39 [oy Castlégar News December 10, 1989 Births & Funerals BIRTHS BERGMAN JESSEN — To Corol Bergman and Michael Jessen of Nelson, a. girl born Nov. 30 BULLOCK — To Marete and Ch of Vancouver, a boy, born Dec. 2 CHASE — To Tereso-and Lee Chase of Nelson..a boy. born Nov, 28 CREDICO. ACKNEY ind Grant Ackney Dec. 2 > Bonnie’Credico Nelson, a girl, born FROMBERG — ToC Yale and Mark From of Lindsay, Ont orn Nov a girl, b To Lorraine and Mat!.Gallo ot Blueberry Creek, agirt; born Nov--23 GARRETT — To Sondy and Bruce Garrett of Rivervale, a boy, born Nov. 26 GRUTZMACHER — To Sher Grutzmacher of Genelle, a Nov. 23 HICKS Silvertor JENKIN Trail, 0 gi MARTIN a boy, borr Hospital QUIRES SEQUIN step-daughter Joyce Scales of Trail; 17 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren, brother Ed Hamer of Qualicum Beach and sister Zina Morris of Vancouver BARISOFF — Fred Barisolt of Krestova died in Vancouver Nov He was 33 Mr. Barisott is survived by his parents Pete and Mary Markin of Krestova; tive sisters, Lavresa Plotnikoft ot South Slocan. Marcie and her husband. Darryl Plotnikoff of Creston, Christina Markin of Krestova, Sally DeRosa of Calgary and Martha and her husband Terry Jack of Castlegar, one niece; five nephews; and grandfather William Voykin of Mount St Francis. He was predeceased by his father in 1967 DAVIS — Lyle G, Davis of Nakusp died in Kelowna General Hospital Dec. 2 at age 56 DOME!) — Elon Adoly Domeij, a tor Trail resident, died in Burnaby Nov by his ren and gran. and nieces and He was predeceased by his and brother Elot 28. He Elgin Hill of Trail died Nov s survived by his wite Hill ia, @ daughter yin Williams Lake in Castlegar HRVIZAK.—_Christine- Susenne-Hry trol 77. Mr. Porcellato is survived by his wite Antonietta; three daughters, Anne Sim pson of Vernon, Yvonne Watt of Clover dale and Nancy Wilde of Ladner; tive grandsons; brother Albert of Trail; sister Virginia Barutta of Rossland; and several nieces and nephews predeceased by two brothers, At and Angelo, and twaxsisters, Stella and Angela STOUSHNOW — William. B. Sioushnow ‘of Ootischenia died Nov, 27. He was 3 Mr, Stoushnow is survived by his poren and Pov! of Ootischenia Toranott of Glade; grandmother Lucy Stoochnott of Ootischenia; grandparents Lucy Harasmow of P mony nieces and nephews. SURNIA longtim Joseph Peter Surnia Shutty Bench Trail Regional Hospital Dec 78.-Mr: Surnia is survived by thre Orville and his wife Lorna of Shutty Bench, Barrie and his wite Judy Cam pbell River and Brian of Shutty Bench grandchildren grandchild; two brothers wite Lib of Kaslo and Ben of Penticton six sisters, Mary and her husband Chuck Dabner of Warfield husband Ed Tremblay o! Shutty Bench, Anna and her August Kaupp of New Dayton Helen and her husband Ron Coull o Alberni and sister Virginia Surma toria; and many nieces and nep was predeceased by his wite Margaret v 3erry and Graham, brother TOPOROWSK! ph Toporowski of ur, a former Nelson resident died el Dec, 5 at Trail Régional Hospital, He was Pulpit & Pew d by his sons, Randy and Ti non; three grandsons Mike of Canora, Sask., and Pete of Prin tive sisters, Marie of Cold Kay of Winnipeg, Rose of > and nerous nephews and nieces, He was predeased by his sister Nelle TOUGH — Jessie Tough, a resident of the extended care Misericordiae Hospital Rossland. She was 84, Mrs. Tough is sur vived by her son Norman of Calgary; two granddaughters; one grandson; one great-grandson; sister Mary Duttus of Trail; and several nieces and nephews. 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Our success depends upon the use of our time and its byproduct, the odd mome: Each of us has a regular day's work or occupation which we do in a routine or mechanical way. Time is so impor tant in the way this universe is designed to operate that astronomers predict with uncanny-exactness different even ts which occur among the planets and stars The rising and setting of the sur certain time each day gives us a c sciousness of what time really is. Ben Franklin pointed out that time is everything to a person. It is money life, happiness or unhappiness pleasure or pain. He believed the most important thing in the world is how people spend their time He wrote, ‘‘If time be of all things most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. Since lost time is never found again, and what we call always time enough proves little enough, let us then be up and doing, and doing to a purpose, so