Page 2A The Cast be Sun Staff If it’s enthusiasm the Social Credit party is looking for, thet electing Grace McCarthy as its head to lead rebuilding efforts is a recipe for success, said Castlegar businessman Burt Campbell, in describing McCarthy's recent win Campbell acted as McCarthy's campaign manager for the East and West Kootenays. He said her win over three other candidates is a direct result of both experience and high motivation “She has what's needed to make this party ready for the next provin. cial election,” Campbell said Rather than voting delegates each card-holding member of the = Opposition legar Sun Amazing Grace now Socred leader Social Credit Party was allowed a vote. In this area, members could at two locations: Trail or In the Rossland-Trail riding, 35 per cent of card-hold. ers voted, and the results are as follows: Graham Bruce, 56 votes (31 per cent), Grace McCarthy 116 votes (64 per cent); Claude Richmond, nine (five per cent); and Jim Turner, zero votes. Province-wide, the final ballot had McCarthy on top with 7,790 votes, and her closest competitor Graham Bruce, gathering 6,254 votes. McCarthy is now preparing for a possible provincial by-election should any members of the Liber al party decide to resign from their respective ridings Continued from 1A placing the lines underground for both environmental and econom ic reasons. The company is still in the process of seeking approval from the Ministry of Highways for access of right-of ways along the highway, and meetings between the two are scheduled to take place this week However, BC Tel has been @ School Name: Jennifer Ingram-Johnson Where you work: At home! What you do there: Work for my mom and pets made aware of other options through letters it has received, including placing the lines along. side the West Kootenay Power lines running from Christina Lake to Warfield, or using the old Cas- cade Summit road. Highway 3, -which is considered prime, uncluttered Kootenay-country by local motorists and thousands of tourists. Continued from 1A tor the minister's decision—and then on November 4 the shoe dropped Surgenor received information from the minister's office that although there would be $7,000 funding forthcoming for opera- likes: Hor Castleg riding and friends Best kept Castlegar secret: Can’t tell! Pet: Tweetle the Cockatiel Vehicle: Bike and feet What would you rather be doing? Shopping! tional costs of the portable Class: The new Shout No! program, established by CKQR and aimed at streetproofing kids, kicked off at Kootenay Savings Credit Union. A portion of each casette pur- chased through Kootenay Savings will be donated towards establishing a Block Parent Program in Castlegar. From left: Corporal Al Brown, CKQR Owner Wilf Warner, Block Parent Organizer Ida Cleeve, Credit Union Branch Manager Greg Stewart, Credit Union Executive Officer Doug Stanley, Block Parents Doreen Smecher and Lorraine Gallo and Constable Darren Oelke SUN STAFF PHOTO / Karen Kerkhott room, there wouldn't be funds provided for operational costs ot the 12 day care spaces reserved for the program The decision leaves Conroy wondering if the minister com- pletely understood the bid for the monies. “Maybe we weren't clear. We thought it was quite clear. I'm not sure what went wrong.” Conroy said the refusal of the much-needed funds is a heavy blow, but not one which KCCCS will take without a fight—she intends to go back to Victoria and spell out the need to Char bonneau The loss of the $30,000 fund- ing comes on the heels of a bud- get cut from $60,000 to less than $20,000. “We're struggling.” Wildlife charges enter court A Creston man will be appear ing in Provincial court in Castle- gar in order to answer to five charges under the Wildlife Act Ken Martin, a frequent trapper in the Creston area, received the charges in April, 1993. The charges are in connection to a Separate, previous trial in Castle- gar involving Jung Kil (John) Chang, who was found guilty on wildlife charges Martin faces one count of traf- ficking, two counts of unlawful possession of dead wildlife, one count of making a false statement and one count of engaging in an illegal sale of a bear gal bladder and paws. Martin's court date has yet to be set Castlegar & District Sy Wildlife Association There will be a meeting Wednesday, November 17 7:30 pm at Aasland Museum Taxidermy Building Guest Speaker: Sophie Pierre . . Chief of the Ktunaxa /Kinbasket cone Tribal Council coal All members urged to attend Invited guests and members only Women in Business Taking the STEP Wednesday November 17th 8:30 am to 4:30 pm “| Savoy lan } Welson 7 A One-Day Workshop for Entrepreneurial & Professional Women WORKSHOP ONE: ¢ Winning Attitudes That Make the Difference WORKSHOP TWO: ¢ Getting More Out of Your Business: More Enjoyment, More Money Come and Enjoy a day of learning, confidence building, networking. Call FBDB Cranbrook to register 1-800-667-7579 $49.00* +G.S.T. *Includes lunch ahOveg Thanks to some generous Castlegar and area residents, more kids will be warm this winter, after