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administrators by two, or almost
one-third of their former num
bers.

That is not what board mem:
bers, or administration, expected
when the Closer to Home man-
date was announced

‘We expected cuts im acute
care and increased utilization of
community care. That was our
vision,” said Nichvolodoff

As well, more administration
was hired to handle the expected
onslaught of work and to imple-
ment a new scheduling systeni
required by a new collective
agreement for non-administrative
staff. This in itself was costly.

Now administration at Home
Support has been forced to
request funding from civic groups
and city hall for capital equip-
ment upgrades. This has been
augmented by funds donated by
family members of clients and by
monies earned through garage
sales put on by home support

Home Support's budget last

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year was some $1 million, and
Nichvolodoff wonders what the
next fiscal year will bring. If
funding is lean, she believes it
will “affect the quality of care
administration who supe
home © will be cut back.

But Castlegar Home Support
isn't the Only such service in
financial straights, said
Nichvolodoff.

“It's happening everywhere.”

Castlegar Home Support is a
non-profit society which has been
providing service to Castlegar
and area for 20 years.

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1997 and will include paving,
curb and gutter and sidewalk
from 37th Street to 14th Avenue

The city. will be responsible
for upgrading 37th Street from
Southridge to Columbia Avenue

Mayor Mike O'Connor said
the cost of bringing that section
of road up to collector street stan-
dard is unknown.

In a memorandum to council,
Markin noted that the upgrading
would “be done by the city at a
future date—presumably at the
same time intersections are
improved with the Columbia
Avenue south project.”

The Ministry of Highways and
the city plan to spend some $8
million to widen and improve
Columbia Avenue sometime in
the next five years.

Myron Bevans, a nearby resi-
dent, questioned council about
the increased traffic on 37th
Street.

Administrator Jim Gustafson
noted that the developer will
phase in the subdivision, with
some 80 to 90 lots planned for
the first phase. And those will
sell as the market dictates.

He said only about 20 lots will
be developed this year, making
any increase in traffic gradual

Councillor Kirk Duff asked if
the rock bluffs issue had been
resolved. The bluffs are‘ used by
area rock climbers and the city
planner suggested the developer
allow for vehicle access and a
parking area

However, Markin said the
bluffs “will be addressed in time
as a subdivision issue.”

SUN STAEF PHOTO / Karen Kerkhott

Mike Normirigton faces deportation Saturday.

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family in 1957 when he was 11
But at 21 he returned to England
for a visit, married an Irish
woman and lived in Britain until
1990 after his divorce

When he returned to Canada to
take care of his ailing mother in
Castlegar, he began proceedings
with Immigration to legalize hrs
return under a minister's permit

He became owner/operator of
Castlegar Taxi

But after nearly five years of
red tape, an Immigration appeal
board upheld a May decision that
Normington worked here illegal-
ly and had to apply for landed
status from outside the country.

“Since coming to Canada in
1990, he has worked diligently
and looked after his elderly
mother,”wrote adjudicator
Audrey Ho, Nov. 24.

“His mother needs him and he
needs his mother and sister
There is ncthing waiting for him

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in England. No benefit to any-
one, nor to Canadian society as a
whole, would be created by the
removal of the appellant.”

But the panel ruled it did not
have the jurisdiction to overtum
the earlier ruling.

Normington did not leave
Instead he filed am application to
stay on humanitarian and com-
passionate grounds in November.

“Why do I have to leave the
country to stay in it?” asks
Normington,

But now a deportation order has
been issued. “The only one who
can allow him back in the country
now ts the thinister,” said Cross.

His sister is asking: the.com-
munity to call or fax support for
Normington to local politicians
and Immigration Minister Ser-
gio Marchi

“Obviously the rights of the
family do not apply to my broth-
er,” she says.

Cross said Canada believes
strongly in family reunification
But it applies to spouses,
fiancees, parents and children
under 19

“He doesn't meet the family
class.”

Wednesday, February 15, 1995

The Castlegar Sun

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Police briefs

Seat belt checks
Castlegar RCMP have been
conducting séat belt checks
the last week, but remind
motorists that seat belts are
required to be used at all
times.

