fay 6 Funding for twinning activities on hold for one year Muriel Walton, a member of the West Kootenay Historians, carefully information from rial Cemetery. The club has more than 1,000 headstones from thatieemetery sione, to enter into a computer log. © Forestry fails in program of Glen Clark, got angry with a Sao sonpnnen pestobech ofime The Miniter! later personally “ saslagiae’ to the reporter for Bs Revite turns up surprises underground Sun Editor ; Cc jon crews working on the third phase of downtown revite have discovered that the entire area under 4th Street is molly 0 kage Bowl of peat. “With each new scoop of the shovel, we're finding something new,” said City Administrator it i! map- Ping has resulted in crews mak- ! ing d finds such as crisscrossing water pipes; gas and lines. UH power “It looks like spaghetti ul at the magnitude of the job at hand, said Gustafson. The City of Castlegar’s Public Works department has automatically a Seatane Tope nee = (Castegar Cay Council has writes a eter t0 School District No. 9 aud tep 1g the sewer main at the Kootenay Savings (Credit Union. It won't be long now before By then they'll also see the total devastation of 11th Avenue, when the entire begins again. “It's going to be a long sum- mer,” said Gustafson. catalogues tion of streams on Vancouver Island, B.C. Liberal Forestry Crit. ic Wilf Hurd charged. Hurd was commenting in an external audit which found that the Small Business Enterprise Program, which is entirely the of the Ministry of Forests, came in dead tast in a teview of compliance with program, is responsible for all estbiock and pre: harvest silviculture prescriptions. from the Park Memo- “What is shocking is that in the NDP government's press releases surrounding the external audit, the minister never once mentioned Given its lack of compliance, Hurd wonders if the ministry itself might be subjected to $2 million in fines under terms of the new Forest Practices Code. The Liberal Critic said the NDP government's attempts to mask the ministry's poor Perfogs. mance on Vancouver Island also. call into question how account- pan the new Forest Renewal will be to the people of British Columbia. it was a family affair at last weekend's West Kootenay Trade Fair when Meeks the Clown performed on-stage, delighting parents and kids alike. sun STAFF PHOTO /John Van Puen lic Employees’ Local (CUPE) and Castlegar and District Teach- ers’ Association (CDTA) con- tracts are due for rene; ~but Dascher said it is highly “They can certainly try to negotiate, but if the money's not there and there's nothing in the budget, there won't be much they can negotiate for. That's the bot- tom line. There's no money in the @ Interchange Continued from 1A design standards laid ont in our Traffic Safe- } Ale ag tig outa he TPA Pe palling progvem of maaTEA a ie which is part of the BC 21 economic strategy. The TFA plan sets regional priorities for capital transportation projects over the next three years. Frank Lemieux, Director of Fimance for School District No. 23, which -includes schools from Oyama to Peachland, said the dis- trict will be allocating 91.15 per cent of its 1994/1995 budget towards wages and benefits. As salt an eedpn of ob on parr budgets on wages Wednesday, May 4, 1994 The Castlegar Sun Page 3A Aged man stoned by youth Tyrrel Dams terrorized by five teens in senseless attack MAREN KER ‘Sun staff _ Imagine the terror you would feel if five teens broke into your home late one night, completely van- dalized it, and then proceed- ed to stone you with rocks. It happened in Castlegar Wednesday, April 27. Tyrrel Dams, a man in his late 70s, is known by many long-time Castlegar residents. Some would describe him as being a her- mit, reclusive, shy, or “not all there”. Few people, if any, know the man inti- mately, and so, it is hard to accurately define him. Maybe that's the way he prefers it. No one knows. The life Dams has cho- sen to live is hard, but it’s a The home of Tyrrel Dams, a man in his late 70s, was trashed by local five local teens. choice he’s willing to live The youth also injured the Castlegar man by stoning him with rocks. with. He lives on a hilly property owned by Tara and Ray McDonald above Arrow Lakes Drive. His home boasts no amenities, and he hauls his groceries up an incline of switchbacks that range from 45 to 60 degrees. He lives his life quietly and in the manner he chooses, but that may now change thanks to the actions of five teenage boys who trashed his home, dumped his food- stuffs, splattering a good portion of it on the cabin itself, tore down his fences, dumped his manually hauled water, and then stoned him with rocks. McDonald said the neighborhood has always been “close knit” and that people “watch out” for their neighbors, which includes several elderly residents who live alone. But the recent event has firmed their resolve that an incident like this will never happen again in their neighborhood. “Of all the neighborhoods, I think