‘Castléo3i News August 4, 1985 Woman sues for millions Ye 501 Belleville St your eacivertising dollars cdo better in................. TELEPHONE ~ 365-5210 New Insertions, copy changes and 3 Cloudy Thursd ith Say til be accepted op Steak with shower or thunder = Avg. 7 for the soonth of <5 = showers: Highs | near 26°, lows = ae VOL. 38, No. 63 — : CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST st 7, 1985 2 = 3 Sections (A; B & C) Beauty Safer Contractors | : 28 TORONTO (CP) — A woman who worked at a plastics company while p: “____nant—and—believes" her ex- posure to chemicals caused her son's birth defects has Accounting & Backfill _——_—_—————— KINNAIRD Brian L. become the symbol in Canada of the fight for greater pro- THE HAIR ANNEX G 365-3744 ’ TRANSFER © Concrete Gravel Copier Systems CALL DAVE PLANT BOJEY ELECTRIC LTD. Winlaw 226-7685 /226-7869 Earthquake jolts cath By SIMON BIRCH Tom Willson of the Castlegar weather office said he Staff Writer didn’t feel the quake at the airport. However, his sensitive A small earthquake jarred Southeastern B.C. early -instruments registered the tremor. eset morning: but there have been no reports of any “The barograph (the tracing of the reading) "Ths quake, which measured 8.5 on the Richter scale, Tar cone newly and igavera: Nile’ foe et apes bal struck at 6:53 a.m. and: was centred about 30 to peat a 3 kilometres southeast of Nelson, Roy Hyndman, director of Willson explained that geological events such as earth- the Pacific Geosciences Centre in Victoria said Tuesday. qUakes or volcanic eruptions, like Mount St. Helens, cause “The quake would be felt throughout the Nelson and disturbances in the atmosphere which are then recorded by Castlegar region, but it's unlikely any damage occurred,” the sensitive instruments. Hyndman -said. He said it takes very little in the way of a disturbance to He said he had talked to quite a few people in the area . get a mark on the, barograph. Willson said he received calls from people as far east as tection from chemical “hazards in the workplace. Saskia Post of Brampton, Ont. has‘ launched’ a $7-mil- lion lawsuit against English Plastics Inc. of Brampton and several of its chemical supp- liers on behalf of her son Timothy, now almost two years old. - Pope is convinced her son's handicaps — he is retarded, almost blind and has poor control of his arm and leg muscles — were caused by toxins to which she says she 1241 - 3rd St., Castlegar Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT Road Gravel Drain Rock Bedding Sand Fill, Gr. or Sand Topsoil Call 365-7124 112-800-642-1234 Recyclin CASTLEGAR RECYCLING Creston and as far north as Crescent Valley saying they felt the quake. Carol Magaw, a resident of Salmo, said Veuterdays was from the one the area received about two years ago. didn't even get out of bed. Hyndman said the quake was the kind southeastern B.C. gets “a few times a year.” ‘The earthquakes are associated with the process of mountain building, he said. “There was a jarring feeling and a loud noise like a “There's no (geological) fault that we know of to couple of trains colliding,” Magaw said. associate the. quakes with,” Hyndman “A couple of years ago the house swayed, but this was a h B.C. is a mod: earthquake risk, not jolt rather than a swaying motion.” nearly as high as the coast, he said. Magaw said she couldn't tell how long the quake lasted, The Richter scale measures the intensity of earth but said it was very quick. tremors and each number represents a shock 10 times Salmo city clerk Doug Chapman said he could just feel a greater than the preceding number. A reading of four would slight rocking and a bit of rumbiing. be an earthquake 10 times greater than one that registered “Nothing dramatic,” Chapman said, adding that he three on the scale. fa TRENCHING & BACKFILL Have Ditch-Witch will Travel. Hour or contract rate. Underground pipes, wires. ‘etc. 5° wide up to 6"deep. OGLOW’S PAINTS & WALLCOVERINGS 365-6214 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 SOLIGO, F. PIRSH 365-2656 CONTRACTING but none had reported any damage. ©1985 Universal Press Syndvcate was exposed during the eight days she worked at English Plastics. Post's case is a textbook example of the growing concern about the possible impact on fetuses and on the reproductive organs of men and women who work with chemicals.” On Sept. 6 and 7, labor and women's groups will hold” a conference on ‘workplace reproductive hazards at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in Toronto. Stan Gray, director of the Hamilton Workers Occupa- tional Health and Safety Centre, which has _ been- working on Post's case, said it suspects styrene, vinyl chloride and ABS — a complex of acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene — caused Timothy's defects. Timothy's oot of afflictions is unusual KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED g- ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Henry John, B.Sc. C.A. Resident Partner , MOROSO, ( MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. 