‘The’ Castlegar Sun ‘Wednesday, July 31,1991 The Castlegar Sun np ee net here etn errre Teeter: Shi Peo wees wana eeee a reenter ne carer meee ete incert features Day Star The rain came down and the , Concert in the Park became the Concert in the Legion. . Last Thursday's performer, _and the final one of the series, .was a women drumming and Singing ‘traditional native songs. .. Because of the rain, she per- “formed under a ceiling in a meet- “ing room at the legion. * “She was billed as Day Star, “though she went by the name _Jephi Sioux before a man named “Black Eagle Te-named: her, * reasserting her native heritage. * “He's my adopted’ father,” “says Day Star, whose name refers “to the planet Venus. ; _ “My mother was part Indian ‘Local empl yy Three.Canada Post employ but'she passed for white,” she ays sth tlh ite m Steelworkers Continued from 1A which orders its ‘goods from Home Hardware. | : “The dealers think they have nothing to do with this, but if they (the dealers) voiced a big cnough coming here, They just showed. snide) up and left,” he said. The picket in Castlegar was indeed’ a bricf’ one, Jasting approximately 90 minutes. How- ever two members from the Unit- concern to their supplier, Home Hardware would have to do something about it," he said, While Dinner stated that the whole idea behind the tour was to educate both the public and the in Trail, fecling empathy for the group's cause, decided to join in the brief walk, “We're here to greet them with open arms, We can sympathize with their plight,” ‘said ‘one of the ives from Trail. dealers about the ing con- flict, an employce at West's Department Store said she had no idea why the picket was occur- ting. These remarks were echoed by Wallace Horning, general manag- er of West's Department Store., “We had no idea they Were & Hydro “Dinner finished by stating that — funds for the tour, covering such things as gas and car maintenance bills, are paid out of a strike fund, arid that contributions from other unions were being utilized as well. ‘eee | Continued from 1A ideas until we're sure of a project go-ahead,” she said. It’s been said that B.C. Hydro must undergo a tough balancing act in order to plan for electrical transmissions in the Lower Columbia area. The Ministry of Forests and the Ministry of Envi- are two such provincial hoiding # Grants regarding the project. As well, Calder says that public concern regarding the future of the local area is of prime importance to B.C. Hydro. “The whole idea in holding these public workshops and the dinner meeting tonight is to find a regional solution, rather than one which satisfies only one or two parties,” he finished. elie Continued from 1A to the Vancouver Island natural gas pipeline, means that we are moving even faster towards Cleaner energy.” We oe The 42 projects were selected from over 130 submitted by utili- ty companies, Grants were award- ed in order of cost-effecti up to the $4 million ‘total for the year. “We are working to make this a multi-year program,” said the Minister: “In the coming ‘months, we will be reviéwing our funding guidelines and the utilities’ pro- jects to bring’ gas.to more ‘loc: Student employment ce BRENDAN HALPER Sun staff “1 Bven‘though:her was spent in what she calls the white culture, Star says she’ has .always longed to. live with the land. _ “I'd been living close to the land since I was 18,” she says. “When I was a kid I had dreams of living that way.” “I was looking forward to playing outside,” she says. Star’s performance included a Cree song called Harmony With ‘The: Barth, another Called'the *Snake Song, and a Sioux song which Star described as, “Popu- lar at Pow Wows.” _ She said she hoped'the audi- énce learned a little more about native culture.” cc ing an end for the ‘Canada is quickly ap Employment Centre for Students in Trail. The Centre is scheduled to close it’s doors on August 16. To date, 419 students have registered with the Centre. Of ‘these, 131 have found regular employment and a further 142 have found casual work. in the province.” casual/odd jobs. “This year’s regular employ- ment figures (full-time positions) would have been better: if not for the bl ic condi- ee f : SUN STAFF PHOTO/ Jim Zoobon _ Locked Out - Dave Turner, a spokesperson for the Steelworker's Union in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, picketed ide West's.Department Store with his counterparts. ntres winding down soon this year. and will require part- , a stude ow for time work to help with school costs,” said -Stupnikoff. “These .students, along with high school ing a student now for part-time employment is very important in that it allows:a business to fully - train their new worker in time for tions,” said Student Placement Officer Natalie Stupnikoff. The success of the student cen- -tre.is a.direct result of local.mer- chants. and. the