupt Robinson Little and Co. Ltd. chain, including the store in Castlegar. Ken Ardiel said in an interview Trade West Group originally planned to acquire 95 stores but when the iations were pleted, it de. cided to buy only 18. He said the com pany is currently assessing the vi ability of the purchase. Last month, F.W. Woolworth an. nounced it would buy 73 of the chain's stores. Forty-five other stores are in dependently owned and the remainder have been closed. PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM Moore says city will have to join By RON NORMAN Editor There's no doubt Castlegar will have to take part in the provincial gov- ernment’s ‘new municipal partnership program, says Mayor Audrey Moore. However, a final decision won't be made until after “various wrinkles and various questions” have been an- swered. And that could take as long as two weeks. That's when Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Ritchie will attend the annual convention of the Association of Kootenay Boundary Municipalities April 18, 19 and 20 in Kimberley. Nevertheless, Moore said in an interview this week, “We would have to be involved.” She pointed out that Trail has al ready signed with the provincial gov ernment to take advantage of the new program to attract industry and Nelson has announced its intention to join the program. Moore added that since Trail -has agreed to waive all municipal taxes on new industry, “we would have to do the same thing.” “However, Moore said it appears the tax forgiveness can’t begin until next year because the municipal assessment roll has already been set for 1985. “That was one of the things we wanted clarified,” she said Moore said the program is still just “a concept” and will remain that way until the provincial government passes legislation bringing the program into effect. “The province has to turn it into legislation,” she said Some other questions the city has asked concern the program's specific proposals. IN MILITARY CO AUDREY MOORE . ‘lot of questions’ For instance, one of the proposals says the province will pay 50 per cent up to a maximum of $5,000 for As well, the province says it will share 50 per cent of the cost of salaries and expenses for local, economic de- velopment officers, up to a maximum of 000. However, Moore said she wants to know if three or four municipalities can pool their money and set up an economic’ development office. A provincial government informa- tion sheet on the new program says municipalities can pool their resources and will be able to apply for “enriched assistance.” As well, the government will give preference to existing economic de- velopment offices. “There are a lot of questions,” says Moore. “We're trying to get it tied down a bit.” If the city does sign with the province, the agreement won't come free. The city will have to waive municipal taxes on all new construction, expan- sion or modernization until Dec. 31, 1990. As well, the city will be able to waive or reduce the-business licence fée up to as much as $3,000 per year per busi ness. The city could end up paying as much as $25,000 in order to qualify for the maximum provincial grant for the approved pr penses. The money is supposed to be used for designing advertising campaigns or producing promotional videotapes. Moore wants to know if the city can get $5,000 for the Venture Inland B.C. program. ‘Bae city has already agreed to spend $13,000 to take part in the program to promote the Interior of B.C. UP Sudanese KHARTOUM (AP) — The military deposed President Gaafar Nimeiri Saturday as he was en route home from a visit to Washington, and thousands of Sudanese rushed into the streets, singing and tearing down Nimeiri’s portraits. In an early-morning communique, the new armed forces government de clared a state of emergency, but it also promised to relinquish power to civi lians within six months. There were reports in Khartoum of two people being killed in a brief gun battle as soldiers arrived at the state security headquarters. The reports, which could not be immediately con firmed, said there were bursts of head machine-gun fire before the soldiers gained control of the headquarters and detained some of the security officers. Nimeiri, who had weathered more than a dozen previous coup and assassination attempts, was ousted by a longtime top aide, Gen. Abdul Rahman Mohamed Hassan Swared dahab. News of the takeover was announced hours before Nimeiri, 55, arrived in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on his way home from a private visit to the United States. Tens of thousands of rejoicing Sud anese took to Khartoum's streets, singing and tearing down Nimeiri's portraits. officer. In addition, the province will provide grants of up to 50 per cent for an economic development strategy plan. The city will have to pick up the rest of the cost. And while the province will put up as much as $5,000 for marketing research, the city would have to match that amount. eposed Swareddahab, appointed defence minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces before Nimeiri left for his nine-day U.S. visit, declared a state of emergency, removed cabinet members from their posts and suspended the country’s only political party. Nimeiri, who himself came to power in a 1969 military coup, met with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and then left Cairo Airport by helicopter. Sources said that Nimeiri was staying at an Egyptian presidential palace FOLLOWS PROTESTS The coup came after more than a week of demonstrations and strikes against continued rule by Nimeiri. The time-worn adage arrangement was made The carriers include Nelson By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer you serateh my back, and I'll scratch yours” translates into a projected $400,000 saving this year for Westar Timber's pulp mill in Castlegar Trucking firms, most of which used to haul goods into Castlegar and return empty to Vancouver, are now carrying blocks of air-dried pulp to shipping docks at a rate of about 3,000 metric tons per month It's not a new idea for the mill. In 1981 a back haul with one carrier, and now has been expanded to include 10 Kootenay trucking lines, said John Pratt, traffic and shipping superintendent such trucking Transport, Public Freightways and Aggressive Trucking, which transports groceries to the Overwaitea store in “They're basically hauling Overwaitea groceries up and our pulp back,” explained Pratt, who added that lines as CP trucking pulp to Vancouver takes from one to three days, while sending it down by rail takes five to 10 days Currently about 40 per cent of the mill's pulp is being shipped to Vancouver by truck, although Pratt says this percentage varies. He said that while rates for back hauling vary, it’s approximately 30 per cent cheaper than rail, because truckers need only charge their fuel and manpower costs.” ‘a little beyond “The pulp for the truckers is extra gravy for them, and another way for them to cut their costs,” he said The highway route to Vancouver is actually shorter than by rail, because trains have to go east to Cranbrook and north to Golden before connecting with the main rail line to Vancouver. At each junction, railears are changed around, according to their destinations. While back hauling pulp by truck is a faster and cheaper way of getting the product to are a few headaches along the way. says Pratt Although the railway is more expensive than trucks, it is used because some pulp orders are too large to be Dealing with 10 trucking firms means a lot more shipped to Vancouver in time by trucks. paperwork and planning. “It’s just incredible,” said Pratt As well, there's limited loading bay space at the mill “If you can just imagine dealing with one carrier — the which means trucks would be forced to wait for others railway as opposed to dealing wit “You can just imagine the expediting you have to do, it's a whole different ballpark Unlike the rail cars which arrive on schedule. trucks arrive whenever they have emptied their load and are ready to return to the coast. Pratt says thousands of pulp bales are kept in storage ready to load Truck system saves $400,000 This means an extra cost for storage, since rail cars are loaded right off the mill's production line. And there's the added cost of fuel, and wear on fork-lifts used to transport the pulp bales. the docks, there h 10 carriers 1985. country.” during heavy traffic, says Pratt Despite its drawbacks, back hauling pulp has become an integral part of the pulp mill's transporting operations Pratt estimates it will save Westar at least $400,000 in “It's helping to keep the mill going. are tough times. There are mills closing all over the he said. “These