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Castlegar News october 7. 1997

Marzari calls Socreds ‘jerks’

By SURJ RATTAN
Staff Writer

The New Democratic Party's post
secondary edueation critic says Pre
mier Bill Vander Zalm's government is
“a bunch of jerks”. Darlene Marzari
called the government “jerks” before a
handful of Selkirk College students
Tuesday after some students said they
are having a hard time trying to get

with post in B.C,

right now is a lack of money and
commitment by the provincial govern-
ment.

“If B.C. really took post-secondary
(education) as an investment
— something that could develop
industry and economic wealth for the
province — we'd be putting far more
money into it. Because education is

social from the govern

Marzari, Vancouver-Point Grey
MLA, was in the West Kootenay along
with six other NDP MLAs who make
up the New Democrats’ human serv:
ices committee.

Marzari came to the Castlegar
campus to meet with college president
Leo Perra and for an open meeting
with students to hear their concerns
about post-secondary education.

She said that the “major problem”

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d a drain, we have not
developed the mechanism to build and
establish new colleges and help exist-
ing colleges expand,” said Marzari.

While she said Selkirk College is in
“a beautiful setting,” she added that it
suffers from the same cutbacks and re-
straints that other post-secondary
institutions are suffering.

“Selkirk doesn’t show the pain and
the anguish of many of the other
colleges largely because it's been

and this year with
enrolment up 20 per cent it’s not
showing overcrowded classrooms, so in
that sense Selkirk’s doing well. But in
the other sense of being apart of a total
overall package of colleges and univer-
sities that have been starved for funds,
we're not doing very well in this
province,” said Marzari.

She said the provincial govern-
ment “is turning its back” on commun-
ity colleges and is not paying attention
to the needs of communities and stu-
dents.

“It's time for the provincial
government to start creating post-sec-
ondary education as an inyestment in
our kids. Unless we do start taking
post-secondary education seriously,
this provinee i is going to lose its young
people.

Marzari also blamed Stan Hagen,

Minister of Post-Secondary Education
and Job Training, for denying there
was a problem with students register-
ing for college and university courses
in September.

Marzari said at least 2,000 stu-
dents were turned away from post-
secondary institutions.

“The minister (Hagen) wants to
think there wasn’t a problem, We know
there was a problem,” said Marzari.

She added that while Hagen has
provided increased funding for post-
secondary education, a lot more money
is needed.

“Stan Hagen has been given lots of
credit by the colleges and universities
for having turned the system around a
little by injecting more money than the
system has seen for the last five or six
years.

“Mind you, we cut back the whole
system by 83 per cent from 1961-1983.
Now an additional input of a few million
dollars barely starts to scratch the sur-
face of what needs to be done,” said

i.

She added that while some people
think post-secondary education in B.C.
is looking up, she'd like to see it look up
“a hell of a lot more.”

Marzari said she had a good
meeting with Perra and added that he
is committed to post-secondary edu-
cation.

“I particularly appreciated the fact
that the administration at this college
really does try to reflect student
demand and community demand and
makes adjustments i
reflect what people want
community. That's a very good sign,”
said Marzari.

DARLENE MARZARI
. more money needed

Brian Mulroney's

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CROSBIE
REJECTS BEEF

By CasNews Staff
Federal Transport Minister John Crosbie has re-
jected Castlegar council's complaint about awarding the
ion Castlegar Airport terminal

hopes for unanimous approval of his free-trade deal by the
premiers evaporated Tuesday as two of them came out
squarely against the accord and a third expressed “grave
concerns.

“If you ask me if I'm in favor or against, I'm against,”
said Ontario Premier David Peterson, who was joined in his
criticism by Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley and, to a
lesser extent, by Premier Joe Ghiz of Prince Edward Island.

Peterson's remarks came after an eight-hour briefing in
Ottawa by Mulroney on details of the agreement, which also
drew effusive praise from some of the premiers and left
others still on the fence.

“There are some premiers who are very strongly in
favor, some premiers who have some serious reservations,
and there's others who are still mulling around with it and I
guess I'm in the middle somewhere,” Newfoundland Premier
Brian Peckford said.

