Se a2___ Castlegar News vy 20. 1906 COMMONWEALTH GAMES Boycott continues EDINBURGH (CP) — The Commonwealth Games were will be Canada, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the Ba hamas and Austral Ken Borthwick, chairman In London, Lesotho High Commissioner John Kolane said his country will not send quired standard.” Residents sign petition By CasNews Staff Residents of four Slocam ley areas are “ decision later this weekend. not have athletes of the re- Valley communities are un- happy with road conditions in Settlement and Crescent Val- ley bridge to the Estates ble.” tantly is “The Pump Hill Road sloughing away” and needs (locally known as suicide hill) widening. their areas and have asked .. is extremely dangerous. . “The long drop to the river “We must remind you of the extensive amount’ of traffic on this road,” the letter says. “Part of the daily traffic are many school buses Briefly $5m lawsuit filed CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A woman whose husband the Ministry of Highways to . in the summer,” says the has nothing to stop a vehicle full of children.” killed 21 people at a MeDonald’s in California has filed The West African country of Gambia and five Caribbean countries were the latest to ban their athletes from taking part in the games, due to start in Edinburgh on Thursday. But India, an influential member of the Common- wealth, said it will not join a boycott if British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher agrees to measures against South Africa at a group summit in London next month. Countries withdrawing from the games so far — more than a third of those eligible to participate — have called on Britian to impose economic sanctions against South Africa. But an Indian Foreign Ministry statement did not specify what measures Bri- tain should agree to support at the London meeting. Taking part in that meeting of the games organizing com- mittee, said the boycotts have hit the sporting event badly. ‘IT’S FRANTIC’ A spokesman for the or ganizers said that the situ ation at the games head quarters is “absolutely fran- tie” as efforts are under way to reschedule events after the latest withdrawals. Organizers said more than 1,000 competitors and offi cials have arrived and more are on their way to the Scottish capital, The Cana. dian team arrived on Friday. Saturday's withdraw! by Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Gren adines leaves Dominica as the only Caribbean country willing to participate in the competition. Jamaica, Trinidad and To bago, and the Bahamas can- celled earlier. The two other Caribbean countries invited, Antigua and the Caymen Islands, are to announce a FOR RECREATIONAL UNITS SALE 1984-28’ PROWLER (REGAL) TRAILER 1974-18’ OKANAGAN 5TH WHEEL 1980-36’ PROWLER 5th WHEEL 1981-20' VANGUARD TRAILER 1980-23’ RUSTLER TRAILER 1977-19° PROWLER TRAILER 1973-17’ PROWLER TRAILER 1976-18’ HOLIDAIRE TRAILER 10' FRONTIER CAMPER 8' GALAXIE IMPORT CAMPER 8' OKANAGAN CAMPER The above units are in good clean condition. Many other units in stock. PLEAS: DAVIES R.V. & STORAGE 447-9337 Christina Lake Deoler 735! its 17-member team to the Games. “We are not boycotting the Games,” he said. “We are not participating because we do night when Zimbabwe and Zambia, two of the staun- chest opponents of the Pre- toria government, iT not to send their athletes. Cooling-off period imposed VANCOUVER (CP) — The 90-day cooling-off period im. posed Friday by provincial Labor Minister Terry Seg arty on the Health Sciences Association dispute was “ham-handed” because there was never any threat to patient care, a union spokes- man said. ment has a common agenda.” The association, whose 5,500 members include X-ray and laboratory technicians, psychologists and pharma- cists, had served 72-hour strike notice on Prince George Regional Hospital early Friday prior to the collapse of 11th-hour talks. ion pi Jack Campbell said the union had told Segarty that all essential services would be maintained in any strike against the Health Labor Relations As sociation. “We'd told him verbally and in writing that we'd guarantee essential services and to what level and that if there was a need for further services we would have al- lowed our members back in.” Campbell added that the association would not have asked the other two hospital unions — the B.C. Nurses Union and the Hospital Em- ployees Union — to honor its picket lines “at least in the initial stages.” “I don’t think that Segarty felt there was a threat to health care,” said Campbell. “That wasn't why they threatened to order back the (B.C. Government Em ployees Union). The govern- OPEN SUNDAYS broke off Fri- day after the employer group rejected a union proposal to place wages and other mone- tary issues before an in- dust inquiry com- missioner while continuing bargaining talks on other contract matters. In announcing the 90-day cooling-off period imposed uner the Essential Services Disputes Act, Segarty said the labor ministry “pulled