' o _Casthd@iai News _‘ebcvory 12.10 Recreation news The West Kootenay Figure Skating Championships will be hosted by the Castlegar Club at the Arena-Complex Friday, Saturday and Sun- day. It will include skaters from Beaver Valléy, Castle- gar, Grand Forks, Kaslo and district, Kimberley, Nakusp, Nelson, New Denver, Ross land and Trail clubs. Figure tests will be on Friday be- ginning at 5 p.m. Free skating begins on Saturday at 8 a.m. and ends on Sunday with the last event taking place at 2:30 p.m. The opening ceremonies are at 11:50 a.m. on Saturday and the medals will be pre sented on Saturday at 12:20 p.m., 3:05 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 1:50 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. Admission is free to the public. Come out and watch the local figure skaters. Marketing If you are a member of a sports organization, arts council, church group, par ents group or just an in volved individual, then the Marketing Workshop Skills Program for Volunteers is a six-hour for you. ization get on track. It will help you promote your organ- ization's events and member ship. As well, Marketing Skills Program will help you develop a keen understan- ding for marketing. Regis. tration fee is $10 and the program runs Feb. 13, 20 and 27 from 79 p.m. at KJSS. Plan to attend this interes- ting and worthwhile pro- gram KUHL Playoffs Playoff fever is here! The Castlegar Rebels started their playoff stand last even- ing when the Grand Forks Border Bruins were in town. Plan to come and cheer the Rebels on their next home game Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Ice Available Ice times are available if your organization would like a skating party or pick up hockey game. Call the ree reation office at 365-3386 for rental costs and available times. Skating Cancelled Please note: Public skating is cancelled Saturday and Sunday due to the West Kootenay Figure Skating jionsh Public skat- This provineially developed program will your organ- ing is Thursday 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. and Friday 2 - 3:30 p.m. HOW TRAVEL FOR HER VERY SUDDE! MY LAST RESORT.” Answer to Gundey norrers Puzzle No. Answer to Sunday. | Feb. 9 Cryptoq: iT Ch RFULLY AC % ‘OUNTED EMENT: “HE WAS BUSINESS DIRECTORY Accounting Auto Rentals “PERSONAL INCOME TAXES — —_ 5 Quoldied tA Cama. Ae Call 365-2659 Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Ave. jegar Ph. 365-2151 AVIS Vehicles Available to ICBC Claimants LOCATED AT Airport Terminal ond Adastra Aviotion — 365-2313 © Cors © Trucks © 4x4's 12. "von * ICBC interim vehicles WE HONOR ALL CORPORATE RATES! Castlegar Airport ‘ond 1444 Columbia Ave. 365-7555 (24 hr. /day service) SOLIGO, KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Castlegar Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc. C.A. 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They also say nobody can be sure at this stage how the research into non-nuclear ground- or space-based mis sile killers will turn out the government to “unam biguously guarantee that Canadian territory not be used for deployment of any components of ballistic mis sile defences” and to elim inate any chance that a mod. ernized northern radar sys- tem may become part of a comprehensive air defence system for tracking and intercepting ballistic mis siles. ——————— SSSSSS== __ticAls a SUBSTANTIAL PERFORMANCE PROJECT: 552010, Rotory Health Centre Addition. Castiegar, B.C CONTRACTOR: Nu-Tech Con. struction Lid., P.O. Box 3152 Castlegar, 8.C. VIN 3H5 OWNER: British Columbia Buildings Corporation. 2275 Quinn Street, Prince George B.C. V2N 2X4. Telephone. 562 9214 TAKE NOTICE thot os of January 14. 1986, the above contract is certified to be sub stantially pertormed in accor dance with the Builders Lien Act Hours 8 a.m. -3 p.m. No Phone Orders Please ONE WEEK ONLY! 