jobs after government funding. ends,” although some st can and use it to the best possible advantage.” “I obtained approval for all the projects I could, i can't go ahead. My intention is to use inadequate government programs to get as much federal money back into our area as I can. They'll take our taxes anyway, so we have to bring home the best ‘refund’ we the a haem arcangae Ses ‘At Nakusp,” the village improvements auditorium Canadian Legion receives gets $24,787 to make at the arena, while the Royal to ‘Trail sees « local group funded with $42,600 to start a the Sovahcgrest ls ‘sow ing child-care business improve its mentally c 1 Day Care Society is 0 get ort avy business which could employ four people peagp pose erer sip njeacorgesdgasur tga Boundary will receive $16,960 with which to expand and thus create two seasonal jobs, employ more people than Sent mach te 2300 granted Snr rope to encourage the development. ‘At Valliean in the Slocan Valley, the Vallican Heritage Hall Society receives $12,940 to help rebuild the hall destroyed recently by fire. And at Salmo, a 50/50 eost-shared project with the village sees the federal government give $27,673 to the Volunteer Fire Department to extend the firehall and bring all village emergency equipment under one roof. Mine given go-ahead VICTORIA (CP) — The provincial cabinet has given the go-ahead for develop- ment of a large open-pit coal mine just north of the Mon tana border in southeastern British Columbia. Environment Minister Tony Brummet said approval in principle was granted sub- ject to provisions for protec- tion of the environment. He said the project has been under intense govern- ment scrutiny since the mid- 1970s, and in making its de- cision, the cabinet’s environ- ment and land-use committee was “very conscious of the importance of protecting key environmental resources” in the area. “The project therefore will be required to comply with a number of strict environ- mental quality objectives,” he said in a news release. Brummet said the govern- ment also was aware of the Montana and United States governments’ concerns about ~ ROBSOR RESIDENTS AGAINST FERN CLOSURE the he and “in this regard I would reaffirm Brit- FERRY PROTEST . . . Robson residents Joyce Zimmerman (left) and Hecti i fora p Pp i d closure of ish Columbia's commitment Patty Gerlack wear placards — part of a group of irate citizens Castlegar: Robson ferry to detailed cross-border tech- Costeewe Phate by Aden Chomborioin nical consultants at the next stage where actual licensing takes place.” Energy Minister Steve rs said Sage Creek Coal Ltd. already has committed itself to several guarantees ineluding protection of the flood plain habitats along Howell and Cabin creeks. He said the proposed proj- ect would involve two open pits producing 2.2 million tonnes a year of clean ther- mal coal. United States officials have been concerned about water management, sedi- ment erosion and spills. They also are concerned about possible degradation of air quality in the Glacier- Waterton International Peace Park. visits a concern By CasNews Staff Castlegar school board will make enquiries into a reduc- tion in visits from public health nurses to Tarrys and Shoreacres Elementary schools. A letter from A.P. Phipps, principal of Tarrys Elem- entary school presented at Monday's school board meet- ing said public health nursing staff in the area was being reduced from three to two nurses. Justice “LACKS INITIATIVE! D’Ar NDP MLA Lx CDA cy (Rossland- Trail) Tuesday had fe’ ind words for B.C.’s new $7.9 billion budget, attack- ing the government's “lack of initiative . when one sees the rest of North America getting out of the recession.” D'Arcy said the budget — introduced Monday by Finance Minister Hugh Curtis — provides “no incentives to expand the economy.” He slammed the proposed eight per cent surcharge on provincial income tax, and the increase of minimum property tax next year from $150 to $175. And D'Arcy was especially critical of the budget's lack of mention of the — which number more The in service to Tarrys and Shoreacre schools include: @ once a week visits from the nurse reduced to once every two weeks. e involvement of the nurse with teachers and classes on topics such as Nutrition Week, Heart Month, and dental hygiene is eliminated e individual contact with staff, students and parents is reduced. Board protests closure By CasNews Staff The closure of the David Thompson University Centre (DTUC) would be “an ir- replaceable loss to the