THANK YOU A big “thanks” to those responsible for nominating me for the 1984 British Columbia Senior Citizen of the Year. | appreciate the gesture of goodwill. Sincerely, George MacAnd rew PPWC President Louise Soukeroff said she was Pleased of with th strong meeting. . at the “T'm pleased things progressed no well,” she said. “I hope we can work well together to enforce the terms of the new agreement.” Negotiations between the college and the union took about six wee! Pagan trial set for March 7S The Christmas Gift You'll Never Forget! something worth keepi , receive ng ‘At Diet Center, we'll show you how. And all with o torelly natural based on sound nutrition. So unwrap Snow yous! Diet Center, You won't forget it —aslim, NELSON — The trial of Dr. Terry Pagan on charges of sexual assault, indecent assault and gross indecency has been delayed until early March. The alleged offences in volved three girls, aged five, seven and 10 at the time. A jury for the trial was seated at the end of October, but Pagan’s lawyer moved to have the charges thrown out, stating that they were too ‘The charges referred to al- leged actions over periods of four months to two years, and the defence said the dates should be more speci- fie. Judge Ray Cooper denied the motion, but the defence appealed to the B.C. Su- preme Court, which ruled the trial should continue. A trial date was to be set Dec. 5, but delays caused by defence lawyer Tom Hara's caseload and the availability of a Crown witness forced a further three-month delay. Christmas Sparkles at the Trans Ca nada Glass All framed and bevelled Sale prices start Albee low as $14.35 pes and sizes to oo eto tanare Mirrors can reflect the sparkle of Christmas around your home or make a handsome gift ion of Hurry for best selection Sale ends December 22 Timely idea JUST ARRIVED! Garfield 4 toy buyer for W ‘Store says they had both eal sd “alan asec, todo he said. Harry Stan, manager of McLeods, said he recently received a shipment of fake Cabbage Patch dolls, and returned them to a distributor in Vernon. “We got them in, and before they even hit the floor, we smelled them, and sent them whole works back,” he said. Stan said he removed one of the fake dolls from a package and “it smelled like kerosene, or pesticide.” The dangerous imitation dolls carry no particular brandname, were made in Taiwan, and can be identified by a kerosene-like odor in the stuffing, said Heather Coulter-Bowen of Consumer Affairs Tuesday. Stan said he and his staff checked thejdolls after television reports on the imitation dolls. The fake dolls he received were Canadian-made, and would retail for about $25 or $26, Stan said. He said he has a waiting list of 300 for real Coleco-made Cabbage Patch dolls, and just sold a shipment of 48. Pharmasave Drugs sold a few imitation Cabbage “All the ones we had were foam filled, not rag filled,” Pe eee for Se ton, ans canoes edb ee fa Consumer Affgirs ‘has ordered the ene iy ternte ee cca at wasn't immediately known how many dole have already*been sold or how many retailers were them. ‘At least two chains had begun removing the dolls from their shelves even before the department issued its warning Tuesday. The ban on sales was imposed after the department tested the dolls in a laboratory setting. Maureen Mason, a buyer for Bi-Way Stores Ltd., which has outlets in Ontario and Nova Scotia, said Monday the Taiwanese Cabbage Patch imitations were a big seller before the chain became suspicious of them and —— selling them. The department issued a statement saying the origina! ond Mighty povelen Colbies Both fone mace Or the American firm Oolecp pose no hazard. The stuffing of the Taiwanese dolls contains “kerosene or a similar petroleum product,” the statement said. * AWARDS TIME . . . Pauline Bodnaruk of Thrums (above, left) was the recipient of the Beto Sigma Phi scholarship on Nov. 19 at Selkirk College awards day Paula Belton (right) p presented the award to the single year. Sandra Lee of Castlegar (bottom, left) won a scholarship from the University Women's Club of Trail and DistAict completing a university transfer Program in good standing. The award waz presented by | freni the Arrow Lakes Tugbost Society indicate Uadereut by about 640,000 cubic metres as of ‘Actording to John Cuthbert, regional manager for the Ministry of Forests, Westar is required to cut at ‘Jeast 90 per cent of the allowable timber over the duration of its five-year tree forest licence. If this hasn't occurred, the ministry could reduce the » area of the licence, or arrange to have the undercut sold following a review, which will take place after the licence expires this month, said Cuthbert. Jack Heavenor of Westar says less wood is being cut from the