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june 21,1967 Castlegar News 4°

STANLEY

HUMPHRIES
WINNERS

The following received awards at the Stanley
Humphries secondary school graduation ceremony
Saturday:

Castlegar Robson Legion Branch 170 Bursaries: $200
each to Kelly Southwell, Dan O'Connell and Sherri
Harmston; Beta Sigma Phi Bursary: $200 to Erin Finney;
Columbia Beverage Award: $100 to Denis Peregrym;
Castlegar Hospital Medical Staff Bursaries: $200 each to
Theresa Gritchen and Lisa Chernenkoff; Eastern Star
Minto Chapter 70 Bursary: $200 to Karen Popoff.

Bevens-Ellis-Letnik Bursary: $300 to Robert Schulz;
F.A. Haywood Memorial Bursary: $100 to Eduarda
Jardim; Union of Youth of USCC Scholarship: $150 each
to Michael Cheveldave, Karen Popoff and Cindy
Semenoff; Robson Women’s Institute Home Economics
Award: $150 to Sheryl Poznekoff; Ladies Auxiliary
Tarrys Fire Department Bursary: $200 to Gary Kooznet.
soff.

Kiwanis Club Scholarship: $300 to Stacey Conkin;
Ladies Auxiliary Castlegar and District Hospital Award:
$300 to Mary Joy Bowman; Kanigan Dental Bursary:
$150 to Tami Sorenson; Robson Women's Institute
Bursary: $150 to Kelly Southwell; Arrow Lakes Tug Boat
Society Bursary: $200 to Melanie Plotnikoff; Castlegar
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Scholarship: $400 to
Pauline Orr.

Castlegar and District Hospital Award: $400 to Eric
Dillon; Kootenay Savings Credit Union Bursaries: $200
each to Craig Luker, Amelia Resendes asnd Kim
Tarasoff; Phil Malekow Memorial Award: $100 to Sheryl
Poznekoff; United Steelworkers of America Local 480
Bursary: $100 to Mary Joy Bowman; USWA Local 480
Scholarship: $300 to Derek Huscroft; Letter Carriers
Local 260 Award: $150 to Tracy Kaminsky; Westar
Timber-Southern Wood Products Scholarship: $500 to
Debbie Cheveldave; Westar Timber SWP Bursary: $300
to Eduard@®Jardim.

John Farkas Memorial Bursary: $150 to Kevin Stein;
Pulp and Paper Workers of Canada Local No. 1
Bursaries: $300 each to Michael Cheveldave and Diana
Churches; Castlegar Savings Credit Union Bursaries:

GRADS

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@ Community at large — whose role is to support
the school system in a ‘variety of ways”.

“It is crucial for these four players . . . to know their
roles,” Shead said, and to understand the roles of the
others.

He asked the four groups not to fear change, “but to
see change as an opportunity for growth.”

He also called on them to become “active, willing

play it to the fullest.”

Finally, he said the four groups must “always keep
the needs of the students clearly in front of you.”

Shead was preceded by Rev. Ted Bristow of the
Castlegar United Church, who gave the invocation. Jack
Closkey actéd as ceremony chairman.

Gordon Turner, vice-chairman of the Castlegar
school board,‘ brought greetings from the board and
wishes “that all of you achieve the one bright hope:
success at whatever you do.”

Turner said the graduates are at the end of 12 years
of schooling, but “at the point of the invention of the
world.” .

The graduates’ schooling and upbringing should
provide them with the necessary skills to “go out
and get it,” Turner said.

Valedictorian Tammy Harshenin said the class of ‘87
is “a class of young adults bonded together by
experiences and memories they will cherish forever.”

Harshenin said that though the dominant emotion for

participants” in education, and to “learn your role and

many graduates is happiness, “the runner-up is fear.” She
said the happiness stems from the graduates’ satisfaction
‘of successfully completing one phase of their education;
the fear comes from knowing each graduate is an
individual “in search of our personal goals that will lead
us to our success.”

Harshenin suggested that though no graduate is
guaranteed he or she will choose the right road to travel,
if they stumble they will fall back. upon the
“suref di of the ionships we have made.”

