1901 CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION in Memoriam Donation, Box 1228, Rossiand, 8.C. VOG 1Y0. 104/80 34. LEGALS LAND ACT In the Nelson Land Recording District and situated at Robson. TAKE NOTICE THAT Billy William Kinakin and Hazel Kinakin of Rob- son have applied for a Crown Grant over Crown land, under the Urban Residential Policy of the Ministry of Lands and Parks, as follows: an unsurveyed portion of Parcel A (s 156156-1) of Block 14, District Lot 301A, Kootenay District, Plan 777. The purpose for which the disposition is required: is for carey > : 10 Comments concerning this ap- plication should be directed to the Senior Land Officer, Ministry of Lands id Parks, B.C. Lands, Kootenay Region, 828A Baker Street, Cranbrook, B.C. V1C 1A2. (File No. 4401813) 2/40 Layoff like being hit by a truck Job searches in recession call for creative strategies By MARLENE HABIB The Press Louis O'Brien knew for months that his job as a financial officer with a Toronto-based manufacturing firm was shaky. But receiving his layoff notice last November still hurt, “I liken my layoff to seeing a truck coming at you on the high- way,” says O'Brien, 39, an eight- year employee at Fleck Manufac- turing Inc. “You know it’s coming but it still hurts when you get hit. “But the company has been very fair to me and if I had been in my boss’s shoes, I would probably have done the same thing. The company had to cut back to become Profitable.’’ With unemployment in Canada at its highest level since the spring of 1985, many workers are job- FED UP Are you fed up with your current personal circum- stances? Fed up with not being steadily employed and having to constantly scramble just to get by? 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Those who have ‘been, working in manufacturing and real estate, for instance, should assess their skills and talents to see if they’d stand a better chance in other industries, says Sylvia Milne, vice-president of Drake Beam Morin-Canada, a Private consulting firm that helps workers plan and organize their job searches. “The job market today is so dif- ferent from even the previous year,”’ adds Milne. “That's why you have to think broadly. If you were a loans officer, you probably have marketing and other skills that may be useful elsewhere, .in other industries that aren't suffering as much,’’ More white-collar workers like O’Brien, a Drake Beam client, are losing their jobs because of circum- Stances beyond their control, Milne says. “No job is safe today,’’ Milne says. ‘‘And we're finding that mid- dle-management people are being particularly hard hit now because the layoffs have already hit the lower ranks, and middle management is the next level to go.’’ Blue-collar workers normally have an easier time finding a job, “because they might have a union or other support group to help them,’” says Harvey Wiener, a Toronto con- sultant with Employment and Im- migration Canada. “But for many and other whi types, they've never had to look for a job before, so they tend to go to middle- Ll private agencies and ultimately take longer to find a position. “If you're # tool-and-die maker, for instance, a company will usually say, ‘Well, you have the specific skill we need, so you're hired,"’ says Wiener: “But employers looking for white- collar workers are looking more for the right person for the job, and that’s harder and may take longer to asses: Milne says accepting a lower- paying job with less prestige may be a good move if there’s opportunity for advancement and learning new skills. Wiener says settling for a job depends largely on a person’s cir- cumstances. “Every person has unique requirements, so it’s hard to make a general statement of ‘Just get your foot in the door and work up the ladder.’ “Some people are more desperate than others — some can afford to do @ more thorough job search, even over .six months, with a little bit of budgeting. Others, however, may be able to go without work for only a couple of weeks."* Ov ming feelings of and anxiety is one of the keys to a successful job search, says Milne. “Surprisingly, people who lose their jobs aren't as angry as they would have been years ago in better times,’’ says Milne, “They're accepting the realities of this economy, of companies having to downsize and let people go. “But there is still a lot of fear, anxiety and anger, people saying, “How could they have done this to me?’"’ It’s also important to realize that looking for work, especially in a recession, takes careful planning and may include some sacrifices. O'Brien, for instance, says he's willing to move with his wife and two young children outside Toronto. “I'm now looking for something to give me a 10-year chunk of stability, so I can get my kids through school,”’ he says, “But I know there's no guarantee — | thought I had stability at Fleck. “But I’m conforted to have discovered that there are jobs out there for those who can find them.”’ ooznetsoff, Ma: Hinchcliffe, Bonnie Zorchi photo are Elaine Hitchner and Willie Leslie. WEDNESDAY May 22, 1901 Vol. 44, No, 41 Castlegar, B.C. 2 Sections (A & B) a 75 Cents Miss Castlegar candidates ee BS Banjo's Pub holds ace --- Bl showers. The probabi ‘and 60 per cent Thursday, : Cloudy with sunny periods. abi lity of precipitation is 10 per cent tonight QV. ~ Castles. ‘iy Dam seepage not serious, By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer A routine safety study of the Hugh Keenleyside dam could cost B.C. 