company’s licence because there is a surplus of pulp logs in the area. Westar is buying wood chips from Castlegar area sawmills rather than cutting pulp logs because it's cheaper, said Heavenor, manager of fibre supply. “Our position is we're not about to run off cutting on our licence just to make our cut control, at the expense of telling some local sawmill operator that he’s going to have to burn or put his chips on file,” he said. Meanwhile, a steady flow of higher-grade saw logs for Westar are now being provided by a logging company called Beaumont Timber Ltd. operating near Salmo. Heavenor said Westar has a trade arrangement with Beaumont in which Westar provides a Revelstoke branch of the company with saw logs from the northern end of its licence near Revelstoke, while Beaumont supplies some logs to Westar from Salmo. “There's a major saving in transportation, and we find that the wood we get from Salmo is of equal or better quality than what we would have gotten from our own licence,” he said. Saw logs being cut off the Westar licence aren't readily available to mills in Nakusp because the company needs them. with some timber, the According to Herridge, one sawmill in planned to spend $500,000 on a new laminate plant, but the plan has been shelved because a timber supply can't be guaranteed. The plant would have Provided the community. with 100 jobs, he says. “We can't go out and operate our businesses effectively unless we have a concrete assurance of timber,” said Herridge. “Because it's pretty damned hard to go out and spend half-a-million dollars on something, when someone else, with no personal interest in it, can change their minds overnight somebody raises their eyebrows, and they're out of business.” Ed Conroy Jr., spokesman for the Arrow Lakes Tugboat Society which helps transport logs to Westar, says the company should do more logging from its timber licence and process the wood through its own mill. “If they ran everything through their own mill, the people in Revelstoke and Nakusp would be working — logging as they've always done,” he said. Heavenor said he couldn't comment specifically on savings Westar made by providing Beaumont with timber from the Revelstoke end of its lienece. But Conroy said logs being supplied to Westar cost only $70 per cubic metre, while those being sold to“Revelstoke and Okanagan mills” from the northern end of the licence go for $90 per cubic metre. “I'm sure that $20 profit isn't being credited to anything around here,” Conroy said. “That $20 is just being bled off.” “There's no benefit for any of the people. We have to live here, after all this is over with. Those people, they don't Creston Centre gets boost By RON NORMAN Editor The Creston Valley Wildlife Interpretation Centre will be open for at least three months next summer, thanks to a $50,000 injection of funds from the provincial and federal governments. The centre was scheduled to close in April after the federal government eliminated funding for the centre. However, a spokesman for Kootenay West MP Bob Bri#éo announced Tuesday that the federal and B.C. governments have each pledged $25,000 to keep the centre operating during the peak summer season, from June 15 to Sept. 15. As well, the federal government has transferred responsibility for the centre from the Canadian Wildlife Service to the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority, an independent agency funded by the federal and B. C. datnedine tae es —— administers the 17,000-acre marsh ee hae od with guarded Truseott,. a Chamber of Commerce member who sits on a special task force committee looking into “viable suggestions and recom mendations” for funding the centre. Truscott said the $25,000 federal contribution is “10 per cent of what they did last year Last year they contributed $255,000. This year they're contributing $25,000, which is a very low amount.” He said the federal and provincial contributions will provide five jobs over three months compared to 4.5 full-time positions last year. Truscott said his committee is “concerned at the lack of federal funding” for the centre, “particularly because of our depressed economy.” He said the Central Kootenay Regional District is one of the most depressed areas in B.C. and Creston is the most depressed area within the regional district. Nevertheless, Truscott called the changeover to the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority “a logical step.” The Wildlife Management authority is run by a three-member committee, with one member representing the federal government, another the province and a third independent member Still, Truscott said unless Ottawa is prepared to look WY e Qp ote hid v: Lvelte ‘Andresshuk pind ey oe PUBLIC