January 6, 1985 Yard was too pricey for liking jected as too rich an offer from a local realty firm to sell iy lot to the city for use as a works yard. Century 21 MountainView Agencies Ltd. offered to sell the city the lot on the north side of the provincial court- on Columbia Ave. for $285,000. However, council's plan- ning committee recommen- ded turning down the offer because “the price is beyond the financial constraints of the city.” As well, the committee said the lot isn't suitable as a works yard. CHICKEN NOODLE SouP wero, $189 CENTRAL FOODS _ Flower Arranging for Your Home Learn to arrange fresh and silk flowers from professional florists. Classes begin Jan. 14. Call Maureen at Helen's Flowers for more information 365-519 21126 4th St., Costlegar 366-8191 SYNOPSIS: Cloudy with sunny periods today, with highs -6° to -8°. Monday will be cloudy with snow if SUNRISE; 7:45 a.m. lurries, and SUNSET: 4:07 p.m. LEGEND Cold Front Ware Front Rain Snow Cloud Thunderstorms Showers of -2° and -4° and lows to a high near -3° Philip Edwards was given a two-day jail term and put Rock star to have inquest BURNABY (CP) — An in- quest will be held Feb. 5 into the death of rock star Ron Tabak, 31, who died Christ- mas Day in Vancouver Gen- eral Hospital, Tabak, a former member of FIGHT WIND, SNOW Climbers reach crash LA PAZ (AP) — A team of Bolivian climbers fighting high winds and snow reached the wreckage of an Eastern Airlines jetliner some 6,000 metres up [llimani Mountain on Saturday and reported finding no survivors of the crash, U.S. officials said. The Boeing 727, with 29 people aboard — including eight Americans and nine South Koreans — crashed Tuesday, minutes before it was to land at La Paz airport from’ Asuncion, Paraguay. “ Officials had held out no hope that any of those aboard could have survived. No Canadians were on the plane. In Miami, Eastern spokes- man Glenn Parsons confirm- ed the wreckage had been reached and said: “I cannot tell you that htey positively identified it as the Eastern airplane. That has not been positively confirmed, but we can reach logical conclusions at this point (that it is the jet).” the rock band Prism, was taken to Burnaby Hospital after falling while cycling from Burnaby into Vancou- ver on Christmas Eve. He was treated and re- leased, but apparently be- came abusive and was ar- rested by two RCMP mem- bers who happened to be at the hospital. Tabak was found uncon- ious in his cell Christmas couver General. RCMP Insp. Bob Bayam said the case is under inter- SLIDE nexetten ttre McKichan, a ski expert who helped investigate the scene the day after the avalanche, said conditions before the accident. were “ideal” for we kage 7 very dry w” about 115 centimetres deep. uaa aid the skiers had formed a group at the top of the bowl, and one skied to the bottom. According to McKichan, one skier judged peared to be safe, and he next person to ski down. re bis conpasioon watched, an avalanche started during the second skier’s descent, burying the pair within seconds. ss twothirds of the way down when the avalanche started . . ..” McKichan said. “(Both skiers) were towards the edge of the avalanche — towards the. edge of the bowl. The avalanche was towards the centre wl. . - yeckiaee — a veteran skier himself — said the two men who died were “very good skiers, well above average.” They were “being cautious” by avoiding the centre of the bowl-shaped area. Despite the mist caused by the avalanche of powder snow, the rest of the group “were able to get them out within five minutes, which is very quick for a rescue party,” said McKichan. The speedy recovery was aided by electronic transceivers carried by all the Mount Neptune skiers, which make beeping sounds to indicate where bodies are located. McKichan estimated the avalanche to be about 75 metres across and 150 metres down the length of the bowl, with another 150 metres of “run-off area” into trees beyond the clearing of snow ‘According to McKichan, dry powder snow aval- anches can reach speeds of 320 kilometres (200 miles) an our. While he declined to comment specifically on the physical causes of the skiers’ deaths, he said people caught in avalanches usually die of suffocation. The cause of the avalanche isn't yet certain, McKichan said Friday. “It's very difficult to say they started it, but we're not ruling that out, either.” Belezyk said there was freezing rain on the area three weeks before the accident, but since then about three metres of snow had accumulated. He said before skiing, the slope had been “cut.” Skiers sometimes “cut” avalanche-prone areas by traversing them, digging their skis into the surface of the snow. This creates a ‘weak line, which can trigger off a potential snowslide. “They cut the slope, they did all the stuff they were supposed to do,” said Belezyk. “When they cut it, (the avalanche) should have gone. It must have been hanging on.” nal T’S A YEAR-END FLOOR COVERING SALE “IN-STORE” STOCK ONLY — NO.