VG Castlégar News April 23, 1989 Work Wanted WILL babysit in my Castlegar. Call days 365-5609 North 33 -WICKLUM ROOFING CALL LORNE 352-2917 “FREE ESTIMATES |" D6 CAT tor shire. Hourly oF contract Phone 365-2743 or 359-7777 3/3) GRASSROOTS GARDENING Power Raking Aeratin, * * Ae * Fertilizing (Shrubs, Hedges, * Tort Fruit Trees) installation Weekly lawn mdwing or complete yard grams available FREE ESTIMATES 365-8434 GARDENS tilled with a rear tine tiller 365-6914 3 3 ALL-AYES RESOURCES INC. TD-9 Loader/Dozer Winkie Diamond Drilling Financing Available Phone 365-7081 CONCRETE PROJECT? SPECIALIZING IN: * FLOORS * FOUNDATIONS ‘© RETAINING WALLS ae ZELWOOD A OLDINGS CALL RALPH BIRD 365-5063 STEEL A BETTER WAY TO BUILD ani! q CONCEPT COMPLETION FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL YOUR [AUTHORIZED GARCO BUILDER Midwest Construction Services Ltd. Box 1633 Creston * 428-3332 Student Placement LE YEAR CLD STUDENT wring te do ods jobs etc. Ca 365-2375 18-YEAR-OLD boy w dwork, construct FULL gi 399-4366 THREE 9 ay, Pp drop phone 365-2212. We issues free of charge Share-a-Ride WORK school trips od for 3 issues of tion Line 365-2212 horge Pho: HUB cap Dodge Dart 6p.m with. brown trim. off 1975 Please phone 365-7497 after 7/2 Found @AGOLF club neor Rot 5633 SET OF KEYS c a oring with taxi r Owner 65-7222 Columbia River bank. Identity 3/31 eather found y claim Castlegar Tax CANOE 365-5539 § watch, S. Castlegar. 365-3544.3/31 left at CIBC Friday. Also k Owners may cl 2 sondal-toot Castlegar 3/32 FOUND Key eather key chain. 220-3rd Ave Phone 365.7382 FOUND items are not charged for. It you've found something phone the A tion Ad number 365-2212 anytime during business hours. We'll run the ad 3 issues tree of charge 1in/85 Our Action Ad Phone Number is 365-2212 Job openings Details of these and ether job opppor tunities are. availablet Trail Canada Employment Centre 035 5) Phone 368-5566 Apprentice of certified hairdressers ore required in Frail A Service Person/Audio Visual Repairer required tor trail business yeors practical experience Notices Two WANTED POKER PLAYERS Pastime Club — Upstairs City Centre Square. $10 Buy-in. Fable stakes: Open 7 p.m. Closed Mon, & Wed. Phone 365-2216 rate of Jon the ‘ampagin to stop clear cuts so we can log in the future. Contact the Raspberry Robson Watershed Alliance, Box 164 Robson, VOG 1X0. 3/31 PREGNANT? NEED HELP? There are caring people to help you ot the CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTRE 354-1199 24 Hour Hotline 577 Baker St. (Upstairs) Nelson FREE PREGNANCY TESTING RED BARON COINS: Buying — Selling Trading. located in Love Bros Jewellers, Trail. Best to phone for an appointment. 368-5828. 52/83 NOTICE Application has been B.C. Motor Carrier Chonges may be examined at the office of the Subject to the consent of Superintende CASTLEGAR TAX! (1988 LTD.) 1444 Columbia Ave. VIN 3K3 necessary along with graduation trom two year electronics course. Wage 1s $1,500 per month. (38) A tully ox ed Travel Agent is required in Trail, Minimum of two year s experience, Wage is negotiable, (52) An opening exists in Castlegar tor o small-engine mechanic. $10 plus per hour, (127) TELEPHONE 365-5210 Certitied ovto mechanics ore required ail and Castlegar, Wages are $10 to $14 per hour. (66; 135) Temporary openings in Trail exist for ond Street-level Castl FOR RENT Office or Retail Space air-conditioned office or small retail space in ) Includes general offi (11, 59, 616) A permanent opening exists in Trail for a certified refrigeration mechanic, $15 10 $18 per hour. (122) swering. jews build: (Former Col ; , private office, storage area. Landlord will do some redecorating. Fax and photocopying service to tenant. Could also discuss possible phone an- Apply at CasNews, 197 Columbia Avenue Ask for Burt. Phone 365-7266 Sows premi Di th of May. A ei 4 9 and the C y willbe d up to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 for the for News mon: Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Avenue Castlegar * 365-2151 Certified General Accountant Office 368-6471 Residence 365-2339 _1250 Bay Ave., Trail Appliances CHAPEL HOUSE Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park — open Tuesday to Thur sday, Saturday and Sunday. Coffee and hot chocolate. . CASTLEGAR RAIL STATION — Monday through Friday ttn/7 PROVINCE-WIDE CLASSIFIED $159 $10 DISCOUNT FOR CASH Call us for details! Classified Ads 365-2212 wer Castlégar News DANCE BANDS J mobile Available for any type of engagement 362-77 thn 65 disco Personal ALCOHOLICS anonymous and Al-Anon Phone 365-3663 104/71 Engagements In Memoriam CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY. In ne Information Box 3292, Castlegar. 