July 30, 1986 \ me \ Ex-engineer expelle es wo to ‘The former chief engineer of the Chernobyl nuclear plant has been expelled from the Oeeeerat Brians westenr oofety oficial designed Sr said. The July Fetes o pipets Ukrainy reported that the jan republic's C a expelled the ay bac chief engineer at Chernobyl, identified only as Fomin, for mistakes that included conducting the experiment said to have caused the April 26 reactor accident there. The peter id said Fomin was expelled for “grave c at work, neg- ligence pipe ran apcrse operation of the electric station, for conducting an experiment on the No. 4 reactor which led toan bean aa ghey grave consequences without the required with 1Pre A Soviet vel Ministry spokesman said id fast week that the experiment being conducted on the reactor when it blew up was designed to see how long electricity-generating turbines could keep going in the event of a reactor shutdown. The spokesman did not explain exactly how the experi ment led to a power surge in the reactor and a chemical explosion which ripped the reactor open, releasing a cloud of radiation that eventually spread around the world. ‘The Soviet Politburo said July 19 that 28 people have died as a result of the disaster and estimated direct costs at the equivalent of 12.8 billion US. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from homes in a 30-kilometre radius of the Chernobyl plant. Pravda Ukrainy also reported that the acting head of the local branch of the National Atomic Safety Agency, identified only as Zavainyuk, had received a strict repri- mand from the Communist party for failing in his duty. Zavalnyuk failed to organize sufficient control of security at nuclear power plants and had an “unprincipled, liberal” attitude to violations of instructions by nuclear power plant workers, the newspaper said. The Politburo said July 19 that those deemed responsible for the Chernobyl accident will be prosecuted, but Pravda Ukrainy made no mention of whether Fomin or Zavainyuk will stand trial. It also did not say if Zavalnyuk had been fired. An article in the national Communist party daily Pravda on June 15 indicated Fomin had already been fired as the Chernoby! plant engineer, criticizing him and the former plant director for irresponsibility, lack of control and failing to provide correct leadership. Pravda Ukrainy also reported that two C di Employee wasn’t told about bolt EDMONTON (CP) — A said he vainly tried to shut SUNSHINE SEAFOODS INC. WE BUY QUALIT AND SO DO OU! COMERS! Fresh Coho Seimon (ave. wt. h Spring Selmon ae) h Halibut, stocked | WE SHIP BY AR AND PAY THE FREIGHT! STOME until after a June that killed three party officials, the head of the party at the Cernobyl plant and the party chief in the plant workers’ town of Pripyat, had been given lesser party reprimands. Stevens met bank head | TORONTO (CP) — A law- Investment Canada with the Hanil Bank with the effort to enter into a joint venture with the Hanil Bank,” he said. “There was absolutely no discussion of any private meetings,” said Sopinka, who added others at the meeting are available to testify. Sopinka was livid at com- mission counsel David Scott for raising the issue Tuesday in “a highly defamatory mat- cabinet minister met with the president of the Hanil Bank while on a government trip to South Korea last year, but said it was not a private + president up later by the president of Howe accused of meddling - $200,000 damage to a Sikh some black moderates, in- Sopinka said he did not understand why Scott made a “eryptic statement that a Corp., met with Hanil presi dent Hong Yul Sul. ‘The inquiry was told Tues- day that, while other busi- ness representatives on the trip visited Korean counter. parts, Stevens and Rowe Scott made the statement visited the pr of the the fatal derailment crash June 14. Triple Five, the owners of Limited the last car were sheared off. They did not say how it happened. Keur told the inquiry his Hanil Bank, whose Canadian subsidiary issued about $3.6 tnillion to York Centre in knowing “it would be inter- preted as being some sort of a sinister meeting,” Sopinka said. Seott had said, in the course of questioning Stevens's former special as- sistant Shirley Walker, he would produce evidence to show Stevens and Ted Rowe, of York Centre Walker the meeting “was for the purpose of discussing the matters of York Centre with- out any basis for it.” Scott made no apology for the remarks and said he will call witnesses to prove the meeting occurred. “I do not accept that I created any highly defama- tory matter,” he said. “I had in my hand certain docu- ments which described the events. (Other lawyers) ob- jected to the production of them and I undertook to find the witnesses and call them. “The gloss thht the media put on it I do not accept as my responsibility.” Man charged in fire VANCOUVER (CP) — A 40-year-old man was