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MANY MOREIN the KCothes Qo as 359 Columbia Ave., Castlegar 365-7589 rs NELSON (CP) — Losing an appeal to stop British Columbia Hydro and the for- ests ministry from spraying herbicides won't keep a com- mittee of West Kootenay -residents from continuing its fight against the chemicals. Josie Wake of Citizens For vd i A well developed cold low-pressure centre is settled in just off the coast and 1s giving most of the strong southwesterly tlow of moist air. Since the low is showing no signs of eral days at least, little change can be expected in our weather conditions tor: =} some time yet. SUNRISE 7:20 A.M. SUNSET 5:51 P.M. CHAMBER continued from front page and tourist information centre. e $7,922 for a snowmobile project in the Nelson area. It will create three jobs for eight . weeks. Workers will clear existing back roads in the Nelson/Salmo area: $52,137 to help the Woodbury Rec- reation System construct a 50-foot rep- lica of the SS Moyie paddlewheeler. Called thé Lil' Moyie, it will provide a tour cruise of Kootenay Lake between Kaslo and Nelson. Nine jobs will be REZONING continued from front page would not hold, but would be reduced. We have an application for one acre lots on the edge of the city.” Moore noted a report by the muni. cipal affairs ministry's planning: de- partment that opposed the rezoning. “The property in question is 33 acres which could, if subdivided into five acre lots, satisfy the reason for creating one-acre lots for family use.” planner A.L. Quinn said in the report dated June 11. A i To P said the group would “find out the feelings in this area about taking some kind of stronger action. We don’t want the sprays.” ~ The committee appealed six permits that were grant- éd—for spraying north of Kootenay Lake. Hydro intends to use Tor- don 22K and Roundup for knapweed control near the Duncan dam. while the for- ests ministry wants to use herbicides to control brush where new conifer seedlings are planted. The ministry, “ which had five permits under appeal, said the brush had to be controlled if trees were to grow productively. _Both permit holders said the chemicals were the most cost-effective method of brush control. “In its decision this week, reasonable adverse effect to man, and/or. the environ- ment, ‘The panel said that given the éonditions under which the-sprays would be applied and the fact. the chemicals had been approved for use, no such adverse effect would occur. the ‘three-member panel ap- pointed by the Environmen- tal Appeal Board said it did not consider cost effective- ness but only whether the sprays would cause “an un- SHOPPING—— continued from front page Despite already having Sunday shopping. Richmond held a referendum on the issue in 1981, Drennen said. “The people approved the status quo. It just. wasn't an issue in this community. One community where it is‘an issue is Surrey, which has held three referendums and five public hearings on Sunday shopping, according to Surrey deputy city clerk Dean Watters. “The referendums all passed, not by a large amount, but they passed,” Watters said. ‘ Watters explained that a majority of Surrey council favored Sunday shopping but that a two-thirds majority is needed to enact the bylaw in Surrey. «Eventually, Surrey council reached a compromise, allowing businesses to stay open on Sundays during October; November and December this year, Watters said. as 3 “Businesses are ecstatic and there haven't been any from religious people,” he said. created for 19 weeks. © $2,632 for a gourmet mushroom project in Genelle. It will create five jobs for- five weeks. Workers will establish a gourmet oyster mushroom business. e $21,997 for a chamber of commerce resource centre in Nelson. The project will create five jobs for 13 weeks. Workers will construct a ne} ing to house a business and/tOurism r- mation ‘centre, with 9 special events office. trail weeks. e $15,175 to construct a hall in Argenta. It will create five jobs for nine weeks. © e $17,597 for contruction of a hen- house/egg station/feed mill complex in Creston. ‘Watters said businesses pressured Surrey council for a Sunday shopping bylaw because they were losing It will create four jobs for 13 The owner of the: complex is con- tributing over $500,000 to the project. e $35,435 to build a new fence and upgrade existing fencing to keep wild- life out of orchards. It will create five jobs for 21 weeks. Quinn noted that one-acre lots usually lead to need for community water systems. In other regional board news, the Castlegar and District Community Complex and Recreation Commission has turned down a proposal by Dean McKinnon for a pro shop in the com- munity complex. senior Elsewhere, the Slocan Valley Women's Institute plans to begin a program called “Travellilng Hosts.” Two car i - kept ~ Castlegar RCMP busy over- night Friday. In Fairview, Angela Harm- ston, 24, was driving south- bound on 200th Street at about 4 a.m. Saturday when she failed to negotiate a sharp left-hand turn and drove off into a _ ditch, Castlegar. RCMP report. The RCMP have charged Harmston with driving ‘with- out due care ‘and attention: Damage. to the car is estimated at $400, a police spokesman said. Police file On Highway 3A in Thrums Michael Malakoff, 18, of Crescent Valley, was driving eastbound at 3 a.m. Saturday, when he- swerved left to avoid hitting a deer and drove off the road, Castlegar RCMP said. Damage to Matakoff's vehicle is estimated at $800. * Overnight Friday, Castle- gar RCMP made two liquor seizures, arrested one person for being drunk in a public place and another for impaired driving. ls A two-car accident at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in Thrums sent two people to hospital with minor injuries. Castlegar RCMP report that’ a vehicle driven by The program will be similar to Wel- come Wagon. “This service will be comprised of in- formation rather than products,” said Diane-Smithycbairperson of the Trav- elling Hosts Committee. The information will include things such as available services, meeting times of organizations and clubs, and a brief history of the Slocan Valley. “We propose to offer this package of information to all newcomers to our area,” Smith said, Lawrence Stock, 35, of Castlegar, was westbound on Highway 3A when it collided with an eastbound 1979 Pontiac driven by 17-year-old Cyril Kinakin, also of Castle- gar. Both were taken to Castle- gar Hospital, Stock with chest bruises and Kinakin with head injuries and abrasions, a police spokes- man said. Damage. to the two vehicles. is estimated at $8,000. * 2 hile, Crescent Val- a1 W) a * Special Prize You could win a fanta dati L E Zsa Ul S"T HELPER COS’ oct: > Castlégar News _ Clip and Save! CHECK EVERY PAGE! CHECK EVERY COUPON! Moke out your list ond Save! Ea COULD BEA Sw Save! Save! AND YOU Jeatures some of pring: HOW TO ENTER: fitt in your norms ond eddress stigibiaoe sn Grend prize! stic $500 package at either the Andrew Motor Lodge or the Astoria Motor Inn in Jasper, one of the Rockies’ most popular vacation resorts. ey, Sl ee ley RCMP report that a red Volkswagon Beetle was broken into overnight Tues- day and a stereo and two speakers stolen. The car was parked at Selkirk College in Crescent Valley at the time of the break-in. Court news In Castlegar provincial court this week, Ronald Swetlikoff pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and was fined $150. . *« « James Bonham pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property and was fined $250. Bonham also pleaded guilty to breach of probation and was fined $200. . 8 6 - Theodore Seatle pleaded guilty to possession of dead wildlife without a license and was fined $100. . 8 « Frederick Poznekoff plead- ed guilty to littering and was fined $50. sales to where stores were open Sunday. The need for a bylaw af@ referendum on Sunday shopping stems from the provincial Holiday Shopping Regulation Act which states that “no retail business, except those businesses exempted by the Act, shall carry on business or admit the public on a holiday.” Buta section of the Act permits municipal councils to draw up a bylaw allowing Sunday and holiday shopping. Section 3 of the Act says that a municipal council “may, with the assent of the electors, permit those retail businesses, not already permitted to do so under the Act, to carry on retail business or admit the public on a holiday.” So Castlegar council is going to the voters. City adi rator Dave Gairns said Castlegar's bylaw is modelled after-a bylaw drafted for Nanaimo, but without an attempt to distinguish between - holidays, . something the Nanaimo bylaw did. d “It got a lot of flak,” Gairns said of ‘the Nanaim bylaw. Instead, the Castlegar bylaw “does not attempt to differentiate bet lasses of business, nature of things sold or holiday “It's a dual purpose bylaw,” Gairns said. Should Castlegar voters approve the bylaw and it is enacted by council, local businesses would decide for themselves whether to stay open Sundays and holidays. Safeway’s Bell said a decision to open the company's Castlegar store on Sunday would be up to the store manager, the district ‘manager for the Okanagan and Kootenays and the corporate office in Vancouver. The company would also take into account what other stores decided to do, Bell said. “A lot would depend on the competition,” he said. He added that Safeway would likely poll its customers to get their feelings on whether the store should open Sundays. Other than Safeway, most businesses in Castlegar are independently owned and any decision to open Sunday would be up to the store owner. Marty Ross, advertising manager for