Still missing

The search for missing
canoeists, Tynisha Parsons,
22, and Spencer Rockley, 18,
has been scaled back. The
two went missing after a |
am. canoe ride on Kootenay
Lake Feb. 9. The canoe,
which had a hole in it, its
oars, and Parson's lighter
were later found on the south
shore of the west arm of
Kootenay Lake.

Chased

A would-be thief was chased
off by a Robson resident
after the thief smashed out
the front window Feb. 12 af
Johnny's Grocery and Gas in
Robson. The resident was
unsuccessful in apprehend-
ing the thief.

Stolen

A radio antennae was stolen
from a vehicle parked at
Eastgate Gardens Feb. 10
RCMP continue to investi-
gate the theft.

Vandalized
Two vans had their windows
smashed out near the
Doukhobor Village Feb.11
The vandalism is being
investigated.

Accident

Mikkell Nainan, of Faro
Yukon has been charged
with making an improper
right turn after a two-vehicle
accident Feb. 6. Nannan was
driving a 1989 Plymouth
Reliant when he collided
with a 1980 Chevette drive
by Natasha Grbich, of Pass
Creek, on Pass Creek Road.
Total damage has been esti-
mated at $2,900.

Break and enter
Castlegar RCMP are investi-
gating a break and enter and
theft of electronic equipment
in the 700 block of Ivy Street
Feb. 6.

Stolen

Stereo equipment valued at
$700 was stolen from heavy
equipment parked in the
1400 block of Columbia
Avenue Feb. 6.

Const. Jeremy Knight conducts seat belt check last week in front of the CP Rail
Station Museum as RCMP crack down on offenders.

SUN STAFF PHOTO Ron Norman

Community policing in works

RON NORMAN
Sun Editor

A community policing advisory
committee is in the works for the
Castlegar area.

Castlegar RCMP Staff Sgt
Kerry Solinsky told city council
last week that the committee would
act as advisor to local police.

“If we can work together with
the community we can solve these
crime problems and community
problems.”

The committee would be pat-
tered after police advisory groups
elsewhere in the province. Solinsky
pointed to the committee in Port
Coquitlam as an example.

The local committee will be
made up of representatives from
various groups and organizations in
the area, such as seniors, business,
service clubs and youth.

“I’ve already been in contact
with the schools,” Solinsky said.

He said he is in the stages of

Solinsky said the committee
would not replace the RCMP.

“J wouldn't want people report-
ing crimes to the committee,
because that’s not their function.”

However, he said he could sec
people coming to the committee

with problems “and we can tackle
it from there.”

Councillor Jim Makortoff will
be the city representative on the
committee. Solinsky indicated he
would be seeking regional district
representation as well.

Environmental impacts from
the Jan. 20 CPR derailment
into Kootenay Lake haye been
shown to be minimal.

Analysis by BC Environment
has determined the petroleum
products and lead concentrate
spilled into the lake at the time
of the derailment are below lev-
els toxic to aquatic life and
water quality guidelines.

Shore samples have heen
examined for damage to  -ro-
scopic life, and negative effects
have been found only on the
most heavily contaminated
shoreline at the wreck site near

the c and
hopes to have a planning meeting
“by the end of February.”

The committee will provide
RCMP with information about
what the community views as
important, he said.

“Tt gives the community more
input into what we do.””

Wilson Creek. But no water-

Derailment impacts minimal

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PAST WEEK: 34,3 hrs.

MIN: -10.1/13th MEAN: -0.2
TOTAL; Trace

NORMAL: 15,7

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fowl or fish pop
been impacted.

Follow-up sampling of the
shoreline on Feb. 1, found less
diesel and confirmed that
aquatic life in that area had not
been significantly affected. CP
Rail is directing a beach wash-
ing an oil recovery program at
eight beaches south of the
derailment site.

BC Environment has also
determined some metals will
leach out into the lake. BC Envi-
ronment and CP Rail are jointly
determining the best method for
effectively dealing with the con-
centrate in Kootenay Lake.

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