Page B12 The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, September 20, 1995 Pretty nice gift, eh? The Selkirk College Stu- dents Association, led by President Trent Dyck (centre), presented a new laser printer to the college library last week. Receiving the new stu- dent-accessible printer were library staff Norm Fields, Bonnie Horswill and John Mansbridge. Photo submited to better serv Mon.-Thurs. 9am - Spm Friday 9am. -8pm. Saturday 10 am.-3pm. Kootenay Computers 2313 H-6th Ave., Castlegar 365-2323 Foster parents to meet Foster Parents Plan will be hosting its first ever Foster Par- ents’ Night in Castlegar this Thursday, Sept. 21, Organizers are ~ inviting all foster parents in the West Kootenay region, as well as the general public to take part. Kootenay foster parents and guests will discuss recent updates on how their support is bringing positive change and dramatic improvement to the lives of chil- dren, families and communities in the Developing World. 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For more information or to register please contact Lenka at 368-5236 TRAINING CORPORATION y- Foster Parents Nights are community forums hosted by PLAN which offer Foster parents and other interested citizens an opportunity to hear how, through their support, the organization has been working to dramatically improve living conditions for children in developing nations and to ask questions and exchange ideas on programs and initiatives with PLAN staff. Catherine Sloot, regional director for British Columbia, will also be in attendance to out- line PLAN’s current work and new initiatives. The evening will also include a slide presentation highlighting the work being done field, as well as a question- ang‘answer session Foster parents are encouraged “16 bring a guest to the evening's activities, which will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Sentine! Wing of Selkirk College's Main Building, in Room 113. The college is locat- ed at 301 Frank Beinder Way. 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I disagree tags pe aaa Castlegar city council has decid- ed against implementing a curfew on local youth, at least for now. But councillors declined to take a final vote on the matter at their Sept. 19 meeting. Instead they chose to hold off on making a final decision on the matter, until hearing the views of other B.C. cities at the néxt annual meeting of the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM). The issue first arose when a pro- curfew resolution was sent to all B.C. city councils, including Castlegar, by Prince Rupert city council. The resolution, passed July 24, was drafted after the alleged murder of a visiting fisherman by a street gang of five children. “Curfews may not be the answer to all pre-teenage and teenage gang problems,” the re< olution stated. “However, it will help the police in some instances as a legal process for regulating these large numbers of young people on the streets at night.” In a memo to city council, Castlegar fire chief Gerry Rempel also recommended the possible implementation of a local curfew, despite the current abscnce of Serious youth problems locally “The issue was discussed by our protective services committee and although street gangs are not a problem in Castlegar, it is felt the establishment of a curfew would be of assistance should gangs or other youth-related problems become a real issue,” stated Rempel’s memo. But councillors seemed less than impressed with the pro-cur- few arguments. “It’s a slap in the face to local youth,” said Coun. Jim Mako- ntoff, who chaired the meeting in the absence of Mayor Mike O'Connor. “A city-wide curfew would not work. We just couldn't enforce it.” Coun. Kirk Duff agreed. “Prince Rupert put it together, but I'm not sure people in Castlegar can relate to the situation there and the specific problems that led to the resolution in the first place.” Duff cautioned that although Prince Rupert has the right to pass Tules it ch to treat p opposed to ane cures to pao the problems themselves,” he said. “As a rule, I don’t like sup- porting blanket resolutions when we're not sure what direction they're going to take. Unless we see some specifics as to what we'd like to see accomplished with this concept, I’m not sure the curfew is going to solve any- body’s problems.” Duff said he wanted to see writ- ten proof that curfews have worked in the communities where they have already been implement- ed, before he would consider com- mitting Castlegar to the concept. “Some reports or records of past experiences with curfews in other places are definitely needed here,” said Duff. The next annual meeting of the UBCMo, to be held Oct. 3-6 in Vancouver, Council agreed to the compro- mise, and passed a motion to receive Prince Rupert's resolution as a simple matter of information until further notice ler ‘hated’ slain wife, court hears The 26-year-old also pleaded not guilty to one couht of attempted murder of his three-year-old adopted son Jonathan Roberts. Van Alstine said evidence, including a taped confession, wquld show that the killings took place between 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on July 18, 1994 The prosecutor said Susan and Josiah were found with ropes around their necks and that David, who stayed in a coma for six days before he died, was brain dead, most likely from being smothered. Chris Salvail, a boy who lived two doors away from the Roberts, was expected to testify that at 10:30 p.m. on July 18, he noticed smoke coming from the Roberts’ home and told his step-father, Alan Cole, to call 9-1-1 The two then ran to the Roberts’ home where Cole rescued Jonathan, from the top of the stairs. The fifst firefighter on the scene, Gordon Ratcliffe, rescued David from a crib where the twins slept, Van Alstine said Another firefighter, Clayton Murrell, made his way to the master bedroom where he discovered Susan’s body wrapped in sheets or blan- kets Van Alstine said when firefighters moved her body to the kitchen iit was obvious that she was dead. “A rope was tied tightly around her neck,” he said. See TRIPLE-MURDER 4A Victor Fast and Sam the Parrot have travelled across Canada to raise funds for disease prevention. Walk ’95s motto, “One step of prevention is worth miles of cures” is being spread from Sarnia, Ontario to Victoria, B.C.. In total the group will walk same 4,200 miles for disease prevention A bird’s-eye view- SUN STAFF PHOTO/Karen