Se a2 _Castlégar News August 7, 1985 WEATHER fo 4 evince nven le/e, -—-y 4 SUNRISE: 5:32 a:m. SUNSET: 8:20 p.m. SYNOPSIS — A moist unstable tlow of air over the region today will keep temperatures cool and the weather unsettled. BUT EXPENSIVE o a Forest fires quiet By The Canadian Press Describing this summer's disastrous forest fire season in British Columbia invites > contradictions. S “It_is quiet, busy and_ex- after a forest fire is more ex- pensive than controlling it. An example is a’ 14,000 hectare blaze in the hard-hit © Nelson‘ forest district in southeast British Columbia ‘The largest amount pre- viously spent fighting forest fires was $45 million in 1982. Thunderstorms . through- out the province came as a relief for firefighters in some pensive,” was the way For- ests Ministry spokesman Ken Lines summed up activity on the fire lines Tuesday. “There are no communities threatened or danger. to people,” Lines said in a Vic- toria interview. “They're just chasing around trying to get those fires put out.” Doing that is costing more than $2 million a day. Fire- fighting costs have reached $94.5 million since the season began in mid-May. By Tuesday, there were 969 fires burning and fire- fighting costs of $100 million — more than double the orig- inal provincial fire suppres- sion budget — were in sight. In many cases, mopping up that is slowly being extin- guished after. it ‘erupted a month ago. The costs do not include the value of timber lost. be- cause Forest Service person- nel can't keep up with the fires to provide accurate es- timates. Woods operations have been shut down or lim- ited by forest closures be- cause of the high fire hazard! ‘Forests: Minister Tom Waterland. announced two weeks ago plans to more than double the original firefight- ing budget. He said the pro- vincial government originally planned to spend $46 million, but “our most recent esti- mate is $60 million to $100 million.” = districts but Lines said light- ning sparked 50 of the 63 new fires overnight Monday. Fifty firés are burning out of control, 36 in the Nelson dis- trict where most of the fire action has been centred this summer. “We've had quite ‘a lot of rain, but it was spotty,” said Doug Campbell, a spokesman for the Nelson forest district. “The fires are certainly quie- ter as a result of the weather but there's also been more of them started by lightning.” There have been 2,945 forest fires to date and they have burned through 237,000 hectares, an area half the size of Prince Edward Island. Police battle youths in South Africa’s streets JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police fought street bat- tles with black youths today near the South African port city of Durban, an area pre- _ viously unaffected by months of black rioting against the -white-minority government's apartheid policy of racial separation. Meanwhile, state-run radio praised U.S. President Ron- ald Reagan's that tacks by blacks on other blacks perceived as collabor- ators with the white govern- ment. < During the night, youths burned down a school admin- istration office in the town- ship of Umlazi near Durban and set fire to homes of two principals who refused to ob- serve a school boycott, said a Durban reporter who spoke Mashu township outside Dur- ban onTuesday. Asked in Washington on - Monday at a White House news conference about the current state of emergency in South Africa, Reagan said: “I think we have to recognize sometimes when actions are taken in an effort to curb violence.” The state-run South Afri- the Pretoria government's’ state of emergency reflects a need to curb violence in South Africa, and said the government has “no. more dependable ally”. than Rea- in. -Winnie Mandela, wife .of South Africa's top: jailed black nationalist leader, Nel- son Mandela; has gone into hiding after a police raid left her home in the Orange Free State a shambles, her lawyer said.” =o The eastern port city of Durban had been relatively on of Ly a Police said a number of shops were” looted inthe townships ‘of Umlazi and Kwa-mashu, and that police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse gangs of black youths. Durban is not covered by the state of emergency im- posed July 21 in 36 com- munities. 4 The trouble apparently stemmed from the slaying last Thursday of Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge, a prominent black activist law- yer. Opposition groups have — -" Michael Wilson has modifi calm through nearly a year of protests against apartheid. More than 500 blacks have died in the strife, some killed by police and others in at- charged. Mxenge’s slaying was the work of a pro- government death squad. Police said a black youth was shot and killed in Kwa- Budget modified for prospectors — + By CasNews Staff with Wilson's decision, which Kootenay West MP Bob states “the budget proposal Brisco had good news for concerning grubstakers’ and local prospectors this week. prospectors’ shares will be Brisco said in a prepared re- modified to. require the in- inance Minister clusipn in income at the times can Corp. said in a copy of the commentary released ‘in advance: “Just when South Africans must have begun to feel that every leader in the Western world was determined to see no justification whatsoever in the state of emergency . . - the (U.S.) president . . . stepped in and broke the farce.” é Police headquarters in Pretoria said early today the number of people detained under emergency powers