Castlégar News July 3, 1988 Jury rules in favor of midwives VANCOUVER (CP) — A director of the Midwives Association of British Columbia has i a The jury's recommendations to the ministry of health were: recommendation from a coroner's jury examining the stillborn death of a Vaneouver baby — who was to be delivered-at home — that midwifery be legalized in British Columbii The jury also recommended that a college be set up to establish educational and disciplinary stand. ards for midwive: The recommendations were ap- plauded by Linda Knox, a director of the midwives association and Lee Saxell, the midwife who cared for the expectant mother. The parents of the stillborn baby were also pleased with the jury’s findings and recommendations. . be leg and given autonomous professional status when dealing with low-risk obstetrics. The provincial government estab- lish a college of midwives to set up educational and certification para meters and guidelines for the scope of midwifery practice, as well as dis: ciplinary measures. Allow independent hospital priv ileges for midwives certified by the college. e Allow midwives to become part of the B.C. health care system. ¢ The provincial government set up a task force to investigate the standards of practice of midwifery, using research already conducted by Ontario, Quebec, and any other province that has looked into mid- wifery. REPORT COMING Health Minister Peter Dueck said the government has already esta- blished a task force on midwifery and its report will be made public by the end of this month. He said the gov- ernment may consider legalizing midwifery for hospital births but not home births. Knox said the association would take “very seriously” the seven rec- ommendations aimed at the mid- wives association, including estab- lishing guidelines for: transfer to hospital of clients; monitoring of vital signs; ruptured membrance and meconium. Relatives charge police wrongdoing VANCOUVER (CP) — A scream ing, knife-wielding man who was shot at close range by police outside a home last week was hit by four bullets, says coroner Diane Messier. Greg Coghlan, 23, was struck twice in the chest, once in the arm and once in the leg. “Either of the two bullets that hit him in the chest — one in mid-chest and the other in the side of the chest — could have been fatal,” Messier said Friday. “It’s hard to determine which one came first.” She said an inquest would likely be held. Coghlan's relatives claim the shooting early Thursday morning amounted to “an execution” and they want the officers involved to face murder charges. Police Supt. Ray McNeney said the shooting incident is being investi gated by the police department's major-crime section and the officers’ actions will be reviewed by Crown counsel. In addition, under the Police Act, any shots fired by police are subject to an internal proble, he said The dead man's unclé, Bob Cogh. lan, 37, called Friday for a public in quiry into the shooting to prevent ° potential “coverup” by police. “We're going to get the best lawyer and press (murder) charges,” he said. “I don't believe this is happening.” SAW SHOOTIN' Coghlan said he witnessed the shooting, as did the dead man's cousin, Shelly Calhoun, and her sister-in-law, Rita Calhoun. He said he and Shelly watched from a second-storey window, while Rita stood at the doorway, about six metres from the spot where Greg Coghlan was shot in the front yard after four officers formed a semi circle, guns trained on him. Relatives said Coghlan, who had been drinking, became suicidal be. cause he was depressed over the re- cent death of a cousin in Ontario and becasue he could not find a job. Bob Coghlan said he, Rita, Greg and a friend of Greg's stayed up all night Wednesday, talking and drink ing beer. But he said no one got drunk. He said Greg got despondent, grabbed a butcher knife from the kitchen and went into a bedroom, “We told him: ‘Greg, don't be silly. Put the knife down.’ But we couldn't talk him out of it,” Coghlan said. Shelley Calhoun said an ambulance was called, but Greg left the house, saying: “I can’t take it any more.” Calhoun said four policemen, with revolvers drawn, stood on the front lawn, about five metres from the doorway. Four other officers re. mained on the sidewalk behind them, about 10 metres from the front door. “He took one step forward. The cops said: ‘Drop it, drop it.’ Then bang, bang,” she said. “Greg was five feet away from the nearest policeman when he was shot.” McNeney said the officers who fired felt their lives were threatened. “At close range, someone brand. ishing a knife can inflict fatal injuries quite quickly,” he said. Head of VanCity leaves The head of Canada's largest credit union has suddenly quit just 11 months after his highly touted appointment. Dennis Lunney, 53, had a three VANCOUVER (CP) — year contract as chief executive officer of Vancouver City Savings after he left a senior position last year with the Bank of Montreal in Toronto. The credit union issued a terse statement late Thursday saying Lunney had left and would be re. placed on an “acting” basis by Bob Quart, VanCity'’s vice-president of trust services. VanCity chairman Bob Williams said Lunney’s departure was a “sim ple business decision.” mutually agreed to part,” said Williams. “Mr. Lunney's experience has been at a senior level back east and British Columbia is certainly different. I think the culture of Van City is different than the traditional Big Five chartered banks and that can provide an adjustment problem.” Lunney could not be reached for comment. Williams said the credit union's re- cent financial performance has been “reasonable” but can be improved VanCity, with more than $1.6 billion in assets, reported $1.3 million in earnings last year — a 58-per-cent drop from the $3-million profit re corded in 1986 Nevakshonoff UBC graduate Cyril Nevakshonoff, son of William Nevakshonoff of Castlegar and Verna Nevakshonoff of Glade, graduated from the University of B.C. this spring with a major in/sociology. Nevakshonoff is a Stanley Hum. phries secondary school graduate and also attended Selkirk College before proceeding to UBC. He is cur- rently employed as a junior child therapist at Gateway House in Lad- ner, the only residential treatment and training centre for autistic adol- escents in B.C. He also works as an auxiliary child care counsellor with Maples Adoles- cent Treatment Centre in Burnaby. Nevakshonoff has enrolled for the fall term at UBC in the School of Social Work. CYRIL NEVAKSHONOFF di A major factor in the reduced earnings was the conservative ap- proach Lunney took with VanCity's financial statements, as the provision ‘for loan losses was increased to $6 million last year from $1.9 million in 1986. Williams denied the VanCity board had any problems with that ap- proach, but agreed Lunney had problems accepting the board's en- thusiasm for concepts such as Van City’s seed capital program, which provides funds for new businesses. Credit union director David Levi said it may have been better for VanCity if former chief executive Larry Bell — who left last: year to beeome head of B.C. Hydro — had stayed with the credit union for another two or three years. “He was developing a strong man agement team when he left and had he been around for two or three more years, we may not have looked outside for a replacement,” he said. Even though Quart is currently acting chief executive officer, Will iams said the credit union will not search for a replacement as the board has “every expectation” that he can become VanCity’s permanent new chief executive. The fer heard that Bellingrath discharged meconium — fetus fecal matter and a possible sign that a baby is in distress — the day before she was admitted to Grace. When the caesarean section was luded “She is thrilled to see something like this come out of the inquest,” said Mangan. “The trauma and con- cerns of the past three years have been very hard for her. The incident about an hour after, Bellingrath ar- rived at the hospital the next day, the baby was judged to have been dead at least 15 minutes. “We're very, very pleased,” said Knox. “This what we've been lobbying for for 10 years. It's the first for the h of midwifery as a result of an in- quest.” Saxell, speaking through her at- torney, Michael Mangan, said she was delighted to see something positive from the experience. SOVIET EXPUL itself was But Dr. Hedy Fry, a spokesman for the B.C. Medical Association, strong- ly opposed the recommendations, saying they will lead to an increase in the number of home births and, consequently, an increased number of endangered births. The stillborn baby girl, Alexandra Bellingrath, was: born to Sara Bell- ingrath on May 13, 1985 by emer- gency caesarean section at Grace Hospital in Vancouver. Bellingrath, who came from Ger. many to have her baby in Vancouver, SIONS was taken to hospital by Saxell when complications arose in a planned home birth. Bellingrath said following the in- quest that she and her husband were pleased that the jury decided the cause of the baby’s death was as- phyxia and was accidental. “We've always felt it was acci- dental . . .” she said. “We're pleased the jury didn’t accept Dr. Shanklin’s evidence that the baby was doomed.” Dr. Douglas Shanklin, an Amer- ican pathologist called as an expert witness by Saxell's lawyer, testified he believed the baby suffered from an abnormal placenta thai resulted in small lungs that would not have sus- tained the baby’s life. Clark remains silent TOKYO (CP) — External Affairs Minister Joe Clark says he's “not setting timetables” for the Soviets to mieet a demand that they order back to work Soviet support staff with- drawn from the Canadian Embassy in Moscow in the Canada-Soviet spy squabble. Clark told reporters he isn’t pre- pared to expand on his statement earlier this week in the House of Commons in which he suggested if the staff didn’t return to work Canada would refuse to renew visas for some 20 Soviet workers recon- structing the fire-damaged