SPORTS PUSHING OFF . . . Robson River Otters held their Fifth Annual Invitational swim meet last weekend By KATHY VERIGIN The Robson River Otters held their Fifth Annual Invitational swim meet over the weekend, swimming to an overall third place finish. Forty River Otters competed, 15 of which swam competitively for the first time. Novice, Brian Beckstead scored high on the heats to receive the bronze. All other first time swimmers showed fine efforts. More swimmers receiving aggregates were Division 2 Treena Goolieff showing continuous improvement, received the bronze. with 15 River Otters swimming competively for the first time. Story below. OTTERS FINISH THIRD Division 2 Kim Verigin received gold. Mike Byers with some super swims and two new pool records, received the silver. Division 4 Kim Byers scored high to receive the gold. Division 5 Ariel McDowell — gold. Division 6 Jason Schuepher — gold. Trevor Seville — silver. Division 7 Curtis Ready — bronze. Over all team points were Nelson, first with 419 points, Castlegar second, 410 points, Robson third 350 points, Trail $21, Colville 129, Kimberley 185, Beaver Valley 104 and Greenwood 25. See statistics on B2 for more results. CANADIAN WELTER WEIGHT... , New boxing c Winters of Parrsboro, N.S,, at 1:56 of the seventh round Tuesday night to win the title left vacant when Ricky Anderson of Halifax retired in May for medical reasons. Winters — a club fighter thrust into the fight by a training injury to top contender Chris Clarke — was no match for No, 2-ranked Boucher. The Nova Scotia boxer hit the mat four times, once in the opening round of ‘and moved to Toronto as a child, upped his record to 15-1 with the win before a sparse crowd of 1,500. Winters fell to 10-21. * With Anderson out of the picture, Clarke's future in doubt and few con- tenders on the horizon, Boucher seems destined for a showdown with Toron- to's Shawn O'Sullivan, who is also trained by Wylie. Wylie skirted questions about a pos- sible meeting between his fighters — ineluding whose corner he would be in if the fight came off. . “Tl make that decision when and if we make the fight,” he said. Boucher’s only loss was a unanimous decision last year to Clarke, a veteran H ~ WE oie h yal | Boucher started quickly and caught Winters with a short right that buckled his knees with less than 10 seconds to go in the opening round. The Toronto boxer carried the fight until the fourth when Winters rallied to take the round. Winters tired badly in the sixth and seventh rounds and was wide open for a series of bombs from Boucher, who is generally not known for his punching power. ry In other fights, welterweight Wayne Gordon of Lower Sackville, N.8., sur- vived a first-round knockdown to stop Robin Smith of Butte, Mont., at 1:53 of the fifth round. Mark Adams of Frosty Hollow, N.B., scored a majority eight-round light- SS. ; sulys, 1967 Castlegar News 69 Indians beat Royals By The Canadian Press Joe Carter's two-run homer in the ninth won the game 6-4 for the Cleveland Indians, but it was the fight. LEARN TO SCUBA DIVE THE RIGHT WAY, THE SCUBAWAY ing in the third that had the Kansas City Royals’ club- house talking afterwards. Royals centre fielder Willie Wilson was ejected from the American League baseball game Tuesday night in the third inning after Indians’ pitcher Ken Schrom had thrown an 0-2 fastball to Wilson inside and high, caus- ing Wilson to hit the dirt. After Wilson flied out on the next pitch, he charged the mound and tackled Sch. rom, causing both benches to clear. Kansas City manager Billy Gardner said he had no doubt who was to blame for the in cident. “I knew Schrom threw at Price of $149 Course storts Monday, July 13. 1987 : MB. ccpletey beg, ies BI. ceplsey - AUTOMOTIVE DIRECTORY . Bi, mephatey beghary ices. 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Teams wishing to register should contact the recreation office in Slocan Park. came off reliever Dan Quis- enberry, 4-1. The homer fol- lowed a leadoff single by Tony Bernanzard. Cleveland's Doug Jones, 21, picked up the victory with 22-3 innings of hitless relief. In other AL games Tues- day night, it was: New York Yankees 12, Minnesota Twins 7; Detroit Tigers 6, Oakland Athletics 4; Cali- fornia Angels 9, Boston Red Sox 4; Chicago White Sox 9, Baltimore Orioles 3; and Se- attle Mariners 9, Milwaukee Brewers 5. YANKEES 12 TWINS 7 New York rallied from a seven-run deficit with seven runs in the seventh inning and took the lead on con secutive wild pitches by Min nesota