rel Cast \épar News January 25, 1987 RENEWED FIGHT ECA to hold meeting | : pyeare the week ‘offered the | s Council of Canadians, who earlier in bau Cosy ECA the council's legal services to seek an injunction if the Comparing the time f sale is approved by the B.C. Utilities Commission. 7 AES a i" Contacted by phone in Edmonton on his return from | _ Ms - ' Kelowna, Hurtig said he is unable to attend the meeting in at 7:15 p.m., Castl but will send a message of support. At the meeting, organizers will introduce to the public a réslution asking for a referendum to be placed on the agenda of the next RDCK's Jan. 81 board meeting. \ “We've heard from everybody pier thinks oe y important on the question,” said local chapter chairman Joe ‘Stamp (Firarclase Irving announcing the meeting. “Now we need to hear from_ Serre siine at mail) the people.” Irving is a director of the Kootenay-Okanagan ECA, 3 as is Harry Killough. The two names of Castlegar ei tn a renewed effort to stop the sale of West Kootenay fs A, ower and Light Co. to an American firm, the local chapter” HONOLULU (AP) = A spreading oi) of the ‘Ol Electric Cs kilometres will hold a public meeting Wednesday at the Castlegar Community Complex. The meeting, which starts with a pti is intended by the att dll ‘earn the things you, want i : : i} polluted more than 50 of beaches ‘ ‘ ae i}, most heavily populated Hawaiian island, U.S. ) Guard } ‘weekly wage province's community services minister, “ Teenagers on the Shamattawa reserve in north- awful lot of beach.” Six beaches on the Island of Oahu on Friday all had signs warning goers of polluted water. Sea |} birds also were reported covered in oil. social services ministers in Ottawa on Friday. In an interview with the Toronto Globe and Mail, Smith said mothers dip cheesecloth into gasoline and and Nelson-Creston MLA. Howard Dirks have also been invited. ECA general manager Gerald Abele will present highlights from the updated version of his ECA Story in the public speaking portion of the evening. Former Regional District of Central Kootenay director Corky Evans is the featured speaker. Invitations have gone out to Liberal MP Lloyd Axworthy, a trade critic in Turner's shadow cabinet who publicly condemned the sale; B.C. F of Labor executive were added to the slate of the Newspaper (Sun del./mo.) incorporation directors at the Jan. 3 directors’ meeting in Grand Forks. “To sell out WKPL to an American-based to adversely affect the Canadian tion is” bargaining position in the Columbia River Treaty,” Irving said. , president Ken Georgetti; and Mel Hurtig, chairman-of the SS Court news omen mt a RSENS “The treaty we're ‘stuck with at the moment is already a bad deal. We started out with all the power cards in our hand and ended up with the Americans in control of the game. Those who now advocate tossing another power chip into the American hand aren't seeing things from our end pf the table. It's bad poker, it’s bad polities and it places our future at risk. Cigarettes (pack of 20) Milk (One litre) Butter (One pound) Eggs (One dozen, large) Sirloin steak (One pound) Chicken (One pound) In Castlegar provincial court this week, Paul Da- costa pleaded guilty to one charge of causing a distur- bance. He was fined $100 and placed on 12 months’ proba- tion. ._ 6 « Christopher Osachoff Magique Tan Is Coming Soon MAGIC IS INTHE AIR... pleaded guilty to one count of public mischief and was placed on four months’ proba- tion.and ordered to perform 40 hours of community ser- vice work. Osachoff was charged for reporting that an offence had been committed when one had not. . . Cheryl Ostoforoff pleaded guilty to one charge of fraud this week. She was placed on six months’ probation and order- ed to perform 60 hours of community service work. 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He remains in serious condi- tion in hospital. Det. Don Bellamy said three juveniles were arr- ested for questioning. Two have been released, but a third remains in custody. It’s been two years since the police declared Chinese and Vietnamese gangs “pub- Potatoes (10 pounds) Cup of Coffee Hamburger Deluxe Platter Beer (A dozen) Interest ($1,000 loan, 1 Year) Rent (two-bdrm.) House Lot lie enemy number one.” In 1985, gang violence account- Chevrolet (Basic 4-door) ed for three murders in- | Plone Fore cluding the well-publicized | one woy. murder of a young restaur- | \ncome Tax anteur, Jimmy Ming, and his wife, Lily. : TOTAL TIME TOTAL COST robberies. At that time, Const. Peter Ditchfield, a member of the Oriental gang squad of the Coordinated Law Enforec- ment Unit, said: “Things’ are definitely heating up out there.” The increase in gang crimes was predicted by a report in August, 1985 by the Criminal Intelligence Service of Canada. It said that there are an estimated 700 members of 11 Chinese and Vietnamese tri- ads active in Canada ex- torting, beating and murder- ing fellow immigrants for easy money. It added that there are many more associ- ate members of the triads all across the country from Van- couver to Halifax. The report warned that with takeover of Hong Kong by China in 1997 when the British lease, will probably mean that increased numbers of refugees (some of them criminals) will leave Hong Kong. Things quieted down again I D continued