begistative ties: Goh re Parlianent ‘Bldgs.@ 50! |B: Victoria, B. Cs’ " VeV Axa Published at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” ‘In today’s CasNews Complete Listings Vol. 82, No, 86 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SEPTEMBER 5, 1979 (A,B,CaD) -PPWC voting on ratification this week Plane crash Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canadg. members employed at CanCel's pulp mill here are expected to announce Friday the results of this week's ratification vote on company of- _investigation to continue investigation into the Aug. Wash. in which a Castlegar their prs crash near Bellingham, was killed, the Castlegar News was told Wednesday. *::. Contacted at the National Transportation Safety Board's Seattle field office, investigator Paul Harrison said the , examination of the crash site on 4,100-foot-high Black Mountain in the Silver Lake area has been completed and the federal agency is awaiting a report from the Canadian transport ministry on 89-year-old private te pilet David Cooper, who died in the crash along with his wife children Sharon, 16,. Bradley, 15, and Derek, 8. The on-site.. investi- “There was a full-out gation, according to Harri- pattern of fire and explosive ; son, “absolved” the aircraft, area approximately 150 feet . which apparently hit trees above the aircraft and then and the mountain slope in somewhat’ below it,” the level flight at ‘what I would investigatgr continued. en a very high cruise “Everything: “buried up ° 4 “There was nothing | wrong with the aircraft or engine,” -he said. + “He said no-one actually saw the crash but several oes reported hearing both: the impact on “the ithickly-treed, 50-degree jalope and the resulting ex- - ;Plosio: z Ow. hazard A forestry Scmma said steady rainfall for the past The last fire occurred Aug. 20, and was considered out Aug. 81, added the official. There was no report from the Nelson forestry region on: that area. Bad news for B.C. beer lovers The price of bottled beer increased by 95 cents a dozen and pub drinkers will pay a nickel: more for ‘a glass of draught:as of Saturday. Under: the new price schedule announced by the B.C. | liquor distribution branch last week, a dozen beer will. cost: $4.60, plus a 60-cent bottle deposit. Pubs and cabarets will be allowed to charge ‘an additional 16 cents for bottled beer and 20 cents for Guinness. x , pretty well except.for a few * pieces that came off.” Also scheduled for’ in- ‘vestigation are the weather conditions in the area at the time of the crash and the results of autopsy and ont cology studies, he. said, “al- ‘though: the © occupants’ :re-: mains were badly burned in the crash, Z ‘the Castlegar News the. air- craft, » Lance II PA82, ‘left Vancouver at 6:28 p.m. Aug: 26. ay flight plan was filed. re was made shortly after to the sheriff's , office of a possible down on 4,100-foot-high Black Mountain and a search party was in the area within 80 minutes, but fog. and dark- ness hi fe Marilyn, 88, and’ 1 schoo! i including ihe wid EVERYBODY GETS. EXCITED about. the first day’ of red toddler whose mouth Is - a good start on their first day. While’ the initial search _ ben out from ect his thers: shadow ina few years. The young fers ina prop d new settl contract issues was Contacted Tuesday, PPWC Local: president Ed Conroy said the vote on: focal duted The Local 1 president with the company's final offers resulting from the “bull sessions” between uni- on and CanCel representa-~ tives which were concluded two weeks ago, “You'te never : satisfied with them,” Conroy said. ‘) “But you have to know when there’s no more there.” He said the dispute which resulted in the picket- Ang until early last Thursday . “over: “temporary lead-hand expressed little petiatgetion | or “in three days” and its results would probably - be released the same day. Conroy said the ratification vote actually began early list week but was interrupted when mill maintenance workers set up pickets which led to a’ mill shutdown, keeping about 400 employees off the job Aug. 27. The local, which has about 820 members, resumed its voting Tuesday, he said. The dispute ‘arose over “interpretation of a clause which has been in effect since 1978,” he said. other. shutdown Labor Day, was back to normal. Neither Side) in irs neay ations here details: of ear real ss requiring resolution under a - new settlement. The master contract for y” had been d. for a ‘Also contacted Tuesday, Bert Collier, a CanCel labor relations oficer, - said’ the company and union “came up with a solution to the prob- lem" after meeting several times after the ‘the 90-cent hourly 1 wage increase: in the first year on a base. rate of $8.16 an hour and.a second-year raise of 9.5 per ° cent or 90 cents, whichever is “higher, ‘In addition, the mas workers set up the Beet line. H Castlegar Chamber of Commerce executive mem- _ bers. should know “within a. couple of weeks” whether their membership drive for’ « the-dormant organization is successful, vice-president w come along with mom tose hat hissiblingsgot | Tom Oglow said Tuesday. —News/MirrorFoto oby George Gammon Oglow told the Castlegar News the approximately 800 ] copies of a letter soliciting was called off whtil mroni approximately 20 persons re- mained on the mountain. in ease of calls’ for help or discovery of embers of a fire. The crash, located the following. morning,: was by a deputy in Selkirk enrolment decreases reduced ° by a total of 14° ‘The overall! number of ~ Labor problems cited as possible cause the scene. According to the state- ment released by the sheriff's