donating like-new used coats to the Coats for Kids Campaign, sponsored by The Castlegar Sun and the Castlegar Volunteer Fire Department Dyck, a volunteer driver from Quality Care Dryclean ing, and Shawna Kattler, an employee of The Sun, load coats that are now clean and about to be dis tributed to those who need them. Distribution should be taking place by mid-November. Watch The Castlegar Sun for details. Wednesday, November 10, 1993 i QWILLIAMS Moving & St FRAGILE SUN STAFF PHOTO / Sharlene Imhoff Trent steadily = Bear Continued from 1A attending conservation officer, as well as police noted, was the amount of garbage strewn all said Krause With the amount of garbage both on the over the place vround and lett open inthe garbage bin, it was only a matter of time betore bears became habituated to the wailable meal As a sult. the conservation office not Only personally spoke t sidents of the area, the owner of the housing complex was also contacted in an effort to clean up the area The garbage remained bears became accustomed to easy-eating. Now three bears are dead. But was destroying the Three bears the only option? “At this point in time, yes it was,” said Krause. “Some people think it’s so easy to just tranquil ize and relocate a bear or a num ber of bears—well it isn’t.” Krause cited a number of fac tors -why the bears were destroyed, and one of the biggest reasons was total habituation Do people realize that when a bear has becomie habituated to garbage food they're like a drug addict?” Another factor: at this time in the season, bears living in the wild have now found a winter home, a place to hibernate. The only bears that haven't done so, are those still finding accessible meals off fruit trees and garbage bins. “We can't just relocate a bear this late in the season; there's a lot of snow up there, and it would be cruel to drop them off now since they would not have time to gather their own resources for survivalin the wild The sheer number of bears stil eating out of dumpsters that are not closed or even locked shows that despite living next door to wildlife miany remain ignorant of how to ¢ with this close-knit situation “We get hundreds of cails With two officers on duty and the large area covered, it’s next to impossible to deal with all com. plaints,” Krause continued Needless to say, priorities are set, and residents and businesses are told to act more responsibly when it comes wildlife. There are a number of precautions that can be exercised that would cut the number of bears destroyed in Castlegar by at least half Fruit should be picked up off the ground, picked off the trees and placed in a secure place as early in the season as possible and garbage should be kept secure, whether in a locked bin or even in-doors until pick-up time arrives. “A community such as Castle- gar will always have to deal with bears, but there's really no excuse why this commiunity should be supporting such a high concentra tion of bears due to the availability of garbage and fruit,” Krause said Coronor’s report on fatal accident just released SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor A regional coronor has made his final confirmation on the cause of an accidental death that occurred in downtown Castlegar, last July The coronor’s inquiry, finally completed in October, concludes that Lawrence, who was an employee working on the down town revitalization project, died from injuries sustained when he was run over by a road packer machine Investigations by the coronor and Worker's Compensa ealed that at 7.50 am. on July %, Lawrence was assigned { police Hon re the road packer but was unable t start the machine Thinking the battery was dead, he drove his own personal pick-up truck alongside the packer and, with jumper cables, connected the truck and packer batteries, how- ever the packer would still not start. Lawrence then removed the instrument panel, disconnected the ignition wires from the igni tion switch and crosswired them In doing so, the report states he bypassed a safety feature which Prevents the machine from stant ing while in gear. This procedure was also unsuccessful At this point, the report contin. s State that an operator Lawrence was assigned another job. leaving Lawtenc work on the machine alone A ut mph s heard the road packer start One worker ob 1 Lawrer left. side of the positioned on th mac hin See CORONOR 04/30/94 + member of the St = In an effort to. better understand the candidates seeking election for mayor and city council on November 20, The Castlegar Su ne requested cach candidate to submit, in thei own words, what they feel Castlegar residents should know be fore voting. Candidates for mayor were specifically asked to touch upon how Castle for council were asked to specifically comment on individual goals should be completed in this term and finally ay can best position itself for future giowth, while candidates capital projects they feel whether city counciloy the past has uly been open to the residents it serves. Here, in their own words, are their