'_ Castlegar News October 29, 1986 YOU ARE INVITED TO Country Crafters CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE o) Friday,.Nov..7 9:30 a.m. -9 p.m. "RELIEF INSTRUCTORS - Katiet Clinical instructors To replace regular instructors on an on-call basis by providing instruction and supervision of nursing students in clinical area. Applicants must be practicing R.N.s with current membership in B.C. At leas! two yeors of recent experience in acute care hursing ond familiarity with local hospitals is necessary. Previous teaching experience is on asset Solery in accordance with the Selkirk College Faculty Association collective agreement 2. Reliet Hairdressing instructors Applicants must hold current 8.C. Hoirdressers’ license ce in B.C.. plus tive of years of practical experience. Man agerial and/or teaching, as well as competition ond plattorm experience would be on asset. Must be capable of taking on classroom responsibilities Salary in accordence with B.C.G.E.U. cpllective agreement. Please send opplications by November 14, 1986. to PERSONNEL OFFICE SELKIRK COLLEGE requires the following — Nursing & —— CASTLEGAR CAMPUS Box 1200, Castlegar, 8.C. VIN 31 Using self-defence may be hazardous WINNIPEG (CP) — A woman is seen struggling with two burly men on a street. A female intervenes, using a few kicks and punches to make the men let go of the woman. The first woman escapes. Happy ending? No. The first woman was a shoplifter, the two men were plainclothes police officers and the would-be heroine was charged with obstructing justice. It's an odd, unfair but true- life incident that wen-do in- structor Lise Cyrenne uses to illustrate how the use of self- Court news One man was sentenced to 21 days in jail in provincial court this week. Teddy Meiorin guilty to one count of having a blood alcohol level above .08 and another count of oc- cupying the seat ordinarily occupied by the driver of the vehicle and deemed to have had the care and control of the vehicle. The 21-day sentence will be served intermittently. Edmonton Northlands Farmfair '86 Nov. 6 to 16 If you're in the business of agriculture, make tracks to Farmfair ‘86. It's Alberta's premier livestock show and sale. And you can't afford to miss it Just walk on in You'll find plenty of things to see and do in Northlands incredible AgriCom. It’s the perfect chance to step up your profits. Top breeders from across the West will be displaying the year's best dairy cows, sheep, swine. poultry and rabbits (Nov. 6 to 10) and beef cattle (Nov. 12 to 16). There’s also a Western Art Show, Draft Horse Pulling, agricultural exhibits and the rip-roaring Canadian Finals Rodeo, to boot! Keep in step You can't afford to miss Farmfair ‘86. It’s the place to share new ideas and meet old friends. You'll keep in step with the latest trends and gain valuable business contacts. too. Stay one step ahead make tracks to Farmfair ‘86 Alberta's largest fall livestock show and sale Step right up! Here is a sampling of upcoming Farmfair ‘86 events Nov. 6 to 16 — Agriculture exhibits & Farmer's Market Nov. 12 — Simmental Show, Murray Grey Show, Prospect Steer Show and Sale: Nov. 13, — Limousin, Salers, Galloway, Charolais, Blonde dAquitaine and Gelbvieh Shows, Limousin, Salers and Simmental Sales Nov. 14 — Pinzgauer, Charolais and Maine-Anjou Shows, Blonde d’Aquitaine, Shorthorn, Gelbvieh Charolais and Murray Grey Sales: Nov. 15 Junior Futurity, Angus. Shorthorn and Hereford Shows. Pinzgauer, Maine-Anjou and Aberdeen Angus Sales. Nov. 12 to 15 — Western Art Show Nov. 12 to 16 Finals Rodeo. Canadian Please check last week's paper for additional event listings! defence skills can occasion ally backfire. Students trained in wen do, a self-defence technique developed especially for women, may feel prompted to intervene in situations in which they see other women under attack. But Cyrenne and Darlene Wood, who also teaches wen do in Winnipeg, warn’ that such rescue work can be physically and legally haz ardous. “Just because you have some self-defence training doesn't mean you have an obligation to be Super woman,” Wood tells stu dents. Students are instructed to always ask the perceived vietim if she needs help. “If she doesn't say yes, then basically what you're sdoing is walking in and hitting someone,” Cyrenne said. “That will leave you open to a charge of assault.” Sometimes