CASTLEGAR NEWS, July 13, 1983

‘JUDGE JOSEPHSON CONFIRMS —

Small claims and family court hors

By CasNews Staff
Castlegar will be getting a
small claims court and family
court after all. Judge Bruce
Josephson confirmed the de-
cision in a letter to Castlegar
council Tuesday.
Josephson said the new
court services will be;
Sept. 1. Council had written a
series of letters to the at-
torney-general’s ministry re-
questing more ‘courthouse
staff so that family court and
small claims court could be
provided at the courthouse.
In other council news:
Council wasn't as success-
ful in its request for a Her-
itage Trust grant for Zucker-
berg Island. P; Il Sec-

information about the island
and prepare a restoration
plan.

Mayor Audrey Moore ex-
plained that council had
asked Rossland-Trail MLA
Chris D'Arcy to try to inter-
vene and obtain the grant for

gin the city. However, she said

D'Arcy was also unsuccess-
ful.

She said the city then ap-
proached former Social
Credit candidate Walt Sie-
mens “to see if he could get
anywhere.” But Siemens
didn’t have any more success.

In a letter to Si

tion that the project be re-
considered. On this basis I
have asked the staff officer
responsible for the Heritage
Trust to the project to
the attention of the board of
directors at their August
meeting,” Chabot said.

He added, “There may be a
way in which it would be.
possible for this to be consid-
ered in connection with a
municipal project under the
regular progi

proved a development permit
for Kootenay Savings Credit
Union to proceed with Le
first phase of

t

south end is in a holding

stage. The application by in,

Dick Wills to rezone the

the building it owns on "as
St. between 10th and 11th
Ave. The second phase will
involve providing a parking
lot and moving the house at
the rear of the property.

Pp for a
been held up until council re-
ceives further information on

day's regular council meet-

1:2 A
* Discussion of the new by-

has law arose during a request by

a Trail man to erect a bill-
board on Highway 22 across
from the Ci

Tuesday that council is sup-

Park.
Gordon Fischer told the
that he

porting the k at this

to in- point.

agreed
clude funds in its 1984 budget
for sidewalk and street im-

tage Trust.”
Council agreed to pursue
the grant trough the regu-

of the Heri- p

to tie in the’
credit union

Council is preparing a new
sign bylaw which will pro-
hibit billboards within tity

The proposal by a Nelson
man to upgrade the old Cal-

Chabot said all funds for the
B.C. Heritage Trust grant

retary Jim Chabot rejected
council's initial application
for a heritage grant for two
students to compile historical

WHEN YOU DECIDE
TO

prog have been all
“I appreciate the sugges-

nd will ais an applica-

tion in time for the heritage

board's August meeting.
Meanwhile,

Children with

matches

By CasNews Staff

Three separate fires in the
2500 block Columbia Ave.
Sunday were caused by
“children playing with mat-
ches,” according to Castlegar
fire chief Bob Mann.

Mann said one fire resulted
in $20,000 damage to a house,
while minimal damage was
caused in the other two.

The major fire broke out
about 4 p.m. Sunday after-
noon at 2583 Columbia. At
the time of the fire, the home

was occupied by renters.
“ The first fire occurred at
10 a.m. Sunday at 2531 Col-
umbia and was started in the
living room of the vacant
house, Mann

The third fire began at 6
p.m. in a car at 2528 Col-
umbia Ave., just across the
street from the major fire.
Mann said a small amount of
damage resulted to the seat

HAPPY 30th
GLENN!

set fires

of the car where the fire was
lit. The car was uninsured.

The fires were investi-
gated by local RCMP, the fire
commissioner's office and
Mann on Monday and Tues-

day. :
Mann noted that the: in-

council ap-

amida 8; e d in the city’s

limits. on the
new bylaw was contained in
July 5 planning committee
minutes distributed ‘at Tues-

wants to put up a 10-foot by
20-foot billboard. However,
the planning committee ruled
the billboard exceeds the
city’s height restrictions for
signs. It also informed Fis-
cher of plans for the new sign
bylaw prohibiting billboards.

Slides force closure

of Highway |

VANCOUVER (CP) — The ,

Trans-Canada Highway will
be closed indefinitely until
Officials can dotoraine a
means of

he west-bound lane of the
bridge, which RCMP esti-
mated was about 75 metres
long, was washed out.

major
bridge washout in ‘Glacier
National Park, a Parks Can-
ada superintendent said
Tuesday night.

