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The company ‘is seeking rate hikes of.28 per'cent for residential service, 87 per cent for individual line bus- iness service and as much as 48 per cent for a few specific business. services. | It'’ also” wants to raise the basic cost ofa pay phone call to 25 ‘from 10 cents..." DISCUSSED PROBLEMS ~ . “Subsequént tothe filing of ‘oti : and the size of the. Tequested » GNOF2 increase. ‘Renee “Porter, Castlegar Chamber ,of Commerce's sec-, Sie uretident has been ted’a director. on the. will bo visiting Cranbrook, Cres 2. agement changes by B.C. Tel, tly her's honorary’ liftime® mi ber for his past and Prose e. The chamber is working with.the Vancouver Board of Trade to arrange a visit by.a delegation’ of.20-25. senior: business members to indus- trial/commercial develop- ments in Castlegar. ‘The -visit is intended to” provide: members: of the board’ of ‘trade’ with. an -in- creased. awareness of recent economic activities, including opportunities that may exist for business contacts and ex- pansion or development ‘of commercial and ; industrial operations. ? ‘The board of trade is'look- ing for a region to become the focus of its seventh annual exploration. 2 . farther increases in rates if! problems,” -said a statement by A.G."Duncan ‘of CNCP. “The. result of this dis- cussion is contained in a Jetter from .J.C. Carlyle, . president and chief operating officer of B.C, Telephone Co. which outlines the steps that B.C. Telephone are prepared to take to improve quality of - Services.” Also. withdrawing from the hearing Tuesday, with no ex- planation, was the B.C. Sys- tems Corp.,.a Crown cor- poration . dependent .. upon B.C, Tel for installation of its ‘computer equipment In grantingB.C. Tel a rite increase on Jan. 29, 1981, the CRTC for the first time indi- cated it would only | grant "] the utility improved its per- East Koot nays willbe cho- sen. If so, the board of trade industries. developing. secon- ig seh $ dary. “the proposed Selkirk:College - Discovery Park in Castlegar. \'e@ The* chamber has also contacted West. Kootenay. Power: and Light Co. about “summer tours at the Brilliant Dam. @:The SunFest cominittes is planning a Las Vegas night for March 19 and 20 and will be‘ getting help from the Ki- wanis, Lions, Lady ~ Lions, Legion and Rotary clubs, “The event ‘is: planned ‘to. raige funds for SunFest “82, which ring from July ‘17- First organizational meeting for: SunFest-is ‘slated -for 7. p.m. Feb. 25 at the Hi-Arrow Arms Motor Hotel. formance. Lawyer :Andrew..Roman, acting“ “for :the Federated ‘ Ant’Poverty Groups | which “will intervene in’ the hear- ‘ings, said in an interview that - the CRTC’ “should use its rate-making : power” as an economic elub.to force man- Police Briefs Seven accidents were in- ‘cluded in 24 complaints in- vestigated by” local’ RCMP. over the weekend. | Police “made. .two Liquor seizures and charged one minor for being in possession of liquor. ‘Two-drivers were arrested for being drunk and one for being impaired, while two others had their driver's licences suspended ‘for 24 Drives Robert Wiehe: of Oliver suffered facial injuries ‘‘and his. passenger, \ Violet * Stoopnikoff, sustained a’ frac: tured arm after their vehicle left Highway: Monday just west of Castlegar. : Police estimated damage at $2,600 to the fort Jimmy. Damages totalled $8,800 in a two-vehit cident early ‘Saturday ‘morning on. High- way 8 at the Brilliant Bridge. “One driver, Monica Glebott of Robson, was treated at_ Castlegar and District Hos- ital.for head injuries while sth oe ee Judy, Hamel “Driver David Kinakin of Castlegar was taken to Castlegar Hospital with head injuries Saturday morning after his vehicle dodged a dog and struck a pole on Col- umbia Ave. The vehicle re- ceived $1,000 damage. Just before noon Saturday ; -two pickups: collided at Col- . ind Grd Street.” umbia Ave, Robert Sicotte’s 1975 pickup received $1,500 damage and Robert Verishine's 1971 pick- ° up received $2,500 damage. Verishine was taken to the ‘local’ hospital with leg in- juries. Both drivers are of Castlegar. * . Damage was estimated at $1,600 to a 1982 pickup dri- *. * ven by Burkhard Altenhoff of Four: separate ‘aeeldente widow of one of the four “200 workers. © Gyacuated at Revelstoke Dam: ‘REVELSTOKE. (CP) — About »200 workers were evacuated at. B.C. ‘Hydro's * Revelstoke Dam construction site Tuesday in southeastern B.C, when fire broke out next to. propane. tank. Fire officials:say a