March 17, 1985 DAVE BARRETT hotliner VANCOUVER (CP) — The competition is crowing about a drop in listeners for Dave Barrett's morning radio talk show, but Barrett's boss says the former premier is holding his own. In the winter ratings re- leased this week by the Bureau of Broadcast Meas. urement, the number of people tuning in to Barrett's show on CJOR slipped to 26,300 from a fall audience of 32,700. “I think what it really shows is there was a curio- sity factor with Dave Bar rett,” said Doug Rutherford, acting program director of CKNW, the strongest pre sence in the Vancouver radio market. “The curiosity now obviously gone But CJOR general man ager Harvey Gold said the drop is “not statistically significant we wouldn't worry about a variation like that.” Gold agreed that the au tumn ratings for Barrett, who stepped down as prov. incial NDP leader last year, were probably buoyed by public curiosity, and this is why the station is not con cerned about the latest num. bers. “We expected some slippage.” Barrett, who joined CJOR in August, still has about 50 per cent more listeners than his predecessor, former So- cial Credit cabinet minister Rafe Mair, Gold said Barrett is out of the country and unavailable for comment CKNW's Gary Bannerman, Barrett's competition in the morning talk show slot, has increased his audience by 15,000 adult listeners to 55,000. 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Plant Foremon LIN DA = KOSITSIN Office CAROL MAGAW HEAT! Manager ( Composing Room Foreman Va8V 1X4 VOL. 38, No. 23 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1985 4 Sections (A, 8, C & D) UIC appeal hearing cut short By RON NORMAN A landmark appeal to the Unemplo; Insurance Commission by pulp workers at Westar Timber’s Celgar ip 0 rt was d Tuesday, just one day into the hearing. Rod MacKinnon, president of Local 1 of the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canade, which represents the 270 Celgar pulp workers, said the hearing was cut short because the union's lawyer, Terry Dalton, was called away. MacKinnon said Dalton had to fly to Ottawa to attend to a death in the family. ‘The hearing began Tuesday morning and was scheduled to run four days at the Fireside Inn. RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY « Selkirk College er chairman Jack Colbert it) and Frank Beinder iant scissors to cut ribbon making official opening of MR. COLLEGE OPENS NEW BUILDING By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer B.C.'s “Mr. College”, Frank Beinder, was honored at a special ceremony Tuesday afternoon when the road to Castlegar's Selkirk College was named in honor of the man who played a signifi role in the h of the college. Frank Beinder Way is the name on the sign, unveiled during the ceremony held at the intersection of the road and Highway 3 and attended by about 30 residents. The new name was a surprise to the 75-year-old Beinder, who was in town to attend the official opening ceremonies of the new college services building at the campus. “I never thought someone would name a piece of ‘blacktop after me,” he said, recalling “the problems we had with (Highways Minister Phil) Gaglardi to get a bit of blacktop here.” “If I would have known you would do this, I would have had my name changed to Brown or Black,” Beinder joked. On a more serious note, Beinder congratulated However, MacKinnen said the hearing would have likely concluded today because the union had just one more witness to call before Dalton put forward his legal argument. He said no date has been set for the hearing to resume. Hpmerer it will likely resume in about a month, he said. he pulp workers are appealing a decision by the i denying them benefits during last year’s Pietacer lockout. The appeal could affect the whole labor movement by providing locked out workers with UIC benefits. Employment and Immigration Canada officials denied the benefits last year, citing the federal Unemployment Insurance Act which says no one may receive UIC benefits el new college services ra ne mci nome and reception d Tuesda because of a stoppage of work attributable to a labor dispute. The union argued Tuesday that the Act unfairly vietimizes employees because they were in fact willing and able to work. As well, the union claimed that the 10-week province- wide lockout which began Feb. 2, 1984 was in fact to reduce an oversupply of pulp inventdries and raise pulp prices. The union also used a section of the Charter of Rights and the Canadian Bill of Rights as a defence. It stands to gain $513,000 in UIC benefits if successful. The hearing — presided over by a three-member board of referees — is closed to the media. However, MacKinnon said in an interview today that the proceedings are going quieker than expected. “I was quite surprised at how fast we went through the evidence,” MacKinnon said. He said he was also surprised to see representatives from Westar Timber and the Pulp and Paper Industrial Bureau in di Both the and the bureau had refused a union request to attend the hearing. “They ended up testifying,” said MacKinnon. He said the UIC also g: but did not eall any witnesses. Asked if he is “positive” about the outcome, MacKinnon replied: “I'm a little over, I'm a little under.” DTT $200,000 SHORTFALL College facing more cutbacks By CasNews Staff Selkirk College faces more cuts unless it can obtain