January 2, 1986 ~ ever the province has flattened, allowing weak disturbance pressure over Interior. The first disturbance moved while the third will cross on Saturday peeping ys the second Club wants fishing ban on Kootenay Lake By CasNews Staff ‘The Nelson District Rod and Gun Club wants B.C.'s Ministry of Envir- onment to impose a total ban on fishing in the North Arm of Kootenay Lake from November to February each year, a news release from the club says. The ban is needed to protect and enhance the lake's stock of wild Ger- rard rainbow trout which travel north through the lake during the winter months on their way to spawn, the club says. i According to the release, the trout are threatened because “ equipped with modern tech- niques are unfairly able to harvest these fish.” streams. The club is concerned that the runoff of salt saturated water from the highways is harming fish stocks in the club says the protection of the envir- onment, as well as a reduction in the of stock will overtake the natural stock, the release says. The club also endorsed a resolution asking the Ministry of Highways to adopt a policy of using agricultural fertilizer in place of common salt to clear snow’ and ice from highways adjacent to fresh water lakes and the extra costs. In addition, the release says produc- tion of fertilizer in-B.C. will provide _.. bred stock into the lake each year, the club is concerned that hatchery-bred jobs. Culvert to be improved The Ministry of Highways is preparing a contract for the improvement of the Trail Creek culvert, a move that will help pave the way for the government to proceed with anew West Trail approach, a news release from the Ross- land-Trail Social Credit Party says. The improvement of the Update for list wanted By CasNews Staff Ald. Terry Rogers wants the municipal voters list up- dated by using the provincial igen list. told a recent Gautier erabah menting bo will present a resolution to the next Association of Koot. enay Boundary Municipali- ties convention, asking sup- port for the idea. @ Rogers said that by using the provincial voter's list, municipalities ean cut down on the work needed to update their voters lists. culvert is “a matter which must be attended to before the actual roadway itself can be constructed as it will be built over the top of the cul- vert,” the release says. The release adds that Min- ister of Highways Alex Fra- ser, during the recent Social Credit convention in Van- couver, “agreed to update his costs on the project and to have an early look at pro- ceeding with the next phase.” The local organiza- tion also joined with the Trail to and District Chamber of Commerce in having the highways department give the city of Trail more men- tion on highway direction signs to the east of Trail along the highway 3 route, the release says. The minister said, “revi- sions have been ordered for 23 guide signs within the Cranbrook, Salmo and Nel- son areas. These revisions are intended to remove any signing disparity with regard Trail. Council endorses cedar as emblem Castlegar council and the Central Kootenay regional board have endorsed a sug- from the City of Port Alberni that the western red cedar be the province's ar. boreal emblem. Port Alberni Mayor Gillian ‘Trumper asked for support in a letter. “I hope you will agree that the importance of the west- ern red cedar to the provitt- cial economy merits its ser- ious consideration as an ap- propriate emblem of the province of British Colum bia,” Trumper says. She adds that the western red cedar is unique to B.C. and “has significant historical and economic importance to the ince. Port Alberni is polling all B.C. municipalities and re gional districts, after which it will send its request to the provincial government. ap PRE... C cools down Idering couch Monday after fire in Woodland Park apartments. Fire broke ou! blaze. \ t when a pot of oil caught on fire. One girl suffered burns in the CesNews Photo by Doug Horvey RCMP recombing area ST JOHN'S, NFLD. (CP) thorough search of the Arrow Air DCS crash site at Gander Inter- national Airport, looking for small bones and teeth that could help identify more of today the Mounties agreed to recomb the site at the re- quest of U.S. military offf- cials but he held out little hope searchers would find anything. “The plane had 101,000 pounds of fuel on board and the bodies were in a recessed area,” he said. “The fire burned for 21 hours. With that intense heat and length of fire, the possibilities are Road reopening