ah Hy Sen EL que PRINS ARMS TALKS ENTER NEW PHASE. By BRENDA WATSON Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.S.-Soviet arms control talks have entered.a new phase with the recent exchange of proposals on medi ge missiles, but Ai face months of talks on the fine print of a treaty. Two events on the arms control scene contributed to the feeling that “happiness is breaking out everywhere,” as a western diplomat in Moscow put it. On Feb. 28, the Soviets dropped their condition, imposed since October 1986, that agreement on medium-range missiles be tied to treaties in other areas, sucltas the U.S. plan for a space-based missile defence, a plan Moscow opposes. ‘The new Soviet proposal appeared to go back to a Soviet position at the November 1985 superpower summit where a joint statement called for early progress toward a separate agreement on medium-range missiles. One official of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- tion, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the new Soviet offer amounted to “selling the same horse twice.” Two days after the Soviet offer, the United States presented a detailed draft treaty it had been working on “for some time,” said Maynard Glitman, the U.S. negotiator handling medium-range missile talks in Switzerland. ‘The two sides both said their proposals are based on tentative agreements reached at the October summit in Iceland, such as eliminating all medium-range missiles in Europe and retaining 100 warheads each on their own territory outside Europe. A Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman, Gennady Gerasimov, said the Kremlin's initial reaction to the U.S. proposal was “very positive” and the Soviets wanted an early agreement on a treaty. But despite the optimistic atmosphere, both sides noted difficult negotiations are still to come. The chief Soviet negotiator, Yuli Vorontsov, said Friday the U.S. draft is a complicated text “overburden ed with technical details on several dozens of pages.” A British Foreign Office official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Friday the Soviets are expected to propose their own draft treaty this week. The main obstacles to a treaty seem to be Soviet shorter-range missiles in Europe and how to verify compliance with an arms pact, according to information from sources in officials statements. The U.S. document applies to 316 single-warhead Pershing 2 and cruise missiles deployed in western Europe. . NATO says that 441 triple-warhead Soviet SS-20s and fewer than 100 single-warhead SS-4s are stationed in eastern Europe and Asia. The Soviets say that 243 of their SS-20s are aimed at western Europe. Those systems all have a range of about 1,000 kilometres to about 5,470 kilometres. In addition to the removal of all medium-range missiles from European soil, the U.S. draft would limit to 100 the number of warheads the Soviet Union can deploy deep in Soviet Asia where they cannot reach western Europe. ‘ passes away Mary Markin, wife of Pete Markin of Oootischenia, pass- ed away Sunday, March 8 at Hardyview Lodge in Grand Forks at. the age .of 80. Funeral services were held on Tuesday and today at the Chapel Hall with burial in chenia cemetery. Mrs. Markin was born Nov. 1, 1906 at Arran, Sask. and moved with her parents to Glade as a ydung child. After her marriage to Pete Markin she moved to QOotis- chenia where she has sitice lived. She enjoyed garden- ing, her animals ‘and little children. She is survived by her husband; one daughter, Mary Koftinoff of Ootischenia; four grandchildren; four great- grandchildren; and two brothers, Peter Sherstobitoff of Krestova and Nick Sher- stobitoff of Thrums. She was predeceased by her parents and one brother. 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Vol. 40,.No, 21 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1987 HARCOURT SAYS WKPL should remain in B.C. By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer West Kootenay Power and Light should remain in British Columbian hands and the provincial government should set up a task force on job creation, according to the man who wants to be the New Democratic Party's next leader. Vancouver-Centre MLA Mike Har- court, the only declared candidate fr _, the NDP’s top job, told a gathering of party faithful in Rossland Thursday night that both provincial and federal governments should stop the proposed sale of WKPL to UtiliCorp United Inc. of Kansas City, Mo. for an estimated $80 million. “We oppose that sale and what we're for instead is a locally based, locally owned public utility if possible, and that it be a part of a renewal and revival program for the West Koot- enay region,” Harcourt told the crowd of about 100 who had paid $20 apiece to hear him speak. “Our position has been expressed in a written brief and subjected to fierce cross-examination by some of the best lawyers that UtiliCorp could muster from Vancouver.” Meanwhile, commenting on the B.C. Federation of Labor's decision to stop funding unemployment action centres including those in Nelson; Castlegar and Trail due to a lack of union funds, Harcourt said the