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Course commences Monday May 23; 89 For more information and to register contact Marg Dolan — 352-6601. | AT BEL-AIR CLEANERS We have it all for you ¢ LOW PRICES, SERVICE & Especially QUALITY CLEANING. ==" BEL-AIR CLEANERS We're Your |-Stop Cleaning Centre @ Over 35-Years Experience Castleaird Plaza * 365-5145 NELSON CAMPUS. 2001 Silver King Rd., Nelson, B.C. VIL 1C8 352-6601 NEW FACILITIES map. The tanke: By CasNews Staff Ministry of Forests staff and Conair pilots based at the Castlegar air tanker base will have new facilities to work out of during this year's forest fire season. Anew 288-square metre building was constructed over the tall and winter months. An open house for the new building was held Wednesday. The new building replaces an old one which measured 260 square metres over two floors. Rich Drew, air coordinator for the Nelson forest region, explained that the former building was an old prefabricated structure and was about 30 years old. It originally came from the airport and) had been moved three times. The new building includes a spacious administration area, a bunk room to serve as a rest area for {he pilots, a locker room, a Terese Croswell, dispatcher at Castl held an open house for its new b Open house held meeting room for debriefing, a lounge area and a large kitchen, which will be used by the pilots for meal preparation. Drew said that the pilots spend a lot of time at the tanker base during the dry periods of the summer. For éxample, on a red alert, the pilots must be at the base and ready torolt in five minutes. On a yellow alert they have half an hour from the time they are called to the time they have to be in the aircraft. There are usually a minimum of four pilots who fly the three air tankers and bird-dog aircraft. The pilots work for Conair, an Abbot- sford-based company which sup- plies all the aircraft for the Ministry of Forests in B.C. But the pilots aren’t the only ones who work out of the base. There are usually two technicians who maintain the aircraft, two to three people who load the fire retardant, three dispatchers, two r air tanker base examines grid ling on Wednesday. CosNews Photo by Chery! Colderbank air attack officers, Drew and the region’s tanker base supervisor. In the Nelson region, the minjstry has reload bases in Cran- brook, Grand Forks, Revelstoke and Golden, The base in Castlegar serves as the headquarters for the Nelson region. Tanker base buildings are one of the few buildings the ministry still operates on its own, Drew said. They are not administered by British Columbia Buildings Cor- poration. Forest Service officials were ex- pecting a number of out-of-town dignitaries to be on hand for the open house. However, because of poor weather conditions they didn’t come. The expected dignitaries in- cluded the assistant deputy minister, the director of protection and the air operations manager. Executives from Conair were also planning to be in Castlegar. Taxes continued trom front poge sewer fund but that was not enough to cover the system’s costs and so a tax in- crease was necessary, Smecher said. ~~ Holiday Weekend = §Sun and Fun Specials from Carl's Drug SOLARCAINE Sunburn Relief. 170 mb 3429 Bucket & Shovel With purchase of Coppertone Water Babies Sunscreen Sun In & Super | BRONZE TAN Court news This week in Castlegar provincial court, Michael Kabatoff was fined $300, or in default, 10 days in jail, for refusing to undergo alcohol testing. Last week, Kurt Scheunemann and Homeowners pay tax on up to a maximum of 60 metres of frontage, she said. One decreased budget section is the annual indemnities for the aldermen, Smecher said. The indemnities are down a tetal of $13,006 this year following a report to council recently that said Castlegar alderman were being paid More than aldermen incities of similar size. nities and increased Mayor Audrey Moore’s indemnity. The report found Moore was receiving less than mayor in cities of similar size. Smecher, who lected i Cancer continued trom front poge For example, Trail school district had a higher than expected rate for maies in lymphoma — cancer of the lymph glands. Esophogus cancer for males was also higher than the provin- cial average, while the overall cancer death rate for females was significantly lower than the provincial rate. Band said this study will lead to others in determining possible en- vironméntal and occupational links to cancer. **This is the first step in this direction