PISTON pump for irrigation. 7572 ie GiRiS 14" or 16" bike, ane ich-up truck, prefer 55-0900 ones Soe Ee shape. Phone 4a in/25 Wilt HAUL livestock car- cosses. Phone 357-9964 byt 6 p.m. your own hours. For more ~s call bl wa WANTE D Electronics Salesperson To sell portable P.t.L. Direct Entry Receiver on commission. Enterprises ltd., 2606 Sth Ave., Castlegar, B.C. VIN 276 WHO DO YOU KNOW who needs a second income? Part-time available. ue oo 2261 between 27 ttn/12 WILL DO any odd jobs. Part-time. 365-2634 2/27 Need a job? High school ond college students may offer their will run your ad for 2 issues at no 2/2! charge. WILL BABYSIT in Robson area. Call Lindo at 365-6541. Experien- cowlth bobles. _tin/? L, Heavy Hauling LOW BED & HI-BOY WESLEY itd. Huy. 3, Castlegar 365-2525 After Hours 359-7097 your ad for two issues free charge. tin/24 “4 MARKIN & Dr. Small” long pony ‘adult, spoyed t Reward, 365- ter 6 p.m. 2/26 Lost or found items are not charged : lost something or t: thing. 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Fost & Friendly Service LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM Restaurant Open 7 Days a Week ROSE'S IS DOING IT AGAIN RUSSIAN SMORG EVERY FRIDAY & SAT. -Castlegar Mohawk Hrs: 70.m. - 1! p.m. Daily 1 Ph. 265-78 Box 525, Nelson Phone Lorne of 382-2917 1416 Cal Ave: Gov't Certified pa An === wines B.T.M OPEN orenee 364 Days a Yeor 7 1038 Columbia A\ Construction | wnseeiss “ Mon.-Fri. p-m Speco in “ ‘e 10:30 p.. Quality Built Homes Pay mandinaned path F3 Costogn Gott Homes ” ~— . ' ° Cement Finishing comestneny ae © Fram Pt e Hbuttain Cabinets * Bathroom Vanities * Renovati For Free Estimates thru’ $ Market Phone 265-3118 (Deve) ‘Bulk Qventiiee 365-2546 (Evenings) fe 401-4th Ave., WILLIAMS MOVING & STORAGE 2237-6th Ave., Castl WE BUY Glass, Newspaper, Batteries, Radiators, opper A etc. Invite you to call them for a free moving estimate. Let our representative tell you about the many services which have made Williams the most respec-. ted name in the moving business. Ph. 365-3328 Collect OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK 10 @.m. - 4:30 p.m. NOKANEE RECYCLING TRAIL RAIL RECYCLING Troll — 368-6233 Hospital to spend $800,000 By CasNews Staff Capital requirements for the Castle- gar and District Hospital for the next three years will cost nearly $800,000 in provincial and regional district fund- ing. "hestadlagg to hospital administrator. Ken Talarico, improvement projects include a $160,000 new roof for the hospital, a $45,000 upgrading of the fire alarm system, a $119,000 nurses’ call system, a $54,200 instrument sterilizer, and a $60,000 sundeck. A $150,000 replacement of flooring in the hospital (including the laboratory, kitchen and nursing floor) is “down the road a year or so” a: n't yet been applied for, said Tale. The fire alarm improvements include “adding to our system by putting in more alarms and detectors . . . in pati- ents’ rooms” to bring it up to “current standards,” hi . Talarico said the hospital's roof is beginning to show signs of deterior- ation. . “We've had a few leaks, but we've repaired them,” he said. “Something's got to be done about it, or else we will .. about a year down The six-by 12-metre sundeck (which will be built off the extended care unit) has received financing approval by the Dining Under the Palms at Uncommonly Hordable Pri ——— Kitchen Cabinets & or 364-0411 Russell Auctions s Buy or Sell by Auction jes by Drex KITCHEN DESIGNS FUNERAL CHAPEL Dedicated to kindly, thoughtful service. Granite, Marble and Phone 365-3222 TERRA NOVA MOTOR INN 1001 Ressiand Ave., Trail Reservations 364-2222 THE COLANDER SPAGHETTI HOUSE Specializing in Italian cuisine. For Reservations Phone 364-1816 1475 Cedar Avenue Trail, B.C. F. PIRSH CONTRACTING Ph. 368-5911 " AURORD DRYWALL CONTRACTING LTD. © Residential © Commercial © Suspended Ceilings Tuesday, 8 p.m. Castlegar 3023, Cas MARTIN’ TV, REPAIR: Service ail make house Chimney Services Ltd. com OR RESIDENTIAL CHANG’S Nursery ae § Colvcebio Ave., Trail ud Coston built kitchen cabinets Call 365-3783 —— LSE 12,000 4q. ft. of heat Std Service Avolloble smetistavice ‘ALL YEAR Ad Nelnoe, Styling “The Hair Annex’ 1241. 3rd St. 365-3744 eo CLOTHING, DRAPERIES, pl aa For Personalized B.S. 0.0. OPTOMETRIST 101 2-4% St., Cast! Phone 368-9361 Tues.