Another Parks Canada
earlier the

an ad-
mission by one of those res-
ponsible for the fires.

TOURIST
ALERT

VANCOUVER (CP) —
RCMP tourist alert for Wed-
nesday. The following per-
sons are asked to contact the
nearest RCMP detachment
for an urgent message.

Dennis and Charm Gerace,
Kelowna, Hugh and Elsie
Luech, Chilliwack, Eileen and
Denis Sabat, Regina, Sheila
and Jack Spence, Clifton

highway in the eastern B.C.
would be closed for at least
» five days.
Superintendent Bill Galla-
gher said in an interview
fai) Revelstoke that Cana-
dian Armed Forces personnel
from ‘CFB Chilliwack had
been tasked to survey the
bridge at Woolsley Creek,
about 85 kilometres west of.
Rogers Pass summit in east-
ern B.C.
He said they may be able
to install a Bailey bridge at
the site.

COLLEGE

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Cure) Trudel, Perkins, Que.

“s tege's: fina

Police
Briefs

An RCMP car chase along
Columbia Ave. Friday ended
in a series of charges against
a Winlaw man.

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that Walter Malakoff was
charged with impaired driv-
ing, failing to stop and dan-
gerous driving.

In other police news,
Castlegar RCMP are investi-
gating two reports of stolen
power lawn mowers.

The weekend also saw two
people charged with im-
paired driving and two road-

side issued.

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OPEN SIX DAYS A wee

Jake Van Hemert, the col-
» said the'‘fanding for a single

“ student for a 32-week pro- ©

gram has been increased by
approximately $1,400, to
$5,200 from $3,800.

However, Van Hemert
noted that $3,200 of that is
through the federal govern-
ment’s Canada Student Loan
program. The balance of
$2,000 is provided by the
provincial government.

But last year, only $1,800
was on the federal loan pro-
gram, the rest was a ee

vinciat

said the road
was threatened by flooding
caused by unseasonably
heavy rains and blocked cul-
verts at six other points in
the park.

Campers in the park were 3

evacuated from_ numerous
campsites Tuesday ‘because
Parks Canada officials fear
they could be cut off by road
washouts.

Seiber said about 80 camp-
ers at Mountain Creek camp-

site were evacuated by noon ~

Tuesday after a bridge'con-
necting it with the .Trans-

Canada started to collapse. «

“We moved them out of the
campsite one-by-one while
watching the bridge sup-
ports,” he said.

The highway was cut off at

three or four points early

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SUNDAY

a wd SUNFEST FUN |

The first-ever SunFest Chaenee Cup gets Sunday off’
by

ning start. Sp:
ies eae and Labatts, the Challenge Cup ‘involves
teams of four in a relay race. The teams consist of one
cyclist, two canoeists and a runner involved in a continuous
relay starting at Kinnaird Park and ending when; the
canoeists paddle their way up Pass Creek.

The Rotary’s pancake breakfast goes for a second ‘day in
the SuperValu parking lot, as does the men’s fastball
tournament at Kinnaird Park.

The SunFest dart tournament carries over to Sunday,
aes ‘at Kinnaird Park, and the beer garden will run from i

- 7 p.m. at the pal

Meanwhile, the first "haoa SunFest Firemen’s Compe-
titions gets underway at 10 a.m. at Pass Creek Park.
Sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary to Robson Volunteer
Fire Department and Labatts, events include beer barrel,
hose laying, hose reel laying and bucket brigade. *

‘The Kiwanis Bavarian garden shifts from the areria
complex area to Pass Creek Park — and 80 does much of
Sunday's action. From 12:30 - 4:30 p.m. is the second‘annual

y canoe rally.

It is sponsored by Jensenex Canoe and Kayak Sales and
Labatts and takes place at Pass Creek Park.

Activities continue at the park with four original ethnic
fairy tales from 12:80 - 2 p.m. The tales are for children
are sponsored by the Bogus Towne Players.

The Bogus Towne Players will also feature a play for
adults beginning at 4 p.m. at Pass Creek Park, called Hot
‘Time 1912. It will be staged

At 1 p.m. the Youth Club Car Rally begins at. the

complex. Sp d by the Casth

‘ munity Services, it features three events.

stalled by line washouts and
passengers from VIA. Rail’'s
two daily passenger trains
were flown between Calgary
and Kamloops.

