A2 Castlegar News June 6, 1990 LOCAL/PROVINCIAL NEWS BRIEFLY By CasNews Staff School district receives funds ‘The Castlegar school district has received almost $236,000 from the Ministry of Education for “‘minor capital projects’ including a school bus and for special classes, superi of sehools Terry Wayling said. More than half of the money will go to roof replacements, repairs at various schools in the district and funds have also provided for the district to carry out.an earthquake assessmen| schools, Wayling said. All districts are receiving funds to undertake such assessm: this year as part of a ‘comprehensive earthquake safety program,"” Education Minister Tony Brummet said in a news release. However, Castlegar is still waiting-for word fromthe ministry on funding for work on the industrial education wing of Stanley Humphries secondary school, the first phase in a general renovation plan for the school, Wayling added. Library requests program money The Castlegar and District Library needs about $5,000 from the, Castlegar school board to hire students for the library's summer reading program this year after being turned down for federal Challenge 90 grants, head librarian Judy Wearmouth told school trustees at an education forum meeting Monday. The program helps students maintain their reading skills over the summer holiday and can make going to the library a habit for children, Wearmouth said, noting 1990 is the International Year of Literacy. If the library is forced to impose 4 fee for the program “we may very well be cutting out the very people who need it,’’ she said. The funding request will be referred to the June 18 board meeting, education committee chairman Mickey Kinakffrsaid Tuesday. Task force wants to do survey The Castlegar school board will consider-at its next meeting a request from the Castlegar community task force on'substance abuse for about $1,000 and permission to survey students in Grades 6 to 12 about substance abuse, the board’s education committee chairman said day. Mickey Kinakin said the education committee decided Monday night to refer the request to the June 18 meeting after a presentation by menibers of the task force to an education forum. The surveys, prepared by a private, non-profit organization in Saskatoon called Pride Canada, ask the students a variety of questions about drugs and alcohol including what substances they may use, how often and how easy the substances are to get. Out-of-school program proposed Superintendent of schools Terry Wayling will meet with the staff of Kinnaird Elementary school and work with the Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society to determine if an out-of-school program for children in the south end of town can be run out of the school, Castlegar school trustees decided Monday night during an informal education forum. A survey of parents in the area to détermide how many children could use the program may also be conducted, the board said. Child care society coordinator Katrine Conroy told the forum a recent survey the society conducted found a need for some form of care for children in the Kinnaird area who are too old for day-care facilities but may be alone for several hours after school before their parents get home. The society wants.to run the program, which may include sports activities and trips to the Aquatic Centre and ice rink, from the school to eliminate the need to transport the students to another facility after classes, Conroy explained. The society would charge parents a fee for the program and a supervisor would be hired, she said. Slides cleared, manager says Repairs and cleanup on Highway 6 in the Slocan Valley are “substantially completed’’ and with the drier weather of the last few days the threat of more mudslides blocking the road has diminished, distgict highways manager Dan Williams said today from Nelson. The slides, triggered by heavy rains in May and early this month, washed out part of the road in the Cape Horn Bluffs area, Williams said last week. No mercy for senior SIDNEY, B.C. (CP) — A senior being ordered out of a public park says she'd gladly pack up her tent if there were somewhere else 40 go. heh ent wai” recently ° 6 make way for parking lot for a luxury seniors’ housing complex. Niblett, 73, set up @ tent six days ago at a park in this Vancouver Island town, The town notified her Monday that she was violating a bylaw that paehibits overnight camping in the ft said it would seek a court injun: “etion later this week if the woman refused to leave. Niblett said she'd love to leave if she could find subsidized housing. She had been told of a vacant apar- tment in Sidney for $550 a month, but said she couldn't afford that. The B.C. Housing Commission has a waiting list of more than 700 people in the Victoria area for subsidized housing. “*L woke up one