The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, December 13, 1995

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Deaths deemed murder-suicide

KAREN KERKHOFF
Sun Staff

Nelson RCMP say they are treating the
recent deaths of Leo Stalinski of Schroeder
Creek and Ross Selkirk Hawes of Balfour as a
murder suicide

On Nov, 1, Stalinski's body was discovered
inside his residence by a friend. Forensics
later determined Stalinski died as the result of
a gunshot wound. RCMP say upon investiga-

tion, a small amount of cocaine and drug para-
phernalia was found.

On Nov. 6, Nelson RCMP discovered the
body of Hawes in his car eight km up the
Laska Creek road near Harrop. A coroner's
investigation revealed Hawes had died due to
carbon monoxide poisoning. A small amount
of cocaine was discovered inside the vehicle.

Ballistics tests conducted on a large calibre

d to Hawes confi it was
the weapon used to murder Stalinski.

- Grand Forks

SUN STAFF

The Castlegar School District
board has a new chairman.

At an organizational meeting
held Monday, trustees elected
Evelyn Voykin to sit as chair-
man and former chairman
Joanne Baker to sit as vice-
chair,

Both Voykin and Baker were
nominated for the chair, result-
ing in a secret ballot being con-
ducted in Voykin's favor.

Upon assuming the chair,
Voykin commended Baker on
the way she conducted herself
as chair for the past two years.

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Preliminary lab analysis also revealed the
cocaine found at Stalinski's residence is simi-
lar to that found in Hawes’ vehicle. Further
tests are being conducted.

Police say they believe the two were known
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School board picks new chair

job and have been a great asset
to the board. You did it with a
lot of integrity.”

Voykin vowed to follow
Baker's example and said
boards across the province will
be facing serious obstacles
once the proposed amalgama-
tion of school districts becomes
a reality.

“We must keep the focus on
the kids and maintain in a very
positive way to ensure the
integrity of our programs.”

Baker replaces Ron Norman
as vice-chairman,

New Chair - Evelyn
Voykin is the new chair-
man of the Castlegar

School
replaces Joanne Baker.

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Wednesday, December 13, 1995

The Castlegar Sun

Page A5

Tenants come out on top

It Works - James and Maralee ‘Tyoquet had to wade through a mountain of paper, but

won their fight against steep rent increases.

KAREN KERKHOFF. __
Sun Staff

Amendments tq Bill 67 - legis-
lation which protects against
unfair landlord practices - have
‘been tried and tested in Castlegar.
" James and Maralee Tycquet
Vand other residents of the Cedar
Crest Mobile Home Park on
Columbia Avenue have emerged
victorious in proceedings against
the owner of the park, J.B. Hor-
‘wath, of Sooke, B.C.

When the Tycquets and other
residents of the park were noti-
fied in February, 1994 that their
pad rental would increase, they
were annoyed, but realized there
was little they could do until the
pending legislation became law.
The Tycquets pad rental jumped
to $197 from $160 a month.

The amendments to the Tenan-
cy Act provide for regulation of
rental increases and provides a
procedure for settling disputes.
Until the amendment became law
in December, 1994, people such
as the Tycquets had no recourse
for sudden rent increases.

But that changed.

“As soon as the legislation
changed, we went through with
it,” said Maralee Tycquet. ;

Joining the Tycquets in the
fight were 35 other tenants of the
park.

“People decided we had to do
something about it,” said Jim
Tycquet.

But no sooner were they orga-
nized when they received notice
on Feb. 1, 1995 of yet another
increase. The Tycquets pad rental

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$197 a month.

Still reeling from the rental
increase notice, the Tycquets
received another notice of rental
increase on July 31, 1995. Their
rental would jump to $240 from
the previous $227. In total, their
pad rental increased 55 per cent
in 17 months.

The Tycquets say they tried tc
speak with Horwath when notice
of incréase was first given, but
were dissatisfied with the out-
come of the discussions.

“We talked with him on the
phone about the increases and
that he wasn't pulling his own
{weight}. There is no water at
times and the sewers back up on
a regular basis,” said Jim. “He
said he puts out more per lot than
he brings in and rents were going
to keep going up as often as he
legally can.”

. » AS provided by the amend-

ments, a committee was then
formed in which all parties would
have an opportunity to participate
in discussion, and hopefully
reach an amicable conclusion.

But the talks fell apart, said
Jim, when Horwath refused to
participate.

The Tycquets then decided to
Progress to the next step in the
resolution procedure as set out by
the Tenants Act.

“In January, 1995 we decided
to apply for a rent review. By
then the amendment had been
passed.”

The rent review was held in
June at the Government Agents
office in Trail. Mediator David

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‘be held at 10 per cent for the pre-
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which he capped the first increase
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excess rent paid to Horwath be $
rebated by one-tenth over ten
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long and tedious, the Tycquets
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Looking back upon the process
and the six-inch stack of paper
generated from the fight, the Tyc-
quets say they would do it again
if they had to.

“The system has worked, but it
was incredibly slow. The little
guy got something out of it.
They've [landlords] had it their
way for so long,” Maralee said
with a smile.

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