which could bring her $8 mil- lion over her lifetime and a marginally productive life to look forward to. “From day to day my wife and I would wake up and not know if she would make it,” said the girl's father, George, who agreed to be interview- ed only if the family names goes with losing the intelli- gent, athletic daughter they once knew. Louise is a former straight- A student and basketball champ whose bedroom wall is papered with ribbons and awards. But her father says she's different from the girl who was elected school president just prior to the accident. “It took us a while to realize she wasn't going to ceive $3,785 a month when she turns 19 in 1986. The million during her life. Even when you're out of sight, you won't be out of reach. When you leave the office, Pagecall can keep you in the picture. It’s the radio paging service that makes sure important messages always reach you. Pagecall offers the most extensive paging coverage in B.C. Call today for more infor- mation or visit your local B.C. Tel Phone Mart for a free demonstration. 112-800- 242-059 Castlegar-you’ve got Time. on your side. Time Is Connections! Flying on Time means Castlegar - Calgary flights six days a week, Sunday to Friday - more with great connections to major cities or smaller communities. weather — had all but swallowed hundreds of homes, sent it te watery graves and swept away a winter's supply of grain and hay. Remarkably, there were no However, the receding waters and forecasts of lighter rains for the rest of the week are raising optimistic hopes that the worst is over. “We're all in high spirits here,” said Milt Fernandez of the Pemberton fire department, where sleepy-eyed, b faced. Heinrich visits schools VICTORIA (CP) — Edu- cation Minister Jack Heinrich says he learned a great deal during the week he spent back in school — but isn't saying just what he learned. Heinrich said Tuesday the purpose of his visit to two Victoria schoolg last week was to gauge the impact of the government's restraint policy on the system and “to feel and absorb what is going on in, the schools.” Heinrich, who went to school from about 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. each day then worked in his office each evening, said in an interview that he would not draw any immediate conclusions on areas that need his attention such as class size and cur. riculum. He said he talked with teachers, administrators and and ded var i have been working around the clock co-ordinating evacuations and flood watches. “If the river doesn't go up any at night we should be all right.” More than 300 people were evacuated, many moving in with residents in the high-and-dry town proper — one of the few parts of the area 130 kilometres north of Vancouver left unscathed by what old-timers called the worst flooding in 40 years. The local hotel, church and town residents opened their doors to flooded neighbors, many bewildered and shocked by what the water had done to their homes and property. Enyironment Minister Tony Brummet said today that cabinet will make a decision on compensation for flood victims within a week. Government financial aid for flood damage is not automatic, particularly when losses are insurable, so each case will be dealt with separately, Brummet said. John Reynolds, the provincial Social Credit member of the legislature for the area, said earlier that aid money will probably come from a federal-provincial disaster aid plan. Under that, the province pays the first $2.8 million in aid, River. Angry residents, the roof tops of their homes sprouting from the water's surface, wanted officials to cut through the when the track bed washed away. One of those on the severely-flooded side of the rail line was Larry Allen, a 50-year-old farmer and snowmobile dealer, who spent Tuesday night in his camper parked behind the hotel he once owned. “This used to be such a valley but I think it’s time to get out of here,” said the heavy-set Allen as he stood in the rain outside the local grocery store. “All kinds of my snowmobiles are submerged; T've lost a number of cattle out there and I don’t hold out a whole lot of hope for some of the others. They just haven't got a hope in hell. They went through it yesterday (Monday) . . . but maybe tomorrow they're not going to be there.” Mike Dennison, who owns a farm three kilometres northeast of here, said he was not so worried about the damage that water may have done to the inside of his home, he was concerned about “the tractor and the two cars, that's the expensive stuff.” Dennison said most of his corrals seemed to be washed out. “my sheep might be on the run for the rest of the year.” BURNABY (CP) — There should be an independent i igation into the ion and of Expo 86, the British Columbia and Yukon Building and Con struction Trades Council said Tuesday. Couneil president Roy Gautier accused managers of the world’s fair of allowing improper bidding practices for the non-union construction firm of J.C. Kerkhoff and Sons. Kerkhoff was awarded the $4.5-million contract May 30 for construction of the east gate to the Expo site in Vv ious classes, many of them for the full period. 