from front page until this fall when the Red Eagles gang launched a ser- ies of attacks on the rival Lotus and Jung Ching gangs that included beatings and Knowing how long it takes you to earn something can help you decide whether or not to make the purchase. For example, are you prepared to work almost three weeks for a $1,200-stereo system? Or over five weeks for a 15-day $2,200 Hawaiian holiday? ‘The time cost approach ts simply Sie itiore technique to help budget spending. -e@ As opposed to always comparing identical items in the accompanying table, in many case we have taken comparable use items. A pound of steak is the same today as it was last year or in 1949. But a typical house today is much larger than a three-bedroom home in 1949. A private line connected to a touch-tone telephone is more common today, while a party line was typical several years ago. And a basic four-door Chevy most often bought today is considerably different, from its counterpart two decades ago. Because Statistics Canada has changed its compila- tion methods since 1981 to include a broader range of industries and smaller businesses, the actual increase in weekly wages is surprisingly less. Cigarettes were difficult to estimate, since a pack of 20 is most commonly purchased from a cigarette machine where the mark-up is considerably higher. Thus, we took four-fifths of the price of a pack of 25 in a store. Also, according to Ralph Strand of Strand and Mosby Real Estate there were few development lots on the market in 1981, which created a problem in assessing the real cost of an average lot. Net income has been calculated for a man with a non-working wife and two children under 18. COFFEE. . . You work longer for a cup today. School & Office Supply Sale . Now through Jan. 28 Vinyl Binders inch Assorted Loose Leaf Refills Ruled 200 Castlegar & District 2 ELECTRIC CONSUMERS Smallwood family rejects proposal ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. (CP) Hileoy, 6° Regular $2.49 Reguior $1.99 Stick Pen Venus, Blue, Block, Red tom Pownt, Regular 396 Erasermate 2 Pens Reguior $3.59 89° Textliner $ 1 29 Reguior $2.39 Coil Note Books Duotang Covers 19° Zee Tabs ToA + ASSOCIATION invites It's Supporters and Concerned Rate Payers — Joey Smallwood's family has rejected a pro from the Newfoundland govern- ment that would have re- solved the former premier’s financial problems. It was not clear whether the decision was made by the architect of Newfoundland's union with Canada or by his sons. Smallwood, 86, is in failing health and has not been able to speak since he suffered a crippling stroke in 1984. Late Friday afternoon, Premier Biran Peckford re- leased a letter written earlier Coloring Markers Lourention, Reg $4.79 $ 1 99 Typing Pa $189 Children’s Glue $429 Typing Pads Hilroy, Reg. $2.99 Lepoge $2.39 Reeves Paint Set 12 Colors. Reg. $5.99 $4%9 ped ink COMPLETE LINE OF OFFICE SUPPLIES Math Crayons Hexogon, 16 Reg. $1.99 cpa 99° se. Carl’s Drugs: $149 suPER SAVINGS! SENIORS’ DAY Wed., Jon 28 PUBLIC MEETING Wednesday, January 28 7:15 p.m. at the COMMUNITY COMPLEX in the week to Smallwood’s son Bill, proposing that the Newfoundland government Happy 30th Birthday “NANCY 15% FEATURED SPEAKERS ARE: E.C.A. Founder Director, Corky Evans. Gerald Abele and former Regional District General Manager and From the Airport Gang an out-of- t set- tlement with Cairn Capital Inc. Cairn Capital is the Ontario company that has sued Small. wood for $176,000 in unpaid rinting costs for his unfin ished Encyclopedia of New foundland and Labrador. In return, the government wanted the encyclopedia's copyright and research mat- erial, which it would have turned over to a new found- ation, “legally incorporated as a charitable organization.” LISTS TERMS The letter said the founda. tion would have: — Provided financial support to Smallwood and his wife, Clara, “so that they will ive in comfort and dignity.” — Finished the five-volume encyclopedia, which stajled in 1984 after two volumes had been completed. — Taken over the Joéy Trust Fund, a series of accounts operied at the major banks by Bill SmallWood to accept donations from the public to help the former premier. — Used any extra money to finance a permanent memor. ial to uN} museum or endowment to Memorial University in St. John’s. Under terms of a deal Small: wood set up several years ago, his house and four hec- tares of land at Roahce Line, west of St. John’s, was turn- ver to the province for $f. The Smallwood family continues to use the property and pay for its upkeep. The government had intend- ed to build a Joey Smallwood museum at Roaches Line but Bill Smallwood said Friday his father now wants the property back. Smallwood denied that his father's demand was linked to government's new prop- osald, saying the decision “didn't happen in the last few days, weeks or even in the past few years. , such as & “I won't let my father die a pauper,” Bill Smallwood said. Offers to help the former Liberal premier pay off his debt have been springing up since singer Tommy Hunter announced plans to stage benefit concerts to raise money. Man jailed PORT, COQUITLAM (CP) — A 10-year-old Coquitlam man, who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two young girls attending his wife's day-care centre, was sentenced