Sis Castlégar News September 11, 1985 Sexual disease tough to diagnose TORONTO (CP). — Pa- tients suffering chlamydia trachomatis, a sexually trans: mitted disease that causes infertility in women and sterility in men may not even know they are infect The major reason is that doctors — frustrated by the slowness, high cost and im- precision of the current test for chlamydia — say they are finding it difficult to diagnose the disease, suspected of being more prevalent than gonorrhea. A study your acivertising dollars do better in... THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY | Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 in the Canadian Medial A ii Journal says laboratory re- ports do not reflect the true HAIR ANNEX 1241 - 3rd St, Castlegar OGLOW’S PAINTS & WALLCOVERINGS 365-6214 cidence of the disease. It estimates there are two to three cases of inflammation of the cervix and uterus for every reported case of gon- orrhea, and 40 to 60 per cent of the inflammation cases are caused by chlamydia. have switched to new testing methods that are faster and less expensive than the cur- rent test using cell cultures, the Ontario government is still evaluating two kits and will not reach .a decision on them for several months. 4,284 REPORTED There were 4,284 cases of chlamydial infections in Can- ada in. 1984 reported to the larboratory Centre for Disease Control in Ottawa, three times as many as in 1983. Ontario accounted for: the _large i SOLIGO, KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS ___ * Atthough-other-provines 01S Columbia Ave. (essai) Castleg Phone 365.7745 Henry John; B.Sc. C.A. Resident Partner MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ASCOUNTANTS. Fin ncial Planning 1 CAN HELP WITH: Investment Funds “Guaranteed Investment Certilicates Life and Disability Insurance Annuities Cameron A,R. 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Manitoba decided-to use the kit six months ago bec- cause standard tests using cell culture — where the or- ganism must be grown in a laboratory .— were -inade- "241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 Appliances Carpet quate, said Dr. Trevor Williams, assistant director of Manitoba's provincial lab- oratory. The new kit is as sensitive and specific to the disease as the cell-culture test at one- third the cost, he said. The Manitoba government covers the new test under health insurance, feeling the cost will be offset by’ the de- crease on hospital stays for women suffering pelvii flammatory disease — a lane a term result of chlamydia, said Dr. John Wilt, assistant deputy minister of health. NOT EQUIPPED Ontario's public health lab- _oratories, which normally process large numbers of tests for doctors,’ are not equipped with the manpower or the $7,000 microscope re- quired to handle an increase in chlamydial. samples, said + Dr. Janet Sorbie, a Kingston, Ont., doctor who in 1982 re- ported one of the few Can- adian studies of the disease. “What. physicians want is something that is easy to use and allows them to act quick- ly.” she said. Her study of patients showed that 30 per cent of those with general sysmptoms of sexually trans- mitted diseases and per cent of those with pelvic pain were infected with chlam- ydia.~ Many doctors misdiagnose chlamydia trachomatis _be- cause its symptoms resemble those of other sexually trans mitted diseases, Sorbie said. 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A look at the relation- ship between provin-” cially-elected Conserva- tives (Socreds) and their federal counterpart$ i ee AT John Charters fea- tures Castlegar’s’ Lynn Smecher, a_ fashion designer in Montreal, in his weekly column ---B3 “The six winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6- 49 draw were 11, 23, 43, 46, 47 and 49. The -bonus number was 1. The $500,000 winning number in Friday’s Provincial lottery draw is 2254773. There are also subsidiary prizes. ' CastléaNews UNDA VOL: 38, No. 74 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, WEATHERCAST through Tuesday, mainly teed with occasional showers oF periods of steady. rain and a we bri nny periods. Highs ey to 15°, tows 6" to SS 50 Cents 4 Sections (A, B, C&D) TWO INJURED . . . Lawrence Chernoff (left) of Castlegar Ambulance service and an unidentitied per- son examine car which was involved in a two-car collision Friday night. The car ‘Went over an embank- ment.and rolled before coming to Mobile Homes lot. Two people were taken to hospital with minor injuries. See story, A2. fest in Northwest Castews Photo by Ron Norman British protest action LONDON .. (REUTER) British~ Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe om) Saturday condemned Moscow's retaliatory expulsion of 25 Britons and said it is bound to set back moves to- ward better relations. “We pitterly condemn this totally unjustified action directed against British businessmen and journalists as well as embassy staff,” Howe said in a statement after Ambassador Bryan Cartledge was called to the Soviet Foreign Ministry and told of the ex- pulsions. The ambassador denied any mem- bers of his staff were engaged in ac- tiyities incompatible with their status. ~ and formally registered a protest “in the strongest possible terms against the unjustified action,” a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Howe said Britain consistently made clear its wish for better political and commercial relations with the Soviet “ Union, “but this Soviet action, for Thatcher's 10 most senior cabinet col- leagues, Scottish. Secretary George Younger, meanwhile announced Sat- urday he had cancelled plans to head a trade delegation due to leave for Moscow today. A Scottish Office spokesman said Younger’s decision was taken following Saturday's Moscow announcement on the advice of Ambassador Cartledge and the Foreign Office. 