April’ 5, 1989 Oil OTTAWA (CP) — The oil slick released from the —Exxon Valder is muctrctoser-to Canada's west-coast that the government is adiitting, Jim Fultow, the NDP en vironment critic said during a rare emergency debate in the Commons. slick close to coast an y : iting, N ‘. "tii, Fulton’ s riding Of Skeena Includes the Queen Charlot —Colurhbie shoreline, said Fulton. for not rushing Canadian scientists to Ataska immediately te bslands and the-tanadian mamkend closest te the Mebile Sid {such aw . Alaskan coast he acknowledged Canadian salmon stocks may face some long-term damage asa result of the oil spill. Some salmon in the afea of the spill return to Canadian waters after spawning in Alaskan rivers Captain surrenders, NEED TIME thwestern British Columbia, not !,000 kilometres away, page A& Canadian halibut stocks could also be threatened if the said Fulton, who obtained his information. from. the oil remains in the Gulf of Alaska for an extended period of Canadian Coast Guard time, said Siddon, but it will take months to determine if However, Tom Siddon, minister of tishenes and this threat is real oceans, said the slick was moving southwest — away from More than 40 million litres of crude oil began seeping Canadian shorelines and called Fulton's allegations — out of the American tanker Exxon Valdez on March 24 af- irresponsitte: ter the supertanker Tar-aground near the Alaskan port of “I is highly improbable that this oil slick will move in that direction towards the Alsek River,"” But a shift in wind has already occurred and if a nor British My Lshiftishighipauntiked waters might be He also urged Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to call we have to co U.S. President George Bush and tefl him ** ordinate our efforts” in fighting the spill Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard said the Canadian government reacted as quickly as possible to the efier-the-spill-to determine whal the threat to Canadian eae aa ‘ oe . : Se - " yas 1 eat The thick, black. slick, which is now half the size of Nova Scotia, is slightly more than 300 kilometres from nor dangers posed by the spill But the government's plan to deal with spills will be reviewed and changed if necessary, he said ““H-we find out that we must upgrade equipment (or) we must improve the swiftness.of the reaction time, we will do itand-we will report tothe public," said Bouchard: “We have nothing to hide.”’ In Victoria, British Columbia Premier Bill Vander Zalm welcomed the emergency debate, saying Canadians across the country should know about the issue. During the debate, which lasted well into the morning hours, the government said it would send a team of experts to Alaska to study the situation “The mouth-of-the Atsek River ts-2007 mites (320 kilometres) from-where the stick is, as it comes Out of Mon tague Sound,”’ said Fulton decided, ‘Let's keep the people calm away ... nobody need worry about it Kristiansen says feds ignored B.C NELSON, B.C. (CP) government. ignored -British- Colum NEW ATTRACTION .. . Minute A 20” COLOR TV AND VCR! attention of pesser-by with a> ENTER YOUR NAME AT CENTRAL FOOD FOR A CHANCE TO WIN! 35-foot cold air balloon. TURKEY WINGS pasviousty SAUSAGES Valdez. The slick threatens thousands of sea otters, seals and whales and millions of fish. Liberal Lesder John Turner slammed the government ‘Some gerbil somewhere said Sidon. Tell them it's so far thwesterly wind continues, it could threaten CROSSRIB As 54%u $199 ~ «109, 59° [STEWING BEEF... $929 BONELESS MINUTE MUFFLER near the Waneta Plaza in Trail is drawing the attention of passers-by with a 35 Cast legar News TREET TALK foot cold air balloon. Minute Muffler owner Dennis Deptuck says the The federal fouled Vancouver Island beaches last January, and the current. spill off balloon is kept inflated ty a constantly running fan. t bia’s priorities in its throne speech, the New Democrat member for Kootenay West-Revelstoke said Lyle Kristiansen said the nment seems to have turned its back on gover Alaska, caused by a grounded super tanker ‘Given the high degree of concern among. the public, been a strong commitiment to improve ere should have A NUMBER OF Castlegar are on the move David S. Williams will move soi businesses and institutions in The office of chiropractor etime this month to here is also a two-foot-diameter mercury vapor lamp inside which illuminates the