‘ July 3, 1988 v_Castlégar News Catholic church more vocal MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church is taking a new and more vocal role in providing political guidance to its faithful in Mexico, ignoring legal restrictions that date back to early this century. In pastoral letters and statements to the news media, bishops and priests have begun to attack gov ernment corruption and demand clean and honest elections. Other létters operily urge Mex- ns to “reason through” their votes in July 6 national elections and not to feel themselves tied to a political party. “The violation, by means of fraud or repression, of the right to vote is more serious and harmful than any economic fraud,” the bishops of the northern city of Monterrey said re. cently in a letter urging Catholics to participate more actively in politics. Similar pastoral letters, especially in northern Mexico, have been issued by other bishops. Since the early 20th century, Mexico has been ruled only by the Institutional Revolutionary party, known as the PRI, and the gov ernment does not like the Church's new voice because it feels itself the target. According to the Mexican con: stitution, written in 1917 after 10 years of revolutionary upheaval, the Church does not legally exist, cannot own any property and priests cannot vote. To this day, comments by priests with a hint of political overtones are criticized by politicans as violations of the constitution. “We became more a silent than a silenced church,” said Msgr. Genaro Alamilla, spokesman for the Mexican Conference of Catholic Bishops. But ‘the Chureh lately has begun realizing it has a lot of power in the world of Mexican contradictions, where government leaders are offi- cially atheistic but send their chil. dren to Catholic schools, marry in the Church and maintain a chapel in the presidential residence. Outgoing President Miguel de la Madrid is himself a product of Catholic schools and his children attend them. And, like other presidents before him, he meets occasionally, albeit privately, with Mexican bishops to discuss national problems. During his presidential campaign, PRI candidate Carlos Salinas de Gortari has made it a point to visit bishops in the provinces and discuss the country's problems with them in meetings that are not publicized but leaked to the press. “He tried to gain some sort of support from the only real moral force in this country — the Catholic Church,” said\Antonio Alberto Loy- ola, a Catholic lay leader and pro- fessor who is also a press officer for the conservative National Action party, the country's second largest party Loyola and other Catholics believe the church is beginning to flex its muscle by pressuring the political system to become more open and democratic. Garlic can give your life boost TORONTO (CP) — Scientists have confirmed what the ancients began telling us 4,000 years ago: eating garlic may do little for your social life but could mean a big boost for your body. The ancient Egyptians used garlic to treat everything from heart prob. lems'to headaches. Modern scientists have discovered garlic also contains compounds that may be anti-cancer agents. Eric Block, a professor of chemis try at State University of New York, says he and another scientist have extracted compounds from garlic called antioxidants — known to block jicals that trigger cancer. Thy} researchers boiled garlic in watet and collected the steam, which when cooled left a liquid rich in chemical compounds from the plant, known as essential oil. Block then extracted and identified a dozen previously unknown com- pounds, including several antioxi dants. Block's study is continuing and will likely include tests of the garlic compounds in laboratory mice or rats, to see whether they inhibit tumors. He said he “would think that by eating garlic — whether fresh or cooked — one would get into the body the same types of compounds we have identified in the laboratory.” But scientists don't know whether the body alters those compounds,” he added. “We have experiments’ that are promising, but clearly more work has to be done before we can say the compounds we have identified in the laboratory are also present in the blood of people after a meal.” G[O ]S4O ]SYO KOOTENAY BROADCASTING SYSTEM “It's Great To Be In The Kootengys” Presents IN CONCERT JOHNNY CASH Cominco Arena Trail, B.C. 