Leg Mulroney, premiers = reach agreement BILL 19 PROTEST . STRIKE continued from front poge were on an “unauthorized absence”. “It just simply didn’t hurt us their being off one day,” Gairns said. Terry Wayling, Castlegar school district schools superintendent, said only about 10-12 students showed up at area schools Monday. Schools were kept open with principals and vice- principals staffing them. Only two of the 125 teachers in the district crossed picket lines to enter the schools. Although the school board hasn't met to discuss the strike, Wayling said he does not anticipate teachers will be reprimanded for their part in the walkout. “The teachers were saying something about the legislation,” he said. The protest was generally peaceful. Labor council president Titsworth said staff at the SuperValu in Castleaird Plaza did not take part in the work stoppage. “Quite frankly, they were under duress because their employer told them they'd be fired if they took part,” said Titsworth. He added that the only problem reported on the picket lines was outside the Woolco store jn Trail. “There was an anonymous phone call made to the RCMP who in turn contacted me. My understanding was that the mall manager was upset at being pickéted,” added Titsworth. He said about 150 postal workers were excluded from the strike, and about 20 municipal workers in Trail, who were working on cleaning up a recent mudslide. Although there were no visible picketers at the Celgar Pulp mill at 8:45 Monday morning, a company spokesman said a picket line was set up earlier. Celgar manager Wilf Sweeney said it was impossible to determine how much money the company lost during the one day work stoppage. “Only staff people have reported for work today. Obviously no union people. We're down,” Sweeney told the Castlegar News on Monday. There were three picketers at the entrance of Westar Timber's Southern Wood Products although none were from the sawmill’s union. One picketer said they were told not to tell which union they were from. “I don't even work. I'm just out here supporting these guys”, one other picketer said. Castlegar and District Hospital administrator Ken Talarico said most of the nursing staff were off the job Monday, although the Hospital Employees Union and B.C. Nurses Union did supply some workers. “We had some union people working. The nurses’ union withdrew the service of one RN (registered nurse) and the Hospital Employees Union withdrew the service of one LPN (licensed practical nurse), a ward clerk and activity aid for extended care,” Talarico told the Castlegar News Tuesday. He added that the Health Sciences Association was on call for the hospital's lab and x-ray departments, and the operating room staff were also on call. The dietary department provided the hospital with two cooks and a tray setter while the rest of the departments were manned by management personnel and volunteers. Talarico said there were no emergencies Monday but that the hospital was prepared to deal with any “Actually, it was a relatively quiet day. We had excellent cooperation from the hospital staff, administration and volunteers”, said Talarico. ann Union wenbert picket outside chy Hall offices in Castlegar during Monday's on day general strike. CosNews Photo by Ron Norman STRIKER . . . Picketer stands in Safeway parking lot during Monday protest. CosNews Photo by Ron Norman The Hi-Arrow closed its bar during the day but opened it at night. Hotel spokesman Alan Askew said Tuesday that while the hotel supported the opposition to Bill 19, labor's protest should have been directed at government operations. “We were closed during the day out of support for the opposition to Bill 19. We were open during the night shift because organized labor's protest was misdirected to a certain extent. Being a union employer we felt that organized labor's protest should have been directed towards moire government operations,” Askew said. He added that labor should have done a better job of informing the public about Bill 19 and how to protest the legislation. / “The fact that there was no protest at the Legislature in Victoria just shows that their (labor's) protest was misdirected,” Askew. “We thought that they should have spend more time and energy educating the public over their concerns about Bill 19 and what the public could do to support them.” Although most of the programs at Selkirk College are over, college principal Leo Ferra told the Castlegar News most of the college programs wer@down and most staff were out. + Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the pi achieved i rs today to amend the C but with changes to the tentative Meech Lake accord reached earlier. OTTAWA (CP) — limiting the federal government's power to fund new national programs in areas under provincial jurisdiction. The Meech Lake Ag allowed to provinces opting out of such shared- cost programs if they hed their own prog ible with national At a public ceremony, yy and the pr signed their agreement, reached after exhausting overnight talks that ended at sunrise today. They praised the deal asa historic step to bring Quebec into the constitutional fold. But a copy of the agreement obtained by the Canadian Press suggests Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa accepted a few changes to a key clause recognizing the province's distinct character. The Meech Lake accord recognized that the existence of French-speaking Canada, centred in but not limited to Quebec, and English-speaking Canada, concentrated