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OF THE WEEK with an 1,100 sq. ft. home in convenience of « untry living only 3 minues from town JEWEL IN THE ROUGH OF THE WEEK a charming small 2 storey. 2 Castlegar MICHAEL KEREIFF 365-7825 365-2166 1761 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. A warm MINISTRY OF HEALTH FAMILY HOME NEEDED conscientious individual or family is required to provide full-time or respite care and support to a multiply challenged young man in Castlegar, B.C. A work background LOCAL/NATIONAL NEWS LOCAL NEWS TAKING SHAPE a 77 Il The annex of St. Rita's Catholic Church on 7th Ave. is taking form with the skel. erected last week. The project will be completed by mid-December. of the new ed: Costtews photo by Ed Mul I building ATHABASCA, Alta. (CP) — A scientific panel reviewing a $1.3- billion pulp mill proposed for nor- thern Alberta has accepted key in- farmation on the project some experts say is flawed. Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries officials admit data from a test on a new process the company wants to use to cut the amount of chlorine pollution the mill will produce con- tains irregularities. Company vice-president Gerry Fenner described the mistakes as “minor."’ But environmentalists, in- cluding a University of Alberta chemistry professor, said the infor- mation doesn’t add up scientifically and complained when it was accepted by the panel. “The company has only submitted one number and that number is from only one experiment and has been done only once,’’ said Prof. Jim Plambeck. “‘In analytical chemistry that kind of data has no credence whatsoever.”’ Other environmentalists called for a halt to the three-day hearing until the information can be independently corroborated - The company says the new process will replace chlorine as the main bleaching agent of pulp and result in less toxic chlorine dioxide at the mill, 180 kilometres north of Edmonton. Concerns about the effects of Environmentalists face-off chlorine bleaching process, prompted the Alberta government to shelve the company’s original proposal last March after a review board against industry in Alta. mound of 22 technical submissions on the proposal and make a recommen- dation on the project to the Alberta concerns about how the project would affect the environment. Dioxins and furans have been linked to cancer and birth defects. Plambeck’s misgivings about the way the data was gathered seemed to be supported by the consultant Alber- ta-Pacific hired to do the experiment Ed Becker told the panel it would have been a good idea to conduct more tests. “In restrospect, we should have run it in duplicate, in triplicate and should have done extra samples,’’ Becker said. ‘‘But unfortunately we did not.”” Fenner told reporters further. tests weren't necessary because Becker had conducted similar tests for other companies and is an expert in his field. 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V1B2T1 dioxins and furans, byproducts of the Brushett said the results would be subject to further scrutiny by the panel and its advisers before a final Castlegar Residents Come meet delegates from Embetsu, Japan Castlegar's sister-city ata COMMUNITY BARBECUE 2:30-5 p.m. SUNDAY, SEPT. 17, 1990 at the Community Complex Field Hamburgers ® Hot Dogs © Refreshments LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT: Old Time Fiddlers & Thompkins Dancers >) igo? report is written. The panel must sift through a 7,341 People can’t be wrong! Let's get on with the Celgar Modernization! OTTAWA (CP) — There appears to be growing pressure within the Liberal caucus to direct the Liberal- dominated Senate to defeat the goods-and-services tax. “Our position, within my own caucus is unequivocable — kill it,”” said Winnipeg MP John Harvatd, chairman of the party's Western and CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT BOARD Not alll Hyers receive full distribution. 4 you phone 365-7266. Northern caucus. Harvard said people he’s spoken to over the past few weeks are asking the same questions: © Central Foods “When are you guys going to do (Prices effective Sept something? When are you going to 17-22) stand up for Canada? When are you *® Overwaitea going to kill the GST?” (Prices effective Sept Harvard made the comments Wed- 16-22) nesday as he entered the first session © Shoppers of a three-day national Liberal (Prices effective Sept caucus. The evening session was 18-22) Preceeded by meetings of the party's Dep: by Oct. 1 Earlier, company officials refused to make public information they say Proves the project would be environ- mentally safe. “We are reluctant to give this in- formation because it could be used by our competitors,” Fenner said “*We do not wish to disclose to our competitors the base information and advantages we might have in the marketplace.”