. a2 Castlegar News May 25, 1988 Government takes heat for ai BRUSSELS (CP) — Canada is ignoring its own dirty hands when it says European agricultural subsidies are outrageous, a senior European Community bureaucrat said prime minister was responding to a statement earlier bya senior EEC official who briefed reporters on condition he not be identified by name. “Canada may have lower support to cereals than the Ce ity but it has very much higher support to other > But Prime Minister Brian ded that -Canadians are pikers compared with the Europeans and Americans. “No one would seriously suggest that we are in the same league,” Mulroney told reprters after a two-hour meeting with Jacques Delors, president of the European Economic Commission. “In Baie-Comeau,” he added, referring to his Quebec home town, “we would say we are Junior B and they're in the National League.” Speaking briefly outside the EEC headquarters, the products, such as milk,” the official said. He also spent much of his time blaming the United States for the worldwide bidding war over subsidies which cost more than $300 billion a year. Canada says Europe is the main culprit, with Grains Minister Charles Mayer saying last month that European subsidies are outrageous. “With all respect, Mr. Mayer is blind, at least to the Canadian situation,” the European official said. “If he says that our subsidies are outrageous he should PULP COMMITTEE RETURNS By CasNews Staff Unionized employees at Celgar Pulp Co. have decided to send their bargaining committee back to Vancouver to resume joint negotiations going on between B.C. pulp mills and other Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada locals across the province. The three-member PPWC Local No. 1 negotiators — Ed Conry Sr., Local No. 1 president Steve Miros and Pat Donohue were pulled out of joint negotiations two weeks ago to return to the mill and negotiate local or “bull session” contract issues. The main issue the Celgar local is unhappy with is the hours given to relief pool workers. The negotiating team returned to Castlegar to try to bargain the local issues, but decided Tuesday it would be in the interest of the Celgar local to return to Vancouver and negotiate at the joint session. The Celgar local had two meetings yesterday in Castlegar and the membership agreed the three-man team should return to Vancouver. “After careful analysis and deliberation, the membership of PPWC Local No. 1 in Castlegar has decided that at this time to continue with joint negotiations better serves the interests of the member- ship,” Miros told the Castlegar News last night. ‘Joint negotiations will continue on going and better serves the overall interests.” PPWC Local No. 1 represents about 280 workers at Celgar pulp mill TRADITION DIES Fall Fair terminated By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer The long-standing tradition of the country fair has died, as organizers have given up staging the Robson Fall Fair. The fair was an annual community event which traced its roots back to the early days of the Robson Women's Institute, which just recently held its 75th anniversary. Ivy Salekin of the Robson Women's Institute remem bers when the fair — which displayed crafts, home canning, baking and even livestock — was held on the open veranda of the Robson hall before it was renovated. “The whole village participated,” said Salekin. different.” The Robson Women’s Institute discontinued the fair in “It was when the Institute revived it about six years ago. The Institute organized the fair for about four years. But suffering from declining membership, two years ago the Institute handed the planning of the fair over to a group which formed the Robson Fall Fair Society. “We were just getting too old and too tired,” explained Salekin. But the Fall Fair Society has abandoned the project because of a lack of interested volunteers. Tammy Slavin said members moved away and became involved in other projects such as the West Kootenay Trade Fair, leaving only about six people who were willing to work on the year-long project. read the latest OECD rae he said, referring to the Paris-based Or Ce and Development. “The level of support (to farmers) on average was very close to the level of support in the Community.” Subsidies account for about 45 per cent of firm income in Europe, compared with 42 per cent in Canada, he said. CANADA BLIND? “Whether Mr. Mayer is blind to (what) the Untied States (is doing), I don’t know. I find it surprising that he would identify the Community as being responsible for the situation on cereals markets because clearly what has happened is that the (U.S.) export enhancement program has been dictating the world market price in the last two years. The official said the Community will soon propose a form of freeze on subsidies, but details are still being worked out and will not be ready in time for the world economic summit Mulroney will chair in Toronto from June 19-21, However, he threw cold water on Mulroney's assertion in Bonn on Tuesday that West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl wants action on the subsidy problem ' “as fast as the rest of us.” The official said his guess is that the West Germans “will try to put the brakes on any movement as long as they can.” Both Mulroney and Koh! told reporters on Tuesday not to expect a quick solution to the international quarrelling over the subsidies. Ss : May 25, 1988 C astlegar News Ai Pe. GRASS FIRE . . . The Robson volunteer fire department attended to a small grass fire in Pass Creek Park Monday afternoon. The cause of the fire, which was quickly extinguished, is unknown. depend on us for VALUE & QUALITY At Central Foods! 