The Castlegar’ Sun.

Wednesday, January 30, 1991

Care

BARBARA TANDORY

‘Sun ‘staff writer 9.

Caring for'elderly relatives has
Not gone out of style, to

of the elderly subject

term care aide courses, as well as

others with an interest in' geriatric A

“We know there ‘are many

the Castlegar Mental Health Centre
which, in conjunction with the
Castlegar Home Support Services,
is sponsoring a lecture, next
Monday for people giving care to
the elderly, ti
Dr. David Leishman, a ‘Victoria
doctor specializing in geriatric
Psychiatry, will lecture Feb. 4, at 7

dedi d family ib who
need help and practical suggestions
on how to manage the care of their
relatives but haven't known where
to tum," Martha Fish, a psychiatric
social workers with the Mental
Health Centte, said in a prepared
release, “Dr. Leishman’s tecture
will begin to fill that need.”

' In an interview this week, Fish

p-m., at the Casticg

said the i hope the lecture

College campus. a

The evening talk will place
parti 'P on !
problems in the home and the needs
of families caring for elderly
relatives,

Tt is open to the public and will
be of interest also to Home Support

Name: Natsuko
Where you work: Student

What you do there: Study English
Castlegar likes: Beautiful scenery, etc.
Castlegar dislikes: Lack of transportation

Best kept Castlegar secret: Riding bike from Falrview
to Selkirk College

Pet: Dog - Moko (means fat)
What would you rather be doing? Playing tennis

Vehicle: None

» in
nursing, social services and long

will “serve as.a sprii " for

Support’ Office’ on Columbia
VENUC, 5 i
“We're trying to reach out to

/ people in our area who don’t have a

of lecture

Columbia and his visit to Castlegar
‘is ‘part of the UBC. Geriatri

Wednesday, January 30, 1991

The Castlegar Sun

Page 3A

| Heart canvass

By BARBARA TANDORY

Outreach Program sponsored by
B.C, Ministry of Health. ,
‘His visit to Casth

lot of:exp but who p
such care," she said...

Fish noted that, contrary to
Popular opinion, it’s not the case
that most old people spend their
later years in old folks’ homes.

“By far the majority are cared
for in their homes,” she ‘said. “It's a
small proportion who are in
homes.”

Dr. Leishman is currently the,

was last April. oa
‘The psychiatrist will answer
questions after his lecture but
organizers urge people who would
like to ask about a particular
problem to submit written questions
prior to the lecture at Castlegar
Home’ Support office,’ 1464
Columbia, Or to phone it in at 365-
‘2148,

H ker services for the

the establishment of a support
group in the community. ‘i

“We plan to organize a
Caregivers’ Support Group to carry
on,” she sail

Fish said persons interested in
joining but unable to attend the
Feb. 4 meeting should leave their

Ce Geriatric Psy for
the Greater Victoria Hospital
Society. He was'formerly at the
Riverview Hospital Geriatric
Assessment Unit and also at the
Shaughnessy Site of University
Hospital.

evening will be provided to those
caring for an elderly family
member so they can attend the
lecture, ae

Persons in,need of this service
are asked to telephone Long Term
Care A N thier at

Dr. Leish isa

instructor with the Department of

name at the Castl Home

Y at University of British

¥sy

365-8525 to make the necessary
arrangements, 2

m Fare

Continued from 1A

“It was an arbitrary decision,”
noted Smecher.

“We didn’t know anything
about it.”

The HandyDART bus to Trail
on Thursdays enables people to
keep doctors’ appointments in
Trail at a price, which was until
now, lower than the regular Transit
connection to Trail.

It costs $1.70 to take a
conventional Transit bus one way,
compared to the $1 fare on
HandyDART charged before the
Jan, 31 increase.

Alderman Mathieson said she

was disappointed with the failure
by Trail Transit to publicize the
Castlegar-Trail bus rides,

“It's a real problem,” she noted.
“They promised to do some
Publicity and all they did was print
a bus schedule.”

Smecher also pointed out that
the service has proved 1

& Project

Continued from 1A

facilitator, so what happens in each
community is what each
community wants.”

The various projects would then
be evaluated said Toews.

“They. will look at each
community and see how they go
about their projects under different

i ”’ she exp! d
“There will be an overall co-
ordinator which will add to the
efficiency of the program in that
there will be no re-inventing of the
wheel, There has already been a lot
of work done identifying

iorities including &

lot of needs assessments, such as
the community profiles and the
Castlegar seniors health needs
assessments. But we want all the
input we can get from citizens as
Possible.”