department, there were two layers of clouds evident Sun- day evening, one at the 3,100 foot level and the other at 8,000 feet. The aircraft ‘struck the mountain at the 8,600 foot level. Selkirk College and David Thompson University Centre is down this ‘fall despite the’ intro- duction of .new . programs, Selkirk registrar Blake Fris- _by reported Wednesday. Quoting registration fig- ures compiled up to Tuesday, Frisby said full-time univer- sity transfer courses were this year on -both campuses, Part-time stu- dents taking university. tran- sfer courses have decreased by 20, he said, but said those numbers will likely rise. “We are expecting signi- ficant increases in the part- time students to take place in the next week or 10 days,” the oes said: -. Verigin trial starts Monday | The trial by. jury of Orthodox Doukhobor lead- er John J. Verigin and two other men for conspiracy to commit arson is sched- uled' to: open in Nelson county court Monday. 4 ‘A court registry offi- cial this week confirmed there had been no change in the date set for the trial at which Verigin, spiritual leader of the Union of Spiritual Communities of “Christ, will face four a counts of the offence, Peter P. Astaforoff will face two counts, and William Edvo- B kimoff will stand trial for one count. . Verigin: is charged with conspiracy to commit ‘arson to the Sunshine Valley Co-op building, an abandoned Post office and a USCC community centre, all at Grand Forks, plus the home of Reformed Douk- hobor leader Stephan Sor- okin at Krestova. Astaforoff is charged in ‘,connection with the community centre and post office fires, while Edvoki- moff.is charged only in connection with the des- **, truction of the community centre, : A USCC spokesman this week said Vancouver criminal lawyer Harr; Rankin, who represented Verigin in the case’s pre-| trial hearing in April, will be the USCC leader's coun- “sel in. the trial. A Crown counsel spokesman, also contacted this week, re- ported Trail lawyer, Don JOHN J. VERIGIN ’ trial by jury Sperry will act as pros- ecutor. According to court registry staff questioned Tuésday, the judge who § will hear the trial has not yet been named. unannounced are counsel ‘for Astaforoff and Edvoki- moff. Verigin, Astaforoff. . 19, 1978 and released from custody later the same day on their own recognizance. The charges follow earlier allegations in Nel-) son county court: by: five women belonging to the under threat of a seven- generation curse. The total number of first-year students attending _the Castlegar campus is 417, down two from last year, according to Frisby. “The decrease occurred despite the introduction of the early childhood education course which has accounted for 17 students,” he said. Frisby could not account for the decrease in. enrol- ment but speculated that ‘labor problems last year may have caused problems: / DTUC co-ordinator John «: Peregrym, said Tuesday morning that registration was excellent, and it “looks as though we're right on. schedule.” Peregrym had predicted 200 full-time stu- dents would attend DTUC Lily, ‘THE NAMED: Recipients ° of Kinnaird Secondary School. Col mics Page C6 Community Closeup aa Page 2 membership fees. mainly from city business licence holders arrived at their des- tinations “earlier late last week or early this week.” “It's pretty well under- y right now,” he. said " According to numbers ihe drive. received by Frisby, Pere- “We're going to let the grym’s expectations are fal- letters havea chance tocircu- ling far short. late: we! Hgure by the ane ey read them a it them ae Ea Je fultine ep at in the mail and pay Ill be taking @ cour- t th wa ase 108, — to about two weeks before we Tuesday nights’ figures,” ‘The chamber vice-presi- Frisby said. “There willbe 8 dent, who indicated in’ an number of studefits who will interview last month that the register during the remain- survival of the chamber der of the week, but- the vould probably depend- on numbers will not be that ‘the success of this member- great. ship drive, said this week it + Peregrym stated Tues- was too early to make any . day that he expected 95 per plans for a general meeting. cent of his predicted 200 But Oglow said he has full-time student-figures to slready seen some signs of a be released by Friday. positive response to the Registration figures for chamber’s _ membership School District No. 9 were drive. unavailable at press time. “Just from talking to bath Jesproverients and atnee i benefits. people. on the street it was setnally quite encouraging,’ the chamber official » said. “The real encouragement is when the money shows up,” he added. According to the mem- bership drive letter, the chamber's role “is to promote the area to the rest of B.C, and Canada as a vital and alive and trading area that can support an’ improved economic base without jeor, ardizing the standard living that we now.enjoy bth and i? “Our. membership is open to any person or busi- ness that believes in this area’ and is not afraid of positive change,” the letter continues. “The chamber's only function | Ys for the betterment of the community as a whole.” see any money coming in.” 2 Membership rates cited by the chamber include $35 for private members and $50 for churches, service clubs and other non-profit organ- izations. Business members pay a basic $50 to cover its first two employees and $20 per additional employee to a maximum of $250. At last count, the cham- ber membership reportedly boasted a membership of between 12 and 15. The executive's goal is a mem- bership of about 100. 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