mber 13, 1989 Castlegar city workers are the late: it to learn better customer service using communication skills learned during the p ise. Left to right are Linda cou Leckie, Gwen Mason, Bob Mann, Nona MacKinnon Phil Markin, Joon Bahk, Berni Nevakshonoff, Kevin Lagan, Bill Hadikin, Peter Ozeroff and Phyllis Bleier. Missing from photo are Nelson Newlov Mclinroy. Fran Farkas, David Gairns, Sharon Tassone and Dempsey Choose toys well council advises By JOCELYN ARGUE Saskatoon Star-Phoenix SASKATOON (CP) modern mutant The most the hottest electronic gizmo, the latest slime and ooze commercials Canada’s $1.2-billion toy round While kids beg and cartons promote industry parents buy — $200 per child is the average yearly price Canadian parents children’s But cries can easily knick-knack become pay to quell their eseeching cries, of happiness over new toys turn to tears if the costly of plastic In Memoriam In Loving Memory of our dear mother Grandmother and Great-Grandmother NELLIE MALOFF who passed away December 14, 1983 Time may fly ond tears may dry But loving memories never die What we would give if we could say rubble before the Christmas decorations are down They can also become whiners of boredom if the new toy turns out to be just a gimmicky plaything limited appeal with time So how do mom and dad combat the nagging children and the razzle-dazzle marketing and still walk Christmas with their pocketbooks in: away from and with toys that will amuse their family long after the turkey leftovers tact, their guilt in abeyance are eaten? The Canadian Toy Testing Council a non-profit consumer advocacy organization, has some suggestions The council’s annual Toy Report available on newsstands for $8.95 war ns parents about being conned by ad vertising and cajoled by their children. Buy wants to toys that suit children’s needs and avoid long-term toy disap: pointment If parents must buy their childreh_ want, even if they playthings according to chil preferences, personality, skills and a group. “What's child isn’t necessarily a three-star toy fo: a three-sta We have Lego (a hi rated toy) in my hou: for another cand aren't construction-toy ch: important thing is to keep the child in mind," said Smith that parents should regard the asa guide, not a bible. DOUBTS RUNAWAYS The council doesn’t expect Ca Patch or Trivial Pursuit-type hits this year runawa The toy-crop cons trains, gimmicky dolls and varia onlast year’s hot-selling theme Micro-machines tiny vehicles — now change col subjected to different wate peratures and have ac play mat been added to the onvenier More plastic characte Ghostbuste and Barbie's got a new campe HelloMom, in the same old way To hear your voice, to see you smile To sit and talk with you awhile You shared our hope. our love, our fears Thank you Mom for the=c precious years Deeply loved and missed by Malof and Mahovlic families. 100 in-Loving Memory of DONALD McLEAN WALLCE who left December 14 1984 You left sweet memories to blossom Bearing fruit for the years to come in the lives of those who loved you Precious memories of doys that are gone Very sadly missed by his loving wife Mary ‘and all his children. grandchildren and great-grandchildrer 100 Legals NOTICE is hereby Up to 10 words for only $2.49 tor one time, $3.49 for two insertions or $4.49 for three consecutive issues Ads must be paid for at time of placement hewn:-they-ch modest purchases ‘There's nothing wrong with flashy houldn't be full of said Heather Smith cil’s media relations director The Toy Report parents through the terrors of toys but the toybox them,” the coun It contains ratings of 1,500 toy to design and play valle oys are added tc many toys no longe cording function, durability Three hundred new »k yearly while manufactured are removed from the Children te oys throughout the year he results, Toy Report manufacturers and n their t and appearing in the are passed on listributors to help them understand children’s and parent’s expectations The testing council also assesses the ge established by toy manufac ture cause aman urer want to sell to-as many people as possible, i may recommend a toy for too la Smith. This result in an inappropriate toy The result Ita ge an group, said could choice loy’s too challenging, i frustrating. If it’s too boring y council may assign) it signation to prevent these iNting result council urges parents to look beyond the glitz and ¢ packaging, amor of fancy advising them to buy GUNS for sale. 365-7273 76 FORD LTD. 74 Ford F250 table. 