B6 CASTLEGAR NEWS, pul 3, 1983 Payment to pregnant ————— che and: ‘tive Library, legar Paet ent eo Castleg pits “nt Bldgs., 501 Belleville St sorta, B, Ce lia New eee or tions ee See ecainess Directory will be accepted up to 5 p.m., July 6 for Telephone 365-5210 \ L d 4y WEATHERCAST Mostly cloudy with showers and ‘women? ‘OTTAWA (CP) — Paying family allowances to women during pregnancy is the best way to help them have healthier .babies, says the president of the Public Health Association of Nova Scotia. Elizabeth Lambie, associ- ate professor of nursing at Dalhousie University in Hal- ifax, says prenatal family al- lowances, along with better prenatal counselling, would greatly reduce the number of low-weight babies‘born each year. “I don’t know any other way of doing it,” she says. Study after study during the last four decades has shown low-weight babies are more prone to have physical and mental handicaps and a host of other helath prob- lems. Good nutrition is one of the best precautions mothers-to- be can take to increase the birth weight of their chil- dren, and Lambie says her family allowance proposal would make sure women could afford to eat well dur- ing pregnancy. Lambie is the driving force behind a resolution coming up for debate during the an- nual meeting of the Canadian Public Health Association in St. John's, Nfld., next month, The resolution calls on the federal government to start sending family allownace cheques to a woman as soon as her pregnancy is con- firmed. The only conditions are that the woman continues seeing her doctor and attends special classes on nutrition and prenatal care. PAID FROM BIRTH Family allowances now are paid to mothers from the time their children are born until they reach the age of 18. \' In most parts of the country, the . current payment is $28.52 a month for each child. The resolution also prop- oses payments be stopped when a child ‘reached 17. 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Highs betw: Chance ‘a precipitation Fe Ha cent tonight, 70 per cent tomorrs VOL. 36 No. 54 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1983 ode 3 Sections (A, B &C) em. - YARD BEAUTIFICATION 6th Ave ike By CasNews Staff Castlegar gardeners are. watering, fertilizing, pruning and cultivating their yards these days as they prepare for the second annual Castlegar Chamber of Commerce Yard Beautification Contest. Chamber manager Linda Green says entries are slow coming in so far, but she expects a flood of last-minute contestants. Deadline for the competition is July 13, Anyone wishing to enter their own yard or a It's that time of year! ea jeaut! AY, ead ing Hae and: . judging will take place the fit doy of SunFest ‘83. PROVINCIAL BUDGET ‘83 Government set to chop services By CHARLES LA VERTU VICTORIA (cP) —The people's advocate, the protector of tenants and landlords, and the human rights watchdog face the axe Thureday when B.C. Finance Minister Hugh ’ Curtis presents his budget to the legislature. The budget, estimated at $8.2 billion, is expected to show a deficit of about $1.3 billion — down from the $2 billion to tise billion Brojected when Premier Bill Bennett warned ani would have to be SS because the aout was not getting the needed revenue to maintain services. The government ended the last fiscal year March 31 with a deficit of $1.088 billion on spending of $7.6 billion. Bennett said all government programs and services would be reviewed for the new budget, which comes three months into the fiscal year, and that nothing was sacred — not even Social Crédit party election promises of a freeze on hospital and pedal care fees, ig the chops are the office of the pecenlodg the office of the Rentalsman which mediates between tenants and landlords, and the appointed Human Rights Commission. Among popular Soveratent bai dnd facing the chop or severe and B.C.'s only community earrections| centre. for women. The budget, also is expected to include an extention of for Under the extended program, the province's 250,000 public servants can expect to see their future wage and benefits increases limited to from zero to less than three per cent. The province's public service wage bill already is $1 billion or about one seventh of the total budget, and government figures show that each percentage increase costs the taxpayers $10 million. In the throne speech opening the first ‘session since the Social Credit Lech was returned to power May 5 with i strong di for Bennett p: “downsize” the public service. It is understood ine last-minute changes to the budget just before the weekend were made to support the promised reductions. The