Page A4 The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, November 8, 1995 Wednesday, November 8, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Bear attacks lead to warnings MARK HEARD Sun Staff Wildlife officials are warning hunters to be extra cautious this autumn following a number of recent grizzly bear attacks. Steve Wasylik, the new conservation officer for Castlegar and area, is concerned about bear attacks which have accounted for two deaths and at least to eight injuries this year in B.C. “For some reason it's been an exceptional year for confrontations and attacks,” says Wasylik. “It more remote get higher-quali ty game Bears eating mals hunters, that they seems that only hunters are being bothered this year so they should be more cautious than they have been in the past.” ($ their next meal ~*® Canada Safeway stores will be open REMEMBRANCE DAY November 11 1995 FRYING | CHICKEN 2.16 kg/Ib 98 Grade A or vee G (as available). spd OF! rt areas in order to According to Wasylik, the unusually high number of attacks is probably a result of hunters going to gunshot with food, but with their extraordinary sense of smell, they also know when an animal is ‘For some reason, it's been an exceptional year for confrontations and attacks.’ have become so used — STEVE WASYLIK Local conservation officer appear to be associating the sound of a gunshot with “Bears have been associating the sound of a Value and 2. ly § great selection. attempt to fatten up for hibernation. If encountering a bear in the wild, Wasylik stress- es that slowly backing away is the best policy. [PORK LOIN BARBECUE Rib of ROAST aa 198 "938 Et CKEN 99 t and the p “Bach being gutted,” says Wasylik. Autumn is especially a sea- son of concern for wildlife offi- cials as bears are now on 4 con- stant lookout for food in an have to, he says. is very di is that it is always dictated em the bear,” he says. “Never alert a bear to your presence if you don’t If the bear does see you, just back away slowly and keep talking to him. Turning and running is the worst thing you could do.” Wasylik is also concerned some people put too much faith in bear Ss. “There are lome wal problems with bear sprays,” “If you spray the stuff into the wind, it can come right back at you.” More importantly, he feels many people are car- and cannot do. rying bear spray without really knowing what it can College j joins safety program TRENT BANCARZ _ Sun Editor hopes to bring in the Headline Theatre Power Plays Group and! Selkirk College is taking steps to make its campuses safer places. The college, res with other other to increase aware-| ness for safety-related issues. “It's like a community which! takes ownership,” said Joe Lintz,, Selkirk’s offi- B.C. post has bought into the “Safer Cam- Puses” initiative which is spon- sored by the provincial labor The province has supplied $750,000 for the program and Selkirk College will get $55,000 of it. The program is in its forma- tive stage at Selkirk right now, but a committee formed for the Program is starting to put things together, says committee member Lynne Lalonde. “It's been in limbo for five or six months, but recently we've begun to work on a final propos- al,” she explained. “We did some campus safety audits and have done some tests. We noticed some signage and lighting could be improved and we're looking cer. “People who see suspicious activity will report it. It’s a mat-| ter of getting everybody aware of these things.” Lintz added when the college opened its student residence three years ago, student. safety “went to the top of the list of concerns.” He said the residence has a good internal system which quickly responds to any unsafe situations. Campus violence or crime haven't been major problems at Selkirk thus far, but Lalonde said the initiative is the ounce of pre- vention to keep things that way. “(Violence) is not a major problem, but we want to be proactive,” she said. “If we can prevent things from happening, so much the better.” at better F ly, Selkirk “does not “It's all abet | ‘how do you feel on campus?’ We've got a good cross-section of representa- tives on the committee and have heard from a good variety of groups.” An education component, cov- ering both occupational and per- sonal safety, is a high priority of the initiative. The committee have to reinvent the wheel,” said Lalonde. Similar programs already exist at several Lower Mainland colleges and Selkirk plans to pull ideas from them. “We're fortunate to be able to model things after existing pro- grams and then alter them to suit our particular needs here at Selkirk,”’ said Lalonde. City Council Briefs A capsule of city affairs from city council's meeting held Oct. 24, 1995. Present: Mayor Mike O'Connor, Councillors Ron Armbruster, Kirk Duff, Jim Makortoff, Brenda Binnie, Doug Green Absent: Councillor Bob sbeope Recycling: Council app’ with Ace Disp Led. for use of city property at 2401-9 -9th Ave. for a recycling d depot. The depot would serve citizens in the southern end of the city. The agree- ment states Ace can not use the parcel for any other and the AS See COUNCIL Saturday afternoon. Bubble ‘Blower - Stanley Humphries Secondary School science teacher David Leffelaar tries one of the science projects suggested during a teacher workshop SUN STAFF PHOTO Trent Bancarz Page AS TRENT BANCARZ Sun Editor October was cooler, cloudier and wetter than nor mal, according to statistics from the Castle gar weather office October's mean temperature was 7.7 C, below the average of 7.8 C. As for moisture, 63 mm of rain fell on € “astlegar in October, well above the normal amount of 51.6 mm for that month, Fortunately, none of this Octo- ber's precipitation fell in the form of snow. Normal- ly, 1.6 mm of the white stuff falls in October. This October was also duller than normal. The sun shone 108.5 hours compared with normal sun- Shine of 124 hours. Oct. 1 was the warmest day with a high of 17.9C slightly October wetter than normal The coldest temperature recorded was Oct, 30's overnight low of -3.3.C This year’s October weather was influenced by a moist, mild westerly flow which moved across the Kootenays from Oct. 1-25. The system brought con- siderable cloud and rain to the arca and some snow to the higher levels October, 1995 didn’t come close to setting any records in Castlegar. The warmest October day ever was Oct, 7, 1980 with a high of 27.2 C. Coldest tem- perature was recorded Oct. 31, 1984 at -11.2 C. 1967 was the wettest October with 129.8 mm of Precipitation, while 1974 was the driest at 3.8 mm. 1974 was also the brightest October with 198 hours of sunshine. One year later was the dullest October at 75.2 hours. e = Council —— disposal company must carry adequate liability insurance Condo Development: A public hearing was held conceming a pro- posed six-unit condo development in the 1500 block of Hunters Place, opposite the Columbia Plaza Mall Ed Jones of Tri-Rivers Holdings applied to have zoning designation on the residential portion of the property changed from Mobile Home Park (R5) to Multi-Family Residential (R4). After the public hearing, coun- cil gave third reading to two bylaws allowing him to do so Adoption readings were expected at council's Nov. 7 meeting. Transit officials hope for permanent trend TRENT BANCARZ _ Sun Editor Castlegar Transit officials hope ridership gains from a recent pro- motion are signs of things to come. From Oct. 23-27, Castlegar Transit ran a “free ride” promo- tion. Residents were mailed five free ride tickets. Those using the tickets were then given a coupon from the driver for discounts at 50 participating local merchants. “It went very well and I was certainly pleased,” said Dennis Stach, transit operator. “We had a lot of extra riders and I hope they continue to use the transit ser- vice. I guess time will tell, but the Promotion will certainly help us.” On the promotion’s first day, Castlegar Transit picked up an additional 60 riders. By the last day, 99 more folks had hopped on the bus. Stach estimates the system picked up an average of 70 more riders per day during the promotion. “We had hoped for those kinds of numbers,” he said. “We're try- ing to promote mid-day ridership because this is when we're falling down. We have good numbers in the mornings and the evenings, but few riders in- between.” Stach added the 50 businesses involved “really helped make this a success.” Classifieds get results! Glamour or Romantte Airy Mountain ppliance Service call ONLY *20 For friendly service anytime call VOGUE PATTERNS All in store stock BUY 1 GET 2 FREE 1502-P Columbia Avenue ™ SEWING NOTIONS All pkg. stock value to $12.98 TOGGIne FLEECE QUILTED CALICO COLLECTION Reg. $12.98m 50% OFF -..<; INESS HOURS: 9- Sas Bene Thre: © 8 Pri, 9 Sword CASTLEROCK CAFE It's the home-style feeling of the Castlerock Cafe that keeps customers coming back. 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