Se ee cara ae ave x meri Maree a. ary cone ae oom ‘ 5 5 : : ay x : ; ' d , Se % ss Castlegar News _vgus125, 1985 istative ui rye Parliament Bligs.,.501 Bellevilis Victoria, B. Cc. V3V 1x4 : a TELEPHONE____ Bike goes your advertising dollars do better in............ ‘across | NORTH BAY, ONT. (CP) — First there was Fulton and the steamboat. Now there's Gilles Leblond. Jr. and the amphibian tricycle. - Leblond, 16, who has worked on bicycles since he was eight, said he first decided two years ago he “wanted to get on”top of the water,” with some sort . of, pedal-powered vehicle. This year the North Bay, teenager bought an axle and a few bolts for $3.20, drew on his own stock of bicycle parts and scrounged the rest — the front wheel forks, for ex- ample, are fashioned from a pair of old bed rails. A family friend who welds stuck it all together. THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY Beauty Salons Contractors “Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ° ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 The result is a __40-speed bike with the inner tubes of a transport truck mounted on the rims instead of conventional bike tires. There,_are similar rigs made commercially for beach-front fun but they're equipped with little paddle- wheels and are strictly water-goi Leblond’s SOLIGO, KOIDE - & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Col bi. Ave ungainly looking bounces -quietly over grass, (Upstairs) Casi! down a creek along the sandy shore and out across the water. Equipped with thicker tires, it could also be adapted to traverse muskeg, swamp or snow and one onlooker at the inaugural launch said it could be the best thing for hunters since the invention of the duck call. The pedal-powered trick moves slowly across the water, the bloated tires rest- ing slighly below the surface under the rider's weight, and easily manoeuvres backward, forward and executes turns. It isn't built to two water- skiers, though — getting up speed is difficult because of slippage of the smooth inner- tubes on the water. Leblond has plans to refine his creation and eliminate the traction -problem by fixing strips of rope or fubber tread across the inner-tubes. Leblond’s father says he can foresee his son adding a . motor to the vehicle — high expectations from someone who didn't have much faith in the invention to begin: with. Many trials for family SALINAS, CALIF. (AP) — Yolanda Hernandez Alfonso's faith remained unshaken through her father’s death from leukemia and her con- traction of the same diseae. But. when .her son was stricken with leukemia, it was more than she could take. “I'm afraid I had to ask God for forgiveness — I was an- gry.” she said. “I asked him, “Wasn't it enough that my son was going to lose his mother? Why is this happen- ing to us, Lord?’ ” Alfonso, 35, is dying of acute myelocytic leukemia, the same diseasé™ she said killed her father in 1981. Her son, Mark Hernandez, 16, was diagnosed in June as- suffering from acute lympho- cytic leukemia, another form of the blood disorder. The odds against three members of the same family contracting leukemia are five million to one, says William -Wehber, a Monterey County health official. 1 “Acute leukemia usual: does not run in families — I would say it’s a rare oc- currenre,” said Dr. Charles Linker, who is treating Her- nandez. He said those suffering from acute lymphocytic leu- kemia have a 50 per cent change of survival. “He's a very tough’ kid,” Linker said. “He’s been tak- ing care of his mom, so he was familiar with leukemia. Considering the overall stress for him, he stood up to it very well.” ! The youth has been under- going chemotherapy, which will ‘continue for another year. - 1 Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc. C.A. Resident Partner MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN . CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 CASTLEGAR PLUMBING & HEATING LTD. 1008 Columbia Ave Castlegar, B.C. 365: Russell Auctions 399-4793 Thrums Buy or Sell by Auction Auto Rentals AVIS LOCATE! Castlegar Airport Terminal ‘oni Adastra Aviation — 365-2313 R $9.95 PER DAY Friday to Monday © (Menvermoen 2 Doys) Plus 12¢km. on compect cars * Pickup truck available 50 FREE KMS Castlegar Airport ‘and 1444 Columbia Ave. 365-7555 —_____ Whether your name starts with A or M, or X, Y or Z You'll find Business Directory 4. advertising pays. PHONE 365-5210 THE « HAIR ANNEX 1241 - 3rd St., Castlegar OGLOW’S PAINTS & WALLCOVERINGS 365-6214 SUPERIOR Window Covering Products. KINNAIRD TRANSFER Concrete Gravel Road Gravel : Drain Rock Bedding Sand Fill, Gr. or Sand Topsoil Call 365-7124 F. 