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Labor Day sunshine may take chill off bummer summer By Sharon Trottier and Tony Atherton Citizen stall writers 39.3 cm fell during the three summer months. Although weather forecasts for the long weekend include a chance of showers, it shouldn't be much. And you can take off your ear muffs the bone-chilling temperatures over the past few days are expected to be replaced by seasonable weather. In fact, the weatherman promises to cap the season with a rather cheerful forecast for the Labor Day weekend. After a low of 3.8 degrees Thursday morning and 2.6 this morning, both about 10 degrees lower than the normal low of 13, we're headed for a high of 18 under sunny skies today.

The average high for August is 22. For Saturday and Sunday, we should be back to seasonal temperatures in the low 20s, with plenty of sunshine. Monday will be partly cloudy with the possibility of some showers nothing's perfect but temperatures should remain at seasonal levels. And the outlook for September is promising. A weather office spokesman said the sunshine and warm temperatures that have blessed tourists at Expo 86 for the past three weeks are moving our way.

"That trough over Vancouver seems to be migrating further east and would bring us some of that beautiful weather with it" Although it's difficult to determine the exact direction any weather system will move because of shifting winds, if the high-pressure system over Vancouver stays on course, it should move into our region by the end of next week. "It certainly was one bummer summer," said one Environment Canada spokesman. Many of the business that bank on summer being sunny report revenue losses of between 30 and 40 per cent Sunny Mostly sunny Saturday. Low tonight 6. High Saturday 21.

Sunworshippers have good reason to feel cheated. This summer has been one of the wettest and gloomiest on record certainly the worst in five years with about 34 centimetres of rain since June 1. Perversely, some of the worst weather has come during the weekends. Seven out of eight weekends since July 1 have been at least partly spoiled by rain. The record rainfall for June, July and August was 46.4 cm in 1972.

The only wetter summer since then was in 1981, when A2 Headlights Off at 6 50 a.m. Saturday, on at p.m. Canada Reports say a Quebec hockey coach who is to be charged with murdering an 11 -year-old boy is being questioned about the disappearance of other children. A3 The Final Edition $1.75 weekly home delivered per copy Friday, August 29, 1986 Ottawa IU1 Sports aydon aov Beecroft welcomed as a hero Region denies responsibility for coal tar leak By Tonda MacCharles and Doug Kelly Citizen staff writers 2 ir jl IT, I- i-! tnt v'J sv. rV The Rough Riders will once again go with their Smurfs four receivers no taller than five-foot, nine-inches and the Toronto Argonauts will start veteran quarterback Con-redge Holloway as the two teams meet tonight at Lans-downe Park.

B1 Local Anglophone trustees from Ot-tawa-Carleton's two Catholic school boards agreed to work more closely together but not to the point of amalgamation. C1 Health Health officials and law enforcement agencies are bracing themselves for what could Jjecome a major and deadly challenge to controlling drug abuse the resurgence of designer drugs. C4 Weekender By Brad Evenson Citizen staff writer With the bells of the Peace Tower carillon ringing in the background, Mayor Jim Durrell presented Richard Beecroft with the ceremonial key to the city Thursday afternoon. "You fulfilled the dreams of thousands of people throughout the world," said Durrell as about 500 spectators cheered. They had gathered on Parliament Hill to welcome home the multiple sclerosis victim who rode a tricycle 40,000 kilometres around the world.

Beecroft, 36, left Ottawa three years ago to embark on a cycling trip to raise the public's awareness of multiple sclerosis, an incurable nervous-system disorder he has had since 19. Prime Minister Brian Mul-roney could not attend the ceremony, but sent a letter commending Beecroft for his courage and determination and welcoming him home to the capital. Following the ceremony Beecroft handed the harmonica-sized key, the traditional symbol of a city's welcome, to his mother for safekeeping. Past Ottawa recipients include Olympic gold medallist Linda Thorn and actor Lome Greene. Beecroft, who has lived in Ottawa most of his life, said it was good to be back.

