SS ce Castlegar News September 24, 1989 Births & Funerals THS BOGAARD ~ To Janet and Poul Bogoord of Nelson, a girl, born Sept. 12 cox To Carol and Wayne Cox of Tarrys, a girl, born Sept. 9 MOcLEAN ~ To Lucia and Jol MatLean @ boy, born Aug. 30 at thi ce Arch District Hospital in White Rock MAY — 16 Kelli dnd Alan May of Nelson @ girl, born Sept THOMAS To Angela and Thomas ot Trail, a girl. born Sept. 6 Terry SHELEFONTIUK — To Roxanne and Keith Sheletontiuk of Castlegar Sept. 20 @ boy, born SHERSTOBITOFF —- To Lisa Sherstobitolt of Trail, agirl, born Sept. 11 WELLMAN of Trail, a boy, be To Teresa and Joe Wellmar rn Sept: 8 WILCOX — To Yvonne and Ron Wilcox of Pasivogie, @ boy, born Aug. 31 DEATHS FLANAGAN — Sylvester Anthony Flanagan of Trail diec Tony Sept. 9. He was 53. Mr. Flanagan is survived by his mother Ellen and one sister, Virginio both of Liverpool GARAY — June Garey died Sept. 15 ot Trail Regional Hospital. She was 66. M Garay is survived by her husband Mike. sont Gord at home, seven daughters Lynn Gillen of Port Coquitlam, Pat Clark of Calgary, Sue Hermanson of Trail, Judy Fischer of Merritt, Denise Duckworth of Fruitvale, Moe Flanagan of Quesnel and Terry Mailey of Montrose; 15 gran dchildren: "three | greot-grandchildren two sisters, Margaret MacArthur of Trail and Bette Payette of Resoeeie ow brothers, Hugh and Bob Graham, both of Ellen Sargeant nieces and She was predeceased by her brother Gordon nephews KNOWLES — Helen Knowles. Trail resident, died Sept Calit @ former 10 in Anaheim sister. Lily of Trail. She was predeceased by her father in 1973 and her mother in 1974 LANCASTER Elsie Louise Lancaster Job openings Phone: 368-5566 Home Cere Workers are An Electrician witt commercial experience the area. Wage $121 consider tourttryear apprentice Foodservers ore required Castlegar, Fr 2 An experienced Heavy Duty Truck Mechanic is required in Castlegar. Wage Editor's note: The Castlegar and District United Way kicked off its annual fundraising drive Sept. 16 The following stor series of brief and in-depth articles the Castlegar News will be publishing over the next few weeks to let local residents know of the organizations which benefit from United Way funding. The Canadian National Institute for the Blind United Way agencies, is a private non-profit rehabilitation agency es are part of a one of several local Its objectives are to ameliorate the conditions. of blind-people; to prevent blindness and to promote sight-enhancement CNIB is the only a complete rang services to more than 60,000 blind 1 services. The ncy providing of rehabilitation visually and _ severely impaired Canadians through 51 district of The CNIB Okanagan-Kootenay district. of more than | in Castlegar is impaired to t or her ability to fects hi perform everyday activ ligible to receive servic e CNIB a no cost to the indivic The We Development Pro} to assist the familic are risk for or tal delays One oT T Castlegar supported Way, the West Koo Development Pr based program birth to age three Infant develop make home visits 4 time for the family partnership assisting them ’ about their infant. The consultar ts’ job is a multifaceted one cludes listening to and supp the family, infant's with with their and in ring assisting them with the individual program assessing the infant’s development every four to six months, providing appropriate information, toys, or equipment resources needed and referring to other and professionals when Early intervention is vitally im portant to an infant who is for or has developmental delays. Infants through at risk learn early ex CNIB offers numerous services Infants program helps families is $15 per Kour A hairdresser is required in Fruitvale Certified Machinists are two area shops. $1 304, 344 required by 50 per hour to start AB" level welder w d MIG and enc d tor a plicontsmust he on diesel “8 wains Unemployed Wor making @ successtul- trans lack of adequate Canada tm 368-5566, asking © Low-vision consultation and ning in the use of low-vision © Training in adaptive skills for everyday living ¢ Orientation and mobility training © Children’s support and and the counselling to the services parents of blind children * Vocational and employment counselling © Talking book and Braille tran ption services * Education to the general public and-other-hetping asi als in blindriess pr and meeting the needs of blindness ention blind I of sight can happen to Last year alone, than 1,500 British Colum came to the CNIB for help anyone at any age average of four pe an-Kootenay ought help the first time in ple per day from the CNIB for 1988, four of these trom Cas! The demand programs and services CNIB car provide has been, in creasing approximately 20 per ¢ent in this district and the the CNIB to meet annually hallenge eeds is great When these experiences real, the in to learn through activities in’ the The infant enjoys respon )» and interacting with his or amily 2arents retain their confidence 4 the control they have over their of their children nts from the West Kootenay established a parent support Helping and the lives called Parents Parents in this group provide and to the diagnosed children either over the telephone, individual support to each other parents of newly through visits oF through regular parent group meetings Infants and their families remain West Kootenay Infant Development Program for as long on the as support follow-up are needed or until they are three years of age This program is and developmental available to families free of charge due to the financial support by organizations such as the Castlegar United Way died Sept. 13 at the Rossland Hospital at age 6 PYLYPUIK — Netlie Pylypuik of Montrose died Sept. 9 at her home at age 67. Mrs. TELEPHONE 365-5210 Pylypuik is survived by her daughter Pat Witt of Fruitvale; two sons, Ron of Vic New husband Peter in 1987 and two brothers Somvel and Edgar Chernott ROBINS — Loi Robins of Wartield died Sept. 14 at Trail Regional Hospital. She was 81, Mrs. Robins is survived by her husband Fred; sister Rhona Wallbridge Vancouver; and two nephews in Toronto, She was predeceased by one brother, Ht for the Castl + COP’ y will be month of Octob ani ind d up to 5 p.m. Tuesday, September 26 ers ihe Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Avenue Castlegar * 365-2151 Gordon A. Read & Co. 