Sh News CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY. in IN LOVING MEMORY of 0 dear father randtathr = and reatgrandfather William G ‘onkin who passed away March 2, 1987 Long days and nights he bore great pain, To wait for cure but all in vain, Till God above saw what was st And took him home with Him to rest Sadly missed and ever remem bered by son George, Pauline Conkin and family NOTICE is hereby given that an application will be made to the Director of Vital Statistics for a Alice Mary Pompu of 333: hway Drive, Trail, B.C. as foflowsy To change’ my name trom Pompy, Alice pu, Al day of March, A.D Winter hard ats GUELPH, Ont. (CP) — Pet owners have good reason to worry if their animals are outside in freezing tempera: tures, says a veterinarian. House pets, especially cats, have a harder time in winter because they may not have a thick coat of hair to protect them from the cold, says Dana Allen of the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veter. inary College. If you have a dog that stays outside all the time, make sure it gets enough water to drink, says Allen. Bowls of water freeze quickly and may have to be thawed several times a day. Two of the most common winter pet problems are frostbite on the tips of the ears and tails and hypo thermia, he says. teeeeee eee eet . * . * * * * * March 23, 1968 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — One moment, DeAndra Anrig was peace fully flying her kite. The next, she too was soaring through the air, courtesy of a passing plane which snagged the kite string. “I'm very sore — and I was very scared,” said the eight-year-old Dublin, Calif., youngster after spending Monday at home on an air mattress, sur rounded by ice packs. “I want to go kite flying again, but where there are no airplanes.” On Sunday, DeAndra GIRL SAILS WITH KITE and her father, Brad, were flying the kite at Shoreline Park, using 90-kilogram- test line. Suddenly, a plane taking a patient to nearby Stanford University Hos- pital snagged the kite and jerked DeAndra off the ground. She flew about 60 metres, about three feet off the ground, until she let go to avoid hitting a tree. She was bumped and bruised, but otherwise un injured. Pilot Jake Uranga of Reno, Nev., and his pas- senger also were uninjured and the plane landed safely at Palo Alto airport near- by. The plane suffered $10,000 US in damage and the park has banned kite flying until an investiga tion is complete. “She said it was just a big jerk that lifted her into the air,” said DeAndra’s mother, Debby. “It carried her right over my hus- band’s head. All he saw was a shadow going over his head. “I'm just thankful she let go. People for thi MOSCOW (Reuter) — People protested in the streets of the capital of Soviet Armenia for the third consecutive day Tuesday and a government newspaper re ported that organizers have set next Saturday as “the most explosive day.” Armenian press officials said crowds of people gat hered in Yerevan on Monday and Tuesday to demand action over the disputed Azerbaijani region of Nag. orno-Karabakh. A Soviet spokesman said demonstra tions also took place Sunday. Izvestia newspaper report ed that a mass meeting in Yerevan during the weekend voted to take the Armenians’ grievances before the World Court in The Hague. “They decided to hold a meeting and declare March 26 ‘the most explosive day,”” Izvestia said. The paper quoted speakers tee eee ee tee tt et take to at the meeting at the Yere- van House of Cinema last Saturday and accused them of “the most appalling ir. responsibility in both words and thoughts.” It said they used phrases such as “We are facing cat astrophic events” and “We shall fight to the death,” it said. LISTS ACTIONS Izvestia said 700 people inside the hall voted for a platform of four points pro- posed by Igor Muradyan, a leader of the protest move- ment, as 3,000 listened to his words broadcast to a square outside. The points are: — To demand that the Communist party Central Committee halt “slander of the Armenia people.” The adoption of a state program for the settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh of Ar- menians and refugees from streets rd straight day the riot-torn Azerbaijani city of Sumgait, where at least 32 Armenians were hunted down and killed and almost 200 were injured in ethnic bloodshed last month. 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The Crown corporation said it hasn't made a decision about the tiny rural postal outlet. Canada Post said although it wants to be out of the post office's present location by November, Robson won't be without postal service en. tirely. “Postal service will remain, it's $5m for By The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — Production workers at Cominco Ltd. in Trail and Kimberley could receive more than $5 million in unemployment insurance benefits because of a Supteme Court of Canada ruling, union spokesmen said Thursday. The court ruled that union mem- bers are eligible for unemployment insurance benefits if they are laid off when a separate local of the same union in the same plant goes on strike. The decision overturned a long just a matter of where and what form it will take,” Janesse Hawke, manager of rural services, told the dissatisfied crowd. Canada Post intended on putting the Robson post office in a double-wide trailer a half a block away from its present location, but the Regional Dis. trict of Central Kootenay board turned down a request to rezone the property in December. Martin Vanderpol, Area J director on the regional board, said the advisory planning committee had no choice but to turn down the rezoning application, which would have seen the property zoned commercial from rural. “We were very concerned that the department of health would not find that a correct place to put the post office,” Vanderpol said at the meeting. “There is really no proper place for septic tank facilities,” he explained Vanderpol said also the site is too close to Robson elementary school and is located on a dead end street, creating a possible traffic problem. “Speed limits do not exist in Rob. son,” he said. “Everybody's doing a continued o oA: Cominco workers The ruling involved a labor dispute in St. Catharines, Ont. However, the United Steelwork. ers of America said it will affect members at Cominco in southeastern British Columbia, who were denied six weeks of benefits last summer after being laid off due to a strike by office workers, members of a different local. “We have close to 3,000 members in the Kootenays who stand to gain over $5 million in benefits as a result of our fight before the courts,” said Len , Steelworkers’ Western Can. policy of the t Insurance Commission to deny benefits to laid-off members because they had contributed to a common strike fund and thus financed the strike. ada director. “Now that the decision has come down, we expect that the