Product of New Zealand Beef or Chicken. 6 X 400 g —_ Selected Varieties. BAFTEcars And To: Selected \ Varieties. ROA RAWHIDE BONES Single 9" or 11%, 4" pkg. of 4 or Twist Sticks 20's. Glencourt. NO SOYA DOG FOOD ENERIC CAT LITTER With bonus Tray Liners. 12 kg. WHISKAS CAT FOOD Selected Varieties. 170 g tin DOG F Generic. Selec Varieties. 8 kg SLICED SIDE BACON gm Fresh. Cut from the shoulder. Regular or Stuffed. Boneless. 3.93/kg Frozen Concentrate 355 mL. EDWARDS COFFEE Regular, Fine or Extra Fine Grind. 737 g tin. Your AIR MILES™ connection! Safeway is proud to be your exclusive grocer, drug store ond florist sponsor of the AIR MILES™ program in Wester Canado. Drop 4) rich W's absolutely free. Once you receive your AIR MILES™ card, you'll be able to earn travel miles at Safeway and other great sponsors. You can even earn extra AIR MILES™ ot Safeway just by using your Bank of Montreal AIR MILES™ MasterCard, The more you use your card, the sooner you willbe abe to redeem your Iravel miles for Airline fickets forthe whe Foi You'll save like always and fly like never before! Maple Leaf. Devon. 500 g pkg Marie) Marie) BLACK FOREST HAM Deli. 150 g. SEPTEMBER, 1992 [THURS | FRI | SAT | ye Lay [ie | 19 | Prices in effect at your Castlegar Sateway Store. Quantity rights reserved. Some items may not be exactly as shown. Vay 1X 4 F Mixed clouds and sun today, with sunny skies for Sunday and Monday. @ OUR PEOPLE The 12th Annual Terry Fox Run is set for Sunday and the Community Complex and or- ganizers are counting on a strong turnout. page 9 The Castlegar Rebels are just weeks away from the start of the new season, and head coach Gary Sauer is hoping to make things sweet for the KI- JHL team. page 13 Castlegar city council is looking to beef up its bylaw en- forcement and News reporter Neil Rachynski questions whether the entire process will be worth it. page 15 INDEX Farside Harrison Ketchums Tour Our People Crossword 10 Pulpit and Pew 11 Local Sports 13 Jonny on the Spot 14 Action Ads 16 ae LIED ; Toten’ Saturday September 19, 1992 ii lit Th Nitti UUM News photo by Jonathan Green Castlegar firefighters Jack Nichvalodott and Ray Hackett put it in high gear to get this 33rd Avenue fire hydrant working Thursday. The two answered a call of a smoldering grass fire.in the 400 block of 33rd, which was extinguish shortly after. Local health care in jeopardy Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER City councillors could be getting ulcers over a regional health plan. Efforts to modernize the Kootenay Lake Regional Hospi- tal in Nelson have some council members wondering if Castle- gar stands to lose funding. If the plan moves ahead, it could make other health projects in the region less of a priority, and that has some city officials worried. “It’s an extremely critical problem,” Councillor Jim Chap- em said. “We have no specialists here and we want special- nn Beteen the (Trail, Nelson and Castlegar) hospitals we should be able to look after our own needs without shipping patients elsewhere.” The Central Kootenay Regional Health District is looking at between $18 million and $23 million to update Nelson’s hos- pital. Of that, the CKRHD would have to come up with 40 per cent of the funds. And councillors are concerned that’s about $8 million that won't be going to other health projects. “If $23 million goes to that hospital it spells trouble to me,” Coun. Doreen Smecher said. She points out that another regional hospital exists in Trail for the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. “Why would they operate two in such close proximity,” Smecher asked. The director of area G, which includes Salmo, says the po- tential closure of some Kootenay-area hospitals gives merit to rebuilding Nelson’s hospital. Hans Cunningham says, “the hospitals in Kaslo, Slocan and Nakusp are all possibly slated for closure, and that means more beds will be needed in Nelson.” Cunningham also claims legal grounds are reason enough to push for construction. “You can’t get wheelchairs into the washrooms (in the Nel- — ). These are questions of liability,” Cunningham said. “I can see Doreen’s concerns but they are being taken care of as s things unravel and we know more about what’s happen- ing,” Cunningham said. Three options have been considered so far. The first is to construct a new tower on the site of the old one for $19 million. The second would be to rebuild the exist- ing structure at a cost of $18 million. Or third, construct an en- tirely new hospital, estimated at $23 million. “Those proposals were taken to (the Ministry of Health) for discussion,” Cunningham said. “Unfortunately during these times of cutbacks we probably won't get the approval, but there has to be something in place to get this rolling.” To date, $160,000 in provincial grants have been spent on engineering and architect fees. ALLEGED RAPIST RELEASED AFTER WEDNESDAY BAIL HEARING, PAGE 2