Ny... a2 Castlegar News February 18.1990 Aid package called a disappointment KIMBERLEY (CP) — Laid-off Cominco workers are disappointed that a government aid package doesn’t offer them any short-term relief, the head of the union in Kim- berley said Friday. “It doesn’t immediately help the people unemployed or, the store owners in town,”’ said Mike Park. Park, president of Local 651 of the United Steelworkers of America, said workers had high expectations, so their hopes for direct government assistance were dashed. But the 700 employees at Comin- co’s Sullivan mine still welcome the announcement Friday by Premier Bill Vander Zalm because it’s a step in the right direction, he said. Instead of immediate financial aid, Vander Zalm pledged a $253,000 B.C. grant and @ $375,000 loan guarantee for the city-owned Kimberley Ski and Summer Resort, The premier said provincial services in the Southeastern British Columbia community would not be cut. Also, employees and businesses in the city of 7,300 will receive help from federal and provincial agencies, said Vander Zalm. ‘Comince announced the closing of its Sullivan mine a month ago, saying slumping zinc prices had taken its toll at the money-losing operation. Vander Zalm announced the government aid package with Duane Crandall, the provincial member whose riding encompasses Kimberley. Three weeks'ago, Crandall returned to the Social Credit caucas, citing his Minister choses PRINCE GEORGE (CP) — A new university to be built in this central B.C. city will be called University of Northern B.C., Advanced Education Minister Bruce Strachan said Friday. Strachan said he considered the need to ensure the name reflected the area it served when he made the selec- tion, one of 1,300 different names submitted in a contest staged by the Interior University Society. Strachan chose from a list of three names shortlisted by society directors: Sir Alexander Mackenzie University, the withthe name and University of the North. Later Strachan drew one name from among 83 people who had sub- mitted the winning suggestion. A loca) woman won a $500 cash prize and a trip to.China sponsored by @ local hotel. Strachan said later he’s considered the. possibility University of B.C., in Vancouver, might object to his selec- ting a name so similar to its own. “I tussled with that likely problem, but if they’d been more willing to put concern about the lead-zinc mine’s closure as the reason. ‘ He sat for four months as an in- dependent Socred. A release noted that Canada Em- ployment Centre services will be ex- panded to help the unemployed mine workers. Provincial ministries responsible for health, police and other social ser- vices will guarantee to at least main- tain current benefit levels, it said. Meanwhile, NDP mining critic An- ne Edwards said her party will push for legislation that requires companies to give advance notice of shutdowns. As well, a special fund should be set up to provide communities with money during temporary closures, said Edwards, the provincial member for Kootenay, “ university programs in Prince George, we wouldn’t have had that problem,”’ he said. Calling it Sir Alexander Mackenzie University was another popular choice but it wasn’t acceptable to regions west of Prince George because Mackenzie didn’t travel to that area. Another popular choice was Nor- thern Lights University but there is a Northern Lights College located in Dawson Creek so that name was already strongly connected with that region, he-said. RDCK continued from front page falls quite short of our expectations,” Peppard said, ‘‘We have researched other mills throughout the world and are convinced that this project must be revised if it is to come up to ‘world class’ standards.’’ Peppard also criticized the provin- cial government's ‘major project review process which hag been established to review major industrial projects such as the proposed Celgar expansion. “It’s creating confusion rather than solving the problem,” Peppard said. He said the process has not allowed the public ad time to Celgar Pulp Co. general manager Jim Browne later told RDCK direc- tors he didn’t want to debate the issues at the board table but he did refute several criticisms of the proposed expansion project raised in the media by CIPE and other groups i 1 on-the proposed expansion. di to i YOU RE SO ‘pOGGONE: NICE! 