ss CONSUL St WES Certs OSs MRE wp the 2
“acting Director of the Internal Audit
Branch of the Controller

General's Jill Robert-

Program.

“In limited detail we will look at the finan-
cial and management control around the Min-
istry of Social Service’s responsibility of the
Genesis ig *

‘The review, said Robertson, could take up
to three more weeks to complete, at which

Assistant Deputy

‘The review will then be “discussed in draft”

with a final report being sent to the Deputy
is of the i Social is

‘Tom Parkins is @ writer, «
history buff and he works for

ail ers bg 25h te 7ihie (ha

Officer for the Ministry of High-
Is a born history buff. He recently
ing the history of river crossings
Tegion.

which

sie

span

— audit expected by ;monthvend

oooh te Cte
and

upon his opinion of the program which he
supports in concept.

“This is not a condemnation of the pro-
gram. We just have to be very careful how
it’s delivered. I believe Social Services is
the second largest impacter of money into
this area. These a lot of
money that flows into this community. I
don't want the area turned sour on these
types of programs.”

andl pe aril perbet fnserra ie ar

of
said it’s hoped the draft report will
be completed and in the hands of the Minister

nes ersten ee trvion aa nea
and workskills.

id: Patricia Crevi k
Grace te. 170 di 500 toward:

the

President.

‘SUN STAFF PHOTO ‘John Ven Putten

use of the new
ot which the Royal Canadian Legion
purchase: (I-r) Hugh Wilson,
Le eegion Linda Mooriag, Director of Resident Care; and Bob

Submitted

The West K

‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Shariene Imhoff

en deck. The people themselves
built-it-with handtools and

973). No
tolls were charged, but a sign
banned anyone who. carried
tobacco, alcohol or firearms.
(Doukhobors are abstainers and
ifists).”
Poparking expressed his admi-
ration for the earlier settlers
and their ingenuity to form
crossings. He also said he is
pleased to hear of efforts to

establish the Brilliant Bridge ad

‘a historical site. (
Parkin used a number of
sources in his research; news-
papers, annual reports from
the ministry (then known as
the Department of Public
Works) and of course infor-
mation he received from his
father, Cleland Parker, a CPR
fireman and engineer, who
often drove steam locomo-
tives through Castlegar in the
early 1940s.
“- guess yes could say that
in the family.”
Although Pectin grew up in
various locations throughout
the East and West Kootenays,
and attended Selkirk College in
Castlegar, he is now based in
Nanaimo with the ministry. His
ion for the K
and its history remains howev-
er, and one day he says he
hopes to complete a history
book, detailing accounts of
changes in transportation
throughout the province. But
for now, he’s-content to contin-
ue writing articles for the min-
istry, many of which are
frequently published by maga-
zines on the Vancouver Island.
Look for Tom Parkin'’s A
Confli of Bridges in next

wheelbarrows, and pulled water

KAREN KERKHOFF

staff,

Rainbow Trout spawning on

the fan at the confluence of

Norn’s Creek and the Columbia

River might soon have a longer

life expectancy.

A high mortality rate of
Rainbow Trout, caught

high and dry at the spawning
grounds, has of Fish-
eries and Oceans, B.C. Hydro
and Ministry of Environment
officials looking at ways in
which the trout can avoid being
unwilling victims of fluctuating
water levels.

The plan is to excavate a
20x100 foot channel which will be
filled with gravel of the same type

and size found on spawning

vice and leisure craft reflect the
scope of the radio-control model-
ers enthusiasm. The hobby of

See tee 6 coaibiaied 06 bc one ot oon coe
important tools a parent has to be sure their child is
services

g and flying models is
enjoying a tremendous surge in
popularity, due in part to the
of

It is quite common to spend
400 hours building a 1/5 or 1/4
scale model, ensuring detailed

ty. This show will also include
rubber powered, sport, jet,

week's Castlegar Sun.

Man-made channel could save fish

B.C. Hydro Fisheries Biologist
Carol Lamont, said the $70,000
pilot project will begin near the
end of March and is expected to

“During spawning season
there will be people monitoring
the value of the work. We will be
able to evaluate the project right
away. If it's successful we will
either modify it or expand it for
next year.”

Local club hosts model airplane show

biplane and float plane and heli-

categories.
In keeping with the theme of
the show, the Heartland Restav-
rant will be serving up B-52
Bomber Burgers, Chicken Spit-
fire Fajitas, Kama Kazi Chicken
Wings and Cessna Ceasar Salad.
The show will run from 10
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 12. Entries are ex;
from Spokane/Couer d'Alene,
Okanagan, Grand Forks and East
Kootenay Clubs.