support of community leaders and house- holders. The Canada Employ- ment Centre for Students P for the Odd-Job Promotion from July 7- 20 produced 38 casual jobs for students while Hire a Student Week from June 3-9 produced a total of 28 jobs, both full and . part-time. Compared to last year's fig- ures, Student Jobs have increased by three per cent even though a majority of the jobs have been rs the ing for their support: CKQR, Castlegar Sun, Castle- gar News, Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce, City of Castlegar, Woodland Park Shell, KBS, Trail Chamber of Com- merce, Trail Daily Times, City of Trail and Ferraro’s Super Valus. “Many students in the area will be attending Selkirk.College ~-in, Castlegar were honored recent- .ly- for both continuous service and excellence in safety. a The three drivers, Dean Cartez, {Tony Guglielmi and Gerry : Rogers received a service plaque, }-fromi-Canada“Post earlier last week. > Dean Carter started working "for Canada Post in’ May of 1973. ‘After maintaining a foot route for ‘ “four years, he switched to a mail- ‘mobile for the following two. He {then retumed back to a foot route {‘for one more year before moving back to the mailmobile where he ‘Jcurrently délivers to both the business and residential area of Castlegar. Carter has been acci- -dent free for 12 years. *~ Tony Guglielmi, who started !- driving for Canada Post in » September of 1974, moved to Castlegar in 1979 and has been “on mailmobile for’11 years, acci- ‘dent free. Starting his career in {, Vancouver,’ he moved to White :"Rock'as a relief letter carrier “where' approximately half of the 133 ‘routes were mobile, so he spent a lot of time driving in ' i i yho began'‘his ada Post ‘in postal clerk. From, 1977 to. the present he has, acted .as a-relief oyees honoured by Canada Post as a signal to work upset might be forth comin _-“It's fairly hard on-a large site to advise all the, workers of.a pending process upset, but we've developed a system where, .when t iy tod $ ‘And, he’ said, they“have’ begun implementing a. single’ hom blast hear.one, honk on the Ow. a. process upset Celgar an “ACS :— who are constructing the mill— , among the. e hoped it (the cost of mion-" joring and eeducatiag) would be "The ‘social phenomenon Méar- ablic about efivironmental and ished by sayin, es is referring to is the heighiened | -- Christmas shopping mania.” after school or on weekends. Hir- oe We « SVARLENE IMHOFF Bun Editor |: csiCorisumer leakage, a new ‘industry buzzword describing lost {ollars in‘n community, can be ssvercome pnly if retailers and ‘Sther business people rally ‘together, said |the latest guest ‘speaker to the Castlégar Chamber ‘of Commerpe, Thursday. Sete '3:Ray Howard; president of the :Chamber.| of {Commerce in ‘Colville, Washi j d this remarks to approximately 40' ‘pasiness peopleand retailers who ‘attended the ¢hamber dinner ‘meeting, |} fe ‘: After drawing a’ comparative ‘analysis of ‘Castlégar , and ‘Colville, Howard stated the two City rece water systems “BRENDAN HALPER ~ : Sun staff On July 12 Municipal affairs. ‘Minister Graham). Bruce announced 1991/92 sewer and‘ water system grants to municipal- ‘ities and’ regional districts totalling $25 million with another $72. million to come. Confirma- ‘tion of these remaining grants will be announced as saon as pro- . ject details are finalized. Locally, the city of Castlegar - will receive a $10,000 grant which is, “something we applied . for to do a computer analysis of .. “Gur present sewage system,” said” ; its abundant supply of pure Director of Finance for the City of Castlegar, Jacquie Hamilton. “It's part of our comprehen- sive development plan,” she said. “Tt’s an overall plan which includes looking at the whole city -in-terms of possible future - growth. It looks at the infrastruc- , uest spea cities arc basically fighting the . ‘same battle = attempting to secure business, which is otherwise making its way to Spokane. “The businesses in our com- munity realized that they would have to stick together if they were going to combat this problem. Today, we have a really strong chamber, approximately 70 per cent of the businesses in Colville are ‘active “members,” said Howard. } But there's a double whammy against Castlegar. ‘Howard, who is concerned over Colville’s lost dollars to P dmitted to his li that 30 per cent of the income at his family restaurant on any given weekend is from Canadian coin. support the ‘various growth sce- narios and, if needed, the funding , that would be necessary to expand.” i According to Hamilton, the city of Castlegar must match the government funds dollar for dol- Tar. Provincial funding levels vary from 25 to 50 per cent of water project costs and from 25 to 75 per cent of sewer project costs, depending on the nature of the project and the existence of envi- ronmental or