24—COMINCO'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMANCO’S 75th ANNIVERSARY PARADE ROUTE START Floats form up on ALDRIDGE AVE. _ & across BRIDGE mn Daw, a ma IAA Right turnat G Right turn on Bay Ave. onto Victoria St. Turn right at traffic lights Down SECOND AVE Right turnon wi wwi8y 38 Victoria St. down CEDAR Left turn through COMINCO MAIN GATE. Down Smeiter Hill & Left at traffic lights onto VICTORIA ST. Parade will end on Second Ave. at BUTLER PARK and disperse. Left turn on Cedar Ave. down HELENA ST. Left turn on Helena St Down BAY AVE. The parade in Trail this Saturday in honor of Comincos 75th anniversary looks like it will be ‘the parade to end all parades”, says organizer Art Howard. ; More than 80 floats and six bands are scheduled to be part of the parade. It will be even bigger and more boisterous than the memorable “Cominco On Parade” that was part of the Trail Jubilee 50th anniversary celebrations in - 1951. That civic parade 30 years ago stretched over two-miles. The parade in September will be just one event in a weekend jam-packed with festivities and competitions in celebration of Cominco's anniversary. The bands lined up for the parade include the Cranbrook Girls Bugle Band, the Trail Maple Leaf Band, the Kimberley Pipe Band, the J.L. Crowe Band, the Nelson Kiltie Band and the Trail Pipe Band. Lorne DePaolis is co- ordinating the bands. The parade will line up on Aldridge Avenue and come down Smelter Hill and through downtown Trail starting at 11 a.m. It will terminate at Butler Park and the Cominco floats will be spotted on the streets surrounding the park for review by the public. LOCAL 9705 EXTENDS THEIR Best Wishes TO Cominco ON THEIR 75th Anniversary WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE IN THIS CELEBRATION WITH YOU | Verigin Industries Fruitvale Highway Trail, B.C. EXTEND SINCERE Congratulations Cominco ON THEIR. 75th Anniversary Legislative Library, Parliament Bldga., 502: Ba Victoria, Be Ci vav 1x4 ~~ fy GAR Published at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” The forecast for today cloudy conditions a few showers in the morning, improving to mostly sunny conditions during the after- noon. Highs are expected to be expected to on WEATHERCAST calls for « A frontal. system bringing more rain is ex, move to the West Cost sometime today. VOL. 34, NO. 75 35 Cents CASTLEGAR; BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1981 EL hed 2 Sections (A & B) By WARREN EGGLESTON + Staff Reporter Although B.C. Hydro in- sists that its Murphy Creek Dam proposal is just - that — a proposal only — the dam is looming increas- ingly large in the minds of politicians. If the project goes ahead, the Columbia River will be dammed at Murphy Creek, about 25 kilometres downstream Yrom Castle- area residents and local — gar. The reservoir that would be created would back water up to the Hugh’ Keenleyside Dam. B.C. Hydro and the city ‘of Castlegar are fencing about how much input the city should have into prel- iminary studies assessing possible impacts, and those talks are the forerunner to negotiations about com- pensation for the dam's ef- fects ‘on the city itself. What can the city expect. if the dam is approved? Three municipalities that have dealt in th epast with B.C. Hydro concern- ing similar projects have different points of view about the negotiations. The Castlegar News re- cently. contacted. spokes- mittee, said the municipal- ity had excellent co-oper- ation from B.C. Hydro while the dam was being built on the Pend d'Oreille River, and any problems that arose were easily re- solved. men for Trail, and Hudson Hope. Norm Gabana, a Trail alderman who served on that city’s Seven Mile Dam impact committee:and who now is on thi Murphy Creek Dam'-impzet com- But Mayor Al McAskill and Hudson Hpe Mayor Tex McKegan, both of them also in the midst of negotiating with Hydro, described very dif- ferent experiences when they were asked about dealing with the company. In fact, both men rec: ommended Castlegar get the provincial government involved as a third party in any negotiations with the company,and ‘McKegan added the city should also retain a lawyer. B.C. Hydro had an ex- cellent relationship with pact committee before con- struction started, to pay + for settlement plans, im- ~ pact studies, and extra staff to do the work. An impact study could * not identify any impacts, potential problems were pointed out by the impact ittee for the members made sure they avoided getting in posi- tions where they would have been in shouting ma- tehes with Hydro, he said. He also said the dam site is.in an isolated area. Gabana added that when blasting was going on, the a Cities differ about dealing with Hydro improved recreational fa- cilities as part of the set- ’ tlement it negotiated with.” B.C. Hydro, but he still had harsh words about the way the company dealth with the local politicians. He com| to deal with, and several the that arose during 8 P near the Seven Mile