TIONS . . . Pictured are four generations of one family. From left are jott, Alice Marjie and Katrina Weninger. Births & Funerals BIRTHS ANDREASCHUK — To Mr. and Mes. Bill Andreaschuk of Nelson, aboy, born Dec. 3. COSTANZO — To Mr. and Mrs. Dale Costanzo of Montrose, a boy, born Nov. 7. DHILLON — Mr. and Mrs. mkour Dhillon ‘of Castlegor, a boy, born Hoop OFF — To Laverne of Castlegor and Ed- wa a Sevume of Russia, « boy, born Nov. 11. KAZAKOF! To Mr. and Mrs. Matt Kerk of South Slocan, a boy, born Nov. 29. Mex NEY/HALEY — To Michoe! ney Maggie Haley of Nelson. a girl, born Nov. 27. MacLAGGAN — To Mr. and Mrs. Dave Macloggan of Nelson, o girl, born Nov. 29. _ MEDVEDEFF — To. Ms. and Mrs. of Castlegor,- a toy born Nov. 21. MORRIS — To Mr, ond Mrs. Jim Morris of Trail, a boy, born Nov. 18. MUELLER — To Mr. and Mrs. Werner Mueller of Fruitvale, o boy, born Nov. 6. NOILES — To Mr. and Mrs. Jim Noiles of Nelson, a girl, born Nov. 28. POIRIER — To Mr. and Mrs. Stephon F Poirier of Abbotslord,.0 SHANNON — To Mr. ond Mrs. David Shannon of Trail, a boy. FUNERALS ALMONY — Jessie Almony of Nelson died Dec. 2 at age 85. She is survived by doughter Eileen Richardson; brother George ni grandchildren; nieces ond predeceased by one daughter, Mary Sutherland. ine and ARCHAMBAULT Camille Thorpe, Alta., Sister Theresa Ar- chambault of Slave Loke, Alta., Rita McLaren of Dawson Creek, Alma Walls of ‘Kelowna and Noella Bonin of Nanaimo; and many nieces ond nephews. hartselle — Wien Wendell Biker 29 at age iS tusvived by his wite Stolle: daughter Wendy Sougstod of _—SPECIAL CARE NEEDED Prince George: step-daughter Gene Lenardon of Trail; stepson Jim Kennedy of Cranbrook; grandchildren: two grea! grandchildren; and brother ohn ie Schiavon Brothers” Vincerft, and ; and many nieces and nephews, Memorial donations may be mode to the of Trail. moy be made to the Trail and District “Alzheimer's Support Group, in care of 2920 Laburnum Drive, Trail. BRUCE — Alexonder Ross Bruce Sr., of South Slocan died Dec. 1 at age 84. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth; sons and doughters-in-law Alec Jr. and South Slocan, and John grandchi ond -brother Robert in: Scotland. CLOSE — Leslie Elwyn Close of Fruitvale died Nov. 27 at age Fund Y Savings Credit Union. SCOTT — Georgina Scott of Trail died Nov. 25. She is survived by her daughter Margaret of Trail and was predeceased her husband James in 1964. In lieu of flowers, donations may to. the Diabetic Association. WRIGHT — Stonley Wright, for- merly of Trail, died recently in Calif. He is survived Sylvia; son Steven; Linda, Sheila and Lorraine; sisters Marjorie Gripich of Lordeau and Isabel Morris of Trail. Dunlop of Fruitvale: broth Howard and Jack, both of Pe . Leonard of Regina and Wailace of Burnaby; and numerous nephews and nieces. Memorial donations may b: made to the second floor activity centre of the Trail Regional Hospital: GEORGETTI —~Enzo R. (Boz) Georgetti of Trail died Dec. 2 af- tera lIness at age 60. 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We dig bosements, septic systems, water lines. ec REASONABLE RATES 365-6658 365-2383 Owner ~ arith By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer Castlegar school board's d OKs sex abuse kit professional development manual for teachers and counsel- recommended that the board endorse an instructional kit on the prevention of child sexual abuse as a pilot project in Woodland Park elementary school. The committee made the decision at its Monday meeting after hearing a presentation from Woodland Park principal John Plotnikoff and teacher Marylee Banyard on the Child Abuse Research.and Education (CARE) kit. The trustees also viewed a videotape about child sexual abuse. A CARE kit consists of ‘colored cards,” happening to them. ‘Also included in the kit is a lesson planning guide and a Jmaeff says God told her to fast VANCOUVER (CP) — Tina Jmaeff says she heard God speaking to her as she lay in a bed in Matsqui prison's psychiatric ward. The 61-year-old Sons of Freedom member said it was God who told her to stop eating Sunday, just a week after ‘she ended a 57-day hunger strike. “She told a staff person that she wanted freedom that that God had told her to stop eating,” federal correctional services spokesman Tom D'Aquino said Tuesday. Jmaeff made one call to her-family in the West Kootenay to announce her decision and has taken nothing but water since. Greg Cran, B.C. Doukhobor media- . tor, met with representatives from the Orthodox, Reformed and Sons of Free- dom groups in Castlegar Tuesday to discuss Jmaeff's resumption of her fast. IJmaeff's sect broke away from the Doukhobors in 1945. Late Tuesday, Cran said the groups are “extremely disappointed and upset with her decision.” Jmaeff is serving a seven-year sentence along with