sy A2_ Castlegar News March 22. 1999 By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer Don’t litter. Don’t throw away glass bottles and Pop cans. And write letters to companies that_ make break fast cereals to tell them not to waste so much car dboard on space not filled by cereal Those are Grade 4 ¢lass at Kinnaird elementary school said they learned they can do to cut down on garbage after a group of high-school students led a recycling workshop with them on Monday Four students from Mt. Sentinel junior-senior high school in South Slocan and their teacher, Margaret Cabral, who leads their Conscious Party lunch-time group, talked about what recycling is and what the Grade 4 students can do to reduce the amount of gar bage their families throw out Kinnaird principal Terry Rogers, who is also a Castlegar alderman, joined the class to talk about the regional district dump where Castlegar garbage goes Cabral said the program with the young students is being tried in a number of schools in the Nelson school district and seems to work because ‘*kids respond better The subject then is not just something butis something they to other kids."* only adults talk about, she said, ** can all get involved in.” some of the actions Mike Rodgers’ Biudsata learn about recycling The Conscious Party is made up of 17 students in Grades 9 to 12, Cabral said, The students, all interested in current issues such as disarmament and polldxion, belong to various organizations such as Amnesty Inter- national and meet once a week to discuss the issues It was the students’ idea to put together programs to take to younger children, Cabral said; They led their first workshop on peace at Kinnaird elementary just before Christmas. The group is structured like a politcal party because part of the curriculum in-Grade 11 social studies which Cabral teaches — looks at the way government works. But the group is nota political party, she said The work the older students did with the Grade 4 class will be followed up by their teacher, Cabral said, with such activities as a “Litterathon” and an art display using recycled items. The high school students will return in June during Environment Week, she said, to take the class on a litter-clean-up field trip. The four older students, Jessica Lindsay and Kathleen Rodgers — Mike Rodgers’ daughter — both in Grade 9 and Grade 10 students Andre Arnold and Charlene Bjerg, said they got involved because they wanted todo “something that mattered."” Delegates from the group, including Arnold, will attend a peace conference at the University of B.C. in Vancouver in May RECYCLING WORKSHOP . . . Grade 10 Mt. Sentinel student Andre Arnold leads his group of Kinnaird elementary school Grade 4 students in a discussion about notural resources, recycling and the amount of garbage we put into the environment. Writers continued from front page corporate values, perhaps the task of **We Canadian writers are, by virtue of circumstance, in search of an The Bravest writers will be to write novels postulating not the joyous, Peaceful brotherhood of all people on space ship earth but novels warning us “of a brotherhood dominated and con trolled by corporations which have budgets greater than the countries within which they reside," Valgardson said Belov called for understanding among peoples and said writers must work to preserve cultures “Cultures are like an orchestra," he said. ‘Each instrument has its own voice and contributes to the har mony."* Valgardson agreed, putting par ticular emphasis on the diversity of cultures in Canada “We must find a way,” that allows each individual, no mat ter from where he comes, to enter a community, to earn a living, to get along with his neighbors and to par he said, ticipate in the governing of the com munity and the country Valgardson said despite the existen ce of writers’ organizations that have been created over the past 20 years, Canadian writers must fight an uphill battle against TV, movies and paper backs from the U.S Valgardson and Belov were key note speakers sat the weekend con Crews work on Ds March 22, 1989 Castlegar News a3 — Castlegar News TREET TALK FORMER CASTLEGAR RESIDENT RON VERZUH continues to succeed in the print trade. Ver zuh, editor of the Leader, the national newspaper of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, has written his first book, Radical Rag: The Pioneer Labour Press in Canada Adapted from his master's thesis written at Carleton University’s Institute of Canadian Studies, Radical Rag recounts the history about the pioneer days of labor journalism in Canada As the book's cover notes, Canada’s trade unions have long claimed a prominent place in the struggle for social demonecracy and from the earliest years of that struggle, the labor movement's press has been on the frontlines. “Radical Rag tells the colorful story of those pioneer days, recounting the war for social justice fier cely waged through the pages of labor's weekly newspapers."