Page 8C Remember Wy ( Yne and MA Uf ff Oh WstNas Dear Santa VI Dear Santa, How are you? I have been a good girl I would like Hungry Hippos for Christmas. And for my baby sister could you bring ber Soft Stuff Potato Head Thank you very much. We ut leave a beer and cashe you like we always d Alsc the reindeer we will leave celery and sugar cubes. Merry Chris mas Santa Love Amanda & Katelyn Dear Santa, I've been good most of ti year How ts Mrs. Claus and a your reindeers. 1 would like magic copier and Baby A Gone. But anything you brin wll be fine Larees Jones Dear Santa, 1am four years old and like to play with toys. 1am a good boy and I remember to put Ohristnas Prayer Dear Sante. fandlam in lay with Bar «VOU fo bring ing Barbie irbie's friends ind Evening a good Jasmine and s for Christmas. I 4 very much rdana Jmteff The Castlegar Sun Christmas Greetings 1993 Dear Santa. Dear Santa, 1 would really like car for Christmas Santa Love Brandon Skyle Dear Santa, 1 bave tried to be a good boy S year. For Christmas I would like a Walkie Talkie headset rock poltsher, road race set game boy PS we will be in San-Diego Christmas our room number Love Shaughn Keller xox Dear Santa, I've been a good girl this year but I have to work on not hitting my sister and brother Can you please get me the litte lest pet shop and if you do not have any would you supris me. 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SUN STAFF PHOTO / Karen Kerkhottt SHARLENE IMHOFF Local lawyer tackling Bill 63 Sun Editor Castlegar lawyer Terry Dalton has invited provincial media to attend a press conference he's holding December 31, in order to discuss the concerns he has with Bill 63, the Workers’ Compensa- tion Amendment Act. Dalton has asked that the press conference, which is open to all members of the public “Bill 63 has important implica tions for employers and employ- ees, but most particularly for the 18,000 new employers and 150,000 new employers who have come under the mandatory supervision of the WCB.” Under Bill 63, the remaining 15 per cent of employees provincial gi be repealed and has also asked local influential NDPers to make the same request. To date howev- er, no steps have been taken to repeal the piece of legislation that could become law by January 1 Dalton, who is currently work- ing on a case involving a local woman fighting WCB over claims, stresses he will not be giv- ing any legal advice during the ghout the province would be included in the mandatory super- vision of the Workers’ Compen- sation Board. “If the legislation is not repealed, I would strongly urge everyone to drive particularly carefully from 12:01 a.m. January 1, 1994,” said Dalton. The press conference takes place at 2 p.m. in the Fireside Inn Banquet Room, December 31 SUN STAFF A Red Mountain skier, Tanya Hawthorne, a visitor from New Zealand. suffered broken legs when « snowmo bile ran into her while she was skiing December 21 The driver of the snowmo- bile, a 14-year-old youth, was uninjured in the accident Legs break when skier and skiddoo collide Red Mountain officials are refusing to.comment at this time until the police have completed their investigation, but The Castlegar Sun was told by one official that the 14-year-old was not an employee of the ski hill Rossland RCMP are still investigating the accident and are declining to release further information until the investiga- tion is complete Death in polygamist group called ‘accidental’ by RCMP But Creston Coronor Carl Maloney is still investigating STERLING NEWS SERVICE The death of a youthful mem- ber of a polygamist Mormon group based near Creston has been called accidental by police, but the coroner hasn't ruled out foul play. Staff Sergeant Doug Reid of the Creston Royal Canadian Mounted Police Detachment said Tuesday that the death of eight- year-old Bruce Palmer, found in a bathtub last Thursday night with a shower hose wrapped around his B.C. lumber firms have praised a ruling that Canada does not unfairly subsidize U.S. softwood shipments , but the B.C. govern- ment has warned the tariff battle Inside neck, was probably accidental. “At this time the investigation has attributed the death to acci- dental causes as a result of youth- ful misadventure,” said Reid. But Creston Coroner Carl Maloney told Sterling Nows Service his own inquiry into. the Palmer death would not be prej- udiced by the views of the Police. “They may be right. They may be mistaken. My job is to be an ombudsman for the deceased. I'm not commenting until I’ve looked at all the evidence. I may yet find something untoward,” A Canada-US. trade panel ruled Friday that the U.S. Com- merce Department had failed to prove. that low provincial stumpage fees amount to an unfair state subsidization of our forest industry. “This is very close to the end,” said Mike Apsey, president of the Council of Forest Industries of said Maloney. Maloney said one possible cause of death was autoerotic asphyxiation. This involves a per- son reducing his own oxygen supply as a way of augmenting sexual pleasure, a practice which often leads to accidental death by strangulation. Accident or not, a Nelson women’s group which has studied the insular 400-member break- away Mormon community to which the boy belonged say it still has concems about the safety Of sect members. B.C. which represents the major Provincial lumber firms. “But, I won't be singing from the housetops until I see that countervailing order rescinded and the money refunded,” he added. He said the 6.5-per-cent duty has so far cost B.C. lumber producers about $300 million In a 3-2 decision, the panel “The group's authoritarian Structure makes it more than nor- mally dangerous for women and children,” said Samantha Simp- son, co-ordinator of the West Kootenay'’s Women's Association. Simpson said both wives and children would have trouble going to police or other members of the group for help if abused. “I'm not saying there is any more abuse there than elsewhere. But when there is abuse, what is the chance a child would be able See DEATH 2A ment: * Failed to provide a rational basis for its conclusion that provincial stumpage fees consti- tutes a subsidy. * Failed to support its con- tention that B.C.'s ban on raw- log exports benefits a specific industry. See SOFTWOOD 2A ruled that the C Depart- Three babies expected early in new year SUN STAFF Entertainment . 5B The Year That Was ..1C Last year Castlegar had to wait for three days before a New Year's baby was bom. But this year, if luck is with us, Castlegar could have a New Year's baby born betore the tirst day of the new year ts over. Castlegar and District Nursing Supervisor, Denise Reid, verified that there are three babies due around the end of this year With one being due January 5, and another due January 7, the most likely bet is a baby scheduled to arrive around December 30. But Reid cautions those who might place bets. “There are, on occasion, others that come from out of town and then go into labor.” Last year, David and Sandra Lee Markin had their first child, a daughter, on January 3 making her the first baby of the year bom in Castlegar. The baby weighed in at 10 pounds and was deliv cred by caesarean section by Dr. David Bullock at 10:22 aim life of a loved one. In memory of her late husband John, Gwen Holden turns on a Christmas light to celebrate his life. For a small donation to Castlegar Home Support, people could turn on a Christmas light to commemorate the SUN STAFF PHOTO / JKaren Kerkhoft ’t drink and drive