eeeeceoe ENTERTAINMENT Shooting re-enacts crime Barbara Turnbull was preparing to close the convenience store where she “Worked part time the ‘night of Sept. 23, 1983, when two men in black ski masks burst in and shot her. As she lay bleeding on the floor, a slug from a .357 magnun lodged in her rieck, her assailants went off to dance at a Toronto-area nightclub. The thieves netted $126 — enough to splurge for a bottle of champagne — one of them told police. Turnbull, then an 18-year-old high school student in Mississauga, a community just west of Toronto, was left a quadriplegic. a The brutal crime and subsequent trial of four men is re-egagics — with Turnbull playing herself — tomorrow on CBC-TV's The Scales of Justice. The TV series is adapted from the network's long-running radio program of the same name. Writer George Jonas, who came up with the idea that factual radio dramatizations of criminal trials would have popular appeal, has once again taken up the producer’s reins for the TV version of Scales. His collaborator Edward Green- span, ‘pe Toronto criminal lawyer known for his penchant for headline- making cases, also reprises his role as narrator, providing legal play-by- play both on and off screen. The Turnbull episode, directed by acclaimed horror-meister David Cronenberg, is the first instalment in what will be a series of one-hour Scales of Justice specials. It was a natural choice for the opening episode, Greenspan says. “We felt that she was really the quintessential victim and that she would best reflect one of the very topical issues in criminal law right now: how the system treats its vic- tims,”’ says the round-faced lawyer. That happened to be the reason Turnbull at first hesitated to play herself _on_the _TV dramatization, even though she had done the role for the radio series. “I was afraid of perpetuating the victimized image,"’ the 25-year-old woman said in a telephone interview from. the University of Arizona, where she is an undergraduate student. But she changed her mind, lured by the prospect of working with Cronenberg. And there was another eason. “It would have driven me crazy to have someone else do me.”’ Although Scales is Cronenberg’s directorial return to TV after a 20- year hiatus, viewers shouldn’t expect any of his bizarre cinematic touches known to make movie audiences squirm in their seats. Nor should viewers expect the fast- paced, melodramatic style of a U.S. crime TV show. There’s no rock music and no car chases. Lawyers and police officers look and sound like the real thing. Which isn’t surprising. Each script is-based on police records and court transcripts. Attention was paid even to the smailest details — down to what each juror looked like. “‘We try to be as truthful to the reality as possible,”” Greenspan says. “‘We're trying to show how the justice system functions by giving people an objective view with no manipulation. We hope it’s enter- taining but it is reality that we intend to show.”” The cases chosen for Scales of Justice highlight particular legal issues, the idea being to illustrate some of the weaknesses inherent in the judicial system, says Greenspan. Cronenberg also directs a future episode about British Columbia’s* Action Ad Phone Number is 365-2212 WE’ll HELP YOU KEEP YOUR - RESOLUTION! See our trained professionals today for a fitness program designed to fit your is! “propriarely sombre, Turnbull, in her wheelchair, talks about the . - Wolo Tae GEE 144. 2 victim John Horvath who was acquitted of killing his mother because his con- fession was obtained under hypnosis. The tone of the first episode is ap- sitting — As good as ever... Woolco $1.44 to $2.44 Prices Include the GST impact the shooting has had on her life. Her quiet words — ‘‘I'll never stop asking why this happened to me’? — are heart-wrenching, made more so when Greenspan tells viewers that two of the four involved in the crime have already been TA ar f rh TRAIL paroled and are living in Jamaica. vur NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS Wolo PRICES INCLUDE THE GST reached only after we talked to many of our Woolco customers. They said they preferred to have the GST included in the shelf price so that they would know exactly how much they would have to pay - before they reached the check-out line. 