@ Wednesday, August 12, 1992 NEWS STAFF A 59-year-old Winlaw man escaped serious injury Mon- day following a collision be- tween a pickup truck and a train at the entrance to the Celgar Pulp Co. RCMP say the driver of the truck, Carl Stephens, was tak- en to Castlegar and District Hospital with undetermined injuries. * Approximately $12,000 damage was caused to the pickup late Monday morning when it was hit by the slow- moving train. The engineer of ling at some 20 kilometres per hour at the time of impact. The truck was pushed about 30 metres along the track before it was pulled off the rails. Police say the driver of the truck has been charged with failure to stop at a rail the train said he was travel- crossing. Ambulance crews were rushed to the gates of the Celgar Pulp Co. Monday after a truck driven by Carl Stephens was struck by a moving train. News photos by Neil Rachynski Vandals strike WKP transformers Buffer brings new peace @ Kelowna incident has utility looking at $20,000 in transformer damages Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER Vandals have struck West Kootenay Power transformers — three weeks after Internation- : al Brotherhood of Electrical Workers took up da. pickets. ism,” Bradshaw continued. “What we have as askeleton staff are work- ing very hard to keep the existing system in tact for the customers. “We really don’t have the time to chase around and correct problems caused by vandals or those who are working from another agen- Bradshaw added that no new talks were Two WEP transformers located in Kelowna, scheduled with the IBEW as “the ball is in their each valued at court.” $10,000, were vandalized Tuesday caus- ing extensive from another agenda.’ ‘We really don’t have the time to chase around and correct problems caused by vandals or those who are working Meanwhile, negotiations are scheduled to start be- tween | West Kootenay Pow- — WKP’s Mike Bradshaw er and the Of- fice and Tech- WEP public affairs director Mike Bradshaw, nical Employ- ees’ Union this week. to Robson neighborhood NEWS STAFF Robson has told its neighbors to keep the noise down — and Pope and Talbot has replied. : At the request of Regional District of Central Kootenay Area J director Ken Wyllie, Pope and Talbot constructed a sound buffer around its planer chipper. Wyllie says after years of complaining to Westar, Robson’s concerns have finally been acknowledged. “I think that (Pope and Talbot) were already in the process of rye eat’ the renovations, so it was more coincidental,” Wy]- e said. Nevertheless, Wyllie says the building around the chipper provide the relief Robson residents have been waiting ‘or. “I think the people in Robson in the vicinity just downstream of the Hugh Keenleyside Dam will find a significant improve- ment,” Wyllie said. He adds he doesn't consider it a victory for Robson residents, but rather that he is simply pleased the company responded. PoliceBEAT Wilful damage was report- ed at Grifone Taxidermy on Columbia Avenue. Sometime over the weekend, a rock was thrown through the window of the building: eee Break and entry was re- ported at a residence on 9th Avenue, The residence was vandalized and approximate- ly $100 stolen. Police have a suspect in the case, which is still under investigation. eee Someone attempted to gain entry to the Bank of Montreal over the weekend. Thieves tried to pry open a steel door but failed. ee e Police are investigating a break-in to two Castlegar school busses at the niainte- nance yard between Aug. 1 and Aug. 4. Two axes were stolen. eee Sometime Aug. 1 and. 4, someone stole three camper jacks from Trowelex on High- way 22. Value of the jacks is estimated at $400. eee Sometime between July 29 and Aug. 4, someone broke into Colormix on Columbia Avenue. Entry was gained via a rear entrance to the building. Thieves stole a small amount of money and a pellet gun. Police have suspects in the case and are continuing their investigation. The school district office and buses, the Bank of Mon- treal and the 9th Avenue res- idential break and enters are being considered as related cases and possibly commit- ted by the same persons. eee A window was shattered and an equipment shed was broken into at Stanley Humphries Secondary School between Aug. 4 and Aug. 5. eee Police responded to a bar fight at the Hi Arrow. RCMP say a 31-year-old