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Gas takes on greater role in construction process ‘The weekly newspaper with a daily commitment Community support was evident during graduation Castlegar Sun MIXED Weather 3A "75 Cents + G.S.T. soccer league action -Fancy foot-work SUN STAFF PHOTO / John Van Putter Jordon Barlow, (on one knee) from the Castlegar Realty Wolverines, steals the ball from a Trail Lightning player during a match last Tuesday night at the Kiwanis tricts field in Castlegar. Barlow's last minute goal earned Castlegar the 5-4 win in Minor SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Harcourt attend symposium Downstream benefits highlight weekend discussions in Castlegar An invitation has been sent to Premier Mike Harcourt to attend an upcoming Columbia/Kootenay Symposiym, to be held in Castle- gar June 18-20. Already confirmed attendants are: Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Anne Edwards; Minister of Economic Development, Small Business and Trade, David Zirnheld and; Minister of Labor, Responsible for B.C. Hydro, Moe Sihota According to Josh Smienk, chair of the Columbia River Treaty Committee, there is nothing token about this visit by government “In fact, they are going to be working along-side the rest of the ates who attend the sympo- * said Smienk. “This pro. SS is being taken very seriously, and these people are not paying lip service More than 120 delegates from throughout the Columbia basin which covers five regional di and the Kinbasket Tribal Codncil, will be partaking in th Symposium. Throughout the Tax notices If you're a home or business owner and have checked your mailbox lately, you've noticed that City Hall has diligently sent out the 1993 Tax Notices These must be paid, then sent back to the city, by the date listed on your notice. Any later and you could face a penalty Ouch! As if these things don't hurt enough already! Western puppets Castlegar puppet theatre goers will be glad to hear Miss Piggy is making a return visit here to help us celebrate Sun- fest at the Castlegar Library, Saturday at 11:30 a.m.. Pup- peteer Anne Kelly will be joined by her daughter, Jo- Ann Kelly in bringing chil- dren a hilarious Western version of the Cinderella tale Our heroine is Rindy Cella, and she meets her handsome prince at the Line Dance Fire update Two Arrow District Initial Attack crews é b have been sent to Ft l Nelson to help fight j fires. Locally, predict- *™* ed scattered thunder- showers and the lightning that accompanies them have local cTews on alert NEED HELP WITH YOUR ADVERTISING? CALL ON THE PROFESSIONALS CATHY » MELODY + MARILYN 365-5266 465 COLUMBIA AVENUE, CASTLEGAR x * el Pr eret Tel 3656385 FAX# 365-FAXS PHOTOCOPYING FAXING (Send & Recei: ON. FRAMING 2 sections 28 pages Business » 3B Comics Editorial Sports... Weather . Profile ... Classifieds... Entertainment Parents demand change Protest held over ministry's lack of concern for safety SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor From frustration to anger, parents of children who cross. the intersection at 24th Street every school day have finally the breaking point—and are now taking action against a ministry which they say is waiting for a tragedy. Approximately 25 parents and other supporters gathe: red at the school crosswalk, located along High- a and 24th Street, Monday morning, in order to protest the lack of action by Ministry of Transporta- tion officials to make the intersection a safe one for their children to cross. Carrying signs pleading for ‘safety first”, parents say they are angry that such an intersection should go for so long without attention by the ministry, especially when parents have lobbied the government for action for the past two years. “My children are not safe on the highway going to school. People have to slow down on this highway,” said one parent, who plans to spend mornings point- ing out to passing traffic that a school crossing is up ahead. Another parent, Clemy Duke, said the ministry is “obviously waiting for a death to occur before taking any measures to make the crossing safe.” Duke said if it were her child who was hit while crossing the Street, the ministry would not have enough money in it’s budget to compensate her. “I would sue every- body; the ministry, the city and; the school district.” While the complaints by parents and teachers over the crossing can date back more than two years, it has been the last eight months that they have been the loudest. After a series of letters and telephone calls from City of Castlegar officials and parents, ministry representatives met with city officials and later sent a letter stating that an overhead sign would be built, making the crosswalk more visible. But parents insist that an overhead sign is not enough “It's definitely not enough. We want this io be a safe crosswalk, and unless a pedestrian activated light is in place, it won't be safe,” said City Council. lor and parent, Lawrence Chemoff. Throughout the prote: number of vehicles still would not stop to allow children across the cross walk, and even more dangerous, cars were passing on the right side of lead vehicles that did stop for the children. It's this type of dangerous driving that lead_ to another near-miss only two weeks ago, when a young boy was crossing the