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WEATHER

SYNOPSIS: A disturbance moving through our area today will give clouds and showers. Behind
this disturbance the air will remain cool, moist and unstable, giving a mixture of clouds, sun

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SUNRISE: 4:44 a.m.

Sunset: 8:57 p.m.

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PLANNED FOR FALL

Dollar coin approved

TORONTO (CP) — A $1
coin has been approved by a
special House of Commons
committee and probably will
be circulating in Canada by
the fall of 1986, the Toronto
Globe and Mail says.

The 12-member commit-
tee, which includes represen-
tatives from the three major
parties, will present its re-
port to Parliament on Friday.
The federal cabinet will make
the final decision on the rec-
ommendations.

MacBlo

The committee, which has
been studying the question
for four months, also is
calling for the phasing out of
the $1 bill over a three-year
period to allow Canadians to
adapt to the coin and to
permit bank-note companies
to adjust to potential job
losses, the newspaper says.

Two members of the com-
mittee who provided The
Globe and Mail with details of
the report said the coin will
be 100-per-cent Canadian in

lays off

90 at Somass mill

PORT ALBERNI (CP) —
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. is
laying off 90 workers during
the next two weeks at its mill
here.

The operation is being re-
duced because of depressed
lumber prices and high oper-
ating costs, division manager
Neil Dirom said in a news

release Tuesday.

There will be 425 workers
left at the mill after the lay-
offs.

Dirom said Somass will
maximize production of spec-
ialty items such as kiln-dried
cedar sidings, and try to re-
duce production of low-grade
lumber.

QUEEN TOLD
TO PAY UP

LONDON (AFP) —

reported today.

The letter was addressed to Mrs. Elizabeth Regina
at Buckingham Palace, the newspaper said.
the Queen's coat of arms bear the initial, E.R.
which stand for Elizabeth Regina.
The Daily Mirror said the letter warned that steps
would be taken unless payments due were made — the
usual procedure applied to those late with installment

payments.

It said the letter was returned to North West
Securities Co. four days later with a handwritten note on
“Not known at thi
Geoff Snell, manager of the credit firm, sai

the envelope that read:

due to a computer error.
money on time,” he said.

The newspaper said the letter accused the Queen of
being 4,094 pounds ($7,082 Canadian) in arrears on a new
tractor bought for the Windsor farm on a hire-purchase

program
“I will most
commented glumly.

The Queen was named in a credit
company letter that claimed she had fallen behind in her
hire-purchase payments for a tractor, The Daily Mirror

“Our dealer did receive the

likely get the”

dress.”
it was all

sack now,” Snell

content. The nickel slug
probably will be produced by
Inco. Ltd. and coated in a
gold-colored bronze finish by
Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd.
of Toronto.

In April, officials of the
Royal Canadian Mint rec-
ommended the committee
scrap the paper dollar bill
and approve an 11-sided,
bronze-coated, golden-
colored nickel coin.

The officials said tests and
surveys showed the new coin
is acceptable to consumers,
vending machine operators
and transit commissions, and
should last at least 20 years
in day-to-day circulation.

Church
welcomes
pastor

Calvary Baptist Church of.
ficially welcomed Alan and
Kathryn Simpson into its
congregation in a specially
arranged service last Sunday
evening.

pson will be serving as
associate pastor with Rev.
Harold Duckworth. He at
tended a four-year course in
Northwest Baptist Theologi
cal College and Seminary,
majoring in pastoral minis.
tries until his graduation this
last April.

His duties in the com
munity and church will be in
youth leadership, visitation,
Christian education and
other aspects of pastoral
duties.

His wife is a graduate of
Okanogan Bible Institute.
They came from Kelowna.
Both have worked in Chris
tian service in the past and
Mr. Simpson is experienced
in the retail grocery business
as well.