* Fenner said the company would only be willing to give panel members the information on a confidential basis. Spectators at the technical hearings were not happy with Alberta-Pacific’s decision to keep key scientific data secret. “The company: tells us this is the best process possible, trust us, but they won't show us,” said Athabasca resident Peter Opryshko. “Why should we believe anybody, including the panel?” During presentation of submissions to the review panel some people refused to be intimidated by the com- plex nature of the hearings. Jim Darwish, ‘a member of the en: vironmental’ group Friends of the North, sliced through the technical wouldn't say whether he’s ready to issue the kill order — but warned Prime Minister Brian Mulroney that at the very least his government will likely have to push back the GST’s Jan. | start date. “We are opposed to the GST," Chretien told reporters. “And Mr. Mulroney’ is kind of naive if he thinks that he will have GST by December."* The Commons passed | the legislation months ago, but the Price list, page B3 Liberal-dominated upper house has refused to follow suit. The Senate struck a committee which travelled across the country during the spring to study how Canadians feel about the proposed seven per cent tax. _ * SuperValu regional — where diac (Prices effective Sept of what the Senate should do with the 16-22) GST was a key topic. ° Zellers Harvard wasn’t alone. Ontario MP (Prices effective Sept soe Nenriase anid Be hoped rel are 19-23) ty would instruct the Senate to kill the GST bill. And Halifax MP Mary Clancy said Liberals im Atlantic Canada are hearing the same message ill the tax. Liberal Leader not receive one of these 1d would like to do s0. please ovr Circulation Department at Jean Chretien The cx has not yet issued its report but its chairman, Liberal Sid- ney Buckwold warned last month that the committee will demand amen- dments. Chretien had strong words for the government's latest move to narrow the Liberals’ majority in the upper house. Over the pasttwo weeks, Mulroney has been methodically packing Senate \ Sa Sides clash in mill fight jargon when a scientist praised the Alberta-Pacifig proposal despite a lack of conclusive proof. Darwish asked Douglas Reeve of the University of Toronto’s Pulp and Paper Centre if the company’s technology has been fully tested. The centre receives half its funding from the pulp industry Reeve told the panel full testing would require a pilot plant — a move he said would be too expensive. “If you ask me has this been scien- tificially demonstrated that it will function according to the strict rules of scientific evidence, the answer is no,”’ Reeve said. Other people complained about a lack of public involvement in the hearing process that now ‘is being called a ‘scientific workshop’’ by panel chairman Ed Brushett. Of the 22 submissions the panel will review during the hearings most say Alberta-Pacific hasn't provided enough information to back up its claim the new process will work The proposed mill is the most “high profile of more than a dozen forestry Projects the province has announced over the last few years to wean Alber- ta’s economy from its dependence on oil. The disputed project has tur- ned into a rallying point for environ- mentalists concerned about the future of the, province’s forests and for members of the Alberta Conservative Party pushing for the economic development of the north. Liberals may instruct Senate to kill the GST vacancies with loyal Tories. There have been 10 such appointments and he is expected to fill the five remaining vacancies with Conser- Vatives soon. The latest oppointments came Wednesday — John Buchanan, who resigned as premier of Nova Scotia earlier in the day, and Noel Kinsella, a long-time public servant who has said he will join the Conservative ranks in the Senate Chretien took aim at the appoin. tments, singling out the selection of Buchanan, who has been dogged by allegations he was at the centre of a widespread network of Patronage. The RCMP is investigating the allegations. “I say it’s incredibly cynical at this moment. You know, Mr. Buchanan is under a lot of pressure locally, all sor- ts of political problems. And they take him out of there and put him in the Senate."* Government House leader Harvie Andre said ‘unsubstantiated allegations"’ shouldn't disqualify the former premier Chretien also criticized Mulroney for appointing only Tories, saying Previous Liberal governments drew senators from across party lines. BRIEFLY By CasNews Staft Council proceeding with plan Fire and police protection, land use, parks, zoning — you name it, and it'll be included in the City of ‘Castlegar’s comprehensive development plan City council voted last week to proceed with the plan ‘‘in the most expeditious manner."’ A team of consultants — Peter Adams of Victoria and Urban Systems of Kelowna — will prepare the plan, city administrator Gary Williams said. The plan will cost the city $20,000 with the remainder of the 000 price tag picked up by the provincial government. “It’s going to be exceptionally useful particularly now if the Celgar expansion goes through,"’ said Ald. Albert C: i of Overcut claims called false | By SIMON BIRCH Editor Claims that British Columbia's forests are being overcut are based on a misrep of i the manager of the Arrow forest district says. “‘What has been passed on from some groups is factual numbers but they don’t present them in the total context,"’ Ken Arnett said in an inter- view Thursday. ‘‘Misrepresentation of ii ion may be another way council’s planning and development committee. ‘‘With a bit of luck we should have it comple by the 27th of February.’” Calderbank said the comprehensive development plan will look at what's anticipated for the future of the city *‘so that you’ve got some idea that when you do work in the city you do it in a logical manner.”