Dam the construction were site, according to Gabana. quietly solved, Gabana He said the company ad- said. vanced money to the im- The impact committee pany was d about the effects on the: Fruitvale arena, - seven miles away, and tests wer. carried out. McAskill said Revel- stoke was able to get some between an employer and | employees, with Hydro be- B.C. Hy- |] dro’s attitude during the || to 4 ing. management and the municipality being the em- GIANT COMINCO Anniversary parade took place despite poor weather day in Trai conditions. Shown here is the J.L. Crowe marching band, one of the six bands entered in the parade. More than 80 floats were featured in the parade. —CasNewsFoto by Dan Zybkott Reduced sawmill production _ Celgar workers laid off. Ninety-five of the Celgar's state of the lumber market, sawmill’s junior employees the only. wood spieces it can will still be laid off Monday; “sell are pine and cedar, and when the mill resumes ‘pro-: ‘that is in. Celgar will changes until the year's end, and possibly longer, he: said. The mill's union plant duction. mill the'small amount of pine The depressed lumber | logs’ it ‘has in its inventory, market and technical prob-’: and then it will be cutting lems are being blamed by BC strictly cedar, he continued. Timber for the decision to Hi that called the, layoffs “pretty shocking,” and said there was no other comment to make. * Things are bad around B.C. because of i run the sawmill at a reduced problems connected to mill- production schedule. ing large cedar logs mean The Clegar pulp mill that the. mill will.be only: be should be operating at its able to run two of its three regular p ‘ion. capacity. production lines, and one of 525 tonnes of pulpa day by planer can handle that out- tonight, BC Timber’s Koot- put. enay Forest Products plant - The. reduced production in Nelgon is-running at the means 95 of, the. mill's 400 Is, ducti iP day. e! : ~ added.” = : Two of Celgar sawmill’s _Blessin said the sawmill three production lines and willbe running .at the .re- one of its two planers ‘will be duced level until there is an operating on a two-shift improvement in the market, basis, said Al Blessin, the and he warned that if the “mill's _ industrial lati market on the He said the iP: be- lieves that. because of the BC Timber projects no CEC fire . Cel tract tin. out on ‘tone bave® eet ‘eased x again, after four days of H bargaining with the assis- probation "=" e. Negotiations are tenta- tively scheduled to resume Sept. 30. Vincent Ready, a ministry of labor mediator involved in NELSON, B.C. (CP) ?— Two Sons of Freedom Douk- hobors convicted of arson in a B.C. county court trial here were given suspended sen- ry will the “not. be;-recalled’ for’ work, * ad in estimated 20 to 30 of © said Rowland. Peter Kalesnikoff, spokes- man for Kalesnikoff ‘Lumber, said Friday his company is “holding on,” and there have been no layoffs, but he added the. company may have to reassess its‘ position’ in ‘sev- worsen,’ the company’:*may consider cutting the le1 its shifts as an alte - operating at the same levels i ring the amount of time the mill has been shut.down, he added. ae The mill has not operated since late in July, first because of the labor dispute’ between the pulp industry) and the two pulp unions, and: then because of the mainten- ance shutdown. The KFP sawmill is cutting strictly cedar, Jack Sigalet, BC Timber’s regional sawmill manager for the Kootenays,' told the Castlegar .News He said the. sawmill and the plywood plant are both as they were before the}: r )maintenance’sh Sowa.) “Slocan'; Forest. Procucts: coul helping it to continue:so far, he continued. Ron Belton, a spokesman for the Celgar pulp mill, said Friday that the start-up process at the mill is moving smoothly, and there have been no major problems. Things are going well, consid- Celgar contract Women Mediator adjourns talks Timber, resumed negotiating on Tuesday after a two-week recess. Bargaining is slated to get underway again at the end of the month, but the next round of talks may have to be delayed until some time in October, depending.on Read- dy’s schedule. tences Friday ahd placed on the the talks late Friday after- mond Cooper 000. The International said he wouldn't sentence W of America, Mary .A ff, 67, and in Pauline Berikoff, 44, — who t’ handcuffed through the Celgar lumber and woods ivisic and the Interior Relati The adj is to allow the union to reassess its position, said Celgar spokesman Al Blessin and ILFRA spokesman John Tod- man, on Saturday. TWA spokesman John Pol- lock said ions were at Cominco petition gaining support A petition arguing that ‘Cominco must be allowed to control its low cost power if it is to remain a viable oper- ation providing a large per- centage of the West and East Kootenay labor force with jobs’ gaines significant sup- port Saturday. Ernest LeRose, spokesmen for a group of area residents supporting Cominco's applic- ation to-the B.C. Utilities Commission that