c_Castlégar News heady RM NT July 6, 1968 Teddy bears take over EDMONTON (CP) —Teddy bears are quaint folk. They're quiet, but hardly mute. They rarely dare to speak to humans but, according to some own: ers, can be heard whispering among themselves in the stillness of the night. Some are content to go au naturel. Others display a weakness for stylish whims. Ribbons. Sailor hats. Tiny teddy-bear sweaters. They carry with them visible traces of their affection-filled pasts — worn spots from hugs and kisses, scrapes and tatters from zealous human playmates. “But they all have a certain appeal and a grubby, ugly little thing is just a well-loved bear,” says Dawn Nok leby, and Edmonton teacher she col lects the furry toys and showers DANCE BANDS and mobile disco Available for any type of engagement. 1-362-7795. NEW in city. Widow in 50s, would like to meet gentlemen in their 50s, Picture ap preciated. answer all. Write Castlegar News, Box 3007X, Castlegar B.C. VIN 3H4 3/54 LIVE-IN COMPANIONS, HOUSEKEEPERS ETC. Many reliable Canadian and Orien tal ladies (all ages) seeking such positions in exchange for home, etc More information 1-547-2020 anytime 7 days/week (24 hours) 10/44 ALCOHOLICS anonymous and Al-Anon. Phone 365-3663. 104/71 IN LOVING MEMORY of o dear son and brother Walter Allan Gorkotft who d, SHIT missed and very dear The family CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY. In memoriam donations. information Box 3292, Castlegar, 365-5167 104/15 THE B.C. HEART FOUNDATION accepts with gratitude “In Memoriam’ donations which help promote Heart Research Cards sent to next-ot-kin Castlegar, 8.C Province of British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways HIGHWAYS - TENDERS Electoral District: Neison-Creston Highway District: New Denver Project or Job Number: C4881 Drainage Highway No. 31A Project or Job Description: Ditching ‘and Culvert Installation Tender Opening Date/Time: July 19 1988, 2:30 p.m. File: 34-0-23 Surety Bid Bond or Certified Deposit Cheque is not required Tender documents with envelope plans, specifications and conditions of tender are available tree of charge ONLY trom Ministry of Tron sportation and Highways, Box 159. New Denver, B.C. VOG 150 at the District Office between the hours of 8:30 ond 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, except holidays Phone number of originating office 358-2212 Pre-Tender meeting will be held at On Site Bear Lake Rest Area on Hwy 31A, July 14, 1988 ot 1:00 p.m Tenders will be opened at New Den ver Highways District Office, Box 159, New Denver, B.C The lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted W.A. McCARGAR A/District Highways Manager wer District SAR NEWS ECAR WE CAST wo? tender loving care on them as on so bear as big as a child of 10, “Bear” loafs at the foot of Hruday’s bed, black claws and pads a sharp contrast to his shaggy, snow-white pelt. He sports a stetson and gets to go on car many children. All 700 of them. Her pets range from cubs only centimetres high to antique, honey- colored growlers with threadbare paws, missing noses and bald patches on their pot-bellied bodies. FULL OF BEARS All have names and \most have their own special spots in Nokleby's bedroom, which has taken on a den-like appearance. Some are piled two and three deep. The tiny ones have miniature houses of their own, complete with bear-size furniture. Others hibernate in the room or the sitting room. Some are rides in nice weather, Another of Hruday's favorites is a lady bear in Victorian dress who has her own hope chest. The chest is and love notes from her suitor, She's a limited filled with dried flower edition and cost $1,800, Nokleby likes to know the stories because it helps her understand their personalities. The Steiff bear belonged to a young man living who died in the First World War. Teddy now wears a war medal) behind her bea: permanent passengers in the 28- around his neck. year-old teacher's car. “I don't collect them, they seem to RIVAL CLAIMS The first teddy bear was born collect me,” Nokleby says with a about 1902, but there are two basic shrug of good-humored resignation. “It gets somewhat tedious for some of my friends and relatives. They can't find a bear to give me I don't already have.” Some of her teddies are rare. One old bear, West Germany — the elite of stuffed toy manufacturers mint condition. Nokleby figures she has at least $10,000 tied up in her bears — quite a and is almost in claims to parenthood. The Steiff company maintains that a nephew of-founder Margarete Steiff did sketches at a zoo one after- noon to come up with ideas for stuffed animals. One of the results worth several thousand was a stuffed bear. dollars, was born in 1909. He's one of the first line created by Steiff of The other version comes from