1 Caste News December 9, 1987 SWEARING IN. . . Judge Bruce Josephson swears in new alderman Lawrence Chernoff during inaugural council meeting Monday night. CasNewsPhoto by Ron Norman MOORE DEFENDS SPENDING New council sworn in By RON NORMAN Editor In an obvious gesture to criticism made during the municipal election campaign, Mayor Audrey Moore emphasized council's good money management at Monday's inaugural council meeting. “The city was well within our budget — we anticipate a surplus,” Moore said. “This major accomplishment, I attrib- ute to good, careful management of manpower and equip- ment, crew and staff.” Former alderman Nick Oglow ran against Moore on a platform of better money management. But Moore pointed out that council managed to stay within its budget “even though the city took on additional responsibilities, such as supervising the building of the library, moving of the CPR station (and) maintenance of a new RV park.” Moore was sworn into office by Judge Bruce Josephson. Aldermen Terry Rogers, Bob MacBain and Lawrence Chernoff were also sworn in. Rogers is in his second term on MOORE continued from front page reaching the minister of state. “I am concerned about where the role is for our elected school boards, for our partially-elected hospital boards, city councils and regional districts, who would not want to see their role sort of denigrated.” Ald. Patti Richards said she too, is concerned about the number of steps between the local elected officials and the provincial cabinet. “We've got six steps before we get to anyone who can do anything,” she said. ‘Ald. Bob MacBain agreed. “I’m concerned we're getting so many people in between us and the government.” MacBain said under the old system council could approach the province whenever it had a concern. But now it will be forced to go through the regional structure. Ald. Albert Calderbank called the structure “ridicu. Calderbank said, “It's hopeless,” “absolutely ridicu- council, while MacBain returns after a two-year absence and Ald. Lawrence Chernoff is a first-time member. Ald. Albert Calderbank was absent from the inaugural session. Calderbank was returning from Yuma, Ariz. where he had been visiting former Castlegar mayor Bob Maddocks. Maddocks died Sunday morning and Moore began the inaugural meeting with a moment of silence in his memory. City clerk Betty Price swore Calderbank into office at the regular council meeting Tuesday night. Meanwhile, Moore touched briefly on some of the highlights of the previous years, saying “some positive initiatives were taken by council.” She pointed to the municipal awareness program, the formation of a disabled needs advisory committee and the city's new FAX machine. Moore said the provincial PROVNET group installed the FAX machine and connected Castlegar to the provincial telecommunications network system, “thus saving the city an estimated $790 per month on long distance calls.” Moore declined to outline council's objectives for 1988, noting that a two-day workshop to.map out goals for the coming year is planned for early January. “I do not wish to pre-empt the findings resulting from this consultative process by outlining any goals and objectives at this time,” she explained However, she said she would report on the council's priorities in January. Moore a'so did not appoint an advisory planning commission. She noted that under the Municipal Act a bylaw must be passed that defines the number of commission members, and the types and kinds of subjects to be referred to the commission. She said the contents of the bylaw will be one of the topics at the council workshop. Moore instead outlines council's “philosphy”, one which she says council takes a “positive, pro-active approach in managing your concerns and interests.” She noted Castlegar has “strong” businesses, “pro- gressive” industries, a growing community college, a planned hospital expansion, a “good” school system, and “excellent” recreational opportanities. Elsewhere, Moore appointed aldermen to y§rious standing council committees. . Ald. Len Embree will head the administration and finance committee with Calderbank and Richards as Ald. Terry Rogers called it a bur model that appears designed to screen elected officials from the minister of state. “When politicians can't at times deal directly with politicians we can't get the kind of government we want,” he said. Moore also reported that the new region has $1 million in funding to help with start-up costs and feasibility studies. However, there will not be any funds available for “venture capital” at this time. Moore called the new strutture “basically a hew chahnel for information” to the provincial cabinet from thé regions. She said public meetings are planned for early January throughout the region to seek input from residents. Asked after the meeting if Baybutt was a good choice as regional liaison officer considering his ties