C6 CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 3, 1983 Telephone ettevilie St. WEATHERCAST managing farm FERGUS, Ont. (CP) — Grace and Irvine Black are still tending sheep on the farm that his Scottish great-grand- father built in 1857, five kilometres west of this 180-year- old town, Irvine is 78 and his wife is 70. “This land has been in my family for four genera- tions,” Irvine says. “I took it over from my father in 1947. We had 800 acres of property but sold 200 in 1970 because it was getting to be too much work for us.” The Blacks now take life a little easier. They sold their Shorthorn cattle herd in 1977 and now are getting up at 8 a.m. instead of 6 to tend their 30 Suffolk sheep, 40 ewes, 10 Oxford ewes and 68 newborn lambs. This vital, active couple, who contribute their wealth of | ge to young sheepk in the area, are enjoying their later years on their farm, which is dis- tinguished by two huge weather-beaten barns, circa 1880, and a nine-room, red brick home they built in 1941, the year they got married. GREW UP TOGETHER They've known each other since childhood, when she lived on a farm down the road and they went to school together. Extremely hospitable, the Blacks‘greet a visitor with an invitation to have a cup of tea and share freshly made strawberry shortcake. They pick berries at local patches, but grow their own vegetables — potatoes, corn, beans, turnips, squash. Grace admits “We give a lot of them away.” 365-5210 THE WIZARD OF ID business diRECTORY © Brian L. Brown Certified General Accountant 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CASTLE TIRE LTD. SALES & SERVICE SP Hour 365-7145 Service 1050 Columbia Ave. Certified 241 Columbia Ave. Costl Looking out the sunporch window, Irvine growing up in a nine-room cottage on the property that was town down in 1942. “It was called Harmony Cottage and there was hardly a Saturday night when a sleighload of people didn't come from Fergus for a social evening. The kitchen was big and that’s where we danced.” Irvine's ancestors started with shorthorn cattle, the first of which were registered from a cow bought in 1895. That cow came from a breeding line of shorthorns owned by Adam Ferguson, the founder of Fergus. JUDGED AT FAIR Irvine has been a judge at cattle competitions at all the Class A fairs held in Ontario. The Blacks’ busiest time of the year is March and April, when the lambs are born. “We're up day and night tending the little ones,” Grace said. “We feed them twice a day and keep the new ones warm for three days by putting heat lamps over them. 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Now that they are getting older, Grace says, “We're entering another phase of our lives and enjoying ourselves as much as we can. “I help him outside and he helps me inside the house.” Crime rate up in province VANCOUVER (CP) — A major increase in violent crime in the province is a trend that could leave police Jess able to respond to lesser offences, says B.C. Police Commissioner Paul St. Pierre. It's likely both RCMP and ici lice di Kitimat's crime dropped 21.8 per cent to 1,555, while North Cowichan's dropped 22 Per cent to 1,845. In Coquitlam, reported crimes in 21.7 per cen to 7,184, RCMP Supt. 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St. Pierre speculated that BC's d d iB! “it's unfair to suggest the unemployed would break into @ person's house, (but) the greatest number of unem- ployed are young people and they get frustrated,” Naay- kens said. Simon Fraser University criminology professor Dr. Ezzat Fattah said the stat- istics may be misleading EXPERT REPAIR SERVICE on all major appliances including fridges by qualified fechnicians. Authcrized Repair Service Large Stock of Parts Ph. 365-3388 Castlegar Plumbing & Heating 1008 Columbia Ave. Call 365-3783 5” CONTINUOUS GUTTERS BOB THE GUTTER MAN 365-8009 JERRY'S DRYWALL " SHELDON’S CARPET CLEANING ig. taping & filling. Textures and hand-stipple ceilings FREE ESTIMATES 367-7786 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE For carpets ai ophaliianel tiene FOR FREE ESTIMATE CALL MR. F. PIRSH CONTRACTING 2045 Selumbie Ave., Trall © Renovation: . 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PREVENTION HELPS The commission attributed the decline, in part, to increased enforcement and publicity over drinking and driving, safe driving cam- paigns in schools and, because of the recession, an over-all reduction in driving. A sampling of police de- partment statistics across the province shows Van- couver’s total reported crimes in 1982 jumped 12.7 per cent to 69,551. 