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ALCON

PAINTIN G &
DECORATING

Brisco named DEBATE

committee head

Kootenay West MP. Bob
Briseo has been elected chair-
man of the standing com-

chairmen of cau-
on the NDP House lead-
er, deputy House leaders,
some committee members
and the NDP deputy whip

mittee on and
forestry.

In a press release Brisco
said he anticipates the com-
mittee will have a lot of work
to do and added that one of
the first mandates will be to
invite Graham Kenyon, pres-
ident of the B.C. Conserva-
tion Foundation, to appear
before the committee.

“It is my impression that
the B.C. Conservation
Foundation has done an ex-
cellent job as a non-govern-
ment organization, _partic-
ularly in terms of wildlife
enhancement,” said Brisco.

“I am hopeful that his
presentation will serve as a
model for both the govern-
ment of Canada and other
provincial governments.”

Meanwhile in Ottawa, MPs
from all three parties ap-
proved legislation on Friday
that will grant some MPs pay
raises for extra duties, in-
cluding committee chairman-
ships.

The bill approves bonus
payments of from $2,000 to
$11,900. It was introduced
with a handful of other leg-
islation on June 30, the day
the Commons broke , for a

chairmen of

standing or special com-

the jes of bigger
cheques.

The raises, which will cost
about $300,000 annually, are
retroactive to April 1, 1987.
The Senate must still pass
the bill before it gets royal
assent and becomes law.

Doug Lewis, Conservative
deputy House Leader, said
Friday the bill rewards the
extra work some MPs have
as a result of recent parlia-
mentary reforms.

Liberal House Leader
Herb Gray agreed, noting
that committee chairmen not
only have to preside over
meetings, but “do a lot of
Behind-the-scenes organiza-
tional work.”

New Democrat House
Leader Nelson Riis gets a
$5,000 increase.

He said committee chair-
men and those who hold
“special positions within
their caucus organizations”
had been identified as de-
serving extra money by a
special Commons com-
mittee.

Fifty two positions are
being rewarded, but because
some MPs hold more than
one post and the number of
committees changes fre-
quently, the number of MPs
who will benefit will vary.

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and decide for themselves and they
also have the right to be heard.”
“Let's agree to join together to

want West Kootenay Power and Light
sold to UtiliCorp of Kansas City,” says
Horswill. “He was told it by people on
the street, He was told. by city

give our that

here and now while we and all Can-

adians are still free to choose. You've

never ducked a challenge to debate

before Bob, I trust that you will accept

this one,” Kristiansen says in a letter to
isco,

Horswill said the free-trade deal
will hurt the Kootenays and added that
the NDP in this area do not have a
spokesman to comment on free-trade.

“I am deeply concerned about the
implications for the Kootenay region of
the so-called free-trade treaty with the
United States which Brian Mulroney
and Bob Brisco are trying to pretend
will benefit Canada and the Koote-
nays,” said Horewill.

“It disturbs me that because the
NDP has yet to select a candidate for
the next federal election, New Demo-
crats do not have a spokesperson to
contribute the local NDP perspective
on this vital question that goes to the
core of our nationhood.”

He also attacked Brisco for keep-
ing silent on the sale of West Kootenay
Power and Light to UtiliCorp United
Ltd. of Kansas City, Mo.

“Bob Brisco knew perfectly well
the people of Kootenay West did not

by mayors and by regional
district directors. And if this wasn't
enough for him, Bob Brisco was also
told by respondents to his own con-
stituency newsletter opinion survey on
the issue.”

But Brisco denied he kept silent on
the West Kootenay Power and Light
issue.

. “He (Horswill) must have a read-
ing problem. I was far from silent on
the issue. He knew it, the public knew
it. I appeared at a public meeting with
the Electric Consumers Association in
Trail,” said Brisco.

“I demanded and received a public
apology from a member of that group
due to some erroneous information that
was said about me.”

Horswill is also challenging Brisco
to hold a series of public meetings
throughout the newly created riding to
explain the free-trade deal.

