: Reduction Sak / 20% Off Picture Framing 20-40% Off All In-Store Merchandise, MATTED PRINTS © ART CARDS © STAND UP FRAMES ¢ FRAME PRINTS © PRINTS & POSTERS Sale Ends April 11 A Taste of Art ie ag 365-2727 TRAIL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Lic. No. 59147 Friday Nite BINGO 60/40 sun TRAIL TRACK CLUB ic. No. 58046 Sunday Nite, April 5 Giant Car Bingo Win the Bonanza in INTELLIGENT | LIFE IN SPACE A GOOD BET PASADENA, CALIF. (AP) — Somé scikentists searching for intelligent life in outer space say the odds, if tell them Is exist. “Ld be willing to bet one hundred bucks that between now and the time I die we'll find evidence’ of intelligent life,” said Al Hibbs, a retired space scientist at the Jet L of the N i Hibbs moderated a debate about the issue during the annual meeting of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, a group that debunks claims of supernatural powers. Carl Sagan, a Cornell University astronomer and a committee member, said before the debate that “in a universe of 100 billion galazies, each of which have a few hundred billion stars, the idea that our sun is the only star with an inhabited planet is‘ laughable.” He added, “Where do we come off to imagine we're the only kind of life in the universe?” ~ ‘The speakers agreed there has yet to bea single confirmed report of an unidentified flying object from another planet, but most said they believed intelligent life must exist beyond Earth. Ps Because there is evidence planets may exist around a @ozen nearby stars, and because the chemical evolution that produced life on Earth exists throughout the known universe, the pi bility for intelli life h is 100 per cent, said Frank Drake, the dean of natural sciences at the University of California's Santa Cruz campus. ALIENS WATCH US Drake said it's possible extraterrestrial tourists view Earth as a zoo, and already are here, “hovering above us,” but not revealing their presence. “We are, as best we can tell, the result of ACTIVITIES ABOUND . . . At Robson Activities day 4, individual hobbi: normal processes, therefore life should be abundant in the universe,” said Drake, who is also president of the Search for ‘ial i Insti Slocan, cuts and polishes an opal with the use of a di d polishing unit. Darlen McDowee!l (below) Y, talents and were highlighted with various diapiory set up at the Rob- son Recreation Hall. David Barclay (above) from 75 Number or Less and Win the Carsrow'tom"*" Police file A Castlegar man received a broken collar bone and totalled his vehicle in a single vehicle accident early last Saturday. RCMP say Teri | Gies- brecht, 26, of Castlegar lost control of his 1981 Chevette Selme: nid phos on, Broadwater, Road and a me deny overturned. Ph. 364-2933 or 365-6172 Riverside Bing Picea Our Previous Car Bingo had Prizes worth over $5,000 given out.! We Regret, No Advance Reservations can be accepted for Sunday. For Bus Transportation & Information None of the three occu- pants were seriously injured and police say charges will be 1040 Eldorado ex.-Konkin Irly Bi Support The ril Cancer Campaign. ‘Your donation to the Canadian Cancer Society makes a big difference today and in the future. Sponsored for a better community by the following merchants: o Overwaitea Cominco | 22742 laid. . A two vehicle accident Monday evening has resulted in a total of $1,900 damage. RCMP say, Antonio Costa, 66, of Castlegar driving a 1981 Mercury station wagon rear-ended the. 1977 Toyota Pickup driven by Marie Lyn- ette Davis, 39, of Castlegar on Columbia Ave. Davis received minior in- juries and Costa was charged with following too closely. . * A two vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon has re- sulted in a total of $1,000 damage. RCMP say a youth driving a 1982 Dodge was making a left hand turn from 8th onto Columbia Ave. when he col- lided with the 1984 Toyota Tercel driven by Maria Da- Costa, 51, of Castlegar. The youth will be charged with failing to yield the right of way. There were no in- juries. spins wool, She is one of 35 members of the Selkirk and Spi: Guild. Bulletin Board SPRING TEA April 11, Saturday 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. L.A. to Royal Canadian Legion. Sewing Table, Bake Table, White Elephant, Coke Rattle, Door Prize. Everyone welcome. wa SENIOR CITIZENS COFFEE PARTY April 10 from 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Bake Table, Sewing ‘and White Elephant Table, Raffles, Handwriting Reading. Everyone welcome. 