The Simpsons have two
children, Celeste, three and
Marie, one. Simpson com
menced his ministry here
June 1

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“have to spend money,
stion about that.”
Craven said

He noted that

“It's not
money,”

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revitilization
shouldn't be too expensive

the Grand Forks
revitilization program was an estimat
ed $1 million with an average cost to
landowners of $25 a month

a horrendous amount of
Craven said, adding that the
Grand Forks revitilization program in

hospital will be responsible for main
tenance of the new health unit
Apparently, the hospital board was
concerned about paying for the oper
ating and maintenance costs of the new
addition. The lease was the subject of
lengthy negotiations with BCBC
Talarico said the cost of maintai
the new health unit shouldn't have an

DOWNTOWN

cluded new sewers and sidewalks —
both major items.

Craven said the Kelowna firm of
Urban Systems Ltd., which did the
Grand Forks plan, will be asked to up-
grade the Castlegar plan.

Craven called the 1982 plan “a good
but said it is also “very cumber-
some and hard to deal with.”

He said Urban Systems Ltd. will

there's no

plan,”

take a look

the cost

HEALTH UNIT

addition.

recommend what should be done and

impact on the hospital because BCBC
will pay a fee for
The arrangement is no different than
the contract the hospital has with the
current Castlegar unit where the hos.
pital is responsible for maintenance
Talarico said BCBC will be respon.
ng sible for constructing and financing the

at the downtown core,

Parents
seek more
say

By CasNews Staff
Castlegar parents are “a
new breed” who want their
voices heard before the
school board makes a major
decision.

So said Corinne Postnikoff,
spokesperson for the District
Parents’ Committee, at an
education meeting Monday.

“The members in our com-
mittee feel it’s our respon-
sibility to be involved,” said
Postnikoff. “It's our respon-
sibility to our children to be
involved and see their edu-
cational needs are being

But at least one trustee
had difficulties with regu-
larly meeting with parents
before decisions are made.

“To get all the information
to you before we make a de-
cision, I think we'd be run-
ning around in circles if we
had to do that,” said trustee
Lovette Nichvolodoff.

Nichvolodoff suggested
that the parents get back to
the board this fall if they
want to meet with the board
a couple of times a year.

Trustee Rick Pongracz
said parents have a respon
sibility to let board members
know when their

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NOSE-TO-NOSE . . . Brent Green tries his best to take © Church second annual picnic Sunday at Kinnaird Park.
lifesaver from partner — on a toothpick — during Picnic featured games, hot dogs, pop and ice cream.
crazy relay race. It was all part of the Castlegar United

CosNews Photo

BUT CUTS HURT

Computers a success

By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN
Staff Writer

are being held and what
education issues concern
them, adding that “it's a two-
way street.”

Postnikoff said parents
would want to have input be-
1 changes” are
made such as the elimination
of lunch-hour supervisors at
schools, the cancellation of
noon-time busing for kinder.
garten students, and possible
rural school closures.

Other parental concerns
include cutbacks in teaching
positions, school supplies,
extra-curricular _ activities,
overcrowded classrooms, and
the need for computer ed.
ucation, Postnikoff said.

Parents want more com.
munication with the board in
order to avoid “ruffors and

innuendoes” which surround
proposed education de
cisions.

Although Postnikoff com-
mended the board for its re-
cent decision to make edu-
cation committee meetings
open to the public, she said
parents want “a little more
contact (with the board) than
just once a year.”

Former
Castlegar
priest dies

Former Castlegar Catholic
priest Father William John
Harrison died suddenly at
100 Mile House Hospital on
June 5 at the age of 71.

Father Harrison was born
at Cranbrook Jan. 29, 1914.
He studied at St. Augustine's
Seminary in Toronto, and
was ordained to the priest
hood on May 22, 1937, to
serve the newly-formed Dio-
cese of Nelson.

He was the first priest
ordained by the new Bishop,
Most Rev. Martin M. | John.
son, Father Harrison served
as Pastor at
Sparwood),
as Chaplain in the Canadian
Air Force, and as Pastor at
the Cathedral in Nelson from
1947 to 1952.

He was in Castlegar from
1972 to 1977. As well he
served in parishes in Revel
stoke, central Trail, Grand
Forks, and Kimberley. He
retired in 1982.