had fallen’ sharply. Twenty-two more people had been de- tained during the pi wa : igs Castlegar courthouse pai 40th anniversary of the who attended brought fh Hg SE ETAL TY REMEMBER (4 HIROSHIMA ANNIVERSARY . . . More than 175 residents gathered rking lot (top) Tuesday evening to commemorate the bombi iroshi b ) A number of those Costiews Photo eir children. PLANTING arms” and “Melt weapons into plows”. One woman also continued from front page carried a paper mache dove which she hung on a string from a fishing pole. Leanna Cheveldave led the crowd in a prayer and five minutes of silence. Joe Killough and sister Helen Dunlop then sang “Let There be Peace”, while brother.Harry Killough_ accompanied them on. the accordian. Following the 20-minute ceremony at the court- house, the crowd moved up Columbia Avenue on a walk to Zuckerberg Island for the tree planting ceremony. Pete Relkoff, a 68-year-old Raspberry resident, said he came to the ceremony to “protest at the arms buildup.” “When they build arms they always use them,” he said. “I think that more and more of us ‘should raise our voices in protest . . . and world leaders may hear.” Vicki Strelive, 15;said she came “for peace.” Her sister, 16-year-old Shelly Strelive, agreed. “I think it’s something important .. . it's worthwhile.” . Vera Terry, a mother, said she came with her family because “I don't want something like Hiroshima to happen again.” Following the tree planting, the Portuguese social choir sang a song in English and another in Portuguese, after which Netta Zebroff and Tonya Fominoff sang several songs in English and Russian. The evening concluded with residents throwing ceremonial handfuls of dirt on the newly-planted tree. No new forest fires The Ata fire northwest of Renata has remained quiet over the last three or four days thanks to the cooler weather, the duty officer at the forest service's Castlegar field office said today. “It isn't doing very much right now and will probably stay that’ way,” Peter Ber- ukoff said. The 1,400-hectare fire is now completely surrounded by cat guards and crews are “mopping up the edges” of the fire, he said, adding that the weather has:helped in the fight. -There were no new fires overnight to add to the 45 fires still burning in the Arrow district. _Eight of those fires are still not contained. ; ON SANDMAN INN 4 Castlégar News TREET TALK - THE MARLANE Hotel has gone through another change: of hands. John Kemle has again taken over ownership, effective Aug. 1. # i GRIFONE TAXIDERMY has made yet another move, this time back near its old location. If, you remember, the store moved south on Columbia Avenue next to the Kinnaird branch of the Castlegar Library. It has since moved into a newly-built addition..beside Castlegar Sports Centre. THE OLD Update Fashion building across from city -hall has a new tenant. It's a shoe store which plans to open soon. VICTORIA-BASED columnist Hubert Beyer profiles the NDP caucus in a recent column. What he says about the two West Kootenay MLAs is interesting. im CHRIS D'ARCY, 44: “One of the most unassuming members of the NDP caucus, D'Arcy came to the legislature in ‘the 1972 NDP sweep. Because of his reserved behavior it's difficult to assess his effective: ness.” LORNE NICOLSON, 48: “Nicolson can best be described as quiet but: effective. His sppeches are low-key, but carry punch. He served in the NDP cabinet in the early 70s and would undoubtedly get a cabinet post ' again if the NDP formed a government. Nicolson is well liked on both sides of the House.” _ 'The Boss’ halts strike - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, the rock star with the working class image, brought a temporary halt to a strike when he said he would not cross a picket line to play at a concert tonight, union officials said Tuesday. A spokesman for the union representing ushers and problem if. women alcoholics are treated separately from men. In mixed groups, she said, the women tend to help the men and ignore their own problems. ACTOR ROCK HUDSON who is in hospital for ticket sellers at Cleveland Stadium said agreed to pay the workers an extra $1.50 per hour for the night after Springsteen threatened to cancel his concert. He said the union, which went on strike Sunday, called Springsteen and asked him not to.perform at the 65,000-seat stadium. When promoters learned of his pledge. they asked fora one-day halt in the strike and agreed to pay the extra money, the union spokesman said, adding that the walkout would resume on Friday. as FEMALE ALCOHOLICS have problems that need special treatment, the wife of former United States president Gerald Ford said Tuesday. Betty Ford, who has successfully beaten alcohol’ and drug addiction, told the International Congress on of AIDS is iving a steady stream of visitors as well as bags. of fan mail, officials say. “Mr. Hudson continues to improve and he is in fair condition,” a spokesman at the Medical Centre of the University of ifornia at Los Angeles said Tuesday. “He was able to receive several visitors today.” Neither the hospital nor Dale Olson, Hudson's publicist, identified the well-wishers. - Hudson, 59, has received four bags of mail since he was admitted to the centre last week after being transferred from a hospital in Paris, Olson said. Elizabeth Taylor, a longtime friend and one of the organizers of a star-studded AIDS benefit-show scheduled for Sept. 19, visited Hudson on Sunday. She co-starred with Hudson in the 1956 film Giant, for which he received his only di Award nominati i and Drug D that women often encounter a stigma that prevents them from getting help. “For a man for many years now, it's sort of been -considered a-macho thing for'him to-drink," said Ford..