a NEW PLAYGROUND . . The Robson Parents Group assembles a new adventure playground at Robson elementary school over the weekend. The year-long project received donations from community groups, ser- vice clubs, private companies and the Lotto Fund. organized by 20 parents Pressure building in labor relations VANCOUVER (CP) — One year after more than 300,000 people walked off their jobs in a general strike to protest new labor legis. lation, the head of the British Col umbia Federation of Labor says more confrontation is inevitable. “I think some employer or some employer's lawyer or some politician will get greedy and I have to say, without trying to be alarmist, that the patience of our affiliates is wearing thin,” said Ken Georgetti The 250,000-member federation endorsed a provincewide walkout June 1, 1987, to demonstrate labor's opposition to legislation it said sev erely eroded the strength of labor unions “The whole labor relations scene is about to blow high, wide and hand. some,” said John Shields, president of the B.C. Government Employees Union Forests VICTORIA (CP) — The British Columbia government has _ intro. duced amendments to the provincial Forest Act to make reforestation a legislated requirement for all com panies. “From now on, harvesting means replacement with a new forest crop,” Forests Minister Dave Parker said in a news release Tuesday. “We will allow more tree farm li cences to be established (up to 67 per cent of the current allowable annual cut) in return for greater forest management commitments and for greater processing commitments.” He said in exchange for long-term The union representing 29,000 provincial government employees enters negotiations next week Shields said no employer has pushed a union far enough yet with the labor legislation and the public should not be lulled by a quiet year so far. NOT EXPECTED But Jim Matkin, president of the Business Council of B.C., said he does not expect a strike this year as about 150,000 organized workers enter negotiations. Pulp and paper workers, wood workers, 16 construction unions, Teamsters and nurses are now bar gaining contracts for about 65,000 people. Also being negotiated this year are contracts for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, hotel and restaur ant workers and teachers Matkin said he is optimistic, partly because he expects parties will continue to settle their contracts without invoking provisions in labor legislation that prompted the June 1 walkout last year. “We've proven the law isn't im- portant,” he said. “The panties don't want to uge the legislatida, it’s un- desirable. Perhaps it goes to the heart of understanding collective bargaining. It goes to the heart of self-regulation — whether it's a good or bad law, it's not going to have that much effect.” Georgetti conceded the labor rela tions climate has been calm and labor legislation seems to be working since it was proclaimed last summer. “It's working to the extend that there's nothing that you can see, its sort of a quiet thing, but don't miss the point, there's pressure building,” he said to be replanted tenure on Crown land, the industry will be more accountable for long: term planning and managemeny of the forests. The ministry's annual report, ta bled Tuesday in the legislature, said there was a 22.8-per-cent increase in reforestation on Crown land during the year ended March 31, 1987 A total of 137.2 million seedlings were planted during the 1986-87 fiscal year, up from 111.7 million the previous year. The ministry said the target for the current fiscal year is 200 million seedlings. The amendments will also provide a simpler system for appealing stam. page fees, royalties charged by the government for timber cut on Crown land Tree farm licences will also be increased if companies agree to do secondary and tertiary manufactur ing of wood products. The amendments will also double the amount of wood available to smaller operators to 15 per cent of the current volume from seven per cent. They will be eligible to get un. alloeated provincial reserves and buy undercuts. TSey will also be allowed increased access to species such as alder and small diameter pine. é SUNFEST continued from front page testing is at 3:30 p.m. and the chili will be sold to the public starting at 4 p.m. The first prize for the chili cookoff is $150 and a trophy. Second prize is $100 and a trophy and third prize is $50 and a trophy. At 6:30 p.m. cocktails start at the Legion for the Australian birthday party celebrations. Combe and Dingo will be at the dinner, which will include native Australian dishes like crown roast pork and chicken with ricé’ahd vegetables. There will also be a large Australian birthday cake for dessert The slo pitch league will sponsor a dance at the curling rink Saturday night beginning at 8 p.m. Sunday is family day for Sunfest enthusiasts and there are numerous events slated for all age groups. The Rotary pancake breakfast will open again at the downtown Super Valu from 7 a.m. Registration for the Legion darts tournament begins at 9:30 a.m. There will be games for children up to eight years old at Kinsmen Park from noon - 2 p.m. The games