public-health con- cems. etd Tube’ * “These grants are a key part of the province's fight to preserve water,” said Bruce. Grants for sewersand water. “ ‘systems are-one aspéct of the, canal 6 “Not every, business in Colville j has stated what their Canadian income is, but I do know that a lot of them enjoy that percentage or better,” he said, That's rather disappointing news to, Castlegar’s chamber president James Craig. i “That's 30 per cent not staying _in our own community - and is what we're-trying to combat,” he said. | | ms Craig says the chamber is ‘actively, looking for ways in which it can prevent so many dol- lars from seeping not only into Spokane, but into smaller centres . such as Colville as well. He belicves this has resulted in a stronger local-chamber. “T think the community recog- ives sewer and grant sustain a high quality of basic infrastructure and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for its citizens. . | “Transfer payments under the program were up 6.9 per cent over last year, “Good financial ker addresses consumer leakage nizes the need for a stronger ; chamber and I think they are responding to that. Our member- ship is a heck of a Jot more active now than it ever was before,” he continued. While o strong chamber in any community is both important and enviable, Howard stated that proper customer service is a key jissuc in Colville, and that it _ should be of crucial importance in Castlegar as well. ;,. AS a frequent visitor to the Jocal area, the Colville president hinted to his audience that service in the Kootenays could be vimproved. * “The reception is different here than I would hope to get in my own community. Possibly, I just haven’t been to the right places,” -he said. y Craig agrees that service is extremely important in gaining + the edge over competitors across the border. t “Once you take the difference .in the Canadian dollar, plus the jlevel of taxation we are faced “with, the two factors make a big difference in the perception of getting value for the dollar, When you tie that in with the difference in service levels that Mr. Howard hinted at, you have real value. has allowed us to enrich the rev- enue sharing program to treat the environment as a lasting asset,” said Bruce. Cemetery SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor «e Citizens who are voicing theii < concerns to.Castlegar City Coun- Sharing Program. Under this pro- gram, a portion of the revenue collected by the province is set ture.to sce if there is enough to ' | while the expansion is ongoing. After this time, the structure will be used as a maintenancearea and parts storage building. Gy ee : > -. An average of 373 men were’ E¢-Celgar Update it that Construction has‘ now started om a’ware- ‘The steel‘construction plan’ for hi established-by' Canron, an-international steel ‘contractor’ Work ‘will begin on the’boiler building within the next two weeks, | THis! A essesst evens Ln, GMOS EES OOe ‘ the ‘boiler building has now been | |e ‘The continuous which Celgar completed last week was ‘successful. || Officials say it will likely be the largest single'pour on site.. Taking ' J approximately’ 36 hours of continuous pouring, over 1,150 cubic yards of cement was used. t SUES aCe, eee j t tee hoy Sc ous 5 a orking on the Celgar expansion last week. Although the construction itself is well on schedule, officials say the on-site camp which will be used to house workers after August 6, is progressing slower than first exp Minor p: such as piping has had to be addressed: * : & : po Pee . ¢ oan r sotens aside to help local:government and other a we alld ES d ilers in our must respond to this challenge and meet it.” se expansion main plots to the existing ceme- tery, while working through the first of three phases in the ceme- cil that available space at Park « Memorial Cemetery: is diminish- ing and. that additions to the buri- al site are falling behind schedule, have no. need to worry, according to one City:Alderman. : Jim Chapman, council liaison for health-and welfare, says that developments to the cemetery are currently. on schedule.with bush clearing.and rough. landscaping already completed." The current cemetery space is roughly 3.44 acres, The Cost esti- mates of the cemetery expansion, which will allow for an additional 1.75 acres, reaches a total of While residents may be con- cernéd'about'a shortage of plots at- this time,:Chapman feels that the-71: plots which are left should suffice for the time. As well, there are an ‘additional 89 plots in the cemetery.currently: on the remodeling to well, buildi $10,000. This would include the “bush clearing, ‘land leveling ‘and -some rough landscaping marking out-roads and walkways,” contin- ued Chapman. +, The second phase, scheduled to be complete in 1992, includes in depth landscaping and the instal- lation of a