d apne, co Castlegar News oy 24.1989 Lost 9MONTH-OLD female dark Calico with four white paws. Old Raspberry Villoge May 13. It found contact: 365-3788. 3/4) DID anyone see a light blue S-speed mountain bike being driven away trom the Post, Office, Ivesday, April 25? Reward. 365-3226 6 36 Found TWO pairs of glasses on Columbia Ave Tuesday, May 16 — one pair prescription one ‘pair sunglasses. Owner may claim at Castlegar News. 3 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING West Kootenay National Exhibition Centre 6, 1989: 7:30 p.m. Notice of special lution a PREGNANT? NEED HELP? There ore caring people to help you ot the CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTRE 354-1199 24 Hour Hotline 577 Baker St. (Upstairs) jelson FREE PREGNANCY TESTING Researcher says. fear unwarranted GUELPH, Ont. (CP) — Canadians have been whipped into a hysterical fear of PCBs when new research on fish and rodents suggests that low-level exposure to, the helps prevent cancer, says a cancer reseaf cher The belief that polychlorinated biphenyls are potent car view fostered by politic! media supported bythe evidence, Tony Hayes, of the Univer sity of Guelph, said in an interview “Spending a lot;of money dealing chemicals isn’t In Memoriam THE B.C, HEART FOUNDATION accepts with gratitude “In Memoriam donations which help promote Heart Research Cords sent to next-of-kin, Box 3023 Castlegar, B.C 104/81 Announcements CHAPEL HOUSE Heritage Pork sday, | p.m. day, ‘noon 1 STATION; Monday through Friday. WW 36 Zuckerberg Island ‘open: Tuesday to Thur ____IRLY DISTRIBUTOKS LTD. ree ets xe SEWING MACHINE ICE Models) “disco, | DAb 8S —ond—mrobite Available tor any type of engagement 1-362-7795, tin 6S PROVINCE-WIDE CLASSIFIED $159 $10 DISCOUNT FOR CASHI Call us for details! Classitied Ads 365-2212 acre > Castlegar News director of IRLY Distributors Le wish to announce that at their Annual General Meeting May 8, 1989 Mr. Quinto Maida of Arrow Building Supplies Ltd Castlegar and Trail, was elec- ted to a two year term as with PCBs giyes people a false sense of security,"’ he said “They (governments) are dealing with a political problem and not a health.problem. They're dealing with something people have come tv believe isnastyput, in fact, itisn’t PCBs are that have been in use for decades. The clear, oily liquid” made with” PCBs, which is fire-resistant and won't cou. duct electricity, was commonly used as man-made compounds a coolant and lubricant in electrical equipment PCBs means they stay in the enyironment and can be found at low levels in the fatty tissue and blood of all Canad s The tearful reacti try to various incidents involving PCBs virtual indestructibility also across the Cour is unwarranted, Hayes said, since there is no clear evidence they cause cancet 4 FRIENDLY PCBs Exposure to PCBs at low levels may in fact, be beneficial, said Hayes, who has been chemicals in causing cancer, A study examining Washington State's Puget Sor found that fish with high levels of PCB vontamination weretesstihely to have researching the role o| cancer. Similar results wer tests on rodeiits at Guelph, he said “PCBs make the liverresisiantio different carcinogens ar PCBs induce or increase the amount ot certain enzymes that -are found in protecting cells from carcinogens The federal government implemen ted strict guidelines tor the storage o PCBs and tough penalties tor PCBs were banned in Canada in 1977, although an estimated 14,000 tonnes are still in use, mainly in tran stormers Earlier studies wrongly led scientists and the public to see the chemicals as a major cancer risk, Hayes said. CANCER RATE Observations of people who spent years working with PCBs show they do not suffer a higher rate of cancerseven though rodents given large doses of PCBs, developed notes. liver tumors, he 1988 World’ Health study said there is linking PCBs to cancer, says Ken Mancuso, a biologist with the federal Department of Health and Welfare However, a Organization limited evidence’ But Mancuso agrees that the average Canadian shouldn't worry about the low levels of PCBs presemt in the en vironment Most people don’t understand you have to have chronic