Seniors signal for help TORONTO (CP) — Seniors may soon be able to signal for help by pressing a button or a bracelet or necklace to trig- ger an alarm outside their home. Police in Brockville, Ont., and the local Telephone Pio- neers group are developing the scheme which is almost ready for testing, says Brock- ville Mayor Stephen Clark. ieee pre about 300 dele Menor ies apo the radjo freq) san which costs about $1 a “People walking by would notice the light and either asist or call the police,” he said. “The response would come within minutes instead of hours or even days.” Const. David Mitchell said he thought about the idea last fall after reading about a similar system in the United States. But that system was a warning light attached to a wall switch that wouldn't do seniors in trouble any good, he said. Prairie yacht signal EDMONTON (CP) — Linsdell has spent 14 years so far building his dream — a 15-metre, 22-tonne ocean-~ going yacht nearing comple- tion in his backyard, 1,200 kilometres from the nearest salt water. The cement-hulled yacht cradled beside his garage is an oddity around which trees and neighborhood children have grown up. The idea of building a yacht was born out of the Castlegar News _ Moy 12.195 THE BUSINESS DIRECTOR los ACCOUNTANT. Brian L. _ Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL bi, 270 Col: Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 SOLIGO, KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Castlegar Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc. C.A Resident Partner MOROSO, _~-MARKIN-& BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 need to have todo with his free time, said Lins- dell, now 71, who retired at age 60 after more than 30 years in radio communica- tions with Alberta Govern- ment Telephones and the Al- berta Forest Service. “Travelling seemed inter- esting,” he said. “How and where boiled down to con- struction of our boat. “In spite of all the dangers of the sea, the ship seemed much safer than a trailer and opened up a whole new field to us — the sea.” TOOK COURSES Linsdell bought the plans for his dream for $300 in 1971, then spent painstaking hours copying them to the right scale. He took courses at a local technical college to augment his limited know- ledge of boat construction techniques. “I took four years of navi gation, going- to school at night, and courses in welding and carpentry,” he said. 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PIRSH CONTRACTING 2045 Columbia Ave., Trail * Renovations ° oe ‘be i cabinets Cement is an material for yacht building because of its strength, water resistance and ease of maintenance. FAMILY HELPS Linsdell’s wife, Peggy, and two sons, Gordon, now 38, and Stewart, 31, helped with the work over the years. “Peggy did the painting, which was no easy task as the thick expoxy paint is hard to spread,” said Linsdell. From bow to stern, his yacht has everything needed for comfortable living, much of it built by Linsdell himself. A hatehway leads to the bridge — the boat's nerve centre — complete with chart drawers, radio equipment and a handmade steering the first piece of turning I've ever said Linsdell. the bridge is a storage area and the aft sleeping compartment. The gallery, complete with stove, fridge, freezer and sink, is forward, as is the eating area. 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VSV 1K4 oneal Hirir aa By RON NORMAN» Castlegar school board voted Monda; a top-level administrative position for Rm a ANA AG! the Castlegar and District Teachers’ suggested the move may derail negotiations. “The teachers and the CDTA, we understand the problem, but in this time of restraint adding to administration while classes aré getting larger,” CDTA president Mike Rodgers said in an interview. The board agreed by a 4-1 vote to Education for permission to hire a director of instruction. and ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Ns But the Ss ctsien was almost immediately condemned by — ig administrator. y night to resurrect the 1985-86 school ANN Association, which sensitive contract school district. ‘Kay Jhnson Was the Re aals feos to hing Gon wi Trustee Gordon Turner abstained and Rick Pongracz se ng t at t Aether rags. Es, Sw o? Sia \uinah ot ee a a fread Seen -tes her and a Freche oe Poses eee years. Former director Mike Lauriente resigned in 1982 to become superintendent of schools in the Creston Education committee chairman Lovette Nichvolodoff we should not be positions. ask the Minister of told the board that the new administrator will be hired from within the Castlegar district with funds from four part-time Schools superintendent Terry Wayling said it is proposed to cut back the part-time positions to make way for the director of instruction. The Vcbecks include: e reducing a teacher in the district resource centre from begin Sept. 1. T to 4. reducing a district computers co-ordinator from .2 to al. © eliminating a