will be followed by the 16th annual Canadian frog jumping championships. The sheep-toshawl competition begins ai ii a.m. at Kinnaird Park. There will be a sneep shearing demonstration followed by four groups that will card, spin and weave the wool into a shawl. At 1 p.m. there will be free sailboat rides at Scottie’s Marina. Science World B.C. will be doing science shows at Kinsmen Park every hour starting at noon. The CKQR talent show starts at 2 p.m. on stage at 3rd Street. At 1 p.m. the recreation commission is sponsoring a water carnival for children aged eight to 12 at the Bob Brandson pool. At 4 p.m. there will be a boomerang-throwing contest at Kinnaird Junior secondary school Sunfest has generated a lot of interest already this year,” said Strong. “Sunfest lottery buttons are sefling quickly,” Strong said. “We think it’s because the first prize is a trip for two to Australia on Quantas.” Every Sunfest lottery-button-wearer is eligi to win one of the many prizes offered at this ye: Sunfest. First prize is a trip for two to Australia, second prize is a shopping spree at Safeway and third prize is a collection of authentic Aussie stuffed animals. Strong also said those caught in a Sunfest activity without the lottery button will face a stiff penalty. “The Gyro Cops will be patrolling the parade routes and all the event sites making sure people are wearing their Sunfest button,” she said. “If they're not they'll be placed in the portable jail and will have to buy a Sunfest button to get out.” Moresby Park deal unsigned By DAPHNE BRAMHAM Press VICTORIA — The British Colum- bia government won't sign a final agreement setting up South Moresby national park because it doesn't want to pay more than $8 million to com- pensate forest companies for lost timber. When Premier Bill Vander Zalm and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signed a memorandum of agreement last July to establish the park, they agreed there would be $31 million ilable to i for lost timber rights — and $23 million would come from the federal government. The sticking point now is what will happen if an arbitrator decides com- pensation costs will be higher than $31 million. Western Forest Products Ltd., which has the largest timber rights in the area, said it wants more than $100 million but B.C. says Ottawa must pay all compensation costs above $31 million. “That's basically what our position is going to be but I want to have cabinet reconfirm that,” B.C. Envir- onment Minister Bruce Strachan said Tuesday. — Premier Bill Vander Zalm said his government stands by the deal out: lined in the memorandum. “Our deal is clear. It’s as simple as that. They know the extend of our commitment. There's never been any question of that. We are willing to stick by our commitment. But we don't want to move from our commitment one way or the other.” Although there is no final agree- ment, both Strachan and Vander Zalm said this does not mean estab- lishment of a national park is in jeopardy. The South Moresby park has had a difficult beginning. It was a cause h ioned b; i lists for nearly 20 years. The lush, first- growth forests of massive red cedar as well as many unique varieties of , plants and wildlife became the focus of an international move to preserve it. RIDINGS- continued from front page problem of one political party having an unfair advantage. The Fisher report r transportation, historical and com munity links when he redefined boundary lines. eliminating all dual-member ridings and reorganizing the present 52 ridings into 75 new ones. Fisher proposes to keep the riding popu lations within 25 per cent of a provincial average obtained by divid- ing the total population by the num ber of legislative members. While D'arcy maintains this is not a perfect solution, he says it goes a long way to remedy the situation. “I think he's done an outstanding job of achieving reasonable repre. sentation by population in the province,” said D'Arcy. The suggested boundaries for srand_ Forks-Trail would bring D'Arcy’s electoral district within 2.8 per cent of new provincial standards for fairness and equity. *It-was undersized from a popu- lation point of view before,” he said, adding it is a reasonable attempt to redress the situation. “It would mean more driving, be- cause Grand Forks is 80 miles west of Trail,” says D'Arcy and that will mean more of a strain on his family. Fisher considered population, Tourist alert VANCOUVER (CP — Tourist Alert issued Wednesday by the RCMP. The folléwing persons, be lieved travelling in British Columbia, are asked to eall the person named for an urgent personal message: Larry Kurnarsky, Vancouver, call Myer Kurnarsky Alec Sawchenko, Penticton, call George Rahier William Geimer, Seattle, call Ray mond Goad. Fire hazard low By CasNews Staff Rainy weather has cooled off the forest fire situation so far this summer. The Arrow Forest District is now in the lowest danger class for forest fires and hasn't had a fire reported since April 13. According to the Arrow Forest District, the April fire was just a small spot fire in Blueberry Creek. Meanwhile, the Kootenay Lake District office says things are “very