ws _' CastlégarNews —Febvry 17.1995 restored in forests MOSCOW, IDAHO (AP) — After years of sustaining the effects of a disease that has killed and disfigured it, the white pine is being restored as a major tree species in the forests of Idaho, Washington, Montana and British Colum- bia. U.S. Forest Service scien- tists have developed a dis- ease-resistant white pine that is immune to white pine blister rust, a disease that had threatened to eliminate the species. The white pine was first introduced, in the eastern United States, moving west in about 1910, said Forest Service geneticist Ray Hoff. Hoff said the disease first was detected in the United States when white pine seed- lings sent from Europe were found to be infected. The disease was detected in Idaho in 1923 and cancers on Idaho white pines were seen in 1927, Hoff said. The Forest began a re- search and development pro- gram for the white pine in 1950, and at that time, sci- entists found as many as 10,000 infegted trees for every completely rust-free tree, said Richard Bingham, a retired Forest Service gene- ticist who headed the blister- 74 rust and develop- ment program for 25 years. By cross-breeding Western white pines that are gen- etically rust-resistant, the research program has re- sulted in the establishment of three Forest Service seed orchards in Idaho that even- tually will produce enough disease-resistant seedlings to plant 10,000 to 20,000 acres of tomiy, Rew. ‘fed“eceion, white pines each year, Hoff Legion! Ladies and Castlegor said. Funeral Home, ine Hyde and Fomily 4 ELECTROLYSIS. Permanent hair removal by tully qualified operator, Annex. 365-3744. thn/4 1S Christian Kinder your ‘child? Mail’ vey Castlegar News, Box ay} LIVING WITH HARASSMENT, — of Piragecenrs atraid bf elt Sotety?_ Call Tren 364-1718. ARE YOU DESPERATE? 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Those pro- ducts answers that concern,” said Hugh Chamberlin, an executive in the pet food subscribers nomes strip of! sw Western pole Tickets for this W Hypnotist past lives therapy PITTSBURGH (AP) — A hypnotist who is popular with Hollywood celebrities such as Charlene Tilton, John Schneider and others willing to take a chance on a trance believes he can remedy ail- ments left over from past lives. “Knowing who we used to be can help us solve our problems today,” said Ralph Grossi, 58, who runs several hypnosis clinics in the Pitts- burgh area. “The primary value of past lives therapy is that it lets you lift something from the subconscious, which is actually the soul of a person,” Grossi said. “I tell people to let go of the past. The past is dead and to let it go.” The hypnotist, who has been featured in Time maga- zine, attracted attention sev- eral years ago when he trapped a woman whose migraine were cured after she discovered under a tra- nee that she had been shot in the head in a Wyoming bar a century ago. He has also app on saloon waitress in Oregon at the turn of the century; Schneider, of The Dukes of Hazzard, was a coal miner in a previous life; and Glenn Scarpelli of One Day At A Time was a Shakespearean actor in 1750s England. “I believe, but I don’t base a whole lot of my life on what happened in a past life,” Searpelli said in a telephone interview from New York City. “I don't think you should take it that seriously. “An actor needs to keep an open mind. Maybe it was a fantasy. Maybe a door open- ed in my subconscious and it reached a hidden fantasy. But I was much more skep- tical before the experience.” However, at least one expert says past lives ther- apy is nothing more than a psychological placebo. “Hollywood people go for lots of fads,” said Donald McBurney, a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. “Reincarnation is a popular lute! (buss Telephone 365-5210 — a..incrs Grecron wine scccbrod on te Spm Feb. 3s the Castlegar News for the month of March. Brian L. Brown Certified General Accountant 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN Certified General Accountants 241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 belief, but it has ab: television shows with Phil Donahue, Tom Snyder and Mike Douglas. And, sensing the market for sensational stories, The National En quirer hired him to hypnotize Hollywood celebrities. “Stars are easy to hyp- notize because they are such positive thinkers,” said Gros- si, who charges $75 for a past lives session. He said he has found past lives in 100 Holly- wood types and 25,000 other subjects. A 1982 Gallup poll showed that 23 per cent of Americans believe in reincarnation, which is the basis of past lives therapy, Grossi said re- cently, adding that the per- centage of believers in Holly- wood is much higher. For example, Tilton, of Dallas, told Grossi she was a XPRESS ore listed below. if tickets, drop into we News Tagudey stil’ pons or phone 368 Ties by pm. “Tocedoy %2 clei Pind your nome below CASTLEGAR 365-2912 623 Columbie Ave 365-3335 PLUMBING BARTLE & GIBSON 2317 - 6th Ave 365-6141 RESTAURANTS 365-7941 STGATES. sports 365-3255, sronrs. 365-7782 py SEL 365-7813 365-3214 365-3717 WAGON Costleoird Pozo TICKETS name eppeers, you're the winner of « ARDENS. Columbo Ave no d: It'sa nice game. It's entertaining. But people are throwing their money away for noth. ing. 