BOOKKEEPING By CasNews Staff Citing an inerease in ex penses beyond its control, West Kootenay Power an nounced this week it has ap- plied for a 4.6 per cent rate favorably on applications for summer works grants, then the funding “is not sufficient to run this thing as it should be.” Truscott noted that an NDP MP raised the issue of cutbacks in the environment ministry with a Commons committee. He criticized Tory MP Stan Graham, who represents the area, saying Graham should also be fighting for funds to operate the centre. “I think we should be getting some better represen- tation in Ottawa to push for more funding,” he said. Truscott added that in retrospect, it appears the area would have been better off electing an opposition member who would fight for more funding rather than a government member who simply accepts government decisions. The chamber says the centre injects $1.1 million a year into the Creston economy and attracts 30,000 visitors a year. “We have that type of facility and only use is for three months is not right,” he said. Truscott also called it “immoral” of the government to expect.the community to participate in running the centre to such a great degree in the first year. However, he said his task force committee will be making “some positive recommendations” on how to fund the centre — one of only five in Canada. Meanwhile, John Donald, aid to Brisco, read a prepared release by both governments which said the $50,000 for both gover toward thelr i of g costs while private sector involvement in the protection and interpreta. tion of wildlife.” The release said will begin i with the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority to negotiate specific arrangements that would allow transfer of the interpretation centre on April 1, 1985. Environment Minister Suzanne Blais-Grenier paid tribute to MP Graham in the release for his efforts on behalf of the local organizations. Donald noted that the federal government's mandate is not to run interpretation centres, but to protect endangered species and migratory birds. “They (the government) are not in the business of interpretation centres,” he said He indicated local groups can and Wildlife Management Authority may look to other types of funding, such as Canada Summer Works grants. West Kootenay Power applies for increase West Kootenay Power spokesman Jack Fosher said president Joe Drennan said the increase is necessary to cover a rise in the price of certain expenses over which the company has no control today the company hopes to the increase will take effect Jan. 1 He said because it is a “flow-through” rate increase, STENOGRAPHY / + + + increase. ounry SERVICE & PRODUCTS OFFICE AID The increase would mean the average residential cus- tomer would pay $1.37 a month more for a total bill of $31.82. ous with oak frames ACCENT STYLE £831.95 clocks Regularly $41.95 to BEAUTIFUL PENDUL! starting at $138.95 SALE PRICED at OVER 150 [z= TRANS CANADA GLASS CASTLEGAR — 502 Columbia 365-2195 NELSON — 191 Baker Street 352-3169 DECEMBER Calvary Baptist Church 809 Merry Creek Rd., Castieger 3465-3430 or 365-2808 DECEMBER 16 — 9:45 a.m. Sunday School, Babes to Seniors. 11 a.m. Morning Service, 7 p.m Cantata “A Song, A Stor, A Son” by Derrie Johnson. Choir Director — K. Nelsorl, organist — L. Webber. Pianist — V. Walper 23 — 10:30 - 12 noon. A Family Ser- vice, 6:30 Sunday School Concert, ao full programme of singing and a play DECEMBER 24 — 7 p.m. Xmas Eve Service. Carols and Musical Evening DECEMBER 31 — 8 p.m. Watchnight Service — primarily increases in out- side power purchases and provincial water fees. West Kootenay Power the company anticipates that the B.C. Utilities Commission will examine the application without going to a public ing. contract negotiations have started between West Koot enay Power and its two unions representing company employees. Talks began within the last 10 days between the Inter- Pick a patch of Sunshine Bouquet! Only $3.99 at THE PLANT ABER 1241-3rd St. FURNITURE WAREHOUSE. Tues. - Sat., 9:30 - 5:30 China Creek. “Drive a tittle to Seve a Lot” parent, who was the SHOPPING “The chamber has not contacted the members in order to have an opinion,” continued from front poge said Stan. He suggested businesses seek a ref erendum on Sunday shopping at the one can afford that,” next municij election. “We're the work: Elsewhere, Commerce manager said. on Sunday shopping to have to get that in high-ranking student in second Castlegar Ald. Marilyn Mathieson (right). he said However, that businesses Castlegar Chamber of Wally Peacock said the chamber hasn't any opinion meeting Peacock said he has dis cussed the issue with a number of members and the “general” would rather away from Sunday