The funeral took place
Saturday from St. Mary's
Parish Church, with inter.
ment in St. Mary's Cemetery
in Cranbrook. The Mass of
the Resurrection was con
celebrated by 14 of his
brother priests, with Bishop
W.E. Doyle. The church was
filled with his family, friends
and former parishioners

Father Harrison was pre

by his parents and a
younger brother, Frank, who
died during the Second
World War.

He is survived by his sis
ter, Catherine O'Sullivan; his
brother, George Harrison;
and several nieces and neph.
ews

The di

of the

program for the

Castlegar school district says it was successful during the
1984-85 year despite funding and time restraints.

But Rik Hall told Monday's education committee
meeting that a planned cut in his position from .2 to .1 during
1985-86 isn’t going to help computer education here.

“I don't think a 10 per cent computer co-ordinator is

enough,”

he said in an interview Tuesday.

“I couldn't do

everything required of me with 20 per cent.”

Pesticide course
not possible

VANCOUVER (CP) — The
government does not have
the resources to license all
farmers who use pesticides,
says an Agriculture Ministry
offi

Jack Arrand, crop prote-
ection branch director, said
such a requirement would
likely not have averted last
week's English cucumber
contamination.

Lawyer Calvin Sandborn,
who specializes in farmwork
ers’ issues, has said the con.
tamination could have been

avoided if one recommenda-
tion of a 1975 royal com
mission had been implement
ed.

The commission, which
looked at the use of pes
ticides and herbicides in B.C.,
recommended all commercial
pesticides be applied by li-
censed applicators.

Arrand said in an inter.
view the government does
not have the resources to
create a useful pesticide
training course for all farm
ers.

Agca tells of
Walesa plot

ROME (AP) — Papal as
sailant Mehmet Ali Agea tes
tified today that Bulgarians
plotted to kill Polish labor
leader Lech Walesa with a
car bomb in Rome in 1981

Agea also said he was sent
by Bulgarians to Tunis to
look into the possibility of an
assassination attempt
against Tunisian President
Habib Bourguiba and former
Maltese prime minister Dom
Mintoff.

The 27-year-old Turk was
testifying for the fifth day in
the Italian trial of three Bul
garians and four Turks char
ged with complicity in a plot
to kill Pope John Paul in
1981. Prosecutors say Bul-
garia masterminded the plot
to stop the Pope from sup-
porting the now-outlawed
Solidarity labor union led by
Walesa in the pontiff's native
Poland.

Agea, the chief prosecution
witness, testified Tuesday
that Soviet diplomats in Bul
garia ordered the pontiff kill
ed and offered a reward
worth $1.2 million U.S.

He told the court today
that “the Bulgarians wanted
to eliminate” Walesa. He said
Walesa was to be killed by a
remote-controlled car bomb
after a news conference in
Rome in January 1981. While
in Rome, Walesa met with
the Roman Catholic pontiff.

The Turk said the plan was

called off because an un
identified Italian informed
police.

Agea had told investiga-
tors before about the trip he
took to Tunisia six months
before he shot and seriously
wounded the Pope in St.
Peter's Square on May 13,
1981

But in court Agea said he
had been sent by the Bul
garians and had been met at
the Tunis airport by a man
who he said appeared to be

He said they decided
against any action because
security was too tight and
they suspected they were
being observed by Tuni
security

Hall presented a brief report at the meeting outlining
the progress of the three-year program. The $130,000
program will be going into its final year this fall.

The cut in Hall's position comes amid a growing interest
amongst teachers in attending computer in-service sessions,
he said. These will likely be affected, even though “it's just
starting to get rolling.”

The sessions for teachers ranged from single to
six-week sessions. In response to an education committee
member's query, Hall said it would be difficult to give
teachers adequate in. services only on their professional
development days.

“You can get some in one pro-D day, but computer skills

are like golfing — you have to do it more than once to get the
hang of it,” Hall said.

