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CARTON OF 240 We reserve the right to limit quantities AT NDP MEETING By CasNews Staff Rossiand-Trail NDP presi- dent Ron Schmidt said this week veteran MLA Chris D’- Arcy may be in for a challenge at the party's up- coming nomination meeting Oct. 14 at the Steelworkers’ Hall in Trail. “There is some talk out there by nothing serious,” Schmidt said. “People are considering it.” ' D'Arcy may be challenged “I wouldn't want to give any names, but they're cer- tainly giving it (a challenge) consideration.” D'Arey, who has repre- sented Rossland-Trail con- tinuously for 14 years since first winning the riding in 1972, won the last NDP nomination meeting in 1981 by just two votes over chal- lenger Stan Lanyon. Court news In Castlegar provincial court this week, Robert Johnson pleaded guilty to common assault and was fined $750 and placed on probation for three years. Johnson also pleaded guilty to one count each of mischief in relation to public property and mischief in relation to private property. He was C.O.R.E. HUNTER TRAINING PROGRAM Selkirk College Sept. 29 — Mon. & Wed Sethich College Continving Education 365-7292 fined an additional $750 on each count. * 28 6 David Lang pleaded guilty to driving with a blood-alco- hol count over .08 and was fined $350. * « « Eric Gunderson pleaded guilty to driving a motorcycle without a helmet and was fined $35. He also pleaded guilty to failing to stop and state his name to a police officer and was fined $150. . 8 6 Daniel Ogloff pleaded guilty to being a minor in of liquor and was fined $75. step. WORD PUBL WACO, TX 76796 2NO FILM IN SERIES: Power in Parenting: Th tical helps tor facing t parents Prices limited to stock on hand CENTRAL FOODS Swor-kasy FOO ALL WELCOME Over 50 million parents were inspired by Focus on the Family. 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The carnival was held in conjuction with the Robson Fall Fair CosNews Prove Potpourri . . . answer in Wednesday's paper 109 Sensed 110 Attica town, ship 112 Frog genus ote plum 118 Common c crowd Yankees’ 120 Mal de shelters TT Kahan port 78 Aquatic ant Average time of solution: T2 minutes cayrroqur twwr vwaAtl azyrt As 30M C AWW ¢ Today's Cryptoquip cher V equals F This Crossword Puzzle ‘ed by the foll busi Advertise your business in this space each Sunday Call 365-5210 for rates THE HAIR ANNEX 1241 - 3rd St., Castlegor Phone 365-3744 TIMBRMART) SCHNEIDER'S BUILDING SUPPLIES LTD Wenete Junction TRAM AAEMBER OF TA OR ARTS LO. 368-6466 PAUL’S PLACE LTD. CHRYSLER DODGE PLYMOUTH Woneta Junction, Trail 368-8295 Students not in danger By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer Parents of children who attend Castlegar primary school have no reason to fear for the safety of their children while they wait outside for school to begin, Castlegar primary's head teacher Charis Kalesnikoff said Friday. And teachers at the school do not force the children to stay outside more than 10 to 15 minutes if they don’t want to, she said. “There are some days when we do keep them out 10 to 15 minutes but all schools do,” Kalesnikoff said. “It is a totally discretionary thing,” Kalesnikoff said. “It depends on the weather. If it’s a nice day, warm, whatever, the children are all out. “If it's raining then, again, we play it by ear. If it's raining we permit the kids to come in.” In addition, teachers ask the students what they want to do, she said. During rainy weather this past week, Kalesnikoff said teachers asked the children if they wanted to come into the school. “The kids said, ‘No, we want to stay (outside) and play.’ Parents aren't aware things like that are being done.” Added Kalesnikeff: “They (the children) have been able to come in every day if they want to. “We definitely see it as an open-door policy. We're quite prepared to let them in. Kalesnikoff said c! ren who are bused to Castlegar primary from outlying areas arrive at the school between 7:45 a.m. and 7:50 a.m. She said the students arrive “no sooner than quarter to eight.” School starts at 8:30 a.m. but an 8:25 a.m. bell is rung to get children into the school to prepare for class, Kalesnikoff said, Castlegar Society for Quality Education members at their inaugural meeting this week blasted the Castlegar school board's bus schedule which they claimed delivers the rural students from Ootischenia to Castlegar primary up to 50 minutes before school starts. The parents referred to what they call Castlegar primary's “locked-door policy” — what they said is the refusal of teachers to sometimes let the students into the school. While some of the parents at the meeting acknowledged the school was open last week and that a teacher supervises the children while outside, others expressed fears that the board's and the school’s policies are endangering their chil dren. The parents said they feared the possibility that sick children may be forced to stay outside during bad weather, that cars entering and leaving the school’s driveway may injure children, and