events happen too quickly for consultation Cyrenne cites a story of a female jogger running to wards another woman whose purse is snatched by a man pursuing her. The jogger jumps in front of the man, gives a blood-curdling yell and is about to deliver a crushing blow when the frightened man throws up his hands and cries “no, no, she's my friend. I was just playing a joke.” “In this case the woman erred on the side of em- barrassment,” says Cyrenne. But for every imitation assault, there are many more that are real. In Canada, a woman is assaulted every 7 eight minutes, according to statistics from rape grisis centres. ramifications of fensive action early 1970s. Derived variety of martial arts open to women only, it emphasizes psychological preparedness as well as phy- siea! skill. Discussion time is spent on developing awareness of po- tentially dangerous situa- tions and avoiding them if possible but not at the cost of not being able to walk the streets. Physical techniques include h kicks, blocks and releases from various holds. ts A t) @ youth ip conference on traffic eatety in Vancouver al pater sponsor, Mrs. Ss. rare The ere began today and Erin Finney are with and concludes day and is | Pp The of self- confidence is stressed — not swaggering over-confidence — but balanced assertive- ness. Cyrenne said it oceasion- ally happens that women who don't know how to be asser- tive in everyday situations explode with excessive force when provoked. “They'll react with force inappropriate to the situation but then go back to their usual passive behavior and nothing changes.” In a recent case in Winni peg. @ woman was convicted of aggravated assault after attacking a man who ad- mitted to police that he had tried to rape her. The 29-year-old woman was given an absolute dis- charge by provincial Judge Robert Kopstein, who said that while the woman was justified in beating off her attacker, | she went too far by conference. the of British Columbi 9 from each secondory stash in B.C. ore eligible to attend the Castieows Proto Disarmament week At a special session on dis. armament in 1978, the Unit ed Nations proclaimed the week of Oct. 24-31 world wide disarmament week. The final document was adopted by concensus by all member states of the UN. This document contains an “action program” — a kind of blueprint for achieving dis armament — beginning locally and then spreading to encompass the earth. The measures in this blue print include the establish: ment of nuclear weapons-free zones, a comprehensive test ban on nuclear weapons and ani international arms trade registry. In Castlegar, an active © GRAVEL ¢ SAND © TOPSOIL © TURF © FIREWOOD Fast & Efficient ice Hourly or Contract 365-3467 OR MOBILE 1498826 ae and kicking him long after hé had stopped his attack. ' ~% peace group has been working for the past three years to keep peace Prison to be home to VANCOUVER (CP) — The site of the old B.C. Peni. tentiary in nearby New Westminster, once home to some of Canada’s most dang erous criminals, is to become retirees New Westminster council approved a $95-million hous. ing development, which calls for townhouses, garden apartments and high-rise apartments to accommodate a vil lage. A Industrial and CANADIAN LIQUID AIR LTD. LIQUID AIR CUSTOMERS For your welding supplies We are located at — Trail Auto Body Ltd. 2316 - 6th Ave., Castlegar © Call 365-5114 TTENTION Medical Gases 2,000 r The penitentiary "s gate house, original 1878 jail build ing and one guard tower will be retained. The 820-unit development is expected to take five to seven years to complete. The penitentiary was the scene of three major hostage takings in recent years. One ended in tragedy when a prison classification officer being held captive was shot when guards stormed the room where she was being held. FOR RESERVA N. 322 Spokane BY SHERATON INNS INC Sheraton-Spokane issues before the community The group holds a 10-min ute silent vigil for peace on the 22nd of each month at the Castlegar courthouse. Time is taken following the vigil to exchange information and encourage participation in continuing peacemaking ef forts. The Castlegar Peace Group was instrumental in having Castlegar council de clare the city a nuclear wea. pons-free zone. Signs to that effect have now been erected on highway signs welcoming people to Castlegar. The Castlegar