Soviet consulate in Montreal. Clark, in Japan since Thursday evening for consultations with Jap- anese Foreign Minister Sousuke Uno, made the statement after offi- ciating at a ground-breaking cere- mony for a new $200-million Cana dian Embassy in Tokyo. The embassy in Moscow is strug- gling to come to grips with “ expulsion of three senior dipl JOE CLARK . Not setting timetables other diplomats barred from return ing to the Soviet Union. Canada has expelled nine Soviet diplomats and officials and barred 10 others from returning. and the Soviet withdrawl of 25 of the 39 Russian support staff in a tit-for-tat spat that has also seen 10 Water EDMONTON (CP) — A Japanese forestry firm will have little trouble getting a licence to tap water from the Peace River despite ob- jections from environmentalists, says an Alberta government spokesman. Alberta Environment has already approved a Daishowa Canada appli- cation to withdraw up to 37 million cubic metres a year from the river. The minister of environment must give formal approval for the licence. The application is for its proposed pulp mill north of Peace River, Alta. Lottery numbers The winning numbers in Wed nesday’s Lotto 6-49 draw were 6, 10, 26, 39, 41 and 47. The bonus number was 8. . There was no winner of the jackpot prize of $1,926,198.30. The second-prize pool, awarded to those matching five regular numbers and the bonus number, had three winners of $242,558.30. The third-prize pool, awarded to those matching five regular num- bers, had 203 winners of $2,741.10. The fourth-prize pool, awarded to Police file Castlegar RCMP have located a 1988 Ford van stolen from a Castle. gar man. The van, which was stolen between 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday was located in Trail on Friday. Police report the vehicle was not damaged and they are still in. -gr John Lebedoff passes away John Lebedoff of Castlegar (Glade) passed away Tuesday, June 28 at the age of 58. Furieral services will begin today at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel at 7 p.m. and continue Monday at 10 a.m. with burial at 12 noon at the Shore. acres Cemetery. Mr. Lebedoff was born at Crescent Valley and moved to Glade with his parents where he grew up and lived most of his life. During his life he worked as a truck driver for B.C. Hydro. He enjoyed reading. Mr. Lebedoff is survived by son, Lawrence of Whitehorse; daughter, Joan -pf Scotland; brother, Walter of Glade; three si ters, Florence Polonikoff of Glade, Mary Poznikoff of Hills, and Anne Rilkoff of Grand Forks. He was pre deceased by two brothers, Bill in infancy and Peter. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Fun eral Chapel. v g. + e 6 Police are investigating a two-ve- hicle accident in which the vehicles side-swiped each other on highway 3A in Thrums. A 1981 Volkswagen driven by James Hildebrand of Slo- can sustained $1,000 damage. Hil- debrand escaped injury. The second vehicle, driven by Robert Benigan of Castlegar sustained $750 damage. Benigan received minor injuries in the accident. o #8 6 Castlegar RCMP report grad weekend was busy with no major incidents. There were “numerous liquor” charges and seizures. And there was one complaint of vandalism at the Castlegar Airport which “Grad 88” had been spray painted on the runway. those fvour regular num- bers, had 11,586 winners of $92.30. In addition there Were 219,382 prizes of $10 awarded to those mat- ching three regular numbers. There was a total of 231,174 prizes worth $6,473,524.30, including the jackpot pool. The winning numbers drawn Wed- nesday in The Pick lottery were 2, 8, 21, 49, 51, 53, 54 and 55. In the event of a discrepancy be tween these numbers and the official winning numbers list, the latter shall prevail. The winning numbers drawn Thursday in The Pick lottery were 3, 11, 18, 23, 42, 45, 52 and 53. Thewinning numbers in the Pacific Express draw Saturday night were: 940251, 672481 and 843806. The free play number was 2. The Lotto B.C. winning numbers were: 4, 7, 23, 30 and 34. The bonus number was 33. The Pick numbers were: 4, 5, 21, 29, 31, 34, 42 and 44. In the event of a discrepancy between these numbers and the official winning numbers list, the latter shall apply. After the bassy ground-break. ing ceremony in Tokyo, Clark also said a U.S.