CASTLEGAR NEWS, July 11, 1982 iY MOVING AHEAD .... Crane d pace, for new ‘UNITED’ NATIONS. (REUTER) —-The United: Nations special session on disarmament: headed for ad- journment ’ Saturday amid mutual recrimination, disap- pointment and anger over its failure to approve any step to halt the arms race, » Soviet Ambassador Oleg Troyanovsky blamed — the negative outcome of five _ weeks of intense fested in the first week of the . -one of the most disturbing junctures in, international re: assembly| by 8 New . York pece march from the UN to Central’ Park‘ for a’ rally’ at- tended by nearly one million people from many countries, including Canada. In its final hours, the 167- country assembly unani- mously approved a report, the'conclusions of which did little more than record thats “on the policies of the, United States and its NATO allies, Edwin Feulner, speaking for the United States, in turn attacked Soviet “transgres- sions” while restating “the Reagan :,. administration's ts pledge’ to. work for. disar- mament. India’s aKrish no ward disarmament had pes Hi achieved since the first spec- ial session.on the subject in 1978. The plan of action’ ap- proved then remained large- i embly : we convened “during lations.” ‘He did not ‘mention: any particular conflict, but. the session opened while Britain and Argentina were warring over the Falkland. Islands, the Middle East was in tur- moil, Iran and Iraq:were in continuing conflict and the ‘NATO. powers convened a. summit meeting ‘to consider the perceived Boviet military threat,’ The . Soviet’ delegate charged that the NATO meeting was Assembly: ing “with the “major sues. tions.” To}'the ' contrary, they deliberately aggravated ten- sions and engaged in con- frontation’ and the -policy. of obstructionism pursued’: by “bellicose ' circles in the United States,” he charged. “It is this policy which is. the reason’ why ‘the General “has. .beenpre- vented: from reaching de- cisions designed to avert nu- clear war," Troyanovsky said. CRITICAL OF UN 'Feulner, president’ of the to. take place during the in ly d, the report said. pra expressed deep. sorrow: and anger over what he termed the complete failure of the m special session of the General Assembly to do even a min- imum of justice to the depths of concern and anxiety felt by peoples all over the world about the growing danger of nuclear war. That concern . was -mani- BEPROUD' In an unusually candid: ap- praisal of the situation im- mediately after he declared the report adopted, Ismat Kittani of Iraq, the assembly president, said: “We cannot be'proud of our achievements , here —they were too few and too tal.” ! session and the al- _liance took the opportunity to reaffirm its militaristic policy and map outa comprehensive arms program. , Then, in words and deeds, NATO leaders came to, New York. to, try to -justify the military buildup, he said. °. “They came, to this: dis- armament forum | virtually "-he went on, But, in partial justification, he observed ‘that the as- “They failed. to submit: a single specific proposal deal- a lead- ing. U.S. conservative group that issued a recent series of highly ‘critical studies of the UN, said the United States will continue to work in the UN and other forums in the search for lasting peace. Referring to the disarma- ment measures approved -in th efinal document of the first special session, in 1978, Feu- Iner asked rhetorically why it was not implemented and observed that shortly after ste! 5 addon} 01 tnVaded +its | now-allgned neighbor ‘and! continues to occupy that hapless country.” He was referring to. the Soviet intervention n Af ghanistan, There was a war of aeares” sion in: Southeast’ Asia,’ sub- version’ .was expanded .in Central America,:Africa ‘and other: areas, while calls for freedom’ remained suppres: sed in Eastern: ‘Euro Iner said. The reports adopted by the ‘ session atates: | . “Existing and planned ‘mall itary programs constitute a * colossal waste of precious re- sources which’ might, other- wise be used to elevate iiDg standards of all péoples. Fur. thermore such waste greatly compounds the problems con: fronting developing countries in achieving economic and social development." AE The report ‘urges all coun- tries to consider measures to avert war, in particular nu- clear conflict, to ensure. the survival of mankind." | B.C. hospitals drop frills VANCOUVER. (CP). .