E> a2 Castlegar News October 15, 1989 Standard being set By CasNews Staff Provincial and district scholarships will'no longer be awarded to only the top three per cent of the Gi students in B.C., the Mirtistry Education has announced. A— fixed standard’ will established this year and any student achieving that standard score when writing. scholarship exams will be awarded a scholarship, a ministry news release says. Scholarship scores have been going up over the years and the ministry has decided that if students are doing that well they should receive an incentive, explained Castlegar superintendent of schools Terry Wayling The old system was frustrating for students, Wayling said, because they epmpeted agairtst each other and never knew what score would be needed to put them in that three per cent ny educators told the gover nment to ‘quit “changing the goal posts,"’ he said, noting that four or five Scholarships were given oul to Castlegar students last year Th e are likely 10 be more students here receiving scholarships this year with the charges, Wayling said In addition to the changes in the method of students will also be allowed to rewrite scholarship. exams once and the time allowed to use the scholarship money will be changed to five years from 18 months to allow students “the same awarding scholarships, e as is currently in use Passport to Education m,"’ the ministry release says, is expected that the new procedures will encourage more students to write scholarship examinations,” the ministry says. “Students who might have hesitated because they felt they couldn't com- pete against other students may be more likely to participate knowing that everyone who achieves the standard will be awarded scholarships. '* All students who qualify for provin: cial scholarships receive $1,000 to be applied to the cost of full-time enrolment at any post-secondary in: stitution, the ministry says. The 20 highest-ranking candidates will each receive $2,000. Half the rain, more sun reported for September By CasNews Staff Castlegar had half its precipitation in September and 25 per normal cent more sunshine than the average for the month, the Castlegar Weather Office reports in its monthly weather summary ‘‘No-one-should argue with you if you ‘called it a very pleasant Septem ber,"’ the summary says Just 22.6 millimetres of rain fell in September, $2 per cent of the normal 43.8 mm but well above the record low of 2.6 mm set in September 1975 However, this year’s total was a com: plete turnaround from the record set September last year when 96.2 mm of precipitation fell on the city The weather office recorded 233.9 hours of sunshine, 47 hours more than normal but some 30 hours shy of the record 263.6 hours’ set in September 1975. The dullest September on record is 1978 when the sun peeked |through the clouds for just 117.5 hours The warmest day of the month was Kendrick-Twidale Optometrists 877 Helena Street, Trail, B.C. VIR 3X3 Wishes to announce the relocation of our practice to: 1370 McQuarrie St., East Trail, B.C. VIR 1X3 For appointment Phone 364-2020 Sept. 15 with a high temperature of 28.7 C. The record high for the month is 35.6 set on Sept. 1, 1967 The coldest day was Sept. 11 with an overnight low of 2.9 C, well above the record low of -4.3 C.set on Sept. 28, 1984. “The first week or so of the month saw a moist, southwesterly, flow give cloud and varying precipiation,”’ the summary says in explaining last month’s weather. “A ridge of high pressure began to build on the 10th and other than minor fluc tuations persisted for the remainder of September.”” amounts of Red Cross continued from tront page program for high-school students and has a series of education programs health, safety and internatior that are used in the schools. About 200 children were involved last year in programs that range from learning how to babysit to Way one called One Earth, Why Care? which explores life in because they bel other cultures and tries to “counter the prejudices in our society,” Ockenden says. The Red Cross is currently bringing to the area a new program for children dealing with the prevention of child abuse, he says, and programs for seniors could be started if the society finds there isa need for them with the funding ag “Otherwise, the (Red Cross) volunteers would be knocking on doors for themselves."’ The-Castlegear comes directly from the money raised during the United Way campaign in this area, Ockenden added Red Cross funds its programs through donations, the gim Young Celebrity Golf Tournament brought in about $10,000 this year Red Cross volunteers provided teams of canvassers for the United Way campaign this year, Ockenden says, ve the. organization’s relationship which and the United ncy is *atwo-way street branch's United Way funding Saving ‘Canadian’ may be possible, MP says The door to saving ** The Canadian" VIA Rail run through the Rockies may be open just a crack, Kootenay West Revelstoke MP Lyle Kristiansen says Questioning Transport Minister Benoit Bouchard in the House of Commons last week, Kristiansen drew a response that might lead to recon sideration of the decision to terminate The Canadian, a news release from Kristiansen’s office says Bouchard told Kristiansen that he would discuss with the NDP MP a possible reconsideration to end the service because Revelstoke and other communities along the line are “remote.”’ Kristiansen told Bouchard that Revelstoke, Golden and Field qualify for continued rail passenger Service because they have no commer- cial airports and suffer winter road closures. “Will (Bouchard) now agree to WKP continued from front pege promote energy efficiency in the home, beginning with a rebate offer on the purchase of energy-efficient hot water tanks or refrigerators, WKP officials said. The Quality Plus program will en courage new home builders to build to energy-efficient’ standards, a news release said, and Ash added that some homes in the area are already being built to Quality Plus standards WKP will also be providing finan cial incentives to encourage businesses to save energy through actions such as the installation of energy-efficient electric motors, Ash said Power Sense is modelled after B.C Hydro’s Power Smart program which has a similar objective, Fisher said However, he said WKP's Power Sense is an improvement on B.C. Hydro’s program because Power Sen- se will offer more money for the home improvements. Judge continued from front page He came to Nelson in 1968 to article out of ‘a sense of adventure,” he said ““T pulled a dusty old book out of the library” that listed law firms and-chose one in Nelson, he said Josephson practiced law in Castlegar until he was appointed to the provincial court in 1975 He became associate chief judge, Our Action Ad Phone Number is 365-2212! DO YOU ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS? Who should be my Executor? What are an Executor s duties & responsibilities? How do | plan tor the distribution of my estate? Are there advantag& in setting up trusts? ESTATE PLANNING SEMINAR. 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He also plays hockey for Beaver Valley Josephson's daughter Jracy left Castlegar in September {© study at Cariboo College in Kamloops, he said ARROW LAKE ELEVATION Oct. 14, 1434.38 Forecast of Elevation Oct. 21, 1433.40 postpone and review his total aban donment of these communities along the Kamloops-Calgary Kristiansen asked the Minister we have no other reliable means corridor,”* of transportation in winter. Is (Bouchard) going to supply us all with snowshoes or with cross-country skis so we can go first-class, because that is the only way out we'll have!"’ Salmo continued from front page service (EAS), to Trail Don Lauder, district customer ser vice manager, said that by paying more for their basic monthly service, Salmo residents would be able to call Nelson (352/354) without paying long distance charges. He said customers are not affected by this proposal and they would continue to pay long distance charges for calls to Salmo. “One-way EAS is intended to meet the telephone needs of people if com: munities who require frequent com munication with a nearby exchange,”” Lauder said in the release. He said Salmo to Nelson is eligible because it meets the distance and~ calling. Nelson DON LAUDER district customer service manager Ministry continued from front page I didn’t read Wayling said, adding, into it anything too sinister The ministry wants the information to keep track of the kind of student population B.C. has and trends in education in the province such as whether the number of English as a second language students is growing in certain districts, Wayling said The information will help the ministry plan for the future in areas such as teacher training, he said Wayling added that a provision of the new School Act, introduced this year, is an “oath of non-disclosure” that all ministry staff who come into frequency criteria that were approved by B.C. Tel’s regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and | Telecom munications Commission (CRTC) The one-way EAS program has been developed in co-operation with the CRTC and requires the CRTC’s ap proval, Lauder said Salmo residents are being informed about the voting