a2 __Castlégar News Mmorch 27.1900 Win 5 @ Provincial Tickets Your Name in OPEN MONDAYS? LOOK NOW! nein meena ANNUAL MEETING Blueberry Creek Irrigation District — Reports — — Election of Trustees — TIME: 7 p.m. PLACE: Blueberry Creek School DATE: March 28, 1988 Please Attend! BOARD OF TRUSTEES T-BILL the Premium Savings account | % — HIGH YIELD WITH FLEXIBILITY CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION For All Your Financial & insurance Needs SLOCAN PARK 601: Veins aes.7232 Nery: 6 Sigeen Perk Insurance 365, Insurance 226-7216 STUMPAGE FORMULA D'Arcy concerned By CasNews Staff Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy has asked the provincial government, to address his concern for the Rossland-Trail constituency. “I suppose our most immediate concern is th arbitrarily imposed — and highly arbitrary — new stumpage formula which has been imposed on the operators within the region,” D'Arcy told the legislature earlier this month. D'Arcy said the Social Credit government is trying to make up for pi ive provincial rates by burdening the mere efficient Interior and Kootenay sawmill operators with higher stumpage rates. “The fact is that the mills of the Interior and North and the loggers of the Interior and North have been penalized because they were doing such a good job,” D'Arcy said in a speech responding to the provincial government Throne Speech. D'Arcy said the stumpage tax is unfair because it affects some smaller, more efficient operators instead of the ~vlarge multinational corporate” mills on the coast. He said the change in stumpage rates are a “coastal orientation that rewards inefficiency and disinvestment, as in these 30- and 40-year-old mills that are quite endemic on the coast of British Columbi: D'Arcy also pointed out there is a surplus of residual wood chips in the province and the provincial governiment should take a hard look at finding ways of utilizing the thips instead of burning them or shipping them raw to the U.S “There is a surplus of residual chips in British Columbia that's especially acute in the southern Interior and the West Kootenay,” he told the legislature. “There needs to be a major expansion in the- province in pulp and paper.” D'Arcy continued to press the government on other issues including inland ferries and highways privatization initiatives. “We do not want to see a cutback in service,” D'Arcy said of inland ferry service. “We do not want to see fees attached to any of those ferries, because they are a major part of the transportation structure of the southern Interior.” He continued to say people in the Kootenays are “highly Anthony’ s Pizza & Steakhouse #1 Easter Special Recelvé By The Canadian Press KELOWNA -—- West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd. completed a re. source study seven months ago, a public meeting was suspicious” operations, “There is no one, to my knowledge, who favors the assumption by the private sector of highway maintenance operations,” he said, Cominco's water tax was another issue D’Arey mentioned and said the government's proposal to look at “unreasonable” taxes on the mineral industry was not as important as examining taxes levied on the mining and smelting industry in the province. He mentioned in particular Cominco's Trail operations, which pays the forernmest about $9 million annually for the water which falls over the Cominco dam to turn the generators. “The smelting and refining industry is very labor-in- tensive, relatively speaking, yet a totally unreasonable taxation load is placed on that industry, particularly the operations in Trail,” D'Arcy charged. “The water tax problem in the smelting and refining industry is an invention of the Social Credit government across the way.” D'Arcy talks about the Cominco Trail expansion and diversification projects and also expressed concern over the transportation of ore from Alaska to B.C. when Cominco’s Red Dog mine opens. He mentioned a controversy from 20 years ago involving the shipment of coal from Elk Valley and Crowsnest Pass to Roberts Bank and North Vancouver. The Canadian rail carriers are carrying that coal and D'Arcy wants the government to make sure the mineral concentrates coming from Alaska are also shipped on Canadian rail lines. “We're not talking as many carloads as with the coal, but there is some question how the Red Dog ore which will be coming into Trail from Alaska is going to get from the coast to Trail,” he said. “I would hope the government is going to work very hard to make sure that there is an all-Canadian route.” In closing his remarks to the legislature on the throne speech D'Arcy said: “I would hope that the government is going to stop interfering with the stability and the infrastructure of this province and let people get down to doing the job they do best, which is runping the province and making it successful economically.” of the move to privatize the highways Utility does study had to get an environmental impact study,” McKay said. The study is expected to be completed in 11 weeks. weeks ago, said J.S. 