-Fri. 9a.m.. <5 pat. COLEMAN COUNTRY BOY SERVICE Sump & Septic Tank Pumping Phone 365-5013 3400 - 4th Avenue Costlegar Saturday 9a. LT. (TIM) ALLAN B.S¢.0.D. Wheth OPTOMETRIST nA Wancex.y “one 366 Baker St. You'll find Nelson, B.C. Ph. 352-5152 Busi Direct. & Heating Ltd. Plumbing & Quality Wholesale _ Heating Supplies. and the Central Kootenay ‘Regional Hospital Diattiale Ki said Talatico, The sundeck “Feeeived ‘Bovernineal mt J prior to the the restraint program, he said. The sterilizer, nurses’ call system, and fire alarm upgrading have govern- ment approval “in principle,” and final permission for financing is anticipated this month. The roof replacement is being recommended by the government, said Talarico. These projects are eligible for 60 per cent government funding, and 40 per cent regional district funding. Other anticipated projects are inten- sive care equipment — including four beds — costing $100,000, and a $22,000 anesthetic machine. This equipment will also be needed by the hospital in 1984. Applications haven't yet been made for funding — one-third of which is provided by th eprovincial government, and two thirds by the regional district, and/or the hospital, Talarico said. Other items of equipment costing $10,000 or less, including a $10,000 photocopier which has already been purchased, will be funded by the hospital. The hospital also hopes to purchase a chemistry analyzer this year, which will cost $75,000, An application for the analyzer — used to conduct laboratory tests on patients — hasn't yet been made, said Talarico. CAMPAIGN KICKOFF . _Joan Matiiatatee Mdattodile te to ‘tha: Inlet - On behalt of the Castlegar unit of ‘age cetennggi Concer Seeiaty. feven-year-old = renewed eyor A cilrey Moore to . ata si ~ Les th Me CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1984 Pot ey tows neor 3°. 3 Sections (A, 8 & C) kik bol April fundraising. Daffodils are symbol of for cancer patients. See campaign CasNews Photo by Ron Norman SLOCAN VALLEY PLAN Referendum in works By RON NORMAN Editor Slocan Valley residents may have the chance to vote on whether or not they want the Slocan Valley plan. The four regional district directors from the valley are revising the controversial Slocan Valley draft plan and hope to hold a referendum on the final version of the plan. However, the directors must first receive permission to hold a vote from the provincial Municipal Affairs Min- istry. Under the Municipal Act, refer- endums on area plans are prohibited. Directors hope the referendum will clear the way for the plan's im- plementation. The draft plan has hit a roadblock set up by a group of valley residents opposed to the plan. The joint provincial-regional district planning project started in 1981 and has taken $400,000 and 15 public meet- ings to reach this stage. However, an unorganized group of valley residents began marshalling op- position to the plan about two weeks ago. Opposition came to a head Saturday at the Central Kootenay Regional Dis- trict board’s regular meeting when a three-person delegation spent 2' hours arguing against the plan. Ted Fitchett, an outspoken opponent of the draft plan, told the regional board: “The plan as a proposal is un- neccessary.” He said the plan is not open to negotiation because it is not known if residents want the plan in the first place. : “Do the people of the valley really want a plan?” he asked, answering the question himself by saying that valley residents don’t want any plan. He pointed to the results of a random poll whieh asked residents if they were in favor or not in favor of the draft plan. He said 750 questionnaires were handed out and 578 returned. Of the 578, 556 residents said they were against the plan and only 16 were in favor, Fitchett said. “I am bringing to you today the message that there has been an over whelming response from your consti: tuents rejecting the Slocan Valley Plan at the meetings and an overwhelming majority of polled residents have signed petitions rejecting the plan,” he said. He said some residents want to put a stop to the plan for two reasons: some don’t know anything about it, while others simply do not want any more regulations, Fitehett said the plan is designed to conform to 4 “predetermined end goal” of either the regional planners, or a group with a “powerful influence” in the valley. He said it was that group which in itiated the plan in the first place. “The plan as it applies to the Slocan Valley from Slocan city north to Summit Lake designs valley develop- continued on page A2 British Columbia's pulp and paper workers will continue their strike in spite of provincial legi: the eight-week industry-wide shut down. However, Art Gruntman, regional president of the Canadian Paper workers Union, told a news conference today that his union and the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada would be meeting with the Pulp and Paper Labor Relations Bureau later today and were hoping for a quick set tlement. “The lines are staying up and hope fully we can have an agreement real fast,” he told reporters. Gruntman added, however, that it would be unlikely an agreement could be reached today. He would not say how long the strike would continue. Mediator Clark Gilmour would be called to attend the negotiating ses. sion, said Gruntman, adding that he did not know if he would be there. On Tuesday, Labor Minister Bob McClelland said the pulp and paper workers should return to work even if they don't agree with the provincial legislation ending the shutdown. He also had urged them to return to the bargaining table to try to