Ms = Castlegar News December 13, 1989 Byelection ‘going to be close’ Milnor Alexander polled about 35 per cent There are 32,046 residents eligible to vote in the riding, whose cushy bottom is anchored by Oak Bay, a mix of pre- war middle-class neighborhoods anmock Tudor mansions by the sea But most of the riding is in Saanich, a growing suburb north of Victoria with tract homes, a university and older houses perched on the rocks overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The residents have one thing in common, though = Castlegar and District Development Board. A 1979 graduate of the University of British Columbia Law School, she was called to the bar in 1980 and has been ac tive in both the Canadian Bar Association and the Kootenay Bar Association Castlegar News TREET TALK KEVIN LAGAN is heading west. Castlegar’s direc: tor of engineering and public works has accepted a job ” as director of public works for the city of Abbotsford in the Fraser Valley and will leave his position in Castlegar Jan. 12 Castlegar city counctl accepted Lagan’s resignation Tuesday with ‘sincere regr “Of all the engineers we've had here — and I’ve seen a lot of them — he’s been one of the most ef- Christmas Food Store WIN AN 11-15 LB. TURKEY GRADE ‘A’ EACH WEEK TILL XMAS. READY TO EAT HA The government has lost all five byelections heid since ‘The premier stayed out of the riding during the month- Premier Bill Vander Zalm led the Socreds to victory in the October 1986 provincial election. Three of the five losses to the NDP were Socred seats Public opinion polls in the final days of the campaign showed Socred Susan Brice, the popular mayor of the Vic toria suburb of Oak Bay trailing New Democratic can- didate Cull, a community planner and school trustee But all of the survets showed a large group of un- decided vqcers.as much as 30 per cent VICTORIA (CP) — Holding her young son David's 4, NDP candidate Elizabeth Cull cast her ballot today Oak Bay-Gordon Head byelection and hoped to ding from the governing Social Credit par door-knocking in some swing neigh- borhoods Tuesday before telephoning voters identified as undecided “T'll be dealing with people who are leaning our way but haven't quite made up their minds yet,"” she said Brice visited senior citizens’ lodges, then also wrapped up her campaign on the phone. In the campaign’s waning be close,"* said Cull, decked out in a blue But I think we're going to work real hard today vote. I think it'll be a fairly high turnout. This ted in politics ed a stead)\ tur south Oak Bay ng where people aren ficer Maureen Pugh r chool where Cul fe are six candidates, including Liberal Paul McKivert; Garth Lenz of the Green party; Roland Isaacs, t and Louis Leskowsky, the Human Race DOWN TOTWO $s a vote for Vander days she’s been hitting hard the theme that she'll be an in- pendent-minded Socred. “I've had nothing but positive. response ‘to that message,"’ she said CLOSE RACE Both sides said their own polls suggest the vote would be close, a far cry from 1986, when Smith took the riding with $3 per cent of the popular vote while New Democrat whom quit over V massive loss in th they're well off, on average, with annual incomes above $40,000. When Vander Zalm called the byelection, the Socreds » five Indpendents and one Alll five Independents are disgruntled Socreds, four of der Zalm’s leadership in the wake of a y's Cariboo stronghold Council briefs Council supports resolution Hospital continued trom front poge expansion is approved, Cady said He also said hospital board mem Id be elected by the general n the same way as school tees and city and regional represen- making them accountable to general public can’t vote for 1 boards because they are elec- can belong to the KLDH society i much smaller than the number of ple who rely°on the hospital because the board has defined its ‘‘cat area’’ narrowly, Cady said KLDH board has determined tal’s area encompasses Nelson, Salmo, Area G, a portion of the Slocan Valley and a portion of Area A, Cady said Anyone in an area outside of that catchment area can't belong to the society, he said t hospitals, such as the PEACEFUL PURSUIT . . Mt. Sentinel Junior-Senior high school students Kathleen Rodgers (right) and Nicole Balfour help Kinnaird Elementary school students fold peace crones Tuesday. The Mt. Sentinel students, members of the school’s Conscious Party, visit crea schools to talk to young students about environmental and peace issues and the children in related activities such as moking the cranes. — cox: » and District Hospital, have ent areas but don’t enforce Cady said, adding that some s don’t have catchment areas KLDH board chairman Greg Stacey re lls from the Castlegar By CasNews Staff Lottery numbers 9 11 continued from front poge some 40 per cen can Valley are party ° McLeods * Woolco © Promotional Shopping Bag Kootenays (See Care and As well, he Trust fund continued trom front pege seven proposed projects for new and existing dams in th: suggested the trust idea