shopping Peacock said the issue would likely be raised at an upcoming chamber Meanwhile, Mayor said the city hasn't been requested to Audrey Moore hold a referendum on the issue. feeling is stay “We haven't had anyone to date come forward and ask for it,” However, dum would likely be held annual November municipal elections if she said. she added that any referen. with the requested “We don't ing.” Moore pointed out believe in overregulat We would have to wait until we were requested.” Sawmill gets funds Slocan Forest Products Ltd. will receive $456,450 from the federal government to automate and modernize the planing and lumber handling function at its Slo can sawmill. approval of the company’s application for assistance un der the Industrial and Re gional Development Pro. gram. The money will go toward the cost of purehasing a high speed planer and a 40-bin sorter. Total costs, including equipment, installation and building improvements, are estimated at $1.8 million The project is expected to ILL FEELS SHORTAGE begin this month with com Modernization will lower pletion scheduled for June planing costs to industry av 90. erage and enable the com TOYS HARMFUL continued from front poge “that promote co-operation.” He also says some toys not directly associated with war games are based on compe tition and therefore can cause aggres. sion. “That channels a person into aggres sion, competing: against one another Basically, these games are not a good thing. It means that a person has to struggle against others to get a certain 1 Instead Koochin suggests games where “each person is doing his best to achieve a goal and not at the expense of another player.” Koochin says one thing that is helping the sale of toys of violence, is TV shows, the source of some toys such as the A team. He sayssshows like the A team has “acts of nce every five minutes,” “They y them (the aggressors) in a respectable way,” he says. Union of Youth member Dan Voykin, who has one child, also says it doesn't make any sense to buy war toys for children. “We are trying to promote global peace, nuclear disarmament.” “It seems that the companies don't care,” he says. “As long as they are selling GI Joe, they will keep pushing it.” Voykin says one of the toys he par ticularly objects to is the GI Joe action WESTAR TALKS continued from front poge Nov. 22 because of Guild pickets at the log-handling area, which prevent logs from entering the sawmill The Guild transports about 85 per cent of the logs used at the sawmill With the breakdown in negotiations, Conroy says he’s not optimistic about reaching an agreement soon, and doesn’t expect any talks to be sched uled before the new year Conroy said the Guild and manage ment are in agreement on wages, but the company doesn't seem prepared to adjust the need for job security He also said ‘the older members of the Guild have an insurance plan Westar wants to cantel But Halliday said in spite of recent have the best interests of. the community.” figures, which he says teach that the best way to overcome an adversary is to “blast him aw Voykin contends that the best way to change a person is re-education. “You never solve anything by kill- ing,” he says. He says children grow up thinking that hostilities — fashioned by parents and society — are okay. But he admits that children will never escape war toys. Voykin says his child sometime plays with friends who own war toys. “But he knows that they are not good, and why they are not good. I can't shield my child completely.” Marion Bergevin is a member of the Slocan Citizens for Peace and she, too, won't buy war toys for her two children, ages three dtd IM “f don't believe init at all,” she says. Toys are becoming increasingly vi- olent, she adds. “They're starting to have all the A team and take-offs from TV programs, which have a violent aspect,” she says. Bergevin says she believes there is a correlation between aggression and violence and toys of aggression and violence. “I would like to see the market go down in this area,” (toys of violence) she says. “All over things are in- creasingly more violent.” She recommends constructive toys such as Lego. But the idea that toys of violence make children more aggressive isn't a concern, says psychologist Reilly. “What we are concerned with, is hostility towards other people. By trying to give (children) toys that wouldn't allow for that expression of hostility, you are protecting them. It is a side of human life. “Try to pretend it isn't there as is done often with some parents, they're very surprised when children turn out to be hateful.” In fact, Reilly says, “Hostility is a re action to an experience. When a parent is hostile towards their children, their children are experiencing