if £ i ig ip in 5 a a SS ht Ses @ Wednesday, May 13, 1992" i Lasca Creek protester faces charges after scuffle sends one man to hospital Jonathan Green NEWS REPORTER Violence has erupted at Lasca Creek. A confrontation between protesters and a road worker The confrontation occured one day after four protesters were arrested at Lasca Creek for ignoring a court order to allow excavation work to continue. After appear- ing in B.C. Supreme Court in Nelson Monday, the four will reappear at a hear- ing June 18 and 19 to learn whether charges against them will follow civil or Thursday has result- shoulder and a couple of charges being laid against an environ- ed in a dislocated ‘Nobody wants to see a Rodney King incident around here.’ : _ protester Paul De Felice Shaken, saying he criminal proceédings. Thursday’s violence has left De Felice wants a peaceful set- mentalist. - Michael Gilfillan 25 has been charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm and one count of using a weapon in the commission of the assault after a confrontation which sent Ray Dosenberger to hospital. The incident occurred when Dosenberger, a member of the excavating company working on the road, confronted Gilfillan and fellow protester Paul De tlement to be reached. “Nobody wants to see a Rodney King incident around here,” he said Tuesday. “I'd just like to see it smoothed out.” De Felice said Thursday’s incident was followed by another early Sunday which saw windows to his home and car smashed. Nelson RCMP arrested a man in connection with the incident, and De Felice believes the incidents are related. “There’s some weird stuff going on.” 1990 GMC S15 4X4 EXTENDED CAB Sierra Classic + 4.3 LT V/6 engine « air conditioning - cassette stereo system + bucket seats with rear jump seats ° Top line unit in excellent condition! Dosenberger. Felice, who were videotaping the excava- tion work. According to De Felice, a scuffle broke out between Gilfillan and authorities. Dosenberger refused comment, saying all inquiries should be made through the Liberal support ‘dead, dormant’ Scott David Harrison EDITOR Looking for a Liberal re- vival in Rossland-Trail? Don't. One of only two ridings in the province that didn’t run a candidate during the Oct. 17 election, Rossland-Trail is hardly Liberal country. In fact, area Liberals are few and far between. “We're dead,” constituency president Connie Simpson said. “We're dormant.” Area Liberals held their an- nual general meeting last week as a prelude to the par- ty’s annual convention. Gary and Dianne Jenkins are set to represent the area’s low-key Liberals when the convention kicks off this Friday in Victo- ria Going into the annual love in, Simpson says she isn’t too optimistic that the Red Wave will be extended to her con- stituency. Speaking candidly, Simpson said Rossland-Trail has next-to-no Liberal follow- ing. Simpson even questions her role in the provincial par- ty, saying her title was inher- ited through acclamation. “I’m holding on until some else comes forward to do it,” she said. Simpson said Liberal strength in the area is primar- ily reserved to the federal par- ty. The federal and provincial Liberals are two distinct groups, governed by individ- ual constitutions and guide- lines. Simpson said the B.C. 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IKALAWSIXY | PONTIAC BUICK GMC (1989) LTD. —— THE KING OF CARS——— 1700 Columbia Ave., Castlegar oe 365-2155 Collect TRAIL, FRUITVALE, ROSSLAND CUSTOMERS CALL 364-0213 Wi Celgar owners not happy Castlegar isn’t getting promised bridge Scott David Harrison EDITOR There may be hope for the Castlegar-Rob- son bridge after all. . - The China International Trust and Invest- ment Corp. blasted the B.C. government Fri- day for reneging on it’s promise to build the $23.5 million crossing. CITIC, which owns 50 per cent of the Cel- gar Pulp Co., urged the government to begin building the bridge as it agreed to under the Celgar Expansion Review Panel. “They really wanted to have a chance to complain to the government,” Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy said. Conroy, who attended a CITIC luncheon ‘investment company spared no expense in its with Transport Minister Art Charbonneau and Premier Mike Harcourt, said the Chinese criticism of the government. “They really stressed the (need for another) bridge,” Conroy said Tuesday, “and that will really help this year in terms of things for next ar. : - “Tm sure it will really be a help.” Conroy said the government has allocated $1 million in survey and property acquisition costs to the span this year. He would not speculate on whether his gov- ernment would okay the bridge for 1993, say- ing “all I can do is keep on trying and knock- ing on doors.” Construction on the bridge was