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Castlegar, Trail and Nelson have challenged each other to see which city can get the highest percentage of its Population; manufactured and distributed internationally. The small machine uses a- compressor to propel “We start in May with starting to put posters out,” said Slavin. “It does take a lot of work.” “There is no fan belt, no nothing,” said El-Farra. Because the system eliminates the- never-ending costs of bottle rental and carbon dioxide it pays for itself PARTICIPACTION ACTION . . . Castlegar residents participate in @ drop-in aerobics class this morning held at the Arena Complex as part of Participaction the early 1960s. The fair lay dormant for nearly two decades SALAD DRESSINGS $948 POURABLE. ASSORTED ...... RAILWAY HEARING... Concerned resident from the Kootenay and Boundary areas are in Castlegar to take part in National Transportation Agency hearings on CP Rail’s proposed abandonment of the 161- kilometre-long line between Castlegar and Midway. The chairman of the hearings is Erik Nielsen CasNews photo Challenge Day. Castlegar was reported this afternoon to be way behind Trail in the challenge to see who is out for 15 minutes of continuous activity., 1 eGastiews nboto Bonne: re | CP RAIL continued from front poge Despite the apparent lack of profits, CP Rail’s proposal to abandon the line was met Tuesday with strong opposition and criticism. Bill Strookoff and Dirks presented a brief on behalf of Rita Johnston, Minister of State for the Kootenay Devel. opment Region. “It is the position of the Minister of State that the Boundary subdivision rail line is required in the public interest due to the economic potential of the region,” Strookoff told the hearing. “It is not enough to assess the feasibility of the past operations of the Boundary subdivision without giving due consideration,to the apparent upswing in the area's economy.” Strookoff told the hearing the three main industries which will be affected by abandonment are the cornerstones of the economy in the Midway-Grand Forks area. Canpar Industries, Bradford Enercon and Pope and Talbot all currently use CP Rail’s Boundary line to ship products, and Strookoff said without the line the economy will suffer. “The aband of CP Rail’s operations will reduce the viability of such operations, which in total provide well over 1,000 jobs and are very important to the local economy,” he said. “If the Boundary swbdivision line is not maintained, further industrial expansion within the region will be constraingd.” Strookoff added there have been recent and substantial government grants and loans to the three companies which shows the federal and provincial governments are committed to expanding big business in the area — expansion he said will make CP Rail’s operations in the area profitable in the future. Canpar Industries — which produces particle board — received $2.8 million last fall from the federal government, while Bradfor Enercon — which manufactures insulation fibre — received a $6.5-million loan under the Industrial Development Loan Program and Pope and Talbot received a $2.1-million loan under the federal Industrial/Regional Development Program. “An important in these p s proceeding was the existing rail infrastructure,” Strookoff argued. “Furthermore, CP Rail will profit from the resulting increase in traffic.” CP Rail representatiye N Mullins said the rail company was familiar with the government's interest in expanding industry in vis) but added the rail company no longer needs to oj ite}the Boundary line for the expansions in the area to be shccessful. He also said the rail company will still lose money every year even with the expected increase in industrial need for transportation of raw goods. The Village of Midway echoed Strookoff's concerns. Village municipal clerk Bob Hatton told the hearing the continued success of the three major industry expansions hinges on the railway as one of three necessities in a “tripod.” “Economic success rests on a tripod of transportat:on, communications and energy,” he told the hearing. “By weakening the transportation network through abandon. ment of rail access, our entire economic base is being weakened.” Midway Mayor Jim McMynn told the Castlegar News during a break in the proceedings that the industries in the area need rail access. “It (abandonment) means that your potential to ship goods from Midway of any resource-orientated business would almost be half to what it is now, maybe even more depending on what you want to ship,” MeMynn said. “We're in an area where most of the goods are primary and it's usually bulk and that’s where you need cars such as chip cars and so on to pick up the volume.” If CP Rail is allowed to abandon the rail line it will B scat hold title to the land. The hearing in Castlegar is expected to continue until Thursday before the agency representatives move on to Walkerton, Ont., for another CP Rail line abandonment proposal. The decision on the Boundary line must come within six months of the final day of the Castlegar hearings. Street sweeper operational By CasNews Staff The City of Castlegar’s street sweeper is back in operation after suffering a breakdown. Administrator Dave Gairns reported at Castlegar council Tuesday that there were “major prob- lems” with the sweeper and vactor truck last month which delayed street and sidewalk cleaning by three weeks. FIREFIGHTERS continued from front page for their annual banquet. The sides settled out of court, said Jim Dovedoff, a spokesman for the disgruntled fire- fighters. “The board felt we had been ex- cessive in our purchase and consump- tion of liquor, so they tried withholding payment, but we ended up getting every penny back,” he said. Dovedoff said the board was also upset because after the banquet, there was about $300 worth of liquor left over. As has been done for the past nine years, “we took it back to the main firehall, and after a practice or a fire, 15 or 20 of us have a few beers each.” Campbell said the trustees were an- gry because “1,850 ounces of hard liquor, 23 dozen beer and 20 bottles of wine is too much liquor to buy for a banquet attended by 100 people.” In other council news: © The planning and de- velopment vised the Regional District of Central Castlegar has no objection to a bylaw amendment which will prohibit the storage of derelict vehicles in industrial zones in Area I. © The committee also ree- ommended that council au- committee ad- Kootenay that thorize the issuance of a de- velopment variance permit drop of $271,905. allowing St. Rita’s Parish to construct an addition to the by 10 over the same period church building which will serve as a meeting room. permits worth $557,575 — a e Business licences are up last year — to 366 from 365 — but this year's dollar total is $32,644, down $270 from last Construction activity is year's $32,934. down from 1987. Last year by the end of April there were didates were on hand at the 79 building permit inspec- tions worth’ $829,480. By ticipants formally introduced April 1988, the city issued 68 themselves one-by-one. © The Miss Castlegar can- council meeting and all par- Expenses like that infuriated many of the 1,500 taxpayers-of the area, he said. “In my own case, my fire protection portion of my $600 tax bill amounted to about $75, for example.” Campbell said a majority of tax- payers at the recent annual general meeting voted to cut off the fire chief's salary and revert te @ completely volunteer department as it was nine years ago. “The community is mostly small farm holdings, no ,industry, a few businesses, no public schools or hos. pitals,” he said. “We felt we were giving the chief an excellent salary, but he wasn't fulfilling his duties in making sure the firehalls (four) and equipment are in good repair all the time.” Imaiff, 59, who is on sick leave recovering from surgery a week ago, said he doesn't know what he'll do after MEETING continued from front page Rossland-Trail NDP MLA Chris D'Arcy said he found it a little difficult to see two Social Credit MLAs — Rita Johnston and Howard Dirks — taking part in a public hearing on the proposed abandonment of the CP Rail line when the provincial government didn’t even give local residents an advance warning that the ferty would be closed. “The province can abandon any transportation service without a hear. ing, yet they show up at a federal hearing regarding a private compaay's abandonment of a service,” D'Arcy told the Castlegar News today. “To appear at a hearing in Castlegar regarding a rail line but not holding a public hearing of the ferry closure is a bit hypocritical.” Elsewhere, the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to council requesting a June 2 meeting about the ferry. Acting mayor Embree said the meeting would be a good idea, but Ald. Terry Rogers suggested the chamber provide council with a more detailed agenda. “We're extremely busy at that time and I feel we should know more about the meeting before committing our- selves,” Rogers said at last night's council meeting. Council agreed. The ad hoe committee plans a meeting for 7 p.m. Thursday at the Robson Hall to brifig residents up to date on the latest developments. July 1. He said it was the first time he'd heard he wasn't properly doing the job he’s held since 1980. Jmaiff said the Nelson RCMP de- tachment is investigating the depart- ment’s books and records dating from 1980 to 1984, but “I didn't do anything wrong except run a good fire depart- ment. Our books have been audited by accountants every year.” Campbell said it would be improper for him to discuss the investigation except to say that police responded to a complaint from a member of the com- munity. NURSES continued from front page nurses are paid $14.49 per hour to $16.75 per hour and the long-term care nurses have been offered the same rates. Long-term care nurses at the 14 facilities are paid from $10.82 to $13.40 per hour. He said the nurses want more than acute care nurses rather than parity. Facilities involved in the dispute are: Beaconhill Lodge, West Vancouver Care Centre and Inglewood Private Hospital, West Vancouver; Canada Way Care Centre, Carlton Private Honial Burnaby; Carlsbad Private |, Edith Cavell Private Hos- nat and Glen Hospital, Vancouver; Cartier House, Coquitlam; James Bay Lodge, Victoria; Parkride Private Hospital, Maple Ridge; Parkwood Pri- vate Hospital, Surrey and Simon Fra- ser Lodge, Prince George, Nurses at Beaconhill Lodge, Canada Way Care Centre and Cartier House, are also seeking their first collective agree- ments. purified air in place of the carbonation process in pop machines and draft beer lines and has already been in use in restauratits and bars for several years. Since patenting the system in 1985, El-Farra and a lawyer in Williams Lake have been working on getting the system to this point. Now, after all their hard work, a management and marketing company based in Toronto has one plant set to manufacture the system.and another in the works. “We are pulling in an investment of $2 million to have the beverage dispenser to be manufactured and assembled in Ontario and then he distributed in the world market,” said Stewart Chen of Confluent International Management Inc. The Castlegar and District Development Board had contacted El-Farra about manufacturing the device here, however, it was decided to build the invention in Ontario. Chen says he is really excited about the machine. in about a year, according to El-Farra. “In heavy use, six months.” ElFarra says the. problem of the inconsistency of carbon dioxide as the container is used is eliminated. “It doesn't matter how much you use the pop, the carbonation process always stays the same,” he said. $499 COTTAGE CHEESE =:--*1.39 ICE CREAM szcx:c:....... $2.49 E b. PACK $2 oa FRESHEGGS 79° LOCAL. GRADE A SMALL When used to dispense draft beer, the of the foam on the beer is improved and the beer doesn’t go flat as fast, according to El-Farra. El-Farra, a refrigeration engineer and mechanic was thinking about a problem a pub owner had been having with his draft beer lines and working on something else when he discovered the unique air pressure system that eliminates the use of carbon dioxide gas and tanks. Now El-Farra, his wife, and four children will be moving to Mississauga, Ont., so he can be close to the manufacturing of the system, act as consultant and enjoy the royalties from his invention. record For the Tha, Sunday, May 22 Castlegar News reported un: der Court News that Patricia Baker pleaded guilty to fail- ure to provide a breathalyzer sample. In fact, the charge was dismissed. 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