Page 16B “The Castlegar Sun QUALITY 3 BDRM view home on a quiet street 2 blocks from town & schools, Includes carport, hard- wood floors, oak cabinets, fire place, woodstove, central vacuum, built-in dighy & home. Exe, cond. Many extras Phone 825-9441 or 352-5116 leave message. Must be moved ASAP. AVAILABLE MAR. 1°- 3 bdrm meme on 1,5 acres in Ootischenia For appt, call 365-5028, SMALLER 2BDRM home with extensive renovations, large two hv tiverview lot. Centrally located $128,000 365-5707. __ TOWNHOUSE FOR sale in Sum meriand, B.C, Purchase trom owner, 2 bdrm, 2 full baths, fire- place, central heating & air condi- tioning. Attached garage, 1250 sq. ft. $145,900 full price with 4 1/2 year $66,000 6 3/4 assumable mortgage, 365-7776, 0 WANTED: Newer or remodelled 2 or 3 bdrm home in Castlegar- Genelle area. Message 403-527- 1980 *$49,900" BY 0} OWNER. . $2500 downpayment. Own this super first time buyer or investment 1 bdrm cond6. New bath, carpets, blinds, fridge and stove. Exc. condition Near in Net: 399-. HOUSES FOR RENT 3 BDRM home available April 1/95. Phone Joan at 365-8179, 3 BDRM in N. Castlegar. Avail. immediately. $825/mo. Contact Peter Blackwell at NRS 365-2111, _ 3 BDRM mobile home in Thrums. W/D, F/S, cable TV available. No dogs. 399-4101 of 359-7178. A BARGAIN! Various rentals accom. in Trail ranging from $300 and up. Call 368-9645. pels AVAIL. IMMEDIATELY 3 bdrm home with full bsmt. $600/mo. $300 dam- age deposit. 442-0010 Ask for Jim. _'N BRILLIANT: 3 bdrm house with ‘spa and shop; 2 bdrm mobile home ee i ROOMMATE TO share 2 bdrm. house. Dntn. Castlegar. $240 + Call evenings please. 365-3010. SHOREACRES - 3 bdrm. house on acreage. $690/mo. 359-2905. ROOM & BOA NICE BDRM, furnished, private bath and entrance. Available imme- diately. $450/mo, 365-3482. MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE 14x70 mobile on lot 60x100 with addition $80,000 or offers. Serious enquiries only. 365-7433. 1969 12X56 Parkwood mobile TH i-furnished, 5 appliances sson/me, ,, Pets okay, 365-2839, PRE-OWNED & bank repo mobile homes for sale. $10,000 & up. We deliver anywhere, (We also buy good, clean homes). 769-0059 Lakeshore Mobile Homes, Kelow VACANT DNTN, newer 14’ wide mobile. 2 bdrms, 4 appliances across trom “The Met” 365-0062. MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT 14X70 3 bdrm mostly furnished, remodelled. Private fenced lot, Old Castlegar area. Avail now until August 1/95. $600/rio. incl. utilities. 18 CLEAN mobile homes on large 2 BDRM mobile home in Tarrys N/S, N/P_ Short-term. References and damage deposit. 399-4349, __ 2 BDRM, F/S in Robson. For appointment call 365-7886. APART. FOR RENT 1 BDRM apart. for rent in Cedar 13, 1 BDRM bsmt. suite downtown. N/P Avail. April 1/95 365-7991. 1 bdrm. apt., dntn. location. Suit- able for.1or 2 people, N/S. Heat inc. New paint, carpet, & blinds. $400/mo. Ref's required. Reply 365-2624 or 365-7634 (eve). _ 2 BDRM apartment in Cedar Manor Apartments. 365-6213. 2 BDRM bsmt. suite, W/D, N/P, avail. March 1. $450/mo. incl. utili- ties. 365-3083. Pann 2 BDRM. main floor apartment. S. Castlegar. $490/mo. Includes laun- Gry facilities. 365-2646 or 365-3520. 2 BDRM. suite close to dntn. Laun- dry room. $475/mo, Avail. Mar.1. 365-2153. a aie 2 BEDROOM. condo in South R. tenants. Preferably non-smokers Reterences required, $550/mo. & utilities, Call Cheryl or Pat 365- 3471 or Carmen 767-6483. BACHELOR APART. furnished incl, utilities. 365-2460, _ BRIGHT 2 bdrm suite in quiet area. $350/mo. Call collect, evenings 358-7191 BRIGHT AND spacious 2 bdrm apart. $575/mo, includes cable, util ities. 365-0570 after 6 p.m. EAN 2 bdrm suite close to dintn. $465/mo. Private entrance and lawn. Call evenings 1-604-229- 4342, __ EQR RENT; 2 BEDROOM apt $500/mo. including utilities. Call Barry at 365-2111 LARGE 3 bdrm. bsmt suite. 2 pri- vate ground-level entrances, F/P, recently renovated kitchen and bathroom. Prefer N/S, DD & reter- ences required. $700/mo. + utili- ties. 365-7167 leave message. _ NEW 1 BDRM condo, 5 appli ances, near dntn. N/S, N/F. Avail. April 95. 365-2622. _ NICE 2 bdrm apart. in Blueberry F/S, private entrance, quiet loca- tion. ideal for 2 mature people. No pets. Reference required. $410/mo. plus utilities. 365-0747 SELKIRK MANOR 1& 2 bedroom apartments available. 365 - 2488. SEMI-FURNISHED basement suite in North Castlegar. No smokers or pets. References & damage deposit required. 