the Ideal company in the United States. That story has Morris Mitchom, a candy-store owner, designing a little bear to sit among the novelties in his window. The origin of the name is also un- wad on animals that sit motionless clear. One version has it that Morris and don't do much for a living. FALL ON YOU But fellow Edmontonian Hruday, who has 300 teddies, be lieves there could be a spirit within the cuddly animals. Dave wrote Theodore Roosevelt for per- mission to use his name.The U.S. president, an avid hunter, had just refused to shoot a tethered eub and his action made headlines across the country. Roosevelt is reputed to have “Sometimes I come back from said yes, but the letters have never when I've been out and I look down been produced. and see a bear and he isn’t in the place I thought he was before,” says Hruday, 27, who works for a plastics company. “It makes you wonder. “If you don’t pay attention to them, they'll just fall on top of you. Then you have to give them a hug.” Sitting on what's left of Hruday's ped — the bears have claimed mast of —smong-tire WOrTToT video ga tt ard to imagine that the talking computers? Nokleby thinks soulful eyes staring at you don't belong to wise old creatures, the se- crets of the universe tucked inside their big bear hearts. Hruday’s favorite is a monster of a After 85 years of popularity of teddy bears continues undiminished. A whole teddy-bear network exists. There are magazines devoted to teddy bears. Conventions see thou sands of owners gathering to talk bear-talk and make contacts, But can the furry toy hold his own. ‘Of video games and he can. “I think teddy will last. He is safe and he is secure and, if anything, in these days, we need him more than ever.” New hope for liver patients NEW YORK (REUTER) — Mexi can and Canadian medical research ers have found that a drug used to treat victims of arthritis is also ef fective in treating cirrhosis of the liver, a complication of alcoholism that is a leading cause of death The study was done by Michael Gent of McMaster Univer: Hamilton, David Kershenobich, Flor. encia Vargas and Guadalupe Garcia. Tsao of the Instituto Nacional de la Nutricion of Mexico, Ruy Perez Tamayo of Universidad Nacional de Mexico and Marcos Rojkind of the Instituto Politecnico Nacional in Mexico City The scientists said in a 14-year study, the drug colchicine increased survival rates significantly. For ex ample, 75 per cent of those treated with the drug lived for five years, compared with 34 per cent for those not treated. The study, begun in 1973, was conducted at the Instituto Nacional de la Nutricion Salvador Zubiran in Mexico City. The results are report ed in the New England Journal of Medicine. Cirrhosis is a disease in which the liver is slowly destroyed through the formation of fibrous matter. The World Health Or; i i limited to a management of com. plications. Colchicine, a drug extracted from the seeds of crocus plants, is used to treat certain forms of arthritis. Abusive parents unhappy TORONTO (CP) — Parents who physically abuse their children also display dissatisfied and angry par- enting styles, new research indica. tes. The study indicates abusive par- ents are less satisfied with their children but worry about them more; view child rearing as more difficult and less enjoyable; rely on more punitive disciplinary techniques; and tend to promote isolated lifestyles for themselves and their children. The study was published in De- velopment Psychology, a journal of the American Psychological Associa- tion. Research was conducted by the annual death rate is as high as 40 people out of every 100,000 in some countries. Usually, there is no way to either halt or reverse the destruction of the liver and treatment of the disease is psych Penelope Trickett. Including more reasoning and Silicon Valley drains Canada's best techs Editor's note: Canadian companies are struggling to compete as some of the brightest minds in high technology are drawn to California's Silicon Valley. By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Canadian Press SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — It’s an innocuous- looking swateh of landscaped low-rise buildings, but the numbers are here — in IQs and dollar figures. It’s the Santa Clara Valley, aliag Silicon Valley, the nerve centre of North America’s goliath computer and microelectronics industry. This is the home of Apple Computer Inc., Atari Corp. and National Semiconductor Corp. Behind jealously guarded doors, hi-tech whiz- kids punch keys and roll cursor controls to produce the latest in i “hard ‘a programming and pre-p microchips called “firmware.” Some of the best minds in the business are at work in the valley. They've been enticed by fat paycheques and a chance to work with the