-Japanese agreement to fly reprocessed nuclear fuel to Japan from Europe won't involve flights over Canada. “We raised our concern (about overflights) with both the Ameri- can and Japanese governments . . . and they have found a route which does not go over Canadian terri- tory.” Clark met with Uno for more than three hours Friday to discuss bilat- eral and international concerns. Senior officials travelling with Clark said both sides expressed satisfaction with growth in two-way trade. A possible expansion of beef trade between the two countries was dis- cussed as well as the possibility of updating the existing bilateral a’ ation accord between the two coun- tries. Clark leaves today for Shiga pre- fecture in central Japan for a visit to Uno’s home: After staying overnight in nearby Kyoto, he'll leave for Bangkok, Thailand, for a conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. He's scheduled to return to Canada on July 12. license approved Two objections were received by last year’s deadline, but they dealt with water quality which is beyond the scope of the Water Resources Act, said department spokesman Diane Harpe. There are no provisions in the act for public hearings and none will be held, she said. Water quality issues were dealt with when construction permits were being considered The act requires applicants to publicize their proposals, usually through a legal notice in local papers. It says the minister is required to consider objections before granting a licence. Water quality and the impact of polluted water being returned to the river have not been adequately con. sidered, said Laura Keeth, project director for Toxics Watch, which filed an objection. Insufficient studies have been done on how pollutants may affect fish and other aquatic life, she said. “Projects like this affect people's lives and we feel they should have some input because it's going to change the river and the town of Peace River,” she said. DREAM continued from front page youth coffee shop and gymnasium. The gym will offer a variety of sports ranging from Tae Kwon Do and karate, to track and field and gymnastics. He also plans to develop bike racing in Castlegar — and has already started working on a major event for the Labor Day weekend. He plans a 100-mile race that will begin in Castlegar, head toward Trail and through Fruitvale, to Salmo, Nelson and back here. DaCosta has hopes for a $1,000 first prize, but he says he can't do it alone. “I'm going to need lots of help,” he says, adding that he will be approaching businesses and community organizations for sponsorship. CYCLIST continued from front page He jokes: “Boy that must have been hard,’ people say, and I say, ‘I was really attached to that arm’ a sense of humor. You have to have a sense of humor to do what I'm doing.” But Paluniuk says he hasn't met a single amputee in the three weeks he has been on the road. Still Paluniuk is determined to “reach out and touch some people, darn it. There are going to be a few along the way who are going to read this and think, ‘Oh, boy, I better change my life aroiind’.” Riding a bike one-handed might seem easy for most people, but for thousands of kilometres up and down steep mountain roads? Paluniuk says the toughest part of the trip has been these first few weeks. “It's been hard. Really hilly. I didn’t think it was going to be that hilly.” Paluniuk says the hardest sec tion was the Anarchist Mountain climb out of Osoyoos. But this ride, which will end in Halifax around mid-August, isn’t Paluniuk’s first. He rode more than 14,000 kilometres in 5% months around the United States last summer promoting the Special Olympics. But he says this will be his last marathon ride, claiming age is sneaking up on him. And where does he sleep? Wherever he can find a warm bed. His first stop in a town is the police station, where he hopes they can put him up for a night in an empty cell. Paluniuk said he stopped by the Castlegar RCMP detachment but they wouldn't hear of him staying in a cell. Instead, they called Jim Ferrier, mi ter at Grace Presbyterian Church, and he put Paluniuk up for the night. Paluniuk says he trained six months on his mother’s one-speed bicycle getting ready for the cross-Canada tour so that moving onto his Bridgestone 10-speed was “like jumping from a Volkswagen to a Cadillac.” If you see him along the way in your travels this summer, give him a wave. It means a lot to him. “Very important moral support, especially on those long straight stretches of road. And all I ever is for someone to toot their 3. July 3, 1988 Castlegar News A3 Dollar bill out OTTAWA (CP) — The dollar bill will be phased out starting June 30, 1989, to make way for the loonie, says Finance Minister Michael Wilson. “Consistent with the government's original commitment to begin withdrawing the bill in 1989, $1 bills will cease being issued after June 30, 1989," Wilson said in a letter tabled in the Commons, The bills will remain legal tender even after the Bank of Canada has ceased to issue them. Royal Canadian Mint officials and a Commons committee have urged a quick phaseout of the dollar bill, saying the coin — which got its nickname from the picture of a loon on one side — will fail unless the bill is eliminated. About 130 million loonies and 300 million dollar bills are in circulation. Lobster evades pot LOCKEPORT, N.S. (CP) — Loretta, a huge lobster about 150 years old, has returned to her Nova Scotia home after a 13,000-kilom. etre trek by air across Canada and back. The 9'-kilogram crustacean was flown to the Atlantic Lobster Co. in Burnaby, in early June, destined for a restaurant diner's plate. But company owner Wylie Costain took one look at Loretta and decided she was “so