399-4349. SUITE FOR RENT In N. Castlegar $450/mo. Call Harry at 365-0022. RENTALS WANTED WANTED TO rent - 4 bdrm home in Castlegar for March 1. Neil 365- 7636 or 365-3024. SHARED ACCOMMODATIONS EXTRA LARGE furnished room for rent. Utilities included. More info call 365-2195. £ as q7e0ree ica utilities Contact Barry Brown at 365-2111. 2BDRM ONTN. apart in 4-plex for rent. Avail. immediately 365-6010. _ AVAIL. MARCH 1 - 1bdrm apart. newly reconditioned, covered park- ing, heat focunied $450/mo. 365- 199 after AVAIL. MARCH 1/95. Spacious duplex suite for rent. Clean, bright, 2 bdrms with laundry room, sun room, and large yard. Central Castlegar. Looking for neat, quiet NK 1300 sq. ft..of nice, bright office space in —Britantindustriat-earea: 5 minutes to downtown. $900.00 per month. (Includes utilities) Phone: 365-3771 ‘(OU To the many people who took the time to pass by To the many people who expressed interest To the many people who had kind words of encouragement To.the many people who purchased cars and trucks and helped make our TAKING IT BACK SALE A SMASHING SUCCESS We Thank You One And All Very Much! But - due to the SMASHING success of our Taking It Back Sale - we are now CRITICALLY short of clean used cars and trucks. So if you having something - ANYTHING - to trade, do it NOW or if you have a late model ('89 to '94) car, truck, or van to sell - we'll buy it on the spot. | have personally instructed our sales staff to allow ABSOLUTE top dollars TODAY for any clean used car or truck taken in trade on ANY new Mazda car, truck, or van and to also offer you full trade FINANCING assistance, Don't delay - we neéd your trade-in TODAY! ONCE AGAIN - THANK YOU slab my ret Castlegar NaZzZDa 713= 17th Street, Castlegar « 365-7241 CALL NOW- CALL COLLECT .... FOR RENT] Wednesday, March 1, 1995 THE LIGHTER SIDE Best Chicken Around POPCORN CHICKEN! Delivery or Pick up 365-5304 J Calvin and Hobbes WITH SHEER BRAIN POWER T WILL FORCE THIS SLED © CARRY ME.UP THE HILL! ro © 1998 worsen oy by Bill Watterson BUT UNTIL IL DECIDE TO Do TWAT, TLL WALK / — BABY BLUES BUNNY GOT A NANNY 1/ SOQBUTEW AND/ YES! AND for BONN ARE / wART?? BUNNY GETTING A NAN, HUH? SHE SAYS THAT IT'S GOING JO GWE HER TIME TO “BE HERSELF *,, WHAT A CRock THE LAW IS ON THE BOOKS, BUT IT WOULD TAKE ALL THEIR RESOURCES To ENFORCE IT by Rick Kirkma in and Jerry Scott A NANNY! i¢ tar 3] ISN'T THE MOST RIDICULOUS, a SELF INDULGENT, EGOTISTICAL I Just FEEL SoR@Y For LITTLE BOGART. CAN You IMAGINE WHAT IT'S GoING To BE LiKE ee Him? CAN WE GET ONE , Too? S1GROWING UP WITH A MoTHER WHO's RELAXED AND SELF FULFILLED... POOR BA Agr! ONE BIG HAPPY THE WORLD FAMOUS SCULPTOR PUTS THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON HIS GREATEST PIECE / THE MARBLE ALMOST SEEMS ALIVE! Excellence in Service Award This award will be presented every week to someone in Castlegar who shows extraordinary service to his/her customers or clients. The recipient will receive an award plaque to keep courtesy of Kats Trophys and a pizza courtesy of Canadian 2 For 1 Pizza. We'd like everyone in Castlegar to know that service excellence exists in our community. This award recognizes a nominated business. if you know of someone that offers "Excellence in Service," call me, Marilyn Strong at 365-5266, or drop a letter at the Castlegar Sun with your suggestion. Wy The Casting: gar Sun cy SPORT! CHS . 1994 wows The Vol. 5 - No. 16 United Way in danger of folding KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff The Castlegar and District United Way could soon become just a memory. Chair Deb Chmara said ongo- ing difficulty in attracting volun- teers could mean the demise of the 48-year-old agency. “We're just not getting the. kind of support we need. Nine people can’t do everything. The bottom line is you have to have bodies.” Because of this, the nine directors are wondering if main- taining the Castlegar United Way is a fruitless endeavor. They will grapple with the problem at the annual general meeting March 16 at 7 p.m. at the Kinnaird Mid- dle School library. Chmara said that’s the day the destiny of the, Castlegar United Way will be decid. She stressed that she’s not closure, but if sapponecs don’t come to the AGM, the directors’ next step will be crystal clear. “If nobody shows up at the meeting it will be obvious that's what they want.” Castlegar residents have always been generous in dona- tions, Chmara said, but when the agency lacks volunteers to can- vass, the end result is less‘money in United Way coffers. Last year the