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August 14, 1988

Steelworkers seek lower interest rates

TORONTO (CP) — The United Steelworkers of America union has called on the federal government to lower interest rates and ease the strain on Canada's export-based in

dustries ciiised by the growing strength of the Canadian dollar.

“The Bank of Canada’s fixation wth inflation control as its only policy objective is a very serious threat to

Lottery numbers

The winning numbers drawn Wed- nesday in The Pick lottery were 3, 17, 22. 23, 27, 36, 40 and 46

The winning numbers in the Punto sports lottery from the Canadian Football League game Wednesday between Saskatchewan and Calgary First quarter Tie win. 2nd - Calgary win. 3rd Calgary win. 4th

Calgary win. Final Score — Cal gary 48 Saskatchewan 10

Time of final score — 14:57

Quarters pay $28. Time pays $124.60. Score pays — Nil. Quarters and score pay Nil

The winning numbers in Wed nesday’s Lotto 6-49 draw were 7, 15, 17, 29, 40 and 47. The bonus number was 36

The jackpot prize of $6,641,515.80 was divided into two prizes of $3.320.757.90.

The second prize pool. awarded to those matching five regular numbers and the bonus number, had 18 win ners of $54.656.

The third-prize pool, awarded to those matching five regular numbers, had 348 winners of $2,161.80

The fourth-prize pool, awarded to those matching four regular num bers, had 20,293 winners of $71.30

In addition there 382,821 prizes of $10 awarded to those mat

were

ching three regular numbers

There was a total of 403,482 prizes worth $13,652,731.10.

The winning numbers in the Punto sports lottery from the Canadian Football League game Thursday be tween Toronto and British Columbia © First quarter — Toronto win

2nd —{oronto win

3rd — BOG win

4th — Toronto

Final Score — Toronto 24 B.C. 12

Time of final score — 11:15

Quarters pay $7.90. Time pays $82.70. Score pays — $1,536.80 Quarters and score pay Nil

Traffic tips

Castlegar RCMP remind you that you may pass a vehicle on the right when that vehicle is turning left or its driver has signalled a left turn, and only safety

then if you can. pass in

Locals graduate

A total of four Castlegar residents graduated with diplomas of tech nology and one with a management certificate at recent BCIT convocation ceremonies on campus in Burnaby Bruce Bermel — Diploma of Tech nology. _ Electrical-Instrumentation; Alison Penman — Diploma of Tech nology. Broadcast-Radio; Stan Poz nekoff — Diploma of Technology Mechanical-Systems; Yvonne Verigin

Diploma of Technology Medical Radiography; and Shirley Wanjoff Management Certificate. Health Care Mgmt. — Level 1

Legals

Province of British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways

HIGHWAYS-TENDERS

Electoral District: Rossland Trail Highway District: Rossland Project or Job Number: C1876 PROJECT OR JOB DESCRIPTION: Asphalt Paving of the Intersection of Pass Creek Road No. 260 and Robson Access Road No. 230 (New Construc

tion

TENDER OPENING DATE/TIME: August 25, 1988 at 200 pm. A security deposit in the form of a cer tified cheque is required

documents with envelope plans, specifications and conditions of tender are available free of charge ONLY from District Highways Office P.O. Box 1119, 2288 Columbia Avenue, Rossland, British Columbia VOG 1YO between the hours of 8:30 and 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. ex cept holidays

Tender

Phone number of originating office 362-7331

Tenders will be opened at District Highways Office. 2288 Columbia Avenue, Rossland, British Columbia

MINISTRY OFFICIAL RAV.

A/ District Highways Manager

The winning numbers in the Punto sports lottery from the Canadian Football League game Friday be- tween Edmonton and Hamilton

First quarter — tie

2nd — Edmonton win.

3rd — Hamilton win.

4th — Hamilton win

Final Score — Hamilton 22 Ed monton 14

Time of final score —

Quarters pay $28.80 $191.80. Score pays — ters, time and score $100,000.

The winning numbers drawn Thursday in The Pick lottery were 4, 7, 8, 9, 32, 33, 43 and 49

The winning numbers in the Pac. ific Express draw Saturday night were: 59662, 208657 and 501089. The free play number was 6

The Lotto B.C. winning »numbers were: 5, 6, 13, 1S and 3S. The bonus number was 32

The Pick numbers were: 3. 37, 42, 43 and 45.

