Premier to vist Premier Bill Vander Zalm will visit Rossland- Trail riding on April 15. Walter Siemens, pres dent of the Rossland-Trail Social Credit Party, made the announcement Friday. Siemens said the local Socred executive has been holding discussions with the premier’s office for some months on a visit. “I'm pleased a date has now been set,” he said in a prepared release. Siemens said the pre. mier will attend both pub- lice and party functions while in the riding: VANDER ZALM . .» to visit here Divers look for missing rower VICTORIA (CP) — Elk Lake was flat and calm storm hit near the end of a’ practice session. Each boat’held Saturday as divers continued their search for the body of a University of Victoria rower after a Friday squall turned the water into whitecaps and swamped into eight-oared shells. Darryl Smith, a 19-year-old UVic student, died in hospital of severe hyopthermia, Fellow student Gareth Lineen, a non-swimmer who would have celebrated his 20th birthday Saturday, remained unaccounted for. Police divers, firemen and Canadian Coast Guard searchers were on the water while civilian volunteers combed the shoreline of the small, two-kilometre-long lake north of here that has been developed as a rowing centre. The search was called off after four hours Friday because of darkness and winds that gusted to more than 60 kilometres an hour. Staff-Sgt. Chris Bowles of suburban Saanich police said rowers Sean Malcolm and Brad O'Connor were released from hospital Saturday after being treated for hypothermia. Five other oarsmen were released Friday. All occupants of the two shells, lightweight boats with little freeboard, were thrown into the frigid lake when the Olympic Torch Relay race coming through Castlegar By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer The Olympic Torch Relay will not be coming through Castlegar while en route to the Calgary Winter games, but that doesn't mean Castlegar residents have been left out. A total of 28 Castlegar-area residents will be carry ing the flame when it arrives in the Kootenays at the end of this month. Byron Crossley will carry Torch on Feb. 1 somewhere on the Trail-Salmo Highway, but he’s not quite sure where. Still, he has been training for the one-kilometre jog. “I've been running a kilometre a night,” Crossley said. “I carry a three. pound bar.” Crossley said he wanted to be involved in the Olympics in one way or another and he said the torch run gives him a great feeling “It makes me feel a step beyond Olymp February. jaunt handily. everybody else to be part of the 's in one way or another.” Angela Smee will also be running on Feb. 1, somewhere between Fruit vale and Salmo. She's training four to five nights a week for the run. “It's a once in a lifetime chance,” she said about being able to carry the flame. “It'll be a neat experience.” She said she's averaging about a three-kilo- the metres jog each night. Eighteen-year-old Dean Derr is another Castlegar resident who will run with the torch on the first day in “Tl be running around Trapper John's Restaurant, (on Highway 3 near Salmo)” Derr said. He said he'd been “jogging a little bit” to prepare for the run and is confident he can run the one-kilometre “T think it'll be a near experience,” This continuing Education update will be o weekly feature in the Sunday edition. This column will contain listings of cour ses, workshops and events occurring at Selkirk College during the coming week. Telephone the C.E. Office for registration or additional information JANUARY COURSE OFFERINGS—CASTLEGAR CAMPUS. CPR Instructor Recertification — Jan. 23, 9a.m.-4 p.m. $15 Avalanche Awareness — Jan. 25-Feb. 1, Mon. 7-10 p.m. $20 Hunter Training — Jon. 27-Feb. 25 Tues. /Thurs., 7-9:30 p.m $90 RRSP’s A Consumer's Guide — Jon. 26, Tues. 7-10 p.m. Free Beginners Spanish — Jan. 28-Mar. 31, Thurs. 6-8 p.m. $40 Spanish Level li, Mon. Feb. 1-April 1] (10 sessions —6-8 p.m 0. Alkzheimers Awareness Workshop — Sot., Jan. 30, 9:30 9.m.-4:30 p.m Time Management It — Mon., Feb. | 8:30 o.m.-3:30 p.m., $50 or free to Foundation Card holders. Bonnington View Cam pus. Carpentry T.Q. — Feb. 1-Mar. 31, Mon. and Thurs. 7-10 p.m. 165. Public Speaking — Feb. 2-Mar. 29, Tues Basic Office Training — Wed $97.50. CPR Course “A” (Heartsaver) — Jon. 26, Tues p.m. $12 CPR Course “C” Recertification — Feb. 9, Tues p.m. $12 If you haven't received your C.E. Calendar by now. let us know, we'll send you one TO REGISTER OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: 7-9 p.m., $40. Feb. 3-April 27, 7-10 p.m 6:30-9:30 6:30-9:30 Castlegar Campus 365-7292 ext. 261 Selkirk, College “SEMI’’ LOAD O BRAND NEW FURNITURE Russell Auction House 2067 Hwy. 3A Thrums he said. “The Olympics only happen once every four years.” The rest of the runners from the area include: from Castlegar Laura Sherret, Joe Moreira, Kenneth McNeil, Seott Gray, Lorene MacGregor, Ali. son White, Dan Haack, Michelle Ferris, Jason Ferris, Lisa Gerrand, Garry