1 Younger was told the climate was not appropriate for him to take part in the mission that was to promote trade between the Soviet Union and Scottish firms. Editors of five news organizations whose correspondents were expelled from Moscow on Saturday condemned the Soviet action.” All denied their employes were involved in anything other than journalistic tasks. Castlegar hospital to get new floor 4 By CaéNews Staff ‘An agreement in principal has been reached between the Central Kootenay Regional pads District and the which there is no * whatsoever, is bound to set back that process.” Britain would be giving urgent and ~. careful consideration to the implica- tions, Howe added. > Part of the Foreign Office assess- _ment is likely to be whether to replace some or_all of the 18 embassy staff expelled. A spokesman noted the Soviet Union imposed no ceiling on the number of British nationals who could be accredited to Moscow. Britain announced Thursday it is in- creasing its ceiling on Soviet diplomats allowed at the London embassy from 39 to 46 despite its decision the same day to kick out six diplomats and 19 other Soviet citizens. The by both provii to share the cost of replacing the floor covering in several areas of the Castlegar Hospital, hospital’ administrator Ken Talarico said Thursday. Talarico said the ‘provincial govern- ment would pay 60 per cent of the cost, estimated at about $160,000, with the CKRHD picking up the remaining 40 per cent. Talarico’ said the $160,000 is not a “firm price,” adding that the hospital is now “defining the scope of the work” that needs to be done. He said he toured the building Thursday with an architect from Hospital Programs discussing specifics such as floor preparation for the work. followed the defection of Soviet em- bassy counsellor, Oleg Gordievsky, said by the Foreign Office to have headed the London operation of the “KGB, the Soviet secret service. One of Prime Minister Margaret - The Pp calls for the replace- ment of 15-year-old torgonal flooring with a new vinyl covering. Areas requiring replacement include the entire patient care area, labora: tory, emergency, radiology, emergency corridor and kitchen. Talarico explained that torgonal flooring consists of hard chips spread over the concrete floor surface and coated with varathane. ‘The varathane covering is now worn, cracked and has yellowed over the years so it can't be replaced effectively. In other hospital: news, confusion over bids to re-roof roof number 12 at the hospital has been cleared up, Tal- arico said. The problem arose over a dis- crepancy between the drawings and A .group of inter- national film-makers paid it to Castlegar this weekend and were hosted by the Kootenay Doukhobor Historical iety...A6 “FOR WEST KOOTENAY : Westar proposal has By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer A Westar Timber proposal to estab- lish a model forestry resource manage- ment area in Tree Farm License No. 23 near Nakusp has the potential to turn the West Kootenay into the “Silicon Valley” of the forest industry, Jim Cross, general. manager of Westar Timber's Southern Wood Products said Friday. i Cross said in a telephone interview that the proposal, which he presented to federal Minister of State for forests Gerald Merrithew when he was in Castlegar last month, could create a “pool of expertise” and make the West Kootenay the “leading silviculture area” in Canada. Cross compared the potential results of the proposal to California's centre of high-tech h and poten the proposal until Merrithew has res- ponded. tial mostly in the Nakusp area because of its “geographic proximity to TFL 23.” Cross Cross the con- cept and spoke of its potential. “What we basically wanted to do was establish some project on TFL 23,” he said. Z But Cross said the recent five-year $300 million federal-provincial forestry agreement allocates very little funding to tree farms. “In the current agreement the amount is virtually nothing,” Cross said. “We wanted to make a proposal to the minister to do something differ- ent,” he said, adding that the Westar proposal is “outside the current agree- ment.” the spin- off effects from the project could be “significant” and might create an addi- tional 300 jobs, which he said would have an impact on Castlegar. Also, he said people would inevitably come through Castlegar “spending money” on their way to the project and that any meetings would probably take place in Castlegar because of the con- venience of the airport. Cross said the project, which he es- timates would cost $3.to $4 million per year, could develop a pool of skilled silviculturists in the Wést Kootenay. He said he doubts if there are now 200 people in the area trained in sil- He said the j prop model area would demonstrate dubbed the Silicon Valley. ___ “If we're going to blue sky (spec- __the best way to manage forestry re-— sources. nes ; = and that ping such a pool of talent would mean other areas of the country would look to the West Rootensy; ioe saat expertise. “Tf “or Nova: ng that type of work that goes on in ’sil- . Cross that the model is an, a propels and has not yet “Essentially we've pats him a prop- osal and a concept,” Cross said, adding ‘that he is'reluctant to talk much about protection a concern By RON NORMAN Editor The National Exhibition Centre says fire protection is a “pressing concern” in the wake of last Sunday morning's blaze that destroyed the sdiarent, Doukhobor Village. “It was our‘major concern before,” said NEC director Lucille Doucette. “It is now a more pressing concern.” Doucette said the NEC has applied for a $250,000 grant -from National Museums to upgrade its building. Part of that money would be used to provide ani adequate water supply, a fire alarm systems and a dry sprinkler system, she said. Doucette. added that fire protection was the “first thing” looked at in a