6% OZ. TIN.... address and West Kootenay hospital trustees convention by tele- phone from his bome in Richmond Friday night. Nielsen was to have been in Castlegar Friday to sive the keynote address to the B.C. Health Association's fall seminar, but poor weather conditions prevented his Potato Chi 200GR. 2 TWIN PACK... plane from getting into Castlegar. Instead, more than 100 ernment at the federal level. REVISED STORE HOURS MACRONI & CHEESE DINNERS & Supervalu Mon., Tues., Wed. & Sat. 9:30 - 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday — 9:30 - 9 p.m. CENTRAL FOODS Downtown Store Only People’s Insulation Services *500 PATTERNS: 5-Pce. The Nitto Collection by Mordlahe PRICES: 5-Pce Completer Reg. $72 20-Pce. Set. Reg. $125 45-Pce. Set. Reg. $310 Beautiful Patterns in Stoneware 0 % OFF a Suggested Retail On Sets & Open Stock Sale on ‘til Wed., Oct. 31 * Bouquet Rouge * Horizon Fair * Blue Trumpet ° Leilani * Imperial Gard Set. 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Compliments Castlégar News By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Last year, Castlegar’s Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals helped 108 dogs and cats find homes. Finding homes for orphaned animals or for animals whose owners want to get rid of them is only one of the services provided by the local SPCA. The SPLA is one of the 24 community groups and > organizations funded by the, Castlegar United: Way” y Last year the SPGA reevived $400 from:the United Way in its second year of funding, a decrease of between $200 and $300 from the previous year. The SPCA had hoped to receive at least $1,000 to support its $6,000 budget but only received $400 because the United Way didn’t reach its goal last year, says local president Marlene Wallace. The SPCA will again apply for $1,500 this year. The SPCA also receives $100 each from Areas I and J of the Regional District of Central Kootenay. The rest of its budget is raised through bake sales, the sale of memberships and other fundraising activities. The local SPCA is a small group of about eight volunteers who are concerned about the care and welfare of animals in the area. ‘The annual United Way grant helps the SPCA to provide many services. The local organization provides foster homes for injured, abandoned or stray animals, says Wallace. It also provides immediate veterinary care for injured animals. The SPCA also has a part-time inspector, who through public bproscurgerenbace rsbkaa yes and seizes pets it finds are being abused, ted or The SPCA also assists ce rackaoaas in finding lost pets. “We keep a list of all lost or found animals reported to us,” says Wallace. In addition, the organization provides a pet service. “We keep 4 list of all animals that are available for find homes for a like these kittens playing in the lap of Connie Kositsin, is one of many services provided by Castlegar's Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals. SPCA is one of many local organizations which receive United Way inding. — Cashews Photo by Chery! Cakderbonh SPCA helps find homes for animals UNITED WAY FEATURE placement and also a list of names of people who are wanting a particular animal,” she said. A follow-up on adopted animals is also performed to ensure animals.are doing well, and that they are either spayed or Wallace sdye'that incst often financial assistance is necessary, and the SPCA pays half of the cost of the animal's operation. The SPCA also encourages other pet owners to have their pets spayed or neutered and offers funding assistance if needed. Perhaps more than anything, the SPCA needs more members. Wallace noted that bécause the organization is desperately needs active members it has had to change its servicing policy to the public. The SPCA now asks residents to foster animals they are trying to get rid of for the SPCA until a suitable home for the animal can be found. If residents can't do that, they are asked to take the animals to the Trail SPCA 80 they can place the animals. Only if necessary does the local SPCA transport the animals to the Trail animal shelter. “We can't handle it ourselves and we don’t have any kind of permanent shelter,” says Wallace. She says foster homes aren't feasible because chances of finding a home for a pet are less when the foster home is out of town. “It's better to take a 20-minute drive to Trail where people can make 8 choice,” she says. Wallace noted that only as a last resort are any animals “put ” In 1988, the SPCA had to have a total of 111 animals euthanized. Castlegar voller have two young in custody Police file aay at maven Phe ies say the home was ransacked and an undisclosed quantity of jewelry was person a local radio station is not missing, according to Castle. gar RCMP. The man simply left the seniors’ home, police say shing a rear window. . 