Ny peed LETS. runt FUN IN THE SUN PRIZES BCAA Travel AGENCY ER AND PRIZES: * Trip for 2 to Hawaii for 1 week (BCAA & Fun-Sun Tours) includes airfare and accomodation. The Castlegar Sun's Winter Promotion will mean some ucky person will win a trip for 2 to Sunny Hawaii* from BCAA or an ICG Gas Grill BBQ or a Fun In The Sun gift package from Hooters Fitness Parlour or one { three (3) weekly aquatic center passes To enter, find the Fun In The Sun logo-hidden in 1 of the ads on this page and then draw us your best Castlegar Sun (in any shape or form, be creative) 3 month membership at Hooters Fitness Parlour (value $140) Gas Grill Propane BBQ ($129.95) courtesy of ICG WEEKLY PRIZES + 3 Aquatic Center Passes Fill out the entry form and the name of the business with the Fun In The Sun logo in it ALL DETERGENT 3.5 kg. box HAWAII FS PHARMASAVE 1128 - 3rd St. (Downtown) Castlegar 365-7813 EREMENKO'S FIT-RITE SHOES 1224 - 3rd St., Castlegar * 365-7353 RULES & REGULATIONS + Employees of Castlegar Sun, BCAA, Participating sponsors, and their immediate family ineligible to win. FLEX PASSES ARE BACK! *38 10 Workouts or 10 Tans or 10 Games of Racquetball (Flex Pass is valid for 6 wks 1810 - 8th Ave., Castlegar from date of purchase) 365-6161 - Must be 18 or over to win + Entries must be on original forms - no photocopies. «Prizes must be accepted as awarded - no substitutions or cash value. DRAW US j i SUN Drop off your entry form by noon each Monday at: The Castlegar Sun 465 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 1G8 Prizes for 3 swim passes will be drawn each week. Grand prize draw will be held in The Castlegar Sun Office on Thursday, March 11, 1993. This winter we want everyone in Castlegar and area to THINK and PLAY Fun In The Sun. * Some restrictions apply SPORTS LOCAL FEATUR . Castlegar Skating Club hosts well attended event Stanley Humphries gets set for 30-hour famine It's exciting. ..funny...and very vocal.,.it's KARAOKE! ng-a-long sensation is sweeping the Kootenays!/1B WEDNESDAY March 10, 1993 The Castle ar Sum we Vol. 3- No. 1 ‘The weekly newspaper with a daily commitment’ 75 Cents + G.S.T. g Anaheim + May 1-8 + 7 nights from $799 CDN. per person Package includes: « Airfare from Vancouver to Los Angeles + 4 nights accommodation in Anaheim ights aboard Star Princess from Los Angeles to Vancouver BCAA Travel Agency all for details! CG S96 Baker St. Nelson Ph. 352-3535 We offer: 1. Guaranteed Genuine Parts & Accessories 2. Competitive Door Rates 3. Courtesy Vehicle or Return Transportation 4. Free Repair Estimates . CASTLEGAR | [i= ==) astiegar 365-7241 * Call Now, Call Collect NOW OPEN at the Mid-Town Mall (behind the Hi-Arrow) ~ MULTI-GRAIN BUNS CAKE DOUGHNUTS 4 for a $1,492 dor Reg. $1.99 Reg. 30¢ each. PLAZA BAKERY MID-TOWN PLAZA behind the Hi-Arrow Hotel Castlegar - 365-5944 YOUR BEST CASTLEGAR SUN DRAW YOUR BEST SUN HERE! | Found Fun In The Sun at ee ee This promotion will run for 8 consecutive weeks. Entry forms and sun designs must be submitted no later than Monday at noon to be eligible for the weekly Aquatic Center pass. All entries will be included in the draw for the three major prizes Ph.# - — pia iia Congratulations JOYCE JMIEFF of Castlegar - the WEEK 7 WINNER of an AQUATIC CENTRE PASS mmm =~ == =~ === === === == vg ve ee a off! Alisha Louvier and Lisa Austin were part of the Hobpitt Hill group of children who marched down Columbia Avenue during the Hobbitt Hill Hat Day Parade, held last Wednesday SUN STAFF PHOTO / Marilyn Strong Glance Send us your best... The Castlegar Sun wants to read about the best practical joke you were ever a part of—whether on the giving or receiving end of the dastardly deed! Send your prose in 250 words or less to our office before Friday, April 26. The best (clean) practical jokes will be published in our March 31 edition, and win- ners will receive awesome prizes! Ready...set...write! Navy of the future The Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce is inviting all members to attend the upcoming luncheon where guest speakers Lieutenant Commander John Dewar and Petty Officer First Class Mark Moger will be speaking about the future of the Canadian Navy. Dewar is second in command of the destroyer escort HMCS Kootenay based at Victoria. The pair will address chamber members at ‘noon on March 17. Sunfest support The Castlegar Festivals Soci- ety is still looking for resi- dents to volunteer in organizing this year’s Sunfest, scheduled to take place June 11, 12 and 13. Contact Donna Jory or Derm Jackman. Community Future's audit near completion SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor An audit by the federal govern ment’s Internal Audit Bureau into the accounting and business prac- tices of Central Kootenay Commu- nity Futures should be completed this month, said a consultant for the B.C. and Yukon branch of Com- munity Futures. Speaking from her office in Van- couver, Phillipa Rowcliffe, said the audit has taken longer than expect- ed to complete because of “the number of bottlenecks” which had to be overcome. “The bulk of the material has now been finished, but we can not make any type of announcements at this time,” Rowcliffe said Information that derives from the audit, which began in January, will be sent to Ottawa for further analysis. Rowcliffe had said earlier that current Central Kootenay Community Futures board mem- bers have been working closely with the auditing process in order to discover whether improprieties City to review Economic Development Board Councillors hoping to det SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor The Internal Audit Bureau's audit of Central Kootenay Community Futures has peaked the inter- est of the City of Castlegar, which is planning to review economic development services in the com- munity and the surrounding area. City Councillor Kirk Duff said council is initiat- ing a two-part process in its efforts to place a value on economic development in Castlegar. The first part of the plan involves an examina- tion of Current economic development in Castlegar, and how the community could be affected by fur- ther economic development. The second part of the proce. $s involves the Devel to taxpayers.” Castlegar and District E Board, which has a performance contract with the ermine value