SS Castlégar News November 24, 1985 Births & Funerals a : : BIRTHS DAVISON — To Pat Davison of ~Trail, a boy, born Nov. 2: + FLETT — To Mr.qnd Mrs, Steve Flett ‘of Nelson’-a boy, born Nov. GRUTZMACHER ‘REDOING, : and Chicago: daughters — Jessie Munro of Trail and Isabel Proctor six of re. StandchildreA: | ,15. greats grandchildren: ‘and five great-, great-grandthildren. predeceased by her John in 1966. She ‘was husband liso a ‘boy. born Dave Redding of Trail, Nov. 4. HOGAN — To Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hogan of Nelson, o boy, born Nov. 8. ISERNIA To Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Isernia of Trail, a boy. born Nov. 17. KELLER — To Mr. and Mrs. Pat Keller of Nelson, a boy, born Nov. 14. MAY To Mr. and Mrs. James May of Trait, a boy, born Nov. n, MERCER — To Mr. and Mrs. Art Mercer of Trail, a girl, born Nov. 1 — To Mr. and Mrs. Dennis twin girls, born MORO Moro of Trail, Nov. 14 VISSER/FAASSE—To Derek Visser and Tambrey Faasse of Winlaw, a boy, born Nov. 13. WATMOUGH — To Mr. and Mrs. Steven Watmough of Gerelle, o girl, born Nov. 1 FUNERALS. FERGUSON — Annie Ferguson of Trail died Nov. 12 at age 100. She ts survived by her son John of Christian Frederiksen, formerly of Trail, died Nov. 9 in Kelowna at age 80. He is survived by his wite Irene; brother George of Nelson; sister Marie Gaw of Gibsons: and many nieces and nephews. Memorial donations “may be made to the charity of one’s choice. GERZYMISCH Margarete Lisbeth Gerzymisch of Nelson died Nov. 12 after a lengthy illness at age 73. She is survived by her husband Ernst; sons Matt of Fruitvale and Hilmar of White Rock: and eight grandchildren. HAYWOOD — Albert Haywood Deming. Wash. survived by his wife Dorothy: two sons and four, daughters: eight grandchildren; one sister a nephew. SEN Edward IBeauty Salons| Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT HAIR "ANNEX » 365-3744 7 1241 - 3rd St., Castlegar 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 donations may be made to the American Heart Association, in care of Steven Schwind, 2222 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham, Wosh., 98226 JACOBSON — Avis Jacobson of Robson died Nov. 16 after a lengthy illness at age 76. She survived by her husband Roll and one grand-niece. Memorial donations may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Trail lawyer named G. Leigh Harrison of Trail has been named to the Cana- dian Bar Association's, na- tional” executive committee for a one-year period begin- ning this fall. The executive committee is composed of 19 members from across Canada and ad- vises and assists the presi- dent in performing the duties of office as necessary. Commenting on his ap-~ pointment to the CBA ha- tional executive, Harrison said, “I feel that first and foremost I can be a liaison between the national and provincial sides of the bar.” Harrison is a partner in the three-lawyer firm of Mc- Ewan, Harrison and Co. which is, he says, “a large one by Trail standards.” to post G. LEIGH HARRISON ++. onexecutive That kind of difference in scale involves. special con- siderations for places like Trail says Harrison. CLASSIFIED SHOWCASE SOLIGO, KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. | (Upstai Castlegar : Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc. C.A. Resident Partner MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 OGLOW’S PAINTS & WALLCOVERINGS 365-6214 Chimneys Ie aa) \ Zp RUMFORD PLACE Super Sweep Chimney Services Ltd. . Complete! 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BACKHOE ‘ “Ht con be welded — we weld 111 We dig basements, septic systems woterines et 365-2383 365-5210 > VOL. 38, No. 95 WEATHERCAST Clear skies Thursday except fora cloud and sunshine City approves shopeaiad By RON NORMAN itor Castlegar council gave final approval MacBain said council left it up-to the voters to decide and should abide by not want to “force Trail into app: a holiday shopping bylaw in the near future.” Tuesday night to a bylaw Sunday and holiday shopping despite a last-minute petition from downtown. businesses asking the city to squash the bylaw. “The majority of the people said they wanted it,” explained Ald. Bob Mac- Bai A total of 988 voted in favor - of” holiday shopping in the Nov. 16 refer- endum, while 913 were recorded op- posed. “A simple majority was all that was needed ..... and a'simple majority was there,” MacBain said, adding he per- sonally opposes Sunday shopping. their decision. Bt said in a letter it their The hi said that while they Petition to council that the bylaw is the fact the public voted for holiday” shopping to protect Castle- ‘y to the i and future success of ‘Castlegar ‘ busin- esses.” The merchants said the bylaw is no longer necessary because a similar holiday’. shopping bylaw was not approved in Trail. “Since Trail voted holiday shopping down, it is a non-issue in Castlegar at this time,” said the merchants. : The merchants ‘said there will no longer be any “winners or losers.” As well, they said Castlegar merchants do gar pproval was only by a slim margin. “We feel that with such a small the