to begin this spring with a completion date of 1993. The project,though, was axed following a re- view by the Transport Ministry. ‘ LEGION May Birthday Bash May 15 Entertainment by: PAUL HENDERSON 365-7017 Castlegar rallies around OCP update Card of Thanks A big thanks to our friends, neighbors, members of the Board of Inquiry and Alderman Bob Pakula for their help, support and advice. A special thanks to Mike O'Connor of CURB for suggesting that we contact Alderman Pakula. We are very happy with our addition and hope that in the future our city planners will handle situations like ours in a positive and cooperative manner. ~ = Lorne Barrass Scott David Harrison EDITOR Castlegar has spoken. Some 51 per cent of those polled have responded to the city’s Official Community Plan update survey. “That’s an excellent re- turn,” Mayor Audrey Moore said Tuesday. “Most often you only get returns of 20 per cent or less, so this is an excellent result.” As of Monday, 239 of the 465 surveys sent out to a cross-section of Castlegar Daycare workers straddle Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER Workers in Canada’s day care centres are hovering near the poverty line. That’s the message from a recent survey on wages and working conditions in child care centres. The Canadian Day Care Advocacy Associa- tion study shows that the na- tional average for child care teachers is $18,498 per year, above the B.C. average of $17,433 per year. And Castlegar child care teachers don’t fair much bet- ter. “We earn a little more than the provincial average,” said Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society Administrator Katrine Conroy. “But we’re well below the national aver- age.” homes were returned. The survey queried residents on everything from land and my ise: usage to taxation lev- e In addition to the city-is- sued surveys, another 50 citi- zens responded through arti- cles in Castlegar newspapers. The survey was conducted to help the 18-member Official Community Plan Update Committee formulate a new vision for Castlegar. is will certainly be help- ful to them,” Moore said. “I’m Conroy said that her co- workers all have post-gradu- ate experience, and feels peo- - ple should pay more at- tention to quality day- care. - “I think it’s terrible that child- care is so un- Katrine Conroy der valued by our society,” she said. “Programs for children un- der five years old are terribly underfunded, and that’s a real shame: Early intervention is so important.” Conroy also said that child care workers are traditionally women, and that “we have to raise the profile of child care -workers and show our com- looking forward to the compi- lation of the results.” A photocopy of one survey received by The News may not have the update committee so enthused. The anonymous cit- izen had nothing good to say about Castlegar, complaining taxes were too high, services were substandard and city council never listened to the people. The OCP update is expect- ed to be complete by July at which time it will be presented to council for approval. a poverty-line munities that it’s an impor- tant occupation.” That’s one reason Women’s Equality Minister Penny Prid- dy has announced that $17 million will be spent on child care in this year. “Our child care. strategy will not only provide more quality care for children,” Priddy stated, “but will help open the door for more British Columbians — particularly women — to work outside the home or continue their educa- tion and training.” Conroy said her group will be applying for a grant to hire early childhood educators for the under 3-year-olds. “We have a good chance of getting some money, but we can’t say how much.” The grant could be finalized as early as July. Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER” The Castlegar and District Hospital has 4 new Chairman of the Board. William Horvath stepped down as chairman after his term expired March 31. During his two-year term, Horvath was instrumental in Hospital board selects new chairman planning and constructing the long-term care facility at the hospital. “My term was very produc- tive and I enjoyed it,” Hor- vath said. “Of course nothing could have been accomplished with- out the hospital administra- tion and the board members. They were top notch.” Horvath has been tem- porarily replaced by Merv Rush, who received the unan- imous approval of the board. Marg Nickle has been made vice chair. Their positions will last until the next hospital board meeting in mid-June, but may be voted in again for a two-year term. Gx The Perfect way to “\iMe—, feed your family! % Buy a Pac and Save $$$. Remember "Anytime is Chicken Time" 365-5304 2816 Columbia Ave. Have You Got the Look? ||... 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