responses CANDIDATES FOR MAYO Mike O'Connor a member of the Briti the water a I believe that the ¢ ture. F sh Columbia Pui government that would listen to needs of the residents. My go: id sewer and street systems. By achieving the best v financial planning we will be able to develop a community that all ity can best position itself for growth by providing for a sound and stable infrastruc example, instituting a program that will allow us to get our sewe place in-order-that development can take place in an orderly and well planned manner. With a good back to-the-basics type of government, I am sure that this can be achieved. My name is Mike O'Connor and I have been Castlegar for the past 13 years. | am currently the ¢ Manager of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. I have been involved in the Chamber of Commerce as a four term president, Selkirk Lions Club, Kootenay Doukhobor Historical Society, President of CURB and am eral Association and the University of Idaho Al As mayor of the City of Castlegar I would like to think that I could provide an honest and open form of is to set r nai Association stic priorities beginning with e for our dollar and through sound sidents can be proud of , water and roads systems in Municipalities A graduate f making Castle time and on budget; begin a things happening! Audrey Moore serviced the cosfmunity as both a Councillo I recognize the central location and function of Castlegar in the Kootenays, To that end, I have been encouraging businesses and regional services to locate to Castlegar. | work hard at maintaining contact and promoting the city in the region and elsewhere Recently I have supported several major projects that have made this city the envy of many other communities and elsewhere, including: the fresh look for downtown; successful aquatic centre; development along Columbia Avenue; modemization of Celgar and current bridge construction Thave many goals for the upcoming term, and some of these in particular are: to complete the Police Services Building on second road through town; implement the second phase of downtown improvement; pursuing a Seniors’ Centre; resurfacing and rebuilding city roads; rebuilding Arrow Lakes Drive; assuring the future of the Castlegar Hospital; utilizing the five-year Capital Budget Plan for expanding the city’s sewer and water services, and; keeping the good I believe the city can best position itself for future growth by following and expanding upon the strategic plans that have been recently developed with community input ahead in a carefully considered way. Change is crucial, but it must not happen in a willy-nilly chaotic fashion Ihave lived in Castlegar for 23 years. During that time, I ave worked as a public hbranan, a member of several boards such as the Hospital Board and the Regional District. I have ind a Mayor. I have béen president of the Union of B.C currently vice-president of the Federation of C he University of New Brunswick, I have enjoyed many community activities since ar my home, particularly curling, golfing and cross-country skiing. My husband Bill and Thave raised three children and now enjoy three grandchildren. It is important that Castlegar maintain its small town character yet move radian Municipalities WEDNESDAY, November 10 » know me know that Iam one who dedicates job thar E hav ther demands on my time: I can give all my time listening to committed to tidertake. I huve no pent 11 years on school board, two ot which f Director of the Selkirk College Board. For 1 Castlegar in the role. of City Councillor and repre ented the city on th nal District of Central Kootenay for two years Two major thrusts are ity to be well prepared for the anticipated growth. First, long range planning will pc \ h a way that expansion can be orderly, guaranteeing a com: munity Wher r familie Good ible fa rable the city to look after the long over-due repairs to Streets, sewers and water systems. Cre wut ! uncil as a team, citizens, and various levels of govern ment working in cooperation with ' after the Mayor and council gets its own house in order City Couneil, together with its various par ' ific goals they wish to attain as well as planned actions designed to achjeve those goals. The Mayor b inator and facilitator in such an effort. Castlegar has many people working hard without a common g ou can it how effective these efforts’ will be if our city had a clear vision. The uch a Castlegar can only iting and challenging the need for economic di y 1 plan to become the commercial centre of the région It will be the attitude and presen invile new investors to our town. It will be only when businesses are welcomed. and assisted in acquiring information that true economic growth will take place. We as a city must cut the red tape that businesses and our citizens are now requir go through A native of Castlegar, | have been a councillor. for our city r the past six years. Since 1987, I have worked diligently for the betterment of our community by serving on all standing pital board, as well as being