She pointed to the grad class motto: “The journey of
a thousand miles, begins with a single step.”

“Today as individuals, we are taking that first step,”
she said 4 .

The graddates gave Harshenin a standing ovation for
the addre.s. As well they gave teacher Cheryl Bonowicz a
standing ovation. Bonowicz also received a golf club from
the students.

“If your life ever gets rough, may this gift lead you
back to the fairways,” said class president Michael
Cheveldave.

Meanwhile, Mayor Audrey Moore brought greetings
from the City of Castlegar.

“May I say I've never seen you looking better,”
Moore said.

She added that she has seen the graduates around
the city throughout the school year and has been
“thoroughly impressed with you.”

“| wish you a joyous life,” Moore concluded.

COMINCO

continued from front poge

19 to start up Cominco operations
again.
“No one can anticipate what the gov-
ernment will do. Vander Zalm's done
some pretty squirrelly things in the
past,” sai

As Trail's major employer continues
to sit idle, businesses in the city of
7,500 are starting to feel the pinch.

Paul Dasti, acting manager of Rock
Island Tape Centre, says business last
month was down by 20 per cent.

“We're noticing more and more eus-
tomers from out of town coming in. It
hasn't been too bad yet, because this is
the spring and this generally is the low

ing it (strike). If the strike keeps going,
business will just keep dropping,”
Dasti told the Castlegar News.

Asked if he would like to see the
provincial government legislate Comin-
co back to work, Dasti wouldn't res-
pond directly, though he said some-
thing needs to be done.

“I've never really been a strong
union man, but I'd definitely like to see
them (Cominco) back to work,” said
Dasti.

Over at Riverview Chev Olds, mana.
ger Guy Labossiere says business is
down.

“There's a slowdown in traffic but

still buying. We're really going to feel
it if the strike goes into September,”
said Labossiere.

As for the strike itself, negotiations
are at a standstill. Saare adds that no
new talks are planned.

“We don’t see any (negotiations).
We're ready to go back to the bar-
gaining table, but we're not ready to
accept concessions,” said Saare.

Cominco spokesman Richard Fish
has said the company is not prepared to
offer the unions any more money.

The five United Steelworkers of
America\unions have been on strike at

fe

AGGREGATE AWARD . . . Mayor Audrey Moore
presents Dan O'Connell with the Aggregate
Award; (top) some of the SHSS scholarship and bur-
sary recipients. CosNews Photos
$250 each to Geoff Ball, Eric Ommundsen and Lori
Pettigrew; Castlegar Selkirk Lady Lions Bursary: $200
to Lorne Leverington; Celgar Pulp Company Bursaries:
$400 each to Kimberley Belton and Michael Cheveldave;
Woodland Park Housing Co-operative Bursary: $300 to
Gary Kooznetsoff.

Cominco Award: $500 to Hedda Breckenridge;
Dorothy Miller-Tait Memorial Bursary: $200 to Cynamon
Carter; Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club Bursary: $200 each
to Jay Fitz-Gerald and Mary Joy Bowman; James H.
Corbett Memorial Scholarship: $350 to Jeanette Chan;
Canada Safeway Limited Bursary: $300 to Loree
Campbell; Principal's Award: $150 to Denis Peregrym.

Herb Pitts Memorial Bursary: $200 to Dan
O'Connell; Fishwick Award: $50 to Lara Halisheff;
Selkirk College Award: $500 to Chris Susut; Internation:
al Woodworkers of America Local 1-405 Scholarship: $750
to Jesslyn Robinson; San Martino Club: $250 to Helaine
Oleski. ”

of the season. “We are definitely feel

the people who do come onto the lot are

the Cominco’s Trail and Kimberley
operations since May 9.

VALEDICTORIAN ADDRESS

Taking that first step

Editor's note: The following is the address given
Saturday at the Stanley Humphries secondary school
duation exercise by i Tammy Har in.