* CCCM tree planting rally set Citizens for a Clean Celgar Modernization will hold a tree planting rally at the Castlegar Community Complex on Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. Approximately 1,000 trees will be available to anyone who wishes to attend to show support for the proposed Celgar expansion and modernization project, the group says in a news release. Mayor Audrey Moore will plant the first tree just prior to her Presentation to the Celgar Expansion Review Panel which begins public hearings on Celgar’s proposal the same day at the Complex. CCCM says the trees will be cared for and watered and some may be transplanted to other sites at a later date. WKP seeking 3 yearly increases West Kootenay Power has applied for rate increases to cover a three-year period ending Dec. 31, 1992. The application to the B.C. Utilities Commission is primarily directed towards confirming this year’s interim increase of 5.5 per cent that customers are now paying, the company says in a news release. The ication also asks the ission to approve i of 5.6 per cent for 1991 and 4.9 per cent for 1992. The commission has scheduled a public hearing for Oct. 22 in Rossland. If the commission agrees to combine three years into one hearing it will mean a significant saving in hearing costs, WKP says. RCMP investigating break-ins Castlegar RCMP are investigating four incidents of breaking and entering and related thefts of a variety of items including medical supplies, liquor and cash. An unknown quantity of medical supplies, such as rubber gloves and medical capsules, as well as a small amount of cash, were stolen Sept. 8 or 9 from Nature’s Path Family Clinic in downtown Castlegar, police said. A small amount of liquor and cash was taken during a break-in at Castle Glass and Windshield Ltd. sometime last weekend and food items were stolen Sept. 8 from a residence on 8th Avenue, RCMP said. As well, police are also investigating an attempted break and enter Sept. 7 of a home on 4th Avenue. The owner was at home and scared away two young men who had cut the screen door and were attempting to force open the back door, police said. Nothing was stolen from the home. Natives prepare for trip - Members of the Arrow Lakes Indian band are preparing to travel to Victoria from their camp at Vallican in the Slocan Valley on Sept. 23, the deadline they set for the Royal B.C. Museum to indicate ancestral remains the museum removed from the Vallican burial grounds will be handed over to the band. The natives hope they will receive ‘‘a favorable response’’ to their latest request for the remains, sent Aug. 27, and the band can collect the remains when it reaches the B.C. capital, a news release says. However, the band has not yet received a reply to its latest letter. The natives plan to march to Victoria and camp on the museum steps if they don’t receive a reply by the deadline. The Arrow Lakes band, which has been camping at Vallican forthe past year following a dispute with the Ministry of Highways over a road that was constructed past the burial site, has been seeking the remains of six natives who were buried at Vallican until the museum excavated the graves about nine years ago. of saying it."* Arnett, who represented the Ministry of Forests at Monday’s public meeting on the proposed ‘Cetgar expansion project, said critics of forest management in B.C. are using the figure of 59 million cubic metres which they say the ministry has set as the long-run sustained yield — the approximate balance between net growth of timber and the amount harvested. “*In fact, that figure came from the ry of Forests estimated that the allowable annual cut would decrease to 59 million cubic metres. But it also goes on to say that this decrease would occur over a hun- dred-year period, and that it would only occur if the management prac- tices of the early '80s were con- tinued.”’ The allowable annual cut is the average volume of wood which may be harvested annually under sustained yield management. The Valhalla Society and other en- vironmental groups stated in a news release last week that ‘‘B.C. forests are being cut at a rate which is 45 per Data misrepresented, says forest manager cent beyond a level. which is con- sidered a sustainable yield by the Ministry of Forests.’’ The groups are calling for the government-appointed panel reviewing the Celgar proposal to consider whether there is enough wood in the region to supply a larger mill. But Arnett said the figures of 59 million cubic metres as a long-term sustainable yield was used as a war- ning. “*It was a red flag. It’s a warning to government, to industry, to ourselves, that if we don’t change our ways we're going to lose cut."’ But Arnett said forest management has improved. ° indeed, what did happen since the early "80s is quite a tremendous im- provement in the silviculture prac- tices. For instance, the Forest Resour- ce Development Agreement . . . bet- ween federal government and the provinces invested an additional $300 million into forest management over a five-year period in the late *80s. That in itself-will help alleviate that an- ticipated decrease (in the sustainable yield).”” Arnett said year-to-year figures of the volume of timber harvested have also been misrepresented and gave 1987 as an example. In that year, 90 million cubic metres of timber was harvested in the province. “*The allowable annual cut for that same year was 72 million cubic metres,"" Arnett said. ‘Now using those two figures together would in- dicate what to you? That there was an 18 million cubic metre over-cut."