2045 Columbia Ave., Trail * Renovations * Custom-built kitchen cabinets Carpeting - MILLAR'S FLOORS Installation for: PI eLINO _ * HARDWOOD Guaranteed Workmanship mn IAL — — RESIDENTIAL — FREE ESTIMATES Call 365-6897 Chimneys * Big jobs or small jobs Ph. 368-5911 See us for: Complete nursery * stock House- plonts Florist Nursery & Florist Ltd. 2601 - 9th Ave., Castlegar 365-7312 tests indicate his aun somes are normal and there is no history of genetic abnormality in his family. 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Maycr Audrey’ Moore (above) throws first shoveful of dirt on Japanese maple tree planted to mark 40th anniversary of atomic blast at Hiroshima, while (right) young girl holds peace poster. Costlews Photos by Ron Normon ‘TREE PLANTED IN HONOR OF ATOMIC BLAST By RON NORMAN Editor More than 175 people took part in tree planting ceremony Tuesday evening .at Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park marking the 40th anniversary of the atomic blast at Hiroshima. ~ “It's certainly a day for all us to temember,” Mayor Audrey Moore told the crowd before she threw the first shovelful of dirt on a young Japanese maple tree. “I knowsthat none of us wants to see that kindof devastation ever in our world.” Moore also called it“extremely appropriate” thatrthe Castlegar: Peace Group, which sponsored the tree planting ceremony, chose Zuckerberg Park. Alexander Zuckerberg, after which the park) is named, was known as a man of peace, she said. to ensure that there is a future for children. “I think it’s going to take the effort of all of us,” she said. e _ cog os Moore also called on everyone to work hard for peace _ in 6 weeks. The—tr hour-long series of . events marking the Hiroshima anniversary which began with a peace vigil earlier in the evening at the courthouse. Tim Richards explained what happens on Aug: 6 40 years ago and seemed to set the -mood for the somewhat subdued ceremony: Ho asked the audi hich-included. ber-of. FIGHTING COUGAR _ By P PAUL LOONG SOOKE (CP) — Lila Lifely, the camp. counsellor from Fruitvale who rescued a 10-year-old girl from the jaws of a cougar by attacking it with a log, said Tuesday she felt an “unreal calm” at her moment of courage. It was only afterwards that the 125- pound counsellor felt dizzy from the encounter with the 85-pound cougar, which attacked Alyson Parker, 10, Saturday at a camp run by the YMCA near Sooke, about 40 kilometres west of Victoria. “I-know Lila is strong enough if she hit the cougar it would be a good hit,” said Lifely’s mother, Clara. “She has done things like ride a calf bareback at \> antocal-rodeo. “She has never been afraid . . . but she certainly never ran into a cougar before.” Lifely, 19, and a University of Victoria student’ in charge: of seven children at a Camp Thunderbird outing, said: “It was an unreal calm; I couldn’t believe I was so calm.” ‘The group was preparing lunch when the children suddenly started squeel- ing and running, she said. “Wild cat!” one of them yelled. e “I ran down and there was a cougar mauling Alyson,” Lifely said. The Westar gets $127,000 tax refund By BONN NORMAN The City of Castlegar -has all but closed the books on the largest single tax rebate in its history. When it is over, the city will have refunded Westar Timber more than $127,000 in municipal taxes. The refund was required after Wes- “tar successfully appealed the 1983 property assessment of its Celgar pulp and sawmill operations. In fact, the appeal was a series of appeals that only ended earlier this year. The-appeals affected taxes the CASTLEGAR NEW: fimbia Ai Phone 365-7266 (WEB ras FACILITIES Castlésar News 197 Columbia Ave.-— 365-7266 “CASTLEGAR FUNERAL CHAPEL Dedicated to kindly, thoughttul service. ‘COMPLETE FUNERAL SERVICE Cremation, Feacisonal Burial and NEARLY NEW SHOP 776 Rossiond Ave... Troil Phone 368-3517 - LOW, LOW PRICES Plon Available. Granite, Bronze Memorials, Cremation Urns ond Plaques Phone 365-3222 __ MM. L. LeRoy ——B.S-O.D.— OPTOMETRIST 1012 - 4th St. Castlegar _PHONE 365-3361 Tues. - Fri. 9a.m. -5 p.m. WK —___—— ROI PRINTING “% BROCHURES | *% PRESS SERVICE * FLYERS PHOTOCOPYING 800 Hi Dr. lighway Dr. Castlegar Roy S. Dickie Ph. 365-2565 COLEMAN ~ SERVICE Sump & Septic Tank Pumping PHONE 365-5013 3400 - 4th Avenue Castlegar COUNTRY BOY - NEW NeW SUMMER HOURS SSUES For complete information on rates and details of _ advertising in the Business Directory PHONE _ families, and young and old alike — to remember Hiroshima for two reasons: the 130,000 who “died a terrible death 40 years ago", and for the symbol it {the threat posed by nuclear weapons. ~people_cat The crowd included a numbér~of- arryil city had collected in 1983, 1984 and 1985. i City administrator Dave Gairns said Westar received a refund of $82,700 earlier this year, which the company deducted from its 1985 tax payment. However, because of the additional appeals, the city must repay another "E7"$45,000,__ animal was holding the girl by the head with its mouth and paws, she’ said. “I yelled and it sort of backed up a bit, but it still stayed there.SoI look: around and I somehow found a quarter of a log, and I hit it on the head, and it backed up.” The cougar stared at Lifely and then went again at Alyson. “I guess I broke a big piece of a tree off, and I hit it again, and it really took off,” she said, ‘YOU JUST GO" Lifely said her own safety never crossed her mind. “I guess a part of you wants to say ‘get out’ but you don't check your step. You just go. I never even thought about it.” With “the cat “gone, Lifely “started first-aid on Alyson, putting ther own T-shirt on the wounds to stop the Fruitvale girl felt’ ‘unreal calm’ bleeding. The counsellor also started shouting for help. “The kids must have thought I lost my mind... I was running around in my bra; had a big stick and all this blood running down my legs, and screaming running up the hill,” she re- called. She had scratched her Jeg in the bush while fighting off the cougar. Alyson was in good condition but will have to stay at least several more days at Victoria General Hospital, a spokes- man said. Daniel Parker, Alyson’s father, thanked Lifely for saving his daughter. Alyson has undergone about five hours of plastic surgery but. there will be some scarring, her father said. The important thing is “she's alive” and re- covering, he said. Celgar pulp closure. extended two weeks "By CasNews Staff Westar Timber's annual Labor Day shutdown at its Celgar pulp operations will be extended two more weeks this year, the Castlegar News learned Tuesday. The pulp mill normally shuts down for a week over Labor Day for routine maintenance. However, this year the shutdown will last three weeks, from Aug. 16 to Sept. 5. “We're doing a fair amount of main- tenance,” explained industrial relations manager Ron Belton. Belton said the extended shutdown is necessary to tie in the new $2 million bleach screening system the mill has installed. The new screening system will be in operation when the mill reopens Sept. 5, he said. The mill employs about 380 workers, though not all of them will be off the job. Belton said all the maintenance employees who are not on holidays will be at work, along with some helpers. In addition, the steam plant will continue to operate because it powers part of the adjacent sawmill opera- tions. Yard personnel will also be handling chips, Belton said. Most of the employees will take holi- days during the three-week shutdown, Belton said. And though he didn’t have an exact total of how many will. be laid off, he said, “I don't expect to be laying off very many people at all.” Belton said the extended shutdown is not related to low pulp prices. inside PLAY BALL!: Major league baseball players and owners reached a ten- tative agreement today ending a one-day strike. Games are expected to resume Thursday night. From. initial indications, both sides compromised a little... BI B.C. CHAMPS: Trail captured its 10th provincial Little League title in 21 years Tuesday night with a dramatic 7-6 win over Coquitlam .. . BT signs reading “Remember Hiroshima — say no to nuclear continued on pege A2 The city isn't the only-level_of gov- FIRE UPDATE: Cool weather has helped firefighters set a fireguard a fire near Renata ... . A2 Saturday 9. a.m. - 12 noon By CasNews ws Staff The Kootenay Society for the Han- dicapped is taking the” provinciat-gov- ernment to court over the elimination of funding to Gayle Salewski, society president Norma Collier said Tuesday. Collier said.a summons and state- ment of claim were filed in Vancouver last Friday and were served to the Ministries of Human Resources, and Health, and to the Provincial Secretary yesterday. . Salewski, 28, is a physically and mentally handicapped woman living in >the Endicott Centre-in €reston- Health and Human Resources offi- cials, who want Salewski moved to the ‘extended care unit. at the Trail Re- gional Hospital, cut off funding for her care in Creston last June. Her parents, Wilf and Ada Salewski of Trail, along with the KSH, refused to move her, saying it would be detri- mental to her health. ernment forced to repay Westar. The provincial government, which collects KSH takes province to court Rather ‘than move Salewski, the KSH obtained a bank loan of $18,000 to <-keep-her-in-Creston for-six-months. Collier said the society is basing its court challenge on section 15 of the Charter of Rights, which states that cannot be non-residential school taxes, will bear the lion's share. Westar has already been repaid more than $230,000 on its school taxes and will receive even more because of additional appeals. In-all, Westar has received nearly $370,000 so far in rebates on city, school, regional district and hospital taxes. against because of a handicap. She said if the case is not heard soon, the society will apply for an injunction to reinstate the funding pending the » when the $45,000 still owed by the city is added in along with an undisclosed sum in school, regional district and hospital rebates, Westar will likely receive a tax refund totalling more than $500,000. around thi MURDER CIT Vancouver has thé a highest-par_< sopito murder rate, making it Canada’s “murder city” ———— BAD JOKE: Real Champagne thought he would be funny and tell air- port officials that he had a bomb in his luggage. But the joke was taken seriously and the prank ended up costing the 20-year-old Canadian $268.__ a ar Champagne, of Pointe-aux-Trebles, Que., told a magistrate’s court Tuesday his remark to customs officers at London's Heathrow Airport was a horrible joke. Judge James Page fined Champagne $268. Champagne told the judge he was arrested at the end of a three- month holiday and had only $15 Canadian left. But when threatened with arralternative of 30 days in prison, he telephoned his father in Canada and told police the money was on its way. ‘