ma Sse A2 Castlégar News July 3171985 WEATHER EEC eee RED TAPE—- If, Grizzly bear killer ———— MIXING IT UP... Work crew at the Ata fire northwest rot Renata prepares fire retardant for one of three helicopters now battling the blaze. CosNews Photo by Ryan Wilson ATA FIRE ON THE RUN moe SS July 31,1985 Castlegar News ____says-California-Cooler-is-“popular, very THERE'S-A LOCAL angle to the story on: the courtcase in New Zealand where a couple has been charged with murder and sabotage resulting from the . sinking of the Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warriar. The District Court judge who heard the charges against the man and.woman, Judge Ronald Gilbert, is the father-of-Robson resident Sondra Wyllie. Sondra_has_lived_in Robson for four. years and is married to Nelson lawyer Ken Wyjilie, whom she met in New Zealand. Sondra said she talked to her sister in New Zealand a couple of days ago and said “it's a big deal over there,” noting that her father has even been interviewed. But she didn‘t-know if her-father would have any more to do with the case. 1 E “I hope he does,” she said, “It's exciting.” Her father has been a judge for four years in Aukland. CALIFORNIA COOLER is gaining popularity: in Canada. In fact it's so popular that The Okanagan Cider Co. has added 13 employees to the bottling line at its ion facilities in Westbank since June 5 to enable natural fruit juices, appeared on the B.C. market in May and is quickly gaining popularity with beer drinkers. Al Brown, manager of the Castlegar Liquor St ry popular. He says it’s one of the top selling coolers available. ‘At present there are 12 different coolers on the market — not including cherry and orange coolers which are expected to hit the market soo: Brown said coolers are definitely selling better in the hot weather. _ IT’S NOT often anyone attains perfection. But Elsa Maitland did recently. She had a perfect 29-cribbage hand during play at the John Ekroos home. Elsa was dealt three fives and the jack of hearts when the five of hearts was turned up. 2 She is the 57-year-old grandmother from Vancouver Island on a cross-country walk for the blind who came through Castlegar this spring. Buschhaus reached Ottawa last week) and was offered-best wishes by Prime Minister Brian! Mulroney. In a letter presented by Science Minister Tom Siddon, Mulroney said, “There is no cause more honorable than.that which represents both the interests of a disadvantaged group as well as the interests of Canadians as a whole.” z Buschhaus has raised about $25,000 since she began _| lk in-Mareh-Sh the pany to satisfy the demam The first shipment of the, cooler, a white wine with plans to-arrive im ‘in September or October. SAUSAG STEAKS STEA DINNE DINNER a smh, GY CROSS RIB BONELESS. CANADA GRADE........-20002000+ $677). $2°° BLADE | CANADA’ GRADE. . SAF +1°° Suueat enjoys UBC Otherwise, she said, the program was “organized really well, considering the number of people there.” “University seems a lot more real and serious now. Now that I've been there, I really want to go. The atmosphere is so pice.” She also ‘said she would feel more secure attending SHORT RIB GROUND BEEF... ee A, bal eae OF BEEF CANADA GRADE......---------- 241, 99° BEER BEER SAUSAGE OVERLANDER. 66% De SUCED BACON, «$998 SLICED MEAT 99° BONELESS HAM... $439 OLD FASH. kg. $9 Si, university after taking part in the program. The program was arranged so students would receive an orientation to the university on the first day continued from front page’ “fairly close” to the rural settlement of STICKS FLETCHERS. ASSORTED FLAVORS. 500 G. .....-.....- to evacuate quickly as the fire was Despite the evacuation order, about “I have done my utmost .to get this 150 North Bend residents remain in continued from front poge However, ‘he''said there is a “diffi- $499 sought culty” with ‘Chang's plans to sell fer- tilizers and_small_garden tools. Area K director Bill Cuthill. sug- gested the bylaw’s interpretation is “unnecessarily rigid.” “I think the interpretation is getting down. to hair-splitting,” he said. Hipwell also pointed out, “If. the intent is to encourage agriculture over there, how can you say a nursery . . . is not agriculturally oriented?” But Area J director Martin Vander- pol, who represents the Ootischenia arga, said Chang’s’business is not agri- cultdral “fhe moment you begin selling fer- tilizers . . . you.are no longer an agricultural venture, you are a com- mercial venture,” he said. Vanderpol also rejected suggestions that the nursery has been hampered by red tape. through as fast as possible,” he said. “I'm doing my best.” However, Vanderpol pointed~ out that he can't. make rezoning changes without public input. “We cannot do it any faster, because these are the rules of the Municipal Act.” He advised Chang to proceed with a rezoning application, which he prom- ised would be dealt with quickly. “We can put him through in days,” Vanderpol said. However, Cuthill said to force Chang and-Hipwell to rezone the property is a “sledgehammer” approach to the prob- lem. The board later decided to recam- mend that Hipwell appeal the inter- pretation of the zoning regulations to the board of variance, which could bring down a decision in as early as one week. Tourism ads to battle _ negative