Enrolment overflowing TORONTO (CP) — While the Roman Catholic Church struggles to deal with a sharp decline in the number of ie for the pri the Angli Church is facing the opposite predicament. Across Canada, Anglican seminaries are overflowing with record numbers of men and women, far outstripping the rate of growth in church membership. The result is being described as both a marvellous opportunity and a perplexing problem. The church now is struggling to support its growing number of new priests while the students train towards an uncertain future. It is a development that one church official predicts may force fundamental changes in the role of the priest. “It could very well mean that over the next decade or two, all persons seeking ordination won't be priests in a parish,” said Douglas Blackwell, archdeacon of the Diocese of Toronto. “There are not enough parishes to hold them all.” Blackwell said this provides an opportunity for the church to begin looking at other ways of ministering to society. “We might be talking about a store-front ministry,” he said, or part-time or self-supp ting clergy, as happened in France with the worker-priest movement in Atie/Roman Catholic Church. ‘ In Canada, unlike the situation in the United States where an estimated 2,000 Episcopalian or Anglican priests are “wandering around with nothing to do,” the church will not ordain a persor/o do ministry in general, Blackwell explained. Ordination is linked to {a bishop's ability to find a place for that person — anii that requires money, an increasingly estimated $35,000 a year to provide salary, benefits and housing. When Bite money is aot there, ordinations are ‘That d in the Toronto Gioeses lass month. hie A hb T on 365-5210. a rion 9. (oo gmap ccounting Lewis announced there would not be a winter ordination for about 10 divinity students graduating from Trinity and Wycliffe Colleges. Lynn Sampson, a second-year student who repre- sents the divinity class at Trinity College, said the church has ignored this problem for too long. “People put three or more years into preparing and a considerable amount of money,” she said. “You also invest a great deal of yourself and your faith. “If you really believe you have a call to the minis} and then you're told they don't have a place for you, it re be very disco Church officials say a decision 10 years ago to open ordination up to women and the fact that priests can marry — unlike in the Roman Catholic church — has caused the current glut in the Anglican Church of Canada. But a longtime observer of the ecclesiastical scene, who wished to remain anonymous, suggested a third reason. “In times of economic crunch, the number of ordinands goes up,” he said. “Teaching is kind of tight, and the ministry is an alternative.” There are about 2,500 Anglican priests in Canada, said Rev. Richard Johns, the church's personne! director, and the number is growing slightly. The church has been ordaining between 90 and 100 new priests each year, while about 65 die or retire. Eastern European travels for adventurous tourists By PENNY MacRAE Canadian Press Barbed wire. Big dogs. Border guards. Such images keep many Canadians from travelling to Eastern Europe. But for the more adventurous tourist who isn’t looking for Club Med comfort, a visit to Eastern Europe can be cheaper than travelling in Western Europe. And chance encounters with ordinary people often make you forget all the bureaucratic hassles. There are, however, some elementary rules to follow. Plan your itinerary beforehand. Consult the appropriate embassies and try to get all the visas you'll need before you leave to avoid long waits or disappointments at borders. Pack Lightly — you may have a lot of traipsing around to do before you find a room. A good guidebook and phrase books will come in handy. Avoid black market exchanges, no matter how safe they seem. The penalties can be severe. And forget about having anything to do with drugs. BRING A BOOK Be prepared for lineups that move at an excruciatingly slow pace. Buying train tickets, changing money, or using the state-provided accommodation services in Eastern Europe almost invariably involve long waits. Try to do your errands early — and bring a book. Eastern Europe has a severe hard-currency shortage, so most Warsaw Pact nations require visitors to change a minimum daily amount into local currency — often about $15 U.S. (Bring U.S. dollars, which are more readily accepted than Canadian money.) The big plus is that you'll enjoy an affordable trip, since prices of meals, hotel rooms, air or rail tickets are generally lower than in Western Europe. If you are a student, or under 26, there are often a number of deals available. Language can be a problem. Your high-school German may come in handy in Yugoslavia and most other countries in Eastern Europe since it is often more commonly spoken than English as a second language TWO ARE EASY Yugoslavia and Hungary are the most liberal of the eastern European countries. Accommodations are more readily available in the two countries, which are used to receiving large numbers of tourists, and travel arrange- ments are often less complicated to make. Magyar cuisine is among the best in Europe, specializing in fantastic eoeabinntions of meat, spices and fresh d coffee houses which th t serve delicious coffees awh high with whipped cream. PRAGUE A JEWEL Czechoslovakia is also a country not to be missed, with its thousands of castles and beautiful countryside of peaks and plains. Undamaged by the Second World War, Prague remains one of the last great Gothic jewels of Europe. But it also presents a few more obstacles to the casual traveller. 