s! hy. a2 tlégar News Jonvary 24, 1988 Happy Birthday! Econo ~ Spots You can save up to 80% on the cost of this ad! 366-6210 LOOK WHO'S 40! BRISCO SAYS By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer Free trade is important to the economy of the West Kootenay and Canada, Koot enay West MP Bob Brisco NEW LOCATION 1761 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar (Old Shell Building) Opening Mon., Feb. 1 FOR MORE INFORMATION Call Laurie 365-5244 SCHOOL VIEW By Gordon A. Shead S.H.S.S. is expecting a facelift. Within the next few years the school will be undergoing a major renovation program funded by the Ministry of Education. Recent reports by the Ministry have noted that the school is a solid building which reed of up-grading to take it into the 21st century Recently, this planned renovation has gone from a ‘medium to a ‘high’ priority status with the Ministry. Hopetully, this means that planning will occur within the next year and con struction will start in 2 to 3 years. Renovations will involve such things as the development of teaching zones, safety improvements in terms of building codes and fire satety, a major re-working of the Industrial Education wing of the school, the creation of a proper cafeteria, and a student lounge. All of this and more will oc cur within the existing space as no additional floor space has been approved The staff of the school are excited about this opportunity to see improvements in both the facility and programs at SHSS and will play an active role in planning changes in many of the areas of the school If you would like more information on this and other topics please attend the next meeting of the $.H.S.3. Parent Group The next meeting will occur on Tuesday, Jonuary26 at 7:00 in the school library. Agenda items include the wrap-up of the Ottowa band trip, new program directions for 1988/89, grad update, and the Passports to Education program implemen ted by the Ministry of Education. See you at the meeting! said Thursday Brisco told a Castlegar Chamber of Commerce luncheon that not only will price savings be passed on to consumers because of the elimination of trade tariffs, but Canada will also have greater access to the much larger U.S. market. “Nobody should sell short the Canadians’ ability to he told about 40 people at the lunchécn Brisco said the trade deal with the U.S. will open access to “a consumer market num bering 300 million people” and will also give Canadian contractors a chance to com pete with their counterparts in the U.S. “Canadian could go into the contractors United States and bid on work contracts,” he said. “So could the Americans come to Can. ada and do the same.” Brisco said this riding would benefit from all the aspects of a free-trade deal with the U.S. “We are competitive in all these areas (construction, resource and consumer in dustries) and stand to gain from free trade,” he said. He said that free-trade pact with the U.S. would mean more jobs because of increased production in the resource industries. ‘ominco pays a two-per- cent tariff on zine exports,” Brisco said. “Add alloy to that zine and they pay 19 per cent. Remove that tariff and ~ you inerease your production value and your ability to employ more workers,” he said. Brisco also mentioned the government's Western Di BOB BRISCO . . greater access versification Program and how it will benefit the Koot: enays. However, he said area residents and the chamber must submit a. written-report by Jan. 29. The program was initiated to concentrate federal funds on projects from Manitoba to the West Coast. The funds Free trade important are to be used for establish ing businesses which will create jobs and profitable economic spinoffs for the area around the business. He said Manitoba had “done, its homework”. and prepared a 34-page report on how it cauldeame the funds from the diversification pro- ject. “Manitoba has submitted enough material to spend the entire $1.2 billion allocated the Western Diversification project,” Brisco said. He said there was no way Manitoba would get all the funds because the program was set up to benefit all of Western Canada. But he said B.C. “should get with it” and submit plans to make use of the funds. The chamber will be work ing on a report to be sub- mitted before the Jan. 29 deadline. Scarlett visits Revelstoke At a meeting Monday evening in Revelstoke, NDP federal nomination candidate Don Scarlett emphasized the importance of strong and articulate representation for the new Kootenay West Revelstoke riding. “My experience with B.C. Hydro and fighting for Can adian control of West Koot enay Power as a spokesper. son for the Electric Con sumers’ Association showed me that we have to work harder than urban residents to protect our interests,” Scarlett said. “With our economy al ready hard-hit and vulner able to external decision making, a forceful voice in Ottawa is essential, and I'm committed to providing