edu- cational and cultural texture of the whole Kootenay Re- gion.” So reads a letter to Pre- mier Bill Bennett to be sent from the Castlegar school board. The board decided to offi- cially go on record as opposed to the proposed closure at a Monday night meeting. “We (the board) are very much concerned for- our young people passing through the Castlegar dis- for all, says Weir NELSON (CP) — Justice shouldn't be denied to people® for economic reasons, ac- cording to John Weir of the United Steelworkers of America Local 480. Addressing a public meet- ing of the provincial task force on public legal services Friday, Weir said legal aid i is “a resource for He suggested should continue to provide its present services and expand to include family law. Weir also said people at tending Unemployment In surance Commission or Workers Compensation Board hearings double their chances of success with legal representation. He said setting the finan- cial eligibility requirement at the poverty line is a mistake. He said it should be flexible so individual factors can be considered. A staff lawyer with Legal Services Society in Nelson, David Miller, said many people are not receiving jus tice under present condi tions. Nelson has been cut to one staff lawyer from two and Miller said people who need help immediately often go without it. The board says DTUC should stay open perhaps at a “redyced level of operation.” y blasts 200,000 in B.C. “Young people (in B.C.) have an un- employment rate of 30 per cent,” said D'Arcy. “There's no opportunity (in the budget) to provide people with jobs,” or to help private business so they can provide employment, he said. D'Arcy was also critical of cuts in welfare rates, legal aid spending, and prison and court services. “The cuts in services to people is fairly universal,” he said. “If you have the need for protection from crime, it’s a tough budget.” D'Arcy said the eight per cent sur- charge on provincial income tax — in- tended to raise $97 million this year and $166 million annually in the future budget for health care — may be used for other pur) 7 “The health minister (Jim Nielson) admitted that the increase is ostensibly for health care, but is going into general revenues,” said D'Arcy. He said despite B.C.'s mineral, forest, and renewable energy re- sources, the province is going into debt at a “faster rate” than the federal government. “The best thing the government could do is not interfere with the economy . . . royalties and taxes should not go up. “We're into the third year of reces- sion... the budget will take us into the fourth year of recession,” said D'Arcy. trict schools,” the letter sayay~ NOT KNOWN HOW MANY Pensioners hit TORONTO (CP) — While many Canadian pensioners will benefit from changes introduced in last week's federal budget, thousands of other pendiollergiétand to lose money this year as a result of a little-k tax change ii in 1981 but not passed until last year. The loss. affects people over 65 who receive pensions from 1 workers’ ion boards. Under a change that takes effect this year, compen- sation board payments are to be counted as part of a person's income, meaning many pensioners who qualified in the past for supplements will no longer qualify or will receive less. Pierre Fortier, an official in the federal Health and Welfare Department, confirmed the change will apply this year but said the government has no statistics on the number of people who would lose or receive reduced benefits. Niek McCombie, a community legal worker for the Toronto-based Injured Workers Consultants, said his group was shocked by the change. “It seems pretty outrageous,” he said. “The government is p ing to be i benefits , by tax change “People who last year and in previous years were entitled to the GIS are now being denied it.” Fred McNeil, 69, a former coal miner living in Gardiner Mines, N.S., said he expects to lose $50 a month in guaranteed income supplement benefits because of the change. McNeil lost a leg in a mining accident in 1952. Fortier said the change was introduced because keeping compensation benefits out of the supplement calculations had left those receiving compensation “better off” than other elderly disabled people. “We had to judge whether it was equitable for some to be better off than other pensioners,” he said. McCombie argued, however, that compensation pay- ments shouldn't be included in the calculations because they are meant as special compensation for specific injuries or illness suffered on the