by diligen ce, shall we do more with less per plexity People who are not actively involved or engaged in something worthwhile indulge in the popular habit of killing time. We cannot afford to waste precious time when God declares that we should ‘redeem the time” because the days are short. In tight of eternity, what do we do with the moment? What do you do with your so-called spare time — those odd moments or that quarter of an hour at lunch? Let us use every moment available to us to learn more about our Heavenly Father, to worship our Lord-and Savior and to sow the word of life ina needy world What is the purpose of our life? Our spiritual success depends on how we use our time as Christians. We will be your strength and your life Some use, others abuse it, What are you doing with it? Whether one is agnostic or religious, atheistic or believing, the passage of time affects us all. If life joy and frustration, peace and anxiety are all effected by, and related to, our existence in time, then the author’s final question is, though. not new, relevant today “What are you doing with it?” We covet it like misers yet waste is like spendthrifts. We're frustrated with the lack of, yet we squander what we have: Lucius Seneca (a Roman philospher) wisely observed, ‘We are always com- plaining that our days are few and at the same time acting as if they would never end In an attempt to avoid joining the rank of the pantheon of ‘how to" ar dwindle in intellectual and—morat stature if we fail to realize that time, our time, is brief on earth and that we must deny ourselves and “‘take up the cross’* for Jesus. Don't drift! Know where you are going in life. Let Christ 2. Accounting Clerk 3. 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Political Science. , ferred gy and transcript Applicants st c { related exper posi mmenc by December 19 365-7292 which often tend to increase anxiety level when their standards of acceptance are unmaintainable, I wish only to leave you with this thought The choices we make during our sojourn in time will affect us for eter nity ‘Safety is no accident. so PLAYSAFE! ih A The W WINDOW COVERINGS Pre-Xmas Sale!!! See our new line of Fall Colours 40% Off VERTICALS PLEATED SHADES VENITIAN BLINDS Free estimates and Free installation 367-7841 Think of the Home for Christmas Think of HOMEGOODS FURNITURE Nee Shes Sa Sus ue as > = eb Shes Sees is Ry [le ES | eas Homegoods Furniture Warehouse Midway between Trail & Castlegar at Genelle OPEN 9:30 A.M. TO 5:30 P.M. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 5 SO OP CPS Oe CO I ON IN CO Oy CP CP POL Es OPS LEE, Over 300 LAMPS 85 PICTURES | 18 MIRRORS OVER 200 STATUETTES, Hydro considers trust fund | By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer B.C. Hydro is considering setting up a trust fund to oversee the use of money set aside for work on fish and wildlife habitats disrupted by the creation of reservoirs in theK Geissler said Tuesday. The fund would contain money Hydro is directed to provide for work on the habitats as specified in water licen: ces granted for reservoir projects, Geissler said from Kaslo. In the past, the Crown utility has always turned over the money, the amount of which is determined by gover- nment ministries such as Parks and Recreation, to the government and left the ministries concerned to use the money as they see fit, he said The practice fulfilled Hydro’ s legal obligations but left the public and the utility with no way to account for the spending of the funds, Geissler said. * y relations rate hikes. concluded about 60 Cents Group silent ongtt costs By CasNews Staff A committee studying ‘‘911"" telephone service ‘for emergencies in the West Kootenay will release an estimate of the costs of the proposed service in January, Regional District of Central Kootenay directors were told Saturday Area G director Hans Cunningham, who sits on the committee, said com- mittee members decided at a Nov. 30 meeting in Castlegar not to discuss costs until more details of the service have been worked out with B.C. Tel However, Cunningham said 911 the Okanagan costs ‘‘about Hydro officials know, for instance, that money spent on fish and wildlife habitats around the Arrow reservoir, behind the Hugh Keenleyside dam near Castlegar, is not equal to the total amount set aside for that project, he said. And when little of nothing is done in an area, the public goes to Hydro with its