we're the tightest knit. Being a close knit neighborhood, we like to watch out for our own. There will ve coucesstraed efforts mate to prowess piracy. McDonald said the attack on Dams sickens her and her what sort of person would swarmed him. They're like a pack of animals—worse than wolves—even wolves have more respect for their elders. Right now he’s a very frightened little old man.” Debbie Milliard, an ArrowLakes Drive resident and board member of the Killing of pet horses devastates family Owners make plea for public assistance ly attack a and | man. “They Stanley } Until the ighbors in the recently formed Tenants’ Association, is also disgust- ed with the actions of the teens. Her daughter Cassi, 9, and other neighborhood children often walk up to 3 Dams’ home to bring him wildflowers, or to just speak ‘with him. The children who have become friends to . 18 Dams, said Milliard, are shocked and upset at the attack on him. “He's always been a novel- ty. To have him run off the Mann he hill by a group of inconsider- yey SHOWERS ate kids is unbelievable. Why . did they go after him? Was it because of his age, because he lives alone, or because he’s “different”? It was vicious, it amazes me. Just the age of the man demands respect.” Armed with tools, and good intentions, Photo Rosanne Curie neighbors went to Dams place last Saturday to see if they could help repair the damage. When they got there they found Dams cowering in his cabin was outside. After reassuring Dams that he was in no danger they helped clean up some of the mess—Dams had already cleaned up the largest portion. Both McDonald and Milliard said signs of the attack on Dams were evident in the bruise above one eye and bruising and cuts on his forearms and hands—bruises which they said are indicative of defense-type wounds. McDonald said it quickly became evident that Dams was planning to move from his home. “He was up there cleaning and pack- ing his stuff to leave. He said he felt he wasn't welcome there anymore.” McDonald and Milliard got a description of the five teens who attacked Dams. Earlier that evening some neighbors reported seeing five boys wearing matching school jackets walking in the vicinity. Dams said the boys who attacked him were wearing “those jackets”. Both women have spoken with the Castlegar RCMP and mp school officials who have promised to do all they can to find out who is responsible for the attack. are found, ity are keeping vigil and patrolling the area for any youths who are “strange” to the neighborhood said McDonald. “We're waiting for them.” Irene Cust and her 10-year-old son look out over the pasture that was once home to their two newly acquired hors- es. Three horses were shot to death last week, by someone travelling along Pass Creek road. Police are turning to the public for answers. Repeat offender gets extra month of closed-custody time A young offender from Castle- gar who unlawfully left the Will- ingdon Correction Centre in Burnaby and retumed to Castle- gar, only to break, enter and steal from a local residence, has Lime kiln_problems continue The last few months have been a challenge for Celgar Environ- mental Manager Jim McLaren— and for the residents of Castlegar. With the unexpected and rapid deterioration of the brick liner in the lime kiln, operations at the mill have been intermittently smelly to say the least On May 2 Celgar shut down the lime kiln to repair the refrac- tory brick liner, a chore which has been ongoing since the sum- mer of 1992 said McLaren. The deterioration of the kiln, said McLaren, is more rapid than what was expected, and officials are trying to determine the cause of its rapid degeneration. “We've had some difficulty running the kiln. We still haven't gotten a firm solution as to increase its life time. . We're obvi- ously having some Highly odorous gasses, which are normally burned in the kiln, will be sent to the back-up inciner- ator, the number two power boiler. This could lead to emissions of smelly gasses—not unlike those which Castlegar residents were subjected to last month. “We will be at some risk for odor.” McLaren said crews are work- ing around the clock to replace the deteriorating brigk, and depending on how much brick feeds to replaced, the kiln could be back in commission by this weekend. ¥ a received an extra month to the sentence he was already serving. The 17-year-old living in a tent along the Columbia River by_police__A 16-year-old female, also spending time in open. cus- tody at Willingdon, was found sleeping in the entrance at the Castlegar and District Hospital. The Castlegar youth, who was sentenced in February 1994 to nine months for various break and enters, will spend this extra month in closed custody rather than open. He will serve that por- tion of his sentence at the High Valley Custody Centre in Logan Lake. In December 1993, the youth was also sentenced to 18 months probation. FORECAST » 365-3131 SOUTH-EAST INTERIOR WEATHER OFFICE THE CASTLEGAR SUN WEATHER ALMANAC TONIGHT ques remperature : 4 SHOWERS POP % NEAR SUNSET , go THEN PARTIAL CLEARING SUNSET 08:14 THVT] THURSDAY mum Temperature SUNNY WITH c.ouby POrP% PERIODS, +: 30% ISOLATED gUNRISE 05:22 ALN OS, C Lee FROM: April 26 TO: May 2, '94 TEMPERATURE: HIGH: 21.3/29 LOW: 0.5/29 MEAN: 10.5 PRECIPITATION: RAIN: 5.7 mm snow: 0 several TOTAL: 5.7 uncertain who NORMAL: 51.9 SUNSHINE: THIS WEEK: 51.