So Castes Newsy 2180 By TIM O'CONNOR The Canadian Press tourists have in mind for the first day Feeling pressured and hustled is not what most But soon after they arrive at a resort —- whether it’s in Mexico, Florida or even Canada — many Deals need scrutiny condo in Quebec or a summer cottage in Ontario for the same week every year over the next 10 years. Some of a vacation. tourists find agreements for condominiums. Lured by ‘‘fabulous prizes’’ and get their money back. mark on it is the marketing,"” to slick ‘isti sales pitches to sign contracts for time-sharing commission salespeople, these visitors may find themselves paying a hefty down payment for something they didn’t really want and with no way to “*Time-sharing is a great concept, says Ralph Meldrum, a real-estate agent in Barrie, Ont., in central Ontario. the world. Yvonne Vier are lifetime contracts. The holiday period can often be swapped with other time-share users for a fee — often about $100 — through an exchange service that links resorts around { a Toronto secretary, and her husband entered a time-share agreement three years pressured by coast of Mexico. ago for a unit in Mazatlan, a large city on the Pacific “We found that for Mexico and the Caribbean, you go down on some packages and you can’t get good accommodation. There might be bugs in the place,"’ but the bad she says. “Through time-shari accommodation,” you really get first-class says Viera, who also liked the The region has several ti near ski resorts. iharing just to get people into the resort,”’ pressure-sell.”” back out of an unwanted contract. specific period each year. “*Some resorts give away luggage and even VCRs says Meldrum. ‘‘It's just a matter of getting warm bodies in, tour them and Consumers must be careful before signing on the dotted line because time-share agreements are not covered by legislation in most provinces, which means there is no cooling-off period permitting a person to For fees ranging from $6,000 to $10,000, a time- share agreement allows the use of a condominium for a A typical plan would involve buying two weeks at a Mexican resort every January until the year 2001. Another possibility is buying the right to occupy a ski y of Last year they swapped their time and went to Cancun. shares. Viera was comfortable entering the agreement, but many tourists to Mexico will attest to being annoyed by commission salespeople hawking time- Other resorts use aggressive mail and telephone campaigns that offer chances for prizes, including TV sets, Cars or cash, Once lured to a time-share seminar, people are often told space is limited. The contract cannot be “‘special offer’’ taken home before signing, they’re told, and the expires when they step out the door. “*Spur-of-the-moment buying is the big problem Department. with this,” says Ed Smith, deputy director of the Manitoba Consumer and Co-operative Affairs Home builders slam new tax TORONTO (CP) — The pr goods and services tax will ‘‘drop- kick’’ the suffering home construc- tion industry and make houses even more expensive for first-time buyers, the Toronto Home Builders Association said. “There is abolutely no point in in- troducing the GST under current market conditions,"’ association vice- president David Keenan told the Senate committee holding hearings in- to the seven-per-cent tax set to take effect Jan. 1. The GST should be put off for two years because of the collapse in new home sales, he said, adding that builders have already laid off half of their construction workers. “*It would be in the best interest_of the government to kick-start the in- dustry by deferring GST rather than to drop-kick the industry when it is already down.”" He said the residential construction industry is reeling from high interest rates and a lack of consumer con- fidence caused, in part, by the impen- ding GST. Housing starts across Canada dropped by seven per cent in June to their lowest point since March 1986. While the government has said the GST will increase the price of a typical new home in the Toronto area by 1.6 per cent, or’ $4,800, home builders calculate the impact at three per cent, or $9,350, Renovators are also worried about the GST, said Terry Mills of the association's renovation division. The GST will increase a renovator's tax burden four times and force them to bear the cost of being tax collec- Ke ong eee. Sh T-SHIRTS & SHORTS a a tors, he said. WEDNESDAY Castlegar, B.C. 3 Sections (A, B & C) 75 Cents fas iad Fear of spiders bugs expert irks +++ A6 Latest I move Kristiansen +++ A2 WEATHER Tonight: Cloudy with a few showers. Low near 13. Thursdey: Cloudy with o few sunny breaks sasoue scattered showers. High neor 27 ‘1 back up to 30. Probability of precipitation is 80 per cent tonight wedoy. Friday's outlook is sunny yw ond 60 per cent Thy jew cloudy periods and highs 197 