Graham, Peter Bullock, Marilyn Strong, Todd Wallace, Dale Fitcheti, Julia Anthony Plonka, Allan Phipps and Dennis Popoff; from Slocan Park Justin Cullen and David Velisek; from Crescent Valley Nadine Chernoff and Carey Chernoff; from Genelle Maria Burton; and from Robson David Munns. While the torch will not be coming to Castlegar, residents are encouraged to come out along the route and cheer the runners on. On Jan. 31, the flame will be in Rossland then Warfield overnight. Turner accused of boozing OTTAWA (CP) — Liberal Leader John Turner, asked whether he has a real or po- tential drinking problem, says he has “never allowed any pleasure or distraction” to interfere with his work. “I think Canadians are en titled to know about their public figures, about the per- sonal lives of their public figures, insofar as our lives reflect our ability to per- form,” he said in an interview for broadcast Sunday on CTV's Question Period. “In response to your ques tion, yeah, I like a good party and I've enjoyed myself over the years but I have never allowed any pleasure or dis traction to interfere with doing the job whether I was a lawyer or a businessman or Wallin raised the question by now a politician. saying some in Ottawa had “I mean I keep my eye suggested “that you have, or on the ball.” potentially have, a drinking Interviewer Pamela problem,” and people are saying they have a right to know whether that’s true be. cause Turner wants to be come prime minister again. JOHN TURNER ...@ boozer? Turner said he had no hesitation in responding to the question because per sonal| conduct is important “as it relates to a man or a woman's ability in public office to fulfil the respon sibility that people give us” eight oarsman and a coxwain. Bowles said the winds over the lake were'xg fierce at When told details of the accident after his top-ranked Uvie Vikings had lost. 96-82 to the unranked University of British Columbia, basketball coach Ken Shields, who is also the height of the search Friday night that a h from CFB Comox on Vancouver Island had to go to a nearby naval air station. It returned to the Lake Saturday to search for Lineen's body. In Toronto, Tim Rigby, president of Rowing Canada, the governing body for the sport in this country, said the organization was shocked by the tragedy. “It is the first time that such a dreadful accident has * Rigby said in a of the sity's athletic and recreational services, barely held back tea: Later, he said the rowing club's instructors are national team coaches and “our leadership is very, very sound. “This is a tragedy, I'm in no shape to even talk about it.” The eight oarsmen who were rescued, including Smith, spent up to 45 minutes clinging to their capsized boat before being picked .out of the near freezing water. One received The accident also shocked Lynne Mutrie, a former member of the national lighweight rowing team who said it is all but impossible to capsize an eight-oared shell. “There's 12 feet of oar on either side for stability. It's really difficult to tip it. I'm shocked. It’s really surprising and I don't think there's a way something like that can be prevented because it's so out of the ordinary.” Mutrie said rowers won't wear lifejackets because they impede mobility. card 'y resuscitation on the lakeshore before being taken to hospital. Their shell was the second to spill after strong winds whipped up metre-high waves on the lake and it was already dark when the rescue effort began. SURVIVED ON GUTS “It was pitch black, freezing cold, with three-foot swells and whitecaps,” said Rob Stubbings, a Saanich firemen who helped pluck the oarsmen from the lake. SUNFEST SALUTES AUSTRALIA Castlegar will be going “down under” for Sunfest 88. The Castlegar Festivals Society, which is responsible for organizing’ the annual Sunfest weekend, has chosen a “salute to Australia” as the theme for the June 3-5 event. “It was a tough choice for the committee and we talked and debated all of the excellent ideas,” Sunfest chairperson Joy Jenner said in a prepared release. “It was obvious a lot of thought had gone into the suggestions for a theme and it was 4 very tough decision.” More than 13 entries were received for the “choose a theme for Sunfest contest.” The salute to Australia theme was the brainchild of Jon Mattson and was selected because Australia is cele brating its 200th birthday in 1988 and is hosting Expo 88 in Brisbane. In conjunction with this, Sunfest organizers are working on getting major prizes for the Sunfest lottery button contest. The Sunfest committee is asking all artists and would-be artists to create a Sunfest button using the “salute to Australia” theme. SUNFEST WINNER... Sunfest theme winner Jon Mattson is shown here accepting a cheque for $25.00 from Suntest Chairperson Joy Jenner. Mattson's theme, “Salute to Australia” was chosen from more than 13 entries. CasNewsPhoto “We hope that the Castlegar and area people will get involved with the ‘salute to Australia’ and design us some colorful buttons that would remind us of the land ‘down under’, said publicity chairman “Marilyn Strong. “My personal favorite would be a drawing of Paul Hogan riding on the back of a kangaroo and cuddling a koala bear.” First prize is $25, courtesy of the Sunfest committee, with the contest deadling of Feb. 8. More information can be obtained from the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce office. In other Sunfest news: e The City of Colville, Washington has been chosen as the “honored city.” The mayor of Colville will be riding in the parade and parade chairman Bruce Gerrand will be ] working with the Colville community to include a float and/or band. As well, the Sunfest committee will be encouraging Colville residents to come up for Sunfest. The 16th annual Frog Jumping Competition will be held as part of Sunfest. Organizer Jim Chapman is planning substantial prizes, and, in keeping with the “salute to Australia” theme, promises to organize a “kangaroo jumping” contest too. © The Sunfest committee has approached the City of Castlegar administration and finance committee for a grant-in-aid to assist in organizing and promoting Sunfest. As well it will be making a presentation to council Jan. 26 to introduce the Sunfest 88 committee and some of the plans and events. Sunday, Jan. 24 “Semi” Load of BRAND NEW FURNITURE Partial List — Subject to additions and deletions and “insofar as that’s rele. vant, fair ball. “But I would hope that we don't get into a state of anonymous-sources journ 1 p.m. Sharp Viewing Day of Auction 10 a.m. Don't Miss This Opportunity to Buy Brand New Top Quality Furniture at * WALLUT * ALLWOOD BEDROOM SUITES & ASSORTED DRESSERS ONIAL & CONTEMPORARY CHESTERFIELD SETS j at to sale time j SRASS DuNETTE SeTS f A INIT ‘OFFEE AND ENO TABLES 0s Your Price! 9a.m USSELL UCTION 5 p.m +c * BUNK 8 alism and rumors.” On other questions, Turner played down the fact that polls show he trails well behind his party in pop- ularity. He said the split over the Meech Lake constitu tional accord is largely to blame but that is behind the 2067 Hwy. 3A 399-4793 party now “and we're going into '88 very strongly “And, frankly, the style of government I'm going to run is not going to be totally, egocentrically, leader-con centrated. We're going to have a good team and as a team I believe that Liberals will regain the confidence of Canadians.” He predicted free trade will be the major but not the only issue in the next cam paign and reiterated his pledge that “we would term. inate it under whatever . . . terminating clauses were.” there Airline ambulance for sale By RON NORMAN Editor Castlegar is a step closer to losing its night air ambulance service. The airline which has operated the service since 1983 has put its plane up for sale, the Castlegar News has learned. And Dale Nielsen, president of Adastra Aviation, said in an interview if a buyer is found, the plane will be sold. DALE NIELSEN ... can't wait forever “I can't wait forever,” Nielsen said. However, Nielsen also promised he would take the plane off the market by. if the situation improves. Meanwhile, Health Minister Peter Dueck has written to Nielsen prom- ising to investigate. As well, Nelson- Creston MLA Howard Dirks will meet with Dueck Jan. 25 in Victoria to dis- cuss the issue. “[ guess I'll have to wait until the 25th,” Nielsen said. So far the situation hasn't im proved for the Castlegar airline. Nielsen: said the B.C. Emergency Health Services Commission won't use his airline for ambulance service in the afternoon because it v-ants to have it ready in case it needs a night medevac. But the Commission won't pay Adastra for having the plane on stand- Adastra’s problem started when the Commission ruled that the majority of medical evacuations require para medics as attendants. Castlegar, Nelson and Trail don’t have paramedics, leading the Commis sion to use other private aircraft from Kelowna and Vancouver to fly into Castlegar to pick up patients. However, Adastra is the only airline available for night medevacs because the Canadian Aviation Safety found. Board has ordered that no aircraft land in Castlegar after dark. The safety board says the Castlegar Airport is not equipped to handle night landings. HOWARD DIRKS ... to discuss issue But it is safe for aircraft to fly out of Castlegar at night — therefore the Commission wants to continue using Adastra. However, Nielsen says there isn't enough business flying only night medevacs. He wants the Commission to either use Adastra for more daytime ambulance evacuations or pay the airline a standby fee. Meanwhile, Mayor Audrey Moore told the Regional District of Central Kootenay Saturday that the Com mission is “optimistic” a solution can be Moore said the Commission has written Castlegar council, explaining that it hadn't realized what was hap- pening. On bus movies KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) — Bus travel