“If Mr. Brisco is unwilling to make
himself to his

solnosony
House of of Commons bite th lection,”
said Horswill.

He also attacked Premier Bill
Vander Zalm's argument that the
free-trade deal will benefit B.C. be-
cause it will save consumers $300 a
year each in lower prices on American
imports.

Horswill labeled that argument
the “Judas argument”.

“Do Mulroney and Vander Zalm
really believe Canadians will sell their
children’s birthright for a mere 300
shiny new Canadian loonies?” asked
Horswill.

Horswill, 48, recently returned to
Nelson after spending six years
working overseas in Africa and Papua
New Guinea as a field ‘director for
CUSO, a private Canadian overseas
development agency.

His wife Angelina has also spent
several years working for CUSO and
they each have two children from
previous marriages.

Horswill is currently a self-em-
ployed consultant for private service

on such a vital issue as his govern-
ment'’s free-trade deal with the U.S.,
then he would be wiser to plan on
occupying a patronage seat in the
Senate before the next federal election,
rather than an elected seat in the

agencies.

Members of the four provincial
NDP constituencies that make up the
new Kootenay West-Revelstoke fed-
eral riding will meet in Nakusp today
for the founding convention of the new
constituency association.

POSTAL

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Castlegar constituency office Wednes-
day afternoon, protesting the back-to-
work legislation.

Zarie Andrew, shop steward for
the Castlegar local of the Canadian
Union of Postal Workers, said the
union wants Brisco to know that it is
not happy with the federal govern-
ment’s legislation.

“We're here to tell Bob Brisco that
we're not in favor of back-to-work
legislation. The legislation is the worst
that's ever been used in Canada,” said
Andrew.

She added that under the legis-
lation, individual union members would
face fines of $1,000 if they refused to
return to work, and union officials
would be barred from holding office for
five years.

“Canada Post has been refusing to
negotiate with us because they wanted
this back-to-work legislation. The Con-

servative government has been going
right along with it,” said Andrew.

She added that she does not think
Brisco is properly representing his
constituents “by supporting Canada
Post and their attempt to destroy the
union.”

Andrew said she did not know if
Wednesday's demonstration will have
any effect on Brisco, but added that he
has refused to attend public ipfor-
mation meetings called by the union.

Meanwhile, Libby Weaver, a strik-
ing CUPW member in Castlegar, said
Thursday that Canada Post has refused
to release pay cheques for work that
was done prior to the strike. She added
that those pay cheques were supposed
to be issued on Thursday.

“I guess it's just another one of
their (Canada Post) harrassment tac-
ties. We phoned and asked them to
bring them (cheques) out,” said Wea-
ver.

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When reached in Vancouver and
asked about the situation, Canada Post
spokesman Mike Bradshaw laughed.

“Are you surprised? There's a
strike going on,” said Bradshaw.

But Bradshaw admitted the inside
workers are owed money for work they
did before the strike.

“They're owed their cheques for
the time they worked prior to striking
and they're also owed special cheques
for overtime work. The special cheques
were mailed to them yesterday (Thurs-
day). We made out the overtime
cheques as usual and they were
mailed,” said Bradshaw.

As for the regular pay cheques
owed the inside workers, Bradshaw
said there has been some difficulty in
calculating the hours the postal work-
ers worked prior to the strike.

“Because there were rotating
strikes staged we haven't been able to
effectively work out the hours.

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A Rossland youth suffered
severe burns and four other
people were injured in a
spectacular three-car crash
Friday night on Highway 22
near Fairview.

The Rossland youth, who
Castlegar RCMP declined to
name, was driving a Firebird
when it collided head-on with
a Dodge pickup driven by
Lloyd Collier, 27, of Castle-
gar about 11:40 p.m. just
south of Fairview.

The Firebird then struck a
third vehicle driven by John
Mangialaio, 39, of Trail.

The Firebird burst into
flames. Mangialaio and by-

standers at the scene pulled

the driver and a female pas-
senger from the burning car.