quiet” with less than half the fires reported last year. Mitzi Arikabo, a radio dispatcher in Nelson, says there have been spot fires reported every day which are easily controlled. Five of the fires were started by lightning storms last weekend. “It's been too overcast and cool to dry up,” said Arikabo, attributing the few fires to wet and cold weather. Kootenay Lake District is in a class two fire hazard, slightly worse than the Arrow District, but still very low. For the record In the May 29 issue of the Castlegar News, information ac- companying a photograph stated the Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club donated a total of nine emergency home res- ponse units to the Castlegar Home Support Association. In fact the Royal Canadian Legion and the Lions club donated the units. “My r dation for the new district of Grand Forks-Trail is based on consideration of the historical connection between them, as well as the quality of road connections,” Fisher's report states. But Siemens says Rossland-Trail's voting population and geographical area are large enough without adding Grand Forks and Greenwood. “We have a compact constituency . . running about 25 miles from one extreme to the other,” said Si than with this area. “We feel we have a greater iden- tity locally with culture, commerce, and industry,” he said, adding “Grand Forks seems to be so far away.” “I don't think there is much com- merce between Grand Forks and Trail,” said Siemens, although he ac- knowledged there is a cultural link between the Doukhobor communities of Castlegar and Grand Forks. Siemens said he doesn’t think that although the proposed changes will be passed before the next election, it could cause ign headach: Siemens appeared before a public hearing of the commission in the spring stating that Rossland-Trail was within 10 to 15 per cent of th Siemens appeared before a public hearing of the commissiof \in the spring stating that Rosslanu-Trail was within 10 to 15 per cent of the proposed averages for population. “We know we're a little light, but we felt on the average we're within that,” he said. In addition, Siemens says he feels that Grand Forks and Greenwood are more closely tied to the Okanagan “It makes it a little bit difficult for us as a party,” he said, pointing to established polling and results. Siemens, who ran against D'Arcy in 1983, says although he thinks the vote in Grand Forks has been close, ‘the area traditionally votes NDP. Siemens says he is in favor of an attempt to remedy irregular repre- sentation in B.C., even though he thinks Rossland-Trail is reasonably represented. “I think the idea is good,” said Siemens, adding that Fisher “had a tough job.” FERRY continued from front page luncheon while one of his aides took down more information from the protesters. “The aide said he (Vander Zalm) would be getting back to us this week,” Allam said. She added that the aide thought the ferry carried only three cars at a time — four if the vehicles were small. “He was just totally floored by the 2,600 cars-a-day ferry,” Allam said, adding later: “I really wonder if they really know what ferry they're talking about.” The Robson protesters followed Vander Zalm to Penticton where he continued his campaign tour of the riding. _Meanwhile, Martin Vanderpol, Re- @@onal District of Central Kootenay director for Area J and chairman of the ad hoc committee, said the Min- istry of Highways has refused to operate the ferry, despite a letter from the cémmittee threatening legal action. “At the moment the ministry is not willing to operate the ferry,” Van derpol said today, adding that the ministry is still insisting the regional district take over the ferry for $1. “This is still not acceptable to the regional district,” Vanderpol said. Elsewhere, Richard Maddocks, economic development officer for the Castlegar and District Development Board, has written to the Highways Ministry protesting the ferry situ- ation. Maddocks calls the process leading to the decision to close the ferry “totally inadequate.” “An arbitrary decision to with- ne ou 2a draw service is at the least irres- ponsible,” he says. He suggests the province explore an “improved process of evaluating the need of the service” and proposes that the Highways Task Force of the Kootenay Development Region take on that chore. “As we have a ‘bottom-driven’ system of providing information to the government already in place, perhaps now would be an approp- riate time to allow this system to provide input to our minister of state and yourself,” Maddocks says. The Castlegar Downtown Business Association has also written to the province about the ferry. DBA presi dent Joy Jenner says downtown businesses have “already reported loss of sales for the period that the ferry has been down. If this loss con- tinues, there will be business doors closing, adding more people to the unemployed statistics.” Jenner also points out that pre. vious provincial governments have honored “their responsibility and commitment to both Robson and Castlegar by providing the ferry as a reliable link between the two com- munities for 75 years.” The Castlegar Chamber of Com. merce has also