28 6 A TT-year-old man from the — eA Jefferson Jtouse MOTOR INA/ CELEBRATING OUR loth WEAR OF SERVICE ed INLAND EMPIRE IER RUE ode Bg a aided southwest of this southeast B.C. city that is 64 kilometres north of the Idaho-Montana border, said a Canadian Armed Forces officer. The search was to resume early today, said Capt. Mark Levesque. All search aireraft had landed just after 5 p.m. pdt Saturday, he said. The flight from Spokane, Wash., to Cranbrook was reported missing on Thursday, the RCMP said. The missing men have been identified as Arthur Adams and his son, Basil. Their approximate ages are 75 and 55, authorities said. Basil Adams, who was piloting the single-engine Piper Comanche, had radioed the Cranbrook tower about 15 minutes before he expected to land, officials said. He made no mention of trouble in his final transmission Thursday morning. October 14, 1984 rt up lottery “¥es- Probably . . 1 really can't answer that .. . it would be, probably, yes . . . it would be a growing jackpot, something like Lotto 6-49 but on a smaller scale.” ions will tell whether the current foundation operation is to be set up in Kamloops, Provincial Serctary Jim Chabot said, after last-ditch negotiations failed to convince the Western Canada Lottery Foundation to move its headquarters there. The province will set up its own lottery foundation beginning April 1, Chabot said after a meeting in Winnipeg. For BC. lottery ticket buyers, this may spell the end of the Western Express, Lotto West and instant draws run by the foundation. Chabot said it was “premature” to state what form the new draw would take. “All the winners will be in B.C.,” he said. “There will be no winners in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta.” Asked if the prize money would be smaller because lotteries will continue to sell in the province, Chabot said. If the province feels it is getting a good deal, they will still be sold in the province. If not, the provincial lottery will take their place. The decision will not affect Lotto 6-49, the Provincial or Super Loto, which are administered by the inter provincial lottery foundation in Toronto. Chabot argues that the foundation headquarters should move to British Columbia because 52 per cent of its sales are in B.C The foundation was formed in 1975 by the four western provinces in order to lower the costs of running their lotteries. Under the original contract, which expires April 1, 1985, Winnipeg was chosen as the organization's headquarters. Chabot announced in July that he wanted the head uaters to move but politicians from the three other the volume of money in the lottery would be less, he said: provinces were reluctant to agree Premier Bill Bennett announced Oct. 9 that the new lottery foundation would be located in Chabot said that an order for a new $6,71 main line computer had to be placed immediately in order for the Kamloops headquarters to be ready by April 1, 1985. He declined to put a dollar figure on the cost of setting up * the entire operation. The foundation had to buy another computer anyway, Chabot said “At the moment, we've reached the saturation point with the number of Lotto 6-49 outlets (that are hooked up to the WCLF computer in Winnipeg) . . . almost 2,000 are in place. The Western Canada Lottery Foundation needs 4,000 machines and B.C. would need 2,000.” In a brief statement, the three Prairie province ministers expressed concern over the way British Columbia made its decision. “The Kamloops location was unilaterally announced on Oct. 9 which allowed the ministers insufficient time to obtain reliable information,” the statement said. Six military aircraft, three heli: s, and two civilian planes searched the area Saturday, using several trained civilian spotters, said Levesque. “The weather is such so that we can’t get into the tops of mountains,” said Levesque. “We can't tell if it's at the top or bottom of a mountain because we haven't been able to search the top half.” Levesque said it was snowing at the 1,524-metre level Saturday. Bad weather also hampered the search FRiday. Cigarette warnings WASHINGTON (AP) — President Reagan signed legislation y requiring cig: and advertising in the United States to carry stern new warnings about the health hazard of smoking. The four different warnings from the U.S. surgeon general are required to be conspicuous and prominent and to be rotated on a quarterly basis. The new admonitions replace the