A2': CASTLEGAR NEWS, JUNE 12, 1983 aE HOSPITAL - FORYOU, continued from front poge Monda Ss out-of-province pationts, who y, Tue day are not covered by the B.C. RUCRARLUCECLNg Medical plan, » this week ditures in operating room and labora- tory. Anew anaesthetic machine was purchased as well as a conto. ¥8,0302, "om cent 383; from TANG $3,046,362 in 1981/82. ORANGE PEKOE Oglow explained the in- crease was largely due to in- TEA BAGS $439 creased costs of house keep- MACARONI & CHEESE ing supplies, utilities, drugs DINNERS om 3,51 225 gec.... for CANADIAN CIGARETTES ». 10° CENTRAL FOODS - COMMUNITY. Tiltre. increases were offset some- what by decreases in medical “and surgical supplies, food supplies and plant mainten- ance, , On a more positive note, society members were told that the hospital was able to purchase more than $50,000 worth of equipment for the Upton's 60's oo... continued from front page hopes raised about a settle- ment, only to dash them if negotiations are not success- ful. Meanwhile, he noted that the 7 a.m. Monday strike notice is still on. The strike deadline was scheduled earlier this week after mediator Longpre officially booked out of the dispute. A two-year agreement ON DED. BOF ERALED: between Cominco and the SVVAPACA Tei five Steelworker locals ieee § expired April 30. The union <= ineat SAVINGS FOR | - Gras 20% os Shop Now For Your Special Day! BONNETT'S BOY'S & MEN'S WEAR 233 Columbia Ave., Castlegar Ph. 365-6761 and laundry services. These : STRAWBERRIES You Pick or Buy Picked G&LFARMS Grand Forks Open Every Day Dawn to Dusk No Appointment Necessary -You Pick 75¢ Ib, — Picked $1 Ib. Bring your Own Containers TURN LEFT ON 19TH ST. NEAR THE GRAND FORKS ARENA AND FOLLOW THE SIGNS TO G & L FARMS ” Phone 442-8095 or 442-3049 new for “ie paroscop: Dalziel By CasNews Staif A nine-year term on th C: problems. New X-ray equipment pur- chased last year has been installed and is now in use. Talarico says upcoming plans for 1988/84 include purchasing an 1 a and District Hos. pital Board ended: Thurs- day for John Dalziel with a standing ovation. Noting that the law states that a member can only sit three consecutive (equipment sterlizer) at a cost of $60,000, a nurse's call * system estimated at $75,000 and a fire alarm system to- talling $35,000. Meanwhile, a plan for building a $60,000 sundeck for patients has been put on hold because of budget re- straints. COMINCO wants a one-year pact with a six per cent wage increase on a median hourly wage of $13.63, improved cost of living benefits and. adjust- ments to other benefit plans, The company requested a 58-cent an hour wage concession, and end to the COLA provision, and other concessions, Police Briefs An accident near the Castlegar post office at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday saw a total of $1,800 damage to two ve- hicles. A vehicle driven by Margaret Reith collided with a vehicle driven by Sheila, Hall, Castlegar RCMP re- port. No injuries were re- ported. Also on Wednesday, cyclist Gordon’. Semenoff collided with a semi-trailer driven by David Ramsden on Columbia Ave. near Mike's Mobile Homes. Semenoff suffered cuts and bruises and his bike was demolished. Castlegar RCMP.. report © bs : that 76 people were fined $25 / for not. wearing their seat- belts during a campaign to remind drivers that driving without a seatbelt is illegal in BC. “We reached our 80 per cent,” Staff Sgt. John Ste- vens said this week after re- leasing a report that showed 958 vehicles were checked. The seatbelt check was part of a province wide “80 per cent click” campaign sponsored by the RCMP and the Insurance Corporation of B.C. to encourage 80 per cent. of B.C, drivers to wear seat- cuick! ‘BUCKLE UP! WJ : TAKE YOU New Shock Absorbers will smooth the way for you and make your car ride like new, again! We can help you select the correct shock absorber for your driving needs! DOES YOUR CAR (All over the road?) GOT THOSE ROCK ‘N ROLL BLUES? NEED A LIFT? TIRE STORES FOR A RIDE? Be sure fo enter 2701 Ce Ave., South Cast! 365-3433 HELD OVER... NOW UNTIL JUNE 25 Buy 3 — get 4. includes installation (gasp) O.K. TIRES “BEAN IN THE JAR” CONTEST YOU COULD WIN — 4 New Firestone 721 Radials, Gabriel Shock Absorbers or a Trip to Spokane. TIRE STORES 1g (Near Central Foods) OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK three year-t chairman Dalziel express: ed his thanks to hospital administration and staff at the hospital’ society's an- “nual general meeting. “This is the end of my -nine-year term on the board of your hospital and Thave enjoyed every min- ute of it. In that period I have been 1 privileged to as- sociate with some of the finest people I have met.in my more than 70 years,” Dalziel said. As he singled out hos- pital administrator Ken Talarico and director of nursing Denise Reed for special ‘mention, Dalziel said he hadn't the words to “express adequately the deep regard and -sincere appreciation I have for