process in a pre plebiscite letter. from B.C. Tel which was mailed to them on Oct. 9. A reminder letter will be mailed from the company on Nov. I Lauder said that if the majority (50 per cent plus one) of Salmo telephone customers who vote are in favor of the proposal, B.C. Tel plans to introduce the service in May 1990, subject to ap proval by the CRTC “Time is needed to allow for the engineering and installation of ad ditional cable and switching equip: ment,” he said. ‘The in-service date may be subject to change.” If Salmo votes in favor of the ser vice, then the basic monthly exchange rate for an individual residential customer would increase to $9.15 from the current $6.25; individual business line customers would pay $26.20, an increase of $12.75 from the current rate of $13.55. The rate structure is based on long-term costs of providing EAS, Lauder said. The increased associated with EAS-reflect the fact that Salmo telephone customers would have access without distance charges to more than 6,377 additional-subscribers_in_the Nelson exchange, Lauder said exchange rates paying long October 15, 1989 Castlegar News Briefly The Ultimate Winter Radial P225/70R15 707 Boker Street NELSON 3saaaya contact with the student records must take. The oath forbids the use of the information for anything other than “‘its intended purpose,’’ Wayling said Lottery numbers Following are the winning numbers from Thursday’ lottery B.C. KENO — 01, 11, 20, 36, 39, 42, 48 and 49. Following are the winning numbers in Wednesday's lotteries. LOTTO 6/49 — 1, 4, 26, 27, 35, and 45. Bonus 29. There was no winner of the jackpot of $1,842,353.80 EXTRA — 27, 55,64and81 B.C. KENO — 4, 5, 13, 17, 27, 28 33 and 43 These numbers, provided by The Canadian Press, must be considered unofficial For the record Walter Hajdasz, whose obituary appeared in Wednesday’s Castlegar News, worked for CP-Rail for 42 years, not 2!2 years as stated in the newspaper The Castlegar News apologizes for the error ATTENTION AGENCIES AND BUSINESS PEOPLE 1989 COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY Available from Castlegar Community Service Centre 365-2104 $8.00 Individuals $12.00 institutions A WEALTH OF INFORMATION TO ANY WHO WORK/LIVE IN THIS BUSY COMMUNITY ! Complaints filed against firm VICTORIA (CP) — A lobby group for AIDS victims has. filed discrimination complaints with the B.C, Council of Human Rights again st a building management firm that it says refused to give the group office space The Vancouver Island Persons Living With AIDS Coalition took the action to try and halt what it sees as rising discrimination against people with AIDS, says Ken Libbey, coalition secretary-treasurer “We want to drive home a message to people that they will not get away with discrimination,” Libbey said: Complaints have been, lodged against Kquitex Investment Realty Lid., property manager Johp Ernshaw, and. Ron Parkin, superintendent of the Central Building Blockade over, minister says MOSCOW (REUTER) — Freight trains have resumed carrying food and fuel into Armenia, ending a protracted blockade imposed by the neighboring republic of Azerbaijan, the Soviet rail minister said Nikolai Konarev told the Communist party daily Pravda that the movement of goods, halted by Azerbaijani workers in August, is “changing for the better Referring to operations Wednesday night, he said: ‘All types of trains, including some carrying oil products and food, moved unhindered from Azerbaijan to Armenia and Georgia.”” More refugees allowed to go EAST BERLIN (AP) refugees to leave for the West and has freed most pro-refdrm demo stators, although Communist leader Erich Honecker rejected talks on reform with the opposition Party sources and western analysts speculated the 77-year-old Honecker's downfall could come soon, although no official word has sur East Germany will allow hundreds more faced of a possible leadership change Since July, about 50,000 East Germans have fled to West Germany and at least 70,000 others have emigrated or refused to return after being allowed to visit West Germany. Most of those who fled complained that demands for reform and greater democracy got nowhere in Honecker’s hard-line re East Germany conceded Friday that the exodus has cut significantly into its labor force Bonn said an East German diplomat informed the West German government late Friday that East Germans at Bonn’s embassy in Warsaw would be afforded passageto West Germany The estimated 600 East Germans who sought West German aid in emigrating will be issued travel papers by the East German embassy in Warsaw, another government source said, also on condition