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We'll: check it out and repl and i ‘id Browne said the new mill would comply with the proposed tougher in the 1990s. “We will comply or we will not get alicence,”’ he said. Responding toa question about the 37-fold increase in sulphur dioxide emissions from the proposed mill, Browne pointed out that the total sulphur emissions from the mill will be lower. He said the sulphur emissions associated with the typical foul smell from pulp mills are just as capable of producing acid rain as sulphur dioxide. Those emissions will be reduced 85 per cent in the new mill, Browne pointed out. Even adding in the increase sulphur dioxide emissions, the net sulphur output will be less, he said. Browne also stressed that the single step of substituting 70 per cent of the chlorine used in the pulp-making process with chlorine dioxide will reduce dioxins in the mill’s effluent to undetectable levels. Dioxins, produced when pulp mills use chlorine in the bleaching process, have been linked to cancer and genetic defects in laboratory animals “Our ultimate goal is to eliminate the use of chlorine in the process,”’ Browne added. Court news with an acceptable soother should it be one of the Consumer and Corporate Affairs Recalled Pacifiers. — NO CHARGE — CARL'S PLAZA DRUGS “Your Friendly Pharmacy” Castleaird Plaza 365-7269 In Castlegar provincial court last week, Kevin Barry Saliken pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a probation order and was sentenced to 14 days in jail . . Peter Allan Oglow pleaded guilty to driving without due care and atten- tion and was given a suspended sen- tence and placed on probation for six months with conditions. ~ CUT 'N LOOSE “WATCH FOR OUR GRAND OPENING SPECIALS!" STAR Is going out on her own with... Hair Design Opening March | 623 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Phone 365-2142 SKGGSID & GC. BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS & NOTARIES PUBLIC Law Office of Skogstad and Co. is now OPEN IN CASTLEGAR 1458 Columbia Ave. VIN 3K3 PHONE: 365-3322 or 352-7228 Hardy, Val Mcintosh and Janice Hardy (left to right) rink which competed in the recent Heart Fund Curl-a-then at the lub. The four, Castleger Pp ing Emco In $1,408; Jenniter Hardy (In front) Joined In the celebration. ig. brought ‘Curlers raise $4,200 The Castlegar Curling Club was busy Feb. 11 as service clubs, city council, businesses and private in- dividuals met to compete in the fifth annual Heart Fund Curl-a-thon. This year’s competition saw 10 teams entered and total pledges amounted to $4,200 raised for heart research. The highest-pledged rink, consisting of Dave and Val McIntosh, and Sid and Janice Hardy, represen- ting EMCO, brought in $1,405 with Dave McIntosh receiving the honors for the highest-pledged individual. Hi Arrow’s Brewskies Brawlers placed second, represented by John Horcoff, Colleen Raycroft, Tina Chernoff and Dave Askew. Raycroft was the second-highest-pledged in- dividual with $536.05. Winning the A event, as well as the best costumes, was the Banjo rink of Mike Bann, Vicki Hill, Evelyn Gallo and Rich Shypitka. Bill Moore, Merv Rush, John Holden and Colin Phillips of the Kiwanis Club captured the B event. Castlegar Realty, with Ray Bystrom, Jock Stewart and Kathy Sapriken, won the C event. Local businesses gracefully donated a large number of prizes and the event seems to be gaining in popularity. Celgar continudd from front page Browne told Regional District of Central Kootenay direc- tors at their board meeting Saturday. Meanwhile, Parsons said he suggested to Celgar.of- ficials an open house be conducted to allow the public to ask about the sons said. project review process, he added. Browne said Friday the company is considering the possibility of holding an open. house but company of- ficials are still looking into how it would be run. ““We would like to do it,”” Browne added. plans. C members would be on hand to answer questions about the almost ready to In other news on the proposed mill expansion, Browne said the loan arrangements for the project are close to being final. Details have to be worked out but the fin: with whom Celgar has been negotiating are “initiate a cash flow,”’ he said. Celgar ial in- won't receive any money until the company receives the Public meetings are the responsibility of the company said. going through the review during the early stages, although during stage two, where more detailed studies are required, there are ‘provisions for something, very close to public hearings,"’ written into the process policies, Par- provincial permits and licences, Browne added. The $630-million project is being arranged through the Royal Bank of Canada, Browne said.The_bank_is “syndicating,”” or sharing, the loan with other banks, he On Wednesday, about 35 bank représentatives as well as a number of officials from Celgar’s parent com- panies were in Castlegar to tour the mill and meet with Mayor Audrey Moore, he said. Health continued from front page derway in the East Kootenay, is an at- tempt to get community members working together with health professionals and. government to create healthier communities, Patricia Wolczuk, executive director of the of- fice of health promotion with the Ministry of Health, told about 80 jocal officials and health workers at the Castlegar Community Complex. “‘Health problems are addressed by creating healthier communities,” she said. ‘‘We are learning how powerful we can be in building a healthy com- munity.”” But health is a limited resource and the focus must shift from cure, such as hospital stays, to prevention; she said. For instance, $1 million a year is spent on each head-injury case in B.C., she said. Changes to motorcycle helmet laws or municipal bylaws that would make swimming pools safer for diving could prevent some of those in- juries but such changes require com- munity involvement in the problem, Wolczuk said. Ames said the questionnaires will only be part of the profile, known as @ “*health report card.’’ Statistics on in- cidents of disease and local mortality tates will be adde&to the data for as “succinct a summary of the com- munity’’ as possible, he said. However, the health unit will only be a catalyst in this process, Ames said. “We don’t want to impose any values on the community,” he said “In the past, programs have been im- plemented_and_ imposed by well- meaning people who didn’t know what the community wanted.”’ The health unit will make the report card available to local boards and organizations that may want to take action on the concerns identified in Lottery numbers The winning numbers drawn Thur- sday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 7, 13, 25, 31, 43, 44, 49 and 51. The winning numbers in Wed- nesday’s Lotto 6/49 draw were 11, 14, 25, 28, 44 and 47. The bonus number was 30. The jackpot of $4,269,438.20 was divided into two prizes and won by ticket holders in British Columbia and Quebec. The four Extra winning numbers Wednesday were 4, 47, 67 and 95 The winning numbers drawn Wed- nesday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 4, 15, 16, 35, 37, 44, 51 and 54. These numbers, provided by The Canadian Press, must be considered unofficial. © Canada Safeway e Overwaitea ¢ Shoppers © SuperValu e Zellers Not oll flyers receive full distribution “ 1 rec these flyers and would like to do so, please phone our Circulation Department ot 365-7266 the but health unit officials will not act on the concerns them- selves, he said. The report-card project, which is being financed by a $9,000 grant from the Central Kootenay Union Board of dinator Judy Toews told the Castlegar News. Five thousand copies of the questionnaire have been printed so far but more can be made if they are needed, Ames said, noting the health unit_-oversees a population of about 70,000. No pretence is being made that the survey is scientific, Toews said. However, she said she hopes the health unit can reach a large number of people by placing the question- naires in such places as local super- markets or when their children bring questionnaires home from school. The health unit is not trying direct mailing because of the cost involved in providing self-stamped envelopes to get the surveys back, Toews said. The questionnaires consists of five questions such as, ‘In your opinion, what are the main health concerns in your community?” and ‘‘If you were the mayor, what would you do first to make your community healthier?’’ Surveys will be available in Castlegar at Safeway Feb. 23 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Feb. 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and at Pharmasave Feb. 23 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.ms and Briefly Health, is expected to be finished by late spring, community profile coor- &-m. to 2 p.m. 2 p.m_to 5 p.m. and Feb. 24 from 10 In memory Nita Fominoff Nita Fominoff of Winlaw passed away Wednesday, Feb. 14, 1990 at age 70. Mrs. Fominoff was born Dec. 24,1919, at Pelly, Sask. She moved with her parents to Glade when she was 10 years old. In 1934, she moved to Krestova and it was there that she married Tim Lebedoff in 1942. He died in March 1965. She married John Lebedoff at Winlaw in October 1966 and lived there since. She enjoyed gardening, singing, cooking and taught hand quilting at Selkirk College for a couple of years. She also loved having people in her home She is survived by two sons, Dan Lebedoff of Grand Forks and Peter Fominoff of White Rock; three daughters, Stella Rilkoff of Crescent Valley, Diana Waldron of Vancouver and Carol McFarlane of Powell River; If i two 6 ; three brothers, Peter Barabanoff of Vancouver, and Fred Zmaeff and Fred Barabanoff, both of Nelson; three sisters, Mary Legebokoff of Pelly Anna Hegland of Quesnel and Ann Chernoff of Salmo; and many nieces and nephews. _ Funeral service was held at the Crescent Valley Hall on Friday and sanires with burial at the Krestova Cemetery. juneral arrangements were under i = Peanal Cece rt the direction of the Castlegar tL Feds pushed into court EDMONTON (CP) — Native and environmental groups took legal action friday to force Ottawa to do an environmental review of the Daishowa pulp mill project in northwestern Alberta. Two separate applications were filed with Federal Court in Edmon- ton, said John Sheehan, a spokesman for