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CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 19, 1979

Legion service held BLUEBERRY
for R. A. Macpherson

Funeral services were
held Monday from the chapel
of the Castlegar Funeral
Home for Robert Alan Mac-
pherson, 54, of Robson, who
died last Thursday in the
prelate and District Hospi-

Born in Emerson, Man-
itobs, Mr. Macpherson mov-
F sed as a child to Haney, BC.

:' He received his edu-
Reeation in Haney and Win-

nipeg. Following his mar-
riage to the former Dorothy
Marlowe at Gibsons, he
moved to Castlegar where he
had been a resident for 18
years.

He served overseas in
the Canadian Army during
World War II, serving in
Sicily, Italy, France, and

ae

Germany. He was a member
of the Royal Canadian Le-
gion.

Mr. Macpherson is, sur-
vived by his wife, Dorothy, of
Robson; sons Robert of Kam-
loops, and Steven and Michel
of Prince George; a stepson,
David, of Gibsons; his moth-
er, Mrs. Doris MacPher-
son of Vancouver; his sister,
Mrs. Joan F. Heyman of
Vancouver; and his brother
Norman of Vancouver.

He was predeceased by a
son and two brothers,

Rev. Des Carroll offici-
ated, A Royal Canadian Le-
gion service was also held
under the direction of Steve
Melnick. Cremation followed.

Castlegar Funeral Home
was in care of arrangements,

JURY ACQUITS

Continued from Page Al
Saturday at the not guilty
verdict.

The Crown's case rested
mainly on the evidence of
four Freedomites — three of

problems among Doukhobor
sects,

Judge David Campbell
of Vancouver told the jury it
is dangerous to convict on the
evidence of accomplices un-
less b yy inde-

them
alors — who testified that
they consider Verigin their
leader and he ordered them
to burn various buildings on
pain of a seven-generation
curse.

A fourth count was
stayed of arson conspiracy by
the Crown because it could
not find a witness who is an

pendent evidence and that in
his opinion the Freedomites'
evidence had not been cor-
roborated except by a state-
ment Astaforoff made but
which could only be used
against him.

The charges were laid in
fires that destroyed the
USCC hall in Grand Forks,
B.C. in 1978 and

In his two-hour testi-
mony last Thursday, Verigin
emphatically denied he gave
such orders, had the power to
levy such a curse and re-
jected their belief he is their
leader because "I do not want
to associate with anyone who
commits acts of violence.”

The acquittals, after a
week-long trial, vindicated all
Orthodox Doukhobors be-
cause “you felt you were on
trial as well,” told about 800
happy members of the USCC
ata gathering at the Brilliant
Cultural Centre hours after
the verdict.

“We have a big job to do
¥:..this only takes us back to
-the time before my arrest” in

January, he said, renewing
his call for provincial govern-
ment to authorize a com-
mittee to investigate the

the old Grand Forks: post
office in December, 1978, and
ina blaze which damaged the
home ‘of Reformed leader
Stephan Sorokin in May,
1979. The charge which was
stayed involved the burning
of the Sunshine Co-op in
Grand Forks in December,
1975. The co-op was owned
by the USCC.

The trial featured dem-
onstrations, hymns sung in
Russian and frequent dis-
plays of nudity by the Free-
domites.

The stripping led to the
arrest of 13 women and two
men on Friday. An elderly
couple was arrested Satur-

day when they stripped just ‘

before the verdict was given.
All those arrested were
released from custody with-
out charge Saturday night.

Continued from Page Al
“T can't understand why they would say this to Fraser
and every time we make a complaint to the water rights
branch they ignore us,” Cook said,
The irrigation istrict Bonra chairman said the minister's

letter was in

from the

district over excessive wurbidity in the creek as a result of
runoff from clay banks alongside the highway.

Fraser's admission that several ministries have contri-
buted to the water supply problems as well as water branch
statements that the creek will no longer be suitable as a water
source was “absolute justification” for replacement of the
supply by the provincial government, he said, He added that
nearly all of the present system was paid for by Blueberry
Creek residents without government aid,

“The only assistance we had was the chlorinator the
government built after they built the highway,” Cook said,
“By the building of the chlorinator, I feel, they've already
admitted they were going to adversely affect our water."

The irrigation district board chairman said a tie-in to
Castlegar's new water system appears to be the most likely
replacement of Blueberry Creek residents’ present gravity
feed system “but I wouldn't commit myself to that.” He noted
the 1977 water feasibility study on behalf of the city and
Areas I and J recommended drilling wells at the mouth of the

creek to improve the system.