exposure to elicit adverse effecis. and it’s got to be in higher than concentrations most people would be exposed to," he said ina teleplione interview trom Ouawa Highstevel-exposures-over-along period of time cause a number of Mancuso discharge problems, skin said, including trom the limbs problems, eyes; numbness of the and muscle spasms Hayes says people should look at the environment as a whole when thinking about cancer, since other factors dict, geneti¢s, and other diseases play ‘a-role in susceptibility io the — WANTED — CLEAN COTTON RAGS Castlégar News 197 Columbia Ave., Castlegar City of Castlegar Presents "Pioneer Days" Parade own? Saturday June 3, 1989 9:00-am Parade Marshatling Monashee & Selkirk Ave 9:30 am Presentation of Awards® 10:00am Parade starts down Columbia Ave 11:30am Parade Ends at Nam« Kinsmen Park Parade Entry Form Address: Phone Day Night icf Description of Entry ANTIQUE Cars 198 - 6th St. Castlegar IRLY Distributors Ltd. is the distribution arm for all IRLY BIRD Building Cent British Columbia, territory and Alberta Legals PARTY for Alice and Gilbert Fowler can celled due to illness. 4 WITNESS R anyone Province of British Columbia Minvairy of Foresis NOTICE TO BRIDGE INSPECTION CONTRACTORS Porties interested in carrying out bridge structure inspection for the Ministry of Forests, Nelson Forest Region, are invited to submit @ motor vehicle accident near Castlegar Dairy Queen on May 9 (epprox. 4.7 p.m.) please call Gary ot 368-5261 wal PSYCHIC cord-reader, private sittings oF your party. 399-4713 7 34 ALCOHOLICS anonymous and Al-Anon Phone 365-3663. 104/71 THE FAMILY OF VIGGO (VIC) SOREN SEN, late of Balfour wish to thank the Doctors; nurses-and staff it.C:U.. 2nd and 3rd floors of the Nelson Hospital for their kindness and care given to a loving husband, father, and grandfather during his illness. Thanks also to the relatives friends and donations to baking and visits. Special thanks to Dr Mcllwaine, ambulance drivers, Myrtle Cooper of the Hospice Assoc.. special friends Catherine Fischer and Maggie Jonker. Thanks also the Valley Funeral Home. Your love and sympathy has com torted us during the difficult time. Sin: cerely, Magde Sorensen andtamily. /41 THE CASTLEGAR AMBULANCE SERVICE and the Castlegar Airport Fire Dept would like fo extend their thanks and ‘appreciation to Courtesy Used Auto Par ts of Genelle for the donation of derelict vehicles for auto cation practice Thank you very muc 3/39 - in Memoriam CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY. In memoriam donations. Information Box 3292, Castlegar. 365-5 '67 104/17 The Ministry of Forests, Nelson Region, is compiling a list of eligible contractors to carry out bridge struc ture inspections under contract Bridge structures which require in spection include local material (log siringer) bridges, Acrow Panel struc tures, giulam girder structures, wood ond metol culverts wood and steel piled substructures Qualified interested parties should submit resumes detailing: names qualifications and experience of per sonnel that they may be assigned to the projects: equipment which may be utilized for inspections, equip ment chargeout rates: and referer ces by June 16, 1989, to Ministry of Forests, Nelson Forest Region. At tention: Dave Grant, 518 Lake Street Nelson, 8.C., VIL 4C6. Additional in formation may be obtained by calling Dave Grant at 354-6217 RR. TOZER Regional Manager Ministry of Forests 518 Lake Street Nelson, B.C., VIL 4C6 anrAagast tose tire ta Quebec warehouse chemicals prompted the evacu: more than 3,000 people It wasn't the first PCH spill that gar nered national atiention government storing the The Ontario cleaned and resurfaced 100 kilometres of the Highway in northwestern Ontario in 1985 after about 450 litres ef PCB: spilled froma truck Most nment began investigating reports that industrial PCBs were being blended with Trans-Canada recently, the federal gover wastes, including gasoline and heating oil and sold cheap suspecting customers in Canada Job openings mplete Electronic PL and Desigr S idvertising mate annual teports catalogues portfolios manuals Details of these and other job protunities are available at Trail Canada Employment Centro 835 Spokane S yt Phone 368-5566 Apprentice or certitied hairdressers ore required in Trail A Home Entertainment Repairer opening exists years practical experience necessary along with graduation from tw f electronics course. Wage is $10 to $12 hour. (30) Equipment rail I A-tully experienced Trovel Agent :s negotiable An opening exists ir small engine mechanic. $ hour.