Name: Johnny Pet: Koozza (Cat) Where you work: Kalesnikoff Lumber What you do there: buck and debark logs Castlegar likes: Hooters Fitness Parlour Best kept Castlegar secret: Second falls What would you rather be doing? Flying Vehicle: 76 Ford pickup Kootenay Greens select candidate Sun Staff The Kootenay Green Party bh selected its candidate for the federal election, expected in late summer or early fall. He is Nel son resident Jack Ross, local edu cator, community organizer and workshop leader. Ross, a teacher of non-violent and consensus decision-making Process, he believes the element often tacking in political cam- Paigns is a generous helping of honor. He intends to correct this in his own campaign Ross said that the greatest value that the Green Party offers to the public is a point of view and a different approach to mak- ing decisions. “The Greens see that opposing attitudes in small or large communities can be recon- ciled through actively listening to each other and reaching consen- JACK ROSS Sus on each issue. This is the way the Green Party functions.” Ross plans to visit each of the communities in the Kootenay West Revelstoke riding soon The Castlegar Sun Provincial Advisory Council meets in Castlegar SAM BISHAY For The Sun Castlegar was the meeting place for the provincial Advisory Council on Multiculturalism, which gathered to finalize recommendation that will be sent to the Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism and Human Rights, Anita Hagen. The meeting was the fourth and last for this year. The advisory council, made up of nominated appointees, reflects a diverse cross section of Bntish Columbia's gen der, ethnic, cultural and geographi cal population. Members are nominated within their home com munities and then appointed by the munister to volunteer their time for a one-year term The goals of the council are to advise the provincial government on how to: help oppressed and marginalized people receive assis tance to overcome their situation. reate a province where employ equity is the rule rather than the exception; recognize the validi ment ly of university degrees earned in educational institutions interna tionally; facilitate access and equi ty of service and; create initiatives To these ends, the delegates felt confident that their ideas would be useful to the minister. Ultimately the onus will be upon to fight racism. the minister to legislate policy that would be helpful to those who are being affected by oppression and inequity. All we can do #s advise her based upon our collective knowl edge and information gained by coming to these smaller Ues and speaking with groups that feal with these issues on a commu communi nity level,” said one delegate \ reception was later held at the Sandman Inn, where local groups were invited to address the council on what they had been doing to Dp te Multiculturalism. Groups the Casth aw Multicultural Multi f he i Turmer and chaurperson uncil is Roophan 1 native of Trinidad wh 1956 and currently Social Work at UBC ‘We must eam tb respect people. No mafter where they come from. And we must leam to see the difference in their culty M as something nega uve, but as a positive thing that adds to the richness of the country to Canada in migrat professor of Weekend accident claims student-teacher a truck driven by Colin Briggeman, 18, of Castle gar. Briggeman, and his passengers, two 14-year- old females, weee taken to Castlegar and Trail Hospitals. Castlegar RCMP are unable to verify if alcohol was a contributing factor until their inves- tigation is completed A head-on motor vehicle accident June 5 has in the death of Donald Vernon Parslow, 32, of Calgary, Alberta, who was a student teacher in ‘The accident occurred about 500 metres west of the Kinnaird Bridge when Parslow’s eastbound truck strayed into the path of [ * Wednesday, June 9, 1993. 1993 Graduation Award Winners AWARD Arrow Building Scholarship Bevans-Ellis-Gorman Bursary Beta Sigma Phi Bursary Canada Safeway Lid Castle District Hospital Medical Staff Bursaries Castlegar & District Administrators Assoc Castlegar Royal Canadian Mounted Police Scholarship Castlegar-Robsén Legion Branch 170 Bursaries Castlegar & District Hospital Award Bursary Castlegar Savings Credit Union Bursaries Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club Bursaries Celgar Pulp Company Bursaries Columbia Beverage Award Cominco Award Castlegar Sun Scholarship C.U.P.E. 