300,000 don't live in North America or Europe. John Weilnick, a Moravian pastor in Edmonton, said the church's largest single group may be in Tanzania where it is experiencing rapid growth. The main challenge facing the church is to blend its world mission challenge with its work at home. “We are moving to recog- nize the importance of our ministry to our next door neighbors,” said Weinlick. “People feel warm and ac- cepted in the Moravian Church and in some ways that's our greatest weakness, People become in; be- cause we are such a fellow- ship group.” — HOME APPLIANCE REPAIR LTD. 412 Borestord Ave. Castlegar 365-5451 or 364-0411 AUTHORIZED SERVICE DEPOT FOR * Hotpoint * Inglis ° Moffatt * GE * and others WE ARE *° Fast * Courteous * Professional CHECK & COMPARE OUR RATES MITCHELL AUTO PARTS ap For All Your Auto Needs mbla Ave, 365-7248 TOP QUALITY CLOTHING INFLATION FIGHTER PRICES NEARLY y NEW SHOP Ave. Trail Clothes token on caehenees: Groceteria & Laundromat OPEN 364 Days aYeor 1038 Columbia Avenue (Bottom Be Shewane Hill) 6:30-10:: Sat. 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Calderbank IN GRUNDY CASE Board orders return to work OTTAWA (CP) — The 1982 reorganization, Grundy Canada Labor Relations was again reduced to super- Board hasforthesecondtime vising a five-man staff and ordered the British Columbia again he appealed to the Telephone’ :Co., to return board. supervisor David Grundy of Fritiay the board ordered Castlegar to his full level of B,C. Tel for a second time to responsibility. reinstate Grundy, vice-chair- The trouble ‘started for man Tom Eberlee describing Grundy, :42, and. with 28: Grundy in his- written de- years in the company, in 1962 cision as “a person clearly when he refused to do work trapped in a web of dis- 43 ” employees involved in a legal strike. DISCOUNTED CLAIM The board discounted the ‘As a result of His refusal, B.C. Tel claim that Grundy the company stripped him of was not the target of a del- all responsibility except for iherate program of discrim- the supervision of five work- ination and had retained his ers even though before the supervisor's salary of be- strike he was considered a prime candidate for promo- tion with an eatreisely high performance rating. After he took the NPAT? before the labor board,’ he was restored in 1982 to his strike Legislation changes criticized VANCOUVER: (CP) ~— the controversial: ‘ president Art Kube. said the : Social Credit government is ‘trying to creat “an illusion of change that just ‘doesn't Secretary Jim a Tt employee: firings “without | cause” wit) Be: deleted from seaid th a chaste gis ive a them aa compensation stabilizatiog- ‘ments al appear_to:givethe. gov-...eccamiasionar Ed "ack. L108e.;6NOP, + PAY. ernment even: more eke om the original act,” he Norm Richaide: president “These amendments . . . are really nothing more than a thinly-disguised attempt to, dest: iment does not:need the ew with meaningless, , cosmetic powers because:its:collective changes to one little part of agreement with the union‘al- its legislative attack. It’s the in the public sector,” Rich: ards’ said. Ps authority to intervene in the sett ‘Status how fall under | the ‘oft of the B,C. Employees, Union, termed thabot's ‘announcement Ja that a clause allowing public thus removing contractual layoff and recall rights,” he said. Richatds said the govern- Finger folly funds Salmon Arm project. . Monday is the anniversary of the event which put Sal- mon Arm on, the lips of people not only across Can- ada, but also across the world. It. was the day Pierre Elliott Trudeau ‘lifted his finger to help raise money for the Shuswap Community Centre Societys’ © building fund. Well, sort of. - On Aug. 8, 1982, the. Prime Minister and his sons were travelling across British Col- umbia. A few protesters were gathered at the local / ‘however, they Were so.popu- railway station to express their discontent to Mr. Tru- deau, however, the Prime thisb Minister was in no mood for protesters and he is said to have lifted his middle finger passed through. His gesture was immortal- ized on T-shirts ‘which have so far grossed. over $81,000 for the Shuswap Community Centre Societys’ building fund. The T-shirts, which have a caricature of Trudeau hanging out of the train with his middle finger up and his tongue out, and says “Pierre says. . .