2/27 8.C. FIDDLING CHAMPIONSHIP The B.C. Old Time Fiddlers Kootenay No. 9 are hosting a B.C. Fiddling Championship Contest on April 11 at the Castlegar Complex at 10:00 a.m. sharp. Finals starting at 6:30 p.m. which is followed by a dance by the Fiddlers ‘and on April 12 @ pancake breaktast trom 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. will be served at the Complex. Everyone welcome. 3/26 BROWNIE /GUIDE/PATHFINDER EASTER TEA AND BAKE SALE Soturday, April 11, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Kinnaird Hall Admission $1.00; tickets at door. Door Prizes 3/26 CANCER SOCIETY PUBLIC MEETING Legion Hall, 1:30 p.m. April 8, 1987. Guest speaker Phyllis Hood, Executive Secretory of B.C. and Yukon Division of the Canadian Cancer Society. Everyone welcome 2/26 GOSPEL SERVICES Bosed only on the bible. Nordic Hall, Columbia Ave. Every Sunday, 3:00 p.m. Everyone welcome. G. McMurrary, O Brough 2/26 SPRING RUMMAGE SALE Hospital Auxiliary April 10 — 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. April 11 10:00 to 12:00 p.m. Held at Kootenay Builders Store, Columbio Avenue, North Castlegar. For pickup please phone 365.3676, 365-8302, 365-5552, 365-2737, 365-6743 8/20 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed he The first 10 words are $3.75 and additional words are 15¢ each. Boldtaced wor ds (which must be used for headings) count as two words There is no extra charge for a second insertion while the third consecutive insertion is se percent and the fourth conser insertion Hf-price charge is $3.75 (whether od is for one, two or three times). Deadlines are 5 p.rh. Thursdays for Sunday's paper and 5 p.m. Mondays for Wednesday's paper Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News at 197 Columbia Ave. COM Bulletin Board Law defends fetus TORONTO (CP) — A pro- vincial court ruling that a fetus is a child in need of protection has set a pre- cedent that could be used to try to stop abortion or any action that might endanger an unborn baby, say legal and child welfare observers. Provincial court Judge Kent Kirkland’s decision on Thursday to make a fetus a ward of the Children’s Aid Society in Belleville, Ont., has opened a Pandora's box of legal and ethical issues, they say. George Caldwell, execu- tive director of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies, said he was sur- prised by Kirkland’s decision. “Does it mean we could stop a woman from drinking or smoking or even flying during pregnancy?” he asked. Colin Maloney, executive director of the Metropolitan Toronto Catholic Children’s Aid Society, said the decision must be reviewed by Ontario legislators becasue of its im- plications. Previously “the fetus did not exist legally, so children's aid societies had no legal obligation to protect it,” Mal- Champion Bingo Upstairs, Trail Towne Square Mall Sunday, April 5 Guaranteed $3 00 Early Birds $ 0 per game Minimum 5 Regular Maximum 60/40 split Early Bird 6:30 — Regular 7 p.m. For Free Bus Transportation 368-5650 or 364-0933 after 1 p.m. FOR BUS TAKEN ‘TH 3 P.M. AT THE LATEST oney said. “Now, we have that legal obligation.” SEEKS MEANS On Friday, a day after the wardship ruling in the east ern Ontario city of Belleville, lawyers at the provincial Ministry of Community and Social Services were trying to determine the legal means that exist to enforce a ward ship order involving a fetus. Enforcement raises the spectre of physical control or restraint of a pregnant wom an whose baby is considered to be in danger. TheBelleville case involves a 38-week-old fetus (full term is about 40 weeks), and was made a ward of the Hastings County Children’s Aid Soci ety. _ . Court news In Castlegar provincial court this week, Brian Miller was fined $260 when he pleaded guilty to one count of common assault. TYPE SETTING Give your newsletters meeting bulletins, etc professional appearance Camera-ready type for your Photocopier. CASTLEGAR NEWS 365-7266 Residents worried MURDOCHVILLE QUE, (CP) — Residents