street, while at the same time a vehicle passed on the right to get ahead. Chernoff’s elementary school-age son, Jeremey Chemoff, said he is at times, afraid to use the cross- walk because he feels vehicles cannot see him as he walks across the street “One of my friends almost got hit a few weeks ago. He was scared, so he told his parents,” said the younger Chemoff Because Highway 22 is the provincial govern ment’s responsibility, it is up to the Ministry of Transportation to provide the necessary safety equip- ment, whether it be a pedestrian- ated light, or an overhead sign. The City of Castlegar has stated it supports the idea of a light, as does School District No. 9, the Parent's Advisory Council and the Castle- gar detachment of the RCMP. “The only support we don't have is from the Min istry of Transportation,” said Councillor Chemoff The parents are serious about the safety of their children, and Monday's protest was just a beginning if the ministry still refuses to take the appropriate action. ‘We'll get more people out here with more signs. If we have to, we'll bring traffic on this high way to a grinding halt. These parents are not going to be sitting around any longer.” Mechanical failures at Celgar result in gas leaks Sun Staff A number of small mechanical failures in the last week are ‘foul- ing’ the start-up process of the new Celgar Pulp mill, and send- ing employees to first-aid at the same time Environmental Manager, Jim McLaren, said odorous gasses have been evident at the mill and the surrounding area due to a number of mechanical difficulties shortly For all the local related to the mill's start-up pro cess. A number of gasket failures. which link pipes, has resulted in incidences of liquid and gas leak ing from within the mill itself. A ple as pressing one button t number of employees have reparted to first aid, showing symptoms of being gassed Employees have been continu leak occurred in the steam tubes. ally working on repairs, and McLaren is hopeful that all bugs will be worked out of the system “We like to think that each day we're that much closer to having a successful start-up. But it's a big plant and the start-up process is very involved, it's not as sim make everything work Gas leaks resi in offensiv odors were also app\rent when a possibly caused by cx Another leak was made apparent when the lime kiln, which burns rrosion two sources of gases, was not hot enough to bum off all gases weekend, delegates will be exam ining past and present impacts that the Columbia River Treaty has had on the basin. will also be discussing past issues as a result of the treaty, as well as those. issues that have outstanding A number of smaller public meetings have been held through out the basin in communities such as Valemount, Kaslo, Revelstoke, New Denver, Golden, Cranbrook and most recently, Castlegar Much of what will be discussed at the Symposium in Casjlegar June 18-20, will have bee from public input during these snialler meetings. public process. We're trying to gather as much information as possible to take back to the Sym- * said Smienk Representatives from B.C. Hydro will also be working at the Sympo- The group remained lected “This is a very posium, * stu, explaining the technical aspects of the Columbia River Treaty and the invited to Downstream Benefits. The Symposium in Castlegar, and other future ones like it, are the start of a process to determine the province's strengths when it enters Downstream Benefit nego- fiations with the United States Downstream Benefits, or the Canadian Entitlement, entitled Canada to one half of the addi tional power generated by Ameri can power plants that results from the storage operations of the three Canadian Treaty Projects; Dun can, Keenleyside and Mica dams and the Libby dam in the U.S Each individual agreement expires at each dam’s 30-year anniversary. The first to expire is the Duncan dam, in 1998. At this time, nine per cent of the power entitlement is due to returr province due to return with t anniversary of Keenleysi Je the remaining 4 °F In 1999, 46 pe fi licd’s anniv | Local CEC d discloses fraud re than $1 million in rents of Unemploy surance benefits has ntified by the Nelson Employment Centre area that Castlegar, Grand Trail and Nakusp verpayments were made over the period of one erves an year, and were discovered by the CEC's investigation unit Our Investigations Unit does an excellent job of tracking down overpayment caused by mistakes or abuse. Mistakes are always possible and, while the vast majority of claimants are honest, there is a small minority ho abuse the system,” said | CEC Manager Kim Bergh | Where the overpayment is a abuse or fraud, the or employer, not only pay the’ amount of th vent, but may also be | penalized. In the the claimant or mpl involved can be pros cuted. In the past year in this more than 3,000 most flagrant ases Of abuse area alone vestigations were conducted, x in penalties totalling $293.975 and two prosecutions result of one employer and one claimant’ More than $63 mil- lion was paid out this year in insurance benefits Quite concealed-— Work is continuing on the Castleg a fast and furious pace. Here two wielders a small barge to connect two pieces which will form the support fo »n Bridge at | work from | of piling together one of the towers