reliever Juan Beren- guer in the eighth to end the Twins’ four-game winning streak. After being blanked by former teammate Joe Ni ekro on four hits for six innings. WHITE SOX 9 ORIOLES 3 Carlton Fisk drove in four runs with a two-run homer and double and Floyd Ban- nister pitched three-hit ball for seven innings as Chicago got its seventh win in nine games while Baltimore, which snapped a seven-game losing streak Monday, now has lost 31 of the last 37. ARROW LAKES WILDERNESS RECREATION KIDS SUMMER DAY CAMP DRY CREEK RANCH Park. 8.C Box 119, Robson, B.C. VOG 1X0 Starting July 6 Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 5:00 Boys and Girls age 6 thru. 13 * $18 Per Day * Lunch Supplied ® Will Pick up and Deliver to Scotties Marina Pre-registration required by writing above oddress | ~ oF phone 365-3265 “i * Horseback Riding * Hiking * Cratts * Swimming ‘Alder in © Gomes * Uteguard * First Arvendence the scheduled 12-rounder and three times in the seventh. On the last, Bou- cher connected with a looping right that put Winters down for several minutes. “He has a different style and I didn’t see what was coming,” said Winters, 24, ranked fourth in Canada. “He's a good fighter. It was rough.” Boucher, who was born in Jamaica Halifax boxer who once held the Com- monwealth middleweight and Canadian welterweight championships. Boucher said he was looking forward to avenging the loss, but Clarke pulled out with bone chips in his elbow. “I wanted to rematch because I knew I could get him this time,” he said. “But, oh well, a win is a win and I've got the belt. That's the main thing.” weight decision over Mike Short of Calgary: of Dartmouth, N. Gabriel of Edmonton at 2:00 of the fifth round; light heavyweight Drake Thad- ai of Moncton, N.B., stopped Ken Bar- low of Shediac, N.B., at 1:25 of the second; and Allain Cormier of Moncton scored a light-heavyweight split de- cision over George Munroe of Halifax. heavyweight Norman Logan ., knocked out Blake Five Blue Bombers inducted into team’s hall of fame By JIM MORRIS WINNIPEG (CP) — Memories of what was and concerns over what could be were swapped Tuesday as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers inducted five people into the CFL team's hall of fame. “My own regret is that it ended too soon,” chuckled and was a CFL all-star in 1961. ‘Still lean and fit, Rauhaus, who works for a Winnipeg marketing firm, bristles at the suggestion Americans make better football players than Canadians. “Some of the people we had as Canadians were the equal of Canadi Roger Savoie, referring to his 15-year career as a lineman with the Bombers. Norman ‘Rauhaus, a defensive halfback and Savoie's teammate for 12 years including Grey Cups in 1958, 1959, 1961 and 1962, nodded in agreement. “We were fortunate to play in an era when there was a lot of good, Canadian talent available that formed the nucleus of the club.” Also added to the hall's player category were lineman Herb Peschel and wide receiver Ken Neilsen. Neville Winograd was named a builder, an honor bestowed on non-players who made exceptional contributions to the team. Winograd has been a Bomber director since 1958, and served as team president in 1964 and 1965. He was the Western Football Conference's president in 1969 and league president in 1970. Peschel, a steady two-way lineman, played with the Bombers between 1935 and 1941, during which time the club won three Grey Cups. HOLDS RECORD Rauhaus, who retired after the 1967 season, still holds the Bomber career interception record of 34. He was nage the outstanding Canadian in the Western Conference in 19) Baseball shows its ugly side By The Canadian Press Baseball showed its ugly side at beautiful. Wrigley Field on Tuesday. Chicago's Andre Dawson was hit in the face by an Eric ely regret the unintended pitch that hit Andre Dawson. I have’ never intentionally thrown a pitch to hit a batter as P a second-class citizen. any American,” he said. “Now they refer to i ts, which I think is ludicrous. It’s like. Savoie, another 1961 all-star, retired after the 1965 season. He said the Bombers’ use of imports has cost the team its local image. “The people in Winnipeg would like to see more local flavor,” Savoie said, recalling when he could walk down any city street and be recognized as a local team member. Schuepfer takes nine medals By CORALEA SCHUEPFER Jason Schuepfer attended arecent swim meet in Brew- ster, Wash. as a guest of the Colville Washington Swim Teamwhere he captured nine medals out of a possible 12 