CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 21, 1980 ~ Grad ‘80 class CounterAttack assembly The 1980 Graduating Class of Stanley Humphries Secondary School assembled in the activity room last week to make students aware of the drinking driving problems, and of its conse- quences. Their co-operation was also asked in making this a safe and memorable grad- uation. Guest speakers included Dr. R, Ward, Cst. Dale Hockley, and ambulance dri- ver Lawrence Chernoff as well as fellow grads Bernice Zaytsoff, Nona Verigin, Col- leen Dascher and principal L. Farrell. Although it is illegal (because of the age of the average graduate), gradua- tion parties involve drinking alcohol by a large number of the students. The point was that see Some people can enjoy them- selves without alcohol, but the trend nowdays is for teenagers and adults alike to drink while partying. Dr. Ward gave a very informative presentation of the facts on the effect of al- cohol on the human body. He pointed out that alcohol is well as some local facts on accidents he has attended in the past two weeks here in the Castlegar area. In the closing message principal L. Farrell ‘stressed that the whole assembly was a useless effort unless stu- dents realized “It Could Hap- pen To Me!” He also took the and not a “timulant - as most people think. Although it helps us to relax and enjoy ourselves, judgement and reaction time are affected. Constable Hockley gave a slide presentation “That Particular Day” which deelt with a teenage boy and an accident which he had as the result of drinking and driv-, ing. After the presentation he commented on local en- h the the dividing factor in whe- ther they or a fellow, grad should drive or ride with someone who has been drink- ing. It was pointed out the assembly was not to accuse the graduates of drinking. érinking ae and gave examples of past personal experiences he had seen of death and injury due to drinking and driving. Lawrence Chernoff spoke of experiences and gave some personal views as Occupational therapy van to visit Castlegar The first spring trip into the Kootenays of the occu- pational therapy van oper- ated by the Arthritis Society, B.C. Division will stop at Castlegar June 2. Occupational therapist, Sally Hacking, will be at the wheel of the unique van, which stops at key locations apists. The van is ‘equipped to provide a wide range of specialized’ services for pati- ents with arthritis. Services include provi- sion of self-help aids to solve problems of daily living, fur- niture adaptation to minimize stress on joints, advice on and shoe through the Ki twice a year. Mrs. Hacking treats patients on referral from family doctors and works in co-operation with local hos- pital personnel, physiother- apists and occupational ther- adaptations, as well as splints to support painful joints. At Castlegar, Mrs. Hack- ing will be working in con- junction with physiothera- pist, Mrs. Pryce. Hi AStudent. For a week, a month; for anything Contact your local Canada Employment Centre for Students. In Castlegar call 365-7235: In Trail call 368-9126 B® Exereetent Eoeatee pp ity to thank the guest speakers and sponsor teacher Mrs, M. Wallace and her CounterAttack commit- tee for their efforts through- out the school year and for this particular assembly. In the following issues of the Castlegar News the CounterAttack ‘ speeches given at the assembly by students Bernice Zaytsoff and Colleen Dascher will be published, Television viewers will also be given the opp: Presents slide program The Wilderness Beyond’ a “The Wilderness Be- yond,” a- beautiful scenic color slide program by Charles and Virginia Cooper, will be shown this Saturday evening at the Trail Seventh- day, Adventist Church. Located in the central interior of B.C., Wells Gray Park contains some of Can- ada’s most beautiful and spectacular scenery. The Coopers made their first visit to this area in 1957, and since to see the assembly in it’s entirety as Cable West tv was on hand to film ‘h presentation. Watch, for an- nouncement of this during the first two weeks of June. / COURT then have d to Wells Gray Park many. times, Re- cently they spent four. months exploring the wilder- ness beyond the end of park roads, _ ‘Travelling by. outboard motorboat or by canoe, the Coopers have sailed the sky-blue waters of the Clear- water, Azure, Murtle and Mahood Lakes. With pack- boards they have hiked to reniote waterfalls and