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No. 7683 Riverview Clean (a COLUMBIA RIVER MOHAWK 368-9134 2880 Highway Drive, Trail, B.C. salative Ufibrary, Parliament Bldgs... 501 Bellevi} Victoria, B. C, VeV 1X4 Feb, Strikers’ s By RON NORMAN and BONNE MORGAN Some 100 Castlegar members of the B.C. Government Employees’ Union have joined about 1,000 other provincial government workers in the West’ Kootenay on the picket e. The employees at the Castlegar government liquor store kicked off the union walkout Saturday, and re followed by other government workers on Monday. So far, spirits are high among striking BCGEU members and there have been few problems on the picket line, says a union spokesman from Nelson. David Vipond, regional coordina. tor for BCGEU's southern interior who has been assigned to Nelson during the strike, told the Castlegar News today there hasn't’ been “much of a problem on the picket Vol. 41, No. 76 lines. Vipond said the public appears to be more tolerant of this strike than of past strikes by provincial govern. ment workers. As well, Vipond said essential ser. vices are being maintained. For in. stance, workers are manning the air tanker base at the Castlegar Airport in the event of a forest fire. As well, the Harrop and Glade cable ferries are operating because residents of pirits high those communities have no other ac cess. He said the ferries at Balfour and Needles will operate only for emer gency services. Meanwhile, workers in Castlegar are taking four-hour shifts on picket lines. “Just long enough to'get cold,” said one clerical worker sitting on a lawn chair in front of the Arrow Forest continued on page A2 RSs yp. yr SS By CasNews Staff The 280 workers at Westar Timber Ltd.'s Southern Wood Products sawmill in Castlegar SAWMILL WORKERS TURN DOWN OFFER hoon in Castlegar in an effort to hammer out a new agreement. “The contract offer was Adve have rejected the latest contract offer. Wayne Nowlin, president of Local 1406 of the International Woodworkers of America-Can- ada, said the union will return to the bargaining table this after- astlégar News 60 Cents CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1988 ted by an over ity,” Nowlin told the Cootheaee News yesterday. Unionized saw mill workers voted on Westar's offer Sunday at the Community Complex, but Nowlin wouldn't disclose details of the vote. WEATHERCAST Mainly sunny Thursday with highs ear 18°. Sunny with o few cloudy periods Friday and highs of 16 Te". Outlook tor the weekend is.0 mixture of cloud and sun, with o 20 per cent chence of precipitation 4 Sections (A, B, C&D) WALKING FOR TERRY ... Diane Bezaire (left) and Irene Short were among the 130 Castlegar area residents who walked, skateboarded, rollerskated in the eighth annual Terry Fox Run ran and Sunday morning. year’s number of participants. A total of $908 was raised this year, draiser, collecting $232. That was almost double last with Matt Gallo the top fun- CosNewsPhoto by Ron Nolrmon FOR ASSISTANCE By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer The director for the West Koot enay Enterprise Development Cen tre says the fall series of activities is underway and he’s pleased with the assistance the centre has received from Selkirk College. Doug Glover, who was the guest speaker at Tuesday night's college board meeting, told the board the centre is working hard to provide support for all economic development activities. He also said collaborating with the college is important because it broadens the centre's resource base. However, the long-term future of the centre-is still uncertain as the provincial government turned down a request from the college to provide funding for the centre for the next three to five years. The college undertook a review of the centre this summer to see if the centre should continue operating at all and con cluded that it should Despite the provincial govern ment’s refusal to provide long term three- to five-year funding for the centre, it did provide funds for this year and said it will continue to arrange funding on an annual basis. In other college board news: Board member Gary Exner said the British Columbia Association of Colleges will be asking the provincial government for more funds for the Glover thanks college province's colleges. Exner said the association sees the province's coll eges “heading into an overbudgeted situation.” The colleges around the province received an additional $8.3 million this year but Exner said the association will be looking for more funds. Fred Merriman told the board he had heard of telephone registration at other institutions and suggested Selkirk look into the possibility Castlegar campus principal Mal Stelck said the college had already studied the possibility and had “put it on the back burner.” Merriman also said the college should find out more on how the continued on poge A4 In the Vancouver Sun Students in the small Interior community of Edgewood, cut off from their school by the B.C. Government Employees Union strike, went to school by private boat Tuesday. The 25 students, each wearing 1 life jacket, travelled in boats wperated by striking BCGEU nembers who normallyoperate a government ferry across Lower Arrow Lakes. “They hada very smooth Edgewood kids return to school crossing today,” said Bill Pen ner, maintenance supervisor for the Arrow Lakes school district He said the students would travel back and forth across the lake every day “but, if it gets too choppy, we won't allow the boats to operate.” James Longridge, principal at Nakusp secondary school, said