Anyone who wants to become
involved can call their local health
unit advised Toews, “leave a
message and somebody will get
back to you. Anything at all to do
with health at this point is possible.
We don't know what people will
decide, Y 7

The Central Kootenay Health
Pi ion Project is a two-y

Provincial Secretary Howard Dirks looks over the Health Research Proposal with Judy
Toews. A grant of $298,600 has been approved for the project... — =:

program and Toews’ said she_

expected the start-up.date to be
within a “couple of months, What I

hope' will happen is some pedple
will get geared up and get going
and we’ll be able to report on

what's happening.
some real action, it will be more
interesting.”

Board spurns new teachers' association
BCTA described as 'political rival' of BCTF

By BARBARA TANDORY

popular.
“I found out the other day that
the bus is full,” she said. “So
there’s a solid need for it.”
Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore
said she was pleased that “the
transit system has resolved its labor
problems and there will nog be any
interruptions.”” :

Sun staff writer

Castlegar and District Teachers
Association and B.C. School
Trustees A i as well as the

The Castlegar School District
No. 9 board has voted to spun the
lobbying advances of a new

ol
which the board says is a political

rival of the B.C. Teachers
Federation..

And in a rare display of strong
rhetoric, most of the trustees

PP trustee Mickey Kinakin
position’s who asked for a motion
to deny recognition to the B.C.
Teachers for Associati

B.C. Teachers Federation — will
contain a brief explanation of the
Castlegar board’s position.

Trustees debated hotly whether
to respond at all before passing the
motion,

“This is a rival of the B.C.
Teachers Association, a splinter

»” said Kinakin who made the
motion. “I think it would be very
burdensome for the board to
involve itself with it when all our

h are ib of the

B.CT.A).

Kinakin’s motion stating “that

this board cease any dealings with

the B.C.T.A.” passed with two
opposing votes and strong

from the remaining board mem-
bers,

In response to the B.C.T.F.’s

“ written request for support at the

next annual meeting of the

B.C.S.T.A., the board passed a

resolution to-reply to the request
i “that we be

Council gears up

By BARBARA TANDORY

B.C.TF,

to acknowledge the group might not
be practicable.

“If they do succeed, at least ini ;

some school districts, then you’re

going to have to deal with them,”

Hadikin noted.
Kinakin, however, insisted the
board make a strong “asa

that “it might raid B,C.S.T.A.”
Trustee Tony Guglielmi said he

also prepared a motion “to indicate

to these people that there’s no

support here,” but readily

sul Kinakin’s motion.

“If dealing with them means

matter of legal principle.” When the
group becomes a “legal entity, then
we'll have to deal with them,” he
suggested. .

“We see their actions as counter
to the group with whom we're
affiliated,” he said, reminding his
fellow trustees of the board’s
position of loyalty to the B.C.
Teachers’ Federati

“To me it’s very
that they go around these processes
and then come around to the
trustees. I think it would be a bad

Kinakin was in favor of “no
dealings” whatever, saying “as a
board we should not deal with this

One of the requests made by the
B.C. T.A. group was to ask for

5 pt
as policy that no board shall include

g them, then let's not
deal with them,” he said.

The next school board meeting
is scheduled for Tue., Feb. 18.

CORRECTION

In a story regarding traffic on
Columbia Ave., published in the
last edition of the Castlegar Sun
Rene Archembault was
mistakenly quoted as
advocating a: second road
through Castlegar beginning in
the Zuckerberg Island area. .
In fact, Mr. Archembault
never i Zuck

in its
y B.C, i

organization because it’s i
into an inter-union matter.”

But trustee Bill Hadikin, while
supporting the intent of the motion,
suggested that such adamant refusal

the i i

Sun staff writer

o. F .
runway lights at the airport for

Castlegar City Council is all
geared up to fight another battle for
the safety of Castlegar :

In an unanimous motion passed
Monday, council voted to request a
meeting with Gordon Bates, head
of Air Ambulance Services in

Victoria, to discuss the loss of °

emergency flights out of Castlegar,
following a‘decision by Adastra
Aviation Ltd. to end its service at
the end of the month,

If a personal meeting is not

pullout of Medi-vac plane last
week when he met with council
members to offer his support fo:

Di;
With. Adastra pulling out,
goverment planes will be taking
over: medical evacuations of
patients out of the area.
Council was expected to vote on
a recommendation to request the
runway edge lights, following a
by Dr. John Hall, who
heads the ‘Airport Advisory Group.
Dr. Hall, however, informed
council he needs to’ do’ more
research in regard to the proposed

, night lighting before ‘making

recommendation to council :
{Alderman Jim Chapman, who

' préposed the motion to meet with:
‘~ Bates, said council is jst beginning
‘dts batdle for the runway lights.

