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CARL'S DRUGS Castleaird Plaza 365-7269 Castlegar and Nelson are conducting programs to teach business skills to 80 men and women, both in the designed to help those enter. ing the’ workforee from school or woman who have been out of the workforce and need to upgrade existing skills or acquire new skills. According to Briseo, 10 projects have been funded under the Jobs Strategy “Job Development” program. The projects are providing more than 2,000 weeks of work for 73 unemployed. These projects range in activities from forestry, sil vieulture and construction to museum, library and com munity work. The job de velopment program also em- phasizes on-the-job training. In a prepared release Bris- co said the Canadian Jobs Strategy projects will “equip those who would otherwise be unemployed, with useful skills that will encourage them and assist them in fund finding work.” Brisco added that he ex- pects to see more Canadian Jobs Strategy projects ap- proved in Kootenay West as the program is further de- veloped and expanded. “I also expect that in- creased tourism activity an- ticipated by Expo, together with the initiatives of the Challenge 86 program, will see more and greater oppor- tunities for students this year in Kootenay West.” Boy abducted from play school ARMSTRONG (CP) — A play school teacher was in shock Friday nighit after she failed to prevent the abduc- tion of a child from one of her classes. “I didn’t witness it. I was in it,” teacher Sheila Wehner said in an interview. Earlier in the day, police issued a Canada-wide war. rant for the arrest of the natural parents of a three- year-old boy abducted from ‘Armstrong Play School. Wehner said she became alarmed when Cody Middle- miss, who was under the care of foster parents, looked out leading Inge. Many areas availabl Contact John, Mes A. oughee: urnaby. te. vec 324. Ph. 299° CASTLEGAR AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 FROM 7 - 9 P.M. the window at school and cried “Gee, there's my mother.” Wehner said she took the child by the hand and tried to call the police but the woman “grabbed him and ran out the door.” “I chased her up to the road ... there was a man sitting in the car with the motor running.” “I just jumped right into the car. I wasn't thinking. I was crying, I was pleading . everything I could think of to convince them this was not the thing to do.” Wehner said a struggle broke out and she was pushed from the moving ve- hicle. The brown-haired, blue- eyed youngster has been in the custody of the human re- sources ministry under a court order, and living with foster parents. In recognition of Physiotherapy Week in Canada (March 17 - 24), the public is invited to tour the Department. Staff from the Hospital and Childrens’ Development Centre will be present For Your Shopping Convenience HOMEGOODS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE will be OPEN TODAY Sunday (March 16) Noon to 5 p.m. for our B.Y.0.P DICKER SALE HOMEGOODS Bring your * own pencil to answer questions and demonstrate equip- ment. FURNITURE WAREHOUSE AT CHINA CREEK NOSYJONV_JOVM_AYWW You Are Invited to the ANNUAL MEETING OF CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION ANNUAL MEETING ‘85 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT COMMUNITY COMPLEX 2101 - 6TH AVENUE, CASTLEGAR, B.C. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1986 AT 7:30 P.M. Annual Reports by the Board of Directors, the General Manager ‘and the Credit Committee will be official JUST LIKE MOM DID . . . four-year-old Kristi Fox, d by Health h Rogers, snips the ribbon to mark the official opening of the new Rotary Health Unit in Castlegar. Kris’ was four years old during the opening 's mom, Shirley Fox (nee Lamont), carried the scissors when she the original health unit in 1962 Costews Photo courtery of Jim Lamont BY INSTITUTE Robson fair cancelled By CasNews Staff The Robson Women’s In- stitute has cancelled its fall fair for this year. Institute secretary Ivy Sal- ekin said the group decided not to organize the fair this year because it is a major undertaking for such a small oup. The institute has a mem- bership of 12 women — only six of whom are actively in- volved in the organization. Salekin said the institute asked other groups for assis- tance with the intention of keeping the fair in Robson, but received no response. “Everybody is busy doing their own projects,” she says. Salekin says putting on a fall fair is not easy. Planning for the fair — which has been held for the last three years — begins in January or Feb- BCTF won't fund appeal VANCOUVER (CP) — The B.C. Teachers’ Federation executive has decided not to fund an appeal of suspensions against Abbotsford teachers John and Ilze Shewan for allowing a semi-nude photo- graph of one of them to ap- pear in a magazine. The B.C. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 31 the couple had acted improperly in allowing the photograph of Ilze She- wan, taken by husband, John, to appear in the Feb- ruary 1985 issue of Gallery Magazine. However, Justice John Bouck ordered that six-week teaching suspensions impos- ed by the Abbotsford school board be reduced to four weeks. The Shewan's lawyer, Da- vid Tarnow, is scheduled to appear before a B.C. Court of Appeal justice March 24 seeking leave to appeal to the full court. Federation president Clarke said the federation has already spent about $40,000 on legal fees in the case, and has been told by other legal counsel that the “chances of a successful ap- peal aren't good.” “Given the chance of suc cess, we just blew the whistle on it.” Special Guest Sp Toastmaster’s Club. Topic: Expo ‘86. Numerous Door Prizes Refreshments will be served after the meeting. _. Members will have an opportunity to meet the Board of Diretors, Statt-ond our Special Speaker. ly presented. Local Ci ruary. A majority of the work involves writing letters and approaching local busi nesses for prizes for winners of the categories. “You can’t get anywhere without prizes,” she says. Salekin noted that insti tute members were “very tired” after putting on last year’s fall fair, which at tracted 500 entries. Meanwhile the group con tinues to be involved in other activities. The WI will hold a craft fair at the end of November in Robson. The group is also distributing a book on drug abuse to waiting rooms of dentists, doctors and lawyers offices in the community, as well as churches and schools. The institute continues to support the Robson church hall and Sunday school and has also promised money to the swimming pool this year The WI also sponsors bur saries for high school gradu ates and is involved in the Robson flea market. The WI is also compiling recipes to be included in a national Women’s Institute cookbook Court news In Castlegar provincial court this week, John Hall pleaded guilty to impaired driving and failure to provide a breath sample and was sentenced to a 60-day inter mittent jail term on each count, to be served con currently. Hall also pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property and was sentenced to a 60-day jail term on that count, also to be served con. currently. . . Donald Soukochoff was fined $150 for remaining in a licensed establishment after being asked to leave. . . Harold Chernoff pleaded guilty to being a minor in possession of liquor and was fined $75. CARMELLA SEWING Has moved to Chahko Mike Mall April Special 103: Russian Suits CALL CARMELLA AT 354-2055 For your orders Located in the Cleenatining Store Chahhe Mike Mall Melson Because of their proximity to the dam, Westar Timber’s Celgar pulp mill and Southern Wood Products sawmill are two locations where the water would lap at the door early. Anderton pointed out that all but a small portion of higher land at the southern end of the Westar property would be awash. Of particular concern, she said, are Celgar’s pollution control ponds, used to control the flow of effluent from the mill into the Columbia River. Those ponds — and all the effluent in them — would: be inundated, which means all the effluent in them would be released into the river, Anderton said. Across the river from the mills, “a great deal” off Robson would be submerged during the peak of the flood, she said All of East Raspberry and some of Raspberry close to the river would be flooded. Anderton noted that a disturbing aspect of a flood in| this area would be the submersion of Castlegar’s sewage ponds whose contents, like Celgar’s pollution control ponds, would be washed into the Columbia. Back across the river, Castlegar itself would become] a series of islands, Anderton explained, because of the undulating terrain throughout the city. Downtown Castlegar would be the largest of these} islands. Flood waters would flow around the southward bend in the Columbia River, rise as far as 4th Avenue, and then| cut off downtown as the water floods the area south of the downtown core. curve near the Co-op service station. However, at that point the water would continue to) flow along 13th Avenue, past the CPR station until it rejoins the river near the ferry terminal, thus isolating downtown. elementary, Castlegar Primary and the Special Educa tion Centre. But Selkirk College, in this case literally an institute’ of higher education, sitting on its hill on a peninsula} jutting out into the Columbia River, would be spared, Anderton said. However, the college would also be isolated by the! flood waters. Across Highway 3A, the Castlegar Airport would be high and dry, Anderton said. Surprisingly, despite the extent of the water's rise, the flooding would not dramatically alter Castlegar’s| landscape, Anderton said, although she pointed out that much erosion of the Columbia River's steeper banks would probably take place, with unfortunate consequen- ces for some of the newer subdivisions close to the river. In particular, Anderton noted the Connors Road and Dumont subdivisions which are located above steep banks and are susceptible to severe erosion. She explained that the flood would undercut the’ banks which would then “slump” into the river. The major problem after the flood subsides would be! residential areas covered with mud and strewn with debris, Anderton said. “You might have lost some riverfront property from erosion,” she added. But before you rush out to put a “for sale” sign up, take note that none of these disastrous events is likely to happen. In fact, the emergency plan, despite its existence, is ‘Tost reassuring. It