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The Castlegar Sun. ,

“Wedadedaiy’ ‘February 20; 4991”

By JIM ZEEBEN

Sun correspondent

‘The six-day anaual environmen-
tal-conference st Selkirk College's
Castlegar campus ended last week

about its future.

but almost every seminar suffered
from. poor attendance.

“We've heard so much sbout the
Celgar expansion; I think people
may have an information over-
load,” said Madelyn MacKay, one
of the main organizers of the event.

The conference was com

of classes and guest speakers
A elected =

“Tm disappointed she couldn't

show, ” sal shelley ‘Ackerman,

This year's
were ‘Don Gayton, the Nelson
author of The Wheatgrass Mecha-
nism, and Michelle Tomichich, the
Maple Ridge woman who's family
produces only one-and-a-half green
garbage bags of trash in an entire

ear, {
i And while Gayton’s discussion

‘of ecological science through cre-
ative wae went abead last

ight, Tomichich was

e left stianded in Vancouver when

the weekend's bad weather can-

celed landings at the Castlegar air->
port. :

” We can help you sell .your product!
Contact the Castlegar Sun at 365-5266

West Kootenay
Big Game Trophy Associaiion

34th Annual Awards

Banquet & Wildlife Display
Saturday, March 2, 1991

Cominco Arena Gym

Dinner: Full Italian Banquet * Dance: Disco

Adults $20 « Children en $13
GS.T. included (12 & under)
Tickets available at:

TRAIL: Taylor Wilton, Allstar Sports, Camera Crafts,

forkwear World (Waneta Mall)
FRUITVALE: County Roads General Store
CASTLEGAR: Aasland Musoum of Taxidermy
NELSON: Norm's Sports Centra
CRESTON:Mawson Sports Centre

For Further Information Phone 364-2944

(bout
appearing a the ‘onl, “She She
was goi 8 out, sim r~
ing your ar style." iplify

ying
the public's focus has
theory, is the war has taken some of
the enthusiasm out of the environ-
mental movement,” said Ackerman,

As far as the conference being

‘deemed enough of a success to be
held again next year: “We're poing
to speak.to the com committee," sai

MacKay, “The idea was to con- °

tribute to rable information. It has
given us the chance to network with
people in the community. I think

even though in the adult conscious- '

ness the environmental Ne ia oie

has waned, it's increasing in
dren.”

Laura Adams, also involved in
organizing this Year's event and
responsible for gural event
last year, was attending a training
prorkshol in the’ Okanagan and

reached for comment.

Nine volunteers with the Castle-
gar Unit of the Canadian Cancer
Society, and one guest from Salmo
attended a meeting Feb. 12th at the
Health Unit.

Dorothy Martini, unit treasurer
and "In Memoriam" chairman, was
the Castlegar Unit representative at
the Kootenay District Annual Gen-
eral Meeting in September i in Kim-
berley.

The president, Ruby Marsh,
attended the BC & Yukon Division

=: es: BONN

Moderator Bruce Ketchum made sure ‘the panel, Angela Prica (Green Party) and Ed Con-’

College's environmental week ends i in uncertainty

roy (NDP) had equal time for questions during "Love Your Planet Week" at Selkirk College.

couver, in January where the soci-
ety's campaign focusing on the
dangers of tobacco was the theme
of the program.

Also in January, none of our
local volunteers attended a Patient
Service workshop held at the Sand-
man Inn. Volunteers from Ross-
land, Trail, Nelson and Salmo
attended.

An invitation has been received
from the Lion's Club to participate

is accepted, the unit will be able to
participate.

Cancer society past and present activities

cussed, The 1990' campaign
October

. brought in $12, 7 757. From

An up-dated video
has been received. The public is
reminded that these can be bor-
rowed, with no charge. A video,
“Your Skin & the Sun" was'shown
during the meeting.

‘The president reported that the
Welcome ‘Wagen, which visits

the city, is
some of our painpalg | in its pack-

in their 1991 Trade Fair. If the

Annual General

in Van- ion for donation of

age. |
a booth The April campaign was dis-

For Quality Used Cars Trucks
See the Team at oC

1990 F250 4x4: Pickup with S.OL engine, 5-spd.,
o/drive trans., AM/FM casssette, sliding rear win-

"$17,995

1988 FORD TEMPO GLS: 4-dr. sedan, absolutely load-
‘ed with air, power doors and windows, tilVeruise, power
driver's seat and much more.

$11,995

1988 FORD F150 XL 4x4: Regular cab pick-up equip-
ped with 302 S-spd., air, cruiseftilt, AM/FM stereo -
comes with deluxe canopy and funny boards. Mint
cond. throughout with only 60,000 km. Must be seen.

REDUCED - 1982 CADILLAC COUPE DEVILLE: Tp
line Cadillac with all the options, alr, crulsafitt, power
windows/locks and much, much more.

$6,995)

1984 MERCURY MARQUIS WAGON: Nicely equipped -
Mj with economical V-6 engine, AM/FM cassette, luggage
rack, good tires, clean until throughout.

1986 OLDSMOBILE DELTA 88; Absolutely mint cond.
This 4-dr. sedan has all the options, low km, digital dash,
etc. Check this one out closely.

1988 FORD F-150 4x2: XL pickup with AM/FM
air, tiltcruise and much more. Nicely equipped, in great

$43,495

1990 AEROSTAR XL: 7-pass., 5-spd. with alr, cruise,
tilt, AM/FM cassette and more.

$19,995}

1989 GRAND

1987 BRON! Gre comet with ony $2,000

kms, ai, power group, ie crue, etc. A great buy!

