a4 Castléga ir News June 8, 1988 Get Your Message Across Fast! CALL... Classified Ads 365-2212 Postal protest causes scene OTTAWA (CP) — A group cam- Grad Parent MEETING Mon., June 13 $.H.S.S. Library CONCERNING GRAD NIGHT ACTIVITIES “The Magic of Mike!’’ * Floating People * Disappearing Acts * Spectacular Stage Show Tues., June 14 7:00 p.m. $.H.S.S. Fund raiser for SHSS Grod Class. Tickets — Students $4. Adults $5. fr wmasave, Kiothes Kloset, Pete's TV, Carl's Drugs, Mallards, Picture Place. igning to save rural post offices brought 200,000 signed protest ball- ots to Parliament Hill on Tuesday, causing a noisy scene when oppo- sition MPs tried to deliver some of them personally to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Cyril Keeper, New Democratic postal critic, led a high-spirited group of NDP and Liberal MPs into the Parliament Building with boxes of the ballots after Rural Dignity of Canada ended a cross-country car- avan focusing attention on rural postal service. “We won't put them in supermail- boxes — well give the prime minister first-class service,” Keeper said, heading for Mulroney's office. The ballots were brought to Par- liament Hill in boxes, bags, fish nets, lobster traps, boots and other recep- tacles meant to illustrate the variety of rural communities affected by ther service. Betty Green, a surprised and irri- tated Mulroney staff member, met the half-dozen MPs at the door. The prime minister was out when they arrived. “Would you mind holding ~ on?” Green asked Keeper when he at tempted to place a ballot box it le. She suggested he leave it down a corridor. ESS 30,000 New Jobs in Tourism by 1992 You can be ready! 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VIL 1C8 352-6601 When Keeper objected, she snap- ped: “As far as I'm concerned, you ean stick it in your left ear.” The scene, monitored by security guards reluctant to interfere with ‘PRAIRIE DROUGHT Farmers concerned By The Canadian Press It's a great time for air conditioner salesmen, ice manufacturers and schoolchildren in Saskatchewan and the of pari broke up with most of the half-dozen MPs depositing their ballots on the floor at Mulroney's door, GROUP FORMED Rural Dignity was formed in 1986 when Canada Post announced plans to close all publicly operated rural post offices and transfer operations to private stores, service stations and other local business outlets. There are about 6,200 public and private rural postal outlets across the country. The umbrella group includes rural postmasters, church groups, women's organizations, municipali- ties and community groups. Two vans, one travelling from the West and the other from the East, headed for Ottawa last month in a tour of small communities, collecting signatures and holding news con- ferences along the way. “The government needs to be re- minded of the importance of our rural economy,” chief organizer Cynthia Patterson of Barachois, Que., said Tuesday. NDP Leader Ed Broadbent was among nearly 20 opposition MPs who greeted the caravan on the steps of the Parliament Buildings. “We believe that justice is due to rural Canada,” he said. Alphonso Gagliano, Liberal postal critic, said the Liberals would scrap the Tory business plan for the post office if they win the next election. “This plan is no good for Canada, whether it is rural or urban,” Gag- liano said. Events on the Hill overshadowed a publicity counter-offensive staged by Canada Post to blunt the political impact of the group's arrival in Ottawa. The agency ran a full-page ad in the Ottawa Citizen, headlined Keep- ing Our Commitment in Rural Can- ada, as part of a national ad campaign to be concentrated in rural and com- munity newspapers. And Gil Hebert, head of rural ser- vice, told a news conference that no post offices have been — or will be — closed since Canada Post is merely “converting” publie offices to private outlets. to feel the effects of a drought that had previously been a rural problem. For the first time in Regina's history, the city imposed mandatory limits on water use. But poultry prod » ward and waterfowl conservationists are finding little to smile about in a heat wave that has gripped the provinces for the last five days. The weather office says temperatures are ex- pected to remain in the 30s, well above normal for June, at least until the weekend. Three major Saskatchewan cities with a combined population of 350,000 — Regina, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw — took steps Tuesday to reduce water consumption, with Re- gina imposing mandatory controls. It was a different story in neigh- boring Alberta, where many areas have been hit with heavy rain, hail and gale-force winds since the week- end. Since Saturday, when the record- breaking heat began, hospitals in Saskatoon had treated 41 people for heat-related problems, such as ex- haustion and sunburn. It was an expensive weekend for Shamas Hemnani, owner of Yellow Head Poultry Farm in Regina. He lost 3,500 chickens, worth about $7,000. “They were ready to go,” Hemnani said. “Because they were so big and the temperature went so high, it killed them.” Industry officials say Hemnani's An bylaw. was an- nounced Tuesday, banning almost all his ice-making plant. is running about 9,000 pounds of ice a day to grocery stores, convenience stores and service #ations. Heayy use of air conditioners was cited by the Saskatchewan Power Corp. as the reason the company outdoor g until the k There had been a call for voluntary rationing, but after that announce- ment Regina residents used more water than ever before, causing city reservoirs to drop to dangerous lev- els. Residents of Saskatoon, Moose Jaw and a number of smaller centres. have been asked to voluntarily cut water consumption. Seeking relief from the sweltering heat, Regina residents have