A2 SPECIAL PRESENTATION . . . Members of the First Kinnaird Cub Pack receive their blue- star badges from Castlegar Ma © Audrey Moore during a recent visit to city hal with pack leader Steve their leaders to attend a counci mestion: Posing with the cubs are (left to right): pack leader d. Vern Gregory, Mayor Audrey Moo: ‘and DB re, Al avid. G Albert Calderbank, h: Jerome; e De Reid lashes back . VICTORIA (CP) — Proclaiming he has nothing to hide and denying any wrongdoing, former cabinet minister Bill Reid said Tuesday the NDP Opposition lacks the courage to lay criminal charges against him over the handling of lottery funds. <= —_It-was his first public statement sin- ce Attorney General Bud Smith sud- denly announced a public inquiry last week into the matter. NDP justice critic Moe Sihota, who threatened to lay a private breach of trust charge against Reid, said last week he would probably not be proceeding in light of the public inquiry by Ombudsman Stephen Owen. “I’m their goat,"’ Reid said in an interview. “They don’t have anything positive of their own to run with, so they're concent ing On me. “If (Opposition Leader Mike) Har- court and Sihota had any guts, they’d lay the charge. He said it would likely cost him $30,000 to defend himself agajnst a charge he is sure is unwarranted: “But I’ve got nothing to hide. I haven’t done anything wrong. I’m not guilty of anything.” The issue, which has dominated legislative debate since the house resumed sitting two weeks ago, stems from a grant made from the GO B.C: Fund. GRANT APPROVED Reid, as provincial secretary in charge of the $160 million fund, ap- proved a $277,000 grant for a recycling project in White Rock The money went to a society for the handicapped, and Reid arranged with the executive director to see that all the funds were directed to a company that was to supply equipment. The company was owned by Reid’s 1986 campaign manager. Premier Bill Vander Zalm deman- ded Reid’s resignation from cabinet when the grant came to light last year. Subsequent reports: by the auditor general and the comptroller general condemned the grant, finding it irregular and improper. The RCMP also reviewed the grant. Although police recommended a charge, the Attorney General's Ministry decided after a review not to lay-a breach of trust-charge. That is the decision to be reviewed by Owen. Reid said he thought the issue would go away on its own, but does not object to the inquiry. “You guys (the media) have had my guilty for eight months. But when the truth comes out, I don’t care how many times they drag me through it. He said public attention has *‘destroyed”’ his family, referring to a recent suspicious fire in a family vehicle. VICTORIA (CP) — The B.C. government earned $23 million from. the April sale of oil and gas drilling rights, the highest take since July 1988, Energy Minister Jack Davis said Tuesday. Total bids accepted for the first four months of this year totalled $57.2 million, an increase of $14.7 Oil, gas sales on fire million from the same period last year. Davis said 171 oil and gas wells have been drilled so far this year and the forecast is for an increase in activity. The government’s sale of drilling licences and leases totalled 91,324 hectares. The Fernie area of southeastern British Columbia is the scene of gas exploration activity. Canadian Landmasters Resource Services Ltd. paid the top price for a drilling licence in the area — $2.8 million for a parcel of land southeast of Fernie Referendum continued from front page the surplus in the current budget makes a referendum unnecessary and noted the province will be providing extra funds for the primary program. But Kinakin pointed out the gover- nment expects the money to be used to inform teachers and staff members about the new program and can not be used for hiring more staff. Conroy said he is opposed to referendums because the government should_provide school boards with adequate provincial funds to run districts. However, he supports the board's decision to go to referendum this year because funds are needed forthe primary program, he said. Smecher said she supports referen- dums for items that are needed only ‘once, such as the upgrading of a com- puter system, but she is opposed to asking for funds for a continuing program's operating costs. The referendum applies for one year only and if the board wanted money again for the 1991-92 school year another referendum will have to be conduc- ted. The referendum will be held May 5, following Education Minister Tony Brummet’s announcement last week that the date would be moved from April 28 to give boards more time to prepare for the vote. Polling stations will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Pass Creek elementary, Shoreacres elementary and Tarrys elementary schools for voters in Area I while stations will be set up at Blueberry Creek, Ootischenia and Robson elementary schools in Area J. Castlegar residents can cast their ballots in the activity room at Stanley Humphries secon- dary school. The referendum, if approved, will raise homeowner taxes this year by approximately $10 for every $10,000 of assessed value. Forests continued from front poge “I find despite the very fact of all this material around, the level of ignorance is appalling,” he said. Ed Nyland, a former forester who worked for the Canadian Forest Ser- vice and who will be teaching a course in forestry next fall, blamed soil degradation on clear cutting He sajd clear cutting and slash bur- ning dry out and destroy the soil so that it requires massive amounts of fertilizer to grow trees — and that leads to pollution “The soils are far more important than what trees are on it,”’ said He said logging is destroying the ability of B.C. forest land to reproduce new trees “*I am so discouraged by the quality of our forestry. What we are doing is just straight brutality.’" Danny Taylor, a logger and a member of the pro-logging group Share Our Forests, defended current forestry practices and sait it is B.C.’s destiny and obligation to provide wood for the world. “We can supply the woodfibre needs of a growing world population © Shop 'n Save and in so doing take pressure off more sensitive sites,"" he said. He said the environmentalists who want better protection for trees are uninformed compared to the people who work in the woods. CARE FOR TOPS A hearing in Kamloops was told the Forests Ministry has to take special care of mountain tops because of the habitat and slow growth in those areas. Former forester Ernie Graffunder said companies have clear-cut» ad- jacent blocks in high-elevation areas before altowing—the—first—block—to reach a healthy stage of growth. “‘Companies are doing what they please,”’ said Graffunder, who spend 30 years in the forest industry and now is a trapper and rancher. He said logging above 1,500 metres has to slow down. In some cases it's too late and mountain tops that sup- Port deer, moose and other wildlife in the summer and caribou in winter are barren. Randal Chan, forester for Tolko Industries, said his company wants to see integrated forest use with’ a balance between man’s needs and the environment. Tolko also recommended an inven- tory be taken of all natural resources and a public involvement process to ensure input from all resource users. Brummet gives salary figures VANCOUVER (CP) — Teacher salary increases have far exceeded the rate of inflation over the last 10 years, Education Minister Tony Brummet said Tuesday. He said that from 1980 to 1989, teacher salaries increased by 73_per cent while inflation increased by 57 per cent and private sector settlements went up 51 per cent. Brummet released the figures in response to an April 15 statement by president Ken Novakowski of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation who said wage settlements are behind the rate of inflation. “1 think we know that as teachers move into the negotiation process Mr. Novakowski is setting the scene for another round of bargaining, with teachers demanding increases well beyond inflation-increase unrelated to current economic conditions,’’ Brummet said in a news release. “Mr. Novakows}f leaves the im- pression that teacher salaries have not kept up with the rate of inflation. I cannot leave this incorrect impri in the minds of the public."” CREATE DIVERSION Novakowski said Tuesday? believes Brummet is trying to create diversion. He said his earlier statement was in response to the throne speech in which the provincial government an- Teh. nounced it is planning to introduce a pay equity program for provincial ‘employees: **L said taken over the last decade, Private and public-sector settlements are-about-even, and taken together, they are behind the rate of inflation. Wage settlements follow the cost of living, they don’t lead it."” In Victoria, trustees from eight Lower i and V funding grants that are tied to a for- mula. ““t—don't~think—there—was—any agreement with our concerns that there are serious inequities in the distribution of the block (funding),”’ said Surrey trustee Marvin Shaffer. “There. will be no change to the funding formula this year . . . that’s our understanding."” Brummet has introduced legislation that allow school districts to hold Island districts met with Brummet for two hours but failed to get additional Provincial money beyond the block to raise more money if they believe Education Ministry fun- ding is insufficient. At least 10 distric- ts are planning referendums May 5. Board outlines schools’ wants VANCOUVER (CP) — City schools will be’ seeking $7.7. million for emergency | 5 preparations, computers for gifted se ra 1 scheduled for po Serge ~ Trustee Ken Denike said the money was desperately needed to keep the school system operational. He noted the board had pared $1 million off the referendum total it settled on last month and had no financial cushion in the event of unexpected costs. “What we're left with, are items that, if we don’t get, are going to severely disrupt operations,”’ said Denike, chairing a joint student ser- vices-finance committee. “They are items that our parents and people working in the system have told us we absolutely have to have.”