that voice,” said Scarlett, speak ing at the monthly meeting of the Revelstoke NDP club. Scarlett is one of five whe will be seeking nomination at the party’s convention in Castlegar April 23. He has DON SCARLETT” . . work harder conducted meetings through out the Kootenay West-Rev elstoke riding Scarlett spoke on a number of issues at the meeting, in cluding the Mulroney gov ernment’s free-trade ‘deal, the Meech Lake Accord and recent developments regard ing the Columbia River Treaty. Revelstoke residents at tending the meeting ex. pressed concern about a number of local issues, in cluding education policy, di versification of the area's economy, upgrading of the Revelstoke Airport, and the hotorious dust storms from the Arrow Reservoir at low water. Scarlett will speak next at a public meeting at Taghum Hall, west of Nelson on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Hefty fines for violators VANCOUVER (CP) — Violators of new toxic-gar- bage regulations planned for British Columbia face fines of up to $50,000 says Environ ment Minister Bruce Stra chan. Strachan promised Friday. to introduce the new regu lations this April to stop the dumping of toxic garbage into the environment. The draft regulations, un. veiled last year but never made law, are to come into force after a government-ap- INNOVATIVE You Said It. Weld like to thank our members for the good words. We appreciate them. 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Strachan told a news con ference he could not impose the regulations until govern. ment could offer hazardous waste generators an alterna tive way to get rid of their toxic garbage. On Friday, he announced the cabinet has endorsed a $20-million proposal by the Envirochem group of comp anies for just such a haz- ardous-waste facility. Deputy environment min ister Tom Johnson expected thousands of waste gener. ators would need licences. He said these generators would be given permits to store their waste for about a year, until a provincial hazardous. waste facility is built. Dr. David Boyes, chairman of the government-appointed Special Waste Advisory Committee, said Friday the following local governments have expressed interest in the new proposal: Tumbler Ridge, Elkford, Kimberley, Fernie, Cranbrook and the Fraser-Fort George and East Kootenay regional districts. LAWYER FOR FAILED CO-OP PLEADS CASE By The Canadian Press A lawyer for investors in the failed Teachers’ Investment and Housing Co-operative says civil servants should not be protected from court action relating to the exercise of their duties. “There's no such protection afforded to surgeons when they make life-or-death decisions in an operating room,” Ken Mackenzie told B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday. Co-op investors want to sue J. Henry Thomas, former provincial co-operative superintendent, for neg- ligence in monitoring the co-op's affairs. But Finance Minister Mel Couvelier has refused to grant investors permission to sue Thomas — a right he holds under the Credit Union Act — and investors have sought a judicial review of his refusal. Mackenzie told the hearings that Thomas should be held responsible for any mistakes made in monitoring the co-op’s affairs. About 45,000 co-op members lost a total of $69 million when the co-op failed in late 1985. N ie said regulators were negligent when they allowed the co-op to invest heavily in B.C. and Alberta real estate, buy a subsidiary trust company and publish “misleading” financial statements. He said the co-op essentially borrowed $40 million from depositors to buy real estate but never recorded the interest it had to pay depositors as an expense on operations. Mr. Justice J.E. Spencer reserved decision on the matter. 4, January 24, 1988 Castlégar News as Angry Nelson man tosses car parts By The Canadian Press An angry resident, frus. trated by more than 20-car accidents in front of his Nelson home in the last 10 years, tried to take his complaint to Mayor Gerald Rotering Thursday, toss ing broken car parts around the mayor's office. Lou Meinecke said the city has ignored him for too long. He said that can’t navigate a turn in the road often end up in his front yard. vehicles Four of his cars have been hit a total of five times. Two have been written off. Meinecke said he's pulled five people out of vehicles. Council passed a res. olution Nov. 27 calling for curbs and a flashing yellow light, but the work has been delayed and last week Meinecke'’s vehicle was hit again Rotering was not in his office when Meinecke visited. Rotering said Friday he wondered why Meinecke was continuing to complain when action was being taken to solve the problem “We are acting on it,” he said, adding that a con crete barrier already has been installed and a flash ing light has been ordered. Board considers no-smoking rule By CasNews Staff Castlegar school district could soon be “smoke free.” Castlegar school trustees