of anonymity Survey ‘avoids litigation’ TORONTO (CP) Guess what? A $30,000 federal study says smoking is addictive Before you start shaking your head, an anti-smoking group says the study will save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills in the long run “From a scientific standpoint, the report's findings are no more ex: citing thaa discovering that the earth is round,"’ said David Sweanor, lawyer for the Non-Smokers’ Rights Association **But understanding it in the political context explains it. It’s very ap: parent that the tobacco industry plays hardball. The survey avoids litigation Health Minister Perrin Beatty asked the Royal Society of Canadato. prepare a report to clarify the addictive or habit-forming qualities of tobacco in June Bush calls again for overthrow WASHINGTON (AP) — President George Bush issued a new call Friday for the overthrow of Panamanian ruler Manuel Antonio Noriega, saying **I wouldn’t mind using force if it could be done in a prudent man ner But he ethphasized he was not offering a blanket commitment of American troops Ten days after an uprising against the Panamanian crushed, Bush vigorously defended his handling of the situation, rejecting criticism from Democrats and Republicans over his refusal to provide eneral was U.S. military asgistance. Noriega consolidates power PANAMA CITY (CP) Manuel Noriega replaced a key cabinet minister Friday, further con solidating the general's grip on power 10 days after he crushed a bloody coup attempt The move places a Noriega ally at the helm of the Government and Justice Ministry which will play an important role in implementing called for by Noriega following the failed coup, A close adviser of Panamanian leader Gen emergency “war laws” political analysts said The move came as authorities prepared to purge ‘‘disloyal"’ public employees. King book angers black leaders ATLANTA (REUTER) — Black leaders are furious over d new book in which the former top aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes that the crvit iphts teader spent the mght-betore his 4968 assassination with two women and hada fight with a third woman. , Publication of the memoirs of Rev. Ralph Abernathy in which King’s closest friend and former top assistant recounts alleged incidents of adultery by King set off a storm of controversy Benjamin Hooks, head of the National Association for the Advai cement of Colored People, criticized the book as “criminally irrespon sible’’ and said its contents have upset King’s widow, Coretta, who heads the Auanta-based Martin Luther King Centre for Non-Violent Social Change Abernathy said in a statement he tried to portray King honestly in the memoirs, adding: “I can only say I have written nothing in malice and omitted nothing out of cowardice.’ Temporary financing provided VANCOUVER (CP) ancing to Moli Energy Ltd. until it finds new sources of cash, Boris Sawicky, Moli's chief operating officer, said Discussions with major shareholders and government officials on restructuring the company are expected to take about a month, Sawicky said in an interview Teck Corp. is providing temporary fin He would not reveal details of the company’s financial arrangements but said the aim is to get Moli into a position where it will attract private as in Moli equity capital. Teck, parent company of Cominco, owns a 13-per-cent The making of a book illustrations are currently being shown at the NEC. Children’s book author and illustrator Deborah Turney Zagwyn read from her book Mood Pocket, Mud Bucket and discussed how she does her work and how books are put together with a group of adults and children Thursday at the library. She also appeared at the National Exhibition Centre and the library has a display of the books whose Alberta to hold Senate vote Monday EDMONTON (CP) In true Alberta tradition, the first Senate elec tion in Canada’s history has turned in toan assault on Central Canada. “This Senate | election is about protecting Alberta from Ontario and * declares Conservative Bert of six candidates Called by Premier Don Getty to fill a two-year-old Alberta vacancy in the upper house, Monday’s vote is inten: ded to hasten creation of a so-called triple-E Senate — and with equal representation from elected, effective each province The election was called under an act of the Alberta legislature, but its result is not lly Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. He has said he wants Getty to submit a list of possible Senate nominees, not a single binding on name of the election winner Getty, however, says Mulroney will have no option politically but to accept the voters’ choice