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COMPLETE FUNERAL SERVICE Cremation, Traditional Burial a NEARLY NEW SHOP © 776 Rossiond A: Pr Available. Granite, Bronze Memorials, Cremation Urns and Plaques Phone 365-3222 aM. SL. LeRoy B.S. O.D. : OPTOMETRIST 1012 - 4th St. Castlegar PHONE 365-3361 Tues. - Fri. 9a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday 9.a.m. - 12 noon 368- LOW. LOW PRICES HOI PRINTING % BROCHURES %*% PRESS SERVICE FLYERS PHOTOCOPYING 800 High: Dr. Blueberry Crock Castlegar Roy S. Dickie Ph. 365-2565 * * COLEMAN COUNTRY BOY SERVICE Sump & Septic Tank Pumping PHONE 365-5013 3400 - 4th Avenue Castlegar sep. to enforce the said his department lacked the on the owner of grounded vehicles es One of the grounded vehicles was tractor-trailer unit _ 308, the truck that Hamalainen was driving the day of the accident, Richardson testified. 2 ion and said the onus was: to make repairs. He said the truck had several mechanical problems, effective.” _ CASTLEGAR, BRITISH.COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1985 among which were oil soaked brake lpings and brakes that were so far out of adjustment “tl they would not be Richardson went on to testify that at a subsequent conti A2 inued on page WEATHERCAST Sunny Thursday with bands of higher clouds 28. Sunny again Friday buildup by noon and occasional . Highs 25- 4 ry more thunder showers with Sun- day being sunny. 4 Sections (A, B, C&D) School study draws few comments be 2 DOREEN SMECHER ... funding a problem By CasNews Staff Castlegar school district officials have not yet had a chance to read the provincial government-commissioned report,- Let's Talk About Schools, which contains public opinion on the status of education in B.C. Lisa ,Pedrini, president of the Castlegar District. Teachers’ Associa- tion, and Doreen Smecher, chairman of ; the Castlegar school board, both said they haven't received or read the report which was prepared by a 16- member committee that spent a year sampling public opinion in hearings and discussions in communities around the province. The report was written by Univer- “ sity of B.C. professor Dr. Tom Fleming. Seventy per cent of the general public and 80 per cent of educators surveyed for the report said schools in B.C. don't receive enough money. “In short, there is a clear demand by a majority of British Columbians for an increase ih public spending on schools,” the study says. * Pedrini and Smecher could comment “only on what they had heard through the media. “From what I've heard, it sounds like they've certainly targeted the lack of -funding to schools,” Pedrini said. “Ij applaud that.” Smecher was more reserved in her comments, but said she agreed funding is a problem in some areas. “I think there are some areas that are underfunded,” she said. The report also comes out against sex education in schools. Smecher said there is a need for sex education “in certain areas” and that there should be “locally developed courses.” Pedrini said it is her personal view that sex education is necessary in schools “because it is often not done at home.” She said the term used in schools is “family life education” and includes things like responsibility in relation- ships, not just the physical act. The report ‘also recommends that boards be’ given the power to fire incompetent teachers. But Pedrini and Smecher said boards have always had the power to fire teachers. “Like everything else, we have to, have just cause,” Smecher said, adding that there is “nothing wrong with that.” CULTURAL PERFORMANCE. . . Native Indian dancer from Sookenai Drumming group ‘of Cranbrook moves to the beat of drummers. Group performed Tuesday night at the opening of the World Youth — Peace Through Communication Conference at Brilliant Cultural Centre. Costewsbnote by Chery! Colderbank ry Bush says no logic to arms race By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer “The arms race is not based on logic” was the opening speaker’s message today delivered to a packed house at the World Youth — Peace Through Communication Conference in the Brilliant Cultura] Centre. _ Retired United States Navy cap- tain, James Bush, now associate director of the Centre for Defense Informztion in Washington, D.C., opened the first full day of the conference with a simple message to the delegates: z “We have too many nuclear wea- pons. It’s that simple. There's no use going on building any more,” said Bush, 56, who retired from the navy in 1977. Bush, who spoke on the history and mechanics of the arms race, outlined the shift in U.S. policy from Dwight D. Eisenhower's doctrine of massive re- taliation, in which he wanted the world to realize the U.S. would use nuclear weapons, to John F. Kennedy's crea- tion of the principle of mutual assured destruction, which Bush described as a policy that ‘could put a limit on the number of nuclear weapons each country would need to assure each other's destruction. ‘ Bush went on to describe Richard Nixon's strategy of keeping nuclear in reserve which Bush said Peace conference opens By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Performances by singers and dan- cers, and addresses by local and out-of- town dignitaries highlighted the open- ing ceremonies Tuesday night of the World Youth — Peace Through Com- muniation Conference being held through Saturday at the Brilliant Cul- tural Centre. 