-— Don't ‘count on back rubs, a choice’ on the menu or daily sheet ‘changes when: you check into a B.C.’ hospital. You won't likely get it — un- ; less your Tecovery depends Inn ‘under on it. As well, routine tests, such steel construction on Columbia Ave. Work, on the Apa it is:moving along at.a steady as blood and urine tests, will Come jewphoro only be done if necessary, RCMP roblacs: staff Castlegar RCMP has wel- comed two new members to the fold, bringing the num- ber of offic 1 the de- ‘Tathiment to"17. "°F So Const. Wes MacPherson, a récent recruit to the RCMP, has just finished a six-month training course in Regina and this is his first post. MacPherson, who is mar- ried with two children, comes from Grande Prairie, Alta., a city with a. population of * about 27,000. But he says he will adjust to Castlegar’s lifestyle quickly because he was raised on.a farm. He joined the RCMP be- cause “I like dealing with people,” he said. “And I've always had an interest in the kind of work they (the RCMP) did.” ‘MacPherson ‘has been given general duty- assign- ments which includes patrol- ling, answering complaints, traffic contro] and assisting the general public. * Const. WES MacPHERSON Corp. Ken Dowson; 36, has. “been with the RCMP for 15 years. In that time has has been stationed in northern B.C., Fort Nelson and Salmon Arm. But his most recent post was in Kaslo. * Dowson is married with no children: Cpl. KEN DOWSON One of two corporals on the Castlegar force, Dowson says he has been assigned general duties. When asked why he joined the RCMP, Dowson replied, “It's just something I thought I wanted to do and I've never regretted it.” says. Jim Flett, Vancouver General Hospital president. A survey of hospitals and medical staff in the Van- couver area found that many of’ the so-called ‘frills’ have been dropped to save money and staff time now that the provincial government's bud- get restraints, resulting - in 1,200 ‘bed more than 2,000 staff throughout. winge, pave, taken, ef Lawrence’ Clein, a neurosurgeon at New West- minster's Royal Columbian Hospital, said doctors are worried they won't be able to get a-bed or an operating room for their patients need-- ing surgery, or-have prop- when it’s time to operate. On July 1, when Royal Columbian Hospital dropped from six operating rooms to three with an Dr. Rudy Weitemeyer,’ a general. surgeon ‘at’ Royal Columbian, said he was dis- tressed because a 14-year-old girl who was hit by a car the day before waited 18 hours to get into the operating room to have large gashes with torn muscle in her legs re- paired. “I knew the board was full,” -Weitemeyer said, “but she shouldn't have waited that long.” * Since May 28, when North - Vancouver's Lions Gate Hos- pital closed 55 beds and laid off 144 staff, six beds on ward _seven east have been cram- med into'an empty room on the ward. * ‘The ward ‘has neurological patients ‘and post-operative back. patients;. mai ‘patiénts 2 are col mobile. The nurses call it a “heavy ward,” meaning the patients require a lot of at- ‘tention. Now six registered nurses and three practical nurses, working eight’ or 12-hour ents. Two nurses and six beds were lost with the cuts. “What worries us most is we just don’t have" "enough back up, Clein was told he ' had 18 hours of operating room time for his surgery.in the next seven weeks. ROOMS DROPPED “I really don't know how effectively I will be able to- practice neurosurgery in the next few months,” he said. - time,” sai nurse Cathie Anderson, “You leave at the end of the'day feeling that if you enly’ had a bit more time you could have made someone a little. more comfortable, walked someone twice instead of only’ once and hastned their recovery, maybe getting -them: out: of . Dollar good for customers MONTREAL (CP) — ard Frankel's Bie vai are ‘filled these days hoping to cash in on the falling Canadian dollar. Frankel, 31, is a com- modity futures specialist for , Merrill Lynch Royal Sec-: urities Ltd. He’s the guy you see if you want a contract to buy 19 tons of pork belly for delivery in August. . The dollar is a commodity too and Frankel’s . order the dollar's dééline. said in his 24 pointing to a vit currency quotes at the Chi- cago exchange. “This is in- credible.” The futures ‘market is a casino. You.put up a deposit of about $1,200 U.S. and you win or lose $1,000 U.S. on (COURT NEWS / In © ental months’ pi with a court July 6, Doi Van Le was fined $400 or 30 days in jail for driving with an alcohol blood count over .08. . . s Lorne Verigin was fined $75 for being a minor in po- ssession of alcohol. . 