March 14, 1990 School conduct code approved A code of conduct for Castlegar School district students has been ap- proved by the Castlegar school board and’ will now be incorporated into School rules should ‘emphasize Prevention and, where, necessary, correction,’ the code says. ‘‘These rules should work toward each school, superi di of schools Terry Wayling said Tuesday. The code, required by the new School Act, broadly defines rules of conduct, gives some direction to schools in writing a code of conduct specific to each school and ‘provides due authorization for the establish- ment of school-based rules.’’ of self. Li should support educational goals. “Students should know why their actions advance or impede the lear- ning program of the school,’’ the code continues. “In addition, the board expects students to be dealt with in a fair and reasonable man- ner,"" The ‘‘highest standard of depor- tment’’ is expected of students, the code says, including respecting public and personal property, maintaining courteous’ relations with fellow students and adults, maintaining ap- propriate standards of hygiene, dress and language and being honest and straightforward in dealing with others, The individual school codes could be finalized by the end of the school year, Wayling added, Castlégar News TREET TALK A RUTHLESS GANG OF desperate teenage girls pulled off a surprise kidnapping early in the evening of March 7. Victim of this alleged criminal act was Paul Tuphoime, worshipped master of Sentinel Lodge No. 146, A witness to the incident said Tupholme didn’t stand a chance as the gang appeared highly organized and by its sheer numbers were able to totally over- whelm him. It was apparent that there had been ‘‘in- side’’ information concerning his habits as he was overtaken as he arrived at the Masonic Lodge for a regularly scheduled meetin; A sizeable ransom was demanded but the RCMP, acting on an anonymous phone tip, were able to rescue Tupholme unharmed. A police spokesman later said the incident was KENMORE MICROWAVE CONTEST! Full Details at the Central Food Mart a ONE WITH COUPON. STEA CHUCK BEEF we Se SS BEEF BLADES os a _ USE COUPON FOR EXTRA SAVINGS! mq ana: m aay AT CENTRAL FOOD — SHOPEASY Coupon Expires Sunday, March 18, a . CANADA GRADE A Pe bad PA --3 LB. PACK l WITHOUT COUPON $2.) $159 CROSS RI ROASTS: $199 BONELESS ... CANADA GRADE A ng 94/,,, 1 under investigation and although no arrests had been made to date, the local Bethel of Job's Daughters were KATHY BATE, henoredqueen ot Bethel No. 60 Committee will choose BARE BALLPARK . . Castlegar city council voted Tuesday to spend up to $20,000 to tal fay sod on the new ballifield at the Community Complex. Gra to sprout. Ballpark continued from front page CosNews photo “‘pre-approve’’ spending the money from the 1990 budget. Council will not adopt a final budget until May at the earliest. “*I’m just saying that when the dust settles, when we're looking at the budget, if most (of the parks and recreation funds) has been spent, I’m going to have_a_really hard look at it,” Rogers warned. The provincial government will reimburse the city for one-third the total cost of the project up to eed planted last fall failed maximum of $23,833 from GO B.C lottery funds. The next step in the project is to lay sod on the field. Grass seed planted last November failed to grow. Mathieson said approximately 150,000 to 175,000 square feet of sod will be needed to complete the field. A specialist in laying sod who was recen- tly in Castlegar on other business estimated the cost of completing the field at $18,000 to $19,000, she said. Council will seek bids on the turf- laying project. She said organizers of teams in the Castlegar slowpitch league have in- dicated players would be willing to help prepare the field for the sod. And Richards noted that the league’s directors recently agreed to hike fees to $200 per team from $100 and Mathieson said the extra $100 per team will be earmarked specifically for the ballfield. There are approximately 35 slowpitch teams in the league which means an additional $3,500 to help complete the field. As well, Mathieson said the league plans to organize fundraising events to help pay for maintenance and im- provements to the city’s ballparks Stanley _ Aodiay al principal for SHSS By CasNews Staff A Castlegar school board commit- tee jill likely choose a principal for Hiimptiries secondary school i Pthe committee interviews five es “for the PSsition, superintendent of schools Terry Wayling said. One i is from,Castlegar, two are from the Nelson school district, one is from the Fraser Valley and one is from the Queen Charlotte Islands, Wayling said Tuesday. The committee, consisting of available trustees, Wayling and assistant superintendent Lach Farrell, will also include a teacher from SHSS and a representative of the school’s parent group, Wayling said. The high school staff chose coun- sellor Don Mair to represent them during the interviewing and the SHSS Parent advisory council selected Joanne Baker to represent the paren- ts, Wayling said. Mair and Baker will not participate in the voting, he ad- ded. Following the interviews, the board ie expected