ny. aa_Castlégar News vgusis. 1988 Grape growers. get $28 million By JOAN RAMSAY Canadian Press VERNON Prime Minister Brian Mulroney wrapped up his western tour Tuesday with a speech defending his record, by handing out a $28-million aid package to grape growers and by hinting at a fall election. “T believe in you and I stand by you in moments of Gifficulty,” he told about 450 people at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. “That's what a government of Canada is supposed to do and you can count on us to do precisely that After outlining bills his government passed since 1984, he added: “This Parliament which has not yet completed the normal four years before dissolution, still has work to do.” The government's $6.4-billion child-care proposal, income tax reform and the bill to privatize Air Canada must still be dealt with, he said. And when MPs return Wednesday from a 10-day break, “We will call the free-trade agreement in the House of Commons for third and final reading. “After that it will go to the Senate,” he said, pausing for laughter. “And we shall see what we shall gee.” Liberal Leader John Turner announced about two weeks ago that the Libeeal-dominated Senate won't pass the legislation to implement the U.S.-Canada free-trade deal until the voters have had their say REVIEW RECORD But Mulroney said Tuesday that “at an appropriate jnoment we will be going to the people who will render a verdict on the record of our first mandate and our worthiness for a second.” The Tories roared to power in a sweep Sept. 4, 1984. An election is generally expected in October if the Commons finishes with free-trade legislation later this month. In the next campaign, Mulroney told the enthusiastic crowd, people should ask two questions: “Are things better than they were in 1984; and where do we want to go, where do we want to be as a country four or five years from now?” The Tory record of lower unemployment and inflation and increased growth speaks for itself, he added. And Tory plans for free trade, not just with the United States but with other countries, will keep that momentum, he s: “We have m help to continue.” And in announcing a six-year, $28-million compen- sation program for Okanagan Valley grape growers, he blamed a ruling by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade — more than the free-trade agreement — for industry problems. The GATT ruling, which Canada has accepted, will force Canada to end discrimination against imported wines by the end of this year. GAIN ACCESS Under free trade, the United States will get equal access to the Canadian wine market within seven years. “But I've never said that free trade would ever be a panacea for all of our problems,” he told the crowd in the heart of British Columbia's grape-growing region. Adjustments will be needed in some sectors, he said, and one of them is grape growing. And that’s why there is a joint grape adjustment program, to be split 50-50 with the province, he said. Negotiations will begin immediately to work out details to give the 210 valley growers funds for vine removal, grape deficiency payments and market development, Mulroney added Alan Brock, chairman of the B.C. Grape Growers Markting Board, said he wants Ottawa to start the programs, then label them with a price tag. “It's a typical government way of doing things,” Brock said in a telephone interview from Okanagan Falls. “You throw the money out there and figure out how you're going to use it rather than look at the programs.” Brock said he'll be at a meeting of industry and provincial officials in Summerland today but added “we don’t know any more than what Mulroney said.” In 1987, B.C. grape growers produced about 14,000 tonnes worth $10 million. The industry employs 650 people full-time and “6,000 able enough to deal with the costs from all the different farms,” Brock said. Ottawa started consultations in December with Ontario and British Columbia and their grape growers about a program to help farmers switch to other crops or quit agriculture. The federal govérnment has already announced it will buy all surplus grapes grown this year. je a good beginning but I need your THREE-YEAR DEAL IWA looks at offer VANCOUVER (CP) — British Columbia forest industry negotiators tabled a three-year wage offer Tuesday to unionized woodworkers that closely resembles the package second and Woodworkers’ five-and-a-half per cent in each of the third years for the province's 13,000 pulp workers union and were to respond to the industry today. Late last month, the woodworkers and the industry made an important lead Jack move toward a new contract when GENEROUS GIFT . . . Mai: donates $500 to Castlegar Home Support Service to be used to buy one emergency response unit in the memory of her husband John Dalziel who passed away June 25. So far Home Support has in- Dalziel, (right) Recent coyote attacks fuel speculation By JUDY MONCHUK Canadian Press EDMONTON — Recent attacks by coyotes in Alberta and British Columbia, including one on an 18-month-old girl who needed 200 stitches, probably took place because coyotes are no longer afraid of humans, say wildlife specialists. Wildlife expert Elmer Kure said hunger, caused by a shortage of the coyote’s usual prey, may be a factor in the attacks. There have been six coyote attacks on humans that B.C. pulp