STUDENTS ARRIVE . . . Thirty-four students from Tokyo's Aoyama Technical College arrived in Castlegar yesterday to spend some time in the area. The students will be here until next month and will spend their time learning about the area. Change upsets prisoners AGASSIZ (CP) — A crackdown on parole for repeat sex offenders is spawning frustrated and angry pris: oners who could cause additional problems for society in future, warn spokesmen for prisoners at Kent in stitution. “To get that one per cent (repeat sex offenders), they are dinging the other 99 per cent,” said Robert Paul, 45, secretary of the prisoners’ com mittee at Kent, a maximum-security prison in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver. “They keep changing the rules on us,” said committee president Ollie Patton. “They build up expectations (of parole), then it goes down the tube “They are turning out people who are more bitter towards society.” Paul and Patton, who have both served time in several prisons since the 1960s for robbery and other non-sex-related offences, asked to be interviewed on behalf of the pris oners at Kent They said there is a growing restiveness among non-sex-offenders across the country about deteriora ting conditions behind bars. Ken Peterson, acting warden at Kent, described Paul and Patton as “both mature and businesslike guys, a good committee. IS TRUE’ “What they say is true,” said Peterson, referring to their com Injunction in favor of unborn EDMONTON (CP) — An Edmon. ton man who claims the fetus in his ex-girlfriend’s womb is “half mine” has won a 48-hour injunction pre- venting the woman from having an abortion. Randy Mock's lawyers will return to Alberta Court of Queen's Bench today with an application to extend the injunction in an effort to have the pregnancy continued to full-term so Mock can_raise the child. “It definitely is unprecedented in Alberta,” said Rosanna Saccomani, who, with her sister Angela, is rep resenting Mock. A victory today would also be un precedented, she said, and if the application is denied, the decision will be immediately appealed. The lawyers say they support the phil. osophy of the pro-life movement. Sarah Hayward, a board member of Abortion By Choice, said the courts have no right to force a woman to continue an unwanted pregnancy. “I think it is quite shocking that in a free country a court would consider forcing a woman to continue a preg. nancy against her will.” Heather Halpenny Crocker, a spokesman for Planned Parenthood, No more OTTAWA (CP) — The railways have received a green light to begin running freight trains without cab- ooses, but they have to modify their locomotives before the first train can roll. The modifications will create a proper working environment for conductors, said federal arbitrator Dalton Larson in a report released Tuesday. Conductors will be moved to the cab of the leading locomotive once the caboose — their traditional spot — is removed The railways must negotiate a compensation package with unions representing train crews, so the em. ployees can share in the $50 million to $60 million the companies have estimated they'll save without cab- doses, Larson said. The railways must also give 90 days notice to the unions of when they plan to start running caboose less trains. That means there won't be any until the fall. The railways had hoped to be able to start this summer. said the court shouldn't restrain the woman when she’s only two weeks away from the end of her first trimester — when an abortion can be performed most safely. The temporary restraining order was granted by Mr. Justice Joseph B. Feehan of Court of Queen's Bench. Mock's ex-girlfriend wasn’t aware of the application or present at the hearing. Mock, 25, and the woman went together for less than two years before breaking up in June, said Mock. She discovered she was preg. nant and asked Mock for money to have an abortion. He refused. “I wanted to reconcile our differ. ences and raise the kid together, but she said no way,” he said. “Just be- cause we split up that’s the only reason. “And I don't want her to have an abortion, because the child is half mine and I want to raise it.” His lawyers will argue that be. cause Mock and his ex-girlfriend agreed to have the baby, a contract exists that would be broken if she had an abortion. “They both wanted the child and now one of them doesn't,” said Ro- sanna Saccomani. cabooses Larson was appointed by Labor Minister Pierre Cadieux last year to arbitrate a contract between the railways and the unions after Parlia ment ordered an end to a nationai rail strike last summer. Getting rid of the cabooses was one of the issues that derailed the contract talks. ‘ The United Transportation Union, which represents conductors and trainmen, welcomed Larson's ruling, saying it contained a breakthrough on job security, working conditions and compensation. The two railways and the Brother. hood of Locomotive Engineers de- clined comment until they had a chance to study the 61-page report. The railways want to replace the caboose with a device called an end-of-train information system, a black box on the last coupler of the train to monitor the brake system and make sure it has adequate air pressure. A gauge in the locomotive cab indicates whether the system is working. ments on prisoners’ feelings. In describing the negative chan- ges, Paul and Patton cited longer sentences, restrictions on release on mandatory supervision and proposed changes to the parole