r .) cs CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 4, 1981 / Ann Landers = Dear Ann Landers: It all started when | was in college. | dated a few guys, but my real love Interest was “Jessie”, We enjoyed a terrific lesbian relation- ship. | decided | wanted marriage and family, so we broke up and | married a football player who was a big man on campus. We moved to south Texas. Bill and | had three children in five years and everything was going well. Then Jassie called me up. Could we have lunch? It had been 12 years since ! had seen her, and | thought, “Why not?” The lunch was wonderful. She looked better than ever. After a second lunch and a third, we were back to where we were in college. Lovers. Jessie came to the house often. The kids loved her, and my husband thought she was great. Nobody had a clue. Suddenly my mother had,a heart attack, so ! tushed to Oklahoma. The kids were away at camp, and Bill said he could mianage. My mother's heart attack turned out to be in- digestion, so | came home the following night. The house was dark and my husband's car was in the garage. | let myself in, walked upstairs and found Jessie and Bill in bed together. It was 2 a.m. and they were sound asleep. | woke them up and they nearly died of fright. There was a scene and Jessie left. Bill cried, begged me to forgive him and swore it was the first and last time he had ever cheated. | forgave him. The problem is this: | can't forgive Jessie. She never dated in college and never mentioned a man in her life. | feel like | have been betrayed. Is it possible that she has been bisexual all along and fool everybody. What should be done about our friendship? — Boggled. Dear Bog in Bloom: Of course, it is possible that Jessie was bisexual all along and fooled everybody. Why are yor surprised? You did it. As for friendship, give it the deep-six. | see nothing but trouble if you continue to see this woman. Deor Ann Landers: This is for the grossly obese young man in Binghamton, N.Y. Three years ago, at age 17, | too, was in the 400-pound bracket. | tried every diet under the sun and even went to diet camps. Nothing worked. Uhad no friends, couldn't participate in sports and went through the agony of having people stare at me, like | was a side-show freak. Several doctors told me my life span would be shortened because of the fat crowding my heart and poor I from lack of Thanks to my wonderful parents and a fine doctor, | decided to have a bypass operation. It chan: life. | can now eat everything | want with no weight gain. Why don't you d the bypass op: in your column? It saved my life. — Baltimore Reader. Dear Balt: The intestinal bypass operation is for the dangerously obese only. (Those who weigh double what they. should.) It IS effective, but should be recom- ded by a phy not a colt The d side-effects — nausea, diarrhea and di: Justice for white-collar crime VANCOUVER (CP) — The man responsible for policing B.C.'s securities market dis- agrees with the province's senior trial judge on how the justice system should deal with white-collar criminals, Superintendent of Brokers Robert Bullock, and former head of an RCMP team that specializes in stock and com- modity investigations, says that those who break com- merical laws belong in prison along with so-called common. criminals, “It disturbs me to hear some speakers say we should not send white-collar crim- inals to prison,” Bullock told delegates to a. commercial crime conference. Chief Justice Allan Mc- Eachern of the B.C. Supreme Court, earlier told the con- ference sponsored by the Continuing Legal Education Society of B,C., that no good is served by sending non- violent, white-collar crimin- als to prison. Bullock disagreed with the judge's view, particularly with his assertion that prison terms do not have a de- terrent effect on those who Seniors’ Lottery winner Seniors’ Lottery Associ- ation of B.C. has announced Mrs. Margaret Weir of Vic- toria, B.C. as its Oct. 27 draw winner of $2,000. Proceeds from the Seniors’ Lottery help seniors all over British Columbia. are tempted to engage in commerical crime, DON'T LIKE JAIL “They (white-collar crim- inals) don't like being branded common criminal Emphasizing prison as a deterrent, Bullock sald to- day's sophisticated commer- clal crime artist is extremely difficult to detect, inves- Canadians Human guinea pigs WINNIPEG (CP) — Can- adians have become guinea- pigs for unproven medical h because regula- and sent to prison with rap- ists, murderers and thieves,” Bullock said. “I can't accept’ the idea that we should not send them to jail.” , As for the argument: that white-collar crime lacks an element of violence, Bullock suggested that stealing someone's life-time savings through a stock. fraud can have far more serious: con- sequences than a few cuts and bruises. In a major stock market fraud, hundreds of persons can be affected, many of them to'a very serious de- gree, Bullock told the 200 lawyers, policemen and bus- inessmen. e tigate, p and convict. He said the transnational aspect of commerical crimes means that criminals often move through different jur- isdictions and across foreign -boundaries, movements which complieate i tions are tougher in other countries, a federal health department official said. Dr. Agit Das Gupta told delegates to the annual Man- itoba Health Conference that 250 clinical tests of new med- tions. ae ical were conduc- ted in this country last year. Provincial winner The Oct. 30 Provincial winning ticket number is 4988856. This ticket, with its complete number, wins 000. Additional ‘prizes are $50,000 for the last six digits; $1,000 for the last five digits; $100 for the last four digits; and $10 for the last two digits. The next draw takes place this Friday. ‘ jupta heads the depart: et health and welfare's bureau of medical devices and he said they found 187 products with serious prob- lems. He said that figures may be only the top of the ice- burg. Gupta said some Canadians may reason that it is bene- ficial for Canada to be re- search-minded. “1 wonder though, what the patient thinks about it, or if he knows the device has not really been tested at all,” Gupta said. He said most medical prod- ucts on the market are not tested by anyone in industry or government. “The first experimental animal is you,” he told dele- gates to the conference. $129 HARRIS TWEED _ SPORT JACKET fort — can be terrible. I'm glad you escaped these | problems. Many were not so lucky. Newer 1 tech are safer. Part of the stomach Is blocked off with surtures or staples. This sharply limits the amount of food that can be ‘ea Side-effects from this operation are less frequent and milder. ih Alcohol may sell at corner grocery By Vic Parsons VANCOUVER (CP) — A decision on whether to per- mit wine and beer sales through grocery stores may be made by the end of November, says Peter Hynd- man, British Columbia con- sumer and corporate affairs minister. range of supplementary is- sues will arise — whether just B.C. or other wines can be sold, what kinds of stores will be allowed to sell and whether the change will apply to both beer and wine. Hyndman says that under no circumstances will hard liquor be sold through gro- If the government decides to allow the sales, British Columbians could find gro- cery store shelves stocked with their favorite wines and ales three to six months from now. The question is whether legislators will approve cor- ti and ceries. It is also unlikely that free pricing and special sales similar to those in the U.S. would be permitted. The closest B.C. came pre- viously to liberalizing the law was in 1975 when the legis- lature controlled by the for- sale of alcohol. Currently, hard liquor, beer and wine are sold through the govern- ment's Liquor Distribution Branch. In Quebec, corner grocer- ies have been allowed to sell beer for years and indepen- dent grocery stores have been allowed to sell wine since 1979. Ontario now allows sales of wine in large, supermarkets and in special stores run by wine pro- ducers, : Hyndman said his ministry has conducted studies during the last nine months to try and sort out problems which might arise from increased consumption and accessibil- ity of wine and beer, enforce- ment, possible impacts on traffic and costs. If a decision is made to allow grocery store sales, a MacKINNON, Dougias D. ALDERMAN KIWANIS. SKATE-A-THON Sat., Nov. 7 PLEDGE WHEN ASKED mer New D Party government passed legisla- tion that would have allowed beer sales in small grocery stores. The law never came into effect because the NDP was defeated in a December, 1975, election. NEW IN TOWN? LET US PUT OUT THE MAT {he Mest Famoet Uae «the wes M. KENNEDY 365-3590 S. STRELAEFF 365-5246 ___— eback center vent Save °41 on our pure wool classic Tactful fashion strategy from Scotland. The classic Harris Tweed. In pure wool, of course. It can dress up Jeans with subtle polish. Or take suit slacks down a notch to top drawer casual. And for 5 days only, a special price on plains, neats and some herringbones. Sizes 38 to 46. Our regular #170 Sportcoats Trail (Second) SORRY — NO SPECIAL ORDERS Prices in effect till di ber 7, whil te last. =. 