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Incroting cov d Friday with highs neorl. Sections (A, B& C) City el , By BON NOE NORMAN Castlegar area voters ere to the polls Saturday to choose from one of the largest fields of candidates for -municipal election in recent years. A total of 18 candidates are vying for only eight seats — four on Castlegar council and four on Castlegar school board. But large doesn't necessarily mean lively. _ Despite the crowded ballot form, the election to date has been low key.-And with only three days before polling day, it isn’t likely to pick up.. Voter interest could be expected to focus’ on the mayoralty race between incumbent Audrey Moore and challenger Bob MacBain. But so far that battle has created few sparks. sere In fact, Moore and MacBain sat down Tuesday morning to field questions on a local radio phone-in program and didn’t receive one call. “Either they (voters) ar unhappy,” concludes ii ly happy or However, he admits the race is low key, “because I'm low key.” MacBain says his approach to the election hasn't been to zero in on differences between himself and Moore. “We're both just presenting ourselves to the people on ection low-key our ‘past records . . . our past involvement: in. the community,” he said. : That's a far cry from Moore's last challenger. In 1981 another alderman, Jim Gouk, ran on a platform of change and tried to convince voters that Moore's way of running city hall wasn’t in their best interests. It didn’t work. Gouk lost by more than 500 votes. But that was four years ago, Asked how his campaign is going, MacBain is hesitant. “That's a very difficult thing to determine,” he says. The race for the mayor's chair isn't the only council race. Four of the six aldermanic positions are also on the line: three two-year terms and a one-year term. The one-year seat is Marilyn Mathieson’s old seat. continued on poge AZ Council balks at endorsing Foundation By CasNews Staff The Selkirk College Foundation un- veiled an ambitious program to raise more than $1.5 million for student scholarships and awards Tuesday at Castlegar council. “The need is acute to raise funds, but there are not that many funds to be raised,” explained Tom Littlewood, the Foundation’s newly-appointed execu- tive director. Littlewood outlined the Foundation’s three fundraising ideas and asked for council's endorsement. However, council was hesitant to support the program until it has a chance to discuss the implications for the city. It agreed to deal with the college's request for endorsation at the Nov. 30 meeting Ald. Len Embree said he has “problems” dealing with the need for a charitable organization to raise funds for post-secondary educati “I think it's bloody tragi He later added that if tax money is available for refunds which can then be put into post-secondary education, the money should be there in the first place. Embree also expressed concern that the Foundation's fundraising could affect other local charitable organiza- tions. He pointed out there is only a limited amount of money for charities in a given area “and the amount of money available in Castlegar is stretched to the limit” because of the poor economy. Nevertheless, Embree conceded, “The objective is commendable.” Littlewood, outlined three- major projects the Foundation plans to im- plement: a card campaign, a ski hostel proposal and a city park. program. The card campaign involves mer- chants offering discount goods and services for holders of a special Found- ation card. ___, The merchants receive tax breaks for the discounts, and the cardholders also receive tax breaks for using the cards. The cards will cost $15 a month and will be accepted at more than 200 businesses in the college region, Little- wood said. He said the Foundation plans to kick off a membership drive on Friday and hopes to attract 1,000 members in the first year and 500 a year for the next four years. That would raise more than $1.5 million, which would be placed in an endowment fund. The interest from the fund would be used for student scholarships and bursaries, he said. The Foundation also plans to begin REMEMBERING: Photographer Doug Harvey cap- tures spirit of Castlegar Remembrance Day services RESIDENTS BRAVE COLD TO REMEMBER By CasNews Staff _ and News Service ski tours to the area on a “colleg Castk r braved ‘freezing temperatures college” basis. Littlewood said Selkirk College has contacted colleges in B.C., Alberta, Northwestern Washington and Idaho about the ski packages. ~ “It'll take a couple of years to get established,” he said, but once going should raise $50,000 a week for a group of 40. The third proposal involves building a city park on a pledge basis. Little- wood said the students would solicit pledges and then work in the park earning money from the pledges. However, he said the college would collect the pledge money. The money would be put in individual accounts and the students could draw on the money to pay college expenses. Littlewood said the park would be developed over three to five years and stressed that it must be property not in the city’s parks budget. . Monday to remember the war dead with a service at the Cenotaph in Kinsmen Park. Residents stood huddled together in the cold and others ‘watched from their cars as the baratier®s awho war and Legi with double exposure of air cadet Trent Omand silhouetted against Cenotaph in Kinsmen Park. John McRae’s famous poem, In Flanders Fields, was read by Earl Rourke. Kay Bate led the placing of the wreaths with her mothers’ wreath. Bate is a Legion Ladies Auxiliary member, whose husband was a prisoner of war. The prayer was given by Rev. Charles Balfour of St. David's Anglican Church, while Father Herman Engberink of St. Rita's Catholic Church gave the