"I'm still a little bit in shock," he said, as he pedalled his custom-made tricycle from Bay-shore Shopping Centre to Parliament Hill, accompanied by about a dozen local cyclists. Beecroft rides a tricycle because MS ruined his balance and distorts his vision. He wants to show other victims of MS their disease should not discourage them from pursuing their goals. 'I've met hundreds of thousands of people who have come out and met me on the side of the road, literally in tears," he said. His message to them was always the same.

"You've got to do your best to fulfil your potential." A raid of regional government offices by the province Wednesday was angrily denounced as undemocratic by Regional Chairman Andy Haydon this morning in a detailed defence of the region's handling of coal tar leaking into the Rideau River. Haydon, after an emergency meeting of key regional politicians, said the environment ministry's raid is "reminiscent of undemocratic societies." He said it "shows clearly that the ministry is more interested in the element of cloak-and-dagger tactics than it is in co-operating with the region to clean up the mess at Lees Avenue." The ministry says the design and construction of the Lees Avenue transit station caused the leak of hazardous coal tar into the Rideau River, where a huge blob of contaminants is still resting. Haydon vehemently denied the region is responsible: "The oil does not belong to the region. It's not the region's doing. We simply uncovered it through the normal course of construction." He said regional politicians were unaware contractors building the station in 1982 had uncovered three underground tanks on the former gas factory site, but he said provincial transportation staff did know about the oily sludge and did not sound the alarm bells.

Haydon said senior regional staff and politicians learned of the 1982 coal tar tank discoveries just six weeks ago. In court documents, the ministry says the construction of the station interfered with the water-table level on the site, which caused the discharge of the coal tar into the river last spring. The tar in the river has spread to an area of 4,800 square metres, about the size of a football field. This morning, however, Haydon presented an eight-page document defending the region's handling of the matter. Councillors also decided to send a delegation of the chairman and area mayors to Toronto to meet with Environment Minister Jim Bradley and Premier David Peterson.

Following the meeting, councillors said they were satisfied that the region has properly handled the matter. "We've heard the other side of the story," said Coun. Richard Cantiri, adding that the region has cooperated with the province all along. Many were bitter about the raid, saying it's only going to slow down the cleanup because of the possible legal action. Don Jeffs, the ministry's regional environment director, said Thursday in an interview irom Kingston the ministry does not believe the Rideau River blob will contaminate ground water in the area.

"But we do not want children wading in water where coal tar exists," he said. Because regional tew waw VS." a I -r Ui Pat McGrath, Citizen A jubilant Richard Beecroft greets crowds on Parliament Hill (Coal tar, page A22) Wilson to explain economic 'slippage' Ex-LCBO officials criticized for secrecy on tainted wine By John Ferguson Southam News A special waiter can add color and atmosphere to a meal. In some Ottawa restaurants, waiters have garnered enough of a following to become drawing cards. D3 By Mark Kennedy Citizen staff writer TV Tip "I have no intention of changing tax rates," Wilson said in his elaboration. "There may well be individual revenue changes" as the elimination of tax credits increases the tax load for some people.

Wilson said it's clear the economy has not been growing as fast as predicted in his February budget. That has been cutting into tax revenues. In February, Wilson had forecast economic growth at 3.7 per cent for 1986, down slightly from 4.5 per cent last year. "It's not as strong in Canada, nor is it in the U.S., Japan and other industrialized countries," Wilson said. The economic statement or mini-budget will contain new forecasts of economic growth as well as income and expenditure targets.

Wilson's remarks came after Deputy Prime Minister Don Mazankowski announced the government has ended the current session of Parliament and that a new one will begin with a speech from the throne Oct. 1. Wilson said he couldn't be precise on the timing of his economic statement, but left open the possibility that it could come even before the new session opens. John le Carre: Novelist John le Carre reads from The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and other works to students at his former prep school. Channel 24 at 9 p.m.

Did you win? Wintario A11 Lotto 649 A14 they are best qualified to protect the health interests of the consumer. Osier wrote that whenever a conflict arises between the interests of the wine industry and the public, the LCBO's responsibility lies with the public. It failed to fulfil that responsibility by not notifying the public of the tainted-wine problem, he concluded. Osier's judicial inquiry was established after Consumer Minister Monte Kwinter announced in the legislature in November that wines containing high concentrations of ethyl carbamate had been knowingly sold by the LCBO for more than six years. Kwinter said the Osier report (Wine, page A22) ST.