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(Les) CAMPBELL Publisher Aug. 7, 1947 to Feb. 15.1973 BURT CAMPBELL Publisher |. Editor, PETER HARV! DA = KOSITSIN. Manager Advertising Monoger HEATHER HADLE Circulation ICKEY READ. mI Composing Room Foreman The six winning numbers in draw were 20, 22, 30, 43, 46 and number was 44. Jord conde d cial lottery draw is 3 armen’ © OVeey ner: Vol. 39, No. 14 CANADIAN CHAMP . Rossland’s Donald Stevens, a member of Canada’s national ski team relfects on his victory Friday at the Canadian downhill ski championship at Red Moun tain Ski Area. Inset photo shows one of racers steering towards finish line on Granite Mountain COUPSE. —Costews Photos by Chery! Colderbork CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1986 Funding good news By CasNews Staff and News Services Premier Bill Bennett's announce ment Tuesday that the government will pump an extra $110 million into education this fiscal year is good news, the chairman of Castlegar’s school board said Friday. But whether the Castlegar school district stands to benefit from the fund remains to be seen, she said. “My initial impression is it looks like a way to help school boards out, but we don’t know details,” Kay Johnson said. “It’s going to help someone.” The $110 million, which Bennett said will be used to promote academic ex cellence in schools, colleges and uni: versities, is for the first of a three-year program, the premier told a news con ference. “As our economy expands, the fund. ing to be allocated to education in the second and third years of the program will reflect forecast increases in rev enue,” Bennett said. Finance Minister Hugh Curtis said he will announce the funding levels for the rest of the three-year program in his budget, expected next month. The $110 million for 1986-87 will be available over and above operating budgets and represents a six per cent KAY JOHNSON . fund will help increase over the current operating budget for all levels of education. special education enrolment and the inereased cost of supplies, transpor tation and energy.” Bennett said the government will maintain operating funds at the 1985-86 level and offset school tax reductions announced in last year's budget. Johnson said she was told that either Hewitt or his staff will be travelling the province to explain the new fund to school boards. “I hope he (Hewitt) hurries up and lets us know the rules,” she said. The board must prepare its budget for the coming year by mid-March. Bennett said the establishment of the fund fulfills a promise for more education funding made during a provincewide broadcast a week ago The premier said the new funding underlines the government's “bottom line — that investment in people is what it’s really all about.” The government wants the money to be spent on computers, teacher train. ing, language training and textbooks in schools, the retraining of laid-off work ers and business education in colleges, and in university programs on bio Minister Jim Hewitt said Wednesday $15.5 million of the fund has already been set aside to cover “non-salary inflation, ey. systems, fores try research, international business and studies on Pacific countries. continued on poge A2 FOR KFP QUOTA RDCK to support small area mills By RON NORMAN Editer The Central Kootenay regional board voted Saturday to throw its Forests Products timber quota. The board agreed to write to Forests Minister Jack Heinrich supporting the bid by the existing sawmills. But Area E (rural Nelson) director Wally Penner called the decision “ridiculous,” and along with Nelson director John Neville refused to take part in the vote. “It's totally out of order,” Penner He said the board shouldn't be Neville agreed, pointing out that another company from outside the area has expressed interest in the 310,000 cubic metres of timber that formerly belonged to KFP. Neville said the company has indie ated it would build a new mill near BY COMINCO Nelson which would provide up to 100 jobs for the outlying area. “That would be a major development for the Central Kootenay,” Neville said. He added that there is concern that the smaller sawmills would only use part of the timber quota and leave a significant portion unused — thus not creating the maximum number of jobs. As well, Neville suggested the board shouldn't even discuss supporting the small sawmills because it may appear that the regional board doesn’t wel- come a new mill. But board chairman George Cady, Nelson area should have a say on the timber quota because it will affect the whole region. At that point Neville challenged Cady. Cady’s decision to discuss the issue was upheld by a 15-5 vote. Area G (rural Salmo) director Iris Bakken said she’s concerned there is not enough timber to support both a new mill in Nelson and the existing Gifts being discontinued By The Canadian Press When business is business it can be cold, hard and mean, as Cominco Ltd. and its workers are discovering. Following Tuesday's announcement in Trail that another 300 workers will be laid off, the company immediately turned its attention to other belt tightening