2_Castlegar News May 16, 1990 LOGAL/PROVINGIAL NEWS a permanence BRIEFLY By CasNews Staff Castlegar unemployment up The unemployment rate in the Castlegar area rose four per cent in April, Statistics Canada figures show. "But the Trail, Rossland and Grand Forks area saw the unem- par tate drop one per cent, according to the figures released late a ee ‘unemployment rate for the Central Kootenay area -~ which in- cludes Castlegar, Nelson, the Slocan Valley and Creston — jumped to 12.5 per cent in April from 8.3 per cent in March, Statistics Canada said. The rate in Kootenay-Boundary — which includes Trail and Grand Forks — fell to 10.4 per cent in April from 11.3 per cent in March. The Central Koot area is part of istics Canada’s region 920 and includes Columbi p while K: y is part of economic region 930 which includes the Central Okanagan area. In April, 5,000 people in region 920 were out of work in a labor force — the total number of people working or looking for work — of 43,000. In March, 4,000 people were unemployed in a labor force of 44,000. In region 930, 12,000 were without jobs in a labor force of $13,000 in April compared to 13,000 unemployed in a labor force of 112,000 in March, Statistics Canada said. $10,000 raised for scholarships Selkirk College employees have raised over $10,000 for an en- dowment fund that has been matched by the Selkirk College Foundation, the college and the provincial government for a total of over $40,000 that will be used for scholarships and bursaries, the executive director of the foundation said. The i which all the college and bursary funds that are provided by private donations, will likely give out the bulk of the awards from the new endowment fund this fall and next year after the money has been invested and interest accumulated, Dale Schatz said. The $40,000 will remain in the endowment fund and over the years college employees may add to the base amount, he said, The provincial government's program for matching money donated to the “endowment fund wilt tikely continue as welt; Schatz added: Students to hike in Carmanah Ten students from Stanley Humphfies secondary school and two adults will hike into the Carmanah valley on B.C.’s southern coast and see the giant Sitka spruce that grow in the valley. The hike will take place during the year-end trip of the SHSS outdoor club, club sponsor Chris Foster said. The students in the club, who spent the year hiking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, will spend three days in the valley that has been the centre of an environmental debate over the preservation of old- growth forests in B.C., said Foster, who is a social studies teacher at SHSS. The students leave for the coast May 29 and will return June 3, Foster said, adding that the students raised the approximately $700 needed for the trip through various fundraising activities over the school year_The school board, which the trip at Monday’s board Mill moratorium called for OTTAWA (CP) — Forests across northern Canada are being given away to industry on a massive scale to serve $13.3-billion worth of proposed new pulp megaprojects, says a new coalition of environmentalists. But Louis Fortier of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association says the claims are nonsense. “It is absolutely false to suggest the forest resources being given away,”’ he said, Canada’s Future Forests Alliance, which says it /represents a million Canadians in 110 groups, called Monday in Ottawa for a moratorium on new pulp projects and a royal commission to study’ the state of forests. “Without public debate, without environmental hearings and without proper studies, Canada’s forests are being turned into pulp and expor- ted,’’ Colleen McCrory, spokesman for the coalition, said at-a news con- ference. But Fortier said by telephone from Montreal that all the proposed projec- ts have been subject to intense scrutiny~by provincial governments, including public hearings in some cases. Federal Forestry Minister Frank Oberle said in an interview that current expansion of the industry is balanced by a commitment to better forest management. “IT think that things are well in hand, we're getting excellent co- peration from all the stakeholders and there’s no need for the kind of alarm that I sense was expressed by these various groups (in the environ- mental coalition),"* he said outside the Commons. Oberle said Ottawa could not declare a moratorium because forest harvesting agreements are entirely a provincial responsibility. McCrory, a Slocan Valley resident who has spent the fast five months travelling the country to document pulp mill the world are going through this country right now, In the next 15 years we're not going to have any forests to talk to our children about.’"