final decision is the respon- sibility. of council and should not be decided by the 60 more “yes” votes,” the merchants said. They asked council to defeat the bylaw or at least table it for a year. Ald. Albert Calderbank agreed, say- ing the bylaw will force businesses that . are already hurting to open on Sun- days. u id the bylaw will ae it appear that Castlegar busi- nesses are competing with Trail and Nelson businesses, rather cooperating with them. He said Castlegar should take the lead.and-gvork together with Trail and Nelson. Calderbank also said if the bylaw goes ahead Trail and Nelson will have similar bylaws next year. “As far as I'm concerned, it's a bad move,” he said. But Calderbank was the only member of council to vote against the bylaw. Ald. Bob Pakula echoed MacBain's comments, saying the merchants who ~ continued on page A2 WINTER SCENE . . . Record-shattering cold temperatures don't bother family as it clears away snow on Nancy Greene Lake for: skating. Crisp Sen weather is paradise for skaters and cross-country skiers. _ —Cos FOR SENIORS' HOUSING Society gets $336,300 By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer The federal government will provide the Doukhobor Benevolent Society with a low interest 25-year mortgage loan to build a 10-unit senior citizens housing development at the corner of 2nd Street and 11th Avenue in Castlegar, Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco announced Monday. Brisco, who made the announcement on behalf of Bill McKnight, minister responsible for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC), said in a prepared release that the capital cost of the development — estimated at $336,300 — will be met by the mortgage. Tae CMHC will insure the mortgage. Jim Laktin, secretary-treasurer of the DBS, said today tenders for construction of the project have already been sent out and one bid accepted. “We've got some final details to work out,” Laktin said. “The financing is in place. It’s a matter of making it all official.” Laktin added that the contract may be signed as early as Saturday. In the news release, Brisco said, government, through the Canadian taxpayers’ contribution, is pleased to be able to assist with such a worthwhile project. annually. “Not only will it provide senior citizens with more affordable and comfortable accommodations, it will also assist the construction industry by creating jobs.” Further federal assistance for the project will come in the form of an annual subsidy of approximately $35,000 which will reduce the mortgage:interest rate borne by the society to as low as two per cent, the release says. The purpose of the subsidy is to keep occupancy charges as low as possible. The CMHC will review the subsidy Rent for the seniors’ housing will be a maximum of 30 per cent of the Fesident’s income or the going rental rate. In addition to the federal assistance, the project has-also years a “the federal economic times. received a $73,750 grant from the provincial government, which will buy the land and lease it to the. Doukhobor Benevolent Society. The society originally ‘planned a 20-unit complex fite at the site, but that plan was shelved while provincial government funding was withheld during lean Shaw Cable rejects contract By CasNews Staff A spokesman for striking Shaw Cable workers says the company “is out to break the union.” Alan McInnes told the Castlegar News Tuesday night that the 15 striking employees had agreed to a one-year contract which would have proved for a modified union shop but no cluded from the union. However, Shaw Cable's board of dir- ectors in Edmonton rejected the prop- osal Friday. McInnes said it is clear the.company doesn’t want the union. Despite that, the striking employees are remaining firm in their bid to retain a union shop, he said. Shaw Cable's original offer of a three-year agreement with no wage increase. The contract would have allowed a union to form at the end of the agree- ment. McInnes appeared before council to urge it to request that Shaw Cable follow through with its community later told Castl council wage increase. Under the agreement, new employ- ees would have to join the union — the International Brotherhood of Electrical ~ Workers Local 1003 — but not, those already employed by Shaw Cable. One member of the bargaining unit has worked throdghout the 15-week- old strike and would have been ex: that the employees voted Monday on whether to continue their strike for a union shop or drop the union shop issue and attempt to obtain: contract with a wage increase. He said the employees decided to “stick with” the union shop issue. McInnes added the union rejected and p made earlier this year to upgrade its system. Shaw Cable has saved more than $100,000 during the strike and will save $10,000 a week by not operating its community channel, McInnes said. He said 10 per cent of the cable subseriber’s bill goes to pay for the continued on poge A2 lewsPhotos by Chery! Calderbank United Way fundraising falls short By CasNews Staff The United Way has come up short again in Castlegar. For the second year in a row, the