“Ladies and gentlemen, family, friends, and fello
graduates:

“Today, Saturday, June 20, 1987, before you sits a class
of unique individuals with the power of holding the world in
the palms of their hands. You have all watched this class
develop from the beginning. You watched them take their
first step; you watched them grow as they faced the
struggles of achievement and the joys of success; and now
you will watch them take the next step as they take on the
world and pursue their goals. Today you will watch our

Benson named to board

VANCOUVER (CP) — The

chairman of the Workers’
Compensation Board review
board is one of three men
named today by Ed Peck to
British Columbia's proposed
industrial relations council.

Bud Gallagher, Darwin
Benson, industrial relations
manager of the Byron Creek
Goal Mine, and Ken Alber
tini, registrar of the current
Labor Relations Board, were
named by Peck, who is the
council's commissioner.

The council will be formed

under the proposed labor re-
lations reform bill, which has
passed second reading in the
legislature and needs only
third reading and the formal.
ity of royal assent to become
law.

The bill replaces the ex
isting Labor Code and sub-
stitutes the council for the
labor board.

Benson, industrial rela.
tions manager for the Byron
Creek Coal Mine will be
chairman of the counci’l dis-
putes-resolution division.

Effective

Rail

ther notice.

CP Rail K<

NOTICE

Monday,
Pedestrian Walkway attached to C.P.
Bridge 25.4 Boundary Sub at
Castlegar will be CLOSED to the Public
08:00 to 15:00 Monday to Friday until fur-

June 22, the

P.D. GILMORE
Supt. C.P. Rail
Nelson

SAM'S AUTOMOTIVE

975 Columbia Ave., Castlegar
Ph. 365-3666

To the
Graduating
Class of ‘87

We Wish
You the
Best of Luck
In Your
Endeavors

Benson was a member of
the United Steelworkers of
America for 15 years and a
staff representative in Trail
until 1979, when he left the
union.

He worked briefly as a
contract negotigtor for an
association of Kootenay mu
nicipalities and school boards
until leaving the area in 1980
to take a position in the in-
dustrial relations department
of Jim Pattison's group ‘of
companies.

Gallagher, a former vice-
chairman of the labor board,
will head the adjudicative
division.

Albertini, a former mem-
ber of the Canadian Union of
Public Employees, has been

appointed as registrar of the
council.

Organized labor has pro-
tested vehemently against
the labor bill because it
would give cabinet and Peck
broad powers to intervene in
collective bargaining.

Labor leaders also say the
bill weaken’s union's powers
and gives too much power to
employers.

The protests against the
legislation reached a peak
June 1 when about 300,000
trade unionists staged a pro-
vincewide strike. .

Leaders of the 250,000-
‘member B.C. Federation of
labor have said they will re-
fuse to participate in the
council's hearings.

Court

news

Denis Hughes was handed
a 14-day jail term and fined
$300 this week in Castlegar
provincial court after plead

Weather

Sunny skies today with
afternoon cloud building
up and a risk of thunder
showers this evening
Much the same for Mon
day. Highs today in the
mid 20s with the lows
between 12° and 14°
Probability of precipita
tion today and Monday is
30 per cent

ing guilty to driving while
prohibited.

Hughes was also sentenced
to 14 days in jail for failing to
stop when requested to stop
by a peace officer

.

Russell Marshall was fined

a total of $600 and placed on

one year's probation after

pleading guilty to three

counts of theft under $200.
* *# 6

Alberto Ambrosio was
fined $100 after pleading
guilty to violating the city
noise bylaw

* 2 «6

Robert Bjerg was fined a
total of $650 for two counts of
violating provincial statutes.

class, the gr class of '87, graduate .. .

“As I look around me this afternoon I see many people. I
see family and friends acting very proud; I see teachers and
administrators breathing a sigh of relief as another class
passes before them; I see people of\ our community
wondering how and where we will fit into their society; but
most importantly, I see a class of young adults bonded
together by experiences and memories they will cherish
forever.

“As we sit here today, the last time as a group, we can't
help but remember some of what we now know to be “the
best years of our lives.” I'm sure we can all remember our
first day of school, whether it was kindergarten or grade
one. Remember the look upon all the adult faces, such as our
parents, as we toddled into the world of education? I'm sure
they never ceased to worry about what we might become.
Well I think they can all relax momentarily because we've
made it this far.