concerns, Geissler added But Hydro can’t provide more funding than what the ministries determine is needed, he said, or the B.C Commission will put Hydro on the spot to explain spending more that legally necessary while asking the commission for Utilities The idea of a trust fund was first proposed for the Williston reservoir behind the W..A.C. Bennett dam on the Peace River, Geissler said, He said an agreement on the Williston trust was finally a month ago after eight discussions among Hydro and various ministry officials, regional and municipal government reprensentatives and astl years Geissler said AS AY By Sar News CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1989 “~~ local people on what needs to be done in the area. The details of the trust haven’t been worked out-but Said Hydro wants to see the interest from the $10 million the government ordered set aside for the area spent each year, leaving the principal to generate funding in perpetuity, Said Hydro has hired a consultant to determine how the trust should be set up, how trustees should be chosen_and how similar trust funds may have been set up for other pur poses in other parts of North America, he said. However, an agreement over a trust may take longer in the Kootenays than it did for Williston since there is more than one regional district that would be involved here and more residents in the area than around Williston, Geissler of cautioned - But Hydro wants to see the trust system carried into this area and is asking for a review of all its water licences where money has been turned over to the government, he If there is money not yet spent on any of the reservoirs, Hydro will ask that the, money go into the trust, Geissler As well, Hydro is looking into how new projects would last Saturday be incorporated into the fund, he added Regional District of Central Kootenay chairman George Cady said Tuesday Hydro owes the area ‘‘a tremendous amount” since it has used the Kootenay rivers for power generation for years and hasn’t paid taxes on its Columbia River Treaty dams anytime since they were built in the 1960s. Geissler presented the trust idea to the RDCK Now that Hydro wants more from the area, it has decided to give something back, Cady said, referring to the continued on page A2 WEATHERCAST Cloudy with clear breaks 4. Thursday: Cloudy with an o€casional afternoon sunny break. Highs near 1. The outlook is for mainly cloudy skies but little precipitation. Probability of precip itation is 10 per cent tonight ond 20 per cent Thursday 4 Sections (A, B, C & D) FIGURINES AND VASES. Cheval Mirrors OVER 100 CHAIRS... Glider, Swivel & Wood Rockers — Tulip Chairs La-Z-Boy Recliners — Hostess Chairs TV’s @ VCR’s @ Microwaves @ TV's @ VCR's @ Microwaves | os — Phone 693-2227 5 TYITTITILIIL ILI detente DECEMBER TITTTITITITIT LLL SHERATON EVENT PLANNER 29&30 BJ. 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Ron Bailey draws a crowd as he makes his way home down Columbia Avenue on Monday with this year's version of the family Chi tree lot in the West Kootenay Power compound. — cone tmas tree from the Rotary Christmas Province to reclaim treaty benefits VANCOUVER (CP) — The B.C. government has decided to take back the Columbia River Treaty-related downstream benefits starting in 1998, rather than resell them to the’ United States, Energy Minister Jack Davis said Tuesday. But the huge block of energy being returned will not delay or postpone the proposed Site C development in nor- theastern British Columbia, he said With the current growth in demand, both power sources will be needed, Davis said The downstream benefits are worth about $5 billion, the approximate cost of building an equivalent generating plant. They also represent about 1,400 megawatts of power capacity, while Site C is rated at 912 megawatts. The downstream benefits were sold by the provincial government to the U.S. Northwest in 1964 for $254 million. Under the treaty, ratified by Canada JACK DAVIS . cheapest power and the United States 25 years ago to manage the river for power generation and flood control, three dams Keenleyside, Duncan and Mica — were built in British Cohimbia The additional electricity generated from water stored behind these dams 50-50 between British Columbia and the U.S. Northwest. At that time, however, British Columbia couldn't use the extra power, so under asepai was split te agreement, it was sold to the United States for 30 