Page 4A The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, March 17, 1993 Washington doctor speaks to locals about mental illness receive compulsory treatment, we will be faced with the same dilemma people of the U.S. have been facing for the past thirty years. Because civil libertarians and legal experts (uninformed. about mental illness) exerted enough pressure on politicians, state after state changed their laws regarding the treatment of the mentally ill. Consequently, the untreated mentally ill flood the street of U.S. cities. As hospitals are emptied, jails become holding tanks for the mentally ill, who have no charges against them. Episodes of vio lence became prevalent by people losing control because the very organ with which they rationalize Submitted Dr. E. Buller Torrey, trom Washington, D.C., a world renowned authority on the treat ment of the mentally ill, made a stop in Our area on his whirlwind tour of B.C. He emphatically expressed his concern about the involuntary commitment issue of persons with mental illness. There is a shift in the involuntary commit ment to a danger to self or others in the proposed changes to the Mental Health Act of British Columbia. As’ deinstitutionaliza tion progresses, more and more of the “sicker and sicker people are being released.” If they do not MINTO CHAPTER #79 - Order of Eastern Star is holding a daffodil tea and bake sale on Saturday, March 27th, 1993.in the Castlegar Legion Halll from + 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm « Ticket: $1.50, DOOR PRIZE. Proceeds to Cancer project « ALL WELCOME CASTLEGAR & TRAIL CHAPTERS OF RNABC - invite you toa meeting to discuss the "College Issue” with RNABC & BCNU Reps. (guest speaker from RNABC is Elaine Baxter) TIME 1900 hrs. PLACE: Education Rm. (Trail) DATE: Mon., Apr. 5th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - of Robson Community Memorial Church, Robson cemetary and Resker hall. Wed., March 24th, 7 pm in Robson church hail. All interested please attend ST. PATRICK'S DAY TEA - at Castleview Care Centre - 1:30- 4:00 pm. Door prize. Admission $1.50, March 17. CASTLEGAR CHAPTER RNABC - meeting March 23, 1900 hrs. Conference room Castlegar & District Hospital ANKORS - West Kootenay/Boundary AIDS Network, Outreach and Support Society. 1st Annual General Meeting. 7 pm Monday, March 29, 1993 Education Room - Castlegar Hospital New members welcome. Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. The first 12 words are $4 and additicnal words are 15¢ each. Boldiaced words {which must be used for headings) count as two words. Each consecutive insertion is half-price. Minimum charge is $4. Deadlines are 3 p.m. Wednesdays for the Saturday Shopper and 11:30 Monday for Wednesday's paper Please bring in or mail your notices'to Si ky The Cast gar Sun AS 465 Columbia Avenue REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, March 29, 1993 at 7:00 p.m., at the Blueberry School, 200 Centre, Blugberry Creek, B.C., to receive representations from all persons now deem it in their interest to make representations regarding a PROPOSED AMENDMENT to Zoning Bylaw No. 422, 1984, Electoral Area ‘J’ Bylaw No. 971, 1993 The intent of Bylaw no. 971, 1993 is to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 422, 1984, by changing the minimum lot area of the Institutional Special Zone, P2 from 4000 m2 to 920 m2, except that public utility buildings and structures shall not require a minimum lot area rezoning Lot 1, Block 4, Plan 4255, District Lot 4598, Kootenay District, (located in Blueberry, see map below) from RESIDENTIAL TWO FAMILY A-1 zone, R2A-1 to INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL ZONE, P2 to allow for the construction of a firehall to service the residents of Blueberry Creek. adding a new section in the Institutional Special Zone, P2 stating that the minimum lot area shall be subject to the approval of the Agricuttural Land Commission where subject to the Agricultural Land Act VY (CLE 4598" AY (a) eet a Copies of the aforementioned proposed bylaw may be inspected from March 12 to March 29, inclusive, at Planning Department Office, Regional District of Central Kootenay 601 Vernon Street, Nelson BC between the hours of 8:30 am to 12:00 noon, and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm daily except Saturdays Sunday, and holidays. and Castlegar City Hall 460 Columbia Avenue, Castiegar, B.C between the hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm daily except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays DATED at Nelson, B.C. this 24th day of February, 1993 B, Baldigara, Secretary Regional District of Centra! Kootenay is not functioning properly because of a disease. And sadly the people of the United States ‘have grown accustomed to this behavior” “Canadians are too polite”, he “in expressing their anger injustice”. If we do not, we will suffer the consequences the people of the United States have been experiencing since the 1960's. He greatly praised