number of unemployed in B.C., currently at 185,000 will go up as the cabinet continues chopping staffs. Ministries have been told to get rid of 25-per-cent of their 16 per cent by & anda further 10 per cent by September, 1984, for a total of 10,000 — and Crown Corporations have been given the order to chop 20 per cent. Tax as the g also are to offset the drasti in income tax. Likely candidates inelude liquor, tobacco, and gasoline. The government is known to be considering an additional personal income tax; but corporate taxes likely the another two years. College neighbor's yard can obtain entry forms from the chamber office at 1444 Columbia Ave. If you can't make it down to the office, simply phone the chamber at 365-6313. Judging will take place on the first day of SunFest celebrations, Friday, July 15 at 9 a.m. The winner will be presented with a Gardener of the Year plaque and flower arrangement courtesy of Marlida's Flowers. Runner-up will receive a $85 gift certificate from West's Department Store and the third place winner will get a $80 gift certificate from Mitchell's Building Supply. lege began the year with a $575,000 surplus, it still man- aged to close out the 1982 fiseal year in the black with an overall surplus of nearly $360,000. The college had an operat- ing budget last year of $18.5 million, of which expenses for college personnel — instruc- tors, and non-teaching sup- port staff — accounted for $11.8 million. Both David Thompson Uni- versity Centre and Selkirk College recorded surpluses. Selkirk College had a surplus of $49,000, while DTUC had a CUPE votes on new contract By CasNews Staff day (Wednesday) for about 80 C: Br has been reached between repre- sentatives of the Local 1298 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees and Castle- gar school board, secretary treasurer John Dascher said Tuesday. Voting will take place to- school district maintenance employees. They will join CUPE mem- bers from Nelson, Grand Forks and Arrow Lakes dis- tricts in voting on the tenta- tive contract. . No details on the agree- ment have been released pending the outcome of the voting. Results are expected Thursday. Meantime, the Castlegar school board met Tuesday evening to vote on the ten- tative agreement reached af- - ter months of negotiations. The contract for CUPE employees expired Dec. 381, 1982. $48,000 surplus. However, both centres were over budget for the 1982 fiscal year. Selkirk Col- lege had a $10.8 million bud- get, but spent $11 million, while DTUC had a $8.07 million budget and spent $3.08 million. Nevertheless, both centres d beca The was reached Monday after both sides met with mediator Dave McIntyre. Talks went to mediation at the end of May. revenues exceeded expecta- tions. Areas in which the college suffered deficits last year in- cluded: wage will be fedueed as the government seeks to provide * incentives to the private sector. records : $21 1 ,000 deficit course and supervisory man- igement ‘course — a $92,000 deficit. e capital funding — a $106,000 deficit. e specific purpose funds — a $28,000 deficit The college's bookstores lost $43,000 last year, while the Castlegar campus food services dropped $21,200 and DTUC food services was $20,000 in the red. However, college spokes- men said at a recent board meeting that the bookstores’ _ The provincial six-per-cent sales tax likely will remain but ithe g is to extend it to include services and ] labor repair which would have brought in an additional $600 million during the last fiscal year. Sales tax on liquor sold on licensed premises may go up one percentage point to seven per cent — the same charged on liquor sold in liquor stores. User. fees for. g services are to be where they do not pow exist, introduced. This | inapections $f. The Rentalsman is being seen as redundant as the vacancy-rate continues to creep above the one-per-cent mark even though much of its function now deals with unfair rent increases for accommodation not under rent controls, Evin'still pushing for highway link from all the local municipal- By RON NORMAN Editor ities, chambers of commerce George Evin refuses to give up. A Ci deficit should be next year: In the 1981 fiscal year bookstores began the year with a $68,000 surplus, and ended the 1982 fiscal year with an overall surplus of $25,500. However, Selkirk College Faculty repre- Evin -has been urging the provincial government since 1971 to build a road linking Syringa Creek and Fauquier. 