that unsupervised children may fall prey to child molesters. Kalesnikoff said she understands the parents’ concerns. But she added that she doesn’t think the children at the school are in any danger. She said child molesting is “certainly something we're concerned about. We (teachers) are parents as well. If there is a concern, we want the community to call up.” Kalesnikoff said “always one, sometimes more (than one)” teacher supervises the grounds before school starts. She said the teacher may not always be visible to parents, but is definitely on the grounds, perhaps at the side of the building. Kalesnikoff said if there ever is a problem with a child molester, “we'll be the first to be concerned.” She said the school’s driveway is a problem though. “That's a concern of mine, too,” Kalesnikoff said, adding that parents sometimes drive on to the school grounds to drop their children off. However, only teachers are supposed to drive on to the school grounds, she said. “Parents are asked to park outside the perimeter (of the grounds). We're asking that they park outside the gates.” As for the teachers, Kalesnikoff said they are especially careful entering and leaving the grounds. “Teachers are more aware than anyone else when they are backing up.” she said. “In the 18 years the school has been open, there has never been a problem.” Premier wants to meet mayors VERNON, B.C. (CP) — Premier Bill Vander Zalm wants to meet all British Columbia mayors and reg ional district chairmen in regions,” he said. January 1987 to discuss “It's ludicrous to think turning some provincial that problems in the Peace, government powers over to the Cariboo, the Okanagan local governments. can simply be addressed He told the Union of B.C. through one blanket ap- Municipalities annual con- proach started in Victoria or vention Friday that many Vancouver,” he said loud facets of provincial juris. applause from the overflow diction including educa. crowd of about 1,200. tion, highways, agricultural Vander Zalm said it’s up to land reserve decisions and the municipal delegates to Municipal Act concerns pick a place for the meeting require local input to be re- solved fairly. “I think we can turn back many of these powers to the 223 Houston St. ¢ Commercial © Industrial e Residential 352- Liat LTD. apg V1iL 5H1 Bridge results or ERIDG : pairs of duplicate bridge players competed Sept. 15 at the Joy Ramsden Bridge Club. The average bridge score was 54 with the following winners First — Wayne Weaver and Dr. Ron Perrier 71; Second — Bill Gorkoff and George Reshaur 63'/2; Third — Rita Perrier and Heather Pottle 62% Fourth — Joy Ramsden and Phyllis Mat teucci 62. September 21, 1986 Briefly Raise minimum wage BURNABY, B.C. (CP) — New Democratic Party leader Bob Skelly says the provincial government should raise the minimum wage 50 cents to $4.15 an hour immediately and another 50 cent in six months. Skelly, speaking at an NDP nomination meeting in this Vancouver suburb Friday night, said British Columbia has the lowest minimum wage in Canada but is one of the most expensive places to live in the country. People who have to work for a living shouldn't have to live in the poverty imposed by minimum wage, he said Herpes drug approved VANCOUVER (CP) — A drug believed ettective in controlling outbreaks of genital herpes has been approved for oral use in Canada, according to manu- facturer Burroughs Wellcome Inc. Dr. Stephen Sacks, founder and director of the herpes clinic at the University of B.C., and author of a book entitled The Truth About Herpes, claimed acyclovir, which will go under the trade name Zovirax and be available by prescription, is effective in con trolling and limiting herpes outbreaks. Sontrol of herpes is now possible,” Sacks said. “Cure is not. But the ability to stop herpes from coming up into sores by taking a treatment, which in careful studies not only looks effective, but safe, is exciting news.” Prize limit suggested KAMLOOPS (CP) — Is there such a thing as winning too much money? The Ontario government thinks that's possible and has suggested that a limit of $5 million be place don the grand prize for Loto 6-49. However, Guy Simonus, president of the B.C. Lottery Corp., says there are contradictions involved. When people are asked if five or six million is too much for them to handle, they say no, he said. When they're asked if it’s too much for someone else to handle they say yes. Simonus said part of the attraction of the big lottery is that the jackpot builds continually Keep Barbie out ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) — It seems the Barbie doll of the 1980s has a social conscience, but New foundland merchants wish she'd keep her petite nose out of the sensitive sealing issue. A Barbie sticker album that surfaced in Newfoundland stores over the last week shows the doll ready to spray seal pups with dye to protect them from “ruthless hunters.” Newfoundland’s sealing industry has been crippled since 1983 when its predominant castomer, the European Economic Community