the com- pany be exempted from the Utilities Commission Act, said Saturday that the peti- tion received “tremendous” . support when petitioners cir- culated throughout down- town Trail during Cominco’s 76th anniversary parade. An exemption from the Utilities Act would enable the company to freely sell its excess power without being regulated as a utility. The petition says that without the exemption the future sec- urity of Cominco, and the jobs of area residents, would be in jeopardy. LeRose: says the petition provides an opportunity for citizens “to show Cominco a ‘little appreciation” for the role that the company has played in developing this area and providing a sound industrial base. LeRose said it is “vital” the company keep control of its _ low cost power. He described the possible loss of this control as “a very, very serious situation” and siad the provincial government and BCUC must be made to realize that an adverse de- cision “would affect the lives of thousands of people.” ‘The citizen's committee placed an ad containing the petition in the Sept. 13 issue of the Castlegar News, and LeRose said he is pleased so far with the to it. Bunker Hill smelter in Kell- ogg, Idaho. : “People say Trail and. Cominco are here forever- .and-a-day; for as long as the, Columbia River flows,” Mar- * colin told a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club. “But that The petitioners’ position is supported by Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy, the NDP energy critic in Victoria, who says the BCUC is well aware of his support for the applic- ation. ,Meahwhile, Cominco vice- president Marc Marcolin told a. service club meeting in Trail last week that those who take the continued pre- sence of the company in the area for granted should keep in mind the closing of the is not sO. “We would not have con- trol. over our power if, termed a utility). Its use would be dictated’ to us by the B.C. Utiliteis Commission and we just can’t operate that way. “They could say: Cominco you stop using your power for the Kimberl sal their court appearance — to Forest Labor the “indi; of n.” Association, representing BC A jury convicted the wom- en, both of the Kootenay community of Gilpin, of arson after a fire in the washrooms of the Cultural Education caused an estimated $750 damage. Astaforoff was placed on three’ years’ probation and LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (CP) Berikoff was placed on pro- — Acid rain — killer of bation for two years. The thousands of jakes — will judge said he would call for corrode U.S.-Canada_ rela- an inquiry into problems in tions unless Washington the Kootenays involving ar- moves quickly to stiffen air son and bombings. pollution standards, a group of Canadian MPs told a U.S. A a 5 By Paul Koring About acid rain a point where Ready felt both in Canada b over- not . be’ reached Friday. Company president Ike Barber said last week: the; plant has resumed operating; at a level about two-thirds of } reassessing position if the market con- ditions worsened. parties should be given some time. 4 Pollock reserved comment, when asked about progress 4 Pollock reserved comment when asked about progress achieved during the lates round of bargaining, but Blession said there has been some ; Progress made.” : became involved in the negotiations at the WA's request, made during the recess. There had been to earlier rounds of bagaining, and 3 two-day walkout early in the month which halted main: tenance work at the sawmill and pulp mill. : ; cae waz 2% Canada repeats warning rid of whelming, Canada may have to resort to economic retaliation or international redress, said Tan Watson (Lib. ‘Chateau- gay(. He suggested the U.S. might fall afoul of the Hel- inski Accord which prohibits from fi damage from acid rain is overwhelming and the tech; ological solutions to control emissions exist, but the “U.S; seems to be lacking the political will to act.” $ NO EASY TASK Don Mitchell, a New York i ay Saturday. John Fraser, Progressive Conservative environment PRAYER critic and former minister of What a time to praise the the environment, told mem- TODAY'S Ps ‘3 pollution which could damage others. “Your preaching to the choir,” said James Sch |: “We're two years behind Canada in educating.” } New York Democrat: and h of the sub tord as we bring in the bersofthe ittee onb and sell it to theOkanagan instead.’ In that case we .could be forced to buy more expensive from B.C. Hydro.” of fruits and natural .resources, agricult- vegetables. Teach us ural research and the envir- again, © Lord, to provide onment, that Congress has for others as You have only “six months to a year to providedforus. =~ act” before political pressure ‘ittee which is studying acid rain. “Our problem is con- vincing Congress.” Derek Blackburn NDP en- vironment critic, said the Subcommittee members admit that ing their colleagues in Congress and with the president's commit: ment to reducing govern; Continued on B3