to nine months in jail. Thomas Aristides Mendez was told by provincial court judge Afred Scow that his extensive health problems almost resulted in an intermittent sentence. But the judge said Friday that because each child was fondled more than once, “I have concluded that any intermittent would not be approp! *: Staffers fired WINNIPEG (CP) — Two staffers of the University of Manitoba student newspaper have been fired and another suspended over a caption containing a profanity that appeared under a picture of wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen. . The action against the two full-time staff members and a part-timer was announced Friday by a spokesman for the university's student council following a six-hour closed meeting of the paper's operating committee. Advertisers and students were angered by the caption, complaining of Hansen being on the cover two issues in a row, which appeared in Wednesday's edition of the Manitoban. = No politicians allowed CALGARY (CP) — No politician will be allowed to carry the ceremonial torch in the cross-Canada torch relay leading up to the 1988 Winter Olympics. Employees of the Games organization committee and the relay’s sponsor, Petro-Canada, will also be banned from participating, the committee's board of directors was told Friday. A public opinion poll showed few Canadians wanted politicians to participate in the relay, which will last 88 days and involve almost 7,000 torch-bearers. ___Student charged “VANCOUVER (€Py— A"S2-yeat‘old graduaté student has been charged with second-degree murder following the fatal stabbing of another student in a chemistry lab at the University of British Columbia. Zerom Seyoum will appear in Richmond provin- cial court Monday. He is charged in connection with the stabbing of 82-year-old Minh Trang Nguyen about 9 a.m. Friday. Nguyen died a few hours later of multiple stab wounds. Missiles fired MANAMA, BAHRAIN {AP) — An Iranian gunboat fired five missiles at a British tanker but missed, and the vessel continued on its voyage through the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, marine salvage executives said Saturday. The 47,989-tonne Isomeria was attacked over- night shortly after it lost its escort, a British warship that had encountered technicat problems and could not proceed, said the executives. The Isomeria, owned by Shell Tankers Ltd., was, on its way to Kuwait to pick up a shipment of liquefied gas when it was attacked. Ben Mulroney injured OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mul- roney and his wife, Mila, returned to Ottawa on Friday after they learned on a flight to Toronto that their son Ben had been injured in an accident at school. Ben Mulroney, 10, was listed in good condition at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario with a minor compression fracture of a bone in his baek suffered when he fell from a swing. Ford recalls DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. said Friday that it has broadened separate recalls involving 1985-86 Econolines and Club Wagons and 1984-85 medium: and heavy-duty trucks and buses. The recall of E-350 Econolines and Club Wagons was expanded to include about 31,000 E-250 vehicles for replacement of astearing linkage component, Ford said in a written release. The component could separate under certain conditiohs, resulting in a loss of steering. The component will be replaced free, Ford said. Marcos may return WASHINGTON (AP) — Ferdinand Marcos, acknowledging some control over his followers in the Philippines, says he is considering returning to regain the Philippine presidency from Corazon Aquino. Some of Marcos's Filipino supporters in the United States, including people formerly on this staff, have said recently that they,expect the 69-year-old former president to return to the Philippines before a Feb. 2 plebiscite on a new constitution. Gas price war VICTORIA (CP) — A truce was developing Friday in the Vancouver Island gas price war that saw prices plunge as low as 16.9 cents a litre for regular gasoline. SHEEP TRAP... Ga brand! BIGHORN SHEEP continued trom front poge alfalfa. Wachek said it took about 10° days for the sheep to grow aecus- tomed to eating the mash under the net. When the sheep came to the baited net Wednesday morning, Nutini (right) and Gary Shannon (middle) help Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep. Photo tor CosNews by Fred Wochek place the soaked materia] on infants’ beds near their faces. “The child breathes the fumes and that stops the crying,” she said. “It’s almost like the way they used to put you out with ether,” Reached through an interpreter who speaks Cree, Shamattawa Chief Judah Miles refused to comment on the matter. “The chief cannot comment. on that question,” the interpreter said. “There has always been a lot written on Shamattawa.” But Tom Nepetaypo, executive director of the Keewatin Tribal Council in Thompson, Man., said he was sorry to be abel’ to confirm that some families’ in Shamattawa do sedate infants with gasoline fumes. “It's a very touchy subject, but it’s happening. I can’t deny that,” he said in a telephone interview. Shamattwa is a member of the tribal council, which is an advisory body to numerous northern reserves. “I guess alcohol has a lot of influence on