may have something to do with the lawsuit the four area regiona Water deemed fine with a health by Nov November toa letter dated Nov. 24 and Celgar safety coordinator ater su Ceigar was in by the heal requests (f the leadership cil was reac oposals rather than taking Broadbent given appointment (USCC) have and endorseme: Canada and other cc strengthening human rights institutions. the release ll provide ormation and ad vice to the federal government on the Ceigar is providin th bottled water t ine while it Tuesday FRDA— continued from front poge are in seedlings are poks for : " ting in 1990 and which ow, Boundary, Cran: Golden, Invermere, Kootenay oke forest districts, jon has been spent on a variety restry activities designed to the growth of new forests. ivities include ‘surveys, plan- zing, brushing (removing and weeds which compete with for sunlight, water and nts) and spacing (decreasing the y of a timber stand to distribute ees more evenly.and create more wing room) continued from front poge we wanted to give them notice now not tocount on this power.” Under the downstreaiDenefits greement, in which British Columbia ed the sales proceeds to build its © treaty dams, the United States turn the power to the Canada- U.S. border at no cost Its a significant decision for British Columbia,"" said Ed Sienkiewicz, senior assistant power manager for Portland, Ore.-based Bonneville Power Administration, the U.S. federal power agency which manages the treaty on the American side “It doesn’t surprise us and all of our planning here has presumed that British Columbia would keep the benefits,” he said ficient,’ Ald. Albert Calderbank said Ald. Terry Rogers said Lagan has made a “significant contribution’’ to Castlegar over the last three years. **I think we're really going to miss him.” ROSE HUM deisgned new logo (above) for Rec Dept. ‘ atl . BRIAN BROWN accepts his award from fellow accountant Joan Blain. BRIAN L, BROWN, a certified general accoun- tant in Castlegar, has received an honorary award for his service to the Certified General Accountants Association of B.C. Brown wins an all-expenses-paid trip to the CGABC’s anfiual convention next year at Whistler CENTRAL TAXI could borrow Greyhound’s slogan this holiday season — leave the driving to us. The Castlegar cab company said it will work with the RCMP during the police's CounterAttack campaign by providing free rides to drivers who are stopped by the police and deemed too impaired to continue driving Central Taxi owner Wayne Hurlbert said his company will donate its time, a car and a driver to help keep drinking drivers off the road. He said the program will begin Dec. 21 andgontinue through the holiday season THE CASTLEGAR HOSPICE SOCIETY has implemented an interesting way of raising funds this holiday season while at the same time allowing people to honor the memory of a loved one For a donation to the society, people who have lost ROSE HUM, an electronic publishing student at Selkirk College in Cas'’-gar, is the winner of the Castlegar and District Recreation Department's contest to select a new design for the department’s logo. Hum, a student from Ottawa who is in B.C. for the first time, won a return trip to Vancouver for her effort. She said she has never been to Vancouver and looks forward to thetrip. Verona Walker of the recreation department said the department wanted to introduce a new logo to coin- cide with the opening of the new Aquatic Centre which opens its doors to the public Jan. 2 JOHN SEMENOFF of Grand Forks is one of 15 high school grads in B.C. to win the $5,000 premier’s ex- cellence award this year. The annual awards are handed out to the province's top high-school graduates from the province's 15 college regions to further their studies in B.C. post-secondary institutions. The scholarship is based on academic excellence, community and school servi apps the board of directors of B.C. Hydro. Piket, alawyer, is also a member of Hydro’s Columbia River advisory committee and_a director and vice-chairman of the meone close to them this last year can place a light ona Christmas tree in memory of their loved one. The tree is located at the office of Home Support Services at 1464 Columbia Ave. in Castlegar THOSE OF YOU LESS THAN THRILL the city drag out the same Christmas decorations again this year will be pleased to know Castlegar city council will include $4,500 in its 1990 budget for new decorations. Administration and finance committee chairman Ald, Doreen Smecher said funds were sup- posed to be included in this year’s budget but the “pur- chase got lost in the workload."” Humbug! No one at last night’s council meeting could pin an exact age on the current crop of decorations but the con- sensus is they're about 10 years old LY HARNADEK of Castlegar, an environ- mental health student at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, has won the $300 Malcolm Wickson Memorial Scholarship which is awarded an- D to see health, business and engin ar nominated-for the