az Castlégar News June 5, 1988

Community Services
Centre expanding

By BRENDAN NAGLE
Staff Writer

The Castlegar and District Com-
munity Services organization is ex-
panding its operation to accommo-
date an increasing demand for social
services advocacy in the area, says
the group's coordinator.

The group is now renovating its
new headquarters, located next to
the Wizard's Palace in downtown
Castlegar.

“The present location is too small,”
says coordinator Patricia Lakes of
the cramped office the group is pres
ently using. “It’s also up a flight 6f
stairs,” she says, noting that the
stairs are difficult for physically han
dicapped people to climb.

The group originally started as a
volunteer exchange to keep a regis
try of volunteer workers involved in
jobs and services around the com.
munity. It has expanded to accom
modate all kinds of people with
numerous concerns ranging from de-
pression to family planning and
youth development. Lakes also says
the group is planning to expand its
seniors’ advocacy program

“We're starting to do work with
the elderly in the area,” she says.
“There seems to be a real \need for
advocacy of senior citizens.”

The group is a “front-line” organ
ization, Lakes says. “The basic man
date is counselling ,and referral of

people.” She stresses the organ
ization does not offer therapy for
people in need. Instead, she screens a
person with a particular problém and
refers them to a group which can
offer direct help for a singular prob-

lem.
“We do problem-solving counsell
she says. ‘We don't do ther

y

The group's services are aimed at
preventing problems which may
arise in a person's life instead of
dealing directly with a particular
problem.

“We're supposed to be offering
programs of a preventative meas-
ure,” she says. “We do this through
group counselling and individual in.
terviews. The idea is that we're
supposed to do crises intervention.”

At the moment, Lakes — who took
over the coordinators position Feb. 1
— is the only paid member working
for the Centre. The Ministry of Social
Services and Housing pays her
wages. The rest of the 20 people who
have been working on and off at the
Centre for the past year are volun.
teers. Lakes adds there is always
room for more qualified volunteers
who wish to get involved.

“If we're going to do more, we're
going to need more trained volun
teers,” she says. “I'll be training 10
volunteers this month.”

She says the volunteers probably

WKPL hopes for
public support

KELOWNA (CP) — West
Kootenay Power and Light
wants to sell residents of this
Okanagan city on a proposed oil
and gas-fired turbine to provide
peak-period power to its cus
tomers during the winter.

The company's campaign will
include full-page newspaper ad
vertisements, mail-in question-
naires, open-house meetings and
a telephone survey.

Stu McKay, West Kootenay's
senior vice-president of opera
tions, told council he will be back
in front of them with positive
public reaction within three
weeks.

City council has already re-

fused to allow the $33-million
electricity-generating turbine on
a proposed site on Highway 97.

Mayor Jim Stuart said public
support for the project could
sway council, although he per.
sonally opposes the project be
cause of its potential impact on
air quality in the city.

The turbine will be used
duriag the peak winter months
to reduce purchases of more
expensive power from B.C. Hy.
dro. The project is subject to the
approval of the B.C. Utilities
commission, which recently de-
layed public hearings pending
completion of environmental and
site studies.

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won't be around too long because
most of them will get placed in
paying jobs ér go back to school,

The volunteers help around the
office with administrative duties and
drive elderly people from the com-
munity to the store and other places
seniors have to go.

Lakes is the only one at the centre
who can actually counsel someone
and offer advise on a referral, She
says it's tough being the only person
in the Centre to be qualified for the
counselling duties and adds it would
be to the benefit of the Centre and
the community if there were more
staff who could perform the function
she now performs alone.

“My biggest hope is that we'll get
some of the special services for
family money (a program announced
by Premier Bill Vander Zalm two
months ago),” she says. “I applied for
two full-time family support workers
(under the program).”

Lakes says she is working hard
right now — she's renovating the
new building, keeping the books and
trying to fit in interviews as well —
and enjoying it.

But she says the Centre needs
more support from the community.
So far, the donations for the reno-
vations of the new building — the
work is expected to cost about $1,500
— have totalled $400. All the money
for the renovations will have to come
from the community, she says. She is
quick to add the new Centre will
improve its ability to service the
community.

“It's going to be good,” she says
while measuring a long piece of
lumber for a new wall. “It will make a
great home base for Castlegar Com
munity Services.”

Despite the new building — which
the group will start moving into next
week — Lakes says there is still a lot
to be done.

“It's a challenge,” she says. “We
need to be able to do more than we
do. There's a greter need for com-
munity services.”

The group also gets a substantial
amount of funding from the City of
Castlegar, the Regional District of
Central Kootenay and the United
Way.