out all the stops” to help the parties find a solution, but that the parties are still far apart. “The government is con- cerned with respect to the levels of anxiety building up in hospitals all over British Columbia,” the minister added. Segarty’s action was praised by Peter McAllister, president of the Hospitals Labor Relations Association, who recently urged the mini- ster in writing to impose a cooling-off period. McAllister said he had told Segarty that job action could undermine the other health 4geT copter’s said the pilot told him it care negotiations. KOOTENAY. CASH ¢ CARRAN RAILWAY STREET * NELSON ¢ 352-1975 * « DRIVE ALITTLE TOSAVEALOT! * « repair the roads immediate- ly. In a covering letter that accompanies a 300-name petition, the residents say road conditions in the Kres- Goose Creek, tova, hearing Tuesday By CasNews Staff Dixie Dee Powers, the for- mer Castlegar resident who was arrested July 11 in Wyoming and charged with conspiracy state's Act, will face a preliminary hearing on the charges Tues- day in Casper. Powers, 35, who is wanted in Canada on charges of fraud and running a scheme, was originally ex Chopper incident NELSON, B.C. Okanagan Helicopters is in- vestigating an earlier this week in which one of its pilots lifted off while surrounded by people who were protesting against herbicide spraying by the B.C. Forest Service. “It passed so close I had to turn my head so the runner wouldn't hit my face,” said Mary Davidson, a spokesman for a Non-Violent Action Group. She said the Wednesday incident could have cost lives. Al Eustis, general man- of Okanagan letter. from going all the way It adds that conditions in down,” adds the letter. New Powers faces remains to violate that Uniform Securities in Cheyenne. pyramid security investigated (CP) incident another base. lence,” he said. group called The Heli- western division, obedience. winter are so hazardous the road is often unusable. The letter also says’ the full of bumps and pot holes corner where the road starts made worse by the Ministry to climb from Crescent Val- of Highways’ heavy trucks. pected to face a preliminary hearing late last week. Bail for Powers has been set at $250,000 and she in custody Casper jail where she was transferred after her arrest The state had requested bail of $500,000 for Powers on charges on conspiracy to sell an unregistered security and conspiracy to make false statements while selling a John Sedlack, district man- ager of the forest service, said he thought the pilot was id some damage might be inflicted on the aircraft. “They (the protesters) call themselves non-violent, but this is bordering on vio- The site, at Deep Creek north of Kootenay Lake, is one of many where herbicide spraying is taking Members of Davidson's pro- test group have vowed to half up and married Philip Bon all spraying with ¢ivil dis- As well, the residents say lower Goose Creek Road is The letter says the situ. ation has become intoler- able.” “We must insist that any necessary work to remedy the above concerns be under- taken immediately.” Court news In Castlegar provincial court this week, Lynda Hall pleaded guilty to theft under $200 and was sentenced to 60 days in jail and ordered to perform 15 hours of com munity service work. . *.* * in a George Lajeunesse plea ded guilty to impaired driv ing and was fined $400 or 21 days in jail in default. * 6 *& A fine of $400 or 21 days in jail in default was also handed to Richard Rogerson after he pleaded guilty to im paired driving. . °* * In court last week, Eugene Force pleaded guilty to com. mon assault and was sen tenced to seven days in jail looked like there was going to be a confrontation, so the pilot decided to move to Laura Bonderoff of Castle. gar passed away July 18 at the age of 59 years. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel with burial at 1 p.m. at Park Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Bonderdff~was born Jan. 22, 1927 at Brilliant and moved with her parents to Shoreacres where she grew deroff. She lived in Salmo from 1960 until moving into Castlegar in 1976. She en- is. phir Span, iors FBR. coisas AUTOMOTIVE DIRECTORY By CasNews Staff Bb, clans Wighery Sii> Bi. tite AUTO BODY & REPAIR WANETA PLAZA TOYOTA Complete Car and Truck Repairs AUTO BODY & PAINTING Bear Creek Road, Trail Pacific Western Airlines plans to remove its jet service on the morning flight between Vancouver and Castlegar, and replace it with a Dash 7 aircraft. “Right now we're experi encing an overcapacity of seats on that market,” ex plained Lorne Perrin, PWA's director of B.C. Interior. 364-2588 and placed on probation for six months. Force also pleaded guilty to driving while his license was suspended and was sen- tenced to seven days in jail concurrent and fined $300. In addition, Force pleaded guilty to remaining in a li censed establishment after being asked to leave and was fined $100. . 