Individualized education for students with learning disabilities

It should include the student’s current abilities,

Jong and short term educational goals,

a detailed list

of what the child needs as well as alternate teaching
strategies. The goals of the EIP provide for a bal-
ance of both the child's academic and social needs.
It is usually evaluated and revised two to three times

a year.

lowing an

‘An EIP is usually developed as a team effort fol-
d for

ding to their of ad

ation to the Chapter from the

Royal Canadian Legion towards purchase of the
Auto Skills Program for students with learning dis-

this par It the k

ming disability
and how it affects the student's learnitig. I It also pro-
SE eth Reais soproncians capper

of B

A report was given by Chapter President Bernice
who recently

with the

vidual strengths and necds.

Five te bylaws were
ive ede

Bylaw 670,
had 16 people showing up
for a public hearing before the

of support
fevices and pogeas tad om the suena

two draft 4

being developed for paren. THe two document “The

Parents Guide to Standards in

i res “Policy for Student Reporting”
10 be and

Writing and

by the

Ministry to school disiets by May 1994.

meeting. The adopted bylaw
rezones the Arrow Building Sup-

City Council adopts numerous bylaws Tuesday night

changes the area next to Arrow
Building Supplies from Light
ial to Service C: z

°1 3/8 Wednesday, March 2, 1994

The Castlegar Sun

‘was called to the scene by the
“This has to be soe oetaed tron eald

leading to the arrest and conviction of who-
ever committed this heinous crime,” said

Brownrigg.

Last spring a skinned dog was discovered
just above Rossland Avenue. Its head and
torso had been completely skinned and two
ribs cut from the rib cage.

iggy. who coll

and di

‘The animal had been hacked with what

d of
ritual

sequent

investigation, nothing surfaced.
Brownrigg said there is nothing to link

The incident “certainly appeared to be a
.” Brownrigg said at the time,
but despite the offer of a reward and the sub-

priest finds mutilated cat in church

cuts,” he added.
cat was a full-grown domestic
female tabby, grey and black, that appeared

to
“then is « 31,000 reward for

po ten
After the dog-skinning incident, Brown-
Fag spake 00 Se SICA eae Os eens

except a

pave boon perpetrated by sutante setlphty

Because body parts of the cat’ discovered
on the weekend were missing and because
the cat's body was laid at the entrance to a
church, this latest incident could also be part
of a ritualistic slaying.

The SPCA is keen on finding the other
body parts which are still missing.

“Depending on where they showed up,
such as the graveyard or mausoleum, we
could have a better idea if the crime was
related to satanic practices,” said Brownrigg.

and was told it could

Ultimately, the review of
operations will suggest a

vant to the Lower Arrow
reservoir and Columbia
River were identified and
confirmed and operating
alternatives were explored.
Community members from
and Trail agreed to
additional meetings with
Hydro to ¢ lete evalua-
tions by 1994.
Major issues identified ,

The ESOR community
group and the BC hydro
ESOR team will meet again
im the next month to review
data, and confirm that issues
have been appropriately
incorporated in a multiple
account evaluation table,
which sets out the various

Crosswalk concerns discussed

SHARLENE IMHOFF
Sun Editor

recent meeting between the
ai 's Protective Services Com-
mittee and a relative of an
elderly man struck while cross-
ing Columbia Avenue more
than three weeks ago could
result in a number of changes
for " \
City Councillor Jim Mako-
rtoff said Staff Sergeant Doug
Hall, Fire Chief Gerry Rempel

and staff from city hall met with
the son-in-law of Joseph Stoop-
nikoff, 74, who suffered injuries
after he was struck by a vehicle
while using the crosswalk near
the Bank of Montreal.

“I think that everyone is satis-
fied with many of the recommen-
dations that were made,” said
Makortoff, who will be bringing
forth the ideas to the rest of coun-
cil later.

As well as better signage, there
will also be better markings on

Castlegar and District Hospital has recently pur-
chased a ventilator worth $16,394.18. The money
was donated by the Hospital Auxiliary and came
directly from proceeds earned at the the Hospital
Auxiliary Treasure Shop. The ventilator replaces an
older unit which has been in use since 1981. The
ventilator is portable and will be used in critical situa-
tions involving either an adult or child.

SUN STAFF PHOTO /Karen Kerkhotf

the crosswalk itself. It has also
been recommended that a no-
parking area near the crosswalk
be changed to a tow-away zone,
since many motorists are still

“It was a good idea to have
such a meeting. We're planning to
make some changes with down-
town revitalization that will
increase safety at the intersection.”

Stoopnikoff was released
from the hospital last week.

Health Care

Normal Total: .....--.seceeeeee 12.7

Number of Hours: .

Normal Number of Hours: ........... 19.8

ARROW LAKE RESERVOIR FORECAST

14.0

Growing wait- list a sign of the times

a longer life span. Today’s gener-
ation is living longer than ever
before, but there’s a price to be
paid for increased longevity.

Moorlag said the trick is to
pera esheets plerral

ally becomes a

ithe trick is when you're
running into some problems to
go ahead and put your name on
the list. You have to have fore-
in ge cho sap apoag dag

or wait too long to
pally ecnpaindpingty elipse tes
=. who have

‘The problem will only get worse until we can
provide service to people in the community to
help maintain them in their own homes and

of their elderly
in the home, our

aging popula-
tion has encoun-

foes knows
from experience
that the ability to
recognize _ the
need for long-

difficult at the
of ti

tered a problem
unlike any
before in history—that of being
cared for in their golden years.