the Friends of the Peace en- vironmental group. eehan’s group joined forces with other environmentalists, the Metis Association of the Northwest Territories and the Dene Nation in filing the action. Tire fire a mystery HAGERSVILLE, Ont. (CP) — The toxic effects of a five-day-old fire that is consuming millions of tires in @ Hamilton-area community are as shrouded in mystery as ways to extinguish the blaze, experts say. “There’s a lot of ‘What if?’ because we don’t know for sure what's being produced,” said Adam Socha, an Ontario Environment Ministry toxicologist. Experts say they aren’t sure what toxins are hidden in the smoke billowing from the mountain of tires near Hagersville, Ont., about 35 i of il or the é@ffect of those fumes on human health or the environment. A stench was pervasive Friday as the fire continued to consume 14 million tires in the dump. Motorists pay big bucks OTTAWA (CP) — The federal and provincial governments collect more money from motorists than they spend on Canada’s roads, says @ report prepared for transport ministers. Between 1983 and 1988, governments collected $32.9 billion from fuel taxes, licence and registration fees and highway tolls, says the report, released Friday. During the same period governments spent $24.4 billion building, maintaining and exp&gding roads. A committee of fégeral and provincial transport officials prepared the report, the second pay of a study ona national highway policy. The committee now is looking at what support there is for highway im- provements. B.C. pays for heart surgery VICTORIA (CP) — Up to 200 urgent B.C. heart cases will get provincially funded open heart surgery in Washington state hospitals, Health Minister John Jansen said. Faced with long waiting lists in British Columbia, the province has arranged to have an initial 50 surgeries done at the University of Washington Hospital, said Jansen. “We're doing two things, trying to effect a long-term solution, but also addressing the problem on an immediate urgent basis,”’ he said. ‘A shortage of nurses and perfusion technologists, who operate heart machines during surgery, and a patient overflow caused by a summer nursing strike caused the long waiting list, he said, Bus hijackers held in prison PRINCE GEORGE (CP) — Three Prince George teenagers: charged after a school bus with 13 students was hijacked, were ordered to remain in custody Friday. The three are charged with conspiracy to commit extortion, extor- tion, hostage-taking, kidnapping, two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon, two counts of possession of a weapon for a purpose dangerous to the public peace and using a firearm while committing an indictable offence. ‘The three-hour hijacking on Tuesday ended when the students and bus driver were released unharmed. The suspects were captured a short time later in a getaway car north of the city Perrier bouncing back | VERGEZE, France (Reuter) — Pure Perrier gushed back Thursday at the rate of six million bottles a day, as its makers rushed to replenish stocks wiped out by a health scare and a global recall. While Perrier’s shares sparkled back upon the Paris stock ex- change, its 3,300 employees at the mineral water source near this southern French town were working flat, out to replace 160 million bot- tles withdrawn from world markets, including Canada. “We hope to turn a near catastrophe into a great success,” said Perrier spokesman Jean-Pierre Roux. ~ Roux, the company’s human relations director, said some em- ployees face dismissal for neglecting to clean filters that purify the gas in Perrier, All recalled supplies would be destroyed, including bottles, he said. Cuba announces reforms HAVANA (Reuter) — Cuba's Communist party leadership an- nounced plans today to deeply reform the country’s one-party political system. “Conditions have matured to start a concrete and practical process of perfecting the political and institutional system of the nation,” the party's Central Committee said in a statement. . The move was an apparent response to mounting political and economic pressures facing Cuba asa result of the changes in the socialist system in Eastern Europe. ‘ But the statement made clear that Cuba was not abandoning its one-party communist system ScWhat we are talking about is the perfecting of a single, Leninist party based on the p' les of democratic c ,” it said Reagan testifies on scandal LOS ANGELES (Reuter) — Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan was questioned for six hours Friday on what he knew about the Iran-Contra scandal, giving his testimony before videotape cameras in a closed courtroom. Reagan’s testimony was the first time a former president had given videotaped testimony on how he did his job. Reagan’s testimony, given after he waived his right of executive privilege, was demanded by his former national security adviser John Poindexter, who faces criminal charges