28 6 For failing to appear be- fore court, Lorne Bisaro was . fined $250 or 30 days. He also received a $250 fine’ or 80 days for mischief to private property, the sentences to run concurrently. As well, he has been placed on six promise to keep the peace. es we Lucienne Bradford has been placed on three months’ probation and a. promise to keep the peace for breach of probation. 5 . * Robert Wiebe has two months in which to pay a $250 fine he received for driving without insurance. * e s Brian Fietz -has been placed on probation for one month with a promise to keep the peace for breach of pro- bation. each one-cent arial move. Player’ can sell hundreds of ‘thousands ‘of ‘@énad¢ian dollars without having: the + cash — ‘winning if ‘the: cur- rency becomes less valuable before: they must deliver, losing if it goes the’ other wa: “It's a risky game," Fran- kel said. But the dollar's steady de- cline since early June has been good for his customers. “Just about all the people are making money so far,” he explains. “It kind of reminds me of when gold was exploding and everybody wanted to buy. nto it For a while, everybody’ was right.” Frankel says dollar ‘futures used to acc§unt for about 20 per cént oft tis; shles. These days they account for about 90 per cent. He's been getting inquiries from people he’s never heard of, all wanting to sell. “I haven't had one call yet saying: 'I want to buy Can- adian dollars.’ He said he doesn’t have any money of his own in dollar futures, but the gam- bling spree has been good to him as a salesman, He eanrs $82 U.S. in commission per contract... Winning Provincial numbers drawn. The Friday July 2 Pro- vincial ‘winning ticket num- ber is 2614951. This ticket, with its. complete. number, wins $500,000. . Additional -prizes are $50,000 for the last six digits: $1,000 for the last five digits; $100 for the-last four digits; $25 for the last three digits and $10 for the last two digits. * The most-recent winning numbers are: June 25 — 1657787, June 11 — 2771116, June 18 — 2140252 and June 4— 1. The next draw takes place this Friday. Curreney futures are sel- dom bought. out of patriotic feeling or sold for lack of it, . Frankel said, adding he doesn't believe the: betting contributes to the Canadian dollar's basic problems. “T think the speculation can affect the dollar in the short term, but if the dollar wants‘ to go to 76, it’s going to go to 6." erly functioning equipment anit, take ‘care: of 82, pate: the. hospital a day. or ‘two earlier." INSTRUCTED NURSES The hospitals’s nursing ad- ministration has instructed nurses in changes they ‘can make to save time, such as getting patients who are able to walk to:bathe themselves and to help the nurses change their beds. Whether or not-z nurse changes a bed every day is left to the judgment of the nurse. Most hospitals in the prov- ince have tried to-minimize . the ‘layoffs to the’ nursing staff. Support services — es- cort, cleaning, laundry, food services, intravenous — ser- vices, pharmacy — have been cut the most. Each hospital has tried to conserve employee's time by conserving space — in some cases toa ridiculous extreme. Pythian Sisters active Kootenay Temple No. 87, Pythina Sisters have had two active months. of May and June prior to their recess for . the’ summer. Several ofthe Sistera and Brothers attend- ed Grand Lodge in new Westminister in May. _roGrand Chief Réve Sobéelak was officially honored by her home temple with the pres- entation of a gift and best wishes for her term of office as Grand Chief for the ensuing year. Sisters Joy Saunders and Grace Eldstrom ‘represented Kootenay Temple. No. 37 at Rota Villa's annual meeting in the absence: of Myrtle Thomas. Alf Henshaw was initiated into the Order of Pythian Sisters at the first meeting in June. Several of the Sisters and one Brother attended the - tea in honor of Don and Mary Wallace's 50th wedding anni- versary, and Myrtle Thomas representéd' Kootenay’ Tem- pleat the Homemakers an- nual meeting. : Several of the Sisters as- Gleboff were . present. for awards day at SHS School. A barbecue was held at the home of Otto’ and Lil: Neu- mann owing to the unsettled weather. Grand Chief Rose Soberlak wished all a happy summer, thug, ending