8o far the province hasn't budged. But that hasn't stop- ped Evin. After 12 years, he's still knocking on the provin- cial sentative John Adams told the board meeting that he hoped book prices won't in- crease because of the deficit use this year. He said that in some cases it is already cheaper for stu- dents to order books directly rather than through the bookstores. door, en- couraging them to build the roa ‘And now he's seeking help from the public. “They (the government) figure that I'm just the only loner,” explains Evin. So he's asking residents, service clubs, groups and organiza- tions to write to Highways Minister Alec Fraser, voicing support for the highway link, Evin already has support and the B.C, Hotel Associ- ation. “We will put the pressure on the Minister of Highways. to give us a commitment,” says Evin. As well, it will “convince our minister that we're all for it.” Evin said the same ap- proach was used to get the highway linking Castlegar with Salmo. “They told me I couldn't get that road into Salmo. They dared me . .. we plodded along’. . . and we got it,” Evin says. He estimates the 65-km road will cost the govern- ment about $80 million to construct. Evin said that be- cause there is a four-wheel drive road for much of the continued on page A2 TO RESTORE ZUCKERBERG ISLAND Phone 364-1816 1478 Ceda SSSSSS=== OPTOMETRIST tion could be cut in half. About 10,000 babies paper says. Simply providing intensive care in hospital to get a baby healthy enough to go home could cost $150,000. 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So far, about six people have agreed to join the committee which will work in conjunction with a team of For this phase, the project workers need references and they hope to have enough interviews with local residents who remember this particular era of the island to keep them busy for the month of July. “Any bit of information adds to the puzzle,” Breleet formed help comb local newspapers for clues to the history of the island, “And you can have a lot of fun doing it by the way,” Apel commented. On Aug. 81, a second public meeting will be held to to the island and some of the worker George Apel told about 20 i the meeting. Apel and co-worker Elizabeth Duckworth, called upon the to contact them if they recall students currently working on a P' study of the island. The aim of Monday's meeting was to encourage public input into the future of the island park and to garner information that would enable the students to piece together a composite picture of Alexander Zuckerberg — the man who made the island his retreat. The first phase of compiling and documenting news- paper articles to draw a rough outline of the island's history has been completed, the students said. The project workers are entering into the second phase of the project which involve compiling the oral history of both the island and Alexander Zuckerberg himself. anything about the Russian eng:aeer and teacher who came to Castlegar in 1931 and lived on the island. For instance, anyone who remembers having Zucker- berg for a teacher is asked to contact the student workers at « Municipal Hall. There may also be residents who sat for ‘Zuckerberg while he sculpted in clay. They too could provide valuable information about the man, the students said. ig the time limitations of their three-month area historical secrets that have been unearthed during the historical and anthropological survey. The meeting will likely be held on the island and the public will have an opportunity to view first-hand a few of the dozen Salish pit-houses that have been located. The chapel area, Zuckerberg house and other features of the island will also be shown to the public at this time. When their city project is the students will be drawing up a list of recommendations for restoration of the island. The a are also anxious to see that the area is team before the proposed project, which ends Aug. 31, Apel and D: are asking residents to help with the project by offering to transcribe some of the interviews being recorded on tape. The project workers would also like to see volunteers by r Murphy Creek Dam gets underway. They say some of the continued on page A2 inside © Lorraine Duske is one of eight young women vying for the title of Miss Castlegar 1983. Next week the Castle- gar News will feauture profiles of each of the contestants, but for this week we introduce the candidates in a group photograph on page Aé SunFest ‘83 is less than two weeks away. For a look at what's new this year, turn to Street Talk, page A3 The custody battle over young Stephen Dawson rages on. For the latest on what was said in court turn to page Aé This is safe boating week across Canada and to ensure that Ace Doatert get the message, the Castl has a special eiclerea pers 82