snow- slide ruptured a: pipe con- nected to a 54,000-litre pro- pane tank..A vaporizer ex- ploded. and’ the flames de- flected against the tank. Firefighters eventually were able to shut off the flow of propane and begin cleanup *<- operations. No injuries were reported. : ‘and from the hospital.for the .. duration of a transit strike. About 1,300 -bus and light il transit train. drivers, as well as maintenarice workers, walked out Monday to back their demands for parity with Calgary transit workers. “It’s a life-threatening sit- -; uation,” said Pauline’ McCor- mick, kidney transplant co- ordinator at the University Hospital, “They have to .get down here 'somehow.”, ‘The patients depend heav- ‘ily-on the transit. sytem to travel to the hospital for Racial COTONOU (CP) —: Pope John Paul arrived in Cotonou today to an eestatic welcome from Bonin's Roman Catholic minority and a stern revolu- tionary lecture from Presl- ‘dent Mathieu Kerekou. Thousands of singing and dancing church supporters were allowed through tight security and on to the run- way as tho papal Airbus ar- rived from the Nigerian cap- ital of Lagos. There was virtual silence ‘as President Kerekori, wear- ing traditional costume, launched inio a 25-minute political speech with the Pope. standing patiently be- side him. The Pope had sought to avoid political controversy on his ‘current. Afriean tour. During his five-day visit to Nigeria, he spoke on a num- ~ ber of issues, but ignored the most burning question: in “black Affica,.the racial pol- icies of "Yhe- white-minority government in'South Africa. __ Relations . between the church ‘and ‘the’ state in Benin, where an estimated 15 per cent of the country’s five million-people are Catholic, have ‘often been strained since Kerekou installed a So- CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 17,1982 AS policies ignored ‘POPE JOHN PAULIL clalist government in a 1972 military coup. RELATIONS IMPROVE But church sources say the Pope's ‘visit, and the gov- ernment’s determination to roll out the red carpet, are evidence of an improved cli- mate. Tens-of thousands of smil- ing,and cheering faces lined the roads as the Pope, in a black convertible limousine, led the motorcade from the airport to Cotonou's soccer stadium. Armed soldiers ringed the alrport in jeeps and per- sonnel” carriers, and red- bereted commandos guarded public buildings and the area around the presidential pal- ace, : .At the stadium, a crowd of 26,000 exploded into ‘ap- plause as the Pope, waving and wearing a gold-rimmed red straw hat, made his way to the wooden altar beneath a green canopy in the centre of the field. Among: the 6,000 digni- taries seated on the scrubby grass pitch were the Moslem eading Feticheurs, the medicine men who are followed by about 75 per cent of the population. In his homily, the Pope said the church in Benin, formerly Dahomey, was un- dergoing a ‘new spring” with increases | “Before leaving Lagos, the Nigerian capital, “the Pope, who also’ visits Gabon and Equadorial Guinea before re- turning. to the Vatican on Friday, told President Shehu Shagari and his cabinet that Nigeria’ was. “a: credit. to Atiea: to the world and to thé church of Jesus Christ.” _Katimavik rep here Katimavik, the * national volunteer. youth program funded by Secretary of State, is currently: accepting appli- ations from ita people ‘who wish to » joi this summer or fall. In ‘the: area Monday to ‘the program | address Stanley Humphries © Secondary School students was Lori Gllen Banister, 21, who was a 1980-81 parti- cipant-of the Katimavik pro- gram. She spent three nate each at Cape Britain, “in Manitoba and Laforet Lar- ose, Ont. In Jneach 1 nine month period, three m Frenchor ie 5 ‘placing’ ‘1, people in 89, commtunty ‘pro; ects across Canada. Katimavik is. designed to” offer. young Canadian be- tween 17 and 21, from all re- gions, backgrounds and cul- _ tural groups, a challenging alternative educational ex- perience. ‘The basic components of the Katimavik concept, in- cluding physical work aimed at protecting and improving the environment, community service through local organi- zations, and cuttural educ- ation, are” emphasized throughout the nine month experience. five-hour dialysis treatments ~ three times a week, she said. . Following treatment on a machine, which in- volveg a minimum five-hour’ process of cleansing the blood “to :xremove..toxins; patients are ‘usually ‘weak and some- times suffer fainting spells. While the provincjal Social