4 SSS. es _ Castlegar News June 23. 1985 Welder your advertising dollars dobetterin.....——- caused fire? CRANBROOK (CP) — A welding unit may have been responsible for a large oil fire at an industrial yard early Thursday that sent thick smoke pouring over much of Cranbrook. Bob Hoath, an employee at DA Blacktop Ltd., said a spark from a welder he was using could have touched off the flame that later spread to a tank containing 45,000 litres of primer oil. He said the welder was located near a truck that was being filled with primer, which is used in paving. The fire broke out near the primer valve and Hoath tried to move the truck out of the way, but that action broke the valve and fed the fire with a steady stream of oil. Decision reserved on death CRANBROOK (CP) — cision has been reserved until Sept. 17 in the trial of three people accused in the death of a 13-month-old girl. Linda 22, THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY E Accounting Brian L. 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The defence called no wit nesses, arguing that the Crown had failed to present a credible case. 800 students get jobs The Canada Employment Centre for Students now has approximately 800 students registered for summer work, and although many have found work there are still a lot of job seekers, says a Centre news release. To date, the Centre has placed almost 300 students in regular or fulltime positions and over 100 students in casual or odd jobs. Some examples of the positions the Students’ Cen. tre has been filling include house painters, sales clerks, waiters(resses), laborers, movers, lawn cutters, house cleaners, and office assis tants. Other positions include vo cational aides for handicap ped persons and teachers’ aides for daycare centres. “All these positions not only provide educational funds for the students but also provide valuable work experience for future job searches,” says the release. Sun sweeps awards VANCOUVER (CP) — Vancouver Sun writers swept the top three prizes in MacMillan Bloedel’s 27th an nual journalism awards com petition for British Columbia daily newspapers for 1984 Business columnist Der Hoi-Yin topped the editorial and columns category with a series of columns advocating fuller disclosure of irregular activities by brokers with the Vancouver Stock Exchange. Reporters Moira Farrow and Brian Power won first place in the news category for an in-depth report on a seandal in Vancouver city’s permits and licences depart ment. The features category first-place prize went to Sun reporter Doug Todd for a story on the municipality of Surrey. 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The freeze dates back to 1983 when the regional board completed a settlement plan for Area J, but decided to hold off on any plan for Ootischenia until after an agricultural capability study had been completed. The study was completed in February, 1984. In October the Agricultural Land Commission, Ministry of Agriculture, and the regional district met to discuss the study. Vanderpol says the Agricultural Land Commission was then asked to investigate a number of development options. That was eight months ago and the Commission still has not presented any options. “The Land Commission doesn't seem to be overly enthusiastic,” acceptable.” But Barry Smith, a planning officer-with the Land Commission in Vancouver, says the Commission is still working with the regional district on the plan. “It's jest a matter of sorting out subdivision policy in the area,” Smith said in an interview today. Asked how long it will be before the commission comes up with a plan, Smith replied that that decision will be made by the regional district. He said the regional board must establish a settlement plan based on the agricultural study, including property it considers should be excluded from the Agricultural Lard Reserve. The board could then instruct individual landowners to HARD AT IT... . A participant in the inmate co-op working program secures a slide on an adventure PRISON CAMP INMATES BUILD PLAYGROUND By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer Wayne Douglas, 32, takes five minutes from working under the hot sun on a new adventure playground at Syringa Park to talk about himself. A curly-haired bearded man in a red T-shirt and jeans, Douglas is justifiably proud of the $50,000 playground made of large, yellow logs. He has played a part in building the project, and feels good about it, despite the low pay: $6 a day. But if you're a prison camp inmate like Douglas, $6 a day is a lot better than nothing. About eight inmates have been working weekdays on the adventure playground, scheduled to be completed by the first week in July. The prisoners — supervised by provineial parks branch officials — are part of the inmate co-op working programs run at the Kokanee Creek Provincial Park Gordon Rathbone, district manager for the West Kootenay parks branch, says the inmates—classified as minimum security risks — are doing good work. “Basically speaking, they're on their own respon sibility,” he said. “We get very good work results out of them because they're not answering to a guard, they're answering to themselves.” Douglas likes the program. playground at Syringa Park. The playground is secheduled to be completed sometime next week CostewsPhote by Adrien Chamberion “Td say it's excellent, if you're willing to work. That's the thing.” Douglas, originally from Oliver, was given a one-year jail term for what he calls “theft over” — prison slang for theft over $200. After spending six weeks in a Kamloops penitentiary, he was sent to Kokanee Creek camp for the duration of his sentence, which ends Friday. “I've been here 10% months. I've enjoyed it. You learn quite a bit here which you wouldn't learn anywhere else,” Douglas says. Inmates in the program have already built an adventure playground at Kokanee Creek Park, and the next project for the group is building a fish ladder at Kokanee Creek. The adventure playground at'Syringa, located near the lakeside in front of the campsite, is elaborate. It includes swings, a fireman's pull, teeter-totter, suspen- sion