. Castlégar News June 10, 1987 ON CENTRAL AMERICA Film here Satur By ANN GODDERIS There is a unique oppor. tunity to get first-hand infor- mation about the current situation in Central America Saturday at Kinnaird Hall. Two B.C. trade unionists who have travelled exten- sively in the region will be at the hall with a film that will start off an evening of dis- cussion about Central Amer. ica Denny DuRocher has been working for several years on a special CUSO-funded proj- ect to facilitate links between B.C. and Nicaraguan trade unions. He has helped to or. ganize trade union tours to the region and, in fact, ac- companied local residents Bud Godderis and Len Em bree on separate trips to Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan Carpen- ter's Trades Training School, sponsored by the B.C. Car- penter's Union, and the con struction in Van of a Rooney, is currently ah or- ganizer for Carpenter's Union Local 1928 on the coast. Just a few months ago, however, he was working for the B.C. Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition and travelled to E) fish boat destined for Nic- aragua by the B.C. Fisher. men's Union, are two recent projects which DuRocher has helped to develop. A health and safety project also funded by B.C. unions is “in the works.” These proj- ects are financially supported by CIDA, Canada's Inter- national Development Agen. cy, which has a policy of mat ching locally-raised funds, of. ten at a ratio of three-to-one. The second visitor, John and G in this capacity. While in Guatemala, Roo- ney visited the Coca Cola bottling plant which is the subject of the film “The Real Thing” to be shown Saturday night. In 1984, the Coca Cola corporation tried to close down the plant and reopen it under new ownership, inten- tionally eliminating the exist ing union local in the pro- cess. day This took place during an exceptionally violent and op- pressive time in Guatemala — atime when trade union- ists, peasants, church work- ers and others were being systematically killed, disap- peared and terrorized by the army. Despite well founded fears of a violent response by the authorities, the workers fin- ally occupied the plant. Months later, a massive international campaign and boycott, forced the corpor- ation to back down, the union retained its certification and the plant reopened. This public event is spon- sored by Castlegar’s Central America Working Group and the CUSO Local Committee. WINS hires group leader The Women In Need Societ and Transition House in Trail has hired a Battered Women Support and Advocacy Group Leader. Nilo Moller will be in charge of helping to establish women's support groups in several communities in the East and West Kootenays. In addition, she will be re- searching and dispensing in- formation on such issues as family violence, child abuse, and legal advocacy. Moller has a background in lay counselling, as well as freelance writing and produc- tion. She has facilitated pro- grams and organized special events for several non-profit agencies in the Trail area. A women’s support group has been operating success. fully from the transition house for some time, and women from other centres — particularly rural commun- ities — have contacted the Trail centre for help in start. ing their own groups. “One in 10 women are bat- tered in all communities,” according to a prepared release. “Many of these women, desperately in need of support services, are often isolated and financially de- pendent on their spouses. This makes travelling outside theirs own rural community too difficult an obstacle to overcome, even if they are strong enough to surpass the intimidation of their abusive husbands.” The role of a support group is to provide access to the in- formation, protection, and support necessary to achieve an end to the abuse in their lives. “The group is a safe place where a woman no longer has to deny the pain of being a victim,” the release says. “Women find that, rather than being isolated, they are not the ony ones. The vic- timized woman finds reassur- ance in the discovery that she is neither crazy, bad, nor to be blamed for the assault.” Bridge results Seven tables of duplicate bridge players competed June 1 in the Joy Ramsden Bridge Club at the airport coffee shop. The average bridge score was 84. Winners were: NORTH-SOUTH First — Jean Fischer and Agnes Chariton 100'4; sec- ond — Jim and Bev Swain 90; third — Judy Sheppard and Phil McGirr 882, Michele a UVic graduate PENNY MICHELE - Sociology major Penny Irene Michele (Schreiber) of Castlegar graduated from the Univer- sity of Victoria May 29 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. The daughter of Bob and Dorothy Bagg, Michele majored in Sociology. officials. Ne eliminated a clause that left the impression “firings without cause” could take place. We moved to prevent workers hired during a labour dispute from voting on a collective bargaining issue. We're making sure hiring of trainees and apprentices in the union sector is covered by collective agreements. For all of us.” your interest THE COMMON GOOD MUST COME BEFORE SPECIAL INTERESTS. Economic renewal is necessary for all of us. It will take co-operation. It means working together. As British Columbians, we have to take a team approach to create new jobs and achieve a new level of prosperity. Bill 19 is part of a positive program to create more opportunities here in British Columbia. We listened to unions, business, and individual British Columbians and together, we've made good legislation even better. THERE Wi TO BREAK We changed the Industrial Relations Commissioner’s rolé and