13:28

Time pays $548. Quar- win or share

19, 29,

Job openings

Details of these and other job oppor tunities are available at Trail Canada Employment Centre 835 Spokane Street Phone: 368-5566

Traut hour

Cabinetmoker is required in Wage is $10.00 to $12.00 per depending on experience. (193)

A local shop has an opening tor a Cabinet Maker Apprentice. Must have at least 6 months experience in a cabinet shop. (350

Cooks, foodservers and bartenders required for various positions in Trail area. Wages are $4.00 to $5.50 per hour

Apprentice or certified hairdressers are required in Castlegar and Trail (3480 and 359D

Salesclerk for mens and ladies fashions. Must have 2 years retail ex perience selling clothes. Wage is $6 00 hour (386

A quolitied Sign Painter required in Castlegar. 2:3 years minimum experien ce. Wage 1s $10 $12 hour. (396

A licensed Journeyman Mechanic 1s required in Trail. Wage s $10-$12 hour Bonus program and benefits package available. (392

Auto mechanic or apprentices are required. Should have completed at least one year of apprenticeship. Wages are negotiable. (305 & 397

Students are encouraged to register for summer employment at the Canada

Employment Centre tor Students. up. stairs in the Federal Building. Please call

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INVITATION TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed tenders for the construction of an air operations building for the Castlegar Air Tanker Base, Castlegar Airport, will be received by the Custodian of Securities Services Branch

Financial 3rd Floor 595 Pandora Ave , Victoria, V8W 3E7, up to 2:00 p.m. (local time) on Septem ber 14, 1988. and opened in public at thot time. Plans and specifications moy be viewed atter August 16 1988, ot Amalgamated Construction Associations in Vancouver, Burnaby Clearbrook. Construction Plan Ser vices in Burnaby, and Southern in terior Construction Associations in Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton, Ver non, Castlegar, and Cranbrook Plans may be viewed and/or ob toined after Aug. 16, 1988 Regional Manager

Forests, 518 Lake St

Technical & Admin

Branch, Ministry of Forests, 2nd Floor Reception, 2414 Douglas St. Vic tori. Al inquiries should be made to the Technical & Administrative Ser vices Branch Phone 387.8864. A deposit of $50 1s required, which will be refunded to the unsuccesstul bid der upon return of the plans and specifications in good condition within 30 days of award of tender Tenders must be made subject to the conditions of tender and submitted ‘on the torms and in the envelope supplied No tender shall be con sidered having any qualifying clauses whatsoever and the lowest oF any tender will not necessarily be accepted

DEPUTY MINISTER

the economic viability of our export industries,"’ Gerard Docquier, na- tional director for the union in Cana- dc, said in « letter to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney

“The recovery of these industries has been largely responsible for the economic recovery we have experi- enced in the past three years.’

It is ‘‘foolish and shortsighted" to pursue policies that threaten Can- ada's export industries, he said, urging interest rates by brought down immediately

The central bank’s push for higher interest rates is directly responsible

for much of the recent increase in the value of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar, Docquier said,

The Canadian dollar has climbed to about 82 cents US from 72 cents US 18 months ago.

The Bank of Canada rate was set at 9.74-per cent, up from 9.54 per cent last week.

AIMS AT INFLATION

John Crow, governor of the Bank of Canada, has repeatedly stated his goal is to get inflation under control, although he has acknowledged it may not be feasible to try to eliminate it entirely.

The consumer price index — the

most common measure of inflation in Canada — was up about 4.1 per cent in 1987 after getting as high as 12 per cent in 1981.

“For industries like steel, auto- parts and metal fabricating which sell into the U.S. market, the increase (in the dollar) has hampered the ability of the industry to compete and re- duced the Canadian-dollar return to the company from those key export sales,"’ Docquier said

The situation is even more serious for the mining sector because a higher proportion of its output is exported and because mineral generally priced in U.S, dollars.

‘*In all of Canada’s export-oriented industries, Canadian producers and workers have been through a very tough period of readjustment in the

" Docquier wrote.

‘*Employment cutbacks flowing from the weak markets and produc- tivity improvements have resulted in extreme hardship at the individual and community level. The payoff for that sacrifice was to be greater sec- urity based on reduced costs and

“Your government's high interest rate policy is taking away a signifi- cant portion of those hard-won gains,” Docquier said,

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Spike ruling in limbo

By BRENDAN NAGLE

Staff Writer

The Regional District of Central Kootenay’s legal bid to halt the spraying of the herbicide Spike

(Tebuthiuron) along the CP Rail

tracks between

Castlegar and Nelson was turned down Tuesday by the

}ULLETIN The B.C. Court of Appeal has reserved decision on

the Regional District of Central

overturn yesterday’s Supreme Court decision allowing

CP Rall to spray Spike.