measures. A Comineo spokesman said Wed nesday the lead zine and huge fertilizer ployees and Among pram are goodwill gestures for which Cominco has been known, such as free fertilizer and turkeys, and donations to charities. All the steps are indicators of hard times ahead for the Kootenay region, where unemployment has long been in the double-digits After reducing its workforce here by 10 per cent on Tuesday, the company said it will also stop handing out annually a 20-kilogram bag of fertilizer to about 5,000 employees and pen sioners in the Trail area. Also discontinued will be the annual social function for company pensioners. Under review are Christmas turkeys for employees and pensioners and charitable donations. In 1985 Cominco matched about $80,000 worth of contributions from employees to the Trail-area United Way. ane are part of a long list of . .” said company spokesman oar Fish, adding that all company donations are being reassessed. He said it was unlikely many of the 300 people affected by Tuesday's an- nouncement will be recalled. Even if production picks up, Fish said the company could operate with the re- duced staff. The worldwide depressed market for lead and zine is catching up with Cominco, the lifeblood of this West Kootenay community and one of the few remaining economic powerhouses in the region. Shaw Cable workers picket Sandman Inn By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer Striking Shaw Cable workers cele brated the six-month anniversary of their strike Friday by throwing up 4 picket line in front of Castlegar's Sandman Inn where the workers say the cable company is maintaining an office. “Shaw Cable is doing work out of the Sandman,” said Mike Culpepper, 2 spokesman for the striking workers on the picket line. “When we put up the picket line (at about 11:30 a.m.) there were three Shaw Cable trucks parked in the (Sandman) lot.” “Today is the six-month anniversary of the strike so we decided to do some. thing special,” he said, referring to the 15-person picket line strung across the Sandman Inn's driveway. The employees, represented by In. ternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1003, went on strike Aug. 13 over the failure to reach an agreement with Shaw Cable to provide continued on poge A2 Water system in doubt By CasNews Staff A disruption to the Robson-Rasp berry water district's water supply because of road construction is only a possibility, but the district's board is taking no chances and is searching for alternative supplies. Trustee Fritz Kreil and Les God berson will meet Tuesday with Castle gar council's works and services com mittee to discuss the possibility of hooking up with Castlegar’s water system, one of three alternatives sug: gested to the district in a study con ducted by a Vietoria-based engineering firm. Kreil explained Thursday that the disruption to the district's water supply — Norns Creek — would occur if the provincial government proceeds “would dump silt into the creek immediately and for 10 years or longer there will be more silt running into the creek,” Kreil said In addition, the district recently in stalled an ultraviolet system to purify the water, a system that would be rendered useless by an influx of silt into the water, Kreil said. “Besides, who wants to drink mud?” he asked Other sources of water for the dis trict suggested by the engineering report are two wells at different locations in Raspberry or a supply from the Hugh Keenleyside dam However, the report suggests the latter would be too costly, Kreil said He said the meeting with council's works and services committee is to de termine if hooking Robson-Raspberry up to the city’s water supply is a realistic alternative, especially where costs are concerned. Kreil said the engineer who con ducted the study on alternative sources “put a figure on what it would cost (to hook up with Castlegar) from his point of view.” However, what the trustees want to know, Kreil said, is how much Castle gar would want for the hook-up. “You can't expect to hook on to a neighbor's water system for nothing,” Kreil said. But the possibility exists that the government may decide not to proceed with the improvements to Pass Creek Road if costs — including paying for a new water supply for Robson-Rasp berry — prove too much, he said. Castlegar city engineer George Reshaur said earlier this week he would prefer not to comment on the trustees’ situation until after the works and services committee meeting.