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20, 1991

Robson man nabbed
for morning break-in

News Staff

A Robson man has been
charged in connection with a
break-in at a Robson home
oan Sunday morning, RCMP

Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Al
Brown said James Frederick
Powers, 38, has been charged
with unlawfully being in a
dwelling.

Brown said the accused en-
tered the Robson home Sun-
day morning before 3 a.m. The
accused was discovered a
short time after when the
homeowner returned to the
Robson dwelling.

The homeowner, who was
not identified by police, imme-
diately notified the RCMP.
The accused made no attempt
to escape according to Brown.

“There was quite a bit of al-
cohol involved on the part of
the intruder,” Brown said.
“They just sat him down and
told him to stay there until po-
lice arrived.”

RCMP arrived at the scene
at 3 am.

“There was no resistance,”
Brown said.

Powers will be appear in
court Dec. 16. to face the
charges.

PolicCBEAT

Castl RCMP are i

ing a ber of thefts from

vehicles that occured over the weekend.

A vehicle on 9th. Avenue was entered and burglars took four
fishing rods and an air-powered revolver.

‘A Polaroid camera, film, tape recorder and a Canon calcula-
tor were stolen from another vehicle on 9th Avenue.

A vehicle on 11th Avenue was entered, and a stereo booster
and 24 cassette tapes were stolen.

RCMP Cpl. Al Brown said the thefts may be related.

On Friday, a two vehicle ident at the i ction of

Columbia Avenue. and Highway 3A. A 1982 Honda driven by
Vaughan Welychko of Castl collided with a 1991 Ford Tem-

po driveri by Gordon Roberts of Castlegar. Welychko has been
charged for failing to yeild, There were no injuries.
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There was a two vehicle accident on Highway 3 on Saturday
night. A 1983 Honda driven by Russel Brenton of Kaslo collid-
ed with a 1987 Dodge driven by Nellie Perepolkin of Castlegar.
Perepolkin was drivng south when her car lost control on the icy
road and entered the northbound lane. There were no injuries.

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A single-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon caused by
snowy surfaces resulted in minor injuries to Stefania Kollman
of Pass Creek, RCMP said. %

Kollman's 1982 Dodge rolled down an embankment after she
lost control of it on Pass Creek Rd. She was treated at the
Castlegar hospital.

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There was a two-vehicle accident on Kinngird Bridge early
Saturday afternoon, RCMP said. Christo; Molinaro's 1987
Plymouth rear-ended a Toyota pick-up while the driver of the
truck was dumping some garbage. The driver of the pick-up left
the scene of the accident before police arrived, and is currently

being sought by RCMP.

Snow was again the cause of a two vehicle accident late Sat-
urday night, RCMP said.

Dana Corkle's 1979 Honda collided with Kenneth Park's
1977 GMC. Corkle, 17, lost control on the snowy surface and en-
tered the westbound lane. Corkle recieved minor injuries and
was taken to hospital.

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There was a single-vehicle accident late Saturday night on
Highway 3A at the Glade Ferry turn off, RCMP said. David
Homer of Montrose lost control of his 1990 Chevrolet on the
snowy surface and struck the guard rail. RCMP said alcohol
was involved in the accident, and Homer was not hurt.

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SecondFRONT

@ Castlegar campus gets
the dirt moving on new
education wing

Scott David Harrison
EDITOR

The little college that could, is.

Throwing caution to the wind,
Selkirk College is taking bold
steps toward a bright future.

The college last week an-
nounced a winner for the build-
the-new-wing contest — Kelsey
Construction Company Ltd. of
Winnipeg.

The Manitoba company won
the contract to build Selkirk’s new
education wing for the price of
$2.76 million. The bid was the
lowest among seven offers.

in high school,” Conroy said. “It
was like going from one high
school to a bigger high school.”

Conroy said a change in the av-
erage age of Selkirk’s student
body proves that expansion is
needed. He said when he attend-
ed the college, the average age
was 20. Now, however, Selkirk is
thriving with mature students, all
seeking educational opportuni-
ties.

“To see what Selkirk has
turned into now, it’s a remarkable
change,” Conroy said.

The expansion will give the al-

‘To see what Selkirk has turned into now, it’s a
remarkable change.’