of services what the economic development board does, how it does it, and if Castlegar benefits. “We want to be satisfied that we are getting what we are paying for,” said Duff. “We have to justify what it is we spend money on—money that belongs The current contract between city council and the economic development board calls for the city paying $25,000 in service fees. In addition to this, Castlegar taxpayers pay approximately 60 per cent of $80,000 which the economic development board receives from the Regional District of Central Kootenay, through a structured Management Com- mission. The commission is made up of Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore, Area I Director John Voykin and Area J Director Ken Wyllie. The di P board also receives money from the provincial government. Drought sequence expected to heat up the West Kootenay KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff lower precipitation levels. “Last February, Rogers Pass had an average of 170 millime- ters of precipitation. This year they had only eight millimeters, that’s five per cent of their aver- age precipitation. These are the areas that usually measure their Precipitation with a yard stick.” McMullen said it is highly improbable that any significant amount of precipitation could The Columbia River Basin could be on the verge of a severe four-year drought sequence that has gone unchallenged since 1942-1946. Peter McMullen, BC Hydro manager of corporate communi- cations, verified there is concern by Hydro officials that 1993 could be the first “recognized” year of a dry water cycle Precipitation for the Columbia Valley has been estimated at only 25 per cent of the average expect- ed amount for this time of year, and that leaves BC Hydro offi- cials seriously concerned. “We're probably facing a situ- ation that is as bad as we've ever had since the formation of BC Hydro in 1962. We could be at the start of a dry water cycle Although it’s a bit early to say, there are concerns,” Although the Columbia River Basin has frighteningly low pre- cipitation levels, McMullen said other areas of the province, such as Roger's Pass are seeing even See DROUGHT 3A Consultations will begin on Native hunting rights SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Mounting pressure to deal with Native hunting nghts has caused government officials to kick-start a consultauon process that will involve, among others, Aboriginal peoples, Wildlife Associations and Guide and Outfitting groups. “The won't be quite like the average townhall meetings, but they will bring together groups that have a genuine involvement in wildlife conservation and management,” said Tom Wood, director of Native Affairs for the Ministry of Environment Wood maintains that inci- dences like the one which involved the killing of a Bighorn ram ‘near the Salmo-Creston by a Native person have forced the government to get busy with the task at hand. “That means making some complex policy changes in con- Sultation with Native people and various wildlife groups, hunting, and big game associations across the province.” Wood is hopeful that these consultative meetings will begin had taken place under “first genera- tion board members,” which helped establish the organization during its first five years of exis- tence. Community Futures is a federal government initiative designed to assist local regions restructure their economic and labor market needs. Rowcliffe estimates that between $400,000-$500,000 was handed over to the organization over the five-year period currently in ques- tion. After its first five years of exis- tence, a new executive came on board at the beginning of March 1992. It wasn’t too long after that the new crop of members started to ask questions about bookkeeping entries. The questions resulted in a review being done-in September, which then resulted in a full-scale audit See AUDIT 2A See HUNTING 3A --SHSS Pride See REVIEW 2A City of Castlegar that is currently up for renewal. ine: and } Duff said the city will be ig 2 sections 24 pages Ann Landers Business Power failure -blamed for explosion at pulp mill KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff A power failure is being blamed as the cause of an explo- sion and subsequent release of chlorine-dioxide gas in the reac- tor boiler at the Celgar Pulp mill expansion site March 4. Although Celgar Environmen- tal Manager, Jim McLaren, was , hesitant to call the incident an explosion, instead terming it a “puff”, the explosion was strong enough to sheer off one inch bolts, and send several workers to the first-aid station with chlorine- dioxide exposure complaints “Theré was a power failure that serviced the reactor boiler and two wood-waste boilers. It went out of service quickly and caused a disruption in steam pro- duction which in turn caused an acceleration, or a puff, in the escape of the gas was reported to the Provincial Emergency Pro- gram, which is required. Howev- er, the release of the gas was also to En Canada, chlorine-djoxide g But it was momentary, and it wasn't something that continued on.” McLaren confirmed several workers reported to the first-aid Station after the release of the potentially fatal gas, and support ed the workers decision to do so ‘It is wise they reported to the first-aid as a precaution. It was certainly the appropriate thing to do.” Even though the explosion was confined to the chlorine- dioxide generator area, and a mill-wide evacuation was not necessary, McLaren said the and the B.C. Ministry of Envi- ronment in Nelson, who are not required to be notified, said McLaren “To be on the side of caution we did report it. It is better to be safe and notify people.” Lewis Stevens, an employee of Dominion Bridge (a contractor at Célgar) and shop steward for Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 170, and who was selected by other shop spokesperson for the unions, said stewards as See SAFETY 2a Tennille Austin, Deputy Prime Minister on the Student Council at Stanley Humphries Secondary School in Castle- gar and Gordon Turner Chairperson of Schoo! District No 9, unveil a-plaque which will be installed at the newly reno- vated school. The plaque was unveiled at the school's dedi- cation ceremony last Thursday. SUN STAFF PHOTO / John Van Putten