ap- parently bought every fan and air conditioner in the city. “We brought in eight air condi- tioners Monday and _ customers bought them right off the truck, they never even hit the floor,” said Jim Gamble, hardware manager at a Canadian Tire store. James Hughes of Crystal Ice said a@ peak power output of 1,850 megawatts on Monday, the highest ever for this time of year. And maintenance crews were kept busy replacing overloaded transfor- mers, leaving small pockets of cus- tomers temporarily without electri- city. KIDS GET OFF Throughout Saskatchewan and Manitoba, schoolchildren got time off when officials decided they couldn't work comfortably in overheated classrooms. Meanwhile, storms brought badly needed rain to some areas in the south and central regions of Alberta, but also dropped hail the size of golf balls in Calgary and Medicine Hat. Throughout the day, Environment Canada issued severe weather warn- ings as the thunderstorms moved orth. Dukakis chosen as candidate LOS ANGELES (CP) — Michael Dukakis has gained the Democratic birds are among th ds of tur- keys and chickens that have suc- cumbed to the heat. The Prairies’ wild ducks are also suffering as many ponds and sloughs where the birds usually nest have disappeared, either dried up by the drought or turned into pasture and cropland by farmers. “The counts have never, ever been this low,” said Dan Nieman, a biol- ogist with the Canadian Wildlife Ser- vice. “There's a definite decline in our waterfowl numbers, and it's serious.” Saskatchewan's total duck popula- tion, which was 11 million in 1976, now is four million. Nieman said counts are also below normal in Al- berta, Manitoba, Montana and the Dakotas. City residents are also beginning P and a “gol- den opportunity” to beat Republi had 2,124 delegate votes, 43 more than he needs to win the party's ination. governor said George Bush — the self-described underdog heading into the fall cam- ign. Dukakis scored solid victories Tuesday in the last of the year's primary elections, dominating Jesse Jackson coast to coast. He was winning primaries in New Jersey, Montana, New Mexico and California by margins of better than 2-to-1. In a victory speech in Los Angeles, Dukais said he is ready to win the presidency in November. “My friends, we do not need a better dream for this country. We have the best there is. What we need now is the best president for the American dream. ° “What a golden opportunity this is for us.” NBC News reported that Dukakis he will use his campaign to stand up for factory workers thrown out of their jobs |with no warning, to ease the burden of families hit by medical bills asnd to “share the rage” of those living in neighborhoods threatened by drugs. Bush ran unopposed in the pri- maries Tuesday and will get the Republican party's nomination at its August convention. He took immedi- ate aim at Dukakis during a party rally in southern California. ‘DUKAKIS NAIVE’ Dukakis is leading Bush in U.S. opinion polls, and the Republican said he is the underdog now. 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This year, with the assistance of a $10,000 grant, the SVWA_ will adapt this material to the video medium. The organization has made to show the iting production over cable TV in the West Kootenay. As well, the SVWA hopes to dis- tribute the video to the interested public through community groups, cable-TV networks, school districts, libraries, and selected video-rental outlets. In keeping with Environment Canada's theme for Environment Week 1988 — “Our Common Future” — the video will suggest connections between environmental problems in British Columbia~and those else- where on the planet. Fundamental ecological principles apply every- where on Earth. With funding being received dur- ing Environment Week (May 30-June 5) and work beginning soon, the video is slated for completion in the early fall. Canada Post to convert outlets OTTAWA (CP) — Canada Post, shunning all suggestions of post office closures, said Tuesday it plans t& convert 150 rural post ‘offices during the next year to outlets run by rural businessmen. Gil Hebert, head of rural service for the post office, said the figure is in addition to| 152 rural offices converted to alternate forms of service since the corporation's con- troversial overhaul of rural postal service began in late 1986. He released the figures at a news conference called to denounce Rural Dignity, the umbrella group formed by rural postmasters, community groups, municipalities, church groups and women's organizations to protest changes being made in rural postal service. “We are not closing post offices. We are converting them to the private sector,” Hebert said. He denied that Canada Post had been directed by the Conservative government to respond to Rural Dignity. The news conference was timed to coincide with the arrival in Ottawa of a Rural Dignity caravan which has collected signatures across the coun- try from citizens unhappy with postal changes. Canada Post has also started an advertising campaign to proclaim its commitment to rural Canada. A full-page ad is included in Tuesday's edition of the Ottawa Citizen. Similar ads will be run in small-town and rural newspapers across the country, including today's Castlegar News. RENT THIS SPACE 365-5210 ZELLER’S CORRECTION CORRECTION TO FLYER FOR WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY, JUNE 8 TO TI The following items will not be ‘available on this sale: lage 1 — Canyon Runner Mountain Bike. Page 4 — Patterned Acrylic Gloss Sets. Page 19 — Primo Pbsto, Primo Tomato Paste and Super Chef Spices Sorry for any inconvenience this may have coused our customers eS Boneless Top SIRLOIN STEAK 7.96 kg 53.49 SIDE BACON Good Morning * Regular or Thick 500 g. 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