Wednasday; May 6,1992 a8 t Victims receive aid Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER Castlegar’s victims of vio- lence will soon have addition- al support. The city has seen fit to set aside $10,000 for the Victim’s Assistance Program in its 1992 budget “I feel pretty good that we've received some funding,” said RCMP constable and pro- advocate Russell Sang- ster. “It’s a start.” Sangster says the program will offer invaluable assis- tance to those affected by crimes of all sorts. “This is an opportunity for those people to be referred to certain organizations who could assist them in coping with the after effects of crime,” Sangster said. “The program will also lend victims addi- tional moral support, support we (the RCMP) can't give them.” Sangster said the program could be in place “by fall.” DESCRIPTION Taxation : Grants (federal and provincial) Sales of service Other revenue (own source) Unconditional GENERAL REVENUE FUND (other governments) -$10,005,929 1,077,774 Scott David Harrison EDITOR Capital projects seem to be the buzzwords of the 1992 Castlegar budget. The city will be spending no less than $3.29 million on capital projects in 1992. That's up from the $690,212 it spent on projects in 1991. Heading the list of capital expenditures is the city’s lofty Downtown Revitalization Pro- ect. Z The 1992 budget allocates some $1.588 mil- lion towards the first-phase of the three stage project. The expensive revitalization project is expected to be completed in 1995 at a total cost of $3,723,230. The second most expensive project in 1992 is the relocation of the public works yards ata cost of $875,000. The project has been dogged by the Coalition Unaccepting Rash Bureau- cracy since Day 1. : The citizens group believes the relocation City eyes capital projects cess through the city, road rehabilitation or southend sewer repairs. Castlegar has put money towards road re- irs, though. The city intends to spend 450 on road repairs in 1992. According to the city’s own five-year capital plan, that will be followed by an additional $4.01 million to be spent between 1993 and 1996 — $2.3 mil- lion of which will go towards the rebuilding of Arrow Lakes Drive. As for sewer and water repairs, Castlegar will be putting some $766,987 towards southend repairs. The city will also borrow $150,000 for northend sewer repairs. is Those repairs equal rate increases for Castlegar, though. In 1992 Castlegar ’s water rates will climb from 88 cents a foot to 97 cents. Sewer rates will also climb, from 84 cents a foot to $1.01 in the northend and from $1.69 a foot in the southend to $1.86. should be deferred to another year, saying the industrial park location is wrong. CURB says the $875,000 expenditure (originally stated to be $850,000) should be spent on a second ac- ‘Tg if (there are a lot) ofhighlights, the water and sewer rates are the lowlights,” Councillor Kirk Dufftold council while tabling the two bylaw changes. Castlegar pushing tax payment plan Scott David Harrison EDITOR Tax bill got you down? In an effort to help ease the tax shock, Castlegar will be pushing a pre-authorized monthly tax payment plan. The plan, refined and re- adopted Tuesday as Bylaw 615, allows citizens to make 12 monthly installments to their tax bill. The program, which was used by some 120 in 1991, Y> SHG cancellation means noth- ing to residents whose homes have an assessed value of $52,000 or less. To homes val- ued over $52,000, though, the loss of the SHG means digging that much deeper. For every $10,000 above the $52,000 minimum, homeown- ers will be paying an extra $45 fect some 60 per cent of Castle- gar homeowners. eee pact of the Some capital projects the city will undertake this year include $64,000 for the first- year of a five-year, $903,000 city hall renovation project, $45,000 to traffic lights, $68,700 to Twin Rivers Park, $28,000 to Meadowbrook storm sewer repairs, $15,000 to Woodland Drive designs, ” m Wednesday; May'6,1992 AroundT' OWN y.. ; iv Our person for ‘eople teeman 365-7266 © COME ONE COME ALL The Castlegar public has been invited to attend Schizophrenia 1992 — Poised for Change at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, July 19 to 22. The aim of the conference is to raise public awareness of this illness, which affects-hundreds of thousands of Canadians. For more information contact Acton Kilby, c/o The B.C. Health Association, 500- 1985 West Broadway, Vancouver, V6J 4Y3, or phone 734-2423. BACK TO THE OurPEOPLE Making the grade Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER Some people have all the luck. And others, like 17-year-old Sonoko Kambara, work hard to earn a bright future. Kambara, a Grade 12 student at. Stanley Humphries, Secondary School, has been on her school’s Honor Roll and top academic student since Grade 8, and her hard work is starting to pay off. She has been hand picked by Cominco to represent the company this summer in the Shad Valley Project at the University of British Columbia and in Trail. “She'll be working with us for about five weeks,” said Cominco public relations officer Carol Vanelli. “She certainly seems to exhibit