which at least provides some infor- mation which will need to be in- vestigated further,’’ Band said. Another study he hopes to start this year will look at cancer incidence rather than death, which Band said will be more significant in determining en= vironmental factors. Band said that by using cancer cases when they occur may indicate a similar or different pattern. Looking at cancer incidence would provide more precise and accurage documentation. **1f we-find the same things, it forces the fact that what we found real and deserves further vestigation,” Band said. Dioxins continued from front poge Some mills, however, may have trouble meeting the order to have secondary effluent treatment facilities in place by 1991, said an industry spokesman. “Some of the coastal companies could (have trouble),’’ said Brian Mc- Cloy, a spokesman for the Council of Forest Industries of British Columbia. NOTSURPRISED The reduction target for 1994 omes as no surprise’’ to the in- dustry, he said. The environmental group Green- peace praised the new regulations as a step in the right direction. But it also criticized Strachan_for not setting a timetable for full elimination of chlorinated organic compounds. “Dioxins are the tip of the iceberg,” said Greenpeace spokesman Renata Kroesa. **We want the elimination of all chlorinated organic compounds from mill effluent."" There are more than 1,000 types of chlorinated organic compounds in pulp mill effluent, said Kroesa. “They are persistent in the environ- ment,” she said. **A lot of them are k ” last year, said the 4.5 per cent increase in the budget is ‘very reasonable and very responsible."’ She said she is “really impressed”’ -by how carefully city funds are managed: Kroesa said British Columbia should order pulp mills to use, oxygen bleaching processes, systems that would eliminate the production of the toxins. Council froze indem- Todd Jubinville pleaded guilty to fishing in Kootenay river during clgsed season and were fined $75 each. Lottery numbers BAHA’I FAITH “The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and -her- mony, as it is in music where many notes blend The following are the winning num- bers drawn in Thursday’s lottery: B.C. KENO — 6, 16, 20, 41, 44, 45, 54 and 56. Th¢ winning numbers in Wed- nesday’s lotteries were: LOTTO 6/49 — 18, 19, 22, 36, 41 [and 42. The bonus number was 13. ‘There was no winner of the jackpot prize of $2,072,751130. EXTRA — 13, 27, 73 and 95. In memory May 14, 1989 Briefly... Mary Koftinoff Mary Koftinoff of Robson, B.C. passed away May 11 at Boundary Hospital, Grand Forks, at the age of 88. Mrs. Koftinoff was born July8, 1900 at-Yorkton, Saskatchewan and when she was 11 years old, she moved with her parents to Ootischenia. She married George Koftinoff of Ootischenia. She was a member of the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood! which. later became known as the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ. She loved gar- dening and knitting. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, George and Lynda ther in the making of a ct chord.” B. C. KENO — 4, 9, 11, 19, 22, 28, 31 and 52. A These numbers, provided by The d Canadian Press, must be d 12 or 365-3239 Koftinoff of Fruitvale; daughters and sons-in-law, Tannis and Bob Put- ney of Niagara Falls, Ont., Doris and Pete Konkin of Fruitvale, Olga and Walter Gorkoff of Robson, Judy and Mike Kalesnikoff of Castlegar; daughter Polly Rilkoff of Castlegar; 22 grandchildren; 39 great- unofficial. ar er and one brother, Peter Kof- tinoff of Grand Forks. She was predeceased by her husband George in 4 id Dark Tanning Oil. 220 mt Castlegar T-Shires Vo PRICE DEEP WOODS INSECT REPELLANT $339 Travel Size SOAP, SHAMPOO, CONDITIONER AND HAND LOTION. JEWELLERY Yo PRICE Table-Top Portable Propane Barbeque $495 10’'x52"’, 2-Ring Inflatable Pools 27''x72" Vinyl Air Mattresses SALE Jumbo, 46" Beach Balls Don’t Forget Film & Batteries Castleaird Plazo 365-7269 Open Sun. & Mon. May 21 & 22 — 12Noon Carl’s Drugs The Ministry of Social Services & Housing in the West Kootenays, Grand Forks and Boundary Country = wishtocreate a variety of —__ RESIDENTIAL RESOURCES FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN if you have the skills and experience in foster or group care of children, you may have what it takes to care for children who need your help. A fee for service contract will be negotiated for these residential resources. For further information, please contact Ray Suomi at 354-6465 or write to the Ministry of Social Ser- vices and Housing, 310 Ward Street, Nelson, B.C. VIL 5S4. You can make a difference. 