if Ae Castlégar News February 18, 1987 POO SEEK ee AID VICTORIA (CP) — Wel fare recipients and food bank users may get some relief when the B.C. government's budget will be introduced March 19. “I would say there is a good chance that there are positive steps being taken in that direction,” Vander Zalm told neporters Tuesday following an hour-long meet- ing with representatives from the Vancouver Food Bank. “I can't tell you what's going to happen, but I can tell you that avelfare rates are something that the Treasury Board is looking at,” he said. British Columbia last in- creased welfare rates five years ago. A single employ- able person receives $334 a month for the first month, $359 for the second to eighth months and to $384 in the ninth and subsequent months. A family of three receives $789 a month, but is eligible for additional shelter and food allowances of up to $70 a month. Sylvia Russell, the execu- tive director of the food bank that feeds 3,000 people a week, said she is optimistic the budget will have some appropriate measures to ease the suffering of the prov- ince's . Arnott nds ‘This year in Canada, alone some 500 nonsmokers will die of lung cancer as a direct result of a lifetime of exposure of to someone else's cigarette smoke. A to Central Kootenay Health it director Dr. Monty Ar- wo of the yy aia esi nott, Castlegar school board Monday night, cigarette smoking is not only dan- gerous to the smoker, but also to those exposed to the smoke. “That is really quite frightening to me,” said Arnott, who pointed out that the average person is under less danger from pesticide toxins than from exposure to sidestream and second- hand cigarette smoke. “For me that is an bl “That cigarette (smoke) cannot get out of a closed environment,” said Arnott, who added that a small hazard of exposure to carcinogens is present when a janitor smokes in a building at night. According to a 1986 report entitled Health Consequences of ‘Involuntary Smoking, the children of parents who smoke also show signs of health prob- lems d with the secon n cil The report states: “The right of the smoker to smoke stops at the point ” where his or her smoking increases the disease risk in those occupying the. same environment” and goes on to rec- d that “it is the of all who control the work environment to ensure the safety of that environ- ment.” Castlegar school board is considering banning all smoking in Castlegar risk.” Arnott emphasized that even a, designated smoking area within a large indoor space will still leave a person subject to cigarette smoke exposure. “Smoking ¢an disseminate through- smoke. The report states that children of parents who smoke, compared to chil- dren of nonsmoking parents, have an i d of y in- fections, inereased respiratory symp- schools, in staff rooms. “We don’t provide for drinkers or drug addicts in the work place,” said Arnott. “But for some reason they (smokers) think they have this right. “Personally, I'm not against the out the atmosphere of a bingo hall,” he OTTAWA (CP) — British Columbia's four new federal ridings should be added to the fast-growing regions of southern Vancouver Island, the central Okanagan and the suburbs south and east of V » an i d toms and slightly smaller rates of “in- smoker,” he said. “Just against the smoke.” Riding changes proposed Vancouver-Burnaby riding, the commission recommends. In their places would be a riding still to be known as Burnaby as well as New Westminster-Burnaby and a North commission recommends. At the same time, the riding of Vancouver Kingsway now held by NDP MP Ian Waddell should be eliminated, the Liberals choose officers By CasNews Staff The Rossland-Trail Provin- cial Liberal Riding Associa- tion elected its party officers last week at the annual meeting in Castlegar. The following have been elected: Dr. Garry Jenkins of Rossland, president; Betti Hall of Trail, vice-president; Dianne Jenkins of Rossland, secretary; and Hans Hubert of Fruitvale, treasurer. A report was presented of the party's activities over the past year which included a look at the party's improved standing in the last provincial election. The new executive has commited itself to working in cooperation with the fed eral riding of Kootenay West to increase membership and select a candiate to run in the next federal election. says in a report tabled this week in the Commons. ‘ V . Also on the north shore would be a riding of Capilano-Howe Sound in place of Capilano riding. The carved-off piece of Coquitlam plus the riding of Mission-Port Moody would become Mission-Coquitlam and Port Moody-Coquitlam. In other recommendations. have been ished in all provi! to Cc redraw federal electoral boundaries to reflect population growth and movement indicated in the 1981 census. It’s part of the process aimed at increasing the Commons to 295 seats from the current 282. British Columbia gets four of the new seats — for a total of 32 — as does Ontario, while Alberta gets the other five. “The four new electoral districts are located in areas where the population has grown most markedly,” says the report. The commission recommends that the two ridings of Esquimalt-Saanich and Cowichan-Malahat-The Islands, along with the Nanaimo area, form three new ridings — imalt-Juan de Fuca, Saanich-Gulf Islands and it - Vv : With the elimination of Vancouver Kingsway, the boundaries of Vancouver Centre, Vancouver East, Vancouver Quadra and Vancouver South would have to be adjusted. 