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Manent Bldgs., 501 Belleville ictoria, av 1x4 B. Ce Van VICTORIA (CP) — Bud Smith, who ran against Premier Bill Vander Zalm for the Social Credit party leadership two years ago, was today named attorney general in the new British Columbia cabinet. Agus Ree was sworn in as solicitor general under a restructuring of the attorney general's office. Smith (Kamloops) and Ree (North Vancouver-Capilano) are two of the four Social Credit members who are lawyers. Current standing in the 69-seat legislature is Social Credit 45, Feb. St. 28 der NDP 22, one Independent and one seat is vacant. Brian Smith resigned last week as attorney general, saying he could not do his job honorably while enduring interference from the premier's office. Vander Zalm's government was further shaken when Grace Me Carthy suddenly resigned Tuesday as economic development minister, citing the “arrogance” of non-elected officials in the premier's office. A third veteran cabinet minister — Castlég Vol. 41, No. 54 60 Cents Stephen Rogers — was excluded from the new cabinet. He had been highways minister. Vander Zalm increased the size of the cabinet’ to 22 from 17, while reducing the number of ministers of state to five from eight. Ministers of state are drawn from the existing cabinet, and were estab- lishéd by Vander Zalm last year as part of hisdecentralization program. Former highways minister Cliff Michael, who resigned late last year following conflict-of-interest charges, was brought back into the cabinet as minister of government management services, a new it. Backbencher Terry Huberts (Saa nich and the Islands) was named parks minister and minister of state for the Islands. Jack Weisgerber (South Peace River) is minister responsible for native affairs while Howard Dirks (Nelson-Creston) is responsible for Crown lands. Both are new port folios. Neil Vant (Cariboo) is the new RSM tk Sar highways minister. Elwood Veitch, the former provin- cial secretary, is minister for regional development. Another new minister is John Jansen (Chilliwack) who is inter national.business and immigration, a new position. Unchanged in the new cabinet are: Finance Minister Mel Couvelier, Tourism Minister Bill Reid, now also provincial secretary; Municipal Af. News CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, JULY 6, 1988 Zalm shuffles cabinet fairs Minister Rita Johnston, who also. gets recreation and culture; Health Minister Peter Dueck, now also responsible for seniors; Social Services Minister Claude Richmond; Forests Minister Dave Parker; Labor Minister Lyall Hanson; Envir- onment Minister Bruce Strachan; Energy Minister Jack Davis; Edu- cation Minister Tony Brummet; Agriculture Minister John Savage. and Advanced Education Minister Stan Hagen, now also minister res- ponsible for science and technology. WEATHERCAST Mainly sunny Thur and Friday, Highs of 25°-28", Chance of precipitation is 10-20 per cent * 3 Sections (A, B &C) Cominco smelter fixed By CasNews Staff One of the zinc roasters at the Cominco smelting plant in Trail was shut down for five days after a hole was discovered in the unit. The roaster — one of three in Trail which are used to bake zinc con centrate and burn off the sulphur — started showing trouble signs 11 days ago and was finally shut down June 27 for repairs. The five-day shutdown cost Com- geo 2,000 tons im lost zinc production h about $8 million, but did not d to any short term. layoffs. “Most of the people who were working at the roaster were involved repairs ‘gnd re- it,” said hard Fish, Cominco Trail spokes- man. “There were no layoffs because of the shutdown.” Fish said the roaster was put back into production Friday with a min imum amount of difficulty and will remain operating until the smelter closes down later this month for maintenance on all the zinc roasters. INSIDE Pulp negotiation continues page A4 WHEELCHAIR ACCESS .. . puts the finishing touches on Alfonso Ambrosone one of seven wheelchair accessble curbs being constructed in City improves access By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer The city of Castlegar is spending $3,500 this summer to construct seven wheelch ible curbs trate more on handicapped access.” Gairns said the Abilities Aware- ness Advisory Committee played an important role in the city’s plans for heelchai ible si . The Lottery numbers compensate victims page A2 around the city. City administrator Dave Gairns told the Castlegar News that city council made “a hard political dec- ision” to commit city money to making the curbs after wheelchair- athlete Rick Hansen stopped in Castlegar during his Man in Motion world tour two years ago. “One of the things we decided was that the city should have greater Ik access for wheel 8,” Gairns told the Castlegar News yesterday. “We decided to concen- AY committee submitted plans and stud ied the areas in the city which were most in need of handicapped access ibility, he said. Cathy Lafortune, secretary for the committee, said she was very pleased to hear the city has started work on the curbs. “That's great to hear,” Lafortune told the Castlegar News yesterday. “The committee made recommend- ations to the city council in the spring as to where the curbs were most necessary.” Castlegar. New curbs have been completed at the RCMP station and at the SuperValu on Columbia. CasNewsPhoto So far, new curbs have been constructed at the RCMP station on Columbia, at the SuperValu store on Columbia and one is under construct ion in front of the new City Centre Square mall. Lafortune also said the committee is pleased to hear about the handi capped parking signs being installed at Castleaird Plaza. She said the vertical signs which are to be posted at handicapped parking spaces at the plaza will be easier to police. “The signs that are painted on the ground are hard to