countries, banned imports of Canadian sealskin products because of the controversy over the hunt of baby whitecoat seals. SOCREDS continued from front poge Siemens said, “Premier Vander Zalm knows we're here, but we must have good government representation to keep our needs before Victoria “We really do need more effective representation than we have had over the past 14 years.” Siemens said that as president of the local Socreds, he has “assisted many groups and people over the past years and during the 1983 election, as the Social Credit candidate, for the first time since 1972 reversed the growing trend of NDP support.” “With that trend and the improved support for the premier and party, we believe we can win (the riding) this time.” jemens is an insurance agent and notary public who has been in business in Trail for 25 years. He was elected four times to Trail city council Moroso could-not be reached for comment Saturday Meanwhile, a second prominent Socred in as many days threw his support behind Burt Campbell Fruitvale Ald. Ted Goodman said Saturday he decided against entering the race and to instead throw his support behind Campbell “because Burt knows how to deal with the bread-and-butter issues; he’s a no-nonense man when it comes to getting things done for individuals and groups.” Goodman said he has been “looking at running for at least three years”, but said Campbell is “the only candidate organized and ready to go for an early election In a prepared release Goodman also took a shot al Moore In discussions with Audrey at the UBCM convention, I realized that by only being a Social Credit member a few months, Audrey doesn't even know who are members of the party and who are not.” He said in the release that he doubted Moore would be able to put an effective election campaign into gear “without losing many valuable days out of the 28-day election Every day is going to really count.” “I want Rossland-Trail on the Vander Zalm Social Credit government team and Burt Campbell will do it.” he added Earlier, Phil Brooks, a member of the British Columbia Social Credit party board of directors and a past president of the Rossland-Trail Socreds, endorsed Campbell's candidacy I really believe that this will be a crucial election for this riding and we need someone like Burt Campbell who has the energy and the knowledge of the issues and who will receive the support of the people of Rossland Trail,” Brooks said in a prepared news release. Brooks said winning the nomination is only the first step and whoever the party elects must be someone who can win the riding As far as I'm concerned, Burt is three-quarters of the way around the track while the rest are still trying to find their way through the starting gate Although Burt lives in Castlegar concerns always reflect the entire riding.” They're always far greater than just Castlegar He added that Campbell is ready for the election He's ready to outdistance (Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy as soon as the writ is dropped,” Brooks said his interests and Brooks said KICKOFF DAY .. . (top) Acting mayor Ald Albert Calderbank signs proclamation before (from left): Rossland Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy Castlegar princess Lori Tomlin, Queen Jenniter Petersen, princess Michele Lalonde Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco and United Way chairman Dale Nielsen (right) Two clowns take time out from enter- taining youngsters for a quick bite to eat at kickoff day pancake breakfast UNITED WAY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN By RON NORMAN Editor Castlegar United Way kicked off its 1986 fundraising campaign Saturday with a traditional pancake breakfast, the first in two years Last year the United Way decided to forego the longstanding kickoff day breakfast and instead con centrate its efforts on encouraging donations. But campaign chairman Bert Lamb said the United Way returned to the breakfast in part to help raise the charity's profile in the community “Our collections were down a little bit last year and we felt it was time the public knew what we were doing,” Lamb said in an interview Kickoff day activities included a book sale, rides in Westar Timber's vintage fire truck, balloons for the children, and displays by the various member agencies of the United Way Though the turnout was small in the early hours, by 9 a.m. the parking lot beside the downtown library was busy with crowds of people: Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco Rossland Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy and acting mayor Ald. Albert Calderbank were among the first in line for the pancakes on the cool September morning. Castlegar Savings Credit Union put on the breakfast and manager Harold Webber took a turn at the end of one of the flippers. Meanwhile, Lamb said this year's goal has been reduced to $50,000, down $12,000 from the $62,000 goal of the last few years. Lamb said the United Way committee felt it was time to reduce the goal to a more