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Many of the speakers appeared to™ still’ be ‘angry that the utilities commission last year approved the $80. million Cdn sale of West Kootenay to UtiliCorp United, an American corpor- ation. same care, the same love, the same scolding I give my own children 99 George and Lucille Hill Foster Parents - 5 years Stepben and Vanessa Morrell Foster Parents - 24% years DR; GARY JENKINS . seeking “moderate” platform Jenkins goes for Liberal nomination By CasNews Staff A Rossland medica! doctor is hoping to secure the nomination as the Liberal party candidate for Kootenay- West-Revelstoke riding in the next federal election. Dr. Gary Jenkins has announced his intentions to seek the Liberal nomination and is campaigning on a “moderate” platform. “Kootenay-West-Revelstoke in particular, needs a more moderate, middle-of-the-road policy on free trade,” Jenkins says. “Too often in the past the voters have been offered only a very polarized choice.” Jenkins, currently serving his second term as an alderman on Rossland city council, says he also believes in a “reasoned approach to defence” and wants to see Canada stay in NATO and NORAD. However, he says he is against “squandering billions of dollars_on nuclear submarines.” The 47-year-old physician was born in Edmonton but has spent the last 20 years as a family physician in Rossland, Jenkins has been-a delegate to tbe ‘last twa national Liberal conventions and has served as president of the Rossland-Trail provincial riding association since 1985. 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To find out, call “800-663-9999 9 fy 44 _— Province of British Columbia Ministry of Sociai Services and Housing Honourable Claude Richmond, Minister POSTER aR CARE March 27, 1988 Castlegar News a3 TORONTO (CP) — The Roman Catholic Church has involved in such trials must report their findings to police out of concern for children who may be victims and to Plan developed for alleged abuse Canada's 130 bishops, the document is not considered developed a plan to respond to complaints about priests who sexually abuse children, including removing an accused man from his parish duties. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has come up with a protocol calling for every diocesan bishop to appoint a special team to investigate complaints of sexual assault, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported Saturday. If the church verifies the abuse, the offender could face a church tribunal and be ejected from the priesthood or child protection agencies. fBut Archbishop James Hayes, conference president, said the protocol serves as a reminder the clergy is ‘ obligated under provincial laws to report child abuse. “We want to give the best protection and care to children. We don’t want any member of our church involved,” in sexual abuse, he said in an interview from Halifax. Neither the Anglican Church nor the United Church of Canada, two of Canada's largest Protestant denomi- seek protection for the church from civil or criminal liability. hops in the United States who havé ignored allegations of abuse or do not take them seriously have been sued for negligence. A diocese in Lafayette, La., was recently ordered to pay about $14 million in damages to families of young males molested by a priest. As a result, insurance companies have cancelled civil liability coverage for most formal policy The document calls for each diocesan bishop to appoint a special team consisting of a physician, an expert in canon law and a lawyer trained in civil and criminal law to investigate allegations made against a cleric. An accused priest is to be given an immediate leave of absence from his duties and is barred from the parish even from living in the area — until the outcome of the diocesan inquiry A member of the bishgp's investigative team would if found guilty. newspaper, The document, a copy of which was obtained by the does not say whether church officials nations, ve developed a na leaders similar to the Catholic init! Catholic leaders say the protocol has’ been developed dochment for church U.S. dioceses, Although the conference has given a copy of its plan, developed by lawyers and authorities in canon law, to interview the parents of an alleged victim and, if the complaint is determined to have merit, the priest would be asked for his side of the story. RUMORS ADDRESSED . . . Canada Post representatives met Thursday evening with concerned Robson lents to discuss the possible closure of the Robson post office. (From left) Celine Gaulin community of- = ticer, Janesse Hawke