2 Youth delegates from 15 countries- are at the including those from the Soviet Union, Africa, Japan, the- Pacific Rim, Ban- gladesh, Greece, Costa Rica, Santa Guest speakers inciude ‘Geoffrey Pearson, former Canadian ambassador to the USSR, Sergey Plekhanov, head - of social and political studies at the Canada/USA Institute in Moscow, William Epstein, former head of the upon us,” Master of Ceremonies Mike Malakoff said in his opening remarks. “We are urging the young people and the old to take action now to ensure a future for the next generation and perhaps all generations after,” he United Nation disarmament division—told the youth delegates, speakers and and Jim Stark, president of Operation Dismantle. The-conference-is-sponsored by the f members of the public. “Throughout history, nations. have sought security by gathering the most | Union of Spiritual C ities o! Christ, Operation Dismantlé~and the B.C. branch of the United Nations Association. “The purpose (of the conference) is Nista, New Zealand, Australia, West Germany and India. . to global about the threat nuclear war poses powerful weapc er the number of weapons the greater the strength of security, or so seen,” Malakoff said. “This is the basic idea of deterrence. “Do you feel more secure as.weapons continued on page A2 Runaway truck crashes By CasNews Staff A Calgary truck driver and his two passengers escaped without injury Monday night after the semi-trailer he was hauling lost its brakes on-a steep” hill near the summit of the Salmo- Creston Skyway and crashed. Seven of the 18 head of cattle the. truck was transporting to the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver were killed in the accident. The loss was es- timated at $17,000. However, there were unofficial re- ports the cattle could be'worth as much -as $1 million. Damage to the truck'and trailer was estimated to be $12,000. Police say Christopher Seater, 23, was westbound in his truck and semi- trailer on Highway 3 about 30 -kilom- etres east of Salmo at 10:30 p.m.,when the truck lost its brakes on a downhill’ portion of the steep highway. Seater managed to steer the out- of-control vehicle up a-runaway lane where it overturned. The truck cab ended up hanging over the end of the runaway lane: ~ Charges are pending. ile, Sam Brown of Castl was_taken-to Castlegar Hospital with undetermined injuries after the pick-up truck he was driving collided with a car driven by Colleen Bowcock of Nelson. The accident occurred Sunday after- noon in Ootischenia, Castlegar RCMP report. Bowcock, who was also taken to Castlegar Hospital, and Brown remain in satisfactory condition, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday. An RCMP investigation into the accident is continuing. ~ . The great- Pr shifted the focus to matching the number of weapons — not only the present levels but also the projected levels — each country had ‘in its arsenal. : “That was the end of any logic in the arms race,” Bush said. He said 300 to 500 nuclear weapons would be needed to assure the mutual destruction of both countries. The .U.S,..now. has. 30,000 nuclear warheads and the Soviet Union has 20,000, Bush said. “It's hard to believe any rational person would want“to build more.” However, he said the U.S. has plans to add 10,000 more warheads in the next 10 years. Bush also commented on the Strat- egic Defense Initiative, commonly known as Star Wars, saying the system is designed to give the United States first strike cApability. That means the -Soviet Union would not be able to effectively retaliate against a U.S. nuclear attack. Bush said Star Wars is a “de- stabilizing influence in thet world” because the Soviet Union believes that first strike capability is the U.S. goal. However, he added that the U.S. will not likely achieve such a capability “for a long-time.” Bush said he decided to join the CDI, a private organization composed of retired military personnel who support proposals that decrease the likelihood of nuclear war, around the time the nuclear freeze movement got started. “I felt I could do something to help inside ORY DAYS: Former me of the Castlegar Kats and Cubs softball teams got together over the weekend to relive old times and recall fond memories. CasNews columnist John Char- ters was there to record the evening... Ad Castlegar Health Unit... A2 isn't bad say officials. THAT'S CHEA the New World. TENDERS CALLED: Tenders have been called tor the addition to the COOLING OFF: The forest fire situation in the Arrow Forest District LYMOUTH, Mass. — For less than $4, you, too can buy an authentic piece of American history.'6.4 square centimetres of land not far from where the Pilgrims firstiset foot on the earth of . The Web of Life Outdoor Education Centre in nearby Carver hopes the sale of the land will help to raise almost $24 million it needs for a new building. The tiny plots come with a deed suitable for traming and im- pressing your friends. CANINE CHARACTERS: CasNews photographer Chery! Calderbank takes a look at the West Kootenay Kennel Club's annual dog show through the lens of her camera. . a7