workers recently accepted Forest Industrial Relations, the companies’. bargaining agent, made an offer that was reported at 65 cents in the first year, five per cent in the second and five per cent in the third The current base rate for the woodworkers, members of the Inter. national Woodworkers of America Canada, is $14.48 an hour. The pulp industry settlement was 85 cents in the first year, and Munro said Tuesday's offer was the largest opening money offer the union has ever received. But he said the union should not allow the industry to use the money offer at the expense of settling issues such as health and welfare benefits, long. term disability coverage and pension improvements Munro said the wage offer indica ted the industry was serious about reaching a new contract. Union officials met later to discuss the offer Thrums site of two accidents By CasNews Staff Two drivers were taken to hospital for inujries from two separate motor vehicle accidents in Thrums which occurred within five minutes of each other. Castlegar RMCP report that Pete Tomlin of Crescent Valley was taken to the Castlegar and District Hosp- ital where he was treated for chest injuries and observed overnight following an accident near Mike's Service Station on Highway 3A at’ 9:33 a.m. Tomlin is charged with doing a p-turn ona highway and failing to see oncoming traffic. His pickup was : Lottery numbers struck in the rear panel in the west-bound lane of Highway 3A Tomlin’s vehicle sustained $1,200 damage and a U Haul van driven by Kray Karim of Nelson sustained $2,800 damage. Castlegar RCMP report that Jer ome Enewood of Thrums was taken to Castlegar hospital with minor injuries sustained in another accident near Mike's Service Station on Highway 3A at 9:20 a.m. Enewood's car sustained $6,000 damage and another pickup driven by Antonio Koftka of Trail sustained about $3,000 damage. The Enewood vehicle emerged from a side road and was struck broadside by through traffic Enewood is charged with failing to yield The winning numbers in the Punto sports lottery from the Canadian Football League game Tuesday be tween Toronto and Ottawa First quarter Ottawa win. 2nd Toronto win 3rd Toronto win 4th Toronto win. Final Score Toronto 41 Ottawa Time of final score 10:15. Quarters pay $4.30. Time pays Pool divided. Score pays — $862.90. Quarters and score pay — Pool divided. In the event of a discrepancy be- tween these results and the official winning numbers list, the latter shall prevail Tourist alert VANCOUVER (CP) — Tourist Alert issued Wednesday by the RCMP. The following persons, be lieved travelling in British Columbia, are asked to call the person named for an urgent personal message: Terry Spencer, Mission, call Diane Spencer Paul: Klarenbeek, Kelowna, call Pam Fedor John McKinney; Winnifred Hickey George Holland, Smithers, call Darlene Glaim Don Francis, Moose Jaw, Sask., call Wande Chesney Edmonton, call the union agreed to a company demand for flexibility of shift sched uling that includes some weekend work Munro said then that agreement had been reached on terms in which local unions can, with the approval of the crew, talk about flexibility as far as shift schedules are concerned The union had earlier resolved the contentious contracting out issue that prompted a 4'/z-month strike in 1986. Timber talks continue VICTORIA (CP) — Talks between American and Canadian officials over British Columbia's timber pricing policies were to resume here today under a news blackout The talks were moved Tuesday from a conference room in the Forests Ministry headquarters here to an undisclosed location after re- porters showed up trying to deter mine whether British Columbia is living up to the terms of the inter national agreement signed last year under which British Columbia lum ber shipments tothe United States were exempted from a 15-per-cent export tax The U.S. government and lumber industry representatives contend that recent reductions in timber- cutting fees on some B.C., trees violated the agreement At arecent hearing in Washington, D.C., Democratic Senator Max Baucus from Montana contended that British Columbia had breached the agreement to the amount of about $250 million US through a combin. ation of uncollected taxes and under. priced harvesting fees. Before the meeting began Tues. day, the Forests rained issued a news release saying that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss tech- nical information about recent changes to B.C. forest policy, timber charges and the softwood lumber memorandum of understanding. in the two provinces in the last week. The latest, and most severe, took place Sunday when a coyote attacked Jolynn Kimball of Edmonton in a picnic area near Creston. All the attacks occurred in parks or wilderness picnic areas. “The coyote has lost its fear of people and that was a little prey as far as he was concerned,” Mike Dorrance, head of Alberta's coyote control unit, said Tuesday. Dorrance said the attack on the Edmonton girl may have occurred because the child was within the size of prey for the animal. Jolynn’s father, Victor,*said the animal that attacked his daughter had no fear of people. The coyote was lying along the side a well-travelled path and attacked after the toddler approached “to say ‘hi’ to the puppy.” “It's a direct result of tourists feeding animals — they're panhandlers, looking for handouts,” Kimball said from the hospital in Trail, where Jolynn was expected to remain in hospital until the end of the stalled eleven emergency response units in Castlegar. Patti Richards (left) accepts the donation on behalf of Castlegar Home Support Service. CosNews photo by Bonne Morgan week. “Once they do, it could be anyone's child. If you don't feed (coyotes), they won't#rome around expecting it. NEEDED SURGERY “This animal, once he had her down, had full plans of making dinner out of her,” Kimball said. Jolynn required almost five hours of surgery following the attack. Doctors used more than 200 stitches to close wounds to her face, head, arms, legs and abdomen. Kure said coyotes feed primarily on field mice and ground-nesting birds like pheasant or partridge. But most of the mice population vanished this spring, part of a natural cycle that has greatly reduced the coyote’s food supply. “They're showing agression that may not show in a natural setting,” said Kure, a director with Wildlife Habitat Canada who has been hunting in Alberta for 40 years. Coyote expert Arlen Todd said veterinarians who examined the animals after they were killed would have noticed if there were signs of starvation. The coyote in B.C. did not show signs of rabies. “My suspicion is they were not starving, they were just habituated,” said Todd, who works with Alberta's Forestry, Lands and Wildlife Department. But he said a drought has reduced the food supply. This is also the time of year when the coyote population has reached its peak and the factors combined could make the animals more agressive. “It’s unusual for them to attack a child this way but it does happen every few years. It's unfortunate, but it does occur.” Coyotes are also scavengers, and get a good portion of their food supply by dragging away carcasses of animals who have died of other causes. Todd said this may be what happened in Banff National Park last week, when a 16-year-old St. Albert, Alta. girl was dragged out of her sleeping bag by a coyote. NEW WALL... Salmo's pete “restored McEvoy and Don Kinnersley museum and libra by the K ry rock wall design. Charlotte Plonidin was the ar- tist for the project, which was built by Gerald Castlegar News piece on the “perfect hike,” there is an article on fishing in the Kootenays. The Kootenay Journal is both enjoyable and th rock donated Stone Centre. Wall was part of @ $115,000 Expo Legacy grant used to renovate the old building Photo by Charlie Cohoe while for fishermen, ss), August 3, 1988 Castlegar News a3 EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK STEAKS ramen ucact37.°S°e STEAKS cress. occoch, 5792? 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The physical format has all the trappings of a book, including a full-color, glossy cover, but the articles are more in tune with a magazine style. Inside, readers will find everything from soup (a recipe from Mary Hoodicoff for borscht) to fishing. In between there are profiles of Kootenay people, a photo essay on heritage restoration and architecture and plenty of stories on the arts scene. For the historian there’s a piece about the S.S. Moyie, as well as extensive articles on Kootenay Indians. For the recreationalist, there's an article ji sent a 32-man. delegation of dignitaries to Nelson recently, delivering an intricate scale model of the new park, scheduled to open in April 1989. Intrigued by the mysterious Occident, the Japanese are building a British loop on the other end of the mini-railway, the engine for which is about the size of the engine at the Stanley Park railway. This railroad is serious business, in that the Shuzenji residents hope it will provide entertain- ment for the thousands of visitors who flock to their attractive city every year from the huge, crowded cities of Tokyo and Kyeto. SAUSAGE SAUSAGE OVERLANDER OVERLANDER 100G. 106° 06° SAUSAGE OVERLANDER 66° SCHNEIDERS == 99° SMOKIES OVERLANDER. REG. /WITH CHEESE . ... 100 G. CHUNK TUNA LIGHT ..........184G. 99° we, MUSHROOMS —— GQ° FORTUNE. STEMS & PIECES . 284 mi TOMATO PASTE 19° KETCHUP $649 PITTED OLIVES LINDSAY. SMALL/MED. 14 Ox. T! 2 ba HEINZ. .. + +e++-2 100 Ox. TIN iL moved out of intensive care Tuesday. She is att Okanagan tourist crowds too large say police PENTICTON (CP) — RCMP be lieve they will not be able to handle another huge influx of tourists sim ilar to the crowds that visited this Okanagan city during the holiday weekend, Insp. Owen Maguire id Tuesday. “It can’t continue the way going,” Maguire said. “I think there's going to be even more (tourists) here next year.” Maguire said he plans to meet with city council, chamber of commerce, tourism groups and regional district officials to diseuss the consequences of thousands of young people visiting the area. Maguire said police tolerated such offences as riding without seatbelts and consuming liquor in public for two days but began laying charges on Sunday. Between Friday and Monday, there were about 140 arrests for of. fences such as being drunk in public, possession of stolen property and drug possession. The mood of the majority of visitors was “one of a great big party” and, “the attitude of the young people was extremely posi tive,” said Maguire. CROWDS UNRULY However, “despite the good mood, if something had started we could