charged Tuesday with arson in con- nection with an early-morn- ing fire that caused about temple. domly checked the wheels of a few roller coaster cars each day, but could not say whether the ANNIVERSARY EXPANSION SALE July 31, Aug. 182 Armstrong MILD YELLOW CHEESE checked each car’s bolts by icking their heads between the rail tracks “and having a physical look.” Rodney Chayko, 25, of Fort McMurray, Alta., was the only survivor of the car that crashed July 14. His friend Dave Sager, 24, of Calgary, died, along with Cindy Sims, ARMSTRONG MOZZARELLA $ga9 PEANUT "e9° FRESH GROUND Police said Amargit Singh Mushiana was charged after two men grabbed a suspect CANADIAN LIQUID AIR LTD. SHAMPOO posals for negotiating an end to apartheid in South Africa. Botha denounced Howe's week-long visit to southern Africa on behalf of an cluding Zulu chief Mangosu thu Buthelezi, and the leaders of neighboring black munity. He called it satiny “I would be ready to re- lease Mr. Mandela thle mo ment he is prepared to aban- don violence, thereby making it possible to have proper discussions,” Botha said. Howe said he failed to achieve his goals and said there will be intensified pressure in the West for eco- nomic sanctions against Pre- toria. “Further measures against South Africa are likely to be taken i in one form or another sanctions in the past and will adding that after talks with South Africa's neighbors and with black leaders, “I am more aware than ever of the material and human damage that economic warfare can inflict.” Howe acknowledged that South Africa has taken steps to dismantle apartheid, but he said government leaders are responsible for ensuring that discrimination against the black majority is ended. If change is to be peaceful, he said, it must be built on talks between the govern- ment and freely chosen leaders of the black popu lation. As Howe discussed peace, South Africa’s Bureau for In. formation reported five more deaths in political violence on Tuesday. Three blacks were burned to death by other blacks and two others were shot dead by security forces, the bureau said. Nearly 200 people have died since Botha declared a countrywide state of emer- and drove him to the temple, where he was arrested by oficers. City police said Kirpal Singh Garcha and Karpratap ‘S Singh Sahi likely would get a commendation for the appre hension. Is now located at Trail Auto Body Ltd. 2316 - 6th Ave., Castlegar Call 365-5114 Our Action Ad Phone Number is 365-2212 RENE HAPPY BIRTHDAY Love Kathy. Linde, Mom, Tom end Angie. Chris and Angie, Shell Alon, Net and Archie, Morlisse and Maurice. 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SECOND GOLD Lorion, who teamed with Bowes, 19, of Pointe Claire to win the air rifle pairs gold medal last Friday, captured the event with 588 out of a possible 600 points. Bowes took the silver with a 583, one point more than England's Malcolm Cooper. While today was the last day for swimming, it was an off day for track and field athletes. But there was disappointing news from the track when English star Sebastian Coe, suffering from a virus that has plagued many members of the English team, withdrew from the 1,500-metre final scheduled to be held Saturday. Coe’s withdrawal spells an end to the long-awaited clash with fellow countryman Steven Cram, the world 1,500-metre champion and the world record holder in the mile. Coe, the two-time 1,500-metre Olympic champion, has been suffering from a throat infection since late last week and struggled through Monday's heats and semifinals in the 800-metre event, for which he holds the world record. 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' FREE There was one gold and one silver in weightlifting and a gold and three silvers in swimming. Castlegar golfers do well in tourney Don Comba of the Ross- land-Trail Golf Club shot a 71 Sunday at the Rossland Golf Club to win the low gross title in the Mike Wichert Memoria! Golf Tournament. Doran Pettyjohn of Ross. land-Trail, had a 66 for the low net title. In other results, Rossland. Trail club members took other gross titles. Steve Johnstone had a 72 for second low gross, A. Sher. wood was third with, Dereck Simister was fourth and Ed Clem was fifth, all with scores of 74 Tom Biln of Castlegar shot a 68 for second low net, Pat Picton had a 69 for third, Ed Konkin of Rossland-Trail was fourth with 70 and Bill Carlson of Castlegar had a 71 for fifth place. In the ladies division, Sharon Bystrom of Castlegar had a 97 for the low gross title. Jean Dupuis of Ross land-Trail had 85 for the low net title and Barb James of Rossland-Trail shot an 88 for second low net. In the junior division, Lorne Kanigan of Castle- gar had a 74 for second low gross. Seott Bolechowsky of Castlegar was the low net winner with his 73 score. Shawn Biln of Castk had play. Canada won 12 of 13 singles and doubles matches. Com- petition