is going upscale on one Greyhound line in British Columbia Monday. In an attempt to lure passengers away from air travel, Greyhound Bus lines between V; and the Ok on-board movies. Bomb explodes VANCOUVER (CP) — A Vancouver office worker narrowly missed being blown up by a home-made bomb when he began to open a mysterious package he discovered in a clump of bushes, then grew suspicious and called police. The device was discovered Thursday afternoon when the office worker saw another man, being chased by two others in the downtown area, throw away a package. AIDS test DALLAS (AP) — Texas state district judge ordered British rock singer David Bowie to be tested for AIDS after a woman testified Friday the per- former sexually assaulted her and exposed her to the virus. “No law says it can be done, but no law says it can't,” said State District Judge David Brooks, who set no immediate deadline for the test, which will be given in Switzerland. Cuban boycott HAVANA (Reuter) — Cuba will not attend the Olympic Games in South Korea, the president of the Cuban Olympic Committee announced Friday. Manuel Gonzalez Guerra told a news conference the decision not to take part in the Summer Games, for the second consecutive time, was relayed by telephone earlier Friday to the president of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch. “Cuba is not going to Seoul,” Gonzalez Guerra said. Supremacists bunked SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A resolution designed to discourage the white supremacist group Aryan Nations from establishing branches in Utah won unanimous approval from a House of Representatives committee Friday. While the resolution does not name the group, which believes in the racial superiority of whites, the Idaho-based organization was the target, said the sponsor, Rep. Grant Protzman. Greenhouses sold VANCOUVER (CP) — Two greenhouses being privatized by the province will go to public tender because forestry employees weren't interested in taking them over, Forests Minister Dave Parker said Friday. “Two of them will be going to public bid because the employees weren't interested in picking them up,” said Parker after a speech to the annual convention of the B.C. Truck Loggers Association. Tear gas flies GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli soldiers broke into the compound of a Gaza mosque Friday to force back protesters, and witnesses said police hurled tear gas at people emerging from three other mosques. Soldiers shot one man to-death, bringing to 36 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli troops since unrest began in the occupied territories Dec. 8, according to UN figures. The army said the man tried to stab a solider. iranian arrested BOSTON (AP) — An Iranian and his son were arrested Friday in a Boston railway yard where they allegedly attempted to buy materials used in teh Hawk anti-aircraft defence system, officials said. Ahmad Modarressi, 64, of Tehran, capital of Iran, and Istanbul, Turkey, and his 29-year-old son Majid Modarressi, of Cincinnati, were charged with con- spiracy and violating the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, which prohibits shipment of arms or arms parts to countries not authorized for such shipments by the U.S. State Department. Tanker bombed DUBAI (Reuter) — Iran attacked a Liberian tanker at the mouth of the Persian Gulf and set it ablaze today in its fourth raid on ships in two days, shipping sources said. The informants said the 12,467-ton chemical tanker Rainbow was burning fiercely in the Strait of Hormuz and foreign warships were taking off the crew Airport trial ROME (Reuter) — An attack at Rome airport in which 16 people died was the result of lax security Knutson joins contest By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Castlegar pharmacist Carl Knutson has declared his candidacy for the federal New Democrat Party nomination in the Kootenay West-Revelstoke. Knutson, 60, is the second NDP candidate from Castlegar seeking to unseat Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco. The other candidates are: Castlegar's Ron Schmidt, a Steelworker official; Dorothy Kinakin, a Nelson school district custodian; former Kootenay West MP Lyle Kristiansen; and Don Scarlett a Kaslo engineer. “I think Brisco can be beaten,” Knutson told the Castlegar News Friday. The Castleaird Plaza pharmacist who has lived and worked in Castlegar for the past 28 years unsuccessfully ran against Kristiansen in 1980. Knutson made his decision to run after considering a recent show of support. “I feel by entering the race I can broaden the discussion and perhaps encourage people who are not normally involved with the NDP to support me, thereby widening our support in the community,” Knutson said in a prepared release. Knutson feels free trade is the biggest issue. “We don’t know how events are going to unfold in the states,” he said. “But, if it is approved (by the senate) this . is the number