Mulroney himself made it clear that support of the
premiers was not mandatory, since most provisions of the
pact can be implemented without their approval. Still, the
greater the support from the premiers, the easier it would

be for the prime minister to sell the deal to Canadians. That
is especially true of Peterson, the leader of Canada’s largest
and most populous province.

Strongly supporting the pact were Premiers Robert
Bourassa of Quebec, Grant Devine of Saskatchewan, Don
Getty of Alberta and Bill Vander Zalm of British Columbia.

New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield, facing an
uphill fight in his province's election next Tuesday, said the
interests of his province are well protected, although he
would have liked more access to government contracts.

Nova Scotia Premier John Buchanan said he has some
concerns he wants clarified and Peckford said he remains
concerned about ‘how the free-trade proposals would affect
Newfoundland’s energy and fish industries.

Pawley, a long-time critic of the free-trade initiative and
the only New Democrat at the meeting, said the tentative
accord risks the country's economic and political future.

“My reservations are extremely deep about the
direction we are taking,” he said.

Ghiz said Mulroney did not~ specificatty request his
support, but that he probably would have withheld it had he
been asked.

“I have grave concerns over foreign investment,” Ghiz
said. “I have concerns over energy, I have concerns over the
fact there is, in my view, no binding dispute settlement
mechanism and the fact that the U.S. countervail and trade
remedy laws are still applicable against Canadian exports.”

Two stores found
guilty of opening

CRANBROOK (CP) — Sunday shopping allows un
Two stores in this south- even application of the act.
eastern British Columbia But Judge D.M. Wauryn.
town have been found guilty chuk ruled Monday that al-

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FLOWER POWER . . . Striking Castlegar inside postal
workers throw flowers at mail truck as it leaves

expansion to an out-of-town firm.

In a letter to council, Crosbie notes that the
“advertising for public tenders for eonstruction projects is
done according to government contract regulations
issued by the Treasury Board.

“All the bids received for work at the Castlegar
Airport were valid bids and in accordance with this
policy, the award was made to Vic Van Isle Construction
of Revelstoke, the lowest tender.

Crosbie added that the standard government con-
struction contract was used.

“This contract urges the use of local Canadian labor
when it is consistent with proper economy and the
expeditious carrying out the work,” he said.

Crosbie pointed out that Van Isle Construction listed
some local subcontractors and that Transport Canada
regional authorities say that Van Isle has hired some local

aks &

Castlegar Post Office this morning.
CosNewsPhote by Ron Norman

POSTAL STRIKE

continued from front poge
Nelson and Trail post offices, as well as 11 other in the
province.

The first day was quiet as each of the four mail trucks
attempting to cross the picket line were turned back.

No replacement workers were brought in during the
first day.

Former Nelson-Creston New Democrat candidate
Corky Evans joined about 20 people on the picket line the
first evening, while a solitary police car kept watch.

Things began to heat up after the post office told
workers not to return to work Tuesday.

“We gave notice that we were coming back to work,”
Fietz said. “They accepted it.”

However, a few hours later, he was told the workers
were not to report to work and that they would be
instructed when they could return at 6 p.m. tonight.

Fietz said the post office is “finally showing their true
colors” and accused it of trying to “destroy the union.”

He said management is not interested in moving the
mail because they haven't hired any replacement workers to
sort the mail.

“All they're doing is moving these trucks in and out and
taking pictures.”

workers directly.

Council received the letter without comment.

At an earlier meeting, Ald. Len Embree said that
awarding the contract to a local firm would have created
15 jobs for local construction workers.

Probe into
Cominco leak

By CasNews Staff

Cominco management and
United Steelworkers of
America officials are exam:
ining an accident report pre-
pared after Monday's liquid
ammonium leak at the comp-
any’s Warfield fertilizer
plant.

Cominco spokesman Rich-
ard Fish said the leak occur-
red Monday morning from
the valve of an ammonium
rail car while it was being
unloaded.

He added that no further
details on the leak can be re-
leased until after Cominco
and union officials review the
accident report.

Fish said there have been

in-plant ammonium leaks be-
fore at Cominco, but not as
significant as Monday's leak
in which Trail RCMP were
ready to evacuate nearby
residents.