system that would require prisoners to serve half their sentences rather than one-third before eligibility for full parole. Last week, federal Solicitor Gen- eral James Kelleher, acknowledging the validity of some of the cri m, said the proposed changes in parole may have to be toned down so they don't penalize non-violent prisoners. Paul said the irony of the situation is that the crackdown will prove relatively ineffective because sex offenders are generally more likely to manipulate the prison and parole systems than are other prisoners. “They are known as co-operative and manageable in prison, so they get the breaks,” he said. “They are sick in the sexual sense, but in every other sense they are square (non-criminals). They can be a minister or a boy scout leader.” Peterson agreed that in the cor- rection service “there is very much a focus at this time on sex assault cases,” which has had an effect on other prisoners as well. Like in a classroom, he said, “the rules run according to‘the worst five or 10 per cent.” Paul and Patton also gave the prisoners’ account of a Jan. 24 riot in the Kent dining hall that left one prisoner with a punctured lung, five guards with minor injuries and $42,000 in damage. They said it was a spontaneous eruption that started as a fistfight between two prisoners and only got out of hand when a guard waded in and started shoving prisoners aside to try to break it up. “A guard overreacted, and we ended up getting tear gas and guys in the hole (solitary confinement),” Patton said. In contrast, said Paul, a similar situation three weeks later was han dled differently by guards and quickly defused. Government may assist lawsuit VANCOUVER (CP) — The federal government may be asked to act on behalf of Canadian women injured by the Dalkon contraceptive shield, the head of a group seeking compen sation said today. Canadian women might not receive their fair share of money from A.H. Robins Co., the American manu facturer of the intra-uterine device, said Laura Jones of Dalkon Shield Action-Canada. Jones said her group may appeal a reorganization plan that was ap- proved overwhelmingly by A.H. Robins shareholders_and Dalkon shield claimants, setting up a $2.5- billion trust fund to handle lawsuits. “We've discussed writing to James Kelleher, the solicitor general, and asking him to participate in the ap- peal,” she said, “but we can’t do that until we know there's an appeal.” Shareholders will have first access to money from the bankrupt phar- maceutical firm, said Jones, and then U.S. claimants may have priority Tobacco over the 4,600 Canadian women who have filed claims for Dalkon-related injuries. “People say that they've talked to the claimants committee,” — said Jones, “and they won't say that Can- adian or other foreign claimants are going to get any kind of equal treat ment.” Hundreds of thousands of women have filed claims saying they suf- fered infections, miscarriages and other injuries from the shield mar- keted by A.H. Robins in the early 1970s. At least 20 deaths have been linked to use of the contraceptive. Dennis Drebsky, a lawyer for A.H. Robins, told federal judges in Rich- mond, Va., on Monday that 98.3 per cent of U.S. Dalkon shield claimants approved the plan. More than 19 million, or 99.9 per cent, of Robins’ common stockholders also voted in favor, he said. But Elaine Cumley, a Vancouver spokesman for the Canadian group, said some eligible people didn’t re ceive ballots. found to be potent killer OTTAWA (CP) — Tobacco causes at least one in-every four deaths among Canadians aged 35 to 84, a new study suggests. About 35,000 people in this age category died in 1985 from tobacco use. That was the latest year for which a national analysis could be carried out. The calculations were designed to fill a gap in Canadian death and census records, which don't routinely collect information about use, say the three federal resear- chers who wrote the report. The death estimate of 35,000 con- firms the figure used by the Can- adian Cancer Society to promote a tobacco-free society. Medical research has indicated that serious ill effects from smoking don't normally appear. until about 15 to 20 years after starting the habit. Lung cancer and coronary heart dis- ease are the two major killers. The researchers used two methods of analysis as a check on accuracy and found both calculations produced the same results. One analysis was based on a 10-year followup of Canadians who responded to the Nutrition Canada Survey of the early 1970s. The other was based in part on American studies that estimate the mortality risks of smoking for various age groups. The one-in-four death rate was also found in their analysis of 1983 data, leading the authors to conelude the rate appears to be holding steady. The study, by Neil Collishaw, Walter Tostowaryk and Dr. Don Wigle, was published in the Jatest issue of the Canadian Journal of Public Health. BCGEU contract ll) Proposal dumped VICTORIA (CP) — Government negotiators took only 20 minutes Tuesday to officially reject a contract proposal put forward by the 30,000- member B.C. Government Employ- ees Union. And while describing the demands, which has provincial government workers seeking wage increases to- talling at least 17 per cent, as ‘outra- geous’ the government's top nego- tiator Bob Plecas hoped the proposal was only an opening gambit. “The increase could be as high as 26 per cent for some workers,” said Plecas. “It's unacceptable at 17 per cent, it’s unacceptable