-we're No.’ 1.” Underneath the caricature it says Salmon Arm B.C. The T-shirts were design- ed by the Salmon Arm fire- men as a bit of a joke, lar, the local firemen turned i over to The society did a bit of ‘publicity. work and soon they were getting orders for the* T-shirts from all over the world. This attracted a lot of media coverage, to the point where society .president .° Carol Hutchison was asked to appear on the Journal, and thus tell the whole of Canada the story. of the famous T-shirts. The society is still selling the T-shirts, and still work- ° ing towards: the dream of having a community centre in the town. There are still many people out there help- ing to build this centre by the Shuswap Community Centre Society, to;help raise the much needed funds for a in an ges- ture to the protesters as he _°%NNNRNHREN Rally sparks cutback awareness t plex in Salmon Arm. hasing these «shirts which are still selling for the same price, eight dollars plus a buck for postage, inflation has not caught up with this business as yet. ready: for red: of ‘whole Package that bass to the civil service by'es many Gate Position as fh pervicr of at. Castlegar. But later, during a general By CasNows Staff . tween $36,000 and $52,000 a year. The Eberlee decision said strong board action was nec- essary “to demonstrate that employees, particularly those not in a bargaining unit, can count on the Canada Labor Code as being a real shield to protect their rights and not just a flimsy piece of paper.” ‘The company was to promote Grundy with six months to a position ac- ceptable to him and for which he is qualifed and to pay all expenses of any move con- nected with the promotion or to leave him in his present Position without penalty. )» PPWC serves notice strike notice. But he said Unionized workers at BC negotiations are continuing Timber's Celgar pulp opera- with the Forest Industrial tions have served the com- pany 72-hour. strike notice. So far, the Celgar plant is the only pulp mill in the -MHR ment, he said. * Kube said “(Premier)’ BH “techaleal modifications. “Bennett is not going to buy. We'ré always ont. to do .it off the trade union movement better.” Record rainfall keeps forest fires at bay By CasNews Staff Cantons? and district residents who were casing, the rotten weather in July can look on the bright side — record rajnfall dramatically reduced the number of forest fires in the area. According to ‘Arrow Forest District duty officer Doug Fellman, only 10 fires were reported last month compared to the average of between 40 and 50 for July. - And seven of these fires started in the last two weeks. “when the weather started to pick up,” Fellman noted. * He says it is difficult to predict the cost savings, to the Forestry Ministry but he admitted the cool, wet weather gave fire suppression crews some time on their hands. “We always have to have a duty officer, but our suppression crews had more, time for road work and trail slashing,” Fellman said. The number of fire suppression crew members were reduced to three from 19 last month as part of the provincial government's restraint program. But Fellman said he didn’t know if the government took into account the reduction in the number of fires when it ordered the cuts in staffing. Only about four hectares of land were destroyed in the aftermath of the 10 fires. Fellman says this “is very little” for what is usually the major fire season. Of the 10 fires, six were caused by lightning, one began with a burning vehicle and three were attributed to smokers’ burning cigarettes or matches. ‘ghat there ‘Gould be further © + their families. out resulting in the leyoff of Minis- two Ht 72-hour seis notice can, fall within: period- which By workers, an offical sald Toma alow workers ‘legal However the “employees Het to walk off the jobAug. could be. given an opportun- ity for employment else- The current contract ex- where in the ministry once Pired June 30. their positions become re- Local 1 vice-president Joe dundant in October. Papp declined to comment on But Larry Ohlman, re- the union's decision to serve gional manager for the min- istry, said there is no guar- antee that new positions will be found for the laid-off