*But., the woman who had a problem and maybe made a fool of herself, that was disgusting.” Ford said there is greater success. in dealing with the TINY TIM, the ukulele-strumming singer whose Tiptoe Through the Tulips tickled the hippie 1960s, was slightly injured in a truck crash, police said. __.The 53-year-old entertainer, Herbert Khaury, was riding in a truck when “the operator fell asleep, failed to negotiate a curvé~ and-crossed.the_ highway” late Tuesday, said state trooper R.L. Granger. whose real name is ~ At Central Food, Your Community Food Store Noise report issued By CasNews Staff Contrary to the sandman of folklore, who supposedly made children sleepy by sprinkling sand in their eyes, the Sandman of Castlegar earlier this year was keeping residents awake with liberal sprinklings of loud rock music. The Sandman Inn’ last April was the target of i from i of property adjoining the Columbia Avenue hotel. . © Ina report to city council city clerk Ron Skillings says his investigations in late April and early May determined the problems to be a booming bass that was “heard across the street and at either side of the property,” with a “definite burst of sound” when.the front doors were opened while customers exited, and shouting by customers outside the hotel in the early hours of the morning. Skillings’ report says he. investigated the sound levels “by ear at various distances” and that “the sound of vehicle traffic was predominate over the music sound at 100 feet from ‘the facility.” The problems were discussed with the manager of the Sandman Inn on June 21 at which time, the report says, the manager said he checks the sound level of each band on the first night and.subsequent nights with a sound level meter. He said bands are instructed to lower and hold the volume below 110 decibels, which is the acceptable safe level for electronically amplified music. He also said he proposes to install sound baffles in the pub to soften the sound. Noise by customers outside the hotel is difficult to control, the manager added, but said he would monitor this disturbance. Castlegar's noise bylaw 315 prohibits electronic sound only in residential areas between 7 p.m. and 9 a.m. every day, Skillings’ report states. “The Sandman Inn and two other hotels in the area are located in a commercial zone and there appears to be no specific provision to prohibit noise in this area,” the report says. . “However, the manager advised that the Sandman Inn wishes to remain a good corporate citizen and will do its best to curtail any noise disturbance to the area,” the report says. Skillings says he will “carry out periodic checks on the problems, but adds that the city is not in a position to restrict this noise disturbance other than by request and co-operation.” AIDS STRIKES with children and adults with AIDS and we'll be ready in the next three months to start investigating these drugs.” AIDS testing program slated VICTORIA (CP) — The B.C. Health Ministry will start a program in Vancouver for AIDS testing, evaluation and counselling in October, Health Minister Jim Nielsen said Tuesday. The program will be dir- ectéd by Dr. Michael Rekart, a former director of the AIDS program at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Med- ical Centre. In a news release, Nielsen said the program at first will target people who run the highest risk of either having’ or transmitting the virus as- sociated with acquired im- mune deficiency syndrome. Blood from organ and sperm donors will also be tested. Nielsen also said the min- istry is developing a public information campaign — be- cause of misinformation and fears about the deadly syn- drome. The news was welcomed by AIDS Vancouver spokes- man Bob Tivey, who said if there were no testing facil- ities, people would turn to the Red Cross and its re- cently announced program to screen donated blood. “It's a necessary move and I'm glad they're setting it up so: fast.”. Tivey said. “We have to have a testing site or people will say, ‘I'll give blood and I'll find out that way.” Last week, the Red Cross announced that it will begin screening blood in November following widespread public concern about the risk of be- Red Cross will test for the presence of antibodies asso- ciates with the AIDS virus. A positive test does not nec- essarily‘mean an_individual has AIDS, it will only mean that the person has anti- bodies to the virus. Some people have the antibodies and never develop the in- fections and diseases associ- ated with AIDS. However, some people do not develop antibodies to the virus and they will slip through the testing. The release said the test misses only one or two cases out of 100,000. “I hope the counselling will tell people what the: test is and explain to them a posi-. tive test does not necessarily mean they are going to get sick.” Tivey also called for gyar- anteed confidentiality for people using the testing fac- ility. - Man on trial for child sex TERRACE (CP) — A sob- bing wife told a provincial court trial Tuesday that her husband scared her into taking Polaroid photographs of nude children involved in sex acts with him. Betty Willoughby, 36, was testifying at the trial of her husband Robert, 