an additional $200,000 from the Ministry of Educa- tion. In a letter to Education Minister Jack Heinrich, board chairman Jack Heinrich, board chairman Jack Colbert tical Nursing, Long Term Care Aid, and Transitional Training in Grand Forks, Trail and Castlegar. The college has also requested $11,480 for general supplies. Also requested is $100,000 for the Trail campus, $200,000 for the Rosemont campus, $95,000 for capital such as Publica- says the college requires “ financial support” to provide app" tions and C Information Sys- programs. The college, in submitting a needs budget to the ministry, says it needs $300,000 plus capital equipment, mon- ey for its lease at the airport and funds for SelAir to deliver its’ approved 1985/86 program profile. tems, $30,000 for the airport lease and $75,000 for Aviation Administration. “The college believes that foregoing requests are legitimate, defensible, and consistent with current policies (formula, lease, multi-campus, general support adjustment), past and Richard Hallett, dean of prog services, says the college has actually presented the minister with “$1 million worth of reasons why the college needs more money”, but it actually needs $300,000 to meet its 1985-86 budget. The college has already been told it will receive an additional $100,000 as a result of an increase in productivity, campus. pierces Chery Colderbont Kootenay residents “for having completed the plan we started.” Beinder said the college was started because Kootenay residents “understood the philosophy of community colleges and its opportunities for everyone.” During the ceremony, college board chairman Jack Colbert read a letter from Nelson-Creston MLA Lorne Nicolson saying he wished to join in spirit to pay tribute to Beinder, who played a “significant role not only in establishing Selkirk College but establishing a com. munity college system in B.C.” Beinder first settled in this area in 1947, the year he moved i.om England to Rossland. He soon joined the staff at Cominco Ltd. and became senior public relations assistant before he retired in 1975. His lifelong goal was continuing education, so Beinder became involved in educational administration when he was elected to the Trail School Board in 1953. He chaired the board from 1969-1972. Beinder served as representative of the West Kootenay school boards on the provincial executive of the B.C. School Trustees’ Association and after five years served two terms as president of the association. Following that, he was named director of the Educational Research Institute of B.C. and at the same time served as a member of the provincial Teacher Qualification Board, of which he was a founding member. In 1970 Beinder was elected chairman of the Selkirk College board. He was also president of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce and a member of a government-appointed Community College Task Force. on page A2 MOM TT SAY _ DISTRICT DRIVERS Bus jobs on the line By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer Castlegar school board’s move Mon. day to postpone a decision on bus overcrowding means the jobs of school “The drivers are in a really bad position and I'm really disappointed that we didn’t (continue discussion on the motion) and reword it or some thing,” Jim Waldie, president of the living closest to their schools will have to walk” is too vague. respective Johnson said the motion suggests “if you have students living three miles away, and they're closest to the school, bus drivers are being laid on the line, says a spokesman for district drivers. A motion “that once the safe seating capacities have been reached, students living closest to their respective schools will have to walk” (with transportation preference for primary grades) was sent back to the board's transportation committee for rework in, iSeeretery treasurer John Dascher told the board meeting a bus picking up students in Ootischenia now carries a load of 66 elementary and secondary students — six over the limit — for a “mixed” bus-load. local Canadian Union of Public Em. ployees said following board dis cussions. He said if the driver of an overloaded vehicle has an accident “that driver's going to lose his bus and lose his job. And that’s his livelihood.” Board chairman Doreen Smecher told Waldie the issue would be resolved as soon as possible During the board's discussion, trus tee Kay Johnson said she had “trouble” with the wording of the motion, and said the suggestion that “students they'll have to walk.” Smecher commented that Ministry of Education guidelines on waik limits wouldn't be broken as a result of the motion. The guidelines are maximum four-kilometre (2.5-mile) walk for chil- dren in Grades 1-3, and a 4.8-kilometre maximum for those in Grades 4-12. In an interview, Dascher said that apart from the Ootischenia bus run, the only other run which could potentially cause a problem with overloading is in Pass Creek. Although that bus run isn't yet over the load limit, it’s “right on the borderline,” he said. d recently. The $1 million request includes $557,193 for funds for Business Admin- istration, Computer Information Sys- tems, University Transfer, Drafting, Social Service Worker, Licensed Prac- per in college the college's “ability to deliver,” the request states. “The recognizes that -the ministry is not able to fund the total