Pharmasave Drugs in Vancouver, had little to say about the issue, simply saying that the decision would be “left up to the individual owners” of Pharmasave stores. As for employees who have to work on Sundays, Bell said Safeway has found that some people enjoy working that day. = For example, he said, often a husband or wife is already working Sunday and the other spouse volunteers to work that day to allow the couple an extra day off together. “There are avenues to (working Sunday) that we hadn't really thought of that much,” Bell said. ‘Briefly SHARK ATTACKS LIHUE, HAWAII (AP) — A. surfer has lost his hand and about 25 per cent of his forearm. in the second shark attack in Hawaii in a week, police said Saturday. : G Joseph Thompson, 33, was paddling on a boogie board, a small stirfboard, near the reef of the north shore of Kauai on Friday when he was attacked. Although in deep water, Thompson managed to COMMUNITY Bulietin Board THE ROBSON WOMENS’ INSTITUTE. Will sponsor a Craft Fair in Robson Hall, Friday, Novent- ber 29. 10.0.m. 10.4 p.m., Saturday, November 30, 10.0.m. 10 4 p.m. reshments served. For bool Marion 365-5772. lial ahr? NSTC X-C SKI SWAP Saturday, October 26, 9-3 p.m. Kinnaird Hall. 2/84 PEACE VIGIL * October 22, 6 p.m. Court House parking lot. 84 LADIES AUXILIARY To the Royal Canadian Legion No. 170 Fall Tea. October 25, 2-4 p.m. Sewing table, Bake table, White Elephant table. Raffles. Everyone welcome. 2/84 Cothotic Women VETEA AND BAZAAR . ‘atholic Women’s League Annual Tea and Bazoar. Satur- dey, October 26, Catholic Centre, Columbia Aves "2/84 CASTLEGAR HOSPICE SOCIETY There-will_be an open meeting of Castlegar Hospice Society on Thursday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Castlegar Health Unit. The feature film “Time For Caring will be shown and there will be discussion following thé film. New members and visitors are welcome. HALLOWEEN DAN' Saturday, October 26, 9:00-1:00 Robson Hall. Dance to QR’s Mosic Machine. Tickets available at Johnny's Grocery or call 365-8357 or 365-5860. / Coming events of Castlegar ai izati be listed here. The TYPE SETTING Give ers. m |_.Deadlines are 5 p.m. Thursdays forsundéy's -to.a_shallow reef, then make his way along the. reef to the beach, police said. ‘ VICTORIA (CP) — It’s just a coincidence that Social Credit ridings are getting more hospital construction money than NDP ridings, says Health Minister Jim Nielsen. Eileen Dailly (NDP-Burnaby North) said Friday she is “very suspicious” about the way hospital building funds are being distributed. She said only one-sixth of the $9.7 million committed so far for hospital construction has gone to NDP ridings. The New Democrats hold-22-seats or 39 per cent of the ridings. 4 - * But Nielsen said the health of British Columbians is more important than petty politicking adding that the areas getting the most money are those with the greatest need. + Qn Friday, the minister. announced that $6 million will bf spent on hospital expansions in Williams Lake and 100 Mile House — both are in Transportation Minister Alex Fraser's Cariboo riding. CIVILIANS KILLED -KAMPALA (REUTER) — Thirteen civilians were killed this week when Ugandan government troops raided a Catholic mission at Katikamu, 55 kilometres north of the capital, the church-linked newspaper Munno reported Saturday. ther civilian deaths were also reported and word was arriving in the capital of continuing clashes between government troops and rebels of the National Resistance Army. -" The two sides are to meet in Nairobi on Tuesday for a fourth session of peace talks, Foreign Minister ~Olara Otunno’said Friday. The third session ended Oct. 3 with government and rebels seemingly still deadlocked in their search for a way to end the conflict. aris CANADA BACKDOOR WINNIPEG (CP) — The danger of international terrorists using Canada as a backdoor into the United States is increasing, says an intelligence analyst with the federal Immigration Department. John Nychek said in an interview that some of the people who were prevented from entering Canada in the last six months were suspected terrorists. “I don’t want to alarm anybody, but the possibility of terrorists using Canada as a stepping- stone to the U.S. is increasing,” said Nychek. QUAKE SHAKES NEW YORK (AP)—A minor earthquake shook the New York City area early Saturday, but police said there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The tremor, registering 3.8 on the Richter scale of ground motion, was centred in the Mount Vernon-New Rochelle area, about 35 kitometres north of Manhat- tan, said Russ Needham of the National Earthquake Information Centre in Golden, Colo. It struck at 6:08 a.m., he said. : The tremor, was felt throughout the New York politan area, waking resi oe The quake was felt as far north as Connecticut and on Long Island. “PLANT