6 6 John Conrad pleaded guil- ty to driving with a blood-al cohol count over .08 and was fined $450 and prohibited from driving for three months. . . Genevieve Jackson was fined $25 for not wearing a seatbelt while driving. Funeral for Castlegar woman joyed singing in both the Castlegar and Salmo Russian Choirs. She was also an avid gardener. Mrs. Bonderoff is survived by two sons: Ken of Salmo, Leanard of Nelson; one daughter, Karen Porsnuk of Castlegar; four grand- children; two sisters, Pauline Shukin of Pass Creek, and Mary Stoochnoff of Kelowna. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. 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Quakes rock Alaska PALMER, Alaska (AP) — A series of earth- quakes, including three moderately powerful quakes, rocked the Unalaska area in the eastern Aleutian Islands but caused no damage, the Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre reported. The first of Friday's main tremors registered 5.3 on the Richter scale at 8:25 p.m. PDT, followed by quakes of 4.8 at 9:04 p.m. and 5.7 at 10:53 p.m., said Dennis Trataryk of the earthquake observatory. The first two were centred about 100 kilometres southeast of Unalaska, a fishing outpost, and the third was about 60 kilometres to the southwest, he said. Four killed BEIRUT (AP) — Moslem gunmen on Saturday sprayed an American University Hospital bus with gunfire at Beirut's dividing Green Line, killing a doctor, two nurses and a hospital administrator, police said. They said three other hospital personnel were wounded in the attack at the edge of a no-man's land at a mid-city crossing. All the victims were Lebanese Christians. Four gunmen intercepted the white-and-red bus as it travelled from the hospital in Moslem West Beirut to Christian East Beirut, police said. The attackers climbed aboard and fired at the 40 occupants with silencer-equipped pistols. Airlines win VANCOUVER (CP) — Three Canadian airlines are entitled to recover gasoline taxes and interest totalling about $11 million from the provincial govern- ment, the British Columbia Court of Appeal decided Friday Air Canada, Canadian Pacific Airlines and Pacific Western Airlines won the right to recover money they paid to Victoria under the Gasoline Tax Act in the period August, 1974, to June, 1976 Justices Ernest Hinkson and John Lambert, rejecting a provincial government appeal against an earlier B.C. Supreme Court decision in the airlines’ favor, agreed in a 2-1 decision the taxes were collected under a faulty statute. Jamboree popular CRAVEN, Sask. (CP) — The traffic jam stretched for almost 10 kilometres Friday night as thousands of tourists and area residents rushed to this tiny town in the Qu'Appelle Valley for the opening night of the Big Valley Jamboree The fourth annual country music festival, held ina rodeo ground 40 kilometres north of Regina, is expected to draw an audience of 60,000 before it ends Sunday Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Juice Newton are the three major headliners, each closing out one night of the three-day jamboree. Reporter detained PEKING (Reuter) New York Times reporter John Burns, detained by Chinese police Thursday on suspicion of spying, is said to be well and has asked his wife to press for visiting rights, friends of the family said Saturday WITNESSES CONVENTION . . . listen intently to speaker at district convention being JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES continued trom tront pege (ineluding the Slocan Valley). In addi. tion Witnesses from Alberta and h are also ding the director of the convention, says it’s quite unusual to use a place the size of Castlegar for a convention. Most dis- convention. There are also visitors from Montanta, Washington, Idaho and Oregon. The Kootenay Witnesses represent seven Kingdom Halls (eight con- gregations) in the East Kootenay and eight halls (10 congregations) in the West Kootenay. Daryl Shellborn of Jaffray, news triet are held in places like Calgary, Lethbridge, Edmonton and Vancouver where there are usually about 12 “circuits” in attendance. At the Castlegar convention, there are only two “circuits”. But Unruh explains that many families can’t afford the expense of travelling a great distance to the annual assemblies so the convention is WORST SINCE 1915 Jehovah's Witnesses held at the Castlegar Community Complex. Costtews Photo by Chery! Coiderbont being held closer to home. Sheliborn adds that Creston is the only other facility besides Castlegar that can accommodate a large group. But Creston wouldn't have enough restaurants to feed more than 2,000 people, he adds. There are 36 parts in the four-day program. Most of the speakers are from the Kootenays, except keynote speaker Eugene Rosam of n, Ont., headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada. 2 Flood swamps Edmonton EDMONTON (CP) — The surging waters of the North Mountain House. Her con dition wasn't known. scenic valley path through the heart of Edmon- ‘an hour,” said the man, who didn’t want his name used. right Saskatchewan River forced about 900 Edmonton resi dents to flee their homes