fellow Freedomite Mary Braun for burning down a Douk- hobor’s house in Gilpin, near Grand Forks. Braun is still eating after ending the 57-day fast with Jmaeff Dec. 2, but the doctor treating both women said Tues- day Braun is considering resuming her hunger strike. “So far, she is still eating, but she is certainly thinking about it when she sees her colleague across the room fasting.” said Dr. Real Prefontaine, regional manager of health care for the federal correctional services. continued on page A2 Immersion unlikely next year By CasNews Staff It’s unlikely that a French immersion program will be in place in the Castle- gar school district in time for the 1986-87 school year. At a meeting of the Castlegar school board's education committee Monday, trustees decided to refer discussion of a French immersion program to the board's new second languages com- mittee. The committee will attempt to come up with a plan for the implementation of an immersion program in the district. But the board will not rush into creating the.new program. “Before School District No. 9 begins a new program, trustees should exam- ine programs that have been cut back or eliminated,” superintendent of schools Terry Wayling recommended at the meeting. Wayling said approximately $250,000 worth of programs have been cut or eliminated in the district and that he needs guidance from the board about what it wants to do with those programs before embarking on a new program. Wayling, who stressed that he is not A " d to i black and white “discussion starter cards” and a booklet called Trust Your Feelings — all children ages four to nine how to prevent sexual abuse from has lors, and puppet figures to help get the message across to the child: The program is designed to be covered in six weeks of two or three half-hour periods per week, according to information on the program submitted to the trustees. The same material is used in each Kindergarten to Grade 3, so that students will eventually have repeated the program four times. Plotnikoff told the trustees that the kit has the full support of the staff at Woodland Park. grade from However, before teachers can begin to.use the kit, they “picture message must go through a training program which takes betweer Ms 4 three days. and Banyard are qualified to to teach , only P use S kit. But now that the board has endorsed CARE, other teachers at Woodland Park will be trained. iit MM “I'm very supportive of this program,” trustee Kay Johnson ‘said. Kindergarten to Grade 12.” Trustees expressed a few concerns about the program at the meeting. Johnson was concerned that the district does not have an elementary school counsellor: But Plotnikoff said teachers will be trained to recognize cases of child abuse and notify Human Resources officials who then take over the case. _In response to a question from trustee Doreen Smecher about what will happen if parents object to their child receiving CARE instruction, Banyard suggested that the program be voluntary and that parents be given the opportunity to withdraw their child from the program. But Banyard added that the few children who don't hear the program in the classroom “will hear about it anyway on the playground.” continued on page A2 It’s a special season! This Christmas season is full of special events. Christine Peterson (left) and the Canadian Girls in Training staged a vesper service Sunday evening at the Castlegar United Church which included a candlelight ceremony; and the Stanley Humphries Secondary School Christmas concert (below) was held last night and included a skit by the drama class. — CosNews Photos by Ron Norman end Ryan Wilson “I'd like to see it (implemented) from -not City eyes new fire truck yy CasNews Staff Castlegar council is considering a proposed 1986 capital works program calling for a five per cent decrease from this year. For 1985 the program totalled $418,540. Next year the proposed capital budget is $397,550 — a drop of nearly $21,000. But administrator Dave Gairns says the budget could still change. In a memorandum to council, Gairns notes: “The capital portion of the budget includes only those items that the admi ds not be programs, also said “I need to be satisfied in my mind about the costs” of the programs. deferred until another year, and does not inglude all indentifiable current capital requirements.” Council must approve the final capital works budget, along with the complete city budget, in May. largest single item in the proposed 19865" capital budget is $160,000 for a pumper truck for the volunteer fire department. The pumper will replace one of the depart ment’s existing trucks. As well, $4,000 is earmarked for two sets of breathing apparatus for the department and $2,300 to replace the radio in the mini-pumper. Other items