have been looking at the number of smokers on staff and whether they can be provided with a “satisfactory place to smoke” in local schools. “It's a decision that we are going to try and provide smoke space for those people if the facilities are there,” schools superintendent Terry Wayling said at Monday's board meeting. all schools “accommodated,” Doreen Smecher However, not can be trustee said. “So what do you do? Do you say you're free to smoke at Stanley Humphries, but you can't smoke at KJ (Kin. naird Junior secondary school)?” Chairman Gordon Turner, suggested the board get in formation from Selkirk Col lege The board decided to refer the topic for later discussion. Driver sentenced VANCOUVER (CP) — A spokesman for Mothers Against Drunk Driving has commended a county court judge for sentencing a Richmond man to 5'/2 years in prison for a drunk-driving accident that killed a six-year-old girl. Fisheries VANCOUVER (CP) — Fisheries Minister Tom Siddon says he didn’t know that a conference he sent Canadian delegates to in Iceland this week was a conference of whaling countries. “I wasn't provided with a list of who was and who was not going to be there,” Siddon said in an interview. Charges stayed EDMONTON (CP) — The Crown told a packed courtroom it has stayed a charge of second-degree murder against the father of three-month-old Cor- alynn Dawn Donohue. Jeffery Kobe, 19, has instead been charged with public mischief and interfering with a dead body. He elected to be tried by judge and jury and a trial date is to be set Feb. 24. Clarke meets OTTAWA (CP) — Ottawa's support for embattled Palestinians is welcome but must be followed with practical action on the part of Canada, a Palestinian spokesman said after External Affairs Minister Joe Clark met with Arab ambassadors. Abdullah Abdullah, head of the Palestine Infor- mation Office in Ottawa, also said the Palestinian Liberation Organization should play a role along with Canada and other countries in resolving violence in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank. Pre-dawn raid MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Iraqi warplanes blasted an Iranian supertanker in the Persian Gulf in a pre-dawn raid today, and Iran claimed its Revolution- ary Guards shot down an Iraqi helicopter that was carrying a general. The official Iraqi news agency, monitored in Cyprus, said the warplanes struck a “very large maritime target,” a usual reference to a tanker. Helicopter disappears BAGHDAD (Reuter) — An Iraqi helicopter gunship carrying the 5th Army Corps commander and other senior officers crashed and is missing in the northern province of Taamin, a military spokesman said today. The helicopter disappeared Friday afternoon near the town of ‘Shuan in Taamin, formerly Kirkuk province, and the spokesman said it had crashed. Ship raided MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Iranian speedboats raided a Danish ship on Saturday in the southern Persian Gulf and Iraqi warplanes attacked a super- tanker off the Iranian coast, gulf-based shipping sources in Bahrain said. In Iraq's mountainous Kurdistan region, search ers found a downed helicopter and recovered the bodies of an Iraqi army brigadier-general and several other officers who were aboard, the official Iraqi News Agency said. Iran claims its troops shot down the helicopter. Milk contaminated MEXICO CITY (Reuter) — A Mexican environ- mental group said that 7,000 tonnes of imported powdered milk, contaminated as a result of the Chery noby] nuclear accident, has been released for consumption in Mexico. Mulroney regrets scandals KINGSTON (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney such as the one the Tories gained in September 1984. said Friday he regrets the mistakes and scandals that plagued his government in its early days. Mulroney, on what could be the eve of an election this more controversia| He said major accomplishments were obscured by the mall items” capturing news headlines. The prime minister made an unmistakable campaign summer or fall, expressed regret about that period for the foray into four Easter Ontario centres Friday, delivering first time when a student asked him to cite one thing he three speeches defending free trade and outlining 14 major would not do again. The prime minister at first appeared speechless when initiatives. “We have begun a major agenda, much of it has been the question was posed during a session with high school completed,” Mulroney told a luncheon crowd of about 350 in students in Napanee, Ont. “You-should be in question period,” he joked. Belleville, “I think the results of this agenda and the profile of that “There was a period of time during which, I suppose, we are becoming progressively visible and Canadians are dis- could have tried to be more prudent, more careful, but we placing some of the concerns echoed in the first year of our were new. Mistakes happen when you are new. Mistakes