D— wh pis Da aN Woaney said he wrote a letter last fall to Cuthbert in Nelson ‘about the contract, but said Cuthbert indicated he couldn't do anything with- out proof. “Then I went to the ombudsman,” Tetrault at the “My letter « was the third one” to Friedmann, Wozney said. Wonney said his complaint focussed on a bid he made for a forestry contract for thinning and weeding in Benton DAM MAY continued from front page “This means that we must continue to give consideration to a variety of development options.” ~ Among the options are the moving up the start-up dates dh the Keenley- side and Murphy pro; Meanwhile ae se said Hydro's application for the energy project cer- tifieates for the local dam project has SPECIALS FOR YOU and We seacane this week BABY BEEF LIVER Shszke. 69° said Wozney. Wozney says he is doubly upset by the Benton Creek case because it will affect forestry jobs “20 years from now.” Bellmond, meanwhile, said in an interview he has consulted a lawyer. Asked if his termination was “un- fair,” Bellmond replied, “I believe it was.” MILD COLBY CHEESE $969 BULK. $5.93/Kg. -..'b. CENTRAL FOODS 7 Columbia Ave. ASTLEGAR been completed. when to Mykes said. sion. Castlegar RCMP will be increasing patrols for the next four weeks beginning April 20 as part of a provin cial campaign against drink- ing and driving. More roadblocks will be set up, and a breathalyser van BE DELAYED “It's a matter of B.C. Hydro deciding submit The project will be sent to the En- ergy Projects Coordinating committee of the provincial government, which would decide whether to refer the matter to the B.C. Utilities Commis- superintendent are named. “If we want to meet the 1994 in- service dates, the latest time (for the the would be 1986,” he said. Hydro has received formal responses from all local interest groups concerned with the local dam project. The Crown corporation has incorporated the com- ments into a revision to the mitigation, compensation and enhancement plan. RCMP to crack down will be brought in, said Staff Sgt. John Stevens. He said during the average week “six or seven” drivers in the Castlegar area are found to be impaired. Forty-seven per cent of traffic accidents in the area valley landscape nursery | me McLellan Supply Ltd. For All You: FENCING NEEDS ie INDUSTRIES LTD. WINLAW. and Plastic Coated Woven Chai All Types of Metal in Link. CASTLEGAR 226-3270 365-2262-} aa ENTERTAINMENT Shamrock Motel 24 HRS. spobens, sr U.S.A. 99202 Phone (509) 535-0388 * NewT.V.’s and New Queen Beds ° New Queen Waterbeds ° All New Movies Every Week! HOWTIME T.V. PRIVATE ADULT MOVIES E.S.P.N. SPORTS WITH CFL Free Continental Breakfast Daily [i a| RS. Free Local Phone Calls rague Avenue 24 last year involved drinking and driving, said Stevens. More than 2,700 police officers will take part in the B.C. drunk-driving crack- down. It will cover the Easter and Victoria Day long weekends, and is part of a year-round police enforcement program peaking in April, August and December — periods when alcohol-related accidents reach their highest level, ac- cording to the Insurance Corp. of B.C.'s Traffic Safety Education Department. The campaign is a joint program involving ICBC and the Ministry of the Attorney _General. Road cheeks will ip at random times py hon'ng known to. have a high fre- quency of drinking drivers, Records show the impaired driver is usually a male,-aged . 20 to 50, usually driving too fast, and not wearing a seat: belt. Since 1978, drinking dri- vers have been responsible for 1,631 deaths and more than 46,000 injuries in B.C. In 1982, 385 people died and 7,000 were injured in alcohol related crashes. That year alone, the re- sulting costs topped $103 million — 93 per cent in ICBC claims payment and the rest in health and policing costs. MOUNTAINVIEW AGENCIES LTD. AN OPEN HOUSE Sunday, April 15 from 1 - 4 p.m. ly, ® Presents At the following locations 1314 Grosvenor Place 2237-1 1th Avenue 3015-4th Avenue ce spring ONCERT FUN . d Park concert this week contained more an enough fun for par shows only too well. and audience alike, as this particular shot —CashewsPhote by Ryan Wilson WITH MAGAZINES, OWNER SAYS “Store was ‘flooded’ By CasNews Staff A convenience store ser- vice station says it was -“flooded” with hundreds of magazines and paperbacks from a Trail distributor, in- cluding unasked for material Fines should be stiffer KAMLOOPS (CP) — There should be stiffer fines for people convicted of killing wildlife illegally, the British Columbia Wildlife Federation says. The federation said at its annual general meeting it is continually shocked by the ignorance of the value of wildlife shown by the courts. A resolution, which won una- nimous approval, calls for a compulsory restitution fine to compensate for the loss of the animal or animals. The fines would be paid into the provincial habitat conservation fund. And the restitution fine would be im- posed in addition to any fine ordered by the court. The federation feels it is imperative that any payment into the fund be used for con- servation or the store operator considered pornographic. Joyce Hillstead of Shore- acres Service Ltd. says Con- acher