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Bug roast | It took eight members of the Castle Fire fighters were called out last Tue Avenue and Fourth Street in downto gar Volunteer Fire Department to bring this hot bug under control. sday night, September 15, at 11:35 P.m. on the corner of Columbia wn Castlegar. The 1974 Beetle was gutted SUN STAFF PHOTO / John Van Putten Doing the “Cabinet Shuffle” KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff I's a dance which, at times, can leave many people out of step and scratc hing their heads, wondering if they should be waltzing or polkaing. It's called the “Cabi net Shuffle”, and it happens on occasion much to the consternation of cabinet men bers. This shuffle around, three cabinet munisters were left with empty dance cards three more ministers were left dancing in Place, while the remaining ministers traded Partners Premier Mike Harcourt announced the cabinet shuffle September 15, and explained his reasons for doing so “These cabinet changes are more about me changing my attitude than the perfor- mance of individuals. It is less about who » is in or out than about ass« mbling a team that works together, at my direction, to Cominco agreement, business serve the people of British Columbia Harcourt admitted that his first tw« years as Premier have been difficult and that mistakes were made. however he said that after speaking with average people across the province he has come to a real ization that significant change is necessary Harcourt went on to say that the biggest change he intends to make involves him self, and that he has learned that a more focussed and direct leadership is needed Out of the 19 cabinet Ministers, the only three who retained their Positions were Energy, Mines and Petroleum Minister Anne Edwards; Attorney General, Colin Gabelmann, and; Women’s Equality Minis- ter, Penny Priddy. ' Among the Ministers who have been shuffled are: former Finance Minister, Glen Clark who, in two budgets, raised taxes by $1.5 million. Clark will now be Minister of Employment and Investment Former Health Minister, E lizabeth Cull, who helped pushed through the “New Directions” mandate, will now head up Finance and Cor- porate Relations: Forest Minister, Dan Miller has been shuffled to Skills, Training and Labour; Labour Minister Moe Sihota has moved to Environment, Lands and Parks; and Transportation Minister, Art Charbonneau will oversee Education Among some of the controversy regard ing the shuffle is the appointment of two rookies, Paul Ramsey, of Prince George North, and Joy McPhail, of Vanc ouver- Hastings to Health and Social Services, a ministry which accounts for $8.8 billion out of a $18.9 billion budget As well as the shuffle, three ministers were dumped from the cabinet They are Minister of Education, Anita Hagen; Government Services Minister, Lois Boone and; Advanced Education Minis- ter, Tom Perry plan ratified SHOP & COMPARE “The Deals Will Be Happening” HIGHWAY 6 # TO SALMO KALAWSKY PONTIAC BUICK GMC (1999) LTD. THE KING OF CARs—— , oo he. | NELSON TOYOTA LTD / / Seanagh Sloan For The Castlegar Sun Cominco's unionized employ ees have ratified the existing Collective Agreements and additional Business Plan issues associated with their targeted $50 million performance improvement agreement will expire May 31, 1995. Included in the plan is almost 300 layoffs in 1993, 95 of which already occurred in July. Another 185 will be effective in November. > Chief Public Relations Officer Richard Fish stated that down-siz- ing involved 50 employees per year, by January 1, 1994, approxi- mately 1850 employees will be off except in the event of a gener- al shutdown or closure of an entire plant “As a result of this agreement, 25 lay offs are going to be rescinded right away”, said Fish. An early retirement and volun- tary severance package for those eligible will mitigate some of the layoffs. For each person who takes an early retirement Package, another November lay off will be rescinded. “Potentially there are about 120 people eligible for the early retirement package and we figure perhaps they will take the pack- age.” The early retirement pro- gram offers an unreduced pension and a lump sum payment related to years of service. Eligibility fac- B « onwas he, : Y: rte 27 e2__ Whitewater _ —_ Motors Dealer No. I tors are complex, and are based Primarily on age, Starting at 55 and running to 65, and service Fish noted that “there are a num- ber of measures to mitigate the formal effects of taking early retirement so that they have as good a pension as possible.” The voluntary severance pack- age has also been designed to reduce layoffs, since every person who takes the offer will reduce a November layoff. The package is based on a payment equivalent to 25 hours of pay for every year of service up to $10,000. A lump sum of $4,000 has been Provided for those employees laid off between May and December of 1993 One additional benefit to Working at Trail’s Cominco oper- ation. Employees on the active payroll as of 1994 will not be laid 3 ions Pages Ann Landers ........ 