June.24, 1987 -—~ Program a success By CasNews statt ' City of Castlegar's: traffic safety says the were checked and only one seem involved alcohol, spring CounterAttack ¢am- paign was a success this year. Only two drivers in the Castlegar area were charged from April 13 to May 4. That compares to 10 drivers char- ged during the same period in 1986. A total of 803 vehicles RCMP report. rere were no fatal collisions during the CounterAttack program. However, Castlegar Fire Chief Bob Mann reported poor attendance at the three drinking and driving video presentations. Mann sugges- American Express fares poorly TORONTO (CP) — While tomer's statement, it American Express is prob- amounts to $22.11 on VISA, ably the most widely accep- $22.30 on MasterCard and ted credit card in the world, $23.25 on American Express. __when it comes to dollars and_ cents, it fares poorly against its two closest rivals, VISA and MasterCard. The Toronto Star asked each of the three to take a hypothetical purchase through their system to find the bottom line in Canadian dollars. The scenario: A cus- tomer signs a credit card slip for 100 francs after lunching in a Parisian cafe on April 6. After the bill is sent through the restaurant's French bank and the inter- national headquarters of the respective credit card com. panies, and finally to the cus Two grads receive awards By CasNews Staff Two Stanley Humphries secondary school graduates have received major scholar- ships to Simon Fraser Uni versity. Denis Peregrym has been awarded the university's president's entrance scholar- ship for $5,000. Peregrym plans to enter engineering science. Gary Kooznetsoff received a $4,000 scholarship. Kooz- netsoff also plans to enter engineering science at SFU. Fire fighter program Castlegar’s volunteer fire- men were out in full force over the weekend. But not because the town was on fire. It was all part of a volunteer fire fighter certification pro- gram being offered across the province. Certification is the formal recognition by the province, of a volunteer fireman's abil ity to work at the level specified by the B.C. Volun teer Fire Fighter Standards. The program, initiated by the B.C. Fire Academy, be- gan last April and involves extensive practical and the. oretical testing in 22 subjects related to fighting fires To be eligible for certi fication, an applicant must be a member of a volunteer fire department recognized by the Fire Commissioner. Of the 6,500 volunteers in . more than 1,700 have applied, said A.J. Evans, the Deputy Director of the Fire Academy in Vancouver. The program is available at no cost to the applicant and includes learning resource materials called “Edukits” — a package containing self tests and videotapes. Cer tification requires testing in 22 subjects, six each year The Castlegar volunteers were working on the 1986-87 subjects which included ground ladders, self-contain ed breathing apparatus, fire behavior, ventilation proce dures, fire service orienta tion and safety and apparatus familiarization. Castlegar Fire Chief Bob Mann, Bob Dixon of Castle gar and Peter Defeo from Nelson were the evaluators Sunday and have been cer tified and trained in evalu ation procedures. Provincially, there has been a high pass rate, about 76 per cent, for the first set of examinations. While certifi cation is not mandatory many fire departments are writing it into their constitution The differences are due to committee a door prize to help boost stresdahes next time. The video was also shown at a safety meeting to 39 city émployees. A designated driver pro- gram involving local hotels fell through because program ted the city’s traffic safety consider offering mat op 9 RES vette Set essa em material was not from the B.C. Hotel and Res- taurant Association. RCMP Cpl. Andy Rowe has since obtained a sample information package and rec- ommended using the mater- ial to get a program off the ground next year. Mann also suggested in- volving the Castlegar and District Fire Chiefs’ Associ- ation in the next campaign. i The next campaign is at the different +: to exchange rates used. Jai 1988. An economic development group located in the Central region invites for the newly created position of PROJECT COORDINATOR The incumbent will maintain active contact with the and an evaluate business proposals. The successful candidate will fulfill the following minimum qualifications: lied ina level —adequate computer skills course at 3rd Rocky View Tax & * Smoll Business & Contractors ersonal inancial Planning KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. Henry John, B.Sc.C.A. Resident Partner —minimum of 10 years or busi ina based industry, and of the busi and climate of disadvantaged rural areas, —able to communicate effectively with groups and individuals, skills, team supervisory experience, and the ability to work with a Board of Directors. Satary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Please send detailed resume and references in confidence before July 10/87 to: Chairman, Search Committee, Box 300N -Castlegar News, VIN 3H7 Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 RON NEGREIFF Bus. 352-1666 Res. 359-7994 d us inh college this day would come.”’ Appliance Rentals TIRED OF erage 519° And do your ay at home. 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Box 220, Room 742, 800 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C. on payment of the applicable deposit PROJECT NAME: Rebuild Taxiway A, Castlegar Airport, B.C PROJECT NUMBER: S1-P116-0076 CONTRACT NUMBER: 87-1-23 THE WORK INCLUDES: Removing 1,080 sq.m. of existing HMAC and approximately 750 cu.m. of commong ex cavation, subgrade compaction, regarding and compoc ting approximately 250 sq.m. of existing base. supplying and placing approximately 9801 of granular subbase, 750 1 of granular bose and 280 1 of hot mix asphaltic con: crete, pavement markings and related work TECHNICAL ENQUIRIES: Peter Harlow. PHONE: 666-5721 TENDER ENQUIRIES: PHONE: 666 5661. TELEX: 0454320 CLOSING DATE: 13 July 1987, 3:00 p.m., Vancouver time DEPOSIT: $50.00. 