Saturday in a flood officials say is the worse since 1915. And southwest of the city, about 90 families on two Alberta Indian reserves were evacuated on Friday after the Baptiste River, a trib- utary of the North Saskatch ewan, overflowed its banks. No injuries have been reported in either area, although a preg woman The North Saskatchewan is swollen by a wet July that turned particularly soggy last week. The river is expected to crest at a level almost 12 metres above nor mal. “There's no threat to life or health, everything is running OK that way, but it's going to be a major inconvenience to some people and cause in. dividual property damage,” said Francis Hugo, manager of drai for E was among those evacuated from the Sunchild and O'- Chiese Indian Reserves 18 kilometres north of Rocky The worst flood on record in Edmonton happened in June of 1915 when the North Saskatchewan, which cuts a ton, crested at 13.7 metres. The evacuation of resi- dents of the three river valley neighborhoods of Riverdale, Cloverdale and Rossdale was accomplished with little trouble, city spokesman Peter Brown said. BUSES USED City transit buses were used to transport those af- fected to two nearby schools, where they are to stay until they can return to their homes. Hank Onger, a worker with the city’s Water and Sanitation Department, said the fire and police depart ments notified all residents that they should leave their Like Saturday's flood in Edmonton, Friday's overflow at the Indian reserves south of Rocky Mountain House was the result of heavy rainfalls on Thursday. Sunchild spokesman Cliff Sims said Saturday about 50 families on the reserves along the Baptiste River remained in their homes, which are on higher ground and not at risk. As much as 121 hectares of land had been under water since Friday afternoon, he said. About five houses were flooded on the reserve, but Sims said it's expected evac uated residents would be back in their homes before slate of people.” She pointed out that 12 new seats will be added for McCarthy addressed a number of questions from Socred members at the meeting ranging: from govern- ment lizati , education, Indian land claims and Cominco Ltd.'s request for = break on its ater license fees. She said Cominco's request is “a sensitive issue” but doesn't know why an agreement between the govern- She promised the company's request for a reduction in its water taxes so that it can proceed with a $270 million modernization of the Trail lead smelter will be one resi . “It's the most important career in our community and used to be thought of as such, but not any more.” women” inthe’ campaigm” ~~ ~ . “['m pleased when people don't see it (her sex) as a negative.” However, she added, “I'm campaigning as Grace McCarthy the leader not Grace McCarthy the woman.” ROYALS TO GET PARKAS OTTAWA (CP) — While Family,” Mulroney said in a ditional weddi gifts con- sist of toasters and towels, Canada_ will Andrew and Sarah Ferguson a pair of parkas and create the Prince Andrew graphy, send Prince and Princess a Canadian photographer to Prize in Photo further his or her work in the Prime Minister field or to enable the winner They said that Burns's wife, Jane Scott-Long, received a telephone call from a police official Friday relaying a message from Burns saying he was well and that she should continue to press for visiting rights. Chinese police stopped Burns, a British citizen who formerly covered China for the Toronto Globe and Mail, at Peking airport on Thursday as he and his family were about to leave on vacation. He was questioned for 15 hours about a journey he made earlier this month through parts of central China that are usually closed to foreigners. Winner to claim prize WINNIPEG (CP) — The winner of a $10.4-million jackpot in the July 2 Lotto 6-49 lottery draw will be in Winnipeg on Tuesday to collect the prize, the Western Canada Lottery Corp. said Friday. ‘The corporation said in a news release that an Alberta lawyer has indicated that “he, and his client(s)” will arrive at the corporation's head office to collect the third largest prize in the four-year history of the lottery The lawyer has not said where the winner lives or if the prize will be shared. Penn charged LOS ANGELES (Reuter) — Actor Sean Penn was accused Friday of punching a nightclub customer who Penn said had kissed his wife, singer Madonna Penn, 25, was charged with battery. If found guilty, he could face up to six months in prison and a fine of $1,000 The charge stems from a complaint filed by David Wolinski. He said Penn struck him after he said goodnight to Madonna as she and Penn were leaving a nightclub in Los Angeles early on the morning of April Politburo blames workers for nuclear disaster MOSCOW (AP) The cloud that spread around the homes. One man, who said he was born in the valley and had lived there most of his life, was among hundreds of on lookers watching the river from a safe distance. “She's been rising pretty steady — I'd say three inches long. Water levels were re ceding on Saturday. The evacuated residents were put up temporarily ir Rocky Mountain House and food was being brought by truck to the 50 remaining families at the reserve on Saturday Brian Mulroney said. The couple will marry on July 23. “These gifts will express the sincere best wishes of the people of Canada and bear witness to the affection that Canadians have for the Royal to pursue personal creative photographic work. The parkas are manu factured in Spence Bay, Northwest Territories. The choice of the gifts was suggested by a special com: mittee under the guidance of the secretary of state. 