o __ Castlegar News March 20, 1985 Card experts named Seven card players, each a big winner of 1984 in dup- licate bridge play in Koote- nay area clubs, have been named for “Ace of Clubs” honors of the American Con- tract Bridge League. They are the first being honored by this title, ac cording to a news release. The award recognizes play ers who take part in club competitions, but do not choose to travel to major tournaments. The “Ace of Clubs” awards are based only upon per. formance in club competit ions. The winners, each out standing in comparison to others who began 1984 on a comparable skill level, are: Rookie Ace of Clubs, Keith Backman of Kimberly — 6.8 points. Non-Master Ace of Clubs, Myrna Bauline of Castlegar — 15.26 points. Master Ace of Clubs, Joyce Woodske of Cranbrook — 17.59 points. National Master Ace of Clubs, Walter Rother of Creston — 26.17 points. Senior Master Ace of Clubs, Bob Nelson of Cranbrook — 16.16 points. Advanced Sen ior Master Ace of Clubs, Agnes Charlton of Trail — 21.63 points. Life Master Ace of Clubs, Don Ellison of Rossland — 37.64 points. Each player will receive a commemorative certificate from the ACBL headquarters and the Kootenay Unit. Master points are the principal awards in compet itive bridge play and reflect a player's skill and success much as dollar winnings do THE “BUS Accounting “PERSONAL INCOME INCOME TAXES PREPARED $15 Brian L. Brown AVACARE The Magic o1 Aloe Vera from NATURAL SOURCE PRODUCTS CERTIFIED * Skin Care GENERAL * Body Care ACCOUNTANT * Sports Line * Natural Vitamins 270 Columbia Ave. | * wee ; * Weight Contro! Pars, * Animal Care Products . *® Household Products CALL Gloria F ff 365-8367 MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 for golf pi There are no major money prizes in bridge play. Coal imports to rise VANCOUVER (CP) — Pa: cifie Rim countries will in- crease imports of metallur gical coal by 19 per cent — or 13.3 million tonnes — by 1990 and a large share will come from Western Canada, ac- cording to a recent study. The study by Chase Eco- nometrics, an independent research group based in Philadelphia, also predicts that Canada will gain at the expense of Australia, parti cularly New South Wales. The Chase Report projects Japan will take an additional nine million tonnes of metal. lurgical coal in the 1985-1990 period, bringing total metal. lurgical coal imports to 70.2 million tonnes. But the good news, es. pecially for B. is that Western Cana expected to increase its shipments of metallurgical coal to Japan by 10 million tonnes in that period. New South Wales is expected to ship 4.8 million tonnes less to Japan in the same period The Chase report also predicts South Korea will increase its metallurgical coal imports by three million tonnes by 1990 to eight million tonnes from five million tonnes a year Canada is projected to boost its exports to South Korea by 2.4 million tonnes in the period B.C.'s big two southeast mines are alreay shipping at record levels. Westar Mining Ltd. ship ped 4 record 2.06 million tonnes from its Balmer and Greenhills mines in the last quarter of 1984, Westar spokesman Graham Dallas said. And Fording Coal Ltd. exported 438,520 tonnes of clean coal in January, which surpassed the previous re cord production of 420,696 tonnes of coal in October 1984. The projected increases in B.C. shipments of metal lurgieal coal comes soon after cna a toehold in the SOLIGO, KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Castlegar Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc. 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Parliament Bldgs., 501 Belleville st j Vieteris, B. C. Vev 1x4 28 Feb. Nicaragua up close The foursome skipped Father Agustin Sambola, by Castlegar's Dale a Catholic priest, tells Hockley captured the what it's like today in Canadian pote curling Nicaragua . . . B3 title Saturday ... BT number was The six winning numbers in Saturday Lotto 6-49 draw were 14, 23, 31, 33, 35 and 47. The bonus Friday's Provincial lottery draw is 4858957. Tribute to T.R. Castlegor's first _ post- mester, T.R. (Russell) Sunda WEATHERCAST Cloudy today with scattered showers of rain, or mixed rain and snow. Snow showers over the r . Highs around 6° to 8° and lows 0° to -4”. Outlook is remaining unsettled weather with some improvements by mid-week. 50 Cents ae VOL. 38, No. 24 ’ Castles News CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1985 wy. gar 2 Sections (A & B) ‘LIKE 1950s' McAlary predicts a stable economy By RON NORMAN Editor B.C.'s economy over the next three or four years will return to the stable WINTER RETURNS . . . Fresh snow frames Castlegar ferry. Just