uae AN —_... VOL. 34, NO. 52 es . 35 Cents Strike notices given to Celgar Union members at BC Timber's Celgar lumber and pulp divisions have voted strongly in favor of ‘strike action to back their contract, demands. However, union spokes- men say they have no plans at present for job action, although one union has served 72-hour strike ‘notice to the company and the other is in the process of doing so. A strike notice was served to the pulp mill by the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada, after union. members voted 93 per cent.in favor of strike action, on Tuesday, local union president Ed Conroy said Wednesday. International: Woodwork- ers of America members at the Celgar sawmill voted 96 per cent.in favor of action during their vote Sunday, and the union s sending strike notice to the company, said Roger Row- land, the plant chairman. He said 198 people voted, with seven ballots “cast against striking, and one bal- lot was spoiled. There were 243 votes cast in the PPWC strike vote. The PPWC. and the Pulp and Paper Labor Relations Bureau, representing the pulp companies, have a bar- gaining session scheduled for Friday, Conroy said. Rowland warned, “If nego- tiations do not start, or pick up or whatever, we probably will (strike).” The IWA Kootenay: local says it wants to negotiate directly with BC - Timber’s Celgar lumber and. woods divisions, as it has in the pasts. The company -has re- jected local bargaining, say- ing it is a member of. the Interiog Forest’ Labor Rela- tions Association, the bar- gaining agent for employers in the southern interior, and the IFLRA is representing it’ in negotiating sessions in the sector. The IWA bargaining com- mittee at the negotiating sessions says it has not been authorized to bargain for the Celgar employees. USCC asking to meet AG ar appeal to B.C. Attor= ‘Allan: Williams, inne nue by the ‘Grihe tive ‘measures to end tl DOukHObOET in the Went“ Gakwelass dacge” and private’property, and to: oe On Sunday members of the ‘Exploxive Division Unit from Vancouver were flown in and disarmed’ an ex- plosive device from the side of Verigin's Tomb ‘at Brill- iant. The explosive device was accidently discovered by a tour guide and American tourists. During the weekend a section of the CP rail near. Christina Lake was blown up and on Monday the RCMP were investigating an at- tempted arson at the Cult- ural Education Centre: Rest- aurant where an incendiary device was discovered in the hali by the caretaker. The device failed to ignite. All incidents are still under’ investigation. In a prepared statement the’ U; of Spiritual Com- w%nities or Carist said: {USCC members urgently peal prevent the possible loss of lives, either ‘of Doukhobors or others outside the Douk- hobor. community. ‘This is not the first such act of terror and the burden to the USCC membership is becoming unbearable’, with the seemingly endless need to deal with the. stigma attached to all Doukhobors by the violent acts of a few fanatics, but also with the increasingly heavy psycho- logical and financial burden imposed on the USCC mem- bership as a result of these acts. Members of the USCC have striven.to lead. the lives of law-abiding Canadian cit- izens. As such, they demand that responsible’ authorities e “immediate effective measures to ensure the safe- ty of lives and property. Local United Way gets new leaders Castlegar. District United Way has’ appointed Maureen Fitger as chairperson and Judy Campbell as vice-chair- person to head the 1981 campaign. The: United Way is. still open for new members — es- pecially from. the outlying areas — to serve as directors. Why the outlying areas? To inform more people of why we need the United Way, why we should -contribute, and how one person in every three benefits from it. Meetings are held ‘every third Thursday of the month at the Fireside Motor Inn and consists of the following dir- ectors: chairman John Mich- elson, secretary-treasurer Marjorie McBain and direc- tors Jim Brindley, Ed Isak- son, Helen Strelioff, Al Bles- sin, Nick Stoochnoff,. Don Ellis, Mike Popoff, Don Legg and Brian Pritchard. Michelson and McBain re- ported on the recent annual meeting of the United Way of B.C., which they attended at the Chateau Granville’ in Vancouver. Next meeting will be held at the Fireside on Sept. 17 at. 7:30 p.m. Damaged guys caused blackout Damaged guywires, resul- ting in two power poles being brought down, are blamed for the loss of power which occurred at approximately 11:80 p.m. Tuesday. A heavy instorm was being