365-5931 1979 TOYOTA Corolla, dependable and good running condition. 365-3154, 3/100 EXERCISE treadmill for indoor walking and jogging, $650. 365-3720 3 1971 FORD Pinto 2157 3/100 4x8 pool 3/100 runs good, $400. 365. 3/100 DINETTE set. Mer ’ 10 365-5461 99 PANASONIC VCR. 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They recommend starting with basic'set, priced around $129, and ting additional cartridges and ¢ before purchasing them each discovere Nintendo and Although teenagers ten Testers ference in the systems prefer Nintendo because mor tes have been developed for Sega had sharper, more rea graphics The testing council hasn’t asse Turbo 15 Graf X « tendo’s Game Boy, Sega Genesis Nin new systems son toy salespeople expect will be in vozt this Christmas WANT YOUR AD TO STAND OUT But don't want to pay for @ B-1.G ad? Use Our ATTENTION GETTERS! e Misc. For Sole PHONE 365-2212 — WANTED — CLEAN COTTON RAGS Castlégar News 197 Columbia Av. -, Castlegar Smith touts better access to courts VANCOUVER (CP)'— The B.C government wants to give people in rural communities the same access to the court system that urban residents enjoy, Attorney Genéral Bud Smith said We are trying to broaden the scope of the access,"’ Smith said at a news conference where he released a discussion paper on streamlining the family court system The paper is the result of work done the justice reform committee, which is established in November 1987 and submitted its report on the ystem a year later justice The committee's 37 recommen dations focused on increasing access to the courts in family law matters and solving the problem of overlapping jurisdictions between provincial and ipreme Courts Overlapping often results in delays and confusion for the public, said The proposed court model would »w B.C. residents involved in family law matters to begin to deal with them their own communities, rather than ave to travel to larger urban centres. The (proposals) provide more diction to said family court,’ CASES SEPARATED In divorce and property division, for nple, the 3.C. 8 case must be heard in preme Court, while custody, matters can be cither provincial or supreme ort and access The Supreme Court registries are ated only in large centres. The paper proposes that Supreme rt registries be created at ignated provincial courts and that judges be given nt interirn supreme court Long, spokesman for. the rated Anti-Poverty ‘omed the proposals Group, m all in favor of streamlining,’ aid sunds like a very good are disadvantaged the hinterlands Anything that improves access is ob- viously desirable.”” Division of property cases would also be streamlined, said Smith The courts now look at private and. business assets separately when trying to decide on how to divide property between a couple, said Smith Under the proposal, all assets would be lumped together and divided on that basis The charges will be tried in one area of the province and “examined by ministry staff. 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Fine ible Power YEAR END PRICE *6,437% MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR! 7”) CASTLEGAR 713-17th Street, Castlegar Ol. 7956 @mazpa “THIS IS THE MAZDA WAY!” © CALL NOW, CALL COLLECT 365-7241 PARTY TIME Hospital gets extra funds @y CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer The Castlegar and District Hospital expansion will go ahead following the provincial government's decision Thursday to provide the hospital with an additional $1.7 million, hospital administrator Ken Talarico said The extra funding will bring the total cost of the project to $6.6 million, up from $4.9 million, and most of the new money will go toward construction costs, Talarico said Friday in an inter- view from Vancouver As well, Marbella Pacific Construc- tion Ltd. of Delta submitted the lowest bid and has been awarded the contract for the project, he said. The hospital project building com- mittee was forced to ask the province for extra funding when all the tefiders for the expansion came in over $5 the construction portion of the project was set at $3.7 million The hospital committee talked with Ministry of Health officials and its own consultants and drew up a list of cost-saving measures to trim the cost of ‘the project before asking tht Ministry of Finance’s treasury board to consider approving extra funding. The cost-saving cuts, including the scrapping of energy-conservation measures, trimmed construction costs by $200,000 and brought Marbella Pacific’s bid down to $5.3 