of this mining town, where a man died in an underground fire this week and more than 60 others were trapped. for hours, are worried about the aceident’s impact om the community's main employer, The Gaspe Copper Mine, scheduled to close in 1992, is the major industry in this town of 2,600. A closure now would throw 750 out of work and cripple the local economy. - One company official told reporters Friday that the mine 700 kilometres east of Quebec City may close because of the fire. * Banks push Ottawa TORONTO (CP) — The Toronto Star says Canadian banks are pushing the federal government to get them better access to the U.S. market under a freer-trade agreement. Quoting unidentified sources, The Star said Finance Minister Michael Wilson, junior finance minister Thomas Hockin and freer-trade negotiator Simon Reisman will discuss the issue in Ottawa on Sunday. The meeting was arranged after Canada’s top bankers insisted the country shouldn't go ahead with plans to open its money markets to U.S, financial institutions unless a trade agreement gives Canadian banks the same access in the United States, the newspaper said. Soviet greeting WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan schoolteacher John Davidek got more than he expected when he sent Soviet leader Michail Gorbachev a letter last year seeking an autographed picture and making a plea for world peace. Davidek and about 40 students from the Flint Academy were welcomed to an ornate reception room in the Soviet Embassy on Friday, where the social studies teacher was presented with an atitographed copy of Gorbachev's book, The Coming Century of Peace. Scientist upset RICHMOND IND. (AP) — The U.S. scientist who led expeditions to locate and photograph the Titanic says he hopes “a bunch of idiots” don't plunder the sunken luxury liner. Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts said he wasn't surprised to hear of plans for a salvage expedition into the Titanic’s final resting place off the coast of Newfoundland. “J know the human race,” Ballard, who opposes such an expedition, told an audience at Earlham Gallbee’ on" Friday. Ballard said the only question remaining about the Titanic is “will a bunch of idiots tear it up?” Medal brings cash RED DEER, ALTA. (CP) — A Victoria Cross war medal fetched $95,000 at an auction Friday, but the buyer slipped away while onlookers were still applauding. The unidentified man who bought the relic had traded bids with Cal Orton of Calgary, a long-time medal collector who gave in after his bid of $90,000 was topped. “It was too rich for me,” Orton said. Teen not guilty TORONTO (CP) — A teenager who shot his science teacher with a .22-calibre rifle has been found not guilty of attempted murder but convicted of a lesser charge of wounding. The youth did not intend to kill frank Kieczor, 55, when he shot him in the arm outside his suburban Etobicoke classroom, Judge A.V. Couto ruled Friday. The youth court judge will sentence the 17-year-old boy May 15 for causing bodily harm with intent to endanger a person's life. Lighting suspected CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. (AP) — A tiny hole in a charred rocket frag’ is the g id yet that a lightning strike knocked the vehicle off course, says the head of a U.S. team investigating last week's accident. Jon Busse told a news conference Friday no conclusion had been reached on what caused the accident but that “electromagnetic phenomena” remained the prime suspect — either lightning or a statis charge induced by the Atlas-Centaur rocket itself as it lifted off during a rainstorm to cafry a military communications satellite into space. Editor named HALIFAX (CP) — John Godfrey, outgoing president of the University of King’s College in Halifax, has been named editor-in-chief of The Financial Post. Godfrey, 44, will spaper in June, Friday. “We're just delighted that he agreed to join us,” Nankivell said in an interview from Toronto. “He will give us very strong editorial leadership.” join the national weekly her Neville said Harron ill NORTH BAY, ONT. (CP) Entertainer Don Harron was reported in satisfactory condition in hospital Saturday suffering from flu: like symptoms. Harron was being kept in hospital for