Linda Moorlag, Director of
Care for Mountain View Lodge,
wrote in a Teport to Castlegar and
District H board members
that there are currently 18 people
on the facility wait-list for
extended care and 74 people on
the wait-list for intermediate care.
The average wait, said Moorlag,
is about two years.

the community, has helped con-
tribute to the lengthy list of elderty
for institutional care.

“The problem will only get
worse until we can provide ser-
vice to people in the community
to help maintain them in their

long-term
but has to wait two years before a
bed becomes available?

“Sometimes

themselves in need of long-term
care there are some short-term
answers available such as home
support, adult day care or the use
of a respite bed which is offered
through most long-term facilities.

Council awards contract for sewage lift station

Castlegar City Council award-
ed the contract to upgrade the

Ken Oliver of Urban ‘Systems
stated the recommendation to
accept the bid carries with it a

mote that there may be
a greater risk of extra claims,

contracts they had completed.

The memorandum from Urban
Systems however, stated that it
evaluated the low bidder and had
discussions with a previous
employer. which contributed to

tion Ltd., $269,155.29; Martech
Electrical Systems Ltd.,
$287,427.68; Canwest Industries
Ltd., $312,964.30; and C.A.P.
Ventures Ltd., $339,494.95.
Earlier, City Council estimated

"Fou cthor bide, wore reccived

the total cost would
reach $250,000. Mike O'Connor

as follows: W.M. Berg Construc-

Audrey Moore visits

retain the mayor's chair last
Audrey Moore paid a

and
ion difficulties with the
expected

know anything about previous

visit to council chambers and
watched with interest the pro-
ceedings of a mecting now
chaired by Mike O’Connor.
But she wasn’t there just to
make an appearance, Moore
ted A 7

the only

old stomping grounds

it was going to hold one.

“Is this council planning to
hold a budget meeting. I'd like to
know when it is so I can be
there,” asked Moore, who
expressed surprise when told by
O'Connor it would be held in
“about three or four weeks.”

“You're leaving it a little late
aren't you?” she asked.

“We'll send you a special invi-
tation,” O’Connor said.

_™Petition
Continued from iA

problem, which is work load and
volume. There simply aren't

plies 1 ion from
Family Residential to Service
Commercial, while Bylaw 672

Other bylaws that were passed
inchude: Bylaw 657; 668 and 674.

can be delayed a few weeks,
some are delayed for months. I
think the public does have an
expectation that it should be
receiving higher services.”

Hawkins is not sure what the

* union's next step will be, since its

contract does not expire until

April 1995.

“The to this action

plan is overwhelmingly negative,
and we'll be delivering this to the .

management group. Then the ball
is in their court. I'm not recom-
mending to walk off the job—
that’s one of the least desirable
outcomes. But frustration 1s so
high and morale is low that nght
now, anything is possible.”

Jim Dorsey, Chairman of the
WCB Board of Governors, could
es be reached for comment on

the petition, nor the meeting that
Tesulted from it.

Cleaning up the mess

Facilitator appointed to bring hospitals back to the table

offer was accepted and now

Boyd has the unenviable task of
identifying terms of reference
which are ial in r

and Trail Hospitals beet
from the se

council and refased to agree 1
terms of ref

is upon the ag
of all regional hospitals to a
terms

process was inclusive and San t
take the medical need of their
commuaunities into consideration.

When Health Minister Paul
Ramsey visited the Kootenays
late last year he refused to enter
the Council's ongoing fracas
and instead offered the use of a
facilitator to help smooth out
differences.

With Grand Forks and Trail
refusing to budge, the minister's

“It could mean the present
terms of reference or it could be
the terms of reference for the

co concerned. “If it’s the hospi-

of a healthy planning process
and is not intended to re-visit a
recently completed West Koote-
nay Hospitals Joint Role Study.”

Communities in the West

Kootenays involved in the
are Nelson, New Den-
ver, Trail, Kaslo, Castlegar,
Grand Forks and Nakusp.

Boyd was on the team that
was instrumental in the closing
of Vancouver's Shaughnessy
Hospital in 1993.

Ministry of Health officials
said Boyd will begin the task of
facilitating within the next week
or two with completion within
12-15 days. The cost of supply-
ing the facilitator is estimated to
be $10,000 to $12,000 which
will be bome by the ministry.

Driver narrowly escapes injury in chip truck turn-over

SUN STAFF

Harold John Harfman, 52, of

camsing it to leave the road.

Harfman had been travelling
on Highway 3 at 6:55 am. and
was making a tum onto Highway
3A when he encountered slushy
roads causing him to lose control
of the truck.

The truck had to be emptied of
its Kot of chips before it could

ne truck is owned by Hansen
Sawmills Ltd..

No charges will be laid in the
incident.