‘ 7 ne. a2 Castlégar News October 15, 1986 Board challenges Wilson's claim OTTAWA (CP) — A major economic forecasting group today challenged Finance Minister Michael Wilson's claim that he will achieve significant reductions in the federal deficit. In fact, the Conference Board of Canada is predicting the federal deficit will rise next year and again the year after and not drop as said by Wilson. And by the end of 1988 the still rising federal deficit will be running close to a staggering $8 billion more than Wilson forecast in his February budget, according to the non-profit research institution. Further, the preoccupation of federal and provincial governments with reducing their deficits means they will contribute little to economic growth over the next two years and taxes will rise significantly, the board says. The board is predicting the deficit will bottom out at about $25 billion this calendar year, then rise to $26.7 billion in 1986-87 and then to $19.5 billion in 1987-88. And last month, Wilson, despite an admission that the deficit this year would be about $2.5 billion more than he would still “achieve continuing, sizeable year-over-year deficit re- originally expected, said the government ductions.” The Conference Board disagrees. board says. occupied with their deficit “Low oil and grain prices, a marginal increase in interest rates in 1987 and 1988, slow economic growth and the persistent high unemployment extremely difficult for governments to reduce significatntly their deficit position without further policy changes,” the rate will make it “The public sector will not be a catalyst for economic growth over the forecast period,” the board says. “Pre- positions, governments will increase spending on goods and services and capital expenditures at a slow pace in 1986-88, while personal income tav~s and indirect taxes will increase significantly. TORONTO didn't know I John Polanyi, 56, the Uni- versity of Toronto scientist who today shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry with two Americans, learned of the award from reporters who came calling at his home. “I was scheduled to go to Rome today, but I don’t want to be out of Canada now,” he said. Polanyi called the award “a Canadian event” and said (CP) “I was nomi Canadian s “this should be a celebration for Canadians. ~ “All of my years a U of T have been great.” It was quite a morning in the Rosedale area where Polanyi lives, with reporters pulling up at his house and fire engines responding to a minor fire next door. “No earthquake,” the scientist quipped. “Just a fire and a Nobel Prize.” Among the early callers was university president George Connell, who intro Men save house from destruction By CasNews Staff Two area men have been credited with saving a Thrums house from being destroyed by fire last week. Mark Andrews spotted smoke coming from the house about 1 p.m. last Wednesday while passing by the house at the south end of Thrums, owned by Katie Laktin. An drews notified neighbor Jim Salekin who called the Tarrys Fire Department. and three fire trucks about 15 minutes to bring the blaze under control. Flames were shooting through the home's ceiling, out the windows and up through the attic when fire- fighters arrived, Bojey said. However, he said the quick response from the fire de- partments “saved 90 per cent” of the house. Bojey said an estimate of the damage to the house is ‘The board expects the economy will continue to chug along but with decreasing momentum. Ater inflation growth this year will be 3.2 per cent, falling to two per cent next year and 1.8 per cent in 1988. ; The board also predicts that because the labor force is growing at a slightly slower pace tl han jobs are being created, the jobless rate should slip from an average of 9.6 per cent this year to 9.3 per cent next year and 9.2 per cent in 1988, Meanwhile, inflation should remain relatively steady rising to 4.1 per cent next year and 4.4 per cent in 1988 from four per cent this year. hares duced Polanyi to inter viewers as “a remarkable scientist and a gifted tea cher.” “I couldn't be more de lighted,” Connell said “This is the biggest thing that has ever happened to me,” Polanyi said. Polanyi is the son of the late scientist and philosopher Michael Polanyi, one of a for midable group of intellectuals who fled Nazi Germany in 933. The family settled in Eng: land where the future Nobel laureate was educated. He Alleged ize received his doctorate from the University of Manchester and came to Canada to take up a post-doctoral fellowship with the National Research Council, joining the chemis. try department at the Uni