cs _Castlégar News June 22, 19868 Kids choose between parents TORONTO (CP) — When their parents separated, 17-year-old Sam and his two sisters continued to live with their mother — until Sam voluntarily packed his bags and moved to his father's home. His mother did not try to stop him, Sam was, after all, a grown boy able to decide which parent he wanted to live with Six months later, Sam packed up again and rejoined his mother and sisters. He missed them, he said. And he didn’t like the idea of sharing a house with his father's girlfriend. “Just before she moved in, my son moved out,” Sam's mother recalls. With one in three marriages in Canada eriding in divorce, more and more children live with one parent who has custody and visit the other parent. In about 92 per cent of custody decisions, the mother gets the children. 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In a breathtakingly beautiful setting on the shore of one of the world’s most beautiful lakes — Waterton. appears like greener grass on the other side, more appealing and less troublesome. Visits are usually more relaxed and fun than day-to-day liv. ing with the resident parent, especi- ally for teenagers who are dis- satisfied with house rules and res- trictions. Many begin to imagine life with one parent would be far better than life with the other. “Unlike the child in a nuclear family, the adolescent of separated and divorced parents has an option,” says Joe Rich, a social worker in private practice in Toronto. ‘This can lead toa ties period in homes of divorced families, with children weighing the choice whether there's a conflict, parents building a fear of losing kids or a fantasy of winning them, and a feeling of unset- tled times, Though there are no statisties on the number of children who actually shift from living with one parent to the other, it's around age 12 that they begin to feel they have a say in where they’ live. CAN'T FORCE By the time children are 16 and can remove themselves from parental control, most parents realize they can't force children to live in arrangements they don't like, says Susan Himel, Ontario's deputy of- ficial guardian. A lot of divorced dads who do not have their kids living with them have “a fantasy hope” that one day they will, Rich says. They may hold out “carrots” to entice their children into switching residences. Meanwhile, many divorced mothers, particularly women whose whole identity has been as mothers and homemakers, live with anxiety that their children will leave, he says. Trying out the other parent was exactly what 14-year-old Graham had in mind when he went out west for six weeks one summer to visit his father. They hadn't seen each other in seven years and his dad went all out to impress him. “It was a big show,” Graham says. “Money was no ob; Graham had been living with his mother and sister in a small south- western Ontario town. He was bored and “looking for a father figure,” he said atthe time. So, the next year, Graham moved out west to live with his dad. 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Vol. 41, No. 51 \W News ee OE AEE ee BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1988 , a mixture of cloud and syn. isolated showers today. Highs 25°.28°. Chance of precipitation is 20 per cent today ‘and 10 per cent Monday 3 Sections (A, B & C) semanas Castlegar crime rate low Graduates say goodbye to SHSS Wi The floor and bleachers of the arena complex were nearly full to watch the 172 graduates mark the end of 12 years of public education. The Stanley Humphries sec- ondary school class of 1988 paraded in front of family and friends Saturday afternoon to collect their graduation cert- ificates at the commencement exercises. “Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light”, a quotation, by Victor Hugo, served as the graduates’ message. Heath Clement sang the grad song accompanying himself on the guitar. Almost $17,000 in scholarships and bursaries were presented to almost 50 graduates during the commencement exercises. Valedictory address, A3 Lori Kinakin received the top honor: the Stanley Humphries award. James Skwarok captured the Governor General's Bronze Med- al for having the highest acad- emic standing and also the K.T. and R.E. McGauley Memorial Scholarship for the highest marks. Jane Fleet was presented with the Leaders Award and Jaret Clay received the Ag- gregate Award for being run- ners-up to the Stanley Hump- hries Award. Stanley Humphries principal Gordon Shead asked grads to consider “education as a lifelong activity.” Noting graduation cel ebrations and a recent fatal car accident of students graduating in Port Hardy, Shead asked the students to take care of them- selves this weekend. “You have a lot of energy and T ask you to use that wisely and well during the next few days,” he said. continued on page AS WINNING SMILE . . . Val Govender presents beaming Lori Kinakin with the Stanley Hum- phries Award at Soturday’s commencement exercises in the Community Complex. Award goes to the school's top all-round student. — Cosews Photo by Benne Morgan $17,000 given grads By CasNews STaff More than 40 community organizations and individuals bestowed almost $17,000 worth of hol: ips and to some 50 at the Stanley Humphries secondary school commencement exercises Saturday. The Arrow Lakes Tugboat Society Bursary of $200 went to Judy Mah; the Bevans-Ellis-Letnik Bursary for $375 went to Donna Wolff; the Beta Sigma Phi Bursary for $250 went to Tami O'Connor; the Canada Safeway Ltd. bursary for $300 went to Tony Ozeroff; the Castlegar Hospital Medical Staff Bursaries for $200 each went to Jaret Clay and Shelley Reimer; the Castlegar Robson Legion Branch 170 Bursary for $200 went to Chris Hermakin. The Castlegar Royal Canadian Mounted Police Scholarship for $400 went to Monica Tymofievich; the Castlegar and District Hospital Award for $400 went to Jane Fleet; the Castlegar Savings Credit Union Bursaries for $250 each went to Derek Ball, Karen Holden, and Lori Lawrenow; the Castlegar Selkirk Lady Lions Bursary for $200 went to Lori Legebokoff; the Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club Bursaries for $200 each went to Gordon Gjennestad and Shelley Reimer; The Castlegar Teachers’ Association Scholar- ship for $350 went to Maya Kalmakov; the Celgar Pulp Company Bursaries for $400 each went to Laura Goetting and Andrei Evdokimoff; the CKQR Bursary for $150 went to Rishia McDowell; the Columbia Beverage Award for $200 went to Brian Perehudoff; the Cominco Award for $500 went to Paul Andersen. continued on page A3 By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Castlegar is a safer community when it comes to crime than either