Services ..Department. fire: vides free car servite to pa: tients: when necessary, Mc- Cormick said moat Prater to The inception of the Kati- miivik : program .in -‘Septem- ber, 1977, saw. 1,000 partt- cipants in 30 project sites in 49 different communities from the Pacific to the At- lantic coast. Th British Columbia his cated in the West Kootenays; it seuthers Ongeaete insert rt. the Sunshine Flyform designer . widow's target VANCOUVER (CP) — The victims of last year’s Bentall tower tragedy said Tuesday she is taking direct legal ac- "tion against a Toronto com- pany involved in the mishap. Carol Davis also said she is meeting today with commis- sioners of the Workers’ Com- pensation Board in a last ef- fort to convince them to maintain her compensation board. benefits while her court ‘case proceeds, The damage action — be- lieved to be unprecedented — _ will be launched against An- thes Equipment Ltd. of Tor- onto, designer of the plat- form — known asa flyform — on which her husband and three other carpenters were standing when it suddenly toppled over, hurling the men from the top of a building under construction, 86 floors to their deaths. A. coroner’s jury investi- gating the Jan. 7, 1981 acci- dent found the platform had * “grossly under de- Anthes may be’ sued for, negligence because the com- pensation board ruled last year the company is not pro- tected by B.C. compensation legislation. “However, under compen- sation board regulations, families launching personal: legal action must pay their own eosts and are also cut off from benefits during any damage action. The board has been ex- tensively lobbied by all four families, their lawyer and the earpenters union to amend the cut-off policy. LORI GLLEN BANISTER ++ recruitment officer . ‘Rough séas give up four bodies ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. (CP) — Four bodies’ were recov- ered from the rough seas of the northwest Atlantic early today in an area not far from where the oil rig ‘Ocean Ranger sank early - Monday with the loss of all hands. ‘Coast Guards officials said one search vessel had picked up three bodies, two in a life- raft, and another vessel had picked up one body. The recoveries bring to five the number of bodies - taken aboard search ships. - One was found shortly after " disaster early Monday. hee for the ne victims of which played & iajor role in sinking a giant oil rig and a Russian containership on the Newfoundland Grand Banks earlier this week, continued to rage over the rich fishing grounds today as Canadian Coast Guard ships, supply vessels and large fishing craft searched for the vic- tims. Two aircraft were to fly search patterns over the general area later today, a search spokesman said. Search officials said winds strengthened to 50 knots early today and snowsqualls reduced visibility to zero in some areas. Meanwhile, families of the 84 men lost when the oil rig Ocean Ranger sank early Monday had little choice but to accept the fate of their men and hope the bodies can be retrieved from the sea. A second body was re- covered Tuesday as tricky sea conditions lingered from the storm Monday that sent one of the world’s biggest oil below the waves and “Been crippled the Russian freight- er. Mekhankik Tarasov, which later sank with at least 82 lives. lost. : The list of men aboard the Ocean Ranger and a short ‘statement by Odeco Drilling )of Canada Ltd., a subsidiary the rig’s owner and oper- ~ +, were issued Tuesday. One body, was recovered on Monday. “Bus driver charged in collision ‘PENTICTON (CP) — Bus Benedict Surina has with not driv- ing on the right hand side'of _ the road following an acci- dent Tuesday between the bus he was driving and a car. Surina, who until Tuesday had a 29-year accident-free~ record, was at the wheel of a Greyhound bus when it col- lided with a car on Highway 3 about 20 kilometres east of Osoyoos in the Okanagan Valley. Driver of the car was Heather Anne Burton, 34, of Rock Creek, B.C. Her car slammed into the side of the bus, taking out the baggage compartment. Burton and a passenger ini the car, Robert Frederick Gill, 21, also of Rock Creek, suffered facial lacerations. There were 23 passengers aboard the bus which was en route from Penticton to Cal- gary. Five people were admitted to South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver with var- ious injuries. One woman suffered broken ribs and an- other person suffered a bro-’ ken nose. ‘ Fourteen others were ex. amined: and released. a