Rebels begin search for a new president. and coach Meeting scheduled for Thursday/9A WEDNESDA April 1, 1992 Vol. 2 - No. 18 Glance Name gaine A decision to re-name Castlegar’s Kinnaird Junior Secondary School was made during last week's school board meeting. As of July 1, the school will be known as Kin- naird Middle school. Accord- ing to School District No. 9 Superintendent Terry Wayling, junior secondary schools in B.C. have typically offered grades eight through 10. “K.J.S.S. has never offered grade 10,” Wayling said. “Grades six to eight is a typical middle school configuration.” Castleview waiting Plans are still underway for a meeting between the Min- istry of Health and the City of Castlegar regarding Castle- view Care Centre. Although a personal meeting with Minis- ter Elizabeth Cull is basically impossible due to her schedul- ing, City Administrator Gary Williams is hopeful that Assistant Deputy Minister Steve Kenny will be available shortly. The meeting will determine if the care centre can receive additional funding for more beds. Gospel music For enthusiasts of Black Gospel Music, Trail's River- beille Restaurant will be the “| placetobe Aprit = Y from Yakima, Washington: is Dewitt and Kim Jones and family, who will be perform- ing at a banquet meeting host- ed by the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship. The ban- quet meeting is open to all people, so plan to gain more information or make reserva- tions by phoning 367-6147 or 365-5180. aabunacie » i The Cast lega ‘Leading the way in supporting local business’ ‘'-Good brakes! Transfer gets green | SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor he rejoicing in Castlegar has begun—Forests' Minister Dan Miller announced Monday that he has approved the sale of Wes- tar sawmill and Tree Farm Licence No. 23 to Pope and Tal- bot of Grand Forks, which offered Westar $22 million for the mill. Miller said his decision to con- ditionally approve the deal between Westar Timber Ltd. and Pope and Talbot was based on the recommenda- tions made by a group of MLAs who held public hearings throughout the area in February. Ed Conroy, Rossland-Trail MLA, called the minister's deci- sion a major victory for Castle- really press the point? Pimgston on this one. But what we! have 4» here is an all-round good deal for everyone involved. In Castle- gar, that means a viable sawmill operation which will keep peo- ple employed,” Conroy said. Abe Friesen, president of Pope & Talbot's Canadian divi- sion, says he is completely satis- fied with the minister's ruling and admits he is planning to start the mill up this month. “The Homage to a higher being? SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper Kinnaird Elementary students gathered in fascination to watch B.C. Tel employee Bill Yackel's elevated task. ‘The only things left to do now are satisfy some small details with Westar and sign the cheque.’ ight! only things left to do now are a y some small details with Westar and sign the cheque,” Friesen said. According to a news release from the ministry, TFL No. 23 will be divided into two separate tree farm licences; the northern block will form a new TFL No. 55 and be retained by Westar, while the remainder—south.of the Trans-Cana- da Highway— the bone of con- tention between Revelstoke and Castlegar, will be transfered’ to Pope & Talbot. One of the conditions set by the minister State that a small business Operating area be established within the trans- fered TFL. That area, to be used for the Forest Service’s Small Business Forest Enterprise Pro- gram, will be located between icon Creek and : atl gstindard practice that when a TFL changes hands, five Per-cent is directed to the min- istry towards the Small Business Enterprise Program, it’s refered as ke Back’. That five per cent is the area of forest which Revelstoke did not want Castlegar to have,” said Conroy, explaining the rule. Also under the ministry's plan, Pope & Talbot will relocate Westar ’s woodland headquarters ABE FRIESEN Pope & Talbot See TFL 4A Hungry porcupine draws diesel BRENDAN HALPER Sun staff Quick response by on-site crews helped contain a diesel spill after a hungry porcupine chewed through a hose at Castle- gar’s Westar Sawmill last Friday morning. Westar marine crew boats are filled by the hose which leads from a diesel tank, to the boats on the Columbia River. Westar’s Southern Regional Manager Dan Madlum is not sure how much diesel was lost in the spill but says most of it simply went into the ground on the river bank. A boom was used to sur- round the diesel which reached the water—then the fuel was iso- lated and removed with absorbants. Contaminated material was removed, piled up and is under- going an aerating process. The material is aerated with a per! rated hose which blows air through the pile. “It’s an expen- Sive process but we're happy we were able to contain it,” Madlum said. A specialist representing the Calgary-based O’ Connor Asso- Ciales, a Company specializing in environmental clean-ups, attend- ed the spill and aided with con- taining and cleaning up the diesel. The Westar mill was recently sold to Pope and Talbot. 104 LEGISLATIVE FPARL LAMENT VICTORIA BE VBV_ 1X4 BUSINESS LIBRARY BUILDINGS Home is where the heart— and business can be found Home-Based Businesses catching on/3B r Sun WARM Weather 3A 75 Cents + G.S.T. ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO/ Brendan Halper Castlegar Volunteer Fire Department member Dan Scott tried a new angle with the department's tilt-cab fire truck during his air brake practicum last week. HEU leaves JASON KEENAN Sun staff At noon yesterday, Jean Weir, Chairperson of the Castlegar Hos- pital Employee’s Local, left the education room at Castlegar Hos- Pital to “get my people off the floor.” Members of the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) were off the job for three hours to attend a study session where they dis- cussed essential services staffing in the event of a strike. The mem- bers present also filled out picket duty cards. HEU members could go on strike at any time, Weir said. That decision, if and when it comes, will come from the union's Provincial directors. Weir said that 28 members were Pulled from their jobs to attend the session, 27 were taken off the job at the Hospital, and one HEU member, a secretary, was pulled off the job at Mountain View Lodge. “At Mountain View, all aides were left on the job because we didn’t want to upset the patients,” said Weir, The Lodge is an extend- ed and intermediate care facility. The workers who left the job: six from dietary, one ward clerk, one licensed practicing nurse, five from housekeeping, two aides the floor for three hours from processing and dispatching, two from purchasing, four from maintenance, and five office staff. Some of the positions were being filled by management, while others, like the maintenance posi- tions, are on an emergency on-call situation. If there was to be an emergency requiring maintenance, hospital management would need Weir's approval before that person could be brought in. Negotiation between the HEU and the Health Labour Relations Association of B.C. (HLRA) have been going on for some time now. This has given both sides time to prepare for the eventuality of a surike. Weir said that those workers scheduled to go back to work after the three-hour meeting unless “we get called for a strike or if man- agement gives us flak.” She added that she did not expect to have any troubles with management. Ken Talarico, administrator of Castlegar and District Hospital, said management staff were work- ing covering the positions where HEU members were pulled out. “If they [HEU] go out on strike, then it’s a different situation,” Talarico added. If the union goes on strike the hospital will then move onto an essential service plan where services will be scaled down. JEAN WEIR For all the local news and sports — the Castlegar Sun q