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Tuesday was Canada’s first free-flight test of the cruise missile, which was released over the Beaufort Sea at 7:32 a.m. for a 2,500 kilometre flight, ending up in Primrose Lake on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. Cruise protests were also held at Cold Lake, Saskatoon, and Toronto. The Castlegar protest was held from 12:15 to 12:45 from Cc DeVito. “Canada can renegotiate the treaty with the U.S. on cruise testing,” he declared. “Canada must refuse to support any further build-up of nuclear armaments. The only path to peace is a nuclear freeze. The cruise will make arms control impossible. “And we urge you to oppose any more tests,” At one point during the protest, there was confusion as to Brisco’s whereabouts. Nelson, Trail and p-m., facan Valley. It was —eaet by the Trail District Peace Action Ci DeVito made a speech. pale a protesters to sign a Board makes up $90,000 shortfall By CasNews Staff Castlegar school board “nickeled and dimed it again” to make up for a $90,000 shortfall in its 1985 six-month budget, say board chairman Doreen Smecher. The board recently sent its six- month budget to the Ministry of Budgets refused, A4 Education to meet a Feb. 15 deadline. Official figures on the Jan. 1 - June 30 operating budget were released at Monday's board meeting. The shortfall is technically about $170,000 but $80,000 of this was covered by an operating surplus from 1984. The rest is made up as follow#: @ $23,000 from the firing of 18 noon-hour supervisors; @ about $11,000 from four custodian retirees’ position which were reposted at seven rather than eight hours; © $4,000 cut from teachers’ profes- sional day activities; © a $12,000 reducation in custodial supplies; © $3,000 to $4,000 saved by contract- ing out special education assessments, rather than having a full-time position; @ savings by partial replacement of two full-time teachers on sick leave. The total six-month operating bud- get the Ministry of Education allowed for Castlegar is $4,891,760. To fully cover its operating expenses, the board had calculated its need as $5,050,055. Last November, the ministry pro- jected the Castlegar district would re- ceive only $4,861,966 — about $30,000 less than what it finally got. The extra $30,000 came from a province-wide miscalculation made last year by the Ministry of Education when it failed to include administrative allowances when figuring out teachers’ wages for the six-month period. However, this “extra” funding didn't actually decrease the district's short. fall, which (excluding the 1984 operat ing surplus) was calculated at about $89,000 last November, based on min- istry and board projections. Part of the reason for this is that while the board projected a $100,000 operating surplus for 1984 in Novem ber, the actual surplus came to only $80,000. The six-month 1985 budget doesn’t include any provisions for an increase in teachers’ salaries because the min- istry funding didn't provide for one. An arbitration panel awarded Castle- gar teachers a 2.3 per cent salary inerease last year, and the matter is now before compensation stabilization Buddy DeVito. CRUISE . . . About 60 protesters st MP Bob Brisco’s of - NOT BY gothered in front of Kootenay DeVito said he contacted the Kootenay West MP's Castlegar office Tuesday morning, but was told Brisco was out of the province until early March. But some protesters at the rally shouted out that they'd seen Brisco leaving his Castlegar office that day at 10 minutes to noon. Others declared that the MP was trying to avoid them, crying out, “He was here today,” and, “There's said Constituency assistant Dorothy Gourlay said Tuesday that Brisco was “down south representing Canada,” and suggested a possible solution to the mystery of the missing member of Parliament. “There was a report that Mr. Brisco was sneaking out of the office. It was me and my husband just going street (from the Castlegar office) for lunch,” she said. Brisco’s assistant John Donald said in a interview from Ottawa Tuesday that Brisco has been attending an exchange trip of the Commonwealth Barbados. Parliamentary Association all week in Donald said Brisco will return to Ottawa this Sunday, and will visit his riding from March 36. On March 6 Brisco is scheduled to participate in a panel discussion on world peace in Nelson. Donald said that in the past, Brisco “has been on record” as opposed to the cruise missile testing, but suggested that CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1985 ciation, the college's Curriculum Com- fice Tuesday to protest a cruise missile test which took place the same day. Costews Photo by Adrien Chomberlon been called a a! Editor Norma Collier, a 20-year Castlegar resident who has “full-time volunteer” was presented nathan peer ee banquet in her honor Tuesday night: “I'm so honored I don't know what to say,” Céllier Mii Con sinticneg Naan 20 Ot the Petite Lenten’ 7 she knows at the further evidence that Norma is” kioen.. . by chest every section of the eomenaaity.” be’ said. Collier said she was pleased to see so many people the award, banquet. témmissioner Ed Peck. Peck suggested earlier this month that salary increases for B.C. teachers over 1.75 per cent for the first six months of 1985 are out of line. John Dascher, Castlegar district secretary-treasurer, says Peck will make a ruling by April 20, which would give the board only about two months to make up any increase awarded. If Peck decides on a 1.75 per cent increase, it would mean the board would have to squeeze another $75,000 out of its six-month budget, said Dascher. Meanwhile, the board is working on its 1985-86 budget, which must be in by March 15. And Dascher says although only rough Lamar have been ($1 million) cutback in budget, the largest reduction of all B.C. colleges and