commission will pay our people.” Steelworkers’ lawyer Brian Shell said the decision could impact on “tens of thousands of workers who are in a union and have a different local of the jon next door at the same Shell said the decision found that the 40-year-old unemployment com mission policy undermined the free dom-of-association principle in the Charter of Rights. Cominco operations were closed for four months in mid-1987 because of strikes by Steelworkers joeals in the Kootenays. While nearly 3,000 pro- duction and maintenance workers settled in July, the 530 office and technical employees continued the strike until late August. ARROW LAKES $500, survey By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer The Arrow Lakes and Columbia River will get a $500,000 marine survey starting this summer Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco announced Friday. Brisco said federal fisheries min ister Tom Siddon is aware of the fact area waterways needed proper chart- ing for recreational purposes. “Mr. Siddon visited the Kootenays last November and was made aware of the importance of this survey to the recreational and tourism industries,” Brisco said. The project will begin this summer and its objective is to survey and chart the Columbia River from the U.S. border to the Hugh Keenleyside dam, and the Arrow Lakes up to Revelstoke. The Cahadian Hydrographic Ser. vice (CHS) will conduct the survey and Brisco said there may be charts avail able to recreational boaters as early as the summer of 1990. “The preliminary work to be conducted this summer involves estab- lishing survey points, conducting the aerial photography and preparing the shoreline maps,” Brisco said. “This lays the groundwork for the standard depth CScu By RON NORMAN Editor Castlegar Savings Credit Union reported a loss of nearly $160,000 for 1987. That compares to a loss of some $838,000 the year before. The credit union cited deliquent loans as the major reason for the losses. The credit union included some $244,000 for losses on loans last year, compared to $1.1 million in 1986. However, general manager Lorne Myhra said the number of deliquent loans has dropped from near 20 per cent in 1986 to around five per cent in 1987. “Not an acceptable level yet,” Myhra told the 77 credit union mem. bers and 11 guests at Wednesday's annual general meeting, “but getting there.” The provincial average is 2.9 per cent. Ferries report delayed By CasNews Staff The task force report on B.C.’s inland ferries has been delayed, Nelson-Creston MLA Howard Dirks said Friday. The three-member task force was supposed to have had the report ready by Feb. 29, but Dirks told a press conference that the study still hasn't been submitted to the provincial cabinet. Dirks gave no indication when the study would go to cabinet. The task force is looking at the levels of service and staffing, the roles of the inland ferries and ways to control costs. The deadline for the findings was initially set for May 1, but the province moved it forward so that the recom mendations would be in cabinet's hands in time to set the budget for the 1989 fiscal year. However, the provincial budget was brought down Thursday with no mention of the ferries Dirks told reporters Friday that he has “lobbied” cabinet ministers so they will know that area residents want to retain the toll-free ferries. The Kootenays are home to eight of the 19 inland ferries. 000 marine BOB BRISCO . this summer surveys which will be conducted the following summer for the production of the navigational charts.” The announcement pleased the Castlegar and District Development Board, which has been “aggressively” pursuing Brisco for a survey project for over a year. planned “It’s a good project,” said develop ment board member Richard Mad docks. “The support along the lakes from Revelstoke right down to Trail was excellent, it would have been hard without all the support.” Maddocks said the surveying pro. ject will benefit the area because navigational charts will be available for pleasure boaters who want to come up this way and launch their boat. “It's something worthwhile for the whole area,” said Maddocks. “It will create more business opportunities.” He said proper charts should entice more pleasure boaters and fish ermen to the Arrow Lakes and Colum. bia. Brisco said the study “will make allowances for water levels” and said the CHS is an authority on charting marine areas. The CHS is a component of the Science Sector of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. It surveys and charts all navigable coastal and inland waters in Canada and produces special charts and maps for pleasure craft, the fishing industry, national and defence and offshore exploration. records loss But Myhra said things are begin ning to turn around for the credit union. “We were able to successfully market over 20 properties, getting money to work for us again in the form of interest income or liquidity. I trust that 1988 will be the year to resolve the balance of cur property problems,” he said President Russ Leamy also tquch ed on the loans problem, noting: “Property values have also stabilized Losses attributed to declining values have been extensive, but with a stable market, we can now see an end to this problem.” Leamy pointed to a number of changes in credit union management, including Chris McElroy as the super. visor of insurance services, Robin Clarke as the assistant manager, and Mable Wishlow as the Slocan Park branch manager. In addition, Myhra has been with the credit union just nine months. “With these changes and the acquisition of a new general manager just prior to last year’s annual meeting, your board feels they have an excellent team in place and look forward to long-term stability,” Leamy said. He also said the credit union expects to begin turning a profit again and restoring its statutory reserves — “hopefully a process that will not take long.” Under the Credit Union Act, Castlegar Savings must have a min imum $604,000 in its statutory re serves. However, the credit union closed the year with a $129,000 deficit The credit union has been under the supervision of the Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corp. of B.C. since September, 1986 and will remain under supervision until its minimum reserve level has been reached Meanwhile, Dwayne Skalpsky and Larry Brown were re-elected by ac clamation to the 10-member credit union board. They represent the area outside the Slocan Valley. Glenda Patterson was elected to the board for the first time. She was also unopposed and represents the Slocan Valley Guest speaker was Peter Pod. ovinikoff, formerly with the B.C. Central Credit Union and now chief executive officer with a Delta credit union. Elsewhere, members the board and Myhra with questions One member questioned why Castlegar Savings is still losing money when continued on page A3 EMEROENCY BLOOD