events. He claimed gold in 200 freestyle and 200 breast- stroke, silver in 100 free- style, 50 free, 50 back and 50 fly and bronze in 200 back, 100 breast and 200 individual medley, fourth place in 100 back and 100 butterfly and seventh place in 50 breast- stroke for a total of 52 points losing the grand aggregate by two points to a swimmer from Omak. The American meets are different from BCSSA in that swimmers swim all 50, 100 and 200 events; the age group span is greater (three years) than the 18 month to two year age span in Canada and winter and summer swimmers are catorized as one as compared to being separated in Canada. This makes for greater compe- tition and faster times. The Colville team placed second behind the winning team Chelan in the 10 team meet. For the third year in a row Colville won the sports- manship trophy tying with Chelan this year. Show pitch in the third inning, triggering a benches- clearing brawl. After the Na- tional League game, won by in my life.” e Mid- Week Wrap-up the Cubs 7-5, the San Diego Padres insisted it was not intentional. The Cubs weren't sure. Dawson, who hit his 24th homer in the first inning and seventh off the Padres this year, suffered lacerations of the lip and a contusion of the left cheekbone. He was one of five Cubs ejected from the game. After Dawson was hit, pit cher Rick Sutcliffe came out of the dugout after Show and players from both teams ran onto the field. Dawson remained face down on the ground for a couple of minutes but when he got up he also went after Show as another fight broke out. Sutcliffe was thrown out as was Manny Trillo for throw. ing equipment onto the field. Chicago starter Greg Mad dux and manager Gene Mi chael were tossed out in the fourth inning when Maddux hit Benito Santiago with a pitch. Reliever Scott San derson and coach Johnny Oates were ejected in the éighth when Sanderson threw a pitch behind Chris Brown. HURTS FOOT Show was given a warning but was removed from the game because he hurt his foot during the fight. Me left the park before the game ended but issued a statement saying: “I sincer BASEBALL PACIFIC COAST fesse ~ GOLF AMATEUR | PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. (CP) — First-round ‘C. junior boys gol chom: SESLESSSESEREESES geeseesesesgressss TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Ae Minnesota Twins sign shortstop Dean ian him to Elizabethton of ‘onal Logue; ironster infielder Lenn Sokata trom the 15-day disabled let to the 21-doy disabled ist FOOTBALL x crt ons reactivate import cornerback Dorneil Clash trom reserve fet ond Wwanster him to Toronto. Colpary Stampeders tronster non import defensive back Rick Ryon to Toronto, practice roster x oy itteburgh Penguins sign right winger wilt Pavement este wien SWIMMING ROBSON Riven INVITATIONAL SWIM MEET RESULTS. Giete Nodien Evans — 20 FR, 4th, 20 Bock, 9% Soline Evons — 20 FR, 6th. 20 Bock 4th Mirielle Evans — 20 FR, 91h; 20 Bock. 116 Elsa Wyllie — 20 FR, 13th. '20 FR, Sth, 20 Bock, 4th ton Bonin Bock. 14th. Doniel Salekin oF . Kristy Verigin — 60 FR, 6th; 60 Bock, Sth. co Wvision | Boys Joth Meinnes — 80 lim.. 4th, 60 Fly 3ed, 60 Bock, 11th: 60 Breast, Sth. 60 FR, 20th; 60 Bock 12th, Division 2 Girls 1 M.. Yat, 60 Fly, 81, 60 FR Division 4 Gite Kim Byers — 160M. lat, 60 Fly. Iat, 6O FR. 2nd, 100 Bock, 19t; 100 Broost,"ist, 100 FR Oh Tim Austin, 160 1M ath, che 00 Bock, 11th, 100 Breos!, 1Orh oF Boys Joron Schueptce — 160 1MA., 18t. 100 Fly 2nd. 100 Bac 2 ft: 100 Bock, 4th, 100 Breas? Division 7 Gite FR. Sth. 100 Bock, 3rd Curtis Reddy 100 Breast. 3rd CHRIS D'ARCY . ¢. in legislature Mosquitos don’t give AIDS OTTAWA (CP) — Fears that mosquitos transmit the AIDS virus to humans are groundless, says a spokes- man for the National AIDS Centre. Centre co-ordinator Greg Smith says scientific evi- dence so far has shown mosquitos can pick up the virus when they bite infected people. But the virus ap- parently does not enter the mosquito's saliva, which is the way the insect transmits such diseases as malaria, en- cephalitis and yellow fever. “It's a dead issue,” said Smith in an_ interview. “There's no evidence to sup- port” any fears. Reports last week in an Atlanta newspaper that mos- quitos were found to carry the disease led to speculation that the bugs could infect hu- mans. AIDS is not like malaria which is a parasitic infection that afflicts the mosquito and is passed on to humans it feeds on. Smith said that Dr. Robert Gallo, a top AIDS researcher whose experiments isolated the