-(127 Castlega: Certified Auto Mechanic in Trail. Wage is $14 per hou permanent opening ex h tro for a Certified Refrigeration Mechanic $15 to $18 per hour We encourage students seeking summer employment to at the Student Employment Cent the 3rd floor of the Federo! Bu The phone number is 368-9126 who are TIsease While PCBs should be handled with care, proven health hazards such as smoking or car accidents deserve more attention, Hayes said. ARROW LAKE ELEVATION 1412.40 ft. on May 19 Forecast. of Elevation 1413.38 ft. On May 27 D LTD. R.R. No. 2 Taghum Frontage Road netson 392-7333 castiecar 365-2544 TRAIL & AREA CALL 693-2244 ° COMMERCIAL © INDUSTRIAL * RESIDENTIAL PAVING ALSO: Custom Grading, Compacting, Excavating (4-Yd. Loader), Trucking, and Back-Hoe Service. SUPPLIES OF GRAVEL PRODUCTS © FILL © PIT-RUN ® 4” PIT-RUN ROAD GRAVEL © DRAIN ROCK * CRUSHED ROCK ® SAND oy, Ge Travelaire of Canada would like to introduce BARRETT BOAT & TRAILER SALES LTD. as dealer for the East & West Kootenays SALE ON ALL NEW TRAVELAIRE R.V.'S Awnings Mounted Free During May! Good selection of used RVs! BARRETT 'S raunvace Sales & Service Since 1954 Dealer No. DO5996 The Board of School Trustees, School District No, 9 (Castlegar), wishes to extend appreciation to our employees for their dedicated service. “Meaule Yor! ADAMS. Joyce ALIMKULOV, Lucy DESCHENE. Sandy DILLEN, Jacob ARCHAMBAULT, Roge: ARCHIBALD, Barbara ARCHIBALD. Greg ARISHENKOFF DODDS, Richard DOLGOPOL Phyliss DOOLEY, Mary AUDET, Pat BABAKAIFF, Bhi BACKUS, Gretchen BALAHURA- Brenda BALAHURA, Mike BANYARD, Marylee BATE, Daun BAYOFF, Anne BECKSTEAD, Molly BEECHAM, Tim BELCZYK. Renate BONOWICZ, Chery! 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XAYASOMPHOU, Bounteing YOUNG Brian Peter ZANET, Dino PLAMONDON, Chris ZIBIN, Moe Trustees would like to extend best wishes to the following employees who have or will be retiring this year: ESTHER STEFANISSIN POLLY CORBETT YVONNE MARR JIM BILESKY JOHN LANDIS BOB SAHLSTROM BILL SHLAKOFE JOAN TUCK JIM CRAWFORD ¢ GLENYS SHIRLEY SOMMERS NICK VERIGIN NEW. CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989 WEATHERCAST Tonight: Cloudy with isolated showers. Lows 3-5. Thy Cloudy with scattered showers, High near_lA. The outlook is tor more showers Friday and provement tor t Probability of preciptiation is 30 per cent tonight and 50 per cent Thur- 'Y 4 Sections (A, 8, C&D) By GUY BERTRAND ‘ Staff Writer Most people smirk at the vision of the cumbersome stat ionwagon struggling for a park- ing spot But when the dust settled at the Kiwanis Club's Demo Derby 89 Sunday, it was Jason Chern off on top of his station wagon doing all the smirking Chernoff and co-driver Ken Michelazzo in car No. 169, pick- ed up the $1,500 first prize for outlasting a lifetime's worth of fender benders. Jason Verhague in car No.| 3 was Chernoff’s last victim as six * cars duelled it out in front of approximately 1,000 fans As both-Chernoff’s and Ver- hague's vehicles clung to their Texaco site polluted By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer No construction can proceed on the old Texaco service station site at the Casti¢hird Plaza until contaminated soil is cléaned up, a provincial environmental safety officer said Jim Jensen of the Environment Ministry's Waste Management Bran- ch-in-Nelson told the Castlegar News Tuesday the soil under the former gas station where several old gas tanks were ‘removed recently is cont aminated with a petroleum product Soil samples are being analyzed and the results are expected by Thursday, Jensen said Texaco is responsible for the clean- up which could take months, he said A substantial amount of soil has seat: what However, there are many factors that determine how long the process wilt take; he added He could not estimate the cost of such a cleanup Jensen said Texaco is willing to do whatever the Waste Management Branch deems necessary to decont- aminate the site. Waste management wants the cleanup done as soon as the test results are in, he said. At the time of the-demolition of the gas station, Larry Geldart, Texaco senior sales supervisor in Kelowna, told the Castlegar News the site * clean as a whip after 25 years."’ The demolition included removal of four large and two small gas tanks which Geldart said were tested, cut up and destroyed so they could not b 4 last breath of life, Chernoff's supporters cheered him on “‘L could hear the guys yelling at me to start it."" Chernoff said Chernoff's sputtered then stalled momentarily in the final heat “I was hoping the other car had died too," he said Chernoff did get rolling and mustered one last hit and was wagon FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS Jason Chernoff, inthe TNT Auto Body entry (middle car), did just that as he hit everyone in sight tothe delight of the crowd (left). Chernoff walked off with first prize anda cheque for $1,500 in Demo Derby ‘89. CasNews photos by Guy Bertrand ernoff, Michelazzo . crunch way to Derby win declared the winner Third place went to Gobat in car No. 1 Chernoff and Michelazzo have both driven in previous demolit- ion derbies but this was their first victory With temperatures ideal for the event, Michelazzo and Cher. noff said after their victory they continued on page A2 Paul remains will likely be cleaned with a vapor extraction system, Jensen said. With such a system, suction fans are set up where holes have been bored into the contaminated earth and the air pulled through the soil removes the contaminants, he expl ained Any “‘significant amount"’ of don tamination means several months minimum for cleanup, Jensen said Environment Ministry officials — including Jensen — were on hand at the demolition. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce wants to build a new facility on the old Texaco site and has been negotiating a lease on the property with Gulf Pacific Invest- ments of Vancouver, which owns the plaza continued on page A2 New program no ‘buy out’ By CasNews Staff Selkirk College did not settle for its new music program as a ‘‘buy out” from the provincial government inst ead of receiving degree-granting sta} tus, ‘the college board's chairman said Speaking at Tuesday's meeting of has a population base of about 75,000 people compared to well over 200,000 in the Okanagan College region. Fleet said Minister of Advanced Education and Job Training Stan Hagen “‘has made it quite clear that continued on poge A2 Castlegar city council, Fle et said “the answer is quite categor- ically ‘no'’ ‘to the question of a trade-off. . “The two are completely unrelat ed."' Fleet said. *‘The music program was something which we wanted anyway and something which offers potential benefits for Selkirk. for CIC (Canadian International College) and for the community of Nelson."* The performance music program, slated to start September at the CIC's facilities in Nelson, was annou- need earlier this month. The two-year diploma program will train musicians Seniors’ plight presented By CLAUDETTE SANDE Staff Writer Robson seniors face hardships due to the closure of the Robson-Castle- gar ferry, lawyer Terry Dalton told a task force on senior services while presenting two briefs in Nelson Tuesday In a personal brief, Dalton told the four task force members Robson™ seniors are cut off from health care and social services because they can no longer travel easily to Castlegar The hospital, ambulances, pharm- acies and doctors are all.in Castlegar, Dalton said in an interview with Castlegar News after the meeting As well, the Senior Citizens’ Cen- tre, Legion Hall and social activit such as bowling and ‘theatre-going are all in the city, Dalton said he told the task force. Police can't get to Robson as fast in an emergency and seniors’ indep. dence — vital to productive lives — has been curtailed by the closure, he said Dalen said he- +the— perception the provincial government has that it is a leader in care of seniors doesn't