workers. : “We're attempting to de-- velop a plan of redeployment. for all staff to fill existing vacancies in the ministry,” Ohlman said. He explained that the pro- gram provided counselling - and suppoet for, children and worst Julys on record. The layoffs will reduce the current staff in the Castlegar office to 10 from 12. The ministry also an- nounced layoffs of six Nelson human resources workers. In the Nelson regional of- fice, two administrative em- ployees and. two program co- ordinators will be laid off. And at the Nelson district office two family support workers will be laid off. The cuts did not affect staffing in the Trail office be- cause a Mtl in the family page A2. led to start in the current contract. The - . Castlegar and district experienced one of the ds were broken in the rain department, see Relations Buréau which bar- gains on behalf of B.C. forest companies, The Pulp, Paper and ‘Woodworkers, representing p rate’ of $12.96. Othe unions eater ‘36-hour wéek, down from the current 40-hour: im- 7 ‘health welfare betettts and longer vaca- oat month, members of the’ Pulp, Paper and Wood- workers Union voted 74.5 per cent in favor of a strike to back contract demands. 4 To find out what recor- The Australia II yacht threatens to walk away with the America’s Cup, upsetting the stranglehold the U.S. has had on the cup for 132 years, see page BI. B.C. Timber’s Celgar pulp mill has been awar- ded a plaque for being the safest pulp mill in the province for the second quarter of ch for picture see page B4. © Castlegar schoo!'boad has appointed Lucy Almikov of Ootischenia as the first teacher for ithe fledgling Russian immersion Program support proj was not filled in tntieipation of pro- gram changes, Ohlman said. . details page The mood on the bus from Castlegar to the Operation Solidarity protest rally in Nelson this past week wasn't cularly jovial. aE Ba 7 i concerned citizens, who took advantage of the free bus ride provided by rally organizers, agreed on one thing—they wanted to do their part. Said one Castlegar teacher: “If enough people ‘get together, maybe they can organize something that will really irk them (the provincial goverament): That's where the game will be won or lost.” It was a quiet, half-hour busride to the provincial government buildings on Ward St. where the march and rally was to get underway. But perhaps the retirees, “union members, the teacher’ and the ‘laid-off forestry ake on the bus wanted aa n opportunity to reflect on jertoiation package that had ‘sparked the protest. _ CASNEWS FEATURE REPORT John Flegel, an auxiliary worker with the provincial Forestry Ministry who was given layoff notice last month after four years of service, said he hoped the rally would increase the public's awareness about the legislation. “I think it will help People to know what's happening,” Flegel said. Flegel said he refuses to worry about his jobless ion but he admi he was confused about the ing behind the provinci: 's actions. “The thing I can’t figure out is, he (Premier Bill Bennett) is trying to help the economy, but I can't see how firing 25 people is going to help the economy.” There were six buses p to carry pi from ‘1rail and Castlegar to the rallying point. But few people took advantage of the free ride, p' ig to take and finally to the Civic Centre soccer field where the rally was to get underway. The marchers represented various unions including the Hospital Employees Union, United Steelworkers of America, and the B.C. Government Employees Union. their own vehicles. One bus driver said buses were rented from the school district with Operation Solidarity picking up the tab. In the end, about three of the buses turned back for lack of passengers. But there was no lack of determination and emotion during the protest march which got underway in the late afternoon heat at about 6:30 p.m., Thursday. Pipers led the more than 1,000 placard-carrying hers about six blocks up Ward St. to Baker Street Cc groups such as the Unemployed Action Centre, Kootenay Society for the Handicapped, Women in Trades and the Women in Needs Society were also represented. Nelson RCMP halted traffic to let the marchers pass by. Pensioners and children were also represented in the crowd of p: Many wore 0; caps and buttons. Some marchers wore black armbands and most carried placards with slogans that read “Bill 3 continued on poge A2