job. Compensation boards grant lifetime pensions for certain permanent disabilities. But under the change, a pensioner will lose 50 cents of supplement for every $1 of workers’ compensation received. The change won't apply to. war veterans, whose at the same time they are deducting others.” The change was introduced in the Noyember 1981 budget of former finance minister Allan MacEachen and became law last March. This year is the first-in_which the change will be felt by the income supplement recipients, who reapply each year for their supplements. ANNOUNCES INCREASES Finance Minister Mare Lalonde, who d in his pensi won't be counted as part of income for supplement purposes. FERRY AXED continued from front page two carry 66 students in grades 5 to 12, and the third carried 85 handicapped students. The district would have to buy another bus because students now walking to Castlegar schools would have to take the alternate routes — the shortest of which is 16 kil \ ometres long. A ferry closure would mean “inconvenience as well as alternate routes involving safety to students, the additional costs to the taxpayers and the government” and would “also affect the residents of .. . Robson and Raspberry,” said the letter. Fern Allam of the Robson-Raspberry ferry users’ com mittee read a report to the board explaining the problems a ferry cut would cause commuting students. Many Raspberry and Robson students involved in extra-curricular activities after school can only attend be- cause the ferry makes it convenient to do so, said Allam. Using school buses on the alternate Keenleyside Dam or Kinnaird Bridge routes would mean extra costs for bus maintenance, she added. Allam also pointed out that in the winter the slippery road conditions on these routes would pose a safety risk to bus students. She said the committee had sent a letter to Fraser asking for a “moratorium” on the proposed ferry cut until the situation has been fully studied. Trustee George Anutooshkin said the “safety factor” connected with using alternate bus routes “should . . . be stressed” in correspondence with Victoria. Secretary-treasurer John Dascher said the cost of extra busing hadn't yet been calculated. The board will send their letter of protest immediately, with a more detailed study of the potential effects of a closure to follow. ‘BRAINSTORMING’ SESSION GETS IDEAS FLOWING By CasNews Staff How would you like to see colorful murals painted on some of Castlegar's less attractive buildings? Or perhaps walking, jogging and cycling routes established in the city? Those were just two of many ideas raised during a recent “brainstorming” luncheon involving interested com- munity groups and individuals. The luncheon was organized by Ald. Marilyn Mathieson, Brian Pritchard of CKQR and Bob Stansbury, chamber ot commerce manager, to come up with as many ideas as possible for the Summer Canada Works Program. Deadline for summer works applications is Friday, Feb. 24. The meeting included representatives from service groups, the National Exhibition Centre, the recreation com mission and a host of others in a bid to try to improve Castlegar through the grants. No formal organization was established to allocate potential projects. Instead, groups and individuals were en. couraged to take on any project in which they are interested and apply for a Canada Summer Works grant. Other ideas raised at the meeting included: DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR e placing of island planters e a recreational vehicle parking lot and sani-dump adjacent to the CPR building with tree buffer, water and sewage © directional signs © spruce up the old arena © some murals painted on older buildings e walking, jogging, and cycling routes in the area an improved approach to the railway bridge bandshell for Kinsmen Park waterfront park planters, benches, and general landscaping ZUCKERBERG'S ISLAND © a suspension bridge © grooming of the island and, preservation of natural habitat ea fire line (water line), improved parking and direc- tional signs. ARENA (KIWANIS) an improved soccer field and a new track picnic grounds and campsites ea sani-dump and RV station e landscaping and directional signs e change rooms ea water line. NORDIC SKI CLUB expand Paulsen Ski Country Trails including bridges, shelters, parking areas and improved access. GOLF CLUB ea gravity flow water system GENERAL MAJOR PROJECTS e acquire the CPR station as a heritage site and B it Police file . budget speech last week that the government was commit- ted to helping the elderly poor, announced monthly in- creases in guaranteed income supplement benefits of $25 in July and $25 more in December. Susan Vohanka, an organizer for the Confederation of Canadian Unions working with the Canadian Mineworkers’ Union in Nova Scotia, said that for pensioners the supplement change “is a cutback.” Castlegar RCMP investi. the bank to the railway gated a motor vehicle acci- tracks. dent at 3 am. Sunday morn- z ing when a vehicle driven by _‘Zaitsoff was taken .to 22-year-old Gordon Zaitsoff of Robson left Broadwater Rd. in Brilliant and went over Castlegar Hospital by am- bulance, with undetermined injuries, police report. 