Page 2 Police briefs The. Castlegar Sun Wednesday, September 20, 1995 + Fire bug takes aim at Kinnaird school Castlegar RCMP are invest) gating an attempt to torch ¢ portable classroom at Kinnaird Middle School. Police say that a small fire was set using grass and twigs under the stairs of the portable on Sept 13, The vandals also broke six sprinkler heads. of the watering system. Bump No charges will be laid in a two-vehicle motor accident Sept. 13. The accident occurred when 31-year-old Gregory Kinar of Castlegar stalled his vehicle at a light , When attempting to stop in order to avoid hitting Kinar’s vehicle, Lynn Fitzpatrick’s foot slipped off the brake causing her vehicle to collide: with Kinar’s Damage in the estimated at $1,200 accident ts BROCCOLI 1.08 kg/Ib Is this yours? Castlegar RCMP is requesting that the owner of a grey 10-speed bike contact them. The bike was found at a grass fire in the 600 block of Sth Ave. Sept, 15 Information wanted Police are asking for informa tion from the public regarding items stolen from a vehicle parked at the Sandman Hotel on Sept. 16 Taken from the vehicle was Lynx golf clubs, a golf b garment bags, new children blankets, jewelry, a race car set and a Motorola Liberty cellular telephone Break and enter A home in the 3800 block of Broadwater Road in Robson was broken into and .a small amount of cash was taken. The theft occurred Sept. 16 3.49 kg/Ib Hat Wednesday, Septeniver 20, 1995 The Castlegar Sun City employee finds unpleasant surprise REN KERKHOFF ‘Sun Staff. A City of Castlegar employee came upon an unpleasant surprise Sept. 7 while removing parts from a shelf at the Public Works Department on Minto Rd. in Castlegar’s industrial park. Rob Wilson, director of engi- neering services, said that while reaching for the part the employ- Robson resident Barb Little was one of hundreds of bargain seekers at the National Exhibition Centre's giant garage sale Saturday. The NEC raised $1,222 from the sale. The money will be put toward funding its ongoing arts activities. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Marilyn Strong i Sains for the rotten egg smell which dogged Castlegar for several days last week. Jim McLarén, Celgar’s environmental manager explained that the lower explosion limit device é ) is essentially a fail- in the boiler Sports news? Call Jeff at 365-5579, WORK... | Here in the Kootenays we deserve the same opportunity to work as those in other parts of the province The Hugh Keenleyside Dam will provide 2000 worker years of work for me pecra in the Kootenays fAich vents non | gases. ‘Por some unknown “reason, the LELD was mis- takenly venting when not necessary thereby causing bay offensive odors to bian- “There were multiple vents. The concern is you don't want liquid in the pipes. It’s quite explosive. ‘The device ‘Waiting until ditions were right which would disperse the NCGs, the LELD was taken off-line and repaired. “We picked a time to do it McLaren said he doesn't expect a repeat performance of last week’s venting. POTATO HIPS ms OS Renee Read, a Castlegar resident, needs your support to win the Liberal nomination for Rossland-Trail. 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M12 —_ CASTLEGAR CAMPUS 365-1208 @ Recycling ee came upon what appeared to be black widow spiders, “He disturbed them and they scattered.”” Wilson is confident that. the «spiders were in fact the ven omous and highly-feared species “The fellow who found them has knowledge of spiders and said they had red hour-glass markings on their bellies.” That suspicion was confirmed when a pést control company, PCO Services Inc., of Kelowna inspected the site Employees avoided the area in which the spiders were found until it was fumigated. “They're aware of it. They're not in the shop very often—the area is basically being avoided,” said Wilson. A PCO representative said that while black widow spiders aren't common in the Castlegar area, it’s not a rare occurrence @ Recreation Running for life Trail Smoke Eaters for- ward Jay Morency and an unidentified Castle- gar resident were just a few of the people who came out Sunday to show their support and raise money for the local Terry Fox Run. This was the event's 17th anniver- sary, held all over Cana- da and internationally to raise funds for cancer research. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Nicole Beetstra Continued from A1 “We're waiting to read the plan ourselves.” Rossland-Trail New Democrat MLA Ed Conroy said he doesn't know much more about the govern- ment’s plan for the Nancy Greene site than anyone else. He said he has received a number of ‘ifiquiries about the issue over the last week, and is currently looking into the sit- uation in search of answers. “I'm just in the process of gathering information now,” said Conroy. “It came as a big surprise to people, but it was really public knowledge a year or so ago. “But I didn’t realize it either 's just one of those things that falls through the cracks until someone finally stumbles on it.” Conroy said that even if the Nancy Greene Recreation Area is taken out of the province's land protection category, there will still be special care given to disturb the site as little as possible. “If it becomes part of the work- ing forest, it'll still be a sensitive area needing special attention.” Fitchett said a number of pos- sible fates could await the Nancy Greene Recreation Area, ranging from a best-case scenario — the status quo — to a variety of land- use alterations at the site. “T would it would come to Forests for administration if it officially became part of B.C.'s forestry lands. It might even go over to the jurisdiction of the province's Crown Lands Department.”