realistic level. “Phe last three or four years the goal has been going up and the aetual revenue has been going down,” he explained. He said the $50,000 goal should be attainable. “$50,000 for a community this size isn't that much,” he suggested, adding it means only a donation of about $7 per person. The United Way's big day is Wednesday when it will conduct a “modified blitz.” “We're not going to cover the entire community We're going to hit the denser areas,” Lamb said. Those homes not canvassed by volunteers will receive mailers this week. Residents are asked to make thcir donations and then return the mailers. Lamb stressed that the United Way is also trying to re-educate” the public this year. He said the United Way is not just another agency looking for money, but a number of agencies — 18 to be exact He said residents are encouraged to give a large sum” once for the whole year Some of the agencies the United Way serves include Kootenay Society for the Handicapped, the Red Cross, Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society, Women In Need Society (WINS). West Kootenay Cerebral Palsy. the Castlegar Library and Castlegar Citizen Advocacy fairly POWERS SENTENCE—— RCMP waiting for her continued trom front page The arrest),” Tomlins said Nelson RCMP began extradition proceedings against Powers in August, but Tomlins said, “My understanding is the immigration route is considered just as efficient. That's the route that was opted for.” jury trial stack : list of jury If Powers returns to Canada, it will list of iu be up to the the RCMP to arrest her, said Stirling Roueche, manager of the Canada Immigration Centre at Cran brook If she appears at the Canadian border, we establish she is a Canadian a and allow her to come into Canada. We can't arrest a Canadian citizen office orney Leod. cor would have to be if they wanted to arrest Powers immediately upon her arrival in Canada, he said Powers was originally scheduled for trial in Wyoming in early October Evans said Powers’ case was on a meaning it was on a rials that would go to court cor one at a time with no specific date set aside for the trials We had been negotiating all along Evans said, adding he had anticipated she would plead guilty The Then, “out of the blue public defender Nadine Mc acted the district attorney's and asked to proceed Sept. 10. Svans said Powers was assigned a public defender after claiming she was “in digent.~ In return for the no contest plea, which Evans said is “the same thing as a’ guilty plea”, the state dropped an additional charge against spiracy to sell an security She admitted making false ments (regarding the Evans said charges against Powers ir Wyoming involved about $20,000. He said she represented to investors that if they gave her $1,000 she could double that money in a 90-day period Powers of unregistered state investments Powers LRB upholds decision VANCOUVER (CP) The Labor Relations cretion given to the Board has the ruling said upheld its decision banning We are satisfied that the the International Wood workers of America from picketing the pulp operations of Northwood Pulp and Tim ber in Prince George The board dismissed a union application for recon sideration of the earlier de cision not In granting Northwood relief against IWA picketing of its pulp mill, original panel did not mis interpret the law and policy of the (Labor) Code in the course of exercising that dis cretion The ruling said the five member board is satisfi¢d that Northwood is review itself, or through any third parties, continuing any of its struck operations at the the original within panel was exercising a dis Northwood pulp mill the meaning of the Code.” The board ruled last month national that the woodworkers could not picket Northwood's pulp Woodworkers of America picket line shut down the Lakeland mill for several hours Friday morn ing in a protest against other union members. operations About two-thirds of British Columbia's 30,000 IW A mem bers have been on strike against some forest com panies since late July The main issue is an in dustry demand to be allowed to contract-out jobs to non union workers, something the union vehemently op Frank Everitt, president of IWA local 1-424, said the line was not authorized by the union About 12 pickets set up the line to protest against union members at Lakeland who s. rejected a strike fund assess Meanwhile, an Inter ment FREER TRADE continued trom front pege Conservatives didn't want to get involved with an agreement. Borden said: “This is not a matter of debate about commerce and commerce alone. We should debate about the very destiny of our country. Hurtig said that fact is even truer in 1986 than it wi back in 1911. In 1911 only 10 per cent of Canada was controlled Latest istics show that ly 43.6 per cent of all profits made in Canada ‘go to non-Canadians, he said. “What is really on the table is Canada itself. What we're talking about is a period of 12 months when the very future of our country will be decided. “Canada is at a crossroads in our