“Wo : Castlegar News November.2, 1988 BEEKEEPERS GATHER BEEKEEPERS CONVENTION . . Kerry Clark of the Provincial Ministry of Agriculture (above) studies a slide of bee mites during the beekeepers convention held in Castlegar recently. Mike McLennan of Grand Forks (below left) won awards for the best honey, honeycomb, wax, mead and photos as Joyce Flanagan looked on CosNews photos by Bonne Morgan Honeymakers swarm into Castlegar By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Castlegar was buzzing over the weekend with beekeepers in town for the annual B.C. Honey Producers Association convention. The West Kootenay Beekeepers, which hosted the three-day event that began Oct. 27, report that more than 100 bee enthusiasts attended the event. The convention included two mornings of association business meetings to set policy and direction for the B.C. beekeeping industry and two afternoons of educational sessions. A number of guest speakers and government representatives brought the delegates current news on the state of beekeeping in other parts of Canada. The Ministry of Agriculture's apiculture pro gram provided information on bee mites, which are threatening bee populations in the United States. The mites get into the bees respiratory system killing them. It is the reason why there is currently a ban on importing bees from the United States. Other exhibits included the latest in apiculture chemicals and equipment. Agriculture Canada offered information on honey promotion in Canada. Lectures included Manufacturing Bee Equip- ment inexpensively, by Flower Power Apiaries of Grand Forks and Hobby Beekeepers, An endangered Species which tackled the problems of beekeeping. Carol Hartwig spoke on Africanized Bees in Nicar- agua, the so-called “killer bees.” She told listeners a great deal of research has been done to prevent the spread of the bees. Mike McLennan of Flower Power Apiaries in Grand Forks walked away with the most ribbons in the honey show, winning the best liquid honey for light, golden and dark; granulated or white; honey- comb; wax, mead; and photos. The winner of the Leo Fuhr Memorial Trophy for the best liquid honey was Keith Rae of Vernon. Joyce Flanagan said the conference was held for the first time in the West Kootenay and visitors were impressed with the Castlegar area. “A lot of people noticed Castlegar that have never noticed it before,” she said. BRISCO continued from front page well underway before the last election. “Mr. Kristiansen has taken credit for Cominco Ltd. which I think even to his co-workers would {be con sidered a joke, not the least !of which would be the B.C. Federation of Labor,” which had been involved in Cominco’s $120 million lead smelter modernization “I have been advised that Mr. Kristiansen had one briefing session with Cominco very early on,” he said, adding that the project changed following that 1984 session. Brisco went on to say that Kristiansen has also wrongly taken credit for the new RCMP subdivision in Nelson. “But he was not involved in any way with the bargaining to have that subdivision located in Nelson, apart from the understandable fact that Castlegar would have liked it in its location, but it was an RCMP preference to have it in Nelson,” he said. Brisco admitted that not all of the $120 million in projects was initiated by him but said they “had my hands-on involvement in one way or another.” As an example, he cited a labor benefits adjustment program in Nelson, Salmon Arm and Logan Lake worth $5.5 million. “That was certainly begun,” he said, “but it became a complicated, convéluted and dragged out process with workers waiting for a long time for that to be resolved. But it came to discussions with the minister of labor, the minister of manpower to move it forward. “Anything that the government does that tends to be very large in structure and complex requires the involvement of the federal member of Parliament,” he added. Brisco said that his spending record is in excess of $120 million due to ongoing projects which could see an additional $50,000 spent on a boat ramp in Balfour, and a $20,000 small eraft harbors project in Nakusp to build replacement of floats. Heated words front election campaigns By KATHRYN YOUNG The three party leaders engaged in a free trade of insults and charges of fearmongering and twisting the truth in the election campaign Tuesday. Economists and trade experts, meantime, rejected allegations made by all the politicians. