Ld Castlegar rT News N lovernber 29, 1989 100 YEARS YOUNG... . William Hrik imakin of Krestova celebrated his 100th birthday Oct. 20 at the home of his granddaughter, Ann Konkin of Crescent Valley. Hrimakin, who carves ladles, was born in Russia and came to Can jada at age seven. Indian band says it will sue mills PRINCE GEORGE (CP) Mem bers of the Fort George Indian band say they will file a representative action in B.C. Supreme Court against area pulp mills, charging them with disper sing toxins in the environment A representative action is similar to what is known in the United States as a class action lawsuit, which is filed on behalf of a group of people instead of anindividual A majority of the more than 100 adult band members approved the suit during a weekend meeting, band chief Peter Quaw said Richard Byl, the band’s lawyer, will file a writ before the end of the year on behalf of the band and other residents, he said The band is working with the Nechako Environmental Quaw said Salmon that migrate up the Fraser River and groundfish such as sturgeon that live in the river year round are a major component of the Fort George band’s diet Because band members eat more area Coalition fish than non-natives, Quaw said, the Indians are exposed to higher levels of toxins found in the fish than other groups. The band’s main reserve is located on the Fraser River upstream from the three pulp mills in Prince George — Northwood Pulp and Timber and two Canfor mills. Last week, the federal Fisheries Department banned corhmercial crab fishing in the waters around B.C coastal pulp mills for an indefinite period. The ban was imposed because of the levels of dioxins and furans, byproducts of the chlorine bleaching process used at pulp mills. ‘Dioxins have been shown to cause cancers and birth defects in laboratory animals. 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Castlegar News 365-5210 New Democrats pick Audrey McLaughlin By JIMCOYLE WINNIPEG (CP) — Audrey McLaughlin became the first woman to head a federal political party in Canada on Saturday, winning the New Democratic Party leadership on the fourth ballot to succeed Ed Broadbent McLaughlin scored a 244-vote victory over former British Columbia premier Dave Barrett after watching four othre caucus colleagues and a B.C. schoolteacher fall from the ballot “Iwas confident throughout,” she said after cracking a slow, tight-lipped smile and rising to hug supporters while New Democrats boogied to rock songs in glassed-in television booths overlooking the cavernous convention hall “Pm not dazed at all, just ready totake on the world,”” she said “The world can change, that’s what we're all about We've got to go out there and show Canada what we can do.”” The defeated Barrett, who garnered. 1,074 fourth ballot votes to McLaughlin’s 1,316, took the stage to say the party was united and had offered a lesson to the Tories and Liberals about campaigns run ‘‘from the heart, not the pocketbook."* McLaughlin, 53, with only two years in the Commons, had an impressive resume as an adventurer, administrator, entrepreneur and social worker. She knitted support from feminists, the party establishment and some key union leaders into a victory that seemed grudgingly granted Stephen Lewis, a former Ontario leader, said that beneath the chanting, sign-waving and cheering of the con: vention was “an undercurrent of anxiety and direction and policy “The party's going to have to pull itself together and deal with that.” WIDE-OPEN RACE Others said it was the first time the NDP had faced a wide-open contest in which an establishment candidate was not anointed and healing the rifts — especially among at filiated labor organizations — and the regional tensions would be a trying new experience One union leader said McLaughlin won't “‘light many fires in my plant.”” But Conservative strategist Hugh Segal predicted a “cultural change in the House of Commons” with her elec tion and an end to political cheapshots And McLaughlin’s mother, Margaret Brown, provided maternal support in the face of widespread criticism “She's tough, she can takeit.”* McLaughlin struggled through a rocky speech Friday that likely contributed to lower than expected first-ballot support and prolonged the race. Windsor MP Steven Langdon, turned in a respectable third-place showing in the seven-person contest, joining McLaughlin's yellow-kerchief waving supporters after the third ballot “I think she has the potential to be an excellent prime minister of this country,”” he said Saskatchewan's Simon de Jong said he had followed his heart to McLaughlin's side after a second-ballot that left him in fourth place. “My head told me Dave, Audrey.”