mesh with the reality of many seniors’ lives, particularly in Rebsorn Dalton quoted a booklet called Sixty-five and Older: a Report by the National Council of Welfare on the Incomes of the Aged which says that in 1981 there were 604,000 Canad ians living below the poverty line and one in four seniors living on a low income “If they (the deal with the per: never change the said Dalton told the task force the ferry ¢ost $232,000 a year to run and the closure has hurt not only seniors but businesses on both sides of the river. As well, property tax has been lowered in Robson because of lower assessments since the ferry closure, he said, and that has lowered the tax base. Dalton suggested a number of means for funding services for the aged He cited NDP transportation critic Dale Lovick’s conclision that since privatization of highways mainten ance, B.C. residents may be paying SO per cent more for the same level of service that was provided by government) only ption, they will reality,"’ Dalton Taaaing up to an additional cost of about million over the next three years Dalton suggested that money could be better spent helping seniors. He also—said—fairer—taxation of large corporations and a willingness on the part of all’ British Colunfbians to sacrifice for seniors could go a long $240 way to providing adequate funding As long as seniors’ needs are so great and the deficit so high. believe the tax system should be used in such a way that those most in need are assisted by those least in need.” Dalton, who represents the Rob: son-Raspberry Ferry users Ad Hoc Committee, presented a second brief on behalf of the committee that made many of the same points as his ow# brief but also emphasized the unsuit- ability of the CPR pathway and catwalk over the river as a means for reaching Castlegar “The trail presents a test fot the hardy hiker with its steep, rocky banks on either side and the dizzying height of the creaking wooden watk way high above the rushing Colum. continued on page A2 for the industry and is modelled on a similar successful program at Grant McEwan College in Edmonton, said Fleet. who was invited to the council meeting to provide an update on Selkirk College She said the West Kootenay had ““W0tKing comparable"’ to the over: whelming support residents of the Okanagan showed in favor of degree granting status for Okanagan College in Kelowna during public meetings last year on post-secondary educat ion Very few people mentioned any thing about (Selkirk College) getting into third and fourth year courses," Fleet said She also noted that Selkirk College B.C. Tel expects to hold fall plebiscite By CasNews Staff hold on one-way toll-free telephone. serv- ice from Castlegar to Traif’ the company has told Castlegar city wun ~ ~ “A simple majority (SO per cent plus one) of returned ballots is required to approve the new EAS (extended area service) route,"’ B.C Tet's public affairs manager Ed Clark says in a letter to council The service, if approved in the plebiscite. would be put in place in 1990, Clark writes. Castlegar qualifies for the toll-free service under new criteria introduced late last year by the Canadian Rad and Ti tions Commission. Under the new rules, a community qualifies for the service if a minimum of 60 per cent of the in any. Distance between the exchanges must not be more than 64 kilometres. Under the criteria, Trail to Castle- gar, Castlegar to Nelson and Nelson to Castlegar do not qualify Council_members said they still have some questions about the prop osal and voted to request more P exchange such as Castlegar's 36S exchange asking for toll-free service to @ specific area call the requested exchange at least once a month. This criteria must be met three out of four months studied by a telephone comp- information from B.C. Tel In an earlier interview with the Castlegar News, Clark said the new service would add $1.75 to Castlegar residents’ monthly telephone bill, boosting the charge to $9.15 from the current $7.40. INSIDE USCC photos pageB3 - Lottery numbers The winning numbers drawn Tuesday in The B.C. Keno lot- tery were 9, 16,24, 28,37,41, 52 and 53. Golf tips page B2 Fitness week page A2