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Cloudy Thursday with sunny in- tervals and Isolated afternoon eekend wi Gad un gosettied and will continue'to 3 Sections (A, B&C) By CasNews Staif It's bigger. It's better. And: it's will add a lot of interest with their colorful displays and good times. It’s the sixth annual West” | songs and dance.” For added entertainment Kootenay Trade Fair: and for both childrén and adults, Folkorama ‘82 sponsored by ‘the fair, will also have Bal- the Castlegar Selkirk ‘Lions tazar the juggler and John ”. Club which kicks off at 6 p.m. Kaplan, a renown illusionist this Friday at the Castlegar and’ magician. Both will per- community complex, form throughout the three- If you haven't.been toe the day fair, which runs from 6 - West Kootenay Trade Fair 10 p.m.'\Friday, 10 a.m. - 0 before, you're in for a special .p. m.' Saturday and 1 p.m. - treat. Even if‘ you've been p.m. Sunday. before, you're still in for As: well, there ‘will be a something special, because Bavarian garden with live this year tl more than and dancing. 100 exhibitors‘and merchant The West. Kootenay juried displays, ‘along ‘with ethnic art show’will be on display, crafts and‘ musical enter-' and a pancake breakfast will tainment, be held Saturday at 8 a.m. This year being the 10th ‘and Sunday at 10 am. . anniversary of Multicultural- -’" But that's only the begin- ism in Canada, the Lions Club _ ning. Visitors to the fair will selected Folkorama as the: have a chance to take.in the theme for the fair. ‘ various displays and exhibits, “The Kootenay area is rich ranging from cars, boats, in a wide variety:of ethnic ‘mobile homes. and * recre- groupe! explained Trade: ational vehicles outside- the chairman’: ‘Lawrence complex, to windsurfing, pot- has “These. groups are ' tery, home living and a host parileipaiing in the falr. and of other displays inside. You could also be the lucky. = winner of one of the three special door prizes ofa tri for two to Reno, a 20-inch color television or an energy saving wood stove. As well, there will be a $1,000 cash draw Sunday and two $500 cash draws Friday. | and Saturday, sponsored by the West Kootenay Bo; Scouts — who will receive a ~ percentage of the proceeds, 5 Chairman Popoff said that this year’s fair has been ex: tended an additional day so that those who work Friday: evening ‘and Saturday will have a chance to enjoy the fair Sunday afternoon. “We are very grateful for the hard work and ingenuity ° displayed by the exhibitors in constructing their individual booths,” he said. And he also encouraged public _atten- dance at the fair, noting. “without the participants and public we would not be able to carry on with our com- munity service work.” % eckligaton shot as Beswick said the friend heard bursts of conversation before ® the phone. went dead. She |, immediately called police. uv 9 a lc pe) details . of «charges against The bullet through _. “Mirko Petnovie ‘will’ be‘ i i ie leased later today, Fee speciol profile The incident. ended ‘Tues- Y eich Ute et day evening with: Pockling- the gunman's right f rearm; hit Pocklington in. the left . a arm and ‘nicked his chest. . ‘Police’ were, able ‘to ‘over. ” power the lone gunman after sneaking into the’ couple's home through a secret en- trance revealed by. Pockling- ton's wife Eva. The’ single It's that time of year again ‘when we lose an hour's sleep. Daylight Saving ‘Time: returns :to B.C. this Sunday. Though daylight saving | actually’ starts’ at 2 a.m. Sunday, it might be safer to set your clocks back ore. hour before going to bed Saturday. And.don't fret over los- ing that hour's sleep, we'll gain it back -in October when the -province goes back to Standard Time. shot was fired | when the hostage-taker was lured from a bedroom with Pocklington in tow to collect $1 million ranson. money. Police credited: Eva Pock- -lington'’s courage and her information about a secret entrance to the posh, three- storey home for helping to end the ordeal. “The kidnap attempt began about 9:80 a.m. MST when a lone. man, armed with a handgun and knife and wear- ing a balaclava, surprised Eva while she was on the phone to a friend. Police * Lance ‘April 18 to 24 ee vonren i Prices €ffective: nn. April 19:'- 24, 1962 CANADA In Your Friendly, Courteous Castleaird Plaza Safeway Store. We Reserve the Right : to Limit Sales to Retail Quantities. you care... you share ICH; of the’ .down Columbia: ‘Ave. to pote News pet bis to protest statements march papér publtied by' uscc honerery chairman John J. Verigin. —CorNewsPhote by Lols Hughes. eae protest allegations By.CasNews Stait morning in. Nelson » ‘and: ‘Approximately.’