hostile emo- tions.” If a hostile child ia given war toys to play with, Reilly says he won't become more hostile, but the toys are simply channels to express the hostility If he isn't given toys of violence to express his hostility “he will make 8. “If he is hostile, he will get hold of something, like a knife. It makes no difference.” “It's (hostility) more of an expression of general social confusion. A violent kid will be attracted to them. They (war toys) are the symptom of hos tilities, not the cause.” Life insurance is another issue. Halliday explained that the company cancelled a company insurance plan a couple of years ago and replaced it with another plan. But the Guild is the only group which still has the original plan. “We felt we couldn't afford it any longer,” Halliday said. The Guild was told its members would be given coverage under the new life insurance plan, he said. Halliday said the Guild told Westar if it wanted to cancel the plan, it should make some kind of proposal. He said Westar made a proposal, but the Guild “never really res led to it.” Halliday says the Guild also wants severance pay, but points out that there is no such plan within either the Presiding over Sunday's negotia tions was mediator Bil] Toogood Halliday said Toogood is a satisfactory mediator but “you can't mediate a dispute that the parties aren't pre pared to settle.” “We are not close enough to a set thement that a mediator will make a difference,” he said. Halliday added that it looks like it will be a long strike. “We're in a hopeless situation,” he admitted. “I don't know how we can justify giving the Guild 10% (per cent) and every other (group) 8 per cent.” Meanwhile, he said Westar is looking at alternatives to see if a lengthy shut. The existing planer is a slow machine, nearly 40 years old, according to a pre pared release. Parts are hard to get and its downtime and operating costs are exces sive, placing the company in a less competitive position. pany to compete effectively in world markets The modernized operation will maintain 142 jobs at the mill and 175 jobs in the woodlands. “The company is one of the few major employers in the Sloean Valley” noted Brisco in the release. “Moderniza tion of the planing operation down can be avoided. reports, money is still an issue “It's incredible to say money isn't an issue when that’s the first thing we talked about,” Halliday said Current Guild demands are for a wage increase of 10.5 per cent over three years. But Halliday adds that all other employees in the forest industry received an 8.5 per cent increase over three years. plup mill or saw mill agreement. “We can't give them that,” he said. Another issue is that on the Arrow Lakes tugs, the master and deckhand are paid the same wage, but on the coast a deckhand receives less than a master Halliday says Westar doesn’t want to continue paying the second man any more than he is paid anywhere else The sawmill is expected to run out of rough inventory in planing by Thurs- day, at which time it will have to lay off more IWA sawmill workers. Halliday said Westar is trying to come up with a way of getting its logs into the sawmill without crossing the Guild picket line at the log-handling area Railcarsindemand nes ral are sympathetic to the com | for improving ef term viability of the sawmill sure from our financial peo ple and we'll have to shut down.” The three southeastern B.C, mills produce about 1.5 million board feet a day. Nearly all of it is expprted to the U.8., where the CP Rail cars are hooked on to Union operation.” Slocan Forest Products presently produces dimen sion lumber of various spe- cies as well as cedar siding and channel stock. Pulp chips are also produced in both the sawmill and planer mill. As a result of the effiei encies of the modernization project, Slocan Forest Prod- wets expects to be able to and ‘compete in a number of spec- idlty product areas not pos- sible now because of exces- sive costs. Castlegar police report ger in his vehicle, was also injured. Ross has been charged by Castlegar RCMP with failing following a two vehicle acci- to yield the right of way dent at the intersection of His The single-vehicle accident was reported to Castlegar RCMP at 7:40 a.m. Police say the cause of the mishap was slippery road Columbia Avenue and High $1,000 werth of damages. way 8. Police had no damage esti Kenneth Ross, 19, was mate on the Bennett vehicle. injured when his 1972 Volks * . . A 1980 GMC pick-up dri- ven by Walter Barisoff, 30, of Thrums received $400 in damage when it skidded off Highway 3A today . 2 8 The recent rash of break. ins in Blueberry Creek is continuing, sceording to A 7 was broken into on the weekend, and potice were investigating