the; ac- tivities ‘until September. (submitted: by Myrtle Thomas) sociated the Kiwanis Club by , the serving of refreshments at the blood donors clinic. Anthony Schwiertz (Chan- cellor Commander) © Twin Rivers Lodge’ No. 70 and Joan Marks E.S. (acting in the absence of MEC Mry Sunkest fun for children at NEC During SunFest ‘82, the National Exhibition Centre will again present. activities from July 19-23 for children ages 6-18. Last year the pro- - gram :had such a: good res- ponse that it couldn't accept everyone who came, so those interested are warned . to register early. Schedule:.. July 19 from 1:80 - 3:30 p.m.:.Movies (and popcorn) - Ages» 6-13 . max. (veg. :30). and fee is $1. July 20 from 1:30 - 3:80 p.m.: Yo-yo workshop (bring your own). Ages 8-13: max. vreg.15 and feé is $1-N.Y.° Sule Champion Tom O'Con- Segue 21 and 22 from 9:80 - 12 noon:: Part 1 and Part 2 Ages 8-13 max. reg. 20 and fee is $8.-With fibre artist . Kathy Armstrong. July 21 from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.;: Off-loom weaving Ages 6-13 max. reg. 20 and fee is $1. With weaver Ingeborg Thor-Larsen. July 22. from 1:30 - 8:80 p.m.: Theatricks Ages 6-18 max. reg. 25 and fee is $1. With drama student Berna- dette Archambault. - July 23 from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Museofun Ages 6-13 max. ‘reg.’ 25 and fee is $1. With curator Diane Chap! man. The NEC is located across from the Castlegar Airport, Please’ call Eleanor Elstone at the NEC at 365-2411 for further details and to regis- ster. Tass attacks John Paul : “MOSCOW. (REUTER) — ‘The official Soviet news agency Tass published on Saturday a bitter attack. on Pope John Paul, suggesting j his planned visit to’ Poland this summer is a ploy to whip up opposition to martial law in the country. Tass published at length a commentary from the Slovak Communist party newspaper : Pravda, saying that the Po- lish Roman. Catholic Church provides a rallying point for “anti-Socialist”.elements. “All this happened and is happening with the blessing of Pope John Paul who, since -the introduction of’ martial law, has used every oppor- . apy are being tunity to criticize the acti- vities of the Polish author- ities,” the -article said. No. final decision has yet been made on whether the. Pope's second visit to’ his homeland in three years will _ go ahead. But Moscow clearly shares the Warsaw regime's fears that it could spark ‘pro- tests. The article said: the Pope fully supports. the now-sus- pended free tradé tinion Soli- ae ‘whose posters and back to the period. before Dec: 13" when martial law was introduced, the article said. “The calculation is that Pope John .Paill's ‘visit will serve this end.” The Soviet press often ‘carried hard-line Czechoslo- vak articles during the 16 . months of political reform in Poland. after Solidarity was founded, criticizing Solidar- ity and the Warsaw govern- ment. “Their ic indie inde. ,and: around churches. =. “The Polish’ church leader- ship, with the Pope at ‘the head, wants to turn events Polish’ Soviet endorsement of is criticisms. without exposing Moscow to accusations that it was exerting direct pressure on Warsaw. Power out Thursday Power was out in the north end of Castlegar for about an hour and 20 minutes. Thurs- day. evening. A West ‘Koot- enay Power and Light Co. spokesman said a downed : power pole was the cause. ‘The spokesman said a pole at 6th Street and 11th “Ave. rooted away at the base and fell over, pulling down power lines and knocking out pow- er. ba Film actor shot to death. LOS ANGELES (AP). — Character actor Frank Chris- ti was found shot to death in the carport of his home, and he apparently was gunned down as he got out of his car, police said, The 62-year-old actor, whose film and television ap- pearances included The God- father and ‘The . Rockford Files, was found early Friday at his hillside home in’North “Hollywood, said Sgt, Dennis Murphy. “We have no motive for the killing,” said Detective: Bob Welch, who said Christi. was shot in the Upper torso. “There was no sign’ of ‘rob- bery and there was no forced entry of his home.” Murphy said neighbors called police when they heard shots. A_neighbor. who \de- clined to be identified said he heard gunfire ‘around 12:16 a.m. and saw two large men run away after seuffling with the actor, at Christi’s televisicn: vappear- ances included Kojak, Char- lie's -Angels, Barney. Miller, Barnaby