CASTLEGAR News, February 9, 1983 By ‘The Canadian Press Ina year, the board game Trivial Pursuit has gone from just a cute idea to a money maker on the strength of luck and. hard work by its cre- ators, two former journalists, Trivia game could be big seller Chris Haney, 82, are headed . for, the Big Apple in their second crack at the American Toy Fair in New York. The two, along with their partners, Chris's brother John, 87, and Ed Werner, 34, are confident the game will take off in the United States as it has in Canada. Last year, as lone entre- Hope for orphaned children MARGARETSVILLE, N.S. (CP) — Along the Bay of Fundy, where politicians pay of harnessing tides for power generation, one couple's determination has sparked new hope for orphaned children. Jack Beaudin, retired from the Canadian Farces, and his wife, Inge, have given’ North America its first SOS Children's Village, a concept developed: in post-war Ger- many to care for Second World War orphans. SOS Children’s: Village Nova Scotia, where children with no families of their own will be free to stay until they feel ready to strike out on their own, issetin this tiny village on the Fundy coast. It will have its official opening in May with invited guests including country singer Johnny Cash, former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Emmett Hall and Gordon Fairweather, Canada’s human rights commissioner. All are involved in SOS programs around the world. Beaudin said the opening date will depend on the availability of Hermann Gmeiner, who as a young Austrian medical student founded the first SOS village in the Germany town of Imst. Gmeiner has attended openings for about 200 of the villages developed since then, mostly in European countries. The Beaudins began planning the village five years ago and have overcome financial and other problems to the point “where all we are waiting for now is the children,” Jack said. Beaudin said the village is not meant to replace homes or adoption, but will help children with special needs or those who have had a difficult time adjusting to foster homes. In cases where the death of parents’ has orphaned more than one child, the village takes all the children to keep the family together. ‘The village will open with four homes, but the five-hec- - tare site can accommodate 16 dwellings. One ofthe four homes, each costing about $60,000, was completed earlier this month and the others will be ready for oveupaney. before May. "priends of SOS in Canada and the U.S. each pald fora home, while Beaudin and 14‘other members of the village's board of directors borrowed the money for the other two homes and the land. Each of the split-level homes will have seven children and two adult females — known as mother and aunt — who care for the youngsters. The children will.come from the ‘Children's Aid Society and Social Service Departments in Nova. Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. “We don't go farther than the Maritimes so the children * will not be out of their environment,” Beaudin said. It is Gmeiner's theory, he said, that chlidren grow up happier and more secure if they are provided with a normal family setting, not in Beaudin said most of the children coming to the village will be under the age of 12 and they will remain until they feel able to strike out on their own. “We don’t want them to go until they are ready to go,” Beaudin said. “A slow learner can take a long time before he can learn a trade so he would stay here until he is able to look after himself.” The mothers and aunts, volunteers who work for lodging and a small allowance, will remain with the village after they reach anage when they can no longer care for the children. The first mother hired by the village is Margaret MacCulloch, a 82-year-old former secretary from Halifax. “If I can make a better life for seven children it would make me very, very happy,” she said. Male companionship for the children is provided by Beaudin, the village director, as well as a sports director and a superintendant who will run a craft shop the village plans * to open. Beaudin said ave i much of the manpower necessary to reach ‘his stage of the village’s development. One of the