manager of rural services and Jack Chernoff member of the board of directors for Canada Post. POST OFFICE BUDGET REACTION Socred budget ‘confrontational’ By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer Thursday's provincial budget af. fects those who can least afford it, says Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy. “It hits the people hardest who can least afford to pay,” D'Arcy said Friday just after returning from Victoria. “Seniors are not going to have any money left for themselves.” D'Arcy pointed to the 10 per cent increase in fees for the elderly in chronic care facilities. They will pay 85 per cent of their social security income for long-term care, up from 75 per cent He added that a four per cent increase on alcohol sales and a 10 per cent tax on draft beer will not all be going into substance abuse programs. “They're using alcohol again as a cash cow,” D'Arcy said. “Only 25 per cent of the alcohol tax increase is going to go into substance abuse programs with the other 75 per cent going into general revenue.” The budget allows for $43 million to go toward alcohol and drug abuse education, prevention and treatment programs this year. D'Arcy said the overall budget middle-income earners in the province and charged that the government could have done more to get revenue from big business. A “The budget should be fairier on its impact to the private individuals, particularly low- and middle-income people,” D'Arcy said. “There have been no tax increases affecting the well to do.” He said the 30 per cent increase in medicare premiums will make it diffi cult for lower-income earners to have access to médical services. “I believe the medicare premiums unfairly target those people who are least able to pay,” he Said. “If they want to raise taxes they should raise them fairly across the board.” The B.C. Government Employees Union also found numerous problems with the budget. “The government appears to be preparing for a battle which we find alarming,” said Sheila Fruman, com- munications officer for the B.C. Gov ernment Employees Union. “We're particularly alarmed at the confrontational tone.of the budget speech.” Fruman was referring to the settling negotiated contracts with public sector workers. The budget put $90 million aside for a “New Programs” section which includes programs for health, social welfare, technology and small business development. Fruman said the 30,000-member union is upset the Socred budget lumped the settle- ment funds in with the other programs. “They've also got public sector wages in the budget together with funding for programs for the dis- advantaged,” she said. “To make it look as though whatever money workers get is going to come out of some other worthwhile program. It wasn’t nec- essary to do that at all.” Bob Schmidt, president of the United Steelworkers of America Local 480, also didn’t like the budget. “I don't like the overtones of con- frontation put in the budget speech on upcoming negotiations with the BCGEU,” Schmidt said Friday from Trail. He also said he's “really upset” with the medicare increases and the one cent a litre increase in the gasoline tax. “It appears these taxes are aimed at working people,” Schmidt said. continued from front poge terrible speed when they -get to the post office and they are not looking where they are going.” Canada Post says it has been unable to come to an agreement with its present landlord, Gordon Ferguson of Castlegar, and is renting the post office by the month without the benefit of a signed lease. “Over the last couple of years we have asked our landlord for much needed improvements to the prem ises,” Celine Gaulin, community officer for Canada Post, said at the meeting. “We have been unable to come to an agreement and are now leasing the space on a month-to-month basis.” Gaulin said one of the problems with the current location is a lack of space which is needed for an additional 260 lock boxes. Ferguson stood and made his pre. sence known at the meeting, saying: “I Hawke said Canada Post cannot continue to operate with an unsigned lease. “This has gone on far too long,” she said. Ferguson said he is unable to get insurance for the building and does not want to be liable under the lease. “That's what it is all about, insurance,” Ferguson said. “If anything happens in there I lose everything, Canada Post loses nothing and that’s not fair.” Hawke said the agreement is a “standard lease agreement signed by everyone everywhere.” Ferguson said he would like to talk to Canada Post and settle any dif. ferences so the post office can remain where it is. Postal representatives said they would insist a meeting take place between the two sides soon, but were not very positive about a resolution. “The sides are just too far apart,” rather than losing our post office,” Taylor said. Vanderpol