special” she ought to be returned home. After her picture appeared in several Vancouver newspapers, Canadian Airlines International flew Costain and Loretta direct from Vancouver to Halifax. Canada Post polled WINNIPEG (CP) — Most Canadians want to get their mail on time, even if it means Canada Post has to have a budget deficit, a public opinion poll indicates. Of 1,506 people surveyed by Angus Reid and Associates Inc., 70 per cent said the post office's top priority should be to provide the best service possible. Only 22 per cent said Canada Post's priority should be to avoid losing molney and eight per cent said they didn't know or didn't answer the question. “The survey results show that a large majority of Canadians from all walks of life see service, and not operating in the black, as the overriding mandate for Canada Post,” Reid said. The corporation's deficit has been estimated at $100 million. Firemen Killed HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Five firemen killed when a burning roof collapsed on them were like “family” in their city, which had never had a firefighter die in the line of duty. “It’s a sad day in Hackensack,” Mayor Fred Cerbo said. “We've never had anything like this in our city before. To have five firemen die is just incredibk “It was like losing a member of your family,” firefighter Tom Canzanella said. The fire, which destroyed a car dealership, started shortly after 3 p.m. Friday in the rear service section of the building, Fire Chief Anthony Aiellos said. The ceiling collapsed on the firefighters as they were cutting a hole to get a hose on flames between the ceiling and roof, Aiellos said. Four other firefighters inside the building at the time escaped injury Defense suspends payment WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Defence Secretary Frank Carlucci has suspended payment on $1 billion US worth of contracts alleged to be tainted as a result of the military procurement investigation. Carlucci acted on the basis of information included in search-warrant affidavits that were unsealed by a federal magistrate in Dallas. In the documents, the FBI said it eavesdropped as a navy procurement official passed along inside information on nine contracts worth more than $522 million. Carlucci also announced that the Pentagon was beginning suspension procedures against three individuals and a company named in the documents. He said the Defence Department was reviewing existing contracts with four implicated companies and freezing new contracts on nine weapons systems. Homing pigeons lost ESSEN, WEST GERMANY (REUTER) — Up to 6,000 West German homing pigeons, disoriented by changes in Earth's magnetic field, lost their way home from Denmark, the Association of German Carrier Pigeon Fanciers said. “Some 12,000 pigeons were set off in southern Denmark last Saturday and should have been home after about eight hours,” Klaus Kueh said. “But between 40 and 50 per cent of them still haven't turned up.” Unusually strong sun eruptions last Sunday after the pigeons left Haderslev in southern Jutland altered the earth’s magnetic field, disturbing their sense of direction, he said. U.S. and Russia Cooperate WASHINGTON (REUTER) — The United States and the Soviet Union, in a rare co-operative effort, are helping each other study a Martian moon that astronomers believe will one day break apart or crash into the surface of the red planet. In the mission, NASA's deep space navigation network will help two Soviet spacecraft land on the surface of the tiny Martian moon of Phobos. The Soviet spacecraft, dubbed Phobos 1 and Phobos 2, are scheduled to lift off on July 7 and July 14, respectively. Soviets slam polluters MOSCOW (AP) — Polluters should be punished for allowing rampant industrial waste to push the Soviet Union to the brink of an ecological disaster, the head of the country's new environmental protection committee said. Fyodor Morgun, chief of the committee that was created in January, told a national Communist party conference “the grave ecological situation has emerged because of the ill-considered drive to build gigantic plants.” Morgun said the national fertility of soils is declining, topsoil is decreasing and forests are “in an unsatisfactory condition.” The air in all industrial centres is polluted “above the hygienic standards” and “the quality of water in the rivers worsens nearly everywhere,” he told the conference. Arab youth shot JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops shot and killed an Arab youth in a demonstration Saturday in the West Bank town of Jenin, Israeli radio said. Protests also occurred in at least four other West Bank towns. And Arabs threw a firebomb at troops in Gaza City, but no injuries were reported, the army said. The army denied opening fire in Jenin or in the West Bank town of Kalandia, where a youth was said to have been wounded. Israeli radio said the Jenin youth, 17, was shot in the head in a clash with soldiers which began after masked men entered schools