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Parliqnuent Bidgs.,° 501 Belleville St war JANUARY 26, 1967 4 Sections (A, B,C & 0) Oglow seeks special report * By RON NORMAN Editer mid charges of “electioneering,” Ald. Nick Oglow Tuenday called for special auditor's roport on the City of Castlegar's $1.5 million park loan. claimed the loan, which Fyvaeses a principal of $1.2 million and interest of $150,000 a year, is overdue “and there appears to, be no provisions for repayment.” Reading from a written statement, Oglow said it is “absolutely essential” that coun¢il do everything possible to see that the debt “does not fall'gy the shoulders of our local taxpayers.” He added that a comprehensive auditor's report “would go council with options. @ long way to giving us some ” and providi Oglow suggested the report determine: © what levels of g hi between Oglow and other council members in as many meetings. Wicore petniod opt (kei Uqhse'le Is bi ‘ssoond pean eat council yet “you're peerings ond you didn’t know anything” park loan. jabout the and what were involved in the original concept for the industrial park; e@ what commitments, if any, were made by senior governments; what securities, guarantees or undertakings were provided by the city; © how the indebtedness was to be serviced and liquidated. Mayor Audrey Moore led what was the. second heated “If it’s an attempt to embarrass council, you're doing very well,” Moore said. She later added: “I think there are a lot of seare tactics going on tonight and I don't appreciate them.” Moore also. warned Ogiow that if he is going to campaign for the mayor's seat all year, then it will be a long and difficult term for council. Moore pointed out in an interview following the meeting that information about the industrial park loan has been in the news about a half dozen times. “It's not new news,” she said. But Oglow denied in an interview that he is election- eering. “I would not want to be in charge of a sinking ship unless this item was cleared up,” he said. Ald. Len Embree also suggested Oglow was using the industrial park issue for his own political purposes, saying if this is how Oglow wants to conduct his political approach, “so be it.” However, Entibree took “umbrage” with Ogiow’s continued on pege AZ LT. (T im) ALLEN Ce or 9:30-5:30 Tues. to Sot. Bus. 365-3515 Res. 365-6880 1434 Colv mbie Ave., Castlegar Castlegar Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc. C.A. Resident Partner h for the currency length of your stay, and your visa form must be stamped at a police office every time you change hotels or locations in the country. Accommodation is a big problem, at least in Prague. Hotels, especially in the summer, are crowded. First stop is the national travel agency, Cedok, which handles all reser- yations. Persistence, which may involve several hours of waiting in Tine, usually pays off. Cedok will make hotel reservations from its foreign office in New York if you pay in advance. It might be a good idea to book for at least a couple of days, until you find something cheaper. ENTER BY BERLIN + Another fascinating stop, although generally more expensive, is East Germany, one of Eastern Europe's most restricted nations. Even if they seem a little ici at Appliances APPLIANCE PARTS AND SERVICE All Brand Names Serviced All Parts Stocked Rebuilt Timers first, East Germans generally are exceptionally courteous to westerners. An easy way to visit the country is to enter East Berlin with a day visa, then go to the state travel office and tell them you want to spend a few days in the country. BE ite Kin Soo BMG. ~aito As you enter Yug , with its li and dazzling coastline, you will be given a free 90-day visa. The budget traveller can book a room in a private home costing less than $10 U.S. through tourist and travel agencies. Hotels cost more, averaging $30 and up. Food can be delicious — a mix of Turkish and European. Everyone who visits Hungary needs a visa, good for a 30-day stay. If you arrive by train, you must get it in advance (visas are available from the Hungarian Embassy in Ottawa). A visa is issued on the spot if you fly or drive in. |OTELS CROWDED Hungary regeives millions of tourists a year and its hotels, cannot dccommodate the flow. The national travel bureau, IBUSZ, and local tourist offices will find you lodgings in a private home for the equivalent of $5 or less a night. A stay in a private home allows you to get to know the people, and is your best bet; hotels are costlier and often fully booked in the summer. Tourists in Hungary are not subject to a minimum daily currency exchange. But they must register with the local police within 24 hours of their arrival. a, WANTED (IG. epltey Wigley, i> ENG. epee DEALERSHIPS WANETA PLAZA TOYOTA Bear Creek Road. Trai! 