365-5167 104/17 THE B.C. HEART FOUNDATION accepts with gratitude “In Memoriam’ donations which help promote Heart Research. Cords sent to next-of-kin Castlegar riam donations betsy eee A. opie. AUTOMOTIVE DIRECTORY COMPUTERIZED ALIGNMENTS 2.Wheel & 4-Wheel Call 365-2955 APPLIANCE | PARTS AND SERVICE | DEPT. Merlo Call 365-3388 We Alse Se Inglis * Hotpoint » Bre CASTLEGAR PLUMBING & HEATING LTD. 1008 Columbia Avenue * 365-3388 BUY or SELL by AUCTION USSELL 7 . OPEN MON-SAT. 9.5 UCTION 2067.34 Throms 399-4793 Frank Lucarelili MASONRY CONTRACTOR * HEATILATOR FIREPLACES * MOSS ROCK FIREPLACES * MOSAIC ILE * BRICK BLOCK * STONE © CEMENT WORK ® ITALIAN CERAMIC TILE GLASS 2226-7th Ave Troil,8.c.vir3ce = Ph. 364-2346 Carpet Cleaning CLEAN-SCENE CARPET CLEANERS * Most Advanced System Gets more deep down soil than ony other cleaning methoc %*% Upholstery Cleaning Too SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Why not Calll Us Today! FREE ESTIMATES PHONE 365-6969 HoOR’ON COMPUTERS AND ACCESSORIES GRANT DE WoUr 365-3760 KOOTENAY INFORMATICS Now Hos @ Full Line of LAZER XT AND LAZER 128s EX South Slocen Junction 359-7755 “Good luck, Miller. Try to stay out of trouble.”’ Mobile Wash WEST K CONCRETE LTD. PIPELINE PITT ROAD CALL PLANT 693-2430 CASTLEGAR 365-2430 D&M Painting & Insulation * Blown Insulation * Batts & Poly DUNCAN MORRISON 650-Sth Avenue 365-5255 MODERN* REFLEXOLOGY AND FOOTCARE «+ an 2808 Columbia Ave. = S. Castlegar 365-5121 CASTLEGAR FUNERAL CHAPEL Dedicated to kindly thoughtful service COMPLETE FUNERAL SERVICE Cremation, Traditional Buriat and Pre-ArrangemensPlan ‘Available Granite, Bronze Memorials Cremation Urns and Plaques PHONE 365-3222. Moving & Storage Williams Moving & Storage 2337-6th Avenue, Castl ON THE SPOT PRESSURE WASHER SERVICES * Cars * Trailers ® High Windows * Houses * Fences * Driveways 365-6091 or 365-6971 Optometrist B.C. O.D. OPTOMETRIST 1012 - 4th St., Castlegar PHONE 365-3361 Tuesday to Friday 9.a.m:; to 4:30 p.m Saturday 9.a.m. to 12 Noon ALL TYPES OF COMMERCIAL PRINTING © Letterheads * E 1 Propane Service The Propane People Complete Propane Services DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION HEATING CYLINDER FILL Auto Propane © Appliances 24 HOUR SERVICE Office 359-7373 * Eves. 365-3152 South Siocon Radiator Repair Mike’s Radiator Repair & Sales New Location 690 Rossland Ave., Trail ‘Open 8:30 - 5 p.m. Monday-Friday 9:30-2, Saturday Phone 364-1606 Alter Hours Emergency or Pickup Call Perry, 364-1506; Tim 359-7951 Mike 359-7058 Renovations © RENOVATIONS © — Carpentry — Plumbing — Overhead Doors — — Security Fencing — Bowser’s Services 365-5948 RENTAL APPLIANCES & TV Rent to Own Washers, Dryers, VCRs, TV, Stereos cai 365-3388 1008 Columbia Ave., Castlegar Roofing Pp * Brochures * Raffle Tickets Castlegar News 197 Columbia Ave. — 365-7266 Plumbing & Heating ; Bartle & Gibson The Plumbing & Heating Centre © American Standard * Valley Fibrebath * Crane ® Gull Stream Spos * Duro Pumps & Softeners 3 pVEPipe Fittings © Septic Tonks ® Electrical & G-E. Lighting Supplies 2317-6th Avenue, Castlegar Phone 365-7702 CASTLEGAR PLUMBING & HEATING For all your plumbing needs and supplies © FIXTURES * PARTS * SERVICE CALL 365-3388 TRAIL CUSTOMERS ONTY'CALL 364-0343 Invite you to call them tor a tres estimate. Let our representative about the many services which made Williams the most resp: in the moving business Ph. 365-3328 Collect SILVER CREST PLUMBING 713 Tamarack St., Castlegar Call 365-3044 KRAGH CONSTRUCTION ROOFING * ASPHALT SHINGLES * SAND & GRAVEL RAVE * CERTIFIED TRADESMAN 80x 123 re. Fruitvale = DOUGKRAGH 347.9782 ROOFING — * Guaranteed Work * Fair Prices © 30 Years in Business *Free Estimates JAMES SWANSON AND SONS Ph. 367-7680 Seal Coating KOOTENAY SEALCOATING Serving the Kootenays — Eost & West! * HIGH PRESSURE SEAL COATING * ASHPALT DRIVEWAYS & PARKING AREAS * LINE PAINTING * PROTECT CONCRETE & BRICK WITH ESSURE WATER PROOFING PHONE 365-2635 or 825-4216 Septic Service COLEMAN COUNTRY BOY SERVICE Sump & Septic Tank Pumping Phone 365-5013 3400-4th Avenve Castlegar Library, sidgs., SOU Bellevitie se School By CLAUDETTESANDEC: Staff Writer The 1989-90 Castlegar school board budget and tax rate are unfair to the average tax rate The board adopted a budget totalling over $12 million and atax increase of about $57 for the average homeowner But the recent $50 increase in the homeowner grant will average homeowner will actually pay about $7 ex. mean th tra this year, providing other taxes do not increase Smecher said empty lots’ are calculations of the average home and artificially detlate home values in Castlegar The assessments are done on property rather than strictly on homes and the inclusion of taxpayer businessman, trustee Doreen Smecher told the board Mon day at a public meeting to Adopt the new budget and set the vacant lots in the and small calculations lowers the assessment of the ‘average’ home, school district secre One homeowner with a house assessed at $107,800 paid over $700 in educatio the homeowner grant), Smecher said, and school taxes on that home will go up by $190 this year 'y-treasurer John Dascher said tax last year (after deduction of Smecher said. the tax increase will be tough on small included in the businesses which already pay high taxes and have no tax break such asthe homeowner grant homeowners, she added. Smecher said. the board should have considered a status quo” budget — om Businessmen are also aintaining the same iyvel of spending as last year with no tax ingrease The budget contains an increase of almost $1.4 million over last year and the amount of money that will be raised Vol. 41, No, 34 60 Cents through taxes is up by about $33,000 (0 $279, 152 She said she can’t figure out wi ¢ the extra money is on \UA Castlega een. ters must We receive before we hear?” Trustee Tony Guglielmi also objected to the budget, saying the board is not living up to its stated goals. He cited one-goal in particular, which says the board will work to communicate better with the public The board is not communicating if it doesn't respond to the letters received asking for no (ax increase, he said “One-way communication is not communication, he said Trustee Evelyn Voykin disagreed She said the number of letters received is about the sideration.” teacher faxes up an average $ going and ‘that's a lot of money to lose track of ."" As well, the board received twice as many letters this year as last year asking the board not (o increase taxes, she said, adding that the board is disregarding the letters “When will this board listen and what number of let same as last year and ‘‘we have taken the letiers into con. She said the budget increase is going for necessary ex penses such as more teachers, equipment replacement, salaries, and a career preparation program al Stanley Humphries secondary school Voykin said she supports the **direction the board is going’ 100 per cent Trustee Mickey Kinakin said he would have supported an even larger budget. "*But | feel really good al what we as trustees are doing, he said. Board chairman Gordon Turner said the budget is fair tramework r News CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1989 The board must raise in taxes the portion of the budget the provincial. government does not cover in its an accounting method for determining how much money Victoria will give the board each year A **fiscal continued on poy WEATHERCAST Tonight: Cloudy with clear periods. Scattered showers. Lows from 1-3". Risk of ground trost Thursday: A mix of cloud ond sunshine. tsolated Highs 15-18 sunny weekend with cloud and a risk of showers towards the end of the weekend. Probability