New facility
opens at

border

By CasNews Staff

The first Canada-U.S. shared cus-
toms facility was officially opened
Thursday near Grand Forks.

National Revenue Minister Elmer
McKay was on hand for the opening
ceremonies at the Carson-Danville
border crossing 10 kilometres south
of Grand Forks.

Canada Customs clears an average
of 175,000 persons and 70,000. vehi
cles a year at the Carson crossing.

At the Carson crossing, Canadian
and American customs officers and
the U.S. Department of Immigration
and Naturalization are all being
housed in a $1.2 million building
which straddles the Canada-U.S.
border.

There will be no reduction in
manpower and the border point will
continue to be staffed simultaneously
by a customs officer from each
country.

This point of entry in southeastern
British Columbia has five Canadian
officers and four American officers.
It is open from 8 a.m. to midnight and
last year handled 175,000 persons in
70,000 vehicles travelling between
the two countries.

The three services share common
staff areas and support services such
as utilities and heating.

Operational zones are to be located
in parts of the building that are on
Canadian or American territory thus,
each service will carry out its res
pective duties in its own country.

Although the Carson border post is
one of two joint pilot projects, it is for
the moment the only shared customs
facility along the entire 7,200 kil-
ometre Canada-U.S. frontier, which
stretches from the Strait of Juan de
Fuca on the Pacific Ocean to the
Atlantic’s Grand Manan Channel.

MacKay emphasized that the local
Canadian community from the Car-
son-Grand Forks area would have
opportunities to provide services for
the border post. The opening cere
mony itself, was held on the Cana.
dian side of the border and catered
by a local Canadian firm and with
musical accompaniment by the Grand
Forks high school band.

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RENOVATIONS UNDERWAY
i

+ » Castlegar and
jrict Community Services coordinator Ti

in to this month.

Lakes is hard at work renovating the insides of

the new building the organization will be moving

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JOSEPHSON

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ephson said he will miss Castlegar.
“My family and myself are con-
cerned about leaving Castlegar,” he
said. “Castlegar’s been our home for
20 years.”

In his new position, Josephson will
oversee all administrative duties of
the provincial criminal, civil and
family courts. He will also serve as a
liaison to the government on behalf
of the provincial court system. And
he'will become the chairman of the
judicial council of B.C., which is the
body responsible for approval of can
didates for the bench.

He said he wasn't expecting the
appointment, but also said he wasn't
surprised at the announcement be.
cause he was one of two people con
sidered to be next in line for the
position after serving as associate
chief judges.

will also be r
for dealing with complaints regard

ing judges and justices of the peace,
but it's a workload he said he will
enjoy.

“I'm so honored to have been
chosen,” he said.

Josephson articled with the firm of
Enderton and Kent in Nelson and
was called to the B.C. bar in 1969. He

practised law in Castlegar until 1975
when he became a provineial court
judge.

was
chief judge of the provincial court in
1985 and designated administrative
judge for the West Kootenay region
in 1986.

ADAMS

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“We don't see any reason to
change it,” she said.

She would also like to see the
past policy of cooperation with the
Castlegar school board continue.

Adams would also like to see small.
er class sizes. She says since the
beginning of restraint, the number
of teachers in Castlegar has been
reduced from 140 to 110.

“Certainly we are doing the job
with far fewer bodies,” she said.

Adams pointed out that the three

or four fewer teachers the eh
lost this year were throu
attrition.

Adams said preparation time for
teachers is also a big problem.

“They had two major strikes in
Ontario over the last year over prep
time,” she said.

Adams also said she would like to
see the district get an elementary
school counsellor and an individual
progress class for children with
learning disabi

Births & Funerals

BIRTHS
AYRES — To Sandra and Art Ayres of
Maple Ridge, a boy, born May 22.

BARABONOW — To Donna and Fred
Barabonow of Castlegar, a boy, born
May 23.

BLASING To Linda Anderson and Karl
Blasing of Nakusp, a boy, born May 17

BLOOMQUIST — To Rosanna and Wayne
Bloomquist of Trail, a girl, born May 10.

Chicchetti - To Sherry (nee Dixon) and
Luigi Chicchetti of Montrose, a girl, born

COMO — To Linda and Steve Como of
Trail, a boy, born April 30.

‘CORBETT — To Pearl and Randy Corbett
of Trail, a boy, born May 23

FREEMAN — Dennise and Bob
Freeman of Trail, a boy, born May 15.

GAUDRY — To Rosemary and Virgil
Gaudry of Warfield, a girl, born May 26.

