: 2, i ce _ Castlégai News November 2, 1983 FALCONS SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY TRENTON, Ont. (CP) — The ancient art of falconry has found a modern-day application at the busy Canadian Armed Forces airport near this eastern Ontario town. + But the falcons aren't being used for hunting small game, as they have been historically trained to do. Instead, they're saving the Canadian taxpayer money. The birds are used to keep busy flight paths into Canadian Forces Base Trenton clear of seagulls to prevent “bird strikes,” which occur when birds are sucked into the air intakes of jet aircraft engines. Falconer Peter Serwylo says a bird strike can cause serious damage to an engine or even the loss of an aircraft, costing the taxpayer millions of dollars. “For a $38,000-a-year contract, two of us provide protection seven days a week,” Serwylo said. The object is not to kill the seagulls, which are attracted to the area by a nearby landfill site, but to drive them away from the airport and the busy flight paths. “It's actually a scare program,” said Serwylo, who uses gryfalcons, peregrine falcons and goshawks for frightening the gulls. BEST FOR JOB . Gryfalcons, the fastest and strongest, are best for the job, he says. They feed on gulls, so when gyrfalcon appears the sharp-eyed leave the area in a hurry. The goshawks are fast, short-distance hunters, flying about 50 metres in one direction to attack, he said. “The quarry escapes at least nine times out of 10, much the same as in the wild.” “The falcons are better for long distances. They stay in the air and chase quarry for miles.” Telephone 365-5210 business directory === ae insertions, copy New ind cancellations December. 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The trainer blows a whistle to attract the bird’s attention, then whirls the lure until the bird attacks. The bird is always awarded. The falcons and hawks have leather thongs on their legs to secure them while waiting to hunt: Bells on their legs reveal their whereabouts when they are in the air out of sight. Serwylo has soft leather hoods called rufters for the birds, but prefers not to use them except on newly-caught birds undergoing training. * While some birds are caught — a Permit is required because falcons and hawks are protected species — Serwylo also raises his own birds. : “It started off as a hobby for me and I worked as a volunteer with a naturalist who had the contract for airport controlat CFB Toronto (Downsview) and later I worked at CFB Trenton.” Daily patrols with the birds at the base and landfill site keep most gulls away. In fact, Serwylo says, the gulls start leaving when they see him or his van even before the hawks are released. Serwylo is in constant touch with the airport tower by walkie-talkie and pilots taking off and landing from the base report any flocks of gulls, “If this dump was unprotected it would attract 20,000 or more gulls within a week. The gulls can fly 3,000 feet or higher and, additionally, planes com edown to 800 or 400 feet above the landfill site as they come in to land.” Sea World io get 10 killer whales SEATTLE (AP) — Sea World, a California aquar- ium, has been granted per- mission by the United States government to capture as many as 10 killer whales off Alaska for display and breed- ing and to briefly remove 90 more for research during the next five years, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Admin- istration said Tuesday. The agency said there were no grounds to deny Sea World's capture request and the permits were issued only after the applicants met from California waters until better population informa- tion is acquired. Sea World's request to hold some of the research animals for up to three weeks was also denied by the regu- latory body until the aquar- ium can prove that such orcas would rejoin their pods when released. “All of the whales subject to temporary capture must be returned to the water as soon as testing is complete, usually within a matter of hours,” the agency said in a But after reviewing more than 2,000 public comments and holding a hearing last August in Seattle, the agency decided to restrict the scope of the San Diego aquarium’s research, The aquarium will be per- mitted to take blood samples, measure, tag and mark the animals but will not be al- lowed to remove any animal In additjon, the aquarium will not be allowed to per- form tooth extractions, fiver biopsys or stomach sampling until it can be assured that the whales will not be subject to undue stress, The aquarium will prob- ably be allowed to capture for display purposes two whales ‘a year and 30 whales a year for research purposes, the agency said. 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He was taken to Castlegar and ' District’ Hospital by a . provincial ambulance which was ferried across the river by unionized operators who agreed to run the ferry. because of the emergency ‘situation. * Castlegar Coroner Paul Ogiow says he will be conduéting an inquiry into Malakoff's death. About 65 Ministry of Highway ferry operators belonging to the BCGEU are off the job in the West. Kootenay. in protest’ agaitist ‘the government re- éraint légiat By : nid : Gladé; Hiitrop and Kootenty Lake fer: ‘Hes cutling off some communities froti ff Susior dranaportation Toutes. pag > shutdown has left the nearly 400 } Glade residents cut off from work; school and shopping centres. ~ By CHERYL CALDERBANK and ~ATEWitile vs. residents of this community, are sharing their boats and ferrying neighbors across the river, some residents are angry the Glade ferry was not designated an essential service. “We are being used as pawns between the union and the govern- ment,” Christine