Lo Castlegar News May 15, 1988 Lottery numbers The winning numbers in Wednesday's Lotto 6-49 draw were 12, 14,17, 23 and 29. The bonus number was 3. The jackpot prize of $1,780,333.70 goes to the hol. der of a single ticket bought in Western Canada. 27.60. The awarded to those matching four regular numbers, had 15,946 winners of $62. In addition there were 283,336 prizes of $10 awarded to those matching three reg ular numbers. There was a total of 299,608 prizes worth $6,789,237 .30. 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Jack Munro, president of the International Woodwork. ers of America, and Ken Georgetti, president of the British Columbia Federation of Labor, told an enthusiastic crowd of about 250 at the Community Complex to work together no matter what their political slant to stop privatization and the federal free-trade agreement. “You have to talk to these people who are not- here — your friends, your neighbors — and ask them to join with us FERRY MEETING . . . Ken Georgetti (far left), in speaking out against these guys,” “We simply cannot allow it to happen. It is wrong and we must fight to stop it,” and education in B.C. Munro warned about the dangers of privatization of the said Georgetti. said Munro on the privatization highways, slamming the provincial government's decision to close the Castlegar-Robson ferry “Who will we phone if we can't get across the goddamn river because the ferry ain't .orking anymore . . somebody to walk across some rickey goddamn train bridge or believe a B.C. Hydro dam is part of the British Columbia . or expect highways system?" he asked. president of the B.C. Federation of Labor, and IWA president Jack Munro (far right) discuss “Who are we going to phone to get the road plowed? We can’t phone (Rossland-Trail NDP MLA Chris) D'Arcy .. . because he's the opposition, so we phone the government (but) it isn't the government's responsibility anymore, it's some local hot shot who's a contractor who's taken a contract to maintain the highways.” Munro said Canadians have been told that the profit motive behind privatization and the public's interest coincide, but he said that approach is irrational. “People are not going to take over government services unless they can make money and they are naturally going to maximize profits,” he said As an example, he government's intention vehicle testing sector. pointed closure of Castlegar-Robson ferry with members of the ferry users ad hoc committee aboard ferry Tuesday afternoon. CasNewsPhote by Ron Norman INSIDE APPLICATIONS INCREASE Conflict charged page A2 By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer Applications for enrolment at the Selkirk College Castlegar campus are up 35 per cent from the same time last year, says the college board chairman. ELizabeth Fleet, who spoke with re. tor a tree let our representative tell you about the many sefvices which have made Williams the mos ted name in the business Ph. 365-3328 Collect espec moving Nursery CHANG’S Nursery & Florists Ltd. A complete nursery stock! COMPLETE RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPING SERVICE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 9 A.M.-5 P.M. 365-7312 2601 - 9th Avenye. Costleger a es Refrigeration ACALL ONE CORPORATION 24 HOUR SERVICE Technical & Design Specialists Travelling the World! 6 Fade met RT ities Septic Servic COLEMAN COUNTRY BOY SERVICE Sump & Septic Tank . Pumping PHONE 365-5013 3400 - ath A Castlegar porters following a college board meet Lottery numbers ing at the Nelson campus last night, said the increase in applications at the Castlegar campus may be due to a larger number of students from outside the area. “We may be getting enrolment from out of the area in large numbers,” she said. “Certainly in some of the career someday see oh ties ee to. T P t- tery were: 17, 22, 45, 46, 48, 52, 54 and 56. h y programs like forestry and aviation which are well known pro vincially, we may be getting enrolment from out of the area in quite large numbers.” Fleet said application increases are in programs not usually in demand. $40,000 rebuild page A4 Junker on team page B1 (First-year) University Transfer is Casino Le: By BONNE MORGAN and RON NORMAN The B.C. Gaming Commission has rejected an appeal by a Trail company for a licence to operate casinos in the West Kootenay, the Castlegar News learned today. The decision came just five days after Riverside Bingo and Casino Ltd had appeared before the commission at a one-day appeal hearing in the Rossland courthouse. Local charities that depend on casinos for funds are angry at today's commission ruling. Katrina Conroy, coordinator for the Kootneay-Columbia Child Care Society, Handicapped, said the decision will make it harder on local charities. “It's going to be a real crunch for a up significantly and the second-year enrolment is also up, which is quite a change from other years.” Fleet said while the increases in applications are always good to see at the Castlegar campus, the demands may pose some problems for the college. “It's encouraging, it’s also a little seary in a way because we're coping with the funding problems as well,” she said. “We don't want to end up turning people away.” Fleet said the college has very rarely turned away students except in ex treme cases where programs are fully enrolled. “Mostly, we've been able to accom modate everyone.” She said the recent decision by Ministry of Advanced Education to in crease BCIT’s funding by $3 million — a month ago the technical institute in Burnaby was facing a $4-million budget appeal lot of us,” she said, adding later: “How much more does this community have to suffer?” Conroy said she was “shocked” by the decision, especially because’ the charities and Riverside Bingo had left the appeal hearing last Friday with hopes. “We felt really good about it,” she said. Riverside lost its licence when the gaming commission moved to restrict licences to those casinos which can generate a minimum of $1,500 in winnings per night. Forty per cent of the profit goes to the management, 10 per cent goes to the commission and 50 per cent goes to the charities. Representatives of charities told the College popular spot cut by the same ministry — may hinder Selkirk’s chances at getting a budget boost of its own. “We haven't heard anything defin ite,” she said. “(But) the rumors that we hear are not very encouraging at the moment.” The college will receive the funding it was promised by the government but the request for an additional minimum 1.5-per-cent increase may be rejected. “We'll be