United Way has failed to meet its goal of $60,000 after its month-long October fundraising drive. So far this year, the United Way has raised approximately $34,000. - But campaign chairman Deb Chmara stressed today that the campaign is continuing and that the figures are not final. ‘ “We still have our professional cam- paign,” Chmara said. “These are only general figures and are not final.” The professional campaign is a mail solicitation of professionals such as doctors, lawyers, dentists and pharma- cists in the community, She said. Nevertheless, Chmara added that “chances are we're not going to make what we did last year.” At this time in 1984, United Way had raised $42,000. “Everybody's down this year,” Chmara said. “Trail's down consider- ably.” = But the failure to reach the targeted figure is not from lack of effort, Chmara said. “The campaign this year in terms of organization and advertising was as much, if not more, organized than last ypar,” she said. Astaforoff handling > ‘correct’ VANCOUVER (CP) — _ Prison authorities were right not to try force- feeding a Sons of Freedom Doukhobor woman dying at the end of a hunger strike, says Eike Kluge, a biomedical ethicist and professor of philosophy at the University of Victoria. Even Peter Astaforoff, the dead woman's son, has “no squabble or contention” with the way authorities handled his mother. Mary Astaforoff, 71, had been on a hunger strike for about seven weeks when she died Sunday. Prison officials say her hunger strike in Matsqui Institution lasted 48 days, but her. son said it began six days earlier. Kluge said “if it was clear there was ‘informed refusal’ (to eat) by the individual, they (prison authorities) acted quite correctly.” Dr. Doug Roberts said the last time he tube-fed Astaforoff and two other women in 1983, he realized that in their case it was wrong to act against their wishes. “It was a very personal decision, a very emotional decision,” said Roberts, a medical officer at the William Head Prison and the Wilkinson Road Jail in Victoria. “I started loving those women.” Peter Astaforoff said his mother “was born a Freedomite, so that was the start. She died a true soldier for what she believed in.” He said the family will conduct a service for his mother in Gilpin, a Freedomite community outside Grand Forks. Astaforoff had served about seven weeks of a 10-year term for a Sept. 8 arson fire at the Castlegar Doukhobor Museum. : CONTINUE STRIKE Two other Freedomites, Tina Jmaeff, 59, and Mary Braun, 63, continue hunger strikes. A Correc- tional Service spokesman said they are “in much better shape” than was-Asta- foroff in her final days. Astaforoff was first imprisoned in "1982, after taking part with about 600 Freedomites in staging a nude protest over being evicted from their homes for not paying taxes and dues. “At last count, she spent about 20 years in jail in actual time,” Peter Astaforoff said Monday. In 1966, she was reported as being “near death” in Kingston, Ont., where she staged a hunger strike while serving a five-year term for arson. During her 15-month fast, she was tube-fed by prison officials. The Doukhobors came to Canada from Russia just before the turn of the century, settling first in the Prairies before many moved to British Colum- The radical splinter Freedomite group — now a tiny minority among Doukhobors with about 50 adherents — adopted arson as a form of protest against authority in the early 1920s. continued on poge A2 inside MISSING: -Ald. Albert Calder- bank-wants to know what happened to Castlegar on the new B.C. Winter and Summer Games map. The Crossroads of the Kootenays’ is missing from both the map and a list of the region's major centres... A2 . OOPS: A PWA jet on a flight from Cranbrook to Calgary left with its cargo door open yesterday . . . BRRRR: The cold weather is still breaking records and will likely be here at least until the weekend... A4 YUP, IT'S TOOTHPASTE: OTTAWA (CP) — The federal government spent $50,000 in September for a public opinion to discover that nine in 10 respondents believe Crest is a brand of toothpaste. “We feel that we have substantiated that it is commonly known asa h we've lished that,” Canada excise officer Raymond Sigman said Tuesday. The survey, a copy of which was obtained by The Canadian Press under the’ Access to Information Act, was used to support Revenue Canada’s contention before the Tariff Board that Crest is a and, finition of federal tax law; a cosmetic and “We touched people indi more than the last number of ye: Chmara said she feels the economy is generally to blame for the failure to reach the goal. “The economy is a factor. People are choosing two or three things (to donate to)... if the United Way is the last to continued on poge A2 by therefore taxable as such. © Procter and Gamble Inc.) the manufacturer of Crest, has challenged the tax by asserting that Crest is primarily a health product aimed at preventing cavities and therefore was not taxable for the period in question. ROCKY IV: Don't look now, but anothér Rocky Balboa film is due out today, just in time for the Christmas season . . . A6é