continues today. Toronto middleweight boxer Egerton Marcus suffered a cut near his eye midway through the second round of his bout with England's Rod Dougias and expressed discontent when the ring doctor stopped the Montreal li encounter. light-welterweight Howard Grant advanced to the third round with a victory over Musa Lushaba of Swazi- land. Earlier in the day, swimmer Jean Kerr of Mississauga, Ont., lost her bid for a third gold medal when she was beaten by Australia’s Susie Baumer in the women's 200-metre free- style. Tom Ponting of set a Canadian record in finishing second to Anthony Mosse of New Zealand in the men's 200-metre butterfly. The Canadian team expressed confidence in overtaking England and Australia in the medal standings. Bears split doubleheader _ game 7-2 but lost 13-10 in the second game played under the lights. In the first game, the Bears outhit Silver Valley 95. Wayne Germaine was the winning pitcher for the Bears with help from Mike Gomez, who pitched the last three innings. Adrian Strelaeff got a two-bagger and a three-bag~ ger, while Adrian Markin was outstanding defensively for the Bears. In the second game, the action see-sawed back and forth. The Bears led off in the second inning with one run. The Miners came back in the fourth with six runs. The Bears responded in the fifth inning with six runs, which put them ahead. The Bears went on to score two runs in the sixth inning, but the ers 97 in the game. Ac- cording to Bears manager Bruce McKenzie, Adrian Strelaeff was instrumental in tying the game in the sixth inning. But the Bears’ difficulty in the second game was attri- buted to the fact that the team wasn't used to playing. under the lights. McKenzie said if the team had been playing under daylight con- ditions, they probably would have won the game. “There were three to four costly errors simply due to the lights,” he said. The Bears were also to play games with Coeur d’ Alene and Lewiston, Idaho, but arrangements weren't made in time. The Bears will either have those games rescheduled for this weekend or they may play in Yakima, Wash. TIE GAME . ers from Castlegar Stars and Cran- brook teams ‘bow! le for ball during soccer action on was one of two w Ts Pb Si . The two teams ed to a 2-2 tie. The game = ber seed gam played Otters second overall in Castlegar meet By KATHY VERIGIN Castlegar Aquanauts hosted a smoothly run swim meet last weekend in spite of the uncooperative weather, with 11 swim clubs at- tending. Twenty Robson River Ot- ters participated, taking 10 aggregates and setting eight new pool records, to place second overall. Team point standings were: Cas 596, Robson 336, Trail 251, Nelson 238, Colville 161, Kimberley 74, Beaver Valley 32, Kelowna 24, Greenwood 23, Creston 19, and North Delta 18. Aggregate contenders were: Div. I Kim Verigin. setting a new pool record in 50 free — gold; Div. II Silas Bagur — silver; Mike Byers — bronze. Div. IV power house Ariel McDowell placed first in every event entered and set three new pool records in 200 IM, 50 fly, and 100 breast — gold; Kim Byers — silver. Div. V, seemingly unbeat able, Chris Kinakin also placed first in all events entered, and set a new pool record in 100 fly, received Div. VI Jason Schuepfer, scored high points for the team, and set a new pool record in 100 fly — gold. Div. VI Trevor Seville — bronze. Div. VII, Ken Kina- kin — bronze. Jeff Schuepfer from a spectator’s point of view, is always impressive to watch, and he scored high points with two new pool records in 100 back and 100 fly — gold. Placing higher on the heat sheets this weekend were 3-2 RECORD Broncos in playoffs ‘Castlegar pear Minor Baseball Broncos all-star a 78 for second low net. Pitchers hold tournament West Kootenay Horseshoe Pitchers Association held their sixth annual tourna ment on the weekend. In the Men's A division, Walter Kinakin of Castlegar was first, Horst Hesse of Salmon Arm was second and Roy Hoover of Osoyoos was third. Hesse was also first in the division while Stan Langille of Trail was second and Larry Kristian of Castlegar third. Anna Regnier of Trail was tops in the Ladies A division, Nina Hoodicoff of Grand Forks was second and Mabel Kinakin of Castlegar was third. Michelle Feeney of Castle- gar was first in the Ladies B class and Blythe Elliott of Feeney was also first in the team extra innings. could not field a team. d to take part in last the Zone Playotts leading to the B.C. Championship. The 12 boys from Castlegar faced teams from Kamloops, Merritt, Salmon Arm, and Revelstoke In game one the boys faced Kamloops, losing 10-6 in Game two was won by default when Salmon Arm Castlegar defeated Merritt 6-1 in game three In game four Castlegar defeated Revelstoke 12-6. In game five Castlegar lost 2-1 to Kamloops. In the opening game against Kamloops, home runs highlighted the game. A total of seven home runs were hit. Jamie Laktin