GILES — To Susan and Ron Giles of
Castlegar, a girl, born May 12
HERBERT — To The Herbert of
Rossland, a girl, born May 14

and Ted Jack
born May 13

JACKMAN — To De:
man of Fruitvale, a gi

JOHNSON — To Dominique ond Lou
Johnson of Crawford Bay, a girl, born
May 27

LABELLE — To Judy and Bruce Lobelle of
Montrose, a boy, born May 15.

MORRISON To Lana and Gordon
Morrison of Fruitvale, a boy, born May
16.

MORTON — To Kathleen (neo Jorgen
sen) ond Jim Morton of Kimberley, o
boy, born May 5.
MUSSIO — To Eileen ond Ino Mussio, a
girl, born May 11

PEREHUDOFF To
Perehudott of Costlegor
May 29

Sally and Jim
@ girl, born
PLEASANTS — To Anito and Don
Pleasants of Blackfalls, Alto., a girl,
bom Moy 28. .
PRENEY — To Dominique Preney and
n@ Martin of Nelson, a girl, born
May 25.

e

RILKOFF To Katya Malott and Som Rilkoft
of Blueberry Creek, a girl, born May 17,

ROSHINSKY — To Anita and Ronald
Roshinsky of Slocan Park, a boy, born
May 24.

SOKOLOSKI — To Susan and Herb
Sokoloski of Balfour, a boy, born May
20.

THIESSEN — To Marlane and Gary
Thiessen of Meadow Creek, a girl, born
May 25.

WORSNOP — To Bonny and Scott Wor
snop of Trail, a girl, born May 25.

BUCHANNON —

of Creston; one son, Patrick, of Von
couver: and several grandchildren.

Trischuck of Castlegar: two

or ina Reuter of Trail and
ida Hastings of Post Falls, idaho

one step-brother Fred Pressacco of Trail.
five nephews and two nieces

CARTER — Eleanor Frances Carter of
Robson died May 30. She was 80. Mrs
Carter is survived by one son, John and
daughter-in-law Carmen of Nelson: two
grandchildren, Robin and Jordan, She
was predeceased by her husband Dun.
can in 1982.
CASLER — Frank Wilbert (Cas) Casler of
Wartield died suddenly May 29 at his
residence. He was:57. Mr. Casler is sur-
vived by his wife Maureen; two
daughters, Lori King of Fruitvale and
Janet Dunlop of Victorio; one son Marc
Vancouver; six grandchildren: one
brother Roy of Trail; and many niec
and newphews.
DITTRICH — Lillian Emma Dittrich of
Kamloops, formerly of Castlegar died
May 24. She was 75. Mrs. Dittrich is sur
vived by one son, Gerry and wite Lily of
rnaby; two ters Mrs. Joan Epp
2nd husbond Bob of Kamloops; Mrs
Shirley Evans and husband Ron of St.
hhn's News,

of Castlegor; three sisters Mrs. Helen
Dunlop and Mrs. Myrtle Carlson, both of
Castlegar. She was predeceased by her
husband, August, in 1970.
EYRES — Thomas Allon Eyres of
Rossland died May 26. He was 72. Mr
Eyres is survived by his wife Irene; two
daughters, Anne Marie Penny of
Rossland and Faye Crawford of Von.
couver five sons

Rossland, Way:

Victoria and Floyd of Vancouver.

one great-g
three brothers, Gordon of Vancouver
and Alex of Thunder Bay, Ont.; two
sisters Allison of Victoria and Lois of
I ‘9. Ont. He was
by his first wife Margaret and two sons

@ grandson; two

inson of Trail and
William Robinsons of Noramata; five
sisters, Shelah Casey, Mary Minton and
Myrtle Triol of Trail, Lyona Berndt of
Montrose ond Eileen Webb of Kim:
erley: several nieces, nephews ond
cousins. She was predeceased by three
sisters
ROSNER — Gustav Rosner of Castlegar
died suddenly May 29. He was 79. Mr
Rosner wite, Dora
three ick Donald of
Coquitlam, Lawrence John of Burnaby
and Walter Harold of Rossland; eight

i two greqi

pumerous nieces and’ nephews; one
brother in Germany and one sister in

WOYKIN — Nastia Woykin of Ci D
Valley died May 29 She 5 Mrs
Woykin is survived by three daughters
Mrs. Mike (Anne) P:

i: 10
and thr ie

Mrs. Harry (Vera)
John (Nellie)
9

eight

oo ; three
brothers, Jim, Jock and Joe Killough, all

and one
Stolotf of Grand Forks

Hydro gets green light

VANCOUVER (CP) — The National Energy Board has given
B.C. Hydro the green light to export power from the Burrard thermal
generating plant without public hearings or an announcement.