Columbi — WANTED — CLEAN COTTON RAGS Castlégar News Ave., C COMMUNITY NEWS Music students finish courses The following students have com- pleted summer 1990 Royal Conser- vatory of Music theory courses in Trail: ARCT PIANO WRITTEN honours Maria-Teresa Gallo. GRADE 5 HARMONY First Class Honors Teruko Simpson, Heather Mary Beckmyer. GRADE 4 HISTORY Honors with Distinction Sonoko Kambara. First Class Honors Shelli Eaton, Kirstin Mason. Honors Amanda Romney, Amy Zanrosso, Sarah Polonicoff, Denise Smithers, Vanessa Dooley, Sheri Wanjoff. GRADE 2 RUDIMENTS First Class Honors a With Distinction Thomas Jeffery Marko, Shelagh Ross, Olivia Marie Vaal, Perrier. Rory First Class Honors Christine Profili, Todd Sorensen. Honors Gregory Ehman. GRADE 1 RUDIMENTS First Class Honors with Distinction Kirsten Jenkins. First Class Honors Gina Chong, Catherine Horvath. Honors Gerald Chow, Stephanie LeRose. Pass Vanessa Fawcett, Sarah Bruce. PRELIMINARY RUDIMENTS First Class Honors with Distinction Kathryn Fairweather, thony Lucrezi. First Class Honors Julia Anne Driutti, Jennifer B. LeRose. Paul An- Linda Gallo. GRADE 4 COUNTERPOINT Honors PULPIT & PEW Tammy Lynn Francis. GRADE 3 HISTORY First Class Honors IN MEMORIAM CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY. In memoriam donations information: Box 3292, Castlegar, B.C. 365-5167. 104/24 LEGALS By Rev. DAVID A. SMITH Grace Presbyterian Church God did not leave—us—in_doubt about His standard of honesty. “*Do not have two differing weights in your bag — one heavy, one light,”’ He said through Moses. ‘‘Do not have two differing measures in your house — one large, one small. You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. For the Lord your God detests those things, dishonestly.’” anyone who does anyone who deals (Deut. 25:13-16) Some time ago at a luncheon, a businessman told me, “I put my religion in my pocket until I finish a deal.’’ How poor is the man who piles up his wealth but sacrifices his conscien- ce to doit. What about you, though? Are you giving full measure in every relation- ship? FOR SALE oY PUBLIC TENDER ‘enders will be accepted up to noon Tuestey July 31, 1990 for the following 1976 TORO GROUNDMASTER RIDING LAWNMOWER, 72” CU’ COMPLETE WITH ROLLBARS, ROOF 5 MAL CHING ATTACHMENT. The above will be sold on an “As-is. Where-is” basis and can be viewed at the School District Maintenance Cen. ter, 1101-6th Street, between the hours of 7.a.m. and 3 p.m. A certified cheque in the amount of 15% of the tendered amount is requird, with the balance payable upon acceptance of the tender The Board reserves the right to reject any or all tenders. Evelopes must be marked “Mower Tender™ J. DASCHER Secretary-Treasurer School District No. 9 olumble Avenue Castlegar, B.C. VIN IH PICNIC TIME ing into the h ‘ Some 70 people gathered at Pass Creek Park last month for the Full Gospel Fellowship Sunday schoo} picni¢ celebrating Father's Day. Tug of war, water balloon toss and a potato sack race were some of the — perticipants enjoyed before sand salads. Here’s My Card... .} aS (FALCON PAINTING & | DECORATING | | | 2649 FOURTH CASTLEGAR vIn 28! Castlégar News Wayne Stolz Carolin RTISING ADVE — oFrict 365-5210° FAX - soukorott ave NUE ac 365 3563 A.M. FORD SALES LTD, WAY Ove MBC Vinay Cell cornea elleet: 364-0202 365. 0202 CALL It is essential in the business world, we agree, but what about your home? Are you giving honestly and con- sistently to the members of your family? We are a selfish people, and all too often we push our own ideas at the expense of others. We make plans, denying our family members fair op- portunity to have a part in the decision. Do our dealings reveal that we were aligned with His just weights and standards? Personal integrity involves specific acts of honesty when nobody but God and us would know the diffe SELKIRK COLLEGE — CANADA SAFEWAY — THE PRO SHOP — ;OLOURI — 2" COLUMBIA 'A AUTO ‘sel REASURE C! -OHOE Ii CASTLEGAR HERTTIAGE SOCIETY — CELGAR — Hots, Pens, Pins, Tt 1A FLAMINGO MOTEL — TIME AIR — Ball RIVERS MOTE! KALAWSKY PONTIAC, BUICK, R GRASS PRE: B.C. 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Execto Knife US — Free Workout Set of Prints Git Packoge ad ide up Arrow Lokes Hots |_ CHURCH DI NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY 602-7th Street * 365-5212 BEA PART OF OUR CARING, FRIENDLY GROWING FAMILY SUNDAY SERVICES Bible Study Will Resume September! SATURDAY Weekly Youth Explosion OUR DESIRE Is TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS Aino: Young Adult College & Coreer oye’ For further information coll 365-5212 REV. RANKIN McGOUGAN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 1471 Columbie Ave. , Trail 364-0117 Regular Saturday Services Pastor Slawomir Malarek 365-7759 ST. DAVID’S ANGLICAN CHURCH ou rine Plece SUNDAY SERVICES 9AM The Rev. Dorothy Barker 