a2 _Castlégar News November 16, 1986 Luncheon with... Mila Mulroney Fireside Banquet Room Castlegar Thursday, November 20 12 Noon TICKETS $10.00 EACH. Available at Mallards Sports and Castlegar Chamber of Commerce SCHOOL BOARD continued from trot pege decisions by the school board” are planned for the future. Meanwhile, Hadikin was surpris ingly upbeat about the results. “I'm pleased with the support I received from the Castlegar residents,” he said in an“interview at an election party in the Nordic Hall. Hadikin congratulated Johnson and Turner, adding “they deserve my respect” for seeking re-election following the bitter dispute over the rural school closures this summer. ‘A lot of people would have given up.” he said. Hadikin stressed the need for the community to pull together, something he emphasized in his campaign. He said if by running for school trustee “I have convinced other people in the community to work for community spirit, then I think I won a vietory.” “I don't think anybody can lose when we all work together.” In Area J, incumbent Rick Pongracz swept to a surprisingly quick victory. Pongracz received 358 votes-209 votes more than challenger Anderson's 149. Pongracz said he is not taking his win personally. “A lot of it has to do with the performance of the board,” he said. “We'll certainly keep moving in that direction.” Pongracz, who was ovbviously pleased with the results, attributed much of his victory to the “dedicated le” working on his behalf. “I think that there might be some backlash from the provincial election but . . . we had the best people,” he said. Pongracz added that the provincial election may have established a voting trend. “People want to talk about policies and they wanted to know what the issues might be,” he said. Pongracz, who took all three polling divisions in Blueberry, Ootischenia and Robson, said he is looking forward to his next term. “I'm looking forward to working with my colleagues on the board,” he said. “I think we can accomplish a lot of good educationally sound policies. I look forward to working in that kind of environment.” ‘Anderson said she isn't disappointed at having lost to Pongracz. “I know Rick will do a good job,” she said. Anderson said after the ballots were counted she was “kind of relieved” that the election is over. “It's hard to run an election,” she said. “It's hard to sell yourself. You have to work really hard.” But Anderson said she'll still be involved in education as a member of the parent advisory committee and the parent group in Robson. Anderson said she ran against Pongracz because “I thought I could be a strong voice for the people in the district.” But she admitted she didn't run a very strong campaign. “It was a low key campaign,” Anderson said, adding that she was told she should advertise more and do more phoning. “I would have been surprised if I had won,” she said. COMMUNITY Bulletin Board ST. DAVID'S CHRISTMAS TEA 2:00 - 4:00. Legion Hall, Friday, November 21. Boking sewing, door prize. Admission $1.00 2/92 WILDUFE MEETING Cosi end District Wildlife Association monthly meeting, Hi Arrow. 7:30 p.m. November 19. 292 CASTLEGAR HOME SUPPORT GUILD Cotfee Party, Bake Sale, Crafts, Books ond White Elephant. Free admission. November 29, 11 o.m. - 3 p.m. ren s Centre, next door to Castile Bow! 492 . 20 — ts Baptism 5 Sunday Came Three Sunday, Nov. 23 — After Death What Then? , Robson, 7 p.m. Admi free. All welcome 2 Days Late: if Resker Hail CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR November 28 and 29. Robson Hall, Nov. 28, 10 a.m. - 9 P.m.; Nov. 29, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Meals and snacks will be served. To reserve tables call 365-5772 or 365-3558. 4 90 CASTLEGAR EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Five-year anniversary celebration. 7 p.m. Nov. 16. 914 Columbia Avenue. Special music. sharing time ond retreshments. Everyone welcome 3.90 CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR November 21 and 22 at Castlegar Recreation Complex Sponsored by Blueberry Creek Recreation Commission 490 charge is $3.50 (whether od is for one. times). Deadlines ore 5 p.m. Thursdays tor Sunday's poper and 5 p.m. Mondays for Wednesdays poper Notices should be brought to the Castlegor News ot 197 Columbio Ave COMMUNITY Bulletin Board Court news Lorne Horcoff was sen- tenced to a total of six years in prison Wednesday - in Castlegar provincial court. Horcoff received five years for one count of assault with intent to commit an in dictable offence, one year consecutive for possession of a weapon, six months con current for two counts of breaking and entering and six months concurrent for a separate charge of breaking and entering. Horcoff pleaded guilty to all four charges. . 