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SUN STAFF PHOTO /Karen Kerkhott Tarrys school focus of BCTV KAREN KERKHOFF __ Sun Staff Tarry's Elementary School Students were in the provincial spotlight on Monday evening when BCTV ran a clip about them and the provincial speed- ing campaign, Please Think of Me (TOM). Given the close proximity of the school to the highway, princi pal Russil Rilcof believes it's appropriate that [CBC and BCTV chose Tarry’s school for the clip. “We've frequently talked with the RCMP regarding the speeders going by.” Rilcof said it's been estimat- ed that over 500 vehicles travel the highway in front of the school between 7:30 and 9 a.m. And while most drivers use caution when moving through the school zone, Rilcof said there are some who habitually drive with total disregard to the safety of students “We have three to five that go HORSE CHESTNUT ENGLISH WALNUT We have 4 way combination applies, Tose bushes, tree roses, climbing roses 1000's to choose from CEDAR HEDGE 1999 gal. 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ICBC’s Geoff Koganow was on hand along with BCTV’s Dan Caverly to speak to the stu- dents about speeding and its horrific impact While speaking to Grade 5 and 6 students, Koganow stressed that speed is a major factor in many accidents. He then asked students to draw a picture of themselves on two TOM cards and put their first name on them. The idea behind the cards is to get speeding driver’s to under- stand that there is a human factor behind speed and to personalize the possible results of speeding. Koganow asked the students how many had seen their parents speed. Almost every hand in the classroom went up. With that, Caverly asked Koganow to repeat the question so that he could get film footage of it And although there was good- natured laughter when almost every student raised their hands, Koganow spoke once again about the effects of speeding and asked the students to bring one of the cards home to their parents. The other TOM cards will be handed out to speeding drivers during the provincial speeding campaign April 10-17 The TOM campaign was intro- duced in the Kootenays last year. Its success has generated interest from other communities in the province. Now other areas in the province will also be utilizing the campaign, said Koganow. “Last-year we completed 16,000 cards in the Kootenay region. This year we have printed 120,000 cards for distribution.” Castlegar Sun reporter SUN STAFF Castlegar Sun reporter Karen Kerkhoff has been nominated for a Prestigious B.C. Newspaper Award. Kerkhoff is one of. four reporters from weekly newspa- pers around the province nomi- nated for the 1994 Jack ‘Wasserman Memorial Award. The award is sponsored by The Vancouver Press Club Foundation, a charitable organization estab- lished in 1988 to reward excel- lence in B.C. journalism. The Foundation sponsors the annual B.C. Newspaper Awards. Kerkhoff was nominated for a front-page story in the Oct. 12, 1994 Castlegar Sun concerning a Mountain View Lodge resident who was being forced to vacate her bed. The woman was eventu- ally able to remain in place. D-TIM Give us a call for more details, no obligation. *The Quality is the Best *The Guarantee is the Best *All Double Wrapped for Best Keeping Quality Open Tues. to Sat. 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. up for prestigious award . Karen Kerkhoff The Wasserman award is pre- sented for community-related stories by reporters with less than three years’ experience. It carries with it a cash prize of $500. Winners will be announced at the annual awards banquet in May. E-OFFER- Wednesday, April 12, 1995 —~, The Castlegar Sun iP em Speaker’s Corner Castlegar student Tamara Terry is pounding the pavement in search of answers to questions that correspond with news stories that have appeared in The Castlegar Sun. If you see Tamara, it ] could be your opportunity to appear in Speaker's Corner, which will be published each week Most of the time There is the odd reck- less driver I've seen —Jayda Block The careless and safe drivers seem to equal out each other, but £3 there are always the drivers who don't stop for pedestrians or do stuff you shouldn't do, like driving too slow. It's aggravating. If they're not going too slow, then they're speeding, —Yvonne Anderson car-yet! Oudomsouk I haven't got hit by a Sousakong ; “Quaaetian Are drivers safe? It depends on what time you're driving. Some of the drivers on Columbia are a potential accident around the rush hour, It's stuff like getting cut off. —Kevin Kerfoot Castlegar Page 5A Rain record set in March SUN STAFF Mother Nature just can't quite seem to make up her mind. Anoth- er record has been broken this year—this time for precipitation. A soggy 133.9 mni of precipi tation in March broke the old record of 95.0 mm set in 1987. The normal amount of precipi tation for March is 44.7 mm, or about one-third the amount that fell this March Castlegar weather ‘specialist Ron Lakeman said a series of strong systems moved in on of snow, which just happened to be the greatest 24-hour snowfall of this winter. As well, rainfalls over the fol- lowing two weeks broke many daily records. Unusually warm weather in February resulted in record- March 8 bringing with it 20.0cm breaking temperatures. Federal cutbacks blamed for closure RON NORMAN Sun Editor Federal cutbacks are to blame for the closure of the Castlegar Airport weather office, the man- ager of the Southern Interior Weather Office told Castlegar council last week “The federal government has made a commitment to reduce the debt and reduce the deficit and live with affordable government,” said Al Wallace. “That has major impacts on government services and government departments.” Council had asked to meet with Wallace to discuss concerns about the weather office's closure, slated for the spring of 1996. Three weather service specialists will be affected by the shutdown. Wallace said 45,000 federal civil service jobs must be cut by next year, including 1,400 in Environment Canada. “It is one of the nine most affected departments by the bud- get,” he said, adding that Envi- ronment Canada lost 30 per cent of its 5,000 positions. “The weather service actually took a little bit harder hit than that.” Environment Canada has 13 weather offices in the Pacific and Yukon Région, Wallace said. “Over the next three years we're’ going to close all 13 weather offices, including the office in Castlegar.” Castlegar’s weather service will be provided out of Kelowna. Councillor Ron Armbruster asked whether staffing at the Kelowna office would increase now that it was resp ble for pRiveryiew chevrolet oldemobil the whole Interior. “No, there increase,"’ Wallace said will be a decrease.” He said the number of posi- tions at the Kelowna office would actually fall by more than one-third, from 29 to 19. Wallace said the weather ser vice’s top priorities will be weather warnings and public weather forecasts. “Forecasts for your area right now are written in Kelowna and have been for the last couple of years,” he said. “The office here takes those forecasts and tailors them locally.” The local component will be discontinued once the Castlegar office closes, he added. And Wallace said residents will no longer be able to call the local weather office and consult about local weather with the Castlegar forecasters. He said Environment Canada has implemented a 1-900 tele- phone number for residents to call for a weather consultation. Wallace said Environment Canada will continue to provide weather information to the Min- istries of Forests and Highways under existing contracts. AS well, it will provide avia- tion weather forecasts for Selkirk College's aviation program, again under contract. won't be an “There elegant bone china in white and ivory 30% off Blitz April 1 - May 31 PLAZA I.D.A. 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