best, i some |; Cc di ALL A FRENZY When ambition mixes with talent and money, it's a formula that quickens the space. “It's really exciting, there's a lot of movement,” says Ruth Hennigar, a software engineer from Plaster Rock, N.B. “People change jobs all the time. “Everybody's usually in a frenzy about work because there are lots of really exciting things to do and everybody's trying to move ahead.” The frantic pace also has its downside: long working hours, fierce competition and heavy stress. A 1984 study found an unusually high rate of marriage breakup in the valley — in 1980, divorces outnumbered marriages. HIGH WAGES But the salaries are good. And environment that fosters growth. It began 50 years ago when Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started making electronics devices in the newly formed Hewlett-Packard Corp. Silicon Valley has become a hooming-hicthplace— '—of design that's made millionaires of people like Steven Jobs, the co-inventor of the Apple computer who made an instant $156 million US when his company went public.in 1980. He was still in his 20s. People in the valley talk about working in a charged environment. It’s an atmosphere that's tough to compete with, let alone duplicate. And that makes it rough on Canada’s fledgling high-tech industry, because some of Canada’s best minds defect to Silicon Valley. MORE OPPORTUNITY Eric Manning, dean of engineering at the University of Victoria, says the reason is simple: “The career opportunities are better — the salary, the level of research funding, the kind of equipment that’s available, the challenge. it's an “If you compare the high-technology complex in the Ottawa Valley with the Silicon Valley, it’s just a drop in the bucket. We're talking a mouse versus an elephant, in terms of activity.” Losing talented people has an effect, Manning says. “One person who is highly educated in high technology, particularly one of the rare birds that incalculable very well be the founder of an industry that would bringin $100 million a_year and employ several hundred Canadians.” ‘AWARDS NEEDED’ The Information Technology Association of Canada, formed by companies in the high-tech field, is so concerned about the brain drain that it is launching a fellowship program for Canadian researchers. also has entrepreneurial inclinations and skills, may , “The idea behind our award is to contribute to top up, in a sense, their salary and thereby make it more attractive to stay in Canada,” says Graeme Hughes, president of the association. “It's not a direct replacement of what they would get in the U.S.A., but it's to make them feel that, ‘Look, we love you, we want you and there is a favorable environment in Canada, and we'll give you a bit of money for a one-, two- or three-year term.” The association expects to announce three awards next fall, each worth about $15,000. In addition, the National Science and Engineering Research Council will provide matching sums to upgrade research facilities, says Hughes. David Barnard, head of the computing faculty at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., says the fellowships may help. But he says more has to be done to stimulate research in Canada. “I don't think we can be in a position of getting the basic ideas and the basic technology elsewhere and capitalizing on them; there are too many other people doing that,” says Barnard. “In the areas in which we want to compete internationally, we've got to be competitive from the ground up, starting with basic research.” VALLEY CANUCKS At least one Canadian firm has opted to go head-to-head with the Silicon Valley giants on their own turf. Northern Telecom Ltd. and its research subsidiary, Bell-Northern Research, have set up facilities in the valley. At Mountain View, a Bell-Northern lab employing 400 develops telecommunications equip- ment that will be made at Northern Telecom's Santa Clara plant. The lab and plant, which employs more than 1,200, develop private branch exchanges — digital telephone switching systems used by firms with 50 to more than 5,000 telephone lines. The firm has sold 15,000 systems in North America and about 5,000 outside the continent. se g Tang, but Northern Telecom has been making gains and “has been doing better than 80 per cent of its competition.” Bob Denis, director of operations at Bell- Northern Research, says the Canadian firms are tough because “Canadians have always come from behind, so there has always been a kind of energy level that has been a part of Canadians.” Lezistlative Library, ent Bldgs., 501 Be. Ce Fariia Victoria, VEY 1x4 Belleville Feb, 28 Official visits. . Bernice Till, Capital Projects officer for the Ministry of Tourism, Recreation and Culture visits locgl heritage sites... A8 VYING FOR BEST Part of competing in