2 — Victoria: Because of the small area of this riding a portion of Saanich has been added to bring its population above the provincial quota of 85,765 voters per riding. — Okanagan-Similkameen-Merritt: This riding remains largely unchanged except for the addition of the name Merritt. — Okanagan North: This riding would be redefined as Okanagan-Shuswap and would include Vernon and Shuswap Lake. 7 Cowichan. Comox, Courtenay and Port Alberni would be joined in a new electoral district of Comox-Alberni which would include all of the central coast of Vancouver Island north from Lantzville. The remainder of the existing ridings of Nanaimo-Alberni and Comox-Powell River along with the Sunshine Coast Regional District would form the new riding of North Island-Powell River. SOME CHANGED A new district of Okanagan Centre would be created, taking in most of the central Okanagan Valley. As a result, the boundaries of neighboring ridings would have to be changed. The commission recommends the large riding of Surrey-White Rock-North Delta be split into three — Delta, Surrey North and Surrey-White Rock, the latter including a portion of Langley District Municipality. The municipality of Richmond — now part of Richmond-South Delta — would also become a separate riding. The Coquitlam segment should be removed from North SILVER STAR Apex Alpine is Gk APPLE COUNTRY Vernon BIG WHITE Welcome to the ultimate Ski Experience — 3 major ski areas, Apex Alpine, Big White and Silver Star, all located in apple country, within a short distance of each other. 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Area I director John Voy- kin agreed, noting: “The volunteers (firemen) would be able to operate without the extra funds.” The referendum put a ceiling of $150,000 a year for operation of the Pass Creek and Tarrys firehalls and $60,000 a year for the Robson. hall. The Castlegar News hos two simple-to- operate loan-ovt cameras (comelens with film) Which it is pleased to allow ps to use for taking pictures for use By the Costlegar News. eo Arrangements for the use of these cameras should be made through our News Department at 365-3517. Castlégar News News Department 365-3517 ee eee Tr PLAYOFFS IN MARCH - Johnson warns Rebels about says his team cannot afford to be overly confident when they meet the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks next month in the first round of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs. Hawks The Rebels played their last game of Valley Nite Hawks. 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In total, it's the best way to be sure your BOUNDARY continued from front page Brisco said the community should consider the resulting shape of the new riding, especially in terms of geographic size. “We have no idea just yet how many square miles that is.” He also said, in a prepared news release, that the new size, “doesn’t seem to make much sense, particularly in terms of distances.” But Brisco pledged to fight to get the North Arm communities back into the Kootenay West riding and he applauded those who wrote and appeared before the commission last November for saving Kootenay West. Meanwhile, four new ridings are proposed for B.C. under the commission's report in the “fast-growing” areas of southern Vancouver Island, Vancouver suburbs and the central Okanagan. At the same time, the commission recommends eliminating the riding of Vancouver Kingsway, now held by NDP MP Ian Waddell. The report is one of a nationwide series of studies designed to increase the Commons to 295 seats from 282. B.C., with the four additional seats, will increase to 32. getting the best prescription service © THREE PHARMACISTS TO ASSIST YOU © COMPUTER & PATIENT PAMPHLETS. © PHARMACISTS TO COUNCEL YOU WITH YOUR OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS. © FRIENDLY ADVICE ON VITAMINS & MINERALS. NM) ! SHOP AT PHARMASAVE. . P.S.: Any claims to be made to Pharmacare for 1986 MUST BE DONE BY MARCH 31, 1987 DEDUCTABLE IS $200. Come in and Get Your Claim Forms. “In the Heart of Downtown Castlegar” CLOSED THIS SUNDAY SKI ACTION . . . Rossland’s Red Mountain will be buzzing with a lat of activity as the Export A Cup gets under way today. TEAM COMES TO RED By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer The Export A Cup featuring the Canadian women's national alpine team kicks off at Red Mountain today and will probaboy turn out to be the biggest event of its kind in Rossland. That prediction comes from Greg Douglas, media co-ordinator for the Export A series. Douglas said that during the past four years the event attracted media from Vancouver and Alberta, but this year two newspapers from Toronto and one it levision crew will be ing as well. “The race committee here (Rossland) has been working on this thing for months. It's hard to say how many spectators will turn out for the event, but because Toronto will have media representatives here for the first time, that is a pretty good indication that a fair size crowd will turn out;” Douglas told the Castlegar News today. He added that the race series “is a key ingredient” for the Canadian national women’s alpine team as it prepares for the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. Export A Cup public relations director Richard Soltice, said the event will bring in people from all over. “The importance of this race, in both an economic and sporting context, cannot be stressed enough. During the period that these races are being held, the focus of the entire Canadian press community will be on our area,” said Soltice. “An