Léar to ski The winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6-49 draw were 6, 12, 16, 24, 36 and 49. The The Electric Consum- ers Assgciation may have s' out small CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1987 bonus number wos 48, The winning number in Friday’s Provincial ‘lottery draw is 2626836. & Liter Surj Ratton takes a CasNews sports wri- lesson... BT 60 Cents 3 Sections (A, B &C) CARE KIT . . . Kinnaird elementary school teacher Sharon Jenks goes through the fundamentals of the PROGRAM ADDRESSES CHILD ABUSE By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer She is keeping a secret. It's a secret she will likely harbor for the rest of her life; a secret that may shatter her normal everyday existence because of the psychological scars she must bear. She is a young girl who has been sexually abused. Recent studies suggest that as many as 25 per cent of all girls and 10 per cent of boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18. “Some of the statistics and information about what's happening to children is very disturbing,” said Lach Farrell, director of instruction for Castlegar school. district. But Castlegar school district is doing something about it. Farrell has been involved in the implementation of the CARE program (Child Abuse Research and ase Child Abuse Research and Education program with her Grade | class. CARE is a preventative program. —Cosnews Photo by Mike Kolesniko Education) which has become part of Castlegar school district's curriculum. “It's a preventative program,” what CARE is all about. The CARE program involves an educational kit designed to teach prevention of sexual abuse to children between the ages of four and nine years. The kit is made up of several components designed to teach prevention, including several large discussion cards, a book called Trust Your Feelings which is designed to provide a “non-threatening” way to present the topic, an@ other things such as puppets for role playing, posters and audio tape. “The kit fs designed in such a way that it doesn’t allow for the teacher to stray at all,” said Farrell. “It's well researched and well balanced. “We don’t want to make anyone paranoid,” he said. The CARE program originally implemented at Woodland Park elernentary as a pilot program last April. The program was so successful that starting this month, it is being implemented in other schools in Castlegar. “And the response has been nothing but positive,” says Farrell. He explained that every student who has been involved in the program responded comfortably and enthusiastically. And though students may only take the course with written permission from parents or guardians, so far ther ehave been no objections. “['ve got all the individual responses from parents,” he said. “We didn't get any complaint from parents saying, ‘I don’tewant my child in this.’ There was not one single withdrawal.” continued on pege A2 said Farrell. “That's ECA MEETING = Politicians attacked for proposed sale _, BySURJ RATTAN Staif Writer Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco, Premier Bill Vander Zalm and the federal government all came under fire from the Electric Consumers Associ- ation Wednesday night at a meeting in Castlegar. The ECA also passed a resolution ealling for the Regional District of Central Kootenay to hold a referendum on whether West Kootenay Power and Light should be sold to UtiliCorp United Inc. of Kansas City, Mo. The meeting, which attracted more than 250 people, heard ECA founder Gerry Abele and Corky Evans, the de- feated Nelson-Creston NDP candidate in the Oct. 22 provincial. election, criticize the proposed sale of WKPL to UtiliCorp. BC. F of Labor “providing it is environmentally safe and sound and beneficial to the sur- area.” reason the Kansas City-based company wants WKPL is because it is a money-maker. “UtiliCorp has no expertise in er; none Tele prepeoe deal wil ort 8 eeuens because never before in peeeaee re, et maaity boos Soll ce a foreign owner,” said Abele. “Once UtiliCorp acquires WKPL they then will have a foot hold in Canada and start to buy other things. And it is at that point that they will take down the Canedian flag and raise the American one.” Abele said he ECA has proposed a Ken Georgetti also slammed the sale in a letter to the meeting. “The ownership of B.C. utilities should stay in Canadian, if not British Columbian, hands,” wrote Georgetti. Abele told the crowd that WKPL is worth fighting for because “the future of our economy and the future of our children depends on it.” He added that WKPL has grown over the last five years “despite the recession” and has set record inereases, in custoniers.and. sles, and‘in gross ee ee Ee ee ee hot make sense to sell the utility conned when it is making money. “We've enjoyed the lowest utility rates in North America for many, many years. Those rates are essential for the future development of our nation,” said Abele. Abele added that any foreign owner of WKPL would be less responsive to Canadian interests. At the same time he said the ECA does not oppose foreign investment in Canada- “sound to UtiliCorp’s bid, which is to have a direct consumer purchase of WKPL. “The reason why we've done this is because it would say to the provincial government to stop this sale because we are offering a complete alternative, a way out,” said Abele. He added that a direct consumer buyout would allow all of the com- pany’s customers to have a role in the ownership and control of the company. But in a Thursday telephone