“Oh, absolutely, we're going to

mequest the lights,” he said in an”

+

ip as

a condition of employment for
teachers.”

Trustee Evelyn Voykin called

the group “ a rival union” and said

interview after the council meeting.

“Definitely, we're going to fight
for the lights,.”* said Chapman, the
chairman of council’s Health and
Welfare Committee. “In fact, we

&
Island, proposing instead a
Woodland Park location on the
west side of Columbia Avenue.
The Sun apologizes for the
error.

t0 fight for runway lighting

may have to ask for a paramedic to
be trained for this area.”

Chapman said both Kelowna.
and Penticton airports have such
specially trained personnel.

eres:

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Castlegar Selkirk Lions. ©

-"bus drive":

Your donation, large or:
: small, canmakea*
difference.

if you can help with a donation just phone:

Hugh Wilson

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Sun staff writer

Febnuary is Heart Month and a
corp of Castlegar Heart Fund vol-
untcers got ready this week for a

. door-to-door, campaign starting

Feb. 1 in an organizational meet-
ing at City Hall, It was a sweet-
heart deal, with Bill Moore, as
Heart Fund canvass chairman,
looking over the shoulder of his
wife, Audrey Moore,'as she as
mayor, signed the official the
official Heart Month Proclama-
tion,

About 100 volunteers will take
part in the B.C, Heart Fund cam-
paign, 45 of the number doing

_ canvassing.

The goal this year is to raise
$10,000 this year in Castlegar in
the door-to-door campaign alone,
said Bill Moore, the volunteer

Ig an,

Last year the door-to-door
campaign raiséd $7,500 in the
Castlegar area.

“We're going to try to exceed
even last year’s,” Moore said on
behalf on a group of volunteers
gathered in City Hall chambers.

“But don’t beat the gun,”
Moore told some 15 canvass vol-
unteers present.

He said Friday, Feb. 1, will be

ers set to

‘SUN STAFF PHOTO/ Barbara Tandory

it was a sweetheart of a deal as Mayor Audrey Moore signed February's Heat Month
proclamation, kicking off a fundraising campaign directed by her husband Bill Moore.
Jody Rawson, assistant director for the Regional Heart an
and the Yukon, adds her blessing to the event.

off together in (Castlegar last year,

soon enough to hit the d Pp:
Jody Rawson, Assistant Direc-
tor for the Regional Heart and
Stroke Foundation of B.C. and
Yukon — as the Heart Fund is
now Officially called — was also
Present at the proclamation meet-
ing to address the volunteers.
“Volunteers are the most
important part,” Rawson told a
group of about 15 volunteers.
“The volunteers really pulled it

Fora of this size they
did really well.”

Rawson said this year’s Heart
Fund campaign is “probably one
of the best, biggest campaigns” to
date,

The goal for B.C, this year is
$7 million, said Rawson. Most of
this money will go for research
and education, she noted.

Heart disease continues to be
the number one killer, Rawson

Three suspects ar

By NANCY LINGLEY
Sun Editor

Two men from the Okanagan
and a New Denver woman have

been charged following a break-in. ..

at Carl's Plaza Drugs‘in Castleaird
Plaza early on the moming of Fri-
day, Jan, 25. -

Lindsay John Arthur Fifer, 20,
of Vernon, and Carl Phillip Row-
ell, 24, of Lumby have been

FEEDBACK ——

By NANCY LINGLEY

charged with break, enter, and
theft, and possession of stolen
property valued at under $1,000.
Also charged in the 4:15 a.m inci-
dent was Patricia Lynn Rowell, 25,

-of New Denver.. Rowell will face a

charge of break, enter, and theft.

