\. The Castlegar Sun Name: Troy What you do there: Wildl Where you work: Selkirk College (student) Pet: None Castlegar likes: Mountalins, lakes, etc. Castlegar dislikes:Distance from larger cltles. Best kept Castlegar secret: Kinnaird Bluffs (climbing) What would you rather be doing? Mountaineering a prog Vehicle: Toyota pickup B Hi Arrow Continued from 1A 1990. Members of Local 40 were employed by the receiver, Coopers and Lybrand, until Aug. 30, 1990. On August 31, 1990, the premises was taken over by the new owners, BPYA 393 Holdings. Employees were kept at their jobs until fire struck the premises .on Nov. 18, at which time all ‘employees were laid off. The Beer and Wine store, which employs four persons, reopened approximately one week later. The pub, employing three more, reopened Dec. 21. “We have no idea when the rest might go back,” said Taylor. “The employees will be called back when all the di are Local BYBARBARATANDORY Sun stoff writer nelled some $1.5 million through ‘Two. local yoluntecrs have already responded to the Red Cross alert for the Persian Gulf crisis, But the call to duty has yet to come, Gary Ockenden of the Canadian Red Cross Soci the Red Cross to provide support for i in the Gulf, » Locally, the Red Cross drive will on draisi Ockenden noted. “Volunteers in the Kootenay area will be involved in Pay K ef Region, said: Monday that the international Red Cross has not begun assigning Canadians to duty in the troubled Middle East post. “At this point, no one from the Canadian Red Cross has been assigned,” Ockenden said. He also said the volunteers would have to remain and tracing activities, and some may be. called upon for overseas duty.” Ockenden —who eurlier let his name stand on the initial Red Cross list for overseas duty — says the International Red Cross has not made any requests so far for volunteers from Canada, k will be for now, ° x i ; Meanwhile, the Canadian Red Cross 1 hed a- fundraisi: IP a fundraising drive.’ from his Castlegar office, campaign for the Persian Gulf on Jan. 17, “The International Red Cross and Red Crescent has intensified its activities in the Persian Gulf since August, when it began setting up transit camps in Jordan and providing medical aid and relief for refugees in Iraq and Kuwait,” Ockenden noted in a press release last Thursday. The Red Cross has appealed worldwide for $24 million to fund its current activities in the war region, the release said. The Canadian government has chan- Cash ions can be made at any Red Cross office or mailed to the Kootenay Region Office in Castlegar on 625 Columbia Avenue (VIN 1G9). All donations should be marked “Persian Gulf Crisis.” “We're willing to work with any ity, group,” Ock noted in reference to the fundraising activity. He said the Red Cross fundraisi Wednesday, January 23, 1991 ng for war Red Cross .would provide the willing groups and organizations with any information necessary to aid in the task. For more information, interested Persons can phone Ockenden at 365—3911. Regional Red Cross Director Gary Ockenden, seen here with his staff Karine Johnson and Lynda Parker, is waiting for International Red ‘Cross directives for duty in the Persian Gulf. ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO/ Basbera Tandory @ War Continued from 1A role in the war against Iraq in an interview from his home in Grand Forks, ‘ “We're very disappointed in the UN because we consider it as a peace organization, not as an instrument of the will of the west to be imposed on the rest of the world.” he said. “There was no UN response to the . (Russian) invasion of Afghanistan, or Granada or Panama,” he said, noting that the UN became uncharacteristically involved in a war dictated by the interest of the U.S.A. ~..-Werigin_said_Canadian UN supporters are furious at this selective involvement by the UN in world affairs. “The fact that the U.S. has basically hijacked the UN to pursue its own interests, we think, is an abuse of that organization.” He said the local UN support group — formed in late 1987 — has expressed its protest to the UN headquarters, as had the Canadian up and running, just as soon as the renovations are complete," promised Oliver. Three of a kind It was a reunion with 100 per cent attendance as all three of Castlegar's community librarians got “together at the dinner to honor library volunteers last. Monday. From left, Mayor Audrey Moore . ‘served as the community librarian from 1971-75. | ‘She ‘took over from the community's first-ever | librarian’ Jessie, Donnan, center, who was in f charge from 1963-1971. On the right is today's. ! “head librarian Judy. Wearmouth who took on her | “duties 'in:1977, after beginning her