four homes was built completely by volunteers and they helped with the others. He said the residents accept the village as part of the town. “Any accommodations we have here.are for the whole town. Later on we will start 2 nursery school for everybody, . the village and everybody around here.” Beaudin said Margaretsville's rural setting was one of the reasons it was chosen. As well, elementary and trade schools, a raity and churches of most are Coming Soon. . . See the Castlegar News of Wed., Feb. 16 Now Scott Abbott, 83, and’ preneurs trying to peddle a new game based on 6,000 , questions of general interest, they had meagre sales and dropped a bundle on: their ’ ‘hospitality suite and New York hotel charges: This year Selchow and Righter Co.,.A 1989, ‘ilk ibiet. 50.50: be-. tween the United States and, Canada, In Montreal recently;. for the Canadian Toy and Decor ation Fair,’ thelr order-b both of us,” * Abbott says. “Ed is the stabilizing” influence.” a Bt: Catharines,’ «.'labor ‘lawyer who etl Be bargaining table backed ‘up, to August and they’ were-the envy of other dis- tributors of Scrabble, is pick- “ing up the tab, Haney and Abbott, incor- porated as Horn-Abbot Ltd., have a-distribution contract .in Canada with Chieftain Products Inc. and a licensing arrangement with Selchow and Righter. They. project sales of one million games in .. more of the gamo' “They're ‘treating us like “kings up there this year," sald Haney. Although Abbott and Han-, ey were the original creators of the game, which’ requires participants to answer trivia questions in | six subject areas, John Hanoy “wrote, with scama before ‘the gar out, Wheh thoy money’ to raathet ‘Trivial ' Pursuit\ by selling’ shares’ at’ $200 cach, even their closest were. skeptical. , and “Ed can. play hardball,” Abbott:sald..‘The rest of us are nice guys. It is absolutely. ital for us to have Ed.” For.;those who have worked with Abbott and Haney, the description “nice guys" isn't: the ‘first that comes to mind. The two got a. reputation as good-natured than- foster ~ 1 to the Corporation. 3. Alcohol. - 4. Backing up unsafely. 5. Following too closely. 6. Exceeding the speed limit. ke-oil for other, The ‘shares paid $80 di dends: in’ December, ‘returi ing 40 per: cent af the pt chase price. They . sold :. 200.:-shares, dividing. another \800° among themselves —: 220 ‘each for Chris and Scott, 180 each for.’ John and Ed...,.., Abbott said they invented. ‘the game Saturday, Dec. 15, » 1979; in the he, Monte a} house 22,000 FEWER C IN 1983: Your Autoplan rates will stay within the 6% restraint plan for 1983. BUT, driving down the number of claims is the only way to avoid greater increases in the future and at the same time, reduce’ the terrible tragedies that are of such great concern The Insurance Corporation operates under a mandate to break even each year, without.profit or loss. We estimate that we will have to pay out almost 3/4 of a billion dollars in claims, or an aver- age of about $2 million a day in 1983. That's about ‘ 40 94¢ of every premium dollar we receive. Therefore, to avoid a major premium in- crease in 1984, there has to be a reduction of 22,000 claims from our projections for 1983. ‘Together, we can drive the cost of car insur: ance down, by taking a little more care, and by driving a: little more defensively. A good start will ‘be noting the six most common factors that con- tribute to accidents: - 1. Driving without due care. 2. Failing to yield right of way. Here’ show claimsa are increasing inB Cc. ‘don't: "we, invent “. What would it be about" ' Haney said,‘ ‘wondering’ ‘aloud h thi ; Scrabble in. - “Trivia,” “Abbott the trivia buf shot back, and thoy were off. ¢ They learned the ropes by quizzing toy industry. execi- tives at the Montreal toy fair, Abbott, a sports’ reporter who fusually covere: y HERE’S THE CHALLENGE. AIMS $3 pos and’ Canadions ney, ther ple- he ‘Montreal, d the roles ofa” reporting team, :" »' yh But it hasn't been all roses, In May, when things seemed to be: going ‘well, Haney col- ° lapsed frori a combination of xhaysion and-anxiety. He {s ni6? better now’ after taking it easy but keeps a bottle” of brandy closo by to ward off “the panic,” ashe calls the anxiety attacks,." ° “They come to us,” Abbott said, “It's a natural. for the media.” And the two know how to Hay it.: un -o i=) © NUMBER OF CLAIMS IN THOUSANDS NUMBER OF CLAIMS IN THOUSANDS 1982 estimated “1983 projected 1979 1980 - 1981 “ 1982 The reduction i in claims needed i in 1983. 