current one in effect since 1970, which says: “WARNING: The surgeon general has determined that cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health.” The new warnings state: © “Smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, and may i pregnancy.” e “Quitting smoking now greatly reduces serious risks to your health.” “Smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth, and low birth weight.” e “Cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide.” Sex ring busted NEW YORK (AP) — A $1 million-a-year prosti tution ring, run by a one-time Female Executive of the Year and serving an exclusive international clientele, has been busted and its list of patrons seized, authorities said. “There never has been one so professionally run,” said Sgt. Raymond Wood of the morals squad, who described the ring’s leader as “the most professional madam we've ever come across.” * “She's phenomenal — she has a management degree and once received the Female Executive of the Year award from the management firm that employed her,” Wood said. The 30-girl ring had three categories, Bayer said: an A group with women at $200 an hour; a B group for $300 an hour; and a C group, with women at $400 an hour or $1,150 for overnight visits. More autos produced DETROIT (AP) — Despite a slight drop in weekly production, U.S. automakers are expected to top six million cars by the end of this weekend, an industry journal said Ward's Automotive Reports estimated output at 163,645 cars this week, down 1.4 per cent from last week's total of 165,978. The trade publication projected U.S. auto production, running 920,000 units ahead of a year ago, will reach 6,163,396 by Saturday Of this week's car output, General Motors accounts for 54 per cent; Ford, 25 per cent; Chrysler, 16 per cent; American Motors, three per cent; Honda, two per cent and Volkswagen, less than one per cent. Unemployment drops BERN (AP) — Swiss unemployment dropped to one per cent of the work force in September from 1.1 per cent in August but was up from 0.8 per cent 12 months before. A total September. In another area, the’ government said Switzer land's merchandise trade deficit in September rose to 578 million francs, or about $296 million, from 404 million franes in September, 1983. of 32,234 people were jobless in Pope ready for visit ROME (AP) — Pope John Paul indicated Saturday that he is ready to visit Cuba as soon as the Communist government there sends him an invitation. He also said Roman Catholic bishops will keep on working for solutions to guerrilla conflicts in Central America. During a chat with reporters on his plane as be ended a 70-hour trip to Spain, the Republic and Puerto Rico, the Pope repeatedly was questioned about several unseheduled events involving Cuba during his Caribbean stay. The Pope met five Cuban bishops who were allowed to leave their country to attend a Latin DOUKHOBOR VILLAGE . . Kootenay Doukhobor Historical Society is planning to spend up to $2.5 million to complete the Doukhobor Village in order to make it a major tourist attraction CosNews Photo by Ron Normon PRICES CUT Japan to take more coal VANCOUVER (CP) — Teck Corp., the smallest of the two major northeast coah producers, has agreed to cut the price of coal it sells to Japanese steel mills by $10 a tonne but the Japanese have agreed to take about 200,000 tonnes more coal a year. The agreement by Teck is for the period April 1, 1984, to March 31, 1986, the com- pany said Friday Under the original con tract, the steel mills have agreed to take 1.7 million tonnes of metallurgical coal a year at about $100 a tonne. The price will now be $90 a tonne, still well above the $69-a-tonne price at which Westar Mining Ltd. and For ding Coal Ltd. in southeast ern British Columbia are shipping to the Japanese Vancouver-based Teck owns 51 per cent of the Bullmoose minie and oper ates it, while Nissho Iwai Coal Development (Canada) Ltd., a subsidiary of Nissho Iwai Corp. of Tokyo, and Lornex Mining Corp., ul timately controlled by Rio Tinto Zine of London, own the rest of the mine. In an interview Friday, Teck senior vice president Bob Hallbauer declined to reveal how much more coal Bullmoose will sell to the mills. But it is understood, and Hallbauer conceded, that total revenues will be little changed. On that basis, it follows that Teck will have to sell 1.9 million tonnes of coal, or 200,000 tonnes more than the original contract SAID “NO CUTS” The coal companies and the provincial government have been insisting ever since the world price of coal started to slide months ago that the northeast coal contracts were firm and would not be