publicity By CasNews Staff B.C.’s Ministry of Tourism has embarked on a $10,000 radio advertising campaign in Alberta and Washington state to counter the adverse effects of forest fires on the tourism industry, particular- ly in southeastern B.C., the president of the Kootenay Country Tourist Association announced Tuesday. - Chuck Truscott said that the Minister of Tourism Claude. Richmond has. ‘in- structed his ministry to begin advertising in consumers know that, in, spite of the fires, there is still an abundance of vacation op- portunities throughout the province. Richmond also said the ministry will continue its ef- forts after poet rash of fires is over. “Tourism -B. c=. will __be working very closely with the regional tourism associa- tion once the fires are out, making every effort to en- sure the balance of the tour- ist season is as successful as Calgary and Spokane to tet possible,” d said. “As anyone in the hos- Loto numbers The winning numbers in the July 28 Super Loto draw are: P ‘The four regular $1 million winning numbers” were 3405267, 2799340, 1014681, and 3287981. The five $100,000 alpha winning numbers were 369B836, 040B697, !362B569, 626C132 and 313B713. In addition .to the regular numbers, 100 bonus numbers were drawn for $50,000 each. 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Our lakes are clean and the fishing and swimming are great,” Shields said. Suicide By CasNews Staff The suspected poaching of a grizzly bear in the vicinity of the Salmo-Creston: High- way is the subject of an in- ternational investigation, *a senior conservation officer for the Ministry of Envir- onment said Tuesday, Wayne Campbell: of the Castlegar office said a radio, collar belonginggo a tagged grizzly was found “on the Creston side about half a mile from the highway.” “The collar had been cut and removed from the bear,” Campbell said, adding that the transmitter was still in- tact. Campbell explained that the bear was the subject of a study initiated by the Idaho Fish and Game Department whose personnel whipped by strong winds ip 37-degree heat. The evacuation alert was lifted Tuesday night while a water bomber continued working on the fire. A main telephone line was burned, disrupting service to the district at the east end of Kamloops, south of the Trans-Canada Highway. 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Canyon town of North Bend remained under an evacuation order Tuesday, as fire crews battled a “I wouldn't say we've contained this _ 3,000-hectare blaze. - fire but it’s not going anywhere right | Frank Ullman of the Forests Min- now,” said Nan Vye, a Forests Ministry — istry said crews “made a lot of spokesman. \=progress” against..the blaze and the Vye said an unexpected summer ‘Strong winds that hit the area pushed thunder shower helped dampen the the flames away from a fire guard flames burning in the high country between North Bend and a finger-sec- above the Skagit Valley floor. tion of the fire about a kilometre from Elsewhere, a brush fire threatened a the town. section of the Interior city of Kamloops “We were able to hold that finger,” Tuesday before it was contained. he said. “We haven't got the thing Residents of 17 homes in the Barn- licked yet but we'repmaking progress. hartvale district were told to’be ready We're looking a little-bit better.” Westbridge, an area of 20 to 30 homes. Last week, the fire was r contained after it had spread t than 2,700 hectares. t Meanwhile, 90 firefighters and chop- pers dumping fire retardant halted the spread of a 500-hectare forest fire raging on the slopes of the scenic Skagit Valley which straddles the U.S. border_about 200 kilometres east of Vancouver. orted more town. ‘ Firefighting costs are more than $75 million this year_as-forest ‘fires-have consumed more than 320,000 hectares in British Columbia. In neighboring Washington state, two Spokane-area homes were dam- aged and others were threatened Tuesday as new wildfires raged across more than 730 hectares of Eastern Washington forest and range lands. Firefighters also battled a blaze that threatened homes about six kilometres east of Colville Tuesday night. Officials in Yakima County, mean- while, investigated reports that an arsonist. may—have-sparked a 8,900- hectare range’ fire that destroyed valuable (wildlife habitat and cattle range north of Yakima. Four other blazes around Washing- ton state, three in the Cascade Moun- tains, were declared contained or con- trolled, as clouds and cooler weather aided firefighting efforts. ear-tagged and collared the animal at the end of May. __The w: tracked for a few days before contact was lost. Campbell said the search- ers didn’t come into contact with the bear again until July 20 when they got feedback from the transmitter in the collar. rae ‘The collar was found July 23. Grizzlies are an ‘endan- gered species in the U.S. but t in Canada, although the sale of their hides is illegal here, Campbell said. However, he said.a black market ‘exists for grizzlies and their hides, claws and gall bladders are worth a lot of money. The hides are corsidered trophies and the claws are used in jewelry, while the gall bladders are used for “medicinal ‘purposes in some countries, Campbell said. 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