“It's an alternative way we may have to go if we can't get
+ enough funds to tie into the Castlegar system,” he said.

Cook said the irrigation district board is attempting to set
up a meeting with Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Vander
Zalm, whose ministry is responsible for improvement and
water districts, to demonstrate with "a file a foot thick” the
damage caused by different ministries to the creek.

In addition, he said, the board will ask for a moratorium
on logging and any other land development i in the area which

could affect the creek.

The board has scheduled a meeting Monday with
Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy at which it will “lay out our

course of action,” he said.

FREE POWER

Continued from Page Al

“Usually ‘there is little
chance of this occurring in
private hories, but some of
the larger dwellings also
require meter multipliers
rather than direct metering,”

Laycock said he was
unable to state how the mis-
take could have gone unnotic-

ed for so long, but said that it -

is WKPL’s policy to request
retroactive payment for one
year only,

“I don't have all the de-
tails of the incident, but a
very accurate record is kept
of the meter readings so
when the mistake is dis-
covered, we can determine
exactly what the cost would
have been. Unfortunately,
we are the ones who suffer.”

John Dascher, secre-
tary-treasurer for the board,
said Wednesday that the;
district did not notice there
was a great difference in the
power costs, because a
change had been made in
1972 to the metering system
which was d to pro

vide a different billing rate.

“We just assumed we
were getting a better rate
with the new system,”
Dascher said.’He added that
the now apparent increase in
power costs would be con-
sidered in the 1980 budget.

aa COURT NEWS "7,

court Sept, te Prank wate
igin, 17, of Castlegar pleaded

guilty to the charge of.

driving while having a blood
alcohol content of over .08
and was fined $100 or in
default two weeks in jail, plus
three months probation. Ver-
igin also pleaded guilty to‘a
charge of being a minor in
possession of liquor and
received a suspended sen-
tence and three months | Pro-
bation,
2

Pleading not eaiy to
the charge of driving while
having a blood alcohol con-
tent of over .08, but being
found guilty were: James A.

49, of C:
Richard Michael Sect 26,
of Kaslo; Janice Emily Con-
roy, 18, of Castlegar. All of
the above were fined $350 or
in default 20 days in jail.
. . .

David Roos, 17, of
Castlegar received a condi-
tional discharge and three
months probation after he
pleaded guilty to a charge of
possession of a narcotic.

. . * *.

Ferdinand J. Wiesner,
34, of Castlegar was found
guilty and fined $350 or in
default 20 days in jail, after
he pleaded not guilty to a
charge of driving while under
suspension.

DUMP ‘TEST CASE’

Continued from Page Al
* “We get nothing but ob-
struction from various gov-
ernment departments, we
are trying to get something
rolling and all they do is first
tie our hands behind our

“packs and then they complain

we don’t do the job,” he told
directors. “It’s about time we
showed some teeth.”

Moran, chairman of the
management commission,
listed difficulties in storing
the refuse site machinery and
protecting it from vandals
among the problems which
prevented adequate oper-
ation of the dump before the
recent construction of a met-
al storage building.

“Since we've had the
building and our machines on

Continued from Page Al
Whatcom County sheriff's
department reported the
aircraft left Vancouver at
6:28 p.m. Aug. 27. No flight
plan was filed.

A report was made
shortly after to the. sher-
iff's office of a possible air-
craft down on 4,100-foot-
high Black Mountain and a
search party was in the
area within 30 minutes, but
fog and darkness hampe)
ed activities. °

While the initial
search was, called off until
morning, approximately 20

CRASH PROBE

persons remained on the
mountain in case of calls
for help or discovery of
embers of a fire,

The crash, located the
following morning, was
described as “total des-
truction” by a deputy in
attendance at the scene.:

According to the
statement released by the
sheriff's department, there
were two layers of clouds
evident Monday ‘evening, |
one.at the 3,100.foot level
and the other at 8,000 feet.
The aircraft struck the
mountain at the 3,500 foot
level.

the site our dump has been
operated to standard," the
Area I director said. "Now
they're suddenly unloading
on top of us as we're getting
up.”

Moran said he recently
asked PCB regional manager
Maurice Baillargeon why i
Ootischenia dump “was their
target" but Baillargeon
wouldn’t answer.

Mayor Audrey Moore,
the. director for Castlegar
said she requrested copies of
PCB reports on ‘the refuse
site when she met with
branch representatives in
Vancouver earlier this
month,

She said she also told a
PCB official the commission
“had done a tremendous job
with what we had to start
with, we had spent a lot of
money and we had little or no
co-operation from the various
ministries using the dump.”