12B ‘Business . Comics.. Editorial ..... employees on the active payroll is be guaranteed work but not always the Profit-Sharing Plan. Necessarily in their current trade. Once Cominco’s Trail opera The company may still con- tions reach their goal of seven act out major construction Percent on Return on Assets, a Peaks, peak work, manufactured fund will be generated to a maxi- goods and some off-property mum of $7.5 million, paid out to _ repairs. employees annually. That could mean as much as $4,000 for each Person, with a payroll of 1850. Management style at Comin- co will also change following the direction of Cominco’s busi- ness plan A joint Steering Committee has will develop and implement an employee empowerment pro The supervisor's role will evolve to one of coaching and coordinating, workers will take on greater influence and responsibili- ty for day-to-day Operations. Fish stated that the approach is, “very effective Certainly the employees and union have encouraged us.” Increased work Place flexibility will reduce Posi- tion barriers. “A lot of people have skill in a variety of areas, but because they were pegged as one particular trade under the old collective agreement, they were not obligat ed to work in another trade,” said Fish. He stated that the training Castlegar memories ripped-off KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff Sometime around September 14, omeone stole a piece of Castlegar history. The piece of Castlegar which was stolen, and is irreplaceable, is a time capsule which had been placed in the brick wall of the Castlegar News building by Premier Bill Bennett in 1979. Bennett placed. the capsule in the wall with the help of wife of the founding publisher of the Castlegar News, Mrs. L. V. Campbell. Among some of the items which had been in the capsule were news- Papers which contained stories recording historic moments in Castlegar history, coins which were dated 1979, the “new” Mid-Week Mirror, and other pertinent Castlegar memorabilia The current owner of the building, Gerry Hoodicoff. was appalled by the action which would strip Castlecar of 4 piece of its hi . “Isn't that really stupid” There was all kinds of memorabilia in the time capsule." Hoodicoff said he first noticed the plaque and time capsule were missing early on the morning“of Tuesday, September 14. Hoodicoft speculated the capsule and the Plaque, which was bolted onto the build- ing, and marked the occasion of the planting of the time capsule, were removed the previous night The time capsule was scheduled to be remov ed Apnil 20, 2029 Castlegar RCMP are continuing their investigation Pair charged for beer heist Sun Staff Two Castlegar residents, Thomas Brian Dickson, 29, and Tracie Susan Jamieson, 30, will appear in Castlegar Provincial Court to answer to charge: ated with the theft of 178 cases of beer. The charges occurred after 178 cases of beer had been stolen on September 16, 1993 from a tractor trailer unit. which was parked at Sky- way Distributors. Subsequently, on September 19, 4 ch warrant was exeeuted on a residence in the 1200 block of Ist Avenue which resulted in approximately 55 cases of beer being seized from the residence Jamieson and Dickson were then arrested and charged with Possession of stolen property plan will provide more opportuni ties to upgrade skills Other aspects included in the agreememt include security for tradespersons—those working in a trade after November of 1993 will SUN STAFF PHOT Van Putter It’s official, the Celgar modernization is completed. (L-R) Mr. Wei, from Beijing, China and Chairman of CITIC, Minister of Forests, Dan Miller Castlegar Mayor, Audrey Moore, and MLA, Ed Conroy took care of the ribbon cutting ceremonies while other members of the official opening party and guests look on