renegotiated even though the Japanese were asking for price cuts. Hallbauer had consistently stated that any price cut would have to be tied in with an increase in volume. “Both sides are very happy with the new arrangement,” Hallbauer said. The “larger volume will be beneficial to the newly built spur rail link and coal handling port at Ridley Island near Prince Rupert,” he added COMINCO PLEADS continued from front poge just to balance new taxes. According to Fletcher the property tax structure put companies in a catch-22 situation where they have trouble being able to afford rejuven ating their plants, but if they don’t “B.C. industry cannot help but fail.” He also called for the exemption of equipment and machinery taxes which “discriminates” against new “capital intensive projects.” Fletcher also criticized water fees which cost Cominco $12.5 million a year, and which, he said, have “in creased 1,330 per cent from 1980 to 1985, and 3,600 per cent from 1974 to 1985." If water licence fees were eliminated and property taxes lower, Fletcher said Cominco would move forward with $700 million worth of new projects in Kimberley and Trail whieh would create 450 new jobs, secure 1,900 existing jobs and create up to 5,000 man-years of construction work. With the present water licence fee “6,100 existing Cominco jobs have been placed in jeopardy,” he added. Fletcher asked for a reduction in indirect taxes which increased from 1981 to 1983 — coineiding with a reduc tion in world metal prices. “The net result was disastrous,” he said. “As a result we have experienced three years of unprecedented losses.” Curtis praised the Cominco presen- tation ra being. “helpful” because its American bishops meeting in the D: He later spoke warmly about his “brothers” during lengthy imprompte remarks Friday night during an open-air mass in Puerto Rico. re and use of “specific examples. Mayor Chuck Lakes of Trail ap peared taken aback by the brief, saying,’ “This is very shocking to us all — particularly the impact its going to have on municipal taxation.” He said he would submit a joint brief commenting in part on the Cominco submission before Nov. 11 the last day of the provinee-wide hearings. INDUSTRY INCENTIVE FOR CASTLEGAR . Ald. Albert Calderbank, submitting on behalf of Castlegar, proposed in dustry incentives, extra municipal rev enues and a tax exemption adjustment. Without government incentives for industry to overhaul and expand old plants, closures will take place, Calder bank said “Reversing this trend even to a de gree will not only protect many existing jobs, but will provide new employment opportunities in the fu ture.” Calderbank also proposed municipal tax freedebentures for capital fi nancing. This would enable municipalities to borrow funds more cheaply, “thus re- ducing revenues required to be raised through property taxes.” ‘Also recommended was an expansion of municipal revenue sources beyond provement exemption shifts the muni cipal tax burden from some property owners to others in the class “in a manner over which the local taxing authority has absolutely 0 control.” The brief also echoed Cominco's plea for a reduction in user charges for provincial water licences. The fees “present an ever-increasing cost bur den on industry and local government,” said Calderbank Slocan Mayor Dave Barclay, repre senting the RDCK, requested B.C. Hydro property in the Central Koot enay be taxed — a plea that was echoed by MLA Chris D'Arcy Barclay said Hydro does pay a grant in lieu of taxes, but said “the amount is miniscule.” He said in 1978, the utility paid a grant of $7,700 on properties in Central Kootenay then assessed at $93 million. According to Barelay the situation is “unfair competition” against the pri vate-sector West Kootenay Power and Light Company, which also presented a brief at the hearing. “To tax one utility and exempt another is tax di PROJECT continued from front pege wagon tours starting from the village, which will head down the west side of Highway 3A and over the Brilliant Bridge to Verigin’s Tomb. ea market garden run by the Kootenay Society for the Handicapped which would supply a farmer's market at the village. © periodic choral singing at a new outdoor amphi- theatre. @ use of the village by Selkirk College to store and maintain historical documents. e improvements to audio-visual programs and the purchase of audio-visual equipment. Verigin also said the Society would like to see an overnight campground overlooking the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers and hopes to get the Kootenay Boundary Visitors’ Association to move its office from the Castlegar