SPECIAL GUEST AT coe council this week was
Adclena Leon-Magaua, who. signs guest book while
or Audrey Moore and Rotary representative Paul
Oats low look on. Adriana is a Rotary exchange student

from Celaya, Mexico and is otending Stanley Hum-

phries Secondary School.
Rotary exchange student to visit C

10 years.

She is only the second

Growth despite difficult times

OTTAWA (CP) — Some
provinces will show more
rapid economic growth in
1982 than in 1981 despite the
difficult ‘ic times pre-

growth will slow to 1.9 per
cent from 2.9 per cent this
year, mainly because of
weaknesses in the mining,

facturing and construc-

dicted for the country as a
whole, the Conference Board
of Canada says.

“High interest rates, con-
tinuing double-digit inflation,
weak U.S. demand, and gov-
ernment spending restraint
provide a discouraging na-
tional

tion industries. Unemploy-
ment will rise to 15 per cent
from this year’s 14.2 per cent.

Prince Edward Island,
which has just lived through
two successive years of de-
clining growth, will record
1 2 per cent growth this year,

in which all provinces must
operate,” the private, non-
profit institute says

will average
ae per cent, up from 11.8
per cent.

in its latest quarterly pro-
vincial forecast.

The lowest economic
growth of 1982 and

ic growth in Nova
Scotia will remain stable
reaching 2.3 per cent, up
slightly from 2.2 per cent.

the highest unemployment
forecasts are for Ontario,
Quebec and the Maritimes,
while the strongest growth is
expected in the three most
western provinces.

The unemployment rate in
Quebec and the is

will average
toa per cent, up from 10.1
per cent.

A recovery in New Bruns-
wick's forestry and building
products industries will lift
economic growth to 2.1 per
cent from 0.7 per cent.

1 ih

expected to be higher than
the forecast national average
of 8.8 per cent. Real economic
growth in Prince Edward
Island, Nova Scotia, Quebec
and Ontario is forecast to be
less than the national aver-
age of 1.7 per cent.

A province-by-province
of the 1982 fore-

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School board briefs...

Installation of a fire hy-
drant at Blueberry Creek
school has been approved by

school performing here later.

© The board was advised
the highways ministry will be
a timer for the

berry Creek
District. Castlegar school
board was told at its last
meeting.

No word has yet been re-
ceived from the Ootischenia
Improvement District which
had also been requested to
allow a fire hydrant on the
school property there.

In other school board bus-
iness:

e@ The board approved in
principal a Twin Rivers El-
ementary band field trip to.
the Okanagan. The two to
three day trip would be for
grades 6, 7 and some grade 5

and is

lights at the intersection near
the weighing station to allow
the lights to stay on until 9
a.m. when school buses will
‘have completed their trips.

e A $4,000 grant has been
authorized through the Sec-
retary of State for the dis-
‘trict’s special projects for a
French program. The grant
is over and above the regular
federal government funding
which is now approximately
$10,000.

e The, board refused ‘a
request from the National
Educational Centre for fi-
nancial assistance. Trustees

scheduled for May.
This would be an exchange
trip with the Okanagan

were i d the funding is
contrary to the Public
Schools Act.

e A request to have snow

removed from the front of
Hobbit Hill was refused. The
board recommended the re-
quest go to Castlegar council
since the board does not have

Judges delay their
decision on appeal

The B.C. Court of Appeal
reserved judgment this week
on an appeal by Cominco to
have charges

with failing to analyze the
material, failing to inform the
environment ministry of the

any specific 1 al-
lotted for snow removal.

e The board noted that in
the new teachers’ contract
certified substitute teachers
will be making $68.39 a day,
with non-certified teachers
earning $58.62, effective Jan.

against the firm dismissed.

In March 1980 Cominco al-
legedly dumped 150 cubic
feet of sludge containing
mercury and other heavy
metals into the Columbia
River.

The company was charged

Has backed off on
compulsory course

VICTORIA (CP) — Edu-
cation Minister Brian Smith
has backed off his plans to
implement a compulsory con-
sumer education course for

(Vital Statistics /

ESPOSITO — To Mr. and Mrs.
Tullin Esposito, @ daughter, born
jec. 1.