said there are only a few locations in Robson which are zoned for commercial use, all of which are used for other purposes such as the community hall and the church. Van derpol said the old Robson general store is also zoned for commercial use and panel members representing the post office said they would look into that possible site. “If whoever owns the property comes up with a proposal we would certainly consider it,” said Jack Cher noff a member of the board of directors for Canada Post. If Canada Post cannot find a “suit able” location for the post office, the other alternative is to install “super mail boxes” which are a variation of the green site boxes, only they can house 80 per cent of parcels and provide a place to drop off don’t like the way my name has been bantered around without my having a chance to defend myself.” Ferguson said he has been willing _ ing. for any kind of an agreement to be reached, Hawkes said after the meet- part With super mailboxes, the other of postal service, except for delivery, would be supplemented by a picture does not favor lower- and Legal costs worry teachers VANCOUVER (CP) — The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is having a hard look at whether it can keep paying the skyrocketing legal costs of defending teachers ac cused of sex offences. Since January 1986, 14 teachers in the province have been jailed for sex offences and another 16 are going to trial. It cost the federation more than $500,000 for legal aid last year, compared with $96,000 in 1982. The issue is on the agenda for the federation’s five-day annual meeting, which starts here today. The federation currently rectly connected to their tea ching. Teachers will decide whether they should recom: mend some kind of limit to legal aid that will reduce the bills. The federation executive is also bringing a proposed policy to the meeting that says students with AIDS should have the right to attend regular classes. It also says the identities of tea chers and students with the AIDS virus should be pro- tected. Teachers also will be asked to vote on recommendations that define the federation’s government's allotment of funds for “There's no justice.” Lotto winner gives thanks By The Canadian Pr: GRAND FORKS — “Flor edine Leippi came to Canada from the Philippines in-May- 1985 to seek her fame and fortune. She found both in Wed nesday’s Lotto 6-49 draw The resident of this south. eastern B.C. town won $3.5 million, putting her among the top 10 lottery millionaires in British Columbia. She is the seventh Lotto 6-49 millionaire in the last 47 days. “Thank you for this game,” jeweller husband, Herbert, 62, picked up the cheque for $3,551,710.40. Leippi, 40, said she plans to give a taste of her winnings to her family She has four sisters and six brothers, including three brothers living in Vancouver, one in Kelowna and one in Saudi Arabia. Her father and two sisters still live on a rice and coconut farm in the Phil- ippines, she said. Leippi said she and her husband plan to continue running their shop and living above it. to make improvements, but Canada Post won't approve his plans. “In 1986 I asked you to agree to many of my renovations and _alter- ations,” he said. “I have plans here which have been rejected not once, but five times. I don’t think you ate. being fair,” said Ferguson. Hawke said Ferguson's submis- sions for renovations to the office were “unbusinesslike.” “You are dealing with a corp- oration here that has perhaps too high standards,” she said. Meanwhile, Canada Post said it is considering leasing a piece of property from the Robson irrigation district. The property is located directly in front of the Robson ferry in between the Lion's Head Pub and Johnnies’ Grocery and Gas. Bob Taylor, a member of the Robson water board, said the property has a cement pad for a trailer, an existing septic tank and ample room for parking behind. “Maybe to some it’s not an ideal site, but ... any area that we can get that would be feasible is far better CSCU continued from front page other area credit unions such as Koot. enay Savings Credit Union, aren't reporting losses. “I can't speak for Kootenay Savings Credit Union,” Myhra replied, adding later: “I think all the credit unions in the Kootenays have suffered from property losses in the last five years.” The credit union's service charges also came under fire. One member noted that news reports suggest the reason for the number of bank service charges is because the large banks are trying to cover losses on loans to Third World countries. But the member suggested that shouldn't be the case with credit unions who do not have outstanding loans with Third World countries. The member noted that the fee to renew mortgages has risen from nothing, to $35 and now to $65. But Leamy said service charges “are a necessary