how you: want to enjoy yourself, and you don’t want to have a party when your baby is continuously crying,” he said. “You've got to do something.” Wachek and the rest of the Association members were lying in wait. The sheep were then dewormed and given vitamins. Blood and fecal samples were also taken to help determine the sheeps’ nutrition levels. Wachek said the relocation has worked so well, another 20 are. to be moved from Stoddart Creek south of Radium this weekend. He lined that the practice of sedating infants with gasoline is not widespread, but limited to several families. The council has tried everything to persuade the families not to abuse gasoline this way but have had no luck, he said, adding that the practice has gone on for years. ' Inhaling leaded gasoline fumes can eventually lead to mental retardation, Nepetaypo said, and the federal government should launch long-term public health WKPL “continued trom front Instead, Tory MP Mike Forrestal, parliamentary secretary to Industry Minister Michel Cote, told Axworthy the cabinet did not plan to act on the takeover or the Investment Canada decision until the B.C. hearings are finished. Earlier this week, a lawyer told those hearings the I Canada SMECHER continued from front page said the committee's findings will play a part in the promised Royal Com- mission on Education. “I'm thrilled to death to’be a part of that,” she said. According to a news release, one of the priorities of the committee will be to determine the “best possible mix of ‘decision could have prejudiced the case , before the commission. But commission chairman Marie Taylor has said the board will not consider any statements made outside the hearings. UtiliCorp told the commission earlier in the week that it would consider pr ional and practical training. and experience that we should be requiring of our teachers.” Other areas to be studied include the effectiveness of pre-service teacher training, the effectiveness of practical training program in providing a supply of well qualified teachers and the value of in-service programs, teacher mobil- tying in with the Power A ini: ion in Washi state if ity prog and the system of its purchase is approved. Jim Franklin, executive vice-presi- dent of Missouri Public Service, one of UtiliCorp’s utility divisions, said a tie-in with Bonneville would reduce West Kootenay's dependence on B.C. Hydro for power purchases and for wheeling, the transfer of power from one utility to another using a third utility's transmission lines. “We see it as a benefit and it is something we have discussed,” he said. Meanwhile, the chairman of the Council of Canadians for an Indepen- dent Canada said his group would seek an injunction to prevent the sale from going through if it was approved by the commission. Edmonton publisher Mel Hurtig said the transaction would represent an unprecedented sellout of Canadian resources. within the pi ‘ The committee will meet in Van- couver Jan. 29 and will continue to DOREEN SMECHER ... one of two meet at least twice a month until June 30. WATERSHED continued from front page Forests Minister Jack Kempf said: “I can make no guarantee of acceptance of liability by government for damage to a watershed caused by resource devel- opers either during or following com- pletion of their work.” - But Ted Evans, spokesman for the Arrow Forest. District, said the min- istry has been consulting concerned residents of the Slocan area on prop- osals for a water management plan for the area. “I lot of the written comments we received we have been incorporated into the plan,” said Evans. Celgar plans to pollution control By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer Celgar Pulp Company's new owners plans to spend $30 to $50 million during the next 10 years installing pollution control devices at its Castlegar mill. Company general manager Wilf Sweeney made the announcement Thursday in an address to the Castle- gar and District Chamber of Com- merce. Sweeney also said the new owners of the pulp company -f the China Inter- national Trust Corp., Consolidated Bathurst of Canada and Power Corp. — are happy with Celgar's operations and do not plan any major changes in the company’s structure. “We're quite excited about the future. The changes that have been made in ownership has provided more security for the company. We're attached to a very major company in the pulp industry. They know the industry well,” said Sweeney. He also said the company has not spent much money on the mill because of poor pulp markets. “There just has not been money to spend at Celgar Pulp. There's been some concern about this in the com. munity. Our new owners expected to see something different than what they did see because our record of spending is well known in the industry,” said Sweeney. He said the new owners recognize that the pulp market will drop again but added that the company is going to try and “make as most of the market right now that we can.” Half of Celgar is owned by the China Investment Trust Corp., while the other half is owned by Consolidated Bathurst and Power Corp. The trio formed a joint venture to buy Celgar from its previous owners, Westar Timber. The China Investment Trust Corp. is the investment arm of the People’s Republic of Cina and is