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Vol..42, No: 78 60 Cents mailed to the industry."* to Stark to keep himself informed about how Telefilm As well, it is up *The onus is on him,"’ he said. Stark questions how the decisions to fand films are made by Telefilm and who makes those decisions. “Who's judging these'things and are they quali Stark asked Gray, who is directly involved in the creative analysis of the scripts, says he has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Edmonton where he studied drama. He has been involved in the film industry since 1967 and has writ ed, acted and produced in radio, television and ten, direct film, he said Pamela Hawthor Telefilm'’s Vancouver officer, added He said it evaluated is difficult RSs La le the creative affairs jnanager with is the founder of the New Play Centre, a play development group in V to explain how “It’s not as precise as the technical analysis of the As well, finances (of a film),”” Telefilm does not give detailed explanations when they turn down a film because the producer will then Gray said. “fix”? the script, resubmit it and demand funding, he said investment ** Stark said he wants an inquiry to determine where Telefilm’s money is going because if it were all going to film we'd be deluged with Canadian films.”” “I don’t know what they are doing with their funding but they’renot turning out any films of note,” he said The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick, now out on video-cassette ncouver,Gray weeks, a script is Castlegar News CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989 and Bye Bye Blues, currently in some theatres and set Lo open across the country in the next few both had Telefilm investment, feature films with which Telefilm was Gray said. And 12 involved are curren- continued on page A2 WEATHERCAST night: Clear. Fog patches or pat jow cloud near sunrise. Lows Thursday: Mainly sunny. Highs tonight and Thursday 5 Sections (A, B, C, D&E) QUIET DEMONSTRATION . . members of the Slocan Valley Watershed Alliance wield pickets and hand out leatlets during a demonstration Tuesday outside Slocan Forest Products. The alliance members told SFP workers that demands for better forest management practices did not cause short-term layoffs. o denionstfaics SVWA By CasNews Staff Members of the Watershed Alliance g Slocan Forest Products Ltd and about Valley ve out leaflets to Slocan workers 30 people staged a quiet demonstration the company’s parking lo’ © inform the 1 layoffs over the fault of the workers short summer were not the alliance’s demands for better forest management practices as has been rumored, an alliance spokesman said We're not out to close the mill Susan Hammond said. ‘‘We support the workers’ jobs."" Alliance member and mill worker Ken Del Puppo said when the layoffs occurred a notice went up saying they lack of cutting permits.’ there was no reduction in were due to* However, cutting rates, he said The alliance and International Woodworkers of America represen tative Klaus Offermann talked about setting up a alliance meeting between the and IWA members to discuss forest practices and later as a unit ap proach the company for discussions Alliance they have been trying to set up a meeting with company Barber but have been unsuccessful so far spoke members said president Ike Company officials briefly with the protesters but would only refer them to an offer by Barber for a meeting Terry Dods was out of town today and unavailable for General manager comment Turbo proposal ets rough reception By SIMON BIRCH Editor Castlegar city council deferred until Oct. 10 a decision on a rezoning application by Turbo Resources Lid. that would allow the company to build a bulk fuel facility on Columbia Avenue south of the San dman Inn Council made its decision in the wake of a public hearing on the application during which residents of the area unanimously op posed Turbo’s proposat Council also deferred a decision on related amendments to the city’s com: munity plan which would pave the way Tuesday rezoning for commercial development of the en- tire area on both sides of Columbia Avenue from 20th Street north to the the complaints at the hearing centred around threats to traf fic and pedestrian creased truck traffic residents say the bulk fuel facility would generate “To put a bulk plant right in the middle of what should be your town centre ina few years lacks foresight one resident of the area said Jim Craig, safety from in vice-president of the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce, told council polls of more than 100 mem bers of the chamber and the Down: town Business Association indicate a majority of business people are against the proposal “Seventy per cent of both organizations are basically against the Turbo proposal,”’ Craig said. Craig said the proposal have a favorable impact on the central area” and “environmental aspects’’ of a bulk fuel facility — such as noise and spillage-of diesel and gasoline when trucks are emptying and refilling — are aconcern. Peter Matthews, real estate manager for Interwest Equities (B-C.) Inc. of Vancouver, Turbo’s developer for the proposed project, said the $800,000 to $900,000 bulk fuel facility, if built, would not significantly increase truck traffic in the area. “It’s Turbo’s estimate that truck traffic will increase very little,"" Mat thews told council at the