8 @ James Wilson was sent- enced to a total of two years less a day in Castlegar pro- vincial court Wednesday. Wilson pleaded guilty to one count of assault with in tent to commit an indictable offence, two counts of in decent assault on a male, and ‘one count of gross indecency. Wilson received sentences of six months concurrent for each of the first two charges, Skelly showed ‘sense of honor’ By CasNews Staff Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy says NDP leader Bob Skelly showed a “sense of honor and decency” when he made the decision to relin- quish the party leadership News Friday that Skelly had made a conditional promise to step down long before and two years less a day for Wednesday's announcement. the latter charge. Mila Mulroney to visit riding By CasNews Staff Mila Mulroney, wife of Prime Minister Brian Mul- roney, will visit Kootenay West Thursday, Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco an- nounced this week. Mulroney will arrive at Castlegar on Pacific Western Airlines’ morning flight from Vancouver. Following her arrival she will visit with school children in Castlegar. At noon Mulroney will attend a public luncheon in Castlegar. Following the luncheon she will travel to Trail to meet members of the Colombo Lodge and tour the archives. She will then return to Castlegar where she will de part on the mid-afternoon MILA MULRONEY . visiting Castlegar Tickets for the luncheon are available from Brisco's constituency office in Castle gar. “He made the decision 2‘ years ago that if he wasn't successful at winning the election he would step aside,” D'Arcy said. “Most of us forgot that he even said it but he didn't.” Both Skelly and D'Arcy were elected to the legis lature in 1972 when an NDP landslide ousted then-prem. ier W.A.C. Bennett and the Social Credit government. As a result, the two have known each other for 14 years. Makortoff funeral Monday Fred N. Makortoff, age 64, died Nov. 13 in Vancouver. Funeral services will begin at 7 p.m. Monday at Shore acres Hall. Interment to fol low Nov. 18 at the Shore- acres Cemetery. Valley Funeral Home is in care of arrangements. CHRIS D’ARCY . . Not running Despite their friendship, D'Arcy attended an NDP caucus meeting to discuss Skelly’s leadership just two weeks before the provincial election was called. He de- clined to comment on how he cast his support, citing that caucus meeting proceedings are not meant to-be made public. He also declined to com- ment on former Nelson-Cres. ton MLA Lorne Nicolson's public condemnation of Skelly's leadership. He said he felt it is inappropriate to comment on another MLA's actions. D'Arcy said he has no in tention of running for the party leadership himself and he is unable to speculate on a successor to Skelly “If (Vancouver Mayor) Mike Harcourt decides to run, I'll consider him,” said D'Arcy Coming Soon to Castlegar POWERS continued from front poge — from Castlegar investors was ‘comin’ in” after a slow start, i of her “brokers”, “Danny.” we ee eee Powerve operation involved brokers in Vancouver, Calgary. Moose Jaw and the US. He told ‘the court that Powers led investors to believe she was financially backed by wealthy corporations and entertainers from the U.S. who, as she stated in an advertisement, “realize that poverty threatens to destroy them because it threatens to destroy the fabric of civili zation.” Urban r employed by P ead from a form listing the rules brokers owers were expected to follow. It said, among other things, that money was to be used to help only needy persons, that minors were not allowed to place orders, and that each broker was expected to produce at least one order each working day But Danyliu disagreed. ; . “My friend may call that sophistication,” “Danyliu countered. “Nobody has lost more than she has. He argued that the only real harm Powers committed was running a gambling scheme that did not pay dues to the government. “People were paying © said. “Some of them got burned “Therein lies the gamble. You play it, you lose, you pay,” he said. Urban disagreed “Even greedy people need protection from the law,” he {f car loans and mortgages,” he said. A Urban pointed out that of the $3.2 million, at least $200,000 went directly into Powers hands. He pointed out that Powers spent $8,000 on her hotel room, owned new cars and sent about $6,000 to her mother in New Brunswick. After more than three hours of hearing evidence, Judge Enderton returned with his decision. “God's plan, stripped of its lofty intentions, is nothing more than a pyramid scheme,” he said Reading from a letter RCMP found that Powers had neglected to mail to Gardner in Las Vegas, Enderton quoted Powers as writing: “I created this I can make it work forever.” “Those are not the words of someone who has been victimized,” said Enderton. “It is clear the accused shows no remorse for her act.” Enderton pointed out that Powers failed to show up for her first court appearance set for last April. She fled to Wyoming where she established a similiar operation and was caught. She was subsequently sentenced to one to two years in prison but placed on probation on the condition she return to face charges in Canada. “She knew fell well it was a dishonest scheme,” Enderton said. “I believe a f lengthy sentence is necessary to deter further actio The charge carries a maximum sentence of two years. Powers still faces three other charges, two counts of fraud and one count of failing to appear in court. She is set to be tried for these charges by a provincial court judge without a preliminary hearing on April 23, 1987 Datchkoff funeral begins tonight Polly Datchkoff of Kres- tova passed away Nov. 12 in Shaughnessy Hospital, Van: couver at the age of 75. Funeral service will be held today at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel beginning at 7 p.m. and will continue at the Krestova Hall on Monday at 10 a.m. with burial in the Krestova Cemetery at 1 p.m. Mrs. Datchkoff was born Nov. 9, 1911 at Ootischenia where she grew up and lived where she resided until her death. Mrs. Datchkoff enjoyed gardening, knitting and cook ing. She was a member of the Reformed Doukhobors of Canada She is survived by her husband Alex; one son, Gus Detchkoff of Krestova; one daughter, Ann Gascon of Krestova; five grandchil dren; five great-granddaugh ters; and one brother, Wil until marrying Alex Datch- liam Ostoforoff of Castlegar. koff in 1930 at Tarrys. 