The regional district went before the Court of Appeal in Vancouver today asking that it cancel the Supreme Court decision and prevent CP Rail from spraying the rail lines between Castlegar and Trail with

the herbicide.

Justice C.C. Locke has reserved his decision until

tomorrow morning at 9:15.

s bid to- *

B.C. Supreme Court. But the district has one last chance to stop the spraying and appeared in the B.C. Court of Appeal today to try and have the Supreme Court ruling overturned.

Regional district chairman George Cady was in Tuesday and today and told the Castlegar News if the Court of Appeal refuses to overturn the

Supreme Court decision, CP Rail will have the legal

right to spray the tracks with Spike. He also said he is unhappy with the Supreme Court decision.

“Judge George Cumming in his decision said that we were not consistent in our efforts to pursue this from

when we started out last year,” Cady said yesterday.

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‘*We have been consistent, we've tried the very best we

Wayne Peppard, spokesman for a group of area

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residents opposed to the spraying, said there will be protests at the spraying sites if CP Rail gets the

go-ahead.

“We have people who are going to sit on the tracks,'’ Peppard told the Castlegar News today. ‘‘The police are going to have to take us away. It’s our full

intention not to let them spray.’’

Cady was admittedly disappointed with the decision and said he hopes the appeal will work. If it doesn’t, the

spraying will proceed.

“Legally, that means CP Rail will be able to go dy said what's going to happen, all the people (who) said they were going to go out and lie down on the tracks to stop

ahead with the spraying,”

them will."

Cady said he doesn't recommend residents lie down on the tracks but added he understands that

down.

area sprayed with the herbicide district has other options should the appeal be turned

He also said the

“If that fails, we can go after (Nelson-Creston MLA) Howard Dirks and (Kootenay West MP) Bob Brisco — provincial and federal goverments — to

amend the legislation to make it so that the people

doing the shooting will have to prove us harmless instead of the victims having to prove it,"’ Cady said.

The district was granted a seven-day Supreme.Court

The regarding the to:

“You know

ducted by Dr

people are really upset with the possibility of having the

Brown share a root

beer float purchased in front of Safeway last week. Area ambulance

drivers were selling the $1-floats to raise money for the Lions’ Easter Seal Campaign. The sale raised $304.

City orders cleanup

By CasNews Staff

The City of Castlegar is getting tough with a local homeowner whose property is a mess.

The city has ordered the owner of the property at 610 2nd Ave. to clean up the lot by Aug. 24. The case is the first under the city’s new property maintenance bylaw, which requires homeowners to keep their properties clear of debris.

Council pointed out Tuesday night that the 2nd Avenue lot contains un- licensed vehicles and rubbish in the yard. As well, the city fire chief has ordered that the grass be cut because

it poses a fire hazard.

The ‘city issued a written warning on (Aug. 10 giving the homeowner 14 days to clean up the property. However, the owner can appeal the order to council.

If the property isn’t cleaned up, council can order at its next meeting that city staff remove the debris, cut the grass and bill the homeowner.

Ald. Albert Calderbank noted that this is the first case under the new bylaw, which was adopted in May, because in other instances property owners complied after receiving the first warning.

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Mayor Audrey Moore added: ‘*Moral suasion hasn't worked so far and now we have legal suasion.””

City engineer Kevin Lagan said the city is also considering ordering other Property owners to clean up their lots.

In other council news: the city will spend $6,000 extending the water- main at 37th Street to provide water for two nearby lots. The ‘funds will come from the water projects budget. The city will postpone installing a six-inch watermain on Sth Street east and west of 3rd Avenue.

As well, the city will spend $6,500 extending the sewer line on 37th Street to provide drainage to the two lots.

Council gave two readings to a new official community plan. The pian is the first in seven years. It will go the advisory planning commission for review on Aug. 23 and then to public hearing at 6:30 a.m. Sept. 13.

City engineer Lagan said the plan doesn't contain any major changes.

“What we're doing is ensuring that the official community plan ties up with the zoning bylaw.

He said some things not covered in the existing plan include undefined open spaces. ‘‘We nave now defined them.”