histroy,” Hurtig “What Mulroney is talking about is not free trade. What he is talking about is a gigantic step towards economic union with the United States.” Hurtig said that this would have to be followed by political union. He said Canada could not survive as @ separate country in a common market with the U.S. economic suicide for this. country.” Hurtig said Canada's social programs will also be jeopardized by a free trade agreement. He said that when the government says that social programs will not be on the bargaining table it is right. “That's not where the threat comes,” he said. “The threat to Canadian way of life, to social progra from the kind of people who run Canadian Pacific and who make decisions to sell off your utility company (Cominco Ltd.) He said the business community — if it is to compete eyeball-to-eyeball with the U.S. as Mulroney says — will ask for tax rates the same as in the U.S., along with the same i | laws, labor ish and other legislation. “We can't compete eyeball-to-eyeball on a level playing field unless the same legislation and tax rates exist in the United States,” Hurtig said. “The threat to Canada’s social programs will come from the same Canadian business leaders who today are backing Mulroney's initiative.” He added that even with a freer trade agreement, U.S. companies wouldn't come to Canada to build costly buildings, which would be expensive to heat, or to pay medical costs and higher taxes. In addition, Hurtig predicted many Canadian companies would relocate to the U.S. because it would be less costly to operate there. Hurtig also spoke about the proposed counterveiling duty on Canadian softwood lumber. If the governments in Victoria and Ottawa had “any spine and backbone” they would not tolerate any softwood lumber threat from the United States, he said. Hurtig said the Americans have indicated that under will the U.S. i ish its right to Suaterwalling duties because of a freer trade agreement. He said Canada has captured one-third of the U.S. lumber market, but also noted that the U.S. has 75 per cent of the Canadian computer market, 100 per cent of the aireraft market and 68 per cent of the automotive transportation industry. He said American ownership of Canada is 40 times what Canadian ownership is in the United States. Hurtig went on to say that Americans own and dominate industry after industry in Canada. Hurtig said the Americans want unimpeded abolition of American ownership in Canada so there would be no priority for Canadian companies He said the implications of this are far scarier than anything else to do with the trade agreement Americans consider Canadian stumpage fees to be an unfair subsidy. But he said the U.S. also considers the Canadian Wheat Board to be an unfair subsidy with the Canadian Grain Transportation Act, different agricultural programs in Alberta Recently, counterveiling duties were levelled on Atlantic ground fish. The U.S. charged that 56 different programs, including unemployment insurance and regional industrial assessments, were considered unfair subsidies “If we go along with the American concept of playing ona level playing field, every two years when American elections come along we are going to play hostage to some American senator who is up for re-election,” Hurtig said, referring to Oregon Senator Bob Packwood, a strong proponent for duties on Canadian softwood lumber. who is up for re-election Hurtig said Mulroney says Canadians will have an opportunity to say yes or no to a freer trade agreement But he predicted that at the next “Shamrock Summit” in March, Mulroney and U.S. President Ronald Reagan will probably come to some sort of agreement, although not publicly along and 30 STEELWORKERS' CASE LRB dismisses arbitrators’ panel By CasNews Staff The Labor Relations Board Friday dismissed a panel of arbitrators who had been hearing a jurisdictional dis pute between two Steel worker locals at Cominco in Trail Ron Schmidt staff representative for the Steel workers international said Saturday LRB agreed an incident had oc of the treated unfairly which repre and maint Schmidt said the curred in which one locals was Local 480 sents product enance workers at Cominco, complained it is unfair that the LRB privately with officials from Cominco and 9705, which represents office and technical workers The panel's dismissal came after the LRB would not panel had met Local allow a Local 480 appeal of ar earlier LRB decision not t« allow the its complaint that about 90 production and maintenance local to withdraw Cominco are be 9705 jobs at performed by members, Schmidt said He said the LRB refused t« allow Local 480 to withdraw Local the complaint and make its own arrangements with Co minco because any axree ment would take work away from Local 9705, which « oule then be back before the LRE with its own complain While a date for the hearing hasn't been set. Schmidt sas resumption of the three parties are free continue their own talks t try 'o resolve the Tispu The Steelworkers national ts neutr pute, Schmic