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Fruitvale, Salmo, Castlegar phone for bus transportation before 4 p.m. daity Ph. 364-2933 vr FHHHHHFHHHH HF FHF HH FH FH FHF HF HF HF BRIEFLY Longshoremen dispute VANCOUVER (CP) — Twenty-one ships were sitting in the Port of Vancouver on Saturday, the victims of a labor dispute involving 3,500 men. workers, members of the International l ‘s and W; "s Union, were locked out at 1 a.m. Saturday by the B.C. Maritime Employers’ Association. It was the second such lockout in a little more than a month. The first lockout — for 2 1-2 days in early October —- ended when the two sides agreed to resume negotiations for another 30 days. Federal Labor Minister Pierre Cadieux, after meeting Friday with labor and management, said he would introduce legislation, perhaps as early as Monday, to end the current lockout. Disarmament trek WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of balloon- carrying marchers on the final leg of a trek across the United States for nuclear disarmament rallied Saturday at a park near the White House, where well-wishers serendaded them with the song This Land is Your Land. “We made it!” marcher Timothy Trujillo of Los Angeles shouted exuberantly in Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House. “They said it couldn't be done. We did it . . weapons, we will!” The last stop on the arduous Great Peace for Global Nuclear Disarmament was the Li Memorial, where speeches, music and candleligh! were on the program. Trujillo and his fellow marchers, including a number ef Canadians, crossed the Maryland border into Washington on Friday, capping a walk that for many began March 1 in California. It took them through deserts, mountains, farms and cities, down interstates and main streets, preaching the gospel of disarmament to all who would listen. Former wife best IZMIR Turkey (AP) — Maybe computers know best. A man who divorced his wife after a bitter six-year court battle and turned to a computer service to find himself the “ideal” mate was surprised when — from 2,000 prospective brides — the machine selected his former wife. “I did not know that my ex-wife had been the ideal counterpart for a marriage.” Suleyman Guresci was quoted as saying by the Anatolia News Agency before remarrying Nesrin Cagiasa. “I decided to give a try by being more tolerant toward her. The couple, whose first marriage lasted 21 years, were divorced nine months ago due to “severe dis harmony” after living apart for six years, Anatolia reported. Each one, without the other knowing, turned to the same computer matching service to find a new partner. Mercenary convicted MANAGUA (AP) — A three-member Nicaraguan People’s Tribunal convicted U.S. mercenary Eugene Hasenfus on Saturday of crimes against the state and sentenced him to a maximum 30 years in prison. Hasenfus, who was brought to the courtroom to hear the verdict, acted as a cargo handler on a weapons supply flight to U.S.-backed Contra rebels fighting Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista government. The two other members of the U.S. crew died in the crash when the plane was shot down last month. Both the prosecution and defence said before the verdict was announced they expected Hasenfus, 45, of Marinette, Wis., to be convicted and given the maximum 30-year prison sentence. Earthquake strikes TAIPEI (AP) — At least 14 people died in collapsed buildings and rock slides Saturday when two powerful earthquakes shook Taiwan, and authorities feared the death toll might rise Police said at least 41 people were injured Twenty people were missing and believed buried alive after a three-storey building collapsed in the Taipei suburb of Chungho, the official Broadcasting Corp. of China quoted residents as saying. More than 200 rescuers, using bulldozers and dogs, searched for survivors Police said 13 people, seven men and six women were killed in that collapse and 34 injured. Authorities said 97 people lived in the building, which had apartments on two floors above a ground-floor market Reactor buried MOSCOW (Reuter) The nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power plant that caught fire in April has been safely buried in reinforced concrete. the Communist party daily Pravda said Saturday The hardest period is over, but the Chernobyl tragedy should never be forgotten,” the newspaper said. “The time has come to consider the lessons of Chernobyl.” Pravda said automatic machines had been used to bury the reactor, one of four at the plant about 30 kilometres from Kiev, capital of the Soviet Ukraine. The construction was done without the help of human hands.” The accident, which Soviet authorities have blamed on human error, caused the death of 31 people and forced the evacuation of about 135,000 others from areas around Chernobyl. Two reactors at Chernoby! have been brought back into operation since the accident and a third is undergoing repairs. Troops kill nine NEW DELHI (AP) troops killed nine people Saturday who were trying to enter India illegally from Pakistan, the United News of India reported. The news agency quoted an unidentified border force spokesman saying the