Airport across the highway to the village. The regional district board has already agreed to provide $2,500 for a feasibility study and preliminary drawings which will accompany the Society's grant applications. The Society also hopes to apply for funding from the provincial Heritage Trust. In his letter to the regional district, Verigin suggests that an 1l-member committee should head the project. “We feel that a committee with the strength to complete this project from the present to final implemen. tation of programs should be formed immediately to co-ordinate all activities,” he said. The committee would consist of four Society directors, two regional district directors and as well as regional economic development officer Stephan Lauer and regional planner Floyd Dykeman, one member from council and a city planning technician, and a member from the Kootenay Boundary Visitors’ Association. “The Society has already formed finance, construction and operations committees and these committees would be prepared to act as resource people for this committee,” said Verigin. Included in the $2.5 million price tag is $1.65 million for new construction to enlarge the village. Some of those projects include: @ $100,000 to reconstruct the CCUB office. @ $150,000 for vault storage $250,000 to preserve the Brilliant Bridge @ $100,000 to build a home like Peter Verigin's below the tomb © $200,000 for a jam factory $150,000 for an amphitheatre © $140,000 for an irrigation and water system As well, the Society has estimated $250,000 for the horse-drawn wagon tour along with $250,000 for the parking area Bodies recovered from storm VICTORIA (CP) — Rescuers on Saturday found the bodies of two of four people thrown into the waters off the northwestern coast of Vancouver Island when their fishboats were swamped in a storm Friday. The bodies of a man and a women were taken to Port Hardy for identification, and the search continued for the other two missing fishermen. The four wete spotted Friday afternoon wearing survival suite and clinging to their two 13-metre overturned boats. But rough seas made it impossible to reseue them at the time and when the search vessels and aircraft returned at dawn Saturday they could find no sign of the men. Weather conditions in the area near Brooks Bay were slightly better than Friday, the Victoria Rescue Co-ordin- ation Centre reported Saturday, but high waves and wind were still hampering the search being conducted by two vessels, a plane and a helicopter A ground crew was also searching the coastline in the hopes that the fishermen were washed ashore overnight The four were in the water since early Friday morning when a storm with waves 10 metres high and winds gusting to 100 knots caused havoe along the coast. Seven veasels were swamped Friday, drowning at least one man and scattering the Pacific salmon fleet. Charles Alfred Casey, 41, owner of the 10-metre vessel Hurricane I, is presumed to have drowned, Colwood RCMP said. His boat washed ashore and smashed on the rocks near the entrance to Victoria harbor at 9 a.m. Friday. In Winter Harbor, the tiny fishing community closest to Brooks Bay and about 400 kilometres northwest of vi Bartley “Those paying property taxes property taxation, which is 4 by higher levels of government, Cal derbank said This too would “enable municipal. ities to meet their continually in creasing operating costs” without rais- ing property taxes. The City of Castlegar brief recom- mended that the basic tax exemption for Class 6 (business and other) prop- erties carrying out improvements, be changed to a grant. Calderbank said the $10,000 im and indus trial property owners — are in fact subsidizing the utility that does not pay tax.” D’Arey called for “miner tax " to “stimulate business and © repealing corporation capital tax: © cutting property, fuel, personal and corporate taxes by 10 per cent; © increasing by one per cont taxes imelading retail, liquor and horseracing. . fishermen who had managed to make it to port huddled by themselves on their boats Friday night and blamed satellite weather forecasting for being caught unprepared by the storm. “The boys aren't saying much; they are really shaken up,” said Lou Agostinone, owner of the Winter Harber general store. “But if you are going to do a story on this, please do us a favor Tell the government we need our weather ship beck. That's 2 must. Satellites can’t tell us the speed of the wind. These boys had no warning and they were caught completely off-guard.” Environment Canada scrapped its weather ships more than a year ago in favor of relying compietry on satellite observation.