“And do you remember, as we continued our learning
through elementary school, all the friends we accumulated
along the way? It almost seemed to be a competition — a
competition to see who could make the most friends. We
aren't competing anymore but if you glance around the room
I'm sure you'll see, we all won at that competition

“And then we came to high school for the first two years
we were “the little grade nines,” then “the little grade tens”
and we thought it would never end. Before we knew it it was
our last semester of grade 12 — fellow Family Studies class
members — remember the snowball effect? — how most
things speed to their conclusion. Everyone told us it would
go fast, but I don’t think until this last year, we realized just
how fast.

“I'm sure I speak for this whole class now when I say
that although the dominant emotion within us today is
happiness, the runner-up is fear. The happiness stems from
the satisfaction of successfully completing one phase of our
education. Our days have followed a routine succession —
every September we got new clothes to start another school
year, every Christmas we exchanged names and bought
each other gifts, every June we prepared with frenzy for
exams, and every August we dreaded the beginning of
September (apart from the new clothes). After today, we are
no longer a class in search of excellence (and fun), but
suddenly each of us is an individual in search of our own
personal goals that will lead us to our success Hence the
fear — it’s a lot tougher to travel as an individual than as a
class.

“No one is guaranteed that he will pick the
right road to travel, but, my friends, if we stumble along the
way, let us fall back upon the surefootedness of the
relationships we have made — in our hearts they will last a
lifetime. Or motto says “The journey of a thousand miles,
begins with a single step.” Today, as individuals, we are
taking that first step.

“At this point we stop to thank the people who have
been most influential in leading us here today. First we
thank our parents who devoted incredible time, energy, love

TAMMY HARSHENIN:
. .. 1987 Valedictorian

(and money) to bring us to this point in our lives. Moms and
Dads, you've probably thought you would never see an end
to the bills, but when we all arrive at where we are heading,
maybe we'll be lending you a few “bucks.” Seriously, we
thank you for believing in us enough to teach us to believe in
ourselves. And whether you know it or not, graduation
doesn't mean you are saying goodbye to your “children,”
because the child in all of us needs parental guidance, no
matter how far we travel.

“We also thank our formal educators — our teachers.
They had the ability to reach us in ways we still can't figure
out. So thank you, not only for making us knowledgeable but
also for caring enough to do it with style.

“And now we would like to thank that special someone
who made graduation for us all we hopes it could be. Thank
you, Ms. Bonowiecz for your patience and perseverance as
you watched so many times what you thought might
embarrass you. Without your help, it woulid have been
embarrassing.

“Now I would like to express to everyone how honored I
am to stand today and represent the class of '87. As youcan
all see, this is a fine group of young adults of whom I am
extremely proud to be a part. So thanks fellow grads, for
giving me this opportunity to speak as Valedictorian on your
behalf.

“Through all our good times and some bad, we have
helped each other become what we are today, and I know
that if 10 years down the road, the facts we have obtained
from textbooks have been forgotten, the friends who were
by our sides as we studied them, will forever hold a memory.

“So in closing, to my fellow grads, I leave you with this
thought:

‘If every ending

Is the start of a new beginning,

Then shouldn't our goodbyes

be easier to say?”

“Thank you, and have a safe evening!

Atwood attack

TORONTO (CP) — Award-winning author
Margaret Atwood has accused the British Columbia
government of “environmental hostage-taking” by
demanding almost $200 million to stop logging in a
potential national park.

“It’s no better than hijacking’ an airplane,” said
Atwood, referring to the province's request for
compensation of a suspension of logging in the South
Moresby region of the Queen Charlotte Islands.

Rioters shot at

DRUMHELLER, Alta., (CP) — Four of 11
convicts injured in a riot at the Drumheller peniten-
tiary Thursday were shot at by prison guards while
trying to escape, a federal spokesman says.

Dennis, Finlay of the Correctional Service \of
Canada in Ottawa said three of the prisoners were
apparently fired upon by guards as they tried to scale
a prison fence. He didn’t say whether they were hit.

A fourth was shot inside the facility, Finlay said.

Talks off

PARIS (AFP) — The French government has
decided to cancel a negotiating session ion a fishing
dispute with Canada as a sign of protest against the
attitude shown by Ottawa, a foreign ministry source
said Saturday.