part of financial institutions.” He also told the meeting the board reviews service charges semi-annually and that Castlegar Sav. ings’ charges are lower than other financial institutions. Another member complained that his charge for business cheques has jumped 300 per cent. “That's unacceptable,” he said. But Myhra noted that business accounts used to be treated as in dividual accounts. He said no other financial institution does that, so Castlegar Savings decided to offer a account for busii at rates recommended by a provincial rating service. retail outlet such ag the ones in Carl's Drugs and The Roadside Place, repre sentatives said. Gaulin indicated Johnnies’ Groc- ery and Gas as a suitable retail outlet. “That's the type of service we would look to go into a retail outlet or providing the sale of stamps, to provide call-for service, CODs, money orders, — full retail service,” she said. But the possibility of moving the post office outside the boundaries of Robson didn’t go over too well at the meeting. Several people stood and said there is inadequate parking at John nies’. Robson resident Darlene Shultz added that it is too far to walk, especially for elderly residents. She said there are no other retail outlets in Robson. “If you are looking for a retail outlet you have one choice because their is only one store in the com munity,” Shultz said. Shultz said although she couldn't speak for all Robson residents she felt the best solution was for the post office to remain where it is. residents know when a decision has been made on the fate of the Robson post office. “We do nothing without the community knowing one way or the other,” Gaulin said. Hawke said it is likely it will be three months before a decision is made and another three months before any action is taken by Canada Post. + pays for legal aid to defend view of how the new College of Teachers should act. teachers on any charge di Leippi said to B.C. Lottery Corp. officials as she and her “Our first priority is the store,” she said. Fear for baby’s life By BONNE MORGAN Stafi Writer A Blueberry woman says she is disappointed after she was involved in a life-and-death situation this week on the Highway 22 between Castlegar and Blueberry and nobody would stop to help. “I was coming home from down town with a 19-month-old baby and the baby went into convulsions,” the mother of the baby told the Castlegar News. The 27-year-old Blueberry Creek woman, who asked that her name not be made public, wants people to know she was in an emergency situation and could have used some help. “Next time maybe somebody will stop and think and somebody will be saved,” she said. The Blueberry Creek woman was almost home Monday afternoon when she had to pull her truck over near Trowelex Rentals after her baby went into convulsions. “Right away I thought he had choked,” she said. fter finding there was nothing to make the baby choke she turned on her emergency flashers and removed ‘him from his car seat. By this time, she said, the baby had turned purple and was unconscious as she tried to “flag down” passing cars. “When I pulled him from the truck, I really thought he had died,” she said. “I was standing out there waving my hands and screaming for help. The woman says there was a slow steady stream of traffie coming from both directions but about 12 cars went by before somebody finally stopped “People would slow down and look,” she said, but they didn’t stop to help. “A lady with two kids did stop (but) + She didn't know how she could help.” “There was traffic coming from both directions.” A Cominco bus returning from Trail also stopped. “I was really lucky, there was an RN (registered nurse) in the bus,” the woman said. The nurse tried to revive the baby while another person went up to Trowelex to call an ambulance. “The nurse did revive him, but he kept going unconscious.” A Loomis driver tried to call an ambulance on her radio, but couldn't get through, so drove up to Trowelex Rentals and used the telephone there. The baby is fine now, after spending two nights in hospital for tests and monitoring. “What had happened is his brain had stopped,” when the baby develop- ed a “very high temperature” the woman explained. “The funny thing is that he wasn't sick when it happened,” she said. The doctor who treated the baby said there is “no good correlation” between the baby’s high temperature and his illness. The baby probably had a viral infection which led to him stopping breathing, said Dr. Christopher Tom- aszewski. But the woman is still shaken and worried. “Every time he goes to sleep, I keep going in to check on him.” She says she has inquired about taking a cardio-pulmonary resuscita- tion course for infants so she will know what to do if something like this happens again. “Tm getting one started the beginning of April,” she said.