* Vancouver MP Ian Waddell had dropped out to back Barrett after the first ballot. A bitter Howard McCurdy went first to southwestern Ontario neighbor Langdon, then McLaughlin while hinting that racism had scuttled his chances “If on the final ballot there was a woman and a black, then that would have meant that the party is open to all,”’ he said. ‘* The party is open to women.” Roger Lagasse finished last, earning 53 votes on the first ballot, and a standing ovation for his quixotic cam paign on behalf of children’s rights but my heart told me Christmas plans are continuing By CasNews Staff A provision in the new School Act prohibiting the teaching of religious principles will not affect traditional holiday activities in Castlegar schools such as the staging of Christmas plays or the singing of carols, Castlegar board chairman Gordon Turner says. The board is taking a ‘‘common- sense approach”’ to the section of the act that states all schools *‘shall be conducted on strictly secular and non- sectarian principles,’ Turner said Friday after the Castlegar News received a call from a parent fearing Christmas activities will be eliminated from the schools as a result of the new act The act broadly defines regulations for school management and conduct, Turner said, and leaves specific inter pretation up to individual boards “Canadian culture has had Christianity as an element for many years,” Turner said, and the board is taking the position Christmas is cultural and traditional rather than strictly religious The Education Ministry is not saying cultural activities must be eliminated from the schools, Turner explained, only that public schools must not be run as churches. Prayers and bible readings, for instance, can no longer be conducted, he said The board is giving principals the choice of what holiday activities their students will participate in this year, Turner said, as long as the activities tone down the religious aspects of Chr istmas and stress the cultural ones For instance, nativity school plays are fine as long as they are balanced by appearances by Santa Claus and winter scenes, he said scenes in Jack Closkey, principal of Stanley Humphries secondary school, said the high school is looking at Christmas asa cultural event and its Christmas con- cert, set for Dec. 12, will include carol singing. The students will also stage seasonal drama productions. on Dec 19nd 20. That's the same approach the school took to Remembrance Day ceremonies, Closkey said, when the school eliminated a prayer und took continued on page A2 Tarrys parents say road still unsafe By CLAUDETTESANDECKI Staff Writer Children crossing Highway 3A in front of Tarry’s elementary school will not be safe until the Ministry of Highways imposes speed reductions on that-section of —the—highway—even though the ministry has installed a pedestrian-activated flashing crosswalk light, a spokesman for the Tarrys Parent Group said Jim Posnikoff said the dangerous situation was obvious last week when a Highways Ministry officials, trying to explain how the flashing amber light system will work, had to#walk out into the middle of the highway before the cars going 80 kilometres an hour would stop. “It was a joke,” Posnikoff said, angrily denouncing the system the Highways Ministry says will allow ja crossing guard to escort children safely across the highway once traffic stops forthe light The parents see the light as a **$40,000 to $50,000 white elephant” that won't ease the fears in their minds, hesaid. But the minstry believes the crosswalk system is safe as long as all the regulations are followed, district highways manager Dan Williams said Thursday from Nelson The drivers were likely confused when confronted by a flashing light and a group of adults standing by the side of the highway during last week’s demonstration of the new system, Williams said However, when the ministry of ficials donned a crossing-guard vest and held up the stop-sign paddle, the traffic stopped immediately, he said The presence of a crossing guard makes the system safe since the guards will be adults who will be expected to judge when it is safe for children to cross the highway, Williams said He said the traffic going past the school at 80 kilometres an hour during the demonstration was not disobeying any laws since the highway signs around the school indicate the area is a $0-kilometre-per-hour zone only when children are on the highway Tarrys parents and school principal Russ Rilcof have been lobbying the Highways Ministry for safety measures around the school for some time and continued on poge A2 PLAYING SAFE for Katie Wiel: Tarrys parent Theresa Bold acts as crossing guard Billy Yotonol (right) and Elijah Bold (rear) to demonstrate how the school’s new crosswalk system is to work. By CasNews Staff A representative of the Tarrys Parent Group attended a meeting Thursday with another area parent group that is seeking help with problems those the Tarrys parents have been grappling with, Tarrys parent Jim Posnikoff said Friday Posnikoff, who with members of the other group on the phone but did not attend the meeting he called infor mational,"’ declined to identify the group asking for help He did say their problems are ‘similar but not exactly the same as thosé of the Tarrys parents who have been lobbying the Ministry of Transportation and Highways for safety measures around Tarrys elementary school which is situated right beside Highway 3A Posnikoff said week the other parent group has similar to spokesman spoke earlier in the Tarrys not alone, spokesman says been through the same red tape with the Highways Ministry as the Tarrys parents. Dan Williams, district highways manager, said Thursday Tarrys is the only parent group that has had any dealings with his office since he became district manager in May “There has been no other group that has approached us with the diligence of the Tarrys group,”’ he said A number of province have highways, Williai schools in the been built s said, but only one in the area — Brent Kennedy school off of Highway 6 — has asked his office for changes on the near highway to increase safety for the students Williams department worked with the principal of Brent Ketinedy and erected school-zone signs to slow traffic on the highway when children are present said his