observation and should be able to return home to Toronto on Monday, said nursing supervisor Connie Lycock of North Bay Civic Hospital. : same * TOWN HIT ° FLOODING | FREDERICTON (CP) — The sign .was audible as Janet Sykes surveyed the damage wrought by the raging ice-clogged St, John River. church,” she said in an interview Saturday from Perth- Andover, the New Brunswick town hit hardest and still trying to recover from spring flooding: There is no official estimate of damage caused in the numerous communities along the St. John River, which flows from the extreme northwestern corner of New Brunswick to Saint John in the south, where it spills into the Bay of Fundy. However, damage to the Perth-Andover hospital alone is estimated at $1 million. Sykes, who lives on a hill above the hospital, said what she saw from her window Saturday was vastly different than the sight that greeted her two days eariler. “,., On Thursday, when one looked down, they had evacuated the entire village and it was just like a ghost town . . . the contrast is enormous,” she said. LOTS.OF ACTION “It's a hive of activity with the maintenance crews trying to do their bit and the residents going back to see what they can do to salvage little bits of furniture and elothing.” About 1,200 Perth-Andover residents — two-thirds of those who live in the town 130 kilometres northwest of Fredericton — fled their homes Thursday to escape the St. John River. The largest river in the Maritimes was being fed by higher-than-normal snowfall and heavy rains. The water had receded enough by early Saturday that most of those evacuated were allowed to return, said Normand Leger, spokesman for the Emergency Measures Organization in Fredericton. “They're cleaning up in Perth-Andover but some people are still out because of severe damage to their homes,” Leger said. Sections of the Trans-Canada Highway remained closed by flooding Saturday at Woodstock, 90 kilometres west of Fredericton, and near Maugerville just east of OPEN HOUS! E .. . A very successful open house was held at Woodland Park School on March 21. Here Mr. and Mrs. Draper are helping daughter Kriste with a reading igh w a break from the books. d student takes Scandal at embassy WASHINGTON (AP) — involved in criminal miscon- fairs subcommittee on inter- Fredericton. back home early Saturday. go home yet,” he said. home. SOME BACK HOME There were 34 families evacuated Thursday in the Maugerville area. Leger said some were permitted to go “A little further downstream from Maugerville — Burton, McGowans Corner, Sheffield — the people can't The biggest trial faced by most evacuees was assessing the damage after they were allowed to go back SHOT OFFICER - Killer to apply for parole ST-JEROME, QUE. (CP) —Convicted killer Real Char- trand won the right to apply for early parole Saturday in the first test of an 11-year- old amendment to the Crim inal Code affecting prisoners serving life sentences for first-degree murder. Members of a_ special seven-woman, five-man jury deliberated four hours before 11 of them said yes to Char- trand’s request to seek par- ole after 15 years in jail rather than wait until he has served the usual 25 years for first-degree murder. Chartrand, 43, was con- victed in the 1971 shooting of a Quebec police constable. He was sentenced to hang but the penalty was to which will decide whether he shoulid be released from jail. During two weeks of tes timony, the jury heard the grim story of Chartrand’s 28 years behind bars starting when he was 15 years old. They heard how he was bitten by rats in an isolation cell used for unruly prison- ers, and how he once stabbed himself repeatedly in an at- tempt to get transferred to a hospital. WAS PSYCHOTIC Psychiatrist Roger Boutin told the court that when Char trand shot police officer Ga. briel Labelle, he was in a psychotic state brought on by pressure from his psychia- trist who wanted him to be- come his h 1 lover. life imprisonment in 1976. When Canada abolished the death penalty in 1976, the law was also changed to allow those who have served 15 years of a life term to seek parole. After the decision, Char trand thanked the jury, Mr. Justice Andre Biron of Que bec Superior Court, and his lawyers. “With your