Neilson or Trail, according to a recent provincial government survey of B.C. municipalities. A survey by the police services branch of the ministry of the attor. ney-general ranks Castlegar 32nd out of 55 municipalities for instances of crime in 1987. The study compares criminal code offences (excluding traffic violations) and reports that Castlegar had 857 instances of crime last year. That amounts to 136 crimes per 1,000 resi- dents. Trail ranked 30th with 139 crimes per 1,000 residents and Nelson was 20th with 165 crimes per 1,000 resi- dents. However, the municipal survey does not include unincorporated areas such as Robson and Pass Creek and therefore can be misleading, ac- cording to a spokesman for police services. There tends to be a higher instance of crime in the core area and the number of residents from outlying areas committing crimes downtown are‘ndt figured into the crime rate A provincial survey which includes those unincorporated areas and which is to be released this summer, expects to show the Castlegar area with an even lower crime rate. Castlegar RCMP Staff-Sgt.. Jack Keddy said he doesn't consider Castlegar's crime rate to be cause for “major concern.” “I would think we are not what you would call a major crime area.” Keddy says several types of crime have shown significant increases in the last year. In the first three months of 1987 there were 16 instances of willful damage and in the same period this year, there were 69. Sexual assaults have almost dou bled from 16 in the first three months of 1987 to 26 in the first three months of 1988. Keddy says public awareness is probably part of the reason those figures have increased so drama- tically. Assaults climbed from 56 in the first three months of 1987 to 85 in the first three months of 1988. There has also been an increase in reports of disturbing the peace, according to Keddy. The numbers have gone from 10 in the first three months of 1987 to 25 during that period in 1988. Keddy attributes this to a change in the “enforeement role of the RCMP in the last year.” He explained that under the direc tion of the attorney-general early in 1987, police were instructed to lay charges in a domestic dispute rather than leave the decision to the victim. In addition, liquor charges have steadily risen. There were 18 in 1986, 47 in 1987 and in the first three months of 1988 there have been 23. “If the trend goes that route, we'll more than double that and it is a problem,” said Keddy, adding that alcohol “may be a contributing factor in assaults and domestic disputes.” Williams Lake is the worst place to live in B.C. for crime, placing first with |246 instances per 1,000 resi. dents. Alert motorist puts out blaze By RON NORMAN Editer Fire officials have credited an alert motorist with saving a Thrums house from going up in smoke Thursday afternoon. Ralph Merriman, fire chief with the Tarrys Volunteer Fire Depart ment, said George Harshenin of Tarrys was driving on Highway 3A in Thrums about 4:30 p.m when he “noticed something didn't look right” at a nearby home. Harshenin stopped at a neighbor's house and asked the woman who answered the door to watch the house while he went for a closer look. Harshenin approached the home, owned by John Maloff, and deter- mined that in fact it was on fire and no one was home. He quickly waved his arms at the woman, who called the Tarrys fire department. Merriman said Harshenin then grabbed a garden hose and had the fire under control by the time the two pumper trucks and eight volun- teer firefighters arrived on the scene. Merriman said the fire had started in an easy chair on the patio and had spread to the exterior of the home. “If it had been going for another 10 minutes... there would not be much of the house left,” Merriman said. As it was, damage amounted to less than $500. Sports lottery starts next month VANCOUER (CP) — The first legalized sports 10 per cent of the total dollars played on that Rules stipulate that there will be carryovers for the lottery in North America will begin officially in British Columbia next month using quarter scores and final results of Canadian Football League games, the B.C. Lottery Corp, has confirmed. A free trial run will be held Tuesday for ticket holders who-attend a CFL exhibition game at B.C. Place Stadium between the Calgary Stampeders and the B.C. Lions. The new lottery called Punto, a name used for soccer lotteries in some Latin countries, will have a top prize of $100,000 a game, providing the holder correctly has the four quarter scores, the final score and the exact time of the last scoring play of the game. The Punto concept was based on soccer lotteries which haye been a suceess in many European countries for several decades, said Elwood Veitch, provincial minister responsible for the lottery corporation. CFL teams will not participate in the profits of the sports lottery, Veitch told a news conference. “We have the enthusiastic support of the league to demonstrate a new product,” the minister said. “It will be'a B.C. lottery based on the game of football.” CFL commissioner Doug Mitchell said Punto will help the league market the game and create additional interest in marginal football fans. “We hope the success of Punto will lly lead game will be won or shared by correctly guessing which team wins for each of the four quarters of play, or if the score is tied; © 10 per cent of the total dollar pool will be won or shared for correctly guessing the final score of both teams, @ five per cent of the total pool will be won or ghared for having the correct elapsed time of the final scoring play of the game, with the computerized random time on each ticket; to a national sports lottery, and become an important marketing tool for the entire CFL,” said Mitchell. There will be six CFL games listed on each $1 Punto ticket. Buyers will play one game per ticket, with four potential payoffs: © 20 per cent of the total pool will be won or shared for having both the correct quarter winners or ties, plus the final score of both teams; and © There willbe a $100,000 prize for having all the categories right. . quarter scores, game score and elapsed time, but not for the $100,000 prize. STICK TOE IN The CFL was selected because “it was time to stick our toe in the ocean of sports lotteries,” said Guy Simonis, president of the B.C. Lottery Corp. a provincial Crown corporation. “Those who will win big will be the ones who predict upsets,” said Simonis. “The (dollar) possibiliti depend upon how many people play the game. Veitch said Punto will be much smaller than the popular 6-49 Lottery played across the country twice each week. He anticipates about $2 million in Punto sales in 1988.