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WEDNESDAY
December 5, 1990 :
Cloudy: Page 3A: °

"SPORTS

ENTERTAINMENT

Vol. 1-No. 2.

By NANCY LINGLEY
Sun Editor

» and a conviction results
in a permanent criminal record.

can't get: into some countries; and
a lot of times it means that person

can't get into certain professions
— they can't be bonded, a basic
courier job is out of reach for
them," said Cst. Phil Noonan of

Noonan is the local
CounterAttrack co-ordinator and
the detachment is gearing up for
the Christmas CounterAttack
program which begins this
Friday, Dec. 8, and runs until Jan.
3, 1991.

During the CounterAttack
campaign, RCMP strive to
present a high profile in the
community.

“The program is intended to
act as a deterent," explained
Noonan. “If it’s necessary we will
take enforcement action, but we
prefer not to.”

Aiding Castlegar RCMP i in ‘the

to keep ik
drivers off of the roads is a small
device known as the ALERT, or
Alcohol Level Evaluation Road
Test.
“To order a breathalyzer test,

| you: have ,to:haye. formed.an_.

opinion that the ability to drive a
vehicle is' impaired by alcohol,”

_| explained Noonan. “You do this

Impaired driving is an offense
under the Criminal Code of |

“That means no passport, you, ‘

the Castlegar Detachment of the -
RCMP.

by physical sympt ‘guchias
odor on the breath’and slurring of
speech, or by driving evidence. 2
To submit a driver: to*an
ALERT test, the officer only: has

to suspect that the. person has
consumed alcohol said Noonan.
“Even though the physical
symptoms might not be visible,
this baby shows you right away,’

SUN STAFF PHOTO / Haney Licey

Above, Highway Fatrolman Brian Watson of the Nelson
RCMP subdivision, and;. right, Cst. Kathy Pozgaj of the
Castlegar-RCMP-Detachment-check ‘out motorists ‘at a
CounterAttack roadblock. The. annual, Christmas
campaign begins th this‘ Friday, Dec: 8.’

vat test he

he added. “To be impai: you
don't bave to be drunk. With an

ALERT we can get persons with a |

reading of about 100. When we

rely strictly on ordering a *

breathalyzer, the readings are most
likely in excess of 140, A driver is
legally impaired at 80. They may.
not consciously and physically:
show those symtoms, but reaction’

time and the ability to drive is’

affected without gross symptoms.

The ALERT is a simple device for

the detection of impaired drivers.”

A failed ALERT test is grounds

added. ‘

“And as far as the law is” a ride ‘home for the. ‘driver:
concerned, it is an offense to. Usually the vehicle is parked
refuse a request for cither an where it can't be left and we can't

‘T or a breathalyzer test and’ move it soiwhen the vehicle is

ote fope cates the same pensitics towed, the driver will catch a ride

ja :conviction for impaired ° with'the tow truck operator,” said
ig," said Noonan, Noonan:

"The ? penalities for drinking and. °
driving are varied.
"Under the Motor Vehicles Act,

a driver with over 50 mg. of . driver will be charged with

alcohol.in 100 ml. of blood — or.

‘spot.
eve srl atiease to duress foe

A blood alcohol level of over
-08 ‘isan offense under the
iminal Code of Canada and the

— will receive a 24-hour

_- See COUNTERATTACK 2A)

Mayor recaps year at inaugural meeting

By NANCY LINGLEY
Sun Editor

of; either Trail or Nelson.”
_ Moore added that other

Building permits were up

projects
in the City of Castlegar in 1990
ion of new turf

during the past year,” p
taxes will go down in the coming
year, and Mayor Audrey Moore” is
optimistic that the Celgar project

and shale on the infield of the ball
di d-at the C ; a.pew

for the city; and an agreement for a

26-lot subdivision.

The mayor promised a Spring
1991 ‘clean-up day, and. a
Household Hazardous Waste
Retrieval event.