1 © construct a second road into Castlegar (safety) @ overall beautification reconstruct the Minto to run on Arrow Lakes © construct an intermediate care facility e construct an adventure playground e highway interchange improvements @ build a botanical gardens in South Castlegar @ improve winter range for deer on the Arrow Lakes @ construct a Chamber of Commerce office @ build a new ball diamond © reconstruct the north tennis courts @ have a tri-bridge walking circuit. Castlegar school buses would probably be safer with seatbelts, but it's too costly and time consuming, according to a school board trustee: Peter Kagis, head of the board's transportation and safety committee, said he is “in a quandary” about the ques- tion of seatbelts in local school buses. “Anything that improves safety is better .. . costs,” he said in an interview Tuesday. Kagis said the board’s $8.5 million budget — approved Feb. 6 makes ho provisions for the cast of seatbelts. In a Feb. 3 press release given out at the board's Monday meeting, the Association of School Transportation Supervisors of B.C. (ASTSBC) says it doesn't recommend seat belts in school buses. but safety “If the provincial government says seatbelts in buse: that’s all well and good — if they pay for it,” said Kagi He said the board “hadn't looked at any definite figures” regarding seatbelt installation, but said it had been told it costs about $25 for each belt. According to district secretary-treasurer John Dascher, 1,100 students daily ride 11 sehool buses in the Castlegar district “slightly under 50 per cent of the (student) population.” Kagis said in addition to seatbelt costs, extra buses would have to be purchased because only two people can fit into a seat, with seatbelts. As well, extra staff would have to be hired to make sure “The pote time din up checking the seatbelts at every bus stop would make bea trips twice as long, according to the ASTSBC, “We (already) have some lengthy bus runs,” said Kagis. “If we look at taking even longer . . . I wonder how the community would react to it.” The ASTSBC says there haven't yet been any school bus fatalities in B.C. ‘The school buses in use today are “far safer" than those of 20 years ago, it says. PrN “The roof and body are stronger, the seats and seat backs have been designed to cushion the children. The seats are stronger and fastened to the floor more securely. The back is designed to collapse at a given rate to reduce the impact load of the child “The whole system is designed as a padded compart- ment to replace the seatbelt. While our association recom- mends seatbelts in cars and for the bus driver because he sits on a pedestal type seat, it does not recommend seatbelt use in regular school bus says the release. It adds that studies in Australia, Ontario, and California have shown that seatbelts in school buses. The studies found pupils injured others by hitting them with seatbelt buckles. And “if 50 to 70 kindergarten and primary pupils are strapped into seatbelts and the bus was nvolved in an acci. dent, it would take twp people quite a while to get them all out of the bus,” the ASTSBC says. “are not practical” continued from front page Coronation Medal for his service and work with Civil Defence. Civil Defence didn’t occupy all of Jankola’s time. He played for the Castlegar Cubs softball team from 1947 through 1950 and organized the junior boys and girls softball leagues in 1948. He also held a membership on the executive of the Kinnaird Improvement Society and was a member and driver for the Castlegar Co-op Transportation Society from 1948 to 1963. Shutek added, “The early 1950s saw Steve's com munity activities expand to include being a secretary of the St. John's Ambulance Society, a member of the Castlegar Kiwanis Club in 1947 and 1948, and a member of the Castlegar Eagles Club until it went by the