oi Castlegar News June 4. 1986 HELP URGED FOR ABORTION SURVIVORS VANCOUVER (CP) — A group of about 80 B.C. lawyers wants the provincial government to investigate the plight of abortion survivors babies born during an abortion procedure “We admit these are uncharted waters and there are a variety of scenarios,” said anti-abortion activist George Carruthers, spokesman for Advocates for Human Life. “But children, if they are out there with handicaps because they are survivors of late abortions, should have a mechanism to entitle them to compensation for damages.” Somewhere in British Columbia there is a normal, healthy child, not yet five years old, who survived an abortion attempt The child was taken to the intensive-care unit at Children’s Hospital after a woman, across town at another hospital, delivered a live fetus during an abortion procedure known as the prostaglandin or prostin method The procedure induces labor by the injection of a hormone and is generally used when the fetus has reached a stage of development beyond 16 weeks. Hospital policy in Canada denies an abortion once a fetus exceeds 20 weeks. WANTS PROCESS Carruthers said the government should establish a process to ensure the rights of abortion survivors are protected. “(But) if the abortion caused severe damage to the child, the child could have the option of seeking compensation under the common-law tort of assault.” Carruthers said legislation is needed requiring medical personnel to provide assistance to abortion survivors, and the government should establish a public inquiry into the number of B.C. children born during abortions. But neonatologist Dr. John Smyth, a specialist at Children’s. Hospital's premature infant ward who worked with the medical team assigned to treat the baby who survived the abortion, said the case raised serious questions. “It's kind of strange that at one point you have a fetus that is considered suitable for disposal and just a very few your ativertising dollars do better in. 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Try Business Directory Advertising! ee Legislative Library, Parliament Bldgs., 501 Victoria,'B. C. Curtis Ready wos named the best. all- round senior male athlete at Stanley Hum- phries secondary school awards ceremony Thur- sday... 81 SUNDAY C Nuclear waste MILA Chris D’Arcy says for a nuclear waste site at Hanford Vol. 39, No. 46 TRUE GRIT . . . Cowboy gives it everything he hos during bareback ride at the 4th annwal Lions Club Rodeo Saturday at the Community Complex grounds Rodeo goes again today with lots of action tor everyone. More photos, A3. CosNewsProto by Doug Horvey FERRIES WON'T BE STRUCK By CasNews Staff The Glade and Harrop ferries will continue to operate in the event of a strike by the B.C. Government Employees’ Union, BCGEU president John Shields pledged Thursday S “These ferries will not be struck,” Shields said in a letter to Glade resident Christine Cross. Debbie Offerman, BCGEU staff representative for the West Kootenay, confirmed that the ferries will continue to run “as usual” during a strike “We've decided that we will not strike the Harrop and Glade ferries,” Offerman said in an interview Offerman added that the union made its decision after meeting with residents of Glade and Harrop. She also pointed out that the decision does not mean the ferries are essential services. “The Minisiry of Highways has never asked the Harrop and Glade (ferries) be an essential service,” Offerman explained To declare them essential services, the union would have to meet with the government and negotiate essential service agreement. “We were concerned that if we asked it to be essential, then the government would say, ‘No, Offerman said. She added that the province appears to enjoy the criticism directed at the union when the Harrop and Glade ferry services are disrupted during a strike In his letter, Shields also says that by promising not to halt ferry service for Harrop and Glade residents during a strike, the BCGEU “will avoid any dispute with the government over an essential designation.” Threat of strike action by the provincial employees was averted earlier this week when the BCGEU and the provincial government reached an agreement to study the issue of productivity The two sides agreed to appoint a productivity investigator who will have 21 days to hear productivity proposals and evaluate savings. The union has been seeking wage increases based on productivity improvements. Union and government negotiators agreed there will be no strike or lockout during the 21-day study period The 32,000-member union, which has been without a contract since Oct. 31, 1985, had served 72-hour strike notice on Monday Both sides also decided to apply to the Labor of the union's 90-day Ma six winning numbers in in last rove Seems 16, 21, 41, (49 draw The $500,000 number in Friday's Provincial lot- tery draw is 5017385. There ore also subsidiary prizes as. The CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1986 AT ZINC OPERATIONS Cominco plans $15 m | upgrading By RON NORMAN Editer Comineo Ltd. plans to spend $15 million to upgrade its Trail zine oper- ations, the company announced Friday. The project — to begin in the fall — ‘will improve the zine operations’ puri- fication capability. Engineering work is already under- way on the project and actual con- struction