“The evacuation call was a
precautionary measure,” said
Fish.

He added that Cominco
crews were able to contain
the leak within 20 minutes.

A Trail RCMP spokesman
said that police were going to
evacuate people but that it
was not necessary since the
leak was contained quickly.

Asked where people would
be evacuated, the spokesman
said: “They haven't estab-
lished that yet.”

Council gives

THOSE OF YOU who have been nabbed for parking
violations in front of Bob's Pay ‘n Takit will be pleased to
know that the city has extended the parking time limit on
three of the spaces. These spaces Were ‘limited to
15-minute parking after they were designated as a
loading zone,

However, the city has decided to return the spaces to
two-hour limits.

Ald. Len Embree says the 15-minute limit isn’t
necessary now that Bob's isn't open. Embree also indi-
cated the 15-minute limit created an

transferred
active in the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce,
recently as its president.
‘The former receiver for the B.C.
the Sandman Inn's Georgia Street
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problem for the local parking attendant,
‘The news brought a sign of relief from Ald, Albert

Calderbank.
“Quite a few of us got clobbered one day,” Celder-
bank laughed. ’
MAYOR AUDREY MOORE says something is being
done about the benches located around the

by the Gitksen-Wet'su-
rede arial Conpell ot Hazelton, B.C, and Vaneatever’s
jendlines Theatre, performed to a full house at the ']
t Culttiral Centre. |
‘The play's depiction of land being taken and sold out |
from under a people who choose to live communally with |
reepect for the land, struck a chard in mnombere! of he |
local Di

Moore pointed out that the benches have begn “more and
more neglected.”

About 40 people took part in a peaceful but intense
discunson period with cast and wrters ater the play. }

REPORTED TO COUNCIL

By CasNews Staff

Westar Timber “strongly supports” the provincial
government's proposed changes to timber pricing policies,
the woodlands manager for the Southern Wood Products
sawmill told Castlegat council recently.

Bob Korda also said Westar believes the current review
of the B.C, stumpage system is “both important and timely.”

“We recognize the importance to the government of
recovering a fair return on the forest resources being sold to
operators on behalf of the citizens of British. Columbia,”
Korda said in a brief to council.

| Westar backs changes

and stumpage within each region reflecting differing forest
resource values.”

He also said Westar would like to see minimum
stumpage fees replaced and companies awarded stumpage
credits for harvesting low-quality timber stands.

“The concept of minimum stumpage rates should be
abolished,” he said.

He said removing the minimum rates would provide an
important incentive to harvest problem forest stands and
accelerate rehabilitation of the forest resource.

Westar also recommends leaving the federal export tax

Coanel had asked the mill to it on the prop
change!

In the brief, Korda said Westar supports the province's
attempt to revise the stumpage system to reflect the
regional nature of the B.C. forest industry.

Korda also noted that the province needs to recognize
that sawmills produce two revenue generating products
from forests: Jumber and chips.

“Chip markets are generally non-competitive and
independent sawmill operators currently do not receive a
fair and reasonable price for wood chips,” he said.

He said that has created a situation where pulp
companies are using a portion of the forest resource without
providing a “fair return” to the Crown for general revenues.

Korda said anywhere from 30 to 60 per cent of the
volume of a load of logs ends up as raw material for pulp
production. He said that while integrated companies — those
with both lumber and pulp operations — will pay the
increased stumpage fees from lumber and pulp profits,

stunspage fees from lumber: profits only. »

Korda suggests Victoria could legislate a minimum
price for chips to reflect the true value of the wood. Another
option is slapping a surtax on wood chips.

Korda said Westar supports the province's proposal to
establish “regional revenue targets.” But he said it. will
depend on revenue targets being set on an “equitable basis

Fruitvale woman
dies in Vancouver

Louise Neigel of Fruitvale and nephews; and nine
passed away suddenly Oct. 2 grandchildren. She was pre-

on d lumber in place “indefinitely.” Korda suggests
the revenue from the tax be included in the province's
revenue targets.

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at Lions Gate Hospital in
North Vancouver at the age
of 72.