public hearing. He said it is Turbo’s intention to take advantage of the business oppor tunity already provided by “picking away” the trucks which currently use “doesn’t Court of Appeal spurns ban by default because Berg did not take By CLAUDETTESANDECKI Staff Writer he Arrow Lakes Indian band has been denied permission to appeal a B.C. Supreme Court ruling thdt gives the Ministry of Highways and its con: tractors complete access to a road and bridge site near Vallican in the Slocan Valley that the native people have been August occupying since mid band lawyer Norman Evans said today The band’s permission to appeal was denied by the B.C. Court of Appeal and the band will ask to have the decision reviewed, Evans said The band is also considering going to the Supreme Court of Canada to have the Ministry of Highways’ injun ction overturned, he added. After the band blockaded the area in An Arrow Lakes Indian band tepee erected of) a controversial road construction site near Vallican in the Slocan Valley was partially dismantled Sunday night have been laid since band spokesmen Cindy Fry said today but no charge there were no witnesses, The police were called but were unable to determine who tried to remove the tepee from the roadway where construction crews have ranted a court order Nelson Darrel Graves said recently been allowing them to proceed RCMP Set The band has posted guards on Indians post guards on tepees the remaining tepees in the road way since the RCMP are unable to protect band property, Fry said The native people have removed three of six ceremonial tepees from the area according to band customs, Fry said. The tepees must be taken down one per day at sun set, Fry said The Ministry of Highways and its contractors recently won an in junction giving them complete ac cess to the site which the Indians have been occupying since Aguust The band says the planned road will run through an ancient native village August, the ministry obtained a partial injunction that allowed the general contractor, Bill Berg, access to the nor th side of Little Slocan River where the bridge is to be built The native which is to run past a people say the road burial ground that has been declared a heritage site by would run through an ancient Indian village of which the heritage siteisonlya part the provincial government, The ministry injunction, however, did not give the Highways Ministry ac cess to the road area. The returned to court two weeks ago and ministry won complete access tothe site Tower By CasNews Staff Castlegar city council will hold a meeting Oct. 17 with representatives from the West Kootenay’s major em chambers ployers. ‘of commerce, city and town councils, as well as represen tatives from the federal Ministry of Transport and Castlegar Airport of ficials to discuss Transport Canada’s that the rport be closed control Mayor recommendation tower at the Audrey Moore announced Tuesday The meeting will start at 7 p.m. in council chambers at city hattand-witt be open to the public internal Copies of an Transport Work has begun on the road and the native people have not tried to inter fere with construction, saying their in tention since the blockade was erected in August has been to abide by all court orders However, the band last week won a “default judgment’ could lead to a permanent injunction to stop construction of the road, Evans against Berg that said If the band is granted a permanent injunction, Berg would be considered to be trespassing on band property if he or his crews continued to work on the road, Evans said The judgment, awarded to the band meeting Canada memo sent earlier this month to the media and local governments in the West Kootenay federal government's disclosed the intention to close the tower because the number of flights into Castlegar doesn't meet federal criteria for maintaining both a control flight station at Castlegar Airport Canada spokesmen in have told the ¢ jon based on the recom, mendation has been made or is being considered atthis time Critics of the recommendation say tower and a service Transport Vancouver astlegar News no de closing the tower will hurt the safety with the band’s statement of claim against him in the time allotted issue for reply, could also lead to the band claiming damages for trespassing against the Evans associate Sandy Bartlett said last week The band’s claim against Berg is part of the aboriginal title claim the band has filed in the B.C. Supreme Court Bartlett’ said. The band has also claimed the government is trespassing but Victoria*has ** ce” in the matter, contractor filed an appearan which means the government will argue the case in court, headded continued on page A2 slated and efficiency of aircraft operations inthe area In a Sept. 14 letter to Minister Benoit Bouchard, which was distributed at meeting of Castlegar council, Robert Evans, department head of Selkirk College’s aviation program in lists a number of reasons Transport Fcopy of Tuesday's Castlegar, including the increasing numbers of flights in and out of the airport and the terrain surrounding the airport which adds to the difficulty of takeoffs and why the should remain in operation tandings — tower continued on the existing bulk fuel facilities along 6th Avenue in Castlegar Matthews said that strategy would fit into council's attempts to reduce truck traffic along 6th Avenue following complaints about the trucks from residents in that area The proposed Turbo bulk fuel station would serve **20 to 25 trucks a day,” he said In addition to the bulk fuel facility, Turbo also proposed to build ‘car. diock’* fuel pumps — high-speed pumps from which truckers dispense their own fuel using a credit card-style continued on page A2 INSIDE Hobbit Hill page A2 Lottery numbers The winning numbers drawn Tuesday in The B.C. 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