alpine meadows. In springtime they ‘have reveled in the beauty of LCi Castlegar Junior ae On the Castlegar links last Sunday three players carded 77's each for 18 holes of medal-play, to qualify for NEWS oy positions in the match-play In provincial court May 18 two separate charges of driving with a blood alcohol count were heard. Pleading guilty were James Alexan- der, 89, of Salmo who was fined $400 or in default 30 days in jail and Paul Kulbaba, 46, of Castlegar who was fined $350 or in default 80 days in jail. a * . Samuel. Stooctinoff, 26, of Castlegar pleaded guilty to a charge of being in pos- session of a narcotic. He was fined $500 or in default 30 days: in jail. . * Joyce Greenwood, 18, of Castlegar pleaded guilty to three separate charges. One of obstructing a police officer, one for mischief to public property and one for assault- ing a police officer. She was placed on 18 months proba- tion to run consecutively on each charge and ordered to pay restitution: Keith Hainan 19, of Castlegar pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting a police officer. He was fined $500 or in default 30 days Le) jail. Waller Koftinott, 42, of Crescent Valley pleaded guil- ty to driving while impaired. He was fined $250 or in default 80 days in jail. * ¢ «© Tim Stoochnoff, 21, of Castlegar pleaded guilty to being in possession of a nar- cotic, He was given a con- ditional discharge and, placed on probation for one month. club championship. (The matches will be played dur- ing the next four weeks.) To break the tie, a score retrogression method was used. Mike Wichert came out on top ahead of Aaron Stoushnow and Randy Kirby. Gordie Walker and Greg Adams wors tled with 80's, using the same tig breaker method, Adams placed fourth | in the championship flight. Mike Corbett, Lylé Stou- shnow and Kelly Keraiff with 93's ahead of John Landis (94) and Peter Moroso (96), qualified for top positions in the second flight. - 8 # : This year's junior - golf a NEED NEW | ADDRESS LABELS??? * Onsale by the ‘ KINNAIRD JR, SEC. (Voice of the People / Holds prayer vigil SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS Saturday - May 24, 1980 10 a.m. -2 p.m. circuit’ point tour will “take off” with the “Christina Lake Open” on Sunday at 10 a.m. to be followed by the Castle- gar, Nelson, Kaslo, Salmo, New Denver and Rossland: Trail open, with the final stop for the “top 20” juniors scheduled this year at Castle- gar. In each of those tour- naments the top 20 finishers and ties will-receive “circuit, ” according to their ge. The peint totals, accumulated by the end of the season, will determine the Zone 4 circuit champion and the eight men zone team; which will take part in matches scheduled against ‘other zone teams. Ail tournaments are sponsored by the “Savoy- Inn” and the “Lord Nelson,” both of Nelson. millions of wild flowers. Dur- ing July and August they shave feasted on wild rasp- berries, blueberries. and huckleberries. In the chill of winter thoy have camped on the snow in order to see the “magnificent waterfalls of Wells Gray. Park when they were sheathed in tons of ice » « » And. everywhere they went, they carried their camera. i Belecting tho ‘Thest of their lido collection, they have prepared a narrated program called “The Wilder- ness Beyond” — the story of some of their adventures in Wells Gray Park. There is'no admission charge, however, a freewill collection will be received. Everyone is publicly in- vited to this outstanding scenic wilderness adventure. R. J. Skillings: City Clerk CITY OF CASTLEGAR BY-LAW NO. 271 BEING A BY-LAW TO CLOSE A. PORTION OF 11TH STREET, SOUTH he Any objection to this By-Law should be, submitied in writing to the undersigned prior to May 23,1 ture, in person. Help Wanted Downtown, Dixie Lee requires ma- responsible person. for full- time position. Duties. include front service and food preparation. Apply Editor, Castlegar News: In 1879 at the Trail Regional Hospital there were ‘155 induced abortions as compared to 382 live births, During 1978 there were 129 induced abortions and 346 live births at the Trail Re- gional Hospital . . . Across’ Canada during 1978 alone, 62,290 babies were killed by abortion. This is far greater than the 40,000 Canadian soldiers killed all the six «years of World War Two. Theis of these 2-Day Tour Every Saturday to SPOKANE PLAY DOWNTOWNER MOTEL, Allinclusive tare... Reservations a t | I i T night accommodation at the I i i tl i] i IR RACE TRACK “ Bus Leaves: Castlegar 11 a.m., Trail 11:30 a.m. transportation to & from track, return Sunday approx. 