SIRLOIN TIP ROAST} 8.78 kg. “NOT | NECTARINES | 1.52 kg. Blueberries Now Available BLUE CROP FARMS SPAGHETTI SAUCE Wednesday, July 8, 1992 Reg. or Fine M.J.B. COFFEE 737g. Canning Time Specials Kerr Wide Mouth tds... 49 Mouth Jar 7.49 Mouth aa 8.99 ROGERS SUGAR taf PICKLING SAI T Ci dd 99 VEGETABLE | | Limit 1 per family purchase 3 litre 9% Garden Fare Freezer Jam........ca. » Fruit Fresh 1509 bags am 1.49 | Generic Pine or WINDOW CLEANER Large 1.8 litre size 1° @ Wednesday, July 8, 1992 3a «'Lyle Kristiansen stepping down é r ce oe = = S > CALL THE NEWS @General Inquiries 365-7266 OUR HOURS The News is located at 197 Columbia Ave. Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on weekends and statutory holidays. SUB RATES The News is : puomened by Castle Lid Scott David Harrison EDITOR Lyle Kristiansen is stepping down. Kristiansen will announce today that he will not seek re- election in the West Kootenay- Revelstoke riding — an area he has represented twice since 1980. Kristiansen’s departure has paved the way for a second person to declare their candidacy. Revelstoke’s Mengia Nicholson has - officially announced that she will seek for Kootenay | We‘st - Revelstoke, joining Nelson’s Heather Suggitt in the race. Chair of the Revelstoke r school board Wengia Ni since 1989 and a registered nurse, Nicholson said she could bring a fresh look to the fragmented Canadian political scene. “I think Canada is at a very important time in its history,” involvement in the nursing and education fields has_ provided me with the knowledge needed to help maintain a Heather Sugglitt strong Canada.” Pree peer Nicholson, a New Democrat since 1979, said she believes Canada needs strong leadership, something she promises to provide. “I think social democrats can really make the difference,” she said. Nicholson contends that Suggitt isn’t an opponent. Instead, she said the party and riding deserve the best candidate it can get. “I think it’s healthy when you have more people standing for a nomination,” she said. : Nicholson and Suggitt could be joined in their candidacy by Kristiansen constituency assistant Gerald Rotering. The former mayor of Nelson would neither confirm nor deny his candidacy. Instead, he said “I will make an . official announcement next week.” the New Democrat nomination *he said Tuesday. “I think my FIDDLING AROUND , News photo by Glen Freeman The Tompkins Twins — Ashley and Jodi — helped kick off the 10th year of Castlegar’s Concert in the Park series Thursday with some wonderful fiddling sounds at Kinsmen Park. The series continues tomorrow with ied gpa of mother-daughter folk duo Erin and Gail Bauman. The Kaslo pair begin their performance at Local ROMP investigate Kinnaird trip Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER Castlegar RCMP are still looking into allegations of sexual misconduct on a Kinnaird Junior Secondary School band trip. “It’s in the investigative stage and that’s all we can say at this time,” said Cpl. Al Hudema. “We’ve questioned one (person) and we will be questioning at least one more. “If we decide there is enough evidence to lay charges, we will give a release to the press as soon as possible.” The allegations stem from a band trip to Cranbrook June 20. A concerned mother of a child, who did not want to be identified, said a female band member had been touched at different times by the driver of a privately-run bus. Meanwhile, a 57-year-old Castlegar man will appear in court tomorrow to face three counts of indecent assault and five counts of sexual assault. Bill’s approval leaves doctors outraged Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER The controversial Bill 71 has become law and B.C. doctors say it makes them sick. “I’m really so disgusted with the NDP and Mr. (Ed) Conroy that I can hardly talk,” said local B.C. Medical Association representative Dr. Jon Van Vliet. Health Minister Elizabeth Cull’s Bill 71 caps medical spending at $1.27 billion this year, a figure which doctors claim is a 2.7 per cent increase over last year’s spending. “Health care is going to suffer,” Van Vliet said. “We will have to cut down the number of services available by closing offices a couple of days a week or by shutting down before the end of the budget year, and waiting lists are already far too long.” Cull also introduced a bill which wipes out a $25 million pension plan for physicians agreed to by the former Social Credit government. The bills passed through legislature Friday with unanimous NDP support. “If Ed Conroy had that happen to his pension plan he’d execute Mrs. Cull, and that’s what I’d like to do to her,” Van Vliet said. “The God damned NDP are supposed to be pro-labor, pro-negotiation, open communications and they haven't done any of that.” Opposition health critic Linda Reid agrees, and said the government “rammed through” the bill without considering alternative options. But the B.C. Chiropractic Association’s Dr. Don Nixdorf says this is the right prescription for an ailing medicare system. “Bill 71 is a good piece of legislation,” he said, adding that the bill makes all health care professionals responsible for funds. “The legislation spells out that each of the health professions is a co-manager of the medical plan. ‘What could be better?” Nixdorf went on to accuse the BCMA of “wanting to corner the medical market” by getting rid of Bill 71. “They are committing intellectual fraud and moral dishonesty. The BCMA is simply bargaining for power and money.”