supported By CasNews Staff Castlegar council has sup- ported a move by the Village of Slocan to ask the provin- cial government to reopen a read into Valhalla Provincial Park. In a letter to council, Slocan administrator James Hildebrand points out that the forestry road in the Little Valley is closed by a gatelithere it enters private land. “We request that steps be taken to reopen the Section 4 road in order to bypass the gate,” says Hildebrand. The village has sent a letter to Highways Minister Alex Fraser. not good that we will find anything, but we will conduct the search. RCMP hope to start the new search sometime next week and it will last several weeks, Henry said. The searchers will erect polye thylene-sided temporary ings over the site, then melt the snow and sift [ through the soil. Until the search is over, ROMP will keep the site off limits, but Henry expected it would be free well before summer, when Gander Lake becomes a popular boating spot for Gander residents. The DC-8 had stopped in Gander for refuelling on Dec. 12 while carrying 248 U.S. soldiers of the 101st Airborne Brigade home to Fort Camp- bell, Ky., from a peacekeep- ing mission on the Sinai Peninsula. On takeoff, it cleared the adjacent Trans- Canada Highway but then hit the ground tail-first, explod. ed and burned, scattering wreckage over a stretch of woods along a steep downhill grade between the highway and the lake. All 248 soldiers and the eight civilian crew members were killed, but as of Dec. 24, only 45 soldiers had been identified at the U.S. military mortuary at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Identification has been complicated because thé medical records of many of the soldiers were aboard the doomed DC-8. In many cases, remains were only burned uniforms, momentos. Ottawa hails in new year OTTAWA (CP) — Thou- sands of revellers jammed Parliament Hill to hail the new year with a $35,000 bash that included fireworks, rov- ing spotlights, a carillon re- cital with the Peace Tower chimes and an orchestra led by the appropriately named Champ Champagne. The hot air balloon planned for the party didn't put in an appearance, probably _be- “there weren't any goer who didn't wish to be named. Officials with the National Capital Commission, which organized the party, said they were pleased with the turnout, which they esti. mated at- between 10,000 and 15,000 people. Regina man dies after skiing mishap at Red By CasNews Staff A Regina man injured while skiing on Red Mountain died Dec. 24 of severe head injuries as a result of a fall while skiing the Southern Conffort run Dec. 17. According to Rossland RCMP, Doug. las James Hendrickson, 34, died in Kelowna Hospital. Police say it appears Hendrickson lost control while skiing and hit a large rock. The skier, who lived in Regina, was in town visiting his parents James and Olive Hendrickson of Cas' Kelowna coroner Richard Gunoft will witness. be condueting an inquiry incident by gathering information from reports, including police and autopsy reports, and a statement from a sole into the If Gunoff decides there is nothing to be gained from an inquest he will file a report to the head coroner, according +o RCMP Cpl. Mike Demchuk. Hendrickson was found by the Red Mountain ski patrol and taken off the Hospital he hill on a toboggan. After being treated at Trail Regional was transferred by air ambulance to Kelowna. Christmas tree pickup Castlegar residents will again be able to put their Christmas trees out with the trash this year. A spokesman at Geronazzo Holdings Ltd. in Castlegar, which has a contract with the city for garbage removal, said she expects the com- pany’s policy this year would be the same as in years past, namely that discarded trees would be picked up with the regular garbage. Chamber _lease formalized By CasNews Staff Castlegar council has for. malized its lease with the Castlegar Chamber of Com merce for the property on which the new chamber office and visitors information cen. tre will be built The city will lease the .276 acre site beside the Com- munity Complex for a term of 20 years. The lease will cost the chamber $1 a year for the first five years, with rerttal to be reviewed at the-end of each five-year period. The chamber will pay all taxes, water and sewer char: ges. The city will pick up the cost of installing a sani- station and related paving. Police file Castlegar RCMP repart a quiet New Year's Eve and day with no incidents. “We're very, very pleased at the response of the public to drinking