see once someone has parked on top of one,” she said. “These new vertical signs will be more clearly visi McCarthy resigns VICTORIA (CP) — Premier government was dealt another staggering body blow Tuesday with the resignation of party matriarch Grace McCarthy, the second senior cabinet minister to resign in protest in one week. An amotional McCarthy, one of the party's most revered members and one of the last ties to the late Social Credit premier W.A.C. Bennett, announced she was quitting cabinet to sit because she couldn't accept the current structure and style of the government. The economic development minister's astonish- ing departure from cabinet, after 17 years as a Social Bill Vander Zalm’s polls. as a backbencher judgement people, watering. , Credit member, hit the government exactly a week after former attorney general Brian Smith left. cabinet..He said he was unabie to do his job honorably beeause of interference from the premier's office. Vander Zalm's encompassing leadership style to the premier. hardline stance on some issues, including abortion, have been under a fire for months. The government lost a recent byelection in a former Socred stronghold and it has been struggling in the McCarthy, whose ever-present smile mirrors a bubbly, optimistic personality, seemed bitter in discussing her resignation, “I can't serve in the government in which I am having to feel that my own commitment and my own isn't government of British Columbia along'with a team of ” she said, her voice breaking and her eyes REMAINS LOYAL McCarthy, who said she remained loyal to the party and had no pians to vie for Vander Zalm’s job, expressed hope her resignation will send a message McCarthy finished third to Vander Zalm at the sufficient to operate in the on page A2 Dirks given cabinet ition posi By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Nelson-Creston MLA Howard Dirks has been appointed to two British Columbia Cabinet positions during this morning's provincial cabinet shuffle. “I'm really very excited,” Dirks told the Castlegar News today from Victoria. Dirks was appointed Minister of State for the Thompson-Okanagan and Kootenay regions and Minister Responsible for Crown Lands. Dirks who was elected in 1986, said he was.surprised: by his appoint- ments to the 22-member restruct- ured provincial cabinet. As Minister Responsible for Crown lands, Dirks will be responsible for all Crown lands in B.C. His new portfolio. was previously under the Ministry of Forests and Lands. He also replaced Claude Richmond as minister of state for the Thompson- Okanagan region and Rita Johnston as minister of state for the Kootenay region. “T’ve been really intrigued on the regionalization initiatives from the start,” said Dirks,” and this is a further step in that direction.” Dirks said he doesn’t want his duties as MLA to suffer from his appointments, although many of his new ‘duties will be within his constituency and involve time spent there. “That's still a major concern of mine,” he said, adding “although I understand I will be able to beef up my support staff.” “What I need to do is get my feet wet, find out where we are at and go from there.” HOWARD DIRKS . appointed to cabin Kalesnikoff mill funds expansion By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer A local sawmill owner has com mitted $2.5 million in capital funding to expand his mill and “stay in the lumber business for years to come.” Peter Kalesnikoff, president of Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd. of Thrums, said the expansion to the sawmill is mandatory in order for him to compete with the larger mills in the province. “We've been thinking about this for two to three years right now,” Kalesnikoff told the Castlegar News yesterday. “But the increase in stumpage rates has forced us into this expansion.” Kalesnikoff, who took over the mill from his father and uncle who started the business more than 40 years ago, said if the operation is to stay alive in the next three years he must expand and increase production. “Right now we're cutting 35,000 board feet of lumber per eight-hour shift,” he said. “With the new system we can cut 120,000 board feet with the same amount of men.” The new mill will be constructed right next to the existing mill which will remain intact after the new system is completed Kalesnikoff said the new mill will be used exclusively for cutting round logs that are 10 inches in diameter or less. The new system is so much faster, for cutting small logs because it runs on a continuous-feed basis, not a back and forth cutting method that is currenly in use, he said. The new system will be housed in a separate building right next to the existing mill and will include a new log debarker, a new chipper-canter — a cutter which starts squaring the logs — a new saw box, a gang edger-trimmer and a chain for carry- ing the finished product down the line. The entire process will be up-to- date and compateriant, Kalesnikoff said. “All the guys “in the new mill will, continued on page A2 Weather record ‘The weather for the month of June in Castlegar was near normal |