Air-pollution watchdog Pamela Graham said the provincial
Crown corporation had misled the public because Hydro had
described power exports as “doubtfull” during an environmental

appeal in 1985.

Agreement reached

KAMLOOPS (CP)

An agreement reached between the feuding

managements of Canada Safeway and a local mall will give shoppers a

brand new grocery store.

But the) pact will also mean the end of another grocery store in a

nearby mall)
Dominion Management,

managers

of Aberdeen Mall, and

Safeway, have been involved in a dispute over whether the giant
grocery chain can close the Woodward's food floor it bought last year.

Refugee aid requested

VANCOUVER (CP) — The British Columbia government should
follow the example of other provinces and give more money to
organizations that aid refugees and immigrants, the executive
director of Vancouver's largest immigrant-aid organization said.

Vera Radio, of the Multilingual Orientation Service Association

ing on a federal

for Immigrant C ies, was

study that shows aid services for immigrants and refugees — who are
arriving in Vancouver in unprecedented numbers — cannot meet the

demand

Health care impact

PENTICTON (CP) — The impact on health care of a growing
elderly population in British Columbia was a major theme during a
three-day B.C. Health Association convention, says the association's

vice-president.

“There are a lot of long-term care patients that are in acute beds
and this is causing problems to the acute hospitals,” Mike Mahony of
Vancouver said in an interview after the convention ended.

IRC members named
VICTORIA (CP) — Eight people, including four members of the

former labor relations board of British Columbi:

were named Friday

to repi labor and g
Relations Council.
The announcement by

Labor

i sts on the Industrial

Minister Lyall Hanson was

immediately criticized by Ken Georgetti, president of the B.C.

Federation of Labor.

$2-million program

VICTORIA (CP) — The British Columbia government announced

g up on Premier Bill

a $2-million family

program,

Vander Zalm's promise to tackle the problem of hungry school
children by assisting families at home.

But critics were quick to point out that poverty — not family
breakdown — is the main reason some Vancouver children go to

school hungry each day.

Elsie MeMurphy, president of the B.C. Teachers Federation, said
counselling will do nothing to rectify the real problem.

BCGEU negotiates

VANCOUVER (CP) — The chief bargainer for 29,000 provincial
government workers accused government negotiator Bob Plecas of
negotiating through the media as both sides prepare for contract

talks on Monday.

John Shields, president of the British Columbia Government

Employees Union, said Plecas was

highly unprofessional and

provocative by speaking publicly before the first round of talks begin

on Monday.

Plecas said the government wants to talk about longer hours and
.fewer fringe benefits for its employees in return for a bigger pay hike

when talks open in Victoria.

Patients disappear
VANCOUVER (CP) — Two highly-infectious tuberculosis pati
ents who have disappeared from Vancouver General Hospital are
infecting those they meet on the street, a hospital spokesman said on

Friday.

“They are wandering around out there, definitely infecting
people, with coughing and sneezing,” said Dr. Moira Yeung, a director
at the hospital. “They are highly infectious.”

One patient is a woman in her early 20s who works as a
prostitute. The other is a man in his late 20s with a history of

alcoholism.

Contract settled
KAMLOOPS (CP) — The United Steelworkers of America,
whose members were poised to strike after a recent vote, have
reached a tentative contract settlement.
The steelworkers, who voted 62 per cent two weeks ago in favor
of a strike, received an offer including increased pension benefits and
wages, said staff representative Steve Hunt.

Kootenay-West MP
‘feeling good’

By CasNews Staff

Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco
stepped off the plane in Castlegar
Friday for the first time since suffer.
ing a heart attack nearly two months
ago in Ottawa.

Brisco — who was in good spirits —
showed no signs of having been
struck with the near-fatal heart
attack and said he was glad to be
back in Castlegar.

“It's great to be here and I'm
feeling good,” he said as’ he walked
toward the airport building with his
wife Sheila and son Jason

“AIII need to do is put on about 10
pounds,” he joked.

Brisco said it’s been a steady re
covery process but he’s already been
back inthe House of Commons for
debate.

“I'm doing committee work and 'm
doing just the normal routine things
that are expected of me,” he said. But
he added his unexpected layoff has
led to a lot of catching up.

“T've got a backlog of work to catch
up on.”

Brisco was well aware of what has
been going on in the area during his
absence and said the Castlegar-Rob-
son ferry closure is a concern.