Both sides were to have met to discuss the issue
next Wednesday.

Canada has unilaterally closed certain fishing
zones to French vessels, the source said, while Paris
and Ottawa had agreed last Jan. 24 to begin double
negotiations towards settling their dispute on fishing

quotas in Canadian waters and on the delimitation of
eéonomic zones between the two countries.

PM re-elected

NASSAU (AP) — Prime Minister Lynden
Pindling’s governing party beat back its strongest
challenge in his 20 years in power in the Bahamas,
winning re-election by a wide margin despite
opposition charges of complicity in the drug trade.

Incomplete, unofficial returns early Saturday had
Pindling’s Progressive Liberal party winning at least
29 of the 49 seats in the House of Assembly, surprising
political analysts who had expected a close parliamen-
tary election.

Iran threat

NICOSIA, CYPRUS (AP) — Iranian Prime
Minister Hussein Musavi threatened “crushing blows”
against U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf after Iraqi
warplanes attacked an Iran-bound oil tanker Saturday
to end @ one-month lull in the so-called tanker war.
. Tran has evidence that Kuwait provided the
facilities for an air strike at dawn Saturday against the
tanker in the northern gulf, Musavi said in a Tehran
radio broadcast monitored in Nicosia.

Release urged

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian military command
urged the kidnappers of a U.S. journalist and the son
of Lebanon's defence minister to release both men
quickly, but a Lebanese Shiite Moslem leader was
reported to have warned that the American might be
killed if Syrian forces attacked.

Meanwhile, two rival Shiite factions battled
Saturday in south Beirut’s slums, where many of the
25 foreign hostages seized in Lebanon are believed
held. Police said the fighting wasn’t connected to
kidgy ppings.

Police attack

SEOUL (AP) — Tens of thousands of riot police
hit, kicked and fired tear gas at anti-government
demonstrators Saturday in a major show of strength
after South Korean’s government threatened “extra-
ordinary” measures to stop countrywide protests.

Special martial arts attack squads and riot police
hurling tear gas grenades charged into crowds of
protesters in Seoul. They also beat and tear-gassed
pedestrians and spectators.

The unusually rough police action came after a
government warning that the protests that have
swept the country for 11 days must end after a riot
policeman was killed on Friday.

Vatican surprised

VATICAN CITY (REUTERS-AP) — The Vatican
has expressed surprise and sadness that Pope John
Paul's decision to receive Austrian President Kurt
Waldheim this week has raised doubts about the
Roman Catholic pontiffs respect for the Jewish
people.

On Saturday, in its first official written statement
on the affair since the visit was announced last
Wednesday, the Vatican said the audience was
requested by Waldheim and should be seen in the
context of the Vatican’s normal diplomatic relations
with Austria

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A Fruitvale man captured top scholastic honors at
Selkirk College for 1987. The Governor General's Medal
was pi d to Richard J. at the college's
annual scholarship and awards banquet Thursday in
Castlegar.

a of the y i

T ry program, a grade

point average of 3.95. He was also presented with a

Selkirk College scholarship.
The Li

Lieutenant-Go “s-Med ed
Colleen Gibson of Castlegar. She enrolled in the college's
Office Administration program at the Trail Campus in
May 1985, earning Clerk Typist and Office Clerk
certifieates on completion of ‘her program in January
1987. Gibson graduated with an overall average of 97 per
cent.

The annual banquet was held at the Fireside Inn,
where college president Leo Perra welcomed about 15
students and guests. Prior to the banquet, Rev. Ted
Bristow of the Castlegar United Church said grace.

After dinner the keynote address was delivered by
Dr. Bruce Fraser, a former principal of Selkirk College,
now functioning as an i

The presentation of the awards and scholarships
followed with Jake Van Hemert, the college’s Financial
Aid Officer, presiding as master of ceremonies.
Graduates and students honored at the awards banquet
included:

Janet Williams of Castlegar received one of four
Selkirk College Faculty Association Scholarships. Winner
ofa faculty association scholarshiop and a Biology Award
was Trevor Lee of Trail. The B.C. Telephone Scholarship
went to David Sookaveiff of Crescent Valley, while Carol
Rogers of Kaslo won the Jim Johnson Memorial
Scholarship.