* Verzuh, whose father and step-mother, Mike and Pat Verzuh, still live in Castlegar, has edited several social affairs magazines, including Goodwin's. The Stanley Humphries secondary school grad now lives in Ottawa THE FIRM OF GERONAZZO, THOMPSON AND LEROSE, a law firm that has practiced for the past five years from offices leased downstairs in the Kootenay Savings Credit Union building, has new premises on 4th Street The firm is-now located in the former Book Store Premises between. optometrist Dr. Marvin LeRoy and the KSCU branch. The firm was in Gastlegar-untit 1980, before retur Ming in August of 1984. The resident partner ts Fommy Thompson. KOOTENAY ARTIST ED BAML G has been added to the group of local artists whose work Tompkins dancers win at competition | aUCIenCe, he said" Weare seit absorbed because we are in a struggle for survival. There is no use cursing the darkness which surrounds us. Each of us can strike the flint of our talent against the rock of our determination and create a spark to light a candle.” And Canadian writers begin at a disadvantage because of a naturally small market, he said. *You can imagine my surprise when I was told that my stories and novel, published in Kiev in the literary magazine Worldwide, would reach 65,000 readers,’’ he said. ‘*This is more readers than the total I have had for six books over the last 15 years."’ Both men said a writer’s life is always difficult I speak today as if we had Valgardson said. “I doubt if that is true. Finally, when everything is swept away, it is the writer’s fate, beyond his or her control, to speak not only for himself or herself but for-the human condition and, always be at risk.” Belov said courageous choices,” therefore, writers must be ‘In the past, you needed courage to become 4writer. Now you need it even more," RY said ference todiscusstherotes of writersin the Soviet Union and Canada. Five Soviet writers and five Canadians par ticipated in the conference The Soviet writers, except for Belov, have been in Canada since March 10 and have been speaking in various communities. Belov flew in to join the tour on the weekend The Soviets will end their trip in Vic toria this week and fly home tomorrow after speaking stops at the University of B.C. and the University of Victoria and a reception at Vancouver city hall A $6,400 grant allowed Selkirk College and the Association of Canadians of Russian Descentto-bring the Soviet-writersto- Canada, The Soviet delegation included poet and head of the delegation Egor Isaev, poet Olga Fokina, historical and biographical novelist. Victor Petelin and scholar and ‘translator Alexander Vaschenko. In addition to- Valgatdson, the Canadian writers at the conference in- cluded poet and children’s author Jeanette Armstrong, poet Kristjana Gunner, anthropologist and author Koozma Tarasoff and B.C.-poet Tom Wayman Ski club members defeat proposal TRAIL, B.C. (CP) — A proposal to sell the financially troubled Red Mountain ski clib was narrowly defeated by night club members ‘Tuesday Members did not give the required 75-per-cent majority needed to carry through sale of the club to Eric Skat Petersen, Hemlock ski area in the Fraser Valley former—manager of the “The club is definitely going to be sold, it is just a question of getting the fine details worked out, treasurer Steve Ash said club He said about 15 per cent of mem bers are opposed to selling the club on any terms, but the other 15 per cent who voted against Skat-Petersen’s of fer could be persuaded to change their vote the fall of 1987. It has assets valued at $1.4 million and liabilities of $1.1 million. For the record The Sunday edition ot the Castlegar News reported that the Soviet writers The southeastern British Columbia Club president Nancy Greene, who won-an Olympic gold medal Brian O'Flanagan ski facility was the training ground for said it will be two months before f4 another vote can be held Thectub began tooking for buyers in who recently visited the West Kootenay received a grant of $64,000 from the Department of External Af- and the Secretary of State. In fact, the amount of the grant was $6,400. The Castlegar News regrets the ertor University continued from front page Fleet said later the news isn’t as significant for Selkirk as other colleges. However, Selkirk won't know the full ef fect until details of the government's budget are announced in about 10 days Fleet said she is disappointed that more details weren't given “Some of the implications are possibly good for us, but other colleges had more to be excited about,” she said Fleet said Selkirk College's first and second-year university transfer programs may be expanded “That would certainly be encouraging,’ Fleet said Hagen, in his announcement, said that in smaller colleges, the government will strengthen and enhance the mix of programs available, including first- and second year university transfer programs “It is our intention to gradually add third and fourth year courses to these colleges as they grow and dewelop,"” he said. Another area where Fleet said Setkirk could hope to get involved is in working with the Open Learning Agency to help students in their third and fourth years of studies complete their degrees. The college could provide coun selling, student support and libsary services for such students, she said “There is a strong consensus in British Columbia that education is the key to our future," Hagen said. “We must equip ourselves to compete with the best fn the world. This Access for All — demonstrates gover. new strategy — nment’s commitment to that challenge.” Meanwhile, MLA Barry Jones, the New Democratic Party's advanced education critic, said the omission of the Kootenays in the government’s announcement is the ‘height of hypocrisy.”