Silicon Valley involves holding on to valuable employees, says Paul Morrison, Northern Telecom's regional manager of i public affairs. = “The high-tech business is so competitive from the standpoint of retaining employees,” says Morrison, walking past rooms of blue-jeaned progrmmers at computer terminals. “One of the ways that we are sure we don't have a high turnover rate, certainly not any higher than the rest of the industry, is to put together a comprehensive environment, packages, work atmos- phere, developmental paths, the whole bit.” But the big problem, says Denis, is trying to transfer Canadian employees back to Canada. “The environment here is very nice. There's a lot of energy. That makes it difficult to look for an equivalent environment back home.” The warm weather is also a big factor Says Hennigar, who jumped ship from Bell- Northern a few months ago, “Ottawa's a great city and I really enjoyed living there. But I gotta admit, if I had to pick a place to set up shop, I'd pick sunny California.” |__ CHURCH DIRECTORY = EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP (A.C.0.P.) Below Castleaird Plaza Phone 365-6317 PASTOR: BARRY WERNER © 365-2374 — SUNDAY SERVICES — Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship — 10:30 a.m. Evening Fellowship 6:30 p.m other punitive forms of disciplii — as well as allowing children more independence — can improve the child-rearing environment in abusive families, Trickett says. Home Meetings 7 p.m. Friday Youth Ministries 7 p.m. HOME OF CASTLEGAR 914 Columbia Avenue Family Worship Service 10:00 a.m. Youth Ministries Discipleship Ministries PASTOR: ED NEUFELD Phone: 365-6675 “A Church that Loves the Castlegar Areal” 809 Merry Creek Rood Past Fireside Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Service 6:30 p.m. TUESDAY 6:00 p.m. AWANA NIGHT Study & Prayer 8 p.m. CHURCH 365-3430 OR 365-7368 ROBERT C. LIVELY, PASTOR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 365-7818 ST. PETER LUTHERAN PAINTING & DECORATING 2649 FOURTH AVENUE CASTLEGAR 8 © vin 28! 3683563 Gary Fleming Dianna Kootnikoft ADVERTISING SALES 1-800. 148-5210 1-800-663-gogg OFFICE PENTECOSTAL NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY 602-7th Street © 365-5212 — Near High School — — SUNDAY SERVICE — Christian Education 9:45 o.m Morning Worship 11:00 a.m Evening Service 6:30 p.m — WEDNESDAY — 7:00 p.m. Bible Study — Prayer — Crosstire for Youth 7:00 p.m. Youth Meeting WEE COLLEGE NS MAINISTRIES Fellowship 4k. W. of Castlegar, Hwy. 3 hone 365-5818 PASTOR STUART LAURIE * 365.3278 Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Nursery & Childr f : m Bible teaching tor all ages A Non-Denominotional Family Church Preaching the Word of Faith! ‘A Vibrant Fait Building Friendly ANGLICAN CHURCH UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA 2224-6th Avenue 1% Blocks South of Community Complex Tall Colombia Avenve Sunday Service 9a.m. REV. CHARLES BALFOUR 365-2271 ARISH “To Know Christ and Moke Him Known" SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Ave., 7 Re wrbny ety. Services 365-2649 713-4th St. Office 365-3664 REV. GLEN BACKUS SUMMER SCHEDULE Worship Service 9a.m. Listen to the Lutheran Hour Sunday, 9a.m. on Radio CKQR GRACE PRESBYTERIAN 2605 Columbia Ave. REV. J. FERRIER © 365-3182 Morning Worship 10:00 a.m. CHURCH OF GOD 2404 Columbia Avenue *Church School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Pastor ire Johnson * 365-6762 The Jim Celebrity ament Celebrity golf tourney Goll Tourn, results highlights... 81 and Moyie ~ gets funds Kootenay Revelstoke MP Brisco announce Canadian Parks vice will LOTTERY NUMBERS The winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw w , 10, 25, 31, 43, ond 47. The bonus number is 41. The winning numbers in the Pick lottery draw Friday night were: 5, 10, 13, 15, 26, 29, 39 and 84, funds towards sa nwheeler . . West- Bob the Ser- contribute $175,000 matching ving the S.S. Moyie Ster- A3 WEATHERCAST Sunny with increasing cloud in the afternoon today Highs near 30. Monday periods and afternoon showers Chance of precipitation is 10 per cent today and 40 per cent Monday CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1988 Vol. 41, No. 55 “Ps or will be cloudy with sunny Highs near 26 2 Sections (A & B) 60 Cents deliv Getitatth: Pharasave Pace Catch the 7 ings.” e CELEBRITY GOLF TOURNAMENT . . . The Jim Young Celebrity Golf Tournament was held in Castlegar Thursday and raised $10,000 for the local branch of the Canadian Red Cross. While this fivesome didn't win any of the top prizes they did have a good time on the Tournament raised $10,000 By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer In what can be deemed as nothing less than a smashing success, the first annual Jim Young Celebrity Golf Tournament