12. __|j Politburo said Saturday that the Chernobyl nuclear ac cident was caused by “gross breaches” of operating regu lations by plant workers and said the death toll now stands at 28. The last official death toll, issued early last month, said 26 people died as a result of the April 26 accident. coused by a series of gross breaches of the reactor operational regulations...’ In a report by the official news agency Tass, the Polit buro said 203 people suffered radiation disease from the accident and 30 of them re- main in hospital The disaster, the worst in the history of civilian nuclear power, caused two billion rubles worth of damage ($4 million Canadian) and con taminated 1,000 square kilo- metres, the Politburo said. Tass said the Politburo met in special session to discuss the results of a government inquiry into the accident at the power station 130 kilometres north of Kiev, which released a radioactive world. “It was established that the accident had been caused by a series of gross breaches of the reactor operational regulations by workers of the atomic power station.” the Politburo statement said. It said the accident in the No. 4 reactor of the four reactor complex during “experiments the turbogenerator oper ation.” The reactor had been shut for planned repairs. Earlier reports said the accident began when the reactor surged out of control and the cooling system failed to handle the heat Radioactive steam was re leased and reacted with the graphite reactor core to pro duce a hydrogen pocket that exploded. The Politburo said the reactor is now “under de pendable control and causes no worry.” It also noted that some officials, including the head of the state atomic power safety committee, were fired in connection with the accident and said the prosecutor gen. eral's office had started criminal cases against “per sons guilty of the accident.” DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR FUNDS Feds axe TFL proposal By CasNews Staff The federal government has cut down a Westar Timber Ltd. proposal to establish a model forest resource management area on the company’s Tree Farm Licence No. 23 in the West Kootenay, saying TFL’s don't qualify for funding for such a project. Wade Zammit, general manager of Westar's Southern Wood Products sawmill in Castlegar, said Thursday the company was given the news in a letter from federal Minister of State for Forests Gerald Merrithew “We're not pleased with that answer,” Zammit said. “We don't think that's fair.” Zammit said he will continue dis cussing the proposal with Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco and Rossland Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy. Westar's proposal, which former Southern Wood Products general man ager Jim Cross presented to Merri thew in August 1985, called for in tensive management of TFL 23 demon strating the best way to manage forestry resources through such activ! ties as thinning, spacing and fertilizing The proposal also called for training people to perform silviculture. At the time, Cross said the project would create a pool of skilled silvi culturists and would make the West Kootenay the “leading silviculture area” in Canada. He estimated the project would create 200 direct jobs in the Nakusp area and an additional 300 “spinot it” jobs in the West Kootenay IWA TALKS continued trom front pege The key issues outstanding are union proposals covering early retirement with improved pensions and re strietions on the contracting out of work to non-union operators Union leader Jack Munro said Saturday the industry was refusing to put anything in writing on the con tracting out issue, opting for verbal agreements. Munro said that was not good enough The union, armed with an 89-per cent strike mandate from its members, had planned to begin withdrawing ser vices Friday, but postponed the strike when the employer groups agreed to discuss the pension issue. However, the Friday afternoon talks lasted just a couple of hours, breaking off, Munro said, when company ne gotiators insisted on discussing on pension issues not related to the union's proposals covering early re tirement Munro called it a “double cross” and said if the industry didn't “start dealing honestly I see absolutely no way of preventing a shutdown of this in dustry.” But the union's bargaining com mittee met early Saturday and decided to resume negotiations.