mber 6, 1989 a2 Castlégar News Woman may have staged death REVELSTOKE (CP) — The foster parents of a young woman killed by police while attempting a holdup in this mountain community think she may havé intended to die. Susan Preevich, 21, was killed by an RCMP officer's bullet after she took two hostages during the gas station robbery Monday. Police say she was shot when she pointed arifle at an officer Her distraught foster father said in an interview that she may have *‘set up the whole thing."” end Preevich saw the movie Wisdom during a one-year stint at Oakalla provincial prison in Burnaby that ended last Friday, said Olympe Astra. She asked het foster parents to see the movie when she returned last weekend to their home in Revelstoke, about 400 kilometres northeast of Vancouver. The family wat ched the video at home on Saturday night “It’s about a young fellow who gets to drinking on hostage. Local Briefs Bridge work to continue By CasNews Staff Work on the bridge on Columbia Avenue at Second Street will con tinue into next week due to some unafticipated problems, Castlegar’s “director of engineering and public works said today Closures of the bridge to traffic between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. will con- tinue, Kevin Lagan said, and radio broadcasts will inform drivers if a closure is in effect each morning. The city, in a joint project with the Ministry of Highways, is spending $48,000 to replace the steel bearings that allow the bridge to move. The bearings haven’t been replaced since the bridge was built over 30-years ago and corrosion is making the work difficult, Lagan said. Grads to collect for needy Stanley Humphries secondary school’s 1990 grad class will be going door-to-door throughout Castlegar, Robson and the surrounding areas Sunday to collect food for the needy this holiday season The food drive will begin about 11 a.m. and continue until 1 p.m. The grads will turn over the collected food to the Castlegar branch of the Royal Canadian Legion to help the Legion’s annual hamper program for the needy UBCM backs city resolution The Union of B.C. Municipalities executive has endorsed Castlegar ouncil’s resolution calling on the provincial government to repeal a section of the Municipal Act requiring inaugural council meetings on the st Monday in early December every year With elections every three years, inaugural meeting every year,”’ Ald. Terry Rogers said The UBCM executive will forward the resolution to the provincial government for consideration The Muncipal Act requires councils to hold inaugural meetings every year in the afternoon of the first Monday following Dec. 1 *s not really necessary to have an graduation and steals a c: Joan cared for Preevich since she was 13 years old. “*He gets a criminal record and carries it with him, he can’t get a job. He turned to crime, helping out poor people — like a Robin Hood — and finally he’s cornered and decided to set himself up. “*He has a gun and the police have surrounded him. He just brings up the gun and they blast him and that's the said Astra, who with his wife ARMED WITH RIFLE On Monday afternoon a policeman with a high-powered rifle entered the gas station and restaurant where Prcevich, armed with a .22-calibre rifle, was holding the two women He fired a single shot as she raised her rifle at him. The Astras, both in their 50s, wonder whether Prcevich may have staged her death to clear the way for them to SEASON'S GREETINGS . . . Robson children gathered around old St. Nick on Saturday night us the Robeon-Raspherry Ferry Users Ad Hoc Comtnittes orrunged its second annual holiday greeting photograph which will be turned into a Christmas card and mailed to w er 18-month-old daughter. “Susan had two children — one she gave up thiee years ago," said Olympe Astra. “The second child she decided to But, said Astra, keep but the (Social Services) ministry stepped in. “Cassandra is in our care and we had applied to adopt her. “This might have some bearing on it too: Our proposal to adopt Cassandra was rejected because the ministry said we were too old and had too many kids and all that. “The final thing it boiled down to was that they didn’t want Cassandra to grow up with any influence from her mother. A few hours before the robbery attempt, Preevich “I love you mom and called her foster mother and sai dad, and I love Cassandra."’ Astra said he and Joan became foster parents to Susan after she’d been thrown out of two foster homes. She was bitter about the rejections and grew into a rebellious young woman who had run-ins with the law. he became a part of our family.”” “*She got to the state where she couldn’t live in the in- side (prison) and she couldn't get along on the outside,”’ said Joan Astra. Prisoners’ rights activist Claire Culhane of Van- couver, who worked with Prcevich in prison, backed up the Astras’ story. Two months ago, said Culhane, Preevich expressed concern over an application by Social Services to seek a permanent home for her daughter away from Revelstoke, **Society failed her,” said Culhane, ‘*In Sue's case, I would hope there would be a full inquest."” “I think it’s a tragedy,’ said Anna Boldt counsellor who had worked with Prcevic! cident in a lot of ways and I feel very badly. local youth it was an