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney ridiculed his rivals’ attacks on the trade deal with the United States, describing Liberal Leader John Turner and New Democrat Leader Ed Broadbent as emperors without clothes. Broadbent challenged the prime minister to back his charge that the opposition is lying when it says the United States would move under free trade to get rid of Canadian social programs such as pensions and medicare. Broadbent said he'll debate Mul- roney in front of senior citizens “any place, any time. “Let the senior citizens of Canada decide who is misleading the people of Canada,” he said in Burlington, Ont. Turner got some help from Ontario Premier David Peterson. The Liberal premier hurled a countercharge of “They wrap tl in the flag — in the hope that you won't notice they are naked underneath,” he told a Surrey business luncheon. ig at Finance Minister Michael Wilson who also accused the opposition of lying about free trade. Mulroney, Wilson and Trade Min- ister John Crosbie have predicted disaster for the economy if the Conservatives don’t get the majority they need in the Nov. 21 election to pass the deal. But the Economie Council of Can- ada and the Conference Board of Canada, two economic think tanks which support the trade deal, said Tuesday the sky will not fall if the deal doesn’t pass. Wilson also said the United States could tear up the auto pact if the trade deal died. Philip Trezise said rejection of the deal would spur new U.S. efforts to renegotiate elements of the auto pact but it’s “a little extreme” for the Mulroney government to suggest the U.S. would rip it up. DIOXINS continued from front page Strachan pointed to Canfor's prop- osed $1-billion modernization pro- gram for its old Port Mellon pulp mill on Howe Sound. He noted the company plans to use oxygen bleach ing technology which is supposed to reduce chlorine use by 80 per cent. After it was disclosed last week that dioxin had been found in milk from paper milk cartons, a coalition of B.C. consumer, labor and. envir. onmental groups with a combined membership of 100,000 last August wrote asking S' to “adopt Association, wrote back Oct. 18 that he was “very surprised” Strachan wanted to wait for more studies. “Your letter is the first suggestion I have seen that there is any doubt that persistent toxics are being dis- charged from kraft bleach pulp mills,” Andrews wrote. He cited studies in Canada, the U.S. and Sweden in which industry scientists confirm that kraft pulp mills are releasing dioxins and other organochlorines into the environ- ment. Andrews also pointed to the regulations to eliminate the dis- charge of persistent, chronic toxics, such as organochlorines (including dioxins and furans), from B.C. pulp and paper mills.” The coalition followed that plea with letters in September and Octo- ber which requested a reply and a meeting. In his October reply, Strachan noted the federal government was studying liquid discharges from Can- adian pulp mills. “That study will determine if there is a technical basis for your claim that persistent toxins are being dis- charged from pulp mills in this prov- ince,” he wrote. Strachan also rejected a call to “take leadership in promoting the availability and marketing of paper products bleached without chlorine,” which already exist in Sweden. Strachan's reply: “The promotion of one product over another is beyond the mandate of my ministry.” Bill Andrews, a coalition spokes- man and executive director of the West Coast Environmental Law Harcourt coming to Castlegar By CasNews Staff Provincial New Democratic Party leader Mike Harcourt will visit the Kootenays this weekend. Harcourt will begin his three-day tour in Salmo Saturday at Charlie's Restaurant at 11:30 a.m. He will be mainstreeting in Salmo before de- parting for Nelson where he will be mainstreeting at 2:30 p.m. He will then attend a wine and cheese mixer at the Heritage Inn at 4 p-m. before attending an Italian supper at the Catholic Church hall at 6 p.m. The public is welcome. On Sunday Harcourt will start his day in Crescent Valley at the Community Hall for a borscht luncheon at noon. He will be in Castlegar starting at 3 p.m. where he will be addressing residents at the Rota Villa. At 6 p.m. he will be at the Kinnaird Hall for a