Page 2A The Castlegar Sun Got: a local news tip? Call the Sun newsroom at 365-5579 BLOUSES BLOUSES BLOUSES nall, Medium. Large & Extra Larc Siultes VN var vege + 365-0954 “Y tina or SCOLMYGF | : fle jit > ath Avenue, ¢ Missing pair found safe It's the cardinal rule of hunt- ing—tell someone where you'll be hunting and don't vary your plans. To do otherwise could Robson residents Carol and Stan Holden were due home from hunting Nov. 30 by 5:30 p.m. When they didn’t arrive home as scheduled, their family contacted the Castlegar RCMP who searched the “obvious areas” at night. But RCMP had no idea where the Holdens Now you can save... 55% dot Verticals + Horizontals - Pleated Shades - Roller Blinds Seniors Assoc. #46 - Whist Dec. 8. Social Dec. 15 at 2pm. With "Cookie Walk”. Come taste and purchase your favorite oNes. 1 Seer nee nt fewer Nov. 8 - Born to Deve & Ue * Nov. 15°- Bomn to Jason Wutke & Jén Lewis Congratulations to all! Tenement ee Tulips! anywhere in Canada before Dec. 15 and y hadn't given their RCMP Corporal, is extremely and-he urges hunters to always tell where they are going hunting, when they will return, and to stick to the original plans. To do other- wise could be deadly. Unable to search by helicopter because of f poor weather condi- tions, the Pr SUN STAFF PHOTO / Karen Kerkhoft over a schedule and map of Castlegar, Dennis Stach ) explain to Isabel Gerrard, of Castlegar, the new bus route which will begin Jan. 3, 1 Seniors told to use transit KAREN KERKHOFF Preparedness team was contact- ed. P.E.P. coordinator Randy Grant organized five snowmo- biles to start searching the Deer Park area. But at around 9 a.m. Holden's family called to advise police that their parents were safe. Hudema said the Holdens had gotten their vehicle stuck on Creek Road in Slocan. LOSE WEIGHT i FEEL GREAT Sun Staff Castlegar will finally have a transit system which will meet the needs of most of the peo- ple. But unless they use it, and ridership improves, it could still be in jeopardy of folding after September, 1995 when it will be reviewed. B.C. Transit official, Sandy With the Supplemental Diet Plan Using all natural ingredients Health Food Store | GOVERNMEN TP GUARANTEED For details ca 1-800-416-2882 Rates as of December 5, 1904 and are subject to change. @) NESBITT BURNS ELDON WOROBIEF BIEFF Foreman, the contractor of Trail Transit; Dennis Stach (the provider of the Castlegar ser- vice); Castlegar Mayor Mike O'Connor; and Castlegar City Administrator Jim Gustafson met with Castlegar seniors Nov. 30 to discuss a new dule which is will need some minor improve- ments, but this will be much bet- ter. I just hope will use it.” The new schedule, which will begin January 3, 1995, will have almost hourly service in the Castlegar area. Riders from hoped to adequately reflect rid- ers’ needs. “It's a lot better schedule than the one Castlegar used to have,” Stach explained to some 20 Seniors at the Castlegar Seniors Hall. Castlegar senior, Isabel Ger- rard agrees that the schedule is better suited to local needs. “They've done quite a job. It (Tuurs Burma) 365-5191 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Urgently looking tor private local investors to establish new food services franchise in Castlegar area. PLEASE CALL BILL AT 365-2829 Leave message on the answering machine Ladies’ 2-fold 1 99 Eelskin Wallet ea berry, hi , will have to contact the transit system to pre-arrange Handi-Dart bus transportation. As well, due to poor ridership, weekend service will be non- existent. But Stach explained that the deletion of the service was necessary in order to come up with a schedule which is better suited to residents’ needs. As well, Stach said that the Handi-Dart will deviate slightly off its Course to accot the elderly or disabled who would have trouble getting from their home to the bus stop. The service will cost $1.50 each way for the Handi-Dart for door-to-door service. The regular bus will cost $1.00 for seniors and $1.25 for adults. , Gustafson said it will cost no extra money to rework the sched- ule, but will instead make better use of the system. ! “We just re-allocated funds. i We'll take a look at it and see how it goes and re-evaluate it) in September.” 1 Gustafson explained that costs | for the system are about $240,000 annually, with Castlegar kicking in some $80,000, while areas I and the Lower Columbia Arrow contribute around $20,000. The remaining amount is subsidized by B.C. Transit. For the record In last week's Castlegar Sun, the young | girl on the front page BACI ITALIAN HAZELNUT COOKIES Err) Braun Rechargeable Rechargeable BM ier 18508 94° 9 Shaver #9509 84 Thursday, December 8 « 7:00 pm FREE gallon of drinking water to first 50 customers 9” 10” TAPERS 2-pack 3°° All candles are 100% Bees Wax Large Selection of Toys in Toyland Gift Guide Sale is on until December 24 FS PHARMASAVE 1128-3rd St., (Downtown) Castlegar 365-7813 h was incorrectly iden- tified. Pictured was Alexandria, age 3 1/2. The Castlegar Sun would like to apologize to Alexandria, her family and our readers for the error. Wednesday, December 7, 1994 The Castlegar Sun Page 3A 120 Kootenay Ave., Castlegar (604) 365-2711 ¢ [fax] 365-2716 511 Front Street, Nelson (604) 354-1700 {tax) 354-1666 Pet ee — 1 FI ACCESSORIZE HIM this Christmas BONNETT'S MENS WEAR 233 Columbia Avenue * 365-6761 “That's The Look = Rally _ Continued from 1A and voiced their concerns over what they term harsh forestry in the Owen plan. Few environmentalists were at the rally, but there were a few pamphlets circulated later that stated the view that the restric- rally was a power play corporations to control the a8. “Communities are not sus- tainable when they are con- trolled by. multinational ” said a circulated at the conclusion of the rally. “Today's rally was organized with mosey from which have a vested sive profits out of the Koote- nays, even out of BC, to their parent corporations, leaving Kootenay communities and ple from various sectors of the forestry industry were present, but contends that it was a rally made up of retailers and small business owners as well as mill and forestry workers. According to Beix, “it was a broad cross section of society from commu- nities throughout the Overall, Beix felt the rally was a great success and that a clear message had been sent to Victoria. Residents seek fire protection SUN STAFF Some residents of the New Settlement want the Crescent Valley Fire Department to extend fire protection to their atea. The residents made the ry: “This petition is signed by the resident taxpayers of New Set- tlement,” said Lorraine Saliken in an accompanying letter. Saliken points out that those who signed the petition “are and always have been voluntary tax- payers and there is 100 per cent support for this service from the taxpayers. Saliken said the other non- taxpaying residents would like the fire protection as well. “(They) would pay for it, but not in the form of property taxes,” she said. However, in a letter to Saliken, Reid Henderson, chief administrative officer for the regional district, said the RDCK has no other means of collecting money for the service than Listen to the people was the message come offi- cials were given at Saturday's CORE rally. What they had to say a Editor They came from all over the Kootenays on Saturday to voice their dissatisfaction with the CORE recommendations. They brought their wives and hus- bands, their children and their dogs and they braved sub-zero temperatures and biting cold wind to send a message to the provincial government that Stephen Owen's report on the East and West Kootenays is not good enough. Kelly Farewell came from Fruitvale with his wife, Tammy, and two children, “little Kelly” and Tonya. “I think we need a job,” he said) “Isn't that why we're all® here.” Asked what he didn't like about the CORE report, Farewell replied: “Honestly, don’t you think we have enough parks? We've got to keep things in per- spective here. We need the land. You've ‘got to put some aside for parks, of course; but in the same respect, we need a job. We've got to log.” “I'm here to show support for the review of the CORE report the way it’s come out,” said Dwight Wilson, a Castlegar sawmill worker. “I'd like to see a plan made in the Kootenays by people in the Kootenays to reflect what we feel is important. “I'm concemed because I feel that the people that were at the CORE report, that sat around the table, that it wasn't followed through with what they had decided. Sephen Owen has taken the report and put in parts of it that he felt were important and didn't reflect what the communi- ties felt.” Floyd Lillies, a building sup- plies owner from Nakusp, said he is “concerned about the loss of s." “We don't have a say in what's going on, that’s the big thing. There’s nothing wrdng with ha¥ing parks, but there’s something wrong with (the gov- ernment) saying, “This is what we're going to do’ when we've already talked about what we're going to do. . .we have to get the government listening to what we say and not get it jammed down our throats.” Three Nakusp loggers, Lorne Doyle, John Smith and John Walker were “very” unhappy with the CORE report. “It's just all full of tricks,” said Protesters came in all shapes and sizes but with a common view for land use. Doyle, adding that Owen's rec- ommendations will put his job at “Jobs and everything else. You name it,” he said. Mark McGauley of Blueberry said he came out to the rally “to show that we don’t agree with Stehphen Owen’s decision on this SUN STAFF PHOTOS/Jetf Gabert CORE report.” McGauley added: “I don't like the fact that they decide things from Victoria and don't let the people here decide. “There's no legitimate reason for taking that land from us, with all the jobs that are going to be lost.” All-trades pickets come down KAREN KERKHOFF was reached Sun Staff Pick at K Canal B.C. Hydro and the picketers, West Kootenay All-Trades Coor- have put down their pickets and gone home. After being served a Labor Relations Board interim order by BC Hydro on Nov. 30, 1994, to cease picketing, an E RH ele Cc ittee (WKATCC) Dec. 1, 1994. Protesting the hire of sub-con- tractor, TNL Construction, a so- called “rat union”, by BC Hydro to upgrade turbines at Kootenay Canal, WKATCC has agreed to refrain from picketing. In exchange, BC Hydro has agreed that they will cease orders declar- ing the picketing illegal and not pursue