Legislative Library, Parliazent Sld¢. 501 Belleville Victoria, By Ct vAV in4 at Stevens retires Castlegar RCMP staff Sergeant John Stevens 4 retired from the force this The six yg: numbers in Saturday's 6-49 draw were *. 8, 46, 47 and 48. The bonus number was 43. TORONTO (CP) — The $500,000 winning number in Friday's Provincial lottery draw is 1426122. There are also subsidiary prizes. KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CP) — The winning num- Thursday in the third of the bers tor the Lotto West, igs Pick draw Friday week. Friends, family and Concert in the Park series 8,11, 12,17, co-workers threw him a AS retirement bash... AS _— Transit racks up deficit By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer concert lanHartlineand Friends en- tertained park goers Former Castlegar Rebel Dane Jackson was chosen to play for the Pacific Un- der-18 team which is leaving in August for Czechoslovakia... 81 Castlegar Ban News SUNDAY CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1987 Four 60 Cents, revenue as officials had ing to the summary of the 1987 Service Review report prepared about the Castlegar Regional Transit system, transit officials and regional district officials had expected $10,750 to be raised in revenue from the one bus that serves the Castlegar area but that only $7,707 was generated in the way of revenue. Despite the projected revenue being short by $3,034, Henderson insists the transit system did not lose money. “I didn't lose money. The revenue generated didn't meet the anticipated revenue. It could have been for a number of reasons,” said Henderson. Although only $7,707 was raised in revenue this year, regional district ofifcials expect that $18,550 will be raised from the transit system in 1987-88 fiseal year. Henderson explained that Castlegar’s transit system only began operating on Nov. 24, 1986, which is not a full year of operations. continued on page AZ The Castlegar Regional Transit system experienced a deficit of $4,318 in the 1986-87 fiscal year and Castlegar and area can expect a tax hike as a result. A to Reid ator of the Regional Dike of Central Kootenay, residents in the Castlegar area can expect a total tax levy of $61,850 in 1987. That is based on a total budget figure of $161,010. Henderson said the transit system racked up a deficit because the regional district did not impose any taxes in 1986. As a result the deficit will have to be made up by leveling taxes in 1987. “We were short in taxes by roughly $4,000. In 1986 we didn't levy any taxes. In 1987 I have levied enough taxes to make up for the taxes that were not collected in 1986,” Henderson told the Castlega- News. In addition, the transit system failed to bring in as much Vol. 40, No. 57 . 2 Sections (A & B) THANK YOU PARTY . . . Castlegar youngsters and parents held a thank you party for Rick and Patty Tur- ner who, as a team, have taught hundreds of children and adults swimming and life saving techniques. The couple teach app: 600 at Clarke's Pool in a d Red Cross program. This is the couple's last summer of teaching and students chipped in to buy the couple a portable stereo. Parents over the years have nothing but praise for the couple's hard wark and energy. “Patty and Rick have a special quality of caring for each and every child,” said Joanne Stan, a Castlegar mother whose two children have both learned to swim at the pool. CasNews Photo by Mike Kalesnko SPECIAL WASTE By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer Awareness important But Boyes maintains that the solution to the problem is s simple. He said the technology to deal with the The average dump in B.C., where employees work and people stop to throw out yard trimmings, just might be one of the most dangerous places in the ding to physician Dr. David Boyes. “People throw out gyprock-wallboard for instance and that degenerates and puts out H2S (gas),” said Boyes, a cancer specialist. “That's flammable and its toxic if you breath it in.” Boyes is chairman of the Special Waste Advisory Committee, a three-member group on the last stop of a provincial tour to gather information and review options for a comprehensive special waste system so ad d that special waste control centres, such as the centre at Three Hills Alberta, can breakdown any sort of chemical. Boyes explained that the wastes are incinerated at over 1,200 degrees celcius, breaking them down into the base elements of water and carbon dioxide. He said the centre can handle any special waste and is even equipped with an extensive laboratory which can design new ways to neutralize any special wastes society may come in contact with in the future Boyes said the committee will recommend the use of special waste depots in each community where small for the province. Boyes, in an interview with the Castlegar News Wednesday, described the average community dump as a place where toxic household and small business chemicals are dumped and left to seep through the soil, into the ground water, and eventually into lakes and streams where it comes in contact with the food chain. “I would like to see the environment as good for my grandchildren as it's been for me,” he said. “I think its time we started trying to do it.” Special wastes include such things as paint thinners, spray cans, latex and oil-based paints, antifreeze, pesticides, fe s, oven cleaners... the list. goes on and on. “Most communities are threatened to some