career in the “library as Moore's assistant in 1974, seas ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Nancy Ungley ‘was fa rather drastic UNA ‘The younger Verigin has spent five years at the United Nations in New York, retuming home in 1989, and has been involved with the peace movement in the Kootenays as both the head of the local UN group PSPNST ST COMMITTEE FOR Wi RM OF CHRIST ORLD -s ENT ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Frank Derby Christian spirit of non-violence proclaimed in peace march held last Saturday. and the future leader of Di other violati of fund. now led by his father as the Honorary Chairman of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ. Verigin noted that the total concentration of world attention on the Iraq crisis has, unfortunately, has ob serious rights and freedoms and other conflicts, whether in the Baltic or ‘West Africa or in Central America. “This is another thing we're upset over, Other things are going out the window because of it.” elsewhere, such as the social unrest in the Soviet Baltic republics. “The crisis. in the Gulf eclipses City not inte By BARBARA TANDORY Sun staff writer said she had The City Of Castlegar rep- ive to the st i reservations about the impact of the District of Central Kootenay board Says” council is no more interested in Participating in the ional district’s devel fu second “I would suggest to council that we don’t require any part of the tural services,” she said. The than it was'in sharing in the regional planning functions, At issue is the cost of two cost- sharing agreements between the icipality and the district, said Alderman Doreen Smecher, who represents council on the RDCK board. Referring to an item of business from the Jan. 12 RDCK board meeting, Smecher told council Monday night that the board Fi dtwo : yp services, she noted, “are basically the same services that were offered under the planning functions; we don’t need them under development functions, *- The cost to the city is also about the same, or around $23,000. ~ “The only difference is that the Planning services were optional — we can opt out — but with these we can't,” she expiained. Both recommendations were tabled, without a debate, in order to F i said Verigin, the UN would not have been able to pass its Persian Gulf resolutions if it was not for the end of the Cold “We're not interested in icipating,” she rei Gs War in the U.S. - U.S.S.R. relations, But Verigin said it's imp Wednesday, January 23, 1991 «The Castlegar Sun JIM ZEEBEN Sun correspondent ‘With the the war in the Persian Gulf over one week old now, anti- {war demonstrations are springing - up across the continent. ° t Peace marches were held in Nelson and Castlegar last week, organized by Friends for Peace ‘a roup of students, artists and orkers living in Nelson. The Castlegar walk was co- onsored by Selkirk College's ‘Student Society, “It’s a chance for! people to get out their different views and opinions,” said Jeff Leggat, Student Socicty President. The peace march in Castlegar, held on January 18, began slowly. Under 50 people showed up in front of the college’s main entrance at the designated 12:30 p.m. starting time. x , Last-minute organization was - blamed for the small initial turnout as many of the people there were confused about where the walk would begins =: The weather co-operated how- : Protestors draw protest. "You just can't negotiate with zsomeone who doesn't-want to negotiate,” said Ron ‘Joseph who was spotted along the route of the Friday peace march. “By NANCY.LINGLEY FEEDBACK Sun Editor ever, as sunshine ate away the momings drizzly fog and tempera- tures reached above freezing. : “This Peace March isn't going to stop the war or anything,” said Selkirk student Sharon Wilson - while waiting for the walk to begin. “It shows we're interested in preserving peace. I'm not against the UN or the US. I just think the Canadians could have taken a more diplomatic role.” The procession began with the group from Friends for Peace leading the way. “The reason we're not getting student response is they're not getting the other side of this conflict,” said Nick Hurst, one of the members of the Nelson . group. “I’m not for Saddam but be had.reasons for doing what he did.” Kit Fast, a former member of the Canadian. armed forces and now a Selkirk student, enjoyed the chance to get some exercise in the afternoon sun. “I. don't think it matters what the march accom- plishes,” said Fast. “Participating in this walk is a personal decision, It’s not'a march against this indi- vidual foreign policy[the war in the gulf]. It’s against all immoral foreign policies. Nations create dictators through the