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By RON NORMAN Editor The $3.5 million expansion prop- osed for Castlegar Airport may be postponed, the Castlegar News has learned. The expansion was first unveiled last April and some work has al- ready begun on the apron and water system. Tenders for the terminal construction were supposed to be awarded in October and actual construction was slated to start in November. However, no work has begun. “Ive heard that it may be put back,” Mayor Audrey Moore said in an interview Tuesday night. Moore said the Ministry of Transport has dropped Castlegar on its priority list. That's a change from the minis- try’s position last spring when it said Castlegar was “the humberone priority” of the 10 airport terminal projects planned in the ministry's Pacific Region. Moore suggested Castlegar coun- cil take a “serious position” re- garding the expansion. “Our traffic has increased sub- stantially in 1986,” she said. She proposed that council write to Transport Minister John Crosbie and Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco stating its concern in “very strong words” and requesting that the con- tractor stay on schedule. Council also agreed to ask the surrounding municipalities to sup- port the letter. The propused expansion would nearly triple the size of the terminal building, from 300 square metres to 800 square metres. It would include an enclosed baggage claim area, a customs office, expansion of the waiting area, and relocation of the holding room and administration of. fices. The expansion was a scaled down version of the $6 million project proposed in 1981. Terminal construction was sup- posed to start in November, 1986 and take about 18 months, with April, 1988 set as the completion date. YESICAN. . Valdy played to a crowd of 285 people at the Red Mountain ski lodge Monday night. After squeezing in two quick runs down Red, Valdy did a benefit performance for Rick Hansen's Man in Motion tour, raising some $760. Some of the Red Mountain staff also donated their time. Story on A4. CosNews Photo by Mike Kalesniko WKPL HEARING Bids to stay secret KELOWNA (CP) — Officials of mining giant Cominco Ltd. don’t have to divulge the identities of 13 unsuce essful bidders for, West Kootenay Power and Light, the B.C. Utilities Cc ruled Tuesday. Plans in works for station By CasNews Staff The Castlegar Heritage Advisory Committee is looking at moving the historic CP Rail station just south of its present site on 13th Avenue, adjacent to the railway tracks. The committee asked Castlegar council Tuesday night to prepare a plan of the area, showing all property boundaries and ownership of the properties. . The plan will also identify the preferred site for the station. The plan will be presented to council before going to CP Rail for approval. In addition, committee chairman John Charters told council in a written report that negotiations with CP Rail for the station are “proceeding in a very co-operative manner.” Charters recommended council ask CP Rail not to repaint the station exterior of the station its original white. The station was painted red as part of the Screen Gems Canada Ltd. A two-hour debate over the release of that information ended when com- mission chairman Marie Taylor decided the list would not assist the three- member panel to either approve or deny the proposed $80-million sale by Cominco to UtiliCorp. United Inc. of Kansas City, Mo. Representatives of consumers’ asso- ciations had argued that the release of the list would help them determine if the public interest was served in Cominco's bidding process. Bob Stone, Cominco’s vice-president of finance, said 14 bids for West Kootenay were received by an Aug. 1, 1986, deadline. He defended his company’s decision to cancel a second deadline of Sept. 1 for the submission of detailed bids. Cominco accepted the UtiliCorp. offer in August. Cam McKechnie, Comincq’s lawyer, said the company was relucatant to release too much information on the bidders since that would prejudice future negotiations if the UtiliCorp. purchase was denied by the commis- sion. Stone said that of 14 bids, 11 were Canadian, with six of those principally involved in utilities, but only one in an electrical utility. Of the three non- Canadian proposals, all were from U.S. companies involved in electrical, util- ities. The second-highest bid also was from a U.S. company and gave a range of $44.3 million Cdn. to $77.5 million Cdn. as a purchase price. The lowest bid overall was $44.3 million. “« Cominco will realize a net benefit of about $140 million from the sale be- cause UtiliCorp. wilf assume West Kootenay’s $60-million to $65-million debt with the purchase of the Canadian utility's shares, Stone said. West Kootenay serves about 97,000 customers in the southern B.C. Inter. ior. City population drops Ottawa rejects request By CasNews Staff The federal government has rejected a request to