it is uncommon for the weather on the lake to become too rough for small craft. “If it rains, they'll continued on page A2 Ferry crossing Strike holds up radon gas study By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer The results of a local six-month radon gas study are in the hands of the Central Kootenay Health Unit but the current British Columbia Government Employees Union strike is holding up the findings. Dr. Monty Arnott, director/medi cal health officer at the Central Kootenay Health Unit, said the results are in but can't be analysed properly until the BCGEU settles its contract dispute and the 12-14 health unit workers get back on the job “The strike may delay the results. Arnott told the Castlegar News yes. terday. “Many of the people involved in analysing the tests. at the Central Kootenay Health Unit are involved with the BCGEU.” The local studies on the odorless, invisible, tasteless and naturally occurring radioactive gas were con duéted in 80 Castlegar homes begin ning in August 1987. One local resi dent, who requested anonymity, said his home was tested during the six-month period. “They put a role of tape with a strip hanging from it in the basement and upstairs in my home,” he told, the Castlegar News. “They pulled the strip out in March and said the results would be ready in six months. The results are in but Arnott said it may be as late as the end of next month before the.results are made public. Arnott did say the residents involved in the testing would be alerted before anyone else “We're still waiting to meet with individuals and city council before results will be made public,” he said. “Depending on the strike, we should have the results sometime near the end of October.” The resident volunteered to have School board stands by smoking ruling jN_SIDE By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Castlegar school board will stand by its decision to provide funding assistance as well as information and support to its employees who wish to quit smoking. The board was responding Monday to a critical letter from Castlegar resident Vi Wilcox. Wilcox objected to trustee Mickey Kinakin’s earlier statement that the school district migh' for pres criptions for aids such as gum which deters a smoker's craving, or for stop-smoking programs. The board earlier passed’a motion to provide “assistance” for employ ees to quit smoking in light of its anti-smoking policy for staff and stu dents in schools. “Really, we had to have some sense of human compassion for people who are now recognized as drug addicts,” Kinakin said Monday. Trustee Doreen Smecher did not agree, saying she voted in favor of providing information and support, rather than money. “I never read financial into ‘assis tance,’ " she said Trustee Tony Guglielmi pointed out that so far, none of the district's staff have asked for assistance in quitting smoking He also said funding to heip smokers quit was “peanuts” com PB to funds needed to build a ‘smoking room for the small number still smoking in the district Elsewhere, the board agreed to support the Castlegar and District Project Society's request for provin cial funding for the proposed aquatic centre. The project society will be asking Vietoria for a $700,000 grant if the centre passes a public referendum Oct. 15. Society spokesman Pat Metge told the school board Monday that the facility will cost $2.2 million and will be funded by local taxes. “We are hoping to raise $1 millon of that,” he said. Project society treasurer, Alexia TONY GUGLIELMI funds ‘peanuts Turner said the society has raised $48,000 so far. Half of that is in the bank and the rest has been pledged by service clubs, she said. Metge was asked why the project society aquatic centre referendum was not being held along with the upcoming municipal election. “We felt we wanted the pool issue to stand on its own merits,” he said In other board business: The Castlegar school board will hire a contractor this year from the Kootenays rather than the Okanagan to do its roofing The district is hiring Heritage Roofing from Nelson, which submit his home tested when he heard of the testing program. “I was just a little bit curious to find out what the stuff is all about,” he said. “I just wanted some information.” The tests were sent to a lab in the U.S. before being returned to the health unit. Arnott said the strip or “radioactive plate” used to measure the air for radon is quite accurate. It can estimate the quantity of radon in the atmosphere,” he said. Radon is a radioactive gas pro- duced in the decay of uranium found in all soil and rock and is likely to oceur in higher concentrations near uranium deposits. Canada’s federal health department says radon gas is responsible for hundreds of lung cancer deaths each year. It estimates five to 10 per cent of the 13,400 lung cancer deaths expected this year will be from radon gas exposure Radon can seep through floor drains, cracks in concrete floors and wall and through wall fixtures. Entry levels can be brought down to a minimum by putting a trap in the floor drain in the basement Fashions for fall page C1-Cé Leeen Pick og cn 16, 19, ted the lowest bid. M ce Supervisor Andy E said the company did not qualify to submit a bid in previdus years because it was not a member of the B.C. Roofer's Association. . 8 The district will include the cost of replacing one school bus in it's 1989/90 budget to be submitied to the Ministry of Education. * * The City of Castlegar has installed a crosswalk at Highland Drive at the request of the school board vote set page A2