Kerkhott Castlegar ‘teams’ with other municipalities in airport takeovers DEREK ZEISMAN Sun Staff The City of Castlegar is plan- ning to become involved in a “common front” aimed at ensur- ing the long-term viability of the Castlegar airport, once its transfer to municipal hands is comipleted within the next few years. At its last regular meeting Sept. 19, city council unanimous- ly passed a resolution calling for city officials to become involved in a collaborative effort among more than a dozen B.C. commu nities, all of which are faced with the major task of taking over con- trol of their local airports in less than five years’ time Most of those airports lose a large amount of money on an annual basis —- something city councillors said they are not will- ing to see continue, once the air- port is in local hands. For its part, the Castlegar airport lost nearly $1 million last year alone. “We don't have that kind of money to lose,” said Coun. Kirk Community rallies to build house for deceased man’s family parties in hopes that the house will be complet- ed by the time snow falls. KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff Caring and the sense of community are alive in well in Pass Creek. The recent accidental death of James Harold Stoodley, 44, last week d the c d and Rick council should not go reacting in ~a knee-jerk manner to such a Two sides to meet in labor dispute TSTERUNG NEWS SERVICE The two sides in a labor dis- ipute are meeting Wednesday in Vancouver for talks Officials from the pressmen’s union and the Communications ‘Energy and Paperworkers’ (CEP), ‘are meeting with management from Sterling Newspapers Limit- “ed this week in the hopes that the contract dispute will be resolved. “Obviously it’s better to be talking than not,” said Sterling regional vice-president Nigel Hannaford Employees at several Koote- May newspapers are affected by the talks, including locally the Nelson Daily News, Trail Daily Times and The Castlegar Sun ity has rallied and turned their grief into positive action. Stoodley, who had recently moved to Pass Creek with his wife Elaine and two small chil- dren, died after he fell from the roof of the home he was building. Now the community has joined together in their grief to complete the house he had been building for his family. Last weekend a work party raised the roof while spouses helped out by preparing meals for the crew. There are plans for further work y. But the ing to donate Various businesses have also been donating towards the work party, in both building materi- als and food. The Stoodleys had moved from Kelowna to Pass Creek two years ago. James was arelief school bus driver for the Castlegar School District kinner, a neighbor and friend of Stoodley's said that donations of materials, labor and money are greatly appreciated, but requested that donors contact him at 365-2739, or Ruth Boisvert at 365-2290 before doing so in order to avoid confusion or duplication of donations. As well there is an account set up at the Castlegar Savings Credit Union at the Mid- town Plaza in South Castlegar for those wish- money. Dutf. “We don’t want to see our accounts dry up through some kind of mistake or misunder- standing.” That's where the airport col- laboration plan comes in, Duff said the purpose of the plan is to pool the efforts and expertise of all the communities that are currently in the process of trying to obtain, in as short a time as possible, all the skills needed to effectively operate and manage their local airports. “It’s a good idea, because if everyone else is involved with us in working through the process, we're bound to catch every- thing,” said Duff. “The more participants, the better. We're not going to be able to catch everything on our own.” With the final deadline for transfers of all small Canadian airports from federal to municipal hands set-at March 31, 2000, city council voted to donate up to $5,000 to cover the cost of research and feasibility studies undertaken by the new airport alliance over the coming months. “This sort of delegation of authority will be a good step in the transfer process,” said Duff. “Council isn't going to be bound by any of the decisions made, but what they come up with should be very interesting.” Duff said putting together a See AIRPORT cry Man pleads not guilty to killing siblings MICHAEL LAYCOCK Sterling News Service CRANBROOK — A Spar- wood man pleaded “not guilty” here Monday to killing his two half-siblings and trying to kill their mother. Kristian Lee Warsing was in Supreme Court to face two For all your local news a charges of first-degree murder and one of attempted murder The 20-year-old, wearing a blue-grey sweater over polo shirt as he sat upreght in the prison er’s box while a selected The tall, thin man stared straight ahead tor a grey showed no emotion jury wa clean-shaven much of the morning, occasional ly turning to view potential jurors as they were called The Crown and defence were scheduled to present their opening arguments to the jury Wednesday The trial is expected to take three to four weeks and to feature more than 35 civilian and police witnesses. The community of Sparwood was left in a state of shock May 27 last year when the bod- ies of Warsing’s half-sister Shannon Warsing I seven months, and half-brother Stuart Warsing, seven, were found in the family home An autopsy determined the children had been strangled 7 sports — The Castlegar Sun “Sept terrorized by night intruder KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff A Brilliant resident had a rude awakening last Saturday when a would-be robber forced his way into the home. Police say the resident was awakened by a shirt- less man banging on his door at around 11:30 p-m.. Upon answering the door, the assailant attempted to force his way into his home demanding money, but was forced out by the forced his way into the home and was once again forced out by the resident, who then called police. RCMP say the man has long red/brown hair and is of medium build. The RCMP are asking that anyone having knowledge of the inci- dent or man contact them at 365-7721. Bull elk poached Nelson Conservation Officer Adam Christies is seeking public assistance to solve the poached killing of a bull elk in the Kréstova area The animal was discovered Sept. 24 and officials cstimate 11 had been killed sometime after 18. The carcass was fully intact. The elk-had been shot Anyone with information can call 354-6397.