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December 2, 1992

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Sunny periods through most
of the week with a 10 per cent
chance of precipitation.

@ OUR PEOPLE

Although in existence since
1971, the Kootenay Columbia
Child Care Society's recent ex-
pansion project has the doors
bursting open with more pro-
grams than ever.

@ LOCAL SPORTS

Coming off a 9-1 whipping at
the hands of the Nelson Maple
Leafs Thursday, thé Castlegar
Rebels were looking for a little
redemption against the Grand
Forks Border Bruins Saturday
but didn’t get it, losing 10-1.

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@ ARTS & LEISURE

Rossland is gearing up for
some winter fun. The city is on
the brink of its 96th Winter Car-
nival, and with events like a
bigolfathon, it promises to be a
memorable, if not hilarious,
event.

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Harrison 6
Letters 7
Our People 9
Local Sports 13
Action Ads 16
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Homes

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News photo by Corinne Jackson
There is no doubt what Siyani Lindow’s favorite pastime is — reading. With the
colder weather the three-year-old’s mom says he’s enjoying visits to the library.

Local 2262,
Castlegar
set to talk

Scott David Harrison
EDITOR

The Canadian Union of Public Em-
ployees and Castlegar are heading back
to the table.

CUPE Local 2262 and Castlegar offi-
cials will meet at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the
hopes of ironing out ongoing differences
between union and management.

The meeting will be the first official
gathering of CUPE and city representa-
tives since a News story highlighted
union concerns about contracting out
and employee-management relations. A
previous meeting between the two sides
was cancelled following the publication
of The News story.

Going into Tuesday’s meeting, CUPE
Local 2262 has elected a new president.
Michael Harrison was elected Monday,
replacing Peter Makortoff who stepped
down from the position.

Harrison was reluctant to discuss
union bargaining plans or CUPE’s posi-
tion heading into the meeting.

“I don’t know what will happen at the
meeting, I really don’t,” Harrison said
yesterday.

“T’m one-day-old to the position and
I'd rather not make any comment.”

The meeting marks the second gath-
ering of management and CUPE since
an Oct. 1 meeting failed to address all
the union’s concerns.

CURB noncommittal on °

@ Coalition Unaccepting Rash Bureaucracy $600
in the red, but. 150 members in the black

Neil Rachynski
NEWS REPORTER

CURB is rounding up the troops.

The Coalition Unaccepting Rash Bureaucracy has swung
into another membership drive.

CURB information officer John Moorlag said the group con-
tinues to grow and that its 150 members have forced it to be-
come “a little more organized than we have been in the past.”

Despite its large numbers, Moorlag confessed that CURB
is “$600 in the ditch.” He said the debt comes, thanks in a
large part, to the group’s successful backing of byelection can-
didate Doug Green.

Moorlag wouldn't say whether CURB would try to capital-
ize on Green’s success by fielding a full slate of candidates in
the November 1993 municipal election. However, the group’s

993 election

president Mike O’Connor and vice president Walter Flux had
said that they would join five other CURB-backed candidates
in the hunt for Castlegar’s seven council seats.

“No decision has been made to running candidates in every
seat,” Moorlag said. “I don’t think it’s any big secret that Mike
wants to run for mayor.”

Until then, the self-appointed city watchdog says it will con-
tinue to monitor the goings-on at city hall.

“We still got a few bones to pick with city hall,” Moorlag
said, questioning the merits of city hall renovations and the
location of the new, $1.7 million RCMP headquarters. “I sus-
pect we will address those issues in the near future.”

Meanwhile, Moorlag said he would push to see CURB re-
scind a directive which bars local media from its candidate se-
lection meetings.

The News was refused entry to the candidate selection
meeting which saw Walter Flux named as the CURB hopeful.
Flux was later replaced by Green, who went on to defeat Dave
Gairns and Renee Read in an Oct. 17 byelection.

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