Mangialaio was taken to
Castlegar and District Hos-
pital where he was treated
for minor injuries and re-
leased.

Collier and a female pas-
senger in his pickup, 36-year-
old Karan Porsnuk of Castle-
gar, were also taken to
Castlegar hospital, along
with the two Rossland
youths.

The Rossland driver was
then flown to the burn unit at
Vancouver General Hospital
with severe burns to his
body.

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main in hospital in stable
condition.

Meanwhile, earlier Friday
night a collision between a
car and bicycle resulted in
minor injuries to the cyclist.

Johnny Postnikoff, 25, of
Castlegar was riding his
mountain bike on the High-
way 3 off ramp behind
Castleaird Plaza about 11
p-m. Friday when it struck a
vehicle driven by Lynne
Cumberland, 40, of Castle-

r.
Police say the bike was
heading up the ramp the
wrong way without lights
and weaved onto the road.

Postnikoff suffered minor
injuries, while total damage
to the car and bike were esti-
mated at $300. Charges are
pending.

Two old vehicles parked in
front of Woodland Park ele-
mentary school were vanda-
lized last weekend. The veh-
icles sustained about $500
damage to their windows.

Castlegar RCMP suspect
students from the school are
responsible. Police are con-
tinuing their investigation
and add that a program on
vandalism is being ¢on-
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MIDLAND, Tex,

McClure's injured right foot
Saturday and said they are
hopeful they will not have to
amputate it, despite damage
caused for the 2 days the
toddler spent trapped in a
well shaft. “I'm just glad
she’s safe and we got her
back. I am so happy we've

Reba Gayle McClure, Jessi-
ca’s mother, appearing calm
and happy.

“I want to tell everybody
in the world, thank you all for
your caring. We love all of
you,” she said in a news con-
ference Saturday.

Jessica was listed in ser-
ious but stable condition, was
not in any pain and did not
require any narcotics during
her first night out of the well,
said Dr. Shelton Viney.

The 18-month-old: girl fell
in the abandoned well Wed-
nesday morning and wasn't
freed from the shaft until
Friday night, after round-

Nancy Reagan's
breast removed

WASHINGTON (AP) —
Doctors removed Nancy Rea-

templated.
Fitzwater said the surgery

Baby Jessica's right
foot operated on

drilling
Dal bee aeaee: tebeek
her right foot was jammed

days and possibly a week
whether we are going to be
able to salvage the foot,”
Viney said after two other
‘surgeons completed the
operation.

Jessica spent 90 minutes
Friday night in a hyperbaric

|} chamber which provides oxy-

gen at three times normal
pressure, forcing more oxy-
gen into the bloodstream to

reported speed the healing of damaged
tissue.

herself by singing Winnie the

Pooh.

PERFORMS OPERATION
On Saturday, surgeons at

Midland Memerial Hewpital

Multicultural Socie:
State. (From left)

GROUP
GIVEN
AWARD

Ae AWARD . b

By CasNews Staff

The Castlegar Multi-
cultural Society has
received a special award
from the Secretary of
State in recognition of the
society's work with new
Canadians.

David Crombie, minister
responsible for multicul-
turalism signed the plaque,
which credits the society's
“contribution to the
strengthening and enrich-

of the Cast h
with plaque for Secretary | of
ociety president Colin Pryce,

classes worker Mary Beth Small, society

secretary Elizabeth Voykin and citizenship classes

coordinator Alexia Turner.

ment of our sense of
community by actively
promoting the values of
Canadian citizenship.”

The award was
presented by Judge
Robert Monaghan at the
recent citizenship cer-
emony in the Castlegar
courthouse.

The award came as a
surprise to the society.

—Coattews Photo

“My face dropped about
two floors,” society presi-
dent Colin Price said. “I
got a real surprise.”

The societky has coord-
inated citizenship classes
for new Canadians for the
last three years. The first
year saw more than 85 new
Canadians receive their
citizenship. This year
18 residents were made
Canadian citizens in a
special ceremony.