Keith Klimchuk of Castlegar won a Biology Award
and the Marty Martin Memorial Scholarship, while
Christopher Young of Trail, was presented the Ferraro
Scholarship for University Transfer. The Marilyn Cooper
Memorial Scholarship was presented to Catherine
Morgenthaler of Trail, while Eileen Morrison of Trail won
the Registered Nursing Association (Trail Chapter)
Scholarship.

The Dal Memorial hip was
presented to Jack Grimmer ‘of Victoria, with Vernon
resident Marlene Pischke winning the Ferraro Aviation
Scholarship. Diane Ailman of Nelson won a Selkirk
College Faculty Association Scholarship, while a faculty
association scholarship and the Margaret Knight-Letts
Memorial Award were presented to Christine Bedin of
Trail. The William Barchard Memorial Scholarship was
presented to Patrick Daigle of New Denver.

Nelson resident Bill Kestell was winner of the
Russell Gilchrist Memorial Scholarship, and Susan Dyer
of Castlegar won the Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship. The
University Women’s Club (Trail and District) Scholarship
was presented to Connie Susut of Castlegar, while the
South Kootenay Electronics Scholarship went to Phil
Harrison of Castlegar.

Lyne Bouliane of Trail, won the District Teachers's
Association (Trail) Scholarship, while the Cominco
Business Administration Scholarship was presented to
Darlene Martin of Casatlegar. Society of Management
Accountants Scholarships were presented to Ralph
Torkel of Lethbridge, Alta., and Mary Fedora and Tracy
Semenoff of Nelson. Robert Gretchen of Castlegar, won
the Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd. Award of Merit.

Castlegar resident Geroge Koochin was the recipient
of the Harry Golling Memorial Scholarship and Castlegar
resident Tony’ Jackson won the Dick Fowler Prize in
English. The Diane Phillips Memorial Scholarship was
presented to Kristin Olsen of Robson, while Scott Cole of

Simmons top college grad

AWARD WINNER...
Castlegar resident and
Selkirk Coll student
graduate Colleen
Gibson is presented the
Lieutenant-Governor of
B.C. Medal at recent
college awards dinner

Calgary, Alta., won the Jim Snook Memorial Award. The
Columbia Brewing Company Award went to Marilyn
Chernenkoff of Crescent Valley, while Shannon Askew,
Elaine McLaren of Nelson and Joanne Ellis of Winlaw
each won a Margaret Knight-Letts Memorial Award.

Selkirk College Biology Club Awards were present-
ed to Diane Bilenko and Angelica DeGroot of Trail, and
Jeff Dwyer of Nelson. Biology Awards were presented to
Trail residents Sharon Thomas, John McGowan, Nina
Pasin and Darin Tognotti as well as Christopher Bullock,
Kenneth Marken, Christopher Scheuren Vickie Pruss of
Castlegar, Ketih Klimchuk of Castlegar and Trevor Lee
of Trail. Terry Kavalo of Trail, was the winner of a
Chairmen’s Achievement Award, as well Elaine McLaren
and Lynda Weegar of Nelson.

Those receiving Selkirk College scholarships were:
Leonard Caron'and Sue Dehen of Nelson, Bonnie Dunlop
of Rossland, Lynda Guymer and Colleen Gibson of
Castlegar, Maureen Houston of Wnnipeg, Manitoba, Joan
Kienholz of Nelson, Elizabeth Lawson of Trail, Sandra
Lintz of Nelson, Leah Main of Silverton, Norman
MctCarvell of Nelson, Timothy Neufeld of Calgary, Alta.,
Lynn Pedde of Nelson, Christopher Perepolkin of
Crescent Valley, Brian Savage of Rossland, Richard

. Simmons of Fruitvale, Paula Smith of Claresholm, Alta.,
Daniel Tarasoff of Crescent Valley, Brian Voykin of
Castlegar, John Woods of Winlaw, and Cecilia Skwarok of
Robson.

