Castlégar News oy 7.1% Rotarians at district meeting above sea level we don't go in for downhill skiing.” Another speaker was internationally known jour- nalist and columnist, John Morley. He said at the Friday luncheon: “The news is in the unusual things that hap- pen. We don't give good news equal time with the bad be- cause we have to keep cor- recting the bad news.” He used as an example a recent air crash which oc- curred in the area. “The great majority of flights here and elsewhere are success- ful.” he said. “Therefore if you don’t crash, you aren't news.” An obvious opponent of opinion polls, he said: “Opion- ions often have little to do with, facts. In fact, many people are saying in effect, ‘My mind is made up. Don't confuse me with facts.’ ” It was essential, he said, to make a point of reading a certain number of books and magazines that you don't like. . He also spoke extensively of United States and the world. “Only in America,” he said, “is found this tremendous admiration for skinny women. It is well to realize, therefore, that here you work hard to keep from eat- ing. The rest of the world works hard to keep from By JOHN CHARTERS Rotary District 508 held its 1986 conference over the weekend in Lewiston, Idaho. It was attended by Castlegar Rotarians Ron Ross, Jim Gouk, and John Charters, Rotary Ann Elaine Ross and Rotary exchange students Leny Rodriguez of the Phil- ippines, Nelly Hernandez of Mexico, Louise Devon of Australia, and Marasu Yana- gawa of Japan. The students, together with 18 others from other parts of the district, were in troduced to the conference and several spoke on behalf of the group. Said one Brazilian student: “It is difficult to comprehend the amount of goodwill and understanding of different cultures until one has been involved in the program one- self. “One also realizes that the only limits placed on one’s development are the mits which one places on one's self.” Rob Gage, an American student recently returned from Brazil, said: “You must be bold in a new culture, pre- pared to experiment and willing to accept guidance and correction. You learn only when you are making mistakes.” Annette Barsed of Den- At the same time, he ob- served bhintly of America's relationship to the rest of the world: “America does not like any country unless that country serves the economic interests of America.” mark is a small country which many people think is the capital of Sweden. 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Jesus Christ in mid-February He left Nelson May 2. “blessed” by God he is doing. “Eighty per cent what he is doing. mad CHERYL CALDERBANK A 32-year-old Christian man wheeling a wooden cross from Lethbridge, Alta. to Vancouver arrived in Joshua Taylor, a native of Regina, at a farm in Lethbridge last October when he said God gave him a vision for the journey. to uplift the name of Taylor left Lethbridge Jan. 8 and arrived in Nelson Taylor was in Nelson for 10 weeks, spending his time fasting and praying and studying with other Christians. Taylor, who wants to make his home in the Krestova area when he completes his trip, says the He says that on his journey people stop to ask what of the people Christians, half non-Christians) have been curious about doing. “There's going to be hard times. We need to seek the Lord through fasting and prayer.” Taylor hopes to arrive in Vancouver during the third .. Was staying week of June. “I don't want to be there in July because there might be a disaster there,” disaster for the Vancouver area this summer He continues to tell people that before winter sets in the world will experience “the final death blow of its present economy, to be replaced by a new world monetary system that will be inaugurated by the false Christ at his rise. He also says he has been commissioned by the Holy to write a Countdown to Antichrist that will expose the conspiracy by the antichrist and prepare the individual to withstand the upcoming events.” area is Spirit (half couver. Taylor left Lethbridge Jan. 8 and hopes to arrive in Vancouver in June. But he says some Christians stop and give him a hard The newly-built cross he wheels along the road weighs 88 kilograms (195 pounds) and is a bit slower and heavier than another cross which he wheeled from Lethbridge to Nelson Taylor travels between 12 to 14 miiles a day with his “There's a lot of pull going up hill,” carpenter by trade. He sleeps in a tent overnight but adds that he also gets invitations from people to stay at their homes. “T'm just lifting up the name of Christ,” group of curious people who stop to find out what he’s CosNewsProte by Chery! Colder bank says Taylor, a he tells a he says adding that God plans a entitled, “survivalist's handbook Students to receive more tests By CasNews Staff Eleven of the West Kootenay area students on a foreign study exchange in Kiev are in Moscow for a week where they will undergo radiation tests and make a decision on whether to stay in the Soviet Union or return to Canada. Jim Popoff, public relations director of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ, the exchange program's sponsoring agency, said Friday that the latest contact with the students confirms a media report that the ste- dents are now in Moscow He added that two other students, Barry Verigin of Grand Forks and George Koochin of Castlegar are with . their parents and 19 other parents who are on a tour of the Soviet Union. Popoff said the two would continue with their parents on the last leg of the trip and then return to Kiev to continue their studies. One other student, James Brindley, believed to be from thé Vancouver area, is staying behind in Kiev. However, a Canadian Press story said three students have decided to remain in Kiev and one other has plans to leave this week. Popoff said the students will undergo further testing for radiation in Moscow and reassess the situation as a result of the nuclear reactor explosion and fire at Chernobyl The students had been tested pre viously in Kiev. Meanwhile, Hector Cowan, a consu- lar afficer from the Canadian embassy in Moscow, who spent a week in Kiev helping with travel arrangements for the students in Kiev, has returned to Canada for radiation checks. Cowan received a medical check on his return to Moscow Wednesday night but the results were unavailable. a WESTAR APPLICATION City to sponsor public forum By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer Castlegar city council voted unani- mously at a special meeting Thursday to sponsor a public forum on Westar Timber’s application to the Ministry of the Environment for a variance on its pollution control permit governing emissions at Celgar Pulp Operations in Castlegar. But a motion by Ald. Len Embree that council reverse its previous de- cision to support Westar’s application went down to a 4-2 defeat when only Embree and Ald. Bob Pakula voted in favor of the motion. No date was set for the publie forum. The special meeting was called to clear