News Ltd. of Trail “flooded us with hundreds of magazines a month.” Hillstead contacted the Castlegar News after seeing a story on the front page of the April 11 edition reporting on concerns of a Castlegar store owner. Hillstead said many of the magazines were unrequested titles she considered porno- graphic. “T had requested Playboys and Penthouses . . . but not all this garbage,” she said Thursday. “What I hated was the homosexuality and violence in a lot of th needed about 25 magazines a week. But Conacher News delivered about 30 or 40 magazines and 15 or 20 paperbacks a week, said Hill- stead. She said she asked if she could drive to Trail “to pick out some titles,” but was refused. A dit much that she cancelled the service. She said she's tried un- successfully to have maga- zines sent from a distributor in Vernon, but was told to deal with Conacher News. “To me (Conacher News) had a monopoly,” said Hill. stead. ig to the unwanted magazines could only be returned for a refund if “complicated” refund forms were filled out. This job sometimes took “four or five hours a week,” she said. “There were so many titles.” She said some magazines couldn't be returned until a new issue had come out. At one point $3,! _ of it you! what’ you’ ‘don't’ want; your grocer doesn’t bring you what you don't want.” Police file Castlegar RCMP appre- hended one impaired driver Hillstead added. “I hadn't re- alized how gross this stuff had become.” Distributor Gus Conacher told the Castlegar News he doesn't know Hillstead, and couldn't remember deliver- had coll in d's store — alarming her so and another im- paired driver Thursday. Court news ing to Service Ltd. “I don't know anything about it,” he said. Hillstead said she stopped the: twice-a-week magazine drop-off about a. year ago, after five months. She said the distributor refused to change either the number or types of maga- zines he programs. Shoreacres Service only Win 5 EXPRESS ticker Your Name in ¢ LOOK PEN MONDA NOW! Darcy Prokop was fined $400 after pleading guilty to impaired driving this week in Castlegar provincial court. * «, 8 * A $300 fine was given to Rick Shlakoff after he plead- ed guilty to impaired driving. . 8 « Wilbert Jackson was fined $350 for driving while having a blood alcohol content over 08. . 28 « Richard Underwood was fined $50 after pleading guil- ty to using more than one line while angling. Bruce Whibley was fined $50 after pleading guilty to the same offence. . 6 « Aaron Holt and Randy Hoskins were fined $50 and $60 respectively after plead- ing guilty to unlawfully cat- ching and retaining sturgeon while angling. e+ 8 A $300 fine was given to Noel Downie after he pleaded guilty to impaired driving. * 8 «@ Douglas Lennon was sen- tenced to 14 days in jail and put on 12 months pro- bation after pleading guilty to common assault. Lennon also received three 14-day jail sentences, to be served concurrently, after pleading guilty to each of the following offences: impaired driving, failure to submit to a breathalyser test, and failure to appear. * 8 « A $600 fine was handed to Keith Cook after he pleaded guilty to the possession of a narcotic. !, & Kootenay Savings Credit Union EASTER WEEKEND OFFICE HOURS DATE: Thursday, April 19 Friday, April 20 Saturday, April 21 Sunday, April 22 Monday, April 23 Tuesday, April 24 Awad ies "gerne ky .. OTTAWA (CP) ~ de, Havilland Air- éraft of Canada Ltd. lost ere caar ni abene sale into an alleged daovepreteniauien ona sales scormape eo possible cover-up by a former employee that could cost the company. $15 million. HISTORIC LOSS ‘CALGARY (CP) — Dome Petroleum Ltd. has made corporate history by announcing a §$1.1-billion loss last year, the largest ever by a private Canadian company. Dome officials were quick to note that about 90 per cent of the staggering total, which equals $4.72 a share, stemmed from $980 million in asset write-downs and losses in disposed assets. Those were announced March 16 CHRIST'S TUNIC? ARGENTEUIL, FRANCE (AP) — A brown woolen tunic said to ave been worn by Christ was put on public display Saturday for the first time in 50 years to mark the Easter season. The robe, which contains traces of human blood, will be displayed in a glass globe until April 23. “I really don't know why it’s shown only every 50 years — it's just the tradition,” Rev. Marcel Guyard from the Basilica of Saint Denys in this northern Paris suburb, where the robe has been kept for almost 1,200 years. A 24-hour police guard will be posted in and around the basilica during the showing. The tunic was stolen last December and was mysteriously returned undamaged in February. Some French Roman Catholie officials say the robe was worn by Christ before the crucifixion and that the garment ranks with the shroud of Turin in importance. SPY BOOK LONDON (AP) — Britain's attorney general says he stopped publication of a book on an intelligence-gathering centre that was the focus of a recent labor controversy because it might have harmed the interests of Britain and its allies. Sir Michael Havers, in a written reply to a question from the House of Commons, said he had obtained an injunction against