The fact that may be engaging in a futile exercise hasn't stopped can didates from singing the praises of a triple-E Senate. They sec it asja balance to the House of Commons, where On tario and Quebec have almost two: thirds of the seats “Ifwehad a triple-E Senate, then we would be able to stop legislation har mful to the West,” says Brown. He cites the national energy program of the early-1980s and the proposed goods and services tax — which all six can didates oppose — as policies a triple-E Senate would overturn. LITTLE POWER At present, the Senate is an appoin ted body with little power. Only six of its 104 members are from Alberta, which has nearly 10 per cent of the Canadian population Brown, a Si-year-old farmer from Kathyrn, is founder and chairman of the Canadian Committee to Elect a Triple-E Senate. He attracted national attention_two_ years ago when he plowed the words EEE Or Else! in a field on the flight path near Calgary In ternational Airport Being a leading advocate of Senate reform hasn't helped Brown, recent opinion polls indicate. He was trailing far behind other candidates. The front-runner in the surveys was Liberal Bill Code, 56, a burly Calgary lawyer who investigated the collapse of two Principal Group investment com panies. However, those polls were conduc ted before Code admitted he was a fan Prime minister Trudeau, still an unpopular figure in Alberta of former Pierre “I want a united Canada where we all have an equal bunker-like mentality where we retreat footing, not a to the provinces and dodge the slings and arrows,”* Code says Leading the charge from the right is 69-year-old Stan Waters, a white haired Calgary businessman and for running for the Western-based Reform party STRONG SHOWING The two-year-old party, which op poses official bilingualism and special status for Quebec, boasts a burgeoning membership list in the West. It won a respectable 1 per cent of the popular vote in Alberta in last year's federal mer. army officer election and elected its first MP, Deborah Grey last winter The three Thdependents inv the race in a rural byelection argue only someone without ties to one of the parties would be effective in the Senate Strike impact felt, settlement awaited By ALLAN McRAE Kamloops News LOGAN LAKE (CP) start slinging beer to thirsty miners again next week The manager of the Copper Valley Motor Inn shut his diors more than a month ago. Cascanette closed shop because of the strike by 1,200 workers at Highland Valley Copper, the largest open pit copper mine in Canada The strike, which entered its 100th day Friday, has had Dale Cascanette hopes to an impact on virtually everyone in the small mining town of 2,300, 40 kilometres south of Kamloops. More than 90 per cent of the local workforce depends on copper for their wages The two sides were scheduled to meet Friday night with mediator Vince Ready in an effort to resolve outstanding issues and finally put an end to the strike For Cascanette the strike has meant closing his pub, dining room and coffee shop and laying off a staff of 18 part-time workers My.sales were down 90 per cent before | closed,’ Cascanette said. Now as rumors spread that the strike is nearing an end Cascanette is anxiously awaiting the next set of talks bet ween Highland Valley and the United Steelworkers of America “I think there is a pretty good feeling around town right now. There is a pretty good sense of optimism, Cascanette said. The optimism is thanks to Ready, who resolved the thorny—contracting-out issue at thelast—-round of negotiations. The two sides have agreed that no one, will face a layoff in the event of work contracted out The uniof fearing the company will use outside con: tractors to reduce its work force, had been adamant the new contract contain stringent rules on who will perform any work at the mine FINAL ISSUES The remaining hurdles are wage and pension im provements, two areas where company and union officials say they are not far apart Surprisingly,(Cascanette’s business is the only casualty of the strike so far Pat Meredith, who manages the Logan Lake Bakery and Delicatessen, said her survival has been based on the fact that residents, whether at work or on strike, need theit daily bread ‘PH be very happy when it’s over, but having heard many rumors that it was about to be over and having them walk away from the bargaining table I'll just bide my time,” she said Highland Valley employees at the bottom end of the wage scale earned $13 an hour when they went on strike, an increase of 96 cents or 1.4 per cent per’yearyince 1982. The union argues that those workers would require an increase of 