an alternate to the Regional District of Central Kootenay. Happily mar > we are musing two children; Jennifer and Jeremy. Employed as a paramedic with the B mbula service, | am also involved in community sporting events. Castlegar are realistic, timely and necessary to ensure that our city future growth. Some of these include: 1. Improving on our commu- water volumes and capacities, roads and our transportation system must all be improved © growt Ensunng that more development and investment are 1 organized in a cost-effective manner; 3. Elinhjnating dupli- cation of services x nur resources and ideas to énsure that things are done right the first time; 4. Creating a team spirit withir >y encouraging participation from the public, city staff and related nosphere to everyone who visits our vibrant city xcellent. To accépt future growth and its challenges, I can years experience as a councillor in civic politics has allowed me to grow. 2. Being a visionary mayor — With good foresight along with input from the Castlegar public I know we can develop short and long-term plans. 3. Being a serv I will see to it that city hall assures you the taxpayer, the J will be open and accountable to you the taxpayer. 5.Being om Castlegar citizens will be heard. 6. Being a financially responsible Ble‘entity committees of council, t is enteting a new era continues to f nity’s infrastructur encouraged. Our grow government agencies I feel that Castl ensure taxpayers by: 1. Being an informed 5. Create a more frienc I's position to accor te f growth i best possible customer service. 4. Being an ac yor a team player mayor ; I will man. nd operate Ca Ar as a respon On November 20, if I am elected Mayor « I will provide you the citizens with strong leadership. I will meet the challenges, implement the necessary chang you that an open, responsible and accountable council is governing Castlegar on your behalf. I want to strive t 1 ran even better place to live, work and raise our families. I will ensure that the ir mayor Ron Armbruster Ihave been a res. ident of Castlegar since 1988. I am currently employed as Customer Service and Sales Manager for Canadian Regional Airlines. I am married to Ali- son and we two daughters; and Jackie. Where ever I have lived I have tned to become involved in the community. Here in Rotary Club and have served on the Board of Directors of the Cast Chamber of Commerce since 1989. 1 just recently completed a one-vear term © meniber of th as president of the chamber. I was also a Financial Plan ning Committee for Tam committed ¢ t and open ommunication, aggressive economic development and strongly believe that logic and common sense play a large part in decision making Working in the airline industry for 19 years has given me a wealth of experi ence in dealing with the public. This along, with my community involvemeny | gives me the experience and leadership necessary to be an effective member of council. The Strategic Financial Plan outlines priorities for capital projects | during the next five years. Among them, Arrow Lakes Road resurfacing/rehabilitation and mainte nance, improvements to North and Drive South Sewer and Water systems. These | are a must! The remaining identified | Projects can be considered more option al. Of these, I would like to see Down. town Revitalization, a new firehall to Woodland Drive, city hall renovations, along with expansion improvements and improvement to parks and recreation facilities given high priority. Borrowing must also be kept to a minimum Past councils have been strongly crit icized for a lack of openess. Not all criti cisms may have been valid, but a lot of them were. If there is one thing I have learned from my profession, it is that being evasive, secretive or less than hon: est will always come back to haunt you ‘The emergence of CURB was indicative if this happening in Castlegar Morally, if not legally, there are cer tain affairs of council that must be con ducted in private in order to protect the | | effort must be made to ensure the doors privacy of individuals or for competi tive reasons. In all other matters, the cit izens have a right to access all formation and elected have a responsibility to make this infor mation available | Roads in the past te Bar, while two live in Vancouver. I am currently employed and have been for Pope and Talbot and previous | companies for 39 years. i have worked at many different s: As a resident of Castlegar for 13 years, my husband Don and my daugh: ters Nicolle and Angela are mem bers, volunteers and assistant coaches with the Trail Track and Field club. Cur rently I am a school bus driver for | | School Distnct No, 9, and an instructor | Builder at Hooters 1 of CUPE vice-president and amateur Bod Council Hective Steward of CUPE’s Ovcu fety: Committe leadership trair edure, arbitra truction on juding work policies the voters: to ensure process is f and that the end result of any d mis based on sound judgement: to see in-camera zs kept to a minimum and to ge council to work harder towards making information