decision you have given me dignity,” he said in a voice breaking with emotion. “There is hope for me now and for those who may follow me.” APPLAUD DECISION About 30 people who had gathered in the courthouse of this town 40 kilometres northwest of Montreal, broke into applause when they heard the decision. The jury did not have to reach a unanimous decision. Chartrand needed to per suade only eight of the 12 jurors that he was a good risk for early parole. The jury had several cho- ices. They could have said he must wait the full 26 years, or they could have set a specific date at which he could present another motion. Chartrand must now apply to the National Parole Board Labelle had been a police officer only 21 months when he was shot by Chartrand on Oct. 11, 1971, during a chase following a bank robbery. At the time, Chartrand was on leave from the Pinel Institute for the criminally insane, where he was undergoing treatment. Louise Grignon, a psychol- ogist at the medium-security prison where Chartrand has been held since 1981, tes- tified she doubted he would kill again. Maurice Champagne-Gil- bert, a former vice-president of the Quebec Human Rights Commission, who befriended Chartrand 15 years ago, wel- comed Saturday's decision. “I believe rehabilitation is possible when we really try and when the authorities col- laborate, which they did with us,” said Champagne -Gilbert. The case will have reper- cussions on the 323 men and women convicted of first degree murder in the last 10 years and some of the 949 serving sentences for second degree murder. Second-degree murder car ries a life sentence with no parole eligibility for 10 years, but this can be raised to 25 years if a judge and jury feel a harsh sentence is warran ted. The widening sex-and-spy scandal at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow is forcing extra- ordinary security measures for State Secretary George Shultz’s visit next week, including use of a special communications trailer. Two additional marine em- bassy guards are suspécted of having sex with Soviet women, it was disclosed Fri- day, and the Defence Depart- ment said it has expanded its investigation well beyond the security breach at the Mos- cow embassy. The Pentagon said a 70- member group of U.S. navy special agents and polygraph experts has been set up to investigate past and present military personnel assigned to U.S. diplomatic missions in the eastern bloc and “other selected countries.” The group will prepare es- pionage or other cases against any navy personnel duct, the Pentagon said. The entire 28-member con- tingent of marine guards has been recalled from Moscow as a precautionary step, and the embassy’s top security officer has returned for con- sultations with U.S. investi- gators. TOURS EMBASSY The breach initially in- volved two marine guards, Sgt. Clayton Lonetree and Cpl. Arnold Bracy, who are accused of having sexuak li- aisons with Soviet women and later allowing Soviet agents to tour the most sen- sitive areas of the embassy building early last year. The implication of two more marine guards was re- national operations. The State Department re- fused comment. Neither congressman would identify the two latest marine suspects, nor would théy. say whether the mar- ines were suspected of ab- etting Soviet espionage acti- vities or’ merely violating strict U.S. government rules against intimate social con- tacts with Soviet citizens. Aspin said he's disturbed that ‘the embassy . security breach might be “very much bigger than we thought.” Mica said “the scope and numbers involved is widen- ing . . . It's going to increase rather substantially.” NO SECURE AREA ported by Rep Les Aspin (D-Wis.), chairman of the House of Repre- sentatives armed services committee, and Representa- tfve Dan Mica (D-Fla.), chair- man of the House foreign af- Repr Olympia Snowe of Maine, ranking Re- publican on Mica’s subcom- mittee, said the Moscow em- bassy’s communications sys- tem has been shut down and no area is considered secure. The embassy staff is re- ported to be hand-carrying cables to Frankfurt, West Germany, for transmission to Washington. As a result, Snowe said, a special communications vehicle is being prepared for Shultz’s use when he