Peace Group will again by support ing a Christmas campaign to encourage families not to purchase war toys for their children. The group believes that familiarity with weapons of destruction and killing dead- ens children’s sensitivity to the reality of what these weapons do in the real world. Instead, the peace group maintai that instead tea. ching an acceptance of the world remaining in a state of war people should begin to teach peace as a way of life. Closure would be disastrous VANCOUVER (CP) Closing either of © British Columbia's astrophysical ob- servatories would be a dis asterous loss for Canadian research science, say the di rectors of the institutions. One of the three national observatories will be shut because of cuts made to the National Research Council's budget two weeks ago. The three observatories are the Dominion Astrophysical Ob Baking servatory in Victoria, the Dominion Radio Astrophys. ical Observatory in Pentic ton, B.C., and the Algonquin Radio Observatory in On- tario’s Algonquin Provincial Park Lloyd Higgs. director of the Penticton observatory, said the decision on which facility will be closed will be made within a month, and “if it is our institution, it will be a disasterous loss for Can adian radio astronomy.” course at Selkirk A nine-month commercial baking course is being offer ed for the first time ever in the West Kootenay region according to Stephanie For syth, coordinator of Selkirk College's Hospitality ‘Tour ism Training program. “This is a full-time pro gram resulting in certifi cation for those who com plete the training.” said For syth The course, which begins Nov. 3, covers all aspects of the haking trade, including breads, cookies, and special occasion cakes. Theoretical instruction will cover safety, sanitation and hygiene, weighing and mea suring techniques, baking terminology. food handling and elementary manage ment The course will be con. ducted at Selkirk College's Nelson Campus and at Johnny's Bakery, largest privately-owned baking op eration in the West Koote nay region The only prerequisite to enrolment is completion of Grade 10. Mature students, those over 19 years of age will also be considered. Ap- plicants are required to pre. sent a recent medical certif icate and proof of a chest or TB test. mployment opportuni. lies may be found in large bakeries, hotels and res. taurants, degartment stores, large food chain stores and small bakeries,” said For- syth. “Some graduates have successfully started their own business.” Te Ste IKANE HOTEL IS Single or Double Occupancy Canadian Currency at Par Your Special Includes . Deluxe en Welcome glass of champagne Heat dining, in ‘1881"’ at 20% discount — and Valuable | Discount Shopping Coupons for Downtown Stores You must ask for the Holiday Shopping Spree to receive this special rate TIONS CALL YOUR LOCAL TRAVEL AGENT OR TOLL FREE 1-800-848-9600 Sheraton- Hotel © The hospitality people of ITT Falls Ct. * Spokane, WA 99201 © (509) 455-9600 YWNED BY SPOKANE ETD AND IS OPERATED UNDE A UCETSE SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 7 (NELSON) BOUNDARY REVIEW MEETINGS | Public with repr Board of School Trustees to review Noondies in School District No. 7 (Nelson) will be held as follows THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 W.£. Grahom , Gymnasium TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 Winlew Elementory, Gymnasium MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Blewett Elementary. Gymnesium TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Brent Kennedy, Gymnesium All meetings will commence at 7:00 p.m ngs P Your input at these intormation gathering meetings would be most appreciated Dotes ond times for other catchment areas will be announ ced shortly BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUS’ School District No 7 (Nelson BUSINESS DOWN IT COMES . . . Old zinc tank rooms 2 and 3 at lead smelter modernization project. Zinc rooms date Cominco’s Trail operations demolished to make way back to 1925. for $45 million air separation plant, part of Cominco's Cominco loses $11.9 m By CasNews Staff Cominco Ltd. lost $$11.9 million in the nine months ending Sept. 30 despite a gain of $41.4 million from the sale of the corporation's share in Fording Coal Ltd. But the loss wasn't as high as the same period last year when Cominco lost $25.6 million