getting what we've been told we have to this point, but we were hoping that there might just be a little bit more,” she said. “We have no indi cation of that at the moment.” Meanwhile, college president Leo Perra — who is on an education task force for the Kootenay Development Region — told reporters last night that the group opposes privatization for * some college courses A task force was struck in Victoria, continued on poge A2 denied commission they are perfectly happy with 50 per cent of the take even if area casinos generate less than $1,500. In fact, they said they would be lost without the funding The Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society, a non-profit organization in Castlegar, says in order to “break even” on its budget, the Society must raise $14,900 a year. The Society helps fund the West Kootenay Infant Development’ Pro- gram, a home-based program for han dicapped or delayed infants, and the Hobbit Hill Children’s Centre, an in tegrated centre; offering day care, nursery school, and special needs day care. “Casinos have been a God-sent to our continued on poge AZ to the to reinstate mandatory motor but place it in the hands of the private “Can you imagine, by law, us going to a corner service station to have our vehicle tested and if he happens to be having a bad month do we think our vehiele is not going to require some work on it?” Munro poked at the largely privately-run health care system in the United States. . “For the wealthy, the system works very well, he said. “They can afford it. For the ordinary working people a trip to the hospital can mean a lifetime of debt.” said Munro. Munro said social programs are more important than provincial _ profit “We are-entitled to proper care for the sick and the elderly whether we can afford it or not,” he said. “We are continued on page A2 ° nl] Georgetti and Munro visit ferry By RON NORMAN Editor The president of the B.C. Federation of Labor pledged organized labor's support for residents occupying the Castlegar-Robson ferry during a visit to the ferry Tuesday afternoon. Ken Georgetti, who was joined for the half-hour visit by Jack Munro, the colorful leader of the International Woodworkers of America, promised to bring the ferry issue to the attention of Federation affiliates around the prov ince. Georgetti also said the Federation will make its opposition to the ferry closure and the proposed transfer of the ferry to local government known to the provincial government. “I think it’s just another example of the Sociat Credit government's blatant disregard for the well-being of citizens of particylar communities,” Georgetti told reporters on the deck of the ferry. “In this case it happens to be Robson. Robson's not isolated.” Georgetti charged that the provin cial government makes decisions with out “an iota of consultation.” “If they decide they want to shut a ferry down, they, it appears to me, have taken no view of the interest of the publie and how this ferry serves the community of Robson and the com munity of Castlegar.” Georgetti said the province does “what happens to be a whi of the day I think it’s crazy.” He called the actions of the people occupying the ferry “admirable and commendable.” “People are finally saying that enough is enough,” Georgetti said. “I think a lot more people are going to have to start speaking out.” He said the ferry issue isn't isolated, but is part of the provincial gov ernment's privatization and decentrali- zation plan. “Privatization and decentralization are the political dogma of the Social Credit Party.” He said British Columbians should speak out before it gets worse and what the people of this area are doing “is a prime example of what we should all be doing.” Georgetti also suggested Premier Bill Vander Zalm and Highways Min. ister Stephen Rogers “should come to Robson and talk to the people of Robson. This premier campaigned on the platform of consultation. He should be sitting in a town hall here, talking to the people of Robson.” Georgetti and Munro spoke with about a dozen opponents of the ferry closure, including Martin Vanderpol, the Central Kootenay regional district director for Area J and the chairman of the Robson-Raspberry Ferry Users Ad Hoc Committee. Vanderpol explained the moves that led up to the ferry shutdown and brought Georgetti and Munro up to date on the latest developments. Van. derppl appeared later Tuesday night at a rally in the Community Complex where Georgetti and Munro spoke. The committee prepared a detailed page brief showing why the provin cial government should continue to operate the ferry. It submitted the brief to Rogers on Monday. Meanwhile, Vanderpol said the re- gional district has not met with Rogers and has rejected a meeting with a senior ministry official until the ferry is operating again. ~Elsewhere, Jim Van, Rogers's exe cutive assistant, told-the Castlegar News the ferry has been offered to the City of Castlegar or the regional district for $1. CABLE CHANNELS CHANGE NEXT WEEK re-arranged ning early next week. Shaw Cable- systems Ltd. announced Tuesday that it will start switching over to its new microwave transmission system on May 24, which will affect the channel alignment. Trail, north Castlegar, Robson and Raspberry will convert to the microwave system next Tuesday morning. South Castlegar, including the Meadowbrook area, will make the change to the new channel arrangement on Wednesday. Lynn_ Greentree, manager for Shaw Cable's Kootenay system, said cable customers will also receive two new channels in the basic cable tg beginning with the switch "The new channels are KAYU- TV, an ii ‘station b: channel 7 — channel 9 — KSPS (PBS) channel 10 — Community pro- gramming channel 11 — House of Commons channel 12 — Knowledge Net- work channel 13 — CBC channel 15 — KAYU (indepen- dent) Because the realignment was only announeed this week, the Castlegar News TV listings in this issue and in the May 25 issue will not reflect the changes. The Castle- gar News hopes to have the new channel alignment in its June 1 TV ment in the quality of reception with the new from Spokane, and TV Decisions, an on-air program guide. The new channel ali wil system. In addition, the system will allow Shaw Cable to broadcast live com be as follows: channel 2 — KREM (CBS) channel 3 — CBC French channel 4 — KXLY (ABC) channel 5 — TV Decisions channel 6 — KHQ (NBC) munity progr Elsewhere, Greentree said crews began hooking up new customers in Ootischenia on Monday. However, Greentree said cable service to Pass Creek will not be available until this fall.