JOHN'S Finance Minister Michael Wilson says he'll deliver a fall economic statement to give Canadians a full explanation of unexpected "slippage" in the economy. While he said he planned no general tax increase, the statement could take the form of a mini-budget with more changes to tax deductions and tax preferences. "I wouldn't rule that out," he told reporters. "But it's something that I'd have to decide when we have the information together for an economic and financial statement." Elaborating on his statement Wednesday that there would not be a "general" tax hike before the next election, Wilson said income taxes for some individuals may increase under a fiscal reform program the government proposed earlier this summer. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney told reporters Wednesday he could not rule out income tax increases.

Wilson said Thursday he was referring to the general tax rate on individuals and corporations when he ruled out an increase Wednesday. TORONTO A provincial royal commission has sharply criticized former senior Liquor Control Board officials for trying to protect the Ontario wine industry by suppressing information that showed high levels of a cancer-causing chemical in wines. In a 112-page report released Thursday by the one-man commission, Ontario Supreme Court Justice John Osier said it was unlikely that anyone's health was in jeopardy because of the LCBO's policy of confidentiality. But he said it was not the board's place to keep the information about tainted wine secret, and that federal health officials should have been notified because What to do What's On D15 Disney to film television movie using Ottawa Valley extras, locations Upper Canada Village will become Cin- Disney is finalizing locations in the Valley before the film moves to the pioneer com By Laura Eggertson Citizen staff writer Elsewhere in today's Citizen: Action Line C2 Local CI Astrology C14 MacG'egor A3 anhs. deaths C7 McBae Bl Bridge C12 McGiHwray A8 Brown Beat CI Movie ads B5 B'jreaucrats A4 Neighborhoods C3 Business A15 Newsmakers A21 Canada A3 ProWe A9 Gasified C8 Radio listings C1 1 Comics A21 Scoreboard Crossword C9 Sports Bl Dear Abb C6 TV Istngs A21 Gerot A6 Weekender 01 Gordon A2 A8 Letters A9 Wine D4 Living CS World A6 Mam Otizen number 829 9100 Want ads 829-9321 Circulation 596-1950 MAIL The) Citizen is registered as second class mail No.

0279 the Ottawa-Hull Film and Television association. Names of the leads in the film have not yet been announced. The Ottawa River will become the Ohio for the Sunday movie-of-the week, said Lafreniere. The film is being written, produced and directed by Ken Johnson, of The Bionic Woman and The Hulk fame. Lafreniere scouted locations Aug.

19, 20 and 21 with Johnson and executive producer Bruce Hendricks of Disney. Photography will begin Sept. 29, and cinatti, Ohio in 1840 and Renfrew and Cumberland will represent Kentucky for the story of two young men, one black and one white, who rescue American slaves and spirit them to freedom across the Ohio River and onto the Underground Railway. The film should create between 100 and 150 jobs for Canadians, as many as 40 in the Ottawa-area. The Liberators is being shot in Canada because of the value its producers get for their American dollars as well as access to a variety of locations, said Pierre-Paul Lafreniere, production liasion officer for With a wave of Tinkerbell's magic wand, Walt Disney Productions will turn the Ottawa Valley into Kentucky and Ohio next month, for the filming of a made-for-tele-vision movie shot entirely in Canada.

Disney Productions and an independent film-maker begin shooting The Liberators, with a budget of more than (1.5 million, Sept. 29 at Valley locations including the white water rapids around Renfrew, plus sites in Wakefield, Cumberland and plex near Morrisburg Oct. 15. The film continues shooting at Upper Canada Village until Oct 25, using some of the village staff as extras, said village director William Patterson. Casting calls begin in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa-Hull next week.

"The budget figure is $1.5 million as a benchmark to determine what scale rate people are paid, but it will be more than 1.5 million," Lafreniere said. "Disney usually spends $2 million to $3 million on its Sunday movies.".