GREEN — To Mr. and Mrs. John
Green of Castlegar, a son, born
Dec. 14.

GREEN — To Mr. and Mrs. Doug

Green of Blueberry Creek, a
daughter, born Dec. 17.

HAGEN — To mr. ond Mrs, Larry
Hagen of id, twin
daughters, "born ine

To Mr. and Mrs. John
Dec.1

LEAHY — To Mr. ond Mrs. George
Leahy of Nelson, a son, born Dec.
a

ER — To Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Uster of Slocan, a daughter, born
Dec, 13,

MAH — To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
ah of Nelson, a daughter, born
Dec. 12.

PEEL — To Mr. and Mrs. Brian

Peel of Nelson, a son, born Dec.
16.

STAATS — To Mr. and Mrs. Rick
Staats (nee Teresa Neil) of Fruit-
vale, a daughter, born Dec. 1.

OBITUARIES

HADIKIN — William Fred Hadikin,
76, died Monday ot Castlegar.
Services began Wednesday from
the Costelgar Funeral Chopel and

included Thursday at \Tar¢ys
Hall, Burial: wos at” Shot cee

cemetery. 1

MASON — Robert H. rf
Mason, 81, formerly ¥r
Rossland, died Dec. 11 in :

aby. Memorial service was hel
. 16 at the Salvation Army
Souih Mount Citadel in Burnaby.

ROWE — Mildred Rowe of Trail
died Dec. 7 ot home after a brief
illness. Memorial service was
conducted Dec, 13 with Rey. Bob
Purdy officiating. Cremation has
taken place.
STANLEY — Erin Brook Stanley of
Montrose born in April of this
r, died Dec. 1 at Trail Regional
Hospital. Family services were
conducted Dec. 7 from abe:
Memorial Chapel with R

. Hug
Bayne officiating. Cremation |

TAMBELLINE = Oilinto Tam.
bellini, 94, of Kiro Manor, di

Dec. 8 at Trail Regi jospital
after @ lengthy | i Rosary
was recit ith mass
Dec. 19, Woh trom \socred Heart

KING —
King of Castlegor, a son, born

Church. Rev. ‘Mark officiated.
Burial took place at Evergreen
Cemetery in Grand Forks.

VOLPATTI — tuigia Velpatti, 62,
of Annable died Dec. 17 in Trail
Regional Hospital after a brief
illness. Rosary was recit
18 with moss Dec. 19, both fi rom
St. Anthony's Catholic Church,
Father Harry Clarke officiated.
Burial was at Mountain View
Cemetery.
WEBER — Harvey J. Weber, 72, of
Fruitvale died Dec. 11. Private
family service was held.

Grade 9 or 10 aruda ef-
fective 1982.
Smith announced this
week that students entering
Grade 9 next fall will have

-until the end of high school to

complete either a junior level
9-10 course or an advanced
11-12 course.

Pupils will be required to
take only one of the courses,
but may take both if they
choose, he said.

Smith amended his posi-
tion after B.C. teachers and
school trustees eee

dent enrolment in Grade 9
and 10 electives such as
music, art and home econ-
omics.

B.C. Teachers’ Federation
president Larry Kuehn said
that, while larger schools
would benefit from the
amendment, smaller schools
with limited electives would
still be hurt.

He speculated Smith
changed his mind because the
education department could
not immediately afford the
estimated $1 million in pro-
gram start-up costs.

The BCTF argues that
consumer education should
be taught in several high
school subjects including

that the
could drastically reduce Lae

and social stud-
ies.

john, a charters

“A romantic reaction to this one small
corner of earth — the community of people
at the junction of two rivers which we call Castlegar."

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and violating its
pollution control permit.

Justice David Lunn rulea
that because of a technicality
the company should not be
prosecuted.

Cominco lawyers argued
Monday to reverse the Su-
preme Court decision.

The three appeal court
judges who heard the argu-
ments Monday and Tuesday
in Vancouver will now make
a decision on if the case
should go to trial.

If they decide to proceed
with the charges, the pro-
ceedings could begin some-
time in the spring at the
Rossland courthouse.

RIDE THE |"

will average 18 per cent, a
rise from 11.6 per cent.
Quebec's economy will re-
main comparatively stable,
showing growth of 1.8 per

cent, a slight drop from 1.6.

per cent. Unemployment will
average 11.2 per cent, up
from 10.3 per cent.