However, the two naitwaye
were sharing each other's
tracks ahd the trains were
getting through late Tues-
day, Al Menard, Canadian
National’ Railways spokes-
man said in an interview.

In southwestern B.C.,
highway crews were working
late Tuesday to re-open ‘the
‘Trans-Canada Highway be-
tween Hope and Chilliwack in
the Fraser Valley and traffic
was being routed over High-
way 7 on the north bank of
the Fraser River.

BUDGET UP

aids offiéer, : Loki!

laid deo stricter guidelines
in classifying students as
dependent or_independent,
making it harder for them to
receive assistance.

Under the new guidelines,
any student listed as de-
pendents.on their parents’
1981-82 income tax return or
who have lived at home for
over six weeks in the sum-
mer or during the academic
year, are now classified as

grant.
“The province is providing
the same level of assistance,

even if they
have been away from home
for several years.

parents with families, who
may not be able to handle a
heavier course load. Because
of this, funding may be
reduced.

Van Hemert said he has
little difficulty in accepting
the new changes, though in
some ways said he feels
“bad” about less grant money
going to students.

“But in providing a free
education, the student is
Paying very little of the ac-
tual cost of education,” he
noted.

Braun and Jmaeff fasting

KINGSTON, ONT. (CP) —
Two Doukhobor women from
British Columbia being held
in the Prison for Women
have been fasting, although

their health is in no danger, «,

says a spokesman for the
Kingston prison.

Dennis Curtis said Mary
Braun, 63, a prisoner since
May, has been drinking
water with lemon rind during
“sporadic fasting” and is
being watched by medical

staff, who say she has lost no
weight and is in better health
than when she arrived.

Tina Jmaeff, 69, who ar- said

rived in the prison June 80,
‘claims to be fasting,” Curtis
said, but also has lost no
weight and is being seen
regularly by a doctor.

Both women were jailed
after arson convictions. —

A B.C. Supreme Court
justice ruled Monday that a
68-year-old Doukhobor wom-
an fasting near death in a

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provincial jail should be al-

lowed to die.

Mr. Justice John Bouck
Mary A also

Finally, the Canadian National Frog Jumping Brel
ships for children will cap a wild and woolly SunFest

weekend. The annual event is sponsored by the Castlegar Q

Selkirk Lions Club and gets underway at 2 p.m. at Pass
Creek Park this year.

in the Kiwanis beer gerden. -

for area children called Arou!
McGuire reads with the y

Fast ruling will
be appealed

VANCOUVER (CP) — The
federal Justice Department
has-moved swiftly to block a
judge's order permitting a
68-year-old fasting B.C.
Doukhobor prisoner to die of
starvation.

The federal authorities
have filed an appeal of a
ruling by B.C. Supreme
Court Justice John Bouck
which says that ailing Mary
Astaforoff, an inmate at the
Lower Mainland Regional
Gorrectional Centre (Oakalla)
in-nearby Burnaby, has the
right under the Charter to, ,
starve herself to death and
that federal authorities must
not intervene.

Bouck gave the oral de-
cision in Victoria late Mon-
day. He rejected a warning
by federal authorities that
prison doctors and wardens
face criminal charges if they
don't force feed the woman.
She is in her 17th day of a
hunger strike.

The appeal is scheduled to
be heard Thursday in the
B.C. Court of Appeal.

Astaforoff's rejection of
tube or force feeding is the
result of a militant stand
adopted. by Doukhobor in-
mates since last spring, said
Lynn Stevenson, director of
the women's section of the
Lower Mainland Correctional
Centre. .

The Doakh area reli-

serving sentence for arson, is
an experienced faster bent on
committing suicide.

The provincial ‘Attorney
General's Ministry and the
federal Justice Department
were at odds over whether
the woman, a member of the
Sons of Freedom sect, should
be force-fed or allowed to’
starve to death.

