HSN said the event was a one in the history of the “It’s closing the gap "and is an important milestone in comple- tion of the structure,” Now that girder number 39 is in place, Farrell said the mext step is forming and placing the con- crete bridge deck. Since the Abe re began in November, 1992 these ‘has 1,370 tonnes of steel x" ae eye y and Robson showed , on the Robson-Ci a Ministry of Highways, 8, a contractor for the project. The design had been developed in order to allow both industries to bid on construttion, ‘aid foF'the for a two-lane six-pier steel bridge. The Robson-Castlegar * ridge will include on. Calgary, was awarded the con- tract with a bid for $14,000,484 bridge is on time and still slated for June 30,1994. Toul. iibaed 0 tly 0 the end of March. “That might be I'm pushing for. It needs 16 be finished and but that’s what ‘e expected for March extreme violence within the local district. The nine committee members are: Surgenor, School District No. 9 Trustee Tony Guglielmi, strong, Shirley Salekin and Marge Pere- polkin; SHSS sentom, Die Elizabeth pas we sapetnghpplens pai been looking at a policy ity. or developing the poli- e been looking at booklets fom Victoria and analyzing it-to see how we it for Castlegar. The task force was formed last year in order to address the mounting incident of ol district in an effort to s, Brenda Parks, Rick Arm- CUE Castlegar and District preys peer ee fepresemtative Wende Arnett. A testing will nail. poachers nail poachers cold. Once a system is in place, Bar- ran i conservation offi- cers, would send tissuc from imal Hy ki final nail in the poacher's coffin. “The testing could be invalu- able to us. It would prove beyond st pro- cess developed with the B.C. Institute of Technology, authori- ties. can. now -identify meat, organs and byproducts from poached ied for a select body part that fetches big dollars on the black market— for genetic analysis. When a sus- pect animal part was seized, it would be similarly analyzed and the results A match would be forceful evi- Because crimes against wildlife most often occur in remote wilderness areas, conservation officers are often up against a wall when it comes to connecting a pecaiel Beye to 4 particular “This would patagere be eneee ty ile fands. That's the hardest part of the project.” Aare M is pth Aissin being negotiated with however, Uavidel las has declined to name the sources in fear that to do so might jeopardize negotia- tions. Actual restoration of the bridge could begin as carly as this year if funding is forthcom- ing. said Davidoff. The Brilliant Suspension British Columbia... Until most Intermountain Testing Lid. "were ‘hanging around’ SE EE ee coe Cn Te UMare Suaparaien age thie Bridge wes owiied’ by istry of Transportation, 20 The refusal to “butt out” in a local non-smok- ing testaurant resulted in more than just snide remarks from two other patrons who were offended by the smokers habit. As a result, two Marge gealephirk plan that-will ‘provide extensive pedestrian trails within the Castlegar arca. pone mea were taken to Castlegar and District Hos- ‘pit for treatment of minor cuts, Castlegar RCMP said two 21-year-old ‘Castlegar men and two 20-year-old Trail men Subway January 22. in thé parking lot, one of the Castlegar irien “grabbed. a baseball bat from his vehicle and severely assaulted one of the Trail men. had words when at Icast one of the Castlegar men refused to extinguish his cigarette when fequeséd'to do so by the Trail men. The heated discussion, which stared in the RCMP are Castlegar RCMP said the patrons had becn told by Subway staff before the incident 10 put out the cigarette but comiaued to smoke despite the reque: One man was arrested afier the fracas and RGN os caeaadaptslorsctoneie eae the incident. Wednesday, January 26, 1994 The Castlegar Sun Facilitator to sort through “turf protection’ Canroy hopes feuding hospital officials will-return to genuine discussion A facilitator has been selected to help participants of the West Kootenay Hospital Pl Boundary Hospitals took Health Minister Paul Ramsey up on the offer to send in a facilitator so the warring sides could get back to the table and formulate a health up the West Kootenay Hospital Council (WKHPC), Last fall, both TRH and Boundary hospital withdrew from the process claiming that it was ‘out their. diff and come tO an agreement on hgw and from where acute care services should be tendered. But Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Qoinrgy) said the facilitator still has. © Wetermine if he or she wants the responsibility—and until that determination is made a formal announcement naming the conciliator won't be forthcoming. “We do have quite a mess.” Last week Trail Regional and ‘We do have quite a mess.’ “+ 4IMLA ED CONROY Commenting on constant feuding among West Kootenay Hospitals care plan for the West Kootenay... With the looming question of which health care facility would provide acute care services ‘turf protection’ became a major factor for the seven hospitals. that make ply ‘Until the most fecent request for a facilitator the sides were at odds and had stalled in regional health care planning. Although a facilitator will now offer suggestions to the seven-hospital board, West Kootenay Hospital Planning Council Chair, Greg Stacey told Sun Staff in an interview last week that fie was cynical of the request and charged that the request for a facilita- tor was just another of TRH's Stall tactics. While an arbitrator can make ing, a facilitator can only make suggestions which may or may not be accepted by the . Promoting good health a beter way to.spend dollars says minister SUN STAFF Premier Mike Harcourt and Health Minister Paul Ramsey have of tem to give more emphasis to the ion of serious and i injuries.” PreventionCare, which is in keeping with the Ministry's New Directinbe featont + more deaths in B.C. than any province imately 800,000 smokers. Pre- an innovative new public health last year, will use the television media to get its healthy message _ out to British Columbians. ~ahe comenies 1s yont ox ts "s new health which includes the jor priority of focusing more ‘are will also ligh f sol peste steps that could help eliminate virtually all heart disease and the up to 90 per cent of injuries that are pr $1,700 per person per year for health care services, which the Ministry of Health said is mostly - spent on treating heart, disease, cancer and injuries. The Ministry of Health also plans on introducing tough new measures to deal with youth smoking, such as raising the age top from 16 to Over the next two years the Ministry of Health will be allo- cating $4 million towards the and injuries. Many of these deaths are premature and could be prevented or, at least, post- pomed, at great savings to our Pre- on health pr and the prevention of injury and disease. By using television to deliver the PreventionCare mes- sage, we're reaching out to the largest possible number of British Columbians by the most efficient, influential, persuasive and cost effective means,” said Ramsey. A focus of the will new progr which equates to under a dollar per British Columbian each year. Currently the province spends more than = Peace 19. As well, those who sell Cigarettes to minors can expect to be dealt with severely, and cigarette vending machines will only be allowed in establishments where minors are not allowed, such as pubs. TEMP ALOOK BACK AT THE Max/Date: ./). Min/Date: .......... ERATURE ovlbeoee * Rain: PRECIPITATION cbs ccbh dil cu bagbywe se sned eno) ERY na of Hou eae)" Forecast provided by The’ South - “at Oustiegar, B.C. East interior Weather Office OIR FORECAST - 1994 Continued from 1A they be policy-makers, diplomats, k or itari with a Vancouver Bratch Presid be the unhealthy effects of smok- ing, which Ramsey said causes Conroy to meet with public over Genesis Program concems In response to concern over recent illegal activities. by certain into the workforce and make them productive members of society. . the p should be Genésis Program p ossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy directly handled by the ministry. meeting isrr “When you have a fee-for-service and problems of the pilot project. “Tm hoping it will be as soon as possible—maybe towards the end of this week.” Goproy said that while he in principle with the con- cept be porn which is to both basis. doesn't always wordk...Th¢ bottem line is always profit’? Conroy blames the Socreds for contracting out services and leav- ing the current NDP administra- tion with an antiquated and ineffective legacy. “Because there was a govern- ment that Caréd about thésd kind of things | we got stuck with an old iitgs jobskills, he dis- pang “ey fact that the pro- gr@m was contracted out to instead of being way. Conroy said he will be Speak- ing by telephone with goyern- ment officials in Yicforia by. the end of this week xégarding the to return with from the mifiistry. “Fm going to geta hold of Victoria by phone and fintlout Third Phase funding passed SUN STAFF Castlegar City ‘Council has town Revitalization project val- ved ‘at $5.2 million. The revite committee hopes to .g totender in mid-February and award the contract early in ization Committee for phase _ funding of the project. d