versity of Toronto in 1966. Both of the Berlin-born scientist's parents were well todo Hungarian-born chem ists. His mother was an early feminist The shy but firm-spoken scientist became, in 1962, the first Canadian to win the Marlow Medal of the Faraday Society of Great Britain. pyramid case in court By CasNews Staff Four area men charged in connection with an alleged pyramid scheme that collect ed $3.4 million in the West Kootenay made a_ brief appearance in Castlegar provincial court today. The men, Daniel Anthony Voykin, 29, of Brilliant, Fred erick Chursinoff, 49, of while offence to lotteries carries a maximum imprison ment of two years. The four will next appear in court Nov. 12 when they will enter pleas and elect trial by judge or by judge and jury Also in court today, Lorne Horkoff of Castlegar appeared briefly before Judge Bruce Josephson. S TREET ENGLAND HAS its poet laureate. Now Canada has its very own sports poet. Sports poet? That's right, he’s Frank Paviieck of Red Deer, Alta. Pavlick was in Castlegar last week on a swing through the Kootenays to promote his latest book of poems, Football Tackle Tales. And you guessed it, the book is about.football. From the outside, the book of poems is pretty impressive. The back cover contains testimonials from three Edmonton Eskimos: Matt Dunigan, Hector Pothier and coach Jackie Parker. TALK FRANK PAVLICK Parker says: “Mr. Pavlick not only put humor into this poetry, but he is also able to capture the very insight of what sport is really all about. Thoroughly enjoyed it.” The book is the 10th published by Pavlick. The other nine involved curling, hockey, boxing and golf. Pavlick says he printed 5,000 of the football books and has sold about half that since he brought the book on the market in January. He figures he's broken even and any more books he sells will be pure profit. Here's a sampling of what he offers, called Smoke Signals: . The men in the huddle Look puzzied and strange, Reacting suspicious and queer, Except for the one with The smile on his face, Who had pickled eggs. pizza and beer. NELSON HAS been awarded the 1989 B.C. Winter Games. Premier Bill Vander Zalm made the announce ment last Friday while visiting the Queen City. Nelson Mayer Gerald Retering says about 3,000 volunteers will be needed to host the games. The games will be funded by a $600,000 lottery fr-” grant The competitions will last four days and /eature 2,200 athletes in 21 different sports. Nelson was chosen over four other communities: Kitimat, Quesnel, Prince Rupert and Duncan. A FURNITURE sales and construction business is scheduled to move into the old Henne Marina building on Columbia Avenue just beside the Castlegar news. Castlegar council Tuesday night gave third reading to a bylaw allowing furniture sales and manufacturing to take place in the buiding. AASLAND MUSEUM Taxidermy. which bills itself as the Kootenays’ largest taxidermist, plans to move into Castlegar. The Cranbrook firm will lease the building at 1927 Columbia Ave. across from the Sandman Inn. FORMER CASTLEGAR resident Glen Kirkwood has won a two-week all expenses paid cruise from Los Angeles to the Mexican Riviera and return. Glen won the prize for being the top salesman in Canada for Principal Investment Company. He has worked for the company in St. Albert, Alta. since March. By JOHN CHARTERS Arson damage to the Zuckerberg Island chapel house has been set at about $13,500. City clerk Betty Price says the insurance settlement of $13,500 includes repair and replacement of the veranda, front wall and upper and lower rooms of the chapel house. The historic and unique building which has been undergoing restoration by the Castlegar Heritage Ad visory Committee since 1964 was damaged Sept. 9 when someone, presumably a juvenile, inserted tourist guide pamphlets between the door jamb and tinder dry logs of the 50-year-old house and ignited them. Damage to the logs on the front wall and adjacent parts of the interior and the porch was extensive Castlegar Fire Chief Bob Mann has estimated from the damage to the burned roof peak and the scorched ceiling in the upper room, that two minutes made the difference ARSON DAMAGE ... . Damage to Zuckerberg Island chapel house has been set at about $13,500. The OCTOBER [ ( iD at Central Foods CROSSRIB ROAST CROSSRIB Nea SP Dre BEEF sm he, 1.1% BLADE CANADA .. 