all the qualities of a Shad Valley survivor.” . And the representatives agree. “Shad Valley is a four-week } , program offered at eight universities across Canada,” said }j Shad Valley Vice-President Ron Champion. “After that, they are employed by their host company for the duration of the summer.” Champion said Shad Valley was a fine candidate.” program’s Kambara eventually hopes to attend ~ Kambara was chosen not only because of medical her excellent marks, but also because of her creativity, initiative, interpersonal skills, and so on. ; “She is really the kind of kid you would surgeon. school, where she will study to be a But her future plans will have to be put on hold while she pursues her artistic goals. Kambara will be attending Selkirk College in the fall to earn her Music Performers Degree, one of the highest awards attainable. She was recently awarded Ist class honors with distinction by the Royal Conservatory of Music for her piano skills, and she won first place in her division at the Kootenay Music Festival in Nelson. She will be playing at the very prestigious B.C. Festival of Arts late in May. Sarom Bahk, who takes piano lessons from Kambara, has been invited to the provincial festival as an observer. “This is what I’ve worked so hard for,” Kambara said. “I really enjoy music and performing, and I would like it to be a part of my future.” And it must be nice to know that if her music plans don’t work out, she always has a potential career as a surgeon to fall back on. However, medicine and piano will be the last things on her mind this summer. She’ll have her hands full working for Cominco and studying with the Shad Valley to the taxman. That means homes ap- praised at $102,000 will be paying an extra $225. The loss of the SHG is expected to af- $30,000 to cemetery improve- NES Glen Fiewten Erovect. ments, $15,000 to Cone Hill and Ninth Avenue Parks and $13,900 to the Zinio tennis courts. FUTURE The Castlegar and District Heritage Society commences July 15. started in 1981 to be a : : : ; Hard work and dedication. motivational experience for high For Sonoko Kamara, (ie Muse's 60 Brigit she's gota wask stades: her this pg aa Dripeesag ps school kids, showing them it pays to strive describe as pretty well-rounded,” Champion her in the future. for their full potential. said. “I hope everything works out this year,” RES $10,005,929 GENERAL CAPITAL FUND The loss of the Supplemen- Borrowing tal Homeowners’ Grant is hav- Other REVENUE Fiscal Services EXPENDITUR Other Transfer (other REVENUE Environmental health Fiscal services WATER REVENUE FUND EXPENDITURES SEWER NORTH REVENUE FUND revenue Conditional transfer (other governments) -1,769,152 -$3,497,922 3,497,922 $3,497,922 $854,275 ing an effect across B.C. OUR ACTION AD PHONE NUMBER IS 365-7266 THIS IS A Veleame Wagon COMMUNITY Let us welcome you! 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Registration is necessary for the Friday session only. For more information call 365-6440. “Our program promotes excellence, aid. ; c So well-rounded in fact that she could she said. technology and entrepreneurship. Sonoko is choose any number of careers in the future. ~ “It sure is going to bea busy summer.” The goin Glen Freeman | NEWS REPORTER se For many of Castlegar’s students, it’s going to be a long, dry summer. Castlegar is not a hotbed of employment at the moment, and jobs are even tighter for high school kids. “I just had a whole bunch of kids in my office,” said Stanley Humphries Career Education Co-ordinator Verna Chernoff, “and they’re all looking for summer jobs.” But there’s a good chance that they aren’t going to find them. Not full-time jobs, at least. “In many cases, a student will only get a (full-time summer) job if they know someone,” Chernoff said. “Only about 10 to 15 per cent of the kids will get jobs. It’s not high. Not high at all.” Still, there is employment to be had. “There are part-time jobs that some g gets tough for local can add up to quite a bit of money over the summer,” Chernoff said. “But some kids either don’t know where to look or want more money than is being offered.” For those who really want to work, Chernoff is full of ideas on resumé writing, application forms, interviews, and so on. But perhaps the best advice Chernoff could give is to be aggressive. “I can honestly say that passive people will not be successful.” Nancy McAllister, the Canada Employment manager for the area, has the statistics to back that claim. “Last year 420 students registered at our employment centre,” McAllister said. “We had 329 job placements, just 106 of them full-time summer jobs.” MeAllister also mentioned that| the current unemployment rate for the Kootenay-Columbia area is at 13.1 per cent, but “hopefully with support from the economic community, we can put more kids to work.” If more local kids went to work, Chernoff would be one happy teacher. students “The kids in this school are so smart and so organized,” she said. “It would be terrible if they were held back because of money.” News Photo by Glen Freeman Amy Kilford is one of the few lucky students who has employment lined up for the summer.