Castlegar News August 6, 1986 BLIMEY! COCKNEYS A DYING BREED LONDON (CP) — Blimey, the Cockneys may be a dying breed. And it’s all because of a hospital's decision to move its maternity ward. The true Cockney, the inner-city Londoner who drops his H's and is best characterized by Eliza Doolittle's ‘Enry ‘Iggins in the musical My Fair Lady, must be born within sound of the famous Bow Bells of St. Mary-Le-Bow Church on Cheapside in London's East End. The only place that qualifies these days is St. Bartholemew’s Hospital, about 600 metres from Mary-Le Bow. But its obstetries section is to be closed and the service offered instead from the new Homerton Hospital several kilometres away in Hackney. Or, as a Cockney would say: to ‘Omerton ‘ospital in *Ackney. The London Standard recently reported the development with the headline “Cor blimey (a Cockney expression of surprise meaning, ‘God blind me’) . . . a crisis in Cockneyland.” “It means the last source of regular to the Accounting Beauty Salon MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN * CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. THE HAIR ANNEX Chimneys Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 | RUMFORD PLACE 2p pool of Cockneys — those born within the sound of Bow Bells — will dry up,” The Standard lamented. The hospital had 1,500 births in the last 12 months but few people live near St. Bartholomew’s because it is in a business district, and the people who need maternity services are in Hackney, says administrator lan Thomas. But the Cockney association with the ‘ospital has been dying out because they don't ‘ear thé Bow Bells much anymore. The bells have only rung twice the last year because the bell tower was closed until recently for cleaning and repairs. St. Mary-le-Bow steeple master Mark Regan said the bells are rung at least once a month during normal times by members of an organization dating to 1637 called the Ancient Society of College Youths. But there is ‘ope on the ‘orizon. St. Bart's is moving its maternity ward to Hackney at a time when the bell tower has had sound-deadening material removed, Regan said. “Now the bells are louder and can be heard from further away,” he said. “One would hope you can hear them in Hackney.” The church dates from at least 1091 when its roof was blown off in a storm. It was largely destroyed by Nazi bombing in the Second World War and rebuilt in the 1960s, and its recast bells were installed in 1961. My Fair Lady, by Frederick Loewe and Alan J. Lerner, is about Doolittle, a poor London flower girl who passed as a member of the upper class after the tutelage of a man she called "Enry ‘Iggins. Brian L. 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Bomb experts are scheduled to arrive in Castlegar shortly to examine the house. Ths enpiecan, devastated De tone Ot neighbors as far away as several hundred meters. “It was enough to blow you out of bed,” said Frank Harvey, who lives across the street from the Reis house, at 1216 - 1st St. and was the first to contact the RCMP. “It just about lifted our house. I'm glad we weren't damaged.” Harvey said he and his wife were sleeping when they heard “this terrific explosion. It shook the house.” He said he jumped out of bed and within a few minutes had called the police. Harvey suspected the blast might have been a bomb on the nearby CP Rail tracks. However, he said police checked out the tracks and didn't find anything. It was then they noticed a “blue haze” hanging over the Reis house. BIG BLAST . . . Ken Gorkoff (right) boards ve. shat- tered windows in living room covered with debris from early-morning explosion at north Castlegar home. Blast destroyed kitchen (top), knocking cup- boards from walls. — Cestiews Photos by Burt Campbell Harvey said he and the police went over to the Reis house. “There was glass all over the place,” he said, adding he could hear gas “hissing.” “The house is totalled,” Harvey said. “The roof is lifted. The walls are shattered.” continued on page A2 dismisses appeal By RON NORMAN Editor A federal court judge Friday dis- missed an appeal by more than 60 local pulp workers for Unemployment In surance benefits during a lockout two years ago. Mr. Justice Frank Collier upheld a May 10, 1985 ruling by a three-member board of referees which disallowed benefits to workers at Westar Timber’s Celgar Pulp Operations. It is unlikely the workers will appeal Collier's decision. Mel McMullen, one of the pulp workers who initiated the appeal, said immediately after the hearing that while he must still meet with the other workers to see if they want to take their case to the Federal Court of Appeal, “I don't think we can go any = 2, 1984. the evidence that was for inventory ready, willing and able to work on Feb “All of the evidence of a dispute is peripheral,” However, Mary Vancouver lawyer representing the . Castlegar lawyer Terry Dalton and local pulp workers UIC APPEAL . outside Castiegor courthouse before Friday's Unemployment Insurance Commission hearing. Costiews Prove Collier, who said the “crucial