up unfinished business from Tuesday’s regular council meeting, including a submission from the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada Local 1 which asked council to rescind fits support for Westar’s variance application. The variance — defined in the Waste Management Act as “temporary relief from the requirements” of a permit — would, if granted, allow the Celgar mill to continue exeeeding pollution control Stanoards set Sut iu the permit Mike Espenhain, chairman of the PPWC Local 1 pollution control com mittee, told council Tuesday that Cel- gar continues to exceed by up to 20 times the amount of pollutants the mill is allowed to emit into the environment under the permit. Espenhain said he phoned the mill's recotery boiler operator Tuesday af- ternoon and the operator told him an analyzer showed the mill was emitting 636 parts per million (ppm) of sulphur compounds from the recovery boilder stack. Westar's permit calls for the release of a maximum 26 ppm sulphur com- pounds from the Celgar stack, Espen- hain said. Embree said Thursday “it behooves the city to hold a public forum” on the variance, an opinion supported by the other aldermen. “There is concern in the community and all the facts in the case should be put before the general public,” Ald. Nick Ogiow said. “We as a city should take a role.” However, the aldermen parted com- pany when it came to reversing the decision to support Westar’s variance application. Embree said council should consider rescinding its support “considerifig the very well-researched report from the PPWC.” Girl killed at VANCOUVER (CP) — A nine-year- old girl was killed Friday when she was trapped between a fixed wall and one on a rotating turntable carrying spectators at a theatre in the Canada pavilion at Expo 86. The Nanaimo girl, whose name was withheld at her father’s request, was caught for at least two minutes before pavilion officials were able to back up the mechanism and free her. She was declared dead at a local hospital The turntable carries spectators who are perched on padded supports while viewing either a multi-media presen. tation or a film in one of two semi. circular theatres in the pavilion. When one feature is finished, the turntable Agreement reached with government By CasNews Staff Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy said Friday an “agreement in principle on major issues” has been reached between the provincial government and Cominco Ltd. negotiators that would allow the company to proceed with a $270 million modernization of its lead smelter in Trail. D'Arcy said the agreement must now be approved by the provincial Cabinet and the Cominco Board. He said the deal could be “modified. rejected or ‘accepted.” “I don't know how long that will take.” If the two sides do reach a settle ment, it will come just days before the May 15 deadline on a federal govern ment offer to buy $69 million in pre ferred Cominco shares to assist in the smelter upgrading. Noted D’Arey: “The federal gov ernment is not going to leave $69 million lying on the table forever Comineo has said it cannot proceed with the modernization of the smelter unless the provincial government gives the company tax relief on water licence fees. and the audience is rotated 180 degrees into the opposite theatre. Witnesses said the young girl was standing at the perimeter of the turn table on which one wall is positioned. When the turntable rotated, she was pressed between the turntable wall and the other which is mechanically guided into position flush with the first wall “We were right in front of her when it happened,” said one witness. “She got trapped between the wall that we were sitting by and the half wali that comes down to separate the two the atres and she got squished AUDIENCE TURNING “The theatre was rotating and she should not have been standing up The thing stopped and everyone start ed screaming, ‘Back it up, Back it up.’ Within a couple of minutes it backed up and she was taken out.” The theatre is darkened when the turntable rotates and viewers are cau tioned not to move from their positions. Witnesses said the girl was out of her seat and looking back into the de parting theatre when the accident oc But Oglow disagreed, noting that Westar has said it can't afford to comply with the standards laid out in the permit. “They can't perform with what is in the permit,” said Oglow, who added that if the variance is not granted, “the pollution control permit will say (Cel- gar) can't operate.” Taking any position other than sup- porting the variance application would be “detrimental to the community,” Ogiow said. Without the variance, Celgar must addition te “some form of out-plant treatment for effluent polishing.” The projects would reduce the raw effluent and air emissions by 50 to 60 per cent, but would still fall short of the continued on poge A3 curred. Deputy pavilion commissioner John Powles said the pavilion’s theatres were closed following the accident but reopened Saturday “However, we will not operate the turntable until such time as we have received full reports on the nature of the accident, the cause and anything we can do to ensure that it does not happen again,” he said. It was the first fatality at the ex position since it opened May 2 CASTS A PALL The death cast a pall over what had been an otherwise smooth-running opening for Expo, which in its first week attracted enthusiastic crowds undeterred by Jineups and technical glitches. Expo spokesman George Madden said international officials believe it was the most trouble-free opening week in recent memory The $1.6-billion fair the largest and most expensive specialized world’s exposition — began week two Friday by celebrating European Community Day By CasNews Staff Two more local pubs have opted to open today, hoping to cash in on the apparent success last Sunday of the first two Castlegar watering holes that took advantage of the relaxed liquor regulations during Expo. Dexters at the Sandman Inn and the Hi Arrow Arms will join Checkers Pub at the Fireside Inn and the Hotel in the Sunday beverage sweepstakes. Gordon Chrusch, manager of the Marlane Hotel, called last Sunday's turnout at his hotel “really good.” “It was just like a normal, regular “We're going to keep it up.” he Two more pubs open today said of the Sunday openings. Checkers manager Grant Salekin was less enthusiastic. but neverthe- less said his pub's Sunday opening was “worthwhile.” “We're going to try it out for a couple of months,” he ssid. “As the summer goes along we expect it to get better.” Jim Young, manager of the Sandman Inn where Dexters turns on the taps for its first Sunday today, said be heard the Sunday openings went over “very well.” “On Sunday, the local constabu lary came in and said (the other pubs) were quite busy.” Added Tulio Esposito, owner of the Hi Arrow which also opens for its first Sunday today:“I understand everybody did very well. We'll give it a try and see what it brings.”