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a2__ Castlegar News “cy ®. 1985

Inquest into WEATHER.

mill accident

An inquest for the Bur-
naby man who was killed
April 11 in a freak accident at
Westar Timber will be held
June 12 at the Castlegar
provincial court house.

Frank Franta, 22, a boiler.
maker's apprentice, was kill-

‘Fine

ed when he slipped off what's
been described as_a “big
wheel” at the pulp mill's
stream plant, and fell into a
small crevice.

Both Franta and another
boilermaker, who was only
injured, were curshed be-
tween the wheel and a wall.

goes to jail

NANAIMO (CP) — A 65-
year-old retired postmaster
was convicted Tuesday of
second-degree murder for
shooting his wife of 44 years.

A British Columbia Su-
preme Court jury deliberated
for more than seven hours

before bringing down its
verdict against William
Bailey.

Calling Bailey a fine man
and noting that it was a sad
day, Mr. Justice Harry Me-
Kay sentenced Bailey to life
in prison.

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OTTAWA (CP) — The
Conservative government
has announced a $25-million
program to entice senior
bureaucrats appointed by the
former Liberal government
to retire and make way for
new appointees.

Treasury Board President
Robert de Cotret said today
the program is designed to
resolve “a serious problem of
reduced turnover” among
managers and executive
members in the public ser-
vice.

A total of 747 top bureau-
crats between the ages of 55
and 64 are eligible to take
adyantage of the program,
which will provide up to 78
weeks of early retirement
pay, including severance pay.

Sole ends Moy 31. 1985

De Cotret said he expects
about 400 officials to take ad-
vantage of the program but
only 200 of the resulting vac-
ancies to be filled.

TOXIC CHEMICAL

continued from front poge
the pere residue from Clement's dry
cleaning business would have ended up
in the treated Pass Creek sewage
lagoon.

Even if there was seepage from

Crash kills two

SPOKANE, WASH. (AP) — A
helicopter pilot and a cameraman died
Sunday when their craft crashed and
burned as it taking off on a trip to shoot
television news film.

Dennis Williamson, manager of
station KREM-TV, said the Hughes 500
helicopter apparently hit cables on the
station's transmitter tower and crash-
ed in the parking lot about 8:30 a.m.
There were no reports of injuries or
damage on the ground.

The pilot and cameraman were on
their way to cover Bloomsday, a long:
distance foot race, he said.

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chemicals in the sewers, it wouldn't
affect Castlegar’s water supply, which
is pumped in from above the Keenley-
side Dam off the Arrow Lakes.
Reshaur added that there haven't been
any complaints of tainted water sup-
plies. .

Lou Perepalkin is the new owner of
Plaza Cleaners and Laundromat —
Castlegar’s other dry cleaning busi-
ness. He said he hasn't yet had
enough residue built up from perc
to throw any out.

Perepalkin says he doesn't know how
the previous owner disposed of the
residue. Former owner Michael Heard
was contacted but declined to com-
ment.

However, Perepalkin said pere was
used regularly as a cleaning solvent for
tools for years by the City of Edmon-
ton, where he used to work.

He says the city stopped using perce
six or.seven years ago when it was
discovered to be.too toxic for regular

use, but adds: “It's not a little quantity
that’s going to harm someone, it’s a
large quantity.”

Clement said a salesman from Har-
risons and Crossfield Ltd. in Van-
couver, who supplies him with pere
through Dow Chemical Canada Inc.,
suggested that the Fifth Estate pro-
gram may have exaggerated the dan-
gers. Clement himself acknowledges
that pollution caused locally by perc is
probably “like a drop in the bucket”
compared to that caused by larger
industries.

But he’s still looking for a way to
safely dispose of the perc residue,
slowly collecting at a rate of about five
gallons every three months.

“T've never been one for neglecting
the environment. Even when I got into
the business dealing with the chem-
icals, everyone said it's like dealing
with fire. If you deal with it with
knowledge and safety, you won't get
burned.”

Announcement

on restraint

A joint statement criticiz-
ing B.C. government edue
ation restraint has been sent
to Education Minister Jack
Heinrich from Castlegar
school trustees, teachers,
non-teaching district employ.
ees.

It’s signed by board chair-
man Doreen Smecher, Mike
Rodgers, president of the
Castlegar District Teachers’
Association, and Jim Waldie,
president of the Castlegar
local of the Canadian Union of
Public Employ

The statements says:

e staff morale is low.

© relationships between
employers and employee
groups have deteriorated as
a result of the board's in
ability to meet demands due
to restraint;

@ parents are concerned
about program and service
reductions. A copy of briefs
recently presented to the
Castlegar board by parents’
groups is enclosed with the

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ROGER ZERRATH . . . dairy farmer

FARMERS

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“You know how long it is going to take him to get
from Castlegar to here?” he asked.