{ She said that provincial gover- nments are signing 25-year contracts with companies and once these con- tracts have been signed, the land will Mayor Aud Society presi: CoxNews photo be locked up, unavailable for other Purposes. Fortier agreed that the industry : saying pulp expected to increase to 35 aioe tonnes annually by the year 2000 from 25 million tonnes last year. “The industry is growing and therefore so has the need for fibre. That is certainly something that is going to continue. It’s just a matter of arithmetic. “In my mind, there is nothing wrong with increasing the volume of fibre you use provided you restock the areas you harvest.” SUNFEST 90 ie 4 pte i AS Fe o. Moore bought the first Suntest 90 lottery button Tuesday from Cootieger Festivals nt Ross Hawse. Top prize in this year’s lottery is a trip for two to Me: says the new wave of projects will deplete forests faster than they can be regenerated. meeting, has agreed to pay a substitute teacher to take over Foster’s Classes for the three school days of the trip. New wing planned for Selkirk Selkirk College is in the process of selecting an architect to prepare plans for a new wing for the Castlegar campus, vice president of ad- ministration Dale Schatz said. When the architect has completed his work, the college will know what form the new wing will take and how much money Selkirk will need to request from the Ministry of Advgnced Education and Job Training, Schatz said. The college hopes the new facility will be in place by September 1991, he added. Seven sex offence charges laid A Castlegar man has been charged with seven sexual offences including sexual intercourse with a woman under the age of 14, who is not his wife, indecent assault and four counts of gross indecency. The man, who cannot be identified because of a ban on publication of his name, was in Nelson provincial court Monday to elect trial by judge or judge and jury. The outcome of that court appearance is not available because his records have been sent back to Castlegar provincial court and have not arrived here yet, a Castlegar court registry in Alberta we've got about $4 A billion worth of development, —in Manitoba one company is getting 75 per cent of the productive forest land, in British Columbia we're getting about 22 new pulp mill developments and expansions. “Some of the largest pulp mills in spokesman said today. The case is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Aug. 13, 14 and 15 in Castlegar, the spokesman added. Local man given jail term A Castlegar man charged with six counts of sexual assault has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years’ probation on two of the charges, a Nelson court registry spokesman said Tuesday. David DaCosta, 30, was charged with committing the offenses in Castlegar during the summer and fall of 1989. Park damage totals $1,000 Vandals have inflicted approximately $1,000 worth of damage to underground sprinklers in Kinsmen Park in downtown Castlegar. The damage occurred either Friday night or Saturday night, city works crew foreman Nelson Newlove said. Newlove, who has reported the incident to the Castlegar RCMP, said the vandals kicked the heads off the sprinklers. COURT NEWS By CasNews Staff In Castlegar provincial court last week, John Patrick Court pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and was fined $450 and a victim surcharge of $67.50. . . . Duane Edward Dukart pleaded guilty to re-entering a licenced establishment within 24 hours of being asked to leave and was fined $500. * 28 «6 James Alban Sturgeon was fined $100 or, in default, sentenced to five days in jail, for mischief. Sturgeon must also pay a victim’s surcharge of $15 or, in default, spend one day in jail. * 8 8 Thomas Willard Plamondon was fined $75 for driving over a posted speed limit Mark Steven Bate must serve two months’ probation, with conditions, for mischief. Premier says he'll wait VICTORIA (CP) — Premier Bill Vander Zalm said Tuesday he won't More on Meech, A4 get excited about reported recom- mendations to break the Meech Lake impasse until he sees them. A parliamentary committee headed Ms Quebec MP Jean Charest will d an first ministers’ conference to consider its suggested changes to the con- saw the draft report. stitutional accord, says an MP who “‘The Charest committee, as I’ve said a number of times, tends to