965-2271 or 365-6720 “To Know Christ and Make Him Known ST. PETER LUTHERAN LUTHERAN CHURCH -CANADA ith Street © PASTOR GLEN BACKUS SUNDAY shi 9am woretaberTreatoes Sunday School to resume in the fall Listen to the Lutheron Hour u_ Suriday. a.m. on Radio Ci Ease it FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP (A.C.0.P.) Below Castleaird Plaza Phone 365-6317 PASTOR: BARRY WERNER ¢ 365-2374 — SUNDAY SERVICES — Adult Bible Class 9:30 o.m Morning Worship — 10:30 0.m Children s Church Ages 2:11 Evening Fellowship 6:30 p.m Wednesday: Home Meetings 7 p.m Thursday — Youth Bible Study 7 p.m HOME OF CASTLEGAR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 365-7818 _ Attend the Church of your choice! CHURCH OF GOD 2404 Columbia Avenue Church School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Ira Johnson * 365-6762 1% Blocks South of Community Complex 2329-6th Avenue Phone 365-5818 PASTOR STUART LAURIE * 365 3278 Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m Nursery & Children’s Church provided Week Service & Study ‘A Non-Denominational Family Church Preaching the Word of Faith! GRACE PRESBYTERIAN 2605 Columbia Ave. Morning Worship 11:300.m Church School 11:30 a.m. Rev. Murray Garvin 365- 1-226-7540 UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA 2224-6th Avenue 10. a.m. Worship & Sunday School Mid-Week Activities for all ages. Phone for information. Rev. Ted Bristow 365-8337 or 365-7305 CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 914 Columbic Avenue 10 A.M. FAMILY WORSHIP SERVICE FOR JULY & AUGUST Mon., Tues., 365-2605 Forest. fires flare up By CasNews Staff Pilots in water bombers let loose eight tanker loads of fire retardant Tuesday night to douse what was the largest forest fire of the year in the Arrow forest district. Fifteen hectares of forest burned to a crisp south of Burton, about 90 kilometres north of Castlegar, as crews battled the fire overnight and into the morning before it was finally contained. Just over three hectares of forest had been lost to fire in the entire district up to that point. Logging machinery is suspected to have caused the fire. Besides the damage to the forest, the blaze also put a dent in the dis- trict’s budget which ballooned to $144,000 for 26 fires from $46,578 just a week ago. Last year at this time the district had spent $142,000 on 60 fires. Lightning in a storm last night ignited three fires — two between Castlegar and Salmo and one in Nakusp — which fire crews have already contained, said district fire control officer Skip Walsh. The three new fires and the one near Burton make it 12 fires that have flared up in the district in the last seven days, Walsh said. All have since been put out, or have been contained and are currently under observation, he said. Walsh said six three-person crews were on standby yesterday. Three were called into action when last night's forecast, calling for 80 per cent chance of lightning and a 60 per cent chance of intense lightning, materialized. The fire hazard — on a scale from two to five — was at three yesterday but is expected to come down as a result of last night’s rain, Walsh said. Of the other eight fires, five were caused by lightning and the other three were man caused — a camp fire on an island near Nakusp, a dump fire at Nakusp and the third was a cigarette thrown from a vehicle in Robson. Ministgy battles milfoil By CasNews Staff Eurasian water milfoil, a rapidly growing plant that is plaguing lakes in the Okanagan and Shuswap, isn’t a serious problem in West Kootenay lakes. Kevin Pistak and his colleagues in the Ministry of Environment's water management branch want it to stay thi ay. lak was in Castlegar this week spreading the word about milfoil which has shown up in Christina Lake and one of the Champion lakes but is under control at this point. ‘*We don’t want (boaters) to bring afiy more weeds in to either lake,” said Pistak, public information of- ficer for the Vernon office of the En- vironment Ministry. Pistak said boaters using lakes where milfoil is growing should clean their boats off immediately after use id dispose of plant fragments either in garbage containers or by laying them out to dry well above the high water line. Although milfoil has not been discovered in the Arrow lakes, Pistak said it’s a ‘‘potential problem." Fighting the plant is costly. Pistak said $53,000 has been budgeted to combat milfoil in Christina Lake but the battle last year in Shuswap lake cost the ministry some $300,000. In that area, and the Okanagan, the milfoil Py ys. Castlégar News. i porde Jackie Lek Pi tre's the: Depertmentt. CosNews photo and District Aquatic Centre opened its doors to the public, the new pool is ahead of budget and is expecting its 50,000th visitor to a public swimming session sometime in August, months before pool staff expected to