more avail able and accessible to the public I will produce an atmosphere on council that helps to create a healthier working relationship among council members. Improved community parks is one project that all taxpayers can enjoy Out of the Open Space Study, there are a great many park improvements that | should be considered for action Road resurfacing, a pavement project | management study, outlines the necessi ty of road resurfacing and rebuilding years have not been kept up to date. Seniors definitely need a new Seniors’ Centre, located near major facilities, perhaps near the com plex where activities take place The continuation of revitalizing our downtown and throughout Castlegar including the upgrading of city hall to meet fire and safety codes, as well as disability accessibility, are also impor tant. The current rent council pays for meetings would be better spent if reno- vations took place to accommodate city |. staff and council chambers. Effective communication between council and residents is vital. Every are always open and information is easi- ly accessible. We have the right as tax payers to know when, where and how our money is being spent. Council must be accountable for all of its actions Dave Keen My wife Joanne; step-daughter Luanne, and I were born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. We moved to Castlegar in 1988 after visiting rela tives in the area earlier that year : ntly working as a counsellor for the laid-off Cominco workers for the Last two years. The posi | tion of counsellor has developed my ibility to work with people with backgrounds and opinions. For the at years I have worked actively with the Steelworkers Union in Trail and Hamilton. My union involvement has given me the training and skills to inves tigate, negotiate and make decisions which are required for the position of councillor. Since I have been eligible to vote, I have worked in every election since and have developed an interest in the political process. At this time I feel I have the requirements and life experi | ence to hold he office of councillor At this time I have only three major goals: the first is a stronger diversified | economic base to prevent occurrences that have occurred in Nelson and Trail when their primary employers closed or laid of workers; the second is to see a continued building of tourist/recreational based activities and services These first two items will allow Castlegar to grow and expand Finally, I would like to see and end to the bickering that has been occurring lately over the location of the regional hospitals. The top capital projects that I would like to see completed are: improvements to the Highway 6A /Highway 22 inter change; improved safety features to Highway 22 and Columbia Avenue Completion of the Downtown Revital ization project, including the Fire Hall and City Offices; repairs to infrastruc ture that has seriously deteriorated. Ican’t see what else could be done to make Castlegar City Council more open to the public. I have never had difficulty in contacting any members of council ‘The public is welcome to attend and is able to view the meeting on Shaw | Cable, with the exception of in-camera discussions, which are required from time to time. If there are difficulties within council, I have not been able to perceive them I am 58-years old, married and we have five children; four of whom are living in Castlegar, and one in Vancouver. We also have six grandchildren, four of whom are living here in Castle awmill jobs, including seven years on staff, giving me experience in budgeting and planning, while in charge of Fire and Security, Safety and First Aid for approximately 350 people. I have been a volunteer firefi I have several priorities as a councillor, including including pedestrian and bicycle lanes; upgrading sewage lagoons; continue to upgrade our by going so we don't fall behind in our quality of service The current « Official Community Plan; Strateg projects that had inve ot RENE ler Place. Ha lopment pen progress, for ¢ dent project arks and ball f ntinued hard we slvement by t ‘ SHSS Sct er Public Works Building ville Subd wt, and the Pe Planning and Development committee ATLOF MetMan Mall, Cast ighter for 30 years, including several years as captain. making sure that our roads are upgraded as planned. our sewer lines especially in the north; upgrading our ws to make them more “user friendly system to keep pace with Castlegar's growing population to maintain our water These projects are important and must be kept council has had several accomplishments, in particular the formation of the Comipreher ic Financial Plan; upgrade to several bylaws. productic ouncil include the Phase M Wilson-Idle Subdisi and Talbot expansion. In fact. r Jents should note that build I would Like to continue 4 number of functions ay chairman of public work Xample: there is a very heavy service demand this year due to Downtown Rev tly we are in the process of improving the safety of playground equipm: This has been a very busy term with many