“SPECIAL” ORDERS AT TURIN 20% wool, 80% Acrylic Very tight, level loop rubber back carpeting. Light beige. A tough performer $4 95 All nylon. 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(AP) — A Soviet emigre in Niagara Falls, N.Y., says a Florida congressman saved the life of his ailing, 22-year-old niece by sneaking a heart valve for her into the Soviet Union. Although U.S. Representative Bill Lehman's mis- sion of mercy occurred in October, those: involved withheld the story until recently for fear of repercus- sions against the young woman by Soviet authorities. __ “The congressman saved that young lady's life,” said Hachig Seyranian, a retired laborer who has lived in Niagara Falls for 32 years and arranged through the U.S. State Department to have the $2,000 heart valve taken to his niece. ROYAL RALLY PARIS (REUTER) — Princess Caroline of Monaco pulled out of the Paris-Dakar auto rally Saturday after an accident in Algeria on Friday night left her shaken but unhurt, rally organizers said. The princess and her husband, Stephano Casir- aghi, abandoned the gruelling, 14,080-kilometre race when their truck overturned on rough terrain in northern Algeria. It happened about 20 km outside the town of Ouargla while Casiraghi was at the wheel, the organ- izers said. STORMS KILL ALGIERS (REUTER) — At least 26 people have died and more than 3,000 families have been left homeless by six days of violent storms and severe flooding in eastern Algeria. No casualty figure has been published but the national daily El Moujahid said Saturday that 19 people died in the province of Jijel, in the northeast. Earlier official press reports said seven died else- where, including six killed in a car when a bridge in nearby C province. Sy SIAMESE TWINS BOLOGNA, ITALY (AP) — Doctors postponed y an to Siamese twins joined at the head after an X-ray examination showed that one baby’s blood system was incomplete. A team of i and get $210,000 t for programs million in grants awarded to 19 projects across Canada. _ Four of those projects are in B.C. and total $1.4 million. Selkirk College's allotment is statement that the Selkirk College funds will be used to buy “much-needed electron- ies equipment for the col- lege’s Forestry and Electron- ie Engineering Technologist courses.” “This modern equipment will help graduates improve their opportunity for em- ployment.” The Skills Growth Fund is used primarily to assist in- stitutions in plant and/or says Jack Kent, information officer for Employment and Immigration Canada. When an institution ap, plies for funds, it puts to- gether a proposal through the Ministry of Education. The ministry approves the proposals before they go to Employment and Immigra- tion. Kent said the ministry wants to encourage upgrad- ing of the labor force and as- video computer graphics equipment for the computer graphics program; and $463,500 for Pacific Marine Training Institution in North Vancouver to install elec- tronic equipment in the in- vestigational laboratory. Airline sells two planes CALGARY (CP) — Pacifie Western Airlines has sold its show up when the girline releases its 1984 financial statements. PWA has also sold the $17-million flight simulator on which it trained pilots to fly the 767. at Bologna’s Sant’Orsola Hospital said X-rays proved each twin had a separate brain. But the doctors said one infant had an incomplete network of blood veins in his head, making dang The twins, identified only as Davide and Fausto, were born Dec. 28 at the hospital in this northern city. Dr. Gian Paolo Salvioli, director of pediatrics, said a would be d for “three to four months” until the twins had grown. ~ JET FIGHTERS OSLO (REUTER) — Norwegian jet fighter planes wete scrambled 471 times in 1984 to intercept Soviet planes off northern Norway, almost double the 1963 figure of 260, the Defence Ministry said Saturday. A spokesman said the increase was probably He’s richer by a million BOSTON (AP) — A treasure hunter has retrieved more than $1 million worth of gold and silver from the ocean floor off Cape Cod, where a pirate’s galleon loaded with booty from 22 ships sank in 1717. The treasure being recovered by Barry Clifford is believed to be that of the Whidah, a ship captained by Samuel (Black) Bellamy that was carrying the loot from the Caribbean when it sank in an April storm off Wellfleet, Mass. Accounts by two survivors of the Whidah, as well from seven pirates aboard another vessel that caused by imp d Norwegian and not by an increase in Soviet flights near the NATO RADIATION SCARE HONG KONG (AP) — Eighty-seven people were admitted to a government decontamination centre Saturday, saying they had been exposed to radiation at Hong Kong’ Kaitak International Airport, officials reported. Health officials said none of them showed any sign of such exposure. A government statement said the scare started when a worker at the airport's cargo terminal reported he saw a yellow substance leaking from a container containing