powers to ensure accountability for key decisions lie with the Minister of Labour and other elected It all adds up to a more positive way to achieve industrial stability and secure jobs for our people. We can only succeed if we * all pull together. That means co-operation, not confrontation. Yet some special interest groups saw fit to break the law, inconvenience their fellow British Columbians and exact a heavy toll on our economy. NO NEED THE LAW. We've guaranteed access to grievance and arbitration procedures for employees facing discipline for refusing a back to work order. We've clarified a clause that was seen to infringe on unions’ rights to legitimately discipline their members. Bill 19 will bring us industrial stability, new investment and most importantly, new and more secure jobs for British Columbians if only special interest groups would put the public interest — first. “4Bill 19. Let's make tt work. L, MINIS all Hanson ER OF LABOUR AND CONSUMER SERVICES, ia second — Wayne Weaver and Ian Glover 96%; third — Norm and Les Gallie 89, Lotteries The $1-million winning numbers in Sunday’s Super Loto draw were 1512626 and 1556548. TYPE [CIATAINIS TIA! Al i miele EL TA || MEOL JE OMBRIEIRIAIN| asicioiI OSISiA SIEWNEESITIARIE| to Sunday, May 31 he ‘ryptoquip: MODEST SCIENTIST PIONEERED BRAIN TRANS- PLANT SURGERY LAST YEAR, BUT HE CHANGED HIS MIND. June 10, 1987 « 1D Kootenay | Coodit rnc Where You Belong SETTING menting “bulletins profertions! appecrence. C ready type for your CASTLEGAR NEWS 365-7266 RENT THIS SPACE 365-5210 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING MINOR SPORTS Sure, we're interested! Phone the Castlegar News for details on how to get reports of your organization onto the Sports pages. 365-3517 oo" ay 2, £ “5 cows’ THE APPLICATION Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd. (“Inland”) has made application to. change the rates to its various classes of service. Inland bases its argument on the need to change class rates on two factors: 1 Studies conducted by Inland show that costs allocated to the vafious Classes of customers do not equate with their revenues. For example, large Industrial customers pay about 45% more and Residential cus- tomers pay about 22% less than it costs to serve them respectively Inland-wishes-to-atign the costs and revenues more Closely. * The competitive marketing of natural gas now approved and underway in British Columbia allows large (primarily industrial) customers to buy gas directly from producers in the field and even gain approval to by-pass the gas utilities entirely. Inland is applying for rates that will keep these customers on their system and provide benefits to other customers thereby leaving‘all customers better off than they would be if customers went The net effect of thesé changes is that Residential and Commercial customer rates will increase and Intand's Applications also seeks Commission approval of a procedure by which increases in certain specified costs, namely, cost of gas and reduction of margin for Industrial sales, could be automatically passed through to the customers without the prior approval of the Commission Inland’s best estimate as to the total real effect on Residential and Commer- cial customer classes of their Rate Design Application as shown on page 8, Tab 2 of Volume 18 is summarized below. ae estimated numbers do not take into off the system other rates may decrease. buy 1 tolls, the field price of ‘natural gas, or Inflation factors. RATE INCREASES ESTIMATED TO RESULT FROM THE APPLICATIONS Current Average ite ~($/Gigayule) CUMULATIVE I - ($/Gigajoule) - Percent - Residential Service Schedule 1 87/88 ©8889 89/90] Yr v2 ya Curent Yrt ¥r2 Schedule 2 - General Service 87/88 = 88/89 “Average Annual Customer ($) Average Customer Over Current ($) 25.45 © 4242 3106.94 157.31 “Based on Average Annual Consumption Residential 106 Gigajoules Commercial 655 Gigajoules THE PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing of Inland’s Rate Design Applications will resume at The Park Lake Motor Inn, 1675 Abbott Street, Kelowna, B.C. commencing at 10:30 a.m., local time on Monday, June 22, 1987 PUBLIC INSPECTION OF THE APPLICATION The Applications and supporting material are available for inspection at the Head Office of Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd. located at the 23rd Floor, 1066 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C. and offices located at Kamloops. Kelowna, Nelson, Penticton; Prince George, Quesnel, Trail and Vernon, B.C. A copy of the Applications and supporting material are also available for inspection at the office of the British Columbia Utilities Commission, Fourth Floor, 800 Smithe Street, Vancouver, B.C INTERVENTIONS The Commission encourages customers of Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd. to attend the public hearing in order to gain a better understanding of the potential impact on customer rates SUBMISSIONS BY INTERESTED PERSONS Any person intending to file a written submission should file not later than Friday, June 12, 1987, one copy of such Submission to the Commission Secretary, and to the Applicant CLARIFICATION Persons intending to participate in the public hearing who are uncertain as to the manner in which to proceed should contact the Commission Secretary by telephone (660-4700 Collect), or in writing FOURTH FLOOR, 800 SMITHE STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. V6Z 2E1, CANADA TELEPHONE (604) 660-4700. TELEX 04-54536 BY ORDER A.C. Michelson Commission Secretary 1 +m ares sts am ee prs Ty CasNewsPhotos by Rick Graham, Ron Norman and Doug Harvey