benediction. The service in Castlegar was but one of many held across the country. Services were also held Sunday in some cities. In Ottawa, hundreds of veterans and several thousand marked ‘whee Day. Gov. Gen. Jeanne Sauve led the dignitaries who placed wreaths on the steps of Ottawa's Cenotaph, a memorial to C : girls guides, boy scouts, air cadets and RCMP members, marched from the Legion Hall to the cenotaph. Cecil Pepper was the parade mars! The Stanley Humphries Secondary School band, conducted by Lorren Culley, played a number of selections during the ceremony. The advance of colors was led by Bert Lamb. Legion president Jim Moore and Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore made brief remarks. Sharon Tucker gave the Remembrance Day address on behalf of John Charters, who was absent. Ab Culley read the honor roll to the sound of drummer Bob Bertuzzi. Castlegar’s honor roll consists of 18 men who were killed during the First and Second world wars. Rob Trekey sounded the last post on his trumpet. who died in the First World War. Also placing wreaths were Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Veterans Affairs Minister George Hees and Rose Bernst, a Canadian Legion Silver Cross mother. Bernst, of Thunder, Bay, Ont. lost two of her seven sons in‘the'Second World War. Sauve and the other dignitaries later watched a march past by the veterans, Canadian Forces units, cadets and an RCMP contingent. During the First World War, from 1914 to 1918, 66,655 of the 619,636 Canadians who signed up were killed and 173,000 were wounded. The number of Canadians in uniform during the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945 reached 1,086,771. Of that number, 41,992 were killed and 54,414 ded. *- candidates if they support the restraint quiz school > candidates . By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer Questions ranging from the role of parent groups second language P to discipline and were thrown at seven of eight can- didates for the Castlegar school board as they faced the public in an all-candi- dates meeting Tuesday night at Stan- ley Humphries Secondary School. School board chairman Doreen Smecher, one of three incumbents seeking re-election, did not attend the meeting because of a prior engage- ment. The that hi would not be at the meeting drew a chorus of boos from the audience of about 70. During the question period, woman said she regretted Smecher was not there. “I'm insulted that she couldn't change her plans,” the woman said. As might be expected, restraint in education was a popular topic at the meeting. ° One audience member asked the school trustee — which would have been taken away by. the provincial government — outweighed his defying the government. 1 District of.Central Koot- enay director for Area J Martin Vanderpol then took Anutooshkin to task for his reluctance to defy the government in support of a principle. Vanderpol made an analogy to the reluctance of some people to defy gov- ernments in Europe, citing the situ- ation leading to the Second World War as an example. = OF the challengers, only Eileen said she wouldn't - be See to go as far as getting fired in defying the government. “I'd really hate to see what happened to Vancouver and Cowichan happen here,” Kooznetsofi said, adding that it would serve no purpose not to have a board. At that point someone in the audi- ence shouted “maybe we haven't got one now.” On the question of the role of parent groups, the candidates agreed that the groups could play_an important role a8 a liaison between the board and par: ents. However, some of the challengers tried to focus on what they say is a lack _of parent input in the past. one that program and if not, are they willing to stand up and submit a budget over the government's set limit for the district. The Vancouver and Cowichan school boards were fired by Education Min- ister Jack Heinrich this year because they.-refused to withdraw budgets which didn't meet ministry guidelines. While the candidates were unan- imous in their dislike of restraint, in- cumbent trustees Linda Krull and George Anutooshkin defended their position of complying with the govern- ment. “I took an oath that I would submit a balanced budget,” Krull said. “I'm not prepared to break the law.” Anutooshkin said his right to sit as a Area I candidate Ed Conroy said, “It's political suicide for somebody to stand up here and say they're against parents groups.” But Conroy added, “What we need is for-somebody to listen to parents.” Area J challenger Bert Rourke said he is in favor of trustees attending parents group meetings, while Area I candidate Alex Reibin said parents groups are “one way to maintain con- tact in rural districts.” inside ELECTION ‘COVERAGE: The Castlegar News opens its pages this week. to the candidates in Candidate profiles and platfor- ms are featured on six pages in this issue . . . B3, B4, B7, B8, C3 and C4. HEINRICH GRADED: Seven of the eight candidates in the school board grade Edi i: Jack Heinrich... A2 COUNCIL CONCERNED: Castlegar council says it is concerned about Westar Timber’s prop I to use ch lly-treated wood chips at its Celgar pulp mill... A2 HE WAS A SHE: TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Rosalinda de Hernan- dez got the shock of her life when doctors told her that her husband of nine years was six months pregnant. She found out af the person she knew as Gustavo was killed by another woman in a barroom braw! last month. Rosalinda told the daily Heraldo their love life had seemed odd. Gustavo had never let her see him naked — but she had never dhe wasa From 1950 to 1953, 25,000 Canadians fought in the Korean War and about 500 were killed. Ag logist told the paper the case underscored the | of sexual ignorance in Honduras.