CASTLEGAR NEWS, December 2, 1981 * 'BS Cominco’s.sulphur_gas control Languages branch Falls short of glory VICTORIA (UP) — A con- fidential memo leaked to the New Democratic Party ex- plains why the Social Credit provincial government quiet- ly killed a welfare program once touted as a success story that would become a model for the rest of Canada, The Provi: target but then-human re- sources minister Bill Vander Zalm defended PREP, saying it was so successful he ex- pected other provinces would adopt the program. Hanvelt suggests that the Surrey project did not work when expanded to the rest of tion and Employment Pro- gram (PREP), a job-finding scheme for welfare recipi- ents, disappeared two years ago, although its demise was never publicly acknow- ledged. Rosemary Brown, NDP Human Resources Ministry critic, made public in the legislature Monday an inter- nal report that shows the program was a failure. The October, 1979, report by Robin Hanvelt, a ministry research economist, was marked confidential and addressed to John Noble, deputy Human Resources minister. It concluded that PREP had little effect in § reducing welfare rolls in B.C. GRAND fireworks display completed the torch-lighting ceremony for the B.C. Win- ter Games at Trail Friday night. —CasNewsFoto by Dan Zubkott. “In estimating the impact of PREP on the income as- sistance caseload we found that PREP job placements have a small, statistically in- significant effect,” the report said. “The esti the p because the supply of jobs available to those on welfare dried up. In addition, he said, some of Surrey’s success may have resulted from the “public rhetoric” associated wth PREP'’s program there, which drove those in need of welfare to other municipal- Local Sr. ities, That changed when the program expanded. But the major reason for PREP's failure was onc com- mon to programs expanded from a pilot project, the report said. The report found that Hu- man Resources was misled into thinking PREP was a promising program because “the ministry was unaware of the true character of the (welfare) caseload.” Ministry officials assumed most people on welfare are long-term recipients, the re- port said. Citizens host whist drive By JEAN STONE The whist drive held by Castlegar Senior Citizens at their centre on Nov. 27 was voted a happy success by all who attended. We had 10 tables in all, and were happy to see 10 of our Nelson Chapter members turn up. Trail left us in the lurch this time, but the branch upheld the chapter's honor with high ladies’ score, followed a close second by Polly Duncan of Fruitvale. Curt, himself, had high men's score, just one point ahead of Bud Parker of Nelson, and our own Marshall Town. This resulted in a tie, of course, settled by who drew the highest card from a deck; and that PREP reduces the case- load by such a small amount that the precise estimate is not possible.” When PREP was set up in 1976 after a successful trial in Surrey, program head Ron Stew said he would find Frui group was well represented. Gunnar Selvig and Curt Waterman hosted this event with their usual efficiency. After a few words of wel- come from our p Town came out the winner thereby. Edith Edgar of Nelson and Chris Kerr of Castlegar shared the dubious honor of holding low scores. The Nelson Chapter Prosi- said Jessie Donna, members and guests settled down to five rounds of good whist. Curt Ex-cop can judge best HIGH PRAIRIE, ALTA. (CP) — Bernard Baker is in- formal, patient, and friendly when he makes his rounds as a circuit court judge in small communities throughout northern Alberta. “You have to gain the res- pect of the people, treat them with fairness, respect and honesty and be open to them,” he said. “Here, you must‘fiave at’ ndiig of the hative: problem.”" tice along with native court workers, lawyers and the RCMP. Gone are the days when an accused in a small town would be left to find his own Alberta are served by circuit judges. Barker has spent 15 years on the bench. Based in High Prairie, a town of less than 3, 000, he also presides in au way through the ies of the legal system, unrepre- sented at his court appear- ance. Every effort now is made to ensure that an indi- vidual has every opportunity “for “fair trial ‘and ‘under-~ "stands every step of the pro- Baker, 59, a former RCMP cedure. staff sergeant, dispenses jus- ure. About 100 communities in Fresh mice ample reward for actress Sophie isn’t your typical actress. She has no stage-door boyfriends waiting for her when she finishes her per- formance in The Tempest at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg. All she has to look forward to is a fresh mouse for a late night snack. Sophie is a 2.8-metre boa constrictor that Theatre Cen- Thurs., Fri Dec. 3, ALL SMURF ITEMS — Stuffed — Minis — Collectables — Doodle Art — Games NEW CHRISTMAS HOURS tre director Richard Ouzou- nian decided to introduce into the Shakespearean classic. “I got the idea right from the script,” Ouzounian said. “Caliban says ‘Sometimes T'm wound about with adders whose cloven tongues hiss me into madness.’ ” For Sophie, the mouse, not the job, makes hissing with that cloven tongue worth- & Sat. 4&5 only ities such as Slave Lake, Faust and Fahler. Each month he puts about 2,250 kilometres on his Volks- wagon Rabbit, equipped, with, a mobile) telephone and. an. emergency survival kit. Bar- ker travels to a different community each week day, often driving four to five hours daily. Barker, a former staff ser- geant in charge of the Grande Prairie RCMP is a lay judge. He has no formal training in the law. “Judge Barker is probably the single best example I can think of that to be a judge you don’t have to be a law- yer," said Ernie Sillito, a lawyer in High River. “There is so much more to it than that. A judge has to have a heart, an under- standing of people. I get ex- posure to various judges but he’s one of the best the prov- ince can offer.” VAG it — Coloring Books — Mugs — Buttons — Puffy Stickers - Open Monday thru. Sat. Thurs. & Fri. night till 9 p.m. FIRST 20 CUSTOMERS to make a purchase will receive a free ticket to the Elk's Annual Variety Show in Trail. ONLY 19 SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS. 1436 Col Ave., C . Next to Totem Travel 12,000 Jobs i in three months by ge for willing to hire welfare reci- pients. Stew fell far short of the November gave out the scores and accompanying prizes. Eva Dvorak of our own A record-breaker November was yet another month this year where many long-term records were bro- ken. A trough of low pressure off the coast dominated the uweather pattern -for most-of November.. Occasionally, notably the first and last five days of the month, a weak ridge of high pressure moved across Southern B.C. giving drier and cooler ccnditions. The south-westerly flow around the low gave above- normal temperatures: A “mean, maximum tempera- ture of 6.6°c tied the pre- vious record set in 1969; the mean, minimum temperature broke a record of 0.8°c set in 1972. A record-breaking mean temperature of 3.82c.is, 2.0 degrees abovy rg B land, 0.5 degrees ‘above “the © old record of 3.3°c set in 1969. The flow: from off the Pacific also gave us rainfalls 166 per cent above normal and snowfalls 20 per cent of normal. 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AC se Me eriees 8 STREET Project cited for effectiveness In the past year, with the acid rain situation in eastern Canada a major national concern, Cominco's program of sulphur gas control at Trail has often been cited for its effectiveness, ‘The company's $700 million modernization and expansion Program includes a wide- ranging program which will result in the already low level of sulphur emissions being reduced to less than one- third of the present levels, ‘The $48 million sulphur gas handling project, scheduled to be complete by the end of 1983, will bring important benefits in working condi- tions, environmeniai control and production efficiency, Basil McDonnell, owner's representative for the. proj- ect, said construction work began last spring with the, demolition and relocation of storage tanks to clear the way for a mercury removal installation. This facility, scheduled to be in operation by the end of 1982 will enable the Cominco Trail operations to be in compliance with strict government regula- tions for mercury levels in effluent. A side benefit will be that it will be possible for the Trail plants to treat concentrates having a higher mercury content than can be accepted at present. For the community, the most noticeable improve- ment will be improved reli- ability of the zinc stack smoke eliminator. The instal- lation of new fans and other refinements scheduled to be completed by the end of 1982 will overcome many of the problems that have caused interruptions in the service of the smoke in instructor quits VICTORIA (CP) — Nick Ardanaz, hired four years ago by then-education minis- ter Pat McGeer to help set up francophone langauge in- struction in the province, is quitting because of a salary dispute with the ministry, Effective Jan. 1, he resigns to join Delta school district as an elementary principal with district-wide responsibilities in French language instruc- tion, Magazine reports offshore oil action ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. (CP) — Kenneth Harvey and Aus- tin Greene saw their chance when they realized that people interested in Atlantic Canada’s offshore of] action were depending