in connection with the scandal: P ded Reagan’s testimony in an effort to show he had no motive to break the law because he thought his Iran-Contra ac- tivities were authorized by Reagan. Investigator fingers skipper ANCHORAGE (AP) — The first coast guard investigator to board the Exxon Valdez after its grounding testified Friday"that skipper Joseph Hazelwood’s breath had ‘‘a very intense and very obvious’’ smell of alcohol. Witness Mark Delozier also said that Hazelwood appeared to be trying to hide the alcohol smell by covering his mouth and drinking cof- fee. Delozier, who boarded the ship about three hours after it ran aground on Bligh Reef, testified that he took another coast guard of- ficer aside and ‘‘asked him if he smelled the same thing | smelled.'’ He was barred from giving the other officer's response because it was con- sidered hearsay WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government scientists say changing water temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean may be signalling the start of a new El Nino that could cause powerful climate changes worldwide. Current conditions resemble those of 1960, a relatively mild version of El Nino, which has caused widespread devastating weather in the past “The current situation deserves very close attention,” the federal Climate Analysis Centre said ina statement Friday. The El Nino (pronounced el- NEEN-yo) in 1982-83 led to weather changes that were blamed for 1,500 deaths and billions of dollars in damage across the globe. “We don’t want to say something is developing that would be like that, because that was exceptional,” -Ver- non Kousky of the climate centre said in a telephone interview. The 1982-83 El Nino was blamed Martin woos public in leadership race By The Canadian Press Canada must be prepared to take on the world and compete with anyone during the 1990s, Liberal leadership hopeful Paul Martin told enthusiastic gatherings in southern Ontario on Saturday. On a campaign stop in Woodstock, Martin said Canada needs to openly embrace world markets. “This will be a most crucial decade for Canadians,’’ he told Liberals in the southwestern Ontario com- munity. ‘‘Canadians may not like multi-nationals, but they are here to stay.”’ The rookie MP from Lasatte- Emard pointed to rapid changes in east bloc countries and joint ventures between the Japanese and Russians. Canadians, meanwhile, are sitting with fingers in their ears, he said Martin said Canadians must stop treating as a joke the growing anti. francophone sentiment in Ontario and alienation in Western and Atlan- tic Canada. “This country has been built on alienation,” he said. **It has become sore eating at the nation. If we're not careful, we'll have a Northern Ireland on our hands."’ One vehicle for dealing with the problem is the Meech Lake con stitutional accord. Martin said though the accord is flawed by omissions, it would strengthen the country The accord, designed to bring Quebec into the Constitution, will ex- pire June 23 unless it ts ratified by all the provinces and the federal gover- nment Manitoba and New Brunswick are the only provinces not to have signed the accord, while Newfoundland is threatening to withdraw support Martin and fellow leadership can- didate Sheila Copps support the ac- cord, while Jean Chretien, John Nun- ziata, Tom Wappel and Clifford Lin- coln oppose the agreement in its present form Martin said it's nonsense for the candidate to be debating what is essentially Mulroney's agenda In. Stratford, Martin said Canada faces a bright future under a Liberal government, but a continuing Con- servative government would turn the country into ‘an economic colony of the United States.”’ He also attacked the proposed goods and services tax, calling it “the single most regressive tax we've had.”” He said a seven per cent tax on tourism implies ‘‘go to the States’’ for a vacation. The country needs a complete overhaul of the tax system, he said February 18, 1990 ar for worsening the devastating drought in Africa, causing severe winter stor- ms to come ashore in California, sp- awning the first typhoon to strike French Polynesia in 75 years — followed by five more in five months — deluging Peru and Ecuador with torrential rains and promoting the worst drought in two centuries In Australia. The—Unitcd Nations _ estimated overall damage at the equivalent of between $2.4 billion Cdn and $9.6 billion. Scientists suggest that was a once- in-a-lifetime event, however. The El Nino in 1986-87 was closer to average, bringing some weather changes but not the massive damage of the earlier event Formally called El Nino-Southern 4 or-ENSOs, these events ar News _43 y A couple of well-placed charges brought the old Slocan bridge at Slocan tumbling into the river a few minutes after noon Friday. Columbia Diving of Trail has the contract tg demolish the bridge. The Min of Highwoys is currently in