11 p.m. $59 t have fi effects upon our society. Therefore, out of con- cern for all unborn children and in view of the number of abortions being performed in Trail, Right to Life is spon- soring a Prayer Vigil on Sun- day, May 25 from 2 p.m. to'3 p.m. at the front of the Trail Regional Hospital. This will be a vigil of and are urged to give one hour of West's Dept. Store — Super Volu — Safeway or Phone 365-6072 or 365-7727 their time to show their con- cern for inadequate legal protection of unborn chil- dren. + Jan von Heyking B.C. 500 Labels for $3.00 Proceeds fo the Band Uniform Fund th of June. R. J. Skillings City Clerk CITY OF CASTLEGAR NOTICE FLUSHING SOUTH FIRE HYDRANTS Residents are advised that the South Fire Depar- tment will be flushing out fire hydrants in the South area on Monday evenings during the mon- Water may be discoloured but this will be only temporary, leave a tap running to clear up. | For your | Information oF Norway tn bev, Selsbraton lo di nner cere cance, Sears. ja Music Bay, Ga Gaitinger, atickets. Ph. Es GARAGE ace in Thrums, ncn and of access road. Baby furniture ane Items. Saturday May sy 30 to prayer, quiet 352-6584 fe the Warm Weather is Here & So Are The Savings SAVE ON THESE MAY DAYS SPECIALS THIS WEEK'S . 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Fea ana Simpsons- Store address and ‘Was’ roter to 340 Columbio Avenue ‘Sears Ltd. Thurs., Fri., Sat,, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Enjoy it now. Use ee your Castlegar Store hours — Tues., Wed., Shop by phone AS near as your phone Call 365.3331 Threat delays flight A Vancouver In- ternational Airport spokesman this week confirmed a West Kootenay-bound Paci- cere NEWS © May 21, 1980 By RYON GUEDES NEWS/MIRROR EDITOR Nearly nine months after the private air- craft crash near Bellingham, Wash. in which a , West Kootenay family was killed, its cause” remains a mystery. Despite intensive investigation by U.S. Nationa Transportation Safety Board jerson- nel their report, r d by the News/Mirror, fails to name even the probable cause of the Aug. 27, 1979 mishap which led to the deaths of 39-year-old private pilot Dave Cooper, his wife Marilyn, 39, and children Sharon, 16, Bradley, 15, and Derek, NTSB investigation _ fails to reveal cause mechanical failure or human error. ‘ The NTSB reported that according to Cauualen transport ministry records Cooper held a private pilot certificate, with single-engine land rating, issued Oct. 6, 1978, at which time he had logged 59 hours dual and 19 hours solo, Subsequent flying time is “unknown since his pilot log was not available.” His medical certificate, dated Oct, 28, 1977, listed him asa category IIIA with a limitation requiring the use of glasses * while flying. The Piper PAS. CG.] -IMB, owned by Adastra Aviation of 8. Tracing the departure of the well-kn Cast! realtor and his family from Vancouver to their fatal crash on 4,100-foot-high Black Mountain in the Silver Lake area a little more than 30 minutes later, the NTSB reveals no evidence of fic Western Airlines yg flight was delayed for ‘more than two hours Saturday by a_ lug- gage search follow- ing a bomb threat. The spokesman, a fed- eral transport ministry of- ficial, said the bomb threat, which led to the delay of the 10 a.m. flight to Castlegar Airport, “was just phoned in’ and turned dut to be a false one." Dianne Guglielmi, a Cas- tlegar resident who boarded the Boeing 737 with her three young children, told the News/Mirror the search in- volved evacuation of the 76 to 100-passengers from the air- craft and an item-by-item luggage inspection. “The stewardess an- nounced that we had to get off for a 30-minute delay and then it turned out to be an hour's-delay and the RCMP. and airport security were there,” she said. “After we were in the . waiting room again they said there had been a bomb threat and they wanted our co-oper- ation. They were going to have everybody claim their luggage and they opened it up and searched for it.” Passengers and their luggage were transported away from the terminal in buses to another section of the airfield, she said. In groups of about 20 the pass- engers were asked to identify gad then open thelr, BBEEAze Mount St. Helens vol- for the search. She commended the con- duct of PWA stewardesses and other personnel