slammed two over the fence and Warren Maloff stoked the third home run for Castlegar The game went into two extra innings before Kamloops took the lead and won the game. Other Castlegar hitters were Lenard Popoff (single). Derek Lalonde (single), and a double by Kevin Rilcof. On poor travel ar left Salmon Maloff, and a home run by Laktin highlighted the first inning. In the fifth inning Rilcof hit a ball well over the left field fence. Castlegar continued to hit well with hits by Lalonde (single), Markin (one single, and one double), Popoff (single), Laktin (one single), and Lalonde (home run). Castlegar then met Kamloops in the final game Cast took.a one-run lead and held it for four innings. Kamlolops tied the game in the fourth 1-1 Kamloops threatened in the sixth inning With one out and two men on base Castlegar intentionally walked a man to load the bases. This strategy proved successful as the next Kamloops batter hit into a double play to end the inning In the seventh inning Kamloops took advantage of two unfortunate errors and scored what proved to be the winning run. The game ended 2-1 Castlegar’s only hit with a double The weekend was highlighted by fine pitching from by default. lead against Revelstoke. Arm with only seven players. As a result Castlegar won Castlegar then met Merritt. Castlegar jumped into a three-run lead in the first inning and coasted toa 61 The batting attack was led by Lalonde (two singles). Laktin (single), Vietor Hoodicoff (single) and Thomas Phipps (one single and a double) On Sunday, Castlegar jumped to an early five-run Rileof, Lalonde, Singles by ff, Lalonde, Maloff, and Laktin. The infield was manned by Rilcof, Popoff, Maloff, Laktin, Markin, and . The outfield, anchored by Clint Dolgopol in centre field, was made up of Trevor Kanigan, Kurt Roberts, Aaron Voykin, Phipps. and Markin. Coaches Paul Phipps, Trent Dolgopol. Bob Maloff. and Manager Rus Rilcof were pleased by the performance of the boys. Kamloops now travels provincial championship. Brad Markin got to Vancouver for the Scott Sutherland, Div. III, and Rob McGregor, Div. VI. More swimmers to be com mended are Junior Otters, Novice Div. Kerry Anderson, Kristy Verigin, and Aaron Donohue, improving with every meet. for complete results, see Mid-Week Wrap-up, page B2. ‘The Robson River Otters (considered a small club), this season have attended five invitational swim meets with an average of 22 swimmers participating in each meet. games by the Stars. —LosrtewsPhote by Byron Wilson On Saturday, against Kim- berley, the Stars won 42. Scoring the goals were Joe Antignani, Mike Hawley, Fernando Amarrel and Neil Archibald. On Sunday, the Stars tied Cranbrook 2-2 with Antig- nani and Archibald getting the goals. The Stars play Trail to night Aquanauts sweep annual swim meet By GORD GIBSON Castlegar Aquanauts Swim Club played a poor host this past weekend soundly out-pointing their Kootenay Region swimming rivals in a meet at the Bob Brandson Pool. At the Aquanauts Invita tional Swim Meet, Castlegar fielded the largest team, 76 swimmers, and came away with 596 points. The Robson River Otters with only 28 swimmers col lected 336 points for second place while the Trail/War field Stingrays finished third with 251. Nelson was fourth, 238 points, followed by Col ville 161, Kimberley 74, Bea ver Valley 32, Kelowna 24 Greenwood 23, Creston 19, and North Delta with 18 points. The weekend some interesting events. On Saturday, lightning and heavy rain forced postpone ment of the 50-metre free style final until Sunday, and cancelled an exhibition water polo game For this meet the Aqua nauts tried a no false-start rule to speed up proceedings and found most of the dis qualifications by it to be their own swimmers. things did,move quickly. Out of almost 330 heat and final events there were only 10 produced However. swimmers disqualified for false starting. Three former Aquanauts returned while on holidays and swam well enough to take home two aggregate medals. Robyn Craven, now swimming for North Delta won a silver medal and Steven Cundy of the Ogo- pogo Club of Kelowna won a first place gold. In aggregate medal stand ings, given for all-round per- formance in each age divi- sion, Castlegar and Robson tied with 10 medals apiece. Nelson swimmers won six aggregates, with Colville and Trail winning five each. Castlegar’s gold aggre gates went to Chelsea Van Vliet, Aimie Chernoff, and Alex Hartman. Silver medals were won by Chris Chernoff, lan Dudley, Neil Jones, and Steven Junker. Third place bronzes went to Lori Picco, Wendy Gouk, and David Vecehio. For complete results, see Mid-Week Wrap-up. page B2. This weekend sees the teams travelling to Kim berley Seahorses Invitational Meet and then on to the regional championships the following weekend in Trail. Qualifiers from the Trail meet then travel to New Westminster for the pro vincial championships.