Curtis said that if the
women in Kingston contin-
ued to fast, they wouldn't be
force-fed, but they would
eventually lapse into uncon-
sciousness ‘and’ then receive
medical treatment.

gious sect that fled Russia in
1898 and settled in south-
eastern British Columbia.
The Sons of Freedom, an ex-
tremist sect of which Asta-
foroff is a member, believe
God tells them to set fires to
purify themselves. They be-
came prominent during the
1950s and 1960 for bombings
and arson attacks conducted
in protest of the provincial
government attempting to
force their children to attend
public schools,
ONCE CONSENTED

Stevenson said hunger-

striking Doukhobors once

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consented to tube feeding if
they fell unconscious. But
now they reject any medical
attempt to avert death.
Stevenson said Astaforoff,
who has served all but five
months of a three-year arson
conviction, has been an in-
mate of the B.C. corrections
system on an doff since 1947,
mostly on nudity convictions.
Astaforoff has conducted at

least two other fasts, one |

which ended last March after
8.

H a ‘fast “is worst ‘than
the Jast, Her health 2
more swiftly with seach
and her body is less and less
able to recover,” Stevenson
said. x

“She says she is fasting for
freedom for herself and two
sisters who are in custody in
the (Kingston) Penitentiary.”
They are: also fasting.

According to lawyers in-
volved in the case, Bouck
heard evidence from prison
doctors that Astaforoff is
near death. However, doc-
tors agree she could also sur-
vive for weeks yet.

The B.C. attorney-gener-

should not be forced fed by
authorities because such ac-
tion amounted to an assault,
of the person.

CUPE
SETTLES

continved from front pege
voted 95 per cent in favor of
strike action to back wage
demands.

The union had asked.for a
three per cent increase in
each year of a two-year con-
tract.

Monday's settlement also
provides for a rewrite of the
grievance procedure, two-
week layoff notice instead of
one week, a clause for reten-
tion of seniority for 12
months after layoff instead of
six, definitions of casual,
part-time and temporary
workers, and contract lan-
guage improvements.

Castlegar city council rati-
fied the agreement. Tuesday.

City administrator Larry
Cruikshank explained the no
piaedowe clause means the
city will not layoff emplo:
for the five-day period iss
Christmas as planned.

“The shutdown would ef-
fectively negate the three
per cent increase,” Cruik-
shank said.

He explained the city will
use money from a contin-
gency fund to offset the cost
of the wage increase,

“Some money was put
aside, we didn't know what
the outcome of the contract
would be, but we allowed for
that,” he said.

ING ... The Castl

B.C. in Books, He:

rand District Library I pelaing a faadiig program
program « coordinator Yvonne

Soviet
elephant
talks

MOSCOW (AP) — The of-
ficial Soviet news agency said
today that Batir, a baby ele-
phant at the Karaganda z00,
talks and that zoologists have

| tape recordings to prove it.

Here is the full Tass ac-

: count of the development:

“Once upon a time, the
watchman at the Karaganda
zoo discovered that the baby.
elephant Batir talks during
the night. Naturally no one
believed-. the

CASTLEGAR NEWS, July 13, 1983 A3

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decided to check the truth of
the watchman’s claims.
‘Armed with tape recorders,
they went off for a night
watch at the zoo. And they

were rewarded. Batir spoke *

-nearly 20 phrases into the tap
recorders. siweMeoel
was even

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local radio. The elephant

mainly about, himself
and his needs. ‘Batir is good.
Batir is fine.”

explained this phenomenon
by ‘noting that the ‘elephant
was orphaned at a very early
age. He was raised by hu-,

mans from the time he was in
‘diapers.’ He learned some of

and

P

juman parents.

d by the B.C. Library oe simplest phrases from his

| Streei talk

WHO SAYS Castlegar residents don't win big money

aN

review price limitations: on the vouchers have: been
adjusted to reflect current costs at the cafeteria and are
“compatible with the other carriers.”

Just thank Audrey when you see her.

THREE CITY of Castlegar employees have been

in the A pair of C: struck it *

recently for their work. Ren Skillings and

rich in the June 26 Super Loto. The two, Peter Kabatofi
and Myrtle Thomas, each won $5,000.

FRIDAY’S EARTHQUAKE centring just southeast
of Nelson didn’t even create a shudder in Castlegar — as

Oxzeroff were both awerded a senior certificate in
municipal administration. The certificate recognizes their
academic qualifications and work experience.