balloon at night Deptuck, . Says thé cold air balloon a Stanley Humphries secondary school d-and former Castlegar resident now living in Eruit ‘is fairly portable’’ and eg 3 PORK. BULK $169/Bl PORK LOIN CUT INTO CHOPS . WHOLE OR HALF 3] 88 7 ekg 4 iy 1406°Columbia Ave Columbia Ave West Kootenay Enterprise Development Centre, was occupied by Living Waters Faith Fellowship from its present location at 625 __ relatively easy to put up and take down, its election ‘agenda, instead of’ ad our capabilities,” he said dressing priorities such as renewing federal-provincial tree-planting agreements, improving crisis response to coastal oil spills and lowering real in Kristiansen also slammed the gover The new facility, located next to the He says the balloon will be up for awhile yet, although ne decision has yet been made on keeping it GOTCHA! CasNews publisher Burt Campbell was not pleased when he saw the editgrial cartoon in last nment for “not mentioning a new forestry act $ 49 eee 1 hog BUDGET Seven Over FLETCHERS kg. tb. LIMIT $4.95. —-CENTRAL_DELI DELITES —_ OVERLANDER BLACK FOREST MILD CHEDDAR CORNED BEEF CHEESE ORSHAVED 100G 99° ib. $78 OVERLANDER SUMMER BEEF SALAMI | SAUSAGE | SAUSAGE Fee we OO Been. 99" | oemven.9 2 OO COFFEEv™ ..°)992 PEPSI or 7 UP OLD DUTCH é Bis .| POTATO CHIPS | ICE CREAM 998 lescx sone _ 4 $3** The church purchased its own facilities and moved The building, located at 2329 6th Ave “*L hope this doesn't mean they've on the weekend was the location of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Wit Sunday's newspaper I didn’t care for the editorial page cartoon,” read Campbell's note left on editor Simon Birch’s. desk terest rates. forgotten the forest industry in He said the speech, read- by Gov Canada,"’ he said nesses. Living Waters had rented two different facilities The chur Gen. Jeanne Sauve, responded almost Real interest rates — the difference to the interests of Canada’s Maybe there was something there | didn’t catch on to, between the rate of inflation and the before obtaining its first permanent building, prime lend rate tioned, the New cupationat—heaith—and—satets—eritie said entirely business community also were not men- ch has been established for three years and plans to hold — but Kristiansen said he was pleased that the environment was addressed in the speech. But he said it was an open house for its new facilities in the near future Meanwhile, the Jehovah's Witnesses have property — message ai the side of the page behind Maloney Pontiac and hope to start construction —_ at 3 a.m. reading the editorial page on a new building later this summer wasn't bothered enough not to go back to sleep,” the members are meeting at the Kingdom Hall in South Slocan é uw e e THE CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF K & ¢C A j f COMMERCE is looking at new facilities. George ©) | Cc | re | Is Holford, CIBC's manager of property administration, said the bank is having discussions with Gulf Pacific, managers of the Castleaird Plaza, for a new location By CasNews Staff within the centre ina Members of Kootenay Savings he says. Credit Union had cause for celebration Democrats’ o¢ Next to the typewritten message was a handwritten MORTGAGE BURNING . . . Ray Mulvihill, (left) former manager of Trail Credit Union and Doug Stanley, chief executive officer of Kootenay Savings Credit Union, burn mortgage of Trail building inside portable gas barbeque. The ceremonial burning took place at KSCU's annual meeting in Trail Tuesday night. The barbeque was later given away as one of the door prizes. SLICED OR SHAVED UKRAINIAN Campbell said Ne was up CANADIAN .... “Fortunately, | ‘astonishing’’ rio mention was made There’s no mention of the problem In the meantime, at all, other than saying they want to message read. deficit paying such high interest on it of improving Canada’s ability to deal, CosNews photo by Chery! Calderbonk environmental such as the oil spill which n't until he was in the office later Sunday wondering if he'd dreamed the whole thing, Campbell explained later to his staff, that he finally realized he was the victim of an April Fool's joke The cartoon volving two rattlesnakes and a condom reduce the because they're LYLE KRISTIANSEN . budget favors business with emergency problems, Dual entry continued from front poge REGULAR, OVERLANDER oD best described as‘a risque piece in. was