request. However, a wide range of options has been offered for consid- eration.” The college also said that the delivery of Transitional Training class- es is dependent upon the program's approval and budget. In addition the college is requesting that “serious consideration be given to the allocation of funds for capital equipment and public works and renovations as well.” Hallett says without the $300,000 in extra funding the budget just won't balance, and further cutbacks will have to be made. “They could probably be cut without cutting people,” Hallett said. “It’s possible to restrict travel and a few other things.” He said principal Leo Perra has some contingency plans on how to come up with the shortfall. Tuesday night he told the board that he felt confident the college would get sufficient funds so it doesn't have to cut back any further. student council Sigreavattiive Donna Brown for « brief synopsis on the budget Perra said that the college had sent a letter to the minister explaining the college has had difficulty dealing with with full $1 million reduction. “We requested consideration be given to add an additional $300,000 so we can deliver the program profile, including second-year courses,” par. ticularly science courses. “If the Ministry of Education comes continued on poge Robinson's won't shut By CasNews Staff and News Services Despite a declaration of bankruptcy from Robinson le and Co. Ltd., the Robinson's store in Castlegar probably won't be closing, says the receiver for the company’s affairs. Michael Evans said in a telephone interview from Winnipeg Tuesday that the company’s filing for bankruptey Monday “doesn't have any effect on the operation at Castlegar” and store closures are “not the plan for the short-term or the longer term at the moment.” The Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench named Evans, a vice-president of Clarkson Co. Ltd. Winnipeg bank- ruptey trustees, as a receiver to run the company’s affairs in January. Robinson Little and Co. had been asking a reprieve until April 2 to work out terms with its creditors. The company owes about $15 million to unsecured creditors, who plan to hold a meeting in Winnipeg next Monday. The bankruptcy declaration was unexpected because only two weeks ago, no fewer than six parties indicated a desire to either buy or prop up the financially ailing chain of stores Evans said the closure of the Robinson's store at the Waneta Plaza in Trail Feb. 28 was “not really” related to the chain's bankruptcy, but was “a decision the company made.” Robinson Little and Co., department stores are located mostly in small rural communities, got into trouble late last year when its bankers, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Com merce and Canada Permanent Trust called in loans of about $9 million. Merchants C; idated Ltd. of Winnipeg, one of Canada’s largest wholesale operations, has sign ed contracts to act as principal supplier for 34 franchised Robinson Little and Co. Ltd. stores. Spokesmen said Tuesday the move means those franchised stores will be able to continue operating, regardless of the fate of the other shops in the chain following Robinson Little's de whose claration of bankruptcy. Walter Pedersen, president of Mer- chants Consolidated, said that his company began courting independent operators of Robinson Little stores as soon as the company went into receiv. ership in January Pedersen said in an interview that most of the 47 independent operators stopped receiving goods from Robinson Little when the chain went into receivership and the stores have been —inside ON THE ROCKS: Castlegar's Dale Hockley rink won its sixth game today at the Canadian Police Curling Championships in Whitby, Ont. The foursome dumped Manitoba 5-4. They played another game this even The rink, representing B.C., is tied for top spot at the finals with five wins and one loss. For full results of Tuesday's action 81 dergone a recent reorganization A3 MEETING CALLED: A meeting next suffering as a result. “We've replaced Robinson Little as suppliers. Those stores are now our customers . .. we had our lawyer look at the franchise agreement and it's our opinion Robinson Little breached the contract by failing to provide those stores with merchandise.” Industry sources say F. W. Wool worth Ltd. of Canada has offered to buy 73 of the Robinson Little's 173 stores. NEW POSITIONS: Caostlegar's Volunteer Fire Department has un- 2 STAR STRUCK: The latest word on the street is that Robert Redford was in town last week on a skiing trip. Street Talk has the details week in Ottawa could moke or break Cominco’s application tor a $60 million federal grant for a lead smelter modernization as SAVED FROM AXE: VICTORIA toes The 28-year-old man threatened Monday to take an axe to his poin-wracked left foot because he couldn't wait for an amputation scheduled for the end of May, has had his surgery rescheduled to March 31. ‘The doctor's office called first thing this morning, just after 10, and said | have a tentative booking for March 31, Dool said Tuesday. Dool's left foot must be amputoted because of osteomyelitis, a pointul bone marrow inflammation. The Royal Jubilee Hospital booking for elective surgery made in early February was for May 29. "Everybody's trying to do their best all of a sudden,” Dool said. Lyle Dool won't have to chop off his