during the emergency although af- ter passengers returned to the plane the flight, sched- uled to arrive in Castlegar by 10:50 a.m., arrived “at least after 1:30 p.m." presentation week. White haze and powdery ash covered the West Kootenay region Monday after southerly winds carried’ the plume from the erupting cano ‘north from southwest Washing- ton. A spokesman for the federal weather ‘office in Castlegar -reported the smoke and ash entered the region Sunday night follow- ing the eruption, which re- VISUAL DISPLAYS drove home the anti-drinking driving message at a special Counterattack to 1980 Stanley Humphries Secon- dary School graduates last Among speakers were, left to right, grad Collen Dascher, driver. L uest ce Chernoff and SHSS prin- cipal Lack Farrell. SOCCER ACTION in the weekend 14th b to Cooper and businessman Don Wicket, in logged 70 hours aise new when its annual d Aug. 18, to the report. The total ying time on Aug. 21 was 81 hours, but the time since that date is unknown. ; In a reconstructed history of the Castlegar-bound the NTSB establishes that Cooper and his family departed from Vancouver International Airport at 6:26 p.m. on Aug. 27 ona visual flight reading, no-plan flight. An attendant who refuelled the aircraft with a total of 40 gallons before the takeoff noted the quantity "did not - completely fill" the fuel'tanks, The attendant, who said he did not see the pilot, was unable to state what the total fuel quantity was aboard ihe alrerait, Weather at the Abbotsford airport, about 18 miles northwest of the accident site, was described as overcast with four miles visibility and a temperature of 61 degrees Fahrenheit. The transcript of a taped radio call made by Cooper, who reported his position as 10 miles east of White Rock at 6:45 p.m. to the Abbotsford flight service station, shows the pilot asked for a report on “weather for Castlegar and enroute: Because a ibed weather. broad : vicked up and recorded on the same ‘tape track, no further portions of the call could be deciphered. About 16 minutes after the aircraft's last known radio “contact, according to the flight history report, two employees at Silver Lake Park “heard a loud crash and explosion on - Black Mountain” and a park visitor reported seeing a flash near a lower cloud level. Park manager Russ Lambert told NTSB personnel he was at the park's boat deck at approximately 7 p.m. when he “heard a loud crash and explosion almost simultaneously on the mountain above the lake.” “I turned and looked but could see nothing, as the fog level was down below 3,000 feet,” Lambert said. “A park visitor reported seeing a flash near the lower City Soccer Tournament included this skirmish bet- ween the and the ‘Valley Rossland Labatts near the Spokane goal. In overtime play the Cranbrook Rovers edged past the Nelson Royals to clinch the -Se ects took the championship oot the Calgary qi Mount St. Helen’s volcano plume ‘moving east to Saskatchewan’ portedly killed five persons. who were near the volcano. Castlegar. weather office spokesman Tom Wilson con- ‘firmed the smoke, as high as 7,000 to 8,000 feet, had spread throughout the East. and West Kootenays and Okanagan and was moving toward to the prairies. “It’s a .very extensive -blanket of smoke," he said. “And as far as we're con- ‘cerned in Canada it extends from the northern Okanagan eastward through to Medi- cine Hat (Alta.) and I under- stand there's even fallout now in Saskatchewan, but that hasn't been confirmed. We know it’s as far north as Edgewood but it hasn't reached Revelstoke yet.” The fast spread of the volcanic ash and smoke over the region involved no changes in normal air cur rents, the weather office spokesman said. “What has happened is that the general flow is out of the southwest, and it nor- mally would have. bypassed southern B.C.,” Wilson said. “But because the plume is cooliig and.some of the fallout is reaching the ground we have a very low-level southerly flow of wind into southern B.C. and this brought the fallout up to our area.” “That. southerly flow extends almost up to the Cariboo,” he continued. “It hasn't reached the Cariboo yet and I don't think it really /Mirror Foto by Don Jones would, but that is a possi- bility if enough time was allowed to elapse before we had some precipitation or a change in the weather.” Wilson agreed rain cloud level and pinpointed it at near 3,500 feet. I then called the sheriff and fire department.” Michael Heath of Lynden, Wash. said.fog and clouds were 4 building up in the area all afternoon. The fog was “about 3,500 feet up'on the mountain” when he heard the crash. “T heard no engines,” Heath, a student, said. “Only trees cracking and an explosion and a sound like something coming down through trees.” 