ac- Man in custody until trial By CasNews Staff A Castlegar man has been remanded in custody until his trial Jan. 10 in Castlegar provincial court on a charge of possession of narcotics for the pur- poses of trafficking. John William Vigue, 32, pleaded not guilty Monday in Rossland provincial court and elected to be tried by a provincial court judge, a Rossland court registry spokesman said Vigue was arrested late last month after an operation by Castlegar RC- MP, the Nelson RCMP drug section members of the Social Crdit government as a reminder that Robson and area residents and the Richmond drug section face their second winter without the ferry service recovered 100 grams of cocaine with a street value of $8,000 to $10,000, RC- MINISTER TOURS COLLEGE Concerns outline By ED MILLS Staff Writer Recently appointed provincial Funding for the operation of the West Kootenay Enterprise Develop- ment Centre was also addressed in the MP said. Pay continued from front page The Castlegar board recently voted to keep its remuneration at the current * Allowing the college's learning jeye) being provided by Victoria centres in rural to enter 4, te-di college’s such as Selkirk.” sy. December 6, 1989 Castlegar News TREE TIME . tothe etary tree sale on By JOHN CHARTERS It’s the annual Rotary Christmas tree sales time again. Early last Saturday morning, about a dozen Castlegar Rotary Club members were busy at the West Kootenay Power storage lot setting out lights and signs, unloading and setting out Christmas trees and preparing for what has become a longtime institution in Castlegar. Allthe labor is donated by Rotarians, Rotary Anns or Rotary Exchange students and all profits from the sales are returned directly to the community and community based projects. Complimentary trees are also donated and delivered to Hobbit Hill, the Castlegar Public Library, the Senior Citizens’ Rota Villa “and the ~. Locel Rotertens sete os oat annual Christmas tree sale. Proceeds go d projects. CosNews photo by Jack Ch Castlegar Hospital. A special event for the children at Hobbit Hill is coming to the lot to select their own two trees each year The Castlegar Rotary Club appreciates its faithful patrons, the Castlegar News and particularly the of ficers and staff of West Kootenay Power for their un failing support in this major annual community fund raising project Trees are on sale every day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the West Kootenay Power lot and may also be pur chased at Trowelex and Arrow Building Supply The project is under the direction of Rotarian Laurie Renwick British Columbia Indian band’s per- sistence is helping fulfil a Jesuit de 151 Canim Indians earning leadership degrees SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A taryand opened an alternative high school on the reserve in 1978. The next year, the B.C band decided to start its own elemen- CEC identifies overpayments By CasNews Staff The Trail Canada Employmen Centre identified over $59,000 in over payments of insurance benefits for the three-month period ending Oct. 31 The CEC during the three month conducted 39] investigations resulting in penalties totalling $17,351 prosecution, the centre report During the period, 2,035 claimants received $4.01 million in benefits. ‘‘Our investigation unit dees-anex cellent job of tracking down over payments caused by mistakes or abuse,"’ Trail CEC manager Jim Swit zer said in a news release. ‘‘The ur central to our efforts to protect the in terests of all claimants as well as em ployeres and workers who finance the unemployment insurance program Mistakes are always. possible and while the vast majority of claimants are hohest,-there is a small minority who abuse the system.” Where the overpayment is a result of abuse or fraud, the claimant not only has to repay the amount of the oyer payment, but may also be penalized, In the most flagrant cases.of abuse, the claimant or employer involved may be prosecuted Greg Patterson, an investigation and control officer at the CEC, says he gets his leads from a variety of sources Most come from matching UI com puter sytem records with employer records, but many successful in vestigations have started with an anonymous phone call or letter from a concerned member of the community Where claimants know an over payment has occurred, we want them to come forward on their own,”’ Pat terson said. ‘*They will have to repay the amount of the overpayment, but won't face penalties or prosecution. As well, employers who have committed an offence against unemployment insurance can now take advantage of our voluntary disclosure policy Many employers in the area par ticipate in the UI Report on Hiring Program. The Social Insurance Num ber and first day of work for anew em ployee, are reported to the CEC. Em ployers are encouraged to join this program and may do so by contacting the CEC Usually, overpayments are caught quickly and do not amount to a great deal of money. Sometimes it's just a matter of misinformation, or failure to match dates and weeks of earnings with benefits Song sheets {Advanced Education and Technology Bruce Strachan got more than a tour when he visited Selkirk College last month He also got a four-page letter from the college board outlining the in stitution’s