The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, June 12, 1991 MountainviewAgencies Lt: Our service Includes careful assistance In calculating the replace:ent value of your home, using current construction costs, and taking Into consideration the unique features of each home. With local construction costs on the rise—should you be 5442 — Nelson STARTER OR REVENUE 2 baths, contra! location, renovated, $62,000 365-8089 REMEMBER! Our class. ad deadline is now the Monday before publication at 11:30 a.m. APART. FOR RENT GROUND LEVEL 2-3 bedroom apartment, central bus, viewing by appointment 365-6509 VANCOUVER 2-bedroom sulte on 10th close to UBC available June, July, August, (all or partial) Ph, 352- Ifyouhave © || something to sell, | the Sun classifieds. , can help you 365-7848 Hear succesaful entrepeneurs tell you how to BUILD YOUR BUSINESS «. WORKSHOP : reviewing what It would cost to rebulld your home? 365-2111 1695 Columbia Avenue Another INXS Service Beth Hickey - Insurance Broker NEW 3000FT2 HOUSE WITH 20 C SUNNY GORGECUS WATER AND ROOM & BOARD Now available at the Marlane Hotel oS rare will be providing ‘ Breakfast, Lunch (or bag lunch) and Pinner Clean, comfortable rooms. TV's available (Sorry, no phones) Cost is an economical per day—based on monthly occupancy Weekly rate Inquire at Jenny's Cafe 365-8377 or drop in. June 15, 1991 Every day In the gruelling soarch for work, nuctoar families aro separated, often ending up In crowdod 'metchstick” factories, CARE Canad assists familias to become solf-retiont. Give to CARE Canada now, bofore their hope is extinguished, CARE P.O. Box 9000, 1550 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario KIG 4X8 1-800- Seikirk College, Castlegar Contact: Castlegar Chamber of C 365-6313 available. $185000 (ADJACENT 80 ACREA ALSO AVAILABLE) 359-7930 —- SOUTH SLOCAN OLDER HOME on just under 1 acre; newer garage with car port; 2 min, from down town. nice property It you have something that Is lying around collecting dust, Isn't It time you got rid of it? We can helpt Phone the Sun classifieds at 365 - 5266 or 365 - 7848 We can't sell what we don't advertise! + great potential $75,000 428-7329 — Creston John Ostoforoff - Owner Tony Da Rosa - Manager Telephone : 365-5454 Fax : 365-5451 AUTO BODY LTD. “We stand behind our work " + ICBC REPAIRS « CUSTOM PAINTING ¢ FRAME REPAIRS « KROWN RUST PROOFING + FIBERGLASS REPAIRS + WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENTS COURTESY CARS 2308 6th Ave Castlegar B.C. 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He sold very good hot dogs. He put up signs along the highway and advertised in the newspaper telling how good they were. He stood on the side of the road and cried: “Buy a hot dog, Mister?” And peopte bought. He increased his meat and bun orders. He bought a bigger stove to take care of his trade. He finally got his son home from college to help him out. But then something happened.’ His son said, “Father, haven't you been listening to the radio and watching TV? TN The Gastiégar Sun is There's a big depression. The foreign siluation is terrible. The domestic situation is worse.” Whereupon the father thought, “Well, my son's been to college, he listens to the radio and watches TV and he ought to know.” se So the father cut down on his meat and bun order, took down his signs and cancelled his newspaper ads and no longer bothered to stand out on the’ highway to sell his hot dogs. : And his hot dog sales fell almost overnight... Se “You're right, son” the falher said tothe boy. eihipe cal “We certainly are in the middle of a great depression." -" : No Matter What You ‘Sell..:..We'll Help, You Sell ‘More ori DONNA, CATHY OR-JON at 365-5266 mers Taye samt | SHARLENE IMHOF. ere ote espera mien mn nenamevetiee ala 104, 4-10-- LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS VICTORIA BC VBV 1X4 ENT ie srecesemeee San Jose West is looking for their shot on the charts lutchinson on the band and the future/2B June:19,'1991 legar Sun Page 3A Vol. 2-No. 25 Castlegar, British Columbia _ 75 Cents + G.S.T. Castlegar mayor on FCM Board 2.232 iene The.conference,.which attract- -., ed about 1,500 del from Sun Editor” Mayor Audrey Moore has recently been given another polit- ical hat to wear after being cho- sen Third Vice-President of the -~wdts efforts to arrive at a new.con- ituti |. The release across Canada, took place June 7- 10, and was the 54th Annual. Throughout the four-days a numoer of issues were tackled by the delegates, some of which of Canadian Mi palities during a sh the affects of cross-bor- ie attended in St. John’s Newfound- land, last week. As part of the new Board of Directors, Moore will help guide the Federation of Canadian Munic- ipalities (FCM), into the coming year, providing policy guidance in between annual conferences as well as overseeing the implementa- tion of adopted policies. tions 2s 20 pages Ann Landers... der shopping, public input into the Canadian constitution, afford- able housing and barriers faced by the handicapped.. Newfoundland premier Clyde Wells addressed the delegates on his pet issues - the Canadian con- stitution and Canadian unity, two areas which he feels arc funda- mental to the character of Canada. Federal NDP leader Audrey McLaughlin also spoke to dele- gates, stating municipalities throughout the country can play a significant role in uniting Canada, since they know first-hand the problems of “crumbling” munici- pal infrastructure, a declining tax ‘Business base, i Comics - Editorial ... ploy 9 bankruptcies and offloaded costs. Moore, along with other dele- ates from across the country, wants to be part of the process to renew the Canadian constitution. ". A conference news release stated that del adopted