pot-luck supper where the public is welcome to attend. On MOnday, Harcourt will visit Kiro Manor in Trail at 9 a.m. From there he will travel to the Columbia View Lodge at 10 a.m. before de. parting again for Victoria. ll federal government measurements of dioxins in seafoods near B.C. pulp mills. “It is far too late in the day to question the fact that kraft bleach pulp mills are discharging persistent toxics into the B.C. environment.” Andrews, a lawyer, also sought prosecutions of pulp and paper mills that routinely fail to comply with the legal pollution limits established by B.C. waste management permits. Last May, an association study of government records found that most of B.C.’s pulp mills in 1987 had released more pollutants into water- ways than allowed by both provincial waste management permits and federal regulations, but none were charged. Strachan told the coalition “my ministry has taken steps to enhance the compliance level with respect to legislative and regulatory. re- quirements. The priority for vigor- ous enforcement will continue to be based on some indication that the re- ceiving environment is being measur- ably impacted.” Andrews has since asked for specifics and says he is aware of no provincial charges ever laid against a B.C. pulp mill for non-compliance. But Strachan points to a provincial charge laid in June against a pulp mill. “We are enforcers,” said. Strachan said his ministry does not lay charges unless it can present the attorney-general’s ministry with suf- ficient evidence for a prosecution, but the ministry is “quite rigorous” in ensuring that waste management permits are followed. Strachan, asked why his ministry doesn't make public the compliance reports that will show whether the government is enforcing the pollu- tion limits, the minister MULRONEY continued from front page Revelstoke want more information on Mulroney's trade deal,” Garry Jenkins said in a prepared release. “Therefore, I challenge Brian Mulroney, while he is in our riding, to debate his deal with me and to stop his evasion of this most important issue.” Jenkins said the Liberal Party has been at the fore! jt in the fight against free trade ahd he has been leading the fight in Kootenay West- Revelstoke. “Mulroney and his Tories have been travelling the country saying that if their trade deal is torn up, the Americans will tear up the Auto Pact, or that the Americans won't sign an acid rain treaty with Canada. Mulroney is again misleading Canadians,” said Jenkins. “With the call of the election, Mulroney's trade deal died on the order paper. The deal never passed the upper chamber of Parliament. It did not become law. As such, there is nothing to tear up. With a Liberal government, Mulroney's deal would not be re-introduced into the House of Commons, and would remain as it currently is, dead. “And when Mulroney talks about acid rain, if he was really concerned about this grave problem, why didn't he include acid rain reductions in his deal? He included everything else. This is why I say his arguments are a sham, and why I challenge Mr. Mulroney to a debate, in our riding, on his trade deal.” House fire gets away on owner By CasNews Staff Columbia Avenue traffic was re- routed Saturday afternoon to avoid a fire which levelled an unoccupied home in the 2500-block. “The owner attempted to burn down an old house in the backyard and it got away on him,” explained Castlegar fire chief Bob Mann. Mann received the call from a worried neighbor about 2:65 p.m. Two of the three fire trucks at- tending the scene were used along with “at least a dozen men.” The fire endangered the occupied house in front of the blaze, scorching paint and burning a porch. Mann said the fire department had the porch fire out immediately and there was no further danger of the house catching fire. Hoses were trained on the roof of the newer home and also on the nearby ground to prevent the fire from spreading. Traffic was rerouted around Col- umbia Avenue during the fire be- cause hoses had to be connected to a hydrant on the other side of the street. Mann praised Castlegar RCMP for their quick response to the problem. “They were very cooperative,” he said. ELECTION continued from front page ring in this riding — said the main issue facing voters BLUFFS CLOSED ... Highway 6 are closed indefinitely while a private The Cope Horn Bluffs on contractor widens and strengthens the road. has been closed since Oct. 18. Ny... November 2, 1988 C astlégar News A ey ae oe (Pd FSF’ 12 weeks to ran © hristmas Cuvkey Giveaway! ONE ase TURKEY FROZEN “ee EACH WEEK BOOK YOUR XMAS TURKEY BEFORE NOV. 15 AND RECEIVE $2.00 CERTIFICATE TOWARD YOUR TURKEY. CesNews Photo S ARERI BS =... spec f GOV'T INSPECTED mae | ae BLADE FRESH CANADA GRADE A PPE hae 558 CROSS RI BONELESS . B uaa GRADE A kg. $569), $958 Pie: ed $928 HOCKLESS SMOKED. WHOLE..... 