ESTABLISHED AUG. 7. 1947 saamaen OF THe 8.C. PRESS COUNCR TWh wren MAY 4 1900 Te MUD Ly campesn vested in ond to Contie News Lid. provided. belong 10 the plonpearenynanestonrm PUBLISHER — Burt Compbell EDITOR — Ron Norman PLANT FOREMAN — Peter Horvey OFFICE MANAGER — Lindo Kositsin ADVERTISING MANAGER Corel CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hodley 0 and sole copyright n ony printed matter Nowever belongs Cee mere epered trom repre procts, engremmgs. ot. rowded by We 7O-AUG 27. 1980 Mogow Produced by Conte thet copra 7 that vert ond Big favor for B. Cc. It may be ps Pr s of a breakthrough Japanese trade, but Prime M Brian Mulroney has done British Columbia a big favor by pressing for better terms on which to sell lumber. The details remain to be sorted out but it appears that Prime Minister Yasuhiro ik has the U.S. Cong Sond some in- dustry lobbies are trying to make the case that the competition is un- fair; they complain about losing jobs and sales. Although the first one failed, a new attempt is now in the works to get the U.S. gover- nment to impose tariff penalties on Canadian lumber imports. The agreed to at least a loosening of market restrictions on Canadian lumber. The effect this will have is unclear. According to one Canadian official with Mr Mulroney in Japan, it will bring massive opportu: jes. In Van- couver it seems the reaction is very cautious. British Columbia's lumber in- dustry, so hard-hit by the economic slump, should be‘keenly exploring every avenue for increased sales. This is especially important because of the threat faced in the United States, the main market on which our industry has perhaps placed too much reliance. Our very success in the U.S. market has created a tension in relations with our neighbor. cong almost scuttled the two countries’ plans to begin major negotiations on freer general trade. Against the background Mr. Mulroney appears in the role of salesman in Jopan, a lumber market long restricted by high tariffs and. tough building rules that discriminate against Canadian imports. The reports from Tokyo saying the Japanese will now relax these rules, along with an earlier promise of future tariff reductions, should be the signal not for skep- ticism but for all-out efforts to crack the market. We expect the B.C. industry to be delighted and to roll up its sleeves. (Reprinted trom the Vancouver Sun) eee D’Arcy Report Editor's note: Following are rere from remarks made by My concern, which I want to express to this on behalf of Selkirk MLA Chris D‘arcy in the aiaioe © on . April 15, during debate of spending estimates for the Ministry of Post- di ion. The College and the students and faculty there, is that I don't want to see any further cuts in programs. There have been major cuts in programs in the last few years due to the various restraint di I want to talk very briefly to the minister about Selkirk College. Very recently they received their budget, and while I want to make the point that there was a one per cent increase because of, shall we say, uncontrolled inflationary items, the college is in a situation where they have to absorb about $350,000 into their core pro grams: out of their core programs, I guess would be the best way to put it. The basic reason for this — and I'm not afguing for or against this — is that within the collective agreements that they have, largely with their instruc- tional staff, there are a whole bunch of increments that have to be paid. I suppose there's potential that some of this could be offset by Excellence in Education grants. I happen to think that all programs there are excellent and should be eligible for assistance. I don’t think it's new to point out to this committee — but I'm going to do it again — that a lot of inflationary items are simply uncontrolled by the — tution. A major one, especially in recent years, has been textbook cost; another is utilities. In the case of both and of course as we have discussed in past years there was the necessity of the college budget absorb- ing the costs of operating some of the courses that were inherited by the demise of David Thompson University Centre and the Neslon school of arts — some of the courses, as I say; most of the courses from those institutions were lost, but some were absorbed by the college with very little extra funding to make those up. So I would like the minister and his administrators to take this under consideration when applications, espec- ially for Excellence in Education grants, come before them, because if that does not take place, I want to stress to the committee and the min- ister that some of the valuable techni- cal programs and the very. valuable academic offered by that in- stitution will have to be cut even more than they have been in the last few years. The minister has just conceded, in ahswering the member from Nelson- Creston, that one of the important functions of the college is to Provide the Casth and and the imp we've got plant structures which are close to 20 years old now, and no matter how well constructed or engin- eered, when plant facilities get close to 20 years old your maintenance and re- pair costs start to go up. job-training opportunities in the kind : economic atmosphere which we are in right now, and the ability of this particular institution to even maintain existing technologies