All three suspects were arrested
later the same day due to good co-
operation between the local
detachments and special units, said
a spokesperson for Castlegar

Sun Editor

Lately the forest sector has been an industry under attack. Public |
outcry over poor forestry practices has contributed to major modifi-

said. In B.C., 130 people a day
suffer a heart attack or a related
vascular-type disease. The figure
for Canada is 80,000 people a
year with a heart attack or stroke.
However, the incidence of car-
dio-vascular disease has come
drastically down in recent years.
Heart attack is down by 50 per
cent and strokes by 26 per cent.
“It's likely that maybe ten
years down the road we can cut it
down again,” said Rawson. “Our

rested in
RCMP.

A New Denver Detachment
member was responsible for the
Suspects being located and the
capture of the female.

. The two male. suspects were ,,
later arrested when they were

found hiding in the attic of a New | 1

Denver residence and still in pos-
session of the stolen substances,
said to be a quantity of drugs, the
specific types and amounts which

id Stroke Foundation of B.C.

goals are reachable.”

Rawson said that 50 per cent of
ali Heart Fund donations go to
research and 29 per cent into com-
munity program education.

‘Aside from ing, Heart

march

OUTLOOK: The forecast for
Wednesday; Mainly cloudy with
scattered afternoon flurries and
highs near -2. The outlook for
Thursday and Friday calls fora
weak system approaching from
the southwest providing clouds, light Precipitation and
milder temperatures. Flurries are likely on Thursday and
a few showers possible for Friday.

: phAY ,
aoa
ZH,

0.0/ 24

Precipitation: Rain

0.0 cm.

Number of
Hours

27.4

Sunshine:

A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK:
Temperature: Max/Date —_Min/Date

1.8 /26

Snow

6.0 cm.

Mean Normal

Mean
6.6 3.6

Total Normal

Total
3.0 cm. 12.06 cm.

Norma! Number
of Hours

or & Be &

still with us.

An enjoyable week with below normal temperatures,
above normal sunshine and just enough snow to
remind the people of the West Kootenay that winter is

The sunshine was welcomed by one and all who
attended the 94th Annual Rossland Winter Carnival.

Forecast provided by
The South - East Interlor Weather Office
at Castlegar, B.C,

Fund fundraising in Castlegar will
feature the annual Curlaton on
Feb. 10 and a dance called “Dance
For Heart” in May.

Also in the spring school chil-
dren will participate in a Jump
Rope For Heart event.

break-in

have not been released.

A number of police personnel
were involved in the"quick, suc-
cessful completion of this case"

Woman charged

By NANCY LINGLEY
Sun Editor

discharged. .
Kolman will appear in Castle-

Jennifer B.J. Kolman, 19, of
Castlegar has been charged with
aggravated assault in the stabbing
of Joseph Mark Si 27, of

gar ial Court to face the
charge sometime in March,
oon

Castlegar RCMP are currently

Robson. .
It is alleged that Kolman

stabbed Scantland in the stomach

area. The incident occurred at

ment, Nelson Highway Patrol, the
Nelson General Investigation Sec-
tion, and the Nelson RCMP Police
Security Dog which took part in
the apprehension of the two males.

P 9:30 p.m. on the
evening of Friday, Jan. 18.

Scantland was taken by private ---
vehicle to Castlegar and District --

Hospital and later transferred to
Trail Regional Hospital for emer-
gency treatment of his wound
which was considered serious.

A spokesperson for the Trail
Regional Hospital has since con-
firmed that Scantland has-been

ig a break, enter, and
theft that occurred at the Lion's
Head Pub in Robson at approxi-
mately 1:04 a.m. on Wednesday
Jan. 23.

Although a small quantity of

alcohol was taken in the incident,
~it is felt that quick response by the *
*police-to the call prevented-a
more serious crime.

No other details are being
released as RCMP are currently
following up on leads they have
received and will not elaborate
further for fear of prejudicing the
ongoing investigation.