happen when you are not new. They happen every day. mandate.” There were several cabinet r travel frequently in the next few months to make as much contact as possible with Canadians and improve his popularity “The prime minister is well known but he is not known well,” said Marjorie LeBreton, Mulroney's deputy principal secretary and his office's official link to the Tory party machinery. In Belleville, Mulroney hinted at an imminent election, as he has done several times recently. “The year is 1988, the sun is shining and it’s going to shine on the Conservative party and all Conservatives in 1988 and 1989.” The prime minister chose Kingston, the capital of colonial Canada and the area once represented by Sir John “I wish we had been a little more sensitive to some of last year with the departure of former junior transport these political realities which hurt us, which hurt us in the minister Andre Bissonnette after a land-flip scandal in his early days, which dominated the perspective of some people riding. Bissonnette has been charged with fraud and breach and obscured the i ongoing for the government.” BLAMES MEDIA Mulroney suggested his government may not have been that were of public trust. WATCHES POLLS Mulroney has until September next year to call an election but one is widely expected either this summer or in treated fairly by the opposition and the media, which he said the fall, with public opinion polls the major deciding factor. pounce on any new government that wins a big majority A senior Mulroney aide said the prime minister will FAIR DINKUM . . . Marilyn Strong, publicity chairman rector Martin isplay some of the distinct Australian items that will be part of this year’s Sunfest. Area J for the Suntest committee, and Area J Vanderpol contributed $150 towards this year's Sunfest, the first time a rural area has helped fund the annual summer celebration. CosNews Photo Rural areas join Sunfest The rural areas outside Castlegar will help fund this year’s Sunfest celebrations, publicity ¢chairman Marilyn Strong said Friday. said. Sunfest chairman Joy Jen. “Both John Voykin, Areal said that so far the re director, and Martin Vander- pol, Area J director, have been very generous in their support of this year’s Sun. fest,” Strong said. is tremendous. for boomerang Strong noted it is the first time the rural areas have ever funded Sunfest. “Martin tells me that he will be practising his boom souvenir several local people erang throw and may team New Zealand and they are up with John Voykin to take providing the Sunfest or. on representatives from the ganizers with a lot of valu. City of Castlegar,” Strong able information, suggestions sponse from the community “We have had suggestions cal about Australia and ‘down contests, Australian trivia contests, and one merchant is checking popular for the floats, Ger into the ‘digger! hats as a rand said, “There are very item. There are who originate from Australia and is all left to your imagination. I do suspect though, that koala bears, kangaroos as well as palm trees, will be decorating many of the floats.” Strong noted: “It looks like Sunfest '88 with its koalas, emus, kangaroos, Crocodile Dundee and boomerangs has already captured the imag: ination of the Castlegar resi: dents.” She said organizers are giving fair warning that everything Australian at this year’s Sunfest will be ‘Fair Dinkum’, and contacts.” Parade chairman Bruce Gerrand is looking forward to seeing the float decorations. “There is something magi- under’,” he said. When asked what he thought would be creative people in Castlegar and with a broad theme like Australia and ‘down under’ it ‘i the stage to defend the Canada-U.S. free-traded deal against opponents who say it sells out Canadian sovereignty. Macdonald, the country’s first prime minister, was also a Tory who established a national policy against U.S. influence and battled free trade with the United States. About 100 anti-free-trade demonstrators shouted at Mulroney as he arrived at a Kingston Hotel before a dinner speech. CRUISE MISSILE TEST DELAYED SECOND TIME PULP UNION continued from front page improving E hain said Fred Henton, the the pulp producing,” Sweeney said. “The focus on dioxins is said. “It makes the results suspect.” Dioxins — specifically 2, 3, 7, 8 ry IN Westar Timber ry LN worldwide. Southern Wood Products WELCOMES THE WORLD! We welcome MR. MACK FUKE, of Nanaimo, B.C., who is Assistant to the President of CIPA Lumber Company, CIPA Lumber Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of C. Itoh and Co., which is the largest importer of lumber/logs to Japan. Mr. Fuke will be visiting our mill and the Castlegar area on January 25 and 26, 1988. WestarTimber Setting the standard for quality lumber producis WESTAR SETS-THE STANDARD! PPWC’s natidnal pollution officer, will Court. news be in V: for the seminar and will have excellent “ammunition” for a letter_to:the government demanding inspections at Celgar and other chlor- ine-bleaching mills across the country. In Castlegar provincial court, Edward Czechowski was sentenced to 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to charges of impaired driving. * * Barry Bonham received a 14-day sentence after plead- ing guilty to assault causing bodily harm. . 