and driving,” Staff Sgt. John Stevens said Castlegar News TREET ~TALK A15-YEAR-OLD Castlegar lad is the proud owner wae -new 1986 Honda Civie Hatchback Deluxe. conducted by the B.C. branch of the Canadian Diabetic! | Association. ‘The son of Teny and Ann Sandrin, Chris it his! ticket at Waneta Plaza. M OF the Pulp, Paper and W: |Canada at Selkirk College have chosen a new bank's Ad Com centre here and was in charge mortgage administration, was named manager of the B of M's East Trail branch last fall. Now he’s been given responsibility for the Fruitvale branch as well. When the Castlegar branch was opened in 1946, she and J.R. (Dick) Elliott, travelled to Castlegar several times a week operating out of one of the stores in what is now the' Haack Building. And talking of Dick Elliott, he and his wife Vi have been retired for some years now at White Rock. In a recent Christmas card to family friends, Vi says she sti hopes to persuade Dick “to travel to Castlegar one day” for a visit. A BOOK about old Silverton by John Norris has done so well it-has sold out all 500 copies and the cerweton Historical Society has ordered ancthor 500 “UNDER THE “Changing Face of Castlegar” category: The Chuckwagon Cafe in the Marlane Hotel has closed its doors. Dec 31 was its last day. Everyone knows Stedman's is closing its doors, but another store leaving town is the Mountain Ski and Sports Hut in the Castlegaird Plaza. Whatever happened to the store that was supposed to go into the old Robinson's location in the plaza? THE B.C. New Democratic Party is looking for a new logo and is willing to pay $1,000 for the best design. “We want something bright, something exciting and something that highlights the people and resources of British Columbia,” says the party's provincial secretary Gerry Scott. And it appears the party will be scrapping the NDP label in their new logo. Entrants who incorporate the name of the party in their design are asked to use the phrase New Democrats rather than NDP. Deadline for the contest is Feb. 1. Send entries to: The New Democrats, Logo Contest, 517 E. Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. VST 1X4. Seniors celebrate The annual Christmas din CHRISTMAS FUN .. . Mrs. Barre and daughter Amanda make.a bird to decorate the Christmas tree while Education a key By STEVE KERSTETTER OTTAWA (CP) — As the number of AIDS cases in Canada edges up week by week, public concern about the disease sometimes seems more like public paranoia. ‘A Winnipeg man with AIDS was told not to show up #t a city welfare office last fall because officials felt there could be trouble if others found out about his condition. The Toronto board of issued di Dr. Alastair Clayton of the Health Department's Laboratory Centre for Disease Control says cases like these reflect the widespread misconception that AIDS is highly contagious and easily spread from person to person. “Of the 20,000 well-described cases in the world today, none of them has been transmitted through social and casual contact,” he says. One recent U.S. study, for example, showed that other plastic gloves to elementary and secondary schools and told its employees to use them when giving first aid to students with cuts and bruises. The Ottawa fire department spent $5,000 to purchase 600 masks to protect firefighters when they did mouth-to- mouth resuscitation. And a Montreal social worker said some doctors, dentists and other health-care workers refuse to treat AIDS ,wietims — @ stand that many professionals in those fields consider unethical. family bers aren't at risk of picking up AIDS even when they share toothbrushes, towels, and eating utensils with an AIDS victim or hug and kiss each other. AIDS, short for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syn- drome, is an invariably fatal condition caused by a virus that disables the body's natural ability to fight disease. There have been recent reports of dementia in a few patients, and that suggests the disease may attack the brain as well. have learned a good deal about the virus in recent months, but they could still be years away from a cure, an effective treatment or s vaccine. in fighting AIDS Until any of those breakthroughs, public education is the best way of attacking the disease. “What we have to do is find educational methods which will be much more effective than any we've previously used,” Clayton says. CITES FAILURES “Sexually-transmitted diseases, all of them including AIDS, -are p through given to others. Officials say the program