agency fell short of the goal by 22 per cent, rais- ing only $43,900. And this has long reaching effects as the Castlegar United Way allocates funds to other local agencies such as the Red Cross, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Castlegar Community Services, and Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society, to name a few. Chmara said people would be surprised at how many individu- als in the community are directly helped by the United Way. “Most of these people aren't visible. It’s a very private thing.” The bottom line, said Chmara is: “If you need us, come out TT ye |Rotary's top award/11B ut nutrition has some healthy hints/1C Castlegar Sun RAINY Weather 3A ‘The weekly newspaper with a daily commitment’ 75 Conte + GME ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Marilyn Strong The Boom Town Garter Girls helped kick off the inaugural meeting of the Trail- Castlegar 1996 Summer Games Society Thursday at the Trail Memorial Centre. Let the Games begin! LANA RODUE and support us. ig has to change.” Kamloops firm wins contract RON NORMAN Sun Editor A Kamloops firm has been awarded the contract for the final Phase of Castlegar’s downtown revitalization program. A.C. Tech was the lowest of five bidders at $1.3 million The highest bid was $1.5 mil- lion from Holland Landscaping of Coquitlam. Only one Castlegar-area firm bid on the project: Berg Con- struction of Thrums, which was the third lowest bidder. The other two bidders included BMI Indus- tries of Nelson and Vic Van Isle Construction of Revelstoke City administrator Jim Gustafson said there will be a meeting March 14 between the city, contractor and the down- town revitalization committee to discuss the contract schedule. Gustafson said he hopes work on the fourth and final phase can begin by the end of March or Sterling News Service See CONTRACT 2A Some 250 people turned out at the Cominco Gym Thursday night to help kick off the Trail- Castlegar 1996 B.C. Summer Games. Medical services - Dr. Bruce Fawcett of Trail. e ri Mi oan RON NORMAN _ Sun Editor A major $13 million residen- tial/commercial complex. is planned for downtown Castlegar, The Castlegar Sun has learned The development will be built on the heavily-treed five-acre par- cel across from city hall, which is presently owned by Japanese businessman Mitsuo Shikano. The complex will include a 40,000-square-foot shopping center and 60 to 70 luxury adult- oriented condominiums. The development will be a joint venture involving Imperial $13 million development for downtown anchor for the downtown core.” Ken Umbarger of Imperial Capital said he was “ to find such a lagge parcel of loped land still in the downtown. He credited the.“demand from a vibrant Castlegar economy and imminent future growth indica- tors” as key reasons for selecting the site. “This criteria is certain to pro- vide high yields to our investors,” Umbarger said. Umbarger and fellow Imperial Principal ed Collinson both grew up in the Trail/Castlegar area. “We are pleased to have an | Capital Corp., a major B.C. real estate securities firm located in Kelowna, and VanCorp Develop- ments Lid., a Vancouver-based development compaiiy. “T think it’s a good opportunity and a rite community,” Van- Corp's Peter Matthews told The Sun in a telephone interview. Matthews pointed to the opportunity to play a role ip Castlegar's future growth; Collinson said. The company is planning A acquire other West Kootenay Properties soon. Imperial and Van- Corp have built inore than 3.000 condo units and over two million square feet of commercial com- plexes, primarily in the Okanagan and on Island. prog) as one of the reasons for proceed- ing with the development. “With revitalization of down- tc-wn, coupled with the magnitude and quality of this development, this project will provide an KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff An alternative land-use plan in answer to Stephen Owen’s con- troversial CORE The Castlegar development will include 25,000 square feet of retail space and 15,000 square feet of office space which will See DEVELOPMENT 2a Alternative CORE plan makes debut made-in-the-K ootenays sobutions. But now, with coalition mem- bers from tourism associations, heli-skiing, mining, forestry, local government, fish and wildlife, tions has made its debut. agr- culture, ranching, and outdoor sectors il ating to eas ce by the K y- B for Sus- director for West Kootenay Power. Protocol - Pat