radioactive medical supplies. Firemen and police cordoned off the area as government medical and health experts examined the container. They found no evidence of a radioactive leak but removed the yellow substance for further study, the statement said. AFRICAN TOUR JOHANNESBURG (REUTER) — U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy arrived in South Africa on Saturday night for a week-long tour of the white-minority-ruled country, bringing what he said is his “deep opposition to the entire concept of apartheid.” The M D d by several family members and aides, was met at the airport by black Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who had invited the senator to visit. At « brief news conference, Tutu said he hopes Kennedy will see “the crisis of our land as it escalates and deepens today.” TOXIC LEAK NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 45 workers at a textile mill in southern India required hospital treatment after a toxic gas leak, authorities Saturday. Labor Minister K. Sivadasan of Kerala state told reporters the chlorine gas leak occurred Friday in the byeing section of the factory in Koratty, 435 kilometres southwest of Madras. He said the cause of the leak was not immediately known. Sivadasan said the 45 stricken workers are out of danger. sank in the same storm, told of great treasures aboard, including 180 canvas bags that each held more than 20 kilograms of jewels. When the ship sank, the booty was estimated to be worth $4 million, and it's probably worth $400 million today, said Robert Cahill, a member of the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources. “T can’t put a value on what was found thus far, but with at least 600 silver and gold coins, and the gold dust, what he’s found is worth well over $1 million already,” said Cahill, who has been examining the treasure. However, a member of the salvage team, who asked not to be identified by name, has estimated the find to date at $10 million. Clifford, 40, of Vineyard Haven, Mass., has brought up hundreds of gold and silver coins, gold dust and pieces of gold bars and jewelry since he began excavating the shipwreck last summer. “All I can say is we haven't even started,” said Clifford, adding that he expects to spend six to 10 mor years to retrieve the rest of the treasure. TEMPORARY CUSTODY Clifford's salvage operation, Maritime Underwater Surveys, has been granted temporary custody of the loot, which is in a bank in Chatham, Mass., said lawyer Alan Tufankjian. But the state has gone to court to claim 26 per cent of what is salvaged from the wreck. Clifford claims he should have it all, and an appeal to a federal court is likely. Salvage laws require the state archeological board to take a look at the Whidah’s booty and to make sure what's brought up is preserved and charted. After all of the treasure is brought up, state museums have six months to bid on everything, Cahill said. What the state doesn't want, Clifford can sell out of state to the highest bidder. Clifford, who has dreamed of finding the Whidah's treasure since he first heard the pirate tale as a boy, d his find in 1982. Using historical records and a powerful device like a metal detector to search six metres under the ocean floor, Clifford's salvagers foufd 15 to 20 likely spots for the treasure. Items Cahill has seen so far include: e A chest full of Spanish and French coins in mint condition dating before 1717. © Pieces of gold bars and jewelry carefully cut, probably by pirates who were dividing their share. ¢ More than 20 Spanish cannons, as well as cannon balls, and cannon and musket shot. A swivel gun, a pirate’s broadsword and a flintlock © A mortar jar with the letter W scratched on its base. rs i 23) GIFTS FOR BABY . . . Parents Bob and Tammy Sookorukoff of Tarrys received a number of gifts from Castlegar merchants in honor of having Castlegar’s first New Year's baby, born Jan. 2. The gifts were presented by Beta Sigma Phi (Alpha Phi) president Marie Phillips (far left) and service committee chair- person Bonnie Cundy (left) Thursday. Costiews Photo TEACHERS continued from front page While .fiscal years for districts traditionally followed the calendar year, the next fiscal year will run July 1985 to July 1986 — corresponding with the school year. Castlegar teachers earned an ave- rage of $36,178 a year in 1983 according to B.C. Teachers’ Federation statistics. While an exact figure was unavailable, the BCTF estimate for the average teacher salary in 1984 was $36,700. FIRE TRUCKS continued from front pege Meldrum said in his report that dis- cussions with the major Canadian fire equipment manufacturer King- Seagrave International indicate that fire trucks taken in trade are dis- rar) mantled and sold for scrap. provincial “It is quite conceivable that the col- lege could make an arrangement to purchase these surplus vehicles as is, from this manufacturer,” he said. Meldrum added that the college has identified a