provincial govern- ment should be working towards job creation programs in B.C. to get people off of unemployment. He added that the NDP will be pressing the Bill Vander Zalm govern- ment for a task force on job creation and economic development. “We'd like to put them (unemploy ment action centres) out of business by having people working. We'd like to put food banks out of business by g decent income suport pro "said Harcourt. “We have made sure that the whole issue of jobs and economic develop- ment is first and foremost before this legislative session. We want a task force on job creation and economic development.” Harcourt added that, the NDP’s strategy is to get people working in a wide range of areas including refor- estation, tree farming, planning and protecting against forest fires, and programs to get more value out of logs and tourism projects. “There is a lot of job creation that we think can take place right now by fixing up the aging infrastructure of Trail and Rossland, Nelson and - Castlegar. Mayors across Canada have said that needs to be done,” said Harcourt. “We could put thousands of people to work in British Columbia just in those j alone.” . seectis He added that people who ate dis- abled and cannot work should be re- ceiving “decent pensions so they can afford to shop like the rest of us, instead of having to beg at food banks.” Harcourt said that since B.C.“Hydro does not pay any taxes on its prop- erties in the West Kootenay that the Crown corporation should give grants to the region as a form of compen- sation. While he called Vander Zalm’s plan to sell off most B.C. government con- trolled corporations “interesting” Harcourt cautioned that not every- thing should be sold. “We hope that people don't start to go crazy and start saying that we're going to privatize police fotces and fire departments and universities and hos- pitals and carry it through to a fanati- cal position,” Harcourt said. He told the crowd that they. should start to tell others about who the NDP are and-what they stand for in an attempt to attract new members to the party. ; “We haye.to.spend.s lat shore Rime telling people what we stand for father than just bashing the Social Credit all the time. By the end of 1987 I want us to be able to rock and roll.” Harcourt was in the West Kootenay on a two-day tour, part of an on-again, off-again 35-city tour of the province. He arrived at Castlegar Airport Thursday afternoon and made a brief tour of the C: U The six winni 6/49 draw were 2, number was 34, The $500,000 winni Provincial lottery drow is subsidiary prizes. numbers in Saturday's Lotto . 12, 30, 38 and 46. The bonus number in Friday's 1490. There are pe ters says does yeorsogo... 84 Lower Dogpatch Columnist John Chor, Castlegar in't have the same charm it had when he first arrived here 40 2 Sections (A & 8)- MIKE MINGLES. . . Vancouver Center NDP MLA Mike Harcourt talks to.a Trail Chamber of Commerce mem- ber at a dinner Friday night. Harcourt, a former Van- leadership. couver mayor, is on a 35 city tour’of B.C. to drum up support for his bid for the New Democratic Party | —~CostewsPhote by Rick Gronom ‘Centre to stay open By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer Despite the B.C. Federation of Labor's announcement Friday to cease funding some 22 Unemployed Action Centres across B.C., the Castlegar Action Centre, where he also spoke to rep ives of the O! Koot- enay Electric Consumers’ Association about the proposed West Kootenay Power sale. Harcourt spoke in Rossland Thurs- Adastra expands service By CasNews Staff Adastra Aviation in Castlegar is ex tending its air service to include a new route to Kamloops starting April 6. Adastra’s chief pilot Curt Horning said public demand prompted the extension. “People have been expressing a lot of interest in a Kamloops flight,” said Horning, who described the ' prospec tive customers as both business people and the general public. “I'think we'll see a good response.” Horning explained that Adastra Aviation is “interlined” with Air BC. “We're basically under their wing,” he said. “We give people an option. If they cannot get out of here on one of Air BC's flights, we take them to Kelowna, where they can connect with a flight to Vancouver rather than waiting for one of Castlegar's afternoon flights.” Adastra employs eight pilots to fly the five twin-engine six-passenger Pipers. The cost of a one-way flight to Kelowna from Castlegar is $60, and $101 to Kamloops, with special rates for children and seniors. The flights are scheduled to leave Castlegar at 8 a.m. Monday to Friday, arriving in Kelowna at 8:45 and in Kamloops at 9:45. The return flight leaves Kamloops at 10:15 a.m. and ar rives in Castlegar at 12 noon. There will also be a 2 p.m. Sunday flight According to Horning, Adastra in tends to double both the number of planes and number of pilots they use in anticipation of the increased summer traffic. centre new. “We've been in funding difficulties before,” Joe Irving told the Castlegar News Friday. “We're not going to panic. “We'll continue doing all the things we've previously done until the end of