Students awarded scholarships at Aviation program
graduation ceremonies held earlier in the spring
included: Jack Grimmer of Victoria, who received the
Curtis McDonnell Memorial Scholarship, Peter Smith of
Cumberland, Ontario, who was awarded the Blaine Shaw
Citizenship Award, Luigi Torano of Nelson, who received
the Clifford Flury Memorial Scholarship, and Michael

by Rossland-Trail MLA
Chris D'Arcy.

Cosnews Photo

Christian of 150-Mile House winner of the Michel Devaux
Memorial Scholarship.

Campus principals John Peregrym of Castlegar, and
Bruce Meldrum of Nelson, presented the President's
Excellence Award for scholarstic achievement to the
following indiviuduals: Laura Adams of Castlegar,
Shannon Askew of Nelson, Amritpal Bath of Vancouver,
Mary L. Coleman of Christina Lake, Garry Comba of
Trail, Patrick Daigle of New Denver, Susan Dyer of
Castlegar, Mary Fedora of Nelson, Catherine Gerzymisch
of Fruitvale, Robert Gretchen of Castlegar, James
Grichen of Grand Forks, Lynda Guymer of Castlegar,
Gail Hama-Dagg of South Slocan, Steven Hiebert of
Dawson Creek, Vu Hoang of Kimberley, Anne Jarry of
Smithers, Bill Kestell and Patrick Klassen of Nelson,
Keith Klimchuk of Castlegar, Stephen Lamb of Nelson,
Trevor Lee of Trail, Norman McCarvell of Nelson,
Stephan Meinke of Sparwood, Timothy Neufeld of
Calgary, Alta., Michael Parisottof of Trail, Marlene
Pischke of Vernon.

James Robson of Victoria, Brian Savage of Robson,
Michael Schwarz of Robson, Tracey Semenoff of Nelson,
Cecilia Skwarok of Robosn, Paula Smith of Claresholm,
Alta., Sh Sonmor of k Sask., D:
veiff of Crescent Valley, Richard Simmons of Fruitvale,
Christine Sturgeon of’ Rossland, Daniel Tarasoff of
Crescent Valley, Terese Toner of Nelson, Brian Voykin of
Castlegar, Gregory Warren of Coquitlam, Karen Wilson
of Castlegar, Christopher Young of Trail, Leonard Caron
of Nelson, Sue Dehen of Nelson, Bonnie Dunlop of
Rossland, Colleen Gibson of Castlegar, Maureen Houston
of Winnipeg, Man., Joan Kienholz of Nelson, Elizaeth
Lawson of Trail, Sandra Lintz of Nelson, Leah Main of
Silverton, Lynn Pedde of Nelson, Chris Perepolkin of
Crescent Valley and John Woods of Winlaw.

POSTAL TALKS
CONTINUE

By The Canadian Press

Informal talks between striking letter carriers and
Canada Post continued sporadically Saturday as the labor
dispute settled into an uneasy truce.

Striking letter carriers were still on picket lines outside
Ontario postal stations in Toronto, Hamilton, St. Catharines,
Windsor and Thorold. Violence flared earlier in the day
outside one Toronto sorting station and there were 11
arrests.

Elsewhere across the country, members of the Letter
Carriers’ Union had returned to work. And informal talks in
Ottawa ,between union leaders and post office officials
continued off and on throughout the day.

Harold Dunstan, head of labor relations for Canada
Post, said no word had come yet from Labor Minister Pierre
Cadieux about the corporation's request for a mediator to
help settle the dispute.

But Dunstan said he had spoken to Robert McGarry,
president of the 20,000-member union, earlier in the day.

Dunstan wasn’t expecting to hear anything before
Monday echoing a statement from Cadieux's office.
Neither the minister nor his aides could be reached for
comment Saturday.

Dunstan said the Crown corporation hadn't brought in
any outside workers to the Ontario centres,some of which
have been limited either by court injunction — in Windsor —
or by agreement — in Toronto — on the number of pickets to
the entrances of postal stations. Court injunctions had also
been won in Edmonton and Vancouver to limit the number of
pickets.

However, the strking letter carriers were boosted
Saturday by union members from the Canadian Auto
Workers. Bob White, CAW president, turned up at one
Toronto-area line after calling on members for help.