on foreign and western Canadian publi- cations for technical and business information. The two, both of St. John's and employed by a local film . company. founded the month- COMINCO’S SULPHUR GAS handling project at Trail isa struction and other specialized plastic work is being complex series of improvements using the world’s latest technology, putienyene who sews would easily reinforced-piastic tanks. Here, 20 strands of ‘glass filament, dipped in plastic resin, were wound on a 22- foot-diameter revolving mould row after row — like winding thread on a sewing machine bobbin, Tank con- the last couple of years, said McDonnell. Site preparation for the is is expected to peak in mid- 1 with a crew of about Loe is the case with many of the project’s main nearly complete, and fee projects, there is an extra erected by next spring. rue complex project requires a great amount of costly re- direction and replacement of pipelines and other services. with this job because it involves intricate work that has to be done without interfering with on-going production. A new absorption plant is The being at a site done in Warfield by the construction crew from the sulphur gas handling project. Pictured here is Cominco plastic and rubber. tradesman Larry McLim. The winding of eight layers 1 14 hours of eT wine ding. The giant cylinder was then cut in half to become two tanks for the new mercury removal plant. adjacent to the present zinc absorption plant. It will be equipped with two cross-flow absorption units which will treat tail gas from the acid plants and will be able to treat gas from the proposed new oxygen smelter now under study. It will be able to handle up to 40 per cent of cury the roasters and smelter gas stream via a by-pass flue. This will allow downtime for of one of the SKETCHING A PORTRAIT at the Christ- mas Crafts “c held at the arena com- x this past weekend. was this West AS SCOTTS 104 Silica St., Nelson Scott Heater” The two door stove that's al CORRECTION to circumstances beyond our Control the “Lil See eat advertised in our flyer is not available. In it's place we are specializing the ACORN VOYAGER so a fireplace. An efficient air joors swing open fo allow the use of an a nin ‘open fireplace. Connects o"selkirk Chimney and smoke pipe. Distinctive, elegant styling. order to enjoy an Reg. ‘$625. 00 $5555 if Building Supplies Ph. 352-3135) large acid plants without re- ducing metal production. Another important aspect of the project is the up- grading of the flues con- necting the zinc roasters and LITTON MOFFAT the zinc stack. This involves the installation of a sub- stantial amount of new fibre- glass ducting being manu- factured in a new Cominco plant at Trail. A gas cooling and cleaning scrubber will be installed to. enhance the removal:of mer- : from the roaster gas. It. will also reduce the. calcine dust carry-over to the acid plant system. ly magazine Newfoundland Offshore, subtitled The At- lantic Oil Magazine.: Copies from the first press run of 5,000 wound up in places like Houston, Calgary and the Shetland Islands. Ardanaz, calling govern- ment salaries for senior of- ficials “totally ridiculous,” said in that his new job pays $52,000 a year, almost $10,000 more than his pos- ition as director of the min- istry’s modern language ser- vices branch in Richmond. He also will get an extra month's holiday each year. Ardanaz, emphasizing ‘he was leaving with deep re- grets, complained that min- istry manga; are consis- tently the “last monkeys to be considered” at. contract time. As first director of the lan- : guages branch, he implem- * ented Programme-Cadre de Francais — the B.C.:'epr- riculum \ taught in French for He al- NEW IN TOWN? LET US PUT OUT THE MAT. so was responsible for help- ing develop French immer- sion classes and offering in- service teacher training. “It looks like we've made a " real thing in the oil world,” Harvey said in an interview. The second issue of the magazine will be out in a few days and inquiries about subscriptions and advertising ,rates are filing in, Harvey said. : He said that. like other spin-off enterprises from off- shore activity, the potential of the magazine depends on whether oil is found off New- foundland and Nova Scotia in sufficient quantities to war-. rant At present, p ad- justments which must. be made to control sulphur di- oxide emissions usually re- sult in production losses. The solpher gas handling project ill minimize this problem. ‘The Newfoundland govern- ment estimates a reservoir of at least two billion barrels in the Hibernia field and has. ‘predicted that extraction will begin in 1987. presents ts, fruit Palani, A ra you we slant locally. 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