question” was whether the lockout was due to a labor dispute or inventory adjustment, noted the board of refer ees clearly rejected the argument that the lockout was because of inventory adjustment. “In my view the board did not ul labor Dalton said, to shows the lockout adjustment. Humphries, a further.” McMullen said he wasn't surprised by Collier's ruling, but is disappointed he ruled against all of the workers’ key arguments. The workers’ appeal hinged on the argument that the 10-week lockout that began on Feb. 2, 1964 was to adjust pulp inventory and push up market prices. Castlegar lawyer Terry Dalton, representing the workers during the two-hour hearing at the Castlegar courthouse, said the lockout was not a result of a labor dispute. Employees are not normally granted UIC benefits if there is a work stoppage due to a labor dispute, such as argument is based She The workers’ included: UIC breached the countered that the pulp workers’ pointed to the “ample evi dence” that showed the work stoppage was due to a labor dispute. e that by denying benefits, of the Unemployment Insurance Act strengthening management's bargain Freedoms which provides for “security person”; denying benefits is cont rary to the Canadian Bill of Rights which calls for equal treatment. id or overlook any evidence and I would be wrong if I reversed their decision,” he said. In dismissing the argument that the UIC breaches its neutrality unless it provides the workers with benefits, Collier said if a claimant qualifies for benefits, then benefits must be paid. If the claimant doesn't qualify, then benefits can’t be He also agreed with the board of referees move not to rule on the workers’ Charter arguments because they cannot make decisions on con stitutional matters. “They did not refuse to exercise their jurisdiction; they said they had no jurisdiction and I agree with them.” Collier said. Collier's decision about the char continued on pege A2 only on theory. other key points the neutrality principle ONE-YEAR CONTRACT Westar, IWA settle Staff Writer International Woodworkers of American members at Westar Tim ber’s Southern Wood Products sawmill in Castlegar meet at 10 a.m. today for a ratification vote on a one-year contract agreed upon earlier in the week at a hree-h meeting Ps and union officials. Southern Wood Products general manager Wade Zammit said he ac cepted the IWA’s demand for 4 one-year pact which includes the con trove contracting-out clause during a meeting in Castlegar Tuesday with union president Jack Munro. The local agreement also includes improvements to the union's pension plan. Although he agreed to the [WA's terms, Zammit told the Castlegar following a fire Aug. 3 at the Fructova Doukhobor Heritage Braun, 65, both of Crescent Valley were remanded in custody until Sept. . following an appearance News Thursday he is not happy with the way the agreement was reached. “Westar was given an ultimatum — sign the agreement and operate or don't sign it and don't operate,” Zammit said. “My definition of negotia tions doesn't include that.” IWA Local 1-406 business agent Klaus Offermann, who attended Tues- day's meeting confirmed Friday that Zammit had been given an ultimatum. “What we told him was that we would take a strike vote Sunday” if Westar didn't agree to the IWA's terms, Offermann said, adding that Castlegar would have become part of the escalating strikes by union mem- bers across British Columbia. But Offermann said Zammit phoned Munro Friday and offered to sign the agreement with the IWA, thereby avoiding the strike vote and leading to today’s ratification vote by union members at the sawmill. In Thursday's interview, Zammit said Westar agreed to the contracting: out and pension plan provisions but offered the union a two-year agree ment with an average $500 signing “Apparently, we had no listeners,” he said. Zammit said the union is only imterested in a one-year contract con taining the contracting-out clause and pension pian improvements. He said the union is not interested in a two-year pact even if it contains a pay hike. The IWA is not seeking wage increases in its demand for a one-year Jmaeff and Braun, on parole after serving less than a year of an eight-year sentence for arson, had their paroles revoked after their arrest with Berikoff at the scene of the fire Fraser Simmons, regional man ager of case preparation for the National Parole Board in Burnaby, said in a telephone interview the board will receive a report from the women's parole officer within two weeks The pair will also face a hearing with the board and following that Trio charged with arson the board will decide whether to reinstate, change the terms of, or continue to revoke the parole. Jmaeff and Braun were paroled in March following an application on their behalf by members of the Re formed Doukhobors, a group of former Freedomites who have re nounced public nudity, arson and bombings practised by Sons of Freedom. Regional parole authorities re fused to grant Jmaeff and Braun parole, but an appeal to parole continved on poge A2