months of hard wo-k and man tk and dedication. v wte for me, Bob Pakula, for uncillor COUNCIL CANDIDATES My. name is Kirk Duff, candi date for council My wife Myra our children Michael, Kyle and Kristine and have Castlegar sin 11988 } and have two sons. My wife works at ] Selkirk College and my oldest son Travis plays hockey for the New York Islanders NHL team, while my youngest son David After the closing of its | has a hockey scholarship to Providence Colle in Rhode Island. [ have lived in gar for the past 20 years 1 work for BC Telephone as a Cable Spheer. | have been actively involved in the: Telecommunications Workers Union Plant Counselor for the West Kocte. Region. I have been active in the lived mic 14 and a half y mploy Cominco, curren of Instructor/Trainer Lam a five-year memt Castlegar-Selkirk Lion#Clut am running for 1 irst been elected council in 1990. My goal has and » id fair when making decisi nunity coaching and managing ith teams in minor hockey, baseball and soccer. I have been a councillor for the city of Castlegar for one year. In the past year council has made great strides in being more open to the public and we continue to try to improve communications to the people of Castle gar. I have always attempted to give direct and honest answers to any ques. tions and to act as quickly as possible to any concems raised to my attention My goals, if elected, are to see ser- vices to all areas improved and main tained. I would like to see the completion of the RCMP building, a new city hall and a central firehall in an appropriate location. I would like to see the city’s new second access given the go-ahead. There has been talk of this for Talk but no action. Traffic flow is still a concern on Columbia Avenue This is an area that must be addressed. I would welcome new and fresh ideas The past is gone and the future is ours. We are in the new technology and com- pu and are moving so fast that we reed a fresh start with an outlook of improvements and controlled develop- ment for the city of Castlegar. I would like to see more freedom given to the capable and reliable staff the city is fortunate to have. I believe in the past, that tax dollars were paid far too often for consultants, when resource people within our own city and capable staff members could have done the job. I would like to see a policy in place nly? That room | where contractor's for Castlegar projects t that city council | must specify how many man-days work. anyone answers, | ers from this area will be employed on people, but I | the job. The contractor would then be committed to hiring more people from our area and this would help keep our own peopie employed and keep some of be as objective One project that need this term is our wate systems. The studies done, the needs are ide the Strategic Financial P how to pay for it as we timetable to do the work get on with it The City Hall Renovation P. will need to be addressed this ter am undecided as to what t solution is, although I'm of t ion that something needs to be dc Another project that I believe be important is the building o the Downtown pport it fully as long hants or private tes to pay for it: in Jowntown an open apital wish list will The new fir il we solve our sewer central firehall would provide adequate respor times and would result in co: ngs associated with operatir rather than two, facilities The successful completior police building and the Downt Revitalization project are to the development of our city In terms of openness of our cour cil, I believe that we are going right direction. The police eferendum campaign the citizens from find ancial Plan process, itizens from fi ng on in the back get meetings and the release r Price Waterhouse Report,.all « which I have been directly involved in, are examples of the contir after much pushing and our group that few answers townhall meeting efforts to make our coun e open and accountable. These involving public and taxpayer sultation can and must cont we are to truly feel that we he people wh them our blind represent the people whc Ne them out btind our tax money at home m in Grand Forks in 1960, and moved to Castlegar family in 1964. After graduation I briefly worked at the ll and in April of 1979 I was employed at Cominco. I ty grow from two sep: villages into the city it is was privileged to know such people as Gerry Rust, who were accessible to the public, even the chil- N municipal politics. I have wanted to run for city Jim Makortoff = am still er now. Due t Allen Selt dren of father was the president of the union representing nflict of interest if | were elected. y goals represent a majority of the citizens of our water and sewer systems. Although brought to and tthe last week, in the case of sewer enough water in the system the nlost effective and effi ability of ou by both both private and porate uld ne stressful situation The lack of ess of our ed t in this el Because my father ope: { the water a that theses systems were running ow beyond th ouncil, until recently. It made me wond J in-camera?