concerns in a number of areas with funding topping the list Strachan came to the Castlegar campus Nov. 21, as part of a get-to- know-you tour of all the institutions under the jurisdiction of advanced education portfolio Strachan was moved-to the advan- ced education and technology por tfolio from the higher-profile En. vironment Ministry when Premier Bill Vander Zalm shuffled his cabinet Nov 1 Upon his arrival in Castlegar, the minister met with college ad- ministrators and board members which gave the latter a chance to discuss new programs and outline their concerns Among the concerns raised at the meeting was increased enrolment which has seen the student population rise to 1,200 - 1,300 in an institution “designed with 800 students in mind,"” said the brief given to the minister “The board has been requesting ad ditional instructional ‘space and air- conditioning at the Castlegar campus for a number of years. This is now our primary area of concern. We ask that money be allocated in the 1990 budget for the expansion... .’” said the letter Tetter to Strachan. “There are 19 such centres attached either to universities or to colleges in B.C. No doubt some of these are of questionable value,” said the letter, written by college board chairman Elizabeth Fleet. “Our own centre has become a well-used information and counselling resource, and would be missed by the community (if funding were to cease)."" Other concerns touched on in the letter were © The college wants the ministry to consider alternative ways of funding colleges like Selkirk. The letter said the current system will have ‘‘severe im- plications for small and remote Review continued from front page The review will study the ap propriateness of the city’s ad ministrative structure, the interaction between departments and individuals and the qualifications of department heads as well as identify and recom mend specific areas of the city’s ad ministration in need of change and will suggest a strategy to implement the recommended changes Mayor Audrey Moore said last mon- th the city has not conducted such a review for quite some time and that the review has not been prompted by any problems with the ministration city’s ad WKP continued from front page would have benefitted the customers, he said The suggestion in a recent Canadian Press news story that only Okanagan customers may have to recoup WKP losses is. “‘pure fiction dreamed up by some newsperson in the Okanagan,” Fisher said If the commission rules as WKP wants, all its customers will share the debt load, he said In the new year, the BCUC will also rule on an application by B.C. Hydro to have a 1986 commission decision that favored WKP reviewed B.C. Hydro wants the decision, which concluded the Crown utility planned to set its rates for WKP too high, renegotiated because B.C Hydro no longer has the energy sur plus on which the deal was based, B.C Hydro senior communications coor dinator Verne Prior said Tuesday Hydro now needs all the power it can produce and if it continues to supply” WKP then the smaller ‘utility must compensate Hydro for finding a new source of power to keep the deal going, available Song sheets of Christmas carols and traditional tunes are available now at the Castlegar News. Groups and individuals in. terested in obtaining the song sheets may do so by calling in per son at the Castlegar News The song sheets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and the Castlegar News reserves the right to limit quantities. All the well-known carols are in cluded, as well as the more modern pieces such as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Winter Won derland * Woolco Not all flyers receive full distribution phone our Ciravlation Dephrtmvent ot 365-7266 ~ Prior said In a letter to the commission outlining WKP’s position on the mat ter, WKP officials point out B.C Hydro’s stand that rates charged to WKP should reflect Hydro’s in cremental cost of generating new elec tricity “‘is identical to the position that the commission expressly rejected”” in 1986. “We (WKP) respectfully submit that the commission's findings was based on the premise that B.C. Hydro as a utility should not discriminate by charging WKP rates based on in cremental costs while charging its other customers rates based on historical costs,”* the letter says. The commission found WKP would be a ‘‘captive customer of B.C. Hydro for some of its needs, at least until the end of the decade,” and that B.C Hydro would likely have a ‘firm sur- plus of energy and capacity until the end of the decade and possibly beyond,” the letter continues Fisher said B.C. Hydro just ‘wants another crack"’ at the deal that is set for renegotiation in 1990. But if the commission rules in favor of B.C. Hydro this time, WKP’s 1990 customer rates will likely be affected since the utility will have to look at more rate increases, Fisher added Lottery numbers Winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw were 5, 8, 25, 42, 43 and 45. The bonus number was 26. The four Extra winning numbers for B.C were 23, 64, 78 and 97 There was no winner of the jackpot prize of $4,577,759. 