any further legal action as long as WKATCC holds up their end of the bargain. It was also agreed that the contractor, GEC Alsthom, of Quebec, will meet with WKATCC representatives shortly to discuss hiring of local tradesmen for the upgrading of the three remaining turbines. Wayne Peppard, communica- tions director for WKATCC said he’s optimistic that the meeting Baker re-elected chair SUN STAFF Joanne Baker will remain as chair for School District No. 9 for another year. At the annual inau- gural meeting held Dec. 5, Baker was elected by acclamation, as was Ron Norman for vice-chair. Baker's first duty as chair was to appoint trustees to standing committees. Standing committees and their chairs are as follows: + Management: Bill Hadikin * Operations: Tony Guglielmi + Education: Ron Norman + Communications: Bev Maloff + Planning: Mickey Kinakin + Policy: Evelyn Voykin Maloff will also act as board representative to the Central Kootenay Board of Health, Voykin will serve on the West Kootenay Labour Relations Council; and Guglielmi will serve on the West Kootenay Branch of B.C.S.T.A and the West Koote- nay Teacher Education Program. Joanne Baker School representatives will be Norman for Blueberry Creek and Twin Rivers Elementary; Voykin for Castlegar Primary and Tarrys Elementary; Baker for Kinnaird Elementary and Valley Vista, Guglielmi for K.M.S. and On Line Learning; Hadikin ‘for Rob- son Elementary; Maloff for Stan- ley Humphries; and Kinakin for Woodland Park Elementary. will have an agr Police briefs Youths charged Four Castlegar youths, ages, 17, 14, and 15 (two), will appear in provincial court to answer to charges of taking an owner's auto without con- sent, theft of gas and trespass by night. The four were arrested after RCMP received a report Nov. 3 regarding males acting suspiciously on Ridgewood Drive. When of the suspects in several nearby yards. One resident was able to supply police with a description of the sus- pect vehicle which was later located me oppes on Thirsty thieves Castlegar RCMP report that the Robson Hall was broken into sometime overnight of Dec.1-2. It appears that the only items taken from the hall were two jugs of choco- late mill Charged Garry Poznikoff, of Castle- gar, has been charged with failing to yield after a two- vehicle accident Nov. 30. from Arrow Lakes Drive when his vehicle was struck by a a vehicle driven by Fredrick Gienger, also of Castlegar. Neither man was injured, however, damage to both vehicles has been esti- mated at $5,000. Slip sliding away Slippery road conditions are being blamed for a two-vehi- cle accident Nov. 29 on Highway 3A in Thrums. Roxanne Batting, of Castle- gar had slowed her vehicle for another vehicle which was turing into a driveway in front of her. Another vehi- cle driven by Thomas Finlin of Rossland was unable to stop due to road conditions and collided with the rear end of Batting’s vehicle. Damage has been estimated at $1,100. There were no injuries. Stolen A vehicle left unlocked with a purse in it was a temptation which was too hard to resist. Thieves made off with the purse. The vehicle was parked on McPhee Rd. “Tt looks like an agreement is in the process.” Peppard also commended BC Hydro and WKATCC members for keeping cool heads during a time which could have quickly escalated into violence as it did recently in Port Alberni. “I'm pleased BC Hydro acted as responsibly as they did. Who knows what would have hap- pened.” Pulp talks break off KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff Despite intervention last month by mediator Jim Brecken- ridge, and a recent return to the bargaining table, negotiations between PPWC (Pulp and Paper Woodworkers of Canada) Local 1 and Celgar have once again broken off. Richard Stoochnoff, vice-pres- ident for PPWC Local | declined to comment on specifics, but did verify that both parties had left the bargaining table “We're not talking with the company at this time, but that's not to say we won't be going back [to the bargaining table].” Stoochnoff also said there are no plans to strike at this time Al Blessin, human relations officer for Celgar refused to con- firm if negotiations had in fact broken off, but did say that there are some issues still in dispute Two mud flaps and one set of tire chains was stolen from Clark Freightways on 6th Ave. The theft occurred sometime between Nov. 26 and Dec. 1. The value of the stolen items is estimated at $500. Vandalized ‘Two tires were slashed on a vehicle parked on 6th Ave. The incident occurred between Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 Disconnected Someone will have to do without their cellular phone after it was stolen from their unlocked vehicle sometime around 9 p.m. Dec. 1. The vehicle had been parked on 6th Ave. Mail theft RCMP are investigat- ing the theft of mail from mail boxes at Lookout Rd. in Thrums. Police say that locks had been cut from the boxes. occurred Alex Atamanenko, of Castle- gar, was lucky to escape injury after he rolled his 1991 Ford Explorer Dec. 2. Ata- manenko was northbound on Pass Creek Rd. when he lost control of his vehicle on slip- pery roads causing it to go over and embankment and roll. damage has been esti- mated at $5,000.