when we thought it was safe to break out the garden tools, winter makes a nasty return ter tires just yet. visit. Castlegar residents woke up to snow Satur- RE DID SPRING GO? day, and weatherman says there's a good chance it will snow again today. So don't change those win- CosNews Photo by Ron Normon Judith John back as head of health board By CasNews Staff Judith John was re-elected chairman of the Central Kootenay Union Board of Health by acclamation at the board’s general meeting Thursday night. Also elected by acclamation were vice-president Sheila Leathwood and treasurer Grace Terness. MENTAL HEALTH The caseload for workers at the Nelson mental health centre has increased about 80 per cent in 1984 from the previous year, said director P’nina Shames in her annual report She said each worker had an average of 201 ‘cases, “almose double” from 1983. The increase is “partly because there's such terrific unemployment right in Nelson,” said Shames, ex plaining that the pressure of long-term unemployment contributed to mental illness for some patients JUDITH JOHN lected chairman Cameron said he noticed “more suicidal behavior, this sort of thing.” re. In an interview, Shames said some of the increase is attributable to the fact Workers poised to There was no word late Saturday whether 180 linemen and other wor. kers for West Kootenay Power and Light Co. had carried out their threat to strike. WKPL spokesman Jack Fisher said Saturday that Local 213 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers had given 72-hour strike notice Wednesday, after negotiations between management and the union broke down. The strike notice gave the members the legal right to walk out at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, but Fisher said late Satur. day that he didn't know whether a strike had gone into effect. The major stumbling block in contract talks is a company request that union members be paid straight time instead of double tire if asked to ic times of the 1950s, predicts a spkesman for the B.C. Central Credit Union. Richard McAlary, former chief ec- i for “After four years I'm tired of just talking about the doom and gloom. “Economic recovery is going to come here in B.C. when we all have the confidence it’s going to come.” McAlary based his optimism about B.C.’ future on demographics. He said B.C. jon under the age of 10 is onomist and now a B.C. Central, said interest rates will drop, inflation will remain low, un- employment will tumble and the province will see steady economic growth. “I do believe . . . that interest rates are going down in the next three or four years,” said McAlary. “We will see a drop down in unemployment and see labor shortages in another 10 years or 80,” he added. McAlary was in Castlegar for two days of speaking engagements. He was guest speaker at the Castlegar Savings Credit Union's annual general meeting Wednesday,a breakfast for local bus- inessmen Thursday, and a Castlegar Chamber of Commerce luncheon Thursday. The common thread in all of McAlary’s hes was that growing faster than any other age group. “We're going to have record enrol- ment in Grade 1 in two years’ time,” he said, providing a larger consumer base. At the same time, the number of Grade 12 graduates will be falling off, meaning fewer people to employ. The only negative note le MeAlary had all evening was when he was asked about the forest . recovery is just around the corner. He’ told 170 credit uniofi-members Wednesday that B.C. “has had enough” talk about the recession. “The employment levels you see today (in forestry) are the employment AT CASTLEGAR HOSPITAL levels you'll get in the future,” he said. He said B.C. must begin creat- ing secondary manufacturing for its forest products. “We have to do more natural products,” he said. He noted that Washington and Oregon have similar economies as B.C., but have fared much better because their are more diversified. McAlary gingerly handled some difficult questions. Asked why the with our ernments go through phases and we're in a phase right now a large section of the population doesn't like.” However, he cautioned that 52 per cent of the B.C. population is under 40 years of age. “They're the ones having kids.” Asked about the future of unions in B.C., McAlary said: “I don't know.” The number of union members is declining, he said, adding that more than one-half of unionized workers in B.C. are employed by government. Only 40 per cent of the total labor force is unionized he noted. But at the educated, well motivated and prod- uctive. Abortion pact ends By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer Castlegar and District