Saturday, January 16, 1993 TheFARSIDE By Gary Larson Fe a Tati Ne Cassa oy er eve Crna “What the? . . . Walter! This looks like a little slice of heaven!” New Yorker remains in serious condition Corinne Jackson NEWS REPORTER Patrick Hickey’s condition has not changed. According to B.J. Morton, the 27-year-old Kamyr engineer is still in serious condition at Spokane’s Sacred Heart Medical Centre. “(Change has) not been enough to warrant an upgrading of his condition,” the centre’s assistant public relations officer said Thursday. Hickey was transferred from Trail Regional Hospital Jan. 4 te be treated for injuries sustained in a car accident the day be- ore. Hickey arrived at Sacred Heart in critical condition and was upgraded to serious earlier this week. Hickey’s passenger — and fiance — Sonny Straughan and the driver of the other vehicle, a Genelle man, have both been released from Castlegar and District Hospital. The Genelle man — who's name will not be released until for- mal charges are laid — will be in Castlegar provincial court lat- er this month. The accident occurred when Hickey was driving northbound on Highway 22 and was hit by the Genelle driver who was blind- ed by blowing snow while attempting to pass another vehicle. COMMUNITY CASTLEGAR CHAPTER RNABC MEETING January 26, 1900 hours. Castlegar and District Hospital. 4/04 ROBSON REC. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Robson Hall, January 27, 7 p.m 4/04 ; CASTLEGAR SENIORS Social, January 21, 2 p.m. Pot luck with entertainment January 23, 5 p.m. Dance to follow approx. 8 p.m. 2/04 : P CASTLEGAR SENIORS ASSOCIATION Business meeting, January 7, 2 p.m. Social, Jan. 21, 2 p.m. Whist, Jan. 14 and 28, 7 p.m. Seniors Hall. 4/02 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. The first 12 words are $4 and additional words are 30¢ each. Boldfaced words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. 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Mail subscription rate to The News is $37.50 per year. The price on newsstands is 75¢ for each edition. The price delivered by newspaper carrier for both editions is only 90¢ a week (collected monthly). GST extra. Second class mail registration number 0019. SecondFRONT i Local MLA has fingers crossed as union and contractor prepare to meet Scott David Harrison EDITOR Ed Conroy is continuing his campaign for a union-built Castlegar-Robson bridge. The Rossland-Trail MLA says a meeting between SCI Engineers and Constructors and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners is encouraging news. “l’ve been running around like a chicken with its head cut off on this one,” Conroy said from the Vancouver Island community of Courtenay while on tour with the B.C. Lumber Remanufacturing Review Panel. “We have been trying to talk to both sides to see if some kind of deal could be worked out and I’m hopeful it can.” That deal would see the Calgary-based contractor employ members of Local 2300 during construction of the 478-metre, two- lane bridge. SCI and the union are scheduled to meet Wednesday, according to carpenter spokesperson Colin Snell. The province’s handling of the bridge contract has the carpenters union fuming. Conroy admitted that Local 2300 has been critical of him and the New Democrat government for awarding the contract to a non-union, Alberta-based firm. SCI submitted the lowest tender bid at $14,000,484, followed by the Richmond-based Pete Kewiek and Sons at $14,272,000. SCI is no stranger to this province. The company helped ease Vancouver’s rush-hour woes when it engineered the massive Cassiar Connector. SCI employed the carpenters union — through a sub- contractor — during that project and Conroy Conroy calling for common ground wants that relationship to continue in Castlegar. “I hope that there can be another agreement worked out between the parties, especially with the nature of Castlegar as a union town.” Conroy wouldn’t predict the outcome of the Wednesday meeting, saying “that all depends on the willingness of them to reach a working agreement that benefits everyone. “I wish I knew, but I really don’t. I’ve gone from thinking that nothing can be worked out, to thinking something can, back to nothing and all over the place. I want a deal to be worked out and I’m hopeful it will happen.” The six-pier, steel bridge is expected to be completed by June 1994. The design includes a pedestrian walkway on the downstream side of the bridge. RIGHT THIS WAY, MA‘AM Gorgeous weather on Thursday prompts city worker Brad Ashton other city workers were busy making streets in Castlegar a little s News photo by Corinne Jackson to break out the sunglasses. Ashton and afer this week by removing some of the ice. Bylaw 923 heads into courtroom Hi Concerned Citizens Forum take Unsightly Premises Bylaw to Nelson provincial court Scott David Harrison EDITOR The Slocan Vallev Concerned Citizens Forum is getting its day in court. \, On Monday, the SVCCF will enter Nelson provincial court in an effort to have the Unsightly Premises Bylaw overturned. “Everyone is looking forward to it,” SVCCF president Zak Ackerman said Thursday. “We're hoping that the judge will give us a satisfactory decision.” That, to the SVCCF, is the removal of Bylaw 923 in Area H Thieves grab cigarette cartons and the nine other Regional District of Central Kootenay Areas that are subject to similar legislation. It may also ask for the Wl Youthful status of some of Castlegar’s break-in culprits has RCMP frustrated Corinne Jackson NEWS REPORTER Castlegar RCMP responded to a 7:10 a.m. break- in Thursday at Richard’s on Columbia. On Tuesday, they attended a break-in at 4:30 a.m. after the alarm at Castlegar Foods was set off. In both cases, thieves made off with an unknown number of cigarette cartons. These incidences bring the total number of Castle- gar break-ins since Nov. 30 up to 14. “That’s unusually high for Castlegar,” RCMP Cpl. Al Brown said. Broken down, there have been four residences il- legally entered and 10 businesses. According to Brown, most of the residential break- ins could have been prevented. “The businesses have all been entered by force. A lot of our house offenses are because the house has been left insecure.” Brown suggested that residents could assist police cut down on the number of break-ins by “making sure their doors are locked and their windows secured.” Brown said, in most cases the residences have been broken into by youths and children under 12 years. “We've apprehended some juveniles but we can’t charge them because they’re under 12,” he said, adding “they are certainly not responsible for our business break-ins.” Most people who are being apprehended for busi- ness- related incidences are in their 20s, he said. “Most of the suspects we're looking at are unem- ployed. “Normally, when times are tough, offenses in- crease,” he said. “(Suspects) are looking at cash. They’re looking at articles that can readily be turned into cash. “We're going to do our best to solve (the break- ins).” Brown would not say what measures are being taken to stop the rash of break-ins. “(The suspects) are already seasoned — we're not going to make them any smarter than they already are.™ removal of Unsightly Premises Bylaws province-wide. “It’s a big issue to a lot of people,” Ackerman said. “I mean, in an age when deficits are running rampant all over the place, bylaws like these are a complete waste of money. “Surely, the money could be put to better use somewhere.” Ackerman was reluctant to reveal what legal points the SVCCF will argue in its effort to have the bylaw overturned, saying it could prejudice its court petition. The RDCK isn’t commenting on the legal challenge. Lawyers representing the RDCK are expected to ask the court to adjourn the case to a later date. That could see the case heard over a three-day period in March.