them.” “Without their constant faith and support through- out the years my task as board chairman would _have been. much ' more difficult,” he continued. a year off before sitting another term on the board, But when he spoke to about 20 hospital society members Thursday, he ‘eticent about his don’t know what to say... How Fil feel a year from now, I don't know.” Ald. Carl Henne, who is also a trustee on the board, will replace Dalziel as chairman and president. Kinnaird Junior Second- ary School principal Terry a three- -year. term on; the plant engineer with BC Timber and current mem: ber of the hospital finance committee, was elected to serve a three-year term as trustee. -By. law, Dalziel can take: retires: EAB HOSPITAL CHANGES . ... To outgoing Castlegar Hospital & photo: above shows joard chairman John Rogers and| Rush were elected toa three-year te ‘Bottom photo shows new: board executiv vices id Rogers, chairman and president Carl (right; trustees Terry Roger “(lefty and | Merv. much. Both Rogers, who was elected to As well, Merv Rush, a Henne, and treasurer Nick Oglow. —CosNewsPhoto Georgetti back at work TRAIL (CP) — of the 4,450-member Trail local of the United Steel- workers of America was back at work this week after being released from jail on $10,000 bail. | The leader Ken Georgetti was ar- rested Wednesday on charges of conspiracy to import $8 million worth of marijuana and $1 million of cocaine for the purposes of trafficking. Georgetti, the 31-year-old Georgetti said the execu- tive council of Local 480 met Wednesday and decided to let him keep his job. © “They have faith in me,” he said. Georgetti gained promin- ence in B.C. labor circles during the 1981 raid on the Steelworkers’ Cominco cer- tification by the Canadian Association of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Work- ers. The youthful leader spearheaded the Steelwork- nt. of. the ers’ Local 480 — which is currently involved in a bitter contract dispute with Com- inco Ltd. — has been charged aloiiz with seven other resi- dents ‘of B.C. and Alberta. ers’ defe against CAIMAW's unsuccessful at- tack. Georgetti was raised in Trail and studied at the Uni- versity of B.C. He worked as a pipefitter at the Cominco smelter at Trail. ‘In June, 1981, he became president of Local 480. VOTED TO STRIKE Georgetti’s arrest comes just days after Trail and Kimberley Cominco workers voted to strike to press their rejection of company de- mands for a multi-year pact containing a 58-cents-an-hour wage cut, an end to a cost-of- living provision and other concessions. Local 480 vice-president John Owen said the charges against Georgetti will not af- fect’ preparation for the strike, which is slated to begin at 7 a.m. tomorrow (Monday). Nelson RCMP Sgt. Eli PRE-INVENTORY SALE 20% OF - All Fabric Sale Lasts Until June 29. Shop Early for Best Selection. Carter’ s Singer Sewing Centre J Plaza and W FASHION * YARDAGE | ta Plaza — Castlegar 365-3810 Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Sat. 9:30 - 5:30 — Friday 9:30-9 Tetreault, said the drug roundup was conducted early Wednesday following a com- bined investigation over the past two years by RCMP de- tachments in Nelson, Van- couver, Cranbrook, Calgary and Trail, OLD ARENA continued from front poge -He said the machine is more than 70 years old and “came from the old Woodward Stores in Vancouver.” As well, Vanderpol said that now all new parts for the compressor must be handmade. “That's bloody expensive.” Funding for the renovations will come from the NEED grant, with the remainder coming from a special fund called the “unexpended bylaw fund.” ’ That fund includes $97,000 left over from when the community complex was built and the interest on that money. Metge said the fund totalled more than $160,000 in 11976 and is now large enough to cover renovations to the Old Arena. Both Vanderpol and Metge stressed that taxpayers will not have to pay additional taxes for the renovations. > Asked about original plans for a second sheet of ice in the community complex, Vanderpol replied that investiga- tions show that a second sheet would cost more than $1 million. “We haven't got that, and the taxpayers can’t afford that.” Vanderpol also noted,'“The key is that whatever is done, it will be done with'local people.” He praised both Metge and the carpenters’ union for their cooperation in making the renovations Possible. Finally, Metge noted that the small ice sheet in the Old Arena will remain, though the bleachers will be removed. Frank’s Sharpening Service 1216-181 St., Castlegar “Behind Castle Theatre” CASTLEGAR 365-7395 , FORALL YOUR SHARPENING NEEDS Handsaws, Circular Saws, Corbides Sharpened ond Retoothed. Chain Saws, in Monat Blodes, Router ond Drill COURT/ NEWS “In Castlegar provincial court this week, Dwayne Skublen was fined $350 after pleading guilty toa charge of impaired driving, * Jody Hack was fined PROMPT SERVICE REASONABLE PRICES $225 cher pleading guilty to- a