million from $5.5 million, Talarico said The project will go ahead as originally planned with no reduction of beds or facilities, he said. However, the work will begin in early 1990, about three months behind the original schedule, Talarico said The expansion is still expected to be the new. in 12 months and. facility should be open by this time next year, he added. The expansion will include a new 35- bed intermediate-care and 25-bed ex- tended-care facility as well as a new dietary department to serve the new beds and the existing hospital The project is being jointly funded through a cost-sharing agreement bet- ween Victoria and the Regional District of Central Kootenay which is responsible for all area hospitals through its hospital board The RDCK will provide 40 per cent of the project costs as well as $135,000 for moveable equipment which Talarico said will include furniture and beds. Some of the new funding approved by the treasury board will go toward beds as well, headded. The rest of the $6.6 million covers other expenses such as architectural Robbie Jenner, 6, lets fly witha whipped cream pie at brother Mark Jenner, 8, during the Castlegar Recreation Department's Penny Carnival Saturday at the Community Complex. Meanwhile, Christopher Hamann, 6, and brother Kevin Hamann, 4, visit with Santa Clous. The jolly old elf showed up with Mrs. Claus for their annual visit to the Complex. — co:news shots b million in late October, The budget for Westar fined for illegal bu By CLAUDETTE SANDEC Staff Writer Westar Timber Co. was fined $1,500 Thursday in Castlegar provincial court after pleading guilty to a charge under the Waste Management—Act—of violating a waste-wood burning per- mit Three other charges were stayed by the Crown in exchange for the guilty plea and the company was given until Jan. 25 to pay the fine. In passing sentence, Judge Ronald Fabbro noted the company’s guilty Injury sparks dispute By SIMON BIRCH Editor A Castlegar parent whose 10-year old daughter’s wrist was broken by a fellow student in a schoolyard dispute is angry and upset over what she says is the subsequent insensitive handling of the incident by the school’s principal and the district superintendent of schools But superintendent of schools Terry Wayling said the incident has been dealt with according to district and school policy and repeated attempts to satisfy the failed Adrienne Negrey was kicked in the wrist by a 10-year-old boy after she told the boy to stop harassing one of her friends on the Kinnaird elementary school grounds during lunch hour Nov. 29, Adrienne’s mother, Migdalia Negrey, told the Castlegar News last week After the verbal confrontation, the boy talked to one of his friends and then turned around and kicked Adrienne, Negrey said woman's concerns have But Adrienne’s physical pain has been compounded by what Negrey calls insensitive treatment from Kin naird principal Dino Zanet and Wayling who, she says, have not disciplined the boy nor offered any sort of consolation or apology for the incident But Wayling said the boy has been reprimanded both at school and by his parents and has apologized to Adrien né “*We' ve investigated it (the incident) thoroughly and we're satisfied RDCK eyes $8.8M budget By CasNews Staff The Regional District of Central Kootenay board has received a 1990 provisional budget of almost $8.8 million — about $1 million more than last year’s budget — but property owners will have to wait until the new year before RDCK staff can put an exact figure on tax increases needed to support the proposed budget. RDCK administrator Reid Hender son said Friday the new Castlegar and District Aquatic Centre, fire protec tion for the Bonnington area near Nelson, the regional district's proposed recycling program and proposed expansion of the RDCK board offices in-Netson-are-the-main reasons for the $1 million increase. But Henderson stressed that not all district taxpayers will pay for all the services and projects. “Not all areas share the same per centage,” he said For example, only taxpayers in Castlegar and Areas I and J must pay the bill for the new aquatic centre which is slated to open its doors to the public Jan. 2 Likewise, Castlegar and area tax- payers won't have to pay for fire protection in Bonnington. But all district taxpayers will share in the costs of éxpanding the board of fices, Henderson said The administrator said he and his staff must go through the budget and determine the services in which the various areas and municipalities