Jones,;Qannon and Manhix. ene major pow: - 8, the een Fall Fair used ‘to be held in the INF, Robson Hotel at iat Is now the Robson townsite. This si pleturer: d for. fourtesy: of entries. Prizes will also aggregates, ae William Brown of Trail, mae the produce on n display for: a fair which tok place in the fall of 1911 of 1912, be presented for. ‘overall Although the fair. ‘is still in, ‘the planning stages, Nutter hopes that by advertisirig the fair early, people will have time to plan and prepare their entries. Even children’ can enter an article they have made from odds and ends. There will be a 25-cent entry fee for each item and. Nutter says funds. will go towards the many. charities sponsored by the Institute. As well, funds will be used for ‘the "s TOth next May. y planned for , The Robson Women's Institute which has 12 active ‘holds coffee parties, raffles and craft fairs - Robson gets its own fall fair. By CasNews Staif For the first time since the World .War I, the community of Robson is going to have its.own fall fair. . _ » “The idea is to bring some action into the district,” }. says Leora Nutter, president of.the Robson. Women's _Institute which is hosting the affair. The first. fall fairs that were -held in Robson took place on the verandah of the Robson Hotel — where Robson Hall now stands. This Sept: 25, the fair and coffee party will be held in the hall. Anyone’ in the district and outlying areas with prize-winning fruits, » vegetables, baked. goods and handicrafts are invited to participate. The ) judges will be q from Robson, and ribbons will be d throughout the year to raise money for both joeal ‘and ¢ provincial charities. Institute. member Jean . Fowler: says she can remember the fairs that used to be held in Robson. In those days people came from Renata and Deer Park to enter their produce that would be displayed on the hotel's large, wide verandahs. It was especially nice for the children, she said, because they were, always given the fruit that wasn't good enough to be entered. ‘And boy, did we look. forward to. that.” For more information about the fair, call 866-5772 or 3865-3847 evenings. sh By ‘The'Associathd Press ’ Syria was reported to have told the United. “States Sat- urday it will not accept the Palestine Liberation Organ- ization guerrillas trapped in West Beirut and demanded instead that the Israeli forces besieging them Pull out of Lebanon. Informed sources in Dam- ascus, who requested anony- mity, said Syria's position was conveyed by Foreign Minister. Abdul -Halim Kha- ddam to Morris Draper, U.S. deputy’ assistant : state sec- retdry who is in the Syrian Be capital. ¢ By CHARLES LA VERTU VICTORIA (CP) — The BC. g AP 1 ,-Draper..was sent to: Dam- ascus by U.S, presidential envoy Philip Habib, who has been ‘ negotiating outside Beirut ‘for, the past three weeks to try to get the PLO forces out before Israel de- cides to storm West Beirut. Meanwhile, France _an- nounced Saturday its agree- ment in principle to provide. troops for an_ international force that would oversee.the disengagement of PLO and ‘Israeli-forces. The U.S. has already agreed to provide Bone to be deployed in Habib and Lebanese Prime ‘But he feels that the fed- eral program, limiting wage program will be revamped to make it more comprehensive than the federal govern- ment’s proposed program, says Premier Bill Bennett. And he says'that resource- ‘rich B.C.- will rebound from the current, recession faster than the industry-rich East. - The premier forecasts -“great problems in the manu- facturing base ~in::Central Canada,” while B.C. will have no trouble’ selling its timber and other. resources once the economy revives.” Bennett said: he is under “strong pressure to join the federal program of wage con- trols because his wage: and * spending: restraints’ legisla— tion, passed last month, is too generous. in the public sector., to six per cent the first year’ and five per. cent the second year, is not equitable and it does - not limit’ g were GE Minister ‘Shalit Wazzan son Friday discussed busing. the estimated 8,000 PLO fighters and their families to Syria, ,but. the Damascus. govern- ment, which is not parti- cipating in the talks, rejected the idea. - In his meeting with Draper today, Khaddam said the main issue is not evacuation ofthe PLO but withdrawal of Trraeli forces. who invaded Lebanon on June 6." ; Habib ‘also has