SHUTS DOWN ST. ANDREWS, N.B. (CP) — Hundreds of Star-Kist Canada Ltd. workers, angry and tight- lipped, left the troubled plant Friday, uncertain when they will return to work. The plant, centre of a tainted tuna scandal, began 4 'y i early i Company officials say the shutdown was caused by a lack of fish — not the politically sensitive scandal. Blue-smocked workers leaving the plant refused to speak to reporters. One woman stopped her car and handed a reporter a cardboard sign that said: “Thanks for all the free publicity; a little more and you will put us on the welfare line.” ~ . HEART IMPLANTED HERSHEY, PA. (AP) — A desperately ill man given the first Penn State Heart came through the early hours of recovery with no complications and doctors kept watch Saturday for the danger signs of bleeding, blood clots or infection that have hampered other artificial heart implants. Doctors at Hershey Medical Centre said-they were satisfied with the vital signs of Anthony Mandia, 44, of Philadelphia, whose dying heart was replaced with the new“device during nearly five hours of surgery Friday. . “We are very encouraged,” said Dr. John Burnside, Hershey's medical spokesman. “We have moved from a situation of no hope to hope.” ' AID TESTS WASHINGTON (AP) — In a drive to rid the U.S. armed forces of AIDS, the Defence Department will _administer_tests for the disease to all 2.1 million _-paper. P.M... lor poper Notices should be brought to the Castleg . 7 nould fought to jegar News at 197 COMMUNITY Bulletin Board military personnel, a Pentagon official says. be made until details are worked out by the army, navy, air force and marines, but officials are said to have decided the AIDS situation requires action. NDP ‘SUSPICIOUS Formal announcement of the testing plans will not EXPO PAVILION . . . Residents view audio-visual show inside Mobile Expo Pavilion at Castléaird Pavilion in Castlegar By CasNews Staff British Columbia's Mobile Pavilion for Expo 86 is in Castlegar this weekend promoting the world's fair and explaining the role of the host B.C. Pavilion. The mobile pavilion is a large mobile theatre which is touring the province offering free 18-minute contintous showings of an audio-visual aitg special effects presenta: tion. The pavilion is set up . aird Pla: ‘The showings, which began Friday, end\at 5 p.m. today. The mobile pavilion consists of two}50-foot trailers with specially-desi oor and rooffs¢étions which are assembled to form an enclosed theétre\with seating for 100. The show features the exhibits which will be in the main pavilion on the Expo site, and the tourism and community events program designed for Expo. Castlegar is the 17th community to be visited by the mobile ‘pavilion. By Friday afternoon, more than 400 peoplé had visited the pavilion in Castlegar,...- Once seated in the mini-theatre, visitors to the mini-Expo are greeted by a host or hostess and given Plaza... Inset and Lyle, two robotic arms, which were made in Sidney by on Vancouver Island. ‘The show includes an audio-visual performance ona = large screen, highlighted by performances by the robotic arms. Doug and Lyle are decorated to look human. The robots keep the visitors entertained playing a part in the P' sparks talk shows stars. of robotic arms Doug and Lyle. of election —MONTREAL (CP) — Speculation that Premier Pierre Marc Johnson will call arelection to.be held by yearend has with the another senior PQ politician will not seek re-election. Marc-Andre Bedard, Quebec deputy premier and solicitor general, announced he will return to private law practice ingigad of running in the next provincial election. Bedard-S0, & Parti Quebecois founder and one of the few remaining veterans of the PQ's days in opposition nine years ago, became the fourth senior PQ minister to announce his departure since Johnspn too over from former leader Rene Levesque. E Bedard, a cabinet veteran who backed Johnson in his recent leadership bid, was considered unbeatable in the shicoutimi riding “he has rep asi 1973. Bedard’s announcement election is in the air. Under Quebec electoral law a provincial be. held on the fifth Monday after it is called. Speculation has suggested Dec. 2 as a possible election date although voters could go to the polls as early as late November or as late as next May, a month after the PQ's current five-year term expires. : AVOIDS QUESTION But Johnson avoided the election prefering to continue his electoral ign style app! to conducting provincial ‘business while defending his controversial first shuffle of his 29-member cabinet earlier ___+ this week. 3 Ata news conference in Montreal, Johnson extolled the success of Corvee Habitation, an investment project in which the housing industry, including builders, lenders, unions and architects, joined the government to keep costs down to help stimulate