sale of arms and by backing morally bankrupt nations like Saddam Hussien’s.” The marchers made their way up the College’s driveway across the Kinnaird bridge and down Columbia Avenue, more’ people sporiadically joined in until the crowd had doubled to about 100. The procession slowed traffic down and cars were forced to share one lane on some parts of the highway. The majority of the drivers didn’t seem to mind and many let go a supportive toot of the hom or flashed the two-fin- gered peace sign at the d: Students sponsor march for peace would be acquiescent, and that's Dot good either,” he said, ‘A number of the older genera- tion also made the trip. “I'm 100 percent against the war,” said Peter Postnekoff, 63. “I saw the wars in Germany, Vietnam—it's crazy.” Mike Makortoff heard about the march at a peace vigil the day before. “The ions weren't — Type r 4 ; 5 OUTLOOK: 3 ue The forecast for Wednesday: ! } Cloudy with afternoon sunny peri- p yy ods. Probability of precipitation LMU) zero. Highs near zero. Lows will L_-——- “| be near -5.. Outlook for Thursday and Friday calls for mainly cloudy skies with isolated snow flurries on Fri- day. Temperatures will range between O and -5. given enough time to work. They went on for only five months and now we'll never if they could have worked,” As the peace marchers made their six km journey from the cam- pus to the old SuperValu in down- town Castlegar, a reception of close to 150 peoplo—mostly high scuvol students and seniors— joined the chanting. Organizers had hoped to get ies from Castl ALOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: Temperature: Max/Date Min/Date “Mean Normal Mean 3.6/18 -9.7/20 0.0 24 Procipitation: Rain Snow Total Normal Total ‘8.2 cm. 23.2 cm. traco 84cm. Number of i: P mayor Audrey Moore as well as local MLA Howard Dirks, Both were unable to attend the rally but Corky Evans, An NDP. MLA from the Slocan Valley took time off from work to address the crowd. dino Nick Hurst and Jeff Leggat spoke first and then invited two _ high school students to speak.to the crowd, * Evans, who also spoke at the Nelson march was impressed by the attitude of the young people involved. “In the 60s we were anti-war. It was not an attempt to make peace. We were as violent and as rough as the soldiers,” he said. “A lot of you children have been raised to believe war is not an option, Peace is an active shar- ing relationship between people. - “Peace isn’t the absence of war. In order to make peace you have to work at it a long, Jong time.” The younger crowd cheered as Evans them to lead the tors. “How big of a statement can we make?” said Grahme Killough, shrugging as the crowd chanted “Peace doesn’t kill.’ “But, to not make a statement way for thc older people to follow. After all speaches were finished a petition was circulated and plans were made for more demonstra- tions to be held in the oncomming week, Normal Number ‘of Hours 6.9 Hours 7.7 REMARKS: rane ; It was a reported that it was a dull yet mild. week. Hey I need more copy than thati! Next week'I_hopel Scanner quote of the week 9:00 am Thursday morning Castlegar Flight Services - “We heard rumors there were mountains out there but we haven't see them for awhile." Forecast provided by The South - East Interior Weather Office at Castlegar, B.C. Mian stabbed Castlegar RCMP are investi- gating a stabbing which occured _in a Robson home at approxi- mately 9:30 p.m. on the evening of Friday, Jan. 18, A 27-year-old Robson male was stabbed in the area by a 19-year-old female from the Castlegar area, The victim, who for the pre- sent time will remain unnamed, was taken by private vehicle to the Castlegar and District Hos- pital. He was later transferred to Trail Regional Hospital for emergency treatment. The victim, whose wound ‘was serious, is now listed in sat- ry The 19-year-old suspect, who is known by the victim, will also remain unnamed pend- ing the outcome of the investi- gation. Hohe » The problem is, there is too much soccer in Castlegar in relation to the facilities available to accommodate it. Organized team sports are a part of most youngsters lives these ‘days. Then, as the players get older, many drop out, but still there are adult leagues available to athletes that enjoy a certain sport to realize that the military attack against Iraq not a UN operation. “The forces led by the U.S. are not operating under a United Nations flag,” be said. Verigin was in Castlegar Tuesday for a monthly peace vigil at the Castlegar courthouse, 2 : Buses still running By BARBARA TANDORY Sun staff writer ‘With the threat of a transit strike still on hold, the City of Castlegar Council discussed the routine operations of the