in the first three-quar ters after including an extraordinary item of $9.4 million. After providing for dividends on preferred shares and before the extraordinary item, the loss per common share for the nine months was 97 cents compared with a 70-cent loss last year. In the third quarter of 1986, Cominco lost $14.8 million or 27 cents per common share on sales of $282.8 million, compared with a loss of $28.4 million or 49 cents per share on sales of $315.4 million during the same quarter last year. The corporation's mining and integrated metals business segment earned a third-quarter operating profit of $9.4 million compared with an operating loss of $8.5 million in the comparable quarter. Cominco said in a prepared release that recent improvements in the prices for zinc, lead and gold, together with productivity improvements and cost reductions acheived by all operations, helped operating profits in the third quarter. “The corporation expects these improvements to continue and to contribute to improved results for the fourth quarter,” Cominco said in the release In the third quarter, plant closures were instituted at several properties to control inventory levels. Sales volumes of refined zine, refined lead, zinc concentrate and silver were | lower than in the comparable period. However, sales volumes of copper concentrate and gold were higher. Cominco also lost $16.4 million in the third quarter from the fertilizers business segment. This compares with an operating loss of $7.7 million in the same quarter last year. Cominco said the loss for the quarter resulted primarily from lower prices and reduced sales volumes of potash, ammonia and urea fertilizers. “Fertilizer prices and sales volumes, which are normally lower in the third quarter due to seasonality, were significantly worse than usual because of the uncertainty of prospects for agribusiness in the 1986-87 fertilizer year,” the company said Historically high grain inventories and generally favorable prospects for a large 1986 crop, together with the possibility of further U.S. government acreage reduction programs, have created buyer resistance and caused fertilizer inventories to increase. In addition, a late harvest due to adverse weather post poned normal fall fertilizer applications, which caused further increases in fertilizer inventories. Cominco said these high fertilizer inventories, combined with low-cost foreign imports, have depressed North American fertilizer prices. Cominco said results for the balance of the year will continue to be negatively affected by the depressed prices which have prevailed in 1986. The company said a major factor determining fertilizer sales volume in the fourth quarter will be fall weather conditions following the late harvest in most of the North American markets served by Cominco. “With average weather conditions, a break-even profit position could be achieved in the fourth quarter,” it said Meanwhile, active attention is being directed toward further cost reductions, particularly in energy and personnel. The corporation's other operations, principally metal products and electric power distribution, earned an operating profit of $6.3 million compared with $4.1 million in the same quarter last year. The increase in operating profit reflects a general improvement in all operations and in particular in the electronic materials division. Meanwhile, the sale of Cominco’s investment in West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd. to UtiliCorp United Ine. for about $80 million will result in a gain of about $45 million for Cominco. The sale is subject to regulatory approval in Canada and in the U.S. and is not expected to close until late in the year or in early 1987. The application of sale proceeds and the removal of West Kootenay Power's debt from Cominco's consolidated accounts will reduce Cominco's consolidated debt by about $140 million Elsewhere, on Sept. 29 Cominco was informed by Canadian Pacific Ltd. that it had entered into agreement to sell its 52.5 per cent interest, represented by 34.2 million share in Cominco. Twenty million of the shares were bought by a consortium consisting of Teck Corporation of Van- couver, MIM (Canada) INe. and-Metallgeselischaft. Canada Ltd. The remaining 14,230,311 shares held by CP were offered to the public at $13.50 per share by an underwriting syndicate. As part of the agreement between CP and the pur. chasing consortium, Canadian Pacific Securities Ltd. agreed to the replacement on Oct. 16 of $75 million of indebtedness of the corporation by preferred shares having a dividend entitlement of 75 per cent of the prime rate. The preferred shares were retractable in five years. EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 914 Columbia Ave. Sunday School 9:45 a.m Family Worship Service > llam 4On Toe Bible Study & Prayer 809 Merry Creek Road Tuesday 7:30 p.m Past Fireside Motel Phone 365.3269 Pastor: Alan Simpson or 365-2605 Sunday Schoo! 