Hospital will no longer perform abortions for Nelson area women who would normally go to Kootenay Lake District Hospital in Nelson. Castlegar Hospital administrator Ken Talarico confirmed that the hospital carried out eight abortions during the past seven weeks for Nelson ‘women who normally would have had the procedure done at the Nelson hospital. Non-emergency abortions from Nel- son have been performed in Castlegar ever since the Kootenay Lake District Hospital's abortion suction unit was stolen from the hospital and d d consist of making sure hospital staff are aware of the danger of theft and making sure doors that should be locked are locked, Miller said. Talarico, who said he doesn't know how many abortions the Castlegar Hospital performs annually, said the additional load “didn't have any significant impact” on the Castlegar hospital's operations. Miller said the Kootenay Lake District Hospital performs approx- imately 80 to 100 abortions a year. Most of the Nelson area patients requiring abortions were going to Castlegar, Miller said. But if an abortion is an unlikely candidate for approval from a henge — between Jan. 25 and 27, said KLDH administrator Jack Miller Thursday. However, the $1,800 machine — abortion may decide to refer his patient to a Spokane hospital. Miller explained that a Canadian peutic abortion ittee might which Miller says a tele- vision set on a stand, with two half-gallon glass containers on top — was re-ordered, and arrived at Koote- nay Lake District Hospital Monday. “We're back in business, What we = done is beefed up our security,” " rig tls the thief was able to walk Fr ‘in operating theatre to steal the machine, although the room is sup- posed to be unlocked only when in service. “We were obviously a little lax in our security,” Miller said. “He should have never have been able to get access without busting through something.” The increased security measures reject a candidate if she was, for example, obviously healthy, of child bearing age, and wanted the abortion “just for birth control.” In Spokane, where regulations are less stringent, the operation would be carried out for such a patient for about $200, he said. The man charged with damaging the machine is Jim Demers, 26, of Nelson Miller said Demers returned to the hospital after allegedly having taken the machine home to dismantle and drill holes in it as an anti-abortion “When the fellow brought it back it was in a number of pieces. That created some confusion because when our staff got it back, they thought it was a number of different pieces of equip ment.” According to Roy Martin. Nelson city police chief, Demers was arrested at the Nelson hospital Jan. 27. the day continued on poge AZ CITY, UNION SETTLE By CasNews Staff The City of Castlegar has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with its inside and outside workers. The 33 workers, members of the Canadian Union of Publie Employees Local 2262, will vote on the pact next Saturday. City administrator Dave Gairns said Saturday that the agreement will go to council Tuesday for review Gairns would not disclose details of the agreement, but said, “We believe it is something that is acceptable to council”, as w 's to the union. The union's contract expired Feb. 28. It was a two-year pact with « three cent wage increase in the first year and a zero per cent hike in the second The city and union reached agree ment on the new contract on Friday following several months of neg otiations. that in some instances, social workers were too overloaded with work to close the files on non-active cases..As well, she said staff at the mental health unit has been reduced from five full-time staff in 1982, to 2'/ full-time positions, with a psychologist available part-time. Ron Cameron, director of the Trail mental health centre, also said ref. errals in 1984 had increased to “a record 736.” About 195 of these came from C: he saideu In his report, Cameron says the imerease in the case load was due to “restrictive staffing and funding pol icies” and the absence of preventative mental health programs. A board member said was concerned about the recent closure of a Salvation Army soup kitehen in Nelson. The kitchen — which hay been serving soup and coffee to needy on poge A2 work up to two hours overtime. Fisher said “there are other issues to be resolved” as well, but declined to comment further He said the company has con- tingency plans to carry out emergency repairs if the strike goes ahead. But Fisher added that the strike notice doesn’t necessarily mean the union will go ahead with the plan. WKPL's contract with the union expired Jan. 31