* Conroy said CORE, in looking at protected lands throughout the province, have had to balance exist- ing wilderness sites with new pro- posed areas of protection having more overall value from an environ- mental and scientific point of view. “I know it [the Nancy Greene site] is a very special area, no doubt about it. But in terms of significant biodiversity. the land Continued from A1 and dry” Steve Popoff of Industrial Equipment Co. Ltd. is also amazed. “It's shocking. We made investments to help out those who were helping us. We bought a paper shredder “This lack of notice has been very inconvenient. Now we have to turn around and find alternative means. It-costs time and money. It almost leaves a bad taste in my mouth with Trail Ecocentre.” Popoff said Industrial Equip- ment Co. Ltd would have been willing to pay a fee for pick-up and is angry that the option to ‘teven tendered to are 55 Castlegar busi- nesses which utilized the service resulting in some 20,000 pounds of paper per month being averted from the local landfill. S Resture Béau BASIC QUALITY PRACTO-PEDIC DELUXE TWIN 2 PIECE SET *179% *299" DOUBLE 2 PIECE SET *149* *229" *329" *399% QUEEN 2 PIECE SET *179* *399" 44g" One of the largest selections anywhere! From the very basic to supreme luxury...all at major savings! a= UNITED Furniture Warehouse , Fine Furniture and Mattresses too! sete oe is not all that unique,” he said. Adjust Your Head Rest and Buckle Up. Sense Conroy pointed out that some nature sites around the province have been upgraded, while others have been downgraded to fit into CORE'’s goal of protecting 12 per cent of B.C."s land mass. “Nancy Greene may end up being one of those downgrades.” In the meantime, until the Kootenay comiponent of CORE's land-use research is ready for pub- lic eyes, it seems West Kootenay residents will just have to play a tense game of wait-and-see. “The NDP could end up cut- ting the heart out of our back- yard,” warned Carter. “After years of enjoyment, this cruel hoax [the CORE plan] could put an end to everything.” CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT Chamber of Commerce ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THURSDAY, SEPT. 28T Fireside Motor Inn No-host bar - 6:30p.m. Meeting 7:p.m. - Guest speaker from BC Summer Games Committee "How the Business Community can get ready for the Summer Games." -Social Afterwards- CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT Chamber of Cormnerce — oad arving the Cy of Casttoger, Areas and J (ROCK) STANLEY HUMPHRIES SECONDARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE POLICY & PROCEDURES The purpose of the attendance policy at Stanley __ D. Humpbries is to give students, and their parents, more responsibility for student attendance. The staff at Stanley Humphries believes that this increased responsibility will belp our students Missed Tests and Late Assignments Policy: Any work missed due to an excused absence must be made up immediately upon returning from the absence. Tests will be written at the convenience of the teacher and-all late Castlegar * 4445 Minto Rd. 365-6433 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Monday to Saturday: 10am - 6pm Sunday: Closed Ph Eee) A NOTE: become mature adults since the impact of absence will now result in direct consequences. Attendance Collection - Teachers will take attendance during each period class. The attendance slip for the day will be taken to the attendance secretary before the end of period 4, Late Arrival or Early Leave from School Students who arrive late for school or who must leave early must sign the log book on the office counter. Students who arrive late for class will be bound by the particular classroom late policy for each classroom teacher. This may include warnings, classroom detentions or refused admittance to the classroom. Teachers are not responsible for work missed by late students. Excused and Unexcused Absences. All absences will be designated as unexcused unless they are covered by one of the following circumstances. School Activity (Field Trip, Athletic Trip, etc.) - The sponsor teacher will publish a list of involved students (with student numbers) 3 days before the event. The list ts to go to the subject teachers and the attendance secretary - Students are to see their teachers before hand to see about missed work Direct Parent Contact (Illness, family emergency etc.) - Parents will make direct contact with the school before or on the day of the absence (Personai call, phone call, legitimate note) The office will keep a log of phone calls and inform the teachers with a photocopy of the log at the end of each day. - Students are responsible to see teachers immediately upon their return to school to see about missed work. (See missed test policy). This Direct Contact will replace the absence request form (A.R.F.) used in the 1994 - 95 school year. ig will be p lized. (Other than in exceptional situations). NOTE: Any work missed due to-an “Unexcused” absence will be given “0”. Consequences of Poor Attendance and Academic Performance: Grade 11 & 12 students: Chronic poor attendance and poor academic performance may result in the student beirig removed from that particular course with no opportunity of re-entry until the next semester. Grade 9 & 10 students: Chronic poor attendance or truancy will result in suspension. Suspension will range from “in school” to suspension to the Superintendent. Teacher Contact: - Teachers are encouraged to contact parents, where possible, to warn of impending attendance problems - Parents are encouraged to phone teachers to get an up to date profile on thetr child's attendance pattern How Parents can help ..nprove the attendance of their children at Stanley Humpbries Call in at the office to pick up a detailed attendance printout at any time during the working day. Read the report card carefully, paying close attention to the attendance section Make contact with your child's teacher and set up a contact system so you are informed when your child is away Attendance printouts will be sent home at different times during the year. Ask your son or daughter for this document and check it carefully - The first attendance profile will be sent out on September 27th