construction. Government figures indicate 57,000 new housing units, valued at $2 billion, were built under the program in the last a three years. And workers and employers who invested in the plan will stop paying contributions 10 months early on Nov. 1, meaning the construction sector gets to hold onto $16.5 million it had scheduled to. commit‘to the plan. Johnson responded bluntly to questions it criticism of his decision to name four unelected new ministers to a cabinet so close to an election. RENEWS ATTACKS ‘The premier has beercriticized by editorial writers and beral. Leader Robert Bourassa for not -appointing | ministers who could answer questions at the next session of the. national assembly, scheduled for Nov. 12. Retorted Johnson: “All four of them will be elected MNAs within six months.” Bourassa renewed his attacks on Johnson as he ii his own i ing. He accused Johnson sparked more talk that an jection must issue Friday, the presentation, of the audio- visual presentation, and moving their heads to the beat of a song about Expo. Viewers are also given some general information on Expo. There will be over 80 different pavilions on site at Expo — 43 nations and other large corporations. Information on the B.C. Pavilion is also given. Everything in-the host pavilion will have been made in B.C: The B.C. Pavilion will be situated on 4.5 hectares at the heart of the 70-hectare Expo site. The B.C. Pavilion will be the largest pavilion at of “dipping into public funds” and stooping to “petty polities” by naming the unelected outsiders to his cabinet. Workers repair damaged lock THOROLD, ONT. (CP) — Workers placed steel beams a day per ship. Most com- panies have also laid off crew Expo. It will have many things, including movies ‘featuring people and images from throughout the province. Many of the 23 people who sat through a Friday been made in statistics on t ini-pavilion. é For instafce, everything in the mini-pavilion has luding the stars of the show, Doug afternoon performance Were impressed with the show. “Very interesting” and “pretty nice” were some of the comments made by visitors to the theatre. across a damaged Welland Canal lock Saturday in an ef- fort to brace the crumbling concrete wall that has halted St.-Lawrence Seaway traffic for nearly a week and idled over 1,000 shiphands. OTTAWA (CP) — Justice Minister John Crosbie has admitted he isn't “as politi- cally astute as I should be” after remarks in which he publicly questioned the com- petence of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's staff. However, Crosbie conti ues to insist that in his initial remarks he was not ex- pressing a personal opinion, only quoting others. Hydro * monitors Ridge KAMLOOPS (CP) — B.C. Hydro is keeping: a close watch on Dutchman's Ridge, a potential slide area above the Mica dam on the Colum- bia River north of Revel- stoke. The Crown corporation plans to spend about $400,000 this year monitoring the area. Spokesman Peter McMul- len said that Dutchman's Ridge has been moving at a rate of about 13 millimetres a year, but said there is no cause for concern. The slide area had been expected to slow its move- ment, he said, and engineers are puzzled why the mass continues to move. Hydro also has had indeé- pendent consultants check the area, McMullen said. Even if Dutchman's Ridge +-were-to plunge_into the res- Mullen said, the dam would not be in trouble, nor would the downstream community, of ervoir behind the dam, Mc- ~ “Some people might say” Mulroney’s staff is not as as- tute as it should be, Crosbie said inan interview on CTV's Question Period to be broad- cast today. - “I am not going to com- ment on it publicly for ob- vious reasons. I think that some of the people in my office are not as politically astute as they should be, including myself. “In fact in-particular my- self, because if I was as poli- tically astute as I should be I wouldn't have given.anybody the opportunity to say that I was saying that the prime minister's office wasn't as politically. astute as they should be.” : Crosbie, reportedly repri- manded by Mulroney,: made his initial remarks in a-tape- recorded radio interview in St. John’s, Nfld.,on Oct. 7. Asked at that time if the government's handling of the tainted tuna affair shows Mulroney's office is staffed by “a bunch of dolts,” Crosbie re yi “I wouldn't say it’s staffed by a bunch of dolts but per- haps you could say they aren't as astute politically or as politically astute as they should be .. .” FINDS AWKWARD On another subject in the CTV interview, Crosbie con- ceded he finds it “awkward” that “many members” of the Conservative party are op- hs Rights and Freedoms. But -such questions will have to be “dealt with one way or the other,” he said. “We can either change the policy if we agree with the committee or the matter is