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Ib. e From Canada grade A Beef ADVERTISED PRICES IN EFFECT TO FEBRUARY 8 1992 | as CASTLEGAR oe LEGISLATIVE - ARLIAMENT VIC +TORIA FB eV 1X4 FEB LD 60SECONDS The Castlegar and District Public Library is more than just a place for books. The local li- brary has something to offer to everyone. .page 9 Planning to be a physician some day, David Vecchio turned out to be just what the doctor ordered as far as hock- ey goes at McGill University in Montreal. @ WORK PLACE At the tender age of 22, Dale Donaldson and a partner had a plan: open a sports store. Three stores and some eight years later, Donaldson’s plan has paid off. page 27 Farside Norman Letters After Hours Our People Crossword Horoscope Stay is School Who Dunnit Local Sports Hockey Draft Work Place Action Ads ae BRAR Y Saturday February 8, 1992 : — BIRDS-EYE VIEW Curling Club Wednesday afternoon. The News’ sky-cam caught the Women’s Curling Club in action at the Castlegar News photo by Ed Mills Local IWA priming for battle Scott David Harrison EDITOR Laid off Westar workers have a mes- sage for Revelstoke — back off. The International Woodworkers of America Local 1-405 wants Revelstoke to mind its own business regarding Pope and Talbot’s purchase of the Castlegar mill and Tree Farm Licence No. 23. “The Mayor of Revelstoke (Geoff Bat- tersby) is doing everything he can to make a name for himself,” local IWA chairman Tony Ferreira said at a special union meeting held Thursday at the Community Complex. “He couldn’t give a damn if there was one job left in Castlegar.” The local union is outraged that Rev- elstoke officials may oppose the transfer of 75 per cent of the TFL to Pope and Tal- bot, claiming it will cost the East Koote- nay community valuable timber. “That TFL has always belonged to our mill and Revelstoke knows that,” Fer- reira told the standing-room-only crowd. “Revelstoke is getting 25 per cent of the TFL, what more does it want.” Revelstoke officials couldn’t be reached for comment, but in an earlier interview with The News, the city’s Eco- nomic Development Director Doug Weir a the proposed split will cost his city jobs. ; please see IWA page 4 CURB stunned by Mayor’s Latin Wi Audrey defends comment she made to new citizens group Scott David Harrison -EDITOR Walter Flux says Castlegar “has prob- lems.” The vice president of the newly- formed Coalition Unaccepting Rash Bu- reaucracy says he is shocked by Mayor Audrey Moore. “If that is the kind of leadership we have in this city, we have real problems,” Flux said. Flux was responding to a comment made by Moore at the conclusion of Tues- day’s city council session. Following a se- ries of probing remarks by members of CURB during the public question period, Moore adjourned the meeting witha _Latin quote: Noli Iligitimae Carburun- * dum. Translated, the phrase means ‘don’t let the bastards grind you down.’ Moore defended her comment Wednes- day, saying the man asking the questions — unsuccessful mayoral candidate Jim Gouk from 1979 — was “soap box” poli- ticking. “For him to stand up in 1992 and ask the same questions he did in 1979, that’s not called for,” Moore said. Asked if her comment was inappropri- ate, Moore said it hardly sounds as offen- sive in its Latin form. Moore added that she has nothing against CURB or its sidekicks, so long as they are “positive people who want to make a contribution to this community.” “I just don’t understand people with destructive thinking,” Moore said. Moore dismissed the idea that CURB was attacking her. Instead, she said the citizens group was questioning the role of the mayor. a *I haven’ tt taken anything personally for years,” she said. “What I think (CURB) is looking at is my position.” Moore defended her role, though, say- ing she has served Castlegar unselfishly since 1973. She questioned whether CURB would have the commitment to do the same. “I think it is time to ask the members of CURB to do the same.” ge AR cg ap aay reg 365-2412 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT SALES TO RETA. QUANTITIES. Sundays 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.365-2412 COMINCO HAND OUT 321 PINK SLIPS, PAGE 3