9 nen STORE HOURS Monday to Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thu jay & Friday 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Fudsons Bay Company Legislativ Victoria, B.C. VAV 1x4 Library, ‘Parliament BSldgs., 501 Belleville st SUNDAY WEATHERCAST lit oui the next couple . , 5° with avernight lows near -2°, lode = Sun- trend vil continue for VOL. 34, NO. 89 —> charged VANCOUVER (CP) — Charges have been laid in Vancouver against the’ own- ers and operators of the charter yacht Huntress which blew up in Coal Harbor May 2, killing two passengers and injuring eight others. Among the injured was George Lupierei, 22, of Trail who received severe burns. Charged under Section 381 of the Canada Steamship Act with operating a passenger vessel without inspection by a Canadian Coast Guard steamship inspector are the vessel's captain Ivan Berry, of Vancouver, its owner Sea_ G8 Enterprises, of Calgary, and Henry Smeets, of Salmon Sam Resorts, of Maple Ridge, who had leased the vessel from Sea G3 and was offering it for charter. Conviction carries a max- imum fine ‘of $1,000. f Captain Cy Burrill, region- al manager of marine’ sur- veying for the coast guard ship safety. branch,. said Fri- © day it is the. first time a charge has been laid in Van- couver under this section of a steamship act. “We have been lookinginto “ the operation of charter:jes- sels for some time,” 5 added. “This is a test case.” The 36-metre Huntress ex- ploded while:taking:on gaso- line at the Shell Of barge in Coal Harbor about 5 a.m. at the start of'a teip to the Giilf - divers. Phone " rates to jump By CasNews Staff . Castlegar residents will be paying nearly $1 a month more on their telephone biiis starting Jan. 1. That’s the effect of the interim rate increase the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission recently awarded B.C. Telephone Co. Castlegar customers cur- rently pay $6.80 a month for individual residence lines. By Jan. 1 that will jump to $7.70 a month under the 13 per cent interim rate hike. And if the CRTC approves’ B.C Tel’s request for a gen- eral rate increase, local bills will jump to $8.70 a month starting May 1, 1982 — or nearly $2 a month more than current rates. The general increase, if FAMILIAR MARKINGS continue to. disappear with the passing of time as this old building, the last of what ‘was once a community unit, play: day by serving as the object of a fire practice the Robson Volunteer Fire Department, + The build Cosi! its last role Satur- tween and the is located Airport the Castlegar Ai Teachers seek big increase By RON NORMAN Staff Reporter Time is running out for Castlegar school board and district teachers in their at- tempt to reach a contract agreement before the Nov. 16 deadline. Teachers and the board must reach a settlement by Nov. 16 or face compulsory arbitration: where an inde- pendent arbitration board will determine a settlement which will be binding on both parties. . The board met with tea- chers Thursday for more talks, but the two sides failed to reach agreement. The meeting was the fourth since talks began Sept. 15, and both sides said they are still not close to a settlement. i Talks are set to resume again noon Monday — just one week before the Nov. 16 deadline. as Teachers feel the Monday session will determine whe- ther or not they will take job “action. s it and “off the highway b - gar A Brilliant Bridge. Once ignited the structure, ered lished by. the about 80 years old, was Teachers earlier threat- ened job action: if contract _ talks did not improve. at months of this. year has ‘ sparked reports of impending. thassive layoffs, but both: company and union spokes- men say they know of no such action at this time. © “There's currently been a: rumor going around,” said Cc flames in 24 jor the p groups said much valuable experience was gained gts the burr — FOR CANCELLING FLIGHT Vanderpol blasts PWA Staff met with his iy Pacific Western Airlines