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6OSECONDS

Community spirit.is some-
thing Lorraine Paszty has nev-
er been short of. And because
of that, the Stanley Humphries
student has found herself on
the shortlist for a $1,000 schol-
arship.

@ LOCAL SPORTS

The Castlegar Bantam Reps
didn’t lose many games this
season, but it didn’t take long
for the club to discover the AA
Provincial Hockey Champi-
onships in Salmon Arm will be
much different.

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ie WORK PLACE

Elmer and Veronica Peller-
ine added a little of Europe to
Robson when they built the Li-
on’s Head Pub in 1987. The
pub turned five years old last

With mom Vivienne Kutt providing the motor power, three-year-old Saylor Kutt was
flying high and having a grand time on the swings at Kinsmen Park Monday
afternoon. With good weather in store for Castlegar, the playgrounds in the city

News photo by Ed Mills

Local faces
six charges

@ Castlegar man heads to court
after being accused of the
unlawful export of bear parts

NEWS STAFF

A Castlegar man will appear in
provincial court next week to face six
charges under the Wildlife Act.

Jung Kil (John) Chang will enter a
plea next Wednesday in connection
with offences alleged to have been
committed in February, October and
November of 1991.

The charges include unlawful
export of bear parts, unlawful sale
and purchase of bear parts and traffic
in bear parts.

Conservation Officer Barry
Farynuk said trafficking in animal
parts is becoming a popular crime.

“It’s starting to show up more and
more all the time,” he said,
“especially in the Lower Mainland.”

Farynuk said the main motivation
is generally money.

“It’s a supply and demand type of
thing,” he’said. “If the money’s there
there, people will do it.”

Farynuk said the bear parts in the
Chang case consisted of gall bladders
and paws, and were being shipped
out of the province.

Each count carries a maximum
penalty of $5,000 and/or six months

should get a good workout over the next few days as March break continues. in jail.

vase 18|Castlegar’s mall battle begins

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i City’s first mall on the way as
developers race to break ground

Glen Freeman
NEWS REPORTER

The race for Castlegar’s first shop-
ping mall is on.

First Allied Development Corp.’s Jim
Laing says his firm could start con-
struction on a 130,000 square foot mall
“as early as June or July.”

The First Allied’s bid, which would
see a mall erected next to the Sandman
Inn, is one of two being considered by
the city.

The other — and more advanced —
proposal is being fronted by the Vancou-
ver-based Reid Group.

The Reid plan would see a 65,000

square foot mall located on recently-sold
property, across from Blue Top Burger.

According to city administrator Gary
Williams the Reid Group will present
building plans this week.

“The Reid Group certainly appears to
have proceeded beyond any mall pro-
posal which I have seen,” Williams said.
“They are almost at the stage where a
development permit could be granted.”

That isn’t scaring off First Allied,
though.

Attending a public hearing on needed
zoning changes, Laing said he'll let the
Reid proposal run its course.

‘In fact, Laing said First Allied would
go ahead with its plans even if the Reid
Group beat him to the punch. :

_- “We are putting our money where our
mouth is,” said Laing, “and I don’t think

that Castlegar will have three shopping
centres.”

However, some local residents wish
First Allied would put it’s money else-
where.

“I’m not trying to shoot this project
down,” said home-owner Terry Moon,
“but I don’t like it.”

“I want to be guaranteed protection
before I support this idea.”_

Jean Fitzpatrick, who also lives next
to the proposed mall sight, disagrees.

“T have lived in this area for 45 years
now, and have been paying property tax-
es for a long time,” Fitzpatrick said. “T
would like to enjoy the returns of this
mall before I get too old.

Fitzpatrick added Castlegar would
reap economic rewards, luring shoppers
away form Trail and Nelson.

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