ca cf ‘astlégar News ‘February 25, 1990 B.C. workers fuming By RON SUDLOW VANCOUVER (CP) — Jackie Buchanan just bought a house and was planning her first investment in a registered retirement savings plan. But the 28-year-old ker’s But International Trade Minister John Crosbie denied that the agreement, the first dispute resolved under free trade, is a sell-out. He said critics are worried because they can’t financial strategy is heading for un- chartered waters following Thur- Sday’s announcement of details of the Canada-United States agreement on salmon and herring exports. “*Just the last couple of years, I’ve felt secure about making a nice amount of money and not living from Paycheque to paycheque,’’ she said during a coffee break at the J.S. Mc- Millan fish packing plant on the Van- couver docks. “*But who knows now. . . if they Start slashing jobs left and right. . .,’’ she said as her green eyes’ wandered and she tugged at her blue coveralls. “*It’s a letdown to all of us, whether you're No. 1 or No. 200 on the (seniority) list, it doesn’t matter because it’s Canadian work and it’s Canadian jobs." The settlement allows the United States access to 20 per cent of the West Coast salmon and herring catch this year and 25 per cent in each of the next three years. Shoreworkers and fish plant operators say the ruling could gut the B.C. processing industry like a knife through a salmon’s underbelly. handle the Shoreworkers, who comprise the bulk of the 4,500-member United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union, expect employers to increase operations in Washington state where wages are lower than the $13-$15 an hour on the filleting lines, Union officials fear many won't get enough work in the seasonal industry to qualify for unemployment insuran- ce. Workers sgy their future is’ clouded. “It’s like going into the unknown, it doesn’t look good,’ said shipper- receiver Jim Ramsay, 36, a 16-year employee who is married with two children, ‘‘If I was just starting out, I think I'd consider looking for another job.”" Gregg Garbe, 33, who has worked in the industry for eight years and is married with a young son and ‘‘a high mortgage,"’ said the Progressive Con- servative government is spineless. “They didn’t show any willingness to fight the Americans on the free trade deal and we’ré pretty depressed. You're going to see that coming in . We just happen to be first on the chopping block." Fat substitute gets approval to hit market WASHINGTON (AP-Reuter)— In a breakthrough for the diet-food in- dustry, U.S. federal regulators have The first product made with Sim- plesse will be a.frozen dairy dessert called Simple Pleasures, which P' al lorie fat made of milk and egg proteins, for use in frozen desserts. Simplesse, developed by NutraSweet Co., a subsidiary ofMon- santo Co., is the first fat substitute approved for the American market. The Food and. Drug Ad- ministratién’s approval affirms that the food additive is ‘generally recognized as safe.”” Simplesse had already -been ap- Proved in Britain, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxem- bourg, Japan and the Soviet Union. NutraSweet’s aspartame, the ar- tificial sweetner now most widely used in. soft drinks, ioni: the Says has the creamy taste of ice cream but with significantly reduced calories and cholesterol. Monsanto’s stock price surged as word of the FDA approval circulated ‘on Wall Street. A rival fat substitute being con- sidered by the FDA, Procter and Gamble’s Olestra, is-said to be far from approval because of questions over its long-term safety. Olestra, though made from fat, passes through the digestive tract without breaking down. It has the ad- vantage — unlike Simplesse — of being suitable for baked goods and other cooked foods. diet-food industry in the early 1980s. PLUMP PROFITS Simplesse is. expected to be similarly successful, with a potential based in Skokie, Ill., says Simplesse could be used in salad dressing, mayonnaise, ice cream, yogurt, sour cream, dips, margarine and butter and cheese spreads. doll: market, to securities analysts. Usable only in uncooked foods, it makes them taste rich in fat — but with less than half the calories. To notify people who may be allergic to the milk and egg proteins, the FDA: will require that these be listed on the ingredient labels of foods that contain Simplesse. Simplesse is approved for use as a thickener or texturizer in frozen dessert products only; the company needs further FDA approval to use it in other foods. ie announ- ced plans to supply the fat substitute to Kraft Inc. for use in Kraft produc- ts. 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Probability of Precipitation is near zero per cent tonight and Thursdoy 3 Sections (A, B& C) Celgar expansion dominates NDP forum By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer Z Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy and Castlegar school board trustee Ed Conroy, who is challenging D'Arcy for the riding’s New Democratic party nomination, say they support Celgar Pulp Co.’s proposed expansion and upgrading of its Castlegar mill. But both qualified their support for the provincial review process Celgar is currently undergoing. “I don’t think many people don’t want the mill to go ahead,’’ Conroy told about 80 NDP members and a handful of others at an all-candidates’ forum at the Steelworkers’ Hall in Trail Sunday. “*But they want to make sure it goes ahead under 1990 standards,’’ Conroy added, referring to standards set in the 1970s the mill is currently expected to meet. Conroy noted that the new mill will emit 37 times more sulphur dioxide, a key component in acid rain, and said other emissions are also a concern. But, he added, ‘‘these are not problems that can’t be solved.’’ Celgar officials have said total sulphur emissions — including the in- creased sulphur dioxide — will be reduced in the new mill: D'Arcy said ‘‘achievable but universal standards’’ must be im- posed for pulp mill emissions because provincial standards. right now are “very, very lax.’’ He told reporters after the forum he is “‘thankful there is a serious at- t being made to give this a very, very careful going” over before ap- proval”’ is granted, bat if the process takes too long there could be severe economic effects. “There's nothing wrong with the Process as long as it moves,’’ he said, adding, ‘‘Justice delayed is justice denied."’ Conroy, who sat on Castlegar city council’s Celgar expansion advisory group,* told reporters one of his biggest coricerns with the process is “*too much time constraint’’ on public input and on the process itself. Both men said they have been in- volved with the review process. Conroy said he has made submissions to the provincial government commit- tee overseeing the review, including a submission on behalf of the school board, and D'Arcy said he has been “in direct contact with the committee and regional approving agencies." Although questions about Celgar took up much of the time allotted for the forum, both politicians were asked at one point why people should vote for them. “I don’t know what to say to that,’’ D'Arcy responded, saying the questioner was asking him and Conroy to flatter themselves. “I care about the area, the people and the quality of life here,’’ D'Arcy said. ‘‘We need a person in the legislature who cares about the people.”” OPEN HOUSE .. . Celgar mill controller John Lebidoft (left) discusses aspects of the proposed mill expansion with Dave Carter, a member HE 1 4 Cc of the Coal the Pulp Mil whi ile Jim Browne (right) during Celgar's open house today. Mi id m. as the open house continues. between 6 p.m. an ition for Information on Paul Oglow talks to pulp mill manager Ht officials will also be on hand CasNews photo by Claudette Sendeck: INSIDE Cable TV proppsal page A2 ED CONROY - - record stands for itself CHRIS D'ARCY - ++ Cares about the area Conroy notéd that he has been ac- tive in the community “*My record is every endeavor stan- ds for itself,"’ he said, adding that lives in the West Kootenay by choi as do many others. Conroy fold reporters he is curren- tly focusing his campaign on the Trail, Fruitvale and Salmo areas because he is not as well-known there as he is in Castlegar. D'Arcy said Conroy’s challenge to his seat doesn’t change how he sees his role in the area. “*I can’t stop being the advocate and representative of 35,000 people,"’ he said. Asked to speculate on the outcome of the vote May 5 to choose an NDP candidate’ to represent the riding in the next provincial election, D’Arcy said he doesn’t ‘‘make assumptions about what people do in the privacy of the polling booth.”” The forum followed a selection continued on page A2 Parents, teachers present requests By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer Smaller class sizes, more time and resources for teachers who work with children with special needs and a school psychologist or psychiatrist were requests that came up frequently last week as eight groups representing parent advisory councils and teachers’ organizations presented the Castlegar school board -with suggestions for items in the upcoming school district budget. he Special Education Teachers Association and the Learning Disabled Association briefs asked that the board continue to operate the resource rooms in the district-where children with special needs receive in- dividual attention. The new primary program being implemented now in the province calls for integration of all children into regular classrooms but acknowledges there could be a rieed for ‘‘the provision’ of iali: in- struction or services which might be required to meet the unique needs of the special-needs student."” The Castlegar and _ District Teachers’ Association presented a brief that included the results of a survey of all teachers in the district. More money to reduce class sizes, funding for more resources such as library books and more space for everything from classes to teachers’ Staff rooms were detailed school by school. Some of the suggestions in the briefs were specific to the school or group which made them, such as suggestions for French immersion programs for all grades and Shaw Cable coverage of school board meetings submitted by the Robson parent group. The Canadian Union of Public Ei ; which the non- teaching staff in the district, asked the board to consider installing two-way radios in school buses to make drivers’ jobs safer and easier. And Tarrys elementary school needs a computer lab which the, parents are willing to help pay for, Tarrys parent advisory council chair- man Jim Posnikoff said. Board chairman Gordon Turner said after the meeting the board will consider all the submissions during budget discussions and will consider implementing or phasing in any of the suggestions that seem feasible for the coming year The hiring of a psychologist might be possible if several districts can get together and pool resources for the’ worker's salary, Turner said He said suggestions in the past such as requests for smaller class sizes, have ended up in the board’s budget Council OKs list of demands By SIMON BIRCH Editor Castlegar city council voted Tuesday to submit to B.C. Hydro a series of demands in