outside Quebec but also present in Quebec, constitute a fundamental characteristic of Canada. It goes on to say the Constitution shall be interpreted to recognize that Quebec is a distinct society within Canada. CHANGES WORKING However, the agreement reached today changes the words “French-speaking Canada” to “French-speaking Canadians” and adds a paragrpah in the same clause saying nothing in it takes away from the powers, rights or privileges of Parliament, the federal government, or the legislatures, including their power relating to language laws. Former prime minister Pierre Trudeau has argued the Meech Lake accord could have created two Canadas — hurting Quebec’s English-language minority and the francophone minority outside the province. The agreement today follows the Meech Lake deal closely in several areas, including new immigration powers for the provinces, new provincial power over appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada and the Senate and provincial vetoes over House of Commons and the Senate. But it changes a section of the Meech Lake accord Castlegar is number nine By CasNews Staff finished well ahead For the second year in a row, Castlegar finished ninth out of 43 communities in B.C. in the Great Canadian Participaction Challenge. Some 59 per cent of Castlegar's population, or 3,759 people out of a population of 6,325, participated in this year's challenge which required in- dividuals to do some 15 minutes of continuous exercise then register their activity with the Castlegar Recreation Commission. Castlegar also easily beat Rossland, its rival city, which finished a mere 29th overall with only 35 per cent of the city’s total population participating. For that matter, Castlegar also The number one finished 17th. icipated across the 3,667 participants out of the community. Nelson, who placed 15th and 30th overall in the province. Quesnel, with approximately 93. per cent of the population turning out to exercise. The City of A total of 273 communities part. 3,600,469 people registering in the participaction challenge. The national community average was 41.28 per cent of the total population. Last year, Castlegar registered some 7,250 residents or about 50.6 per cent objectives”. Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley and others were concerned this clause was too vague and wanted guarantees Ottawa would define what the national objectives were. The new agrement says provinces can receive federal compensation if they establish either a program or an “initiative” that is compatible with national objectives. But it also says nothing in the section extends the legislative powers of either Parliament or the provincial legislatures. ‘The agreement reached today must be ratified by Parliament and the legislatures. Mulroney has promised public hearings in the meantime. Bourassa called the deal “a great day for Quebec and a great day for Canada.” He said the changes in the clause on distinct society added extra protection for the French language. “It's formal recognition of Quebec's special role in Canada”, Bourassa said. The agreement also says it “is affirmed” Parliament and the legislatures have a role in preserving the fundamental characteristic of Canada, as outlined in the agreement. The Meech Lake accord said Parliament and the legislatures “are commited” to preserving that fund- amental characteristic. The agreement today retains a controversial clause giving the Quebec legislature the power to “preserve and promote” Quebec's distinct identity. Critics argued that section could lead to new powers for Quebec in national and international areas, which could compete with Ottawa's powers. Manitoba Premier Howard Pauley did not appear exuberant about the agreement immediately upon leaving the talks held in Mulroney's office near Parliament Hill. GRAD continued from front poge Rodgers also pointed out that can- cellation of graduation would hurt the community economically. He said many parents have already purchased suits and gowns for their children and he said other events such as graduation dinners and parties have also been previously planned. “They've been exempted very tem: porarily from the instruction-only campaign,” he said. “We're not going to stop this mid-stream. “But what parents have to realize is, this is the end.” SHSS principal Gordon Shead said that clubs and teams are at present nonexistent at his school but he expects graduation functions, such as it ofa population of this Sunday's Grad Tea and the ceremonies and dance on the weekend of the 20th, to go ahead as planned. of both Trail and city in B.C. was Vancouver nation with some D'Arcy speaks out By CasNews Staff Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy spoke on three bills in the legislature recently. D’ARcy rose in the House May 25 to speak on Bill 6, the Homeowners Grant Amendment Act. The bill increases the minimum property tax payment for h For h s iving the basic $380 grant, the minimum payment is increased from $200 to $350. For homeowners receiving the supplemented $630 grant, those over 65, handicapped or in receipt of a war SUNFEST continued from fronf p There will also be visiting Armed Forces officers from the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island taking part. Another new wrinkle will be the Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club dunk tank beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday in Kinsmen Park. “Murder at the dinner-theatre Also