institutions. years, number of cutbacks. By CasNews Staff Restraint has taken its toll on Sel kirk College, principal Leo Perra says in a special report to the college board. Selkirk College faces a 10.4 per cent its 1985/86 And over the past three or four Selkirk College has had a In programs, the most significant cutback was the closure of David made, are that T University Centre in Nelson the distriet will face a $450,000 short- which “altered significantly” the com fall prehensive program mix of the college, and thus greatly reduced arts offerings the southeast part of the province, Perra said. Withdrawal of funds for Selkirk College programs eliminated all visual and performing arts offers, the Writing program and several liberal arts uni: versity transfer courses. It /also re- duced offerings in English, Anthrop- ology and Geography. Perra said the loss of instructors in those disciplines reduced “very signi- fieantly™ the college's cultural role and community involvement in the West Kootenay and most noticeably in Nelson. College hit hard by restraint At the Rosemont Campus, appren ticeship progtams have all but been eliminated. Apprenticeship training has been terminated in the Heavy Duty Mechan. ie, Millwright and Electrical programs. Only the introduction of the TRAC program has maintained enrolments in the trade-related areas, Perra said. At the Castlegar campus, the deletion of Physical Education has eliminated all university transfer course offerings in this discipline, Perra said. He said students from the local area continued on page A2 focussed on too narrow an issue, and that may be mental to the whole peace effort.” Paraphrasing what he said were recent comments by Brisco on the subject, Donald added that “he doesn't, I feel, have any problems with the testing as far as life and limb being threatened.” And Brisco has said, “As a test itself, Se cerely ove and doesn't pose any great threat to Canadians . .. ., according to Donald. Gourlay said Brisco's Castlegar office received 10 phone calls Tuesday on the cruise missile tests. Not all were against, she said. Some were just requesting information on Brisco’s stand on the cruise. Donald said Brisco received no calls at his Ottawa office Tuesday on the cruise testing. detri- across the College cutbacks opposed get, at its regular meeting Tuesday night. The Selkirk College Faculty Asso- mittee, the Student Executive Council and Salmo residents opposed the cut- backs at the Salmo Adult Education Centre made presentations to the board. The college is one of the hardest hit in tl this year. Selkirk faces a 10.4 per cent reduction in funding in 1985-86 — or about $1 million. At its January meeting, the board announced it would eliminate 16 staff positions in order to make up for the funding shortfall. The college is now proposing to eliminate second year biology and chemistry courses in the University Transfer program, resulting in the loss of its two-year Bachelor of Science option. Other proposed cuts are: Physics 202, Electricity and Magnetism; So- ciology 210/211, Canadian Society; Psychology 228, the Handicapped In- dividual; and French 102/103. administration's policy of not “rocking the boat” in its dealings with the Ministry of Education has been a fail ure because of Selkirk being one of the hardest hit institutions in the province. Howard pointed out that this “high er-than-average cut” follows the clo sure of DTUC last year, resulting in a The college is also considering drop- _ total loss of about 60 teaching positions ping the Long Term Care Aid Pro ina one-year period which “has cost the gram. community dearly, especially in Nel Faculty Association president Jim son.” Howard urged the board “to go public” in protesting the college budget cut backs. Howard argued that the college's —inside 25 YEARS: CasNews reporter Chery! Calderbank talks to John and Evelyn Clarke, who have been offering Red Cross swim- ming lessons at their private pool for nearly 25 years. . .C1 Howard also told the board and an audience of about 30 people that other Interior colleges have suffered propor continued on pege A OPEN BOOK: Castlegar school board has decided to speed up the process of making board decisions public... A2 PRINCELY GUY: Rock star Prince is a great guy to have for a neighbor — at least that’s what his neighbors say... A3 LIQUOR STICKER: OKLAHOMA CITY — If Delmar Warren doesn't drive straight home, pops into a tavern or parks outside a liquor store, a sharp-eyed passer-by may blow the whistle on him after reading the back of his cor That's because Warren's car carries a bumper sticker identifying him as a convicted drunk driver and asking others to monitor his per- formance. He is one of 10 drivers carrying the stickers on their cars in the Oklahoma City suburb of Midwest City, as part of their sentence of ter being convicted of driving under the influence. f any of them violates a list of strict rules — or removes the sticker before six months is up — he faces 30 days in jail Drivers must drive with care and consideration, show no erratic tendencies on the road, may not park in front of any establishment selling liquor, and must drive the car that the sticker is on, soid Mid. west City Police Chiet Jim Cox Warren, 40, said he knows he did wrong by driving under the in fluence, but finds it embarrassing to advertise his conviction Other drivers laugh at him or are discourteous, he said PLAYOFFS SET: Castlegar Rebels will meet Trail Jr. Smokies in the West division finals of the Kootenay international Junior Hockey teague... 81 _~