of precipitation - is tonight and 40 per cent Thursday 4 Sections (A, B, C & D) cent Dental Open wide visits scho Fran Larsen di pri at Kinnaird elementary school. Larsen is part to a Grade 5 class oper hing tech of a Ministry of Health dental team thot ols, instructing students on parts of the teeth, brushing and flossing. elson dentist sentence NELSON, B.C. (CP) — Dr. Masaru Fujibayashi was sentenced in county Tuesday to years in prison for 17 counts of indecent and court on four sexual assault involving children. Fujibayashi, a 50-year-old dentist, showed no emotion as Judge Raymond Cooper imposed a four-year sentence on each count. The terms are con current Fujibayashi pleaded guilty on April 6 to 15-counts of indecent assault-and two counts of sexual assault involving Doys and girls Trom 1962 101 985 “1 am truly sorry for what I've done,”’ he told the judge before he was sentenced. ‘I pray to God my actions haven't had a lasting effect on apy of the victims.”* Fujibayashi caused ‘‘a breach of confidence and a good deal of divisiveness in the community,’ Cooper said. ‘‘On the other hand, he was well loved by many.’” On_ his way into court Tuesday, Fwjibgyashi lunged at a television cameraman Fujibayashi, who was handcuffed on his way to the second day of his sen: tencing hearing, was quickly subdued by a sheriff and escorted inside. The cameraman was uninjured Before sentencing, defence lawyer Bill Smart read more than a dozen let ters from friends and associates of the dentist in his submission to Cooper MDEDICATED The letters Fujibayashi, named Nelson's citizen of the year in 1982, for his praised outstanding work in hockey and baseball in the community. He was characterized as honest, unselfish, dedicated and hard working, = His wife of three years, Judy, also minor wrote to the judge “Words will never express the anguish of this past year,"” she said Smart noted that Fujibayashi sold his practice and resigned from the B,C College of Dental Surgeons after his arrestin 1988. On Monday, Crown courf€l Dana Urban called for a sentence of up to 15 years. The maximum sentence is 10 years for sexual assault and five for in decent assault Cooper was told Fujibayashi fon dled the youngsters while they were in his dentist's chair. Other assaults oc curred while the patients were under sedation Fujibayashi is the second prominent citizen within a year to be convicted of sexual assault in Nelson. In June 1988, Msg John Monaghan, a Roman Catholic priest who had served in Nelson for 35 years, was sentenced to four years in jailon 14 counts Of indecent assault and three counts of sexual assault Library board seeks increase in city grant By.CasNews Staff Faced with increasing ‘circulation and_a_growing backlog of work for library staff, the Castlegar library board Tuesday submitted a proposed budget to Castlegar city council calling for an additional 12 hours a week of paid staff time The proposed $135,546 budget also calls for a 10-per-cent increase in the city’s grant to the library to cover the increased costs of salaries and benefits of library staff gesulting from a new three-year contract the library board signed with the Canadian Union of Public Employees. The contract is a first for the library staff and calls for 10-per-cent pay hikes every six months for three years in an attempt to bring the wages and benefits of Castlegar library staff in line with their counterparts in Trail and Nelson However, even at.the end of the three year contract, Castlegar library staff Trail and and will remain behind their Nelson benefits colleagues in wages Adding in the 12 extra hours will require-a t6=per-cent-increase-in- the city’s gramt, the board says in -its proposal Mayor Audrey Moore said today the proposed budget will be turned over 10 council’s administration and finance committee for consideration. “1 thought it (the proposed budget) was a reasonable request,"’ Moore said In presenting the proposed budget Tuesday night, library Patrick Donohue to council board chairman called the budget a “reasonabte-yer fiscally realistic proposal. In asking for the extra hours for