system at its regular meeting on Jan. 14, Alderman Doreen Smecher reported to council that the Trail Transit management — which provides the bus service in Castlegar — has introduced minor innovations of schedule in a Pp to services between the board and the mun- icipalities — one, to remove all allow municip about it, she said. The subject will to think come up at the next RDCK board meeting, January 26. a Proposal last August. Making her report as a city. ive to the Regional | District of Central Kootenay board, ip from the pl: 2 functions, and two, to include all icipalities in the ional said her was over losing voting power on the development functions, Smecher said the city is not interested in either function, and has'in fact opted out of the first function in November when council passed a motion to discontinue its planning services agreement in 1991, ‘ The. decision thus - saved Castlegar $25,000 a year in cost sharing fees. i ’ “That is not going to have a significant impact on Castlegar because we opted out, anyway,” Smecher told council. “I thought it” district board. Because voting is based on population data — one vote for every 2,100 people — Castlegar has three votes rather than one. - Smecher's recommendation to council — to not participate in the service function as proposed — met -with council's approval. However, council will have to deal with another hurdle if ‘the “rec- ommendations are adopted by the In an interview after the meet- ing, Smecher explained: “If in’ fact this passes and the ‘development r ton b to take, but if it isn’t going to upset fact, Castlegar will have to make a pel \ ‘have just: been said the Trail Transit has “arbitrarily”? introduced one weekly trip from Castlegar to Trail. She said the change was made at the cost of reducing services in Areas I and J. As a result, bus service to Ootishenia has suffered, Another major change, was to introduce six “flexible service hours to address the usage need” of the community. ona seniors’ surveys, and one of the concerns is that buses aren't reliable.” : Mathieson, who formerly chaired the council’s Health and Welfare Committee, said the bus service concems were indicated i several of the surveys as most urgent concems, 5 “The trip to Trail was identified by many (people) who have to seé a specialist in Trail. That is a welcome news as well.” : Mathieson suggested the city ~~ which operates the transit systent in conjunction with the RDCK through the Trail Transit Inc, + Publicize the bus service to Trail because “unfortunately, the Trans’ has not done publicity.” Smecher, however, said & publicity campaign would: bé premature. : ““The service into Trail is not an assured thing,” she said. “If the trip sto ‘Trail means that Ootishenia bus service is cut, it may change.” The Trail Transit is also providing Paratransit ’ services —- bus equipped. with Al : Marilyn welcomed ; the .changes. ;as beneficial, especially for the elderly residents, te Vath ae “The flex hours is really good news,” she said.\“A weekly trip to _ Trail is an excellent idea, igor 1. — for the disabled. : 2, The labor dispute between the bus drivers and the Trail Transit system remained unresolved whed a second strike vote scheduled for Jan. 9 was: pre-empted’: by inclement weather, 9) 00 fo: well beyond the age of having Mc. or gh to playing :iDad drive them to the rink, the field, or the gym. Whether it’s hockey or softball or any other sport, if there’s a demand, if there are players, there will be a league or some kind of “organization involved. - Soccer is another sport that enjoys that kind of popularity. Here in Castlegar there is min ‘or soccer for the youngsters, 19 and under “soccer for the not-quite-so-young, and men’s soccer. of the Men’s High Arrow Devils soc- + Amaral, p cer club, and dad to two little soccer ball kickers, dropped around to the Castlegar Sun offices to talk about the situation with Sun Editor Nancy Lingley. According to Fernando, soccer is up against it in this area and there heme Lath adult flag football, fun baseball, dog shows, practicing are many problems that need to be overcome to help out the athletes that enjoy this popular sport, Pow “We've definitely got a soccer problem. There is only one public soc- cer field and one set of nets (for the goals). All the other fields, at the schools, to play soccer on have baseball diamonds on them or right beside them. When there’s a soccer game on the go, the softball players will come in and throw balls around and they don't catch them all. Some par- ents get scared and take their kids away. - é . ‘ “Last year there were a ph amount of in minor soccer and fields were really a problem. There would be