32.85 per cent simply to catch up to inflation Higher-paid skilled tradesmen fared better, but are still 18.71 per cent behind inflation with their $17.85 hourly rates, the union says. UNION DEMANDS Backed up by statistics that show the company has been reaping healthy profits since copper prices began to rebound two years ago, union president Richard Boyce said his membership wants to catch up with other mine workers in British Columbia **Times are better now in the copper industry than they have ever been,”’ said Boyce. Copper, traditionally measured in pounds, is selling for about $1.30 US a pound compared to the rock bottom 50-60-cent.range prior to 1986 Recent profit statements for the mine’s two major shareholders — Cominco ($213 million in 1988; $80 million in 1987) and Teck Corp. ($87 million; it lost money in 1986) tend. to support the union's claim The two sides have moved substantially since the union presented its first Wage demand of 20 per cent in one year, which was countered by an eig to 14 per cent in crease over three years by Highland Neither will divulge their current position other than But Highland’s chief negotiator Rod Killough says the company can’t get trapped into an expen to say “we're close sive wage agreement given the uncertainty of the copper market Highland sells most of its concentrate to custom smelters in Japan, but hasn't met its contract commitments since the strike began Although Highland’s total annual copper production of about 400 million pounds represents only three per cent of world supply, it represents 10 per cent of copper destined forthe customsmelte Compensation called for if natives VANCOUVER the Gitksan-Wet win their claim to a huge piece of nor thwestern should be compensated by Ottawa, says a lawyer for the provincial gover suwet’en Indians finished until next caseis finished Goldie’s commen nment In a marathon case before the B.C. raised directly att Supreme Court, the Gitksan are claiming $7,000 square kilometres of Tand, an area almost the size of New Brunswick. The Indians rely in part on the Royal Proclamation of 1763, bui ‘hantitletotheTand But Indians don’t ancia n also say they have title by- reason of their centuries-long occupation of the (CP) If May 1987 and is not expected to be estimated at $6 million. The total cost British Columbia, the — is expected to double by the that the question of compensation wa He indicated that if the Indians wit the province believes they receive financial compensation rather © or acon win case Rush aid out compensation, lawyer Stuar April, so far who represents the Gitksan. side the courtroom. He said they wan ime the title tothe land for future generations. Financial compensation, such as the James Bay settlement in Quebec, tend were? to flow ourof the ter whic means the native cu es no direct benefi The matter of a remedy — either i should the form of financial compensation, bination of both will a key issue during final ment in the trial, said Rush territory But lawyer Mike Goldie, presenting the province, — says Confederation colony ¢ Columbia never made—tand cession ne with Indians and exclusive w authority to do so passed to the federal government in 1871 Gitksan established an blockade their assertion of Goldie remiiided Chief Justice Allan McEachern on Friday that the provin cial government has filed a counter claim in the case area of The — counterclaim declaration that the Indians have never them The blockade seeks a had a right of title or any exclusive in terest in the disputed territory, said Goldie As an alternative, he noted, the counterclaim wants a declaration that Indians establish GITANMAAX, B.C. (CP) Wet'suwet’en Saturday, northwestern Columbia that they say belongs to kilometres east of the village in the Upper Skeena Valley, is one of five underway in the region Kitwancool Gitksans set up The area road blockade downriver roadblock ~ near the Indians Gitksans’ frontier (with the Tsim w logging road pshians band since July expanding Gitwangak chiefs have pu uuthority Over an British chased two horses and are begin ning a horse-logging operation on what the B.C. government con located about 20 Set Crown land but the chiefs say is theirs. Their roadblock stopped plans by Skeena Cellulose to begin logging inthe area almost as big as New if the court finds the tndians-do tote aboriginal title, their sole remedy is to seek compensation from Ottawa The cost of the trial, which began in three blockades cartier this-week Bronswick, isthe focus oft and Eagle clan Gitksans from Git wangak have been holding out on a marathon land claims case under way in B.C. Supreme Court