a resolu- tion calling on the government to consult with municipal leaders in a By Leigh Rubin Ve BEEN Down Sed: LORD ¥ ¥. Though an accomplished. pertormer, ry Critics felt his blues: playing lacked Soul, prop stated they feel longstanding municipal concerns will be ignored unless there is a formal commitment from the federal government to the contrary. Over the next 12 months,.the Board of -Directors, which See MAYOR Parents protest school L t Sun Editor _ Armed with various protest signs, a small group of frustrated Parents from the area of South Slo- can and Shore Acres turned up unexpectedly at the start of the Castlegar School District Ineeting, Monday evening. The march up and down the sidewalk just outside of the school division office lasted for a little over an hour, but it allowed the parents to keep alive an issue regarding boundaries which is now running into its second year. ~The district’s current boundaries extend directly from Castlegar schools to the Shore Acres and South Slocan areas. Just outside of these boundarics are two schools which fall under the Nelson School district, Mount Sentinel and Brent Kennedy. “We know how serious they are about wanting to send their chil- dren to these schools. But they don’t really have an argument since Tarrys Elementary School is just as close’ for them to attend,” said Board Chairman Gordon Tumer. “As for high school stu- dents, by that age they should be * able to handle a longer bus ride.” .,That's not good enough for the parents, and what they are fighting for now, is to have an independent review on the current boundaries undertaken, where both sides will accept whatever the final results may be. “The board stated they had no money to pay for such a review, so we told them that we would pay for it We're sticking our = ing:lunch hour. Just sitting around Kinnaird Elementary students allt. jonkey around’ dur- SUN STAFF PHOTO / Sharlene Imholf This little tyke came out to lend mom some support. necks out, the results may not even be in our favor. But we're willing to accept that,” said parent Joe Moreira. Moreira moved to the South Slocan area in 1983 specifically because the boundaries were open and his children could attend a conveniently close school. When questioned if the Castle- gar Board was ever going to allow such a review, Turner said no. “Before they can begin any type of review they need the board’s permission. We're not going to give that to them because we have to protect the interests and enroll- ment of Tarry's Elementary School,” he continued. According to Moreira, 43 fami- lies were surveyed last October regarding where they wanted their children to attend school, Only four stated they wished to remain in the Castlegar District, the rest were in favour of sending their children to closer schools in the Nelson School District. The results of the survey were then passed on to both the Castle- gar and Nelson School Boards and to the Ministry of Education, com- plete with names and phone num- bers of all the parents who were questioned. The board realizes that if a: i review was iplet Roadshow Weekend to ‘positive impact Sun’'staff:: ‘Nelion’s Music ‘91 Roadshow Weekend should _have positive economic effects on not only. the city of Nelson ‘but Castlegar, Trail and other nearby have the town.” have on local area ple coming in for the weekend will have to pass through other towns in the area. They'll see Castle- gar, Trail and other towns and communities.” “I've heard that between seven and ten thousand people will be in Nelson just to see Bob Hope,” said Alderman for the city of Castlegar Kirk Duff. “I guess if people are coming in from other areas and have to pass through here, it would definitely benefit As far as security is concerned for the city of Nel- son, Sgt Henderson of the Nelson City Police is con- fident that things will be kept under control. * “We're expecting to have a lot of people here so we'll have a few xtra men on, but we don't antici- pate any problems.” ed - they would lose, But as Tumer said, “We've gone as far as we can go in terms of sliding the bound- According to lobbying parents, up until 1989 the boundaries were open, and parents were able to make a choice where they wanted to send their children. Property taxes however, were still paid to the district in which their residence was located. “So at one time, your children could attend one school, but your Property taxes were paid to a dif- ferent district,” said Moreira. Based on the provincial govern- ment's education funding, the Castlegar board did not see a need to disrupt the education practices of families. But with the institution of a block funding formula to dis- tricts in 1990 by the provincial government, Castlegar was no longer receiving indirect funding for the students. “Now, we are denied access to schools in our own community,” Morcira continued. Turner says the parents have taken on a position that the board doesn't care about children, But he says that the decision to allow a discretionary boundary almost two years ago for 46 children in the Voykin and Webb sub-divisions to attend school in the Nelson District should prove otherwise. “These residences were built up after the schools were in place,” said Tumer, The parents who protested Monday evening, feel they should be allowed the same luxury, Speaking on behalf of the par- ents, Moreira says the next step is to compose and send a letter to the Minister of Education, asking the ministry to take an active role in the matter, “Mceting with the - board _ accomplished nothing,” he said.” Turner also belicves the parents should contact-the Ministry of Education. hae “Maybe they can find what they are fooking for there, because the board is definite in