Ontario's growth will be a
weak 0.4 per cent, down from
three per cent. Unemploy-
ment will be 7.2 per cent, up
from 6.5 per cent.

Although farm output in
Manitoba will drop, some of
the ‘benefits of this year's
record grain harvest will spill
into the new year and the
province's growth will only
drop to two per cent from 3.3
per cent. Unemployment will
be 6.5 per cent, up from six
per cent.

Saskatchewan will remain
among the fastest growing
provinces in the country with
three per cent growth, al-
though that will be less than
the 5.3 per cent shown this
year. Unemployment will be
5.6 per cent, up from 4.8 per
cent.

A turnaround in oil and
gas production will be suf-

"8

will remain the lowest in the
country at 4.4 per cent, up
from 3.8 per cent.

British Columbia will show

relatively strong growth of
3.8 por cent, an increase,
over this year's two per oe

will continue to decline boost-
ing residential construction
there and the demand for the
’s lumber. Unem-

at pl
based on the assumption that
United States’ interest rates

ployment will rise to 7.6 per
cent from 6.6 per cent.

COURT NEWS

In provincial court Tues-
day Richard Crooks pleaded
guilty to a charge of causing
bodily harm. He was fined
$500 or in default 60 days.

* «© «8

Wilfred Peterson was fined
$400 or in default 30 days
after pleading guilty to a
charge of driving with a
blood alcohol count over .08.

* 8 6

Christopher Ozachoff has
been placed on three months
probation and ordered to
complete 82 hours of work
service under supervision af-

ter pleading guilty to a

charge of driving without

insurance.
* .

A charge of common as-
sault has resulted in ».$300
fine or in default seven days
for Michael Duff.

* * 8

John Vigue pleaded guilty
to three separate charges. He
was fined $500 or in default
80 days after refusing to take
a breathalyzer test and $260
or seven days for obstructing
a public officer. Driving
without insurance brought a
$250 fine.

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City council briefs

By CasNews Staff
Castlegar council this week
approved the sale of a small
city lot to J. Stokes. The land
was appraised at $1,000 and

|, Stokes — the only bidder for

the property — offered’ $1
$1,160.

In other council news:

e Council agreed to give
a $400 grant to the minor
hockey association. The
grant will be used to offset
costs for a New Year's Eve
banquet planned for visiting
Swedish minor hockey play-

ers.

: Ald. Len Embree said his
son is involved with the visit
and when the Castlegar team
travelled to Sweden last sea-
son the boys were treated
well.

“This is the least we can
do,” added Ald. Albert Cal-
derbank.

e Council will ask the Su-
preme court to appoint a
commissioner for the
city’s replot scheme.

The replot program in-
volves a number of oddly-
shaped lots in the South end
which must be reworked into
more conventional parcels.

Under the Municipal Act
70 per cent of the 1

senting owners, He will then

The discovery park would

ward as he
sees fit.

e The Residential Rehab-
ilitation Assistance Program
(RRAP) has been a success
since it was introduced to
Castlegar. A total of $169,974
was spent on 49 homes in
October.

To date some $310,855 has
beeh spent for the year.

“It looks like the plan is
working quite well,” com-
mented Embree. “I'm very
pleased to see those figures.”

Ald. Carl Henne expressed
concern that the renovation
work on local homes may be
going to out-of-town trades-
men.

However, Embree said he
knows of at least a half dozen
small contractors who do
nothing but RRAP projects,

The wo-k is “definitely not .

going out of town,” he said.

e Council agreed to allow
the Trail Mothers March to
canvass Castlegar.

Mayor Audrey Moore said
it was very polite of the
organization to ask the city
for permission —  thoug
there isn't many ways council

must approve the replot pro-
gram. Of the 55 owners in-
volved, only 7 —,or about 12
per cent — opposed the plan.

Once appointed, the com-
missioner will call a hearing
for submissions for non-con-

Occupies office

can stop

e Council joined a growing
group of local municipal and
regional governments to
support a “discovery park”
concept for Selkirk College or
Nelson's David Thompson
University Centre.