will begin on the site of the aa, mae Room in “We must also keep in mind that our commitment to cost cutting and cost control is as necessary to our future as is this project,” he added. capability The upgrading will take about 4 months, the company said in a news release. About 65. people will be employed at the peak of construction, “That we are going ahead with a $15 million project here in this time of very The new should be ready by late 1987. Zine from Mines in the Northwest accounts for about 50 per cent of Trail’s zine feed material. “Because it is a very clean qe, the existing purification circuit has been adequate,” says the company in the release. Parents slam By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer More than 100 Blueberry Creek residents turned out for a meeting Thursday night to oppose a proposal to close Blueberry Creek elementary school. During the emotionally-charged meeting residents, some carrying pla cards, suggested students from Castle- gar be bused to rural schools in order to for i enr > Blueberry Creek elementary school is one of four rural schools the board is considering closing. The other three are Ootischenia, Pass Creek and Shoreacres. The board will meet Monday night to decide on the closures. Residents were told the board could save between $39,000 and $40,000 by closing the school. The saving includes non-teaching staff salaries, utilities and building maintenance. But secretary-treasurer John Das- cher pointed out that the total saving may be reduced somewhat because of extra costs of busing students to Castlegar. If the board decides to close the schools it still needs approval from the Ministry of Education. The school district would still have insurance on the building as well as public liability insurance on the build- ing and the grounds. Dascher said the grounds would be maintained for even ing recreational use. No decision has been made on whether the building would be kept open. The district would also have to bus about 46 students to Castlegar from “tee Skibinski said the school clo sures were being through without adequate input from the com- munity. She complained that informa- tion packets on the school closures should have been made avail- able to residents a week ago. Skibinski also said the board should have reviewed its priorities before it allocated funds for “gravy issues” like $20,000 for the Russian immersion program and $100,000 for a two per cent increase in teachers’ salaries. “The school closures issue should have been dealt with first,” she said. Board chairman Kay Johnson said that if the board had decided to give the teachers no wage increase, Com pensation Stabilization Program com continued on poge A2 Inland Gas eyesWKPL By RON NORMAN Editor head office or anything.” he said. West Kootenay Power employs 357 people, including 85 aS Inland Natural Gas is seriously considering buying West Kootenay Power and Light Co. “We have talked with Cominco and have obtained the materials . . . to allow us to examine what Cominco is (selling),” Patrick Lloyd, Inland’s vice-president of corporate development, said in a telephone interview from his Vancouver office. “If we like what we see, we will at least proceed to make which owns 100 per cent of West Kootenay Power's common shares and 30 per cent of its preferred shares, announced Tuesday that it has put the hydroelectric company up for sale In a prepared release Cominco said it has retained investment broket Burns Fry Ltd. to assist in the sale Lioyd pointed out that the process Cominco has chosen to sell West Kootenay Power encourages more than one bidder. However, B.C. Hydro is not expected to be one of the potential buyers. Hydro is believed to have no interest in acquiring West Kootenay Power. Hydro’'s large debt load and the fact the purchase would not create any new jobs have been cited as reasons for Hydro not buying West Kootenay Power Lioyd, meanwhile, all but dismissed the concern that Inland Gas would relocate West Kootenay Power's head office from Trail. “I would say that it's not likely that we would move at its head office at Waneta Plaza. It supplies electricity to more than 90,000 sin al and ern B.C., from Princeton to Creston, and from Nakusp to the U.S. border Lioyd also said Inland gas is “actively considering” encouraging local investment in West Kootenay Power should it buy the company. “We believe in the process of B.C. ownership and as much local participation as possible.” He also said there isn't any conflict of interest in a natural gas company purchasing a hydroelectric firm. “B.C. Hydro serves more gas per year than Inland does,” he pointed out Lloyd said most of Western Canada is served by utilities which distribute both electricity and natural gas. “A lot of the U.S. is the same way,” he said, adding the reason is the two businesses have much in common. West Kootenay Power owns four dams between Castlegar and Nelson: Corra Linn, Upper Bonnington, Lower Bonnington and South Slocan. The sale of West Kootenay Power would not affect the ownership of Cominco dams at Brilliant and Waneta, which West Kootenay Power presently manages for its parent. West Kootenay Power plants produced 65 per cent of the company’s energy requirments in 1986. WKPL purchased another 32 per cent from Cominco's two dams and three per cent from B.C. Hydro.