35, who is charged with 25 counts of gross indecency, one count of sexual assault and four counts of illegal sexual inter- course involving six teen- agers over a 10-year period. Mrs. Willoughby said her husband showed her 30 pic- tures of nude children last summer and said: “If you want to turn me- in, go ahead.” She said he then fright- ened her into coming into the bedroom and taking four pictures of her husband in bed with nude children. She said the pictures were disgusting and “I wanted to destroy them.” Mrs. Willoughby said her husband was taking a pain killer for arthritis, tranquil- lizers and sleeping pills for the past six years. He was also a heavy drinker. She said her husband was often in a back bedroom with children and the door was closed. _ “We always had children at., the house,” she testified. She said. she ional: BEE STEAKS... .... REGULAR, $28), 9° $269 Bs A RO OF BEEF BEEF ROUNDS. CANADA ........GRADE 9. 8" h. $989 SPARERIB MEATY PORK SAUSAGES PORK ......... akg 2372). CORNISH GAMEHENS $498) ORCA Ce yee 2 AF Ib. $ 1 32 co. 96°. 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Sometimes on top of the covers, sometimes under- neath.” Mrs. Willoughby told her husband's lawyer she never heard: criés for assistance coming from the bedroom. A ban has been placed on publication. of evidence that would reveal the names of the children. Mrs. Willough- by broke down frequently during her testimony and at one point Judge Paul Law- rence ordered the courtroom cleared so she could continue. The trial continues. ~ + CALL White Pages Section hours, but a total of 342 people were released, police said. That cut the number of those still held to 862. Police had rounded up a total of 1,459 anti-apartheid activists and released 597 of them. In Cape Town, about 2,000 University of Cape Town students called a three-day boycott beginning today to protest the state of emer- gency. The student body of about 12,000 is nearly: all white. the shares are sold, of lesser ‘a budget-proposal to ensure of either one-half_of the that prospectors get a “bet-~market value of the shares ter deal”-on- windfall profits the time they were acquired _ from finding a good claim. _ or a half of. the sales price.” . Brisco says in the release Brisco said he knows of that he raised the issue inthe examples in the West Koot- House on more than.one oc- enay of prospectors who casion between 1974 and made a “once-in-a-lifetime” 1980. windfall “only to see much of He adds that he is pleased it taxed away.” Police file Castlegar RCMP—are—in- vestigating the theft of a 1967 yellow Camero, B.C. license AMA 561, stolen in Castlegar on Saturday. Otherwise the police re- port a quiet holiday weekend. - Tourist Alert VANCOUVER (CP) — The following people, believed to be travelling in British Col- umbia, are asked_to contact the RCMP for urgent mes- sages: Omar and Cecile Dumaine of Quesnel Alvin and ‘Elaine Chris- tensen of Exira, Iowa David Gibbons. of Rich- mond. See Barbara Hargreaves of Kamloops Ernest and Anita Love-of _Port Alberni. Charles MacLennan of Sal- mon Arm Richard Ozeroff of Nelson Ken and. Annie Purcha of Edmonton Brenda Zemlac of Calgary. _ 20 BABIES IN MONTREAL MONTREAL (CP) — A score of babies with AIDS have been treated at St. Justine’s children's hospital since 1981 and four are undergoing treatment now, Dr. Normand Lapointe, director of immunology, said Tuesday. Most of the children are of Haitian origin. Eight of the 20 have died and some have improved. Of the four in the Montreal hospital now, one “is not doing too well,” he said. “Two are much better than they were a week ago. So we're not so pessimistic nowadays.” Lapointe said there are six other Montreal babies with acquired immune i synd: being treated at home. Two in Calgary and one in Quebec City are also and make sure they are not too toxic, “All these drugs seem to be fairly toxic,” he said. Lapointe said treatment with anti-viral drugs is only one phase. “We already know that we probably will have to reconstitute the immune system of patients,” which has been attempted in’ Montreal through thymus transplants in adults. Lapointe said thymus transplants have not yet been used in children. The thymus, he explained, is central to the development of immunity. There have been about 20 transplants so far. In Montreal, he said, the disease is still largely limited to homosexual men and Haitians. The majority of child victims are Haitian. . Lapointe said governments have been fairly positive about the problem. “The Laboratory Centre for Disease Control in Ottawa has been working very closely with us,” he said. j a fers : reported fighting for-theirtives.—— Treatment for such young victims up to now has been supportive, he said. “We can feed them properly. _We.can treat them for infections. One aspect of the disease is wasting. So we develop speciat-form' then ———_—_—_—_—_—_____ “Some do fairly well for a time,” he said. “Some others die.” Lapointe said there are several drugs now ready for clinical investigation. _ a “We have a team in Montreal ready to be involved with—the—National coming infected by the AIDS virus through blood trans- fusions. 5 So far in Canada, four people have died from AIDS after contracting the virus from blood - transfusions. Three of them were from British Columbia. The séreening done by the provincial laboratory and the "Talk about overstuffed!" But not over priced! 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