* No link found between disease and environment KAMLOOPS (CP) — The high in- cidents of childhood leukemia in Kamloops is a chance occurrence, say officials of the Cancer Control Agen- cy of British Columbia. An agency study, begun in Novem- ber 1988 because of parents’ concer- ns, found no link between the disease and possible environmental causes. Clusters of istic Also, no similar new cases of leukemia have been reported in Kamloops in the last two years. The agency is also expected to recommend to the Health Ministry that there would be no benefit in studying the question further. Dr. Pierre Band, the agency’s epidemic expert and the study’s co- incidence of disease do occur by chance periodically, the study notes. » was duled to meet with Kamloops doctors, parents and repor- ters on Tuesday night to answer questions about the preliminary findings. study’s A group of Westsyde parents first ‘went to-city councit-in-April 1988, concerned about an apparent high rate of leukemia among their children. The agency's preliminary assessment found there had been 17 cases of acute lymphocytic leukemia in children in Kamloops since 1975, twice the provincial rate. Three skiers die in helicopter crash BLUE RIVER (CP) — Three Canadians were killed and six others were injured Tuesday in the fiery crash of a helicopter flying skiers and snowboarders to a competition in the Tugged Cariboo mountains. A spokesman for Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing of Banff, Alta. said the Bell 212 helicopter_owned_by Canadian Helicopters of Edmonton was operating under charter to the heli-skiing firm Bob Sayer, a guide for Wiegele (pronounced Wiggly), said the helicopter crashed with 14 aboard af- ter it rose six metres above the snow on takeoff from the 2,125-metre level in the Cariboo range, 180 kilometres north of Kamloops “It seemed to be an engine failure on take-off,’’ Sayer said in an inter- view from Wiegele’s base at Blue River. “The helicopter had to crash land. It caught on fire and burned. People nearby were able to pull out and rescue most of them. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get three people out.’” RCMP would not give details of the Lottery numbers The wihning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw were 11, 24, 39, 41, 43-and 45. The bonus number was 20- The jackpot of $2,412,151.70 goes to the holder of a single ticket bought in British Columbia. The four Extra winning numbers for British Columbia on Saturday were 15, 32, 68 and 88. The winning numbers drawn Saturday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 4, 13, 19, 23, 29, 33, 43 and 46. The winning numbers in the Ex- press draw for Jaguar cars xere 853588, 971364, 005396 and 450258. The winning Lotto BC numbers were 2, 8, 9, 10, 17 and 25. The winning numbers drawn Mon- day in the B.C. Keno lottery were 1, 7, 15, 32, 36, 41, 45.and 50. These numbers provided by The Canadian Press must be considered unofficial. crash on a run known as Most Magnificent. id Sayer, who was not at the scene of the 1:30, p.m. PDT crash, said the weather was clear and conditions were good for flying. Wiegele and three groups of heli- skiers already on the mountain helped rescue—crash_survivors_from the flames. Wiegele suffered burns to his hands and was reported in satisfac- tory condition at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. Two others were taken to Royal Inland but were later transferred to Foothills Hospital in Calgary. The remaining three injured were taken to. hospital in nearby Clearweater, where they were treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation. Names of the dead were not released but those aboard the helicop- ter were participating in a powder-8s competition for snowboarders In Memory = 58. and Mabel Shukin of Castlegar. Funeral Chapel. age 64. Manitoba and came to B.C Stoochnoff on January 23, 1950. and enjoyed gardening. Violet Zeabin of Calgary. Cemetery. Funeral Chapel. Fred Shukin Fred Shukin of Castlegar passed away Saturday, April 14, at age Mr. Shukin was born January 7, 1932 at Robson. He grew upin Slocan Park and married Elsie Pankoff on January 28, 1961 at Crescent Valley. He worked at Cominco most of his life. He was a member of the USCC, and enjoyed all sports especially ball, hockey and fishing. Mr. Shukin is survived by his wife Elsie of Castlegar; one son, Rick of Revelstoke; two daughters, Janet and son-in-law Alex Kabatoff of Calgary and Corrine of Kamloyps; two grandchildren, Tara and Mat- thew; one sister, Florence Osachoff of North Delta; and parents Fred Funeral services for the late Fred Shukin will be held at the Brilliant Cultural Centre beginning at 7 p.m. tonight and will continue at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 19 with burial at noon at the Brilliant Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Paul Zeabin Paul Zeabin of Crescent Vattey passed away Sunday, April 15 at Mr. Zeabin was born August 28, 1925 at Langham where he grew up and farmed with his parents. In 1949 he moved to Ontario and that same year During his life he worked as a faller and in 1967, he worked on con- struction. He was a member of