VA \ Wednesday, December 16, 1992 @ &)\ All the Makings of a = Great Christmas a 4 Christm: 1 LUCERNE ICE CREAM © 499 ce OR BULK CARROTS U.S. Grown 3 ~ -86/ kg Ib TURKEY Regular Brands. 9 kg and Up. Fromm. Limit 1. 2.1 CRANBERRIES § CLAMATO JUICE Mott's. Regular or Extra Spicy. Howse 1.36 Litre. ; Limit 1. ond Over limit 398 mL tin ea price 1.98 ea. ; ea LUCERNE EGG NOG Regular Looking for a Christmas Idea? How about a itre. Whitewater Powder Pass? ADULT $22.40 JUNIOR $18.40 CHILD $13.60 __ BONELESS HAM ole. Canadian Pride. Limit 1. prox. 48° 12 Ibs. 4.14/kg Fresh. U.S. Grown. No. 1 Grade. 1.94/ kg Ib PRICES IN EFFECT...DEC./ 1992 Advertised prices in effect at your Castlegar Safeway. Quantity rights reserved. Some items may not be exactly as shown. — = * ar 7. * i. Dry but cold Sunday with clouds and chance of flurries Monday. @ OUR PEOPLE Once Elma Maund gets something in her head there’s no shaking it. Her latest project is to solve Castlegar’s housing shortage— and it will get done, even if she has to drag the bull- dozers in here herself. page 9 How many sports come to mind that involve both a rifle and skiing? Biathlon does, and its popularity is growing in Castlegar as the local club has seen its membership triple in the last year. page 15 @ WORK PLACE Getting a facelift has its mer- its. Three local businesses that have performed renovations are proving that downtown re- vitalization can have fruitful, at- tractive benefits. page 18 Farside Norman Letters Our People Letters to Santa Local Sports Work Place Action Ads Wheels ’92 \ CASTLEGAR Saturday December 19, 1992 News photo by Jonathan Green Castlegar Primary students had them singing in the isles Tuesday, presenting their annual Christmas concert at the Complex. The children gave their young vocal cords a workout singing traditional jingles before proud parents, families and friends. Moore hands out council d ties : portfolio with discipline.” Complete portfolio breakdowns, Moore said neither Chapman nor Reaction to the mayor’s appoint- page 4 Gr een are in charge of Protective Ser- vices, but rather co-chair them equal- Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER ments are mixed within city council. On Wednesday, Mayor Audrey Moore announced the coun- cillors she had selected to the city’s standing committees. “Any position or standing committee that the mayor has appointed a liaison to may have an ulterior motive,” Coun. Doug Green said. “Some councillors didn’t get any standing committee that they thought they would be most effective. Why?” Green asked. “It would have benefitted everybody.” Moore defended her choices, saying, “I don’t do this lightly.” Moore said she is an ex-officio member of all the commit- tees and, as mayor, has full authority over the appointments. “The buck stops on my desk all the time,” Moore said. Assigned to Protective Services, Green said he would have preferred to sit on either Planning and Development or Works and Services/Parks. “I’m not unhappy,” Coun. Doreen Smecher said, who was zero for three on the committees she had requested. “Health and Welfare will allow me to get out in the com- munity,” Smecher said. “I have more to do in the city which doesn’t upset me in the least.” Coun, Jim Chapman welcomed the change to the same committee as Green, saying “I look forward to fulfilling my ly. She said it’s the same for every committee. “There is no chair. There are two people sharing the re- sponsibility for (each committee),” Moore said. That conflicts with statements by some councillors. Earli- er this year, Chapman indicated that the first councillor named to a standing committee was in charge of it, while the second councillor named was an alternate. On Thursday Chapman said that is now not the case, but rather two coun- cillors share a portfolio equally. “I know there’s a contradiction there, but we do the work to- gether,” Chapman said. “They way I understood it I’m the chair and Doreen’s the ¢o- chair,” Coun. Bob Pakula said. “I guess we misunderstood what (Moore) was saying. It’s no big deal either way.” Smecher said Thursday the first person named on the list to a committee is the chairperson, and the second person is the co-chair. Coun. Lawrence Chernoff agreed the system was two-tiered, but after hearing the response of Moore and Chap- man, concurred that committee work is divided evenly. “In the real working aspect it is co-operative and they do work well together,” Chernoff said. “Titles don’t mean nothing to me. I look at what comes out in the end.” CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLASTS NEW LABOR RELATIONS CODE, PAGE 3