have been in the same position as Kelowna (in 1987 and 1986 when unruly crowds lootéd and smashed storefronts in the downtown area):” Maguire said there were some tense times such as early Monday morning when 2,000 people set up a tent city and beer bottles | were thrown at police vehicles. Another party location in nearby bush country saw residents complain it's vandalism and a road blocked by cars. A Kelowna RCMP helicopter flew over the scene and revellers were told by loud hailer that tow trucks would be brought in unless they moved their vehicles. “We were extremely fortunate in that the actions of the helicopter seemed to start traffic moving down the road,” said Maguire. Ninety extra members from as far away as Alexis Creek and Kamloops came to Penticton and a 38-member anti-riot squad from the Vancouver area was also present but did not see action. Local RCMP target lakeside speeders Castlegar RCMP are cracking down on motor vehicle act violations on Arrow Lakes drive (previously Celgar Road). The crackdown comes after a 12-day period beginning July 10, in which regulated random patrols on the highway resulted in 25 speeding charges; four charges of no driver's licence or failing to produce a driver's licence; and one charge of following too close. In addition to the speeding charges, two motorists received $100 fines for exceeding the speed limit by 40 kilometres per hour. As well, several warnings were issued. No motorist was charged unless they exceed; the posted speed by more than 20 kilometres per hour. “There appears to be a general misconception that police are re- quired to give drivers a certain amount of grace when exceeding the posted limit,” Staff Sgt. Jack Keddy said in a prepared release. “Do not be misled by this misconception. Should further surveys reveal the total dis- regard for speed signs by motorists travelling city streets, more drastic measures will be taken. Any speed in excess of the posted speed may result in charges.” Keddy said planned traffic checks will be initiated throughout the Castlegar detachment boundaries throughout the year. Senator Lawson ousted VANCOUVER (CP) — Indepen. dent Senator Ed Lawson told Van couver members of the Teamsters Union on Tuesday that he had been Protestors arrested NANOOSE BAY (CP) Three people were arrested outside of a Canadian Forces testing range here Tuesday after a group of 10 anti nuclear protestors blocked the base gates. RCMP Staff Sgt. Stan Schock said the three, whose names weren't re leased, were taken to nearby Parks: ville and charged with mischief. They are scheduled to appear in provincial court Sept. 11. The three belong to a group called the Nanoose Conversion Project, which opposes use of the bay, on the east coast of Vancouver Island, 100 kilometres north of Victoria, for weapons testing. Canadian and United States Navy ships use the area for anti ‘ine ousted as director of the Canadian Conference of Teamsters, longtime dissident member Jack Vlahovic said today. Vlahovic said Lawson sent a tele gram to the membership, saying he had been replaced as director by Louis Lacroix, president of Montreal Local 1999. Neither Lawson nor Lacroix was diately available for . Lawson was appointed director in 1976 by then-president Frank Fitz. simmons and was elected to one of for a Democratic Union, a reform group within the union, said Tuesday night. ‘ Viahovie and Kilmury both have had differences with Lawson. Kilmury's group ran a slate: ef, challengers against Lawson's estab= lishment-slate in the 1986 convention delegate race — where Lawson fin- ished 17th in a field of 31. And Viahovic, who finished second, called for his resignation. Even though lawson could not attend the convention as a deletate, the union’s 16 vice-presid at the Las Vegas convention in 1986. He retains his position as fifth vice-president of the international until the 1991 elections. “It’s more than a demotion,” said Viahovic, a member of Vancouver Local 213. “He has gone from the elite with the stroke of a pen. He's just a card-holder of Local 213.” Vander Local 213 is the largest in the country with about 13,000 of the 90,000 Canadian members. “This is the most interesting news I've heard . I'm amazed,” Diana Kilmury, a chairman of Teamsters he was reappoi as director and elected to another term as a vice- president Vlahovic failed in his campaign to land the secretary-treasurer position in the December 1986 local elections. Viahovic said he believes a possible reason for Lawson's ouster was be- cause he could not quell the dis- senting delegates from his local at the Las Vegas convention who called for Canadian autonomy and reform. Lawson, 59, was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1970. Last year, he attended 22 of the Suamtee 1 sittings. warfare training. Marian Leigh, a spokesman for the group said the blockade Tuesday was to protest the presence of five U.S. Navy frigates which she said were capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Leigh said 11 of the group's mem bers had been arrested in protests outside the facility so far this year. Eighteen were arrested in a protest last October. Donors needed The Red Cross needs summer blood donors and will be holding blood donor clinics in Castlegar and Trail at the end of this month. 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