AIDS virus and whose research was cited out of context in the article, has criticized the conclusion that the virus is passed on by mosquitos. Those who are infected with the virus have been found to pick up the disease from their mothers, blood transfusions, or through con- taminated intravenous need- les, said Smith. Smith said researcher Jean-Claude Chermann of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, another world-renowned expert in AIDS research, has also supported Gallo’s as- sertions. B.C. Fed seeks ° . inquiry VANCOUVER (CP) — The B.C. Federation of Labor says unless the Workers’ Compensation Board explains its plans to credit employers with a $99-million surplus, it will challenge the action in court. Federation president Ken Georgetti said Tuesday the 250,000-member organization wants Labor Minister Lyall Hanson to hold a public in- quiry into the board's oper- ations. Alternatively, it wants the boatd to explain the num bers, he said. “I don’t believe that there's a surplus and the federation doesn’t believe that,” said Georgetti. “Their accounting practices are questionable “If they don’t demonstrate to us what they're doing and hold a public inquiry, then they will leave us absolutely no alternative but to use the courts to review the pro cedures of the board.” Georgetti also called on the board to implement recom mendations made in a report last week by Ombudsman Stephen Owen. The report recommends changes in the board's appeal procedure to speed up ap peals. shes West Trail approach By CasNews Staff Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy is pushing in the I to have the pr cial gr live up to its campaign promise to begin work on the West Trail approach. D'Arcy, speaking in the legislature last month, pointed out that most of highway approaching Cominco has been modernized, yet the final grade of tight switchbacks and narrow lanes descending from Cominco smelter into Trail has remained untouched, “Between 1965 and 1975, 19 out of 20 miles of the Trail-Castlegar highway were completely rebuilt, from a 1930s and 1940s standard highway up to a 60 mile-an-hour modern highway,” said D'Arcy. “But the most dangerous from the point of view of truck and rail traffic — because of its proximity to industry — was left untouched.” D'Arcy agrees that major highway construction has already occurred in the Rossland-Trail constituency but “there is this particularly dangerous mile of highway, and ...& very expensive piece of highway, which has still hardly been touched.” D'Arcy also described the “major feeder route” of the Warfield to Trail highway as “an extremely dangerous piece of highway, to the extent that it not only has hairpins and very. steep grades, but a runaway.” D'Arcy said any runaway vehicles on that stretch of highway endanger major steam and acid lines supplying the fertilizer plants in thus “end ig the to be done on a cost sharing basis with the City of Trail at a price tag of $2.5 million. He also said utility lines must be relocated at a cost of $1.8 million, retaining walls built at a cost of $300,000; utilities north of the railway underpass relocated at a cost of $1.2 million and curb and gutter paving completed, at an community at large.” “I think the constituency I represent, the people of the city of Trail in particular, have been very patient,” he said. “They have trusted politicians, and they have believed it when they have been told that something is going to be done about this particularly dangerous and low-quality stretch of highway...” . But North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jack Davis, speaking on behalf of the Minister of Transportation and Highways, assured D'Arcy that preliminary work on the approach has been progressing. Davis said important upgrading projects must be completed before the approach is finally tackled. He pointed to work this summer on upgrading the Trail Creek culvert, 1 cost of $2.2 million, all before the West Trail approach can be tackled. He also said that in the case of runaway trucks, a brake-check stop will be installed near Rossland and a “new type” of runaway is presently being designed which will stop trucks “without their having to cross opposing traffic to get to the present uphill runaway lanes.” D'Arcy, on the other hand, stated that much of the work Davis refers to was already completed in 1979-80 and all the property of the approach already acquired. “A residential hood and some were completely levelled, and the flavor of the community was