intruders were shot in encounters at three spots along the frontier in Rajasthan state He said another intruder was killed the day before while trying to cross the border on camelback in Gujarat state, the news agency reported. Indian border security VOTING DAY. . Saturday at Castlegar Community Complex during . Castlegar voter registers at polls . elections for city council and school board positions CosNews Photo by Ron Norman WOMEN'S CLUB.GATHERING Marsden urges concern By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Women should be taking a look gt the problems facing “our children and our grandchildren,” senator Lorna Marsden told about 60 women at a recent University Women's Club gathering in Castlegar “Now is the time to establish a new agenda, a new set of concerns or at least rethink the concerns we have had over the last few years,” Marsden said Marsden who was appointed to the senate in 1984, is a former president of the National Advisory Committee of the Status of Women Marsden, who was born in Sidney on Vancouver Island, told the women that what's interesting about British Columbia is the role women have played on the national and international scene. “Quebec and B.C. have, an extraordinary number of women found in legislatures,” Marsden said, noting that this kind of influence has been going on for “a very long time.” Marsden, whose speech was entitled Women and More Power, said that the history of activism in B.C. is long and distinguished. When the University Women's Club in Vancouver was founded in 1907 there was no university in B.C. at all, Marsden noted. She added that early members of university women's clubs in Vancouver, the Interior and elsewhere organized to change laws which were “vicious colonial hangovers” from Great Britain. For example, she said the laws gave fathers absolute rights over their children. including the unborn child, and provided no rights for the mother. Men also had total control over properties and inheritance laws. “These early women in Vancouver researched the basis of these laws and available alternatives and pressed for action,” Marsden said. “They succeeded in getting a great many changes. “It's members of groups such as university women and professional women's clubs which accomplished so much and have left a splendid legacy. They had a coherent idea of what they were doing and why they were doing it and they believed in the cause.” Marsden noted that the women didn't speak about getting power as feminists. They largely talked about social reform and were concerned with such issues as temperance, abuses of the family, and property laws. But today, Marsden said feminists talk about issues such as equality and having proper proportions of women represented on boards and commissions. Marsden added that these issues have become the agendas for governments. Marsden said there are a number of major and immediate tasks which require the collective attention of en. “All political parties and leaders are saying that we must have child care programs but we are still a long way from a significant nature of programs in this country She said that it is crucial to women to pay attention to issues of training and retraining of women entering the labor force. Marsden said there is a great deal to be done in seeing that the agenda for which women fought so hard is put in place The senator also told women they must fight the reactionary movement groups of people who have to complex pr : Marsden said one major issue which should be looked at ‘ LORNA MARSDEN .#@, B.C. women play enormous rol! on the national and Hternational scene is poverty. She pointed out that women represent the largest group of poor. Retired women used to make up the largest group of poor, but that has shifted so that now young single-parent women make up the largest group. Marsden added that what contributes to the poverty of women is the difference between a one-income and two-in come household. That has changed in a generation where divorce has become relatively easy to obtain and is becoming easier. Marsden said the household economy has been re arranged. Just as skills of the labor market have changed, so have skills required to manage a household budget. Marsden added that even the household budget needs to be examined Is the current family arrangement going to continue or are other types of householding coming along?”, she asked Marsden said women should also be concerned about what is happening to women workers She said women must look at other issues, like the current politieal system, the legal system, the education system, the need for child care, better access to the labor markets, and equal pay It's important that women work together across party lines on these issues, she said. ‘We don't agree on all the details, but we will agree substantially on a sense of direction,” Marsden said We need the forums to have these discussion,” she said. the same kind of forums that the agricultural community, business community and cultural community have in Ottawa Marsden also said during her speech that she favors an elected senate with proportional representation it seems to be something we should take a very serious look at even if we decide it is not going to be the best system for Canada,” she said novenoer 4.106 _Castlé@ar News _s2 Expert says WKPL sale may hurt Kootenays PENTICTON, B.C. (CP) — The transfer of Canadian water rights to American control through the