- Student By CasNews Staff and News Services A Selkirk: College student and‘ a graduate of the college \were among five men who died Saturday in a heli- copter crash near Nakusp. Roy Allen Friesen, 27, of Abbotsford was ‘to return to Selkirk College this fall for the second year of a recreation program, John’ Adams, head of the col- lege’s forestry department, said today. Russell Gilchrist, 25, of Christina Lake graduated from the college's - forestry program “about three of four ears, ago,” Adams said ; Also killed in the crash were: pilot Grant Alison Thorp, 32, of Vernon; - Reino Keski-Salmi, 28, of Salmon Arm; and Michael ‘Sherrod, 22, of New Denver. The men,were firefighters em- ployed by a new firefighting company called Wilderness Fire Management — awarded a contract to battle forest fires in the area by the provincial forests ministry. * VOL_38, No. 53 dies in team to a forest fire drea, crashed and burned near Galena Bay about 50 kilometres north of “Nakusp while trying to make an emergency landing in mountainous terrain. i Adams expressed regret over the deaths, adding that Friesen “was a fellow that was unemployed for a few years and coming back té*sehool to get - started on something.” Former forestry student Gilchrist was “a good fellow,” said Adams. crash > The helicopter, transporting the “I was really sorry. to see him go. These are young,people that have everything in the world going for them.” The firefighters were specialists who, rappelled down ropes from helicopters into forest fire areas- inaccessible except by air. 3 Keski-Salmi, a former member of Canada’s national cross-country ski team, and Gilchrist were co-owners of Wilderness Fire Management, which they helped start earlier this year. Ww astlega 50 Cents ar News CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1985 ning Friday, but precipitation is unlikely. 3 Sections (A, B & C) NEW CANADIAN”. ... Judge Andre Piolat congratulates seven-year-old Sousakhong Oudom- SOR on his new citizenship while RCMP Const. Blair Imrie looks on. Oudomsoul was one of di to receive C di citi i 85 new Konday. et (Inset) New C The USCC Youth Choir performed several numbers a fe da take oath of allegience.- 2 CosNewsPhotos by Ron No FOR REFORESTATION ~ Brisco unhappy | with funding | a By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco isn’t pleased abéut the chunk of refores- tation funds allocated for the Nelson region, but he says the game isn't over yet. Recent figures indicate the Nelson forest region will receive close to $800,000 in 1985-86 from a five-year. $300 million federal-provincial forestry agreement. However, Brisco said mare money may be coming to Nelson. Of about $22 million to be spent jin 1985-86, Prince George will- get $5.3 million,, Vancouver receives $1.3 mil- lion, €ariboo“ $1.2- “million, Prince Rupert $1.2 million, with $1.2 million for Kamloops. ‘All five of these-regions Prince George is over 17 million hec- tares, compared to about 3.7 million for Nelson. But Nelson has the second largest area of non-satisfactorily-re- stocked land at 241,800 hectares, com- pared to Prince Rupert, with the larg- est NSR area at 344,000 hectares. (Areas that are non-satisfactorily- restocked have either too many or too few trees per hectare.) “I would venture to say, they will provide more funding for the area said Brisco in a telephone interview. “ have told them I simply would not” accept what they propose.” . The $300 million forestry agreement .is to provide short-term employment and protect the future of B.C.’s forest industry by concentrating on silvic- ulture, ii ing tree-planti! greater areas than does Nelson — 7 Brisco said he has.complained about “forests ministry, and the Canadian Nelson's share of the funding to the. national director in charge of ‘all Sa the provin Forestry Service. ‘But he said of the $22 million for . 1985-86, about $5 million has yet to be allocated: 3, } “The bottom line is the final décision has not been made yet.and all the money has not been allocated,” Brisco added. STEIN He said-the amount of funds will in- crease during the course of the five-year agreement, with, for exam- ple, $60 million to be dispersed during the third year- ‘The Nelson forest region extends up to. the Mica Dam, and includes the. Interior wet belt. Two policemen killed - QUEBEC (CP) — Tw9-municipal poli¢e officers were ile investigating a burglary in a fatally shot early tod Quebec City warehouse, police said. help of tracking dogs and helicopters, were combing the Quebec City region for at least.two suspects. The pair, constables Jacques Giguere, 43, and Yves Tetu, 20, arrived at .a déntal equipment depot in ay industrial park in the Duberger area pf Quebec City shorty after 1:30 a.m. Castlegar time after}a burglar alarm was tripped. 4 . f “After a couple of minutes we heard somebody yell on the (police) radio,” said Insp. Brian Peckford. “We couldn't make out the message. “Patrol cars converged on the area. They found our two men. One was outside the building, one was inside.” ‘One officer was found shot three times in the neck near his squad car in the depot parking lot and his partner was found shot once inthe face inside the building, said Det.