Freedomite women ill

By

Two Sole oc Freeden Peeedont om women who
were in the 61st day of a hunger strike
today were very dehydrated and
barely conscious in the health unit at
Matsqui prison, a corrections official
has confirmed.

Friends and relatives of Mary
Braun and Tina Zmaeff say they fear
the women will starve themselves to
death-unless they are freed.

Two years ago, Freedomite Mary
Astaforoff, 71, died after fasting for 54
days with Braun and Zmaeff. Irish Re-
publican Army supporter Bobby Sands
died in 1981 in the Maze Prison after 66
days without food.

“I guess they are willing to die for
their Christian principles,” friend Mar-
ilyn Smoch said from Nelson. “I love

Housekeeping had
many skeptics

VANCOUVER (CP) —
fore shooting Housekeeping,
Scottish film director Bill
Forsyth knew he had a tall
order.

He had a novel that many
said was unfilmable, written
bya woman (Marilynne Rob-

either.

before. It doesn't feel exotic
to me and I don't think it will
feel exotic to an audience

“There are certain things

those women so much. It’s hard.”

Smoch quoted from a 1962 letter
Braun sent the Attorney General's
Ministry, in which she said: “The fire
belongs to all Doukhobors.”

Freedomites, members of a radical
group that broke with the mainstream
Doukhobors in 1945, believe fire can be
used for a religious cleansing of
material wealth and both women have
Jengthy criminal for arson.
Braun, 66, and! Zmaeff, ‘62; ‘re
serving eight-year sentences for a 1985
arson.

Braun was paroled last spring, but
was returned to prison in the summer
because “there was an indication she
would breach the conditions of her
parole,” corrections spokesman Dianne
Brown said.

“It was in her best interests and
the best interests of the community
that she be returned to Matsqui,”
Brown said, though she couldn't
provide details of what evidence parole
officials had against Braun.

After a 48-day fast 18 months ago,
both women were paroled, but they lit
another fire in August 1986 and were
sent back to jail. They were also
pardgbed in 1988 after apotlier lengthy
prison fast.

Corrections Canada's policy is not
to force-feed prisoners, Brown said.

The B.C. Court of Appeal ruled in
1983 that the court had no power to
order provincial corrections officials to
force-feed Astaforoff, who was on a
hunger strike at the time.

ended at

10:80

gan’s cancerous left breast
today in a 50-minute oper-
ation conducted “without
complications,” White House
spokesman Marlin Fitzwater
said.

Fitzwater said laboratory
examination of frozen sec-
tions showed no evidence
that the malignancy had
spread to the lymph nodes or
surrounding tissues.

He said no other medical
treatment, such as radiation
or chemotherapy, and no
further surgery were con-

am. E)

hands.”

Davis.

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But Chmara pointed to the fact
that Castlegar has one of the highest
per capita user rates in the province.

“During a time of poor economic
stability our community has been
steadily increasing its patronage,” she
said. “Our community knows the value
of its library and this was proven by its
active involvement and support in
building a new facility (this year).”

Chmara said the library's oper-
ating cost is “minimal.”

She said the largest percentage of
funding is spent on increasing the col-
lection, in purchasing and maintaining
specialized equipment such as talking
books, and reading lenses for the blind
and on special programs like “story

ur.”

Chmara noted that as public school
funding has suffered cutbacks, libraries
are attempting to pick up the slack.

inson), in which all the major
characters were women.

“I thought that a man di-
recting a film about female
relationships of all descrip-
tions would be a big prob-
lem,” Forsyth, 40, here for
the North American prem-
iere of his film Housekeeping
at the Vancouver Film Fes-
tival, said in an interview.

‘As it turned out, the cast
were experts, all being
women, and everything took
care of itself.”

At the few sneak previews
that have been held of
Housekeeping, Forsyth says,
women have responded far
more positively than men.

One of those to see the film
is Robinson.

Forsyth said he doesn't
know her response yet, but
when she visited the shoot in
Nelson last December, she
expressed her pleasure with
the sets.

