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Post Office Superintendent of Opera- tions, Roy McNeil, said he received a call from Suspicious parcel contains-surprise break-ins. arrived, they di: a package in the drop basket that contained dynamite with a fuse and cap attached. Castlegar RCMP member Corporal Al Brown said the fuse had been lit and the cap had exploded, but failed to detonate. Brown declined to state exactly how of dynamite had been found, he did say that should an explosion have occurred, there would have been considerable damage to the post office as Spilling out of the package gingerly opened a package to discover it didn’t contain a bomb as suspected but several thousand “dollars worth of stolen jewelry. Castlegar RCMP member Corporal Al Brown said they Constable Eileen Scholten was quickly dispatched to the post office to investigate the r “ Careh y paeckag y pening the packag discovered.that someone was returning jewelry that had been reported stolen in recent local Sihota speaks at Selkirk College Environment, Lands and Parks Minister Moe Sihota will be . arriving in Castlegar Té discuss the governments plan to rencw B.C. Forests. Sihota, who arrives April 20 at the Castlegar Airport, has a engagement at Se! Sentinel room from 9 a.m. to 10 am. Sihota is expected to cover a variety of issues that affect the eavironment. Later that morning Sihota will be visiting the Pope & Talbot sawmill in Castlegar. He then travels to Nelson for a 3 p.m. paren with union, industry and environmental rep- Local Red Cross workers moumn international slaughter SHARLENE IMHOFF was a mix of both cos- tume and fine jewelry—one ring alone had been valued at $3,500. “Some of it had no worth, other than sentimental value, which you can’t put a dollar figure on.” Brown suspects the jewelry had been retumed after a recent investigation of break-ins telling the truth”. It was shortly... 4 after the questioning that thé package was sent. Brown said that whatever the reason for the return of the plun- der, “all's well that ends well”. “Somebody did us a good favor aimi-saved the insurance company lots of money.” All the jewelry has since been identified and claimed. > Moe Sihota i as well as of the Nelson Chamber of Com- merce and employees from the Ministry of Environment. and Forestry. ce. Kootenay Director for Sun Editor Red Cross offices in British Columbia will be lowering their flags to half staff and flying the Red Cross. “There have been two world wars and hundreds of other conflicts since the Red Cross began its humanitarian work. Violence is always a con- cern on the front lines, but never before have we experienced the worst instance of violence against the Red Cross in the movement's history,” said Gary oO workers were in the middle of a See MOURNING 3a See page 12A. Stanley Humphries Secondary School golf team member Marty Carew makes a chip-shot during a Practice round at the Castlegar and District Golf Proving that practice makes perfect, Carew shot a 73 last week leading the SHSS team to Victory. well as injuries to postal employees. After the di ry of the dy ite, postal The Identification Unit has examined the device, Brown employees were quickly evacuated from the building by, the RCMP, who were awaiting the arrival of the Bomb Disposal Unit from Vancouver. ta be alerted to abandoned dynamite found “ old cohstruction sites or derelict cabins. “The law hasn't been tough over the years.” Brown said the dynamite was older, which might en ee pe damaged from the A small amount of mail in the chute had been explosion. Escapees apprehended — After receiving information After being alerted April 13 that two. people were ing in Mohawk, Castlegar RCMP called in the Police Service Dog from Nelson. With the ~ deg the animal, the 1 of the Castlegar and District -police appre- hended a 14-year-old female who was found to have escaped from the Mice soe Youth Centre in Burnaby April 9. The male was able to avoid Cénire’ in’ Castlegar Provincial Court on February 9, 1994, The™ youth, who was also on unlaw- ful leave from the centre, had been charged for. several break and enters and theft from a local residence. the j April 17 after b he was found sleeping in a camouflage tent near the riverbank. A video cassette CD.s, sleeping bag, liquor and an assortment of camping equip- ment found in the tent was deter- mined to have been stolen sometime between April 14 and April 16 from a residence in the 1600 block of Ridgeview Cres- male juvenile will appear in Castlegar Provincial Court to answer to charges of break and enter, and theft. Interchange awaits crucial funding» i » Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Con- roy said the delay of the Bril- liant Int is like a party being cancelled at the last minute. -. “Here we are all dressed up son acquiring a bridge was directly related to the modern- ization of Celgar Pulp. It just However, the success of the bridge drawing chip trucks away from Castlegar’s: down- town core was dependent on the Brilliant at Brilliant Road and Highway 3A being completed. Completion of the project was to dove-tail with the com- pletion of the bridge. But with bridge completion slated for June 30, and little work being done on the interchange, it’s glaringly apparent that even after the bridge is open, several hundred chip trucks thundering down Columbia Avenue daily could still be a common sight and a ni for id “I wish I knew ‘when it ve going to tender. We have design ready to go. We were iad this would happen early in the new year and that’s come and Vanlerberg said Ministry ials will be “sitting.down” with city staff to try and deter- mine how and where chip trucks will be routed after com- pletion of the bridge. City Administrator Jim Gustafson a letter at the beginning of April to Employment and Investment Minister Glen Clark urging release of funds for the project. “We have asked him to autho- rize release funds from B.C. 21 to allow the project to proceed interchange is designed to _ encompass an area from the bridge to Highway 3A, Gustafson said city officials would be happy for now if only the tight curve at the junction of Highway 3A was redesigned to temporarily accommodate the trucks. “We have heard from truckers that the comer is going to be a and business owners alike. Ministry of Highways Pro- ject Manager Rocky Vanlerberg said the delay is linked to fund- ing which is forthcoming from B.C. 21. Although architects have finalized the interchange designs, and initial survey work has been done, the project has SUN STAFF PHOTO Putten , Ente ae still not gone to tender as was P Meanwhile, Conroy has been lobbying Clark to release funds for the project, and said that “I've been working very hard to correct it—it's just a matter of time.” Conroy said that B.C. 21 has formulated™a business plan which is now in the hands of the Treasury Board for approval.