Page 2A The Castlegar Sun , Wednesday, June 7, 1995 It’s grand—Lorraine Beach of Castlegar was all smiles after she came up the big winner in Sunfest's Ping-Pong drop, collecting $1,000. OPEN BURNING BAN Due to the extremely dry weather conditions all outdoor buming within the City of Castlegar Is PROHIBITED until further notice. . For any questions please contact the office of the Fire Chief or City Hall at 365-7227. Thank you G.A. Rempel Fire Chief, City of Castlegar B.C. Reform party looks for bigger numbers in local riding When membership hits 300, say directors, then nominations will begin RON NORMAN Sun Editor Don't expect the B.C, Reform Party to make any announce- ments in the near future about candidates seeking the party nom- ination in Rosstand-Trail. Local Reform Party directors say they want to wait until the to announce their intentions. + "That way we'll get a broader cross-section,” Hill said small party member- ship was one of the things that hurt Reform in last month's Abbotsford byelection, He noted that Reform had only 100 mem- bers in Abbotsford when the can- didate was selected. riding bership has hed 300 before allowing any candi- dates to throw their hats in the ring. “We have two people champ- ing at the bit,” said Reform spokesperson Stephen Hill. But Hill said the party only has between 80 and 100 members. “Why should those people dic- tate who the leader is?” he asked. “It's too small a group.” Hill said when the party mem- Ne the Reform can- didate nearly managed to upset the Liberal candidate. “There's an huge undercurrent of support,” Hill said. Hill is hoping the Rossland- Trail Reform Party can tap into that undercurrent, especially among former Social Credit sup- porters. He said it will be up to the local Reform Party to try to woo the more than 700 former Social bership reaches 300 in Rossland Trail, candidates will be allowed Credit bers in Ross] Trail. “The old Socred order, “ he explained, “The Walter Siemens of the world.” Siemens was a longtime Socred and carried the Social Credit banner in the last provin- cial election. “The Socreds built B.C,,”ssaid Hill, before former premier Bill Vander Zalm ran into trouble. Hill said the Reform Party's stiffest opposition in Rossland- Trail won't come from the NDP, but from the Liberals. “Our competition is the Liber- als,” he says. “As far as we're concemed, we're neck and neck.” He conceded that NDP MLA Ed Conroy has done a good job for the riding. “But he’s working for the wrong guys.” As an example, he points to Trail Regional Hospital board chair Gentil Mateus. Mateus SUN STAFF Reform MP Jim Gouk is accusing the Chretien govern- ment of refusing to listen to what they don’t want to hear. His charges come after the Liberals decided to exclude the testimony of ordinary Canadians and private organizations on the proposed changes to the MP pension plan. “The Liberals used their majority and voted to exclude many witnesses, including the National Citizen's Coalition and the Canadian Taxpayer's Feder- Gouk accuses of Liberal-selective-hearing ation, from making presentations to the committee.” Gouk said they can’t refuse to listen to people just because they don't like what they hear. “We are supposed to be representa- tives of the people.” The Liberal legislation pro- poses that MPs who were elected before 1993 will con- tinue to get all the provisions of the old pension plan for their pre-1993 time. Post 1993 time will be paid out at a ben- efit of one percent a year less than before, but with a two percent reduction in the cost to MPs. Jim Gouk... Liberals are being unreasonable. Mat & FRAME SHOP OPENING ‘SPECIAL 0% OFF CUSTOM FRAMING FOR Needlework + Photos + Artwork Drymounting also available 414 - 3rd St., Castlegar Julia 365-7595 + Lynn 365-3083 Medical records to KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff records shredded and recycled. Administrator Ken Talarico told Castlegar hospital board mem- bers recently made a motion which will see certain medical + board bers that storage space in the medical records department is becoming cragaped, and asked members for a ion that will see meet with medical records of patients deceased for 10 years destroyed. “Currently we keep the records 20 years,” said Talarico. Howev- er, it’s only required that hospitals keep records for 10 years. jumped from the Rossland-Trail NDP, where he was a member of the executive, to the Liberals, where he is after the nomindtion in the riding Reform directors elected RON NORMAN Sun Editor The Rossland-Trail B.C. Reform Party has a new party leadershi Ten escort were elected at a general meeting May 25 in the Union Hotel in Trail. The directors include four from Castlegar: Elmer Pellerine, Don Buskas, Lorenz Pietz and Hartman. Others on the executive are: | president and will remain so until the new directors have a) “Our next goal is 300 meni~. bers,” said Hill. The Rossland-" Trail wing of the party presently has between 80 and 100 members. shredder Board members queried Talari- co regarding the disposal of the shredded records and jokingly reminded him of another facility which dumped medical records in a landfill Training offi icer conference comes to a close SUN STAFF After five days of action in the Crossroads of the Kootenays, the Fire Training Officers of B.C. training conference officially came to a successful end last Thursday, much to the relief of local organizers. Event organizers from the hosting Castlegar Volunteer Fire department began planning for the conference earlier in 1994, after it was successful in bidding for the event in the early 1990s Castlegar Fire Chief Gerry Rem- pel says hosting an event of this magnitude resulted in a lot of team work, and he said he’s proud of the members who “went the extra mile” to ensure for a smooth five days: Firefighters Dick Dunlop, Ken Chernoff, Doug Rutherford, Bill Gyurkovitz and Ray Hackett. “These guys worked really hard right from the beginning,” said Rempel. The City of Castle- gar was also supportive, con- tributing to some of the conference events. The theme of the conference was Mutual Aid and as a result, a number of departments in the sur- rounding area demonstrated how “co-operative firefighting” can work wonders. “We should also recognize the work done by vol- unteers in the Robson, Ootische- nia and Cominco fire departments. Without them we couldn't have pulled this whole thing off,” said Rempel The majority of time at the con- ference was spent discussing train- ing needs, new equipment, and new standards and methods for training. More than 130 delegates from 82 different fire departments attended, making it one of the largest conferences ever held. ‘The next such training conference will be held in Kelowna in 1996. Stetson Sierra Cool, Sexy and Spicy Preferred Stock What preferred men prefer. Stetson Easy to wear. Hard to resist. Gravity Powerful Magnetism Created for the man who knows and accepts no boundaries, Universo is a fragrance full of extremes, an ecstasy never experienced before. 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Another car theft A 1993 Mercury Topaz parked at a residence on Selkirk Avenue was stolen June 1. RCMP say the Topaz is green in color with B.C. license plate DAK 087. RCMP are asking It’s Castlegar’s turn says developer SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor in the Okanagan, telling about B.C.'s hot spot in the Kootenays. He cites A developer from Vernon says it's unlikely that residents of Castlegar and the surrounding area fully understand how much p I the location is great, there's room to expand and there's an airport here.” In talking \ hypng other developers who factors for the interest. “The yhas are for growth. “There are so many advantages that this community has over, others. Castle- gar if no longer a stinking little mill town that people simply drive through. It’s a clean, professional and thriving anyone with any ding the missing vehicle to contact the local them. Help sought Castlegar RCMP are also seeking the public's help in connection with an incident in the lobby of the Monte Carlo hotel last Thursday. Police report that thieves stole the candy and heart rate vending machines from the hotel lobby. The machines were later recovered, but they were damaged. Anyone with infor- mation about this incident is asked to contact the RCMP. Bump! A cyclist has reported missing a 35 mm Pen- tax PC555. RCMP say the cyclist believes the camera might have bounced out of the bicy- cle basket while cycling on Arrow Lakes Drive, June 1. Bear vs vehicle A vehicle driven by Lori Ann Peill, of Castle- gar, sustained almost $1,000 in damages on May 30 after it struck a bear on Highway 3A. ‘Two-vehicle accident Randal Douglas Morris, of Robson, has been charged with going through a yellow light at an intersection after a two-vehicle accident May 26. RCMP say that after allegedly run- ning the light on Columbia Avenue, Morris struck a-vehicle driven by Robert Richardson, of Nelson. Damage to Richardson's vehicle has been estimated at $4,000 while damage to Morris’s vehicle has been estimated at $3,000. Break and enter Castlegar RCMP are investigating a break, enter and theft from a home in the 500 block of 8th Avenue, May 29 Busted Castlegar RCMP say charges will be laid against a Thrums man after a search of his Tarrys Road ih revealed a P grow tion. The search warrant, which was exe- cuted May 27, resulted in the removal of 97 immature marijuana plants valued at $5,000. Police also dismantled the hydroponics. Busted too! Nelson RCMP have confiscated 197 marijua- na plants from a home and property on Slo- can Valley West Road after conducting a search May 31. Police say that some of the plants were growing in an indoor operation which police dismantled. Charges are pend- ing under the Narcotic Control Act. Dangerous drivi A 17-year-old Castlegar youth is facing dan- gerous driving charges after losing control of his friend's 1979 Camaro. RCMP say the vehicle entered a deep ditch near Stanley Humphries Secondary School May 24: There RON NORMAN 'y that is now the central desti- nation point in the Kootenays,” said Peter King, developer of the Stellar Place adult community. A resident of Vernon, King says he has seen numerous newspaper articles munity ough, 1 King admits that infras- tructure ‘limitations always crop up in the conversation. “Something will have to be done with Highway 22. If there was ever a turn-off [for developers] that would be it.” Current development has created a wave of business for local shops, since almost all are endeavoring to purchase their products locally. In building Stellar Place, said King, close to $4.6 million 2 in this com- Peter King was spent locally. With its recent addi- tion of 15 units, Stella Place is now the largest adult community in the East and West Kootenays, sitting at 65 units total. “That's a lot of money injected in the community from one development. When you add up what all developers are spending, including on local materi- als. and labor, there's a lot of money going back into this community.” And more will come, says King, if a second access is built allowing for the smoother flow of traffic onto Highway 22. “(Highway 22) has to either be upgraded, or a second street has to be built to parallel it, That could be the dif- ference in making this community thrive well above anything anyone in this entire valley has ever seen before.” Whooping cough advisory issued by local health unit Sun Editor The Central Kootenay