r News October |, 1989 FOUND items ore not charged for business hours. We'll run the ad 3 tree of charge tin 59 Business Oppor. CERAMIC BUSINESS Tor sole. Cross kiln molds are, glazes shelving, etc, 365-3628 alter 5 p.m 90-YEAR-OLD life insurance company requires sales representatives tor the Castlegar area. Excellent financing and training provided. Phone 837-3386. 7/73 Notices NEW Sipiece combo noW accepting engagements tor tall and winter tun 679 ctions. 365-5295 365-7459 CASTLEGAR ARTS COUNCIL Annual General Meeting and official opening ot offices, Monday, September 25, at the Castlegar Train Station. Open House 6-7 M 7-9 p.m. Members of the Ar member groups anil general are invited to attend. Retresh ed. For more intor mation 365-3553 474 PROVINCE-WIDE CLASSIFIED $159 $10 DISCOUNT FOR CASH! Callus for details! Classified Ads 365-2212 Castlegar News DANCE BANDS and disco available for any type of engagement 362-7795 tin 65 CHAPEL HOUSE — Zuckerberg Island Heritage Par en 7 days CASTLEGAR RAIL STATION, Mon.-Sat”, 8 5 p.m. For further information phone 365-6440. tin/43 mobile Personal ALCOHOLICS anonymous ond Al-Anon, Phone 365-3663 A) Card of Thanks WE WOULD Like to thank everybody tor ail he lovely wedding gifts and money Kathleen and Den Torron in Memoriam IN LOVING MEMORY of @ dear mother mother, Nancy Kdzakott, who 1964 @ love go out of sight But never out of mind. They ore cherished in the hearts Of those they leave behind Loved and remembered always by the Kazakolf, Horcoft and Konkin families 9 “Your Charity of Choice’ B.C. AND YUKON HEART FOUNDATION Vin aia Your Donation is Tax Deductible CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY memoriam donations. Information Box 3292, Castlegar. 365-5167 104 17 CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION In Memoriam Donations Rossland, B.C. VOG 1V0 Legals NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS GEORGE PEREHUDOFF, also known os GEORGE S. PEREHUDOFF, also known ‘as GEORGE SAMUEL, PEREHUDOFF NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having |claims against the Estate of George Perehudotf, also known as George S Perehudotf, also known as George Samuel Perehudott, Deceased, who died on March 19, 1989, are hereby required to send them to the under signed Executor at 1115-3rd Street Castlegar, British Columbia, betore the 15th day of November, 1989, at ter which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which it has notice ALEX PEREHUDOFF, Executor BY: Polonicol#, Jones & P: isters end Solicitors hudott Castlegar "pritish Columbia, VIN 2A1 overnment slowly rebuilding Vietnam By MAGGIE FOX HO CHT MINH CITY (CP) — The piano player ne€ds a haircut, accompanist: wears a pink miniskirt, pink plastic boots and’ plays a pink They play A ind his. electric guitar Syne. Waiters well into middle maculate in ‘their tuxedos and shiny shoes, serve flawlessly but with eyes averted : A younger waiter confides that the waiters are just out of ¢ camps, wher the Vietnmam War for being em ployees of decadent western hotels. At one table, large, blond men and women noisily drink vodka and devou education they were seit soon after generous meal. Russians? Two years », they almost certainly would have been. But a cocked ear and discreet Australians visiting on business in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon Such scenes in the Doc Lap Hotel, inquiry finds they are which everyone still calls the Caravelle, illustrate just how quickly, if clumsily, Vietnam is trying to join the outside world Legals SNOW REMOVAL Tenders will be received up to Noon. Oc 13, 1989 for snow removal trom following School Dist Schools; Castlegar Primary Elementary; Kinnaird Junior Secondary School; Ootischenia Elementary; Robson Stanley Humphries Secon Elementary; Twin Rivers Elementary; Yalley Vista Elementary Woodland Park Elementary. Please in dicate school or schools preterred. Ten ders must specity hourly rates, type size ot equipment available. and if travelling time is extra, Tenders should be marked: Snow Removal Tender. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all tenders. The. lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted J. DASCHER Secretary-Treasurer School District No. 9 865 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, 8.C VIN} Announce REV and MRS. GLEN BACKUS of Castlegar announce the engagement of their, daughter Naomi couple has chosen October 28 for their wedding date 79 children of TIM POLLY RIBALKIN wish to invite you to an OPEN HOUSE honoring their GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY ot Jim Katte Loktin, Voykin Sub., South Slocan. 1-4 p.m. October 8 1989. Best wishes only 79 Card of Thanks PETER CHER NENKOFF would like to thank the nurses 4 statt of Castlegar hospital also Drs and Walton tor care during his stay th fomily of the late you all, The family. rates ders will be accepted up tc OCTOBER 13. 1989 1979 CHEV —| 30, Mini Bus 23 Pass., 350 cu.in., Auto Trans 7 The above will be Friday ertitied cheque The Board reserves the any or all Tenders. Envelop be marked. MINIBUS TENDER J. DASCHER Secretary Treasure School District No. 9 (Castlegar 865 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, B.C VIN 1H3 SELKIRK COLLEGE Invites Expressions of Interest From individuals /firms pre- pared to finance, construct and operate a minimum 100 bed student residence on land provided free of rent on the Castlegar Campus. REPLY TO D. SCHATZ OR T. BAUGH prior to October 13, 1989 P.O. Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 331 FAX: 365-6568 But there are sobering nders that the country is a long way from western ideals of political freedom A pedicab driver talks cheerfully of his years in a re-education camp, punishment for having been a U.S. trained helicopter pilot in the South Vietnamese army STILLNOTRED “They did not make me a Co munist,”” he says with a laugh, and replies frankly to questions about his inability (o get a better job or the wife who divorced him while he was in the camp. Yet he waves his hand in a panic when a notebook comes out and he is pressed further for details. “This country is not like your coun ry,” he warns. “We are not yet fr here. Homeless men and women sleep on refugees from Viet nam’s unsuccessful collective farms. Two dozen of them, including elderly women and young children, gather stories to two street corners, eagerly to tell their curious foreigners “1 would rather sleep here on the street than go back to the farm,”” pretty young wearing traditional Vietnamese pyjamas. Her hair and clothes are neat and clean and she explains that the members of het group protect one another They laugh and nudge one as they talk, but the man who is tran slating looks up nervously when his companion whistles. A policeman ap- proaches, and the translator warns the curious visitors that they should not be talking to the street sleepers but what about me saida woman nother “*You are safe, and what about these people?” he hisses as he shoos the children away ASHAMED OF POVERTY They're ashamed,” explained a ters into “the “hand~ of ‘one of the foreigners. “Please mail this when you leave Vietnam,”? one man-asks. **Hide it in your luggage When asked why, he answers that it isa**dangerous”’ letter The neatly addressed and unsealed envelope contains only an innocuous request. to the Orderly Departure Program in Bangkok, under which tens of thousands of southern Viet namese have left legally for the United States Several foreigners who had been living in Ho Chi Minh City just shrugged when asked why the man would still be so distrustful of the government ‘To realize democracy takes a long time,” said Vu Tuat Viet, an editor at Saigon Liberation newspaper. “You have to bring the population close to the state and improve co-ordination between the population and the gover nment."” . His words theory, but foreign observers say the government is indeed making an ef fort sound like Leninist CLASSIFIED SHOWCASE This space available for: CAMPERS * MOTORCYCLES * SNOWMOBILES * TENTS * MOTOR HOMES * BOATS * SNOW BLOWERS * FURNACES * CARS ¢ TRUCKS * DINING ROOM SUITES. * CHESTERFIELDS © ETC., ETC Bring a photo, or bring the item & we'll take the pictur (Average $9.13 Each) Castlegar News PHONE 365-5210 For Your Convenience We're OPEN MONDAY Celgar announces expansion By CLAUDETTESANDECKI Staff Writer A. $630 million “nfodernization and expansion of Celgar’s pulp mill here has received approval from the company’s joint management committ nounced this morning However, the release cautioned the financing, operating permits and ‘‘other government approvals hose approvals include environmental requirements, ions manager Ron Belton told the tingent upon arrangements of Celgar industrial ret. Castlegar News The mill will remain in production throughout the construction period, which is expected to start in the spring, Start-up of the new plant is scheduled for mid-1992 Celgar is possible done by Castlegar and area business manager Wilf Sweeney said in the release Design and construction will generate appro» 2,100 “employee years of. work’ committed to having as much of the work as with an estir {- said. Celgar officials project is con receipt of _ throughout B.C ditional 4,000 years of work in indirect spin-off benefits The expansion is expected to create about 30 new per manent jobs at the mill ? Belton: said some of the new joby may be in the woodroom which Celgar is considering reopening * general mately ‘This is an ¢ 1.42, No. 80 60 Cents vironment-driven project, The expansion will allow Celgar to more than double its production from 185,000 tonnes of bleached kraft pulp a year to a projected 420,000 tonnes while meeting all federal d provincial government requirements for r emissions and effluent, the release reported. * Sweeney We will be installing the best available technology to Approvals still needed make Celgar one of the environmental leaders in the pulp industrial world.’ Sweeney said the need to expand the mill to remain competitive in international markets * opportunity to install the equipment “Celga he said Mayor Audrey Moore said she is * announcement and the expansion will be good for both the economy and the environment of Castlegar She said she also hopes talks with the government on * will include plans to deal with the traffic thar will be generated bythe larger-capacity mill approvals CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4 will be both super-clean and super-efficient,’ Transportation and Highways Minister Neil Vant has been reported as saying a bridge between Castlegar and Robson may bé built if Celgar’s expansion goes ahead Moore said council will be dressing the impacts this proposal will have on the city very responsible in, ad A meeting with the provincial Cabinet committee for regignal development hay been set up for Oct 19 and representatives of the city, Celgar and Westar Timber are pacts on ** Moore also said housing situation light of the possible influx of worker pleased’* with the — by theexpansion she said, and t available for h 1989 tfansport infrastructure’ Some new constructior slated to attend, Moore said presents us with the ‘ latest environment control The meeting will address the mill expansion and its im: in the area, she noted ouncil will be considering Castlegar’s which includes a low vacancy rate — in and.others attracted Development always has a good side and then there is adown side to'some of it,"’ she said planned for the city, hend of town, WEATHERCAST of percipitatior pe 30 per cent Thursday 3 Sections (A, B & C) names ai To pick up your FREE tic 1 Wednesday until 5 p.m. Find your name below and good luc WIN TICKETS ed below. If your name appear: winner of a Provincial chet peed tor draws for the Gel ive Fridays! ets, drop into # doy . oF phone 365-7266 ee pint B Weaanoaey fags you're the longtime foreign resident of Ho Chi MinhCity The government doesn’t want you That's why foreign tourists aren't supposed to go into They don’t to see these people Vietnamese homes, either want you to see the poverty Yet the government freely admits that unemployment is a problem, although officials decline to severe give numbers Outside the Foreign Ministry, more than a hundred South Vietnamese ar- my veterans~and other former em ployees of the United States gather to hear news of their status. The United States and Vietnam have _ recently agreed that many of those just released re-education camps | may emigrate *What do you know?” they press a foreigner who stops to chat with them “What have you heard? 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Castlegar Fire Chief Bob Mann is attended to by lab techn an Wendy MacAuley as he prepares to give blood for tomorrow's Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic at the Community Complex. Blood donor clinic comes to Castlgar By GUY BERTRAND Staff Writer Ten minutes is a small fraction of time, but in that space of time a person can give blood that could help prolong someone else's life The Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic will be tooking for such a time com mitment Castlegar from the residents 0 tomorrow at the Castlegar and District. Community Complex beginning at 2 p.m. and running until8 p.m “It’s one of the few things you can do for a fellow human being,” said Daphne Mitchell, program consultant recruitment with Dr. Keith the local blood donor clinic for blood don Mitchell, Merritt, committee chairman, along emphasized the importance in keeping up with the hout B.C The provincial blood bank is at one Mitchell requests for blood throu of its lowest levels right now, said This week we were really low. We like to keep a seven-day supply and we were between a five- and three-day supply This year’s local clinic is hoping tc attract at least 300 donors, Merritt said. The official number of units we want is 300,” adding, **but you need more than 300 people to he said, come because there is always a certain percentage that gets turned away “We have about a 12 per cent deferral rate because they may be on medication, they may have a problem like a heart disease or they could have a cold,’ Mitchell said Donors have to fill in a screening form and a nurse reviews the form and makes the decision whether the person is a suitable donor. The minimum age for a donor is 17 years old while the upper limit now has been extended to 71 years of age if the donor has donated blood within the last two years Mitchell should have something to eat within stressed that donors four hours of coming to the clinic, par ticuarly if they are first-time donors A number of people got turned away last time for that reason,”" said Merritt The clinic is returning to the area for continued on page A2 Cady to recommend waste committee By CasNews Staff Regional District /of Kootenay board chairman Cady says he will recommend to the board at its next meeting that a special committee be established to look at the Central George area’s treatment gf garbage and waste, particularly special or hazardous waste The move comes in. response to urgings from the provincial Environ ment Ministry’s Waste Management Branch officials in Nelson who are the RDCK t& facilities for special wastes and set up asking build storage recycling ~ programs, Cady said Tuesday Barry Wood, head of the municipal section of the Nelson Waste Management Branch, made a presen tationto the RDCK board Saturday Wood told the News Tuesday the being Castlegar store facilities proposed — likely to consist of small depots throughout the region with larger storage and shipping facilities located in would be of use primarily for small business people and homeowners who Nelson or Castlegar have no way to properly store hazar dous wastes such as used paint, bleach or drycleaning chemicals Wood said he suggested to the board that they start with facilities for storage of polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBs) PCBs dasa coolant in electrical in the area a highly toxi¢ chemicals u are being housed in 49 transformers sites in the Kootenays right now, he said, and 16 of those sites are under RDCK jurisdiction Celgar Pulp Co. in Castlegar stance, has 1,930 litres of PCBs stored at its mill, he said But Cady said a bigger problem that the provincial government will have to address is the lack of facilities to dispose of the wastes. B.C. has no disposal plants for special wastes and most of the materials are in storage, he Nelson which has a small storage facility that it said, citing the example of empties by shipping the wastes to a storage centre in Kamloops Wood agreed the lack of disposal sites is a concern and said the provin cial Environment Ministry is working on solutions. At the Union of B.C Municipalities convention in Pentic ton, Environment Minister Bruce Strachan spoke about waste problems recent in the province and said a provincial strategy for being worked on, Wood said. For in waste—management—is stance, the ministry plans to look for markets for recycled goods and *‘sup- port studies and implementation" of recycling programs, he said That might include a “tipping fee,” Wood said, which would be a way for tocal the province to “‘encourage™ continued on page A2 RDCK resolution supports tower By CasNews Staff The Regional District of Centra Kootenay passed a resolution suppor ting the continuing operation of the Castlegar Airport control tower after hearing from a spokesman for the Canadian Air Traffic Association and two pilots at Satur board member Audrey Moore Control day's board meeting, and Castlegar Mayor said Moore said the message from CATC pacific Dean Me Donald and the pilots was that the con. trol tower is necessary in an_area such regional director as Castlegar where the terrain is rugged nd the weather unstable ‘The gist of what they said was that 4 control tower is just that: in con trol," Moore said. **A fligh station (which Castlegar also has) is an advisor and has other duties Concern has been raised by local governments and polit Transport Canada document leaked recently that recommends of the tower, he closure leaving Castlegar with just a flight service station Many small communities operate with only a service station. Transport Canada officials hose concerned about a clos the weather conditions and around Castlegar make the airpo hazardous without a tower Transport Canada spokesmen have Id the Castlegar News no decision has been made or is being considered on the closure recommendation at By GUY BERTRAND Staff Writer United Way funding has helped countless organizations set up new programs and cover many ad ditional costs. However, at the Castlegar Community Service Centre the im portance of these donations has taken a much broader sense ‘Community funding is vital to our existence,’ says Patricia Lakes, co-ordinator of the centre ‘The government has begun to respond to our needs but the donations from the United Way hetp cover the basic costs."* The «centre programs for people in the com offers on-going Centre provide munity to use free of charge “There are only three coun selling services in the area that provide help free of charge. The ACCESS Centre in Nelson, the which also provides volunteers and courses for the public Counselling is provided for in dividuals and. families, especially those with communication and UNITED WAY FEATURE mental health unit at the Central Kootenay Health Unit and our selves,"* Lakes says. But the centre offers many dif ferent types of counselling to the community. Seven Programs are run by the centre on-going problem-solving difficulties The in-home provides help for serious problems family support by having a counsellor visit the Lakes says. There is also therapeutic mental family’s home health programs which helps clien s free ts find volunteer work in the com munity and prepare them for entry into the workforce while providing moral support, she adds Also included in its on-going programs are parenting classes, assertive communication courses and community work services in which they supervise probationers doing volunteer work for non. profit agencies or senior citizens Community services also offers assistance to low-income recipients and seniors in obtaining and filling out government forms such as in come tax and old age security at no charge If we can't help a person we'll tell them where to go to get some help help," says Lakes The centre is also kicking off another new program in the com munity. An adolescent drug and alcohol abuse task force is slowly gaining momentum in the com munity Eleanor ordinator for the task force Elstone, the co is op. timistic about the project We want to set up an on-going task force that will be self sustaining through members of the community,” says Elstone She says she has spoken with parent groups and the RCMP for recruiting people for the task force We want to continued on page A2 increase the A public meeting on the issue with epresentatives from major employers in the West Kootenays commerce, city federal Ministry of and the Castlegar airpor for 7 p.m. Oct. 17 council chambers INSIDE chambers of and town councils, the Transportation has been set in the Castlegar Lottery numbers The winning numbers drawn Tuesday in The B.C Keno lottery were 1, 5, 8 10, 15, 19, 47 and 49. Rebels lose opener Page B1 Canadian youth Page Cl