included ‘special edition’ which shop foreman Peter Harvey student “thay write an epic,” she said. ‘Nothing is committed or confirmed, ran off the press Saturday night and made sure Cam “We are still having ongoing discussions. “regular” edition ANNE'S COIFFURES has moved from the up- Town Centre to the street level of the Farrell said the Ministry of Education has been unable pbell got instead of the You guys got me,"’ Campbell's final addition to his memo read. ‘Happy April Fool’s Day! CASTLEGAR’S BEST-KNOWN SKIER FELIX BELCZYK is certainly Among his recent fan mail was a plea from a West Ger Balahura said the district should be ** than reactive” to the ministry"§ draftiegislation and strike a district committee to determine what ungraded primary classes mean for Castlegar schools and how the schools will have to adjust to the new system proactive rather toanswerany of the questions raised by the forum mortgage on the building was paid out in the spring of 1988 Eugene Sternberg of Denver, Colo a well-known credit union designer’ at the time, was commissioned to under by asset stairs of the Marlane Hotel A NEW BUSINESS is-opening up in Castlegar Just Ev’s Chocolate and Giftshop will open later this month on 4th Street in the former Classy Fabrics The forum agreed, however, that the problems are with how the system*will be administered, not with the idea Mulvihill added that with the com TWIN PACK. 200 G pletion of the mortgage on the admired-all-over the world building, the next step is underway “We've got great days behind us, itself The ministry has modified its policy to allow districts Tuesday night at their annual meeting PLUS DEPOSIT in Trail as they witnessed a ceremonial man man for wo autographed, photos of Belezyk Teachers nged to know how they will teach in the new system, she said. She suggested teachers may be teaching the same skills to a diverse group of children, allowing each child to perform at his Or her own level While tearning poetry, write three lines and draw a picture, while for example, 1990. Castlegar will decided, questions raised one child might amore advanced to. delay implementa to give the district The government plans ation of the wrogram until September wait until nekt September, the trustees ume to find answers to the to have the new Tegislation passed by the summer, Wayling said after the meeting. MPs roast Broadbent OTTAWA(CP) and the agreement Tuesday, The government opposition heaping praise d Broadbent were in rare and one-liners — on E In the second meeting of the Con Broadbent March 4 he will retire as leader of the New Democratic Minister versary mons. since announced Party, Prime Brian Mulroney said | has never waivered in b ciples and always put the country terests first “For that the member for Oshawa has.earned t iration By CasNews Staff Castlegar set a new record low tem perature for March as cold arctic air moved out of the forth during the first week of the month Castlegar recorded a low teyw perature of -16C on March 3, beating the previous record low temperature of -14.6C set on-March-6,—1976, the Castlegar weather office reported in its monthly weather summary By the second week of March, the flow of air was off the Pacific, bringing Taxes continued from front page an average of nineper cent around the province last year, firner said Castlegar received a 6.5-per-cent raise;-he said, which wast’ T enough 10 prevent a tax hike. Most of the extra money needed is for the new contracts negotiated between the board and its teachers and non-teaching staff, he said The grant increase should go into ef fect immediately, Turner said, so idwill help homeowners this year when_the board votes on the tax rate by May | Turner said that if the government continues to increase funds for school board budgets, in two or three years the board will be out of the restraint period and tax increases will no longer be necessary and fespect of all members of the House of Commons," Mulroney said He has. made a singular con nto our national life an look ment of padding around hist well-heeled smoking Mor cigars on a beach alter ing of So in the Sandy strict of Ottawa or Criste exhausting me national, Mulroney said to laughter In praising Broadbent, Mulroney went beyond the customa allowed members for weather with it more normal temperatures, cloud and precipitation, the summary say The weather office reported