a2 Saturday, April 25, 1992 @ THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON Colonel... T've cheked ‘the entire valley - - notan Indian anyahers y Custer’s recurrent nightmare News winners collect bunnies NEWS STAFF The Castlegar News Easter Egg Scramble and Coloring Contest was a hopping success. Thanks to the artful minds of Castlegar children, The News is pleased to say it received over 100 entries for its col- oring contest. The only sad thing is that there can’t be 100 winners. Based on the entries we received, the following young artists will soon be adding a cuddly bunny to their stuff ani- mal collections: e Angela Waterberg (four), winner of two to five year olds. ¢ Amy Poole (eight), winner of 6 to 8 year-olds. © Desiree Hopkins (10), winner of nine to 12 year olds. Thank you Castlegar! CHAMBER LUNCHEON Thurs., April 30 12 Noon to 1:00 p.m. Fireside Motor inn $8.00 BEEF D Non members $9.50 4 AND FRIES *5.45 All Our Prices include the G.S.T. Now open til 9 p.m. 1521 Columbia Ave. 365-8388 Call Ahead Drive Through Service GUEST SPEAKER: Jim Browne Celgar General Manager To reserve or for further info: 365-6313 Card of Ti hanks We would like'to express our sincere gratitude to those who shared in the loss of our father, grandfather and great- grandfather, Nick S. Zaytsoff. A special thank you to John J. Verigin and all the others for | your kind words to Alex and Nancy Pereverzoff. Our deep appreciation for so ably conducting the funeral. To the singers, cooks, gravediggers and all who sent baking, flowers and cards of sympathy. To Mike O'Connor and staff of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel, thank you. We would. also like to convey our gratitude to the doctors and nurses of the Trail Regional Hospital and Castlegar and District Hospital for the kind care given to our father. -Nick and Pollie Zaytsoff, Peter and Ann Zaytsoff, Fred and Mabel Osachoff and Families. Paper honors Charters Mi News columnist earns prestigious award for Heritage soci Sy a Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER © = A local writer has once again found himself * on the receiving end of a prestigious award. John Charters, local historian.and long-time Castlegar News columnist, received second place in the Western People development con- test. Charters task was to write 500 words on “what people in your area are doing to make your town a better place.” “We wanted interesting ideas,” said Manag- ing Editor Mike Gillgannon, “but we also want- ed someone who displayed a good writing style. Mr, Charters was chosen as a winner because _-he displayed both: Charters chose to: ‘write about the Castlegar t Heritage Society, an organization has been ermental i in the preserva- it Gime pee odg tions “Tt looks like a winner for our past i in the fu- ture,” writes Charters in his prize winning en- try. “And the formula for success? “Luck, faith, publicity and the increasing hard work of a few dedicated volunteers.” For his efforts, Charters was awarded a signed print of an old-time threshing scene by prairie artist Nettie Harder. Western People is a Saskatchewan-based newspaper with a western Canadian circula tion of 112,000 readers. : News photo by Glen Freeman John Charters, right, donated his prize to publisher Dave McCullough and The News Thursday. All Our Best From .. Castlegar Foods 635 Columbia Ave., Castlegar HOURS: Mon. PULLED & Sat.. 365-5755 or chicken © 450 g. Family Pack ¢ $6.59 KG. es ais @ cation 1 = _ LETTUCE 1.08 KG. TOMATOES 1.74 KG. 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That cost is covered in the 1992 municipal budget. “It’s not so much a referendum as it is a public opinion poll,” CURB president Michael O’Cognor said Thursday. “And we CURB has protested the works yard move since Day 1, saying the out-of-the-way location is wrong and money could be better spent. The citizens group says Castlegar should put the funds towards a secondary access through Castlegar, the upgrading of - southend sewer problems or needed road repairs. Mayor Audrey Moore questioned CURB’s logic. "She said the relocation went through all the right channels, approved only after extensive public consultation. ~ Moore said the CURB referendum was nothing more than “a straw poll, something designed to get an’opinion.” asking how the results will be tabulated and recorded. “The results of these straw polls can be easily manipulated,” she said Thursday. “They can be manipulated by anyone. “I think council would have to be very careful in weighing the results of this poll. “I think the citizens have to be careful, as well,” she said, questioning CURB’s motives. Moore suggested that CURB may do better if it takes its gripes to the election platform. “If there are certain people out there who don’t agree with council, they can change that council in 1993,” she said. “That’s democracy and that’s what democracy is all have every right to ask for people’s opinion.” > ~~ Moore questioned the validity of the poll, about.” TO THE RESCUE Be coset lire NEWS @General tnquiries 365-7266 OUR HOURS The News is located at 197. Columbia Ave. Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on weekends and statutory holidays. SUB RATES The News is published by Castle . News Ltd. for Canwest Publishers Ltd. Mail subscription rate to The Néws is $40 per year ($44 in communities where the post office has “letter carrier service). 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— Paramedics aid Carol Cournoyer after she was involved in a two-car accident on Columbia Avenue Monday. News photo by Jonathan Green HEU called ‘unreasonable’ Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER Recent job action by the Hospital Employees’ Union is “totally unjustified.” According to the Health Labor Relations Associa- tion’s Martin Livingston, the HEU is not serious about reaching a contract settlement. “They’re being unreasonable,” Livingston said. “An independent third party has made recom- mendations to the minister, and the HEU has chosen to ignore those recommendations.” Industrial Inquiry Commissionér Stephen Kelle- her suggested to. the government Tuesday that the . HEU “refrain from job action pending a final resolu- tion through a binding third part’process.” David Annis, Manager of Human Resources for the B.C. Health Association, a group which repre- sents all provincial hospitals, said that Kelleher’s proposal is appropriate. “We want an immediate end to this job action be- - cause of it’s tremendous adverse affect on health care in British Columbia,” Annis said. . “We don’t care how it ends, we just want (Premier Mike) Harcourt to end it quickly.” Annis said the HEU job action has caused the can- eee ee and has closed 25 per cent of all hospital beds province wide. However, HEU Communications Officer Stephen Howard said that those statistics are not accurate. “They (the BCHA and HLRA) are creating artifi- cial waiting lists and bed closures to manipulate pub- lic opinion,” Howard said. “The BCHA is not an unbiased medical authority as they have claimed. They are another arm of the HLRA, and would like to stop us from getting a fair settlement.” Local administrator Ken Talarico said that while no beds have been closed and no lives have been put in jeopardy at the Castlegar hospital, some services ave been disrupted. “We have cancelled all elective surgeries for the _rest of the week,” Talarico said. Talarico also said that Castlegar seems to be get- ting off lightly, as no pickets have been set up as of yet. “That would take all other unions in our hospital down to essential services, and that could cause us some problems,” he said. “Hopefully the government will make a move in the very near future.” According to Livingston, the HEU has now been offered ne what the Nurses’ Union accepted.” No word on Ootischenia dump plan Wl RDCK decides fate of local dump this summer Jonathan Green NEWS REPORTER The plan that would see the Oo- tischenia dump become one of four regional dumpsites is still up in the air. On Jan. 14, the Regional -Dis- trict of Central Kootenay revealed its solid waste management plan aimed at complying with strict new provincial requirements. had issued a province-wide alti matum, calling for for the reduc- tion of solid waste by 35 per cent in 1995 and 50 per cent by the year 2000. To reach that goal, the RDCK put forth several options, one that would see the dump at Ootische- nia become one of four disposal sites for the region. To determine the suitability of the Ootischenia dump, the district enlisted the help of Okanagan- based consulting firm Stanley As- sociates, who began stage one. ofa two-part study last October. RDCK administrator Reid Hen- derson said the local dump has been recognized in the recently re- leased stage one, but no sugges- tions were made about its feasibil- ity. “It’s only identified as a possi- bility,” he said. “It’s stage one ofa pretty extensive study, recommen- dations won't occur until at least - completion of stage two.” As well, he said the RDCK board of directors must make a de- cision on Ootiscshenia, even if the study approves it. “All the consultants can do is recommend,” he said. “(The study) cannot dictate what will happen.” The second stage is expected to be completed by summer.