1244. 99° COD FILLETS PREV. FROZEN .. on 9278 SLICED BACON | $4.99 — CENTRAL DELI DELITES — OVERLANDER CORNED BEEF OVERLANDER ,, BEEF SALAMI FLETCHERS. SMOKE HOUSE 500 G. MAPLE LEAF COOKED HAM sre SLICED OR SHAVED WiENeRs, Meats. GRAVY ..680 G. $1 89/PR COOKING SPRAY $998] PAM. PURE VEG. OIL .....170 G. PARMESAN CHEESE E $349 BEANS WITH PORK 7 8 BOSTON BROWN . APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE LL PEPSI or 7 UP ¢ “PLUS DEPOSIT TOMATO NABOB TRADITION COFFEE Mad lei 341 mi REGULAR NIAGARA ORANGE JUICE BOTTLE...... . 1 L. Castlegar News TREET TALK BILL DOUBININ, the Pass Creek merchant with the great sense of humor, has diversified into a very serious business. Bill is now operating A-1 Alarm Systems in conjunction with Bill's TV Sales and Service, a business he started 20 years ago. A-1 Alarm Systems will be offering burgler, fire and medical alert alarms. Bonded, and certified by the attorney-general's ministry to do installations, Bill says his two decades of working in the electronics field will allow him to promise his installations will work properly and be trouble-free. A FORMER Castlegar News carrier is the new commandant of a Junior Leadership School in Sum- merside, PEI. Major Jack Ford took up his duties at the school upon returning from the middle east, where he was a military observer with the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization. Ford was stationed in Tiberias, Israel for six months monitoring the Israeli-Syrian ceasefire line, and then spent eight months as a member of an observer group based in Gairo, Egypt and working in the Sinai desert. Ford was born in Kirkland Lake, Ont. and completed his formal education in Castlegar. After graduation he enrolled in the RCN in 1957. Following graduation to wings standard as a pilot, he was assigned to Royal Canadian Naval Air Station Shearwater with VS 880 Squadron which served on the HMCS Bonaventure. He later served a number of tours on the HMCS Bonaventure while stationed in Shearwater. From 1971-1973, Ford was assigned to an exchange posting at U.S. Naval Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island, flying from the aireraft carriers MAJOR JACK FORD new commandant USS-Wasp, Intrepid, Saratoga, Lexington and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Upon returning to Canada he attended Canadian Forces Staff College in Toronto for one year. This was followed in 1974 by a posting to National Defence Headquarters as a staff officer in the Directorate of International Plans. From July 1977 to January 1978 he was stationed in Jerusalem as a military observer with the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization along the Egyptian and Lebanese cease-fire lines. In 1978 he was posted to CFB Greenwood, N.S., where he flew for five years on the Argus. He was on the first operational conversion course for the Aurora. He was appointed base operations officer at CFB Summerside in 1983. Ford assumed the duties of base personnel services officer in 1985. He resides in Wilmot, PEI with his wife Judy and three girls, Tammy, Tracey and Julie. IF YOU'RE wondering how UtiliCorp United Inc. can afford to purchase all these utility companies, it could be on the money it saves on its postage. The parent company of West Kootenay ROBIN HOOD Quick COOKING a eee ROBIN HOOD WILD OATS COFFEE '$94oltie, 227 G. JAR. CADBURYS HOT CHOCOLATE VEG. OIL _| CHEESE SLICES ad hh Aa ETENED ORANOL, RASPOLERY All ACK CURRANT COCKTAR SUNRYPE JUICES GARBAGE BAGS 9° CATCH ALL. KITCHEN .. PKG. OF 12 FROZEN PEAS... $249 HASH BROWNS — QQ° GARBAGE BAGS — $539 CATCH ALL. OUTDOOR DOG BISCUITS me? 29® NABISCO. MILKBONE LARGE SIZE. REG. /BEEF Power posted a press release about its i to purchase a Michigan utility company The only thing was the letter used a 25-cent stamp. It costs 35 cents to mail a letter from the U.S. to Canada. So the CasNews was stuck picking up the tab on