that rainfall was above normal for the mon thwhile snow fall totals were within 0.5 centimetres of normal Castlegar tied its previous record of 19 days for the number of days without measurable, precipitation. The mean Oldtime compete By CasNews Staff Kootenay No. 9 B.C. Oldtime Fid dlers Association is sponsoring an Old time Fiddle Contest and Danee-Satur day at the Castlegar Complex Community The fiddlers association expects about 30 fiddlers to enter thé annual contest. Contestants usually come from throughout .B.C,,—Alberta—and the northwestern United States A number of local fiddlers are also expected to enter the contest them will be Jody and Ashiey pkins, Among Tom winners of the novice category last year Contestants must play a waltz, a jig anda reel in that order in a four-minute time limit. There are five different categories in the contest: Novce (two before question period Liberal Leader John Turner seemed as-surprised as the NDP benches Mulroney's tribute dtake that as a niment,”? Turner Il were youkd,+ prelude quipped after Broadbent a stand an ap Commons gave vation Turner said he has always respected 1 parliamentarian ometime parliamentary Liberal party lik chilly maximum temperatur 2 The mean was 0.7 one degree below norm minamum temperature © below normal, resulting in a monthly mean temperature of 2.9C, 0.5C below nor mal Castlegar had 97.5 hours of sun hine for March, well-below the nor Fa ame rei pee F idd | ers years playing or less), Junior (17 and under), Senior (over 65), Limited (open to every contestant), Registration for contestants will take place between 8 a.n Saturday. The preliminaries begin at 10 am. and the final underway at 6:30p.m and dance get For the record The Castlegar correct information News received in which was in cluded in the front-page story March 29 on the drowning of achild The child’s correct name is Hale burning of the mortgage on the Trail Building Ray Mulvihill, retired manager-of Trait-Credit-Union, gave the historybehindthe acquisition of the property and the building, which now serves as the Trail branch and ad Kootenay former ministrative office of Savings Trail Credit Union, about $8 million in 1967 undertook the $800,000 building project to provide a permanent home for the locally owned credit union. The credit union took out amorigage for $400,000 at six-per-cent interest. Mulvihill, who was the credit as in with assets of union’s manager at the time, w strumental in co-ordinating the building project After 240 monthly payments, the Credit union continued from front page 1988 was due to the Kootenay Kids program Robson president of KSCL tors, also Nick Ogloff, *s board of direc resident gave members some highlights from 1988 To meet the demands of the market Kootenay Savings acquired adjoining the main Trail branch building to allow for continued place, property expansion of services Plans are underway for the effec live utilization of the new building to relieve the strain on staff and premises at-vhe-main branch office in Trail,’ Ogloff said In the middle of the year Kootenay take the building project. Mulvihill pointed out that it was the first building in the City of Trail using pre _cast_concrete-andthe-first-buitding with built-in air conditioning The building was completed and oc cupied in late 1967. Mulvihill said that when the building was officially opened the streets were blocked in all directions The Trail Credit Union was the focal point of an amalgamation of suc cessfully operated community credit unions. They became known officially on Jan. 1, 1969 as Kootenay Savings Credit Union In the past 20 years the credit union has grown into the leading financial organization in the southern interior and the 12 largest credit union fn B.C but far greater days ahead,”” Mulvihill said He was referring 10 the credit union's plans for an expansion in Trail. KSCL former Tognotti building at Bay and Farwell in 1988. The KSCU board recently ap: proved the first phase of a facilities purchased the development concept to provide dequate space for the long-term nancial and corporate needs of the organization. Total renovation of the former Tognotti building will soon be under taken. It will house the Kootenay Savings Insurance Services Ltd. — the wholly owned subsidiary of Kootenay Savings. The renovated building will be ready for occupancy in early June Savings negotiations i