inclusive.‘ He ‘said Dec. 23 and 24 are during the closure and might not be available fo mergency
‘Ueu’ of service — such as snowplowing.
which this year fall on a Saturday and Sunday, respectively. “Tm not saying that's going to happen." he added. “I
The five-day shutdown without’ pay will start Dec. 27 and don't know what's going’ to happen.”
un until Dec, 31." Makortoff sald the union did not agree to take the time |,
the layoffs‘ will affect 80: members.c?.the Canadian _ off without pay. “It's something the city has forced on us,” he
), Union of Publ Employees Local 2262 and president Pete, explained. “They've given us our. r layoff notices.” Q
; Makortoff said iembers. have greeted: the shutdown with
“mixed reaction.””' Asked how the union would t react to a further 17 days
“He ‘sald CUP’ embers received their byoft notices off without pay next year, Makortoff replied, “The union
this’ week, and some ‘employees are “upset about it,” while isn’ agreeable toit because no matter how you look at it, its
lice ‘costs, debt. charges for, the paving | others sre concerned that it’ might be a poor timé ‘to shut 4 cut‘in pay.”
) and a five’ down’ municipal; services‘ because of ‘Possible snowfalls , Under the provincial government's restraint program,
} inflation factor on'all city expenditures ‘( 000): between Dec.'27 and 81. which’ is now law, municipal governemtns are allowed to
* Cruikshank ‘sald the closure this Christmas will He warned that some employees might leave the city increase their budgets a maximum five per cent in

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By DIANE STRANDBEEG
it, Stati Writer: ©
A Castlegar coroner’s jury
ruled Thursday that: the Oct.
22 death. of. eight-year-old

Richard Gray was accidental.

The four-man, one-woman
jury. also’ submitted a series

= of recommendations propos-

ing bus stop changes and in-
stallation of signs and cross-
walks where children have to

cross a’ Aa to reach a
school bus stop. z

During the inquest, a. wit-
ness testified that Gray died
asa result of ‘injuries sus-
tained in an accident as he.
was _ crossing | Broadwater
Road near the Brilliant inter.
section.

‘Dr. Michael Cassidy, who
works out of Castlegar Hos-
pital, told ‘the jury that the

“Munro blasts
KFP proposal |

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Jack’ Munro, International
‘Woodworkers of America re-
gional president, says a prop-
osal for. BC Timber employ-
ees to take. over, the ‘com-

y's Nelson. operations is
absolute, “complete and total
nonsense.”

BC ‘Timber. has: ‘offered to

“sell © ‘its Nelson’ Kootenay

Forests Products . sawmill.

and. plywood plant, to the.
workers ‘who were ;laid ‘off.

when . the two . operations
closed.) 8

The terms: As little as $1
down, with the company car-

B..rying the financing.

Ken. Voight, BC Timber
vice-president for timber,
said the terms of the deal
could be worked out later and
that'the workers, members
of the IWA, should put an
offer on the table.

‘He said the ‘price ‘would

“absolutely” be less than the
$20. million figure: the: union
said it had been quoted pre-
viously. ;

;BC.Timber is a subsidiary
of B.C.) Resources | Invest-
ment Corp., which’ started
out -as’ a creation of. the
provincial government but is
now. owned’ by. individual

continued on poge A2

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“Recreation Commission.

boy ‘suffered iojuries to his

.Spinal chord, skull and chest

cavity.: Dr. Cassidy: said an
attempt’ to rescusitate was
unsuccessful.

The ‘jury’ also heard tes-
timony from’ seven other
witnesses including Dolores
Cusiter, a’ Brilliant resident
who was waiting \with her
five-year-old daughter at the
bus stop when’ the accident
occurred. .°

Cusiter sald she saw Gray’

leave his parent's trailer and
walk ito'the highway. “He
stopped:and’ waited for the

ig SCrOss,
the nent thing I heard was a
bang and he seemed to dis-
appear,”.she said.
“He waited a minute or
she

"The school bus usually ar.’

rives about 8:10 a.m., she
said, as it travels cast to-
wards Robson from the Bril-
Mant. -Bridge.

+ Cusiter said she then went
to the .Gray residence and
told.the boy's parents to call
‘an .ambulance.. Both the
Castlegar’ RCMP and the
ambulance were called to the
scene, ©:

The _ Ambulance arrived
about 8:90 a.m., according to

ambulance driver Lawrence

—Canewa Photo by Clana Srondoery

of the remaining 770 acres is
already cleared and would be’

The delegation said the
development is designed to
provide building lots for res-
idents who would work on
the agricultural land and de-
velop the light industry.

Jim :Kalesnikoff,; USCC
- special projects coordinator,
said the 920 acres was owned
by the Christian Community
of Universal Brotherhocd

“+ which cleared 350 acres in

1912\ when Doukhobors *

moved to B.C. from Saskat-

/ chewan. The ‘CCUB went

Chernoff who was called as a
witness.

Also’ called as a’ witness
was 17-year-old Brian Kin-

akin of Castlegar who was’

driving the vehicle that was
involved:in the accident.
Kinakin told the jury that
he was on his way to his girl
friend's house in Pass Creek
when the accident occurred.
It_ was raining that morz-
ing, he explained, and as he
came into the intersection,
about five cars passed him
and “sprayed water inte my
windshield. . . as they

,. cleared, there was a little boy
in front of:my car.”

Kinakin also‘ testified that
he was driving 80 kmh — the
posted speed limit — but at
the intersection he slowed
down ‘to about “45 miles an
hour” (about 70 Kmh), when
he saw the‘ woman and the
child.

The jury made the follow-
ing recommendations to cor-
oner Paul Oglow:

Where.’ possible, bus

stops for all school-age chil--

dren should be established

off the highway: — . par.”

ticularly near subdivisions.
e@ A permanent committee.
consisting of parents, tea-
chers and RCMP members
should be established to re-
continued on poge A2

bankrupt in 1939-40, he said.

He said'the 350 acres was
farmed for 50 years using
irrigation » from Champion
Creek.and growing fruit
vegetables and strawberries,
which they supplied to. the
Brilliant jam

However, Kalesnikotf said
the provincial waters licence
branch is now prepared to
cancel the USCC’s water li-

located because the proposed.
-Murphy Creek ‘Dam woul
flood:the present road.
Horcoff said the’; USCC
wanted approval in principle
to proceed with more ‘-de-'
tailed plans for servicing and

He said 350 acres is within
the agricultural land reserve ;

and the USCC would. like to

see the land used for,agricul-,
ture. The housing ‘settlement:
on 159 acres would: provide
one-half acre lots, and pos-,
sibly-a school anda mobile
home park.

As well, the plans call fora
multipte use park, «and ‘an’
area: for light industry
such as food processing. ©

Under questioning from
the board, Kalesnikoff said
the USCC is not in a position:
to develop the property. “We,
haven't got the expertise, "he
said.

Instead, the USCC would
like to retain the agricultural
land and lease it.to a private
operator, he said.

po | NSide

Who's going
to win the
Grey Cup?

© Edmonton with four
straight Grey Cup cham-

pionships behind
tackles Toronto

it,
in

today’s Canadian Foot-
ball League classic. For
a‘speciol look at the

game, page BI

Central Kootenay: Regional District beard Sat-
urday agreed to send a delegation to Victoria to
protest any plans for logging the Valhallas,

page A2

Labor Minister Bob McClelland speke to the
annual general meeting of the Rossiand-Trail
Social Credit constituency association, page AS

©’ Lindo Hall's Sunday morning feature takes a look
at. Gunvor Reinsbakken and her Norwegian

heritage, page BS