reach that total. The Aquatic Centre budget for this year was prepared with a Projected revenue from public swimming estimated at $80,000, recreation director Pat Metge said in a recent interview. But’ by the middle of July, public swimming had already taken in close to $90,000, he said. However, that extra money will not help pay off the $1.3 million loan that is the 20-year legacy of the overwhelming approval voters in Castlegar, Area J and portions of Area I gave in the October 1988 referendum authorizing the borrowing of the funds to con- struct the pool. The revenue from programs and public swimming at the Aquatic Centre goes into the an- nual operating budget for the pool, Metge said. The debt, in the ‘form of two “IRE'S RISING a free season pass, goggles, cap and lock courtesy of the Castlegar and Qistrict Pool attendance, income exceed goals By CasNews Staff Six months after the Castlegar loans from the Municipal Finance Authority, will be paid off by area residents over the next 20 years through taxation. A GO B.C. grant of $744,000 and financial contributions from local businesses and industries, as well as private donations, made up the balance of the $2.2 million cost of the pool. But the financial situation of the Aquatic Centre is likely the last thing on the minds of most visitors to the pool since January. The public swimming tally, which includes people who attend early bird swims and parent and tot sessions, is already well over 40,000 and the approximately 250 people who use the pool each day are quickly pushing up the total, recreation coordinator Verona Walker said. Walker said continued inter in the pool .— even during the summer — can likely be attributed in part to the ‘‘toys’’ at the pool such as the water slide and the swing rope. The rope is especially Popular, she noted Metge said the Aquatic Centre has‘also been i at i et He (left) and Shelley Soukoreff strike a pose in front of the Castlegar re's thermometer which is used to keep tabs on how many swimmers have ines ‘the facility since it opened. The lucky 50,000th person to come through the doors wins Celgar report ‘credible’ By CasNews Staff Ceigar Pulp Co.'s revised environ- mental assessment and review of its Proposed pulp mill expansion is ‘‘a credible attempt to provide better un- derstanding of{.the issues raised,’’ Castlegar Chamber of Commerce president Jim Craig said Tuesday. Since important links between the mill and the community exist, the chamber has engaged The DPA Group Inc. of Vancouver to under- take an assessment of the social and of p ing Or not proceeding with the expansion Project, Craig said in a prepared Statement. The chamber of commerce study has been defined and some com- munity members will be contacted within the next week by the resear- chers working on the study, he said. Craig added that the chamber study would contribute to the body of in- formation available to the public and the federal-provincial panel reviewing Celgar’s proposal on the importance of the forest industry to the Castlegar area. Funding for the chamber of com- merce study was obtained from the community through direct contact by chamber members. The “study is ex- pected to be completed by late August. “The Castlegar Chamber Study is expected to complement the work already undertaken by Celgar and provide specific information necessary to understand the need for a viable base in ¢ indoor facilities call for details about how the Castlegar pool is designed and operated. The recent annual conference of the B.C. Recreation and Parks Association held in Castlegar at the Community Complex helped “Spread the word about the city’s new pool, Metge said. The facility has been running well mechanically, he said, although some- minor glitches have arisen, among them problems -with the ozone sysiem that eliminates the characteristic chlorine smell associated with in- door pools. But the problems have not been serious enough to put the pool in jeopardy, Metge said. Central Kootenay health officer Andrea Hall said pool staff have had to comply with some health regulations that have been conten- tious because they are ‘‘non- specific.’” “‘But you couldn't call them problems,”’ Hall said. She said pool staff ‘‘have had some regulatory hoops to jump through,"’ particularly in the case of play equipment. But “seem across the province as other com- munities which are considering to be complying with everything"’ now, Hall said. Labor bill called ‘asinine’ VICTORIA (CP) — A bill that would reveal every detail of public sector labor disputes in British Columbia was called asinine and un- necessary Tuesday by union battle to has been lost and the effort now is just keep the plants under control, Pistak said. The aim is to keep the top three metres of water clear for boaters please see MILFOUL page A? I don’t know whether to laugh or cry,"’ said Johm Shields, president of the B.C. Government Employees Union. ‘‘It’s unnecessary and the cost to the taxpayer to set up yet another level of bureaucracy is going to be astronomical."’ Shields also called the legislation asinine and said it would affect more than 100,000 public sector workers, including teachers, hospital workers, municipal employees and provincial government workers Finance Minister Me! Couvelier in- troduced the Public Sector Collective Bargaining Disclosure Act in the legislature for first reading Tuesday and said it would “‘bring sunshine in- to the process."’ The legislation would require par- ties in a public sector labor dispute to disclose their to an in- the West Kootenay," Craig said Celgar last week said it is commit- ted to using the best available technology to reduce air emissions and effluent discharges to make the Castlegar mill one of the most en- a JIM CRAIG ..- report helps understanding (In fact, there will be no detectable dioxins even in the untreated effluent, at the point where it comes out of the bleach plant, before it is directed to the new, two-stage waste treatment system where microbial action will work to remove dioxins and other contaminants, Celgar says.) © Hydrogen peroxide will be in- troduced into the bleaching process to further reduce chlorine use and curtail the production of chlorinated organic compounds. © More environmentally benign chlorine dioxide, which bleaches through a different chemical reaction than chlorine, will be substituted for approximately 70 per cent of the _chlorine currently used by the mill © Celgar is committed to a goal of i a chlorine-free ir P bleached softwood kraft pulp mills. in the world. “The report is an environmental blueprint for Celgar’s future,’’ said Wilf Sweeney, general manager of Celgar’s expansion project. ‘‘It points the way to a vastly improved mill, showing that this region can have secure jobs and the quality of life that Pianned development can bring — while meeting all government regulations that are designed to Protect the environment.’” Among the conclusions in the revised report: © There will be no detectable levels of dioxins and furans discharged into the Columbia River. This will be achieved in part by # sharp reduction in the use of chlorine to bleach wood- chips and by construction of a new, secondary effluent treatment system. mill. It has initiated a research Program to determine the technical and economic feasibility of chlorine. free bleaching. In the meantime, the new processes designed into the modernized mill will reduce chlorine usage by about 85 per cent for each tonne of pulp produced. Even with a doubling of production, total chlorine use will be cut by 68 per cent. © The modernized mill will achieve a net reduction in air emissions estimated at 89 per cent, compafed to the existing mill. This will be accom- plished by a new, low-odor recovery boiler, electrostatic precipitators and other technologies to limit sulphur dioxide emissions. © Total reduced sulphurs, the emissions produced in the pulping Process that cause the rotten-egg please see CELGAR page A? Cominco smelter back to normal By CasNews Staff Cominco Ltd.'s Trail smelter is back to normal operations after the United Steelworkers of America voted 76.7 per cent of accepting a new 27-month contract with the company. Results of the vote were announced late Friday and ended a 12-day strike which began July 9 The contract gives 3,300 Steelwor- kers in five locals an average 18 per cent wage increase over the next 27 months, including an increase in 1991 to help cover price increases expected as a result of the federal government's new goods and services tax Cominco, which has maintained it has a policy of not commenting on dependent registrar before a strike or, lockout. The registrar would then be required to call an open meeting please seg BILL pege A2 until they are remained tight-lipped Tuesday about the new contract. “We're really not making any for- mal statements or comments as to how things went and how we feel now 6 oS BPS rs Eee * ~ it’s over other than the fact, of cour- se, we're quite relieved for everyone concerned that it is over,’’ Cominco public relations officer Carol Vanelli said. Startup of the smelter began im- mediately after the results of the ratification vote were announced late Friday and the plant was “‘pretty much’ back in full operation Tuesday, Vanelli said. The agreement also paves the way for the reopening of the Sullivan mine in Kimberley which Cominco shut down in January, putting some 900 people out of work The mine, which currently employs a skeleton staff of about 50, is expec- ted to be back in full operation by mid-October. Mine workers will be called back gradually over a three-month period as the mine resumes operations, Vanelli said.