to Nelson, Moore replied: “I think you'd have to ask the MLA that — Howard. Dirks. During the meeting Moore expressed concern that there weren't enough “checks and balances” on Baybutt. “I was talking about a process, not about people,” she explained in thé interview Embree chaired the works and services committee last year. Richards will chair the health and welfare committee again this year with Chernoff and MacBain as members. Chernoff will chair the parks and recreation committee with Rogers and MacBain members. Rogers will shift from chairing the parks and recreation committee last year to chairing the planning and develop ment committee. Embree and Chgrnoff‘are members. MacBain will chair the prot with Calderbank and Richards members. And Calderbank will move from heading the ion and finance to chairing works and services. Embree and Rogers arelthe other members. Moore will continue t6 be the city’s representative on the Central Kootenay regional board, with Rogers the alternate. Calderbank will continue to represent council on the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce. Richards will sit on the Central Kootenay Health Unit board, the Rota Villa Society, the Home Support Service and the Castlegar and District Hospital Board. Moore will be the city alternate on the hospital board. ive services committee,; Board examines Pacific Rim study By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Castlegar teachers and students could soon be travelling to the Far East if the Castlegar school board’s edu- cation committee approves a Pacific study program. However, the committee decided at Monday's meeting to wait and obtain more information on funding for the trips. Teacher selection and the length of the trips were also areas in which trustees wanted more information. The purpose of the program is to improve understanding of the language and culture of the Pacific Rim because it is becoming more economically im- portant. Countries targeted in the program include: China, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Singa. pore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Th: land and Brunei. Schools superintendent Terry Wayling told the committee school curriculums are going to start to reflect the economic importance of the Pacific Rim as soon as 1990-1991. Assistant superintendent Lach Farrell added that Social Studies 11, History 12 and Georgraphy 12 are all focusing on the Pacific Rim. And Wayling said an influx of Pacific Rim immigrants is expected. “We will be dealing with many... tens of hundreds of thousands of Pacific Rim students coming (to Western Canada) in the next 20 years,” he said. Trustee Doreen Smecher agreed, I think I applaud the initiative ... There are a lot of people in that part of the world and (they) are going to have an impact.” Because most trustees felt funding not covered by the Ministry of Edu. cation would have to come from the local school budget, more information on the program's costs was requested. “It’s the same old situation with the Ministry of Education; they give us some good solid programs and no money to fund it. There may not be enough money available,” trustee Tony Guglielmi said. Trustee Rick Pongracz said he is worried teachers close to retirement BOB MADDOCKS would use the program for a paid “holi- day.” “I still have a problem with who that person is,” he said. Pongracz is also concerned about funding for study programs for stu- dents. “I will support no program that sends another rich kid off on holiday,” he said. There was some discussion on how to determine the need for district funding for certain students. “Why can't it be handled as any other program in the district? If the parents can’t afford the extra costs, the board will subsidize,” Smecher said. “How do you make that choice‘ Check the mother's cupboards? Pon- gracz asked. Farrell expressed doubts about whether the purpose of the student program could be completed in the proposed two weeks. He cited jet lag and culture shock as items which would waste the better part of a two-week trip. First mayor passes on By CasNews Staff Bob Maddocks, the first mayor of the Town of Castlegar, died Sunday morning at his home in Yuma, Ariz. He was 61. Maddocks was first elected as a commissioner to the Village of Castle- gar in 1957. He served on the com- mission a total of five years, from 1957. 