library staff, Donohue pointed out that the Castlegar library during its fir st year in its new building experienced an| increase in circulation of almost 20,000 books, to 94,000 from 78,000. continued on page A2 By CasNews Staff Lucille Doucette will be tried June $ on charges she converted more than $5,000 in government grants and donations to personal use while director of the West Kootenay National Exhibition Centre in Castlegar Doucette is charged with theft of money Of a value in excess of $1,000 which was property of the NEC Doucette trial set for June 5 She is also charged with criminal breach of trust, an offence which carries a maximum prison term of 14 years. ~ The charges state that between July 1, 1986 and Nov. 4, 1987, Doucette was the trustee of NEC funds and converted, with the in- tent to defraud and in violation of the trust, monies received from government grants and donations amounting to $5,117.14 for per sonal use. Mayor underpaid, report says By SIMON BIRCH Editor Castlegar’s aldermen are paid too much and its mayor too little when compared to municipalities of similar size, an independent citiXen review committee says in a report delivered to Castlegar city council Tuesday “Our findings indicate that the aldermen’s indemnities are at present like therefore; in excess of those for municipalities and we, recommend no increase for the year 1989,"" the writes in its recommendations. ‘In 1990 recommend four-member committee and subsequent years, we based upon the Consumer Price Index for British Columbia. that changes be The mayor's indemnity is less than other mayors in cities of similar size in B.C., the committee says. Because of that finding, the commitiee_recom- mends Castlegar’s mayor receive in. creases of $750 in each of 1989, 1990 and 1991 and that the mayor's indem- nity in subsquent years be twice that of the city’saldermen At present, Mayor Audrey Moore receives an indemnity of $9,085 a year while the six aldermen each receive $5,342 also receive $40 a day, or $20 for a annually. Council members Trucks take _ detour By CasNews Staff Car stomping, mud slogging trucks scheduled to roar around a vacant lot behind the Castlegar industrial park this weekend willinstead race around private property near Salmo, the event's organizer said Tuesday Dick Wills, manager of Cranbrook told the to relocate International News he Speedway, Castlegar had Sunday’s “Battle of ,the Monster Trucks” for insurance reasons. “We couldn't get the necessary in surance to meet what the city wanted, he said Wills will now stage the event at the Hidden Creek Ranch which he said is about two miles north of Salmo Other than dropping a planned motoctioss race, the event will proceed as planned, Wills said The highlight of the event will likely be the monster trucks which feature oversize tires that allow the trucks to drive over parked cars, crushing them underneath Wills said the event will also feature professional mud racers from the Seat tle area who will with the specially built 750 horsepower mud arrive racing vehicles. He said entries from local four- whreet-drive-truck-owners-wilt-stit-be accepted for the mud racing event Gates open at | p.m. with the event scheduled to start at 2 p.m: half day, for meetings they attend such as Union of B.C. Municipalities meetings — 30 cents’ per kilometre in travel expenses and are reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses they incur while on city business Council voted to receive the report for study and will decide at its next meeting May 9 whether to take action onany of the recommendations. “+1 expect that certainly the majority of recommendations are going tobe accepted as recommended,” said Ald. Terry Rogers, who earlier this year was given the task of organizing the com- mittee members are Bob Pakula, Gerald Rust, Laurie Renwick whose and Ingeborg Thor-Larsen Rogers said the report was continued on page A2 INSIDE New pulp process ‘well page A2 Lottery numbers The winning numbers drawn Tuesday in the B.C. Keno lottery w (42,-15,17, 19, 38, 44 and 48. 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