changed,” said D'Arcy. “Yet no visible construction has taken place.” AWARD WINNER .. . Fruitvale student Raymond Lifely (left) receives Suncor Energy ‘Award from Dr. J. Fraser Mustard, president of the Canadian Institute for Advanced 74 other teen scientists from across Canada participated in national symposium in Toronto. He earned all-expense trip by winning the Energy Award earlier this year at the West K id d i Research. Lifely and ce Fair. an y Regional Scien- Workers must opt out of union plans TORONTO (CP) — Union- ized workers who don't want their dues used for political and social causes will have to take the initiative if they want part of their money back, the Ontario Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. In the second part of a jud- gment in the case of Mervyn Lavigne, a teacher from Haileybury, Ont., about 100 kilometres north of North Bay, Mr. Justice John White said forcing workers to “opt in” to union programs prom oting causes such as abortion and disarmament would be unfair to labor. For unions, the ruling tak. es the sting out of the first part of the j White financed by the conservative National Citizens Coalition, is not a member but pays dues to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union because he benefits from collective bar- gaining. He had objected to small portions of his dues being used to promote and finance social and political causes. The union has already an nounced plans to appeal the first part of the ruling, which labor groups have said could cripple their traditional in volvement in non-bargaining issues affecting workers. Although Lavigne pays about $350 a year in union dues, the expenditures he 4 d White wrote that under an opt-in system, many union members wouldn't bother to pay their dues, even if they didn’t object to the way the money was being used. The judge ordered the union involved to set up an accounting system enabling non-members to decide how much of their dues should be spent for non-collective-bar- gaining purposes. The union was also told to allow non-members to opt out and to appoint an impartial judge to rule on disputes. White said Lavigne’s rights were violated under the Charter when the union used dues to sponsor a lunch i Toronto’s domed made in January 1986, when he ruled using compulsory union dues for anything but collective bargaining contra- venes the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Lavigne, whose case was d to only about $2. White said Tuesday it was more fair for workers ob- jecting to political use of union dues to opt out than to opt in. In his 79-page decision, U.S. hostage he was spy for CIA BEIRUT (REUTER) — Kidnappers have issued a videotape of U.S. hostage Charles Glass choking back tears and saying he was a U.S. spy — the first such claim by a captive in Leban on. In Washington, the White House denied that Glass was a spy and suggested the video recording was obtained under duress. The tape and an undated statement by the Organiz ation for the Defence of Free People, saying Glass was being interrogated as a U.S. spy, were delivered to an international news agency in Moslem western Beirut on Tuesday. Gass, 36, of California said: “Many of you only know me as a journalist, but few know the truth. I used the press as a cover for my main job with the CIA. I came back to Leb- anon on secret missions from the office of the CIA in London.” Glass, wearing a dark blue tracksuit, with dark circles under his eyes and a few days growth of beard, read the words from a_ statement phrased in awkward English. Speaking in a way sug- gesting that his mouth was bruised, he was close to tears when referring to the Central Intelligence Agency. The five-minute tape was issued as U.S. special envoy Vernon Walters left Damas- cus after two rounds of talks with Syrian President Hafez Assad. Diplomats said they paved the way for improving strained U.S.