award by their technology depar- tments and the final selection is made by the dean of the appropriate school Fit Seattle police will get paycheck bonus SEATTLE (AP) — A new three year contract for Seattle police will give officers who are fit and lean a 1.5-per- cent salary bonus. But if an officer who repeatedly fails the department's fitness test will have a three-per-cent cut The contract gives 1,186 Police Guild members an immediate 5.4 per cent increase retroactive to Sept. | stringent physical requirements An officer’s blood pressure and weight must be within normal limits for age and height and-must be able to run 3.2 kilometres in less than 18 minutes, do 36 situps in one minute and 10pullups. Officers who can’t meet the minimum requirements will be given couselling and will be retested in six months A second failure will mean a written reprimand and a third will mean a salary reduction of three percent cent of any increases in the Consumer can receive an additional 1.5 per cent if human rights situation in; various countries, the relpase added. Rumors that Broadbent would become head of the centre have been circulating for several, weeks. He was In memory replaced as NDP leader by Yukon MP Audrey McLaughlin at a party conven- tion Dec. 2 The regional districts want to take Hydro to court to force the utility to pay taxes on all its properties in the area Mrs. Kinakin is survived by one son In May, the provincial government directed Hydro to begin paying grants in lieu of taxes to local governments but Share Ad B3 Annie Kinakin of Krestova passed away Sunday, Dec. 10, 1989 at Mount St. Francis Hospital at age 77 Mrs. Kinakin was born Sept. | her childhood at Brilliant and a short time at Shoreacres before moving to Krestova. She lived in Robson for a few years but after suffering a heart attack in 198$ it made it necessary for her to live. at Mount St. Francis Hospital. When she was able, she enjoyed gardening daughter, Ann Kinakin of Krestova; five grandchildren; and one great grandson. She was predeceased by her husband, one brother and one Annie Kinakin 912, at Brilliant. She spent much of Peter of Krestova; one In the second and third years of the new police contract, officers will receive increases of at least two per cent and perhaps as much as seven per cent The precise increase will equal 100 per Price Index Patrol officers at the highest salary level will receive $3,110 a month, up from $2,948 Beginning in September, officers and Mail says they meet the department’s most The salary, set by cabinet on a recommendation by Prime Minister Globe says salary around $200,000 TORONTO (CP) — Brian Smith, the former B.C. attorney general who was appointed chairman of Canadian National Railways last month, will earn between $180,000 and $225,000 a year in his new job, the Toronto Globe ted today ina story from Ottawa between $280,000 and $325,000 a year ELECTRICAL HAZARD WARNING NIGHT LIGHTS Certain types of direct plug-in night lights can be fatal to small children. A child probing the unshielded lamp with fingers, tongue or a sharp object may receive a fatal shock Retailers and wholesalers must remove these products from sale. NIGHT LIGHTS WITH REMOVABLE COVER AND UNPOLARIZED PLUG SHOULD BE USED WITH EXTREME CAUTION UNPOLARIZEL blades of sai = Electrical BFS Safety Branch Ministry of Munic ipal Affairs Recreation and Culture Hon. Lyall Hanson, Minister Brian Mulroney, will place Smith in the top rungs of executives working at Crown corporations, the Globe repor- Information made public last year shows Ron Lawless, CN president and chief executive officer, was earning SPARERIB PORK SIDE FRESH on 188 STEAK 132x000 SAUSAGE MEI MEAT $198)". lb. PURE PORK wre HAMBURGER $] 59 ROMESTYLE.. one 5.93 "lib. PARTY STICKS $989 FLETCHERS, ASSORTED .... 500g. 119%, 419 TITRE a at CORNED BEEF $384 HAMS, $998 POLISH MIELE, 9339 BONELESS. KENT ....kg. Ib. rFINNAN HADDIE oe ag 107%y 9485 LUTEFISK GROUND COFFE CLASSIC RICE REG., FINE OR EXT $479 UNCLE BENS. 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Funeral service was held Tuesday and today at the Castlegar Funeral Cady has said Hydro owes the RDCK about $4 million Chapel with burial at the Krestova Cemetery Kootenay regional districts — met last week in Grand Forks per year, based on property assessment, rather than the Funeral arrangements were under 1 and will know by late January how they will proceed, Cady $155,000 the utility was to pay the regional district this year Funeral Chapel. said The RDCK turned the money down Thurs. & Fri Yo.m. to9 p.m SUNDAY 10A.M. TO6P.M. tricts are planning to bring against Hydro. The four chairmen — Cady and the chairmen of the Columbia-Shuswap, Kootenay Boundary, and East For information call 660-6262 in Vancouver or any provincial clectrical inspector WORKING FOR THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF ALL BRITISH COLUMBI: Not oll flyers receive full distribution he direction of the Castlegar phone ovr Circulation Department of 365-7266