As well, farmers are concerned about the stream
banks. é

“There's a very serious problem of long jams,” says
Bilinski, “and these should be removed.” As well, he said
the banks must be maintained. _—

The ministry has indicated there is a provincial
program for stabilizing stream banks which pays up to 1
per cent of the cost. -

And while Bilinski acknowledges that the program is
“good,” he adds that the restraint program will probably
mean there won't be much money available for stream
bank stabilization.

“T've never been dead set against (the ladder),”
Bilinski points out. “I've been in favor of multiple use.

“If our concerns can be answered and (there is)
enough water, we don’t have a problem.”

Bilinski says the ministry should take a look at the
impact the water needed for the fish ladder will have on
agriculture in the valley.

He estimates area farmers produce more than $1
million a year in agricultural products.

“That is actually what is sold out of this valley,” he
says, pointing out that the valley is home to a dairy farm
that produces 2,000 litres of milk a day and is one of the
largest suppliers for NOCA Dairy in Vernon.

“I depend on this (creek) for drinking water for my
livestock,” says Roger Zerrath, who has owned the dairy
farm for 15 years.

If the fish ladder goes ahead as planned “it finishes
this area . . . all intensive farming (will be) killed,”
Zerrath says.

Meanwhile, Dennis McDonald, regional director for
the Ministry of Environment, says the ministry plans to
meet with Edgewood residents in mid-June to go over
any concerns.

McDonald said the Ministry of Environment and
Ministry of Agriculture are doing a joint assessment of
the water supply and demand on Inonoaklin Creek.

A draft of that study will be presented to residents
at the June meeting.

At the same time, the ministry is preparing an
impact study which will also be presented to residents.
And McDonald said residents will have a chance to have
input into the study.

“We're reasonably optimistic at this point . . . that
the problem may not be as serious as some parties are
making it out to be,” said McDonald.

But McDonald dismissed concerns that spawning fish
may cause a health hazard.

He said the ministry has had “lots of experience” in
spawning channels throughout the province — including
Meadow Creek on the Arrow Lakes — and there have
been “no water quality problems.”

McDonald said he would be more concerned about
water quality problems from intensive farming near the
creek.

He added that the ministry is doing a feasibility
study on storing water and on diverting water from a
nearby creek as possible solutions to any water shortage
problems.

Meanwhile, McDonald said negotiations with Hydro
over the fish ladder are proceeding and will likely take
“at least” six months.

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TREET TALK

; CASTLEGAR UNITED Way has three new
directors on its board. President Dale Nielsen said the
new members are Sandra Pearson, Kathleen Parker and
Res Remple. The board has one more vacant position to

As well, Deb Chmara has accepted the position of
chairperson for the 1985 United Way Campaign Drive,
IS CASTLEGAR IN line for a new logo? Maybe.
Maybe not. A Castlegar resident has suggested the city
use the logo of a castle on its signs and stationery.
Though the city hasn't ruled out the suggestion, it

of two vi to the

nounced the
Labor Relations Board.

One is Richard Lengpre, a former provincial
mediation officer. And if the name sounds familiar, it's
because he is the same man who is mediating (or was
mediating) the Cominco contract.

IT’S NOT OUR usual beat, but we see the Christina
Lake will be getting a new car lot. The Sandner brothers,
Ken and Doug, will be operating the lot and aren't sure if
it will be a dealership or not. a

AS WELL, WE see that Pope and Talbot plan $14
million in renovations to their mills.

Included in the long range plans are a $2 million
sorter and stacker for the Midway mill.

Installation of the automated stacker will be the
first step in a five-year plan.

The renovations will include $6.7 million in

already has a logo — “Ci ds to the K
LABOR MINISTER Terry Segarty recently an.

ing to the Grand Forks mill and $7.8 million in
upgrading to the Midway mill.

Gyro president visits

By CasNews Staff

Gyro International president Bud Mitchell paid a visit to
the Castlegar Gyro Club this week as part of his tour of West
Kootenay clubs.

Mitchell, a resident of Minneapolis, Minn., spoke to the
local club at its meeting Monday night. He also met with the
club executive at a barbecue Sunday.

The Gyro Club is relatively new in Castlegar. It was
established last May 25 and is led by president Jim Marshall,
vice-president Dick Lynch, secretary Derm Jackman, and
treasurer John Aslin.

“It's a fine young group,” Mitchell said of the local club.
“It's going to be a very fine club.”