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He called the Keenleyside dam ‘‘very Significant.’’ “If it were to fail, it would have an impact all the way through Washington state down to the sea. 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Gordon Brady, owner and co- founder of CKQR 760 AM radio in Castlegar, has sold the station to Boundary Broadcasting Ltd. of Grand Forks. The sale was announ- ced last week. If approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecom- munications Commission at a hearing in October, the new owners will take over early in 1992. Wilfred Warner, who owns the station in Grand Forks and was the Principal in the deal with Brady, issued a brief news release Tuesday but wasn’t available to answer questions on his plans for CKQR. Boundary Broadcasting owns an AM station in Grand Forks and has FM satellites in Rock Creek, Midway and Christina Lake. “The principals feel this is the next logical step in the expansion of the radio network established through CKGF's low power relay transmit- ters,"’ the news release says. Employees at the radio station would not comment on the sale. Reached today in Victoria where he is attending a broadcasters con- vention, Brady said the new owners are not planning any radical changes to the station’s format or to its 12 full-time and three part-time staff. “They like our staff,"’ Brady said. “They are definitely going to keep them and the philosophy and format of the radio station will remain in- tact.” He said the public won’t notice any difference. The sale marks the end of Brady’s 22-year history with the station he co-founded with Terry Tuck in 1969. Brady, who will turn 60 this year, said his age was a ‘major factor’’ in his decision to sell. “You have to figure you have 10 years of good health left so why waste it spending 12 to 14 hours a day working, like I have for the last 40 years?’” he said. He said he has mixed emotions about leaving the station. “When a person puts in 20 years of a person’s life building a dream from a fantasy to a feality, there’s a Certain amount of sadness involved (upon leaving). But no, I’m looking forward to other things in my life. I’m not dead yet. Brady said he’s going to take time off to travel, fish and catch up on work around the house, but may consider a second career. “I might even consider politics somewhere down the line,”” he said. Brady and Castlegar. News Publisher Burt Campbell were two of the last independent owners of media outlets in the Kootenays up to now. Campbell sold the CasNews to Trinity (N.A.) Holdings, Inc. tast November. Serge Plotnikoft, a minority shareholder An CKi sold shares byt’ will continue working at the station, Brady said. SPEECH SPINNER Soviet b right) hoists a model of a spinning wheel on dor Richard Serg Ovinnil ( stage with John J. Verigin at the USCC's annual Youth Festival on Sunday at the Brilliant Cultural Centre. — conews photo by Fronk Isermo Soviet ambassador likes efforts of Doukhobors By FRANK ISERNIA Special to the Castlegar News Soviet Ambassador Richard Sergeevitch Ovinnikov capped the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ’s 44th annual Youth Festival with a short but moving speech Sunday about the turmoil facing the Russian people in the U-S.S.R. “I believe all of these serious problems will be overcome in the near future as proven by our past history,’’ Ovinnikov told a full house at the Brilliant Cultural Centre. ‘The Russian people are strong enough to overcome all hurdles affecting our nation."* Ovinnikov praised the Doukhobor people in the West Kootenay for preserving their heritage and Promised continying support from the Soviet government. —‘‘Ltruly appreciate the efforts shown by the People of Castlegar for their ability to preserve their Russian national identity, culture and language,’’ the ambassador said. ‘It's amazing that a genuine Russian community can exist so far away from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Embassy will always be happy to give some assistance ta the Doukhobors in any respect."’ But it was the USCC’s spiritual leader, John J, Verigin, who stole the thunder earlier in the afternoon with a rousing speech on the Purpose of the Youth Festivat and the cultural and spiritual life led by the Doukhobors. heritage and commitment to Struggle with current \ problems for a brighter and better future.”’ Verigin said the history of the Doukhobors has shown their positive qualities — hardworking, dedicated, meek, serene and deeply faithful to fulfil their purpose in life. He said now is no time for complacency, apathy and irresponsibility. Verigin told the congregation that he had just recently participated in a Mother’s Day Peace March in Osoyoos and of all the things that were said, there was one topic that stood out in his mind ““Doukhobors are about the only people in this area who live the life of pacifism, maintaining their culture as is, and who do not Participate in any form of military involvement, not given up any lives in any war, nor taken any," he said. “‘The Doukhobor culture is so unique, whereby the lifestyle is the culture, the culture is also the entertainment, and the entertaining activity through culture is gur life. It is a full circle."" Kootenay West-Revelstoke MP Lyle Kristiansen, who attended the festival, said the USCC always does @ wonderful job every year the e¥ent is held. “In the past seven or eight years that | have been &@ government representative of the people, | have only missed one festival and that was because of government business. The festival does a great job at displaying the whole history of the Boukhobor culture in the West Ki Aus Doukhobor choits from the East and West “To have festivals without i ption for 44 years is @ significant achievement,"’ Verigin said. ‘It is @ testimony to the dedication of our culture, and as far away as Calgary, entertained - the approximately 2,000 people who took in the two- day festival which began Saturday Vandalism costs city up to $3,000 By SIMON BIRCH Editor Vandalism. to city property has Cost an estimated $2,000 to $3,000 so far this year, Castlegar’s superinten- dent of public works says. Broken and burned washroom doors at Kinnaird Park, a broken gate and fence at the park’s pony field, broken swing seats at Kinsmen Park, and toilets aid ‘sinks plugged with rocks at the Kinnaird Park and Community Complex washrooms are just some of the examples of van- dalism Barry Comin lists in a memo to.city council. Ald. Kirk Duff said Tuesday he'll meet with Staff Sgt. Doug Hall of the Castlegar RCMP detachment to see if Hall has any ideas, such as stepped up enforcement or increased patrols, to combat the vandalism. Duff, alderman responsible for Protective services, said he would have a complete report for council's next regular meeting Monday. In the meantime, he said he'd investigate whether the amount of vandalism to city property is unusually high. Mayor Audrey Moore indicated the city doesn’t want any vandalism at all “Any kind of vandalism is too much,"’ Moore said. She noted that January to May is not traditionally a time when most vandalism occurs in the city. “‘What we're going to get in the summer is what troubles me,” said the mayor, who asked Duff to bring Tecommendations aimed at solving the problem to Monday’s council meeting. Last year, council passed a bylaw closing city parks between the hours of.10 p.m. and 7 a.m. in an effort to give police a tool to fight the van- dalism problem. Editorial, page A4 Despite the bylaw, the vandalism is still occurring at night. “In general, most of the damage is happening after hours,’ said Kenn Hample, the city’s director. of engineering and public works. Comin’s memo also lists graffiti in all areas, damage to the fence and dugouts at Inland Gas ball field, removal of a foiIntain on Arrow Lakes Drive, dugouts being used as washrooms at Kinsmen Park and damage to sprinkler systems in all areas as instances of vandalism to city property since Jan. 1 Budget doesn't impress D'Arcy By CasNews Staff Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy said today he’s not impressed with the provincial budget announced Tuesday by Finance Minister John Jansen. “It’s essentially a stand-pat, business-as-usual budget but without recognizing the province is in a recession,"’ said D'Arcy, who has represented Rossland-Trail for the New Democrats for the last 18 years. The $16.55 billion budget increases spending on health, education’ and social services by 11.1 per cent, or almost $1,000 per household, Jansen said, projecting a deficit of $395 million. Analysis, page A4@ But the NDP says the deficit would have been more than $1 billion if not-for an infusion of $839 million from the defunct Budget i Fund, an ing device that shuffled money between the government’s general operating fund and its line of credit. The fund was abolished earlier this year. D'Arcy said he’s puzzled more by what the government didn’t say in the budget. ““What struck me is not what was there but what was missing,’’ he said. D'Arcy said the government paid CHRIS D'ARCY - +. ‘stand-pat budget’ no attention to the difficult economic times, especially the hard- hit mining, smelting and forest in- dustries, as well as difficulties in the retail and agricultural sectors. ‘The government seems blissfully unaware that the resource and retail ‘Sectors of B.C. are going through difficult times.”