' a ca _ Castlégar News _»'9. 198 Syringa Park events By LARRY IVANISKO Interpreter, Syringa Creek Provincial P The “Star Show™ given by the McMillan Planetar. um's travelling astronomers was well received with over 100 people out for the show. Look for their return in ugust This week a conservation officer will be out Saturday night to give a slide presentation on bears and bear problems. On Sunday, a rock climbing program will be ffered with an explanation of techniques and equipment, followed by demonstrations. Join us at Syringa. All programs at the amphitheatre unless otherwise noted FRIDAY 9 p.m. West Kootenay Wanderings: A presentation on scenery of the West Kootenays SATURDAY 2 p.m. Childrens Program: Animal skull and hide isplay with a short talk on each animal 9 p.m. Special Guest Speaker: A conservation officer ill show a slideshow on bears and address bear roblems. slide SUNDAY 2 p.m. Special Event: Rock Climbing. An explanation f equipment and techniques, followed by demostrations. ear boots or sturdy shoes and meet on the grass by the dventure playground 9 p.m. Film Night MONDAY * 10:30 a.m. Edible Plants Walk: Meet at the beach ashroom-changehouse 9 p.m. The Syringa Story: A slide presentation on he history and natural resources of the park. “BUSINESS DIRECTORY ounting ||Beauty Salon MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. Casti Chimneys THE HAIR ANNEX Ph. 365-7287 Brian L. 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Coll for your first free consultation today HOURS: eral 7:300.m. to}. o.m. 8am. -9am **call 365-6256 rN B,C,D... orX,YorzZ Mon Yes, whether your business name starts with A or with Z, Business Directory advertising is for you! RATES ARE ATTRACTIVE, TOO! Phone 365-5210 for Full Details CASTLEGAR arrested Police charged Boy George Saturday with possession of heroin... AS SunFest in photos | A CasNews team of photographers has cap- tured all of Friday's and Saturday's SunFest events on film... A3 VOL. 39, No. 56 j RS Castlegar News Precipitation is 40 per con ‘and Monday Ee 60 Cents 2 Sections (A & 8) amet CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1986 cloudy with o few few showers. The six winning numbers in Saturday's 6-49 draw were seven, 17, 20, 30, 33, and 43. The bonus number was 39. The $500,000 winning number in Friday's Provincial Lottery draw is 3188771. WEATHERCAST sunny periods. Highs 19°-23". Mostly cloudy Monday with Chence of it todoy Drug trafficking on the increase By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer An ideal climate for growing mari- juana, a sharp drop in the price of NEW QUEEN . . . Jennifer Peterson beams with joy atter being crowned Miss Castlegar 1986 at annual SUNFEST 86 SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR By RON NORMAN Editor SunFest '86 shifted into high gear Saturday after a sluggish start Friday, thanks in no small part to the weather The sun broke through cloudy skies enough times Saturday to warm things up and the rain that threatened for much of the day held off, enabling SunFest participants and spectators to enjoy the day's events without getting wet. SunFest kicked off Friday morning with the judging of the annual Castlegar Chamber of Commerce yard beautification contest. Top yard this year belongs to Bruno and Linda Vidizzon of 1813 Connors Road. They beat out 10 other entries to capture the annual chamber plaque and silver tray Mr. and Mrs. Pete Soloveoff of 2122 Crestview Crescent took the runner-up spot, with Fay and Harvey Jack of 3112 - 4th Ave. in third place Rain forced the senior citizens SunFest picnic indoors. The picnic was scheduled for Kinnaird Park, but the more than 125 seniors — including 100 from out of town — had to take refuge in the Community Complex Hall. However, the wet weather didn't put a damper on the activities which included a “mini-Olympics”, lunch and bingo. Rain also made things difficult for the West Kootenay Kennel Club Dog Show at the Community Complex and Kiwanis Soccer Field. But it didn’t stop the action. More than 125 dogs are entered in the three-day show which continues again today at 10 a.m. Organizers said the number of entries is down slightly from other years because of a conflicting dog show in Calgary But rain didn’t bother the annual Miss Castlegar Queen's Pageant held Friday night at Kinnaird junior residents turned out to see 16-year-old Jennifer Peterson crowned Miss Castlegar * 1986. Peterson, sponsored by Arrow Building Supplies, J said thet she bad gained « let trom the pageast. queen's pageant Friday