proposed evacuating the PLO with either Canadian, French, Bel- gian or Greek navy escort if the PLO insists on its refusal that’s:-what has happened.” ~At the federal level, 30 cents af-each tax dollar’ is being-used to service the na- tional debt, he ‘said, leaving only 70: cents to provide the ‘to-evacuate under US. 6th * France told-fhe Lebanese Fleet escort, i Beir- ut sources said. ‘Another’ obstacle is the timing of deployment of a proposed peacekeeping force of U.S. marines and French paratroops. Habib says they should be sent in after the « -PLO leaves, but Wazzan and the guerrillas want them in before. One PLO. negotiator, Hani el Hassan, said: “We are not ready to discuss any details on the evacuation until the UN. force’ arrives. Epsilon (evacuation) day will arrive when the UN troops arrive.” Bennett hints at changes Bennett said that although President Reagan may be- lieve that the recession has bottomed out, “that is in the . United States, and I happen to be in Canada.” “All indi spending. The B.C...program ‘limits public-sector wage services p at each election and in each budget. “Our to eight to 14 per cent:and spending to-12 per. cent. CAN'T AFFORD IT “The economy can't afford the high cost of government which has gone up;from 20° per cent to 40 per cent of the gross national product during the past 16 years,” Bennett said. “That means thata eetice burden is being placed on the private sector. “In a shrinking economy, it's. becomes almost unbear- able to’ bear that cost and REVITALIZATION * continued from front page merce, ‘which would also have an amenity area; a traf- proper signage: be created and that present zoning res- will be’ more extensive and far broader than the one we brought in.in February,” he told reporters over coffee. He was not able to say. if the next B.C. budget would -be a. balanced one under his new. program, “Bennett refused to disclose any details, or even say when the new. program would be unveiled, saying only that. it” will require assent of the'B.C. + legislature which he will re- call’ into special session if necessary. B.C. FIRST ‘The province will be one of the: first. regions in . North American torecover from the recession, he said, because of the: development -of the trictlons be d for new under way. and the fic island imp: at 2nd Street; a mid-block access to existing stores between Srd and 4th Streets, Fletcher also told the spec-. ial meeting that: the. com- mittee’s’ main. concerns ‘are parking and the present zon- ing restrictions. The com- i ‘ready to resolve the patking mittee also: recommended that surface parking lots with - and ‘ She advised’ that the com- emphasis being: placed ' on mittee is also a special area tax for parking, street scaping and extended in:provement. high ‘He said the province. will stimulates: the -area. of | re-- and T have say that our problems for’ man- ufacturing are only starting,” he said,- adding that U.S. firms’have taken advantage of the recession to retool and Canadian firms have not. B.C. will have no trouble selling its timber and other resources once the economy revives, he said, but he is not sure that will be the case with Canadian automobiles, “footwear, textiles, television sets and other Canadian products. There is an illusion of com- petitiveness, but “we've lost that now.” ; “The key to our recovery is going to be over a five- or six-year period during which we must have steady produc: tivity increases in both the public and ‘private sector every year.” Canada is’ the only indus- trialized country not to show any. increases in productivity. during the last six years, he sald, but during the same period, wages in key sectors have gone from below their She said the will not proceed with the ie until. council indicates it is ‘and zoning requirements: * “toan even greater degree. to broaden the economy,". and to’ attract this type tin. dustry. - 8. ‘ts to as much as 22 per cent above. At the same time, share- holders are‘ getting more. profits, and both sides are working less, he added. it.ag- rees in“ principle. to,- par- ‘ticipate in a disengagement of guerrilla and Israeli forces around Beirut but-said.noth- « ing . about evacuating the PLO. The French position is that any evaculation must be part of a broader agreement that would give the Palestine Liberation Organization some political voice in future dealings with Israel — some- thing