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A preliminary hearing has been set for Nov ad Aan KRAFT Heritage Advisory Commit tee and administered under in saving the irreplaceable building from total destruc. WKPL hearing RETURNING OFFICER . . Barbora McKay of Rossland is the provincial returning officer in New returning officer for Rossland-Trail By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer Barbara McKay is new at the job but she says it’s the only way to learn. McKay is the returning officer for the Rossland/Trail riding — the first new person in that position since Vic Arcuri started eight provincial elections ago: “We're all learning a lot every day,” said McKay, a Rossland resident and registered nurse. “It's all very new.” McKay, who was approached by the chief electoral officer in Victoria for the job, took training in both Victoria and Kelowna before the election was called. “The name of the game is voting,” she said. “This office is designed for people to exercise that right. We start on day one and go to day 55 when the writ is returned to Victoria.” McKay, who has four others working alongside, explained the duties of the returning office About 250 people are involved in the riding’s election process, including all the deputy returning officers and those who work in the polling places. There are 13 polling Rossland-Trail, heading an election campaign statt of five. Costews Photo by Mike Kolesniko laces made up of 69 polling divisions. McKay said her office is responsible for booking polling locations (as of now, all but one are confirmed), hiring officials to work polling day, figuring out the physical set up of each location and training the poll officials in the procedures. She said, though they often have many of the same people involved, there are still some difficulties. “The trouble is that everyone tends to forget a lot in three years,” she said. “That's why we have to retrain, refresh memories.” McKay added that a number of new procedures have been introduced this year. This is the first year for an early vote, the first year for four days of advanced polling and the first year for out of province voting by mail. Tarrys department. Bojey said it took about 20 firefighters — 15 from Tarrys and five from Pass Creek — Pe RES ae No one was in the home at the time of the fire. Cause of the fire is still under investi gation. EAR charges of fraud and running 12 and he will continue to a pyramid scheme. Fraud carries a maximum imprisonment of 10 years remain in custody. Horkoff has been in cust ody since July 20 She said even when the election has ended her office will be responsible for receiving votes from those who must mail them in, and it will be mailing out votes for those in the area who reside elsewhere. McKay also said her office is responsible for printing the ballots and some of the political notices put into the newspapers regarding such things as notice of polls and official agents. McKay said she has had her moments of regret since undertaking the job, “but only because the duties are very different from anything else I've done.” She is one of only 52 returning officers in B.C Above all, McKay stresses her office's function. “We are a nonpartisan office and we are here strictly for the purpose of running the election,” she said. “Our office is here tb-provide a service, not be forefront in the news. ‘The candidates are most important.” ¥ WEATHER SERVICE UPGRADED By CasNews Staff Canada is providing an expanded weather service to the area in a new format that began Oct. 1 Tom Willson of the Castlegar airport weather office Environment said the new service will be more explanatory In the old three-to- five-day forecast, the fourth day may have been described simply as sunny,” he said in an interview Tuesday. “Now it may say cloudy with a 50 per cent chance of rain and give a range of temperature Willson also said the forecast will be more specific He said rather than merely the Southern Interior, it will be broken down into several regions, one being the Columbia Kootenay “It's part of a continual upgrading of the service said Willson. “This is something the public is aware of because it effects them.” Willson explained the new service as a result of a computer system in Montreal better equipped to handle the abundance of information involved in weather fore cast Willson said Environment Canada has already improved the aviation weather forecast and last year at his time upgraded the marine forecast Dollar blamed for lumber BOISE, Idaho (AP—The gap between the Canadian and American dollar is the chief reason more Canadian timber is being sold south of the border, says a spokesman for a major U.S. lumber company Doug Bartels of Boise Cas. cade, the fifth-largest U.S. lumber producer, said Tues: day it is wrong to blame the U.S. industry's problems on alleged government subsidi zation of Canadian timber. cutting fees