wayside.” Jankola was elected to the Kinnaird Village council in 1964 and served as a councilman until 1967. Then he was an alderman for the Town of Kinnaird until 1973, followed by a stint as an alderman for the city of Castlegar-Kinnaird at the time of amalgamation in 1973-74 Jankola also served as an alderman on the first council for the City of Castlegar from 1973-75. “His contribution to the municipality as an elected official spans almost 11 years,” said Shutek. Jankola was also busy with church activities, CITIZEN OF YEAR. | becoming a charter member of the Father Finnigan Council of the Knights of Columbus, in Castlegar in 1962. “He has been an active member of both this Catholic society and St. Rita's Parish,” said Shutek With the Knights he held the offices of secretary, tresurer and is presently financial secretary. Jankola was also a director of the Castlegar Golf Course during the expansion from nine to 18 holes, and for the last 21 years has been the official starter for the Castlegar Sunflower Open golf tournament Announcing came natural to Jankola and he later announced for the B.C. Bronco league playoffs in Castlegar in 1974, the provincial Pony league finals in Castlegar in 1979 and was the announcer of the original Castlegar Selkirk Lions Trade Fair in 1977 “Jankola's present community service does not stop with the Knights of Columbus,” said Shutek In 1978 he joined the Selkirk Lions Club and he’s an active member. He has held the postiion of director and secretary for the club and is currently vice-president. “Undoubtedly, all of Steve J. Jankola’s contributions to our community have not been covered, but two others must be mentioned,” said Shutek “He was part of the volunteer labor group that built the original Castlegar Arena, as well as one of the volunteer labor party that built Bob Brandson pool.” Shutek noted that Jankola retired from Cominco in 1979, and “though retired from that firm, he has still not retired from serving our community.” jivsnnnarenncengannveeaati PULP PICKETS SPREAD continued from front pege unions — if they want an agreement — have to sit at the damn table to negotiate an agreement. They met for 10 minutes yesterday, today they're shutting the world down which is ir- responsible, and they're not meeting until tomorrow afternoon and it just baffles me. “Maybe no one’s interested in keep- Funeral set for Poznikoff Fanny S. Poznikoff of Crescent Valley passed away Feb. 21 age 73. She was born Sept. 22, 1910 at Aaran, Sask. and came to B.C. in 1912, settling in Glade. She later moved to ‘Kres tova where she met and married John Poznikoff in 1925. He preceded her in death in 1947. Mrs. Poznikoff loved gar dening, knitting and sewing, and was active in the Refor- med Doukhobor, community. She is survived by three sons, John, Larry and Ed- ward, all of Crescent Valley; two brothers, Mike Swet- lishoff of Nelson and Alex Swetlishoff of Castlegar and three sisters, Annie Patrick of Castlegar, Elsie Olieck of Grand Forks and Mrs. Tim (Mary) Landis of Salmo. Funeral services will be held from 7 to 9 p.m, Thursday at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel and continue Friday at 10 a.m. at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel, 365-6256 eas" with burial at 1 p.m. at the Krestova cemetery. Funeral arrang ing the province working. Maybe it's the IWA that’s mixed up but I think the whole scenario is absolutely insane.” Forest company spokesmen said they would apply to the Labor Re lations Board for a cease-and-desist order against the picketing. Until today ‘the pulp lockout was estimated to be costing the companies REWARD $.P.C.A. and Robson Residents are offering a REWARD of $1,000.00 for information leading to the erie tor and conviction of the person(s) $8 million a day in lost revenue and costing the workers $2 million a day in lost wages. The woodworkers have accepted a three-year contract with no wage inc rease in the first year and 4.5-per-cent increases in each of the two remaining years. The pulp workers have rejected a similar offer. in the Robson ros P of the reward will s under the direction of Castle. gar Funeral Chapel. 2-4 YEARS — 10'2 5 YEARS — 10%° be smode by the S! Pras ‘A. and R.C.M.P. Rates Guaranteed for the Term! 1 YEAR — 994% Fixed Rate Plan — $500 Minimum (Rates subject to change without notice) : haainay Credit Union Kootenay Savings yo daietieten LLL From Central Food! OF BEEF CANADA GRADE. TOP AND BOTTOM ROUND. Save $3. ks. 61.92 = OL See SPARERIB MEATY PORK Seve $1.00 igs