.80.-mem-.: marched ‘to.the offices of the : «Inthe vared ‘said,'“We protest the vicious Nelson * ‘Daily: News, where ees iey \: they ‘and’ published: in' three West ‘started ( march ke the Kootenay newspapers. sidewalk’ from the’ Super The protesters charged Valu on Célumbia Ave: to the a | that" John J. Verigin, tion: “offices ofS the’ gar orary chairman, of the Union’ News. They‘later moved on nan pe and was ruoning barefoot across the front lawn: as police arrived. “She's.a very, gutsy. wom- an,” said Bruce McMorran of the Edmonton police depart. ment’s public of s: of - to Grand Forks. Christ, pear 8.8. Sor-": Two spokesmen — Steve okin, leader‘of.the Christian’. Lapshinoff and Mike :Cher- eases Brotherhood : nenkoff -— \ met“!with "the ~ Castl News editor Ron oun ‘ald about. 500 members att the. oe ss Joint D. Norman and issued a press release, Ch fice. It took police nearly. three hours to’ establish telephone contact with the man and after about four hours of negotiation the-housekeeper, Carmen Mitchel, 55, and babysitter,. Joseph Wright, 21, were released unharmed. The man demanded $1 million in cash and a safe route of escape. The ransom collected from” a number of. banks was placed in the kitchen, in a suitcase containing: $100 bills. continued on page sium ‘that Sorokin stats dangerous “Jim Jones” sit ation when he became leader: said, “We're - trying to keep this as peace- ful as we possibly..can.” He sherged th that Verigi's slander by-John.J..V. Verigin-. against.our Pastor 8.3. Sor. **okin. Sorokin is the man-who brought peace to us and to the Kootenays.” They added “60 years of terrorism in Canada, abduc- tion of our children, hundreds KOOTENAY FOREST PRODUCTS of years of it and Verigin leadership.” rhe ‘was:more:| destroyed > ‘under John J. Verigin's leadership than un- der any other leader, under . the pretense of cultural ties with the Kremlin,” the group said. “We have lost our homes, sedans had our children kidnapped ‘the"Reformed :Doukhobors many lives lost was due.to to New Denver, suffered many years in prisons, hun: ger‘ strikes'‘and: death —-all because of John J. Verigin.” They’ added, “The title, ‘Jim Jones’ suits no one bet- ter than John J. Verigin himself.” B.C. Timber sells mills By CasNows Staff and News Services Timber announced BC. ; Monday that it has agreed to Sorokin’s hypnotic ‘spell and became “brainwashed.” : © _ His ‘comments were. car- tied in the April 18 edition of « the Castlegar News, and thi Grand Forks Gazette and “Nelson News. spark a reaction’ from the” Reformed “Doukhobors “so “Sthey (Verigin and. his fol-° lowers) could point the finger ‘and say, ‘They’ re the trouble- makers.’ ” Chernenkoff said he was “responsible for terrorist acts The marchers, who sang’ in the past and spent time in and carried placards ‘ de- prison for them. However, he’ nouncing Verigin, started ‘said when Sorokin ‘arrived, their protest early Tuesday “he smartened me “Up.” sell its . Koot Forest Products lumber mill and its plywood plant at Nelson to Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd. of Cranbrook. : No sale price was released and the two companies said the sale is subject to the ‘approval of the provincial Minister of Forests, the fed- eral Foreign Investment Re- view Agency and the boards of directors of both com- panies. ; In announcing the sale at a press conference in Nelson, B.C. Timber presi- dent John Montgomery said the deal includes KFP's tim- ber rights and should be con- cluded by June 80, Montgomery called the sale “the first bit of definitive news for the Kootenay forest industry in a good long while. We expect the sale will bring employment stability to the Kootenay Forest Products operation.” - He said if KFP is not sold, the 175-worker plywood plant will be shut down. The sale of KFP was the “most positive’ of several options open to B.C. Timber as_a result .of a year-long review of the operation, Montgomery said. “B.C. Timber. does not have an adequate wood.sup- ply to successfully operate its mills in Nelson. “In our view, the sale to CFI is the only. realistic alternative to closing the continued on page AZ ~ Celgar sawmill back to work By RON NORMAN Editor