charge of being a minor in of alcohol. By MICHAEL BERNARD VANCOUVER (CP) — Economic recovery ‘and the cost of living are key issucs in negotiations between forest unions representing 60,000 workers and the. co Columbia's largest industry, i More than 100,000 other B.C. worker: hoping to see wage increases. they can use as loverago in their own negotiations. The b of the * The prog; because the of " America and two pulp and paper unions’ are’ on'the attack this year, despite corporate losses which the industry: Bays amounted to more than $1 billion last year: Union leaders argue that a U.S, economic recovery will; allow B.C. companies to raise’ wa; i cts of prosperity are even brighter,’ they say, nited States government has ruled out what ‘probably would have been a Gissatrous countervailing duty “against Canadian lumber. ~ The forest companies maintaip they need time to re-establish stable debt-to-equity ratios and recover from the losses suffered in an industry depression which at its depth last summer had about half of the IWA’s 50,000-B.C. MEETING... . Joe Clark ‘and forines Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco (left) huddle with supporters during recent visit to Ci Clark had support of seven West Kootenay delegates, but it didn't help as members laid off. ‘A new influence, was' added negotiations this week when th This pact, still to. be-voted states, is reported ‘to. be: first-year wage freeze followed by: per cent and 4.6: pe cent: -ETee! ~ negotiators. who" he | said conditions will be in 1985‘and the: forest industry Jumber companics in on 4 “Those are the operator we compete with,” Bennett sald, ~“Thoir age ees are lower than ours already and one of the Soals of our. industry here ‘has been to remove that wage 3 GRAIN TALKS WATCHED Also being watched closely is‘a contract between the Union.and ‘grain terminal cperators. Their settlement, might indicate, the strength of the economy's recovery. |; Bie ‘The'grain handler va signed a 1986. The B.C. union is secking ‘wage increase matching the inflation: ete = "86: “per cent, | accorditig -to.the latest available figures —'on. a current average ‘base: of .$12,96 an hour. Keith Bennett, resident of the BO.. industry’s bar- ‘gaining’ arm, Forest: Industrial Relations, said the U.8: agreement will make ‘Canadian companies more resolute i in their insistence on a nes term contract with small ‘wage Increases ‘ he fell 259 votes’ ‘short ‘of wining ip race, fall which p: i si 60-an-hour raise ie 1982, bringing the hourly base rate to $14.15, Talks on 1983 wages have.been stalled islneo ‘last winter. * the union, ig 750 workers in and Prince Rupert, has rejected an offer by the B.C. Terminal Elevator Operators Association of about 70 cents an hour. The workers are refusing to work overtime, slowing “grain Joading and the dispute is worrying wheat farmers who have been counting on high-volume shipments to offset “low international prices. CASTLEGAR NEWS, JUNE 12,1983 A3 ons on the attack Adding to the worries of farmers are fiesta surpluses in the U.S., which could attract grain buyers if Canada failed to meet its contracts because of labor trouble in the ports. The labor-relations environment created by the forest industry and grain contract talks — and by continuing or pending miners, employees and hotel workers — will affect negotiations between the pi and its k says John Fryer, ‘general secretary of the B.C. Government Employees Union. The main. provincial public-sector contract, covering about 37,000 workers, expires Oct. 31. “We don’t negotiate in a vacuum,” Fryer said in an interview. “Clearly the industrial relations climate is taken into mind by the negotiators at the table.” He said if the IWA went on strike, the government would use the loss of forest industry cash flow, with the resulting loss of tax revenue, to justify holding public sservants to a small wage increase. “They have brought up every reason under the sun and they would just add that to the list,” Fryer said. AN INSIDE LOOK: Why Pocklington backed Mulroney OTTAWA (CP) — Edmon- ton millionaire Peter Pock- lington sold his futile Con- servative leadership aspira- tions Saturday to fellow busi- nessman Brian Mulroney in return for hopes he will one day receive a patronage ap- pointment to a royal commis- sion. Pocklington was willing to swing to anyone but Joe . Clark in the event his sup- port faltered, but he decided to try to deliver his 102 first- @ ballot votes to Mulroney af- r Brian Mulroney in Saturday's —CosNewa Photo by Phil Colderbank “ter he was promised. serious consideration of three of his key campaign planks, “We want a change in leadership dnd we're doing all we can, to bring one about,” said his ca paign | * but would not « ‘say that o finished” Skip Willis aE third behind “Mulroney and Clark on the first _ballot, made the same would need assurance of a royal commission into tax re- form .and of _ton never really met expec- tations, and