sale of West Kootenay Power and Light gives a greal deal of power to a foreign utility, a fisheries expert said Friday. / Chris Bull was testifying during the seventh day of British Columbia Utilities Commission hearings into the proposed $80 million sale of West Kootenay to Kansas City-based UtiliCorp United. The electric utility, owned by Cominco Ltd. of Vancouver and based in Trail serves 97,000 customers in the southern Interior. It holds water licences on the Kootenay River system in the Nelson area to generate electric power. Control of that water is very important, Bull told the three-member commission and about 100 spectators who frequently interrupted his testimony with applause. “With that licence they can use it any way they want as long as it creates power,” he said. Bull described the West Kootenay licence as a “large hammer to handle” because it was issued earlier than most water licenses. He explained an older water licence has p over all di ications for water ts. He said he was worried the licence gives the utility the right to regulate water flow through the river system, change the point of water diversion, and inter- fere with or control downstream water users. For example, he said UtiliCorp would be able to control water flow levels into Kootenay Lake. If the inflow was slowed and the lake's level went down, the fish stocks and associated million-dollar tourist industry would be hit. ’ NOT LIKELY When challenged by Cominco lawyer Cal Johnson, Bull admitted this scenerio was unlikely to occur. He said he used it only because he had no information to predict what specific problems could be created by the sale of water rights. “I can't foresee any immediate problem,” said Bull. “But for $80 million, which isn't much these days, I don't think we want to see these water rights go down to the States.” Lawyers acting for parties in favor of the sale suggested there is no issue concerning control of the water, since it is regulated by the provincial water licence branch, the International Joint Commission and the Columbia River Treaty. But Bull strongly disagreed. “This has everything to do with control and the fact that the U.S. has treated us as second-class citizens,” said Bull. He said Canadians have been shortchanged even under the existing rules and regulations. Under the Columbia River Treaty, Canadians cannot use water stored behind the Libby Dam except when it is in excess of American needs, said Bull. However, Canadians did not get the right to exclude Ameri dams on Canadian soil from using water that is needed f« Canadian use. In another example, Canadians cannot get licences for Canadian water in the Similkameen River near Princeton because the river is fully licensed, including a licence held by an Oroville, Wash., public utility district. The licence is for a dilapidated dam near Nighthawk, Wash., that hasn't been used for more than 30 years, said Bull. The Americans can't be forced to give up the licence, so farmers who need water from the Similkameen must pay to have a well drilled on the river's edge. This illustrates the power a company has once it owns the licence, said Bull He didn’t hold out much hope the water licence branch would be able to monitor West Kootenay if the sale to UtiliCorp goes ahead. The branch is severely understaffed and can make very few checks on licence holders, Bull told the commission. Meanwhile, on Wednesday a crowd of 300 cheered, jeered and waved signs at the hearing. The crowd took officials by surprise. as only 100 seats were originally provided for the hearing As people overflowed from the hearing room into a hotel foyer, a second section of the room was opened up and chairs were brought in, delaying the start of the meeting by more than 30 minutes. After chairman Marie Taylor opened the hearing, it was clear the partisan audience comprising mainly senior citizens wanted to voice its opinion loudly at every opportunity Speakers opposed to the sale were applauded, while some sale proponents were booed Repeated requests by commission members that the crowd restrain itself did little good Jack Baker, senior vice-president of UtiliCorp, told the commission that electricity rates under UtiliCorp would be lower than if the current owner, Cominco Ltd., retained control Baker said although UtiliCorp’s $80 million offer is 70 per cent higher than West Kootenay’s book value, the company was willing to make an “absolute commitment” not to recover the price through increased power rates. Cookies for smart cookies By JUDY WEARMOUTH Castlegar Library are fea Librarian tured in the videos, so Fresh baked watch carefully. You may provided by staff and see yourself board members cookies Both branches have been so busy over the past month, no special gim micks are required to bring patrons in. Total circu lation was 7,139 and 103 people joined added bonus for smart cookies who used the Castlegar Library last week duri B.C. Libraries Week Castlegar Branch pat rons also had the chance to see the video Libraries are The high registration for Life rate is still a puzzle to the This, and a similar lib ‘staff, who wonder where rary video to be aired on everyone comes from. Al Channel 10 Thursday, though most of the new graphically demonstrate members are new resi the important role libraries dents, others are long term play in the life of a com householders forced by the munity high price of books to stop Several shots of the buying their own