in the regional district participate before he property owners will face next year The RDCK board has referred the provisional budget to the board's executive and personnel committee and portions of the budget to its plan ning committee for study. A provisional budget will be approved in principle in January and a final budget adopted in March adequate measures have been taken,” Wayling said Wayling told the Castlegar News the boy has in the past been ‘ta model student, well behaved."” He ~said disciplinary following an incident of this kind is ‘a judgment call on the part of the prin. cipal."” “The school has a code of con duct,’” Wayling added. ‘‘Students know they can’t inflict an injury on another student.”* action Contacted at Kinnaird elementary Thursday, Zanet said he doesn’t think the incident is a concern of the media “I'd prefer to deal with it in the he said. ‘I’m not going to comment on it."" But _Negrey said it’s the school’s failure to deal with the matter to her satisfaction that prompted her to go to the media. “This is my last resort,” she said Negrey said she isn’t looking for retribution against the boy or his parents but simply wants school of. ficials to handle such incidents bett.. in the future She said Zanet during a meeting at which Adrienne was present referred to past family problems involving Adrienne and told the girl she is “tough enough” to handle the broken wrist. As well, Negrey said she is angry continued on page A2 school,"’ plea saved the court time and expense He also noted the Crown and defence attorneys presented a joint submission asking for a $1,500 fine. Fabbro said he was taking into ac count that-Westar's-retationship with the waste management branch of the provincial Ministry of Environment has improved significantly since the charges were laid and that the burning incident seemed to be a one-time event that occurred because waste generated by the company’s ex pansion of the excess he said no new complaints n laid- since the As well, against the mill have be company was charged and no toxic substances appeared to have been in troduced into the environment during the illegal burning waste wood Westar was charged by management officials waste from the mill's renovations was burned in December 1988 The charges alleged Westar violated its permit regulating the burning of wood waste and did not comply with a waste management order to separate usable wood from the waste pile before it was burned, regional waste manager after rs ing fees, Fatarico sata: 1,500 rning Jim McLaren said in August when the case first went to court On Thursday, Westar pleaded guilty to burning waste in excess of the 1,000 cubic metres allowed by the permit ‘Crown attorney Hugh McSheffrey. in explaining the circumstances of the charges to the judge, said the haste created by the_gxpansion led to the company being “‘less than diligent in complying with the permit.”” However, he informed the judge that Westar has not had problems with waste management officials for at least the last six months. Westar lawyer John Carpenter echoed McSheffrey, saying the relationship between the company and the waste management branch has im- proyed greatly from about a year ago when it was ‘‘not all it might be.”” Fabbro told Carpenter to remind his clients of the seriousness of breaching the Waste Management Act. Westar officials were not present in court In an interview, McSheffrey said the Crown is satisfied with the outcome ‘I wasn’t after blood,”’ he said. thought the important thing was bring home to (Westar) as quickly continued on page A2 BLUFFS TO OPEN By CasNews Staff The upgraded and widened Slocan Bluffs area of Highway 6 between Slocan and Silverton should open at 5 a.m. tomorrow, Ministry of Transportation and Highways project manager in Nelson Dick Matthews said Friday Loose rock on a vertical cliff face that was a concern to High ways Ministry crews is almost cleared away and clearing work below the rock, left because it posed a danger to workers, is almost completed, Matthews said The road was originally slated to SLATED MONDAY open Dec. 8 after three months of construction but was delayed by the potential danger to motorists from the loose rock, Matthews said last week When the road reopens, struction will continue on highway until October and closures between 8:30 a.m. and noon, Monday to Friday, will be in effect until the work is completed, hesaid Short afternoon closures of up to 20 minutes may be necessiry Matthews ad: some days as well, ded