Dooley, superintendent of Trail school district. Registration and results - Al Geissler, communi- For the first time in its history, the S' Games will be hosted jointly as Castlegar and Trail join forces next year to welcome the province's top athletes. Thursday’s “organizational kickoff” saw the offi- cial election of the games’ i and 14 di ty for B.C. Hydro in Castlegar. Security - Trail RCMP Staff Sgt. Warren Forsythe Sports - Gordon Gibson, an instructor at Selkirk “ College. Transp ion - Dennis Stach, owner/manager In addition, it was a chance to hear plans about the Games and to sign up for hundreds of volun- teer positions. There was also some time for a little fun as those in attendance were entertained by various local groups, among them the Twin Rivers Ele- mentary school band. Castlegar Mayor Mike O'Connor and Trail Mayor Sandy Santori co-chaired the meeting. “The goal of the nominating committee was to get the best person for the job no matter what com- munity they came from,” O’Connor told the crowd. - Keith Smyth, p ipal of Rossl: School and a resident of Trail, was elected pecsident. The 14 directors include: Administration chairman - Lach Farrell, assis- tant superintendent for Castlegar school district Accommodations - Eleanor Gattafoni Robin- son, accounting clerk at Cominco. Ceremonies - Deb Chmara, a teacher at Kin- naird Middle School. Communications - Bob Pegg, regional manager for B.C. Tel in Castlegar. Cultural special events - Elaine LeRose, an office manager in Trail. Food services - Dale Bobby, manager of Trail Safeway. Friends of the Games - Fae Lee, development officer at The Selkirk College Foundation. of Trail Transit Services. Smyth told the crowd he sees the Games as a step- Ping stone for the two communities to work together. “I can't think of any time Castlegar and Trail have worked together on any project this big,” he said. “Maybe this will set the way for future games.” Roger Skillings, chief executive officer of the B.C. Games Society, welcomed the new directors and president and pointed out the number of impor- tant positions needed to make the Games run. “There will be a minimum of 90 chairs, and 40 sports chairs,” he, said. “With the directors, that's over 150 key people. They will provide the leadership.” Rossland decathlete Greg Turner, who compet- ed at the Commonwealth Games last summer in Victoria, was also on hand for the ceremonies. Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy brought greet- ings from Robin Blencoe, the minister responsible for the Games. “I'm constantly fighting parochialism,” Conroy said: “Anything that can bring these two cities together will be good.” Anyone wanting to help out should contact one of the directors. Meanwhile, the Rossland Secondary School Jazz Band, the Italian Choir and the Boom Town Garter Girls helped keep the crowd entertained. poco’ ng Coalition, the plan attempts to minimize what the group sees as “harsh social and economic impacts” they say will occur if CORE is implemented. Coalition chair Renee Read said the plan meets the objectives of Protecting both jobs and the with little the plan, the coalition believes they have a plan which more accurately reflects the needs of the people while protecting the environment at the same time. “We think this plan is a rea] win for government and for the people and environment of the sar Boundary region area. that we'll be able to to those involved. The plan came about after members of the coalition charged that Owen’s report failed to take into account local p ves, increase the amount of protected areas in the Kootenay-Boundary Region and keep the timber har- vesting at sustainable levels opinion and needs, and lacked See CORE threaten KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff CUPE workers to strike and the Labor Relations Workers for the Kootenay Society for Community Liv- ing have had enough Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3116, the union which repre- sents society employees in Castlegar, Trail, and Nelson, has served 72-hour strike notice. But Dennis Hutchinson, society executive director, said a meeting planned for March 15 and 16 between both sides Look for the Woodland Park Times in today's Sun has put a hold on all job. action, incl a strike. that time, explained Hotchin- son, the definition of essential services will be discussed. “The Labor Relations Board will meet with CUPE and the employer association to discuss what essential ser-