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Our decision to follow this particular pricing policy was CST INCLUDED )s HASSLE-FREE PRICING e@eeeoeeeeeee + t) e « « e @ @ « « January 9, 1901 Vol, 44, No. 3 Castiegar, B.C. - 2 Sections (A & B) 75 Cents at 7 New exhibit opens at NEC Castlegar rink “edged In final WEATHER Somme ce over . ; 100 per cent tonight and 60 per cent Celgar deadline 'tight' By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer The deadline for getting Celgar Pulp Co.’s expansion and moder- nization project underway by the end of January is coming up fast and there is still no indication of whether or not the company can meet it. Wilf Sweeney, general manager of the estimated $650-million project, said the situation as it stands now is a serious cause for concern. “We're up against a very tight deadline,” he told the Castlegar News today. ‘*We’re just starting to run out of time. The end of the mon- th doesn’t change,”’ Celgar is unable to proceed with the project until the federal gover- nment grants approval in principle. However; approval can’t be given until government officials study the Celgar Expansion Review Panel's final réport which has yet to be com- pleted. The review panel recommended the provincial and federal gover- nments grant approval in principle to the project in an interim report released in early December. The provincial government granted ap- proval in principle to the project just before Christmas. Once federal approval is in place, the company itself must review-the report and determine if it can meet _ its Position to spend the bank’s money by the end of January, Sweeney said. Review panel secretary Alan Ferguson said he can’t estimate when the report will be finished, but revealed the panel is about half-way through. “The panel is working intensively on the réport,”” he said. ‘‘The panel Finally, the company’s bankers have to be satisfied before they will release funding for the project. Specifically, Celgar must be in a is aware of the s financial concerns... . we’re going as fast as we can." He declined further comment on the status of the report. WKP rate VANCOUVER (CP) — The B.C. Utilities Commission has reduced the level of some in- creases West Kootenay Power of Trail sought in public hearings last fall. The_approved tariffs give_the company a cumulative power-rate increase of 9.9 per cent to the end of this year. The utility had asked for a cumulative increase of 11.4 per cent. The commission approved in- creases of 5.5 per cent for~1990 Commission reduces increases and 4.2 per cent for 1991. The utility originally requested a 4.9 per cent increase for 1992 but in its decision the commission said there were too many uncer- tainties to set a rate now. request for rate increases of 5.5 per cent to confirm an interim in- crease for 1990, a 5.6-per-cent in- crease for 1991 and 4.9 per cent for 1992. please see WKP page A? Sunfest button. selected CasNews Staff Sunfest, 1991 is one step closer to coming together with the announ- cement Monday that a design by Len Donald of Castlegar is the winner in the annual Sunfest button design contest. Donald's design will become the official Sunfest lottery button. graphic arts student at Selkirk College, had also entered and he thought she would win. ‘‘T looked at hers and thought I didn’t have a chance."” The theme for this year's celebration is A Salute to Music. All designs were to incorporate that theme and display Sunfest 1991 and Castlegar, B.C., somewhere on the button. There also had to be room for the four-digit lottery number. Seven people submitted designs — some more than one — giving judges Dick Wayling, Nancy Lingley and Donna Moyer 13 designs to choose from. They had a difficult time, but finally agreed that Donald’s was the most ‘eye-catching, yet still simple. They also liked the colors in his design and his “imaginative” use of the musica] theme. Donald said it took him eight hours to complete his design and that winning has, given a much-needed boost after being laid off recently from Johnson-Matthey in Warfield. He-wins-a $35 gift certificate from Gabriel's Restaurant while the other six entrants will receive a certificate of appreciation from the Castlegar Festivals Society, the Sunfest organizers. The poster displaying the entries is is the front window of West's Depar- tment Store in downtown Castlegar. It will stay posted until Jan. 14. As in previous years, the winning please see SUNFEST page A2 IT’S A BOY Harrison Edward pounds tive ounces. big brother Mike (ight hes the he ’s First born . af epee ra ogg rms Be din cte leat sight” }) looks On. —cosrews photo by Donne Zuber Council orders transit workers to take new vote By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer The Industrial Relations Council has ruled in favor of Trail Transit Inc. following a hearing last Friday -held_to determine if a_strike vote. taken by the 's 2087, was surprised by the ruling. **We anticipated that,” Stach said. “*That’s the law.”’ Hughes agreed. However, he said the union disagrees with the act and had conducted the vote according to was legal. The employer challenged the union on the grounds that it did not con- duct the vote with an IRC member Present, as tequired under the In- dustrial Relations Act. Trail Transit Inc. operates transit services in Trail and Castlegar. Neither Dennis Stach, manager of Trail Transit, or Wes Hughes, recor- ding secretary of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local set out in the B.C. Labor Code, which was replaced by the In- dustrial Relations Act in 1987. “*We've been boycotting the IRA,” Hughes said, adding that “many, many"’ votes have been held without-meeting the act's regulation that states an IRC representative must be present during the vote, and only two have been challenged. In the case of the transit em- Ployees’ vote, Rossland-Trail NDP please see VOTE page A2 Mill employees back on job By CasNews Staff Employees of Slocan Forest Products Ltd. in Slocan City were back at work Monday after a three- week layoff. The sawmill and planer mill will operate with two shifts, SFP division manager Terry Dods said Tuesday. ““We are operating on a day-to- day-basis,"’ Dods told the Castlegar News. ‘‘We came up with a plan that with cert@if™pétformance goals and certain cost reductions we felt that we could certainly not make a profit but minimize our losses going back on a two-shift basis.”* The mill currently employs about 130 people, Dod said. “I just hope the hell we can keep going.”” Dods said ice on logs as a result of the continuing cold weather is creating problems with equipment at the mill. Slocan’s logging contractors, who went back to work last Wednesday, are also encountering problems as a result of the heavy snowfalls and cold, Dods said. Meanwhile, Westar Timber’s Southern Wood Products sawmill in Castlegar, which employs about 230 people, is continuing to operate on a three-day work week, mill manager Roy Helmkay said “We're still monitoring our costs week by week and hope to continue on the same program until things get better,’’ he said. ‘‘While market con- ditions continue to. be poor that will no doubt determine our destiny.’’ Helmkay said Westar has also ex- Pperienced problems starting up after the Christmas holiday because of the cold weather. Forest industry officials blame the downturn in the lumber market on poor demand, falling prices and high stumpage — the fee charged for cut- ting timber on Crown land. Vander Zalm puts off provincewide address plans VICTORIA (CP) — Premier Bill Vander Zaim has put off plans for a provincewide address, a news release from his office says today. The release says rescheduled the speech. major networks, HS ili | byelection losses would prompt his resignation. “In effect senior management at BCTV appear to have negatively Prejudged the content of a major public address by a premier of this province,”” Vander Zalm says in the on a Vancouver radio *E i th ie He | il ii £ 2 iit ‘i “IT will not knowingly allow through my part the return to an NDP socialist government as we had it in "72-"75,"" he said during the ad- dress. He also accused the NDP and the media of distorting his record. Although he improved in public opinion polls after the speech, his popularity soon plunged again and he now is battling a revolt within his party. A fecent opinion poll , com- stations unannounced and without the knowledge of his staff. And he suggested he will go back to relying on his instincts over political ad- visers. Vander Zalm shrugged off his latest plan to address the province a year to the day from. his last televised speech. “*It’s interesting they should, pick that day,”” he said. Asked to clarify what he meant, he replied, “I think we're seeing some -by V Island Socreds suggested the party can’t win with Vander Zalm as leader. That revelation sparked an uprising that has 14 of 75 riding association executives putting the now between my staff and the TV stations. I like the day. The 17th sounds good to me."” During the radio show, Vander Zalm continued to defend his record, blame his on the media issue to their memberships. But Vander Zaim is fighting back with a series of television, radio and mewspaper interviews after avoiding the media for months. He admits to dropping in on some and downplay the polls. He did not directly answer questions about whether he would quit if it appeared an NDP election victory was inevitable. Vander Zalm must call an election this year.