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Highs 6° with overnight eor lay will con-, tinue to be unseitled, 2 Sections (A & B) IN BUSINESS FOR 30. ae iene to ground By RON NORMAN Editor Mitchell Supply Ltd. — a g .S0-year-old Castlegar build- ving supplies © business — burned. to the ground early _Friday,morning in a fire that ROMP. suspect ae, started by arson.. ° Damage was ‘Sacca at $500,000. ‘It:was: the’ second fire in | Castlegar in 24 hours, Early ‘Thursday morning a BC ‘Timber the Celgar dock above Keen- leyside dam was completely Damage in that fire was estimated at $300,000 and Police suspect it too was started by arson, RCMP Sgt. Wes Guytier told the Castlegar. News the Mitchell fire was reported at 12:28 a.m. Friday when Cat. F, Grimaldi spotted a “large amount of smoke” coming from the lumber storage area while on routine patrol. Guymer said other reports © of the fire started coming in soon after. area — which is just north of the main building — ‘had al-° ready broken into flames and smoke had’ started rising from the main building. ‘Firemen’ stayed on the scene for more than 17 hours trying to put, out the final traces of the blaze. A large crowd also gather- ed in’ the early morning to watch the building as it went He said when the Castle gar fire department arrived on. the scene, the. storage ‘ATLANTA (AP) — ‘Wayne Williams was found guilty Saturday of murder- ing two young black'men, ending’ a sensational trial ‘stemming from the string - of 28 slayings that ter- rorized this southern capi-. tal for nearly two years. . Prosecutors’: had. said they would ‘seek'-a life sentence for, a arage ra: Williams guilty” a) Cater and Payne were- two of the 28 young blacks whose deaths spawned one of the biggest: police ,in- vestigations in U.S. history } and caused people” across the country to wear green ribbons as symbols of eon- ern. . The panel had been se-" ‘Coopér'bince ° “Jan, 6, the ing out.of the structure into the air.’ ‘The main'part of ‘the build- ing was “charged with hot ” Isfelt added.’ 5 Firemen responded within ‘four minutes of the call, and about °85-40.. volunteers helps fight the blaze, Isfeld pot residents “were ’ ‘wondering why.{they never heard the usual fire siren, but zlafeld. said, the: fire: lepart- pager system and Yailent” _alarm Feb..16. 2 “a definite plus” ‘and’ helped with the good response time. _Mitchell Supply — which ironically is across the street from the North Castlegar fire: hall —‘was formed in 1952 by ‘Lioyd:Ackney. 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Wes Guymer told ‘the: Castlegar News ‘Friday that the®ire was “suspicious in origin.” Guymer, ‘said © petroleum? : products : could’ have been “ used to set the fire, but since the boat uses diesel fuel “it’s sometimes difficult to deter- mine one,way or. the other.” Still, Guymer. said. the fire apparently started in an arca where there wasn't supposed to be diesel‘ fuel, : ‘Thayson said Celgar's lum- ber “mill security. received first: word of the fire when someone notified them about 12:80' a.m. ‘Thursday. The lumber mill secur then No funds says BC Timber; down a request fom Castle- gar council to help fund the: city’s emergency program and Ald, Len Embree isn’t: happy. °° “Tm rather disappointed,” 4 Embree told: council this week, “I cab’'t really under- stand... why they’re not going to get more involved in municipal affairs.” : Ina Feb. 9 letter to council, Wilf Sweeney, general man- ager of the Celgar pulp mill, said, “It is the objective of BC Timber, whenever. possible, to be of assistance in pro- contacted. ‘the pulp. mill Bec: Ae urity," ‘who ‘in turn called ‘th Castlegar fire departme nt. ‘sponded to the call and fought’ ‘ef :the fire for about ‘two. hours. “Tayson said when he arrived on‘the, scene the tug was already engulfed:in flames. “He said ‘the’ boat. was cut . Toose from the dock and run onto the beach where fire- men then fought it.” Thayzon said the tug was. ‘carrying about 1,200; gallons. of diesel fuel was on board at the ‘time. “That. fed ir he noted. Thayson said the boat was, “really hot” until the fire ins side the boat was contained. ‘Then firemen filled the inter- ior with foam. “The complete interior was gutted,” he said, ‘Thayson said a second fire broke out in the morning and the Castlegar firemen were again called out to the scene to put the. blaze out. Celgar has nine tugboats in its fleet —'the largest: being the “Suthesland.” ‘Thayson said the pulp mill has a firefighting crew, but the crew can't. pump water from the. lake — which was necessary in this case. grams.of this nature. Unfor- tunately, this is one of those times when we must ask: for ‘your understanding and. ad- vise you that we cannot res- pond to your request this- year.” Aart Sweeney said this year is going to be “very. difficult.”. “Our major objective will be to, as much as possible, keep our plants in operation. “By maintaining employ; ment at as high a level as possible we feel that we will be making the maximum contribution ‘that. we can to the community. When better times return we. will once ef ble on -the Columbia 43 The new y plant is scheduled for completion’ by-1984. Moore contacted the. prov- incial environment “ministry in Nelson and asked if séme-. thing. couldn’ "t be done ‘to the low ‘water. flow through. Keenleyside Dam. B.C." Hydro: dropped its water flow through Keenley- side Dam late last: week: to’ 5,000 cubic feet a second to ; help alleviate flooding prob- Jems. downstream in Wash- ington | State. ‘The. water flow d admitted: ever, he stid the foam’ is Te- ‘lated to the pulp mill because “+ gome days the foam is worse than: others — ‘even: though the water flow remains the Johnson said there really isn't much the environment ministry can do because the mill has made a commitment. schedule ‘— ‘such as adding more engineers to the proj- ect. = Moore's’ move. followed a call by Ald.” Len “Embree earlier this week for a meet- ing.’ between -: council and ~ top-level management from BC Timber’ ‘and its parent company BCRIC ‘to discuss the-new treatment facility. . ‘Both’ Moore and Embree were responding to yet ano- -ther appearance’‘of foam pol- lution on the Columbia River from: Celgar pulp