Meanwhile, deputy city clerk Betty Price won a

far as we've heard. The was around
1:18 a.m. Friday about 10 to 15 kilometres outside of
. Dieter of Vi

Scholarship. She was the only winner in the West
K

Nelson, according to Dr.
Island's Pacific Gposcience Centre. The fe quake ‘measured
87 on the Richter scale —a

ROSSLAND HAS a new community newspaper. It's

eilsease eantise Ga chau stan oaescriae aa tna cat E

Information on the quake was obtained from the
Canadian seismic network which includes a station in
‘Penticton and one affiliated with the B.C. Hydro station

~"at Mica Creek north of Revelstoke.

IF YOU'VE EVER been delayed in Vancouver
because PWA can't fly into Castlegar for one reason or
another and you've been forced to try to buy a meal at the
airport with a PWA food voucher, take heart. Help is on
the way.

Thanks to a persuasive letter from Mayor Audre:
Meore, PWA has reviewed its meal vouchers land
increased them toa more acceptable level. The complaint
was, of course, that the voucher wouldn't buy a decent
meal anywhere in the airport.:

\ But PWA's Steve Bullock says that as a result of the

the Rossl: and its first issue was published
last Thureday. Rosa Jordan is the editor and in the
paper's masthead, it says, “The aims‘of this newspaper
are to inform the community, to support this community,

and| to. provide the community with a voice. .We. look. -

forward to hearing from you and hope to serve you well.”

The first issue was a commendable effort. Its front-

page featured two education stories — one on Rossland’s
1983 high school graduates and the other on contract
negotiations between teachers and the school board.

The 12-page tabloid also had a number of

yh of the n and its

IF IT LOOKS like we've had a lot of wet weather
lately, we have. The Castlegar Airport weather office
tells Street Talk that so far in July we've had 85 mm of
rain. The average for the month is 39mm. And we're only
at July 18!

. TAIPAN. 85 GRAM PKG:

SS

Strawberry slip-up was costly

though the janitor was off
shift at the time of Carlson's
fall. The appeal court found
In Carlson's case, Safeway that Safeway demonstrated

VANCOUVER (CP)

Carlson's lawyer,

can prove the operator
showed flagrant disregard
for safety..

— turned a lower court finding
B.C. Court of Appeal has that Safeway was 50-per-cent
overturned a $6,600 damage to blame for the accident.
award to a woman who slip-
ped on a strawberry in a
supermarket. i

Don
Crane, said shoppers now are
without recourse when in-

Canada was found to have
had a comprehensive safety

Trene Carlson of Duncan,
now 68 years old, fell at a
Safeway store in’ Vancouver
in early 1978, suffering wrist

forced into debt to pay her
legal and medical costs.
The former mining camp
cook said her ability to earna
living was affected by arthri-
tis in her hand and ankle af-
ter the fall. Q
_ But the appeal court over-

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and,maintenance program — Act.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Gerard Ouelett Inc., man-
ufacturer of fine wood bed-
room furniture, has gone into
receivership.’ This was an
open stock of Pine or Maple.

TAK’S FURNITURE VILLAGE

Downtown Castlegar,

has.

been selling this furniture for
a number of years and all re-
maining stock from their in-
ventory is drastically reduced
in price. It probably won't
last long. Don't be late! All
items delivered at no extra

charge.

_ OR SPAGHETTI. CREAMETTE. 907

reasonable care as spelled
out in the Occupiers Liability

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SARDINES 990°
ADRIATIC. 125 GRAM TINS .... for

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RUPER FROZEN. 680 GRAM......... $399

FLAKES OF HAM = $1.59

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ICECREAM = 2 $909

PALM. ASST. FLAVORS......

FLAKES OF CHIGKEN, $1.89 (

COTTAGE CHEESE $425

ALM, REG OR 2%. 500

FLAKED LIGHT TUNA $7419

BYE THE SEA. 6.5 OZ. TIN...........

PUDDINGS... e451

INSTANT NOODLES 4 $4]

POPPING CORN $199.

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POTATO CHIPS
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TANG GRISTALS E 4 $169

RICE KRISPIES:

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ROSE RE RELISHES 89°
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DRINK CRYSTALS.
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PICKLES. $479 | Koo!

BABY POLSKIE. 500 ML. .

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MACARONI $429

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BAR SOAP 4.54%

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PRICES EFFECTIVE JULY.14, 15 AND 16

“Community Owned and Operated"
Deli — Cheeses — Meats

Produce — In-Store Bake Shop

DEL! FOOD

Quality Food at Low Prices

Set, Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday 9 p.m. — Closed Sundays.

‘We Reserve the Right te Lieit Quenttiios