and took children out to demonstrate. A hospital official confirmed the death. YOU'RE OUT. . . Castlegar Savings Credit Union runner tries to beat throw home during slowpitch contest Saturday at Kinnaird Park, but ball (by runner's left hand) got there before he did. Game was part of Castlegar Mixed Slowpitch League's annual wind-up tournament that marks the end of the season. Canada applauds 121 years By The Canadian Press Canadians celebrated their coun. try’s 121st birthday Friday by waving flags, watching fireworks and welcoming new citizens in an im- pressive display of patriotism. In Ottawa, thousands of Canadians jammed Parliament Hill to witness a spectacular, 25-minute fireworks dis play that concluded an event-filled day under threatening skies. “Wow!” said a youngster repeat edly as the fireworks colored the sky. “Did you see that, Dad?” he asked, struggling to get a better view. Celebrations in Ottawa began earlier in the day when Prime Minis- ter Brian Mulroney paraded with 15 Olympic athletes before flag-waving onlookers. Later, the crowd was treated to the aerobatics of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. And. colored balloons disappeared into the sky as the prime minister and his wife, Mila, greeted well wishers near the Peace Tower. Gov. Gen. Jeanne Sauve inspected the ceremonial guard and helped Secretary of State Lucien Bouchard welcome the Olympians. TAKE OATH In many cities, new Canadians were welcomed after taking citizen ship oaths. In Toronto, Federal Finance Min ister Michael Wilson shook hands and congratulated 121 new citizens — BABY PAUL Heart VANCOUVER (CP) — Bubbling with the exuberance of a frisky eight-month-old, the world's young est heart transplant patient has re. turned home after spending all his life at a California hosptial Paul Hole, who came to be known as Baby Paul, was born with a poten tially fatal heart defect called hypop lastic left heart syndrome Oct. 16 and immediately given a heart transplant at Loma Linda University Medical people who came from Vietnam, the Soviet Union, and Argentina, among other countries. “We're a nation of many cultures and beliefs,” he told the grpup at an outdoor ceremony near Lake Ontar-. “Canada Day lets us see there really is unity in this diversity.” Hot-air balloons took flight after 37 people in Edmonton took citizenship oaths. And in Vancouver, Commons Speaker John Fraser welcomed 88 new Canadians from more than 40 countries. The city also hosted a performance by the Vancouver Symphony Or- chestra, and in nearby Victoria musical folkfests, teacup races and costume parties occupied revellers. Not-all events. were-joyous affairs, however. Since long before New- foundland joined Canada, July 1 has been Memorial Day in that province. On that day in 1916, more than 700 infantrymen of the Newfoundland regiment were killed in an ill-fated charge at Beaumont Hamel, France. The Maritimes suffered from in. clement weather Friday that forced cancellation of most parades and cur. tailed other Canada Day activities. Several hundred Haligonians bra. ved a downpour in Halifax to share with Mayor Ron Wallace in cutting a birthday cake and listening to bar- bershop harmonizing. Fireworks were postponed until today. patient Centre near Los Angeles. Paul’s parents, who live in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey, had expected to stay a year in California while their baby recovered. But the child's excellent progress allowed him to come home early. “It feels really good,” said the child's mother, Alice. “I've been looking forward to it, but whea the plane was descending and I started to see the green marshes, I just Fort Nelson teachers settle FORT NELSON (CP) — A 5.02 per-cent salary increase and the es. tablishment of staff committees in all schools are part of the first union contract between teachers and a school board in British Columbia The Fort Nelson settlement is the first reached since new labor and school legislation, passed last year, gave teachers the option of joining Teachers in all the province's 75 school districts chose to unionize, and now have the right to bargain new conditions in the contracts they will negotiate this year. They also now have the right to strike. John Kulicki, Fort Nelson school board chairman, said the board and teachers agreed on a one-year term because they don't know what kind of settlements will be reached in other districts. “If we're out of line, it's only for one year,” he said. Teachers have been getting in creases of about three per cent for the last few years under the provin cial restraint program, but Kulicki said he thinks this year's raise is “fair and will allow us to compete in the labor market.” Kulicki said the early’ settlement means teachers will know what their working conditions and income will be, and they will be able to con centrate on education without having to worry about labor disruptions. Teachers association president Stewart Savard said the staff com. mittees to be established in