Sadie uate nae save aeiooat Bate dle Vad a , eer a imoex ee tm mak ay Sis es CastlegarNews April 24, 1991 Dual lecture eyes future _/ ‘Building the Future’’ is the overall theme of a dual lecture slated for 7 p.m. April 27 at the Brilliant Cultural Centre featuring Anatol Rapoport, a social scientist and recognized authority on conflict resolution, and Murray Thomson, leader of Peacefund Canada, long known for his social activism and his role as an international educator. Their presentation will place special emphasis on current events unfolding in Iraq and the Eastern Bloc. The appearance of these two out- spoken leaders in the field of in- ternational relations and develop- ment is co-sponsored by the U.N. Association, the USCC, the Castlegar Peace Group and Selkirk College. Rapoport currently is professor of peace studies at the University of Toronto where, until 1980, he was professor emeritus of psychology and mathematics. Born in Russia in 1911, Rapoport, who was a United States citizen, emigrated to Canada in 1973, Selkirk College said in a news release, Thompson, executive secretary of Peacefund Canada, has a long history of involvement in the peace movement. He worked in inter- national development with Canadian University Service Overseas (CUSO) before founding Project Ploughshares, Peacefund Canada and Seniors for Social Respon- sibility. In 1982, he helped draft the United Nation's world disarmament campaign and in 1984, received the Poms ice Award from the NGO Committee on Disarmament at UN headquarters. “World politicians must be con- vinced that they have the public will behind them in any move they made towards disarmament,’’ Thomson said in the release. Local schools turn telephone Winlaw students who were hoping to raise a few dollars for the World Wildlife Fund by staging a phone-in campaign Monday were thrilled by calls from individyals and groups who care about the future of the planet, Winlaw elementary school Principal Sharon Farinha said. “Schools from all over the West Kootenay jammed our phone lines and even faxed us with their projects for Earth Day and the months ahead,"’ Farinha said in a news release. ‘‘The response was over- whelming.’’ Winlaw students counted 3,962 students participating in various Projects in the region, she said. “Schools are doing a wonderful job of increasing the awareness of and action on environmental concer- ns,”’ Farinha said. Among the projects are calendars, Students to read with guild Stanley Humphries secondary school has announced that two ot the school’s Grade 12 english literature students, Kecia Dusseault and Lance Mitchell, will be joining the Castlegar. 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Probability of precipitation tonight is 100 per cent, 80 per cent for Thursday. _— some afternoon sunny Socred pillar CastlIc Local politicians unaffected by scandal By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer Bill Vander Zalm’s resignation yesterday will have little effect on local campaigns once an election is called, both candidates in the Rossland-Trail’riding said today. “At this int, | think there isn’t any real change,"’ Socred candidate Walter Siemens said. ‘‘We won't change our strategy. NDP candidate Ed Conroy said the only effect the resignation has on him personally is that it means an election won't be called soon. “I've been a candidate for eight months now. I'm really. gung-ho .and ready to go,’ he said. “‘But how it will affect my chances of being victorious or not, that’s not a biggie. “I'm mote than prepared to fight the government based on their record. People in B.C. have to take a closer look at the government, they can’t just look at Vander Zalm. “*I just want to fight a good, clean fight and get on with it, I'm sure my opponent does as well,’’ Conroy said. Siemens said he expects more focus will be paid to the issues and the record of government now that Vander Zalm is gone. “We'll likely be more successful in promoting that aspect of it now,’ he said. However, Siemens said he’s sorry to see Vander Zalm go. “It’s disappointing to me, | had a very good relationship with the premier over the last five years or so. It’s disappointing to see him go and under the circumstances.” pa NDP MLA for Rossland-Trail,Chris D'Arcy, said the province can now get on with the business at hand. “I think the former premier was basically a decent man, but his major attention was to maintaining office and not doing the job he was elected and paid to do.” Mayor Audrey Moore said that now perhaps the province can gain some stability and credibility. “I