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The price delivered by newspaper carrier for both editions is only 90¢ a week (collected monthly). GST extra. Second class mail registration number 0019 Army retreats from Arrow Lakes Reservoir @ Military scraps exercises because of opposition from Area J director Scott David Harrison EDITOR Ken Wyllie has forced the Canadian army to surrender. Critical of training exercises slated for the Arrow Lakes Reservoir, the Area J director for the Regional District of Central Kootenay has prompted military officials to throw up the white flag. “We’re respecting his wishes,” Maj. Bill Wenman of the Trail-based 44th Field Engineering Squadron said Tuesday. “We don’t need the approval of the director, but we have to respect the wishes of him and the people of the area.” Wyllie expressed opposition to a plan that would see Canadian and American réservists use the Arrow Lakes Reservoir ~ for rafting exercises. He said the exercises would harm tourism and recreational opportunities in his area. According to the military’s Western Challenge ’92 agenda, the Arrow Lakes reservoir would be used for 10 days of rafting exercises. The exercises included war games and helicopter drops with a commitment that no live ammunition would be used. Wenman expressed disappointment with the army’s retreat, saying the exercises would have been a boost to the Castlegar economy. Some 70 of 700 Canadian and American reservists were to be stationed at , the reservoir. “The intent was to bring money into'the Kootenays,” he said. “It was time for the 44th squadron to give something back to the Kootenays and I thought this would be a way of doing it. “Quite often you see Canadian (soldiers on exercises) going down and spending their money in America,” he said. “I thought it would be nice to have Americans up here, spending their money in Canada for a change.” Wenman said the loss of the reservoir leaves the military with five other training sites — all located in and around Trail. Wyllie defended his stand Tuesday, saying the economical impact of military exercises would be a one-shot deal. “The recreational use of the reservoir is what we should be promoting,” he said. Wyllie said the military made the right decision by pulling out. “From my perspective, I’m pleased that we have managed to avoid a confrontation.” GOOD EYE Castlegar rerouting the second year ina row. Mark Sherstobitoff of the Valley Royals holds back on a Tony Kabatoff pitch in the Castlegar Men's Commercial Fastball League final Sunday. Kabatoff and his Nelson A’s prevailed 7-3 to win the league title for News photo b y Jonathan Green Local 1 calls on Sihota, Conroy Scott David Harrison EDITOR The pulp strike may be over, but the hard feelings aren't. In an effort to squeeze some answers out of the New Democratic government, the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada Local 1 are inviting Labor Minister Moe Sihota and Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy to a general meeting. The 325 members of the Castlegar local want to press the government into action on controversial Bill 19 — a bill which restricts a union’s right to full-scale picketing. “It’s quite a repressive law,” Local 1 spokesperson Patrick Donohue said Tuesday. “It doesn’t allow for a level playing field and favors the management position over that of the unions.” Bill 19 became has been a source of concern to B.C.’s union movement ever since it was introduced some five years ago by the Social Credit government. During the 1991 election campaign, Sihota promised to revamp Bill 19 in the first sitting of the B.C. Legislature if a NDP government was elected. He failed to live up to that promise, however. Donohue said Bill 19 hampered Local 1’s ability to hurt Celgar during its 43-day strike. He said the bill allowed Celgar to continue with its expansion, project, much to the dismay of the union. Donohue said Local 1 is asking other PPWC locals to call similar meetings. He said all unions must unite to force Sihota to make changes to Bill 19. “This is just an independent action of one tiny local in Castlegar,” he said. “We don’t know what will happen with this, but the more people that are dissatisfied with (Bill 19), the better.” Neither Sihota nor Conroy could be reached for comment. rejected “Ml Art Charbonneau drops plan that sees more truck traffic access city streets Scott David Harrison EDITOR Castlegar is off the hook. A plan that would see Warfield hill truck traffic rerouted through Castlegar has been shelved by Transport Minister Art Charbonneau. “I’m happy to see that (Charbonneau) has identified this as an undesirable option,” Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore said. Charbonneau made the decision Saturday following a closed-door session with municipal representatives of Castlegar, Warfield, Rossland and Trail. “He identified what we have been saying from the start,” said Moore, who attended the meeting with Councillor Kirk Duff. “And that was if (truck traffic) is unsafe on the Rossland hill, it would be unsafe in Castlegar.” Instead of rerouting some 1,300 trucks a month through Castlegar, Charbonneau agreed to improved signage and construction of at least one arrester bed on the Warfield hill. at a cost some $3.5 million. Charbonneau also agreed to a study which will explore ways of straightening out the troublesome hill, as well as the financial implications of building a bypass to connect with Highway 22. According to Warfield Mayor ~ Bill Trewelah the cost of hill improvement would almost equal the cost of a bypass, some $10 million.