each school will be able to take teachers’ concerns over such things a* bud. geting, curriculum implementation and oor policy directly to the ‘school board. In Fredericton, the multicultural society danced in the streets, but in Moncton, a jazz festival’ moved indoors to escape the rain. A pipe band parade in Charlottetown went ahead despite the weather. In Montreal, too, heavy rain played havoc with activities. Concerts and fireworks were postponed until Sun day, when better weather is expec- ted. But a crowd estimated at 40,000 watched the city’s annual parade, which featured 200,000 people, 32 floats, 22 marching bands and 14 dance groups. At the Ontario legislature, a group of 25 Canadian and Soviet teenagers from the Peace Train Exchange Pro- gram joined hands and sang O Can- ada. Ontario Premier David Peterson praised the teens, aged 13 to 17, for sending a message to the older generation that relations between the Canadian and Soviet people are strong, despite recent diplomatic ex pulsions. “People my age do some crazy things, but look at these kids. Our future is with these kids,” Peterson told the holiday crowd. In Washington, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a proclam- ation designating July 2 and July 3 as U.S.-Canada Days of peace and friendship. home thought, this is really good.” The blond, blue-eyed baby Paul smiled and laughed for the crowd waiting to greet him at the airport His curiousity extended to waiting reporters as he tried to grab their microphones while his parents were being interviewed. The child's father, Gordon, re turned to Canada on Thursday with the couple's other son, five-year-old Jason, and was at the airport along with several relatives to greet his wife. “Now we can get our whole famile back together as a unit instead of beinig separated,” he said. “It's just great.” He called the last eight months “an emotional tightrope,” saying the most difficult part was not knowing what would happen next with his son's recovery. “The other (tra lant) babies have had lots of problems and you always kind of wonder if it's going to happen to you. We were really lucky and it didn't,” he said. Paul's defect was an underde velopment of the heart's left side that is fatal within days or weeks of birth. It was diagnosed by ultrasound be- fore birth and his mother was flown to Loma Linda, about 95 kilometres east of Los Angeles, to await a donor. The donor organ came from an Orillia, Ont. girl born without a brain last Thanksgiving Day. The parents of the girl, Karen and Fred Schouten, knew their child had no brain but decided to go ahead with the birth for donor purposes. Mr. Schouten died of a heart attack Dec. 8 at the age of 36. CosNews Photo by Ron Norman Milkshake sets world record TAYLOR (CP) — The cup really did runneth over on Can- ada Day for the inhabitants of this small northeastern British Columbia community. The people of Taylor, located 10 kilometres south of Fort St. John and 800 kilometres north. east of Vancouver, celebrated the holiday by clubbing together to make what they billed as ‘the world’s largest milkshake. The jumbo vanilla shake was 1,163 litres, whieh the Taylor people “say is sme. six times bigger than the existing world mark of 189 litres. The drink was made in 4 huge drum outside the community hall. Ingredients included 450 kilo- grams of ice cream, 565 litres of milk and 22 litres of vanilla syrup. The drink, which took 67 minutes to make, was mixed with two outboard motors and four paddles. “Very smooth,” ter. At nearby Charlie Lake, six kilometres west of Fort St John, wize was also the order of the day. A 10.5-kilogram cat named Peanuts won first prize for owner Susanne Malanowich of Fort St. John in a Fat Cat Contest organized by the local Society for Prevention of Cruel ty to Animals. About 100 people were on hand for the contest, which at tracted six entries. said one tas. K-Tel sings the blues WINNIPEG (CP) — K-Tel Interna tional is singing the blues after losing a court bid to halt the destruction of millions of its music albums and tapes. Mr. Justice Wilfred DeGraves, of Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, said in a written decision this week that if the recording company’s re- ceiver wants to destroy the records and tapes, he won't stand in the way. “The receiver is legally entitled to destroy the inventory,” DeGraves said, adding it’s not the role of the courts to take over a job best per- formed by the receiver. Clarkson Gordon Ine., appointed receiver by the Bank of Montreal in March 1985, argued it was costing too much money to store and insure more than two million albums and 823,000 cassette and eight-track tapes. The bank placed K-Tel into re- ceivership by calling in a $1.1-million loan. Since the company’s inventory was given to Clarkson Gordon, the receiver has been paying $4,795 a month for storage in Winnipeg and Toronto warehouses. Clarkson Gordon's senior vice-president, ventory could be destroyed some- time this month if a buyer isn't found.