stigated by—Trail Insurance Agency Ltd. to purchase the book of insurance business of that firm “This acquisition hastens the need for additional Trail office space for completed Kootenay Savings Insurance Services Ltd., our wholly owned subsidiary Last year also saw an application for union certification granted to staff in six branch locations. In other business, results of the March 28 elections for directors in the Trail region were released There were four candidates for three positions. Winning the seats were Jack Colbert with 498 votes, incumbents Joe Biagioni with 462 and Martin with 443 votes. The fourth Richard Georgetti, received The terms are for’ three year Ogloff was also re-elected by ac amation to represent Castlegar South Slocan Two directors have down also. stepped Derril Thomas, whose term expired, decided not to let his name stand represented the Trail representative Thomas Trail ‘region for 18 years. He was president from 1974-78. Edith Lawton of Fruitvale has also stepped down. She was first elected to the board in 1985. Jim Brookghas been appointed to fill her spot until next year’s annual meeting. location, The shop, operated by Evelyn Bennett, will sell gifts and chocolate made by local crafts people plea, **Please, please have comprehension for my sportly the letter reads. Now, that’sa fan B.C. Tel continued from front page Telephone bill, B.C. Tel’s public affairs administrator Ed Clark said today But Clark cautioned that those figures are tentative. He added that he hopes the CRTC |will make a decision on B.C. Tel’s plan as early as June Hf the CRTC B.C. Tel would then work with local elected officials on the wording of a plebiscite which would be mailed to B.C. Tel customers in Castlegar, Clark said. He said the customers must ap: prove the rate increase for the new ser vice by a simple majority of 50 per cent approves the plan, plus one. Clark said B.C duct the plebiscite during the summer or over the Christmas holidays because Tel would not con of the number of people vacation al (hose times The plebiscite would be preceded by an ‘‘extensive”’ campaign by B.C. Tel toinform customers in Castlegar of the new service and its cost, Clark said Ifthe CRTC approves the plan and a majority of customers approve the rate increase in the plebiscite, then the company could implement the service sometime in 1990, Clark said The key thing is we have to have a away on very extensive community awareness program take place," he said If the plebiscite is defeated, B.C would have to wait three y conducting another plebiscite, Clark said Castlegar to Trail became _gligible for the toll-free one-way service under new criteria the CRTC established in December Under the new criteria, communities qualify if 60 per cent of the customers in one exchange call the other exchange at least once a month, three months out of four, and if the distance between B.C. Tel’s main switching centres in the communities does not exceed 64 kilometres (40 miles) Under the Trail to Castlegar to Nelson and Nelson to Castlegar do not qualify Among the communities included in the plan for one-way toll-free service are Genelle to Castlegar, Kaslo to Nelson, Salmo to Nelson, Slocan to Vallican, South Slocan to € astlegar, Thrums to Nelson and Vallican to Castlegar criteria, Castlegar, Council to fight for skeleton HARTLAND, N.B. (CP) council is goirig to court for the right to bury Fred the skeleton. Town The century-old-skeletém of a mid-=—4 dle-aged whom nicknamed Fred was found after a warehouse burned-down in Hartland last May The skeleton, man investigators along with a sword, noose and black cape were among the trappings of Knights of Pythias fraternity apparentlyused—during a local chapter of the It was initiation ceremonies The Knights have demanded return of the skeleton Seniors sell-tickets West Kootenay seniors are selling lickets to raise money for the: B.C Senior Games which wiil be held in Trail in September Cost of the tickets is $1 and the win ner will receive a $500 shopping spree at the Nelson Overwaitea. Draw date is July 15 Meanwhile, the zone playoffs in horseshoes have it was announced that been changed to Castlegar on May 20. Mt. Sentinel TV Society ANNUAL MEETING Sun., April 16 0 p.m. Winlaw Hall * Financial Statement Election of Directors If You Want the Job Done Right. . . 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