* But he said the 72 million cubic metre allowable annual cut relates to which would otherwise be lost. “So to insure against the loss of that volume we accelerate cuts for short periods of time,’’ Arnett said. “Then, once the problem has been resolved one way or another, the cuts are reduced again.”’ At'Menday’s meeting, Arnett said he wouldn't comment on Celgar’s en- vironmental impact report it prepared for the second stage of the provincial review process of the proposed expan- sion because the company has filed an ~ with the Ministry of “regulated, provincial forest land.’” “The 90 million cubic metres in- cludes timber cut from those lands plus all thé private-land logging You're mixing the apples. with the oranges and coming up with timber still,"’ Arnett said. ‘‘The main thing I'm trying to correct here is the fact that we have provincial forests on which the allowable annual cuts are set_and we alse have logging on private land. You-can’t join the two and say the AAC is being over cut “We do not have any jurisdiction over the rates of harvest on private land." Still, there was an over-cut of six million cubic metres in 1987, he said But he pointed out that the year before, 1986, the allowable annual cut was 73 million cubic metres yet the harvest from provincial forest land was 68 million cubic metres. “*So it goes up and down,"’ Arnett said As an example of additional cuts, he said the ministry may allow the harvesting of beetle-infested timber Forests for a pulpwood agreement in southeastern B.C. If Celgar — one of three companies to file applications — is Successful in its application, the agreement would allow the company to harvest up to 500,000 cubic metres of pulp-quality timber annually if it could not buy its full requirement of chips and pulp logs from other sour ces. Arnett said-the main concern is that the pulpwood agreement will lead to increased levels of clearcut logging or harvesting. “The only part of it I can talk about is the Arrow forest district,’’ he said. ‘‘And in the Arrow forest district, if-there is going to be any harvesting of standing timber, it would amount to approximately 15 additional hectares a year."’ That area is roughly the size of 25 football fields. Public hearings on the pulpwood agreement scheduled for October in Nelson and Kamloops have been postponed until early 1991 to give the applicants time-to provide further in- formation, Arnett said. Polygamist trial testimony continues CRESTON (CP) — A 17-year-old girl from a polygamist family feared she would have to marry her father after he rubbed her chest with a wet rag. Testifying at a sexual assault trial Thursday, the girl said the assault oc- curred three years ago when she had a fever. “It felt gross because he was my dad and dads don’t touch girls on their private parts,” testified the girl, who now lives in Calgary with her mother. She said she didn’t pursue the in- cident after a policeman told her she didn’t have to marry her father The girl broke into tears before testifying, and the court adjourned until she regained her composure. The accused — from the COURT NEWS By CasNews Staff In Castlegar provincial court, Cecil Wanjoff pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and was fined $450 and a victim surcharge of $50. He is also prohibited from driving for one year. . . . Paul Jorge DaCosta pleaded guilty to causing a disturbance in or nea~ a public place and is scheduled to ve sentenced Oct. 29. . . Neil Josef Bermel pleaded guilty to driving without due care and att-n- tion and was fined $300. He is also prohibited from driving for three months. o 8 8 Timothy Lee McMahon pleaded guilty to causing a disturbance in or near a public place and was fined $250 or, in default, sentenced to 21 days in jail. Glenn Frazer Shulte pleaded guilty to possession of a narcotic and was given a conditional discharge. He must serve three months probation with conditions. . . . Hans Jurgen Knauf pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm and was fined $850 and a v ctim surcharge of $150 or, in default, sentenced to 75 days in jail. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and was fined $425 and a victim surcharge of $75 for each count Arnie Lee Gunderson pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to come to a safe stop when signaled or requested to do so by a police officer. Gunder- son was fined $400 for the first count and is prohibited from driving for 12 months. He was fined $600 for the second count. LOTTERIES The $1,000,000 winning number in Friday’s Provincial lottery draw is 2492877. There are also subsidiary prizes The winning numbers drawn Thur- sday in the B.C. Keno lotter were 3, 23, 24, 26, 34, 38, 42 and $4 The winning numbers drawn Wed nesday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 7, 10, 13, 19, 35, 37, 39 and 49. The winning numbers in Wed nesday’s Lotto-649 draw were 14, 23, 29, 35, 39 and 47. The bonus number was 44 The jackpot of $2,006,575.60 was divided into $1,003,287.80. two