inter- view with the Castlegar News from Ottawa, Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco rejected the idea of a direct consumer purchase of WKPL saying that sort of a buyout could end up costing rate payers a lot of money. “Where's the money going to come from? If, for example, the (Central Kootenay) regional district bought it (WKPL), it might be taxpayers who foot the bill. Then we'd not only be paying for our utility bills but also for the company,” said Brisco. “It's one continved on page A3 RDCK refuses referendum vote The Electric Consumers Association are on. their own in their bid to halt the proposed sale. of West. Kootenay Power and Light after the Regional District of Central Kootenay voted against hold- ing a referendum on the issue at a meeting yesterday. The ECA passed a resolution at a meeting in Castlegar Wednesday that called for the regional district to hold a referendum on whether or not WKPL should be sold to UtiliCorp United of Kansas City, Mo. Although UtiliCorp has offered $80 million for WKPL, the regional district also put in a bid for the utility company, “The. board was afraid it. (refer- In other news, the regional district turned down a request for Castlegar- based CETAC Development Ltd. to rezone a 6.16 acre sandpit in Ootis- chenia. CETAC, who owns the land, had hoped to build a major tourist at- traction on the site which would have included a waterslide. Nuclear weapons trial TORONTO (CP) — A Canada-wide coalition wants to put nuclear weapons on trial — a Canadian courtroom, only “Law has been a largely neglected area that is just now starting to come to the fore of the peace movement,” David two years after an ni of er testing before the Supreme Court of Canada. The growing coalition, ie ei by more than 75 and six reparing an attempt to have nuclear weapons declared illegal under Canadian and international law. Organizers have billed the coming legal action — which could bé held im the Federal Court, though this has yet to be decided — as a way to make Canada the only country legally declared a nuclear-weapons-free zone. They say fromer prime minister Pierre Trudeau has sent his good wishes to the coalition, but has declined to be a witness. Ontario Attorney General Ian Scott has asked to be kept posted on developments. The suit is being called ‘a conservative strategy toward radical ends,” and the coalition — led mainly by the World Federalists of Canada and Lawyers for Social Responsibility — is trying to draw support from Canadians unaccustomed to nuclear protests. Wright, p of Lawyers for Social Responsibility, said in an interview in Toronto. Canadian “lawyers are now becoming more conscious about the problem; concerned about it and looking for ways to do something about it,” Wright said. “Naturally they're turning to their profession.” The World Federalists of Canada, founded in 1951, promotes awareness of global issues, including peace and disarmament. Retired admiral Robert Falls, the former chief of defence staff in Canada, supports the effort, but fears the coalition will win a lesser victory at best. “I'm afraid that all they could hope for is a moral victory,” said Falls, who now heads the Ottawa-based Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament. But such a victory would be good enough for Bruce Torrie, the B.C. lawyer whose preliminary research three years ago began the legal campaign that is gathering strength today. Mulroney promises more South Africa sanctions DAKAR (CP) — Brian Mulroney promised in Senegal Prime Minister South Africa. Canadian private sector projects in itania, three of the poorest countries in West Africa. Saturday that Canada will impose further sanctions against South Africa. Mulroney, who spoke in Africa earlier this week against Pretoria’s apartheid policies, said Canada’s pos- ition is clear. “We have imposed economic sanc- tions already against South Africa and we will impose others,” the prime minister said in a luncheon speech toasting Abdou Diouf, president of the West African country of Senegal. “Apartheid constitutes a sickness and a shame.” Canada has so far imposed limited economic sanctions, including an end to agricultural imports from South Africa and the ter ion of federal loans to It is estimated the measures will cut South African exports to Canada by $100 million Cdn annually. NO SPECIFICS Mulroney did not specify any new sanctions, and an aide said later Canada always said the door was open to more measures against Pretoria. Diouf, a former president of the Or ganization for African Unity, con demned Pretoria’s intransigence. “Those who make peaceful change impossible, make violent change inev itable,” Diouf said. Earlier today, Mulroney gave assur ances of continuing Canadian support for an international program to develop the Senegal River to provide aid to the ‘economies of Senegal, Mali and Maur Canada has contributed $41 million Cdn to the first phase of the plan to build irrigation systems and hydro- electric plants on the river. | Expected to take 25 years to finish, the big project will eventually irrigate 350,000 hectares of arid land and cost at least $4 billion. At least 25 countries will help finance the project, and the World Bank will be the lead controlling agency, a Canadian official said today. Mulroney, to head back to Canada on Monday at the end of a 10-day trip to Italy and Africa, met jointly today with Diouf of Senegal, President Moussa Traore of neighboring Mali, and Presi dent Ould Taya of Mauritania, another neighboring country.