one issue.” Knutson says he also feels “the continuing decline in our standard of living — particularly it affects the senior citizen, single parent family and disadvantaged — should be addressed.” Knutson says he is particularly opposed to surcharges imposed on “the old age pensioner for his prescriptions.” Knutson said there is a “need for the NDP to reach out with its message to more people more effectively on a continuing basis.” He mentioned- the-size of the Kootenay West-Rev elstoke as being a problem for efficient representation. “With a riding as spread out as this, how do you give them a fair chance? How do we represent someone in Revelstoke?” he said, adding this was a problem for other parties as well. “As a democratic party we need to improve the manner in which we choose-our candidates .... . We are no worse than the other parties in this respect, but that's really not good enough,” Knutson said. “We can do better. We can make the decision more representative of the majority of our members without the friction and division which only helps‘our opponents.” “We have the hard core who vote NDP regardless. What we have to do is broaden the appeal on the basis of free trade,” Knutson said. SUNNY SPOT. . . Sun breaks through clouds at Nancy Greene Lake. CasNewsPhoto DERAILMENT CP Rail seeks cause REGINA (CP) — Investigators are hoping event recorders recovered from the wreckage of two CP Rail locomotives will help reveal the cause of a collision that killed two Saskatoon crew members Friday. The men's bodies were found in the twisted remains of the front locomotive of a freight train which rammed the rear of a second CP Rail train near the Ipsco Inc. steel plant just north of Regina. The event reéorders, which are similar to an airplane's black box, should indicate the freight train's travelling speed and when its breaks were applied. CP Rail spokesman Paul Thurston said the recorders found in the first and third locomotives of the freight train will be sent to company headquarters in Winnipeg for analysis. “It could take days before we have preli as to what happened,” Thurston said. The accident happened at 6:30 a.m. when the 80-car freight train rammed the rear of a 35-car switcher train. A switcher is a train that shuttles cars to nearby stations. Most of the freight cars contained grain while the switcher train had some empty cars and others filled with coils of steel. The impact of the collision derailed three locomotives and two grain cars from the freight train and five flatbed cars from the switcher train. nary findings Both trains were travelling southbound on the track near the Ipsco steel plant. The switcher train, shunting cars for Ipsco, pulled into the path of the freight train from Saskatoon. APPLIED BRAKES “What happened shouldn't have happened. We do not know how much warning the freight-crew had, but they had applied full emergency braking,” said Thurston, who was flown to the scene from Winnipeg. One possible explanation, he said is that the trains were icating with a di her on different radio fre quencies. “To have two trains moving on the same track is a norma] procedure,” he said. But if the crews were on different frequencies, they may not have realized they shared the same track until it was too late, Thurston added The switcher train did not have a caboose and so had no rear lights to warn the approaching freight train. Thurston said cabooses are noi required on switcher trains. The wreckage, including a mangled $1.5-million loco- motive, will be hauled to Winnipeg for examination by CP Rail officials. The accident is also being investiaged by Regina RCMP, the National Transportation Agency, the federal Labor Department and coroner Dr. Bill Elliott Jonvery 7.1900 Castlegar News as KNUTSON .. . declares candidacy MOTHER CHARGED IN MURDER KINCARDINE, Ont. (CP) — A wave of shock and dis belief crashed over residents of this small town late Friday when police reported the chilling news that a mother had been charged with the murder of her 11-month-old son The frozen body of Dustin Bowers was discovered near a group of isolated cottages on the shore of Lake Huron, about three kilometres north of town. It was 11 days before his first birthday. At a 10 p.m. news conference at the town hall, police Chief Bill Sweedland told reporters Julie Bowers, 24, had been charged with first-degree murder. She is to appear in provincial court in nearby Southampton on Tuesday. While reporters took notes at the news conference, residents stood in shock at the back of the hall. “What can you say?” said one women, wiping tears from her eyes. “Especially when it's a little child.” The charge came roughly 24 hours after the baby's mother reported to police that he had been kidnapped. She | was so distraught she had to be sedated. HAS NO IDEA Later, the couple told reporters they had no enemies and had no idea who could have kidnapped their toddler. Bowers said her baby, known as Dusty, had