“It may be they can excuse its (the
ferry's) operation now, but that can't
be allowed to continue,” he said. “The
system of the inland ferries is part of
the highways system.”

He also said CP Rail's proposed
abandonment of the Boundary sub
division between Midway and Castle.
gar is also a major concern.

“It's obvious that CPR wants to
abandon and they will do anything
possible to do just that,” he said. “It's
a progressive disorder and we just
have to stop that.”

Brisco said he feels there were
enough strong economic arguments
presented at last week's public
hearing to keep the line open. He said
he hopes the National Transportation
Agency will rule in favor of keeping
the line open.

SUNFEST FESTIVITIES ...
(clockwise from top left)
Gordon Gehringer of
Gehringer Brothers

estate winery in Oliver
pours wine at the Vinter's
Celebration; Miss Castlegar
1988 Lisa Dodds shortly
after she was crowned;
Ernie Dingo, Australia’s
ambassador to Sunfest;

a Gyro Cop looks for people
not wearing a Sunfest
button; a chili chef dishes
out the results of this

year's chiki cookoft

SUNFEST

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tivity room applauded and che-
ered when Dodds was chosen,
making it abvious she was a fa
vorite choice. First Princess it
Judi Closkey and second Prin}
cess is Helen Fehrenberg.

Sandra Renwick was chosen
Miss Congeniality by her fellow
contestants and Heidi-Lyn Mann
received the talent award.

Royalty candidates took part
in talent, evening gown, and
speech competitions. They were
also given an impromptu ques
tion.

Also on Friday, more than 100
people turned out to quaff wine
at the Selkirk Vintners’ evening
of wine tasting and wine appre.
ciation.

Walter Gehringer of Gehrin
ger Brothers in Oliver gave a
well-received talk on the various
wines made at the Okanagan
Valley estate winery. Patrons
had a chance to taste four white
wines and one red wine.

Bruce Lacroix, a wine conois
seur from Nelson, was also on
hand to analyze several home.
made wines. Bob Lindeman of
Lindeman Wines of Austrlaia
was in attendance as well.

Prior to the wine tasting, the
Castlegar Festivals Society pre
sented Sunfest corporate spon
sors with gifts of appreciation (a
more complete account of that
will appear in Wednesday's
CasNews).

The three-day celebration con
tinues today with slo-pitch finals
at Kinnaird Park, the boomer.
ang contest, the dart tourney, a
water carnival, a talent show,
and family fun day at Kinsmen
Park, which includes the 16th
annual frog jumping champion.
ships.

Hundreds of people lined the
south bank-of the Columbia
River to watch the drag boat
races that were part of the
Sunfest events taking place in
Castlegar Saturday.

Wade Olsen of Maple Ridge
ripped up a quarter-mile-long
stretch of the Columbia in a
mere 7.87 seconds to clock the
fastest time of the day. Olson's
boat — which runs on methyl
alcohol — travelled the quarter
mile distance at a speed of about
160 miles per hour.

As the children plugged their
ears the 35 boats roared down

the river in separate brackets or
time divisions.

Ron Fazio of North Vancouver
won the eight- to nine-second
bracket in his boat called the
“Blown Budget.” Fazio travelled
the distance at a speed of about
145 mph. Burt Henderson of
Surrey won the nine to
10-second bracket.

In the 10- to 11-second bracket
Ron Hardi of Surrey took top
honors. North Vancouver's Dave

Lucas won the 11 to 12-second
bracket with fellow resident
Mark Dowling winning the 12- to
13-second races.

Dowling coasted to the victory
in 20.78 seconds because he was.
the only competitor in that
bracket.\D.J. Doran of Nine Mile
Falls, Wash., won the 14- to
15-second bracket in 14.37
seconds.

The races lasted for about six
hours.

BORDERS

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they have quit drugs because of zero
tolerance.

“One of them even signed their
names,” said Lewis.

He explained the letters came
mostly from people who lived near
the border and travelled across on a
daily basis.

‘They say it's not worth the risk,”
he said

People caught with illegal sub-
stances and even drug paraphernalia
can spend time in custody and have
their vehicles impounded. And Can
adians bringing prescribed drugs

should have their prescription handy
if they don't want to have them taken
away.

However, Lewis says it is not
common for vehicles to be impounded
in drug seizures; it depends on the
situation.

“Generally, there's some reason —
there may have been an odor or
something, to give customs reason to
search for drugs,” says Lewis.

He says the most common place
people hide drugs is “on their
person” or in purses and wallets.

Lewis. says of the last 115 drug
seizures, 104 involved marijuana.