Cast "Ss value has

watermain on 10th /St. for the

will. be | app d before
Christmas.

In ber Address to the Inaugural
Meeting of City Council Monday,
Moore also stated over 95 per cent
of Council’s initiatives and

handicapped-
accessible washrooms at Kinnard
Park; the purchase of a new, larger

Street sweeper which provided

faster, more freqrent service; the *

reinstatement of a successful fall

grown by 23 per cent, reported
Moore.

The Provisional Budget
the
Castlegar City Council i is up 11 per
cent over the past year.

ij were pleted during
the past year.

“There were over $14 million
in building permits issued, the
highest ever in the history of the
city,’ said Moore, “twice the value

ofa
rental ‘housing strategy plan;

' revisions to the subdivision/

development bylaw; adoption of a
planning procedure bylaw; a
comprebensive development plan

Rubes®

By Leigh ‘Rubin

Justice of the Peace Judy
we bh ied b

Ww ip y
RCMP Cst. Stuart Schmidt in red
serge, administered the Oaths of
Office and Oaths of Allegiance to
Mayor Moore and Aldermen Jim
Chapman, Kirk Duff, Bob Pakula,
and Doreen. Smecher. The
invocation was given by Reverend
Tra Johnson. Missing from the

Lawrence Chemoff ad Marilyn
on.

Alderman’ Smecher was
appointed the RDCK Director for
the City of Castlegar with Mayor
Moore on standby as the Altemate
Director,

In an effort to cut various
committee _ meetings — and
accomplish. more work, City
Council: will now meet: as a

By BARBARA TANDORY

Committee of the Whole on the
first and third Tuesday of each
month at 5 p.m. when possible,
otherwise at 6 p.m. Regular
Council meetings will be held on
the second and fourth Monday of
each month at 7 p.m.

Moore described the Com-
mittee. of the’ Whole-as “less
formal" and. hoped that due to the
casual nature of the meetings the
majority of delegations will

The next regular meeting of
council will be on Monday, Dec.
10, at 7 p.m. The first Committee
of the Whole meeting is scheduled
for Dec. 18.

development proposed for the

‘Sun stef writer
a 8 Bi Job to abt te ety

d land at the junction of
Highway 3 and 14th Aveme.
“Tam ne owner Gundersen

following the fire on nNoV. 18. Although he cause of
the blaze is still under investigation, a possible
electrical short is suspected. °

orn

‘Landowner won’t sell rezoned pro

give a third and final reading and.
to adopt the bylaw.
The aftemoon meeting was the
last of the old council’s unfinished
; 0. : ld

hall. but: alwei

‘bulk of land at ‘the west side.of

k Road‘ and on Forest
oad, has” stomped: out” ot a

P at the
meeting. “ts my property. No
way will I sell it to the city.”

‘The rezoning bylaw had a hot
and stormy bearing at a lengthy.
public hearing last ‘week, but after

pecial ‘city,

Mondéy,. angry: that the ae:

raised by
residents, especially’ to’ the
1 to build two 30-unit

adopted

“bylaw despite eagle caglier protest from
‘sesidents. and’ ‘determined: to:

‘apartment- buildings’: on” the

Merryc! eck’ Road areal pe

Albert Calderbank, after objecting
last week to have the bylaw passed:
by an incomplete council, made a
motion of adoption by the four-
member council, including Mayor
Audrey Moore, at the Monday
‘aftemoon mecting.

Of the three aldermen present,
only Lawrence Chemoff voted no.

perty

since the residents’s concerns

expressed at the hearing remain
valid and unanswered.

.“I listened to what was taking
place,” Chernoff said in an
interview Tuesday. “And I'd like
those concems addressed first.”

Moore noted the bylaw, has
been the subject of many concerns
but said this particuiar-zoning
amendment had been ‘before
council for about three months,
thus receiving due consideration.

“But Gundersen disagreed with’

Afterwards, Chernoff said he —

thought the move was p