1972; hildren in infancy and one brother, William. Funeral service was held at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel-‘on Friday and Saturday with burial at the Ootischenia Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of te Castlegar Funeral Chapel. Carter’s Singer Sewing Centre Lorraine is Coming Back! ATTENTION ALL Serger Owners LORRAINE CULBERTSON from Lori-Clair industries presents the most unique and in-depth, hands-on Serger Workshop in Canada. 2-DAY WORKSHOP May 25 and May 26 OPEN TO ALL MAKES PHONE 364-1744 FOR INFORMATION Carters Singer Sewing Centre Towne Square Mall Judge-reverses decision VANCOUVER (AP) — A B.C. Supreme Court-judge reserved decision Friday on an application to force the provincial government to change electoral boundaries within four months. The application was made by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association which wants the government to carry out-an earlier Supreme Court ruling i Mr. Justice Kenneth Meredith earlier declared the existing electoral boundaries unconstitutional bec the number of voters in some tidings. The differences meant a vote was worth more in a sparsley populated rural riding than in a heavily populated urban ‘riding. Association president John’ Dixon wants the government to speed the--boundary—reform:—An~election” carried out under the old boundaries might be illegal and cause a constitutional crisis, he said. Mass graves discovered MANILLA (AP) — Phillipine soldiers aided by a former. Communist rebel have found three mass graves where the remains of scores of people killed by guerillas are believed buried, military spokesman On strife-torn Mindanao Island, New People’s Army guerrillas holding eight govefnment militiamen said they will release their captives if the military stops its operation against them. Col.’ Tranquilino Aspiras said the graves, in two provinces just south of Manila, are believed to contain the bodies of about 100 people killed by the New People’s Army in a purge of suspected military spjes in their ranks following a series of arrests of ranking rebel leaders last year. “We have discovered Communist killing fields,’’ Aspiras said. \'These atrocities have been left unreported because of the secrecy of the killings. The murders must be unmasked."" Reporters who accompanied’ the soldiers said they counted 28 bodies, including six women, in the mass grave in the town of Kavinti in-Laguna-provinceMest-of-the-remains-were—bones-but-soine-still had flesh, indicating they were killed recently. Aspiras said digging was hampered by rough terrain, and soldiers were still clearing the area of trees to allow helicopters to deliver supplies and additional men. British citizen disappears BEIRUT (AP) — An elderly British citizen has disappeared in Muslim .West Beirut and is believed kidnapped, his wife said Saturday. A group previously unknown in Lebanon claimed respon- sibility Jack Mann, 83, a former pilot with Lebanon's national airline, left his apartment on foot Friday morning and headed for the British Bank of the Middle East about 12 blocks away, said his wife, Sunny Employees at the bank say he never got there. The Foreign Office in London confirmed that Mann, a former Royal Air Force squadron leader, has disappeared in Beirut. A group calling itself The Cells of Armed Struggle issued a claim of responsibility in a statement handwritten in Arabic and delivered Friday to a Western news agency The group did not mention the-name of the Briton, but demanded the release of comrades jailed in connection with the killing of a Palestinian cartoonist in London in 1987 An editor at the news agency, requesting anonymity, said the agency did not report the claim because there were no indications then that a Briton was missing. Firefighters welcome rain PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. (CP) — A welcome soaking rain was giving firefighters the edge Saturday as they battled a giant that killed one worker and threatened dozens of homes earlier in the week. “‘Nothing is under control yet, but we’re making good progress,” Terry—-Touet—of—the—provinciat_fire-controt-centre-‘said- Saturday: “Things are looking a lot better, but we've still got a lot of work to do ‘on the lines before we can circle them and call them under control."’ Prince Albert, a city about 130 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, had 17 millimetres of rain Friday and more was expected The blaze, dubbed the North Cabin fire, has consumed 10,000 hectares of forest. About 680 firefighters — aided by bulldozers and water bombers — were manning the fire, which ravaged the Lily Plain district west of Prince Albert Thursday, forcing the evacuation of some residents and destroying one home. Lucien Grimard, a woodcutter who was working at the scene, died early Friday at a Saskatoon hospital of severe burns. . Nuclear proposal supported SASKATOON (CP) — The president of the University of Saskatchewan supports a proposal to build a $9. million nuclear reactor on campus as a way to cut heating costs. Leo Krisjanson said such a project could help. boost the school's image— white providing ~clean power —and- invaluable research opportunities At a news conference Friday, Krisjanson welcomed a closer look at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.’s proposal to build a 10-megawatt Slopoke reactor on campus. He said a feasibility study, public hearings and environmental impact review will take place over the next six months before a decision will be made on the project Atomic Energy of Canada estimates the reactor would provide about 40 per cent of the power on campus, displacing about $1 million a year in oil and gas bills The university’s total heating costs for all campus buildings, including a hospital, are $3 million a year. The crown corporation, which developed the Candu reactor, _would operate-the Slopoke-and seit the_powerto+t ‘ y- se of large differences in Welcome to Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moo Ed entre) meets a group of Asian students studying at Selkirk College. Some of the students have only recently arrived in Canada but some have been here since January or earlier. The students’ goal is to take their university education in Canada. CoyNews Photo Catholic Church condemns Noriega PANAMA CITY (CP) soldiers to quit terrorizing residents The church, in an unusually assailed last Sunday's elections as appealed to the Noriega supporters who beat the sticks and rubber opposition candidates with pipes whips to act with moral restraint Latin American leaders also intensified efforts to negotiate an end to the crisis as hundreds of U.S. troops ordered in by President George Americans in Panama or working at the Panama Canal 000 U.S. soldiers are d to arrive during the next week arrived at U.S. bases. Almost Meanwhile, Noriega and acting Solis Palma remain out of sight. Neither has been seen in public or made a statement in a week The government, blaming the United States in part for interferring in internal affairs, nullified an election in which international observers said opposition cand idate Guillermo Endara was beating Noriega’s hand candidate, Carlos Duque YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. (CP) — NorthwestTel has pleaded guilty to one charge of illegally shipping PCB-laden radio equipment from a military radar base near the Yukon border Territorital court judge Tom Dave has reserved judgment’and is expected to pass sentence sometime in the coming weeks. The offence carries a $50,000 maximum fine under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act But Crown prosecutors are. recom: mending a $25,000 fine, the same fine imposed on the U.S.-based Felec Ser- vices last March when it was convicted ofa similar charge Defence lawyer David Searle is Proposed - The Roman Catholic Church, highly influential in Panama, has condemend strongman leader Gen. Manuel Antonio Npriega and called on his Opposition vice-presidential Arias Calderon said Friday that the opposition would call a general strike next week to protest the annulment candidate Ricardo Venezuela, a leader inthe regional democratic stern statement. fraud-ridden and effort and vocal opponent of Noriega, recalled: its ambassador Friday, following similar moves by the United States and Mexico CANADA DECIDES In Ottawa, External Affairs Minister Joe Clark said Bush to protect Panama president Manuel 3-to-1. No new economic Canada would protest by reducing the number of diplomatic visits to Panama by its ambassador and consular staff in Costa Rica, who are also accredited to The Washington Post reported in today’s editions that Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, during an interview, offered Noriega asylum in Venezuela. The newspaper provided no further details on the offer: The United States has sought to oust Noriega from