new to this year's Sunfest is Fireside”. an audience participation Friday night at the Fireside Motor Inn. The dinner will have a 1940s “gangster” theme and those who attend are encouraged toydress “approp riately”. The goal of the evening is of figure out who committed the murder The annual Queen's Pageant will also help kick off Sunfest Friday night at 7 p.m. at Stanley Humphries secondary school. It will be followed by the Queen's Ball in the Sandman Inn banquet room. Eight young women are vying for the title of Miss Castlegar 1987 Another new feature this year is live street enter tainment under the direction of master of ceremonies Alan Askew The entertainment will be held on a stage in the parking lot of Ely’s Boutique on 3rd Street across from Pharmasave. Saturday will feature the Audrey Maxwell dancers, the Old Time Fiddlers, a Doukhobor choir, belly dancers and multicultural displays and baking. * Sunday's entertainment will include an air band lip synch contest, a barbershop quartet from Chewelah, Washington, and a kids olympic. There will be plenty to take in for the sports-minded. A 30-team slowpitch tournament will take place at Kinnaird Park all weekend including teams from throughout the West Kootenay, one team from the East Kootenay and another team from Couer D'Alene. There is also a biathlon Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. at Kinsmen Park, and lawn bocce at Kinsmen Park. Other events planned include: A Rotary pancake breakfast Saturday and Sunday at the downtown SuperValu parking lot beginning at 7 am; © A Tug-o-war at 5 p.m. Saturday on 3rd Street; e Casino night Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Legion Hall; « A Dart tournament Sunday at the © Frog jumping contest Kinsmen Park; e Annual bed races Sunday afternoon at Kinsmen Park; © Free sailboat rides, cockpit rides and mini-power boat rides at Scotties Marina Saturday and Sunday Legion; Sunday afternoon at Killough passes away at age 78 Hartford Henry Killough husband of Winifred Grace Killough, passed away Mon. day June 1 at the age of 78 years. Funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Friday at the New Life Assembly (Pente- costal) Church with Pastor Ken Smith officiating. Inter. ment will be in Park Mem orial Cemetery Mr. Killough was born July 19, 1908 at Pensc, Sask. and came to Castlegar with his parents in 1913. He married Winifred McLeod in 1933. Mr. Killough operated his own sawmill and did horse logging and later worked as a log scaler for Celgar until his retirement in 1973. He also worked as a carpenter As hobbies Mr. Killough enjoyed square dancing and Weather Cloudy with sunny periods during the day on Thursday with mainly clear periods at night Highs 25°-27°. Friday's outlook is for cloudy skies while the weekend out- look is for a mixture of clouds and sunshine. Lows tomorrow near 6° being the square dance caller as well. He enjoyed the outdoors and music, two things esp- ecially, playing his accordian and singing in the church choir. He served as an elder of the Pentecostal church. Besides his wife, Mr. Kil lough is survived by Tive sons, Harry Jr. of Castlegar, Ted of Victoria, Glen of Coquitlam, Rod of Kamloops and Terry of Oliver, one daughter, Joyce Aberdeen of Thunder Bay, Ont., 16 grand children and one great-grand child, three brothers, Joe, Jack and Jim, all of Castle. gar; four sisters, Annie Ball of Victoria, Lillian Dittrich of Kamloops and Myrtle Carl son and Helen Dunlop both of Castlegar; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by two brothers, Arthur and Harold; two sisters, Mae Wolverton and Gwen Sahl strom and grandson, David Aberdeen. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. Should friends desire, con tributions may be made to the Heart Fund of the New Life Pentecostal Church Memorial Fund, 602 - 7th St., Castlegar, B.C. veterans pension, the minimum tax increases from $1 to $100. D'Arcy said he is opposed to the bill because it will cause a hardship for elderly and the handicapped. “I'm sure the minister will realize that also a great many of these people spent many, many years working very hard to pay the mortgages off, while in many cases on low income during that time.” D'Arcy rose May 22 in the House to voice his opposition to Bill 37, the Taxation Amendment Act which amends 12 statues that impose taxation in the province. The amendments replace outdated existing provisions for taxpayers to appeal assessments to the courts and provide updated procedures. The bill also provides legislative authority to release tax-related information to the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, with the approval of the minister of finance and corporate relatives when it is in the interests of national security. The bill was eventually defeated. “I am absolutely aghast that the government members, that the Social Credit Party which rhetorically goes to incredible lengths to tell the world how they believe in the rights of the individual and the sanctity of personal privacy, would countenance their minister brining forth a Piece of legislation that has never been needed before in this jurisdiction, has never been needed anywhere else in Canada, and to may knowledge has not been needed in the United States or in other democratic countries,” said D'Arcy. He added that Canada is not at war and the kind of legislation contained in Bill 37 was not needed for security purposes in the First World War, the Second World War or the Korean War. “What national