at 10 per cent so it’s definitely unacceptable at 26 per cent.” Plecas maintained the province ean only afford a in the three figures in its proposal using salaries of workers doing the same job in public sector unions and the private sector. “The government can’t refute the fact they are paying poverty wages and paying unfair wages to people doing the same job that other public sector employees do in this prov. ince,” he said. UNION ‘OPEN’ Shields said that while the union is quite fair it is still open for nego- tiation. Another major stumbling block in the contract talks is privatization and job security. Plecas said the government is willing to provide some job security but not to the extent where the pri ion program would be sever. to five per cent range providing workers are willing to increase the hours of work and productivity. “The average settlement is run- ning between three and as high as five-and-a-half per cent. And all we're asking is for some employ to put in 15 more minutes a day.” WOULD WORK He said most British Columbians would more than be willing to work an extra 15 minutes for a decent wage settlement. But John Shields, the union's president, warned the government that outright rejection of their prop- osal at this stage would seriously impair future negotiations. “They may be posturing but if they aren't then they're sending a very ominous signal to this prov- ince,” Shields said. He said the union researched the Barisenkoff passes away Polly Barisenkoff of Ootischenia passed away Saturday, July 16, 1988 at the age of -78. The funeral service was held Monday and Tuesday with burial in the Ootischenia cemetery. Mrs. Barisenkoff was born Feb. 10, 1910 at Verigin, Sask., and came to British Columbia with her parents, Wasil and Polly Harshenin. They settled in Brilliant. In 1929 she married William Bar. isenkoff at Brilliant and they lived for one year at Krestova before moving to Ootischenia in 1931 where she has lived since. She was a member of the USCC, enjoyed participating in the cooking and singing groups, gardening and sewing. She is survived by her husband William of Ootischenia; sons, Nick and Peter of Ootischenia; daughter, Katie Maloff of Ootischenia; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchil- dren; brother , Mike Harshenin of Castlegar; three sisters, Annie Hor- koff of Grand Forks, Laura Makortoff of Castlegar and Mabel Planidin of Osoyoos. In lieu of flowers, friends may contribute to the ISKRA Magazine, Grand Forks, B.C. or Heart Fund, Box 3023, Castlegar, B.C. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Fun. eral Chapel. Earthquake shakes up Island VANCOUVER (CP) — An earth. quake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale rocked the pacific Ocean west of Vancouver Island early Tuesday morning but caused no damage on land, a seismologist with the Geo- logical Survey of Canada said. “This was one of the largest earth- quakes we've had this year,” said Bob Horner. “It was out on the ocean. There's been no aftershock activity and no cause for concern.” Some residents of the northern part of Vancouver Island may have felt a tremor during the quake just before 4 a,m. PDT, he said, although no one had reported feeling the quake. “I think most people were prob ably sleeping at that time in the mor ning,” Horner said from the Pacific Geosciences Centre in Sidney, south of Victoria. The earthquake was not large enough to trigger a tsunami or tidal wave, he said, adding that the par- ticular plate fractures in that area don't cause tsunamis. “Magnitude 5.6 is large enough to cause some damage if it happens in a populated area,” Horner said. A quake in May measured 5.0 on the Richter scale and was felt in some northern island towns including Port Hardy, he said. ely affected. Castlegar woman dies Maria Chaves of Castlegar passed away July 19, 1988 at the age of 68. Mrs. Chaves was born May 10, 1920 in Portugal. She grew up there and married Antonio Chaves April 1945. She came to Canada in 1965, settled in Castlegar and has lived here ever since. She was a member of St. Rita's Catholic Church, the Portugese Social and enjoyed flower gardening and cooking. She is survived by her husband, Antonio; three sons, Antonio, Ed- ward, and Mario, all of Castlegar; nine grandchildren; one sister, Marie Irene Silva of Castlegar and one brother, Silvano Mauricio of Port Coquitlam, and one niece, Fatima Dias of Castlegar. Prayers will be recited tonight at 7 p.m. at St. Rita's Catholic Church and Mass of Christian Burial will be cel- ebrated Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. Rita's Catholic Church, Father Her- man officiating, with burial at Park Memorial Cemetery, Castlegar. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. Private insurance popular VANCOUVER (CP) — More than half of British Columbians polled would like to see a return to private bi inthe pr % a survey commissioned by a group of private insurers indicates. “Fifty-seven per cent of Briitsh Columbians preferred private auto insurance, 19 per cent ‘preferred government auto insurance and 16 per cent had no opinion,” the B.C. Auto Insurance Task Force said in a news release on Tuesday. The group, founded by the Insur- ance Bureau of Canada, said the survey indicated “a significant desire for private auto insurance.” When asked if they would like a choice between private and govern- ment insurance, 80 per cent ex- pressed a preference for a choice. At present, the Insurance Corp. of British Columbia insures all vehicles in the province although coverage is sold through private insurance agents. The task force, headed by Robbie Sherrell, a former president of the Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, plans a present a proposal for a new automobile insurance program to the provincial government in Aygust. The survey was conducted by Campbell Goodell Consultants Ltd., which conducted telephone inter- views on July 11 and 12. The sample included 410 residents within four geographic areas. It is considered accurate within plus or minus 4.9 per cent “at the 95 per cent level of confidence,” Camp- bell Goodell said. Police file A 12-year-old boy who was struck by a car on Columbia Avenue yester- day afternoon escaped serious injury. Castlegar RCMP report the cyclist tried to cross Columbia Avenue and drove out in front of a 1980 Buick driven by Helen Hadikin of Castle gar. The boy received numerous cuts and bruises, while the vehicle sustained $300 damage and the bicycle sustained $100 damage. TRAINING CAMP . . . Reserve military engi rgeants Greg En: of Trail’s 44th Field Squadron and Roger Kishi of North Vancouver push an assembled bridge across a river at Castlegar News TREET TALK OVER ONE THOUSAND ARMY RESER- VISTS from British Columbia have returned home after their annual training concentration at Camp Wainwright from June 30 to July 9. The battle-weary reservists were delivered by a Hercules air-lift to their home communities in the Pacific Coast province from the Alberta military base. Vehicles and equipment travelled by road and on railway flatcars back to B.C. This year’s exercise involved a river crossing, h of a i d, anda breakout against an opposing force. Military engineers from North Vancouver and Trail ferried the infantry across the Battle River in assault boats at night and then built a girder bridge over the river for vehicles. The British Columbia Regiment of Vancouver and the B.C. Dragoons of Kelowna and Vernon provided reconnaissance and drove the armoured vehicles carrying soldiers to the enemy's final defensive position. A FORMER CASTLEGAR RESIDENT is the new executive director of the B.C. Social Credit Party. Dale Drown, who was news director at CKQR between December 1977 and July 1979, assumes his position with the party in turmoil as a result of the resignations of former cabinet ministers Brian Smith and Grace McCarthy and disclosure of a concluded police investigation of Premier Bill Vander Zalm. Drown, who comes to the Socred position from the office of Saskatchewan Conservative Premier Grant Devine, ran as a Conservative candidate in Rossland-Trail in the 1979 provincial ‘election. He came in well behind Socred Phil Brooks who ran second to Chris D'Arcy, incumbent NDP member. CKQR owner-manager Gordon Brady describes Drown as “an exceptional news man.” He said Drown worked 60 to 70 hours a week. “I'd have to try and send him home.” ON SUNDAY July 17th the Robson Recreation Society showed its appreciation to the many volunteers that have helped throughout the year. Approximately 30 members attended the social evening held at the Robson Pool, with the brave enjoying the free swimming. The evening ended with stories and jokes being told around a campfire. It’s volunteers like these that help keep a community alive and together. A FORMER. Castlegar resident, Bjarne Aus- land, 57, returned home this year to visit his 85-year-old mother who still lives in the family home near the Castle Theatre. A well-known Winnipeg musician, Bjarne’s musical background goes back to the 40's and 50's Camp Wainwright. The army reservists recently completed a ten days of annual training at the Alberta military base. when he began playing in local Dixieland and dance bands. Since then he has played and travelled all over North America, North England and Germany; largely as a member of the 37-piece Air Command Band. He continues to impress Winnipeg audiences with his virtuosity as a musician who is equally at home on the saxophone, the clarinet or the accordion as well as the piano. Bjarne recalls well playing with local musicians such as Bob Sommers (a former teacher and forestry minister), Gus Leitner (a clothier now retired at Rock Creek), and mink rancher Gordon Hett of Robson. ~~ BJARNE AASLAND Bjarne has two brothers: Odd, who owns Aasland Taxidermy at Cranbrook with a branch operation here, and Thor, who lives at Winlaw and works with the Castlegar highways ministry. One_ of _Bjarne's more _ interesting musical assignments occurred this _ Past May when he i live piano toan of the early roots of movie animation. He points out that improvisation has always been the order of the day with the musical scores to silent movies and he has to do the same with the three-day festival. “Every movie pianist had their own sheet music and played their own scores, so that if you saw the same film in different theatres, you would have hard different music.” FULL GOSPEL 1% Blocks South of Community Complex T CHURCH DI ENTRAL FOOD STEAK SALE T-BONE CANADA GRADE A BEEF..... $449 peignapies odie tg. 299). WING STEN $998 vs. $657), PA SWEET 'N SOUR ........ $939 tg 87 le. — CENTRAL DELI DELITES — SCHNEIDERS SLICED OR SHAVED ... MAPLE LEAF PASTRAMI MAPLE LEAF =o 99° OVERLANDER SUMMER SAUSAGE 66° OVERLANDER HUNTER SAUSAGE ooo 66 . OVERLANDER BAVARIAN MEAT LOAF 06° _ SIDE ‘BACON = 954%, $949 FaRmer Siroxeo. ov rie Piece GRIMMS RING SAUSAGE APPROX. 500G ... ec. 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