be, as all i lopsided towards Quebec and Ontario because that’s where all the representation LOTTERIES The winning numbers drawn Tuesday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 12, 22, 28, 42, 44, 51, 53 and $5. The winning numbers drawn Mon- day in the Keno lottery were 9, 22, 27, 32, 40, 52, $5 and 56. The winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw were 5, 19, 21, 34, 43 and 49. The bonus number was 32. The jackpot of $2,095,381.80 was divided into three prizes of $698,460.60 ; The four Extra winning numbers for British Columbia on Saturday were 5, 7, 27 and 59. The winning numbers drawn Saturday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 17, 19, 28, 36, 46, 53, $4 and 55. The winning Lotto BC numbers were 3, 17, 18, 26, 33 and 39, The winning numbers in the Ex-— press draw for Jaguar cars were 897797, 349989, 336325 and 099164. These numbers provided by The Canadian Press must be considered unofficial. is,’’ the B.C. premier told reporters. “*We need to see just exactly what it is they’re recommending and how it fits in with what we've been talking about.’” The Charest committee, to report later this week, is said to be recom- mending a sunset clause for provincial veto of Senate reform, with a more flexible amending formula if reform doesn’t occur within a specified time. “If the reports are correct, they're dealing or at least might be dealing with Senate reform or how it might be achieved, and that certainly has been a priority item for the West, B.C. especially,"’ Vander Zalm said, Vander Zalm, who signed the Meech agreement nearly three years ago, favors an elected Senate with equal representation from each province. But earlier this week he said Quebec and Ontario aren't continued from front page directly with the provincial ministry when they want funding for a project. As well, a West Kootenay council with a representative from each health organization could have as many as 50 people on it and would be unwieldy, Talarico said. One or two people would have to be chosen to fepresent each type of organization such as the hospitals, rather than allowing complete representation, he said. ‘*And where do the regional distric- ts fit in?’’ Talarico asked, noting the regional bodies provide some of the funding for hospitals. The plan’s intent is to pull together LOCAL NEWS winner Ben Dillen. Men of the 90s contestants (from left) Dave Kravski, Roger Junker, Mike Moller, Rod Voykin and jews pho’ STREET TALK DAVID THOMPSON STUDENT SOCIETY of Nelson has shown that the Robson-Raspberry Ferry Users Ad Hoc Committee doesn’t have a monopoly on creative criticism of the provincial government. The student society — with a current membership ‘of -497-—-has submitted-its- membership rolt-for 1989 90 to the Guinness Book of World Records claiming to be ‘‘the largest student society in the world without a university.”” It was six years ago this spring that former S ji “s- Social Credit David Thompson University Centre, citing cost- cutting measures during the period of fiscal restraint. However, Guinness suggests no record has been established because there are no challengers. “This is a most unusual story and I believe it is the first of its type we have received,’’ Guinness correspondence editor Martin Day says in a letter to the student society. ‘*For this reason it is very difficult for us to be able to say whether or not you have established any kind of record.”” The application will be kept on file by Guinness in case of a challenge. “*We can now assume that we are not only the largest but the only student society in the world withouta ‘said David Thompson Student Society president Timothy Shay, adding that he welcomes any challenges to the society’s claim, He said he also plans to submit the society’s record to Ripley's Believe it or Not. The Social Credit government closed three post- secondary schools in Nelson during the last 13 years: Notre Dame University, the David Thompson Univer- sity Centre, and Kootenay School of Art. Local residents and students not only occupied and saved the university library for community use but supported the continuation and development of urs ‘ *e- ‘government closed— tothe renewat of university and arts education in Nelson. The David Thompson Student Society is the successor to the Notre Dame University Student Union and shares a 30- year history in the community. BEN DILLEN, Castlegar’s Man of the 90s, wasn’t the only contestant to pick up an award at the recent event sponsored by the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce. Joining