certainly would be pleased to see some,” she “It would be very refreshing. “I think it was an historic and momentous day in British Columbia. British Columbia has the reputation across Canada as having pretty exciting provincial politics. | would hope we could stop being exciting and Start being competent very soon. I think the people in British Columbia deserve it,”’ she said. Shortly after Vander Zalm resigned, the caucus “Because of the intense i by the premier and the caucus.on their own internal political problems, nobody’s been looking after the business of the province,” he said in a telephone interview from his home this morning. ‘‘That’s been my major concern all the way through. the Minister of Transportation and Highways, Rita Johnston, to the position of premier until a leadership convention is held. “I wish Premier Johnston all the success,”” Moore adding that she proved to be very competent as the Minister of Transportation and, prior to that, asthe Minister of Municipal Affairs, Walter Siemens said whether or not ‘Johnston decides to run in the leadership convention, it will be interesting to see what she does until a convention is held. “I think the idea of a lady being the premier is of course historical, she’s the first one in Canada, and I think it’s a good move,’’ Siemeng said. “It'll give opportunity in the next couple of months to observe her abilities, her mannerisms | suppose, her competence.”” D'Arcy said he felt Johnston was ‘‘one of the better choices.”” But Conroy said, ‘I think the party would have probably been wiser to have picked someone more neutral, but that’s only my opinion.”” Johnston was a strong supporter of Vander Zalm. “I’m the first to confess that Vander Zalm was an excellent target, and putting Rita Johnston in there, as a Vander Zalm loyalist, does present a bit of a target in its own right.”” MS SR ee Eee New aldermen complain By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer Following Alderman Bob Pakula’s lead, the newest members on Castlegar city council aired their concerns at a Committee of the Whole meeting last night, about an lack of icati between council members: eae Pakula said, he was he would feel better about making decisions if he had more input from fellow council members, and suggested that more than one alderman should sit‘on each committee. ¢ “I think we'd do a better job, quite frankly . . . having more than one council member on the committees,’’ he said. ‘*For me to do * the job I'd like to see done, I'd like a little input, _There’s too many implications (in decisions) for one man to answer.”” Mayor Audrey Moore encouraged the discussion but said all any council member’ has to do is ask for help. But Pakula said help hasn’t been ible ‘‘when I need it.”” Alderman Kirk Duff agreed with Pakula. “(There have been) some issues that definitely require a second opinion before getting to these! meetings,’’Duff said. He added th he also feels he’s not ‘‘putting . as much as he could. Jim Chapman echoed Pakula and Duff. “I've felt a few times I’ve been left out completely,’” he said. Pakula added: ‘‘It seems to me there’s some pretty big decisions being made without, well, me, without all of us.’’ Moore said after the meeting that she thought it was ‘very constructive . extremely, and I'll follow up on it. Some of the aldermen need some assistance. I didn't realize they needed that much, but I'll give what assistance | can, when I can.” A review of council procedures, including committee of the whole meetings, will be conducted sometime in May, she said. Gf wi break piasue pcp tag the morning giving the Costews photo by Ed Mills SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY en ee eee this week. Jonathan Warner, 5, and his pals round at Woodland Park elementary In Castlegar will be bus: school going Johnston steps right in VICTORIA, (CP) Rita Johnston was sworn Tuesday ofily hours after Bill Vander Zalm 5 She pulled her fiery red, tae see," she said later, ‘1 guess | should talk to my colleagues before I talk to you. She was asked about any planned e ‘ 4 “I don’t know how significant the change will be. I think we've had good government for the past five years. We have a new premier and there'll be changes, no questions about that."’ Johnston may enjoy a short honeymoon. She is faced with some cabinet vacancies, including her own Highways and . Transportation Ministry. The death last week of Jack Davis also left’ a vacancy in the energy Portfolio, Johnston will also have to decide when to recall the legislature, bring in a new budget and pian for a leadership convention and election that must be held this year. Johnston isn't ruling out seeking the job at the convention. “At this point in time, it's hard to say,”” said the seasoned politican. “After I've been in this office a couple of weeks maybe I won't want to.” The NDP has already branded Johnston 4s @ loyalist Vander Zaim. Zalm guilty as charged VICTORIA (CP) — Bill Vander Zalm resigned in disgrace Tuesday and was succeeded as B.C. premier by the first woman in the country to hold the office. He handed his resignation to Lt.- Gov. David Lam hoifts after conflict-of-interest commissioner Ted Hughes found be mixed polisics with the sale of his Fantasy Gardens theme park. An hour later, Transport Minister Rita Johnston arrived at government house and was sworn in as the province’s 29th premier. Johnston, a year younger than Vander Zalm at $5, made only brief comments after her swearing-in. “It’s been a rough day,”” she said. “Bill and (wife) Lillian have been good friends of mine for a number of years and my thoughts are certainly with them this evening.” Earlier, Johnston stood beside an expressionless Vander Zalm as he resigned the job he held since capturing the Social Credit party leadership in July 1986. Hughes found the premier clearly violated several conflict guidelines related to the sale of Fantasy Gardens to Taiwanese billionaire Tan Yu. “I am prepared to resign now to ensure an orderly transition as quickly as possible,’’ Vander Zalm said in a brief statertient. He refused to answer questions: Last week, Vander Zalm called a sudden news conference Good Friday to announce he planned to call a leadership convention and resign after his successor was chosen. Numerous candidates have expressed interest, but sources had said many caucus members wanted Vander Zalm's immediate successor to serve only as an interim leder. A provincial election must be held this year After a few minutes in office, however, Johnston wasn't tipping her hand: ‘‘Nothing is ever ruled out."” The Socred party’s board of directors met briefly with the new premier, and party president Hope Rust said Johnston said the legislature would be reconvened before a leadership Convention is held Rust said the board would decide today on a date and location for the convention. Hughes, meanwhile, concludes in a 61-page report that Vander Zalm clearly breached several of the conflict guidelines he introduced in 1987 “The findings are not what I expected,"” Vander Zalm said. ‘‘In politics there is no court of appeal in these matters. 1 must five by the guidelines which | initiated.”” Hughes found Vander Zalm not only had a dominant role in the sale of Fantasy Gardnes, but was in conflict by participating in events that led up to the-sale and safle itself. BILL VANDER ZALM +». no apologies “From the very beginning of the negotiations through to date of closing, the premier mixed his public role as chief citizen of this province entrusted with the leadership of the government of British Columbia with his private business interest,”” the Teport says. “The premier stated that charges of conflict arose only when the media became aware and publicized what was gong on “It was what went on that was wrong, not the media’s discovering. and publicizing of those events.”” : Hughes also documents numerous instances of favored treatment for Tan, such as helping him set up a trust company in the province, setting up meetings with government officials while the premier’s wife was present and arranging a luncheon with the lieutenant-governor. “By providing the red carpet treatment to Tan Yu who is also Proposing to purchase the premier’s Property, the premier may appear to have been creating in Tan Yu, the expectation that the red carpet treatment would only continue if Tan Yu purchased the premier's Property.’” The report clearly stunned Vander Zalm’s caucus. Some were depressed, a few disbelieving and others annoyed. Longtime Socred Grace McCarthy said British Columbians now will have a different view of politicians. “I think it’s sad for our province,”’ said McCarthy, who quit cabinet im 1988 over differences with Vander Zalm. “We are looked on by not just our own people in the province but across this nation and I've never seen anything quite like this before.”” “He had no choice,”” NDP Leader Mike Harcourt said of Vander Zalm's resignation. “The information in the Hughes report is going to shock and embarass British Columbians, ‘It's a clear litany of lies and conflicts by Bill Vander Zalm."* Harcourt also said he is “astounded the caucus would elect a Bill Vander Zalm loyalist."