the B.C mental health system which, he stated, is better than that of any State: in the U.S. However, he felt that many mental health profes. sionals are not trained to deal with the seriously mentally ill “The system. of payment to psy chiatrists is terrible, Psychiatrists who deal with people with seri ous mental illnesses are paid less than doctors who are working * with those who are less sick", Dr Fuller Torrey stated. “Rehabilita tion programs are very weak Canadian funding for research is pathetically small." He is excited by the hope that there will be a breakthrough by the tum of-the centiiry in finding the cause of major mental illness. es, such as schizophrenia and manic depression. He attributes this to new technology and the fact that research monies have increased from 30 million to 100 million dollars in the past five years in the U.S Local chapter of Learning ‘Disabilities Association seeks public Submitted The Lieutenant Governor of B.C., David C, Lam pro claimed March 7 to March 14 as Learning Disabilities Public Awareness Week in B.C The Castlegar Chapter of the Learning Disabilities Associa tion of B.C. is attempting to inform parents, professionals and the general public of its existence, symptoms and resources available to assist Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conro 'y (middle), presents a cheque for $8,140 to Castlegar City Councillors (I-r); Doreen Smecher, Bob Pakula and Lawrence Chernoff, to assist with the costs of improvements to Cone Hill Park. The money was part of a Go BC grant for which the city applied in 1991. In the meantime community volunteers assist- ed with construction of playground equipment last summer. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Sharlene Imhoff Warfield wants out of shared services review Warfield wants its fire department back The concept of shared services for Fruitvale, Mon trose, Trail, Warfield, Rossland and the two rural areas is now under review, but Warfield wants out now. Mayor Bill Trewhella said Warfield has neither gained nor lost from shared services, so there would be no negative impact on the regional district budget The village's fire expenses total $50,000 accord ing to Trewhella, and that is exactly what the vil lage pays the regional district for providing the said service-It would boost the morale of the volunteer force to have the service administered within the It would be different if the career fire fighters were spread around a little commented councillor Eric O'Dell now stands, there is one career fireman in Ross villa the mayor said more Asu of the, village land, and 16 in Trail, all the others are volunteer." If every community had one career fire fighter. instead of them all bunched up in Trail, maybe it would make more Sense,” Trewhella commented He said that the working relationship between the’ career and volunteer complement would improve, if-Warfield went its own course. "That docsn"Lmean we wouldn't respond fo.any (outside the village) fires when we were needed,” O'Dell Trewhella added that Warfield would remain part of the call-out system and pay a fee for that service if necessary If the regional district agrees to Warfield's proposition, any future capital expenditures for vehicles or equipment would be the responsibility TARRYS fotingar Sun ; A> TV\\s 4 They Had Fim ln The Sum! Leeda Fofonow Annette Kurnoff CASTLEGAR s the winner of a 3 onth membership Cindy Munns ROBSON s the winner c 'The Weekly Newspaper With A Daily Commitment’ The Castlegar Sun received hundreds of « and we are please announce that awareness people, The LDABC is a regis- tered, non-profit volunteer organization providing infor- mation, support and resources to people with learning disabil- ities and to those people asso~ ciated with them including parents, teachers, doctors, and social service personnel It is estimated that approxi- mately 10 percent of the popu- lation suffer from some form of learning disability and that about 50,000 school age chil- dren and 30,000 young adults in B.C, are affected. Many of them may not even be aware of the fact they have a handicap. A learning disability is not related to intelligence. It influ- ences the way in which people of average and above average intelligence absorb, process, and/or convey information Writing backwards or mixing up words could be clues that a person has LD. Other signs and symptoms include a child who is constantly moving, cannot pay attention and acts impul- sively. Or they may experience great difficulty in mastering the concepts big/small, up/down and left/right Only when a number of these symptoms are present might there be an indication of a learning disability. Only-a- professional evaluation can determine the presence of a learning disability. Many chil- dren miss being diagnosed and have often been labelled “fail- ures” and considered “slow” or “fazy”. Undiagnosed, it can lead to frustration and a serious lack of self-esteem and eventu- ally to emotional problems