-Syrian ties. SEEK FREEDOM The diplomats said Wal ters expressed U.S. appre. ciation for Assad's efforts to win freedom for American hostages in Lebanon. Ten are among 29 foreigners missing, believed kidnapped. Gunmen seized Glass, a freelance newsman with ABC, on June 17 a few hun dred metres from a Syrian cheekpoint south of Beirut. stadium, contributed to peace and anti-abortion groups and aid to Nicaragua, and made donations to the Ontario Federation of Labor and Canadian Labor Con- gress. says Moslem militia sources say he was seized by the pro- Iranian Hizbollah, or Party of God, but the Shiite radicals deny any link to the abduc tion. Israeli troops and Shiite guerrillas. massed on the edge of a self-declared Israeli security zone in the south Tuesday night after an all- day battle on Monday in which at least seven Shiite Amal fighters were reported killed. Amal sources said mach ine-gun fire and rocket clash es continued near the villages of Kafra and Yater, southeast of the port of Tyre. They said Israeli gunners and their allies the South Lebanon Army shelled Kafra and Yater and prevented rescuers from reaching the hours and involved about 200 Shiite fighters as well as attacks by Iraeli helicopter gunships, tanks and agtiliery. Suncor JACK DAVIS ... work progressing CP gets ‘top dollar’ for Maple Leaf Mills MONTREAL (CP) — The $361 million a British con- glomerate will pay Canadian Pacific Ltd. for its Maple Leaf Mills was “top dollar” and an “unbelievable price,” say securities analysts. Peter von Ond of McNeil Mantha Ltd. said Tuesday he had expected Maple Leaf to go for between $250 million and $300 million. “Anyone who's willing to pay $361 million for it is wel- come to it,” said von Ond. “It's an unbelievable price.” The sale of the Toronto- based agricultural company, subject to approval by In- vestment Canada and share- holders of Hillsdown Hold- ings PLC, gave a boost to CP stock on the Montreal Ex- change on Tuesday as it closed the day at $27'/, up 1/8 from Monday. Von Ond said the sale will likely be the last major dis- posal of assets by CP this year. “I would have thought a purchase price of between $250 million and $300 million would be adequate,” said Neil Wickham of Walwyn Stodgell Cochran Murray Ltd. CP said four months ago when it put Maple Leaf on the block that it wanted to rearrange its portfolio. Last year, it sold CP Air Lines and its majority interest in Com- inco Ltd. GOT TOP DOLLAR Harold Wolkin, an analyst with Nesbitt Thomson Dea- con Inc., said every sale CP has made has been success- ful, and it got “top dollar” for Maple Leaf. “It’s no wonder the stock is strong,” he said. Wolkin said CP will prob- ably use the proceeds to stengthen its balance sheet, pay debt and put more Newsprint mill planned THUNDER BAY, ONT. (CP) — Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd. and five U.S. newspaper publishers have agreed to build a 180-tonne- per-year newsprint mill in northeastern Washington, the company said Tuesday. The project will cost about $300 million US — or $398 million Cdn — excluding fi- nancing costs and working capital, Great Lakes chair- man Charles Carter said in a release. “For construction —_ pur- poses, timing is now of the essence for the success of this project,” Carter said. “Rec- ognizing this, governmental agencies have indicated that the final environmental per- mits required will be por- cessed immediately with the objectives of being finalized by the middle of this month.” The venture was originally announced in 1984 but was postponed in November 1985 due to depressed conditions for U.S. and the withdrawal of one of the partners. However, the Knight-Rid der Inc. newspaper chain, which includes the Miami Herald and Philadelphia In- quirer, joined the partner- ship last March. Carter said that with the Knight-Ridder addition and the turnaround in the news- print business, “we felt time was opportune to proceed with construction.” The other publisher part- ners are Kearns-Tribune Corp:, McClatchy Newspa- pers, Central Newspapers Inc. and the Copley Press Inc. The publishers have agreed to purchase 70 per cent of the mill's output and the rest will be sold on the open market. Lake Superior Forest Products Inc., a wholly own- ed subsidiary of Great Lakes, will manage the plant, to be called the Pondepay News. print Co. money into remaining subsi- diaries. Maple Leaf Mills employs 4,200 and manufactures flour, baking mixes and cereals un- der the brand names Maple Mills, Monarch, Red River, Purity and Cream of the West. It also has a 63-per-cent interest in Corporate Foods Ltd., one of Ontario's largest bakers, a 69-per-cent of East- ern Bakeries Ltd. in the Maritimes and a 40-per-cent stake in the large western baker McGavin Foods Ltd. The Hillsdown group, which employs more than 30,000, includes interests in food it furni- CP said Monday that Hill- sdown “intends to retain and develop all of the divisional operations of Maple Leaf Mills and the businesses of its might want to sell certain Maple Leaf assets and focus on flour milling. “It might not want to keep” poultry and rendering, for