White and the country’s largest union, the 315,000.
member Canadian Union of Public Employees, sent
telegrams Friday to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The

+ telegrams condemned the Conservative government for

allowing the use of strikebreakers by Canada Post.
Dunstan Friday that repla: workers
won't be used — once a federal mediator is appointed —
because of violence on the picket line since the rotating
strikes began Tuesday.
He said the offer to halt the use of of

BRISCO

continued from front page
important aspect of the tax reform for
the West Kootenay area, he said.

But while the investment tax for
mining will remain low, the industry
will lose the earned depletion allow-
ance. This tax break — to be phased
out by mid-1989 — allowed mining

ies to recognize the reduction of
their assets by deducting a portion of
their annual earnings.

Brisco said he is pleased with what
Wilson is doing with Canada’s export
tax.

“The export tax is revamped. The
export tax is a silent killer of jobs. It
will make us more competitive with
other nations in terms of trade,” said
Brisco.

He added that he can see why “con-
sumer and business groups are pleased
with this tax reform paper.”

Although business groups across the
country have reacted warmly to the
new tax reforms, consumer groups are
a little bit more cautious.

Beginning Jan. 1, 1988, several con-
sumer goods will have a sales tax
applied at the wholesale level, which
will likely mean price increases on
those goods made in Canada and sold to
wholesalers, rather than directly to re-
tailers.

But Brisco defended the sales tax,
saying that there has always been a
“hidden tax” on consumer goods,

“It's not as though Canadians can
expect a big sales tax. This will take

time. The fact is they're already paying
a hidden tax, which is not fair,” said
Brisco.

The new federal sales tax is aimed at
raising $20 billion a year.

Brisco reacted angrily to criticisms
of Wilson's tax reform by Liberal
leader John Turner.

Turner called the tax reform pack
age a “sweetner” and predicted “the
bad medicine will come later.”

Brisco called Turner's remarks
“hypothetical.”

“It’s a dumb statement. It flies in the
face of the current rate of inflation . . .
Turner is out to lunch,” said Brisco.

He added that the Liberals “are de
bating the process . . . I don't put any
stock in the Liberals’ questions.”

MORE LETTERS

Thanks to volunteers

On the eve of the library's move to
our new building and the consolidation
of the holdings of the Kinnaird and
Castlegar branches, I'd like to take this
opportunity to express our apprecia
tion to all the volunteers who have
served the library so willingly and so
long, especially all our Kinnaird branch
volunteers who are naturally sad to see
their branch close down.

For those who've decided they've
served their term, we say thank you
for all your years -of dedication, and
we're really sorry to see you go. We're
delighted that many of you will

strikebreakers during a seven-day period of mediation isn't
conditional on union employees going back to work.

White said if the strikes ocntinue much longer, the auto
workers union will help raise some money to support the
letter carriers.

McGarry said Friday he would consider a temporary
halt after mediation starts if it would contribute to a settle
ment. But he doubted a mediator could accomplish much
unless strike pressure is maintained

ing in our splendid
new facility. We're going to need you
all even more than ever, with our ex
tended opening hours and expanded
space.

Although a branch has closed, the
library remains the same Castlegar
library. The books are the same and

the patrons the same members of the
community, only the location, book
space and working conditions have
changed.

We emphasize to any patrons who
feel deprived of their library branch
that we offer a shut-in service and will
also organize a volunteer drive-you-to

the-library service for those unable to
reach the library under their own
steam.

I'm sure we'll all enjoy our new
library when it opens; not long now!
Judy Wearmouth
on behalf of all the Staff of the
Castlegar Library

Premier out of touch

The following is a quote taken from
the June 13 edition of the V.

which are, among other things, trade

Sun:

“In the Solidarity stronghold of
Gdansk, the Pope voiced support for
the outlawed independent labor union
during mass for more than one million
people.

“He (the worker) has the right to

If. a if i of

unions independent and self-governing,
the Pope said.”

It would appear that Premier
Vander Zalm, a devout Roman Catho-
lic, in his feverish efforts to ram Bill
“v" 19 through the Legislature is
completely out of touch with his
mentor.

Bob Rivers
Castlegar