experienced at the time says a West Kootenay Power spokesman who sta- ted the average time house: holders experienced a power loss was one hour with some less and others a little more. The trouble occurred in the area of the Kraft Substation with various parts of the city feeling the effect. “able” P Published at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA; THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1981 PICKET LINES WERE UP Tuesday at the Castlegar post office; as local members - ning. The pi .of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers joined the union’s nation-’ they said. wide strike. Norma Moll (left) and Val Bonham had lipickst duty Tuesday mor- et lines ‘will be manned daily, between 6:30 a.m. and 5 Pim. ; National grievances © CUPW on strike here Inside postal workers in Castlegar walked off the job Tuesday to support the strike “by their national union, adding to the shut- down of postal services across Canada. “The members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are out to support H demands for changes to the nationai conirach, cather than to protest issues at the local level, said Ben Fietz, the local union presi- dent, on Tuesday. He predicted that the workers will be out for a long time if a settlement is _not reached quickly. “It’s going tobe really short, or else it will be a real grind. I don't think there is any middle ground,” he said. He said the benefits the national negotiating com- mittee wants will mean improvements at the local level. Better fringe benefits, Neither OTTAWA (CP) — Can- ada’s 20,000 letter carriers may be out of work Friday along with the striking in- side postal workers after failure of the latest at- tempt to mediate the na- tional postal strike now in its third day. “I hear they are making up the separation slips to- day effective .tomorrow morning,” said Norm Nel- son, general vice-president of the Letter Carriers health and safety issues, and increased automation are seme of the issues to be negotiated that local union members _. are | following, Fietz added. There are times when post office employees work alone on machines, with no one available to help in case of an accident, he said. Automation will result in the loss of jobs and layoffs of junior people if there are no provisions for.job pro- tection in the contract. ‘ The improved fringe benefits the union wants include four weeks annual holidays after five years as a post office employee; more day shifts and fewer night and graveyard shifts; better. provisions for mat- ernity leave; and indexing of allowances’ and_ shift premiums. . x Fietz said’ the govern- ment supported paid mat- ernity leave a year ago, during International Wom- en's Year, when it signed a United Nations’ declara- tion, and it now is rejecting the union's demand that it | pay the difference between an expectant mother’s UIC benefits and her normal wages. Investigative ‘television monitors, which Fietz said make the employees feel they are Iq treated an criminals, could be an issue here. He said he does not know if the Castlegar post office would be big enough to warrant the cameras, but it is possible. Fietz called labor-man- agement relations at the local -post office “quite good,” and’said _ thé _at- mosphere is not the same’ as at some centres, which the 14 fnside. workers at the Castlegar post office, as well as nine letter car- riers and a parcel courier, and two suburban routes. side is budging Union of Canada. Ed Roworth, a post of- fice spokesman in Torotito, said: “There's not \ much point in having letter car- riers on the job if there's nothing to delivery.” The 23,000 inside postal workers walked out mid- night Monday night after contract talks between the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and the treasury board, the government's bargaining agent, broke down Friday. The union insists that treasury board accept a conciliation report made public last week. Treasury. baord refuses on grounds that union demands would -set a costly precedent within the public service. A treasury board spokesman said Union President Jean-Claude Parrot declined an invita- tion to return to the bar- continued on AZ WEATHERCAST Sunny Righe be end, warm, Friday, with een 28° waekend co collet for ‘clouds but ue precipitation. dS Se i Deer Park subdivision : Hydro proposal draws criticism B.C. Hydro's resettlement . program on the Lower Lake has been strongly criticized by a local resident, who charges the program will de- prive local residents of access te some of the