was held Thursday at the Castlegar Golf Club. The tournament raised close to $10,000 for the Canadian Red Cross as 135 celebrities — including John McKeechie, John Henrey White, Bud Nameck, Norm Grohman, Rota, John Blain, Caesar Maniego, Danny Gare, Donnie Taylor and Annis Stukas to name just a few — and local golfers hit the links in Ootischenia. The fivesome lead by former Vancouver Canuck Garth Rizzuto won top prize for shooting a 12 under 60 after 18 holes. Another ex-Canuck, Dennis Kearns, and his squad took Darcy Aquatic centre referendum set A tentative date has been set for a referendum on the construction of an indoor aquatic facility in Castlegar. The Castlegar and District Project Society agreed to hold the refer- endum following a June 23 meeting with its regional directors, John Voykin, Martin Vanderpol and Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore. Through an evening of general discussion, all those in attendance agreed that: the voters of the areas concerned with funding the Aquatic Centre should have the opportunity to express their opinions through a referendum and that the referendum should be passed by a majority vote in all three areas. Area I director John Voykin had expressed reluctance to hold a refer- endum on the pool at a previous meeting because he felt more infor- mation was needed. links. (From left) Greg Kennedy of Trail, Scott Jellicoe, tournament organizer Carl Henne, Ken Gorkoff and Vancouver Canadians baseball team general manager Stu Kehoe. second spot with an 11 under 61 and Bud Nameck’s team took third with an 11 under as well. The $10,000 raised during the tourney will be used in all areas of the Canadian Red Cross including the blood program, the water safety program and seniors programs fund ed under the Red/Cross organization The tournament was the first of its kind for the Red Cross as it was the first Red Cross fundraising tourney held outside the Vancouver-Lower Mainland area. Red Cross financial development officer Vicki Hyndman was very en thusiastic about the first-ever Castle. gar tourney. “We're just starting branch tour. across the province as part The i date is Oct. 15, 1988. There will be three separate referendums, one for Castlegar, one for Area J and one for a designated southern portion of Area I. Letters of consent were received and signed July 6 by Directors Voykin and Vanderpol. The City of Castlegar has endorsed the refer- endum at a council meeting and staff are preparing the referendum by- law. The project society has scheduled a meeting with their design con- sultants on July 14 to review cost estimates. Fund raising will proceed under the chairmanship of Marilyn Gauthier with referendum planning by Gus Young. Volunteers and ideas will be received with appreciation by both. of an aggressive fundraising cam paign,” she said. “We're really pleased.” The tournament was such a success Jim Young suggested there will be many more similar events held in Castlegar. “I think it was splendid,” Young told the Castlegar News. “With the sellout this year, I think it should be corporate sponsors will come back again next year.” BCTV sports announcer John Mc- Keechie echoed Young's sentiments and praised the local tournament or- ganizers Carl Henne and Pat Metge for their work in getting the tourney off the ground, “Metge and Henne did a great job in getting this thing off the ground By BRENDAN NAGLE ‘Staff Writer The Robson-Raspberry Ferry Users Ad Hoc Committee has issued an ultimatum to the provincial Min- istry of Transportation and High- ways and threatens legal action against the ministry if the Robson ferry is not operating by noon Thursday. Through its lawyer, Terry Dalton, the committee will challenge the provincial government on its closure of the highwa i ic hearings or notification. Mai Vanderpol, Area J director for the Regional District of Central Kootenay and spokesman for the committee, said the ministry was notified of the committee's intent to persue legal action late in May. But the committee has waited until now to issue the ultimatum and follow through with the aetion. “The challenge falls back-on the Highways Act,” Vanderpol told the Castlegar News yesterday. “There is the need to gazette highways clo sures and that has not been done. (As well) No i has taken Committee ultimatum ered bs MARTIN VANDERPOL . ultimatum issued “We're planning on picketing (Nel son-Creston MLA) Hi office,” she told the Castlegar News Friday. “We are also planning a car i to Fantasy Gardens on the place.” In early April, the Robson ferry stopped operating because of low water levels on the Columbia River. The ferry did not re-start service when the water levels rose as former Highways Minister Stephen Rogers said the ferry was unsafe because of a small hole in