power Since he was indicted on drug-trafficking charges last year in Miami and Tampa, Fla. Noriega, head of the 15,000-member defence forces, denies the charges Noreiga has successfully weathered political and turmoil since February 1988, when he engineered the ouster of president Eric Arturo Delvalle uvilt admitted asking for a fine of between $7,000 and $12,000. He said the two incidents can’t be compared because they in- volve different kinds of equipment NorthwesTel does not hold the same level of responsibility because the work had been contracted, Searle said, and the phone company’s workers were not supervising the shipment Felec Services had been shipping radar cabinets with parts containing PCBs. Felec was fined a total’ of $95,000 for that-shipment and-others from-radar-sites-on- the DEW ine, which stands for Distant Early War ning, inthe Eastern Arctic NorthwesTel’s charge stems from an incident last fall. A barge carrying mill won't harm environment EDMONTON, Alig. (CP) — A proposed pulp mill would discharge pact is a statement.”” reasonable summary radio equipment in open crates from the Lady Franklin DEW line site was stopped at Hay River, N.W.T At the time of the shipment North- wesTel officials were not aware the cabinets contained PCBs, said William Dunbar. PCBs, or __ polychlorinated biphenyls, can be highly carcinogenic and can be hazardous at levels greater than 50 parts pet million When charges were laid last fall, the company began a training program for handling dangerous materials. Itisalso taking inventory of all equipment that might contain PCBs. “*We're taking the approach: “If in doubt, it is PCB-contaminated’ ... We are not a company that wants to break the law or even bend it,"’ Dunbar told court NorthwesTel is also planning to establish storage sites for equipment containing PCBs in Yellowknife, Inuik, Whitehorse and Fort Nelson, B.C Originally, the phone company pleaded not guilty to six violations of Michael's ——claim dismissed VANCOUVER (CP) — Gover- nment Services Minister Cliff Michael said he would have stayed out of politics had he known his previous job wouldn’t be waiting for him when he was finished. The B.C. Supreme Court dismissed Michael's claim for wrongful dismissal against his former employer Federated Co-operatives Ltd. First elected to the B.C. legislature in|May 1983 and re-elected in October 1986, he had sought damages for wtongful dismissal when the company refused to extend his leave of absence for more than four years. “I probably would have decided against politics if I knew 1 would lose my job security,"’ Michael said Still, he said he wasn’t ready to give up political life to ‘resume his management career Michael, 55, worked for Federated Co-operatives near the: small Interior community of Salmon Arm since 1965. He began as personnel manager and was industrial relations manager when he was elected as member for the Shuswap-Revelstoke riding in 1983. In dismissing the action, Mr.-Justice Kenneth Lvsyk said Michael ‘‘essen- tially seeks compensation fot the loss of job security.”” Chinese official arrives VANCOUVER (CP) — Security was tight Friday as China’s third most powerful government official arrived here for the first leg of a goodwill visit to Canada Wan Li, chairman of the National People’s Congress of China, was met at Vancouver International Airport by about 100 members of Vancouver's Cifnese community He was officially welcomed by An- dree Champagne, the Conservative member of Parliament for Saint Hyacinthe-Bagot, representing the federal government, and Grace Mc- * Carthy a Social Credit backbencher who represented the provincial gover- nment Wan, 73, will visit Vancouver and Druse donate blood JERUSALEM (Reuter) — A group of Israeli Druse, anxious to change a reputation for being brutal soldiers, gave blood Saturday to Palestinians wounded in the uprising but got a mixed reception at the hospital “We don’t want your blood, we want to hear your voices raised against your government's occupation of our land,"’ shouted a West Bank Arab visiting a relative wounded ina clash with troops. About 30 Arabs of the Druse Initiative Committee from villages in northern Galilee travelled 200 kilometres to donate blood at Mokassed Hospital in Arab East Jerusalem “‘We have come here as a humanitarian act, as a gesture in solidarity with our Palestinian brothers and to repair the damage done to the name of the Druse by a few of our people,” said their leader, Sheikh Jamal Ma'ad Royal couple