rough, sprinkler sys- tom, The city estimates that the cost -by this time will have reached $28,000. ‘The final phase, involves paving walkways, roads and parking spaces, and installing the complete sprinkler system. As well, complete landscaping will be. finished, involving planters, shrubs and flower beds. The cost of phase three is estimated by the city to be close to $32,000. . »When complete, the new ceme- tery. should contain seven blocks _,. containing in total 980 burial _ “Splots. As well; a Cremation block ” "will be available, scheduled to hold 400-500 cremain plots. Although some members of the public have requested that the itional site be a buri- Rural area receives stat: Firefighting veliicies will serve Beasly, Bonnington an IW ZEEREN —______._._ .. From there, the chassis. were ' Sun staff... + : drop-shipped—transported by eg ona bet | train—to, Winnipeg, se. . , Almost $600,000 worth of the. - Everton says his company has Iatest in Canadian equipment for. | been outfitting fire trucks since fighting fires.was on display last the early "70s. F -Saturday in Crescent Valley. .... - Four trucks, which are among :.. the best available to rural volun; __ \teer fire-departments, were : unveiled at a private party for the firemen... | ae : .. ‘The new yehicles will service | ‘ the Beasly,, Bonnington, and " Blewet ayeas as.soon as they are . : completely outfitted. ., vee ; .,Ferdy Everton, representing, . | the fire equipment outfitters, Fort - | Garry Industries out of Winnipeg, ‘said the trucks will dramatically. ; cut the response time ona fire. . In 20 minutes, you'll save the * basement. In five.minutes, you'll j have water damage in the; Kitchen.) vs ' "Local residents previously had .. ‘ to rely on. outside fire depart-. ‘The trucks were displayed in), | the store lot of Crescent Valley ae honkofi ‘After sei ing a:contract:t0* supply. the \trucks from, the : Regional: District of Centr: \ Fardy: Everton ( ! Kootenay. Arishenkoff ordered. Bill's Heavy Du! } tory in Springfield, Ohio. perce Blewet. ©... The four basic-chassis cost ‘about $258,000 while equipping ‘them with fire-fighting bodies added another $322,000. : } Arishenkoff says two of the rucks are four-wheel drive to TERR Fort Garry Fir ‘ooten: d ty. Enterprises Ltd., mad | the unadomed trucks from a foc- a local volunteer tire deparims: . allow them to operate in rough terrain, “The Allison automatic trans- _ missions were specifically built for the RDCK. They can climb any, mountain terrain.” says Rete 3 OUTLOOK: The forecast for). . Wednesday; Sunny with afternoon a cloudy periods and a possibility of thundershowers., Highs .near_30. Thursday through Saturday calls’ L akloaiotcati for much of the same with morning cloudy periods giving way to afternoon sunshine. Highs will range from: 27 to 30. Chance of precipitation is about 20%. ALOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: ‘ Temperaturo: Max/Date ‘Min/Date Mean Normal, : Mean, 93.5/24 122/22, 20.9 21.8 Precipitation: Rain Snow’ | Total Normal ade Total 31L6 cm. Ocm. 316 cm. 3.1.cm. Sunshino: Number of Normal Number Hours of Hours 65.3 80.6 REMARKS: Another cool, wet week across the south ern B.C. interior. Although no records were broken .we received 11.8 mm. and 19.6 mm. of rain during heavy thunderstorms on the 24th and 25th. The Castlegar Golf Course is in excellent condition due to the damp, cool pattern however attendance is down due to the weather. Farmers are having the same problem, a good crop of hay and poor drying conditions. . ‘Forecast provided by = 9s. The South - East Interior Weather Office _ atGastlegar, Bro) ote project on schedule al place without:segregated’plot . is coming along as planned, and areas, the city has not made any __ to alleviate any concerns they definite plans. ak * have regarding available space,” “Right now wéljust want to let —_ finished Chambers. everyone know that the expansion aee Castlegar florist _ achieves Masters BRENDAN HALPER Sun staff. zy mental in steering i toward the Masters Certificate. -.., Florist Dinah Lutze has found __,,, “Last, year, Kathy got me that 19 years in the business has “spurred on the i going ‘for a finally paid off.” ; i r re.” She was recently certified as a J Master Designer by Florists Achieving certification Transworld Delivery A ati quires a ial amount of study and research as well as a ). Dinah started in the business in Calgary nearly 20 years ago, at which time she working part time after school... 6 0 She then moved on to her father’s nursery to handle all the designing, then back to Calgary to manage a store for about four years. “T've had a marriage and three . Kids in between ‘and'2've. moved~ around the province a little"bit,” said Dinah. “I’ve been with Tulips Floral for about ten years now.” Owner/manager of Tulips Flo- series of tests both written and practical,