morning in my tent soaked to the skin from the rain said Niblett, ‘I've had stuff stolen one night while I was sleeping. And teenagers yelled, hooted, and shook my tent until 2 a.m. (Tuesday)."” Niblett and 59 other seniors evicted HAVE A BITE optimistic a! prize. —costiews photo by Cloudette Sondecki Dan Szabo, port of the KBS team that competed in the chili cookoff during Sunfest, was ut his team's concoction but hours of cooking only brought the team third & Court to decide media issue in Pezim hearing VANCOUVER (CP) — Stock ‘Promoter Murray Pezim of Van- couver says let the TV cameras roll. But three other parties facing of want the B.C. Securities Commission to ban live TV and radio coverage at next month’s hearing. CBC, CKVU and BCTV applied Tuesday to televise the July 9 securities commission proceedings. “Mr. Pezim consents to media atten- dance in all forms, which may or may not be a surprise,’? Winton Derby, Pezim’s lawyer, told the com- missioners. Others involved, including Pezim associates Lawrence Page and John Ivany and Prime Resources Group Inc., are opposed to the presence of a single, pooled TV camera. Page’s lawyer, Peter Butler, said the July 9 hearing will have ‘‘all the ingredients of a criminal trial’’ because the accused ‘can lose their trading rights if the charges are proven. He said the right of a fair trial is LOTTERIES | Sunfest ‘‘paramount and supersedes the right of access to these hearings.”” CKVU lawyer Robert Taylor said restricting the electronic media and their equipment violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. CBC lawyer Henry Wruck com- mented: ‘‘The point that the CBC wishes to make is that if the TV media is barred from the hearing room, the effect of such an order would be to prevent them from doing their job. It would be like removing the pad and pencil from the print media.”” Truckers continued from front KAMLOOPS (CP) — The winning ia numbers drawn Tuesday in the B.C. Sandy Hartman. Keno lottery were 2, 3, 9, 11, 25, 35, me 2 Edmonton and two nights accommodation went to The plastic ducks were seemingly not affected by metres the boys’ category after his frog jumped about 14 Richelle Davis won the girls’ first prize of a 46 and 50. The winning numbers drawn Mon- day in the B.C. Keno lottery were 13, 14, 22, 28, 36, 39, 45 and 56. The B.C. Keno numbers drawn on the weekend were: 13, 32, 33, 45, 46, 47, $1 and 53. The Express numbers were: 551323, 092136, 910310 and 744165. Lotto BC: 1, 7, 21, 23, 26 and 32 These numbers, provided by The Canadian Press, must be considered unofficial. TOURIST ALERT VANCOUVER (CP) — Tourist Alert issued Tuesday by the RCMP The following persons, believed travelling in British Columbia, are asked to call the person named for an urgent personal message: Patricia Barcus of Florida, call In- dian Harbour Police Margaret Loeppky of Osler, Sask., call your sister Paul Cuthbert of Edmonton, call Jim Cuthbert Charles Lambert. of Vancouver, call Dave Lambert © Workwear Not all tye: the downpour Sunday during the Kiwanis duck race at Pass Creek Park A duck bought by Frank Kerkhoff of Robson came in first and won him $1,000 while the Medical Clinic of Castlegar picked up $300 for the second-place spot and a duck bought by Brad Croteau of Castlegar picked up $200 for third place The Kinnaird Park activities were moved into the Castlegar Community Complex Sunday because of the downpour but the entertainers lined up to perform for the day, including the Oldtime Fiddlers and the Debbie .Tompkin Dancers, carried on despite the change of venue. The 18th Annual Canadian Frog Jumping Cham- pionship was also moved indoors to the Complex where David White won a bicycle for coming in first in bicycle after her frog jumped over a metre. Second place overall went to Tyler Heustis while Garrett White came in third place overall and Ryan Davis placed fourth overall. Ribbett, a frog owned by Patrick Foster, was named the smartest frog, Ricardo Rizzotti’s frog Michaelangelo was deemed the coolest frog and Clan- cy, owned by Brittany Morrell, was judged the cutest frog. The canine frisbee contest was won by Benny, a dog owned by Glen Shadlock of Castlegar. Benny picked up 150 pounds of dog food. Salva, owned by Don Angerilli of Fruitvale, came in second to win 100 pounds of dog food while Greg Stewart of Nelson, owner of Ralph, took third place and received 50 pounds of dog food. Liquor licensing focus of B.C. hotel study VANCOUVER (CP) — Hotels that study, which calls for increased fun- aren’t economically viable should be able to keep their liquor licences if they are redeveloped into office or retail buildings, says a provincial government-sponsored study. The study of the B.C. hotel in- dustry also recommends loosening the not now exist Tourism Minister Cliff Michael said the study’s recommendations will likely be acted