to visit REGINA (CP) — The Duke and Duchess of York will spend four days in northern Saskatchewan as part of their visit to the province in July According to a tenative itinerary released by the Saskatchewan government Thursday, Prince Andrew and Sarah will arrive in Prince Albert July 20. Their trip will include a visit to an agricultural fair in Nipawin and a two-day private vacation There will be Short stops in Lac La Ronge, Meadow Lake and Saskatoon, The royal-couple will visit Swift Current July 24 and attend several-events in Regina the next day before leaving: The Saskatchewan visit is part of a longer trip to Canada. about—$S—Otympic-stzed swimming. pools worth of polluted waste water in to the Athabasca River each day, but still doesn’t pose a threat to the en vironment, a report says The multi-million-dollar report was commissioned by the Alberta Pacific Forest Industries the company proposing to build the mill near Athabasca, Alla., 146 kilometres nor theast of Edmonton The rep€@rt said the mill would produce 115,000 cubic metres of waste water daily, including 1 14 tonnes of chlorinated organics such as dioxins, furansand PCBs. ~ The 546-page report drew sharp criticism from the provincial op: position and environmental groups who charged it was biased and unsub- stantiated. But the company insists Alberta Pacific's kraft mill — a type of pulp mill using chlorine to bleach pulp snowy white — will make use of the world’s best’ —_anti-pollution technology This will be one of the best mills in the world ar difficult’ environmental standards,” said —Gerry Fenner, — company spokesman. “T Would fever say there will be no environmental impact, but (saying) there will be no significant im- it’s meeting sothe very Aetenis;—Adb. Democrat environment critic, said the study’s conclusions weren't supported with proof. ‘‘What it says is that there is a lack of conclusive evidence of har mful impacts, so it must be OK," said McInnis. “I think they've got it backwards, the onus should be on them to satisfy the public about safety concerns."” The Friends of the. Athabasca, an environmental lobby group, will meet Monday with Environment Minister Ralph Klein to discuss revamping the province's environmental impact assessment procedures. “There's just too much at stake. We're not against development, we just want scrupulous planning,"’ said “group spokesmansBarry Johnstone The group's main concern is dioxins, so-called super-toxins, which have beeh found in the effluent of other kraft mills. The study says the Athabasca mill will reduce emissions of dioxins to un detectable levels under .01 parts per trillion. “Data collected by Health and Welfare Canada strongly suggests that these levels will in no-way impinge on the heatth-of-cither-aquatie life—or humans using the Athabasca River water,"’ the report says thedangerous goods act NorthwesTel changed its plea to guilty after receiving more legal advice. United Victoria and then continue his tour to Regina, Toronto and Ottawa. It is his first visit to Canada. Church, struggles with issue TERRACE, B.C. (CP) — The United Church has struggled with the issue of sexual orientation but it has not led to a significant drop in mem: bership, a B.C spokesman said Priday “We've had a couple of churches who have decided to pull out but that’s a very small fraction of the total num: ber,” Susan Anderson said as about 700 members of the B.C. Conference met in this northwestern British Columbia community Last summer, the church’s General Council spent several days listening to impassioned speeches for and against the ordination of homosexual ministers. Phe issue came about after the chur- eh initiated @-seport called Toward A Christian Understanding of the Sexual Orientations, Lifestyles and Ministry Conference After a marathon meeting in Vic- toria that went into the early hours of August 26, delegates voted in favor of a resolution that allowed the or- dination of qualified candidates regar- dless of their sexual orientation. The decision was unpopular with a number of church conferences, par ticularly in Ontario and the Maritimes, which had lobbied hard for the defeat of the resolution. Anderson said since then member churches have struggled with the issue of ordination of homosexual ministers ‘There has been sonié pain around but they have continued on with the ministry of God,"* Aderson said. The_meeting, which continues through—Monday, was expected to focus on Indian land claims and en vironmental issues. ‘a a