special education teacher. Wayling said the new director of instruction — who will i and teacher director for 1986-87. arks controversy | On ern $45,000 a year. Ge Wecsstealwe Victoria, the new direc we ee ae “acting However, board chairman Doreen Smecher ruled the Johnson argued for school — will assume “in part or in total” all of the duties of the four part-time positions. The board declined to make public administrator's salary, saying it is “confidential.” However, three-year restraint suggestion out of order, saying, “I think that changes the intent of the motion too drastically.” that the district is in the last year of a period and shouldn't be hiring another administrator at this time. the new “There could be it is reported the position carries with it a salary of about only a trace falling three years ago. ‘The “very, very unusual” weather set the following records: May 10 had « low of .7 C, with a previous record of 1.1 C in 1973; May 11 had a mean temperature of 6.7 C with a previous mean low of 6.3 C set last year; May 12 had a low of -L2 C, with a previous low of -.6 C set in 1970; and May 13 had a low of -.8 C, with a previous record of 6 set in 1967. Willson savs a relatively cool air system is still over Castlegar, but a repeat of the snowfall is unlikely. firing By CasNews Staff Castlegar school board disagrees with Education Minister Jack Hein rich’s firing of the Vancouver school board, but doesn't support the Van couver board. The Castlegar board agreed Monday to send a letter to Heinrich “expressing our dismay and displeasure” at his decision to fire the Vancouver board and replace it with a ministry-appoin ted superintendent Heinrich fired the Vancouver board after it submitted a budget exceeding ministry spending limits Trustee Gordon Turner raised the issue, which drew the support of trustees Kay Johnson, Lovette Nich volodoff and Doreen Smecher Trustee Linda Krull was the only board member opposed to the letter. while trustee George Anutooshkin abstained. However, another motion by Turner to sent a letter of support to Vancouver board chairman Pauline Weinstein and the Vancouver trustees was defeated “I feel quite strongly about that said Anutooshkin. “They gave up their democratic right they have somebody else doing their work for them.” Nichvolodoff agreed, adding that she heard Weinstein didn’t allow the other trustees to view the Vancouver board's budget However, Turner replied, “I didn't hear that anywhere.” Nichvolodoff, Krull and Smecher voted against the proposal, while Anutooshkin abstained ~f 7? ved ” . ~ = NEW LOOK... Renovations to Castle Bow! building began Monday. Facelift will cost $65,000 to $80,000 and includes a new roof and front to the bowling alley, a cocktail bar and englarged living quarters PULP WORKERS UIC benefits denied By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer Local pulp workers at Westar Timber will likely appeal a board of referees’ May 10 decision to disallow them $513,000 in Unemployment In surance benefits during a 10-week lockout last year ‘I think there's a good chance we'll proceed with (the appeal),” Mel Mc Mullen of the Pulp. Paper and Wood. workers of Canada Local 1 said this morning He said the three-member board of referees may have been reluctant to make a decision in favor of the union, which could have affected the entire labor movement by providing locked out workers with UIC benefits. I think they had a chance to make a decision here,” McMullen said. “We had overwhelming evidence. They were just scared to make that decision That's just my personal opinion.” MeMullen was the claimant in a recent two-day appeal which took place March 19 and May 9. On behalf of the union, McMullen asked for UIC ben efits during the lockout time, mainly on the grounds that union members were willing to work, but the company shut down to adjust pulp inventories and favorably influence market conditions. In its written decision in favor of Westar, the referees said: “The board is of the unanimous opinion that the claimant has not proven that the main contributing factor of the stoppage of work was the employer's shutdown of production in order to adjust inven tories and favorably influence market conditions.” The board noted that a labor dispute existed between the pulp and paper workers and Westar during the lockout over a new collective agreement — the old one having expired June 30, 1983. McMullen said the union “will prob- ably make a decision in a month. We have 60 days to appeal.” Appealing the decision would cost each of the 290 members of Local 1 $150, so McMullen says the support of other PPWC members may be solicited — at their quarterly national executive board meeting in Vancouver June 4. If the union does appeal, it means this time the case would be heard by a federal court judge. The union would gain an advantage in acquiring the power to subpoena witnesses — which it didn’t have the authority to do in the