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Sunday - Friday: Depart Castlegar 1:20 p.m Arrive Calgary 3:25 p.m. (loca! time) “The normal, proper and accepted practice in the legitimate construction industry is that all bids on a given project include specific details of the bidder's subcon traeting arrangements,” Gautier told a news conference. “As of a week ago, months after being awarded the contract, Kerkhoff still had not been able to finalize the arrangements for fabrication.” The east gate is a complex steel structure and Gautier said only unionized contractors in B.C. have the equipment necessary to erect it. He said some of the unionized contractors were Expo management criticized approached recently by Kerkhof but refused to get involved with the | non-union . whose presence on the site caused a work stoppage by union employees shortly after the contract was awarded. Gautier also accused Expo of being “shady” and acting “suspiciously” for giving Kerkhoff a four-month extension on the completion deadline because it has rede- signed the gate. The contract called for partial completion by Nov. 22. Gautier said Expo was redesigning the gate when the contract was let to Kerkhoff. Contrary to normal practice, he said, Expo did not give other bidders the opportunity to resubmit bids for the new plan with the extended deadline. “I think Expo awarded the contract in haste to bring the matter of the talks with the building trades (over use of non-union labor on the site) to a head.” Construction Labor Relations Association, which p ionized contra: has no evi there have been improprieties in the bidding practices used by Expo nor does it know any of the details of the extended construction schedule for Kerkhoff, a spokesman said. Saturday, after eight days five hours and 17 minutes in space. “absolutely incredible views of Earth,” including 20-minute glimpses of Canada. “I'm very proud of being a Canadian, of seeing my country from this ineredibly fantastic view. “One realizes that one is very lucky to be Canadian and He said the blastoff “was the most fantastic short trip I've ever taken,” Enveloped by. violent vibration and noise for the eight minutes it took to get into orbit, he said his heart was pounding and “I was a little bit afraid.” Garneau’s words of emotion and patriotism ended what has been a virtual silence, other than his daily technical reports, during his first four days in space. He had been quiet “because from my naval background I know it’s not a good thing to keep prattling on.” The conference appeared to loosen the crew up. Film showed them floating, mostly in seated positions, as they passed the microphone to answer questions from reporters at Johnson Space Centre in Houston and at a site in Sydney, Australia. Australian-born American Paul Scully-Power, an ccoanographer, is another rookie and, on top of t seas from space, he is helping Garneau with some of ye Garneau, 85, a navy commander, said tribute to the rest “I feel that even though I've only gotten to know them in the last two months tht we've learned to know each other very well and to make the most of the situation and it's turning out to be a fantastic trip,” Garneau said. BED FLOATS AROUND Ride, the first American woman in space during her mission last year, said Garneau does not tie his floating bed down at night. “Mare has recently been seen just kind of floating through the mid-deck at will, all night long,” she said. In a later broadcast, Ride joked about Garneau being entitled to some extra cookies because he had said nice things about his crew members during the news conference. The 50-minute news conference was a point of controversy because the communications satellite time used to hold it could have been used for radar photography of Earth that has already been reduced due to satellite antenna problems. But flight director Cleon Lacefield said only about 10 minutes of radar time was lost. And Ride said that while the question is legitimate, “it’s important for you people to see how we live up here and what we're doing.” Garneau's brother Philippe, 25, a writer for a Toronto ad agency, acted as a journalist at the space-to-earth news conference. He is covering the shuttle mission on a freelance basis for a Montreal-based radio network during his vacation. He prefaced his questions by saying “this is your little brother.” He was so excited he practically shouted his bilingual question about Garneau's feelings at blastoff. He triéd to make his brother feel good by telling him the results of his experiments so far are wonderful. VICTORIA (CP) — Forest critic Don Lockstead, ac cusing Doman Industries Ltd. of highgrading timber for export, called Tuesday for an independent inquiry to in vestigate charges of misman agement of the firm's forest licence for the Kimsquit Val ley, about 50 kilometres oe. | Timber never logged northeast of Bella Coola. Abuse of the licence is ex treme, Lockstead said in a news release, and in one cutting block alone, up to eight million board feet is rotting on the ground. He said the timber was cut three to four years ago, but has never been “To have matters worse, the company is now high. grading timber for export on other cutting blocks in the valley and hauling these new logs through that wood left on the ground,” Lockstead said. Forests Minister Tom Waterland said he was not aware of the situation but would look into it. He said that the terms of a forest licence normally re- quire a five-year develop- ment plan, upon which the forest service grants cut ting permits outlining the al- lowed harvest in specific areas. “On the basis of the normal cutting permit system, it is difficult to imagine how the company could get away with this neglect,” Waterland said. monthly Line of Credit & savings Call toll free: 112-800-661-1484 WEST’S TRAVEL AGENCY 1217 - 3rd St., Castlegar 365-7782 HENNE TRAVEL 1410 Bay Ave., Trail 368-5595 MAPLE LEAF TRAVEL LTD. 605 - 18th St., Castlegar 365-6616 TRAM FRUITVALE Daily interest paid or No minimum balance (7 ig Combined chequing ([% 30 days toS years @ Monthly income plons Compounded interest plans RRSP Term Deposit option CASTLEGAR . 