As well, boundaries between areas are more specific. ‘‘A line on the drawing in the past was not as specific as it should have been."’

And the new plan makes prop- erties compatible with required uses.

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Council OKs no-smoking

By CasNews Staff

Smokers will no longer be able to light up wherever they like in Castle- gar.

Castlegar council gave final ap- proval Tuesday night to a new bylaw regulating smoking in public places The bylaw governs smoking in res- taurants, reception areas, retai stores, service lines, hospitals, places of employment and public assemb- lies, among a host of other areas.

However, it also provides for a number of exceptions. For example, employers may designate their work- places as ‘‘smoking permitted."’ And restaurants can designate all or a portion of their premises as smoking areas.

The bylaw carries with it fines of up to $50 for individuals who don’t comply and up to $500 and $50 a day for businesses which don’t comply

The bylaw drew some fiery debate when it was introduced in M Aldermen Bob MacBain and Patti Richards argued that the bylaw would be impossible to enforce

“However, the bylaw breezed through third reading in June and was adopted unanimously and with- out comment Tuesday.

Aldermen Len Embree and Terry Rogers, both strong supporters of the bylaw, were absent with it was adopted Tuesday.

CosNewsPhoto by Brendon Nogle

injunction on Aug. 10 to halt spraying along the tracks. injunction was granted when new

information ity of Spike was presented in court.

The information came from a recent study con-

John Cummins, a geneticist at the

University of Western Ontario, which says Spike has

carcinogenic and other toxic effects when combined with continued on page A2

Moore

endorses

new

pool

By RON NORMAN Editor

Castlegar council gave its stamp of approval Tuesday night to the pro- posed $2.2 million indoor aquatic centre, with Mayor Audrey Moore leading the way with a ringing endorsement

“It’s something we've all talked about, and I personally would like to see it be successful,’” Moore said.

Her support came in a splashy 10-minute video presentation by the Castlegar and District Projects Soc- iety, which: is spearheading the in- door pool

The video also features school trustee Ed Conroy and Selkirk Col- lege board chairman Elizabeth Fleet throwing their support behind the pool. Conroy makes an emotional appeal to voters. While he acknow- ledges there is a ‘taxpayers’ revolt’ in the community against increasing taxes, Conroy asks voters not to scuttle the aquatic centre

“The aquatic centre for our com- munity is too crucial,"’ he says.

Fleet notes that ‘‘Selkirk College is definitely in favor’ of an aquatic centre, saying it would be ‘‘a benefit to the college as a whole.”’

The video was part of a compre- hensive report to council on the indoor pool. Council had asked the projects society to make the present- ation so that the mayor and aldermen could be fully informed about the proposal

Society secretary Ed Chernoff said the pool was scaled down from a $2.4 million proposal unveiled more than a year ago. He said $200,000 was shaved by reducing the pool deck area and cutting back on the lounge and viewing area

However, the centre will still have a six-lane 2S-metre pool suitable for swimming competitions. It will be

$810,000 highway upgrading

By CasNews Staff

Work on an $810,000 upgrading of the Cape Horn Bluffs on Highway 6 could begin shortly after Labor Day, Nelson-Creston MLA Howard Dirks announced today

Dirks-said the ministry will call for tenders today, with an Aug. 31 closing date. He expects the work to be completed by ‘‘mid-December."’

The work will include removing 30,000 cubic metres of rock hanging over the highway on the bluffs between Slocan and Silverton. Dirks said the rock will have to be blasted and drilled.

The work will mean road closures throughout the four-month construc- tion period. Dirks said the road will likely be closed from 8:30 a.m. to noon Monday to Friday because that would be the least disruptive time.

three feet deep at the shallow end and nine feet at the deep end. But Chernoff emphasized that studies show most pool users swim in shallow water, so the centre has plenty of shallow water.

There is also a smaller, shallow pool with a fountain and a spray arch leading into the iarger pool.

Other features include:

* a whirlpool which can accom- modate 15-20 people and has a ramp for handicapped users;

*sauna, though Chernoff said this may be changed to a steam bath by the time the final plans are in place;

* a keep-fit and aerobics training area that has a separate access from the pool area.

The aquatic centre would be built on the south side of the present Community Complex where an ad-

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Scream Dream

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Lottery numbers

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were 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 40, 44 end 51,

Visitors say ‘sayonara’

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Lamb off to Japan

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