provide a full-time customs officer at the Castlegar Airport, but Castlegar council isn’t taking the refusal lying down. “We're not prepared to accept that,” Ald. Len Embree said Tuesday night. Embree proposed that council write Elmer McKay, Minister of National Revnue, reiterating its request for a customs office at the airport. In a letter to council McKay said a full-time customs service at the airport is not “feasible” at this time. He pointed out that the federal gov- ernment has undertaken s cost reduc tion program by closing 18 customs offices, with another 30 offices facing pdssible closure. “As a consequence, it is extremely difficult to offer new services at this time,” he said. “We cannot provide a full-time officer but we are prepared to continue our present service on a call-out basis at Castlegar Airport. ‘However, McKay added that Ottawa would still like to have space allotted in the proposed airport terminal expan- sion for a customs area. “We would like the convenience of ili for pro- ALD. . Sextremely ul sign is ved and that a telephone is Anstalled at the dock. “We feel that the closer these facil- ities are to the border the better, and that Castlegar is a bit too far away to provide adequate customs coverage.” But Embree called the letter “ab- solutely unacceptable.” “I am extremely unhappy,” he said. Mayor Audrey Moore pointed to i ” in the letter. McKay says ceasing and for examination of goods and baggage, as well as a designated customs parking area for aircraft,” h said. McKay claimed his ministry hasn't received any complaints about the time requred to clear aircraft. He added that some delays are “inevitable,” but said that customs could provide better service if notified 30 or 40 minutes in advance of aircraft arrivals. “This would allow sufficent time for officers to travel to Castlegar,” he said. McKay also said his ministry doesn’t intend to move the customs river ser- vice from Trail to the Castlegar air- port. However, it will ensure a better inside SPECIAL AWARD: Castlegar resident Art Townsend has been awarded a Priory of Thanks by §t. John Ambulance for his work in teaching industrial first aid . . AS _ on the one hand that Castlegar doesn't deserve a customs office at the airport, but then asks that space be reserved for an office, she said. Embree noted that Kelowna Airport has a customs office. He also disputed McKay's claim that there haven't been any complaints about customs service. Embree listed several delays in cus- toms clearance for aircraft, including a 30-minute delay Dec. 4 that came after the customs office was notified in ad- vance. “I think that in looking at the com- munity and the importance of that air- port to the community . .. (the letter) is totally unacceptable,” Embree said. MUNICIPAL MEETING: Mayor Audrey Moore says the recent provin- cial-municipal conterence in Vancouver was “constructive”. . . INVESTORS SOUGHT: The Regional District of Central Kootenay is looking for investors... A2 PARK IMPROVEMENTS: Pass Creek regional park is in line for some major improvements’... A3 By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer The populations of several West Kootenay cities have dropped, according to the latest preliminary census figures from Statistics Canada. Of Castlegar, Trail and Nelson, Castlegar's popula- tion dropped the least. It fell by 577 or 8.3 per cent to 6,325 residents in 1986 compared to 6,902 in 1981. Trail experienced the greatest drop in population since 1981, by some 1,731 residents or 18 per cent. Trail registered 7,868 people in 1986 compared to 9,599 in 1981. Though Nelson's numbers dropped by 12 per cent, it now has a larger population than Trail. Nelson registered 8,027 in the preliminary census, a drop of over 1,000 people from its total of 9,143 in 1981. Karen Calderbank, supervisor of the inquiries staff at Statistics Canada, explained that the census figures may be inaccurate by about two-per-cent since the census is not complete. “We count the pe explained. “There isa whether you are in your‘ usual place of re not, we must allocate them to that place. \e where they are on June 3,” she lace on the form to indicate nce and, if Calderbank mentioned that the difficulty does not lie in tallying those on vacation, but with people whose employment might take them outside of Canada. She pointed specifically to such occupations as the armed forces, merchant marines and foreign diplomats as those yet to be included in the census. PLOW TROUBLE: PENTICTON — Even Highways Ministry snowplows sometimes have trouble in the snow. A snowplow went off the road and crashed into a house Tuesday night in Okanagan Falls, about 20 kilometres south of Pen- ticton. There were no injuries. Toni Ala who was in the house at the time, said the plow came into her living room and another part of the truck hit the out- side bedroom wall. Alaric’s two sons were asleep at the time, but the accident did not wake The acci ent caused about $5,000 damage to the house. REBELS SPLIT: Castlegar Rebels split their two games with Spokane over the weekend, losing the t and winning the second... BI film production