“It seems like no one out there, in
lems the smaller logging operators
contractors, to small sawmills,

a sense, appreciates a lot.of the prob-
have, including the track loggers to

“I've talked to different people who havé found themselves in difficult
i Se Gabe al barre *

cations in forest service r

and gui Pr ‘ion of
of silvi e obligati

the

more of the

value of the land the timber is

harvested from, and visual objectives — trying to minimize the
impact of how logging looks —are just some of the added responsibili-
ties faced by that those that are in the business of trying to earn their

living from this r

U it seems that not

“The focus seems to be'on the on the large? entities — such as Crest-*
brook, Pope and Talbot, and’ Westar — wiien they’re looking for sympa-

thy and support, political or otherwise. Somehow in the procéss they’ve

overlooked the fact that, while 'forestry
province, it’s not just the large’ people in it.

is the number one industry in the

“It also takes all the small infrastructuré to-go with it, the companies

all of the pressure is coming from outside the industry. Sun Editor

that employ 50 to 100 persons or less. And those smaller companies are °

Nancy Lingley recently spent some time with an who,
I not directly to the forest industry, supplies one of
the necessary support services. These are his thoughts on the matter.

one

Paul Moroso is a local Certified General Accountant who specializes
in bankruptcy and insolvency. Because of his line of work he is all too
often seeing smaller members of the forest industry family up against what
can be i ial dij ies. Ce he has formed
Some pretty strong opinions on the subject.

Lumber piles like this are still being'produced by smaller
sawmills. But at what cost? «BUN STAFF PHOTOS / Naney Ungley

4 Feserve and that is not supposed to be.,7

r4 ptcy and going under, I don't know if the larger ones care
ifthey gounder.” = pip SpMgaRTs 2 TEE ii

Uf they don't, they should care said Moroso.

“Maybe the large industry people have to start being aware that, as the
smaller guys go down, they'll end up with less and legs in the support sys-
tem. They'll lose a lot of jobs as the independents go under. Truck loggers .
are a good example. nal :

“There were a couple of casualties in the Salmo drea recently. Ymir
Forest Products has recently gone under. ag) ieee) .

Being able to obtain the raw product is of prime importance Moroso
noted, . Tages “hg

: ilies . te

“Access to and availability of timber is an important part of it. I realize
the government is doing the best it can, but a lot of frustration exists.

“People are doing their best to keep production steady. U
they don't get that much support from within the system. The larger enti

-ties, who I suspect may be happy. ta see them (1 maller 20,

May not make the best use of the'titiber, Big’ does' not necessarily mean.

efficiency in this kind of business. And there is only so much volume

available. . a : watt wt pty
Costs to the smaller operators are also.a factor. And not all of those

costs are acceptable. : . ort er

ot apt

“First they raise the price of the Togs so the little guys can’t compete by
paying too much for logs from private owners, then they lobby the govern-
ment for a break. They say they're paying too much for logs after having
raised the price there th and disrupting everyone else.

- “Some people in the industry actually got a cash payment from the gov-
ernment to alleviate the costs and offset capital expenditures.

‘““They’re out there interferring with the system, contributing to

“To log here (in the West Kootenay), because of
and costly road ¢ ion, and environn uJ
way above other areas, . Wane sce A ae

“When the government valuators come.in and give recommendations ,
based on trying to compare what goes on 01 a the Coast to, what goes'on in
the Kootenays — that’s one sort of a festering sore,, ” ate,

“When the provincial govemment offset, the tari
stumpage,.the small guy said we can live with it. Ide
while a source of annoyance, is putting thes¢ people. di

“Take someone like Westar appéaling to get sympa
and government instead of logging on the same econo:

ihe costs are

by increasing the..
thitik stumpage,

y, from forestry
ic footing. They

_,have a.tree farm license. There's, the, old phrast “use it or lose it.”,

Whether by choice or by accident, they're choosing not to use it. They're
out competing against smaller operators for Hogs and artificially raising
i . ras cies

‘the price. of those logs, by buying logs at infil

land they're supposed to be utilizing. They’

much out there. Meanwhile, they're

} much resource out there,

and ips, and then say they need goverment relief
because they can’t afford the high price of logs.” ;

‘Moroso also had some suggestions as to what could be done to help the
situation and the small operators. 2

“I suggest they tell the tree farm licenss holder to do what they're sup-
pésed to do with their tree farm licenses. To log them. And if they’re not
logging them, they should give them up and allow them to go back into the
same pot for all operators. nan

“It’s like a big pie and they've got the biggest piece of the pie by far.
And they don’t want to cut out a piece, It’s like a greedy kid that doesn't |
‘want to eat wn, be wants to eat out of your bowl.

» “They can’t have'it both ways)" 50 ee ra

“There's. a long-term effect here. If they did'a Survey on all the opera-
tions that exist,-there would be a lot of. jobs involved. And there’s only’so

2T've bad to'deal with a lot of the casualties. The attitudes of the larger *

‘companies are going to have to change to some extent. 7a ire

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