1983 “tnjury- Third Pi Property” Damage Deaths coltston Total” Vancouver 1,040 3,930 | 3,510 11,274 "Victoria 160 570 490 1,652 Upper Island 170 ‘570 | .500 1,922 Fraser Valley 120 420 | 380 1,322 South Interior 260 950 950 3,534 North Interior 150 600 580 2,462 1 fils TOTALS 7,040 | 6410 “22,166 INSURANCE. CORPORATION OFBRITISH COLUMBIA SUNS AUENOEPRSESEUEUAEOLUTTLAGALALUEOUAENEEES u WEATHERCAST Cloudy today with 30 per cent later in the afternoon, HI ween 3° brooks Highs bet- ond 3%, Monday con: of showers, -Sun tinuing cloudy ond mild, 2Sections ns (A & B). . VOL. 36, NO. 13 ° ‘By DIANE S72. st 2ANDBERG castiogat school board has: approved a: 1988 budget ‘that exceeds the:p gulde- lines by more. than "$480,000. i Ata special meeting this week,. the board apiineved a final budget" ‘of $8.6 million: It districts in the, Brovines tha budget limits. School board‘ George A plained the foal operating budget was based on.‘ “need” Father than ‘Teacher reaction, poge ‘A2- any Sa to hues theig 8 lines. a rahe | hope the minister edi cation pais esarabiye] *Anutoo- 4 noticed other:districts are asked for-an additional “ 0 our’ $400,000: is: if people want, they can call men’s curling nights 4 and women's, curling ‘nights sex discrimination, he, pointed out. in Castlegar, the ladies’ time ‘slot doesn't prevent 3 men from golfing at that time. The men are held up for S ‘only an hour on the ladies’ traditional golfing day, Tuesday, while the women tee off. Its essentially the same for the women when, senior men are on the course, traditionally ‘Thursday mornings. The women are delayed for tee off time only. a 1 » But on Men's night, Wednesday nights, its a. | different story. Usually there's no room for women on this night although they have been let on the seen : under special circumstances. : Still, things aren't as. bad at.the local club as‘ they are in larger centres.’ : Archambailt was a member of a club in Calgary where women weren't allowed to play before noon on- weekends. However, er a dia pay a lower member- ship fee, ‘ ip i tof the 70- nb Castlegar ladies’ club, recalls running into the same problem when ‘golfing with her son and husband in Vernon;.But being an out-of-towner got her onto the.‘ course... > Denny McArthur: of the Castlegar Golt Course states that the tradition of having, the time: slot disallowing women on the course until late morning on | weekends goes back to when men were the sole bread- winners. They. didn’t want women playing on the greens on weekends when women uld play during the week. But times, have changed. [ore women are working cut of ‘the home and for: som their only. chance.to play is on weekends. ‘The’ women’ look forward to-Ladies day — for some it's their only day to golf. Having separate times for both sexes on the . course is violating the paren rights | code . that - ‘sex the of. any “service customarily available ¢ to the publi," says the id ‘even include men's and Indies! night down atthe local pub. What about’ the-annual men's SunFlower Open Golf Tournament ‘and'the Castlegar Ladies’. Open? We'll have ta wait and-see on those two. Combining the sexes isn’t the answer, ‘according to Archambault. He notes the idea was tried in the U,S. pro tour about two months ago. The reaults? The men won isverything, - Of course *the’ ramifications ‘of the Branch's decision are. endless, Is Little League discrii HASUITLCLRLEDT EEL ; Administration $ 396, tor Joins Al-other: school” : : defying the} government's: las ‘salaries,’ ottice and trusts. For ‘example, Sinniatrative “salaries ‘juniped 10 per ie Expenses * cent, from $226,940 to'$250,310.:Anutooshkin explained :this increase takes into sicéount accumylated sick: leave: and 12. per cent vacatio benefits fan tiring school e inti 5 percent. TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET _ sy 1983 S192, scereae deve) 386;585: § +! $679,071 Sogo “$768,840 § “$ 29,680 4 $710,155. $147,175, -29 BS $ 407,960 -$ 16,385 $ 38,790°. $ 8,615 ; $8,626,332 © $ 90,574 (owe not Include caplialprograms) © $ 563,980 , $:991,025 & ig A hkin si id an | inerease in fées'and levys paid to gent to. $27/000 from : creased 2.6 ‘eont, to" - Road. :Festriction i ce. ic the BEC. School Trustees ‘Association resulted in’ higher. | Teachers salaries — which make up about two-thirds of the total operating budget — rose ‘only 8.5 per.cent over last | year despite the 4.5 per cent wage increase awarded by an arbitration board in December. : Anutooshkin said the removal of a teaching position at . + Twin Rivers Elementary School through attrition helped keep down the, cost of teacher salaries for 1983. i Janitor salaries rose about $4,000 to $589,605 from : “$585,088, But Anutooshkin. said he could not comment on this increase while negotiations are underway for about’ 75 members of the Canadian-Union of Public Employees in the F ;,, district, Janitors are members, of CUPE. “, Utilities — including electricity, power, water and fuel accounted for one of the largest increases :in the budget : Ueata for these items rose 14 per cent to $199,615 from . $174,600. According to’ Anutooshkin, the district has.no = | trustee expenses, But he noted that trustees managed to © contro) over these increases although the, board has asked “employees to cut down on long distance calls. ~ on pege Az reduce travel expenses by $1,000 to$i1, to Offset the cost’ ‘man 8 ‘his company's truck t preniciale urged | : * By CasNews Stat The union representing the 2,100 production workers at Cominco Ltd. operations in. . Trail and Kimberley has rec- ‘ommended that its mémber-* Georgetti said the next move will be to send ‘a letter. to Cominco asking to set up another bargaining session. He said if Cominco refuses ‘tg ‘bargain, -the ‘union will » consider charging the com- } Prop-.: ‘gals, which include requests . for contract concessions, . nited ‘Steelworkers | of erica ‘Local 480 mbers it “Friday the’ anion’s execttive to hear ‘the results of Wednesday's spening bargaining ‘session, and according to president “Ken Georgetti were “infur- iated” by the company prop- Georgetti said in an inter- | view Saturday that the work- -@Rs8 were, “insulted by. Com- inco's, offer” and: the union executive had to calm mem- bers: who were suggesting job action asearly as this. He added he is sure the membership will turn down ult. " poestbie' pechage de'W/use Sage "E cut-ncs as Saimin « why. they (the "resteietions) can't come off,” he sald, ‘Truck. traffic to BC Timber’s ‘Calgar pulp and’ sawmills has ‘slowed’ to.a crawl following the City of Castlegar’s decision to. impose a weight restriction on city ‘roads, the Castlegar News has learned. Sawmill manager Al Thornton sald in Friday that the has reduced’ truck traffic to ie mills becaure trucks have been - forced to ‘re-route: along Broadwater Road and over the © Hugh Keenleyside Dam. ¥; Thornton said the Broadwater detour takes longer | than the ‘old route that ‘went along Columbia Ave., through downtown Castlegar, and out Celgar | Road to the mills, And because the Broadwater route’ is‘ longer, logging truck operators have. not been able to haul as many loads, an interview “Thornton said. “All of our trucking business: has slowed,” he noted. Normally, some 100 to'125 lumber, chip and logging trucks rumble into the Celgar pulp and sawmill yards each day, but that has dropped off considerably, Thornton said. “It's affecting our. costs,” Thornton added. He said in one instance, a customer cancelled.a lumber order when he learned he would have to take a truck over the dam route. “It (the weight: pesiriction) certainly. has an impact,” Thornton observed. The city imposed the reed restriction Jan. 30 and the restriction applies to all ‘city streets « except Highway 22 . south of the overpass and Highway 3. The 4 allows trucks to’ carry only 75 per cent on the basis of age? Will seniors’ bowling be forced to open toall ages? Will men’ ‘8 and ladies’ ball teams have to integrate? > It could lead to the point that by the year 2000 we could seé golfers not playing on “greens” anymore, but: multi-colored surfaces so that no one could blame golf courses of discrimination on the basis of color. AUGEASCNNEQGGAOOGOQQGUOUONTONAGUCAAONONEQUCNESUGOOOESLEESEOLSCSLULEUGGUOUGEQUbUOLOOQULLLOOCUUNOUT of their axle weight and effectively closes city’ streets to logging and chip trucks. 