the overdue postage. A dime here and there can add up. HAVE YOU a healthy, happy workplace? Then the Canadian Mental Health Association wants to hear from you. Every year the CMHA's workplace awards program honors B.C. companies and organ- izations that best promote “well-being” in the work- place. This year's awards will be made on Nov. 7. A total of 44 nominations have been received from 74 organizations. It is too late to enter this year, but the CMHA will be accepting nominations for 1989. Write to CMHA, B.C. Division, 207-96 East Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. V5T 4NP9. FIRST IT was mushrooms; not it's cedar boughs. Apparently, cedar boughs are big bucks and there is a depot for the boughs in Fauquier. However, Denis Stanley, editor-publisher of the Arrow Lakes News in Nakusp, suggests in a recent column that the depot moved into Nakusp because of its more central location. "PU $949/00 PEPPERONI, HAWAIIAN. SUBMARINE ‘BUNS 172 WHITE OR BROWN . LIGHT BULBS 99° PHILIPS. 60 OR 100 WATT PKG. OF 2 APPLE TURNOVERSS 17° PINESOL CLEANER $319 CUNCHEON ROLLS $444 PALMOLIVE LIQUID DETERGENT ........ DISINFECTANT. . "33 i 5 OVEN CLEANER 328 FABRIC SOFTENER $398 BOUNCE UNSCENTED . 40 SHEETS . SANT FLUSH REGULAR OR BLUE SPRUCE. AUTOMATIC IN TANK. $119 12 Oz. SUNLIGHT DISHWASHER DETERGENT 1.8 kg, $595 — CENTRAL FRESH PRODUCE — MUSHROOM FRESH B.C. GROWN kg. 5437),> 1 os THE NDP did. in Ok Ik Merritt has connections with Castlegar. Jack Whittaker is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Whittaker of Castlegar. Jack lives in Osoyoos. WEST KOOTENAY ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Small Business 1S IT FOR YOU? IMMERSION PROGRAM IN SMALL BUSINESS GRAPES 4 ae | g ¢ IN SEEDLESS. No.1 ........... ¢ CELERY No. ..kg. 64°/ip. 29 BANANA PRICES EFFECTIVE THURSDAY, NOV. 3 AMERICA. ... GOLDEN RIPE FROM CENTRAL 01313 -99° THROUGH SUNDAY, NOV. 6/'88 COUNCIL continued from front page In the Regional District of Central Kootenay, Area I incumbent John Voykin was returned by acclamation, as was Area G incumbent Hans Cunningham and Area K incumbent Bill Cuthill. In Area A incumbent Charlie Wilson is being challenged by Ted O’Brien and Larry Brierley. In Area C incumbent Marvin Henker has decided not to seek re-election, Tom Mann and Betty Hess are vying for the seat. In Area E incumbent Josh Smienk is facing a challenge from Hans Elias. As well, the regiona] district has a number of separate referendums. Voters in Nelson, and Areas E, F and part of H will vote on a $1 million regional library to be built in Nelson. Voters in New Denver, Silverton and part of Area H will vote on a referendum to increase taxes to pay for a TV repeater system. Voters in Nakusp and Area K will be asked to increase taxes for a refuse disposal system. Fauquier voters will have two referendums, one to pay for an animal control officer and another to provide a grant for an organization to run a combined community centre/fire protection service. Conservative last time who like free trade, but don’t like the Mulroney deal.” The Liberal candidate is currently cashing in on the rising popularity of the Liberal party following party leader John Turner’s appareht back-to-back debate victories last week. Jenkins said he has a lot of work to do to try and make up more than 9,000 vote-deficit in the 1984 election. He is hoping to split the vote in his favor. “People won't vote NDP because they are anti-free trade,” he said. “I would like to attract the disaffected Conservatives and the NDP voters.” Green party candidate Michael Brown — this is the first Green party member to toss his hat into the is the environment. Kootenay West-Revelstoke is blessed with a natural splendor unparalleled, Brown says. His main concern for the riding is to keep the environment pure and unspoiled. It's the basis for Green party candidates in the country and around the world. The protection of the natural environment is of the utmost importance, he said. So when Kootenay West-Revelstoke goes to the polls Nov. 21, there will be four candidates from = {o-_ghoose. The riding has changed and two d. are now i for the Koot West. Revelstoke seat in the House of Commons. Predicting the winner in this riding will be no easy task. Prospective business owners are introduced to all aspects of running a small business. 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