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NELSON 352-3554 TRAIL 364-1416 CASTLEGAR GRAND FORKS 365-2278 442-2191 Judo's lessens reach far beyond the sport/9A - Sih! ‘ Dam’ 's namesake held a distinguished political career/2A # The constitution, the decision, and you/1B wenesoy The Castlegar seen MIXED Weather 3A Vol. 2- No. 26 « ‘Leading the way in supporting local business’ 75 Cents + G.S.T. Pope & Talbot plan $10 million project Modernization decision set for November KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff An announcement regarding a directors, which will be meeting the third week of November. Pope and Talbot had looked towards modernization for the $10 million dernization pro- ject is expected to be made by Castlegar’s Pope and Talbot sawmill by the end of November. The plan to modernize repre- sents one of the conditions set forth by the Ministry of Forests prior to the West- before it was ever pur- chased from Westar. “We've been working on this since before we took the mill over,” Coutts said. Abe Friesen, president of the Canadian division of Pope and Talbot, has ar Sawmill sale to Pope and Talbot. “Tentatively there will be a Project going fills one of the conditions for obtaining the tree farm license. We told the Ministry we would do declined full ‘We've been working = comment until on this since before we took the mill ahead which ful- over.’ the Minister of Forests has for- mally approved the moderniza- tion plan. — BOB COUTTS Howev- Plant Manager er, he would confirm some key facts about that,” said Pope and Talbot plant manager, Bob Coutts. “The plan is for an approxi- mate $10 million upgrade, subject to approval by the board of direc- tors,” said Coutts. The proposal for the modern- ization still needs to be brought before Pope and Talbot's board of By-election SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor The race to replace Marilyn Mathieson is over. Doug Green was sworn in as city councillor, last night in council chambers. Green, a 45-year-old BC Tel cable splicer, was supported financially by the Coalition Unaccepting Rash Bureaucracy (CURB) throughout his cam- Ppaigning process. A total of 1,578 people turned out to vote in Saturday's by-elec- tion, representing 34.8 per cent of eligible voters in Castlegar. Green had the support of 717 voters (46 per cent), while his competitors, Renee Read collected 470 votes (30 per cent) and Dave Gairns collected 383 votes (24 per cent). “I was quite surprised by how well Renee did,” said Green, who -It doesn't hurt a bit... “We are hoping to fill our plan for modernization. It will be with- in the $10 million range.” Friesen also said, “I’m hoping we'll get approval for modemiza- tion. We’re committed to mod- ernizing. We'll be having a See MODERNIZATION 2a results in Green taking council seat David Janzen, 8, proudly shows off two of the large pumpkins he grew in his garden. Janzen started the pump- kins from a small plant garly in the spring. The plants received a considerable amount of encouragement, daily water and of course a generous helping ott tender loving care. From the patch! — SUN STAFF PHOTO / John Van Punen DAVE GAIRNS admits that now the hard work, as an elected official, will begin. Second place Read, who is manager of the Castlegar and 2 RENEE READ District Chamber of Commerce, said she was definitely disap- pointed with the results, but is happy she provided voters with SUN STAFF PHOTO / John Van Putten One of Castlegar’s seniors receives his flu vaccination during last Wednesday's flu/weliness clinic at St Rita's Parish Hall. See page 5B for story. DOUG GREEN an alternative. “At least no one ran away with See GREEN Suggit wins nomination SUN STAFF Nelson resident Heather Suggit ~~ elected the first woman NDP candidate for the federal riding of Kootenay- West Revelstoke, Suggit, who is a staff repre- sentative for the Hospital Employees Union in Nelson, ran against Mengia Nicholson of Revelstoke. It was the first first class and cither one time in the federal riding’s history that two women were vying for the nomination. At the nomination conven- tion, held in Trail at the Com- inco gymnasium, members voted; 370 of which voted for Suggit and 248 voted for Nicholson. “Both of the women are See SUGaIT ZA School trustees amenee by councillor's report JOHN VAN PUTTEN __ Sun staff Trustees of School District No. 9 are mad as hell. “I have indicated to the mayor that there would be a bit of flack over this one, I indicated we were RCMP relleved over referendum results SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Castlegar taxpayers have said yes to the city borrowing $1.7 million to build a new RCMP ding. Official results show that 34. 8 per cent of eligible voters (1,578 people) participated in Saturday's referendum. The referendum resulted in 78 per cent (1,231 people) voting yes, while 22 per cent (343 people) voted no. The results of the referendum prove something to city hall, said City Councillor Kirk Duff. “I think [the city) has restored a great deal of confidence in Castlegar voters. The fact that this referendum passed concludes that voters are once again trusting their elected officials. Both Duff and City Councillor Jim Chapman said they were con- cerned that a deja vu paving ref- erendum might occur. “I'm very happy that taxpayers KIRK DUFF dum. We've been working very hard on this one,” said Chapman. Now that the referendum has been passed, the final design of the RCMP building will be com- pleted and a tendering process for the construction will begin. “We'd like to get started on this as soon as possible.” Members of the RCMP in Castlegar are also relieved that See RCMP 3A have voted yes to this ref not happy,” Chairman of School District No. 9 Gordon Turner said. You could have cut the tension with a knife as trustees took turns voicing their opposition to a pre- sentation made by Councillor Doreen Smecher, on behalf of the city council at the Provincial Education Funding Review Panel held in Cranbrook last Thursday. “I myself am very deeply dis- turbed with the content, I take it as an insult,” School Board Trustee Evelyn Voykin said. The report was divided into two parts, the first,dealt with the role of school boards and the role_ of trustees, the second portion with funding and the way it is collected and distributed. The trustees had no opposition to the contents of the second por- tion of the report which said there See REPORT . 3A