Hall also said in his report eight goals set last year for
the computer program have either been fully or partially
completed, including:

@ to catalogue available software;

@ develop a software evaluation process;

@ assist the district resource centre with compiling a
software inventory;

@ review and co-ordinate the acquisition of software;

© upgrade computer learning already developed;

@ draft a long-time acquisition program;

@ hold computer inservices for teachers;

© do research into the effectiveness of a computer
spelling program.

By the end of the program, every school in the
Castlegar district will have at least one computer except for
Silver Birch School, Hall said.

MHR target
of most beefs

VICTORIA (CP) —Ombudsman Karl Friedmann
says the largest number of complaints he received last
year was against the Human Resources Ministry.

In his 1984 annual report tabled in the legislature
Tuesday, Friedmann said it was the second consecutive
year that ministry has attracted the most complaints.

The ministry also experienced “dramatic increases”
in complaints — 1,369 in 1984 — 39 per cent more than
1983, which in turn was 64-per-cent more than received in
1982.

But Friedmann said, “The number of complaints
attracted by a ministry or agency is not necessarily the
most reliable indicator of the quality of their service or
administration.”

One factor which contributed to the number of
complaints against the Human Resources Ministry was
the “massive increase in the ministry's clientele,
especially income recipients.”

Another was “the ministry's even more restrictive
policies” aimed at making it more difficult to become or
remain eligible for income assistance.

The second most complained-about ministry was the
Attorney General's with 988 complaints representing a
131-per-cent increase over 1983.

The massive increase, however, was more the result
of a change of priorities in the ombudsman’s office than
the ministry's policies

The ombudsman's office regularly visited correction
al institutions and “as a result, residents articulated
many complaints that went unattended and unregistered
beforehand,” Friedmann said in the report.

The Workers’ Compensation Board was third, with
641 complaints last year compared with 482 in 1983.

Friedmann praised the Insurance Corporation of
B.C., which has dropped from the most complained about
position in 1982 to fourth last year. It received 499
complaints in 1984, compared with 810 in 1983.

Overall, the ombudsman's office received 11,462 new
complaints in 1984, a 20-per-cent increase over 1983.

CORONER'S INQUEST

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the left lung and partial collapse of the
right, a fractured left collarbone, and
damage caused by swelling, said

brai
Dr. Allan Lorimer.

Dr. Keith Merritt said when Franta p.m.,

arrived at Castlegar and

Hospital by ambulance he had some
erratic electrical activity in his heart”
but “was not breathing spontaneously”
and had no recordable blood pressure

or pulse.

Hospital staff were able to raise a
pulse and blood pressure in Franta
after 20 minutes, but the young man

Castlegar ambulance attendent Dan
Fitger said although cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation attempts never ceased
from the time of the accident until

relapsed, eventually dying at 12:55 Franta was taken to hospital, the man
about two hours after the showed no signs of life
District accident occurred. Fitger said the ambulance arrived at
Franta, employed by Combustion the mill in seven minutes

Merritt said.

Engineering of Vancouver, was a “very
large man” weighing about 240 Ibs

Also injured in the accident was
fellow boilermaker Larry Jewell, 30, of
Edmonton. The inquest continues.

Pioneer

woman
passes
away

Nellie E. Voykin of Robson
Passed away June 10 at the
age of 74. She was born on
July 22, 1910 in Ootischenia
where she lived until 1921
when she moved to Proctor.

She married John Voykin
in 1929 at Proctor, and then
moved to Ymir in 1935 and
then to Robson in 1967 where
she resided until her death.

Mrs. Voykin was a member
of the USCC and enjoyed
sewing, knitting, all handi-
crafts and gardening.

She is survived by her
husband, John, of Robson;
two sons, William of Slocan
Park and John of Ymir;
seven grandchildren; five
great grandchildren;
one brother, John Slaco of
Sidney, B.C. and one sister,
Florence Hodgins of Nelson.

She was predeceased by
one sister, Mary Pease.

Funeral service begins
today at 7 p.m. at the
Brilliant Cultural Centre and
continues on Thursday, at 10
a.m. also at the Brilliant Cul
tural Centre, with burial at 1
p-m. at the Brilliant Ceme-
tery.