planning study unveiled last night ‘at the NEC’s 10th anniversary celebra- tions. She added that she is confident the grant will be approved because Nation- al Museums “wouldn't take that kind of risk. Security is one of their big things.” Doucette said the funding could come later,this year with work on the fire system starting in “late spring.” But until a sprinkler system is in place, the NEC is without protection. -“We have virtually none out here.” said Doucette. She said she has discussed the issue with Mayor Audrey Moore and the Central Kootenay Regional District. However, the city doesn't have a tanker truck and doesn't intend to get one, Doucette said. And the NEC is outside the five- the for the “On the drawings, it said to patch ‘the roof. On the specifications, it said to replace-roof number 12,” Talarico said. When the contract was d to mile resp area for the Pass Creek and Robson firehalls. If a fire does break out, those crews would not have to answer a call for help. ‘Tm id about it, Maryson Roofing of Kamloops, one bidder — Tom Greenough of Tom Tar Roofing of Kelowna — objected, saying he felt his bid was rejected because he bid on the wrong proposal. However, Talarico said that with the exception of one bidder, all bidders, in- cluding Tom Tar, followed the correct procedure by giving preference to the ions over the paranoid,” Doucette said. She said sparks from last Sunday's Doukhobor Village fire flew “within two feet"-of the NEC.— However, the NEC has two things going for it. “The building itself is inflammable,” said tte because it is constructed of ‘cinder blocks. “Unfortunately, it .” she added. Maryson won the contract with a bid of $126,400. The NEC also has a burglar alarm system. would take place in the model area, Cross said. In addition, Cross said part of the project would involve “training people how to perform silviculture.” Cross said a project on the scale of the Westar proposal has never been undertaken. me “We (Westar) set up a demon- stration farm on TFL 1 in Terrace but it was never really intensive. “Intensive management of forests is probably something that’s not been done. There's never been a really large-scale industrial model with a wide range of techniques to manage OP rit pe Tee Cross said the project would essen- tially be geared to future improvement of the forestry resource because of the long growth time of trees. “The crop for the next generation would be greatly enhanced. The quality of the wood will be considerably better _and there will be an opportunity for an expanded harvest. “Our children will have a better crop.’ Cross said the project might create “as many as 200 jobs over five years,” FOUR PER CENT handled,” he said, adding that the — company also em Scotia you’ "dco come to Castlegar, Nakusp and Arrow Lakes because it's been into a forestry man- agement area.” Cross said the project, if it gets the go-ahead from the federal government, would involve “a hell-of a lot of people” drawn from the B.C. forest service, Selkirk College and Westar. “We would want to get everybody working on it at that point. Cross said Westar’s role in the project would be as:a sponsor. “We have the management ability to oversee the organization (of the proj- ect) and see that the financial aspect is las the : perts available. sil ex “We thought the forest service has a role as an auditor of the project.” However, Cross said Westar doesn't have the money to finance the project and that that is where the federal government comes in. He also said Westar doesn't plan to make money from the project. “There's no financial gain to Westar. We don’t get any gain out of it,” Cross said. City council votes to increase pay Castlegar council has voted itself a pay raise. The mayor will make $8,337 a year and aldermen $4,902 a year. That's a four per cent increase — the same as that awarded city workers and management earlier this year. The last pay increase for the mayor and alderman was in 1983. Council also agreed to rezone the industrial park to allow for.a nursery.- Chang’s Nursery and Florists Ltd. plans to relocate from 9th Ave. to the park. Jung Chang said he plans to build a 1,500 square foot retail store and three greenhouses on 2.46 acres at the indus- trial park. Chang said the new store will be a total of 8,000 square feet — double the size of his present location. He said he still-has some financing to arrange but hopes to begin construc- tion within a week. Chang also told council he plans. to sell fruits and vegetaVles from his store and expressed concern that the new rezoning would not allow that. Mayor Audrey Moore said council plans to take a look at enlarging uses at the park that would allow for the fruit stand and other uses. Chang had intended to locate in Ootischenia, but was required to re- zone property he proposed to purchase there. Meanwhile, Moore told the Castlegar News she plans to run for another term. Municipal elections are Nov. 16. In other news council agreed to pay an extra $2,900 for a revised downtown revitilization plan. The plan was supposed to cost only $6,000, with council paying $5,000 and the Downtown Business Association paying $1,000. However, the plan came in‘over bud: get. Council will take the extra $2,900 from its downtown revitalization fund. It has now spent $7,900 of the $10,000 in this year’s fund. Council is also considering taking part in regional _planning.The~city pulled out of the Central Kootenay Re- gional District's planning department earlier this year in a dispute over the gity’s share of planning costs. The regional district has since come up-with a new formula that would see the city contribute $20,000 — down from the city’s previous share of $50,000. Ald. Len Embree pointed out that earlier this year the regional board turned down a similar council offer to contribute $20,000 to planning.