serious problem for stu- dents completing the C level welding program at Selkirk College and within the province in general. “Because of the minimal exposure to layout and fabricating in the current program, having extreme difficulties in finding suitable employment in order to ac cumulate the required hours necessary to proceed to B level training,” he said. He added that the college has applied to the Ministry of Labor and Ministry of Education to run a simulated weld- ing program, however, because of cur- rent budget restrictions, the request has not yet been approved. Meldrum recommended a “trial ven- ture” whereby the college would form a fully controlled company for the pur- pose of retrofitting fire equipment. The board agreed to have the administration consider the proposal and make a recommendation to the board. students are ANTICIPATING ‘TWO CHEEK’ RULE Student walk limits considered By CasNews Staff The Castlegar school board has come up with tentative walk limits for students which are a softened version of those suggested by the Ministry of Education. While the board is still waiting for public input into the issue, it’s considering establishing walk limits of two kilometres (1.2 miles) for children in Grades 1 to 3, and three kilometres (1.8 miles) for those in Grades 4 - 12. The ministry's walk limits, on which transportation grants are based, are four kilometres for those in Grades 1 - 3 and 4.8 kilometres for students in Grades 4 - 12. The board has suggested reduced limits because bus crowding “doesn’t seem to be that much of a problem” in the Castlegar district, said Linda Krull chairman of the transportation and safety committee. She said the issue is raised now in case the education mirfistry decides to officially impose the “two-cheek” rule in KC. districts. The rule means bus drivers are only allowed to fit two students to a seat, unless three can fit with no “cheeks” hanging out into the aisle. Elementary school students can fit three to a seat, but secondary school’ students can only fit two to a seat, according to Motor Vehicle Branch regulations. This cuts the seating capacity of some buses carrying secondary school students by one-third. “If the two-cheek rule comes, we could be in trouble by not having enough buses,” said Krull Thursday “It's been talked about for so long — we're just trying to get something together before they say, ‘This is law,’ and we're stuck out on a limb.” She said the board — which has requested that Castlegar residents write the board office with suggestions and comments — will wait at least a month before making a firm decision on the walk limits. As well as avoiding bus overcrowding if the two-cheek rule comes down, imposing walk limits will provide “flexibility” for the district bus transportation system by freeing at least one extra bus, Krull said. There are now 11 buses in the district. Because the board has stipulated that students living within the walk limits can be given bus transportation if the bus has adequate room, and doesn't have to go out of its way, exact figures on how many students will have to walk if the board's limits are imposed aren't yet available. However, out 100 students in Grades 1 to 6 and 100 to 150 students in Grades 7 to 12 now live wit! the board's walk limits and take the bus,:said Philip Konkin, transport supervisor. Most of these students live in south Castlegar. He said about 1,200 of the district's 2,500 students now use school buses. The board has reserved the right to make exceptions to the walk limits “where visibility, traffie and speed limits warrant it,” according to a recent press release. Krull said this would apply, for example, to students who live within the walk limits, but would have to cross Highway 3 on their way to Ootischenia Elementary school. These students now take the bus, said Krull, who explained that the highway is too dangerous for students to cros$ on foot. “We've had some real hesitations about even talking about letting kids walk across that highway,” she said. The board's release also says, “Because of vandalism on buses (slashed seats in particular) this past school year, students could be issued with bus passes, which will mean assignment of 's particular seat for the school year.” Krull said during 1984, up to $100 a month had to be spent on repairs for slashed seats, which is “a lot of money going out on something that doesn't need to be spent.” She said by assigning students to seats, vandalism could be more closely watched, and possibly reduced However, Konkin said a pilot project to assign students to seats was started as early as a year ago, and all bus seats were officially numbered and assigned last summer. This “curtailed a lot of problems” with vandalism, said Konkin. He said that while seat repairs for September 1983 to June 1984 totalled about $1,200 — including labor costs — the last four months of 1984 showed reduced seat vandalism, with repairs for December costing only $30