example.” Investment Canada must approve the sale. Maple Leaf had consoli- dated sales and revenues last year of about $828 million, Profit was $16 million. ture, timber, stationery, real estate and travel. profit last year was $110 million on revenue of more than $3 billion. Canadian unions help Nicaraguans SUDBURY, ONT. (CP) — A group of Canadian unions led by the United Fisher- men’s and Allied Workers is trying to revitalize Nicar- agua’s dilapidated fishing fleet. A new 12-metre fishing trawler with a Fibergias hull is being built at Vancouver's Mosquito Creek Marina and is set to be delivered this fall to the village of San Juan Del Sur. It is the prototype for more than 50 other boats that project officials plan to teach Nicaraguans how to build in the next few years to replace that country’s fishing fleet of wooden boats, said one union spokesman. Ray Brideau, vice-presi- dent of Local 598 of the Mine Mill Union in Sudbury, said his union is among 35 vol- unteering their services in the two-year project, with several Canadian companies donating parts. The project is backed by the Tools for Peace program, a Canadian movement that sends material aid to organ izations such as CUSO and aid to several countries in- cluding Nicaragua. Brideau said his union got involved after he attended the Vancouver convention of the Confederation of Can- adian Unions in February, when he learned the fisher- men’s union was having 4 hard time designing a stern roller system for fishing nets for the prototype vessel. “One of the problems they were having was with the heart of the trawler which involved the rollers for large nets.” The fabrication work for the system began in March when Brideau's local was sent plywood patterns of the rollers. « The union ordered sheets of aluminum from New Brunswick and a sheet of stainless steel from Sudbury. “The aluminum is marine aluminum, a special type that resists salt water corrosion,” Brideau said. Several union members, under the guidance of Bir- deau, fabricated the steel and the pieces were welded to- gether. The roller system is expected to arrive in Van- couver next week. Lahr, West Germany. fall, described the defence ent equipment attempting base.” Tuesday. go around,” he said. MILITARY WARNED OF ATTACK TORONTO (CP) — A Canadian Forces captain says he warned months ago that the country’s military bases are poorly defended and vulnerable to a terrorist attack similar to Monday's early-morning explosions at a base at Investigators suspect sabotage in the explosions. Capt. William Welsh, in an appraisal published last at bases as “a mixed bag of people of uncertain motivation with inappropriate training, inadequate firepower, indifferent and insuffici to defend a very vulnerable But his suggestions, in the Canadian Defence Quarterly, didn’t lead to any changes in security, Welsh said in an interview with the Toronto Globe and Mail on “It's a question of dollars and only so many bucks to Canada maintains the West German military base as part of its commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty which caused more than $2 million damage. Six military vehicles were badly damaged and about 10,000 litres of fuel was destroyed. Welsh, stationed in British Columbia, joined the armed forces in 1966 and was involved with base defence for 15 years. GETS LOW PRIORITY In his magazine article, he said base defence is perceived as a “Joe-job” and personnel are only assigned to it when they can be spared from other tasks. He said light machine-guns and mortars are not available and few base defence forces have flares for use at night At most bases, the soldiers must scrounge or borrow radios, night observation devices and extra binoculars from local militia units and other sources, he said There is no training in night firing, although most of defence forces’ activities take place after dark, Welsh said. “Obviously the term Base Defence Force is a misnomer. A more accurate descriptive term is Base Sort-of-Internal-Security Force.” He said the Lahr explosion was the type of incident he had in mind while writing the article. “It's nice to be proved right and lucky that no one was killed,” Welsh said. He said the Soviet Union poses the greatest threat to Canada’s bases, but extremist groups also pose a threat Defence Minister Perrin Beatty was in Washington on Tuesday and unavailable for comment External Affairs Minister Joe Clark is waiting for more details Organization. Me: one has claimed ity for the exp before . a ministry sp said