extent,” said Boyes, who carries the authority of an international reputation behind him as a consultant and lecturer on cancer prevention and control. “We've only got one environment and the time has come to protect it.” Boyes said one of the most important objectives of his committee's tour is to increase public awareness of the hazards of special wastes. “In terms of immediacy, there is no real need to do this,” he explained. “I cannot go and say there has been x-number of deaths in this province because of a polluted environment. “But I can say there have been many other countries that have had deaths from their environment.” Boyes pointed to chemical leaks in the Reine river in Germany and the actual evacuation of Love Canal in the United States as examples of the growing danger of chemicals. and h holds can dump the wastes which would in turn be transported in sealed containers to the treatment centre. He said the system would be based on the Danish system which Boyes described as the world’s most advanced. According to Boyes, Denmark has some 280 depots, which take the wastes to any one of 34 transfer stations which are in charge of moving hazardous wastes to the treatment centres there. Boyes doubts that legislation would ever be necessary or even effective in making people take special wastes to depots. Instead, he emphasized education on the subject as most important. But Boyes also said a treatment centre would help attract new industries to the province. “When trying to attract new industries such as manufacturing plastics, the first thing they're going to ask is how do we get rid of our wastes,” he said. “They're not going to come and expose themselves to the risk of a law suit or litigation of any kind. “They're not going to come unless there is a decent system to take care of this sort of thing.” Boyes cannot say how much time is left ticking on the special waste bomb if the problem is not addressed but he said the American and European industrial problem has made us sit up. and take notice “We're lucky here because we live in a big country without too many people and not a lot of industries,” he said. “But it’s a lot easier to prevent fouling up of the environment than it is to clean it up after.” A special waste treatment centre location will be chosen in B.C. by the end of the year. Contract ratified TRAIL (CP) — Striking production and maintenance workers at Cominco Ltd.'s lead-zine operations here and at Kimberley have ratified a 38-month contract. But the vote by the 2,900-member Program opens up By CasNews Staff Thirteen Social Assistance recipients will be put to work in Castlegar for at least 16 weeks under the Forestry Job Trac Rrogram. The 13 will undergo a two-week training program and then be put to work in the Arrow Forest District. The Provincial Job Trac Program provi $17 million provincially and the Arrow Forest District has been granted $375,000 of that funding. A total of 175 people will be employed in the Nelson region, of which the Arrow Forest District is part of. The 13 workers employers in Castle- gar will be doing forestry related work such as sanitation and brushing and weeding. Jackie Hipwell, the Forestry Job Trac Coordinator for the Arrow Forest District, said the 16-week work period could be extended if further funds are received. Although the workers will be paid through the Forestry Job Trac Pro- gram, Hipwell said local industrial firms have agreed to act as sponsors and put the temporary employees on crews. “We have sponsors this year. Last year we had a different program. This year we have sponsors who will look after the crews themselves,” Hipwell told the Castlegar News. In addition to the 13 people who will be employed in the Castlegar area, 11 will go to work in both Slocan and Nakusp. Local 480 of the United Steelworkers of America does not end the strike which began May 9. The production and maintenance employees will remain off the job until two Steelworkers’ locals which repre. sent about 440 clerical and technical staff reach an agreement. Currently, there are no negotiations between Cominco and the two locals. Workers voted 1,496-786 to accept the deal, Bob Schmidt, Trail president of Local 480, said Friday night. “I'm glad our people ratified the con- tract,” Schmidt said. “It's an encouraging sign. I hope the people in office and technical can find a solution to their problems.” The new contract, which expires June 30, 1990, contains no general wage increase but has a cost-of-living clause which the union estimates will FREE FOR THE ASKING. . be worth $1.26 an hour over the life of the contract. Average hourly rate under the previous contract was $14.66. The pact also provides a $250 signing bonus for each worker. Workers will lose 15 minutes a shift of washing-up time. Cominco had been seeking to increase the work week to 40 hours from 37'/2. The agreement also eases job des- criptions for the trades, giving the company more latitude in assignments. An earlier tentative agreement was rejected 54.4 per cent by production and maintenance workers. Last year the federal and B.C. governments gave Cominco about $140 million to improve the antiquated lead smelter in return for Cominco pre- ferred shares. Work will begin when the strike ends. - Anew AIDS information video is available at Pete's TV in Castlegar and those who have seen it are applauding it as both informative and practical. See story Page A2 . Cosmews Proto