* . ‘Clearly the omission of the Kootenays in this grand scheme points out the failure of the region’s Socred MLA to stand up and demand the same treatment for people in the Nelson area to fill the gap of David Thompson Univer sity Crowding—— continued from front page said. Classes of 30 students are hard on teachers and make it impossible to integrate sperilt meds children as the district likes todo, he said : After a lengthy debate, the board approved the creation of new classrooms at Twin- Rivers/Castlegar Primary. Trustees Doreen Smecher and Tony Guglielmi opposed the move. The approval means $15,000 will be spent over the summer converting two classrooms into three and finding space for a classroom at the Special Education Centre. If necessary, two more classrooms will be created in the basement of Castlegar Primary in September The overcrowding is due to several factors including the closing of rural schools in the mid. 1980s and an increase in the number of young children entering school, Wayling said corner The Ministry of Transportation and Highways reports that a $90,000 project is underway to remove a dangerous corner one kilometre south of New Denver Traffic will be stopped at 20-minute intervals during the next few days Vehicles will be allowed through from both directions every 20 minutes and held up while crews remove rocks and material from the corner, the ministry reports. Blasting may be necessary and may increase the wait time on occasion, the ministry says However, the traffic will be allowed 10 pass unimpeded through the work zone during a one-hour lunch break from noon to | p.m A spokesman for the ministry said this week the corner recently experien ced a rockfall and water has collected at the corner for several years Gerex Developments Ltd. of Nelson was awarded the contract to remove the corner. The work must be finished by March 31 Material removed from the corner will be used by the Village of Silverton to do some rip-rap work along Silver ton Creek By CasNews Staff The Debbie Tompkins dancers cleaned-up ata recent Highland dance competition in Spokane, winning trophies in four out of five categories As well, Kaela Tompkins — Deb: bie’s daughter — one of the 11 local students in the competition, won-e gold, two silver and three bronze in an under-16 open category The Debbie Tompkins School of Dance has been in operation in Castlegar for about five years, Tom- pkins said. She teaches Highland, tap and folk dance to about 40 students that range in age from four to 13, as wellas some adults. The. students._usually_start_com peting in their second| year at the discretion of the paremts, she said. Fire cla By CasNews Staff One woman is dead and her brother seriously burned after a small house in Salmo was destroyed by fire Tuesday mogning. Belly Bendis, 59, of Salmo, died in the plaze and her brother, Robert Cro’ 49, suffered burns to 30 per will be shown at the Images and Objects exhibition in Ottewa journalist and-former Castlegar resident Ron Verzuh has written his first book, Chilliwack in May Radical Rag. Some students and their parents chose to stay out of competition, she said Tompkins said the school is begin- ning to attract more students and she now has to “‘look at is more seriously.”” As well, the students she has are going to higher skill levels, she said, in- cluding two students who have gone on to become teachers themselves The dancers perform for com munity groups and functions such as thé St. Patrick’s Day tea held at the Legion last week. Such events are a chance for the students to take a break from the seriousness of classes and competition, Tompkins said “We just goto have fun.” The_dancers—will_compete—in Kelowna and Vernon in April and in Cranbrook in May, she said ims life cent of his body and was flown to Van- couver by air ambulance, a Salmo RCMP spokesman said The house on Cady Road belonged to their brother, Allen Crowe The fire is under investigation by the fire commissioner in Cranbrook, the RCMP spokesman said Russian continued from front page one per cent of the board's total budget The board should be complimented on the positive things it has done, Kinakin said “Yes, we're catching fire on some programs but I wish people would not forget what we're trying to do — look at us in totality But trustee Doreen Smecher said she was glad people are telling the board not to raise taxes and she added that the expansion of the Russian program would do little for the studen. ts who have mastered the language skills they were expected to in the first four years of the program. “don’t think the advantages of the program are going to offset the costs”” of the expansion, she said Laurie Anderson, spokesman for the recently formed Taxpayers’ Education Committee, said the board did not answer the parents’ questions Acting board-chairman Ed Conroy told the parents the information they want about the budget and the programs is available at the board of fice and there are “‘no secrets.” The in- formation is just difficult to under stand, he said “New trustees are sometimes on the Watershed continued from front page ministry’s