publication of GCHQ: the Negative Asset — the Failure and the Cover-Up, by John Kane. He said the book “might have seriously prejudiced and put at risk the conduct of future operations of GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) and the wider interests of the security of the United Kingdom and its allies.” KILLER SHOT COLEBROOK, N.H. (AP) — The grisly trail of kidnap and murder left by a wealthy bachelor ended in his shooting death Friday as police cornered him at a gas station in this New England town near the Canadian border. Authorities said Christopher Bernard Wilder was killed by one of two bullets fired from a gun he pulled from the glove compartment of his stolen car. But they were unable to explain the motive behind the kidnappings and four murders linked to Wilder, an Australian native who raced cars as a hobby. MOSCOW READY MOSCOW (REUTER) — Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko has written to United Nations Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar saying Moscow is ready for multilateral talks on naval dis- armament, Tass news agency said Saturday . Gromyko said the United States has launched a new phase of a naval arms buildup, laying down her ships and re-equipping older vessels with modern weapons systems. In the second Part of what western diplomats termed a “ty Prime Minister Nikolai yin Saturday wrote to a West German peace group telling them the United States is to blame for the current disarmament stalemate. POPE'S PICKUP OTTAWA (CP — Pope John Paul will ride in a modified pickup truck during his visit to Canada Sept. 9-12. The two white “popemobiles” to be used during his visit are a co-operative effort by three Canadian companies and the Quebec government. General Motors of Canada is donating the engines and chassis of two heavy-duty pickup trucks and Canadian General Electric is providing free a clear plastic laminate to be used for the protective canopies. The air-conditioned vehicles will be assembled by Pierre Thibault Trucks Inc., of Pierreville, Que., at a cost of $39,000 each. ribbed Vis" Wada elas’ ava decision to go ahead with Expdé 86, leaders let it be known that they still had some sands to lay. and that the g will bring in sure that labor or other disruptions do not injure the $1.2-billion transportation and ‘communication (fair scheduled to open May 2, 1986. “The premier has done precisely what he had to do to make sure the job would get done,” aid Bruce Pepper, president of the Vancouver Board of Trade, whe said that the fair will inject $4 billion into’ the province's economy. “I encouraged him to consider every avenue possible to bring the fair about,” said Pepper, who met with Bennett earlier in the week. “There is enormous public support for it, and not just from the business community.” Roy Gautier, president of the B.C. and Yukon Building Trades Council, told a news conference Friday that he also is pleased that Expo will pleased with Expo 86 site into a battleground over the union-vs.-non-union labor issue that is seething ip British Columbia. CONDEMNS THREAT But Gautier condemned Bennett's threat to invoke legislation if the eouncil and Expo chairman Jim Pattison cannot reach an agreement that. will allow union and non-union workers to work on the site. He said such legislation would be precedent-setting in the B.C. construction industry and is comparable to the legislative settlement the government has promised to bring down in the pulp industry dispute. Gautier said the council is willing to continue negotiating with Pattison but it is still insisting that any non-union workers on the Expo 86 site receive the same wages and benefits as union workers. The council's negotiating position has not been crippled by Bennett's threat to impose a settlement, he said, adding “we've still got a few things we can muster.” Art Kube, B.C. Federation of Labor president, put it more strongly at a news conference a few minutes later. “Australia had, for a good number of ye a law that said strikes were outlawed and it had more strikes than any other jurisdiction.” government is threatening to impose legislation to get its way. “We don't need compulstion in labor relations today and we don't need it in the future.” QUESTIONS ECONOMICS He said the real question, one the premier hasn't addressed, is the economics of the world’s fair. The government had originally said it would spend $112 million on the fair. But Pattison announced recently for the first time that the province's share of the costs had grown to $800 million. Countries, states, provinces and companies exhibiting at the fair would spend another $400 million. “The turnstiles of Expo would have to turn 186,000 times a day for five months to get the 28 million people participating that the premier is talking about. “The federation feels there will be a major shortfall in revenues in Expo. The question we have is: Who is going to pay for it? “We'll hold the premier responsible should there be overruns. We have to make absolutely sure that the people who benefit from’ it, namely the business community of Vancouver, will pay the price and not the Earlier