and existing aca- demic services, is severely strapped. Letters to the Editor Remember When? 35 YEARS AGO From the May 10, 1951 News the ¢. ium. On the platform, besides school board members, principal Mr. J.A. ‘Thomas and vice-principal Mr. . dd, were the schools from Trail, Castlegar, Keloen and Grand Forks districts, the archi- tect and contractor, the Hon. A.D. Turnbull, Minister of Health and Welfare and Mr. H.L. Campbell, assistant superintendent of Education and the Rev. Archdeacon Resker. . The Castlegar Projects Society is endeavoring to purchase Block 19 (the ball park) for a village park. It is their intentions, if the deal is made, to develop the property into a playground for children as well as a beauty spot 7 =. village. The Castle News has moved to the basement of the Sportsmen's Shop. A national civil defence exercise to test communications right across Can- ada was held last Friday throughout the Dominion. Locally, over 100 com- munications were handled at the forestry office where CD officials worked a 10-hour stint. . . ‘The $515,000 schoo! building refer- endum being presented to the rate- payers of School District No. 9 a week tomorrow (May 19) will cost $17,500 a year for the next 20 years and will mean an increase in the mill rate of only .65 mills. ._ 2. 8 The vast $65,000,000 Celgar opera. tion-scheduled to go into peak pro- duction June 1 — will mean numerous direct and indirect benefits for Trail ~ the Kootenays, Ian Barclay of Tired of bench warming Editor, ( Td like to take this opportunity to comment on our star corporate citizen, Westar Timber’s Southern Wood Pro- News: ducts here in Castlegar. They have consistently over the past several years show a total disregard for the economic well-being of its so-called “junior” employees (junior meaning eight years of service or less). Over the past five-year period, Westar has laid off myself and perhaps 100 or so other “junior” employees whenever it feels it is justified in doing so. During this period I have been laid off at least 100 times; sometimes I get laid off one day and called in the next. I have even been laid off, called into work, and laid off again all in the same day! All of the other “junior” employ- ees can tell of similar horror stories. These layoffs always occur at the end of a shift (usually about 20 minutes before the shift is over). We are on call 24 hours a day and can be called in at any time apa are expected to cancel any plans we may have had and report to work. This situation makes it impossible to plan anything in advance or to budget our money from one week to the next. We don’t know if we. can meet our financial obligations each month and we are forced to accept these terms or not work at all. If I would have known seven years ago that job security was a term that only applied to senior employees, I doubt very much I would have hired on. However, the company is not totally to blame for this situation. Our union has done a very poor job of trying to put a halt to our shrinking membership and has not taken a firm stand on the issue of cutbacks to its junior members. I think their lack of concrete action on this very critical issue has resulted in a loss of interest and faith in our union amongst the junior employees. Why should we support a union that has done virtually nothing to protect our jobs? Are we not equal members of the same union and are we not entitled to the same rights and privileges as the senior employees? I think it is a sad commentary on union solidarity when we do not stand united on this point. Wait until layoffs affect people with 15 and 20 years of seniority and then we will hear more No other alternative Editar, Castleg News: I would appreciate the opportunity to reply to thy Castlegar resident who wrote the recent letter “deploring our local school board's decision to raise taxes” as an alternative to try and save our public school system from disaster. Ihave to agree with him. It is indeed “deplorable”, but it is not unique to Castlegar. More than 50 school boards in British Columbia have arrived at represent us in decision-making and most of us have the fullest confidence that they truly represent our wishes, whining and complaining than we have ever heard before. The company will tell us that these layoffs have taken place out of economic necessity, but it would seem to me that instead of replacing men with machinery, they could be expan ding their operations, thus eliminating the need for layoffs of any kind. Surely they could develop other products for sale and export at a time when sales are good and profits are up. These profits should be reinvested into expanding their operations instead of succumbing to this “lean and mean” hy which has pe the forest industry. In conelusion, I would like to tell Westar, to either play me or trade me; I'm getting tired of warming the bench. Terry Student clarifies article Editor, Castlegar News: I would like to clarify some infor mation that was not included in the article Magazine Goes to Press by Barb Little in the May 7 edition of the Castlegar News. It fails to mention the saa. the : are di but we feel they are only sof this news. The message is dictated by the “king” in Victoria and, therefore, to shoot the is ris as well as P hy and Graphic Design students put into making this first edition possible. My