the hull. On April 25, the ministry announced officially it had ceased operation of the ferry. On May 10, the Robson-Raspberry Ferry Users Ad Hoc Committee started its occupation of the vessel and has been maintaining a 24-hour vigil ever since. a Vanderpol said with Bill Vander Zalm's recent cabinet shuffle — which saw Stephen Rogers tossed from cabinet onto the back benches — the issue is in a state of “flux” in Victoria right now because of all the new developments within the gov. ernment. “Considering the shuffle, every thing seems to be in a state of flux,” Vanderpol said. “They (the High ways Ministry) do not expect the new minister (Neil Vant) and deputy minister to get together until Wed- nesday at which time I hope there will be a decision on the ferry.” N hile the it has planned for the spokesman Fern CosNews Photo locally and did a lot of work on the phone to put this tournament to- gether,” McKeechie told the Castle. gar News at the banquet g the tournament. “I would be willing to bet the ranch there's no way this is the last annual.” actions said further summer, Allam. B.C. Day long weekend on Aug. 1.” Allam also said the committee is looking to send a delegation to Victoria in the near future but no date has been set. The committee has also sent letters to city councils and newspapers in other B.C. commun- ities which have ministry-operated ferries, asking them for support and warning them that the government may have their ferries targeted for privatization. RDCK chairman George Cady said he’s heard nothing official from the ministry since the June 17 Castlegar meeting with Deputy Highways Minister Bob Flytton but added the recent cabinet shuffle has probably slowed things down. “We're still waiting for the new minister to say something,” Cady said. “We're all waiting patiently with our fingers crossed.” Vanderpol remains cautiously op- timistic a decision on the ferry will be handed down soon but also said the committee will continue its action. “We hope that a decision will be forthcoming in not too long a time,” he said. “But it's unanimous that we should continue the occupation of the ferry for the time being.” The committee will celebrate a two-month anniversary of the oceu- pation of the ferry today either in Pass Creek Park or at the ferry. Strike vote taken By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Castlegar pulp and paper workers are ready to strike if negotiators can’t miake any progress on contract talks which resume Monday. Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada Local 1, which represents 280 workers at Celgar Pulp Co., voted 91 per cent in favor of striking at a meeting this week in Castlegar. The 6,200-member PPWC and the 8,800-member Canadian Paperworkers Union voted 89 per cent in favor of striking provincially in similar votes this week. “Talks have been very slow through June with management responding to as few items as possible in as long a period of time as possible,” said Mike Espenhain, first vice-president of the Castlegar PPWC local. “It seems management is never serious until the contract actually expires,” he said Espenhain said the Celgar mill refuses to discuss local issues even while the main contract talks have broken off. The union is bargaining for relief pool scheduling changes which effect workers who replace those who are off sick or on vacation. Espenhain told the Castlegar News that relief pool workers are basically on call with irregular shifts. “The company doesn't give them reasonable shifts,” he said. The companies have offered both unions a three-year agreement with a 14.25-per-cent wage increase on a base rate of $14.48 an hour. The union wants a 19.74-per-cent raise. While the employers say a five-per-cent increase in the final year is firm, they're willing to negotiate on the first two years. The union also wants improved pension benefits. Espenhain said the local will have to go along with a provincial settlement, although local issues have not been discussed since joint bargaining began in Vancouver. “At this local we decided our local issues were more important,” he said, “but we find ourselves in a binding situation here.” There are between 25 and 30 relief pool workers during the summer in Castlegar and that number drops to about 20 during non-summer months, according to Espenhain. The PPWC says the price per ton of pulp will reach $760 US and compared with the average list price in 1985 of $390, this is a 94-per-cent increase. “The companies should be embarrassed by the current offer the first year; four and a half per cent the second year and five per cent in the third year,” a release from the PPWC of Canada states. The PPWC also said the cost of living has increased 23 per cent since 1983 while wages have increased 11 per cent.