night. Pageont is port ot SunFest 86 activities which continue today Costiews Proto by Ron Mor mor “The friendships we've gained are fantastic it's just been a lot of fun the pageant has just been great.” Michele Lalonde, Miss Royal Canadian Legion, was selected first princess and Lori Tomilin, Miss Selkirk Lions, was named second princess Fatima Travassos was chosen Miss Congeniality by the other contestants. Also in the contest were Sherry Bouthillier Avenues and Assisi, and Stephanie Swetlishoff. Rotary A tearful Peterson thanked the City of Castlegar after she was crowned and promised: “I'll do the best I can to represent you.” Her first opportunity came Saturday in the annual SunFest parade. This year's parade was slightly smaller than in other years — only 46 entries. It was also shorter, starting at Pioneer Arena instead of the top of Sherbiko Hill It all meant that the parade was over in less than a half hour. Still, it attracted a large crowd which lined Columbia Avenue and 3rd Street to catch a glimpse of the new Castlegar royalty, the visiting royalty and the various floats and bands. The S.S. Moyie float from Kaslo captured the prize for the top float with second place going to the Warfield Fire Department, whose firemen cooked a real chicken on the float Century 21 Mountainview Realty took the top commercial prize, with Westar Timber in runner up spot The Moyie also captured the prize for best non-commercial entry, with the City of Warfield float second. The Warfield Fire Department took the top prize in the novelty category, with the “B.C. Tele Punk” bed second. Miss Miss Castlegar Library's float was named top children’s entry, with the Regional Recreation Commission No. | second. SunFest activities continued Saturday with the senior tea in the Legion Hall and the Legion dart tournament As well, the Kiwanis FunFest and the 10th annual bed race took place at Pass Creek Park The RCMP team took the overall award in the bed races, with Safeway second and the Kiwanis clu» third The RCMP. also captured first place in the obstacle bed race, with Kiwanis runner-up and Central Foods third The Kiwanis beat out the RCMP for top spot in the relay race, though the mounted police camie in second The Telecommunications Workers Union" bed finished third. A Spokane, cocaine, and a lack of manpower at n British Columbia border crossings are all contributing to an increase in narcotics trafficking in the Kootenays, the head of the Nelson RCMP detachment's drug section said Friday. “Cocaine is really on the increase and marijuana is an ongoing problem,” said Cpl. H.L. Doidge, who for the last 2'% years has been battling the drug trade in 22 southeastern B.C. communities with the help of only one other officer in the drug section. In December 1985, Doidge said the RCMP seized $62,000 worth of nar- coties of all types in the Kootenay area. He said that represents an average month for the RCMP, meaning the police in the area seize some $750,000 worth of drugs over a 12-month period. Doidge said he estimates “two to three kilograms per week” of cocaine is smuggled through border crossings into southeastern B.C. Of that amount, he said the RCMP seizes only one per cent — or 20 to 30 grams — per week. Doidge said the price of cocaine in the distribution centre for the Kootenays, has dropped to $1,750 IN IDAHO U.S. per ounce ($62 per gram) from $3,000 U.S. per ounce ($106 per gram) a year ago, making the drug more affordable and more available. At the same time, he said, the purity of cocaine coming into the Kootenays has increased to 95 per cent from 60 per cent a year ago. If Doidge’s estimates of the amount of cocaine smuggied into the Kootenays is correct, that means several million dollars worth of the drug passes through the area in any given year. ‘Two to three kilograms per week of cocaine is smuggled into southeastern B.C.’ More than likely not all of that is sold and consumed in the Kootenays, but cocaine is certainly readily available in the area, Doidge said. “You can buy it in any bar in the larger centres — Castlegar, Nelson. Cranbrook,” Doidge said, adding that people in smaller towns simply get cocaine from larger communities. “It's getting just about to all levels.” With the drop in price, cocaine is no longer a rich man’s drug. Doidge said an average cocaine user inhales a “line”, or one-tenth of a gram, making the cost of each line about $6 U.S., based on the going price in Spokane. Marijuana poses a slightly different problem for the RCMP in the Koot- enays because the drug is grown locally. Doidge said the climate and isolation of the Kootenays provides an “ideal growing situation” for marijuana. He added that the locally grown product is the “high.” In fact, Doidge said the quality of Kootenay marijuana is so good that the such as Seattle, brought back into Canada and sold as an exotic brand from such well-known marijuana pro- Supremacists gather HAYDEN LAKE, Idaho (AP) White supremacists at an “Aryan Nations Congress” were urged Set urday to remember those who died for their cause, while Idaho Gov. John Evans, joining human-rights advocates 15 kilometres away, denounced racism and prejudice. About 150 white supremacists met at a wooded compound owned by the Church of Jesus Christ Christian Aryan Nations in the town of Hayden Lake, 15 kilometres north of Coeur d Alene. Meanwhile, Evans and others gat hered in Coeur d'Alene, for a Good Neighbors Day. Nearly 200 com munities sent resolutions in support of the session, and governors of Montana, U.S. officials investigate Powers By CasNews Staff The Natrona County. Wyoming dis trict attorney's office is continuing its investigation into the affairs of Dixie Dee Powers, the former Castlegar resident who twice has failed to appear in Castlegar provincial court on char ges of fraud and running a pyramid scheme “We're looking at her, but we haven't filed any charges against her.” Natrona County district attorney Mike Blonigen said Thursday Blonigen, in a telephone interview with the Castlegar News from his Casper, Wyo. office, said he has heard rumors that Powers, 35, is “down in Nevada heading for Mexico But, he added, the rumors are speculation.” Meanwhile, a Casper woman who was allegedly a “disciple” of Power's has pleaded not guilty to multiple fraud charges and is awaiting trial in September or October, Blonigen said. He said a definite trial date has not been set for Meghan Millert 44, who is charged with making false statements while selling a security. selling an un assistant sheer on poge A2 Washington and Oregon sent state ments asking citizens to reject hate groups and racism. “We want everyone to know that the Aryan Nations and other such hate groups do not represent nor do they speak for the people of Idaho,” Evans told the racially mixed crowd. The white supremacists’ gathering was their first in the U.S. Northwest since an FBI investigation led to racketeering convictions last Decem ber for 10 members of The Order, a militant, neo-Nazi group blamed for two murders, more than $4 million U.S in robberies, counterfeiting and other crimes. Many Order members met through the Aryan Nations and its leader, Richard Butler. The 1985 fascist congress was cancelled because of The Order indict ments and what Butler said were FBI threats against the Aryans. The Order was smashed when its founder, Robert Mathews, died during a Dec. 8, 1984, standoff with FBI agents. Mathews was killed when a flare ignited hig waterfront hideout on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle WEAR SWASTIKAS Many at the Aryan Nations meeting were dressed in combat fatigues. Pins bearing swastikas, crosses, and U.S flags were popular, and one delegate wore a scarf patterned with a Con federate flag Guards patrolled the grounds with semi-automatic weapons. A handful of delegates wore sidearms. Kootenai County sheriffs deputies were on patrol outside the compound. They used video cameras to photo- graph delegates as they entered or left the grounds. “Let us remember those who died at Dresden, and some who are still in Dresden,” Butler said at the opening of the meeting, referring the German city firebombed by the Allies during the Second World War. He then mentioned several members of The Order, including Randolph Duey, David Lane, Randall Evans, and Gary Yarbrough. who formerly served as Butler's security chief. “Of that group there was one who died. He gave his statement shortly before he died why he wanted to die rather than live in tyranny,” Butler said. “Let us all remember Robert Mat hews,” he said to cheers from the delegates. Butler called roll of “those who reside with our Father, but whose hearts were true.” His list included Gen. George Patton, U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy, and Rudolf Hess, a deputy to German dictator Adolf Hitler who in 1945 was sentenced to life in prison for his activities during the Second World War Crash prompts recommendation near the Castlegar airport on @ flight from Penticton last Decem- ber. ‘The plane approached the airport too low and crashed into the side of