concern is for the students and fr edwcationn general The last three Quotable Quotes PRINCE CHARLES made light of his wife Diana's fainting spell this week and joked about the rumors that she is pregnant when he spoke at a dinner. “It Lal really entirely due te the that comely in British Columbia — the weather and the general fertile condi tions which have ensured that she's about to have sextuplets; which is really why she fainted.” The audience was stunned by the comment and the prince quickly added “It's not actually true.” A FORMER Montreal port commis- sioner said he convinced mayor Jean Drapeau to put Expo 67 in the middle of the St. Lawrence River so as not to Redskins fans) for giving him a great reward Jewish Guy Beaudet, claiming that the river site was his idea, said cfty hall officials initially considered 12 sites and Drap- eau personally favored the spot where the Olympic Stadium was eventually built. “T'm not racist — this is going to sound racist — but most of the land was in the hands of Jews who would take the sseney ond go te Hines” Baudet said he told Drapea QUARTERBACK- TURNED- RESTAURANTEUR Joe Theismann wanted to thank his offensive line (known as the Hogs to Washington on the way to the 1982 Super Bow! championship. So he had them over to lunch at his restaurant. “For a man who stand six foot eight inches and weighs 320 pounds, there is no such thing as a snack — and I had eight of them in my restaurant,” Theismann recalls. “The bill was more than $2,000.” Theismann said when his team went to the Super Bow! again the next year, “I gave each a portrait of himself instead. At least that'll last longer than the food.” have assured us that this babe was only temporary and would be as soon as the economy “picks up”. These same three wise men now tell us that if we want to save what is left of education we must go to the local taxpayer to ask for more money; therefore, we are left with no (Some students even gave up the field trip to Vancouver so that the magazine would go to press time.) Design, illustrations, photography, typography, layout, paste-up, and some editing were also done by other departments in the Graphic Communi cations program. Writing students were only involved in creating some articles and editing of the magazine. The Electronic Publishing students also spent long hours in getting national advertisers to buy ads to pay for the printing costs and to get a comprehensive mailing list together for its cireulation. Without the commitment of Mike McKinney apa manager), Lynn getting this publication together, it would. not have turned out as well. vice-president of Celgar Mer Columbia Cellulose Company said last week at Trail. Speaking at a “get-acquainted™ ban- quet sponsored by the City of Trail, “Mr-Bartizy said annuxi purcimses of all divisions of the Celgar empire would amount to more than $13,000,000 a year. . 26 * trained RCMP i tig: tors arrived in the Kootenays on the weekend as the provincial attorney- general's department ordered an all out effort to end an outbreak of terrorism. The move was made following three bomb incidents Friday night and Satur day. A display counter in a Trail department store and three power poles in the Shoreacres region were blown up. 15 YEARS AGO From the May 13, 1971 News The Governor General's silver medal was presented to Donald Munk at Sel. kirk College's fourth annual convoca tion held Saturday in the main lounge. . 8 6 The federal government has allo cated $14,200 to a group of Selkirk College students allowing an extensive study of environmental factors in the West Kootenay to be undertaken. The project, sponsored through the Oppor. tunities for Youth Program will involve 13 students with three faculty advi sors. . 2e « Minister of Industry Trade and Commerce Jean Luc-Pepin will be visi ting the area on the weekend. Lue-Pepin will arrive Saturday morning. Following a news conference at the Hi Arrow Arms the minister will be meeting with business, industry, union and civic representatives. . © « Four Grade 11 Stanley Humphries school students are away on an exchange for a week in Cheney, Wash. and four students from Cheney are visiting Castlegar, The exchange Rotary Margie Kanigan, Gail Consentine and Dal n. 5 YEARS AGO From the May 10, 1981 Castlegar News The lead band Saturday morning during Spokane's Junior Lilac Parade was the Kinnaird Junior High March- ing Cobras. This is the seventh time the KJSS band has taken part in the parade. . 7 8 | West Kootenay doctors have re- start balance billing patients or opting out of B.C.'s medical insurance pro- gram. o_o VANCOUVER (CP) — A section of the Greater Van- couver water supply system was shut down early Satur- day after higher than usual levels of radioactivity were found in the water. The radipactivity in the Coquitlam watershed is be- lieved to have been caused by db; Bud Elsie said the radiation y the Soviet nuclear accident at Chernobyl. Greater Vancouver Re than it should be under Can- adian water guidelines,” El- sie said. “The water was not con- unusual sidered hazardous, but been GVRD authorities simply did tems. not want to take a chance and GVRD's two other water systems, the Capilano and the Seymour. He said no Mulroney urged to deal with Stevens OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney should cut short his Asian trip to deal