Israel-rejects, Israel invaded five weeks ago to crush the PLO and rout the 3,000 Syrian troops CASTLEGAR NEWS, July 1), 1982” Town plan gets first draft By CHERYL WisHLOW Staff Writer A draft copy of the down- town revitalization plan for Castlegar has been prepared though the final facts and figures are not yet in. “It’s a a good program,” Downtown Businessmen's A + formula — whichever is least — may be received in order to revitalize downtown areas’ through promotion, organi- zation or some physical im- provements, © As well, a loan for up to 75 per cent: of the total esti- mated coat of the works up to a qual- mond Bosse told a Wednes- day DBA. meeting. “All the people of the com- munity will benefit by the ifying amount is also avail. able. The loan is paid back over a period of 12 years, with the / Pp ig of the d area,” ‘ Bosse said there are plans to have a wine and cheese party where plans will be re- vealed to members of the.. business community. They will be able to discuss what they would like for down- town Castlegar. “It. is totally flexible,” "Bosse said. “We haven't dic- tated a price to anyone. Final figures will be up to the * membership.” ). Wally Horning of Weat's Department Store noted that the DBA originally applied to and interest’ amor- tized over "10 annual pay- ments, In the first two years, there are no payments on the principal or interest and no caldulation of interest, Bosse commented, “We have to meet with the city and figure out what percen- tage they wish to pay.” He added, “The next step is to get the city involved. The city is very receptive.” * City Council planning‘ com- mittee. chairman Bob MacBain declined tocomaieat on how much the City.would the pi for up to half a million dollars for the revitalization project. Property owners were to de- cide how much they want to spend, “We have worked on this for almost two years and eliminated unnecessary ex- penses, such as underground lighting,” Bosse, said. He said the plan was nar- rowed down to a fairly tight budget. “If the city is willing to back us up with this, we should be able to come up with additional funds. to cover this," he said. The project must first be ap- proved by Castlegar council. The project will be funded by downtown businessmen, grants from: the provincial government, and possibly the « City of Castlegar. Under the program revi- talization program, a grant of 25 per cent of the approved expenditure or'an amount of Hey based onia per’ oe t to Lébanon six years ago ,to police: the armistice that ended the 1975-76 Moslem- Christian civil war. Trapped.in West Beirut along with PLO are an esti- mated 500,000 Lebanese and Palestinian civilians. Lebanese’ police say about 10,000 people — mostly civ- ilians — have been killed in Lebanon’ since the invasion began. Israel says about 400 civilians and 1,200 PLO guer- rillas have: been killed in addition to 281 Israeli sol- diers. [Director appointed] By CasNews Staff Dr. Richard Pearce hss been. appointed sirector of David Pearce’s major areas of responsibility will include — co-ordination of. the ‘process of the be to spend on the i project. “Tdon't think very, much,” he said in an interview, noting that the city does not yet have any figures on the project, He. said. the city ‘is cur- rently.at.a minimum, finan- clally. MacBain is. council's advisory person on the DBA revitalization committee. Mayor Audrey Moore also tefused to comment: on how much the city is prepared to spend. “We don't know what they want,” she said in‘an in- terview Friday. “We don't know what part of the study they are interested in. “It is very difficult to say how much we are prepared to put aside until we hear from — them. The economy and city finances are. not at its best,” she noted. Moore did say that.the city has been supportive of the ~DBA in their attempts to re- vitalize downtown Seteaet: wed a ye Local flights cut Air traffic drops of up to 30 per cent in some areas have forced’ Pacific Western Air- lines to reduce staff sharply and cut flights, says Ken Gray, the airline's vice-presi- dent for the central region. - ed air 16 per cent, Gray said. The latest reduction in air- bus service became effective July 1 when two flights were dropped from the 16 sched- uled. The company is hoping to increase the level to 15 this September, as ‘air traffic The line has reduced staff by 400 “people since the start of the year with