— MLA Ed Conroy

“(The new building) means a
great deal to us,” principal Mal
Stelck said, “because we are in
dire need of classroom space.

“We had the facilities here op-
erating at full capacity and we've
even converted areas that weren't
classes into classes,” he said.
Sa will provide tremendous re-
ief.”

As a prelude to construction,

ready-cramped college, which
houses 1,300 students, room to
grow. The new wing provides five
new — including a lec-
ture theatré — and some 20 extra
offices.

Construction is scheduled to
begin at the end of the month.
Crews are expected to finish the
work in 35 weeks, making the
new wing available for September

Selkirk College enters new era

Selkirk held a sod turning cere- 1992.

mony Tuesday as newly-elected
MLA Ed Conroy put the shovel to
work.

It was a homecoming, of sorts,
for Conroy. The Victoria-bound
MLA was an original student of
Selkirk’s when it first opened 25

The project will also be benefi-
cial to local businesses. According
to the terms of the project, some
$1 million in contracting work
will be carried out by area trades-
men.

Zack Dimler, president of Kelsey Construction Co. Ltd. pulls up a piece
of sod where the new Selkirk College i

News photo by Thomas Bink

wing will be.

Sterling, unions strike new deal

Wi Threat of strike action avoided after six

days of negotiations

Other Sterling newspapers affected by the deal are

in Cranbrook, Dawson Creek and Prince Rupert.

The new deal, formed after six days of negotia-

Thomas Bink
NEWS REPORTER

Atentative agreement has been hammered out be-
tween Sterling Newspapers Ltd. and its two dis-
gruntled unions, a union spokesman said toda; 4

“I think we're reasonably satisfied. maid Ray

tions, calls for a three-year contract with a three-and-
three-quarter per cent raise in the first year and four
per cent raises in each of the following two years of
the contract.

Masleck said the new deal also includes a good
benefits, i d i he

an
ining group is pretty happy with the of-
think the members will ac-

Masleck, Trail chapel chai of the C
tions Workers of America local 226.

‘Two unions, CWA and Graphic Communications
International Union local 25C, which represent 13

“The bargaining
fer,” Masleck said. “And I
cept it as well.”

‘The unions issued strike notices Nov. 6 after con-
tract talks between the two sides broke down, but no

employees at the Trail Times and 29 workers at the

since Aug. 31. The Castlegar Sun is a non-union pa-

per within the Sterling chain.

strike action was taken.
Nelson Daily News, have been without Masleck said the union members will vote on the

new package some time in the next few days.

Stolen bicycle has carrier miffed

NEWS STAFF

Jennie Armstrong won't be de-
livering her newspapers by bicy-

cle anymore — she can't.
Saturday, while most of Castle-
all bracing for another blast
Old Man Winter, Jennie was
pedalling her way through the
lick _ ts of Robson, de-

bike gone.
“I first thought that I had for-
gotten the bike somewhere,” she

said.
“But I didn’t. There were tire
tracks in the snow and then they

ended where wheel tracks of a ve-
hicle

began.

Jennie and her grandmother
say they're not interested in know-
ing who took the bicycle, they just
want it back. The bike is a fluores-
cent pink Kwahara mountain bike
with a red saddle bag and an or-
ange News delivery bag.

It can be returned to the Arm-

ings at 3499 Broad Rd.,

Robson.

City seeking
parks plan

NEWS STAFF

Castlegar residents who want
some say in what goes into local
parks will have that chance
Thursday night at the Communi-
ty Complex.

“This is the community's oppor-
tunity to have input into what
goes into their parks,” said city
clerk Betty Price, the Twin Rivers
Park project co-ordinator.

The city is asking residents
what they think should go into the
new Twin Rivers Park, and ho
current parks can be improved.

Urban Systems Ltd. was hired
in October to look at the possibili-
ty of developing Twin Rivers Park,
at the confluence of the Kootenay
and Columbia Rivers near down-
town Castlegar.

Professional Envi i
Recreation Consultants Ltd. was
hired at the same time to examine
the condition of all of the city’s

firms met

on Oct..25
to discuss the current condition of
local parks and the need for im-
provements.

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