$20,995

km, 4-spd., 4x4, AMIFM cassette and mot

$15, 995

1990 CHEVROLET: CAVALIER 224: Front whee! drive,
nicely equipped with 5-spd. overdrive, E.FI., stereo

"$15,495

1987 TAURUS: Affordable family sedan, als, front wheel
, drive, great traction In snow.

$8, 495

COMMITTED TO cee OMER SATISFACTION FROM SALES TO SERVICE

SEE FRANK GENOvesE

For prior: tingnging ‘arrangements. ‘
‘on the spot financing sno down payment
OAC eall tra ies welcome ‘ Fes.:423-4960

GRANT. MAFFIOLI

RIC JOHNSON.

sOHN HIGGINS

Res: 423-4510 7°. + 423-4957 .

1989 to Sep 1990 $7,914
was spent locally to assist cancer

Patients with transportation, lodg- | -

ing and drugs.

Plans are being made to hold a
"Cancer Society Awareness Night"
on March 26th at the Legions Hall.
Dr. Scotland, of Trail will be the
guest speaker and his topic will be

“Chemo Therapy.” The public will.
find it an informative evening.

For further information contact
Ruby Marsh, Unit President at
365-6498.

Obituary
Lola Conkin

On Saturday, February 9,
1991, Lola Conkin of Slocan
Park, BC passed away in the Trail
Regional Hospital at the age of 75
years.

Funeral service was held at the
Castlegar Funeral Chapel Febru-
ary 13, 1991 from 10 am until 12
noon. Cremation followed.

Mrs. Conkin was born Febru-
ary 25, 1915 at Grand Forks, BC.
She grew up and received her

schooling there. She married Sam_.-~

Conkin there on February tL
1933, After their marriage they
lived for 1 year at Slocan Park
retuming to Grand Forks and in
1935 they returned to Slocan Park
where she has since resided..

Mrs. Conkin was appointed
Postmistress of the Slocan Park
Post Office in June of 1946. She
remained in this capacity until her
retirement in 1980. The family
also operated the general store
and service station. She was a
member of the Postmasters Asso-
ciation and enjoyed her family,

She is survived by her husband
Sam of Slocan park, sons, Robert
William of Calgary, Gerald jack
of Slocan park and Samuel of

ry . r

dren, one great grandchild, broth-
er, Mike Ogloff of Grand Forks,
sister, Elsie Simenoff of Maple
Ridge.

Should friends desire, contri-
butions may be made to the Dia-
pes Association, Box 184 Trail,
B

Thank you
everyone

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to everyone - relatives,
friends and neighbors for their
help, kindness and support during
the recent loss of our Mother,

».Grandmother and Great Grand-

mother Verda Coleman. -
A special thank. you to Dr.

- Walton as well as the nurses at the

Castlegar Hospital and the New

~ Denver Pavilion.

Thank you to Ester and Bob

Cowlin, Joyce Aasland, Reverend ~
Dorothy Barker, Mike O’Conner
and everyone who. brought kind

words, baking, flowers and cards.
The Coleman Families,

in child care)

By NANCY LINGLEY

Sun Editor

Toa child, play is what comes naturally.
At Hobbit Hill Children’s Centre, the staff believes that play, with

ie
Daniel Ellis

said Director Teri Ferwom. “They don't have to worry about the service
their kids are getting. The kids aren't propped up in front of the TV set.
There's real, live people here. Tue staff is absolutely wonderful. That's
why Hobbit Hill is such a success."

All of the teaching staff at Hobbit Hill are licensed early childhood
educators noted Ferwom, and there is very little staff tummover.

“Our junior employee has been here for five years," she said. "And.. fa

other employees have becn here as long as 13 years. It provides continuity [ie

for the children.”

Hobbit Hill Children's Centre is sponsored by the Kootenay Columbia [ig

Child Care Society, a non-profit organization. For the most part, parent

a fees cover the costs of the Centre. However, some parent receive subsidies’

from the Ministry of Social Services and Housing. As well, the Ministry
funds placings for ten special needs children at the Centre.
“By integrating the special needs kids into the regular programming,

we feel that they lear far more through peer modeling than they would [ig
@ otherwise," explained Ferwom.

* The Centre is licensed for ten special needs children out of a total of 46

H places. And, although the special needs places are filled and the regular}

day care are not, those numbers will remain the same.

“If there are too many special needs kids, there is no peer modeling
i going on," pointed out Ferworn.
The

Centre provides daycare, nursery school, special needs care, and
out-of-school care for children aged two-and-a-half to 12-years-old.
“The childsen are in multi we. don't sep by age,"

said Ferwom. "Even though children can all be the same age, they will all

be at different development levels. And the little ones leam a lot from the
older ones.”

The main responsibility of the staff of Hobbit Hill Children's Centre is’

the early education of young children.

“Our biggest goals are independence skills, teaching them how to take
care of th feed dress and teaching them
co-operation with others with a big emphasis on social skills, which works
hand-in-hand with co-operation,” explained Ferwom,

Weekly unit themes are used to help carry out-the implementation of
these goals. Last week, pictured bere, the children concentrated on Valen-
tine's Day. This week the theme is Leisure with trips to the pool and ice
skating planned.

"We go on lots of ficld tips,” said Ferwom.

"It's our objective to help facilitate each child to whatever level they

need to be at to be a successful member of the group,” she added, "They're:

not all special needs kids, but at one time or another, they all have special
needs."

SUN STAFE PHOTOS /Nerey Ungley

Pre-school supervisor Fiona Nicholson sharesa
moment with Melissa Bartsoff and Cory McCreight

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