Cross told the Castle- gar News. One of the main concerns this week as heavy rains poured down on the community has been the safe passage of children on their way to school. There are about 75 students living in Glade who normally attend Stanley Humphries Secondary, Kinnaird Junior Secondary and Tarrys elemen- tary schools. They are usually picked up by bus and ferried across to their respective schools, But with the ferry shutdown, Cross said, they must be taken across in friend's open boats and left to walk two kilometres from the ferry landing to the school bus stop. Children who want to take a shorter route to a bus stop at Kalesnikoff's Lumber Co. must make During the ferry shutdown, Cross has been keeping her children — one attending ‘Tarrys and the other at- tending SHSS — at home. “Why should tie kids be marked absent or we called down because we can't get them to school?” Cross said she wag pleased, how- ever, that teachers are phoning in assignments to children unable to attend school. “T think our real major concerns are that our kids are being kept out of schools and emergencies,” she said, suggesting that ferries could run twice a day to bus school children to and from school and to allow people the oppor- tunity to drive to town for work or shopping. “We won't be unreasonable,” she said. “It’s okay if they have to take our ferry away. But why 24 hours a day?” The first day of the strike saw many parents keep their children at home, but by Friday most students had ret- turned to school. At Tarrys Elementary, teacher Pete Evdokimoff noted that only one of the four Glade children who regularly at- tend his class was missing Friday. And at Stanley Humphries, -admin- istrator Don King said that of 26 Glade students, all but two tiad returned to school. pers “So one way or another . : . managed to ‘get across,” he com- mented. continued on page A2 they | Snow closes highways ie dose nro Castlegar. 'B:C. Government Employees’ Union strike has.idled Glade Ferry. —CosNews Photo by Cheryl Calderbonk, Call Handcrafted Homes TERRA NOVA MOTOR INN 1001 Rossland Ave., Trail Directory advertising pays the Professionals Box 2686 428-9678 Creston 1241 - 3rd St. 365-3744 —__—SSsSSSSS===x Whether your name starts with A,M,X or Z, You'll find Business 365-5210 Reservations 364-2222 ee SPAGHETTI HOUSE i the irror published pt. 12, 1978 to Aug. 27, 1980 LV. (Les) CAMPS: Publisher Aces 7987 to Feb. 15, 1973 BURT CAMPBELL Publisher THE COLANDER J.T. (TIM) ALLEN, B.Sc. O.D. OPTOMETRIST 366 Baker St. Phone 352-5152 Specializing in Italian cuisine, For Reservations -. Phone 364-1816 Nelson, B.C, 1475 Cedar Avenue Debra Cote, Trail, B.C. ) RON . Editor; PETER HARVEY, Plant Foreman, DA kosiTsIN, tlh Monager; CAROL Mm, Advertisin, cir: CULATIO be from Teachers walk out Tuesday By CasNews Staff A Ministry of ‘Education warning that striking teachers would lose their certificates proved to be the last straw for B.C. teachers who vow they will walk off the job Tuesday. In an interview this week, local teachers' association ‘and plan to cross et lines to hold regular classes, this won't be the case in Castlegar, Rodgers said. “Not in Castlegar they won't, because of the overwhelming majority that voted to strike.” Rodgers said he couldn't reveal the results of the strike vote taken in Castlegar because of a BCTF president Mike Rodgers said he received a tel the B.C. hers’ Fed 4 to withdraw their services in protest against the ve . “From the minute threats were directed to teachers ... when they said they will take away our certificates if we strike .. . it looked like they're not going to be coneiliatory, so we're going ahead as planned,” Rodgers said. Only a last-minute agreement between the B.C. Government Employees’ Union and the provincial government can put a stop to the strike h now the Castl News has learned the vote was 83 per cent in favor of strike action. Last month, B.C. teachers voted 60 per cent ih favor of a strike to protest legislation that will restrict bargaining rights and allow mass dismissals of public-sector workers. Rodgers is joining teacher representatives from across the province ina strategy planning session this weekend in Vancouver. Meanwhile, Castlegar school board Chairman George ‘Anutooshkin in an interview expressed hope that a last-ini: in place. . P Already, the Castlegar and District Teachers’ Association has placed ads with the local media advising parents not.to send their children to school. And the 160 -member association has set up its strike headquarters in an office above Bob's Pay-N-Takit. Rodgers said that Education Minister Jack Hein- rich's threat to revoke teachers’ certificates only har- dened the hearts of local teachers, some of whom had been wavering in their support of the strike. A teacher without a certificate is virtually unemployable because “you can't teach in this province without a teaching certificate,” Rodgers said, adding later: “Now those teachers who were wavering before are good and mad.” The association president said he has no idea how long a strike by teachers will last, but he noted; “The only thing we know is that it's not a one day protest.” While some teachers have been quoted in the provincial media as saying they will not support a strike would avert the teachers’ strike. “Personally, I would like to see the strike not take place... I hope it doesn’t,” Anutooshkin said. The school district will not save any money in teachers’ and Canadian Union of Public Employees salaries during a strike Anutooshkin said, because the provincial government will take back equivalent funding for each day the strike takes place. Anutooshkin said district schools wit? be open Tuesday in accordance with