“I suggested to him that”

if the PCB continued to learn
on the management commis-
sion we only had one way to
go and if leaned on heavily
we'd fall over and it'would be

‘s,” she continued.

“If we had been negli-
gent, if we hadn't been
prepared to spend money, if
we hadn't bought two mach-
ines, if we hadn't put up a
building, if I didn’t stand out

-there,twice a week looking at
dt, then J; think maybe these

charges may have been fair
and valid.”
She said the commission

has asked PCB officials to -

NOT FOR AREA |

Continued from Page Al
According to prelimin-
ary estimates on a budget
intended to cover employ-
ment of a full-time economic

from the province would atop

after the third year.
Castlegar city council,

listing doubts about the

succens, of the Row defunct

and appointment of an in-
dependent commission made
up‘of business sector spokes-
men from throughout B.C.,
the function would cost
$62,000 annually from 1980 to

er the B.C. econ-
omic development ministry's
decreasing annual. grant
structure for the function,
the provincial government
would pay 90 per cent of the
cost the first year, 70 per

cent the second year and 50-

per cent the third year. Aid

downgrade its present “A"
classification requiring daily
covering of the site, “but
they wouldn't give it to us.”

The RDCK board also
voted to set up a meeting
with district highways min-
ister Roger McKeown to dis-
cuss the commission's re-
quest for aid from the
ministry in trenching at the

" Ootischenia landfill site.

aaa Association and
about the ‘reliability of bud.
get projections among thelr
reasons, also voted ‘not to
participate, in the function,

Pure silk o or synthetic crepe -

de chine, lame. panne. vel-
vet, hammered satin, taffeta

and gold cloth make this a, -

banner year for yummy tex-
tures, and almost every cos-
tume combines two or three
different lush textures,

There are some stripes, but
the single pattern stressed by
Oe is paisley.

olors are no longer
eae muddy and muted.
Summer colors for winter isa
main theme. and all colors
are clear, sunny: and pure,
with no sharp or. harsh to-
nulities.

Lettuce and jade green,
mauve violet. French blue,
rosewood and copper ure im-
portant strong pastels.

Pale blue. celadon green,
taupe. beige. grey and ivory
are constantly intermingled

. in the soft-taned costumes,

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/ Voice of the People

Wants probe into arson

Editor, Castlegar News:

On the date of my arrest, '

on Dec, 19, 1978, I made the
following statement:

if believe my arrest (als
morning, fi

state that I am not now, nor
have EF ever been, nor will I
ever be, in any way associ-
ated with the acts of arson-
ists, terrorists or members of

gues picture taking, ete., will
prove to be a blot in the
record of administration of
Canadian justice. i
People who hold in high
respect Canadian Jaw and
order, and J include myself in
their rank, may ponder on
the integrity of people who
administer that justice. If
justice, as we hope, is based
on truth, I have nothing to
fear. I am i of the

any Freedomite group, what-
ever they may wish toe call
themselves, and any alle-
gations by, anyone that this is.
not so, will be dealt. with as
the libelous statements that
they are.

As a representative of
our USCC organization, I am
also deeply concerned with

ats a A tea

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Soptember 19, 1979

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the y the
during the trial itself, and to
the medias; that they are

charges against me.”

Tam thankful that my
faith in the Canadian system
of jurisprudence has been up-
held and that a jury‘of 12 of
my fellow citizens has fully
exonerated me of the charges
against me,

Furthermore, I have
been assured by my lawyer
that fingerprints, rogues pic-
tures, etc., will be completely
removed from my record.

Tam deeply concerned,
however, that mainly
through the coverage in the
news media, a false impres-
sion remains, that I am
associated with either of the
other two accused - persons,
or with any of the unindicted

their
illegal sae and the des-

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truction of USCC p

In this regard, t represen-
tatives of our organization
expect to be able to meet
with government officials in
order to deal with the con-
tinuing problem of security
and other related issues.

I feel, that had our
suggestions to the author-
ities in recent years been
heeded, much of the des-
truction of, properties, and
needless cost to taxpayers of
police investigations and
court proceedings, could
have been avoided.

‘I am hopeful that now:
that the recent trial has put
some of the questions into
clearer some of

. an
who bore false witness be-

fore, during and after the

our suggestions will be imple-
mented. In particular, I hope
to see the Seeblishment of a

Robson W.I. members
look to future projects

A low attendance was
noted at the first fall meeting
of the Robson Women’s In-
stitute held.at the home of
Mrs. Phyllis

munity Hall. W.I. members
will be catering at this event.

