a ata cen Mia ia POD Lidl usd cad SK te ¥ te » Castlégar News November 18,1967‘ HUNGRY KIDS Poor students go unfed Legislative Library. Parliament Bide 50: Victorta, B+ Ce 1 Bellevitte St” New Insertions. sant, Changes News Business Directory gel an aa Tae, Tocoder. November 14 for the month of December,” . TELEPHONE 365-5210 ea VANCOUVER (CP) — Valerie Barone considers herself gal. The 28-year-old single mother doesn't smoke and looks for bargains when spending the $656 she collects wach month in welfare, but there are times when there's not enough food for her and her five-year-old daughter. “I really work hard at not sending her to school hungry,” Barone. says, “but there have been a couple of times when we just didn’t have enough food money.” Almost evéryone admits hundreds of Vancouver's 27,000 elementary school students turn up at school hungry and they agree such kids have trouble concentrating, can be disruptive and often don't stay in school. ‘There have been a couple of times when we just didn't have enough food money’ Beyond that, the consensus ends. Poverty groups and school board representatives say it’s the provincial government's responsibility to ensure children are getting enough to eat. The Social Credit government, in turn, says it’s up to the parents. A spokesman for Social Services Minister Claude Richmond read from a news release that said providing provincial funding “can remove parental respon- sibility for providing food.” The government will provide counselling to teach parents how to “realign their spending priorities.” The problem isn't unique to Vancouver. FACES PROBLEM Cities like Toronto, Winnipeg, Halifax, Edmonton and Charlottetown have experienced similar problems to varying degrees. Pat Chauncey is a member of the Vancouver Child Poverty Action Committee, 4 group comprising about 50 members, most of them mothers who are poor. “Every time the issue of hungry children comes up the (provincial) government blames the victim,” Chauncey says. 1987 NISSAN j86, MERCURY LYNX $ porcars “eve mae 7995 Ena ae running boards. 1979 MERCURY BOBCAT WAGON 4-cylinder, 4-speed, 63,000 miles Only $2495 buster. 4x4. Gril Guord, Rol Bor, Deluxe interior az. 14, al U. 1983 HONDA CIVIC WAGON a lees canopy, AM/FM casse Auto., root rack 1984 Plymouth Voyogeur 5 passenger, 5 speed, brown $8995 “It isn't the kids’ fault they're poor.” Chauncey's group recently approached the Vancouver school board, which formed a hungry children's to determine the extent of the problem. The school board has been paying out of its reserve fund for an emergency food program and is expected to approve a recommendation from the hungry children committee to go after federal funds. Chauncey says figures from Statistics Canada show there are 10,000 children from welfare families in Van- couver. She says a report from the Social Planning and Research Council of B.C., using Canada Food Guide criteria, indicates welfare rates only allow a parent to feed a child properly 2'2 weeks each month. Chauncey isn't happy with some schools providing sharing shelves, where children leave part of their lunch for their classmates. “It's feeding poor kids leftovers.” One 39-year-old mother of two, who asked not to be identified, said poor people must “suffer privately” and often have to decide between sacrificing their children's health by renting substandard accommodation or not feeding them properly. LIVES IN TENT “If people bought food first and didn't pay their rent people would be more aware of the problem,” said the woman, who was forced to live in a tent with her children after her marriage broke up. Ken Denike, chairman of the Vancouver school board, says the situation is intolerable. While he says it’s not the board's responsibility, he expects trustees will vote to continue emergency funding until some other money is made available. 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The number was The winning numbers in the Pacitic Express draw were: 668474, 262104 and 634492. The tree ec pn gs CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1987 CELEBRATING WIN . lewly re-elected Mayor Audrey Moore and husband ‘si celebrate last night’ 's election victory. Moore handily defeated challenger municipal political career, Nick Oglow by nearly 400 votes. —Cosews Photo by Ron Norman Views on funding differ By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer The two newest trustees on the Castlegar school board have at least one thing in common: They were both elected by acclamation. But when it comes to more money for education, Mickey Kinakin and Evelyn Voykin go their separate ways. “I don't think throwing moré money into the education system is going to work .... What we need is more thought,’ says Kinakin. Voykin disagrees, saying she will “lobby the (Education) ministry