30. Winning numbers drawn Saturday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 11, 17 20, 24, 26, 27, 38. and 52 The four winning numbers in the Pacific Express draw for Jaguars cars were 888675, 443035, 708309 and 674878. The winning Lotto BC numbers were7,9, 27, 35, 36and 37. These numbers, provided by The Canadian Press, must be considered unofficial into Tongterm lease agreements on B.C. boards to increase their stipends their facilities to avoid situations like members are spending seven years ear- the one in Kaslo were the location for by varying amounts. Twenty-four Canim Lake band “They wanted education. schools, but their own people didn’t Chief Gabriel Christopher was Victoria and Simon Fraser — the three public universities — band leaders turned to Gonzaga, where hoal. Danaher was earning a doctorate in control of their the college's learning centre has changed three timés in as many years. © The college Wants to begin of- fering third- and fourth-year courses in areas of educational specialities. “The board has been under pressure from the public to move ahead in that direction,” said Fleet Following the information session, Strachan met briefly with reprdsen- tatives of the college’s three collective bargaining units and the student society Accompanying the minister-on-his tour were the executive director of policy planning and legislation, Har B. Singh, the director of college and technical programs, Duncan MacRae and Strachan’s executive assistant Frankie Carpenter Turner also made appointments of school board representatives to local boards, schools and standing commit- tees of the board. He left the makeup of many of the committees as they were and made changes mostly in cases where the provincial government's new conflict-of-interest guidelines might come into effect, he said. The new guidelines prohibit trustees from being involved in monetary discussions or negotiations that could in some way-benefit-a spouse or close relative Turner's wife is a teacher at Woodland Park elementary and trustee Doreen Smecher’s husband is principal of J. Lloyd Crowe secondary in Trail In memory Walter Bailey Walter Bailey of Trail passed away Sunday, Dec. 3, 1989 at age 80. Mr. Bailey was born Feb. 22, 1909, in England and came to Canada with his parents in 1912. They settled in Calgary where he grew up and received his schooling. He married Evelyn Reid at Nelson in 194|. She passed away in 1973 On June 28) 1975, he married Frances Elmore, who passed away in 1981 Mr. Bailey worked for Cominco for 36 years, retiring in 1972. He was a member of the Trail Eagles Lodge. He is survived by his close friend, Rita Landreville of Trail; three sons, Robert of Trail, Donald of Penticton and Norman of Genelle; step- son Hugene Elmore of Surrey; step-daughter Joyce Scales of Trail; 17 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; brother Ed Hamer df Qualicum Beach; and sister Zina Morris of Vancouver. A service of remembrance will be held at the Trail Eagles Lodge on Friday, Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. The Trail Eagles Lodge will officiate. Should friends desire, contributions may be made to the Cancer Fund through the Eagles Lodge. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. Christine Hrytzak Christine Susanna Hrytzak of Castlegar passed away peacefully Sunday Dec. 3, 1989, after a long courageous fight with cancer at age 44. She was born Dec. 17, 1944, at Victoria. She spent her childhood in Nelson, and graduated from L.V. Rogers secondary school in 1963. In 1966, she received her diploma in registered nursing from Van- couver General Hospital and worked there until she became ill in 1969. She returned to work in the computer department of Vancouver General Hospital and worked there until moving to Castlegar in 1975 where she lived since that time. She is survived by her parents, Eugene and Susanna Hrytzak of Castlegar; sister, Frances Farkas of Castlegar; brother, David Hrytzak of Castlegar; and niece Ramona Farkas of Kelowna. She was predeceased by one nephew, John Farkas, in 1985. There will be no funeral by request of the deceased. Should friends desire, contributions in her memory may be made to the Cancer Fund, Box 3292, Castlegar, or the T.B. Society Cremation arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel ning bachelor’s degrees in native In dian leadership from Gonzaga Univer- sity “This is a repetition of our history says Rev. Peter Ely, Gonzaga’s academic vice-president. “The natives hebra about the ‘black robes’ and cametous.”’ The Oregon Province of the Jesuit order was established after Flathead Indians made repeated trips to St Louis in the 1830's to ask for a ‘*black robe’’ to guide them to heaven. The site for Gonzaga University was bought in-+88tto make it aschoot for Northwest Indians. But when it opened in 1887, it had become a college for people in Spokane, about 150 kilometres south of the B.C.-Washington state border The Gonzaga connection began in 1970, when Sister Mary Alice Danaher arrived at the 1,600-hectare reserve from Quebec to assist a local priest EARLY DROPOUT Band members educated in a Catholic mission elementary school rarely went on to high school. The first year anyone from the band had graduated from high school was 1966. Alcoholism had ravaged the band’s elders. Three in five still wrestle with the disease. 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