Funeral arrangements un-
der the direction of Castlegar
Funeral Chapel.

SHATTERING EXPERIENCE .

home for young Cynthia Bartsoff when a maple tree in fi
lightning, severing it nearly in half. Bartsoft points out damage. Thunder is in store
for Castlegar this week as well.

Last week’s thunder and 4 ope storm came close to
backyard was struck by

Cosngys Photo by Adrian Chombertown

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TREET "TALK

ON THE MOVE: Grifone Taxidermy has moved
from its location adjacent to Castlegar Sports Centre to
the storefront next to the Kinnaird Branch of the
Castlegar Public Library.

KC Pet Mart has moved into the old Grifone location,
vacating its spot downtown in the former Update
Fashions building across from city hall.

ANOTHER NEW business in town is the Rich Tan
Suntan Studio. Owned by Richard and Holly Munro, the
studio has two tanning beds located in the Sandman Inn.

CASTLEGAR DRIVERS are already seeing the
effects of Petro-Canada’s decision to drop its gas
prices. The company is paying about .6 cents a litre less
for crude oil under deregulation than it was last month
under an administered system. The price difference has
been passed onto consumers.

That meant the price of regular gas in Castlegar
dropped from 54 cents a litre to 53.4 and the other service
stations followed suit.

Energy consultants had expected the reduction to
trigger another round of gasoline price wars — but so far
we haven't seen any of that.

THE CITY OF Castlegar's industrial commission has
developed a new brochure for the industrial park,
complete with an impressive four-color cover.

The cover shows 22 scenes of the community that
would make anyone want to move here. In fact, one scene
of 3rd Street facing toward the CP Rail station makes
Castlegar’s downtown core look as modern as downtown
Vancouver.

Another particularly striking photo is a sunrise —
symbolic of the dawn of a new age for Castlegar — right?

KNOW A SENIOR citizen who has made a “distin-
guished voluntary contribution to the community?” If so,
enter his or her name for the B.C. Outstanding Senior
Citizen of the Year Award.

The award, sponsored by the Brock House Society
with support from the Bank of Montreal, will be given to
a Canadian resident in B.C. 65 years or older who has
made a special contribution to the community.

The award is only in its second year — the first
winner last year was Harry Lefevre, a lifelong resident of
Rossland and the Golden City’s former mayor.

Last year 109 persons from 46 communities were
nominated. The award consists of a tax-free grant of
$5,000.

Nominations must be submitted to Brock House or
the Bank of Montreal by Sept. 30. Nomination forms are
available at the Bank of Montreal.

Support group

The annual general meet
ing of the Castlegar and Dis-
trict Home Support Services
Association and its affiliate,
Meals-On-Wheels, was held
Monday in the Legion Hall.

2,420 meals thanks to ap-
proximately 50 volunteers
who deliver hospital pre.
pared meals three times per
week. This service is greatly

holds meeting

appreciated by
ents.

“We greatly appreciate the
assistance we receive from
the public for our service, but

the recipi- we feel we are not hearing
from enough of our service
organizations, the ministerial
association and other areas,”
the Association said.

Eighteen members in
cluding 10 board members,
four office staff, three rep.
resentativeés of service organ
izations and one home sup.
port worker, were present.

Annual reports were pre.
sented by the President Bob
Wadey, administrator Laura
Richards, treasurer Louise
Gjennestad and the financial
report by Patti Richards.

“Reports indicate appreci
able growth in our hours of
service to clients,” said the
Association in a news re
lease. “We served 235 clients
for a total of 31,700 hours of
service. Clients include se-
nior citizens, handicapped,
convalescents and in family
situations.

“Our home support work
ers must be commended on
the exceptional service they
provide to our clients. They
attend training sessions on
many varied subjects on a
regular basis, learning many
skills which assist us to
maintain our clients in their
own homes for as long as
possible in optimum possible
health.

“Meals-On- Wheels is also a
necessary service in our
area,” added the release.
“During 1985-86 we delivered

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