written at least two letters — one to the Highways Ministry and another to Vander Zalm. “We feel that this area is being unduly discriminated against in that this is the second most heavily used inland ferry in the province in terms of the number of vehicles carried per year, and is the only ferry being sold or closed,” president Dale Nielsen wrote in a letter to Vander Zalm. Castlegar Aquanauts $ GIANT Saturda License No. 62514 4th ANNUAL Ss BINGO y. June 4 ARENA COMPLEX FLOOR Maximum Total Payouts Two Jackpots © Maximum Each Bonanza The Maximum Early Bird 6 p.m. ® — USUAL PACKAGES AT THE 7 p.m. PRICES! — placed first in the regional first aid competition in Nelson Saturday. ROBSON COQUIHALLA . . . an unknown person has put up a home-made sign deeming work Castlégar News TREET TALK AN UNKNOWN prankster has erected a home-made sign at the Raspberry intersection where Pass Creek Road meets the Broadwater Road. The site, which is just beside the Brilliant school, has been under excavation by the Ministry of Highways for the last year. The Ministry plans to have a brand new interchange in place by the end of the summer, which will widen the sharp corner. Highways had been moving \dirt from the site to another location along Pass Creek Road, which is also being improved. The sign? It reads “The Robson Coquihalla.” CASTLEGAR MAY soon have a sister city in Japan. City council has proposed “twinning” with the city of Embetsu on the island of Hokaiko in northern Japan. In fact, delegates from the Japanese city will be arriving in Castlegar Monday for a tour of the area. Council plans to host a dinner for the visiting Japanese and present them with special gifts. W.A.C. BENNETT'S 1964 Lincoln Continental done at the Raspberry intersection near the Brilliant school the Robson Coquihalla. has been sold for about $10,000 to an anonymous buyer. The former premier’s black-on-black, fully-loaded, power everything chariot had be- longed to Larry Ripple for almost a year and Ripple had been trying to sell the car in order that it would be preserved for history. . CASTLEGAR ALD. Albert Calderbank has been elected a director of the Association of Kootenay Boundary Municipalities, while John Voykin, Area I director on the Regional District of Central Kootenay, has been elected vice-president. CASTLEGAR will not play host to the next year's AKBM conference. Grand Forks beat out Castlegar and Trail in the bidding to host next year’s convention. “They had an indoor swimming pool,” Calder- bank said, explaining why Grand Forks’ bid was successful. THE TRAIL and Castlegar Canada Employ- ment Centre for Students held its open house Monday at its office on the second floor of the federal building in Trail. The two placement officers this year are Leanne Teindl, and Tanya Rogers. Rogers is a Castlegar resident. The office is open 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. This week is officially Hire-A-Student Week for the Castlegar-Trail area. WEEKEND SPECIALS ROAST er nhs 5D? BONELESS INSIDE ROUND STEA $978 CANADA GRADE A kg. $613)... FRYING FRESH CHICKE WHOLE UTILITY ....... a ENTER TO WIN A 2-PERSON ALSO PLAY MATCH 'N WIN AT THE DE! MAPLE LEAF PASTRAMI se ...100G. $] 19 cou EYE OF MAPLE LEAF KOLBASSA CENTRAL DELI DELITES BOAT KIT WITH OARS & PUMP Lt — YOU MAY WIN A TRIP TO EUROPE! 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The Cominco team was competing “I think it’s serious in the sense About half Rocky said authors said jointly conducted. those 1,060 dentists par. ticipated in the survey the dental college, Ministry of Health and Uni- versity of B.C. faculty of dentistry Results showed 67 per cent of against four other teams in the West Kootenay Zone for a place in the Workers Compensation Board's Provincial First Aid competition June 11 in Prince George. Winning team members, including coach and spare are: Tim Thatcher (captain), Bill Thompson, Rollie Hill, and Andy Cant. At the awards banquet following the day's event, the winners received their invitation to the final from WCB first aidvoffice, Mavis Sidnick. Second place was taken by the Nelson Auxiliary Fire Department team The regional meet was sponsored by the West Kootenay Mines and Industrial Safety Association, sup- ported by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Resources and the WCB. The WCB has sponsored the annual competition for 31 years as an incentive for first aid attendants in B.C. Students graduate Three more Castlegar residents graduated this year from the Uni versity of British Columbia, in addition to the list published in the May 29 Castlegar News. Robert Edwin Walton received a Bachelor of Education (Elementary) degree; Denise Mary West, a Bache lor of Commerce and Jonathan Sweeney, PhD in Forestry. Sunfest Sale. ECONO that it's frustrating for dentists be. cause most of these problems can be prevented,” said Dr. Brian Rocky, registrar of the College of Dental Surgeons of B.C. The study showed 20 per cent of 10,917 people surveyed have had at least three teeth extracted due to severe gum disease, said Roéky Another 30 per cent had less serious forms of gum disease. 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