Health Unit issued a whooping cough advisory recently for a Castlegar elementary school. However, health officials say that so far the number of identified cases has been limit- ed to just one child. “There was just one lab con- firmed case,” said Shirley Hunter-Oglow, public health nursing administrator at the Castlegar health unit. “The Medical Health Officer Dr. Nelson Ames issued the advi- sory on May 19 in a notice to parents of students at Kinnaird Elementary School. Ames warned parents that their child may have come in contact with a child who has whooping cough. “In order to reduce the spread of this disease in our communi- ty, anyone with a persistent cough lasting more than five days should contact their physi- cian,” Ames said in the notice. physician can contacting the disease.” Hunter-Oglow said the quick prevention strategy may have helped head off the spread of the disease. She noted that the health unit had received “reports of several children coughing” at Kinnaird Elementary, but All smiles—Three-year-old Michael Shannon of Nelson shows off the new mountain bike and trophy he won in Sunday's annual Canadian National Frog Jumping Championship at Pass Creek Park. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Ron Norman = Deal Continued from 1A were no injuries to the four of the vehicle. Police say that speed was a factor and that the youth will appear in court Aug. 2 to answer to associated charges. Accident A two vehicle accident May 24 at the Columbia Ave. off ramp from Grand Forks resulted in minor injuries to two people. Officials say that Wallace Jung, of Kelowna, did not realize that a merging vehicle in front of him driven by Ruth Weaver, of Ootischenia, had stopped andit resulted ina rear-end collision. There was $1,100 dam- age to both vehicles. = Arson on the eve of the new community settlement plan for Lower Arrow Columbia. He said the letter of intent would have “cir- cumvented” the planning process and given con- trol over development on airport lands to the city. “We didn’t feel confident that that was the best way to deal with it,” he said. Wyllie also noted that the regional board agreed in a telephone poll that the regional dis- trict should have equal partnership in any air- port negotiations. But O'Connor rejected that idea. “The city and the regional district are not going to be partners in the airport,” he said in an interview. O'Connor said he made that clear to Dun- can in discussions with him Monday morning. He also said the city intends to proceed as planned. “We're negotiating with Transport Canada for the takeover of the airport,” he said, adding later: “Wyllie can make all the noise he wants. We're not ane 3 eco nceriaens wah OP ee caawhile, the regional board also voted that any transfer of lands from the federal gov- emment must come under the regional dis- trict’s land-use regulations. If agreed to by Transport Canada, this would effectively block any attempt by the City of Castlegar to develop the airport land contrary to the regional district's community plan. Continued from 1A Shell Station. The truck ed to a car fire Saturday night, how- arrange lab tests and offer appropriate antibiotics to all household members. This will protect other family members from developing whooping cough and also reduce the risk of others the lab reports on those cases immunizations are available have all been negative. for children beginning at age “It seems like the preventa- two months, and continuing tive measures have worked,” at four months and six she said. months, with booster shots at Whooping cough is also _18 months and when the child known as pertussis and enters Kindergarten. Be out front.with Street Front! We create graphic design crafted for the market leader. * Brochures * Graphic Design ¢ Business Graphics * Posters + Newsletters * Decals * Flyers * Signs If it's personal service and 601 Front St, Nelson,B.C. VIL 486 604 + 352-9144 Fax 604 + 352-9168 1-800-420-9144 BONNETT'S MEN'S WEAR presents the SECOND ANNCAL GGLY TIE CONTEST e YOU bring In your worst tie eWE will display It PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINS 100 Gift Certificate from BONNETT'S Ballots available In store. Winner announced June 19 i | vy _ BONNETS MEN'S WEAR 365-6761 “It was a busy weekend actual- ly, but nothing of consequence,” Chemoff said. The most potentially seri- ous incident occurred Friday night when a grey pickup truck smashed into a gas pump at the Woodland Park = Water sheered off the gas pump and then drove away. Castlegar RCMP later arrested a man in connection with the incident. Chernoff said there was little gasoline spilled as a result of the crash. Elsewhere, firefighters respond- ever, the fire was extinguished by the time the fire department arrived. Firefighters also attended two open-pit fires and instructed the residents to extinguish the blazes. Fire chief Gerry Rempel has placed a ban on outdoor burning within city limits. Continued from 1A The problem with the Water Act and Environmental Emergen- cy act, Boyer said, is that they respond to, rather than prevent problems. He suggested that what is required is proper pre-planning for timber harvesting on private land, the same as is required on Crown land. Meanwhile, Hood said the irrigation district is concerned that heavy rains could trigger more sloughing, especially because he expects logging on private land to increase “We're anticipating more (log- ging),” he said. “People want to log and logs are a good price.” But Hood says he isn’t against logging. “I don’t want to stop the log- ging.” he says. However, the logging must be controlled. “The more logging that takes place, the more control needs to be exercised. 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