the of deciding where to put anew bridge. — cosvews photos by Burt Compbel! back amount of energy needed to warm such a large mass of water can make it a significant increase. Years ago, when such changes ten- ded to be first noticed by South American fishermen around Christ- mas, the phenomenon was given the name El Nino, which is Spanish for child, a reference to the baby Jesus. Current conditions are similar to those prior to the 1986 event, said Kousky. But, he added, “T can’t really say how firm it looks . . There is nothing to say this will hang in there tough and continue on a If it does build into a full-fledged El Nino, the impact could be felt world- wide. The problem is relocating warm water from one side of the Pacifie Ocean to the other. Normal conditions include strong are characterized by unusually warm water conditions in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and by changes in air pressure over different parts of that ocean TEMPERATURES UP Water temperatures near the inter- national dateline have risen 1.8 and 3.6 degrees Celsius above normal While that may seem small, ‘the great easterly winds, which move the warm surface waters of the ocean toward Asia and allow cooler waters to rise up from the depths along the coast of South America. But when an ENSO occurs® the easterly winds diminish or are replaced by westerlies, and the warm water sloshes back toward the Americas OTTAWA (CP) It's time guessing game — what's in the federal budget? Budget could e toughest yet By LARRY WELSH squeeze on province governments, which would have to reduce services or make up the shortfall out of their for the yearly own budgets A lot of pain, if you can believe business groups. economists and politicians Finance Minister Michael Wilson is widely expec ted to present Tuesday afternoon what could be his toughest budget yet, if tre cuts bithons of dollars in spending to keep a lid on the deficit The cuts would probably cause patients to wait longer for elective surgery, push up university tuition fees, increase air fares and reduce government han- douts to business. ‘After failing to make substantial reductions in the deficit since the 1986-87 fiscal year, Wilson has been forced by high interest rates to make across-the-board cuts just to keep the government's annual shortfall from rising sharply Economists estimate higher-than-expected rates could push the deficit as much as $7 billion higher than the $28-billion figure Wilson forecast last April for 1990-91, if he doesn’t cut spending or raise taxes Wilson has predicted the deficit will rise to $30.5 billion in fiscal 1989-90 from $28.7 billion the previous year Many economists expect the finance minister will save the most money by reducing increases in money paid to provincial governments that help pay for ser vices including medical care and postsecondary education Wilson said in his last budget he would cut the rate of growth in federal-provincial transfer payments by one percentage point in 1990-91, saving about $200 million Transfer payments, totalling $34 billion in cash and taxes provided to the provinces, must increase at least as much as inflation under federal law But Wilson could eliminate any additional in creases in these payments in this budget, putting the With peace breaking out around the world, Wilson is also expected to take another slice out of Canada’s $11.2-billion Defence budget after making a five-year, $2.74-billion cut last year. But the cuts are not expected to cause more base closings like those last year that infuriated’ such com- munities as Summerside, P.E.1 To show that the government is not playing favorites, Wilson will probably make big cuts in sub- sidies to business, which could hurt some firms already suffering in a slowing economy Other areas where Wilson may try to save money could include air transportation, increasing airport and other government fees for airlines that would probably push up airfares The budget will likely say how much money the government is prepared to spend to help Atlantic provinces hard hit by fish-plant closings. Atlantic MPs have called for economic aid to remove some of the sting from fishery layoffs. After proposing the goods and services tax and raising $2.47 in taxes for every $1 in spending cuts in the last budget, Wilson will probably shy away from major new taxes this year But consumers can still expect to pay more for alcohol, cigarettes and gasolines as the government raises excise taxes Stakes in the budget are high after international money markets pounded the Canadian dollar lower in recent weeks. The dollar has dropped from about 86.5 cents US to around 83 cents. The fall in the dollar forced the Bank of Canada to jack up interest rates dramatically Money traders say anything less than aggressive spending cuts that hold the deficit to $30 billion or less in 1990-91 will invite another attack on the dollar