negotiate a new contract so the government would not have to impose one. The members of the two unions have voted 62 per cent to continue the strike they began Monday. In Castlegar, about 250 of the 300 members of the PPWC voted 72 per cent and in favor of continuing strike action. McClelland said Tuesday he had no plans to take any action against the ‘unions continue strike 12,700 workers. They had been ordered to return to work under the Pulp and Paper Collective Bargaining Assis- tance Act, which began late Tuesday. “My reaction is one of extreme dis- appointment and almost disbelief,” Art Gruntman, paperworkers regional president, said in an interview after the bill became law. “Our people were locked out by the employer, and now the government comes down on top of our head with a sledgehammer and says they're pre- pared to impose a settlement.” TIME UP The bill, retroactive to last Friday, gave employers 72 hours to end their lockout and employees 72 hours to return to work under the old contract which expired last June. Base rate under the-eld- contract is $12.96 an hour. The companies lifted their lockout at the 20 mills at midnight Sunday night. “T've sai4 for the last two days that we're not going to jump in and start throwing people in jail or something,” McClelland said after the Social Credit government obtained legislative ap proval for the bill after 1% days of debate. The vote, which followed party lines, was 30-15 for the bill. “We want them to go back to work, we it them back at the bargaining table.” McClelland said that the bill itself does not have penalties for anyone dis- obeying it, however, the provincial Labor Code provides for fines of up to $1,000 for each worker and $10,000 for unions if the new legislation is defied. The new bill does give the govern- ment the power to impose a contract if one is not reached through -negoti- ations. ——inside PEACE TAX: Edith Adamson was in Castlegar Tuesday on a cross- country tour promoting a peace tax fund. Adamson says her Peace Tax Furid Committ wants the federal government to allow Canadian taxpayers to direct taxes toward peace projects and not into arms and military uses... A2 BREAK-INS: Castlegar RCMP are allow individual gas retai gasoline. Gulf or Texaco brand. dustry competition. that occurred Monday night... A2 LAST PLAY: David Thompson University Centre theatre department's last play, The Taming of the Shrew, starts April 1]... A6é GASSING UP: OTTAWA — Filling up at your local gas station might someday be like a visit to your local tavern if federal Combines Department officials have their way. “You'd drive up and ask, ‘What's on tap today?’ Gordon Kaiser, a federal combines lawyer, said Tuesday. Combines officials are proposing new legislation that would jers to sell more than one brand of If implemented, motorists could someday drive into perhaps an Esso station and have the choice of buying gas under the Shell, The proposal is one of several recommendations for reform in a final brief submitted Tuesday to the Restrictive Trade Practices Commission's inquiry into the petroleum industry. Combines officials say most of their proposals should be im- plemented and enforced through a new act that would govern oil in- igating o series of break-ins ussian immersion teacher Lucy “€lass. Since , the students have worked Sibotdoxnoienbrcne: on Corews Phote Russian immersion is unique FEATURE REPOR program By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer ‘The 18 children in the Kindergarten Russian immer sion class are singing what sounds like a nursery song. The singing is loud and enthusiastic. The Russian words flow without any apparent stumbling or confusion on the children’s part. Because the children wave their arms above their heads and put their hands on their hips, 1 assume the song is about the different parts of the body. When I ask teacher Lucy Alimkulov about this after class, she smiles. “It's a Russian song,” she says, humbling The tence since “about geese.” When five-year-olds know more than yo: do, it’s a experience. . Russian immersion program for kindergarten children at Castlegar Primary school has been in exis- 1983. As far as Alimkulov knows, it's the only one in Canada; or for that matter, in North America. x than written use. good listen Most of the children are of Russian/Doukhobor des- cent. From the beginning to end of the classes, Alimkulov speaks to the children entirely in contemporary Russian. For the first three months, many of the children found it tough going, says Alimkulov. The majority of them didn’t know any Russian. Now most have “easily a 1,000-word vocabulary” they understand, she said. The main objective of the program is to have the children understand the language through oral rather “Basically I concentrate on vocabulary building ~ through books, stories, tapes, pictures . . . lis,” i Al they acquire “They may not always understand, but they listen to continued on pege AZ