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The par 2 met by the ministry, further action will take place—this could include a complete hail to tr } OUTLOOK: The forecast for er. High temperatures from 22 to ing with generally sunny skies for increasing probability of showers Temperature: Max/Date 26.7/5 Precipitation: — Rain s 10.8 Sunshine Number of Hot 53.7 REMARKS: hay cut are inc reasing daily Forecast provided by The South Trans June 5 - 1420.90 WEATHER Wednesday; Morning sunshine with scattered cloud building in the after noon giving the risk of a thundershow Outlook for Thursday and Friday: the unsettled pattern remair A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: Min/Date Mear 7.7/4 A typical unsettled weather pattern for the first week of June. The number of farmers wanting to make the first at Castlegar, B.C " ARROW LAKE RESERVOIR FORECAST June 12 - 1426.00 { 24 early Thursday then an late Thursday and Frid Normal Nur of Hour 54.6 East Interior Weather Office overhead B.C. Gas to have ire not Recent Salmonella cases linked to chicken KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff Contaminated chicken is sus. pected of being the cause of 7 Salmonella Cases Contracted at the Colander Restaurant in Trail around May 12 Medical Health Officer, Doctor Nelson Ames of the Central Koote nay Health Unit, said samples taken from leftover food from such sources as “doggy bags” indicate a strong link” that the chicken was comaminated while in a cooked state. Cooking food usually kills the Salmonella bacteria, and although the chicken at the Colander was cooked, Ames said it might have been cross-contaminated, which can happen in a variety of ways ‘I don't think we will ever be able to pin it down. Cross-con tamination happens when cooked KAREN KERKHOFF un staff Administrator Williams, B.C. Gas representatives. and West Wind Nurseries, the con: tractor, met June 1 to discuss ways Gary food, Which is not contaminated any longer, is put in contact with something that is contaminated. It could be hands, other food, a counter top or any number of We're not sure at this be put into practice. “Th that no matter how well-tra person is they still t careful when preparit Before re rant. the empl Bait 3 through. turth in Which a. repeat of last week's ruptured gas lines can be avoided. penn The ruptures occurred when West Wind ind city crews broke a things contractor point why it was contaminated Nurser The trail was cool by the time we training said Ar We went through the ve Which was not recog got there training on | w plans. The gas not been used for loWever, instead of cutting place with a fine-tooth comb. practices Salmone li ally present witht Ames went on to say that some Colander employees also contacted greater role in revite process, for safety sake the line off at the main and ping it, the line had beer it at the service and then capped Williams said B.C. Gas ha agreed to come out each momin prior to digging to mark wher gas lines exist. “They w out each mormuing and mark the gas lines are and mak there aren't any hidden In order where old said B.¢ ing old record test the lines and they re not charged after eating contin symptoms includ abdominal pair Salmonella poisoning. “Employees tend to eat the food where they are employed. Several were sick, they weren't spared."’ Opening of the restaurant-was delayed until employees-vere free of the bacteria and able to return to work Colander Restaurant employ ees had previously been trained in the Food Safe Program, how ever, Ames said that knowledge is simply not enough, it needs to nausea: fever an There are contaminatic tion of food with or utensils, inadeqi poultry, raw sat cooked foods contr egg products, or un dairy products. To d Cheryl Yates, Chair of Community Services for the Canadian Red Cross’ kK: nay Region (Left) and Harry Grossmith, Canadian Red Cross Society Co-ordi tor, Kootenay Region (Right) accept a $1,000 cheque from Terry Walker, H Vice-Chief Ranger of the High Court of B.C. and Alaska for the Independent Or of Foresters. The money will be used to help fund the Child Abuse Prevention F gram for Adolescents (CAPPA). Castlegar Volunteer Firefighters responded to a transformer fire at Pope & Talbot at »p tely 3 p.m., Tuesday. The fire, which was contained at the transformer ‘ 1 serv to Pope & Talbot and left an obnoxious. odor hanging over Castlegar ates were not available at press time SUN STAFF PHOTO ‘John Vai SUN STAFF PHOTO that futur venerations have th ume onmental and economic oppom ties and access to resource Moore w ay that tb