says the “probability of breaching Hugh Keenley side dam is extremely remote.” “It is considered that breaching the dam can only be realistically postulated as a result of a cataclysmic event, which has a probability of occurrence of practically zero.” And even if such an event takes place, the plan adds that the dam is “designed to survive the maximum credible earthquake at the site.” Besides earthquakes, the plan also cites landslides, sabotage, flooding, cracking of the dam and failure of the lock or sluice as potential causes of a disaster But both Marsh and the emergency plan note that several instruments and systems monitor the dam's condition and performance and provide warnings of any unusual developments. . As well, Marsh said, quarterly inspections of the dam are carried out, the last one having taken place on Dec: 17 Hugh Keenleyside dam has an operating crew of four people, Marsh said, plus a mechanic and other tradespeople that visit the dam regularly The quarterly inspection includes a run-through of the chain of communications set out in the emergency plan, Marsh said. The chain is rather complex, but is charted in the plan with the names, titles and phone numbers of who to contact ‘An observer of a problem at Hugh Keenleyside, presumably one of the workers at the dam, is supposed to} notify the assistant production superintendent, Lawrence} Flynn, at Kootenay Canal at the first sign of a problem. Flynn, or one of the two production supervisors, then calls the East Kootenay control centre in Cranbrook which in turn contacts ‘a host of other officials or departments, including Nelson RCMP, the provincial emergency program, West Kootenay Power and Light Co., the provincial water management branch and the Canadian Coastguard. Meanwhile, Flynn has called Castlegar RCMP, which notifies civil authorities and the Hugh Keenleyside control room. The procedure then calls for Flynn and other authorities to “take action to stem or alleviate flooding.” While this is going on, several more people and organizations are being contacted by B.C. Hydro’s system control centre on Burnaby Mountain on ithe Lower Mainland. Included on its list of contacts are the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation at Grand Coulee Dam, on the Columbia River about 160 kilometres west of Spokane, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency response team in | Seattle. TALKING OF TREES . . Blueberry Creek elemen tary school held its third annual science fair on Thurs. day with nearly all the chil dren of the school entering exhibits which ranged from dinosaurs to space travel. The primary exhibits were judged by Mr. G. Lenarduzzi and Mrs. K. Johnson with the intermediate exhibits being judged by Mr. B. Sang and Mr. N. Sather. The exhibits were on dis- play during the evening and a large number of parents and friends took the opportunity to view the many different and varied projects. All entrants received cer tifieates of participation 2EES ARCH OR at the school’s science fair this week Science fair held while science medallions were presented to the. fol- lowing award-winning chil- dren: Mrs. V. Matthews pre- sented Grade 1 awards to Michael Kagis (metal con- ducting heat) and Christo- pher Cook (dinosaurs). Hon- orable Mention went to An- gela Briggeman (mould), Ja- son Gallo (machines) and Na than DallaLana (plants). Mrs. Matthews presented Grade 2 awards to Amber Kenneway (yeast) and Chris Clement (fossils). Honorable mention went to Crystal Verhaeghe (plants), Ryan Gustafson (solar sys tem) and Kent Fauth (micro- scope). Mr. J. Nesteroff presented Grade 3 awards to: Lee Pea- cock (the moon) and Karen . Blueberry Creek student displays her science project Mrs. B. Michelson pre- sented Grade 5 awards to: Kim Lewis (conduction of electricity) and Ken Skibin- ski (oil and gas). mention went to Honorable mention went to Keli Fontaine and Derek Berisoff (beavers), Clarice DallaLana (rabbits) and Am- anda Gustafson (the buffalo). Mr. Nesteroff presented Grade 4 awards to Mina Briggeman (trees), and Kathi Maartman (first and second law of thermodynamics). Honorable mention went to Alesha Campbell (fat in foods), Lisa Gantly (birds) and Derek Read (the micro- scope). Bobby Baulne (prisms and lenses), Melissa LaBine (Egyptian burial) and Wendy Hall (bears). Mrs. Michelson presented Grade 6 awards to: Diana Stepaniuk (comeback cans) and Derek Soloveoff (tele- phones). Honorable mention went to: Leigha Belanger (the sol- ar system), Jeremy. Deptuck (magnetism) and Curt Ross (levers). Teachers fed accuses Bennett of rigging school tax system VANCOUVER (CP) — The British Columbia govern ment could be trying to whip up an election issue by per mitting school boards to overcome budget shortfalls through an extra tax on homeowners, say spokesmen for teachers and trustees. At least 38 of B.C.’s 75 school districts have so far delivered budgets to Victoria millions of dollars above the spending level provided by the education ministry.The deadline was Saturday, but Education Minister Jim Hewitt indicated boards would be given a few days’ grace. Pat Clarke, president of the B.C. Teachers Federa. tion, said “There's a good possibility” Premier Bill Ben nett has rigged the school tax system to