prizes of Therefore, the Lotto-649 jackpot prize pool estimate for Saturday’s special bonus draw will be $10,000,000. The four Extra winning numbers for British Columbia on Wednesday were 6, 39, 65 and 99. In the event of a discrepancy bet ween these numbers and the official winning numbers list, the latter shall prevail. polyg: in Lister, 20 km south of Creston — is charged with sexually assaulting the girl, two of his three wives, a son and a step- son. The court has ordered a ban on Publication of names to protect the victims’ identities. RCMP investigator Const. Perry Penny said the accused had told him there was nothing sexual in his rub- bing the girl with a wet rag Earlier, the 11-year-old son of the accused said he had recurring night- mares after his father grabbed lis penis on two occasions. “1 dreamt he was killing our mothers and taking us away “I was screaming and my mother woke up and I told her about it,”” he said Another 11-year-old, who took the witness stand Wednesday, testified the accused grabbed his penis on three occasions when he-was having a bath. The trial was adjourned to Novem- ber Study__ continued from front page He said the chamber members are not ‘‘fear-mongering” by presenting a stark picture of the likely effects of a Celgar shutdown. The study is based on the realization that Celgar will not be allowed to continue its current operation under 1990 pollution laws, he said The chamber will present the study’s findings during the public hearings into the expansion proposal later this month and in October, Craig said. Copies of the study will be available at the chamber office and the library weekend, runs until Oct. 1. VINTAGE MODELS The Train Station Museum currently has a collection of vintage planes and boats on display as prt of a transportation theme. Museum supervisor Cathy Ross looks over some of the models, which were lent by the West Kootenay Model Club. The display, which began last CosNews phon CIPE continued from front page was good (about the expansion proposal),"" he said. Dale Donaldson, spokesman for the Castlegar-based Citizens for a Clean Celgar Modernization, said he feels CIPE is blowing opposition to the group's position out of Proportion. If threats have been made, they must have come from individuals taking a radical stand on the expansion, he said. Most people in the community are about the expansion debate, he added Lerch agreed “L think most of the people involved in this process are honorable and wouldn't stoop to this level (of making threats),"" he said. Donaldson said the disbanding of CIPE may be a sensible move if the group has reached its stated objective to the public on Celgar’s of providing information proposal. “‘If they feel they have reached their objective, then probably the best thing for them to do is disband.”” But Donaldson said blaming the need to break up the group on public reaction is ‘‘really unfair.”” Him said there is likely not much more information the group could provide the public However, he said more information could still be gathered. CIPE and a‘number of other groups have been seeking intervenor funding to allow for independent studies and analysis of Celgar’s proposal and second report. The CIPE chairmen disagreed over how important a role the alleged threats played in the decision.to disband CIPE Him said the fear CIPE members were feeling was the main reason the group decided to split up. He called the alleged intimidation “the turning point." Him noted he had heard a rumor the group was disbanding because the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada; which represents the Celgar workers, had with drawn its support of CIPE Him, who is second vice-president of Local 1 of the PPWC, said such a move has not been discussed by the union. He added he will be making presentations during the public hearings into the expansion proposal on behalf of the union. “pretty calm’* major concern Lerch said the group might have remained together if the alleged threats and intimidation had been’ the only But thefe are too many problems with the review Process in the eyes of CIPE members, he said The final straw came during the weekend when CIPE, along with several other groups, met with the con- getting anywhere Him said “We don't have the energy together anymore,"’ he said sultants that have been engaged by the: review panel to study Celgar’s second impact assessment report and ad vise the panel on technical issues, Lerch said Although some of informed and prepared to discuss the issues, others did not seem ready for the meeting or neld views that-were up. setting to many of the people present, he said Lerch said the meeting was a disillusioning experien- ce for CIPE members who questioned whether they were the consultants .seemed well Him said the review process has been a long one and the active CIPE members have found it difficult to main. tain a high level of involvement. The group, which had about 12 active members, became organized late last year, to keep the group Both chairman said they hope the public hearing Process will be fair and people will not be frightened into remaining quiet Lerch said CIPE members plan to make individual presentations during the hearings or will become involved with other groups interested in the expansion proposal on issues that concern them