emergency is there? What occurrence? How has our security been threatened by the fact that individual taxpayers in this country, private records, hav: been protected from the scrutiny of British Columbia’ asked D'Arcy “I know of no instance where there have been alleged, however unreasonably, that national or provincial security has been threatened by not having this kind of knowledge in the hands of the minister of finance of this province or any other. It is absolutely ridiculous.” He added that this section of the bill should be wihdrawn because “quite clearly it is a totally unnecessary interference with the rights of individuals in this great province.” On May 19, D'Arcy spoke on Bill 9, (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act. Bill 9 removes the Insurance Corp. of B.C.’s exemption from the insurance premium tax. It also removes ICBC from the exemption under Section 49 of the Fire Service Act D'Arcy said he is opposed to the bill because it imposes a tax on an existing tax “The fact is that car insurance is a necessity. I'm not opposed to the fact that it's compulsory, but the fact is it’s a tax the Insurance TOASTING ARTISTS’. + Slocan Valley art the kick-off of a fund-raising raffle for th watershed alliance. From left, Jan Peterson, Tom a Castlegar News TREET TALK THERE WAS A rumor circulating that Castlegar Fire Chief Bob Mann's mini pumper ran out of gas on the way to a fire. The rumor was so strong the Vancouver Province called Ald. Albert Calderbank to check it out. But Calderbank was quick to douse the rumor. Yes, Calderbank said, the fire chief's truck did break down — but not because of lack of gas. The gas pump failed and the cause was dirt in the gas lines. LOOKING FOR a place to play poker or blackjack? You don't have to travel to Reno. Castlegar Pastime Social Club offers pretty much the same entertainment right here. Located above Bob’s Pay 'n Takit on Columbia Avenue, the social club is run by a non-profit society and managed by Joy Ramsden. It first opened its doors last August and has had steady traffic since. Along with two games rooms, there is also a TV room and assorted refreshments on hand. Membership in the club is open to the public. FIVE B.C. firms one of them in the Slocan Valley — that are turning profits without turning them over to the boss are of a growing ph in Canada, says the author of a new book on worker-owned cooperatives. The five firms, including Evergreen Tree-Planting Co-op in the Slocan Valley, are highlighted in the book More than Just a Job, by Ottawa writer Constance Mungall. Eight conventional small businesses out of 10 go under in their first two-years, while eight employee. owned business in ten survive, says Mungall. “The workers have more of a commitment when they can say ‘This is our place — we own our plee,” Mungall's book is hed by Steel Rail Publ: an Ottawa co-op. The five B.C. firms Mungall cites as examples are: e Evergreen Tree-Planting Co-op, in the Slocan Valley whose 100 workers are also members of the International Woodworkers of America. e@ CRS Workers Co-op of Vancouver, a 16-year-old food warehousing and bakery (Uprising Bakery) firm that employees 31 “worker-members.” © Wild West Organic Harvest Co-op in Richmond, an all-woman organic-food distributor employing 10. Baseline Type and Graphics Co-op of Vancouver, with six workers, runs a typesetting and design business. e Richmond Plywood Corp. (Richply), one of the Lynn, Lou Lynn, Barry Lamare, Sandy St John Hodges, Max Frobe, Sally Lamar: Estes and Bryn Stevenson in front. largest worker co-ops in Canada, with 300 worker- members. The mill sells up to $50 million worth of wood products a year. B.C. now has about 30 of Canada’s 350 workers’ co-ops. Each business is owned equally by the shareholders who work for it. Major management decisions are made by a board composed of the members, on a one-worker, one-vote basis. “There is a misconception that workers’ co-ops are some kind of hippie holdover,” said Mungall. “Tn fact, they have to get along in the real world like other businesses. A large co-op like Richply will have a board and chief executive officer, while a small business will often have a general manager. “The general manager will have day-to-day resp- onsibilities. (The general manager's) decision can be challenged, but not on the spot.” Mungall acknowledged that co-ops are a sensitive topic with unions, because co-ops sometimes compete with unionized firms driving wages down. NINETEEN SLOCAN Valley artists have donated more than $3,000 worth of art in a fund-raising raffle for the Slocan Valley Watershed Alliance. The artwork, on display at the Craft Connection in Nelson until June 9, will move to the Preservation House until June 30, then on to the West Kootenay National Exhibition Centre and the Nelson Museum. The raffle could raise as much as $15,000. It will help the alliance protect rural watersheds during resource extraction. The alliance, formed five years ago, now represents 10 watershed committees and two villages. Barry Lamare, co-ordinator for the raffle, said the 19 artists produced high quality work, and were immed iately willing to support the alliance. “They're dedicated to maintaining the quality and quantity of water. And they believe the Slocan Valley Watershed Alliance is the vehicle for doing that,” said Lamare. The artists and their contributions are:-Bob Barkley, cedar deacon's bench; Ross Beckjord, ceramic teapot; J.C. 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