the council had threatened to turn the Expo Kube said organized labor is angry that the people who can't afford it.” LAST PLAY . . . David Thompson University Centre's theatre depar- tment staged its last play Saturday night in Nelson, Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Here Petruchio (Michael Pearce, far right) makes an appeal to (from left) Tranio (Kelt Eccleston) and Baptista (John Cope). CosNewsPhote by Adrion Chomberioin Aviation student was active in area A mid-air collision over Trail took the life of Curt McDonell, 19, of Delta on March 29. McDonell was enrolled as a first year aviation student at Selkirk College. He was also an active member of the Christina Lake Water Ski Club, win- ning a bronze medal in the men's slalom competition at the 1983 B.C. Summer Games. During his graduating year at South Delta Senior Sec- ondary School, as a member of the senior concert band, McDonell travelled to Nel- son as part of an exchange trip making many friends CURTIS McDONELL ... fund set up among the grads of L.V. Rogers Secondary School. He played hockey for the South Delta Minor Hockey League for nine years. He also assisted with coaching younger players in the league. In the summer of 1982, McDonell attended the Nel- son International Hockey School. He is survived by his par- ents, Murray and Donna Mc- Donell and his sister Karen McDonell, all of Delta. A memorial service was held in the SelAir Hangar at Castle- gar Airport on April 3. A memorial scholarship fund has been established at Selkirk College. Donations may be directed to the Curtis MeDonell Scholarship Fund c/o. Mr. J.Van Hemert Fi- nancial Aid Officer, Selkirk College, Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3J1. BC Timber changes name By CasNews Staff BC Timber will take on a new name beginning Monday morning when Westar Tim- ber Ltd. will replace BC Timber as the company’s of- ficial name. Changes are currently taking place at BC Timber's pulp mill and sawmill oper- ations in Castlegar to incor- porate the new name, but “the new name will not have any affect on the way the company or our division operates,” says sawmill man- ager Al Thornton said in a letter to employees. “We will continue to pro- duce and sell lumber under he Westar brand name as we have for the past two years or so,” he said. In addition, as part of a streamlining process now underway through the organ- ization, the sawmill will be adopting the modified name of Celgar Lumber Opera- tions. The change from division to operations will also take place on Monday and will be used on all new signs and company documents as the changeover proceeds. The Westar name gives BC Timber mills and woodlands operations the same look as other companies in the B.C. Resources Group. For exam- ple, Westar Mining and Wes- tar Petroleum have used the new name to identify their operations and products since early 1983. Another reason for adopt- ing the Westar name is to avoid the misunderstanding that sometimes occurs whéh people confuse the name BC Timber with all timber har- vested from British Colum- In addition, the initials B.C. are often linked with Crown corporations like B.C. Hydro or government de partments, while the initials BC in BC Timber are mean. ingless to many corporate customers overseas. Pulp mill manager Wilf Sweeney said all change. overs, such as stationery and signs are being handled by the company's corporate of- fice and are being co-ordin ated for Monday's change over. “It's a fair job, obviously done as economically as pos: sible,” he said. “Hopefully we'll have all signs changed over this weekend,” Sweeney added. Al Blessin of Celgar Lum ber said the changeover in the sawmill will be phased in. “The end result will be over a number of weeks,” he said. But old signs are in the process of being removed and replaced with Westar signs. Bill nails DTUC's coffin A bill presented to the Legislature Friday, the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, effectively put an end to the David Thompson University Centre als the Notre Act, 1977, under which the former private university was turned over to the prov incial government to be used for post-secondary studies. Education Minister Jack Heinrich announced earlier this year that the centre would be closed May 1 be- cause it is too costly to oper ate. The closure will cost 100 jobs. New Democrat Lorne Nic- olson said the bill cancelling the agreement between the government and Notre Dame means that “even the signed word of this government is not to be trusted.” He said the government was using its legislative power to break the agree ment between Universities Minister Pat McGeer and Forests Minister Tom Water land that transferred “mil lions of dollars of assets from the Notre Dame University board to the government in 1977.” “If this travesty goes un challenged, no contract will be safe,” Nicolson, the mem ber for Nelson-Creston, said in a news release Changes to the Milk In dustry Act, also included in the catch-all bill, will enable the milk board to set quotas for both the fluid and manu. factured milk markets. 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