first appeal, said McMullen. Witnesses called by the union would include a Westar executive who wrote in a fall 1983 issue of an in-house publication that Westar would need to reduce its pulp inventory from 1.6 to 1.2 million tonnes by early 1984, Mc Mullen said. “If we got him on the stand and he said that, we'd have our case proven, commented McMullen He said the price of pulp rose about $100 per tonne in the first quarter of last year. The board's decision to sidestep the union's argument that the denial of claim benefits was contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Free doms was a “non-decision,” McMullen said. The union had maintained the loss of benefits violated section 7 of the Act which reads: “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and ‘the right not to be continued on page A2 additional costs and those monies could be used in other areas,” she said. continued on page A2 City buys land for ‘future use’ By RON NORMAN Editer The City of Castlegar plans to buy the three lots on Columbia Ave. between city hall and the Bank of Montreal. Castlegar council passed a bylaw Tuesday paving the way for the city to purchase the half-acre parcel for $115,000. Ald. Bob MacBain, chairman of the finance and administration committee, told council the property will be used “for either building purposes or to retain for future use.” MacBain added, “We got a good «~pareel- of tand~in -a -strategic part of town.” The city will buy the property from Mac MacPherson and Walter Boreau and pay for it over the next three years. In other news, the city confirmed it join the provincial government's “Partnership in Enterprise” program. The city hopes to sign the Provincial Municipal Partnership Act June 18. Trail became the first B.C. munici- pality to join the program on April 29. Under the agreement the province will exempt a minimum 50 per cent of provincial school taxes for industrial improvements. Municipalities will ex empt between 50 and 100 per cent of taxes on improvements. Mayor Audrey Moore had said last month that Castlegar would have to join the program because Trail had joined. She reiterated that at night's council meeting. “I'm not sure we have much recourse but to sign it,” Moore said Tuesday The agreement also says the prov- ince will pay 50 per cent toa ‘neo mong of $5,000 for promotional pi As well, the province oe tee | share 50 per cent of the cost of salaries and expenses for a local economic de- velopment officer, to a maximum of $25,000. The city will also be able to waive or reduce business licence fees. However, the program will cost the city money, not only in lost taxes or business licence fees, but in expenses. Just how much, hasn't yet been deter- mined, though the city could end up paying as much as $25,000 in order to for the grant for the economic “T'd love to know what the government is going to do. . . we're doing a lot.” However, Moore resj Calderbank will find out just what is involved in the program during a “working meeting” prior to June 18. Meanwhile, the city plans to meet with other West Kootenay mu ities to discuss a joint economic de- velopment office - Rossland council suggested the joint economic development office in a letter fo Castlegar, Montrose, Fruitvale, Warfield, Trail and Nelson councils. “We have learned that municipalities have an opportunity to initiate an ag gressive economic development pro- gram, either individually or jointly with other municipalities on the strength of the partnership agree ment,” Rossland Mayor Gordon Jenks said in the letter. No date has yet been set for the meeting. —inside FASHION FLARE: Selkirk Wea- vers’ Guild fashion show was one of the highlights of the B.C. Assembly of the Arts annual gen- eral meeting over the weekend at the Sandman inn. Photogra- pher Rob Popoff was there to catch all the fashion fun ci SCHOOL’S IN: Pass A3 been drinking but because he Stewart, 40, was stopped policeman Albert Perez case of Stiefel speciality, acknowledged Editor Ron Norman takes @ look spend this year a4 Creek Schoo! DRIVE A CHEVY: WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif Stewart's arrest for drunken driving occurred not because he had But the singer's manager, ‘Don’t drive a complicated Porsche down Sunset Boulevard late at night if you look like Rod Stewart We're going to get Rod a Chevrolet.’ that but insisted that the singer was sober will Castlegar schoo! board decided Monday remain open next year, NEW DEALERSHIP: Castlegar will be getting Hyundai dealership . . — Rock singer Rod was having trouble keeping his turbocharged Porsche Carrera under control, his agent said by the California Highway Patrol about 2 a.m. Sunday because his Porsche was moving erratically, said Arnold Stiefel, said that it was @ “driving is not Rod's No. 1 BUDGET BREAKDOWN: What's in the new Castlegar city budget? at the $3.7 million the city plans to lia Trustee Johnson suggested the board hold off on nu