He noted that the Castlegar group is interested in
Promoting friendship — the reason behind the organization
— and in taking some part in community activities.

But Mitchell noted that being involved in community
activities isn't the club's top priority.

“We are strictly a friendship club,” he said. “We are not
specifically called a service club. We feel that friendship is
about as important a factor as there is.

“We have conventions and visit back and forth between
U.S. and Canada.”

The Gyro organization is not pew. It was established in
1912. The Gyro club extends from the southeast corner of
the U.S. in Fort Lauderdale to Long Beach, Calif. on the
west coast to Prince Rupert in the north and Halifax in
Eastern Canada.

The organization has 5,300 members with more than
half of those in Canada.

The Castlegar club has 27 members but that will change
June 1 when the club installs a new executive and brings in
three new members.

The largest Gyro clubs number between 140 and 150
members and the smallest between eight and 10. The
average is 35 to 40 members.

Besides its regular members, the Gyros have associate
members —people who have been members of clubs but are
in an area where there aren't any clubs.

Joining the Gyro club is by invitation, Mitchell explains.

In the Kootenays there are clubs in Grand Forks,
Trail, Nelson, Castlegar and Cranbrook. Close by, are clubs
in Spokane, Wallace and Coeur d'lane, Idaho.

Although the Gyro organization is male-oriented,
Mitchell stressed that women are important to the club.

. » Gyro International president

“We have Gyrettes,” he said.

He added those clubs t! re doing the best “have a lot
of mixed parties and that’s the name of the game.”

As president, Mitchell tries to travel to the two

to see as many clubs as he can. A private plane he
aids him in his club duties.

On this trip, Mitchell and his wife visited three clubs in
Edmonton before flying to the West Kootenay. Then they'll
be off to Lethbridge where this trip comes to an end.

But Mitchell will be back in this area in July when Coeur
d'lane hosts an international Gyro convention. The last
international convention held in District No. 8 was in Banff
nine years ago.

Immigration centre closes

Arrests
follow

By The Associated Press

More than 900 people were
arrested across the United
States on the first day of the
Reagan administration's
trade embargo of Nicaragua
in protests against the econ.
omic sanctions levelled at the
Central American country's
leftist government

Rallies against the racial
policies of South Africa's
white minority government
continued in California, Kan.
sas and Washington, D.C.,
but protests against the
trade embargo that took ef.
fect Tuesday drew larger
crowds.

More than 500 people were
arrested Tuesday in Massa
chusetts, at least 440 of them
in Boston at the John F.
Kennedy building in Govern
ment Centre. There were 258
arrests at a similar demon.
stration against U.S. policy in
Central America at San Fran-
siseo’s federal building.

By CasNews Staff

The Nelson Canada Immi.
gration Centre closed its
doors in early February be-
cause there wasn't enough
business to keep it fully
staffed.

Earl Bussinger, manager
of the Canada Immigration
Centre in Cranbrook said the

Metge
elected to
executive

Castlegar Director of Ree:
reation Pat Metge this past
weekend has been elected to
a second term to the exe
cutive of the Professional
Development Branch of the
British Columbia Recreation
Association.

The Professional Develop.
ment Branch is made up of
full-time recreation profes.
sionals throughout the prov
ince. The objective of the
branch is to represent pro-
fessionals at a provincial lev
el on issues affecting the field
of parks and recreation.

The Professional Develop-
ment Branch meeting was
held recently in Prince
George in conjunction with
the annual conference of the
British Columbia Recreation
Association.

COHOE
INSURANCE

Nelson offices was getting
less than half of the business
of the Cranbrook office.

He attributed the decline
to the fact that the Cran
brook area is more populated
and the economy “is a bit
better.”

The Cranbrook office has
only been open since 1981.
Prior to 1981 the Nelson of.
fice handled immigration
business for both the East
and West Kootenays. But
Bussinger explained that
there was so much business
in the Cranbrook area that

another office was opened
and the Nelson office re
mained open until February.

But the closure of the Nel-
son centre doesn't mean
West Kootenay residents
must travel to Cranbrook to
do business.

Bussinger said an officer
from the Cranbrook centre is
in the Nelson Canada Em
ployment Centre for four
hours on the first and third
Wednesdays of each month.

An officer is also in Trail
for four hours on the third
Thursday of each month. He

added that people can also
call the Cranbrook office col-
lect. ‘

Bussinger said that the
immigration officer has be-
tween 12 and 20 people on
one visit. During a visit to
Nelson this week, the officer
had 13 visitors.

Bussinger said he has had
“a couple” of complaints
about the Nelson office clos-
ing, but those people have
been “prétty well satisfied”
with the current service
being offered.

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