Saturday, July 4, 1992 LOW prices. NO sacrifices. NEW POTATOES 49 5 lb. bag CHUCK STEAK Gov't. Inspected, Can. Grade A Beef. Bone in 3.29 kg. 49 Ib. CHICKEN-DRUMS. & THIGHS Gov't. Inspected Poultry. Fresh. Back-On. 3.29 kg. 49 Ib. FRESH SAUSAGE Fresh Beef & Onion, Beef or Breakfast. 3.29 kg. 49 Ib. B.C. Hot House LONG ENGLISH CUCUMBERS 2 FOR : eee B.C. Hot House FRESH TOMATOES 2 LBS. 449 Fresh Baked HOT BREAD ,In-store Bakery 2 FOR 4*° CHECK OUT WHAT'S IN-STORE FOR YOU AT SAFEWAY Look for your New In-store "Safeway Super Shopper". As an addition to our regular flyer, we have made available a new and exciting in-store shopping guide. Filled with Money Saving Specials, Nutritional Information, Recipes, Safeway affiliated Community events, Contest Information and so much more. Shopping at Safeway has just become easier. One more reason why Safeway is Today's Better Way. — Wednesday July 8, 1992 NewsFLASH - ~ hs Sunny with cloudy periods Thursday. 30 per cent chance of a shower. High near 26. @ OUR PEOPLE Who says that high school romances don’t have a chance? Certainly not the teachers at Stanley Humphries Secondary School. @ LOCAL SPORTS Castlegar was well repre- sented at provincial girls fast- pitch championships last week, as the midget girls captured Kamloops while the bantams were second in Squamish. page 15 @ ARTS & LEISURE There’s as much recreation as you can handle at Syringa Ceek Provincial Park. And if you’re not careful, you. just might learn something. preview 3 6 7 Our People 9 Local Sports 15 Action Ads 19 Arts &Leisure preview3 Calender preview 4 Home Plan preview 5 Dining Guide preview 8 KOOTENAY WE News photo by Jonathan Green Castlegar’s firefighters were out in full force near Kinnaird Park Monday night, just staying in shape though. The lack of activity for the city’s two fire halls has given guys like Bob Harker and Mac Gregory plenty of time to brush up on their firefighting skills. ‘Concerned citizens’ take action Scott David Harrison EDITOR Things are heating up on the Celgar picket front. An “information picket set up by con- cerned citizens” forced closure of the $700 million Celgar expansion Monday and Tuesday, throwing 800 people out of work. “There’s not much action from the company and union to settle this thing,” protester Ben Thor-Larsen said. “It’s detrimental to the community and detri- mental to the province.” Thor-Larsen— father-in-law of Ross- land-Trail MLA Ed Conroy — said the group’s intention wasn't to shutdown the construction site. Instead, he said the group wanted to make the two sides aware of the level of concern in Castle- gar. “They've got to get talking, they’ve got to get negotiating” he said. “The union isn’t negotiating and the management isn’t negotiating. They have to start The information pickets haven’t gone over well with expansion contractors, though. Expansion contractors peti- tioned the Industrial Relations Council to have the information pickets re- moved. The IRC agreed with the contractors Tuesday, ruling that no secondary pick- ets — information or otherwise — could be set up outside the construction en- trance. Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada Local 1 President Mike Baba- eff said the information pickets were a surprise to him. He said the union is abiding by a previous IRC ruling which limits Local 1’s picketing rights to two of the three Celgar Pulp Co; access gates. Any breech of that ruling means Lo- cal 1 would be subject to a $100,000 fine, plus fines of $1,000 per illegal picketer. “Above that, contractor could apply for civil damages which could reach into the millions,” Babaeff said. * Babaeff said the IRC ruling — made under Bill 19 — has many Local 1 members frustrated. “Bill 19 is making pickets look like a farce,” Babaeff said. Babaeff admits that talk of full-scale picketing is on the rise among Local 1 members. Pointing to the financial implication of a full-scale picket, Babaeff said “in the past, the union executive has advised against that,” Babaeff said. Local 1 held a closed-door meeting Tuesday night to discuss further strat- eey as the local strike enters its 30th ay. The province-wide pulp shutdown is entering Day 25. T-REVELSTOKE MP LYLE KRISTIANSEN STEPS ASIDE, PAGE 3