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A6 The winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6-49 lottery drow were 1, 16, 31, 32, 37 and 42. The bonus number wos 38. The $500,000 winning number in Friday's Provincial lot tery draw is 6312823. There are also subsidiary prizes. Vol. 40, No. 51 oF s tomatoes CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JUNE Gardens are ahead of this year with the un- precedented tem- perature highs... A2 a. Foe ections (A, B & C) y POST OFFICE BEHIND PICKET LINES By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer The Castlegar Post Office was behind picket lines for a second day yesterday as the Letter Carriers Union of Canada kept up its strike against Canada Post. The picket line was erected early Friday morning by the union, a day which saw tempers flare and chases ensue. Shortly after 1:30 Friday afternoon four replacement workers managed to get into the post office, pick up three bags of mail and then leave All four were chased by picketers who managed to catch one and take his bag of mail away. A second one jumped into the back seat of a car that pulled up to the opposite corner of the post office entrance while being shouted at by picketers. The car, with two people in the front seat, quickly sped away. Shortly afterwards a pick-up truck and a car full of picketers gave chase to the vehicle. An undercover RCMP cruiser remained at the post office but did not give chase to the three vehicles. Castlegar Letter Carriers Union of Canada spokes man Tony Guglielmi told the Castlegar News that Castlegar Postmaster Roy McNeil was driving the car carrying the replacement workers. “Four (replacement workers) got out right away but one got caught. Roy McNeil drove them in and drove them out with the assistance of one of the security agents,” said Guglielmi. “We're out looking for them to tell them that is not their job.” Earlier in the day, at around 9:45, four replacement workers managed to get into the main entrance of the post office while picketers were busy at the truck entrance at the time. Guglielmi said it was McNeil who drove them to and from the post office. He added that he did not think they were from Castlegar. “Nobody recognized them. They whisked in with a rented car . . (driven) by the postmaster himself Mr. McNeil,” said Gugliemi. CONFRONTATION . . . Letter Carriers Union and post office officials engage in confrontation over mailbag during Friday's strike. Pickets were up again Saturday. See story for more details CosNews Photos by Sun Rotian and Ron Normon In the June 14 Castlegar News edition, McNeil said he did not know if the Castlegar Post Office would hire temporary workers willing to cross picket lines in the event of a strike Picketers were furious when the replacement workers managed to get away with the bags of mail in the afternoon. “Do you know where those scabs belong?” one angry picketer asked a Castlegar News reporter just shortly after the incident. He then pointed to a nearby drain gutter on the street and said: “That's where those scabs belong, in the gutter. Let them crawl around in the gutter,” he said Another added: “Their kids too.” MeNeil was unavailable for comment Some strikers were vpset at a man sitting in a rented car across from the post office who was apparently taking pictures continued on page AZ By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer The.four men charged in Fabbro, in his comments from the bench, pointed out that all four brokers with the Dixie Dee Powers pyramid scheme were found guilty in Castlegar Provincial Court Thursday of- ing and ing a i scheme. . Daniel Voykin, 30, of Brilliant, Ste- ven Evdokimoff, 28, of South Slocan, Fred Chursinoff, 49, of Brilliant, and Samuel Stoopnikoff, 28, of Castlegar were charged with fraud and operating a pyramid scheme that netted some $3.2 million in the Kootenays. However, provincial court judge Ron Fabbro found all four not guilty on the charge of fraud. Fraud carries a maximum sentence of 10 years, while operating a pyramid scheme carries & two-year maximum jail term. Fabbro reserved sentencing the men until Aug. 28. He has also ordered a presentence report, which outlines the past and present ci of the d during y to knowing the money they collected from so- called “investors” was being used to pay off previous investors. The 16-month scheme, mastermind. ed by former Castlegar resident Dixie Dee Powers, involved people making a minimum investment of $1,000 cash on the promise that within 60 to 90 days they would see their money doubled. They were then given an opportunity to reinvest. Powers, 36, also known as Laura Grace Gibbons, was sentenced to one year in prison last November for her part in managing and operating the scheme. The charges of fraud against Powers were: stayed. But Fabbro said the Crown had not sufficiently proved “beyond a reason. able doubt” that the brokers were guilty of fraud. _Fabbro stated the Crown must prove accused, to be prepared by that date. and also “willful blindness” or, in other words, a pref- CROSS PICKET LINES Powers’ brokers found guilty erence on the part of the brokers to remain ignorant because they do not want to know the truth. “Failing to inquire is not the same as willful blindness,” said Fabbro. He pointed to the Crown's agrument which disputed the brokers’ claim that Powers had convinced them famous entertainers