i Second truck loses brakes on Warfield hill Scott David Harrison EDITOR Ed Conroy says he knew it was going to happen, just not this quickly. A second runaway truck on the Warfield hill has the Rossland-Trail MLA calling for action. Conroy — who was widely criti- cized for en- dorsing a plan that would see 8s ome Warfield ~ truck traffic diverted through Castlegar — says its clear now that a Ed Conroy ‘What we need is a clear long-term solution and that would be a bypass.” The incident occurred last Saturday when a truck being used for the army maneuvers currently taking place in and around Trail lost its brakes coming down the hill. The truck narrowly escaped a major accident when its brakes re-engaged just before the Village of Warfield. There were no injuries. “It’s something .that no- body wants to see happen, but it did,” Conroy said. “My God, I wouldn’t want to say I knew it was going to happen again, but I know we have a serious problem there and something must be done.” — MLA Ed Conroy bypass must be built. “What we have to do and what we are trying to do is correct the problem in the long term,” Conroy said Thursday. “The asserter beds aren’t a solution anymore, es- pecially when you consider that we’d spend between $3 to $4 million on each of them.” “What we need is a clear long-term solution and that would be a bypass,” he said. “We know it’s going to cost a lot of money, but it has to be done.” A bypass through Warfield has an estimated price tag of $10 million. Saturday, August 22, 1992 Brian L. Brown. CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Avenue Castlegar + 365-2151 Surgenor & Rogers CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 1444 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. NEIL E. SURGENOR, C.G.A. 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The college is putting final touches on Sentinel, the newest wing at the college. Students can expect five extra classrooms and teachers get almost two dozen faculty offices. The facility should be ready for Sept. 1. MORE TWINNING While I’m on the subject of Selkirk College, the Castlegar International Twinning Committee wants to hook up with a college or university in Chern. It’s a city about 200 kilometres south of Moscow. The committee is hoping to be able to swap ideas and just maybe some students. Stay tuned. QUITE A PERSON Ken McColm was in Castlegar yesterday as part of his Incredible Journey. McColm is on an 8,000 kilometre walk to increase public awareness of the problems associated with diabetes, and to gain support for medical research. McColm is a freelance journalist who lost his sight at age 27. OurPEOPLE Couple’s long journey coming to a close Jonathan Green NEWS REPORTER Bruce and Nancy Ketchum’s “My Canada Includes Quebec” cross- countryunity tour has hit La Belle Province... and the people there are loving it. “Things are going really well,” Bruce said. “We want the people in Castlegar to know we are still really involved in this project.” Reached in Quebec City Thursday afternoon, the Castlegar couple said things are going as smoothly as they were when they left town on June 6. In that time, they have travelled to all the provinces, receiving the signature of each provincial premier on a banner that reads “My Canada Includes Quebec” in the process. ; That accomplished, they have since travelled to Quebec City to meet with Quebec premier Robert Bourassa and present him with the banner. But with the constitutional talksstaking up most of Bourassa’s time, Bruce said they have had to be patient. “At the moment we're waiting in Quebec City to speak with premier Bourassa,” he said. We’ve been in contact with his office, and we’ve been given assurances he will meet with us.” Bruce said one of the reasons their journey has been such a success is the help received from __-<“ N KNOTENRY Bruce and Nancy Ketchum are on the final leg of their cross-Canada tour, sitting in Quebec City awaiting a meeting with Premier Robert Bourassa. News file photo the media. He said the attention they’ve been given in both English and French Canada has let people from one end of the country to the other know their message. “We’ve got an awful lot of media support,” he said, adding they’ve been profiled in one Montreal and two Quebec City newspapers. “We've received support from the media in Quebec we didn’t expect.” Bruce said they’ve been staying/in campgrounds during their trip, and this has given people from all over the country a chance to speak their minds. “People are continually coming up to us and expressing their ideas,” he said, adding that they have received comments that are less than positive. “Occasionally we do, but much more rarely than we expected,” he said. “Those kind of comments have come from people I would consider fringe elements.” The Ketchums have been in Quebec for close to three weeks, including their first visit on the way out to the Maritimes. With another three months to go before they are expected home, Bruce said they will use some of that time to meet with Quebecers away from Quebec City and Montreal, ones who have just as much a say in the future of their country. “We plan to visit some of the remote areas of Quebec like Lac. St. Jean and Saguenay,” he said. And though they want the people of Quebec to know that their Canada includes Quebec, Bruce said he and Nancy are thinking about the people at home. “Give our best regards to everybody in Castlegar.”