best recreation land onthe lake ahd will re- sult in everyone having. to support services for an srti- ficial communtiy. The criticisms were, re-) jected by. the spokeswoman for the Arrow Lakes Resi- dents’ Committee, who said they are based on erroneous information. The Regional District of Central Kootenay has sched- uled a special meeting for 6 p.m. tonight, to consider recommendations about the proposal submitted by two committees. The regional district: dir- ectors are to give first and second reading to a rezoning bylaw for the proposal during - the meeting, and to authorize holding a public hearing on the proposal. © "VANCOUVER (CP) ‘About-250 people gathered in, Both said the:people they are concerned about have had their interests neglected, while the others haye had ample representation by groups. involved’ in the’ re- settlement. Dr. John Ward, who op: poses the current resettle- ment prosam, 3 Gries ie speaking only for elf, as an interested citizen, rather than for a. group. He believes that Deer Park, where B,C. Hydro is. proposing to create half the lots for.the resettlement pro- gram, is*the only flat, low land on the lake, and most of that land should be sotiaside for ‘a park. If the company’s rezoning application is approved, resi- dents of the region, will;Jose the last good park site on the lake, at a time when demand tion is church: in ‘spburban: Port ‘in-churches an.dparks across Canada. - Prime Minister Pissrs Tru- deau - will‘ attend an. inter- feith’ ‘memorial service ‘on Parliament Hill. B.C. Premier Bill Bennett, Lt.-Gov. Henry Bell-Irving and Port Coquitlam Mayor Googe Lat Labing attended the Gvcrnur General Edward Schreyer and his..wife par- ticipated in an outdoor mem- orial service in Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park. The dozén members of Fox's wheelchair basketball team, the Cable Cars, fol- lowed his coffin into Trinity United Chureh. Six friends earried the casket. Voodoo jets were to make a pass over. the cemetery where eter night in "Vancouver's Robson Square. All Canadians have been asked to honk their horns at 8 pm. rather than observe a minute's silence for Fox, bereaved Fox family praising the hospital and ponies staff. “It's a first class run by first class people,” MacKenzie said on behalf of Fox's father, Rolland.. : MacKenzie said the’ has been comforted bythe ‘ messages of ie sh which Meanwhile, about 7,000-in donations has been. brought- to MacKenzie's office since flow of donations ‘with ‘the deluge last September ‘after Fox, hed to stop his cross- country run Sept. 2 near Ministry approves city highway grant A $7,600 grant to the city of Castlegar has been ap- proved by the provincial government, as part of its revenue cost sharing pror gram. The grant, announced last week by Highways Minister Alex Fraser, is the province's share of the cost of main- taining Columbia Ave. The city is being repaid for of its costs of doing maintenance work, such as clearing snow, sanding and sweeping of the street, which is classified as a secondary highway. available are ‘part of a $2,760,000 capital appropri- ation and a $334,541 main- tenance appropriation of- highways monies being dis- tributed by B.C. municipal- ities which have applied for cost sharing under the High- way Act. 3 Sections (A, B& C) some property for.a park on the lakeshore, Ward said it is ting ber of lots at Deer Park will inevitably mean development of ¢ larger permanent com- munity, which he says makes no economic sense. The residefts will make demands for services, includ- ing’ road improvments: schools, a garbage dunib and “other expensive items,” and because the settlement will ee The fund> are in sudition | 4 to the Revenue Sharing Act grants administered by the.‘ ministry of municipal The highway funds dis- persed after work has been completed by applying muni- cipalities. Municipalities are respon- sible for construction and maintenance of secondary highways within their, boun- daries, including bridges and other related structures. Along a second highway «running through a munici- The funds to be maie pality, the Ministry may con- tribute a share of up ta60 per cent of capital construction costs and 40 per cent of maintenance costs of ap- proved programs, providing the municipality concerned applies for such assistance.” MONTREAL bree US, dollars in terms of Canadian funds at noon today was up” 1-100 at $1.2020. Pound stor, ling was down 8 17-20 at $2.2667. In New York, the Canadian dollar was down 1-100 \at * pound ling was down 8 11-50 at $1:8658.