Wednesday, January 20, 1993 TheFARSIDE By Gary Larson Now I krow the varmint SI tf Ri = deserves, in; but that's — I for the law “fo decide, not | . ‘ Kou boys! You cughta be ashamed as I okay... But this is the last dang it! PolicC BEAT Some $300 in compact discs were stolen from a parked vehi- cle on the Robson side of the train bridge Jan. 17. There are no suspects. Fan Kwok Keung of Castlegar had his 1984 Ford Thunder- bird parked on the 700-block of 4th Avenue between midnight Jan. 17 and 1 p.m. Jan. 18 when it was hit. Damage is estimated at $1,500 and there are no suspects. Castlegar RCMP are asking anyone with information regarding the hit and run to contact them. eee Karen Scales, 23, of Fruitvale was turning left towards Selkirk College Jan. 18 when she collided with Carol Der, 19, of Nelson, who was travelling south on Highway 3A. Both drivers were alone at the time and taken to hospital by ambulance with undetermined injuries. Damage is estimated at $7,000 and charges are pending. eee A fight was reported at the Castlegar and District Recreation and Aquatic Centre Jan. 16. When police arrived there was no este around. COMMUNITY OPEN INSTALLATION OF QUEEN-ELECT The Public is invited to the Open Installation of Honored Queen elect, Stephanie Poznikoff and her officers of Job's Daughters Bethel #60, Castlegar on January 23, 1993 at 1:30 p.m. at the Masonic Hall. 06 KOOTENAY SOCIETY FOR COMMUNITY LIVING General Business Meeting, Jan. 21 — 7 p.m. KSCL OFFICE, 903 Fourth Street (Videos and Refreshments to follow) 106 January 26, 1900 hours. Castleg: CASTLEGAR CHAPTER RNABC MEETING and District Hospital. 4/04 ROBSON REC. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Robson Hall, January 27, 7 p.m. 4/04 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. The first 12 words are $4 and additional words are 30¢ each Boldfaced words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. 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Limit 1 with ‘25.00 grocery purchase Overlimit price 1.49 y WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES HOURS: Mon.-Thurs., Sat. 9-6; Fri. 9-8 OPEN SUNDAYS 10 a.m.-5 p.m. @ Wednesday, January 20, 1993 CALL THE NEWS @General Inquiries 365-7266 OUR HOURS The News is located at 197 Columbia Ave. Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m Closed on weekends and statutory holidays RATES The News is published by Castle News Ltd. for Canwest Publishers Ltd. Mail subscription rate to The News is $37.50 per year. The price on newsstands is 75¢ for each edition The price delivered by newspaper carrier for both editions is only 90¢ a week (collected monthly). GST extra. Second class mail registration number 0019. PPWC balks at independent bargaining @ Celgar embraces new plan that will see it negotiate directly with Local 1 Scott David Harrison EDITOR Celgar is going it alone. The local pulp company joined 13 others Monday, announcing an end to province- wide contract negotiations with unionized workers. The move has been met with criticism from the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada, including Local 1 president Al Middleton. “I know that (B.C.’s PPWC President) Stan Shewaga is livid about this,” Middleton said Tuesday. “What the PPWC thinks is that this is a divide and conquer move by management, just like down in the States.” Middleton said the end to province-wide contract negotiations will undermine union solidarity when the current agreement expires in 1994. “It’s a divide and conquer theory aimed at getting concessions out of the individual locals,” Middleton said. PPWC Local 1 has 325 members. Province-wide, the PPWC and the Canadian Paperworkers Union have 12,000 members. Celgar manager Jim Browne has embraced the new plan. He said union and management should make local issues a top priority, something province-wide bargaining didn’t do. “What really happens is that we sort of ride along with the tidal wave,” he said Tuesday. “There is no real forum for the discussion of local issues other than bull sessions.” ; Calling Celgar “a small player on the provincial scene,” Browne said he’s encouraged that union and management will now be able to negotiate face-to-face. “There certainly is the potential for better talks between us,” he said. “If we are able to concentrate on our problems here and local issues that are a concern to both sides, I think we could be successful.” Browne said Celgar’s representatives to the Pulp Industrial Relations Bureau agreed to end province-wide bargaining because of its ineffectiveness. He said independent bargaining can work, if the two sides want it to. “I am an optimist,” Browne said. “And as an optimist, I am always hopeful that we can work together and I think we will be able to succeed at this.” BOYS UNDER THE HOOD News photo by Neil Rachynski Castlegar Volunteer Fire Department chief Gerry Remple (right) and firefighter Cecil Mark survey the damage caused by an engine fire to a truck on 3rd Street Friday. Remple said the blaze is still under investigation. Bylaw 923 challenge adjourned ll Regional district to suspend Unsightly Premises Bylaw pending court ruling depending on the court ruling, but that didn’t happen. The court applied the no force and effect order specific to Bylaw 923, however. Scott David Harrison EDITOR The Regional District of Central Kootenay has dropped the Unsightly Premises Bylaw... for now. The RDCK has agreed not to enforce Bylaw 923, pending a ruling from the B.C. Supreme Court in Nelson. The RDCK also asked for and received an adjournment in a court petition filed by the Slocan Valley Concerned Citizens Forum, demanding the controversial bylaw be overturned. Zak Ackerman said he was not surprised that Justice Raymond Cooper agreed to adjourn the court petition to March. “Tt think it’s only fair that there be no force and effect until we have been heard,” the SVCCF president said following the court adjournment. The SVCCF had originally sought to have all similar Unsightly Premises Bylaws suspended “All other bylaws are in full effect and enforceable as the regional district sees fit,” RDCK Assistant Administrator Barry Baldigara said. Ackerman said the adjournment will help the SVCCF compile even more issues and signatures to place before the court. “There really isn’t too much that we can we can do except look up case law and put as much spit and polish on our case as possible,” he said. Ackerman admitted that he would have liked to have seen the court petition proceed, but added that the adjournment has given the RDCK “pause for thought.” He reiterated his concerns that Bylaw 923 and similar laws were implemented without proper public consultation. “The (RDCK’s) validity has to be challenged.” The B.C. Supreme Court is expected to hear the case over a three-day period, March 10, 11 and 12. The News gets new publisher NEWS STAFF Trinity (N.A.) Holdings Inc. is pleased to announce the appoint- ment of Dave McCullough to the position of publisher with the Richmond Review. Formerly the publisher of the Castlegar News — a Trinity pub- lication — Mc- Cullough has ac- cepted a position J with the three- ‘ times weekly PJ oo 5 Uj publication in the y 4 sy Lower Mainland. - * “I am_ very j pleased with this Dave McCullough appointment and —————— ] look forward to taking all the skills I have gained in Castlegar with me,” McCvl- lough said. “I wish to thank those that have made my stay in Castle- gar as enjoyable as it has and I look forward to seeing our paths cross again.” Trinity is also pleased to an- nounce that editor Scott David Harrison will assume an acting publisher’s role with the Castlegar News. Harrison has been with the Castlegar News for 14 months, af- ter transferring from the Peace Arch News in White Rock. “This is an exciting opportuni- ty for me and I look forward to bringing the same determination that I brought to the editorial de- partment with me in my new Ca- pacity.” Harrison also took time to ex- tend an invitation to Castlegar News readers and clients to con- tact him regarding the operation of the newspaper. “I am proud to say I work for the No. 1 newspaper in Canada in the No. 1 community in Canada,” Har- rison said. “I look forward to work- ing with everyone again, albeit in a somewhat different capacity.” Harrison’s appointment be- comes effective immediately.