more layoffs pos- sible if air traffic does not. improve. Last month PWA reduced its staff at Castlegar Airport by two and cut back its morning flights to Vancou- ver. Last fall the airline also cut back its Sunday fligtits to Casth Centre by the pias of Victoria Board of Governors. : The two-year ee began July.i.. Sulphur emitted By CasNews Siaft: If you thought there was a slight smell of sulphur in the air the ‘last’ few, days, you were right. B.C. Timber Ltd.’s Celgar pulp mill digester blow ‘con- denser is down ‘for repairs and the ‘sulphur gases’ nor- mally removed in that sys- tem are being vented into the atmosphere. The company said ina pre- pared statement that they: started venting the sulphur July 3 and that the gases are “small in volume” They said a temporary syatem will’ be installed as soon as possible to alleviate the emissions.. Permanent repairs. to. the condenser won't be finished for about another three weeks.” The company said the, re- in light of the five-year plan how in effect at DTUC, and ending in 1984, to: provide documentation for the. re- * gpntly established evaluation committee which will report at that time. The director of DTUC is responsible: for day-to-day management of all university activities and is also sec- onded to Selkirk College — UVie's co-educator at DTUC — for management of pro- grams at the college level. - ‘Pearce is a native of Vic- “We commenced the ‘year with 3,800 employees,” Gray said. “At this stage of the’ game we're down below 3,400 and we could be below 3,000 by the end:of the year.",, The airline recently. re- leased 108’ ’ airport service staff with general cuts con- tinuing as flight I in the fall, he said. In addition to the company continually evaluating routes with adjustments being made . as required, the airline also has reduced its fleet with four 787s out on lease: and four more sold to an Amer- ican company, Gray said. The airline is committed to taking delivery of two new 787 planes in August and will add two Boeing 767: wide- body, medium-range planes to the fleet next spring. An additional two 767s are scheduled for delivery in 1985, a matter now being. evaluated by PWA officials. The company is continuing to operate two Hercules. air- are reduced across the board. “It. looks like we'll have some further reductions dur: ing the course of the year in all areas if we continue to contract ‘our. system,” Gray toria, and attended Victoria said. College — UVic's predec- essor institution '— receiving his Bachelor - of Arts and Teaching Certifi- cate at the University of B.C. He received his Masters degree in biological science and his PhD in science edu- cation from Oregon State University, the latter in 1969. He instructed in natural scierices at the Skagit Valley Community College in Mount Vernon, Washington from 1969: to 1974 and became a visiting assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at UVic in 1974. & He was named co-ordinator of professional ‘programs in 1975 and pairs were “We regret any discomfort this may have caused the local people.” was named assistant director (university programs) at DTUC in July, 1981. The layoffs affect all em- ployee groups including man- agement. In-addition, many job vacancies arising through normal attrition are left.un- filled. Gray blames the bleak scenario on steady drops in air traffic demand, particu- larly in the once-strong areas of coastal and interior British Travel is also down in the traditionally high-demand airbus service. between Ed- monton and Calgary, forcing Pacific Western to cut flights. Airbus traffic matched 1981 demand during the first three months of this year, then began a steady slide, receeding at a rate of about craft alth , Offi- cials are weighing “the ‘pros and cons of selling one of the planes. Band wanted The fledgling Castlegar Youth Club is urging young people who are interested in joining the club to attend the next meeting planned for Thursday, July 15 at the Volunteer Exchange, 1216 3rd St. (above West's Dept. Store). Plans for a dance and other events will be discussed. The club is also looking for a band to plat at its upcoming dance, For information ‘call 365-2104. Members of the Castlegar Volunteer Exchange recently established the club with the objectives of determining the interests of young people and _ the improvements’ they would like to see in the com; munity. of Castlegar.