event such as this will surely generate local interest beyond the skiing community as well as provide an inflex of visitor dollars and national publicity.” Red Mountain spokesman Elizabeth Bernbo said everything was going according to schedule for the start of the first race, the series giant slalom, which was to get under way this morning at 10. LAURIE GRAHAM . .. one of the top women KERRIN LEE ... feels at home super giant slalom event and it was the first event other than a dowrhill won by a Canadian skier since Kathy Kreiner captured the giant slalom at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Other team members who will be attending include Michelle McKendry, Karen Percy, Liisa Savijarvi, Karen Stemmle, Ann Taciuk, Andrea Bedard, Kellie Casey, Nancy Gee, Josee Lacasse, Lucie Laroche and Rossland native Kerrin Lee. ‘The 20-year-old Lee was born in Trail but grew up in Rossland. She started skiing at the age of 3% and competing when she was seven. She says her favorite place to compete is Red Mountain because she “likes racing at home” and her long-term goal is to make the 1988 Olympic team and place in the top 10 in giant slalom and downhill. Fruitvale native Dee Dee Haight retired from the women's national team last month and will not appear. Series dates Following is the schedule of events for the Ex- portA alpine ski series at Red Mountain: day, Feb. 18: Export A Series Giant ‘Among the women racers who will be ing in the Red Mountain events will be Laurie Graham of Inglewood, Ont. ‘The 26-year-old Graham captured the attention of the international skiing community on Jan. 8, 1984 when she sped to victory at a super giant slalom World Cup race at Puy-Saint Vincent, France with a winning time of 1:15.73. The win was the first ever by a Canadian skier in the Slalom Thursday, Feb. 19: Export A Series Sialom. Friday, Feb. 20: Day Off. - Feb. 21-23: Practice Days. Tuesday, Feb. 24: Export A Series Downhill. Wednesday, Feb. 23: Nor-Am Downhill. Thursday, Feb. 26: Export A Series Super Giant Slalom. All races are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Although the Nite Hawks only man- aged eight points in regular season play, compared to the Rebels who picked up 64 points, Johnson said his squad cannot take Beaver Valley too tly. “We have to be careful with Beaver Valley. You can’t be too confident going into the series. Hopefully, we'll come out of it ready for our next series,” Johnson told the Castlegar News in an interview Tuesday. The KIJHL will have its all star game between the west and east divisions on Feb. 28 in Beaver Valley. Playoff action will begin in the first week of March, after several -league players return from the Canada Winter Games competition in Nova Scotia. Johnson added the Trail Junior Smoke Eaters will be tough to contend with in the playoffs, saying they “have the strength to beat Rossland.” Johnson said the Rebels’ offence is fairly solid with three top lines. The first line is Rod Horcoff, Gary Ruff and Rick Viens, while the second line concists of Dave Terhune, Dane Jack- son and David Zericoff. “Our third line is made up of Andrew Zibin, Walter Sheloff and Dean Sjo- din.” The one area he said the team will be concentrating on improving is on de- fence. “We'll be working on our defensive game. We have the skaters and the shooters but we need to get the puck out of our end @ lot quicker,” said Johnson. He added that he is disappointed at the low turnout the Rebels have had for their home games.” The club is a talented team and Castlegar should be supporting it, especially since all but three of the players are from the area,” Johnson said. “The product the Castlegar execu- LL JOHNSON ... work on defense needed tive and coaches have produced de- serve the total support of the Castlegar people at our home games,” said Johnson. “We need their support in order to carry on in the KIJHL next year and that is a must.” Johnson also urday, March 7 at Beaver Valley; Tuesday, March 10 at Castlegar; Wed- nesday, March 11 at Beaver Valley; Friday, March 13 at Castlegar. (The last three games will only be played if necessary.) In other news, B.C. Amateur Hockey Association director Terry Skarbo has suspended Castlegar Rebels’ David Zarikoff for 30 days after he received a match penalty for attempt to injure during a game in Castlegar Feb, 10 against the Rossland Warriors. : Rossland coach Richard Chabonuk also received a 30-day suspension after being handed a match penalty for at- tempt to injure. Trail Junior Smoke Eater Jay Petti- grew was also suspended for 30 days or 10 games after being hit with a match penalty in a game in Rossland on Feb. 1. He received the penalty after biting a Warrior player. Another Trail player, Dan Di Vito, was suspended for three games for a match penalty he received after spit- ting at a Kimberley player during a game in Trail on Feb. 13. Rebels’ news A Feb. 11 Castlegar News story i d Ci Rebels coach Terry Jacobson struck Rossland Warrior coach Richard Chabonuk with a hockey stick. In fact, Jacobson punched Chabonuk in the eye after Cc league exe- cutives for being biased. “The league is not giving Castlegar a break. We're just tired of being used as a doormat by the league,” said John- son. \bonuk swung a stick at the Rebels’ bench. It was also indicated that Rebel player Trent Thibert was speared by Chabonuk. In fact, Thibert was speared by a Rossland player. ONE HURT Locals do well in games Pee Wee Reps round Ask for details at any CIBC Branch or call -800-465-CIBC.