8 -¢ Daryl Pongracz was fined $800 for impaired driving. . 8 6 Craig Pirart received a $300 fine for driving without insurance. * 8 6 Steve Verigin received a $100 fine after pleading guilty to driving without insurance. * 8 6 Mark Meridith also re. ceived a $100 fine after pleading guilty to theft under $200. + 68 John Postnikoff received a $60 fine after pleading guilty to riding a bicycle without due care and attention. Robson man passes away Sam Paluck of Robson Kenzie; eight grandchildren; passed away W a Jan. 20 suddenly in Cuba at the age of 74. Mr. Paluck was * born March 1, 1913 at St. Phillip, Sask. and came to Castlegar in 1966 and began working at the Celgar sawmill retiring in 1978. He is survived by his wife, Julia of Robson; two dau ghters, Evelyn Zaitsoff of Whitehorse, Phyllis Paluck of Surrey; two sons, Clarence of Kamloops and Mervin of Mc- one great-gr an one brother, John of Castle. gar. Funeral service will be held at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel on Wednesday at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, con. tributions may be made to the B.C. Heart Fund, Box 3023, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H8. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. y said the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association and the Pulp and Paper Research Institute have already initiated programs for dioxin testing. “They're trying to set themselves up right now,” Sweeney said. He also added the cost of research in an area where dioxins are measured in parts per trillion is expensive. “The technology required to test dioxins is limited,” he said. Espenhain said the cost of testing for dioxins and the cost of changing the bleach-kraft process is not enough to keep the PPWC from pressuring Celgar and other mills for improve- ments. “Our national union is about to press government and industry to do some testing and correct the problem,” he said. Sweeney maintains there is in fact little problem with dioxins and that the whole issue has been blown out of proportion. “It (dioxin) has been called the most dangerous carcinogen known to man,” he said. “Once people read that they stop before learning more.” Sweeney said dioxins, while known to cause cancer, are in fact not as dangerous as “so-called experts” say they are. He indicated he had a study completed at the University of Cali- fornia at Berkley that found eating broccoli and cabbage was worse than dioxins. “The study said there were far better ways to spend money on obscuring other areas that could stand improvements,” he said, without offer- ing where the other. improvements were needed. ~ Espenhain said dioxins are a main concern with the union. “The topic of dioxins itself is kind of a horror story,” he said. “How fast you get action is another thing.” Espenhain said the union is also hoping to have an “objective” group conduct dioxin testing, as opposed to an industry representative or group hired by Celgar. “We have concerns where the companies do their own testing; it’s not goverpment—cpntrolied,” Espenhain TCDD — are associated with bleach kraft mills such as Celgar. The bleach ing stage is the most obvious stage of pulp manufacture capable of producing dioxins. In the process, chlorine reacts with phenol compounds in the woody tissue forming dioxin precursors — first stages of dioxin development. Re searchers say the hot caustic extrac- thon during the bleaching precess trig. gers the formation of dioxins. Some of these dioxins and dioxin precursors in the solution may be carried over into the final pulp product and some may be washed into the river with the mill effluent. BAYBUTT continued from front poge release. “They will be providing ideas for me to take to cabinet and providing regionally-developed solutions to re. gional problems.” One group will focus on improving the region's economic diversification and the other will look after delivery of government services in the region. The committees will be supported by smaller task forces working on specific regional projects. Names of appointees to the com. mittees must be submitted to Johnston by Feb. 5, the same date Johnston will be in the Kootenays for another session with area representatives. One of the economic development committee's first jobs will be to prepare an inventory of existing regional resources which can support diversification. The committee will identify gaps and recommend ideas for new projects. The services development com- mittee will evaluate and take inventory of the quality, quantity and availability of health, justice