arrives in Moscow on April 13 for talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevard- nadze. State Department spokes- man Charles Redman wouldn’t confirm, but did not rule out, the possibility that Shultz might use a special communications trailer to avoid embassy equipment subject to Soviet eavesdrop- ping. Holding up a_ plastic- sheeted slate bought for 87 cents.from a local toy store, Mica declared: “This is the thost secure technological equipment in America today.” Homicide rate dropped by 20 per cent last year OTTAWA (CP) — The number of homicides in the country dropped 20 per cent to 561 last year, the lowest total since 1973, Statistics Canada reported today. The figures, based on preliminary data subject to revision, also show a homicide rate of 2.19 per 100,000 population, the lowest rate reported since 1971. The total number of homicides included 524 offences defined as murder under the Criminal Code, manslaughter offences and three cases of infanticide. Four policemen were murdered in 1986, annual The figures, released as the Commons gets ready to average recorded i the previous 10 year debate the restoration of capital punishment, will give ammunition to those who argue against bringing back the death penalty, abolished in 1976. But Bill Domm, the informal leader among Domm argues a further breakdown of figures shows the rate for first-degree murder — defined by the Ciminal Code as planned and deliberate — has been rising and premeditated murderers would be deterred by the threat of execution. reached a total of 338 in 1985, reflects the greatér Critics say the rise in first-degree offences, mi e willingness of police to lay the more serious charge in absence of the death penalty, and the greater willingness of juries to convict if they know the defendant will not face the noose. FIGURES GIVEN Following are the total numbers of homicides and rates by province for 1986 with 1985 figures and the 1976-85 average figures in brackets: conservative 's who over favor capital punishment, has said past figures that showed no dramatic rise in the homicidé rate after abolition did not necessarily prove the death penalty lacks deterrent value. RATE CLIMBS In a 10-year study from abolition in 1976 to 1985, Statistics Canada found the homicide rate averaged 2.75 per 100,000 population per year. In the longer term, the rate had climbed steadily to 3.09 in 1975, the last year before abolition, from 1.43 in 1962. Since abolition, it has been holding relatively steady, ranging between a high of 3.06 in 1977 and th low of 2.17 recorded last year. 1986 four h ides, 0.69 per 100,000 (1985 five homicides, 0.86 per 100,000; 1976-85 average six homicides, 1.02 per 100,000) Prince Edward Island: 0, 0 (1,0.79; 1, 0.83) Nova Scotia: 15, 1.70 (26, 2.95; 16, 1.86) New Brunswick: 12, 1.66, (14, 1.95; 17, 2.42) Quebec: 152, 2.29 (219, 3.33; 193, 3.02) Ontari 39, 1.51 (193, 2.13; 183, 2.12) Manitoba: 47, 4.36 (26, 2.43; 37, 3.61) Saskatchewan: 25, 2.45 (28, 2.75; 34, 3.50) Alberta: 63, 2.6 (63, 2.68; 67, 3.14) British Columbia: 87, 2.99 (113, 3.91; 101, 3.75) Yukon: 3, 13.10 (6, 26.09; Northwest Territories: 14, 3, 13.41) 27.50 (10, 19.61; 6, 12.38) Roberts hit with suit NEW ORLEANS (AP) — TV evangelist Oral Roberts has been hit with a lawsuit accusing him of raising $8.7 ion US by portraying God as a blackmail ardson of Gretna, seeks to force Roberts to return dona. tions to anyone who wants their money back. In January, the evangelist d that God had told The suit, filed in U.S. dis triet court Friday by aero- space engineers Douglas Co- ggeshall and Russell Rich him to raise $8 million for medical missionary scholar. ships by March 31 or God would “call him home.” On Wednesday, the evangelist said he had received about $8.7 million Roberts and his Oral Rob- erts Ministries Inc. “essen tially alleged that he was under blackmail . . . with the proviso that if Rev. Roberts failed in this endavor, the blackmajler would take his life,” the suit said. The suit alleges that the reputation of all who try to spread the Christian faith has been damaged by the fund drive, and it asks that he be made to abide by the same standards of disclosure and conduct that other corpora tions must adhere to.