next month,” he said, referring to the additional funding offered by the Nelson and Trail District Labor Coun- cils to pay operating costs until the end of April. “By the end of next month.hopefully we'll figure out how to survivi few more months.” According to Irving, the centre re- ceives only $450 a month from the B.C. Labor Federation and, depending on what exactly the centre has under- taken, operating costs generally run between $750 and $1,000 per month. Irving explained that the Castlegar centre was “kept afloat” for an 11-month period over a year ago when federal funding was abruptly ended after the Conservative government came to power. says it's nothing “Besides, we've experienced funding difficulties every month for the past five years,” said Irving, who added that the Castlegar centre has only been in operation since January, 1983. According to Irving, the B.C. Feder- ation of Labor ii has difficul federal committee on unemployment to hold a hearing in Castlegar at a time when the committee had no intention of ing specific P needs outside of Vancouver. “Many of the reconimendations made funding the centres. “The problem is raising money for all the affiliates,” he said. Action centres across B.C. have al- ready dropped, in one year, from 30 to about 22. “The Federation is not set up as a fund raising organization,” he said. Irving explained that the Federation must operate from a central location which is expected to distribute funds across the province. “The logistics of such a thing is a nightmare,” he said. The Castlegar centre, like those across B.C., provides such things as food at cost for unemployed families, monitors government unemployment standards, works closely with the Social Services and Housing Ministry, provides information on government services, helps with housing needs and even offers a limited, no interest emergency loan. Irving also pointed out that the centre has had high profile accomplish- ments such as helping to convince the WESTAR TIMBER SAYS were incorp: d into the ministry's report which contested the recommen- dations of the Forget Commission (on unemployment benefits). If the Forget report had been acted upon, Unemploy- ment Irisuranee would have been deci- mated. “This is just part of the action that people don’t see,” he said. “It’s just the tip of the iceberg.” Irving emphasized the centre's inten- tion to continue operating though he admitted that such things as a change of location, and elimination of the grocery area are “regrettable” possibil ities. “The number one priority is keeping alive the advocacy and referral ser- vices,” he said. “And we'll continue community events. “But many of these families are dealing with the circumstances of poverty for the very first time,” he said, “by and large, through no fault of their own. “But all of the centres are endan- gered,” he said. “And I think closing them would be tragic.” Tree seedling shortage By RON NORMAN Editor Westar Timber’s Southern Wood Products sawmill is getting only half the tree seedlings it needs to properly restock its Tree Farm License No. 23, the company’s woodlands manager said this week. Bob Korda told Castlegar coungjl the sawmill received two million seedlings for its 1987 planting program, which begins next month. But Korda said the\ allotment only allows Westar to replace its annual allowable cut and not restock 10,000 hectares of “backlog” land. “We really aren't adding to the backlog . . . but we're certainly not making any progress,” Korda said. He said since 1980 the mill has re- ceived only 79 per cent of the seedlings it has requested, adding that the mill could have asked for more, but it knew there were restrictions on the number of seedlings available. “I think this year we could have asked for in excess of four million seedlings,” he said. Korda pointed out that the shortage of seedlings isn't the only problem Westar faces in r king its tree backlog is in the best locations. The company would like to try to get that land back into production, he said. Korda also told council Westar Timber is looking into setting up a silviculture program like the one the company runs in Vanderhoof, where farm. The company would also need more funding under a special Section 80 program to hire tree planters. Sawmill manager Wade Zammit noted that Westar would need 1.5 million more tree seedlings a year for the next 10 years to replace its backlog. Korda added that last year and this year were the first years Westar received two million seedlings. And Korda predicted problems down the road unless the mill can begin to restock the backlog. “Ten thousand hectares is a very large area,” he said, and much of that contractors grow extra trees. It is a program “we hope to get down here,” Korda said Meanwhile, he said Westar has obtained $75,000 under the five-year federal-provincial forestry develop ment agreement to use for juvenile spacing in the Nakusp area “It is only enough to tree about 150 hectares,” Korda said. As well, he said Westar has applied for federal funding to set up a white pine test plantation. “We're optimistic about that,” Korda said