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AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR YAMAHA SEA-DOO JONSERED ARIENS SKI-DOO KUBOTA YARDMAN Ph: (604) 359-7111 Fax: (604) 359-7244 P.O. Box 11 Crescent Valley, B.C. VOG 1HO 6.9% financing 0.A.C. or $350 in product anti April 15, 1993. "On All Seadoos!" CALL FOR DETAILS! ROOFING Roofing 43 Years In Business FREE ESTIMATES Guaranteed Work JAMES SWANSON & SONS 367-7680 SPORTS LOCAL FEATUI 124 IBRARY BUTEDINGS ATIVE | hE ANT 1A BC Brenda Binnie h Castlegar athlete pumping up for body building match ing for North Vancou /8A Kiwanis club holds banquet Colin Pryce honored as Castlegar Citizen of the Year to honor Pryce/3A slopes before One more run down the tee-off time Spring skiling at its best/1B WEDNESDAY April 14, 1993 The Castlegar Sun MIXED Weather 3A Vol. 3- No. 21 ‘The weekly newspaper with a daily commitment’ 75 Cents + G.S.T. Making up for past wrongs Moe Sihota promises new era for BC Hydro SHARLENE IMHOFF _ Sun Editor Bury ite hatchet and look out for our own. That appeared to be the message from public offi- cials and BC Hydro CEOs dur- ing the official opening of the corporation's new location in Castlegar, called the Columbia- Kootenay regional office. Along with local MLAs Ed Conroy and Corky Evans, Minis- ter of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Anne said the opening of this office is Proof that the government is anxious to build B.C.. Sihota said government is seriously looking at the Kootenays, and realizes that BC Hydro should have a presence in the area where so many people are affect- ed by the decisions it makes. "We now plan to deal with issues that have aggravated res- idents in the Kootenays for quite some time. We want to address some of those grievances and get on with the Edward. ded the op g and ribbon cutting ceremonies, as did Labor and Consumer Ser- vices Minister Moe Sihota. Sihota, the minister in charge of the BC Hydro corporation, job of di ‘ating to these communities that Hydro wishes to play an integral role in. the economic future of this region," said Sihota, mentioning litiga- tion proceedings, low water reservoirs and availability of electricity as some of those issues.."It's time to put the past behind us. We're here to stay, we're here to do a job." Sihota was asked by reporters if the opening of the new office meant the Hugh Keenleyside dam cogeneration project is now in the forefront. “Obvious- ly cogeneration is an,issue at which we're looking. Govern- ment is currently looking at a report that details the export of energy to the United States, but it is currently not available to the public. It's a threshold report that we need to have in our possession. Until we've Studied that, we probably won't make any immediate decisions regarding Keenleyside.” Sihota said that one of the benefits of the Keenleyside project, is that it is environ- mentally neutral. "You don't have to flood another valley, take away primary farming land or deny a working forest It has some real potential in the sense that one could generate additional power and yet be environmentally neutral." Although he was asked, Siho- ta would not put a figure on the amount of money that will be spent in the area by BC Hydro in the future "We've made a committment to this area and there will be economic benefits. I think they will be significant.” Glance Good luck competitors! More than a dozen lumber graders from Pope & Talbot in Castlegar will be traveling to Grand Forks this SHARLENE IMHOFF y to compete against their peers in a lumber grading contest The event will take place at the Perley Elementary School gymnasium in Grand Forks The-competition involves employees from Pope & Tal- bot sawmills. Good luck Castlegar competitors! No longer a private matter A Castlegar man who plead- ed guilty on two counts of assault involving his wife and two children will be serving time periodically at the jail in Castlegar. The man, who was accused of threatening his wife with a kitchen knife, will serve a total of 45 days The presiding judge in this case stressed that society must no longer tolerate such behaviour and that domestic disputes are not a private matter, but a public one. Sun Editor Vince Ready assessing Castleview Care situation December 14, 1992, between employees and Chantel Management, which owns the facility, In their bid to receive retroactive pay, Hospital Employee Union workers at Castleview Care Centre have asked received }-Mince Ready to “trouble-shoot!.she situation-and. make a non-binding recommendation. Chairperson of the HEU local at Castleview Care, Jean Hitchens said employees still have not But b implied that attempts would be made to provide retroactive pay within 60 days of signing. “We were hoping that Vince Ready’s expertise and inf would get the owner to pay up sooner. Ready’s d ion will be 23,” Hitchens said. non-binding, we/iflikely be waiting until April If employees still have not received their retroactive pay retroactive pay, which dates back to April 1, 1991 “Chantel Management has now said that ‘employ- ees will ‘We were hoping that Vince Ready's expertise and influence would get the owner to pay up sooner.’ — JEAN HITCHENS HEU Chairperson by this date, Hitchens said employees will be taking other action, but she would not com- ment at this time what that action would receive their placed in their files. money April 23—and no sooner,” Hitchens said. More than a dozen workers from the Inter- mediate care facility in Castlegar walked off the floor arid held a ‘study session’ to protest the retroactive pay delay. The session was an illegal one, and six employees have had one hour of their wages docked because of it. They have not, however, had a disciplinary note Wording in the contract that was signed In an earlier based Chantel M: director of Human Resources for Vancouver- mean. interview, Wayne Balshin, said the c had received a partial amount of the retroac- tive pay from the Continuing Care Division of the Ministry of Health. He said that once the balance of the amount arrived from the min- istry, employees in Castlegar and other centres owned by Chantel Management would receive their retroactive pay. Eye it up Due to the recent Provincial Government cutbacks, your B.C. medical coverage will only pay for one visit to your Optometrist ever although the. restrictions will affect some of his the majority will not be affected by the changes. y two years. Dr. Tim Allen says Patients with serious eye problems, SUN STAFF PHOTO / John Van Putten Wednesday. The creation of Easter crafts require the type ofconcentration shown by Jordan Croteau, age 22 months, and his mother Karrie. The two were tak- ing part in the Easter crafts and fun day hosted by the Castlegar and District Community Complex last Crafty Easter — SUN STAFF PHOTO / John Van Putten Local outdoorsman pleads guilty to two wildlife charges Sun Staff discovered by conservation offi- cers that he had exceeded his bag A Castlegar man has pleaded guilty to two charges under the Wildlife Act in a joint submission in Castlegar provincial court, Tuesday. Counsel representing Pasquale Grifone appeared before the court to state a plea of guilty‘and then to receive sentencing. Grifone was charged by officials after it was Remember Diamond Exteriors? Warrant issued by RCMP in connection with fraud charges SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Trail RCMP say they have issued a warrant for the arrest of William Edward Prentice, formerly of Castlegar, after he failed to appear in Rossland Provincial court to answer to 12 charges of fraud. Castlegar Sun readers might remember a story that was pub- lished in the August 12 issue of The Sun titled, 'Locally-based business questioned by seniors’ The story brougnt to light a number of cases of West Koote- nay residents, most of whom were senior citizens, who said they had been ripped off by a roofing and siding company called Diamond Exteriors The company, which was not listed in the Better Business Bureau, had a Castlegar busi ness licence and had been operating in the area since Jan uary 1992 Bill Prentice, whom residents referred to as the owner of the company, was approaching resi- dents of homes which appeared to be in need of roofing or sid- ing repair. After measurements and assessment were done on the site, a quote was given to the owner who was then Tequested to provide a deposit—in order for materials to be purchased. Some residents, who provid- ed deposits of different amounts, some as much as $1,000, would not see Prentice again. Others complained that the roofing or siding job was only partially completed. In a press release to local media, Trail RCMP state the reported frauds occurred between March 25 and Septem- ber 25, 1992, with victims residing in Trail, Castlegar, Rossland, Genelle, Winlaw, Nakusp and Salmo Police believe that Prentice, who was to appear in court April 5, is now living some- where on the West Coast limit when hunting bull elk in the Pass Creek area. The court heard that on Sept. 21, 1992, Grifone, who held one limited entry per- mit, shot and killed an elk but failed to recover the carcass after an attempted search. Other hunters later discovered the decaying animal and reported it to a conservation officer who began investigating. Meanwhile, Grifone shot a second bull elk and was in possession of it on Sept. 23. The court was told that evi- dence proved the two animals were killed by the same gun. The presiding judge heard defense counsel's comment that Grifone “is a prominent outdoorsman in this area, and the incident has impacted negatively on both his business and his reputation.” Before passing his sentence the judge reiterated that Grifone, given his experience as an out- doorsmen, should have been more diligent in conducting his search for the first animal he killed. Grifone has been ordered to pay a total of $2,000 for failing to make efforts in a search, and for exceeding the bag limit. 2 sections 22 pages