to convene a special board meeting this evening to approve the successful candidate and he or she will begin the job July 1, Wayling said. SHSS has been without a per- manent principal since Gordon Shead left the post last year to take a Position in Victoria with the Ministry of Education. Jack Closkey has been filling the principal’s position since Shead’s departure. New Democrats feel ready to take power (CP News Analysis By GERARD YOUNG VICTORIA (CP) — British Columbia New Moore continued from front poge Hospital and the new Aquatic Centre would have to be taken into account if the city wants to change regional districts. According to the Municipal Act, the provincial cabinet on a recom- mendation from the minister of municipal affairs may amalgamate or alter the boundaries of two or more regional districts or divide a regional district into two or more regional districts, Before making the recommen- dation, the minister shall consult with the health minister to ensure that any boundary alteration will maintain, where possible, hospital district boundaries, the act states. As well, the’minister of municipal affairs “‘shall specify a proposed allocation-or-division-of assets and liabilities of the districts affected.”” In addition, cabinet ‘‘may allocate and assign or transfer some or all assets and liabilities, whether real or contingent, in a manner that (cabinet) considers just and expedient.”” Moore noted that the boundaries of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary are currently under study. Funding continued from front poge money for the full-time equivalent of six new teachers the board wants to hire to help implement the new province- wide primary curriculum, he said. The ministry guidelines for the new curriculum em- Phasizes the need for smaller classes and more teachers but the government isn’t Providing thé money that would allow the board to hire more staff, Turner said. He said Victoria should realize that and the béard may use a referendum asking for $300,000 for the Primary Program to send the government that message. Boards no longer have the power to tax under the new funding method and must use a referendum if they want to raise taxes for specific budget items Even if the board loses the referendum, the gover- nment will get the message that funding for the primary program is needed, Turner said. He noted that Victoria will provide some funds for the primary program but those funds will likely be ear- marked for conferences and instructional days in the district rather than for whatever the board sees as necessary for the implementation of the program. The board will discuss the possibility of going to referendum at a closed meeting on the budget March 26, Turner said. The budget must be sent to Victoria by Mar- ch 30. Gairns continued from front page Other changes in the works include the hiring of a full-time superinten- dent of public works to take over that function which was performed by the city’s director of engineering and public works. The city is currently searching for a new engineer to replace Kevin Lagan who left to take a similar job in Ab- botsford. Smecher said whoever the city hires as its new engineer will have experien- ce in planning. “That's where we need to get the strength,”’ she said. ‘‘Hopefully we'll Says it agrees with the majority of Price Waterhouse’s findings and recommendations. “The next few months will find us in a transition stag the memo, signed by all seven council members, says. “As a result of the report recommendations _and_related—plans, you may find council temporarily Proved tast weekend they can play the game. But the question still remains whether they can win when all the chips are on the table. Despite a-well-orchestrated convention this past weekend in Vancouver, New Democrats have won only one of the last eight B.C. elections. The Co- Cc i or CCF, from which the NDP evolved, tost-a-stough of elections before that. Some defeats appeared to be victories that went off the rails. New Democrats worry about that. “I'm sure late at night when we're lying in bed, we all ask that,” said former NDP provincial secretary Gerry Scott. The party thought it had cornered former Social Credit premier Bill Bennett in 1986 over his hated restraint policy. Then he quit, charismatic Bill Vander Zalm swept to power and the NDP sputtered to defeat in the subsequent election. Polls suggested that the party went into the 1983 campaign ahead, but a comment by leader Dave Barrett about doing away with wage restraint brought out the successful old Socred cry of NDP fiscal irresponsibility. Another election lost The party broke the Socred lock in 1972, but was dumped in 1975 after only one term. Now, the NDP thinks it’s ready. The party rode into its convention on the crest of six straight byelection victories. Vander Zalm had angered women by his anti-abortion stand. His gover- nment’s behavior had been under fire for its polices and.a string of political scandals Last year, polls suggested the NDP had a 20-point lead. Recent polls, however, have the parties nearly dead even as the B.C. economy defies national recession trends and the Socreds patch