7 Because of 1 and cloudy iti the wooded mountainside crash site, about five miles. south of the airway leading to Coopers, destination, was not located: until around 8 a.m. Aug. 28. from the on-s i indi the aircraft, on a heading of 080 degrees magnetic, struck trees “about 80 feet, 70 feet and 50 feet respectively from the mountainslope impacted by the aircraft.” Although all components of the aircraft were accounted for at the site, “it was ‘not possible to establish. control continuity due to destruction of the aircraft.” “A fire and explosion pattern continued up the 50-degree slope about 100 to 150 feet,” the on-scene investiagion report continued. t “A few fi pieces of were found would “help dissipating smoke and ash and said the weather office had predicted widely scat- tered showers across the southern interior Tuesday afternoon. Although showers had already been a downslope. The cra WAS destroyed by impaet and intense fire. TI d twisting opposite the i of rotation, severe nicks, and numerous chordwise scratches.” Evidence of extensive fire damage ii in the aircraft cabin, making it i to instrument di and ‘power plant control, communication and navigation, flight control, and anti-icer settings, included burned seatbelts Revelstoke by Monday, he estimated a 60-per-cent chance of rain in the region Tuesday. Asked about the chemi- .cal makeup of the volcanic ash, Wilson said it reportedly has “some sulphur content" but he has received no further official. details. Asked whether the ash and smoke posed any hazard, he said he could not comment because “that’s really a med- ical question.” and seats. The intended route of flight was “equpped with'suitable navigation aid” but because of the destruction of the aircraft it is not known whether the pilot was using them, according to the NTSB. Ap di don the pilot by Dr. Robert Gibb Aug. 31 at the Whatcom Pathology Laboratory in Bellingham, Wash,., according to the NTSB, revealed nothing “that could have proved it to the flight,” although a tuxicology study was not performed. Contacted by the Castlegar News/Mid-Week Mier in Washington, D.C. Friday, a NTSB -spokesman said the probable cause of the Aug. 27 crash -has not yet been’ identified and it is unknown when or whether the decision is to be made. ‘ Premier flouts news media, - flaunts AAA credit rating Premier Bill Ben- nett took potshots at media criticism and - took the opportunity to boast about B.C.’s economy in Trail Friday. Speaking to a_party- sponsored banquet in the Colander. Restaurant, Ben- nett said he didn't mind media criticism and the re- legation of his government's accomplishments to inside pages. He said he remains opti- mistic about ‘Canada's and B.C.’s future. In a joking remark on media criticism, he said that ifhe were in a boat that went down and walked on top of the water away from the - BILL BENNETT «+ hits coverage tragedy, the headlines would read “Bennett can't swim.” (As a matter of fact, he laughed, he can swim — but he can't walk on water.) Bennett .acknowledged that the past year “has been good for our government, but difficult for our party.” He said he is satisfied that his Social Credit government has .served this province well. Referring to the triple A rating given B.C. by the fuancial community, he said his father, former premier W.A.C. Bennett, had always dreamed of attaining such a rating but had never achiev- ed it. He said the AAA rating is the top rating available in “Economically we're No. 1," boasted the premier, adding that B.C.’s unemploy- ment rate is below seven per cent (about 1.5 percentage points below the figure of a year ago}. Bennett said British Col- umbians have “a lot to be optimistic about, and proud of... we've never had it so ” Remarking that the av- erage person can afford a boat and even a recreational trailer, he said “dreams are within the reach of most of * our people.” He said citizens enjoy a way of life “most the world and was at a time when only one other government besides B.C.'s was upgraded, and 83 were downgraded. thought as we came out of the Second World War." He claimed B.C. is the More on page B7