included in the proposed budget include: e $2,500 for fencing for. the Kinnaird Park horseshoe pitch; “e $10,000 for automatic sprinklers for four. parks; © $6,000 for Zuckerberg Island; © $1,000 for three flag poles and a base for city hall; e $10,000 for a sani-dump station; © $36,450 to replace an assortment of public works equipment, including $12,000 for a one-ton truck and $16,000 for two half-ton trucks; $50,000 for paving; © $27,900 for a public works building — $25,000 of which will be spent for the workshop for the north yrad: e $2,800 for 10 litter containers for the downtown area; © $2,000 to replace and add to the city’s Christmas: decorations; e@ $75,000 to upgrade the water system. Shaw Cable ‘denies union allegations By CasNews Staff Shaw Cable says its service has not deteriorated because of the 18-week strike in Castlegar, Trail and Nelson, and denies it is violating its cable license. Except for vandalism, “our service has been as good as before .. . we are in violation of our license,” company vice-president Lloyd Gartrell told Castlegar council Tuesday night. Shaw Cable was invited to speak to council after the International Brother- hood of Electrical Workers Local 1003, the community channel is not operating appeared at council's Nov. 26 meeting. and thus violating Canadian Radio- Local 1003 represents 15 striking and Tel Shaw Cable employees. Communications regulations.” Gartrell told council some of the al- “The local community messages are legations levelled by the union are “not _ still being handled” on the community quite right.” bulletin board, he noted. “In small For instance, he said 10 per cent of systems this is usually considered the company’s gross revenues are not adequate.” earmarked for the community channel. Gartrell added: “To the best of our “That is absolutely wrong,” he said. ability we are still running the channel” Gartrell said Canadian cable com-. and so fulfilling its CRTC cable license panies spend on average tWo to five per requirements. cent of their gross revenue on com- Ald. Albert Calderbank wondered munity programming. why cable coverage of council meetings The union charged that because fell off prior to the strike. Shaw Cable is not staging community Community program co-ordinator Ed programming, the company is pocket- Chernoff said council coverage was cut ing the 10 per cent. back because of increased requests for The union has urged subscribers to other community programming. write to the company demanding a 10 “The priority was go get new things” per cent refund. ..on the community channel,” he said But Gartrell later appeared to re Meanwhile, Gartrell also denied verse’ himself, acknowledging that the union charge that the company was while Shaw Cable as a whole may not preparing for the strike in the summer. spend 10 per cent, the local system The union said Shaw Cable knew a does indeed spend 10 per cent of its strike was coming when it had its gross revenue on the community chan- workers inspect the present system nel. instead of installing equipment for new “We have been spending 10 per cent pay-TV channels. and that is a credit to our people here,” he said. Z However, Gartrell couldn't promise the company would continue to spend that much on community program- ming. He also denied the company cut community programming during the strike as a cost-saving measure. Gartrell said the company can't program community events because residents won't cross picket lines. In addition, he defended charges that inside UIC HEARING: About 20 people turned out on the weekend to discuss changes to the Unem- ployment Insurance Act. Suggestions will be submitted to a@ special UIC inquiry com- mission coming to Castlegar in “tre new year... A2 2 NO FUNDING: Castlegar school board has struck out in its bid ieee get provincial lottery funds . . . A2 ON THE MAP: Castlegar council has hélped put Castlegar on the map... A8 HE'S. TOPS: Pass Creek's Travis Ready captured first place in a weightlifting competition in Chicago... BI HORSE SENSE: DEDHAM, Mass. — There hasn’t been a horse stolen here since 1906, but that doesn’t keep the 175-year-old Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves from its appointed roun- dups. The society's 7,400 members include Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pope John Paul, Gen George Armstrong Custer and Raquel Welch, a report in the Boston Globe said Friday. Members may be enrolled in absentia or posthumously, and there are no riding tests. Anyone can become a life member for $10. At this week's 175th anniversary meeting, members appo ted 23 members as “riders” to serve as horse-thief catchers for the coming year President Warren Wolloff showed them two Currier and Ives equestrian prints so they could see “what a horse looks like.”