on by the goVernment. The study was conducted by a private consulting firm for the provincial government and the B.C. and Yukon it you did flyers and would phone our Circulation Department at Hotels A Michael said in a news release the government has already agreed to another key recommendation of the ding for tourism He said the government will ear- mark two per cent of the existing eight-per-cent room tax for tourism arketing on a provincewide basis. Currently, only Vancouver, ler, Victoria and Oak Bay are designated to receive that two-per- cent funding. Norm Jacobsen, labor and con- sumer services minister, said his ministry will consider the proposed changes relating to liquor control and licensing procedures. The proposal to allow aging hotels to redevelop and still keep their liquor licences recognizes that some older hotels are no longer used or ap- propriate for accommodation, Jacob- sen said. CLIFF MICHAEL d from front page clear message that they’re not going back to work.”” Williams said earlier that he hoped the tentative deal would set a pattern for the industry. The settlement was reached Monday after 28 hours of negotiations. “That was the whole idea . . . get something going that would be some kind of model and that’s what they’re hoping to do,”’ said Williams. More talks were scheduled for today. The independents, who pay their own maintenance and running costs, are paid between $25 and $25 an hour. Some 3,000 independents account for about one-quarter of all truckers in British Columbia. Earlier, companies’ spokesman Bob Simpson suggested truckers’ negotiators could do a better job of selling the tentative pact. Both sides agreed the fragmented nature of the industry made it di ficult to pull all parties together in a settlement. The strike has clogged commercial traffic since last Thursday. Food and fuel shortages were reported in Point Roberts, Wash., a tiny finger of land accessible only through Canada. Con- tainer deliveries were down 50 per cent at the Vancouver waterfront. Freightliner Canada, a truck- building company in Burnaby, laid off 450 production employees Mon- day. It said the blockade prevented U.S. parts from being delivered. Last month, independent truckers in Ontario and Quebec blocked bor- der crossings during a protest that cost the Big Three automakers millions of dollars and threatened food shortages. The blockades, part of the truckers’ fight for higher hauling rates, were lif- ted less than a week after they started but they returned in Quebec City on Tuesday. May | from their apartments petitioned Sidney council in February for more time to relocate. The landlord gave them 60 days’ notice, four months tess than-what residents wanted. Niblett threatened at that time to camp for the summer in a park in Sidney, about 25 kilometres north of Victoria. Her neighbors in the apartment building have since found other places to live. Lawyer Keith Bracken, acting for the Town of Sidney, said he would like to seek a court injunction Friday ordering Niblett out of the park. Bracken said he was aware of the sensitive nature of trying to evict a homeless elderly woman. “We don’t want to do anything that will. cause her any harm,” he said. ‘‘On the other hand, we can't just have her living in the park.’” Death sparks debate VICTORIA (CP) — A _ heart patient’s death last week sparked a bitter exchange Tuesday between British Columbi health minister and the NDP’s health critic. Dr. Tom Perry of the NDP raised the death of Mary Sallis in the B.C. legislature. Sallis, 53, of Surrey died hours after heart surgery at Van- couver General Hospital on Friday. A May 19 operation for Sallis was cancelled. Husband John Sallis says he will sue the provincial government in or- der to prevent delays in emergency surgery. Perry wanted to know why B.C. heart patients wait so long for surgery. He accused Health Minister John Jansen of withholding an inter- nal report on waiting lists for open- heart surgery. Jansen told Perry that the report was in the mail. “Obviously the mailing system isn’t very effective,"’ said Jansen. ‘Either that or he (Perry) doesn’t open. his mail, because he’s around trying to stuff his pockets with governmewnt money in terms of the medical plan."” Jansen later withdrew the remark, which Perry called ‘‘remarkably of- fensive.”” Same 780 patients are waiting for heart surgery in the province. Killer brutalizes inmate VICTORIA (CP) — A man serving a life term for first-degree murder was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years for robbing a man of his wedding ring in prison “If 1 could impose a consecutive sentence, I would,’’ Judge Michael Hubbard told Gregory Williams in Victoria provincial court. The robbery at a Victoria prison in November 1989 occurred when Williams was waiting for his murder trial. Williams, 27, was sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 25 years for killing an Esquimalt woman by driving a pipe into her. The sentence can be reviewed by a jury after 15 years. Crown lawyer Derrill Prevett said the law is clear that a judge can only give a concurrent jail sentence when a man has already been sentenced to life in prison. He said the victim, Bruce Johnson, was sentenced to seven months in prison for fraud. While watching television, Johnson was approached by another prisoner, Cecil Creighton. They went to Johnson’s cell and Williams walked in behind them. Williams demanded that Johnson hand over the wedding ring. He then punched Johnson four times, kicked him unconscious on the floor, and stole the ring, the court heard. Johnson suffered a fractured skull, a broken rib, three fractured ver- tebrae, a lacerated inner ear canal and his eyes were swollen shut. He said he suffers recurring nightmares and can- not do heavy lifting. The ring was found later hidden in a book. The Crown entered a stay of Proceedings on charges against Creighton. Judge Hubbard said it was a ‘‘most brutal attack’ and the injuries ‘‘could well have caused’’ Johnson's death. LOCAL NEWS Sang and Helen Han are the new owners of The icture Place at Castleaird Plaza. The Hans, formerly of Han’s Acupuncture, took over from Nels and Margaret Green as of May 1. The Mans are from Korea and have two young children. & STREET TALK THE ROBSON-RASPBERRY FERRY USERS AD HOC COMMITTEE hope the Queen, or at least her representative in B.C.;*may take an interest in the committee’s crusade to have the Castlegar-Robson ferry reinstated. The committee prepared a spoof petition, finished in script and complete with old English spellings and phrases, that they presented to Lt.-Gov. David Lam during his visit to Castlegar for Sunfest last weekend. “Her Majesty’s loyal subjects, who dwell in the community of Robson, long and lastingly loyal to Her Majesty’s Empire, do humbly beseech Her Majesty to instruct the Government of British Columbia to return the Robson Ferry to the shores of Robson; and to engage the Robson Ferry in its former disposition,”” the petition says. “It is in (a) humorous vein that we prepared the petition to be presented to you (Lam),’’ committee lawyer Terry Dalton says in a letter accompanying the document. “*It is not intended to be in any way disrespectful but is simply intended to try to make our present feelings known. “The committee and I appreciate that, constitutionally, the right or wish of a lieutenant- governor to influenc any way the government he advises is extremely limited,’’ Dalton continues. “The purpose of this letter is to ask if you could please read our material and if you think it would be appropriate, on the Robson citizens’ behalf, ask Premier Vander Zalm if he, his ministers and government might reconsider their position on the Robson ferry.”” Dalton told the Castlegar News the committee members hope the petition might also reach the Queen. WORK IS UNDERWAY, under the guidance of the Nelson Electric Tramway Society, to restore the Queen City’s streetcars to working order, after 41 years. “The streetcars, will be one more reason for tourists to stop and visit Nelson and are sure to be another source of community pride,"’ Mike Culham, _ president of the society, says in a news release. Nelson was the smallest city in the British Empire to boast an electric tramway in 1899, the release says. The project is being built by lottery grants, federal job creation funding, volunteer labor and donations, including shares that are being sold for $10 each. The share certificates feature a picture of ‘‘Nelson's most famous streetcar, No. 23,’’ the release says. DENNIS LANE AND ASSOCIATES, safety and health from New , will makea presentation in Trail June 26 dealing with new federal and provincial laws on use, storage and handing of hazardous materials in the workplace. The presentation will include information on d materials, labelling requirements, Material Safety Data Sheets and for worker ion, a news release says. “All employers and employees who work with or in proximity to hazardous materials and controlled products are required to be knowledgeable in the information presented,”’ the release says. The presentation will be held at the Terry Nova Motor Inn at 6 p.m. and pre-registration is required. For more information call Dennis Lane and Associates. Castiegar Mayor Audrey Moore accepts a plaque on behalf of the city which was a Diamond Patron of Sunfest 90 from Lt.-Gov. David Lam during a ceremony last week. CasNews photo June 6, 1990 “Castlegar News A3 CENTRAL FOOD YOUR COMMUNITY FOOD STORE BUT NEED HOMES TO SELL Coll JORDAN WATSON 365-2166 © 365-6892 For a Free Market Evaluation Castlegar Realty Ltd. * 1761 Cal. Ave. MakeaMovel!! 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