with the growing controversy and Watergate- like coverup over Industry Minister Sinclair Stevens and conflict of interest, Liberal MP Lloyd Axworthy says. Or at least, Mulroney should indicate now that he will deal firmly with the issue when he returns to Canada Thursday, Axworthy said in an interview with Standard Broadcast News taped in ad- vance for broadcast today. Axworthy, a former cabin- et minister who successfully defended himself against Tory charges of conflict of in- terest, said Mulroney “should have done something by now” about repeated conflict of interest allegations related to Stevens's wife Noreen seeking help for their trou- bled business ventures from companies getting grants from his department. “This is a matter of, I think, great important merit. I think it’s one of the more serious things that has hap- pened to his government. “And it would seem to me that either he should be cut- ting his trip short .. . or at least addressing through his Deputy Prime Minister (Erik Nielsen) the fact that he will respond when he returns.” DETAILED QUESTIONS Axworthy compared Niel- sen’s and Stevens's repeated refusals to answer detailed questions about the allega- tions to the Watergate scan- dal that toppled former U.S. president Richard Nixon. Axworthy said Liberals and New D are be- gation can determine the facts. Axworthy contrasted Ste- vens’s behavior with his own when he ‘was accused of conflict of interest in the early 1980s. As immigration minister, he granted a visa to enter Canada to drug guru Timo thy Leary who was going to appear at a Winnipeg hotel owned by Axworthy’s bro ther. Axworthy said the allega- — “by the standards that we're using with Mr. Ste- vens — was pretty small stuff. “(Buyt) my response was immediately to say: ‘I want to go to the (privileges and coming increasingly frus- trated by government “stonewalling and absolute indifference” to the serious issues involved and Stevens's refusal to step aside, even temporarily, until an investi “I didn't stonewall. I didn't say I re- fuse to give you information. I put myself in front of the committee for a period of a couple of weeks of cross examination and the matter was cleared.” Liberals celebrate Alberta breakthrough ‘EDMONTON (cP) — breakthrough by pauls Liberals in Thursday's pro- vincial election bodes well for the party's future across Canada, says federal party president Iona’ Campagnolo. The election of four Lib- erals — the first Liberals to win seats in Alberta since 1967 — will help the party's fortunes in expected elec tions in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick, Campagnolo said from Halifax on Friday. Sixty-one Conservatives, 16 New Democrats and two “members of the Rey nta tive party — an offshoot of the Social Credit party — were also elected Thursday. “There's a feeling that if we can get elected in Al berta, we can get elected anywhere,” she said. “I feel a sense of vindic ation for all the hard work we've done over the years in keeping the Liberal flame alive (in Alberta) in times when it was difficult.” The victories, along with the election of a Liberal government in Prince Ed- ward Island and the winning of a seat in Manitoba, show Canadians that the Liberal party no longer has its base concentrated solely in Cen- tral Canada, she said. Campagnolo also gave credit to Alberta Liberal Leader Nick Taylor, who won a seat in the riding of West- lock-Sturgeon. It was his fifth attempt at a seat. A movement to dump Tay- lor which had plagued the party “has died down ab- solutely since (Thursday) night,” she said, adding the Liberals could form a govern- ment under Taylor. Hansen completes South Korean journey SEOUL (AP) — Canadian wheelchair athlete Rick Han- sen completed a four-day, 550-kilometre wheelchair journey on Saturday across ‘South Korea accompanied by 10 handicapped Koreans. He arrived in South Korea last Sunday from Shanghai on part of his round-the- world journey in a wheel- chair, which he started in March 1985 in Vancouver to raise money for spinal re- search and rehabilitation pro- grams Before coming to Korea, he had covered more than 23,200 kilometres includi ended at just south of the demilitarized zone separating South Korea and North Korea. Scores of Koreans, includ ing officials of the Korea Polio Foundation, greeted Hansen when he arrived at the southern bank of the Imjin River on Saturday af. nn and attended a brief peor \ =e 52 weeks tnesvear ! Open Sundays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Prices effective Sun., Mon., Tues. & Wed. y The 28-year-old Hansen, who is from Williams Lake, was paralysed from the waist down by a traffic accident 13 years ago. His activities in South Korea included an ap- pearance at Seoul Stadium as part of Children’s Day fes- tivities Monday. 1,120 kilometres from Peking to Shanghai. His Korean journey star- ted Wednesday in the south- ern port city of Pusan and MONTAR DEBIOGN & iro. DESIGN * DRAFTING GENERAL CONTRACTING Soler & Super Energy Efficient Homes Gil Arnold 359-7650 APPLE JUICE ICECREAM Big Dipper. Asst. Flavors. 4 : reserve serve ho Prices limi SALAMI Overlander. Swiss. Butk sliced. TANG CRYSTALS Orange favored. Pkg. of 3 3-92 G pouches SHORTENING it to limit ee: to stock on hand. i F ® : : i i,t | it Hl kit E rl LNNININIERYVARY? 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