Mrs, Mutter has offered
co demonstrate the making of
Cl tree

One visitor, a prospec-
tive member, was welcomed.

The Selkirk bursary do-
nation was forwarded: Tic-
kets are still on sale for the
quilt and pillows which will
be drawn for at the Oct. 20

craft sale at the Robson Com-,

~ Largest in history

The UNICEF/Red Cross
Year of the Child schools
project is the largest ed-
-ueation project in’ the history
of Canada; it involves over
six million Canadians,

Also, this project is the
largest International Year of
the Child project in the
world. An opportunity is
being provided for every
teacher and student in Can-
ada to receive professionally-
developed and tested class-

. room materials on inter-

national themes.

Some of the outcomes
expected from the use of this
material are:

1, Each student will have
a knowledge of basic human
needs,

2, Bach student will have
‘an empathy towards, and
knowledge of, the diversity
and richness of world cul-
pures.

8. Each student will have
a knowledge of some. major

world problems.

4, Each student will have
a sense of her/his own ability
.to take action in searching for
solutions to world problems.
- Every teacher and stu-
dent will receive printed mat-
erial at no cost.to the school
district in early September.
All components have been
written by published educa-
tion materials authors and all

«materials will be teacher and

classroom tested.

Each teacher, will re-
ceive an annotated 64-page
edition that will include nec-
essary background material
and all of the student mat-

erial, including two read-
aloud stories, one of which,
however, is sexist.

K-2: Spirit masters and
possibly a record of folk
music will be supplied to each
school.

8-6: A 24-page magazine,
comic book format, for each
student will be provided.

7-12: A 24-page maga-
zine will be produced for each
student.

The CBC will broadcast
on Oct. 22, 1979, during
prime time, a one-hour pro-
gram to complement the
broad themes chosen for this
project: food, population,
health and lifestyles.

Organizers have receiv-
ed to date, endorsements

-from the following: Canadian

Council of Ministers of Ed-
ucation, B.C, ministry of: ed-
ucation, Canadian Teachers’
Federation, B.C. Teachers’
Federation, Canadian School
Trustees’ Association and the
B.C. School Trustees’ Associ-
ation.

This project is made
possible through a grant
from the Canadian Inter-
national Development Agen-
cy.

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CASTLEGAR BRANCH
will be holding their

* ANNUAL MEETING

at the W.L. workshop being
held Oct, 6 at the Fruitvale
Community Hall. Other mem-
bers showed interest in the
white bread competitions.

* Mrs. Fowler brought an
envelope bearing the

first
Women’s Institute stamp —‘a°

collector's item which will be
inserted in the branch scrap-
book for the time being.

Convenors of commit-
tees were reminded to have
their year-end reports ready
for the

Stuns oe othe’ which our .

membership has asked for
repeatedly for several years.

Speaking as a represen-
tative of our people, I can
sincerely say that we are
more determined than ever,
to get to the bottom of
whoever is behind the bomb-
ings and burnings, and to see
that are made
accountable for their actions.
I hope that aur fellow Can-
adians will come to our
support in resolving this
problem, so that we can all
enjoy the benefits of living in

our great multicultural soci-

ety.
We wish .to be good
neighbors, to live. in peace’
and brotherhood. With the
sincere efforts of all, and with
God's help, I believe this can
be achieved.
John J. Verigin,
Honorary Chairman,
_.Unlonat Spiritual

Secretary Mrs. Fowler. will
write the Solarium in Vic-
toria concerning their needs.

The new Cairine Wilson
competitions were brought to
the attention of members for

of Christ
IE
Castlegar

socials

the pi e of their

suggestions to the October
meeting.

‘The hostess and co-
hostess Mrs, Smecher, ser-
ved lunch upon adjournment.

The next meeting is
scheduled at the home of
Mrs, J. Fornelli in Castlegar.

* » .

The Robson W.I. group
‘held a tea on July 9 at the
home of Mrs. Jack Scott in
Robson in honor of Mrs.
Lottie Stier, a longtime mem-
ber, who left to make her
home in Vernon. Good wishes
were extended to her, as well
as a gift of china.

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Visiting at the home of
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during the summer were:
their daughters, Mrs. Gordon
Parslow and son, Matthew, of
Dawson Creek, and Mr. and
Mrs. D. Bollinger of Lac la
Biche, Alta:

Mrs. Sanford last week-
end attended a class reunion
of Edmonton General Hospi-
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Visiting at the home of
Mrs. J. Raine during the past
week was her daughter, Mrs.
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