Charge dismissed

one of 63 women who oc-
cupied the regional offices of
the federal Indian. Affairs

for one week last

at this Ave. The
eight-foot snowman. built men att is by her father Daryle.
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2%-year-old Roxanne Rizzotti of 2

was built
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Enroute to:husband. .

MOSCOW (AP) — Liza
Alexeyeva, granted approval
to emigrate by Soviet author-
ities after a hunger strike by
Nobel Laureate Andrei Sak-
harov, bid a tearful farewell

Free bus
service New

Year's Eve

VICTORIA (CP) — Bus
services will be free New
Year's Eve in 16 B.C. com-
munities in a bid to keep
drunks off the roads, Muni-
cipal Affairs pace Bill
Vander Zalm sait

Vander Zalm said the B.C.
government will pay the shot
for free transit service after 7
p.m. Dec. 81 in 15 com-
munities inclyding Victoria
and Vancouver, while the
United Steel Workers of
America will pay $1,500 for
the service in Trail.

He said the $45,000 cam-
paign will include advertis-
ing, the extended hours of

before leaving for Paris Sat-
uday en route to join her
husband in the United
States.
“Have a happy life,” Sak-
Xe Bonner,
told *Atefeye%a, Her daugh-
ter-in-law, as she walked to-
ward the airport gate to
board her flight. Bonner, who
joined the 17-day hunger
strike, is the mother of Alex-
eyeva’s husband, Alexei
Semyonov.

Bonner wished Alexeyeva,
26, a speedy and safe journey
to Boston, where Semyonov
is a graduate student.

Sakharov remained in the
Volga River city of Gorky,
400 kilometres east of Mos-
cow, where he was exiled in
January, 1980, after criticiz-

service and special time- [/-

tables. Northwood Pulp and
Timber Ltd. will contribute
$650 towards the service in
Prince George.

Other ocmmunities af-
fected ..include Penticton,
Prince Rupert, Powell River,
Kelowna, Dawson Creek,
Fort St. John, Terrace, Kam-
loops, Vernon, Nanaimo, Kit-
imat and Maple Ridge.

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vention in Afghanistan.
Besides her mother-in-law,
about 15 relatives and family
friends accompanied Alex-
eyeva to Moscow's Shere-
metyevo Airport. She
hugged and kissed each of
them before undergoing a
20-minute customs check.
Two uniformed Soviet cus-
toms officials carefull exam-
ined a biege cloth bag and a
shoulder purse carried by
Alexeyeva, and told her she
would have to leave behind a
small ceramic painting of two
pomegranates, an antique
ring and a broach. The cus-
toms men said the objects
were works of art which

-could not be removed from

the country.

summer was dismissed in
provincial court Friday after
two police officers couldn't
identify her.

Louise Williams, 44,
of the Mount Currie Reserve

” near Pemberton, B.C., was

the first of the 583 to go to
trial.

She was elated at the de-
cision, but joked outside the
courtroom about being upset
the officers identified a wom-
am “23 years older than me”
as her.

Williams and the other
were arrested July 27 after
city police battered down a
bolted door leading to the
department offices on the
15th floor of a downtown
building. They-were protest-
ing poor living conditions on
B.C. reserves and demanding
that Indian Affairs Minister
John Munro come to Vancou-
ver to talk with them.

Munro, his executive as-
sistant and B.C. Senator Ray
Perrault — who had tried to
negotiate an end to the sit-in

we 1038 Columbia

— had been subpoenaed to

appear at the trial, but their

presence was not necessary
after the identify foul-up re-
sulted in defence lawyers
changing their tactics.

“We were prepared to go
full blast: on many issues,”
said lawyer Ron Roth. “But
we were all of the opinion
that it was important to win
the case the first way pos-

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culture, forestry and mining,
and attract capital-intensive,
high technology industry and
investment to the area.

It would also provide eni-
ployment opportunities by
developing a. campus-style
research and development

parks

hearts of young
and old. Add to its

institutions.

The Central Kootenay Re-
gional District is promoting
the idea through its economic
development commission.

e The local RCMP detach-
ment will be getting an addi-
tional clerical worker for
1982. Council agreed to in-
clude the request in next
year's budget.

The RCMP said the addi-
tional clerical staff will free
another constable for police
duties.

However, the city said that
the additional staff should
now be ad

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