up internal divisions. In the province's. polarized politics, that makes the Liberals, Conservatives and all others also rans. “There is a hell of a lot want to (vote NDP), but MIKE HARCOURT - +. campaign-like speech kickoff and NDP Leader Mike Harcourt's campaign- like speech, but disaster still loomed. There was concern over a contentious resolution demanding a moratorium on logging the Carmanah Valley home of the giant Sitka spruce, believed to have existed more than 500 years before Columbus came to America. A battle brewed between the party’s environmen- talists and members of the woodworkers’ union, part of the NDP’s important labor backbone. The party dug in for an ugly fight. But Bob Skelly, who led the party to defeat in 1986, had a compromise. It called for both wilderness preservation and working forests, but suggested decisions be made regionally. Harcourt and Barrett, the province's only NDP premier, followed with assurances this was the right course and pleaded for consensus. Lottery numbers save (money) in consulting fees.”” Smecher said the changes in job descriptions and the hiring of two ew full-time arises out of a The winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw were 4, 9, 22, 27, 42 and 45. The bonus number was 34. The four Extra winning numbers for British Columbia were 16, 29, 33 and 62. The jackpot of $2,161,013.70 was divided into.three prizes. The winning numbers drawn Saturday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 1, 9, 13, 25, 29, 46, 47 and 56. The winning numbers in the Ex- press draw for Jaguar cars were 803651, 290736, 552431 and 233288. The winning Lotto BC numbers were 1, 9, 10, 17, 30 and 36 These numbers, provided by The Canadian Press, must be considered unofficial. © Shop 'N Save © Woolco Pie al flyers recei not @ one Ps woul . please one ovr Circulation Depertment at review of the city’s administration which council commissioned the con- sulting firm of Price Waterhouse to conduct last year. In a memo to city staff, council Animal poisoning reported By CasNews Staff Castlegar RCMP aare_ in- vestigating several complaints of dogs and cats being poisoned in the 200 block of 6th Avenue. Police said someone may be leaving meat laced with poison in back yards in that area. Residents should keep a close watch on young children playing in their yards and be suspicious of any animal food that’ has been discarded, RCMP said Autopsies are being performed on some of the dead animals, Police added more involved in the steering process for the next, few months while new elements Of our management struc- ture are put in place.”” Celgar continued from front page the questions asked were more basic in nature than those asked in Castlegar and indicated the people around Nelson are less-informed about the expansion plans and Celgar’s operation in general The smaller turnout can likely be attributed to. Nelson's distance from Celgar, Browne said, adding that the people of Nelson have their own in- terests. Celgar surveys have indicated there is less interest in the expansion outside the Castlegar area, Browne noted. Celgar officials had considered holding an open house in Trail but that idea may be scrapped after the poor showing in Nelson, he said However, Celgar will’ continue to Prepare newspaper insertions on the expansion and “‘if we get an in- dication that people want more in- formation’’ Celgar officials may con- sider taking the open house ‘‘on the road’’ in the area, Browne said. NDP government. that it tackles tough issues. spring. The NDP currently holds So forthe NDP, der-free pre-election convention: they are a ic nervous and that sort of confounds us," said Dennis Cocke, a cabinet minister in the only The party wants to show that it is mainstream and Although Vander Zalm does not have to call an election until the fall of 1991, speculation is rife that the Socreds feel safe enough to call a snap vote this 26 seats in the legislature to the Socred’s 42, with one Independent. major task was to have a blun- The delegates were buoyed by the opening-night in the process. targets. But a question remains: can the party translate last weekend’s lessons on compromise into success at the ballot box? strike twice,"” Brown. It worked. The party shelved ideology and played the game of politics, finding a solution to a tough issue The rest of the convention was gravy The convention floor turned into a shooting gallery. The Socreds and their record on women’s rights, open government and education were the “I'm operating on the principle that lightning can laughed provincial secretary Hans Fight over PCBs vowed VANCOUVER (CP) — The village of Warfield will fight plans to expand a PCB storage site two blocks from a school, the mayor said Tuesday “We are very concerned about PCBs and I am concerned about fallout should there be a fire,’’ Bill Trewhella said. ‘‘If I had my way they would move the storage area. The storage area is run by West Kootenay Power, owned by U.S.