has reduced the risk of anyone getting AIDS from a blood transfusion, for example, to one in 10 million. Clayton says preliminary results from the Red Cross tests suggest that perhaps 400 of every one million Canadians are antibody-positive. That in turn suggests that perhaps 10,000 of the country’s 25 million people have been exposed to the AIDS We've failed totally, | think, with pomreee and syphilis and the other sexually-transmitted diseases. One other worthy development in the fight against AIDS Gurthg 1985 var the widespread use of tests for AIDS antibodies. Antibodies are formed by the body's immune system, and the presence of AIDS antibodies in the blood is a way of showing past exposure to the AIDS virus. The Canadian Red Cross started using antibody tests in the fall to make sure no contaminated blood from donors is virus. F . only a small proportion of the 10,000 are likely to develop full-fledged cases of AIDS. Clayton says the virus that causes AIDS apparently has to be present in the blood in a “critical mass” before the disease itself is inevitable. New tests that could be ready for use as early as 1986 may allow researchers to confirm the presence of the AIDS cirus in the blood — as opposed to AIDS antibodies. And they may provide the first clues as to how much of the virus the body can tolerate safely and how much is needed before a person is certain to go on to get AIDS. , ner for the Castlegar Senior Citizens’ Association was held in the Legion Hall Dec. 18 with the Legion ladies serving the turkey dinner. Frances Hunter said grace and retiring president Curt Waterman was master of ceremonies. Greetings from the City of Castlegar were extended by Ald. Bob Pakula in lieu ‘of Mayor Audrey Moore, who is in Victoria. President-elect Florence Laycock congratulated Curt Waterman on this past year's accomplishments and hoped 1986 would go as well. Gordon Brady brought greetings from radio station CKQR and LaDell Lipsett, program convenor, announ ced the carol sing and danc ing. Joe Killough led the sing ing with the Old Time Fid dlers playing the accompan- iment. They also played for the dancing. Novelty dances gave prizes to Mr. and Mrs. John Mak. areff and Mr. and Mrs. Nels Latta. Centre to open By CasNews Staff Information on all Red Cross programs as well as loans of wheelchairs, walkers and other sick room supplies will be available starting Fri. day as the Regional Red Cross information centre and Castlegar sick room loan ser vice begins operation The centre, located in Room 102 of Castlegar’s Sandman Inn, will serve the entire West Kootenay area, said Denise Reed, West Kootenay Red Cross regional president “Anybody- who wants in formation’ about the Red Cross can cgntact us” at the centre, Reed said In addition to information, the centre will also lend a variety of sick room equip ment free of charge. Reed added that the infor mation centre will also func tion as a “trace and reunion centre” which people can contact for information about friends and relatives caught in disasters such as the re cent Mexican earthquake. The centre will be manned by Red Cross and Hospice volunteers. Reed said the Red Cross would welcome any dona tions of sick room equipment The official opening is scheduled for mid-February. al: Coming Soon . . . See the Castlegar News of Sun., Jan. 19 A family night replaced the usual Christmas concert at Woodland Park school this year. Parents visited the school i youngsters for an ening of crafts, bingo, mprovisational drama and David Campbell! works on a star at recent Woodland Park Elementary school fomily night. tree decorating. To end the evening all met in the gym for carol singing led by Mr. and Mrs. Laurie and Mrs. Maartman on gui- tars. Santa visited with a box of candy canes and the Parents Group served hot chocolate with cookies iced“ by stu- dents. Proceeds from the bingo and from a Parents’ Group cake raffle were donated to the Legion Christmas Ham- per Fund. CLOSE OUT S-A-L-E Starts Mon., Jan. 6 All Merchandise Reduced Closed Thurs., Fri. & Sat., Jan. 2, 3& 4 for inventory ALFONSO APA LADIES’ & MEN’S WEAR 1364 Bay Ave., Trail — Phone 368-5314 After over 7 years of service to the Castlegar area Skiing Equipment Cross Country - Skates Footwear Ski Clothing Ski Gloves MOUNTAIN SKI and SPORTS HUT is CLOSING OUT! Save! Save! Save! EVERYTHING IN THE STORE MUST BE SOLD Shop Early for Best Selections Curling Supplies Hockey Hockey Sticks Fishing Tackle Camping Equipment Hiking Equipment Racquets Castleaird Plaza 365-3525