“Foi coremaapee Legt siattve Library, rget The six winning numbers in Saturday's aaipucic matnone Lotto 6-49 draw were 16, 24, 25, 28, 32 Daylight Savin: Time and 44. The bonus number was two. Lot- offyciall began at 2 tery officials said no one held a winning a.m Yond clocks ticket. for the jackpot pool of should have been set $2,976,447.60. The winning number in ahead one hour Friday's Provincial lottery is 4318738. . Sunday McCLELLAND SAYS Castlégar_ No real hurry to WEATHERCAST cloudy ‘parods” and woloed — yy and 10 per tent = 1 Se ews impose pulp pact 50 CENTS ae CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1984 . . Youngsters obviously enjoy en- at the West Kootenay Trade Fair Saturday. The 8th annual trade fair con- tinues today at the community complex. COWICHAN BAY (CP) — Labor Minister Bob McClelland says he is in no hurry to impose a new contract on the 12,700 pulp and paper workers in British Columbia. McClelland, in this central Vancou- ver Island community for a three-day meeting of the provincial cabinet, said he has not yet made any recommen- dations to the cabinet for a new con- tract, and would much rather the two sides worked one out on their own. The minister said the cabinet con- centrated on matters of general econ- omie development Friday, “talking about the opportunities for high tech- and a few other things so we haven't had the chance, and I haven't put any options (on the pulp dispute) yet to cabinet. “But obviously, it will be a subject of discussion, I'm sure. McClelland said the government's main objective was to get the workers back. to work, and “that’s been achieved at this present time, so nobody is going to panic and we're going to be very sure that we discuss thi. to the fullest possible extent be- ‘we pat any options before the ernment.” He said he would like to see both the ‘iniotiand the industry back at the bar- gaining table. “The optimum solution would be for the two sides to get together and do BOB McCLELLAND = No ‘panic’ some serious bargaining and come up with a solution of their own.” REJECTED PACT. - The Canadian Psperworkers Union and the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada voted 87 per cent to reject the industry’s final offer, but McClel- land said he did not have any expec- CALLED ‘MISTAKE’ Unions picket By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer A demonstration was staged Thurs: day by trade unionists in front of the Super-Valu on Columbia Ave., despite the insistance of the store's man- agement that the protest was a “mis- take.” The protesters gathered on the side- walk in front of the store for a few hours in the morning to hold “an informational picket,” said demonstra- tor Len Voykin — a carpenter union member. Trade unionists say the protest was held to bring attention to a contract awarded to a “non-local, non-union” contractor frem Creston who will carry out renovations oa the former Safeway location im the Castleaird Plaza in move But Super-Valu management says the protest was “a misunderstanding.” The protesters “left around 11 a.m. after it was made clear to them that Super-Valu has no direct connection with the renovations, said George Wood, vice-president of Ferraro Foods. Ltd., which owns and operates the Super-Valu stores in the West Koot- enay. “We have an obligation with Gulf Pacific... they are to perform some work on our behalf,” Wood said in a phone interview from Gulf Pacific Investments Ltd. is a Vancouver-based company which man- Castleaird Plaza. z The contract between non-union contractor East West Builders of Cres- ton and Gulf Pacific to carry out the renovations is strictly “between land- lord and contractor,” said Frank Del- lalla, Gulf Pacific's general manager for property services. Delalla said there is no direct con- nection between Super-Valu and the “Basically we're refurbishing a 25- year-old building,” said Delalla. Specialized renovations needed by Super-Valu such as installed refriger- ating units and counters will be the responsibility of Ferraro Foods, he added. But Voykin said the protest was held in front of Super-Valu because the trade unionists feel the store's man- agement has a direct involvement in the use of the non-union contractor. “We feel in this case, Super-Valu has adirect hand in what's happening, and of course, we can’t go to Vancouver where Gulf Pacific is . . _Voykin said the protesters “feel Valu . . .could apply some pres- on Gulf Pacific to use local union workers for the renovations. No one from Super-Valu came out to tions about the vote setting the stage for the Social Credit government to impose a contract. He said the government has not yet decided what action to take, and will be discussing its options this weekend. “With the mills operating, with the economy starting to improve again and with the workers back on the job, we have a little time so we can be careful.” The government has the power to impose a contract under the Pulp and Paper Collective Bargaining Act pass- ed by the legislature in early April to end a crippling nine-week industry lockout at the province's 20 mills. The companies lifted the lockout but the workers immediately went on strike. They were out for a week before returning to work April 10 after the Labor Relations Board ruled that the strike was illegal. Officials in the Labor Ministry have been working on the binding agree- ment that is to be discussed at this weekend's meeting. The new contract is expected to be similar to the industry's final offer of s three-year agreement with no increase in the firgt year, then annual raises of four per cent and 4 per. cent. A contract with identical wage in- creases was accepted in January by the 88,000-member International Wood- workers of America. Base rate in the industry is $12.96 an hour. store tell the protesters they were making a “mistake,” said Voykin. He said no protests have been _planned for the immediate future. “We've decided to wait a few days and see what happens. We think Super-Valu and Gulf (Pacific) Invest- ments have got the message. Although Delalla said Wednesday the manager of the Creston contractor has “assured” him 90 per cent of the workers will come from Castlegar, Voykin said “that’s only a statement at this stage of the game.” “We want the community to know the trades people are here, and we're experiencing very high unemploy- ment,” said Voykin. “Some of our members haven't been working for two years, and they're getting really perturbed.” ~ City looks for ways to recover $50,000 By CasNews Staff The City of Castlegar is investi gating ways to recover more than $50,000 in taxes from the Central Kootenay Regional District. The city collected the taxes last year ‘on behalf of the regional district from Westar Timber's Celgar pulp and lum- ber operations. However, the taxes must be repaid to Westar Timber after a landmark ruling in February by the B.C. Assess- ment Authority Appeal Board reduced the company’s pulp and sawmill assessments by $10 million. = e overpaid the regional ‘dis- trict,” Mayor Audrey Moore explained this week. “We have to investigate how we can recover that.” The $50,000 overpayment could amount to much more’ if another Westar Timber assessment appeal is upheld. The company is unsatisfied with the results of its first appeal and hag applied for a second appeal. ‘The company originally requested a $19 million reduction. The B.C. Assessment Authority Appeal Board will hear the second appeal sometime in May. Moore said council will have a representative at the hearing. The city must also repay $52,000 in municipal taxes to Westar Timber. As well, the city has notified the B.C. Assessment Authority and the Muni- cipal Finance Authority that adjust- ments will be required to recover the overpayments last year. In other financial business, the city's share of the regional district budget this year is nearly $575,000 — a $40,000 increase from last year. Moore explained that the seven pei cent increase is mainly in two areas: the Ootischenia dump and the Old Arena. She said the dump's 1964 budget includes $25,000 for a burner for wood waste. continued on Poge A3