four teams on one field playing two games sideways rather than one game lengthwise like they should. When the kids have to play across the field, on only half of the field, when they play in a toumament in the big city they can’t win because they're not used to playing on a whole field. We've never had a winning team for that reason. " “T played minor soccer here a long time ago when there were less teams and we were playing on whole fields and we won all the time. Itch Minor soccer p the organization for five to 16 years old. The men’s 19-and-under team was formed to play in the 19. league in the’ United States where they play mostly college teams. They will also take on the two local men's teams. The men’s teams play in the West Kootenay Soccer League which is comprised of eight or nine teams in the Nelson to Grand Forks area. The men occasionally also play in the Kootenay Soccer League which covers the same eight to nine teams and adds three more, extending to Cranbrook. “Tn the KSL, one team goes to the B.C. Summer Games every year. “We could have 12 toumaments a year bere, but we don’t usually have that many. Now we have one minor soccer tournament, one for the 19- and-and under, and the adults have two or three, “Minor soccer could have more and the schools could have them if we had the facilities. We have a big men’s toumament coming in here in May, but we're scared to get teams with just that one field to play on. It's a big tournament with $2,000 - $3,000 in just prize money. But we can’t bring any more than six teams in or we'd be playing 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. steady. With six teams, we'd play six hours a day. The onty public soccer field is the Kiwanis field located at the south side of the Recreation Complex. ; “The problem with that field is that it’s used for all the soccer leagues, golf strokes. Bvery- body ‘has a heyday on it. Last year, the Jehovah’s Witnesses parked their RVs all over it like a big parking lot. There's tire tracks from cars and motorbikes, anybody that wants to spin out and do doughnuts. “There's divets from the golfers where they take the grass off and with the rain and people on the field the hole just gets deeper and deeper. There's holes out there kids could fall into and we'd never see them again. One of. the pl ers in the men’s league stepped i d : sAaEIO join waltone alae ela ed contd’ Pay ste sahara “Minor soccer will be on that field and us (men's soccer) waiting for «them to get off so we can get on. That many people tears the field apart held ‘on that field. I'd hate to be it. The city didn’t even water it last year - “They steal our bleachers. They're just a i in a hole and sprained his. Arrow. bought * donated things takes a beating. All the soccer toumaments are ,:\ sce them want them? But they take them away to softball games and bring them back when we don’t them. - “Bverybody’s stuck, we need another field without a doubt.” There is no shortage of minor soccer players, there is, however, a ; Shortage of pretty much everything else. “In Castlegar, the minor soccer registrations the minor hock- ey registration last year. It’s a good sign. But about one-twelfth of them aren’t going to come back. They didn’t have any fun. They had to play on half a field in shorts that they’re not sure what color the shorts were any- miore. “Minor soccer buys its own stuff with whatever it gets for registration and it’s not enough. Kids are wearing uniforms that I wore. It’s sad to see a kid wearing the same shirt I wore with be same rip in it. some of the uni- forms are at least 14 years old and the kids are still wearing them. We should get the kids complete uniforms. “We should also have coaches clinics again. They stopped those about three or four years ago. They would bring someone in from the Vancouver team or somewhere who would teach the coaches how to teach the kids. We'd have qualified coaches with certificates and everything. My dad got to Level I and I got to Level I arid then they stopped doing them. I have full respect for the volunteers that come out to coach, but the kids benefit more from certified coaching.‘ : ‘ Fernando's men's team had no trouble garnering support. When we started our team, the Hi Arrow Devils, a brand-new men’s team, we got 26 sponsors to help us in just one month of talking. The Hi Arrow: bought our uniforms. at a cost of $1,600. 'All the other. sponsors “We'd like to see the City more supportive. Everybody agrees with that. We'd like to see them maintain the Kiwanis field better. We'd like to y ‘our toumaments.)> 5): ak SEN “And just to move one baseball diamond from one field and to make it r needs a lot more than it’s ; ?