for more funds, which we desperately need.” Voykin, who-will serve a three- year term, replaces trustee George Anutooshkin in Area J. Kina- kin, who lives in Thrums but will represent the City of Castlegar, will serve the remaining year in former board chairman Kay Johnson's two year term. Also elected by acclamation for three-year terms were incumbents Ed Conroy in Area I, and Doreen Smecher and Tony Guglielmi in the City of Castlegar. Kinakin says he is looking forward to serving as a school trustee in what should be “an interesting year. Kinakin is the chief steward for the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada support staff at Selkirk College where he has worked in the main- tenance department for the past 12 years. He has been secretary of the Parents for Russian Group for two years and sits on the education pub- licity committee for the PPWC's- national executive. MICKEY KINAKIN . +. Fepresents city Kinakin was involved in drafting . Area J trustee we're having to deal with.” He feels the issues of decentraliza- Barry Sullivan will “make a strong statement of reform” in a positive way. “Every child is unique and what the education process should try to do is develop strengths and if a child has a weakness it should ‘rectify that,” Kinakin said in an interview. Kinakin is a strong supporter of — “not only in an international sense, but in a national sense as well because it is our national language. I think we should have a stronger commitment to Kinakin also favors improving English as a Second Language pro- gram. “It's 4 two-way street. It shouldn't be seen as a handitap that SSeS Editor In something of a mild surprise, Mayor Audrey Moore swept back into office for a sixth consecutive term as Castlegar mayor in last night’s munici- pal election. ‘The surprise wasn't so much Moore Moore received 1,825 votes or 58.5 per cent of the ballots cast, compared to Oglow’s 937 votes or 41.5 per cent. Some 2,260 of the 3,660 registered voters — or 61.8 per cent — turned out. ‘That compares to just 43 per cent in the last mayoralty race two years ago and 58 per cent in the 1961 election when Moore beat Jim Gouk. “Blow said be is mystified at the it’s something I haven't figured out yet,” he told the Castlegar News in an interview late last night. “We thought we had it made.” Later, he added: “It is a surprise. It really is. 1 font Cont. Seer where (her! “We just came ‘up short,” he concluded. Asked if this spells the end of his Oglow VOTERS VOTERS AS HO How we voted VOTERS | ADVANCE PZ POUL 48 NS u(t YEAR) Year mmr" cad ped 121 m 70 couldn't say, “It's an unpredictable .” he noted, But while Ogiow isn't sure if he will return to municipal politics, he said he is glad to not be on the same council as Moore. “Tiere was just no common ground,” Oglow explained, adding, “One of us had to go.” He said that while not particularly unhappy with his personal defeat, he is disappointed for his supporters who sought a change at city hall. Meanwhile, Moore — ches,” she said at a victory party at her home. ALDERMANIC RACE “positive look for very good things in the future because I think this city’s got it all Chernoff tops poll year, it was a lot better organized,” he said. He added. that generating employ- ment is the key issue the new council must “We have to get on with all the projects and we have to get employ- ment..going in the community,” said hernoff. cl Rogers said he is “really happy” to be re-elected to a seat on council. Asked if he felt his re-election was an that voters were happy with the past council or that they liked the way he voted on issues, Rogers replied: en “I feel the positions I've taken have been voted on. They (voters) see a common goal there. I feel a certain warmth. They're (voters) saying to me, ‘Hey, you're OK,” Rogers said last night. He added that municipal politics is not the kind of job people should have if they are not dedicated to serving their ie ded that wen though mayors and aldermen will disagrees at times, voters. see council as “a collective unit.” “We're working pretty hard for them. We work as a unit and I think bendy pretty healthy. I think people tightest the third and final seat up for grabs on what's going to happen,” said Calder- bank. Asked if he was surprised at how dose the results were, he replied: “I didn’t think I was going to make it.” her integrity is good and her heart is in the direction.” Meanwhile, MacBain says he's “flattered” by his win. “I would like to said, “I've been working for the past 33 years to make Castlegar a better place to live.” Lutz was unaware of the final count when the Castlegar News phoned him at 9:45 p.m. “I guess I lost,” he said. “I would like to ‘congratulate Bob MacRain on his vietory and thank all of those who voted for me with a special thanks to my sponsors.”