March. Depending on the con- tractor, construction could start within three to four weeks, and moay to council istates the value of phase three to be i $1. million, though a final estimate will be known by the time council approves its final budget this spring. In total, Castlegar City Council has approved a four-phase Down- be comp by carly July. At the same time, city crews Mel Hurtig back in the Kootenays SUN STAFF Publisher Mel Hrutig, founder and leader of the Canadian Sovereignty National Party who Free Trade in Nelson, 1 ‘According to local National Party Candidate Bev Collins, Hurtig will be talking about “the party’s stand on the environment and economic issues facing Cana- dians. We belicve these two issues nced to be dealt with together. It’ 's the way of the '90s.” Collins, who gamered 8.5 per cent of the vote in the Kootenay West-Revelstoke riding for the best result of any National candi- date across the country, said that her party's opposition to the NAFTA is still very much alive. “We will still be taking a public stand on free trade,” she said, “keeping people informed and drawing media attention jo job losses and other consquences of the deal.” She said that the human rights and environmental viola- tions in Mexico merit “a lot of looking into and I'm sure Mel will be bringing that im his Hurtig will be heading to the west coast after his stop in Nelson. pe: p ian aide workers.” The day-long symposium will be split into two sessions with Moderator Jennifer Young, Chair- person of UNA-Canada, Standing Committee on peace and Securi- ty, chairing the first, and David Cadman, former National Presi- P about civilians in the crossfire will be Christopher Cushing, a membér of Doctors without Borders. Also speaking about future implications for Canadian Foreign Policy will be Bill Bentley. from the Depart- ment of Foreign Aifairs | in raat sched- uled to begin at 7 p.m.. Tuled the Politics of Peace in the Post~Cold War World and the Moral, Politi- cal and Military of Preventive Diplomacy, Peace- making and Pe: P the sions and the evening public townhall’ meeting will be open to a walk-in public at,a, costa 35 per perso The cos of ‘registering for Ue * will dent UNA-Canada and Surprise roadblock Gets miatjuana tina | - An unexpected roadblock by..RCMP on January 19 resulted in 125 vehicles being checked, with four 24-hour roadside suspensions being issued and one marijuana seizure made. Castlegar RCMP said the amount of Mharijiana seized. was minor = A Castlegar man, 19- feurcol€ “John, Paul Assaunt, appeared before athe eourt January 24 to "Sheil January 23. At 3 am. Castlegar RCMP were called to assist ° ‘the Trail RCMP. in investi- ‘ing a break im at the busi- _Shmoor crown’ dlist Spe For The Castlegar Sun The prosecution called for a lengthy sentence Monday. of at least six years in a federal peni- tentiary for Alexander Fred Shmoorkoff, 58, found, guilty last week of molesting children. Murray Whyte asked B.C. Supreme Court Justice Raymond Cooper to place considerable weight on the effects the inci- dents had on the four young vic- tims who were between the ages of ‘three and. seven, when they were assaulted: After reading victim impact statements, some from the par- ents of the victims, Whyte told the court that Shmoorkoff’s crimes were aggravated by the vi , the b hes of trust and severity of the attacks. The prosecution also drew the court's attention to the prisoner's atti- tude. “There has been a total lack koff. f is $30 prior to Febru- Alex Shmoorkoff tims insisted their children had gone through marked personality changes since the assaults Happy outgoing children had become withdrawn, vengeful people prone to nightmares and outbursts ranging from rage to said the of (from rkoff),” said Whyte. “He has forced these children . sag thaonga thy tramiba of 9 pre- hiegting ‘and this trial .. - ho} Nee teprephons:” "The parents of some of the vic- “My child says she feels, dif- ferent, that she’s alone. "She wants to move from this town,’ Defence Hemphill called for a See g. as well as brunch, ium and How 10 te; 'symposi gis- ace Contact 368-6877 in Castlegar * or 442-8252 in Grand Forks. und Suilty, Six Bate sentence of no more than two years saying that there was some ambiguity in the jury's verdict. ‘He said'the verdicts in the cases of two of the children did not differ- entiate between the more minor claims made and those egregious allegations that involved urination ‘and human faeces as part of the acts Committed. Hemphill suggested in these incidents the benefit of the doubt be given his client in sentencing and asked the Justice to act accordingly.