foment an election issue. “One way to do that is to create a confrontation that gets into a crisis,” he said. “Then the government rides in and resolves it.” “Meanwhile, the public for gets it was Victoria that Marcos — B.C. link possible VANCOUVER (CP) — The new Philippine government will ask Canada to inves tigate possible links between Ferdinand Marcos and a Vancouver investment com pany headed by a close as sociate of the deposed pres ident, says The Vancouver Sun. The government in Manila this week froze the Philip- pine assets of Jose Y. Cam pos, and said it will ask Can ada to examine his holdings in this country to determine if they are held for Marcos The Philippines also asked the United States govern ment to find the assets of 12 other Campos companies many named after British Columbia cities — to de termine if Marcos is involved Manila wants American courts to freeze the assets, which include $29 million U.S. worth of land in Seattle and Texas. Campos, who divides his time between Vancouver and Manila, is one of the chief targets of an investigation by the new Philippines’ Presi dential Commission on Good Government. Set up by President Cor azon Aquino’s first executive order, the commission seeks to reclaim an estimated $10 billion it alleges was ac cumulated illegally by Mar. cos, family members and close associates. Mary C. Bautista, one of five commission members, said in a telephone interview from Manila that her govern ment is using a prominent Texas attorney to investigate ownership of the Campos land. LINK IS SOUGHT “If there is any link be tween Mr. Marcos and these companies run by Mr. Cam pos, we will look at reclaim ing them for the Filipino people,” she told the news paper. “Mr. Campos is one of the closest associates of Mr Marcos and he has acted as a front man for him.” She said her government had evi dence of Mareos property listed in Campos's name in the Philippines. “Mr. Marcos and his friends knew that things were falling apart, so they got their money out while they could,” said Bautista She couldn't say when the commission will approach the Canadian government about Campos because it is swamp- ed by current investigations. Campos, 63, heads United - Laboratories Inc., one of Asia’s largest pharmaceutical firms. created the problem in the first place. That's vintage Bill Bennett.” Clarke said Victoria has also been frying to make school boards look like irres. ponsible spenders, particul larly if they raise residential taxes to keep teachers’ sal aries at current levels. B.C. School Trustees As. sociation president Eric Buckley agreed. But he pre- dicted the Social Credit gov ernment would lose votes if it tried to fight a provincial election over school spend ing. “We've been trying very hard to maintain a reasonable ground and not be drawn into their confrontation. Unfor tunately, that is the way Bennett appears to work.” ELECTION TIME PARIS (AP) — The French vote for a new National Assembly today in an election that may force Socialist President Francois Mitterrand to govern with a conservative legislature and premier, or resign two years early. The Socialists are viewed as certain to lose the absolute majority they have held in the lower house of parliament for the past five years. All polls predict the united conservative and centrist opposition will win enough seats to take control of the 577-seat assembly, which wields virtually all legislative power. Voters also will choose representatives to local councils in France's 22 domestic and four overseas administrative regions. STILL IN CHARGE FELIXSTOWE, ENGLAND (REUTER) — British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tried to reassure her Conservative party Saturday that she remains in charge despite the problems her government faced in the Westland helicopter crisis earlier this year. “There has been the odd report recently that Thatcherism has run its course, and is on its way out . . ” she told the 1,000-member policy-making Conser vative Central Council at a meeting in this eastern town. “I have to report that these reports are eyewash.” It was Thatcher's first major speech to the party since a cabinet row over Britain's ailing Westland helicopter company led to two ministerial resignations in Jaunary and put a question mark over her own leadership. PAYS RESPECTS OTTAWA (CP) — Singer Bruce Cockburn turned up outside the Senate chamber Saturday morning to pay his respects to a hunger-striking senator. “There is a sense of drama and personal stake here,” said Cockburn before meeting briefly with Liberal Senator Jacques Hebert, who began the sixth day of his hunger strike Saturday to protest the government's cancellation of the youth program Katimavik. “Not very many politicians, especially senators although they're in a better position perhaps than some of the other guys, put themselves-on the line,” said Cockburn. “That alone, regardless of the ramifications, is a worthwhile thing.” Police file Castlegar RCMP report day, the times when the that some mail was burnt as a_mailbox is emptied, the police result of someone throwing spokesman said. matches into a mailbox out side the Fields store on Col- umbia Avenue in downtown Castlegar. 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