- based UtiliCorp., and is close to houses, a park and a school, said Trewhella The site is fenced and is actually located in Trail but it is adjacent to houses in Warfield, a community of 1,850, he said. West Kootenay Power has applied to the B.C. waste management branch for a permit to increase storage of PCB-contaminated material. Company spokesman John Charlton said the firm has taken widespread precautiorts against van- dalism or fire. Material’ would be brought from other company PCB storage sites within a 240-kilometre radius. Despite company assurances, Tom Wynn of the Trail and District En- vironmental Network is skeptical “It’s crazy to stick that kind of thing in the village of Warfield,” said Wynn. Tests have linked PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) — used as coolants in electrical transformers — to cancer in laboratory animals. Smoke from PCB fires can be toxic. In 1988, 3,300 people were evacuated from their homes after a PCB warehouse caught fire in St- Basile-le-Grand, Que. highly suspect. The ‘‘kidnapping” Daughters. was a fundraiser for Job's of the Order of Job's Doventers: end Poul Lodgwe No. 146, relax-atter an eventful evening. CHECKING us —— sae CostlegarV visttor Guide. , left, Bryan Loewen, and Mayor adver ‘Moore 1% at the 1990 New visitor's guide hot off the presses By CasNews Staff The Castlegar Chamber of Com- merce’s new -visitor’s guide to Castlegar is off the presses and ready to entice travellers to stop and stay in the area. The guide, which includes photos of the new Castlegar Aquatic Centre, the Arrow Lakes, Zuckerberg Island, the Doukhobor Museum, Sunfest, the Castlegar golf course, downhill and cross-country skiing, was produced by Marilyn Strong and Associates and funded by the City of Castlegar. Designed as a ‘‘lure piece’? — lots of photos.and few words — the pur pose of the guide is to entice people to come to Castlegar, a news release from the chamber of commerce says. Then, when visitors arrive, the city- created maps will be used to explain how to get around the city and area. The 25,000 copies of the guide will be distributed to Visitor infor- mation centres throughout B.C. and Canada. The chamber has also made arrangements to distribute the guide on B.C. ferries. “We feel that many visitors to B.C. who use the ferries don’t always have a lot of information about Castlegar and the area,” said Bryan Loewen, chairman of the chamber's — its a Childs World To help your children make a quick and happy adjustment in their new surround- ings... Call Your Welcome Wagon Hostess Heather at 365-5490 Wéome Wagon tourism committee. ‘‘By putting our brochures on the ferries, we will be able to reach a fot more visitors than ever before.’” pe Chamber manager Bev” Kennedy said visitor information inquiries so far in 1990 are up 25 per cent over last year for the same period. The cham- ber operates a visitor information centre year-round. “We receive requests all year long for information on Castlegar and the all over the province are destined for Castlegar. We put a package together for them in the fall to send to Van- couver so that information about Castlegar would appear in the parks and recreation magazine. As well, they will be needing 300 packages of information for their delegates.” The chamber is also working on 200 PICNIC STEW SMOKED PORK HOCKLESS WHOLE. WHOLE OR SHANK PORTION .... 299° DRUMSTICKS $178 FES, 74 - SAUSAGES ,.., 51 FRYING CHICKEN ... kg. $3.92/Ib. $ 1 98 SLICED BACON $958 SHOPEASY ...... 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As been p 9 the slogan "Teeth Although dentures may fit more hope you will take the ‘one gentleman wrote in a letter to the B.C. dental association, *...\t ‘sure would have been helpful to know, beforehand, what the after into Nee effect is, once your teeth are gone.” The attitude of a new denture wearer is very important. Many People have too high expectations of what a denture can do and have difficulty accepting its limitations of fit, stability and comfort. A dentist can adjust dentures to improve the fit and remove sore spots, but it is the patient who must adapt to wearing the oral prosthesis. Both perseverance and patience are required in learning howto use the device for eating and speaking. Many people think that full dentures spell the end of dental problems, treatment and costs. In fact, complete denture wearers have simply entered another phase of treatment requirements. Regular dental checkups - about one per year - are advised. After a general oral health checkup, your dentist will check your denture's fit. Gum and bone shrinkage accompanies aging, but once your teeth are removed this process will increase. As a result, dentures will need to be adjusted, relined and eventually replaced, to accommodate these changes. A poor denture fit can jeopardize your general and oral heaith. ‘Sleeping with your denture in place can increase problems, especially for nocturnal teeth grinders. This action can wear down the ridge that your denture sits on, making the denture unstable and difficult to retain. In the past, many of our seniors had no options to dentures. When expectations haven't been too high, most have adapted to these teeth replacements. However, dental patients today are encouraged to have their teeth restored rather than removed. 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