the Public Schools Act. But he noted the board will be “assessing” the situation throughout the day to decide whether to keep the schools open in succeeding days if the strike continues. “We will be- consulting with the Ministry (of Education) Tuesday if the situation warrants,” he said.” He explained the purpose for keeping the schools open is to provide interim care for students who show up despite the strike. “On Tuesday there might be students who show up, and we have to provide some place to get them out of the cold,” he said. By RON NORMAN event of a major snowstorm and pro- Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore, who is also president of the Union of The strike by the B.C. Employees’ Union hit home Friday night when a heavy snowfall on the highway passes around Castlegar left the West Kootenay virtually cut off from the rest of the province. The Salmo-Creston, Blueberry- Paulsen, Nancy Greene junction and Hope-Princeton highways were all closed Friday night because of snow. of Highways employees are off the job with the rest of the 40,000 BCGEU members and will only plow highways in an emergency. : : Drivers could normally choose an alternate route, such as the Kootenay Ferry across Kootenay Lake, or by heading north through Nakusp to the Galena Bay Ferry and the Trans- Canada Highway, but those ferries have also been shut down in the labor dispute. That means Castlegar drivers at- tempting to travel east or west must’ take a southern detour through the United States during a heavy snowfall. ry all | about 11 a.m. Saturday and remained open as of late Saturday night. RCMP reports the Salmo-Creston is bare and dry, while the Blueberry- Paulsen and Nancy Greene junction ‘are open though both report compact snow and ice. Police recommend ve- hicles have good winter tires and drivers drive carefully. : The Hope-Princeton highway is also open. However, drivers are advised to contact RCMP for up-to-date highway reports before leaving. The road closures are also their toll on local b di longed strike. Me h school. and employees slated to join the BCGEU strike say they will not interfere with the Nov. 19 civic’ elections. Owen Dykstra, B.C. p of the B.C. Muni in an interview that CUPE has pledged not to block the municipal elections. “They said they wouldn't picket any locatt for lections,” Canadian Union of Public Employees, said CUPE and the B,C. Teachers’ Federation have agreed not to picket | municipal polling stations, most of which are located in public schools., Castlegar’s polling station is located at the Community Complex. But Dykstra said union employees will only take part in the election count if it is not done at a municipal hall.’ The plan for an escalating public sector strike in B.C. calls for education workers to walk off the job Tuesday and municipal workers Nov. 15. Moore said. On another note, she said Castlegar city staff met with CUPE bar, committee to discuss the union's Nov. 15 walkout. The union has about 87 employees’ in its Castlegar local, ‘including workers at the RCMP sta- tion, Community Complex, Old Arena and city hall.’ Pete Makortoff, president of the Castlegar CUPE local, said Saturday “there will be pickets” up should CUPE walk out Nov. 15. continued on page A2 COLLEGE DISPUTE NOT OVER YET ” By CasNews Staff . The outcome of a vote being taken today by Selkirk College's striking non-teaching staff may see the end to its dispute with administration, though the college could be in store for another walkout beginning Tuesday morning. Striking Pulp, Paper and Wood- workers of Canada members will vote this afternoon in Castlegar on a memorandum of agreement signed by picket lines at the same time as the other BCGEU members around the province: PPWC will honor the BCGEU picket lines even if its members agree to the contract proposal. The college's 120-member Faculty Association is also planning to walk out Tuesday in protest, but will re-evaluate its position later that day. a A Gordon Gibson the union and college W. night. on deliveries from Vancouver and Cal- Tony Sandrin, Castlegar Safeway manager, said in an interview Saturday that the snow and labor dispute “can cause some problems.” Sandrin said two Safeway trucks made it into Castlegar Friday night. One only made it after going around the road closure at Hope. The driver reported that the Blueberry-Paulsen section was the worst part of the drive. Sandrin added “there may be delays” of a day or two in food delivery to the store. But he pointed out that the store will never be without items in the » pickets will remain up at all campuses until after the meeting. The PPWC has been on strike for more said though the faculty voted nearly 90 per cent in favor of the Tuesday walkout to support Solidarity, some members have since had second than a week and has been without a thoughts. contract since Dec. 31. But even if union and management ratify the contract, PPWC workers could still be off the job Tuesday. College instructors, members of the ‘B.C. Government Employees’ Union, are prepared to set up picket lines around college camppses in support of Operation Solidarity. The move is part of a series of es- calating strikes against the provincial “A lot of people are rethinking their ideas because this strike has really been disrupting 1p the college — more so than before,” Gibson said. He added that more faculty and students honored the PPWC picket line this time around. If the Faculty Association decides to return to work Wednesday, Selkirk College may be one of the few colleges in the province still operating. The College and Institution Educa- tors A i has d in- government's restraint | The BCGEU at the college did not put up continued on pege A2