14 >. Castlegar:.council’'s works chairman, Ald.’ Carl Henne, said foitey that the rodd res- .triction was imposed because a half-kilometre section of road pavement ‘along Celgar Road was breakiig up under the ¢ weight of loaded logging and chip trucks. Henne said the road will be re-opened as soon as City that the. s restrictions * were pat a place meet the roadbed the p iP ‘The company has ‘asked that the three ‘union ‘locals. give back 58 cents in, eost-of- living - allowance payments that were scheduled to be "against inflation and.a gen-'. ~ erage wage rate of $18.68 an. hour. tts the execu, Seerget tai the He blamed the recent snow and the hanvy rains that | followed for ‘the restriction. If.it hadn't snowéd and then rained this week, the Featriction might have been lifted,” he ‘Bahynaes alsa pointed out that the weight restriction is imposed every spring — but usvally around late February or: early March: “But this year has bso ‘an unusual year,” “he sad, and the resttiction’ was put-in place earlier. In order: to use Broadwater Road and the’ Keenleyside Dam, BC. Timber provincial Thornton said both were more than happy to co-operate with the mills. But even so, some guard rails around the dam had to obtain permission from the! hways ministry and B.C. Hydro, respectively. © ee with the weber and” pointed out that while Com- {neo says it is losing money, it' fs still paying dividends. ¢ HL the proponsl ie relesteth.. pany. under the provincial Labor Code, Georgetti added that the union has not taken a strike ’ gaining th. hile,” but sald the union is prepared to take.as long as necessary to arrive at a set- tlement.. However, before a sottle- ment can be reached Geor- getti said Cominco will “have * to, come out. of the’ Stone Age” and drop its request - that - the’ union ““bargain away” Sot oe the years. Georgetti added that ‘the company is beginning to turn ~ around and Cominco’s moder- nization ‘program should ab low the company to emerge from the | “taster than any ‘company in the* world.” |. A Coinineo statement re- leased earlier in the week: said the company also wants to end cost-of-living | ‘allow. afice payments in the poxt ‘contract. The union is ‘seek-: ing improved. protection * eral wage increase’ oree cents in hour. Other concassions the'com- ~pany is seeking include em- ployee. participation in pay- ing medical, dental, hospital and accident benefits, as well as. an end to special’ three- week vacations granted every. five years. Fi inside. ond “Opa”, better known’ to most. Castl . had to be removed to way across, > able, the huge trucks to make their The dam usually has a length restriction, but that was waived inthis case. As well, ‘BC Timber has been forced to post an employee on the: dam ‘to guide thé trucks across. That's the way things will remain — at least until the rain stops.and’ the roadbed dries out. Nursery gets go ahead Central Kootenay Regional board Saturday gave the green light to'the Kootenay Society for the Handi- capped’s.proposal to rezone a one-acre parcel at the Douk- hobor Village property in Ootischenia for a retail mar- ket-garden-nursery. The board gave second reading.to a bylaw changing the zoning on the one acre parcel from public zone to special public zone. The by- law will not: go to a public earing. residents as Frank and Menno. Jonkman, are featured in Li da Hall's regular Sunday. mo! ning feature, page B4.. ® Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, left this weekend for a month-long official tour of Nor- th America that will include a trip to Victoria, Vancouver and Vernon, page A3. The Loyal Opposition tripped up the Liberal government side this week in the annual Parliamentary hockey game, for "that and more Inside Ottawa information, see Capital Notebook, page A7. Roy Grant takes an in-depth look at the up- coming KIJHL playoffs, which will feature Castlegar Rebels against the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks in the first round, page BI.