years. The agreements expire on the 30th anniversaries of completion of each of the three B.C. dams in 1998, 2000 and 2003 ‘Environmentally and economically, they’re the cheapest power we'll ever get and we've now decided to bring them home forever,” Davis said “We decided this without negotiation with the Wnited States but continued on pege A2 New forest agreement ‘essential’ By SIMON BIRCH Editor Castlegar city council last night reaf- firmed its support for renewal of the federal-provincial Forest Development Agreement which ex pires March 31, 1990, saying a new agreement is essential to complete the job of reforestation in British Colum bia Despite a 35-per-cent reduction in not satisfactorily’ restocked (NSR) Crown land — productive forest land that has been logged but has failed to regenerate naturally or artificially Over the a ‘a first agreement, some 500,000 hectares of NSR Crown land will remain when the agreement expires at the end of March A second FRDA is ** completing the job of restocking the NSR land and for ensuring the Resource ssential for longterm benefits of the forests of B.C.,"” Ald. Terry Rogers said in his motion to send a letter to the ‘‘ap- propriate government officials” urging renewal of the agreement According to statistics provided by the Ministry of Forests for the fourth year of the agreement, $1,088,739 had been spent as of June 30 in the Arrow forest district which includes the Castlegar area More than 1.1 mittion trees have been planted over 1,001 hectares in the district up until July 20. Ina letter to Mayor Audrey Moore, says a “‘tremendous head of steam has been built up in the first four years of the FRDA program. “Spending was slow in the first year or two while programs were organized and seedlings-developed,”’ he writes. continued on page A2 Kootenay Lake hospital board bypasses RDCK By CasNews Staff The Kootenay Lake District Hospital board bypassed the Regional District of Central Kootenay when the hospital sought funding for a $4.5 million expansion and now the regional district is expected to help pay for the work, RDCK board chairman George Cady said The KLDH board applied directly to the provincial government for fun ding for the expansion and Victoria has given tentative approval, Cady said Tuesday The RDCK must now provide 40 per cent of the cost about $1.8 million in accordance with a funding program under which the regional district and the province operate. The RDCK, through its hospital board, is responsible for all hospitals in its jurisdiction Cady said no one outside the KLDH board — including Ear! Hamilton, the RDCK representative who sits on the KLDH board — was told of the expan: sion plans until they were approved RDCK is expec ted to provide is collected through taxing the entire district, a referendum on the issue should be held before the continued on page A2 Since the money the Kootenay man awarded VANCOUVER (CP) — A young man who suffered massive brain damage because of a V surgeon's mistake has been awarded $1.5 million in damages Gordon Semenoff, 28, whose life expectancy has beeri cut to about five ncouver damages mistake that threw Semenoff into a ““permanent semi-vegetative state with no hope of recovery," Macdonell says in the judgment The orthopedic surgeon injected a serum into Semenoff's spine after he agreed to Chymopapain treatment as years, will receive the money for pair in alternative to back surgery and suffering, loss of past and future wages and cost of medical care, Mr Justice Alan Macdonell says in a writ ten B.C. Supreme Court ruling released Tuesday Semenoff’s wife, Valerie, sued Dr Peter Kokan when her husband suf fered catastrophic injuries shortly af ter entering St. Paul's Hospital in May 1986 for a routine back operation The couple had married two months earlier Life expectancy experts say Semenoff has about five years to live. Kokan has admitted liability for the But the doctor inadvertently pierced tht tissue surrounding Semenoff’s spinal column. The toxic serum seeped into the area and caused paralysis, bleeding in the lungs and eventually starved Semenoff’s brain of oxygen Lawyer Barry Kirkham said’ the award is disappointing because it won't allow Mrs. Semenoff, who quit her job as a dental technician, to care for her husband at home. Semenoff has been in Kootenay Lake District Hospital in Nelson since December 1987 In his judgment, Macdonell says Semenoff is better off in hospital.