1959 and from 1963-1964. He was elected mayor in 1966, the year Castlegar went from village to town status. Maddocks was mayor during Canada's centennial in 1967 — the year the original Castlegar library was built. He.,was also mayor when the town's boundaries were expanded to include the Celgar pulp and sawmill property. He served another two-year term as alderman in 1971-72. Maddocks was a strong supporter of the Castlegar Senior Citizens’ As- sociation. He played a key role in its formation and was a charter member. Last month the local association asked Castlegar council to rename the senior citizen hail The Robert Maddocks Hall, in honor of Maddock’s involyément. “We think the association's re- quest is particularly appropriate, and I take great pleasure in advising you that city council has agreed that our senior citizens’ hall will in future be known as The Robert Maddocks Hall,” Mayor Audrey Moore said in a Nov. 30 letter to Maddocks. Ald. Albert Calderbank and for- mer alderman Gwilym Hughes de- livered the letter to Maddocks in person last week. Maddocks was born March 3, 1926 in Sully, Wales near Cardiff. He attended Sully elementary and Pen- arth secondary schools befor> serving in the Home Guard. BOB MADDOCKS ... died Sunday He was a member of the first infantry and later an anti-aircraft bat- tery, serving as a gunner. In June, 1943 he volunteered for the fleet air arm and joined the navy in December of the same year. He came to Canada in 1946, working with the Bank of Montreal in Penticton and Port Alberni. He left the bank to return to Penticton where he worked in the Geddes shoe store and at the government liquor outlet. He married Phyllis Worthing in 1950 and had three children — Judy, Colin and Sandii. The Maddocks family moved to Castlegar in 1952, where he opened Maddocks Shoes in what is now the Haack Building on Columbia Avenue. It later moved to the location now occupied by The Homestead Soup and Sandwich Shoppe. He expanded the business into a chain of stores serving Grand Forks, Cranbrook, Kimberley, Revelstoke, Nelson and Trail. He was also a partner in the de- velopment of the Hi Arrow Arms Motor Hotel, which was built in the mid-1960s. Maddocks left Castlegar in Aug- ust, 1976 for Yuma where he resided until his death. He is survived by wife Phyllis, daughters Judy and Sandii, and son Colin. TRUCK continued from front page resident was the first person on the scene of the accident. Ed Sallis first noticed the tire tracks going off the side of the road and ther saw the truck on it’s side in the ditch. “I first heard the guy yelling for . .And then I could see the gas itch,” he told the Castlegar News in an interview. Sallis went over to the truck to try and get the driver out, but could not. Two other men driving east stopped and the three of them managed to pull the driver out. “There was a 400-pound- plus rock sitting on his lap,” Sallis said, adding that snow and sand were also piled on top of the driver. The two men managed to life the rock enough so that Sallis could pull the driver out, Sallis said. By that time RCMP had arrived and the driver waited in the police car until the ambulance came. According to Sallis the driver had cuts and bruises and “would probably need a few stitches.” Support for program ON THE MOVE... A |: years, Bob's Pay ‘n Tak ner of Third Street and Columbia Ave., Tuesday Castlégar News TREET TALK BOB'S PAY'N Takit has been bought by Castlegar businessman Leo Bosse. Bosse has not decided what he will do with the more than 11,000 square feet of space, but he would like to “do some renovating on the outside.” He is looking at different offers to rent the building and says the tennants in the top floor will be staying. He might make the building into a mini-mall or « marketplace, but is definitely against opening a new restaurant. “No way. We've got enough restaurants around here anyway,” he said has only one Dixie Lee outlet now — the location where it all started locally. Wayne Zinio has given up the Dixie Lee franchise in the downtown area, leaving Bob and Helen Tehir's South Dixie Lee as the only Dixie Lee outlet in town. It was at the south location, then Kinnaird, where Dixie Lee started in Castiegar when Dave Silvester, now in the executive offices in Ontario, converted what had been Trischuck's Foods into a fried chicken outlet. Zinio has renamed his location The Downtown Chicken Factory. CPL. ANDY ROWE of the Castlegar RCMP was honored Tuesday night by the Castlegar Kiwanis Club for his “outstanding service” during the relatively few years he has been a member of the club. Auction. Removing the sign from ing to M.! the fork lift is e Picton. CosNews Photo by Ron Norman AWARD WINNER. . Castlegar RCMP Cpl Andy Rowe is presented with an award for his dedicated service to the Kiwanis club. Pictured next to him is e Cindy and Pat Haley. —LostewsPhoto, Andy and his wife Cindy leave for Ft. St. James after Christmas, where he has been posted. President Pat Haley, in making the presentation, noted Andy has also been very active with SunFest during his time in our community. The couple came to Castlegar in August, 1984. Previously, Andy had served at Burnaby, Nanaimo, Williams Lake, Squamish, the Port Mann Freeway and Langley. They have two children, Trever, 18, and Danielle, 19. READY TO TO EAT BUTT kg. 93° /w. SHANK $] 58 kg. °3“#/. sys STEAK BLADE BONELESS, canana....... apap kg. $593), $928 SAUSAGE MEAT HOMESTYLE BULK. ....