TheFARSIDE By Gary Larson 4-30 “Hey! It's Frank and Cindy! ... Haven't seen you folks for a while.” PolicC BEAT Castlegar RCMP are inves- tigating several reports of theft from motor vehicles on the night of Sept. 22. A sharp pocket directory was stolen from one vehicle in the 2600-block of 10th Avenue. On the same block, a stereo was stolen from another. On the.2500-block of 10th Avenue a flashlight, compass and screw driver was stolen. eee A5th Avenue residence was broken into during the day on Sept. 25. Police suspect entry was gained by prying open a bedroom window. An undisclosed amount of money was stolen. Police have no suspects and are still inves- tigating. eee A walkman and an undis- closed amount of cash was stolen from an Arrow Lakes Drive residence on Sept. 27. Police believe access was gained by forcing a rear slid- ing door open. The investiga- tion is continuing. eee An accident on Ootischenia Road in Ootischenia sent the 17-year old driver and the three occupants of the vehicle she was driving to hospital with minor injuries on Sept. 26. The accident occurred when the vehicle failed to make a sharp turn in the road, en- tered the ditch and over- turned. Damage is estimated at $5,000. Charges are pend- ing. eee Police are investigating the theft of a 1983 Suzuki all-ter- rain vehicle from a garage on 8th Avenue on Sept. 25. There are no suspects. eee A white, five-tonne Trowlex Rentals truck stolen from the Celgar expansion site on Sept. 25 was found abandoned near- by. There are no suspects: COMMUNITY FARMERS/FLEA CRAFT MARKET Saturday, October 17, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Appledale Hall. 226-7606, 226- 7247. 2/78 AT SENIORS HALL Whist September 24, 7 p.m. Business meeting, October 1, 2 p.m. All sports minded people who wish to curl or bowl, October 2. 10 a.m. Please 3/76 ALL FRIENDS OF TRAILS & PARKS Meeting at ball park near gas tower to walk the proposed “Twin Rivers Park" time 1:30 p.m. Sunday, October 4. Excursion time 2 hours. 2/77 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. The first 15 words are $5 and additional words are 30¢ each. Boldfaced words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. There is no extra charge for a second insertion while the third consecutive insertion is half-price and the fourth and fifth consecutive insertions are only half price for the two of them. Minimum charge is $5 (whether ad is for one, two or three times). 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SUB RATES The News is published by Castle News Ltd. for Canwest Publishers Ltd. Mail subscription rate to The News is $37.50 per year The price on newsstands is 75¢ for each edition. The price delivered by newspaper carrier for both editions is only 90¢ a week (collected monthly). GST extra. Second class mail registration number 0019. Scott David Harrison EDITOR Dave Gairns may_be returning to city hall — this time as a Castlegar councillor. “There is a distinct possibility that I could be running,” the former city administrator said. “I got all the papers and they are filled out, it’s just a matter of making a final decision.” Harshly criticized.in the recently- released Price Waterhouse report, Gairns says he has no qualms about running for the vacated council seat. He said at the time the report was commissioned, he was overworked, serving as Castlegar’s administrator, deputy clerk, treasurer and personnel officer. “The report commented on the inadequacies of the day and recommended the five new staff members be hired,” re said, adding that Castlegar did just at. Gairns took the opportunity to dismiss rumors that he was fired from his position. Instead, Gairns said he left city hall in 1990 because Castlegar was looking for three- to five-year commitments from its managers — something he wasn’t prepared to do. “If I had any misgivings about how the report reflected on me, I wouldn’t even consider running,” said Gairns, the president of the Castlegar and District Rotary Club. “I would have packed up and hid a long time ago.” Gairns, who has been working as a municipal consultant after a six-year stint with Castlegar, said he could contribute to Castlegar’s political scene. He said he has worked with municipal and provincial governments since 1971, giving him a solid Ex-administrator eyes council seat foundation to get the job done. “You can’t work as an administrator without having some sort of feel for the working of a council,” he said. Should Gairns meet the Thursday noon deadline, he would face Doug Green. Green stepped forward last week to replace Walter Flux as the Coalition Unaccepting Rash Bureaucracy’s candidate. “I think it would be unfortunate if a person was elected by acclamation,” he said, referring to Green as the only declared candidate. “When that happens, there are usually a lot of questions. They are often dismissed because no one has run against them.” Despite that, Gairns. wouldn’t commit himself to running in the Oct. 17 byelection. “There are still a lot of pros and cons that I have to work out.” HELLO DOWN THERE... News photo by Corinne Jackson B.C. Gas worker Gerry Dilling was found a few feet under Monday, cutting off services to the 13 homes along Columbia Avenue which will be moved in preparation for the Castlegar-Robson bridge. Districts preparing for Sihota @ Regional districts set to confront labor minister over provincial water taxes Scott David Harrison EDITOR Moe Sihota is taking the constitutional battle on the road. The Labor and Constitutional Affairs Minister will be in Castlegar Friday to drum up support for the Charlottetown Accord. Sihota will be the guest speaker at a noon lucheon scheduled for the Fireside Inn. The luncheon is just one of many constitutional pushes Sihota will be making in the area. He has also scheduled a closed-door session with members of the Regional District of Central Kootenay Celgar seeks strike damages and the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary to speak about the accord which Canadians will vote on Oct. 26. The national referendum is Scott David Harrison EDITOR The strike may be over, but the war of words may be just heating up at Celgar. The Celgar Pulp Co. has filed a grievance against the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada Local 1 for prolonging its summer strike by four days. “The strike was over on Friday (July 17) and I don’t think anyone would question that,” mill manager Jim Browne said. “They say there were some unresolved local issues, but there were not and the members know that.” Browne said Celgar “would like to recover damages” for the days Local 1 members stayed off the job following the province-wide acceptance of a mediated deal. “We don’t have any preconceived notions of what form (the recovery of damages) would take,” Browne said. “We'd be willing to listen to ei » Local 1 vice president Mike Babaeff says Celgar’s move didn’t come as a surprise. He said other locals that remained behind picket lines to fight for local issues have also been served with grievance papers. Babaeff said that doesn’t make Celgar’s move any easier on the pulp mill’s workers, though. “The membership is confused and angry by this,” Babaeff said. “(Staying out) was all sort of part of the strike. The boys didn’t think it was over... there were some local issues to be resolved.” The grievance was filed with the union on Sept. 24, marking the first of a three-step process. Celgar and Local 1 have a joint grievance committee which will hear the complaint. Babaeff said that will never happen, though. “The executive hasn’t met yet, but I could say that the grievance will probably be rejected by the union,” Babaeff said If Local 1 dismisses the grievance, an arbitrator could be appointed to rule on the complaint. likely to be just one topic of discussion, however. The RDCK is expected to criticize Sihota about the Columbia River Treaty. The RDCK wants the province to redress the treaty following a summer which saw water levels above and below the Hugh Keenleyside Dam dramatically reduced. B.C. Hydro now predicts that water levels could be further depleted by 10 to 20 feet by Christmas. Meanwhile, the RDKB is expected to approach Sihota about reduced water tax levies for Cominco. That request will come despite Sihota’s announcement Thursday that the province would negotiate $50 million in loan guarantees for the Trail smelter.