the Rock & Tunnel Workers Local 168 He is survived by his wife Hazel of Crescent Valley, three sons, Harry of Crescent Valley, Paul of Castlegar, and Gordon of Edmonton; one daughter, Mrs. Joe (Stella) Harshenin of Pass Creek; eight gran- dchildren; five brothers, Bill, Pete, John, Sam, all of Saskatchewan, and Jim of California; and two sisters, Polly Soopotin of Genelle and Funeral services began at the Krestova Russian Hall on Tuesday and will continue today at 10 a.m. with burial at 1 p.m. at the Krestova Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar He married Hazel April 18, 1990 Castlégar News a3 Castlegar News TREET TALK CASTLEGAR SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE DOREEN SMECHER will receive a certificate com- memorating her 10 years with the board from the B.C. School Trustees Association at the upcoming annual general meeting in Vancouver April 26 to 29. Smecher was congratulated by the board Tuesday night and trustee Ed Conroy called Smecher ‘‘a valuable asset’’ to the board. — “A tremendous amount of stamina and dedication’” is needed to stay with the job for so many years, Conroy said. Secretary-treasurer John Dascher and bus driver PI were also d.by the board for 25 years of service to the school district. Drivers Julio Amaral and Doug Richards have been with the district for 16 years each. THE CERTIFIED.GENERAL ACCOUNTAN- TS ASSOCIATION OF B.C. has a tax-tip booklet, available free of charge, with answers to 27 questions about income tax. For example, How do you arrive at the amount in Canadian dollars when reporting foreign pensions and other income? “Foreign income must be reported in Canadian funds, but because of the fluctuating Canadian dollar, you must use the rate of exchange that was in’ effect when the money was received,”’ the association says. “Report the amount of such income before deducting any tax withheld at the source. Generally, a foreign tax cri may be claimed.”* The CGA address 555 West 8th Ave., Van- couver, V6J ITS. 3 DAYS + 3 NIGHTS INCLUDING RETURN AIRFARE FROM VANCOUVER TO NEW ORLEANS & contest details at BONELESS. 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Pack policies that-ignore the economic fac- tor, the human factor, are destined to fail.’ Bouchard, at a later news conferen- ce, said Canada favors more research but some.action will be needed before all the answers are known. Other environmental ministers ex- pressed their anger and disappoin- tment after the president’s speech. Dutch Environmental Minister Hans Alders said more research and economic considerations should ‘‘not distract us from taking action on car- bon-dioxide stabilization now.’’ Scientists have warned that carbon dioxide emissions and other kinds of man-made pollution are causing heat +o—be—trapped—in—the—Earth’s-ht- mosphere —,a development that could result in higher temperatures in the 21st century. Aboriginal leader says Meech should be scrapped YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. (CP) — Let it die. And start again. The message brought Tuesday toa special travelling Commons commit- tee by Bill of the “*Forget about the parallel accord. It’s a waste of time . . . If we are going to doa job tet's do it right." So confinced was Erasmus that the Dene nation, the majority aboriginal group in the Western Arctic, was decidedty blunt. And decidedly bleak. The Meech Lake constitutional ac- cord is a leaky boat, he said. And New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna’s proposed additions are Band-Aids that cannot hope to patch the holes. “I think Meech Lake is dead,"’ he said. ‘‘I think we should let it die and don’t be afraid of it. cannot be saved, he offered the committee no recommendations. He denounced the process by which the accord was achieved. And, in particular, Erasmus dam- need the current federal government for ignoring women, natives and the poor as it went about trying to amend the Constitution. That, in part, explains its current standings in the polls, he said. Recent polls have put the Mulroney govern- ment in third place, well Liberals and New Democrats. Whether wearied by all-day travel from Ottawa, bewildered at sitting itr chamber where a massive polar bear hide drapes a table, or dismayed at the vehemence of his views, Quebec MPs had nothint to say during the question-and-answer session that followed Erasmus’s presentation. His was the first of four made to the committee in the territory's legislative chamber and was even bleaker than the prevailing message garnered from MPs, native leaders and government heads in the North. Our Action Ad Phone _ ——Womber is 365-2212 Petition re: CELGAR EXPANSION The Castlegar & District Development Board and the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce request your support for the following petition. We urge you to sign the petition in one of our local stores, or sign the petition below and mail it to: Castlegar and District Development Board, Box 3056, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4. We the undersigned, hereby urge the Hon. 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