mandate does not allow such agreements. However, ministry officials have stated they are willing to try to resolve the issues The alliance says the ministry's Springer Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan has “* tcomings’’ and wants the concerns of water users in the valley addressed before logging proceeds in the water sheds. Springer Creek is a water supply for the Village of Slocan serious shor board for a year before they under stand’’ the budget, he.said in an inter view.with the Castlegar News. As well, parents are able to make appointments to address the board about the budget before it is sent to Victoria, he said. The 1989/90 budget was sent to Victoria last week and the final budget will be approved by the board by May | The Russian program is always “the fall guy for all the ills of the (Twin Rivers/Castlegar Primary) complex,”” Conroy said. He compared the paren ts’ concern over spending $30,000 on the Russian program to the berating of a spouse for spending a dime out of his or her paycheck Scavenger finds bodies and skeletons in park VANCOUVER (CP) — Mile Korica has been scavenging in Stanley Park for years, but he regularly turns up more than empty pop bottles. He has an unwelcome knack for finding dead bodies Fhe 54-year-old Italian immigrant's latest find was the skeleton of aman who may have died more than 20 years Police have been able to determine only that the bones belong to a man in his mid-S0s. From coins found at the scene, police believe the body had been there since about 1965. Korica found the skeleton last Sun day afternoon; while scrounging through dense uhderbrush in the 400- hectare urban park, a popular tourist spot adjacent to the city centre. It was lying underneath a fallen tree, SO metres into the woods Korica was cagey when asked what he was doing rummaging in the depths Of the park **Just say I was looking for battle he growled. ‘What I-do in here is nobody's business ... Maybe I just come down to feed the squirrels and raccoons. “Maybe somebody _ buried somebody, | don’t know,"’ he shrugged I don’t tell anybody what I see and I don’t say anything.” SEVERAL FINDS But police said Korica has stumbled across several sets of decayed human remains during his years of scavenging His—ftinds—reintorce the park's decades-old reputation as an unofficial cemetery, (It's also the site of a pioneer graveyard that pre-dates the century old park, and one area was also an an cient Indian burial ground.) Freeway to become work of art CALGARY (CP) — A University of Calgary professor and five students have won an international design con test with a concept to change a Texas freeway interchange into a work of art “The freeway is one of the most heavily used urban artifacts in North America, butit's never been treated as anything more than just a utilitarian structure,’’ John Brown, a professor of architecture, the victory said after learning of “The call for the competition was to investigate ways in which the freeway and the experience of driving on the freeway could be understood as a work of art.” Brown's group submitted a concept called Blue Shadows, using shadows to create the impression of the road as a musical instrument The entry, the only Canadian sub mission among 44 proposals, earned the $10,000-US-prize, plus a $15,000 US contract to oversee construction SONG OF THE ROAD There's such a strong connection between music and the road,"’ said Brown. “Everybody has their favorite road tapes. There’s also a rhythm on the road “We started to look at the idea of Take a Pacific Coast Break setting up a situation where the in strument would be elements, both trees and vegetation man-made, that would cast shadows on the road in memory .Douglas Keiver Douglas Robert Keiver passed away peacefully March 21 at age 81 at the Castlegar Hospital after a lengthy battle with scilicosis He will be sadly missed by his loving family: daughter and son-in-law Deanna and Ray Picco and grandchildren Tracy and Lori of Castlegar: brother Bob of Trail; and sister Lil Campbell of Vancouver He was predeceased by his wife Dawn in 1985, and brothers Orland and John of Cranbrook and Fred of Lethbridge A memorial yérvice will be held on Thursday, March 23 at 3:30 p.m. in the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the B.C. Lung Association. George Perehudoff George Perehudoff of Thrums passed away;March 19. Mr. Perehudoff was born at Langham, Sask. and moved with his parents and family to Thrums in 1930, He worked as a carpenter in Pentic- ton for many years. He opened and operated Sentinel Supply in Thrums from 1952 until 1987. He was a past member of the Brotherhood of Carpenter's and Joiners and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He enjoyed camping and travelling. Mr. Perehiidoff is survived by one daughier, Diane Perehudoff of Thrums; two brothers, Bill of Thrums and John of Penticton; one sister, Mary Kinakin of Toronto; close friend, Mary; nephews. and many nieces and Funeral service was held at the C ‘astlegar Funeral Chapel on Tuesday and today with burial in Park Memorial Cemetery Shotd friends desire, donations may be made to the Heart F und, Box 3023, Castlegar, B. C Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. 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