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE: \\ A Communities chliorinate their AL drinking water to kill bacteria. Chlorination can also form i harmfull by products however, Its benefits are much greater LAr than the risk. April 29, 1994 - 1404.0 ft. April 23, 1994 - 1407.3 ft. Trend: UP SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Irene Cust of Castlegar always knew that being a parent wasn't an easy job, but her skill§ as a mother were tested to the limit when she had to tell her 10-year-old son that someone had shot and killed his two pet horses, Dee-Dee and Misty. “Tt was hard to maintain control. He was devastated. I was devastat- ed. We cried together.” Irene and her husband Paul had purchased the two horses, a regis- tered Appaloosa and registered Quarterhorse, from Doug Bennett, owner of the D-D Riding stables in Castlegar, only three weeks earlier. Their two horses, and a third, belonging to another local resident, were shot to death last week while grazing in a shared pasture in Pass Creek, about 10 kilometres from Castlegar. Police, speculating the incident occurred sometime between 8 p.m. April 25 and 7 a.m. April 26, said the horses had been shot in the bel- lies at least once. One of the horses had also taken a bullet in the eye. Police, the local conservation office and the SPCA are pleading for public assistance, and say that all information will be treated confiden- tially. “Somebody out there knows something,” said RCMP Corporal Al Brown, who is speculating that the animals were shot from Pass Creek Road with a small calibre weapon . The road is paved and therefore, without tread marks. Police have not found empty cartridges cither-~ “A small calibre weapon can be shot from within a vehicle and the sound is only a small pop—nothing that would hurt the ears.” The horses were part of a larger herd of 13. The owner of the remaining 12 horses, a Pass Creek resident, was so upset at the killing she spent the night camped out, keeping watch over them. “There’s.a lot of horse owners in Pass Creek and I think they're all pretty nervous right now,” continued Cust, reflecting on her family’s last moments with Dee-Dee and Misty. “Monday night we went out to play with them; walking and groom- ing them. The next day we're told that they’re dead. This has been real- ly rough.” Cust said the two horses were soul-mates, having grown up together. At just over 20-years of age, the two were considered, “the perfect chil- dren’s horses.” She is certain that her two horses, and the third, wan- dered towards the fence thinking they were about to receive some food. “They were so tame, so innocent. They did nothing wrong.” Monique Gaudet, who, along with Doug Bennett, previously owned the three horses, said thinking of the insidious shootings, and the slow painful deaths the horses must have endured as a result, make her sick inside. “The person or people who did this should suffer, because those horses sure did. Horses don’t die easily. It would have taken awhile for their hungs to fill up with blood.” Gaudet is also incensed with the thought that after hitting one of the horses in the eye, the butcher may have followed the horse into the ‘bush to finish the-job—“The whole thing is just so brutal.” A $1,000 reward is being offered by the SPCA for information lead- ing to the arrest of whoever is rep Public c to the fund will increase the amount of the reward offer. Contributions can be sent to the Trail SPCA at P.O. Box 404, Trail, B.C., VIR 4L7. Stolen cars a problem in Castlegar KAREN KERKHOFF _ Sun staff Castlegar RCMP want to stop a habit before it gets out of con- trol. With the recent theft of two vehicles in only three days, Castlegar RCMP Corporal Al Brown said they are actively investigating the thefts. “We have got to try and get this stopped.” On April 26 a gray 1982 Toyota 4x4 with a gray canopy bearing the B.C license number 94-04VT-was stolen from a residence in the 600 block of 8th Street. Three nights later a 1981 Chevrolet Camaro B.C license number AAG 956 was _ while ago with stealing cars, but stolen from the lot of the theft hasn't been a problem Castlegar Legion The here.” Camaro is also gray in color. Brown said that although there have been some thefts of vehicles in Castlegar lately, that doesn't, mean that there “is a problem” “We did charge a juvenile a Until the stolen vehicles are recovered, Brown said it is impossible to determine how the thieves gained access to the vehi- cles, but he did say that in these cases the keys hadn't been left in the vehicles ign