anticipation that the provincial Crown utility will proceed with its proposed power- generation project at the Hugh Keenleyside dam north of Castlegar. Lottery numbers The winning numbers drawn Tuesday in the B.C. Keno lot- tery were 11, 23, 25, 28, 43, 45, 46 and 52. The di most of which call for Hydro to consult with the city and the Regional District of Central Kootenay on issues connected with the project, arose out of a report by council’s Keenleyside working group which has been studying the proposed Keenleyside project-.as-well as Hydro’s proposed dam at Murphy Creek on the Columbia River north of Trail. Council initiated the study group so that the city would be in a position to react to the proposals even though Hydro has not yet committed itself to either project, Ald. Doreen Smecher said. ‘“‘We like to be ahead instead of trying to catch up,’’ Smecher said af- ter council’s Tuesday night meeting. POWER PROJECT . . . an early sketch shows an artist's conception of B.C. Hydro's proposed power-generation project for the Hugh Keenleyside dam. Castlegar city council has come up with a list of demands it would like to see Hydro meet if the utility proceeds with the project. Nelson trustees say they'd like program By CasNews Staff The Nelson school board would like to see the proposed teacher training program, being set up by aconsotrium of West Kootenay sctiool districts including Nelson, run out of the Nelson University Centre rather than out of Selkirk College in Castlegar, board chairman Jan Lin‘ dsay says. The NUC facility still has the library resource materials used for a similar program that wes run out of the David Thompson University, the of NUC, Lindsay said, and teachers who worked in the old Program are still in Nelson and some are at NUC. As well, the NUC has plenty of space, Lindsay said However, the Nelson realize the consortium chose Selkirk because of its central location and the board only wants to make its opinion known, she said. va “A vote has been takenantt"We're quite prepared to aceépt that,"’ Lin dsay said. A proposal for designed to combat trustees the program, an expected teacher shortage in the area, has been sent to the Ministry of Advanced Education, a college news release says The proposal, if accepted, will give the consortium about $75,000 to run the program which could be started in Septerfiber, Castlegar school trustee Mickey Kinakin said The first year of the program, to be tun in conjunction with the University of B.C., would take those students who already have a degree, Kinakin said. They would receive a year of in- continued on poge A2 Council agreed to ask Hydro to: ° Provide funds for maintenance and upgrades before and after constr- uction of the Keenleyside project and to consult with the city and the regional district to determine where the money should be used. (Hydro has said it will place money in a trust fund to compensate local com munities which are affected by the utility’s construction projects.) © Eliminate clpsures of the road across the Hugh Keenleyside dam © Manage water levels in the Arrow Lakes ‘more to the liking’ of local residents. * Place, grade and revegetate dredged material from the construc tion project in coordination with the city and according to the city’s specifications © Compensate the communities so citizens living in the area before and after the projects do not pay for short-lived changes and to negotiate the compensation with the city and regional district Council agreed with the working group's recommenation not to con- sider additional issues dealing with the proposed Murphy Creek dam Ald. Albert Calderbank explained that another committee could study the Murphy Creek project if Hydro begins w actively pursue the project in the future Smecher said council’s requests will be ‘‘far more specific’? once the Keenleyside project gets underway Calderbank noted at the meeting that Hydro officials in earlier conver- sations with council said the road across the Keenleyside dam would be kept open during the construction project but in more recent discussions indicated the road would be closed He said keeping the road open would ‘‘obviously cause (Hydro) a bit of a problem’’ but added that the utility could ‘deal with it.’” The road across the dam and the Kinnaird bridge are the only two links between Castlegar and Robson until the provincial government gives the green light to a bridge linking the two communities to replace the Robson ferry service which the ‘government discontinued almost two years ago. The government has said construction of the bridge is contingent on the ex pansion of the Celgar pulp mill proceeding Hydro hopes to receive provincial government approval soorfor the Keenleyside. project. with .a 1991 target date for the start of construc tion The Murphy Creek project is at the bottom of Hydro’s priority list for lower Columbia River projects and would not be built until after the year 2000, Hydro officials have said throughout the city Slowdown touted Drivers within Castlegar city limits may soon have to slow down. Ald. Lawrence Chernoff, chairman of city council’s protectiv€ ser- vices committee, said Tuesday the city is gathering information in con nection with a proposal to reduce the speed limit within the city’s boun. daries to $0 km-h. The speed lirhit in some areas of the city is currently 60 km-h while in others it is already set at SO km-h. Chernoff said a concern about safety in-anticipation of increased vehicle traffic within the city has prompted consideration of a lower speed limit, as well as a desire to make the speed limit consistent