involved with investment both inside and outside of China. Sweeney said the purchase of Celgar Pulp is one of the firm's first invest: ments in Canada He added that Celgar no longer has a head office and that all of the decisions relating to the company are made by an eight-member joint committee in Castlegar. The committee is made up of representatives. from China Invest ment Corp., and Consolidated Bath. urst. And he admitted that it is likely the forests ministry will grant Slocan For- est Products a cutting permit. “The final plan (water management) we hope to finalize on Friday (last week)... Once itis finalized _and approved by the ministry, which of course is ourselves, we would then probably be in a position of issuing a cutting permit for Slocan Forest Prod- ucts,” he said. Evans also agreed that the ministry broke off negotiations with the water- shed alliance group last Monday be- cause the. “overview planning process is concluded.” install devices “Because we have a 50 per cent Chinese ownership, they (China) are entitled to our production. They are just getting their feet wet in the pulp industry,” said Sweeney. He added that while Consolidated Bathurst is selling the company’s product in North America, the Chinese are selling the company in the rest of the world. Sweeney said another area Celgar's shareholders were concerned with was the future timber supply. “We don’t have a guaranteed supply of wood, but we are confident that there is am ample supply of wood available in the area to provide us with a security of supply,” said Sweeney. “We're excited about the future of Celgar Pulp. A lot of people had hoped for an expansion of the company but there will be no expansion until the market improves,” said Sweeney. He also denied a rumor that Celgar plans to move its mill to Revelstoke. “I've never heard that rumor. The company would not have put money into the mill if it were:going to move it. For the forseeable future the pulp mill will remain in Castlegar,” said Sweeney. P to teach reserve residents about the effects of gasoline-sniffing. WOULD HELP “Anything we can do on that front would be helpful,” Smith told a news conference with her Ontario counterpart, John Sweeney, and federal Health Minister Jake Epp. She also revealed that drug stores in some parts of ing if inhaled. Manitoba are doing a brisk trade in large bottles of nail polish remover, another substance considered mind-alter- Zundel makes ' political plans TORONTO (CP).— For two years Ernst Zundel has been plotting his comeback, waiting for an opening to launch his move into politics. Zundel says a ruling Friday by the Ontario Court of Appeal has givén him that chance. The Appeal Court, citing errors during his lengthy 1985 ‘tion & ; h trial, quashed his lor a claiming the Holocaust was a hoax and ordered a new trial. However, the five-member court panel upheld the section of the Criminal Code under which Zundel, 47, was charged, rejecting his argument that the section violated his freedom of speech guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. While he was reluctant to reveal specifics of his political plans, the Toronto publisher said in an interview this week: “If any timexis ripe, it's now. “There is not a newspaper . . . in the country that can stop the march to victory of an idea whose time has come. You will hear more from Ernst Zundel in the next few weeks.” The court said the jury at Zundel’s trial was seriously misled about the law, the jury at Zundel's trial was seriously misled about the law, and that Zundel had a right to introduce slides, models and books to show he honestly believed in the truth of his publications. REOPENS WOUNDS The unamimous decision clears the way for a repeat of the highly publicized trial in which Holocaust survivors were accused of lying by a cast of leading characters from the international Holocaust denial movement. IWA splits into two groups PORTLAND, ORE. (AP) —The International Wood. workers of America has split into two national groups following a vote Saturday at the union's 34th annual con vention. The resolution dissolving the union in favor of two national bodies was approved Supporters argued that the new IWA USA and IWA Canada~ unions would be better able to form national alliances with other Ameri can and Canadian unions with the goal of “one union in wood.” But during more than an hour of debate, delegates on a voice vote by a majority of the 216 delegates. Canadian vice-president Jack Munro said the interna tional union was doomed by the willingness of American labor leaders to accept’ wage cuts. The U.S. Pacific North west region agreed in August to cuts in wages and benefits to preserve jobs after a from both countries opposing the split said division would weaken and ultimately des. troy the union. Erwin Mani of Port Al berni, said the companies and government the international union deals with have grown bigger and stronger through the years. “But against all odds, we've managed,” he said. six-week strike against Wey erhaeuser Co. “We as workers in Canada are not going to negotiate wage reductions,” Munro said. He said news of the split would bring “great joy” to corporate boardrooms and to the offices of President Rea gan and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Ae