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To celebrate the first dec- ade of the prisoners’ asso- ciation known as the Hu. manist Group, there was a reunion this week of past and present participants. “I don’t know what the fel lows are in for because I don't ask them,” said Joyce Allan who said her 27-year-old handicapped son, Jimmy Hunter, has made major progress since joining the Man sees movie, sets wife on fire MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man set fire to his wife after watching a TV movie about a woman who burned her abu- sive husband to death, then cried “Nol!” and “Help!” as she burned, says a neighbor who helped douse the flames. Police said they would de- cide on formal charges today against the husband of Sharon Brandt, 37. Her mother, Margaret Fu hrer of Milwaukee, said Tues. day her daughter was not expected to live. She was listed in critical condition at St. Mary’s Burn Centre with burns over 95 per cent of her body Mrs. Brandt's 39-year-old husband, whose name was being withheld pending for mal charges, was arrested Monday on suspicion the at tempted murder and held on $60,000 bond after he splash. ed gasoline on his wife and set her on fire with a cigar. ette lighter, police said Board outlaws seeds WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. (AP) — Palm Beach County education officials have forbidden students from carrying hemp seeds com- monly used to feed birds be- cause they can be used to grow plants similar to but not culed the ruling and said he is amazed the seeds are being challenged. "Those kids could smoke that and chew it and eat it ‘til they're blue in the face,” said Lake Worth veterinarian and specialist Greg Harri son. “You can't get stoned on it. It's impossible.” “These kids are very inno- vative when it comes to that stuff,” said Johnny McKen- A neighbor of the Brandts, 17-year-old Gerald Baade, said he was getting ready for bed Monday night when he heard the husband outside yelling “no!” over and over and then “Help!” POURED WATER Baade said he plunged a bucket into a neighbor's pool and doused the flames en. gulfing Mrs. Brandt. The husband grabbed the bucket and kept pouring water over his wife, saying they had to keep her cool, Baade said. The man took one of the sons by the arm and forced him to look, saying “Look at your mother now,” Baade said Tuesday. The husband, who Baade said drives a truck for a con struction company and oper. ates an upholstery service, suffered minor burns to his hands and neck. He appeared Tuesday in the District At torney’s Office wearing fat igue pants, combat boots, a hospital gown and bandages on his hands. program. “When I come here, I don’t think of them as prisoners,” she said. “I think of them as someone who's helping my son and I'm very, very grate- ful.” The only prison “graduate” to turn up was Gerry Glover, who finished his term for second-degree murder a year ago and spent three years with the handicapped. Glover is working in an automotive shop and studying psychol ogy as he prepares to enter Camosun Community Col lege’s course on long-term care of the physically dis abled. “There were a numbér who were reluctant to come be- cause of their new life,” said Ken McLennan, the prison's social development co-ordin- ator. Glendale social worker Janice de Cunha said eight former inmates have contin- ued to work with the handi- capped or in child care after their release. Mike Bennett, one of the first administrators of the program that was conceived by the inmates, returned to William Head for the reunion and recalled the program has had its ups and downs. “It has survived despite some of the efforts of the ad. ministration, of which I was a part,” he said. eouver food banks at the stadium parking lot on Oct. 16. That's one of the days thousands are expected to crowd into the stadium to hear evangelist Billy Gra ham, here Oct. 14 to 21. Last week stadium officials said no to the idea because B.C. Place has a policy against soliciting in or around the stadium. But after discussions with food bank representatives Tuesday, officials gave the green light to food collection in the parking lot “We're trying to help and this has been a solution with out corhpromising our pol iey,” said B.C. Place spokes man Ray Dykes The effort is starting to shift into high gear as more people volunteer to help out, Russell said. Large trucks will be stationed in one area of the parking lot and volun teers with carts will be placed at strategic corners around the stadium ¢ y NOTICE OF ELECTION 1984 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the Municipality of Castlegar that | require the presence of the 460 C bia Avenue, Casth on between the hours of 10:00 @.m. to 12:00 noon to elect: Three (3) Alderman Two (2) School Trustees Two (2) Year Term Two (2) Year Term NOMINATIONS c shail paper shall be signed by the candidate. Forms are available at City Hall. said electors at the City * the 29th day of October, 1984, electors of the In the event of a POLL being necessory: the Poll will be open at the Castlegar Community Complex, 2101 - 61 Avenue, on Saturday, the 17th day of November, 1984, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. A MOBILE POLL for hospital patients and staff will be conducted at the Castlegar and District Hospital on Polling day An ADVANCE POLL will be open at the City Hall on the 9th day of Novem- ber, 1984, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. to permit duly qualified electors that expect to be absent trom the City on Polling Day to vote Given under my hand at Castlegar this 9th day of October, 1984 R. J. SKILLINGS Returning Officer 7 CONGRATULATIONS IN YOUR NEW LOCATION! From all of us who worked on the construction of your new shop at 2141 Columbia Avenue. Random checks tested in court OTTAWA (CP) — The constitutionality of random spot checks of drivers by police was tested in the Supreme Court of Canada on Tuesday The test arises from a 1980 case in which Robert B. Dedman of Toronto was charged with failing to give a breath test after being stopped by police. Dedman was acquitted after police testified he had been driving properly and they had no reason to suspect he was committing an offence. He was among drivers stopped at random in an Ontario campaign aimed at drinking drivers The Ontario Court of Appeal ordered another trial, saying the random checks are legal even if a driver gives police no reason to pull him over The constitutional issue is whether Ontario has invaded federal jurisdiction to deal with criminal law New Brunswick and Alberta both intervened in support of Ontario's position The Supreme Court reserved judgment on the appeal by Dedman and will likely hand down a decision next year. 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