which further help to disguise their learning difficulties Accompanying low self-esteem has been linked in young peo- ple to suicide, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency and a range of other anti-social behaviors A learning disability is not a disease. Nor is it an impair- ment. The causes of a leaming disability remain unknown Research is ongoing in medicine and education to develop promising methods of teaching and therapy People who understand the nature of their learning disabil- ity can develop strategies to compensate for it. A learning disability need not limit any- one's potential With widespread public awareness, we can identify learning disabilities early on Children have the ‘right to expect an education gonsistent with their capabilities. Stu- dents with learning disabilities who are given the instruction and support they need can achieve a high standard of excellence. Similarly, adults whose disability may have been ignored in the past can find the tools and the recogni- tion they need to compensate for their disability. During the month of March, the Castlegar Chapter will pro- vide additional information to the public in a display at the Castlegar Library. ry BALANCE Catalogue available Wednesday, March 17, 1993 The Castlegar Sun After a season of heavy use, the Community Complex ice surface gets a much- Page 5A Fruitvale added on ‘possible polluters’ list TRAIL TIME Fruitvale has joined two other local grouy ich have appeared on the Mini 1 Environment's polluters hist Fruitvale 1 {in the. “pollu egmenv of the semMM-annual report On congern along with the k tonal District of Kootenay Boundary paeC ominco s Trail vhich have both been On the list eral umes before The report cites village sewage system and “concern about insuf ficient dilution of effluent and the possibl Beaver Creek impact’ on It is a fairly small creek and at certain times of the year the vol ume that comes out of the sewage field is significant, relative to the volumé of the creek,” said Ron Mickel of the Ministry's Nelson office. Mickel said elevated fecal coliform been ounts have The problems at Fruitvale are likely caused by runoff water infiltrating the village collection system, Mickel said. This would cause the sewage lagoons to hydraulically avercharge” and discharge sewage into the creek before it is properly treated. Mickel said the Ministry is still studying the matter and at this point only has “suspicions and concerns.” near its mouth on the Columbia River Provineial Park adjacent to Beaver Creek It meets the basic require ments under the Canadian Recre ation Water Quality Standards said Paul Haar! of the’ Central Kootenay Health Unit. He gau- tioned that his test results may not apply to the further Beaver water upstream because at Creek Park tion of the creek from the river there is some dilu recorded near the sewage outfall, although the overall impact on the reck has not been determined needed hose-down to improve its condition. Residents are reminded that public Phe Ministry of Health moni skating officially comes to an end March 21. SUN STAFF PHOTO /John Van Putter tors the creek during the summer Caminco-employees vote to - vary collective agreement TRAIL TIMES Cominco production and maintenance workers voted yes- terday on proposals to vary their collective agreement, thereby making it easier for Cominco to halt production next month Steelworkers Local 480 has reached a tentative agreement with the company to waive a contract provision that guaran- tees a 40-hour work week. This will allow the company to make an orderly and efficient shut down of its plants April and August The union has also agreed to waive seniority clauses in the contract governing the schedul- ing of 100 maintenance workers during the April closure and additional 400 during the final week. “This will allow them to pick the crews they want rather than hiring by seniority,” said Local 480 president Doug Swanson. In exchange, Local 480 mem- bers will receive full benefits during the closures and the time will count in vacation and pen- sion calculations. "I think it is a fair compro- mise,” Swanson said. “It is better than we did during the last shut- down in 1982.” Swanson said his members will lose an average of two weeks pay after taking vacation, floaters and other days owing during the closures. Local 480 will hold two infor- mation meetings tomorrow to dis- cuss and vote on the proposal. The union executive will also provide updates on bargaining and the company 's economic situation. "The price of zinc is still down and I don't know when that will end,” Swanson said. “The Rus- (i GAME ROOM STORE 4) 490-0941 1-800-665-5572 sians keep dumping zinc on the swe market. Although there are no further shutdowns planned, we don’t control the’ world.” Local 9705 president Jim Saare said his members ratified some “minor adjustments” to their contract last week to allow for the shutdowns. 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