been asleep in an infant seat in the back of the family car when she went into a nearby bank with her other son, Ben, 21/2. She said she didn’t lock the car doors. When they returned about five minutes later, Dusty was gone, she said. Police set up roadblocks immediately after the baby was reported missing but they were removed several hours later, and police in the surrounding communities of London, Barrie and Mount Forest were alerted. The 10-man police force searched apartments and followed tips from citizens in this town of 6,000 on the shore of Lake Huron, about 75 kilometres southwest of Owen Sound, Ont. Dustin's body was found Friday afternoon and coroner Rick Mann pronounced him dead about 3 p.m. Shortly after, parents Julie and John Bowers were not by police. REPORTERS SWARM By then, newspaper and television reporters from across southern Ontario had swarmed into the town, asking , relatives and.townsfolk about the couple and the lost baby. The Bowers had lived together for about 2: years. Mr. Bowers was a lifelong resident and manager of a local gas bar. Mrs. Bowers moved to town with her parents 10 years ago and helped her husband with the business, said friends and family members. “There has to be another explanation,” said resident Margaret Campbell, after learning Julie had been charged. “I just can’t picture Julie doing something like that. “Julie was easy-going , . . stable person.” Julie's brother, Alan| Sears, said the family was “shocked Although police led the family to believe the baby had frozen to death, Dustin's tiny body has been sent to Toronto for an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. Iguana chases dog catcher NIPEG (CP) — A d city Humane So- with Poff and a distraught building superintendent in No end to grain strike OTTAWA (CP) — Prince Rupert Grain Ltd. on Friday rejected a proposal to submit a month-long strike by 69 grainhandlers to binding arbitration. Michael Thompson, chief executive officer of the pany, told Labor Minis- which turned the terminal into a Israeli security agents and Palestinian guerrillas, a lawyer at the trial of three Arabs said Friday. Mario Lepore, acting for some of the victims of the attacl as seeking an explanation for armed security men being allowed to operate in Italy. ‘ ter Pierre Cadieux in a tele- gram that arbitration is not the way to settle issues “which exclusively are in management's jurisdiction.” The move may force the government to pass legis- lation to end the strike that started Dec. 9. The bill would likely put the most con tentious issue in the dispute — the number of union members required to operate the ultra modern grain term. inal — to binding arbitration. A spokesman for Labor Minister Pierre Cadieux, said the minister regrets the em. ployer's decision and “in. tends to act accordingly.” The minister turned down a request from Thompson to discuss the arbitration pro- .posal, saying the meeting would do nothing to get the terminal back in operation. Cadieux told Thompson the government “is exam ining its options to bring about a resumption of oper. ations.” Among the options is legis- nm to get grain moving again through Prince Rupert. The terminal handles 30 per cent of grain exports when the St. Lawrence Seaway is closed. Thompson told Cadieux on Thursday in a telegram that “I am sure you will under. stand that the (binding arbi- tration) proposal is very un usual particularly in light of the nature of the issues in this dispute. As a con sequence, the company would like to meet with you at your convenience.” Cadieux replied there was nothing unusual in the bind. ing arbitration proposal and it had been used before in grain-handler disputes. ciety officer did nothing to help her fear of reptiles after being chased through an apartment building by a metre-long iguana she was supposed to be catching. Audrey Poff, a driver. inspector with the society, said she was the only person available to answer a call about a lizard in a vacant apartment Although she has a fear of reptiles, Poff said she thought it would be in an aquarium so she screw ed up her courage and drove to the building “I found it sitting across the top of a lamp,” Poff said. She knocked the iguana to the floor and tried to throw a rope around its neck but got the animal by the tail instead. The lizard slipped away and started off down a hall, hot pursuit. However, the tables were turned after the iguana ran up and down a wall and returned down the hall “It went crazy,” Poff said. “It chased us and we literally ran. I thought we were going to trip over each other trying to get away.” As Poff and the super- intendent were scamper- ing up a staircase, a tenant caught the lizard by the gills and put it in the cag Poff had brought along. The society was called after the superintendent found the iguana in the apartment Thursday. A society official said if the iguana is not claimed, it will be used in an edu- cational program for school children.