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Zavaduk uses material such as: Elk hair; deer hair; dubbing material; and sparkle yarn to make the flies Duff leaving Castlegar politics SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Castlegar City Councillor, Kirk Duff has confirmed to The Castle- gar Sun that he will be resigning as councillor effective September 2 Rumors of Duff's leaving the area surfaced in mid-July, but Castlegar's youngest councillor refused to confirm anything until he had a chance to make a number of personal decisions. “Tve just made one of the big ger decisions of my life, affecting not only me but my family as well I wanted to be sure I was making the right move before releasing anything to anyone.” The decision Duff made was to accept a position in his trade as a motor rewinder-electrician at Dun- can Electric Motor Ltd. in Duncan, located on Vancouver Island. Real- izing he. would never work in his trade with his current employer, Cominco, Duff said it's a profes- sional move that will benefit his family. “I spent so many years learning this trade, it's going to be nice to use it.” Duff was elected to Castlegar City Council in 1990 and was immediately involved in a busy political life. Many residents expected Duff to run for mayor, and up until this past spring he admits he was going to do just that but personal conflicts due to time and family commitments 30 pages 3 sections Ann Landers Business . Comics.... Editorial Sports... Classifieds. Entertainment were taking their toll. As a result of the long hours and endless meetings, Duff said he made a conscious decision in June not to run for re-election this fall. “My family needed me more than city council did.” Not long after making the deci- sion to leave politics at the end of this term, the job opportunity in Duncan came up around the. first week of July. Duff has been in Duncan since accepting the position, and will be joined by -his family in early September. Reflecting on his time as a city councillor, Duff freely admits it was both a source of pride and a heavy weight “My time on council was one of the most interesting times I have spent in politics. I believe I was part of some real progress— like I have accomplished something.” A large part of this includes the controversy and intrigue that became a large part of Castlegar politics, with the rise of the Coali- tion Unaccepting Rash Bureaucra- cy (CURB). While Duff has certainly dis- agreed with many of CURB's criti- cisms of council, he commends them for successfully raising the interest level of the public into what happens at city hall. “CURB helped make council a lively establishment, and I certainly give them credit for opening up the eyes of people in Castlegar and making them more aware of coun- cillor’s jobs. Every city needs an organization such as CURB to KIRK DUFF keep people on their toes.” But Duff's parting words made it Clear that while constructive crit icism and a citizen's watchdog are necessary in politics, sounding-off with no intention to back up com- plaints with fact is not necessary “I definitely expect to see Mike O'Connor put his money where his mouth is and run for office.” Realizing that he is leaving Castlegar during a time of change, both physically and in its identity, Duff said more change will occur this fall with a municipal election “I see tremendous opportunity for a lot of new faces on council, and it needs it.” Duff even dropped a few names of people he would like to see running for office: Lou Lalonde, Ian Graham, Ron Arm- bruster, Mark Zurek and Chris D'Arcy. “It will be interesting to yatch what happens. But we'll be missing Castlegar and the friends we have made here.” RCMP flag flying half-mast The Canadian flag that towers above the RCMP building in Castlegar was lowered this past week, in order tor officers to honor one of their own Recently, a Squamish RCMP officer was killed ™ a (ragic motor veh area in Saskatchewan le accident while traveling in the Fort Q Appe lic The Mountie, and his young son Were killed, while his wife and daughter were injured in the accident — “Whenever we lose a serving member in B.C., the detachment flags across the province are flown at half-mast,” said Corporal Al Brown Audit results released No evidence of wrong-doing SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor The results of an audit into the financial and administrative procedures of Central Kootenay Community Futures Committee, a federal govern- ment program designed to implement strategies for the development and support of private sector employment, was finally released late last week The government audit, which began in January after new volunteer board members requested it, was also the result organizations with which CKCFC was associated, specifically the Central Kootenay Economic Enhancement Society, the West Kootenay Eco- nomic Coordinating Group and private companies Yutoo and Comdel Enterprises Ltd. Somerville continued to say there was nothing in the audit to link the organizations with CKCFC. “CKCFC did not provide funding for them. It was not in their mandate to do so.” Employment and Immigration Canada officials state that in the case of the CKCFC, especially in hindsight, the of increased public perception of ongoing conflict- of-interest activity Part of” this included the belief that members or employees of some taxpayer ‘The worst that can be said about CKCFC is that its internal controls were sometimes inadequate.’ depth of the com- munity’s percep- tion of conflict-of-inter- est should have been identified earlier and appro priate action taken. — DICK BROOKE Lawyer funded organiza tions were using privileged positions and the information they attained through them to generate additional rev- enue for their private companies. Although the audit indicates that some of CKCFC’s internal controls were inadequate and that its controller's monitoring, Employment and Immigration Canada, was also lax, officials say the review showed no evidence of any wrong- Lone Just yeneral administrative oversights were found d Stan Somerville. a consultant with i Futures Branch ot Employment ration Canada (EIC). Somerville in stating what some of the t press rele@se also states that s total expenditures over the five month period in question, approxi mately $400.000,. were within the amounts ipproved by EIC and were not excessive as compared to expenditures of other Community Futures committees The audit identified several issues relating to Meteor The perception of conflict of interest has also been difficult for volunteers and employees alike in the CKCF organization Dick Brooke, a Penticton-based lawyer rep resenting the interests of Richard Maddocks Harry Stan and Henry John, all Castlegar resi dents who were board members on. CKCFC telephoned The Castlegar Sun earlier last week, stating he had a copy of the not-yet-public press release clearing his clients or anyone else involved of any wrong-doing “The worst that can be said about CKCFC ts that its internal controls were sometimes inad equate,” said Brooke, “The group operated within the guidclines they were given by Employment and Immigration Canada, though the audit has pointed out that those guidelines should be stricter.” Brooke continued to say that his clients could file defamation of character charges against “peo. ple who created the cloud of suspicion.” “I don’t believe they are contemplating charges for dam ages though, this would be overkill, and they just want to put all this behind them. _Fair weather friend shower annual August event KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff It happens every August, it’s free, and to say it’s spec- tacular is a huge understate- ment Every August star-gazers across the world sit back in their lawn chairs to watch an awesome display of meteors crash through our, atmosphere in a blaze of brightness only to dissipate quickly leaving only a memo ry But this August 12, avid star-gazers could be treated to one of the most spectacular light shows that has been seen this century as the passes through the meteors, the spawn of the comet Swift-Tuttle British Assistant. of University of Columbia Astronomy, Jaymie Matthews said that in the least, specta tors could observe from 50 100 meteors an hour, but if See METEORS Castlegar Weather Service Specialist Earl Zilkie has promised nothing but sunshine, but because he was called out of retirement to fill in for others on holidays, Zilkie said for the best forecast, look out your window. ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO, / Sharlene Imhott