10:00 a.m Morning Worship 11:00 a.m AITH FELLOWSHIP Evening Service 6:30 p.m “Vision with Vitality LIVING WATERS PLAZA FERRARO'S Open for Your Shopping Convenience SUNDAYS lla.m.-5 p.m. TUES. 6:00 P.M. AWANA — Children s Progrom Kindergarten to Grade 8 WEONESDAY NIGHT Study & Prayer 7 p.m Church 365-3430 Pastor 365-6170 2605 Columbia Ave Rev. J. Ferrier Phone 365-3182 Morning Worship 11-00 a.m Into: 365-8292 or 365-3182 GRACE PRESBYTERIAN | Located 2'/ miles west on Hwy. 3 towards Gr. Forks (Old Hilltop Restaurant Sunday Celebration a.m Nursery & Children s Service Home Bible Study Wednesday, 7:30 p.m MONTHLY SATELLITE oped SEMINARS edited videc enie Calage Available PASTOR Stvert Lourie — 365-3278 Bidding var for Vestgron By CasNews Staff There's a bidding war for Vestgron Mines Ltd., whose majority shareholder is Co- minco Ltd. Pe paaitest Capital Ltd.; through a wholly-owned sub- sidiary, has made a takeover bid of 65 cents per share for all outstanding common shares of Vestgron. CanEast says the offer is open until 1:30 p.m. Castlegar time Nov. 10. Meanwhile, the other bid. der, Zenmac Zine Ltd., in. creased its bid Oct. 17 to 65 cents per share, matching the CanEast bid. The Zenmac offer was open until 10 a.m. Castlegar time Oct. 20. Both bids are conditional on the companies acquiring at least 51 per cent of Vest gron’s outstanding common shares. Vestgron says in a release that as it understands, Cominco has not yet tendered its Vestgron shares to either bidder Business failures increase TORONTO (CP) — Bus- iness failures in Canada rose two per cent in the first nine months of the year to 6,264 from 6,140 in the same period in 1985, Dun and Bradstreet of failures rose in Alberta, Saskatche wan, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the Northwest Territories and in the rest of Can- ada, said the Toronto-based company, which assesses credit-worthiness of busi. nesses. The retail sector reported the highest number of fail ures, accounting for 29 per cent or 1,836 of the comp anies that failed this year while the.transportation in dustry reported the fewest failures accounting for only five per cent of all collapses Service businesses ac counted for 22 per cent of the failures, 14 per cent were in construction industries, nine per cent were manufacturing concerns. ANGLICAN TORY 1401 Ci ia Avenue Sunday Services 8:00 a.m. & 10:00a.m Sunday School 10 a.m Rev. Charles Balfour 365-2271 Parish Purpose: “To know Christ and make Him known CHURCH OF GOD 2404 Columbia Avenue Church School 9:45.0.m Morning Worship lam Pastor Ira Johnson Phone 365-6762 FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP (A.C.0.P.) Below Castleaird Plaza Phone 365-6317 Pastor: Victor Stobbe Phone 365-2374 SUNDAY SERVICES Sunday School 9:45 a.m Morning Worship 11:00 Evening Fellowship 6:30 'S CATHOLIC PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE 767 - \ith Ave. Ph. 365-5212 NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY WILL BE that NAAAE OF OU NEW CHURCH At Community Complex Christian Educotion 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m At Old Church Evening Evangelistic 600 p Wednesday Bible Study Proyer at 7:00 p. Friday Youth at 7.30 p.m Wee College * Women s Ministries * Young Married A vine ant + a/1H Bum DMG FaIENOLY ATAROSPHER Poster: Ken Sent Morley Selrys ADVENTIST CHURCH 1471 Columbia Ave., Trail 364-0117 Regular Saturday Services Pastor Cliff Drieberg 365-2649 SEVENTH-DAY Rev. Engberink Ph. 365-7143 WEEKEND SERVICES Saturday 7 p.m Sunday 8 and 11 a.m ST. MARIA GORETT! GENELLE Sunday 9:30 a.m ST. PETER LUTHERAN 713 - 4th Street Otf.c0o 365-3664 Pastor 367-6196 Worship Services 7 p.m inday 10 o.m. every Sundoy Rev. 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