Mrs. Neigel was born in St.
Anne, Man. June 26, 1915.
She moved from Saskatche-
wan in 1951 and was a Fruit-
vale resident until her death.
For the past four years she
was a resident of the Beaver
Valley Manor. She enjoyed
knitting and sewing.

deceased by her husband
Stephen in July 1967, and
brothers Roland in 1983, and
Alfred in 1978.

Prayers were recited in St.
Rita’s Catholic Church Tues-
day and the Mass of Christian
Burial was recited by Father
Michael Guinan in St. Rita's
Catholic Church today at
10:30 a.m.

Memorial donations to the

new duties

By CasNews Staff

Rossland-Trail MLA Chris
D'Arcy has some new duties
in the B.C. New Democratic
Party's shadow cabinet.
D'Arcy moves from corpor-
ate relations to covering the
provincial secretary's min-
istry.

Moe-Sihota; now watching
and the
of B.C.”
assumes the extra duties as
watchdog for corporate re-
lations.

In other changes to the

Former
resident
dies

Kerry- Lynn Wood, 29,
passed away Oct. 6 at St.
Paul's Hospital, Vancouver.

Born in Prince Rupert,
June 1958, Miss Wood moved
to Castlegar in 1963 where
she received all of her edu-
cation, graduating from Stan-
ley Humphries secondary in
1976.

She is survived by her
mother Helen, father Alex,
and brother Brent; one uncle,
Ian Scott and wife Ruth of
Limekilns Fife, Scotland; two
cousins Sharmaine and Brad-

NDP shadow cabinet an-
nounced Tuesday, leader
Mike Harcourt will shadow
Premier Bill Vander Zalm.
Harcourt used to cover eco-
nomic development and
trade.

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By CasNews Staff

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24 hours on Oct. 1.

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record by 100,000 board
feet,” sawmill spokesman
Frank Aubert said.

Auburt called the achieve-
ment “pretty outstanding” in
light of the fact the depart-
ment is running three shifts
weekdays and two shifts on
weekends.

‘The processing depart-
ment, which includes the
planer, kilns and shipping
areas, also produced
6,102,000 board feet for the
week.

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Mrs. Neigel is survived by
sons Allan of Dease Lake, Canadian National Institute
and George and Robert of of the Blind, B.C. Division,
Fruitvale; daughters Clara 350E 36th Street, Vancouver,

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ley Scott also in Scotland. efficiency rating of 82 per

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of violating provincial legis-
lation forbidding store open.
ings on Suntiay or holidays.

Overwaitea Foods Ltd.
was charged with opening
Dec. 21, 1986, while Safeway
Ltd. was charged with open.
ing Dec. 21 and 28 and Jan. 4
and Jan. 25, 1987.

Lawyers for the stores had
argued the act which reg.
ulates shopping discrimi
nates against people who
honor a day other than
Sunday as their Sabbath

They said a clause in the
act that allows municipalities
to pass a bylaw permitting

though under Section 2 of the
Charter of Rights, the act
diseriminates against people
whose Sabbath is not on
Sunday, the differentiation is
allowed under Section 1 of
the Charter.

He said the legislation was
intended to provide a prov
incewide day of rest.

“In my view, the provincial
government chose a rea:
sonable, democratic, investi.
gative approach to establish
what its citizens wanted the
law to provide.”

The stores will be sent
enced Oct. 20.

BROKERS

continued from front poge
released men had two concerns: “To get beyond the legal
hurdles, and to get the truth out.” But he added that “to
get over the legal hurdles you have to keep your mouth
shut.”

Donald Skogstad, the Nelson lawyer representing
the four men in the newly launched appeal of both the
conviction and sentencing, said no date has been set for
the appeal, and the time to prepare documents will be
lengthy

Asked when he thought the next court appearance
would be, he answered, “Not in 1987.”

Bailey speculated the appeal would not be heard
until April 1, 1988.

TRUCK RQUTE

“They have been abandoning
tracks all across Canada,” she said,
adding that CP must provide alter:
natives.

“I, like you, don’t think the public
should fund the alternative rail bed for
CP Rail.”

Ald. Carl Henne agreed, noting:
“We can't afford to keep it (Columbia
Avenue) in repair the way they're
beating it down.”