B.C. Timber president John Montgomery said Tuesday the $40 Celgar sawmill employees laid off March 19 for a five-week shutdown will return to work Monday. That's the good news. The bad news is that both the sawmill and pulp mill workers may face a prolonged shutdown later this year as. B.C. Timber tries to ride out the current economic downturn, in the forest industry. "y made the at a special meeting Tuesday with. Castlegar service clubs, city council and chamber of commerce representatives, He said the pulp mill shutdown may be necessary to reduce inventories which have grown because of the “soft” pulp market. He also said the outlook for the forest industry for 1982 and most of 1983 is not rosy. B.C. Timber suffered an $11.3 million operating loss last year before taxes, he said, and “1982 is no better — in fact it’s worse.” He added the company's first quarter figures are down from the fourth quarter of 1981. “The lumber industry hes almost written off 1982," he said, noting that industry officials don't see it picking up until .mid-1983,. with some pessimistic officials saying the industry won't bounce back until 1984. “Builders aren't building because of high interest rates and buyers aren't buying because of high interest rates.” As well, he said the U.S. government seems intent on Be. . Timber p dent John oe. weltten on 1982 and defence to pick up the economy, where in the past the housing industry helped bring ‘the economy out of a recession. =< “Montgomery also pointed out that house buying habits are changing, and buyers aren't purchasing the larger homes in subdivisions. 3 Turning to the pulp industry, Montgomery said the market has been “relatively soft” — so much so that for the last 18 months B.C. Timber has been unable to increase its prices, despite sustaining normal inflation costs. “That hurts,” he sait However, he said that since the Celgar pulp mill — B.C. Timber's best performer last year — is a bleached kraft mill and few are entering that market, its outlook is very good. Still, the forest industry as a whole has been hit so hard by the current downturn that. Montgomery ‘says capital expenditures such as the sawmill modernization and pulp mill expansion have been set back at “least one year.” — “Our ability to finance these activities has been set back and set back very severely.” He said the $85 million sawmill modernization has been given the company’s “highest priority,” and a decision on that will be coniing down after the middle of the year. However, he said it will be at least another year before the company makes any major decision on the- Pulp mill expansion. or don’t want to paint a picture of just doom and gloom,” he said, “. .. but those are the realities of the forest picture today,” for the last six months and for the next six months. He said B.C. Timber has seven sawmills, Right now only one is — Plateau il — and Monday last six months that its parent company, B.C. Resources (BCRIC), has been forced to carry it. B.C Timber's closure of the retail lumber sales at i Celgar sawmill. He said the head office was well aware of the concern over the closure, but “underestimated” how unpopular the move would be. Still, he said the decision will stand and the retail sales will remain closed — at least for now. He hinted that “something dfferent” may be done once the industry: starts to turn around. He said the retail outlet “just didn’t make business sense” and the decision to close it was made “to help the company survive.” “In these extremely tough times companies are having to make unpopular decisions,” he added. He called the move “a matter of survival.” Elsewhere, he made mention of Ald. Len Embree's comment that B.C. Timber is adopting a “bunker mentality” in its relations with the community. Montgomery argued “I don’t think in terms of running our business we've been all that bad.” However, he admitted that there was perhaps some neglect of communities but said it was only because B.C. Timber was concentrating on survival during the current recession. He said B.C. Timber remains ‘eommaltted” to both Celgar operations. Montgomery and other B.C. ‘Timber officials met earlier in, the day with Castlegar council to discuss local concerns ding the pulp and sawmill operations. that on a four day week. He said the company’s cash losses were so severe in the Mayor Audrey Moore said she felt B.C. Timber had received council's message.