male working at the Celgar construction site was in- volved in a fight with anoth- er unknown party. The man sustained sever- al head injuries in the fight. Due to his state of intoxica- tion and his refusal.to seek medical attention, the man was arrested. He was later released when he advised po- lice he knew the person he was fighting and didn’t want any police involvement. Charges will not be laid. eee Police continue to investi- gate a break and enter at a residence on the 600 block of 23rd Street which occurred sometime between July 24 and Aug. 6. There are no suspects and any missing items are as yet unknown. eee A 78-year-old Winnipeg man was charged with driv- ing too close for road condi- tions when the vehicle he was driving left the road and went into the ditch on the Highway 3A to Highway 3 exit ramp. There were no injuries in the accident, which resulted in $2,000 damage. eee Police were called out to an assault at Woodland Park Shell where a 44-year-old Langley resident required stitches after being punched by an unknown assailant. A short time later a 33- year-old male suspect from Qualicum Beach was arrest- ed. RCMP believe the sus- pect was upset because he was evicted from Banjo’s Pub, and then took his frus- trations out on the victim, The suspect is set to ap- pear in Castlegar provincial court Oct. 7. eee A three-vehicle car acci- dent was reported in the Hi Arrow parking lot, resulting in approximately $1,800 to- tal damage. Police believe a 20-year- old male from Trail is re- sponsible. He is alleged to have fled the scene and was picked shortly afterwards by Trail RCMP. * He has been charged with driving without a license and charges are pending. There were no injuries. eee Thieves broke into the Es- so station on Highway 3A in Thrums. They broke in through the front door and stole an undisclosed amount of cigarettes. I Scream For Stag-goer in hospital after being hit by car NEWS STAFF Some pre-wedding fun came to.a crashing conclusion on the weekend. Steven Reimer, 19,. of Castlegar, was leaving a stag party Saturday when he was hit by a car. “The accident happened on the 2500 Block of Columbia Avenue,” said RCMP Cpl. Al Hudema. Reimer apparently ran into the path of the moving vehicle when he was struck. The dri- ver was a 40-year-old Castle- gar man. “Both the pedestrian and the driver of the vehicle had been drinking,” Hudema added. “The case is being handed over to Crown counsel for a decision on charges.” Reimer was taken to the Castlegar hospital with unde- termined injuries. His condi- tion is currently listed as sat- isfactory. SAWS SHARPENED (INCLUDING CARBIDE) ALSO DRILLS, PLANER BLADES, CHAINSAWS, AND MOWER BLADES. Saw Chains and Bandsaws made to order. FRANK'S SHARPENING SERVICE 1216-1st Street, Castlegar (Behind Castle Theatre) 20 Years of Quality Service & Parts! 365-7395 OUR ACTION AD PHONE NUMBER IS 365-7266 SAVE MONEY NO FRILLS NO GIMMICKS LOW PRICES Huge selection of famous brand name furniture « mattresses for every room in your a home...at major savings. Ice Cream Hard or Soft Cones eT eidalhs f= Yo Milkshakes, Sundaes aa ne ae ee at Chicken Time OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Mon-Sat: 2816 Columbia Ave. Sunday: “but whoever did it, knew exactly what they “We'll be meeting with (the OTEU) Friday,” i Bradshaw said. “(Mediator Don) Cott phoned us (Monday) and asked us to sit down.” OTEU members gave their union a mandate Aug. 4 when they voted in favor of strike action. The 100 OTEU members at WKP are de- manding an upgraded pension plan as part of a new contract. Pope and Talbot's resident manager Bob Coutts says the 7. \] building that was constructed around the chipper “cost a con- siderable amount of money. “Just to give you a ball park figure, it was probably around $25,000,” Coutts said. “We had a couple of guys out there for a couple weeks. I hope it alleviates the problem.” Coutts says the company had no qualms about spending time and money to put the sound barrier up. “That's the way we operate,” Coutts said. were doing. “Because of the nature of the damage, and the fact that no one was electrocuted, we have to think they knew their way around the elec- trical business.” The 180 IBEW members have been on strike since July 23 when mediator Don Cott booked out of . enone at this act of vandal- 10am - 6pm Closed 365-5304