“It must have been strange
for her,” he said. “Standing in
a set of something she had
written about, and perhaps
hadn't even visualized be-
yond word pictures.”

Housekeeping opens in
Seotland in December. And
although the film has a
foreign setting, he doesn't
think it will alienate the folks
back home.

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“It doesn’t seem very far
removed from the other stuff
T've done,” Forsyth said. “It's
the same scale, the char-
acters are virtually the same
kind of people I've dealt with

They are truly the children of

He said President Ronald
Reagan visited his wife in the
recovery room and told her:
“Honey, I know you don't feel
like dancing, 80 let's hold

Also visiting Mrs. Reagan
in the recovery room was her
stepbrother, Dr.

Fitzwater said final lab-
oratory evaluation of the
frozen sections would be
completed today.

Jessica's foot to relieve swell
ing caused by her dehydrated
body regaining fh fas-
ciotomy pcb Ree
through the fascia or pro-
tective membrane that sur-

Her injured foot partly
turned blue but the color ire-
proved after her stay in the
chamber, doctors said.

Viney said Jessica will be
put in the hyperbaric cham-
ber two or three times a day.

The tot also faces some
plastic surgery. Plastic sur-
geon Terry Tubb examined
Jessica's forehead where he
said she lost skin about the
size of a silver dollar above
her eyebrows.

“The muscles look good.
She's a beautiful little girl, or
will be, and we're going to
minimize the scarring here,”

rounds .muscle tissue, al- Tubb said.

Jowing the muscle to swell
outward without cutting off
Richard blood flow.

“We are cautiously op-
timistic about the skin and
the muscles that are in-
volved. We still will not be
able to tell for a number of

3% pounds while in the well,
doctors said,

She slept only about 3%
hours in the well.

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this district are paying their share of
taxes only to be discriminated against
by the school board, not because of
race, religion or gender but because of
location, the wrong side of the tracks,
(or lake)?” asked Balabuck.

— “does not seem interested in
- and that they are not
willing to send a bus out.

“They cut our transportation
allowance by 33 per cent from last year
and they refuse to involve themselves
with the crossing of the,Jake,.«hich.
children do twice a day,” said Balabuck.

He added that it is his under-
standing that transportation is funded
by the dollar amount the province pays
the school district for each child.

“Except the allowance given to the
parents of the isolated six children, it
comes directly from Victoria, costing
the school district nothing,” said Bala-
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He added that the district office is
“vague about funding and amounts.”

“They say the Deer Park Road is
too bad and poorly maintained to put a
bus on, yet they want us, as parents to
drive it, not with one car, but two, The
Deer Park Road is an all-weather road,
Instead of searching for excuses, the
transportation committee could in-
crease the safety on that road by en-
couraging Highways and Forestry to
beef up the maintenance no matter who
transports the children,” said Bala-
buck.

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offered to buy a bus, contract it out to
the school district and drive it them-
selves free of charge.

“If this situation, the lake, the road,
and the.number of children to be trans-
ported, is beyond the scope of this
school board, then I ask that it be
referred to the minister of education
for review,” said Balabuck.

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the pioneers.”

Forsyth’s other films,
quirky Scottish comedies, are
That Sinking Feeling, Greg-
ory’s Girl, Local Hero and
Comfort and Joy.

Forsyth said he doesn't
believe the resignation of
David Puttnam as head of
Columbia Pictures will affect
the film's release.

“I didn't really have a re-
lationship with Columbia be-
yond my relationship with
David,” Forsyth said. “When
we were filming, we had a
very easy relationship. We
had complete freedom. We
sent them rushes, and we had
the odd phone call about
budgets and shooting sche-
dules. But it was like making
an independent movie.”

Puttnam remains in charge
at the studio until March.

Housekeeping opens in
Toronto, New York and Los
Angeles on Nov. 27, with a
gradual release schedule
planned for the rest of the
continent. Last week, House-
keeping captured the best
sereenplay award and a

special jury award at the
Tokyo Film Festival.

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