eventually going to go to the courts and they'll rule whe- ther it's within or without the’ charter.” x However, Crosbie said he believes there are strong ar- Crosbie.comments on remarks guments in favor of manda- tory retirement at age 65 even though some believe it is discriminatory and violates the charter. “That's not necessarily dis- criminatory. I mean, that ap- plies to everyone and it’s a rule that strong arguments can be made for and that it's not contrary to the principles that govern a free and demo- cratié society.” Soviet woman to emigrate MOSCOW. (AP) — A So- viet woman who spent two years in internal exile after protesting alleged Soviet abuses of psychiatry says she and her family have been given permission “to emi- grate. Irina Grivnina, 40, said Friday she was summoned to the Soviet emigration agency the day: before and told her request to leave with her husband and two children “has been fulfilled.” Grivnina had sought to emigrate since 1983. She was a member of the Working . Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes, an unsan- ctioned group monitoring use als or lesbians in the armed forces or allowing women a combat role — policy changes x te be Fe inded Having written articles for a Dutch newspaper, in 1981 later this month by an all: party committee studying the equal rights section of the Constitution's Charter of “she~was of-—dis- seminating fabrications dis- crediting the Soviet Union and sentenced to five years of internal exile. The term was later ré- duced to two years, and she returned to Moscow in 1983. The former computer pro- grammer has said she no longer considers herself a dissident and only wants to leave the Soviet Union with her family. She said she expects to- leave Moscow by the end ‘of the month with her husband and’ two children. Friends invited her to move to the Netherlands. But she said the Soviet emigra tion agency told her she would not be given an exit visa with the Netherlands marked as her official des- tination, because she has no relatives there- She said she accepted the offer to receive a visa marked for Israel, the usual official destination for Soviet Jews who succeed in ing permission to from emigrating to the Neth. erlands if Dutch authorities permit it. Seaway Robert Balcomb said repair crews at - Lock 7 were working around the clock but it will be a week before they finish with the bracing and start actual re- pairs to the wall. Seaway officials have been unable to say when shipping will be able to resume through the canal, which links Lake Erie with Lake Ontario, but said they will extend the navigation season for as long as possible to clear the backlog. The uncertainty is frustra- ting ippi rf from docked ships. Huge shipments of grain, including $5. million worth bound for the Soviet Union, are stalled in the tieup, which comes at the busiest time for the waterway as grain ship- ments reach their peak. The lock collapse last Mon- day was the second major closing of the seaway in 11 months. Last November, 165 ships were trapped in the seaway for 18 days when a lift-bridge broke at Valley- field, Que. The latest tieup has prompted some railways to offer their boxcars as alter- natives to seaway shipping to ocean ports. Spokesmen for both Con- rail and Chesapeake, two U.S ies . serving which have about 65 vessels tied up at a cost estimated at between $10,000 and $20,000 Great Lakes ports, said they expect an increase in busi- ness this week. Curtis says B.C. recovering BURNABY (CP) — British Columbia's recovery from the economic recession is on track or slighty ahead of government projections, Fi- — on target or slightly ahead of government projections — and employment is up 2.3 per cent. He said 27,000-jobs have nance-Minister-Hugh Curtis—been created _in- British Col- __ said Friday. “While a return to that in- credible period of the late 70s is unlikely and probably not desirable, I'm confident steady improvement is going to occur,” Curtis told a meet- ing of 150 businessmen. But he also said that while recovery is on target and economic indicators are posi- tive, both the government and private sector still have a big role to play. ~ “There is a caveat to econ- omic improvement and that's if both business and govern- ments get control over their costs and operate efficiently inéreased 2.5 per cent in 1985 umbia in the last year and consumer spending is up seven per cent over the first half of 1984. Curtis also predicted re- source-based industries such as forestry and mining, which have been hard hit by the re- cession, will improve over the next few years. He. thanked civil servants for helping to keep costs down since the government brought in its restraint pack- age in 1983 but had another message concerning their wages. “We cannot again . have another situation where the ~ applauding audience.