came under fire Saturday from the Central Kootenay Regional District for its flight cancellation practices at Castlegar airport. “We expect a commitment from PWA in’ future that they will fly with proper in- PP! ul see rates increasé 28 per cent by May 1,° Se Castlegar businesses now pay $14.65 a month for an individual line. Under the in- terim increase that will jump to $16.55 starting Jan. 1. But by May 1, business rates could top the $20 mark — $20.05 a month — or $3.50 a month more than current rates. B.C, Tel chairman and chief executive officer Gor- don MacFarlane said three from the weather office and not their ticket office,” said Area J director Martin Vanderpol, Vanderpol’s ¢omments' were prompted bya copy of a letter from A.K. Thompson of White Rock. Thompson addressed the letter to PWA, accusing the f misleading the ‘clients and city officials, who asked why he was late. “When I advised them of the information I had re- ceived from Pacific Western Airlines I was advised by officials of the city of Castle- gar that it had been beautiful and sunny all day. “They further advised me that this appeared to be a regular ploy of Pacific West- ern and even though they were ‘fog-bound a consider- able number of days, stories such as this merely added to their bad reputation.” Thompson said his meeting in Castlegar extended a half hour past the afternoon flight me that the weather in_ Castlegar was not the real reason the flight . .-. was delayed: one hour,” Thomp- son said. “PWA either had servicing problems or the’ necessary plane for the flight to Castle- gar had not arrived at Van- couver . . In any event I consider it a shoddy way for your ‘people to mislead_the travelling public.” r Vanderpol told the re- gional board the move is “obviously. an attempt to - somehow cut :their losses.” However, he said in reg- ular air service you take your losses with your benefits. He .called PWA's service “haphazard” and said Thomp- son's complaint isn’t the first. The board agreed to write PWA expressing its concern and asking the company to » take more care that it doesn't happen again. 's Richard Fish. “The fact is the Trail Castlegar District Tea- ers’: Associatl 2 Sections (A&B) ehers’ demands and will pre- Paul Medvedeff said it would be’ “premature” ‘to Job action might last, Medvedeff said such ques- tions will be based on Mon- day’s meeting. yes _ “Virtually the board’ has cost the district an extra $2-$8 million. soy As it is, the 27 per cent demand will cost the district $1-$1.5 million more next year, Ji . if Jones said Thursday's talks went better than ‘the previous three sessions, and noted for the first time tea- chers gave an indication ‘of sent’ a inti Pp at Monday’s talks. “The board's going to be’ looking at it very seriously,” Jones said. * Jones pointed out two re- cent settlements | elsewhere settled for 17.8-17,5 per cent ise, Jones added. Jones said she isn't looking rand wasn't happy with arbitra- tion’ settlements in the past. “T'm‘a lot more than‘I was last week,” she said,'“We'll give it our best try: Jones said the board sug- gested the teachers sign a two-year agreement, but re- their contract She said the board met Friday to respond to the tea: first: nine months of 1981, compared to the first nine months of last year, and _ representatives .\from every school in the district at the last meeting “to show we are really serious and do care what, happens”: * Yet, he said, the board re- are losing money,” and peo- ple are drawing their own conclusions, he said. But he added, “I know of no layoffs at this time.” Cominco's Jim Cameron commented, “There are al- ways those rumors around. We don't on rumors The said the un- profitable metallurgical oper- ations at the Trail! lead-zine - smelter contributed to ‘the | decrease. : Net income dropped from $123.9 million for’ the. nine months ending Sept. 1880 to just $53.6 million for the’ cor-° like that.” Meanwhile, United Steel- workers of America local 480 spokesman Miles Dean was much more adament. He called the rumor “com- period this:year. Lower lead and zine prices, ‘lower sales volumes of silver and gold, and higher oper- ating costs were principal causes for the drop, the com- Pany said. pletely unfounded” and said © the union and management h the movement on the contract.” He’,’accused. trustees of giving: teachers:‘the “runa- round,” and -added ‘teachers have gone “about as far as we ‘can go.” 9 a More on page BS Management has assured the union there will be no layoffs until after the first quarter of next year, Dean said. He said management wouldn't say what will hap- Union claims raid lost VANCOUVER (CP) — The P of travelling public with its from C. to United S of and he was forced to stay flight Thompson said on Sept. 28 he was booked to fly from to Castl ona key factors are for the request for a rate hike. The three are, “unpre- cedented high level of in- flation, high interest rates and the increased costs of 9:35 a.m. departure. “On my -arrival at Van- couver International Airport I was advised by your ticket, counter that the flight was delayed one hour because Castl was fogged in.” P and upgrading the company’s province-wide net- work,” MacFarlane said. The CRTC was unable to schedule a public hearing this year because of previous commitments, make a decision on the prop- osed May 1, 1982 rate in- crease before it can be im- plemented. ‘ ? but must” He said the flight finally left Vancouver at 10:35 a.m.' and arrived in Castlegar “toa bright sunny day.” _-A lawyer, Thompson said his clients flew from Vernon by private plane after having verified the weather report from the control tower at Castlegar airport. The next morning Castle- gar was fogged in and he had to rent a car to drive to Kelowna where he eventu- ally caught another flight to the coast. “On Wednesday morning, Sept. 30,.I1 enquired of the meteorological office at Van- couver to ascertain what the_ weather report had been for Castlegar at 9 a.m. Pacific Daylight Saving Time on Monday, Sept. 28. “The met office America claimed Thursday that a rival union has lost its raid on the said in an interview that his union will apply to the B.C. Labor Relations Board for a vote as soon as it has signed Cominco Ltd. locals in Trail and Kimberley in southeast- ern B.C. Steelworkers Local 480 up “a majority” of the workers. He said CAIMAW has a majority at Cominco's Kim- berley operations, where ib of the Canadian P Ken isaid in a news release that, as far as his union is concerned, the raid by the Canadian Asso- ciation of Industrial, Mechan- ical and Allied Workers is over because CAIMAW did not apply for a represen- tation vote within three me that the weather was clear and that there would be no difficulty for a plane to get into Castlegar. “It was quite apparent to months of launching its bid to win over Cominco’s 6,000 employees, However, CAIMAW vice- president Peter Cameron union held a founding meet- ing and elected officers Wed- nesday. A founding meeting was held Thursday in Trail. Georgetti- argued that C. .W began. collecting membership cards on Aug. 4 and should have applied for a vote by Nov. 4. “It has always been ac- cepted practice in this prov- ince that the period for signing cards by a raiding or- ganization is limited to three months,” he said. Georgetti said the Steel- workers “will continue to _abide by the LRB policy con- cerning raiding. It is our position that every day that passes the three-month dead- line of Nov. 4, the cards signed in August become un- acceptable and those cards must be resigned according “to LRB procedure.” The labor board has a gen- eral policy under which a union applying for certifi- cation of a bargaining unit must have cards signed by the workers within 90 days preceding the application. However, the policy has been adjusted in extraordinary circumstances. . By CasNews Staff. - Preparations for Castle- gar’s Wednesday Remem- brance Day service are all set, and this year Mrs. E. Frost will ‘place ‘the mothers’ wreath at the city’s war dead. te +The service will once again kick off with a par- ade. Parade - participants will marshall in front: of West's Department Store on 8rd Street in time for the 10:80 a.m. start. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 170 | president Steve Melnick will speak to the congregation, followed by Mayor Audrey Moore. The hymn “Onward christian Soldiers” will then be sung, after which Com. John A. Charters will make the address. (Com. Albert Culley will ue Se Remembrance ~ service set cenotaph in memory of the wreaths, including the mothers’ wreath, will i make its way tothe Kins. men Park cenotaph at the lope and Glory,” and will be followed by’ the advance of the colors and O Canada. More on page A2 y,