and other services in the region and recommend ways to improve them However, the two-committee structure came under fire at last week's council meeting. Ald Len Embree pointed out that the consensus at a December meeting in-Creston was for two separate sub-regions within the region: one for the East Kootenay and another for the West Kootenay. Embree charged that in effect four people — Johnston, Dirks, Baybutt and economic development officer Tom Greene decided on the committee format and ignored the Creston con. sensus. But Dirks argued that they didn't ignore the outcome of the Creston meeting. “We tried to make that work,” he said, but couldn't so decided to opt for the two-committee structure. COLD LAKE, Alta. (CP) — The second test this week of a United States air force cruise missile over Canada's North was delayed Saturday because of ice conditions at Canadian Forces Base Ed. monton. Icing conditions at CFB Edmonton prevented the U.S. air force advanced range instrumentation aircraft (ARIA), a modified Boeing 707, from taking off as sche- duled at about 3 a.m., Maj Jan Martinsen of CFB Cold Lake said. Because the aircraft con- tains all the monitoring equipment and both the Can- adian and American test monitors, it was necessary to abort the mission, she said. “Weather conditions at this point for Sunday do not look favorable so it is antici- pated the test will be delayed until Monday. Those icing conditions in Edmonton were not our forecast.” Martinsen said a B52 bomber carrying the un- armed missile left Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Michigan at 1:15 a.m. MST. The missile was to have been released over the Beaufort Sea be- tween 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. The tests usually follow the same flight path. It takes the cruise down the Mac- kenzie River valley, clips a corner of the Northwest Ter- ritories and British Columbia and then turns east across Alberta. The missile lands at the Primrose Lake Air Wea- pons Range near Cold Lake, about 290 kilometres north- east of Edmonton. MORE LETTERS No uproar over sawmill layoffs While I have the utmost sympathy for the employees who will be laid off from the Celgar pulp mill woodroom, many of whom will have many years of service, I am simply amazed at the uproar which has followed. The Westar Timber sawmill re- cently acknowledged that upon completion of an en gineering project at the saw mill now nearing completion up to 50 employees will lose their jobs, but there was no reaction from the commun. ity. The previous owners of the sawmill not so long ago laid off an entire shift, giving one day's notice to those affected. Later, some 10 sal. aried employees, most with 20 or more years of service, were let go. Again there was no local reaction. Despite the derogatory re marks in the letter from Mr. Peitzsche, trade union lead. ers and their members know only too well there is nothing they can do under these cir- cumstances. It is the name of the game. However, since the people are the owners of our natural resources, I would suggest that lawyer Terry Dalton pursue a close inquiry-into the arrangements made be tween Westar and- Celgar with regard to the use of Tree Farm Licence No. 23 and ask if Westar is carrying out its full commitments under T.F.L. No. 23, the re- sponsibility for which lies with the Forests Ministry. If Celgar Pulp Co. bought the pulp mill with no assurance of a fixed wood supply (which I cannot believe) then that is its problem, one which will-of course present our commun- ity with severe results. CBC visit just _ public relations This week Robert Sunter, CBC radio's director of ser. vices of B.C., toured the Kootenays to explain the new programming planned around the dismantling of Daybreak in ity present form. Mr. Sunter's office, prior to the commencement of the tour, was contacted and a spokesman stated that he did not intend to speak to the general public but had con tacted city councils, local newspapers and Rotary clubs about his trip. In Castlegar, where 450 residents — part of 2,000 in the Kootenays — had signed the petition, representatives for these petitioners were able to meet with both city council and Mr. Sunter at the same time and were thus ensured a full discussion of the impact of the new pro- gramming. This was possible because Mayor Audrey Moore opened up the meet- ing to enable non-council members to participate. In Nelson, Creston, Trail and Grand Forks .no such joint meetings were con- ducted. I can only presume that Mr. Sunter was on a public relations jaunt de- signed to present his new programming as a fait ac- compli rather than to en- tertain serious discussion from Daybreak listeners themselves about the con- cerns they have. On Feb. 2 these ideas will be presented on Daybreak and I urge listeners to analyze carefully the content of Mr. Sunter’s promises and be ready to phone in their responses. Sally Williams Castlegar