bridge, rope slide, bump slide and a cable ride. Materials for the playground, which took two or three months fo build, are provided by the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing, said Rathbone. The prisoners commute during the week to the playground site, working a 4'/ to five-hour day, said Douglas The philosophy behind the program is obviously to help rehabilitate the inmates and teach them work skills. This appears to have worked for Douglas, who says he’s learned logging skills which will help him at a logging job he’s lined up for himself in Fairmont. Another of the young inmates, most of whom seem to be in their 20s, says most prisoners feel the $6 per day allowance given them is unfairly low But he adds, taking in the grass, trees, and sunshine flashing off the lake, “At least here, you get a bit of freedom.” says Vanderpol. “This is definitely not apply for rezoning to the Commission or the board could act on the owners’ behalf. Meanwhile, the regional board Saturday instructed the Pensing depend Sh eas weal Oe Aree 2 advisory planning commission and Vanderpol to begin putting a settlement plan in place. Vanderpol said the APC will present recommendations for a settlement plan at the regional board's July meeting. A bylaw will then be drawn up and go to a public hearing sometime “in early fall”, Vanderpol said. Ouse te bonne Be een residents can apply for rezoning, Vanderpol said. AAs well, Vanderpol said the regional board will begin processing applications for property outside the Agricultural Land Reserve. However, Vanderpol said any proposals for subdivision will depend on the availability of water. If owners do not have a sufficient water supply, the land can't be subdivided. But: Jack Hipwell doesn't believe the regional board intends to allow rezoning in Ootischenia. “They really don’t intend to do anything,” Hipwell, a landowner, said in an interview today. “They're trying to freeze Ootischenia into a greenbelt.” wee called Saturday's regional board decision “gobbly- “They want the status quo,” said ell. Hipwell also complained about the way the board has handled his bid to sell part of his nine-acre property to a local —— property — located on Highway 3 at the inate ne tee dump cend-taprditee & monet: However, regional planner Don Harasym told the board continued on poge AZ fe ZINC PRODUCTION Cominco to cut back cutting its output of zine from Trail by 10 per cent for the second half of this year. . Citing low international demand and depressed prices, the Vancouver-based company said in a news release it also will shut down its Sullivan mine at Kimberley for August. The Sullivan mine provides the zinc smelted at Trail. Cominco spokesman Hugh Leggatt said in an interview the Sullivan employees will take their vacations Forestry inveils plan By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Castlegar residents had an oppor. tunity to view a draft plan of the Arrow Timber Supply Area at a display Monday night at the Castlegar Legion Hall. The purpose of the Timber Supply Area (TSA) Plan is to co-ordinate the management of forest resources by linking the policies and objectives of the province and the forest region to management strategies at the forest district level. Ellen Rogers, district planner for the Arrow Forest District said the plan ineludes: e@ A statement of the supply of the three resources of the forest district timber, range and recreation; e what the district feels is the de mand for the resources; @ what the problems are in meeting the demand; @ what the district intends to do about it. The forest district is also inviting public input An open house was also held in Nakusp Tuesday and one is scheduled in Slocan today. In addition, the Arrow Forest District has sent out letters to city councils, recreation groups and various watershed groups inviting comments. Individuals were invited to com ment at the display by filling out a questionnaire. The district is also ex pecting letters from the public Cc , briefs and q on page A2 during the shutdown. Leggatt said there may be layoffs at adian Pacific Enterprises, says the cuts may be extended Friday of Local 480 of the Steelworkers Union to accept an early retirement package from Cominco. The company proposed that workers over 55 receive $200 for each year of service, and $200 for each year left until the retiree reaches age 65. This would be between $8,000 and $9,000 a year for most workers, said John Weir, union spokesman. But the union rejected the offer because Cominco stipulated that it have the option of replacing members of the steelworkers’ bargaining unit with supervisors. The union's contract forbids this. “We didn't feel it was worthwhile to do that,” Weir said today “They wanted us to give up some of e rights of other people in the bar- ining unit.” nside INDONESIA-BOUND: Eighteen- year-old Sara Wearmouth will join a Canada World Youth group headed for southeast Asia. Wearmouth and 13 others will spend three months in fn- donesia following three months in Ontario... A3 Licence No. 23 a4 UP IN SMOKE: VICTORIA pos? of trafficking When police checked plastic shopping bags STAY OR GO?: Trail area politicians are fighting to keep the Central Kootenay Health Unit in the silver city A4 TlDECISION SOON: The B.C. Ombudsman’s office expects to make a final decision soon on complaints about Westar Timber's Tree Farm A substitute teacher's story that he was going to bathe in marijuana to sooth his aching legs didn't wash with —~Jj] 0 county court judge. Andrew Rickards Reeves, 39, was sentenced to 30 days in jail ot leading guilty to possessing 900 grams of marijuana tor the pur Court was told Reeves car stopped while carrying a bag down- they found the loose marijuana in two wes testified that he had pains in his legs and was told by o + hot tea or a bath in low-grade marijuano would help. Robert Hutchison called the explanation “novel, but quite) MEET RESULTS: Robson and Ootischenia elementary schools held! their track meets recently. For full results a4 9 A.M. PRECISELY !: Gary Kingston tokes an intimate look ot BCTV's| resident of the airwaves, Jock Webster 83 eel