The single largest factor for the success of the Can adians in increasing their shipments is the exchange rate differential,” he said We've read the ITC (U.S. International Trade Commis sion) reports and done some of our own analysis and we have not seen anything that convinces us there is a government subsidy to the producers (in Canada).” ‘exports Bartels said his company would probably reconsider its position if U.S. trade authorities issue a prelimi nary ruling later this week that says there is evidence Canadian lumbermen are benefiting from subsidies. Boise Cascade has pulp and paper operations in the On tario communities of Kenora and Fort Frances but is not involved in harvesting soft wood lumber for export to the United States. The U.S. Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports, which rep resents 265 companies pro- ducing about 75 per cent of all U.S. lumber, is seeking duties of up to 36 per cent to offset what it contends is unfair Canadian subsidiza tion. The coalition argues Can adian lumbermen have un- fairly grabbed one-third of the U.S. softwood lumber market AWARD WINNERS . . . Rodeo rider photograph by Doug Harvey and photograph of father and son reunion by Simon Birch each took third place in their class at the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspapers Association annual convention in Vancouver CasNews wins awards By CasNews STaff The Castlegar News picked up three more awards — one for writing and two for photography — at the 1986 B.C and Yukon Community Newspapers Association Better Newspaper Competition Reporter Simon Birch captured first place and a $200 prize for the best outdoor writing. The CasNews also received a plaque from the sponsors of the award, Cariboo Press and the B.C. Wildlife Federation. Birch won the award for an article on rainbow trout enhancement on the Lower Arrow Lake. In making the decision, judge Alex Whitecross said “Let me first state that arriving at a decision for the best entry boiled down to an arbitrary one as the two top articles rated equally in each of the five criteria I supplied “As a tiebreaker, therefore, I used ‘placement’. The front-page, boxed article placed directly under the banner of the Castlegar News put Simon Birch’s article on rainbow trout enhancement of Lower Arrow Lake one step up on the Fraser Valley Record story by Russ Akins about salmon enhancement in the Mission area “Both of these pieces were reported accurately and concisely I would also like it to be noted that both writers showed commendable reportorial ability in the coverage of their subjects.” Birch also took third place in spot news photography with a photograph of a Vietnamese father re-united with his son. CasNews photographer Doug Harvey also collected an award, taking third place in the sports category for a photo graph of a rodeo rider So ec a RN in November By CasNews Staff The British Columbia Util ities Commission will hold public hearings into the pro posed purchase of West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd. next month. The hearings will begin at 9 a.m. Nov. 3 in Trail in the Blue Room of the Crown Point Hotel. Hearings will also be held in Penticton be ginning Nov. 12 UtiliCorp United Ine. of Kansas City, Mo. and Utili Corp British Columbia Ltd. of Vancouver have sought the approval of the commission to buy the company, which is owned by Cominco Ltd. Copies of the applications and supporting materials filed with the commission are available for inspection at West Kootenay Power's head office at the Waneta Plaza in Trail and at regional offices, including the Castlegar of tion. There was widespread shock and outrage over the near destruction of what has become a favorite visiting place for many CAstlegar citizens and tourists alike Meanwhile, a sprinkling system has been set up around the building, a con tract has been let locally for the construction of the up stairs windows, and an intru dor alarm is to be installed inside. The insurance money will likely be placed in a special fire damage account of the the direction of restoration superintendent Alex Lutz, the restoration crew and volunteers. Anyone knowing of the location of suitable logs is asked to contact Lutz, who hopes to start work in about two weeks. The Committee acknow ledged “with thanks” the donation of several doors and windows by Barry Hill of Castlegar. These were hand made by Alexander Zucker berg and once formed a part of the old house and beauty parlour in Castlegar. If the decal on your number plate 1s Ensuring a Safer B.C ia Got a date with your plate? 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