-Sgt- Albert Pereault. ‘. The two'were pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. Municipal police and Quebec provincial police, with the Lightning starts 40 \ALC NEW-.CHEFH ‘before-the- SWORN IN O Editor More than 250 friends, turned citizenship court. ship ceremony mayor Ald. Bob MacBain, secretary of state ‘CANADA DAY r In an emotion-charged atmosphere, 85 immigrants were sworn in as new Canadians on Canada Day in Castlezar’s first-ever citizenship ceremony! “["ve found every: one of you worthy to become Canadian citizens,” Judge-Andre_Piolat-told the new citizens, many of whom were teary-eyed as they stepped forward to accept their citizenship certificates. ° relatives and special guests Photo page, B3 out for the two-hour ceremony which saw the Stanley Humphries Secondary School gym turned into a The ceremony was also part of one of the biggest Canada Day celebrations in Castlegar inl recent-years. OaNS\ special Canada Day program followed the citizen. and included*remarks by Kootenay- West * MP Bob Brisco, Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy, acting Wendy Voykin of the federal and- Father Herman Engberink. Willi The special honor guard The afternoon was topped off with a ‘cake-cutting * ceremony where 78-year-old Claire ‘Kelley and seven- year-old Sousakhong Oudomsouk ‘cut a metre-wide cake decorated as a Canadian flag. Kelley was the oldest new citizen and Oudomsouk the youngest, ~ 7 Draeger accordian_as the new Canadians, their families and _ friends sat down to a beef barbecue arranged by the local service clubs and’ Knights of Columbus. = A fireworks display that evening at the Community Complex capped the day's activities. Boy rn as the new citizens exited. ~ on_ his provided entertainment itself was complete with haul them off. scared. pomp and pageantry as the Knights of Columbus in full regalia led a procession of guest speakers and court dignitaries into the court-gym. Judge Piolat told the new Canadians ina five-minute address that they have chosen “one of the most peaceful countries in the world.” He said Canada is a country where they can go to bed at night and-not fear that a knock on their door is the secret police, the army or some guerrilla group coming to instead, a knock on their door is likely to be a neighbor asking-to borrow a cup of sugar, Piolat said. | Piolat also. noted that many of the new Canadians had lived in Canada for a number of years. He said when he had asked them during their interviews why they hadn't become citizens sooner, they replied, “We were continued on poge A2 everything.under control.” * acres. _ une Peckford said one witness in the area at the time was being questioned: Police say they believe the suspects drove a blue or grey Dodge Aries. = Serer + The two officers were the first in Quebec City history to be slain on, duty. *, Two other Canadian police officers were killed this year — RCMP Const. Allen Giesbrecht, 32, in Vegreville,-Alta., last January and RCMP Const. Michael Buday, 27, last March on the frozen surface of Teslin Lake near the British Columbia-Yukon border. we a Last year, nine police officers — Seven on duty and two off duty — were killed. Re Armand Le Siege, manager of local operations for Montreal-based Dental Depot (Canada) Ltd. which has officés across Canada for distributing dental equipment, said in an interview that the plant has been robbed three times in’ the past five years. insid inside TRUCK FIRE: A truck hauling two tankers: full of ‘liquid sulphur dioxide caught re Tuesday just outside Castlegar. No one was hurt, - By CasNews Staff SI A twohour lightning storm Satur- day afternoon triggered 40 small forest ‘fires in the Arrow Lakes District, says a forest ministry spokesman. “J think there was 500 lightning. “strikes. Of that, we had’40 fires. And we're still picking up more (fires) from the same storm,” said Neil Fipke“from the Castlegar Ministry of Forests office Tuesday. However, Fipke said that “there's nothing getting away or anything.” “We're on our way to bringing The 40 new fires bring the.total to 41 in the Arrow. Lakes District, which covers the Arrow Lakes watershed and the Slocan Valley. The total for the year is 51. : But Fipke dubbed the blazes “small” — the largest encompassing about 30 ‘The ministry has hired 64 extra fire- fighters in addition to the regular 17-man fire crew. t? ‘As well, five special “initial attack” MAC though heavily damaged... A4 the truck was DRUG HEIST: Thieves broke into Carl's Drugs sometime Monday night. RCMP have already rounded up a suspett. . . A2 2 ; CONCERT SERIES: The summer concert in the park séries kicks off Thursday at noon with a reggae and rhythm and blues band . . . A6 NO GENTLEMAN: VANCOUVER — The officer was no gentleman — and everybody heard about it. (A Vancouver motorcycle cop spent an hour telling a buddy about his hot night with a woman he met on Sunday. Unfortunately, he didn't know his radio. microphone had jammed open and he was broadcasting every-steamy word. As the dispatcher tried fo alert other more unprintable things, the woman “was panting for it” and the escapade was “great for the ego.” The channel was jammed to all other calls while the hot cop unwittingly spilled the beans to everybody tuned in to Channel 3. Urgent pleas for him to call in immediately were broaticast on all other channels and the dispatcher told other cops to “have him call ne” — by telephone. Finally, he did, and now he’s the one withthe red face.. “It doesn’t seem like it was an abuse of the radio, Insp. Neil Campbell. him, he told his buddy, among * said Traffic ae ATTACK: Defending c John was ousted from tennis i crews arid two “rap-attack” crews are today by No. 8 seed Kevin fighting the fires, Fipke said.