Dillen (Mr. Hooter's) were Dane Kravski (Mr. Avenue’s) who took home second place from the competition and Roger Junker (Mr. Zazoo) who was named Mr. Nice Guy. Rounding out the five competitors were Mr. Cut "N Loose Rod Voykin and Mr. Safeway Mike Moller. Proceeds-raised by- i r proving business and tourist services in Castlegar. to get them working with each other rather than independently, Kjolberg said. The councils do not need to be another level of bureaucracy, he ad- ded. The Central Kootenay Union Board of Health also backs the con- cept of the plan but the board mem- bers are concerned no one from the board has been asked to sit on the , ; @, ; Steering committee, he said. However, the steering committee has not replied to the health unit’s offer, Ames added. The steering committee will discuss the makeup of the committee at the next meeting, Kjolberg said, pointing out that the committee is composed mainly of hospital administrators because the plan began in 1987 as a hospital health. review. West Kooti steering said Dr. Nelson Ames, director of the Central Kootenay Health Unit in Castlegar. The health unit has offered to have one of its three members on the steering committee step down to allow board of health chairman Jane Fowler to the board on the the various boards and The West Kootenay steering com- mittee also included RDCK ad- ministrator Reid Henderson, Ron Cameron, the director of the Trail Mental Health Centre, and- Paul Caraca, the administrator of Colum- bia View Lodge, according to steering committee lists. IN MEMORY HOLIDAY SAVINGS AT CARL'S Prices in Effect until May 20 Fred Soloveoff ip Kootenay Lake District Hospital at age 77. retired in 1977 prospecting and mining. Fred Soloveoff of Shoreacres passed away Monday, May 14, 1990 Mr. Soloveoff was born in Glade on Nov. 10, 1912, and lived and worked in the Nelson and Castlegar area. He operated a general store and feed supply in Blewett and later worked for the Kenville gold mine. Mr. Soloveoff worked for Kootenay Forest Products from 1951 until he He enjoyed talking and entertaining people. 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The hospital discovered the asbestos after participating in a study initiated by a number of other B.C. hospitals, he said. The study was prompted by a provincial government program to help hospitals remove the hazardous material. The Castlegar study was conducted late last year and Talarico said he received the results in February. The study conducted by a company that specializes in detecting asbestos, involved-taking samples-from-various areas in the hospital and analyzing them for the material, he explained. The Health Ministry has suggested the hospital hire a consultant to suggest the best way to remove the asbestos and when that has been determined the job will go to tender, Talarico said. The job shoyld be completed sometime in the fall, he said. The Ministry of Health and the RDCK will pay for the work through a cost-sharing agreement that has the ministry foot 60 per cent of the bill while the RDCK agrees to pay 40 per cent, Talarico said. The same arrangement is being used by the two government bodies to pay for the hospital expansion project. Andy Boolinoff, the Castlegar school district's maintenance super- visor, said the asbestos at SHSS is in insulation in the crawispace under the administration area of the school and around the boiler. It should take about two weeks to remove, he said. The boiler will then be replaced when the renovations are done, he added. and Verna Wasloff of Kamloops. and his mother in 1974. Funeral Home. 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Barrett also praised outgoing Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D’Arcy, who lost a big for-the NDP candidacy in the riding earlier this month to Castlegar school trustee Ed Conroy. D’Arcy is a “‘tough, independent-minded Pperson’” who always “‘said what he thought,”’ in the legislature and stood by the party, Barrett said, adding, ‘Chris is still loved and respected"’ by the NDP. “Ed has big shoes to fill but he's up to the challenge,”’ Barrett said of the new NDP candidate in the riding. Barrett is on a tour of the Kootenay area and is scheduled to speak in Creston tonight. Perfect for a heel-kicking happening featuring indoor swimming, exercise facilities and a tempt- ing Choice Of dining and nightlife. Conveniently located near shopping and attractions. CLIP THIS AD AND RELAX AT THE PORT O° CALL INN! 1935 McKnight Blvd. N.E., Calgary, Alta. 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