were financing the scheme, something Powers called “Christian capitalism.” During the trial, Crown counsel argued that the brokers must have been aware the operation was a fraud because never saw famous enter. tainers at wers’ residence, they never informed investors they claimed a 20 per cent commission for them. selves and they never questioned how ascheme supposedly meant to help’the poor could possibly require the poverty stricken to produce a minimum of $1,000 before investing. But Fabbro stated that the court was responsible for considering “what the continued on page A2 Recipients warned LONDON, ONT. (CP) — Welfare recipients have been told to accept jobs as strikebreakers with Canada Post or face the possibility of losing their benefits, a recipient said Friday “They told us we had to go” to the Canada Post recruitment centre, a strikebreaker said. “We were told to have a look at these jobs. We'd lose our assistance if we didn't take them.” The man — refused to be iden. tified because he fears attacks from striking letter carriers he replaced Monday and Tuesday — was among about 50 workers at a downtown hotel claiming paycheques from Canada Post. “The majority of us are on assistance by the city and they told us we had to go down” to the Canada Post recruit- ment centre, he said. “Not me person. ally — I went because I wanted a job, but others were told to go or they'd lose their assistance.” Glenn Howlett, director of social ad ministration for London, said “in a sense” welfare recipients can't refuse to cross the picket line. “Clearly if they are employable under the Welfare Act they have to be seeking work,” Howlett said. “They'd lose their eligibility if they were able to do the job and didn't take i Some replacement workers said they were short-changed by Canada Post, one said Canada Post owes him $524 in standby pay and for working Monday and Tuesday but he received only $340. He said he won't return to work Monday because “Canada Post is Forest fire threat increases By CasNews Staff The forest fire threat in the Castle- gar area may not be bad yet, but Castlegar’s Forest ministry office is not taking any chances. Skip Walsh, resource officer-protect ion for the Castlegar branch, described the Castlegar area as having been in a class three forest fire situation earlier this week, but by this weekend, will have moved into a danger classification of four (five is the maximum class. ification). Walsh said that two helicopter fire fighting attack crews are prepared for immediate action and he said two additional forces will have joined them by this weekend. Each crew is made up of three men trained to fight fires while working with the additional dangers of helicop ters operating nearby. Walsh said a low pressure weather system, brewing in California during the week, is expected to reach Castle gar today or Monday. He said the forest office fears the storm may be a dry lightning storm, which generally cause most forest fires. However, out of the 12 forest fires fought in the area to date this year, six were started by lightning and the remaining six were caused by people Two fires, one in Fruitvale and one near Erie Creek near Salmo, are vir tually extinguished and presently un der observation by the forestry but Walsh said the Pend d'‘Oreille Valley is causing increasing concern for the department since weather conditions in that area tend to leave it significantly drier than other areas. Walsh said even though the four at tack crews are ready to mobilize im mediately, the department also has a card up its sleeve. “We can't land helicopters in a fire area,” he said, “we can bring in a repel crew from Revelstoke.” The Revelstoke crew is trained to actually repel from helicopters into a blaze in order to combat it To date, some 432 hectares have been destroyed by fire in the Castlegar area, at a cost of some $400,000 in fighting time. “But we could double that figure overnight,” said Walsh, who admitted the fire situation remains comparable to last year's numbers. “It all depends on whether this storm is a lightning storm or a rainstorm . . . or if it even shows up. “We're expecting it to, but we will have to wait and see.” totally screwed up. The postal workers told us we would be screwed and we were. Canada Post's use of strikebreakers has produced picket-line violence across the country. The strike, now in its 12th day, hit more than 70 com munities Friday. Only a few people received the $160 standby pay promised to workers using their own cars, a replacement worker said But others found their cheques con tained unexpected bonuses. One said he was paid twice for a day of work. Four others were paid drivers’ rates when they were registered as lower paid carriers. Some workers were angry because they were promised payment by money order, not cheque. A cheque can be traced to bank accounts, and many of them didn't want all their income reported because their welfare pay ments would decrease. Tom Dalby, director of communi cations for the Huron division of Canada Post, said: “Communication to them when they signed up may . . . have been mis construed or may have been given to them in the wrong way so they misun derstood the information.” Dalby said Canada Post distributed the pay in the way ‘it “saw fit” and “obviously we're not going to become involved in any scheme that would de. fraud the welfare system. Newspaper one day late The Castlegar News will publish its Wednesday edition one day later than usual thi< week. Because the July 1 Canada Day holiday falls on Wednesday, the Castlegar News will come out Thursday afternoon, July 2. News and advertising deadlines will remain the same. The deadline for classified ads will also remain the same, 12 noon Tuesday,