-kg. 7 fib. BULK. kg. 9427) PORK LOINS SAUSAGE STICKS ASSORTED. ......500 STEWING BEEF Iw. $ 1 os ko. 94° /m $919 i Su WHOLE OR HALF 3 2e? 1% rE he — CENTRAL DELI DELITES — OVERLANDER CORNED BEEF tel OO SLICED OR SHAVED .. 100.0. CAPPICOLLI $139 PROSCLUTTO. HAM SLICED OR sucepor gS HUNTER SAUSAGE ¢ edeeeeee ss 1G, DELMONTE: SUMMER CRISP CORN. 12 Or. TIN RENCH SEASONED BEANS, baler BEANS. PEAS, 14 Oz. TIN.... $8.95 NEW NEw TOMATOES | AYUMER He Nene a rice rom? 129 | TOMA TOMATOES BEANS with PORK AYLMER. 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If they think that's what it costs to run a full time economic develop office, they're said Maddocks. ment wrong,” The grant has been added to the development board's overall 1987 bud get of $76,000, paid for jointly by the City of Castlegar and electoral area I and J of the Regional District of Central Koote- nay Economie Development Minister Grace McCarthy said in a prepared release economic development boards play a vital role in B.C. communities. “Working with local communities is an import ant part of the govern. ment’s program for strengthening our economy. After all, when it comes to making final in vestment decisions, much depends on local input, attitude and regulations,” said McCarthy quently, com munities require profes sional tools in their mar keting sales kits to work with potential investors, Board receives grant entrepreneurs and de velopers.” Rita Johnston, Minister of State for the Kootenay Development Region, added that communities must play an active role and become their own best salesmen. “There's a new attitude among communities, one that recognizes that we're competing for investment capital that can go just about anywhere in the world,” said Johnston. By CasNews Staff Castlegar has a great special education program which is continually growing and improving its services. That was the general consensus at Monday's Castlegar school board's education committee meeting where some 35 parents, teachers and students came to the special education centre to support the program. Suzanne Powell, a Grade 9 student at Stanley Humphries secondary school, told the group that attending Open Roads School had enabled her to return to the school system. “I believe I could have never done it without going to Open Roads,” she said. Two secondary school students spoke on the benefits of having a special needs student in their classroom. “| think integration is a great way to break down the barriers that society has,” one said. Numerous teachers echoed the social benefits of integrating special needs students into the school system. ‘They told anecdotes and spoke on the progress of various programs. Molly Beckstead, a senior chid care worker, told of the progress of her program for children with severe behavioral problems over the 11 years she has worked in the Castlegar school district. Beckstead said she started out as the only person working with children with behavioral problems; now the program has five workers. “Those children then didn't have achance. Where would they have been if not for me,” she said. Marlene Horlick, a parent whose son attends the “model class”, a new program in which 50 per cent of the class is special needs students, said her son had become more out. spokane as a result. Gerry Finney, a parent of children in the gifted edu- cation program, said the most important benefit of the program was “my children found a place where they were accepted.” Pat Foodikoff, whose child is in a class for the severely learning disabled, said her child had gained self esteem. “I guess it did in some respects sound like a mutual love- ” Terry Wayling, super of schools, near the end of the meeting. Lach Farrell, assistant superintendent of schools, gave an overview of the program, saying the responsibility of the school board is to provide an education for all children, which “includes those with special needs. It is not ambiguous.” Farrell said the rights of special needs children should be balanced with the rights of children with more normal needs. He said most special needs children are placed in various programs on the basis of observable characteristics which include physical, health, or sensory handicaps, emotional handicaps, behavioral problems and except- ionality in mental ability (either mentally handicapped or gifted). “Most of us don't like the labelling,” he said of the lists of characteristics, but added that identifying special needs children. Mike Balahura, a teacher at Stanely Humphries involved in the special education program said: “I think we are truly (committed) to what this is all about.” Balahura has been asked to sit on the provincial committee, British Columbians for Mentally Handicapped People and is chairman of the City of Castlegar’s Disabled Needs Advisory Committee. is necessary for SMALL BUSINESS . . . IS IT FOR YOU? 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