Meanwhile, Moore said some
council members also had a “long dis:
cussion” with the ministry over the
proposed new interchange at Highway
3and Highway 22. She said the project
is “in limbo” while the ministry waits to
see if the mall proposed for the eliptical
site goes ahead.

Elsewhere, Ald. Carl Henne, chair.
man of the protective services com
mittee, says the RCMP is firm about
seeking a new detachment building for
Castlegar

“I still think they want a new
building,” Henne said, but he said the
RCMP seems prepared to cooperate
with the city.

He said the police agreed to re
assess policing needs in Castlegar,
based on the crime rate, population and
tax base.

Moore said RCMP personnel re

sponsible for property will be in
Castlegar this month to review the
situation.

A new RCMP building has been
estimated at $1 million.

Meanwhile, Henne said the city
should save some money this year on
policing because the RCMP will not
replace one constable. The saving could
be as much as $30,000.

Ald. Terry Rogers noted that the

continued from front poge

cent of the revenue,” he said.

Embree suggested the only altern
ative will be to increase taxes.

He also didn’t like comments by
the president of Inland Natural Gas.
Embree said the head of the gas
company admitted that gas prices will
increase for residential and small
business users under deregulation, but
will eventually even out.

But Embree said he will have a

provincial
program is back on track thanks to a
$10 million injection from the pro-
vincial goyernment.

“That should be good news for
some communities” which intend to re-
vitalize their downtowns, Rogers said.

As well, he said the Parks Branch
indicated it will expand Syringa Creek
Provincial Park next year, providing
small groups of camping sites separate
from the major campground.

con

hard time that to Castlegar
residents.

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continued from front page
Gordon Shead, principal of Stanley
Humphries secondary school, agreed.
“Every educator is for promoting

Ald. Len Embree exp!
ially in

he said in an

cern about
the natural gas industry.

“I wasn't too thrilled with the
philosophy, personally,” he said.

Embree said municipalities stand

to lose valuable revenue from natural
gas franchise fees because of de
regulation.

“We're going to be short three per

Tuesday, “but the admin
istration of this idea is a nightmare. I
can see teachers, parents, and students
sitting in offices arguing with their
lawyers over whether a mark is a
C-plus or a B.” .

Shead suggested the money would
be better spent expanding the pro-
vineial scholarship fund.

tional Exhibition Centre will
get more money from the
City of Castlegar this year —
but it won't be as much as the
centre wanted.

Castlegar council agreed to

give the centre a $3,000
grant. That's a $300 increase
from last year's grant.

The city had given the
centre a $3,000 grant before
the recession, but trimmed
the grant to $2,700 for sev-
eral years as a belt-tight-

$5,000 this year.

“They asked for $5,000 and
we haven't got it,” explained
Ald. Albert Calderbank,
chairman of the administra-
tive and finance committee.

Calderbank said the NEC's
request came “too late” be
cause the city had already
established its 1987-88 bud-
get.

“I think we've been rather
generous,” Mayor Audrey
Moore added.

Committee on
disabled needs

By CasNews Staff
The effects of wheelchair
athlete Rick Hansen’s world
tour are still being felt in
Castlegar, months after the
Man in Motion's visit here.

Castlegar council last week
approved the formation of a
Disabled Needs Advisory
Committee. The committee
will provide a liaison between
council and the city's disabled
community, reporting to
council's Health and Welfare
Committee on the needs of
local disabled.

The committee was es-
tablished on the request of
the Man in Motion committee
as a follow-up to Hansen's
visit here last spring.

Mike Balahura, a head
teacher at the Castlegar
school district's special needs
centre, will chair the six
member committee. Other
members include Kris Stan
bra, Doug Haugen, recrea-
tion director Pat Metge,
Cathy Lafortune of the Koot-
enay Columbia Child Care
Society, and Dennis Hutch
inson.

Gerrard of Castlegar, Jane
Szigethy of Rossland, Linda
Davy of North Vancouver
and Norma Smith also of
North Vancouver; 16 nieces

V5W 1C6 would be. apprec-

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Mrs. Wood now resides at
4226 Gravely Street, North
Burnaby.

He also pointed out that
those numbers should im-
prove when the second plan-.
er line and new kilns are in-
stalled next spring.

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