mill. , ‘The foaim reached its worst point. Monday. morning, but was visible on the river throughout the week. Ministry of Environment engineer Carl: Johnson said again be able to provide some assistance to those extra re- quirements,” , Council had been hoping” Celgariqwould help . offset: some ‘of:the $7,000 the city has budgeted for the emer- ‘gency program — especially since the mill is within city boundaries. Central Kootenay Regional District directors for Area J and I— which are adjacent to Castlegar — have agreed to consider funding the emer- wash't pleased with Celgar’s res- ponse, noting the mill han- to 16,000. cubic feet a second, though there was still foam on the water. However, Johnson said the the plant, he pointed Aig More on page AZ D'Arcy endorsed -by local NDP. TRAIL (CP) — MLA Chris D'Arcy won a solid end non-confidence in Dare, that was p d by th following a nine-week, trial that saw 197 witnesses, in- photographer’’-and self- styled . talent. promoter, was charged with murder in the deaths of Nathaniel Cater, 27, and Jimmy Ray Payne, 22. ing 12 hours over two days * hours Friday and resumed allowed to-deliberate Sun- jury said it had. decided The jury deliberated 2'/: its work at 9 am. EST Saturday. They worked through their lunch break Saturday, having lunch brought in, and asked to be day. i Shortly before 7 p.m. the both cases. _/ Short term licences VANCOUVER (cP) — future, teenage drivers can expect their first driver's licence to be for only one year instead of the usual five, says G to make do with a shorter term licence until they estab- lish a creditable driving rec- ord. “We think some of the 1 Allan Wil- pi m8, Williams said Friday d to ment Saturday from local NDP members.in his long simmering battle with the Rossland-Trail constituency executive. _ More than 200 of the local party members by a four-to- one margin in a show of hands to reject a motion of dies. dangerous chemicals which could fall under the emergency program. He said he couldn't see what Sweeney's response had to.do with “giving a few extra dollars.” He suggested council’ no- tify Celgar of its dissapoint- ment. Protective . services com- mittee chairman Doug Mac- Kinnon explained that coun- cil is trying to expand the emergency program and had increased the program: bud- get, hoping to receive .fun- ding aid from other sources. executive. “It was a heart warming experience,” Darcy said of “the result. “I found out who “my friends are.” A slate of D'Arcy suppor- ters, which included only four members of the previous executive, then swept. con- stituency elections for the 1982 executive. The defeated motion of non-confidence criticized "Arey for party policy and principals and not* clearing up allegations of campaign irregularities made during a riding nomination battle last fall and disregar- ding the atithority of the local association executive. Although many former executive members were either defeated or the Motor Vehicle Act to be considered at the next sitting of the ‘legislature will give the superintendent of motor ve- hicles the right to issue short term licences. Teenagers getting their first licence or other drivers with a poor record will have 3! (of teen drivers) will be met with shorter. term driver's licences,” said Williams. “This will give us, and pan ents, more flexibility and control.” Williams said the amend- ments have already had first reading during the last sit- ting of the house, and he ex- pected them to be passed by June. and started selling building supplies. | Lloyd ‘Ackney’s son Terry took over the business in. 1969 when his father died and operated it until the fire. ‘The company still uses the old Waldie warehouse for though Meanwhile, Guymer ‘said police are investigating whe- ‘ther a;break-in.at‘the West Kootenay Power and Light building on Columbia Ave. is connected with the Mitchell Guymer said the break-in occurred about the same time as the fire and was noticed when WKP employees went. to gat their vehicles to shut off the power at. Mitchell's after the fire started. “We're looking. into it,” Guymer said. He suggested the break-in may have been a “diversionary. tactic.” Police haven't determined if ‘anything was taken or if the intruder “was scared off,” he added. ‘Guymer said the fire ap- - parently started in the lum- ber storage area. He said police and the fire marshall are considering - bringing in fire experts from Vancouver. Twelve employees were put out of work by the blaze. Joint ventu re vetoed By CasNewe Staff Castlegar council has de- cided it doesn’t want to get into the residential develop- ment business, Council turned down a proposal from a Winnipeg development firm to take part in a joint venture to de- did not stand for re-election, D'Arcy. said the local NDP organization would be effec- tive in the next election cam- paign. “NDPers tend to squabble now and again but when the trumpet is sounded and ‘an election is called people come out ‘and work,” says D'Arcy. velop 30 1 lots at the corner of 14th Ave. and Highway 8, across from the highways ministry | works yard. Planning committee chair- man Ald. Bob MacBain told council Bufland Ltd. had sug- gested developing the sites if council would pick up the servicing costs.- Bufland said it would sell the lots for $17,800 apiece and said council could re- trieve its servicing costs — estimated at at least $20,000 per lot — when the lots were sold. But Ald. Len Embree, also a planning committee mem- ber, said the offer was “pretty fly by night.” “What happens if they sell only 10 (lots)?” he asked. Embree said council would be stuck with having paid $20,000 - $25,000 to service’ the other 20 lots. “They wanted a partner with plenty of cash and we don't have plenty of cash,” added Mayor Audrey Moore. Administrator Larry Cruikshank said other muni- cipalities which have entered into such agreements have gone bankrupt. He said Port Moody went “belly up” on a similar development scheme. “It's a dangerous thing to get into,” he noted. Moore added that council, would have had to raise taxes by 16 mills to cover the costs of servicing the lots — esti- mated at a total of $600,000. “| don't know where we would have got the money,” she said