Page B10 The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, November 8, 1995 @ Selkirk cessful score on this test meets the English 12 requirement for admission to college and universi- ty programs. Registration forms are available from any Selkirk College Admissions Office. For more information or registration details, contact (604) 822-4146, Forest Certificate Wildland and Forest Resource Technicians! Selkirk College introduces an Advanced Certifi- cate in Renewable Resources designed specifically to allow technologists to develop skills in business management and to learn advanced technological skills such as GPS, GIS, Traverse PC and more Another option can lead technologists toward degree options in Forestry or Resource Manage- ment. The first Advanced Certificate program begins in January, 1996. Applications are invited now. For details, contact Angus Graeme at the Castlegar campus, Writing Course A short course in Basic Technical Reading and Writing begins Nov. 20 at the Trail campus. While high school graduates are preferred, anyone with a desire to improve their fundamental technical read- ing and writing skills will be considered. Prefer- ence will go to applicants currently receiving unemployment insurance benefits or those on social assistance. For details, contact the Trail campus. Ikir ollege School preservation group meets J.A. Charters _ For The Sun “The tools of today are the her- itage of tomorrow.” With these words, Mike Linley, Associate Director of the British Columbia Education Heritage Project, introduced himself and his colleague Shirley Cuthberton, curator of the Royal B.C. Muse- um Association at the seminar at the Castlegar Resource Centre last Friday. He spoke of his con- cerns to have school boards and citizens throughout the province become involved. in serving it. With rapid changes in technology, he said, cducation artifacts of every kind from blackboard com- Passes and text books to ink wells and the school strap are vanishing even more rapidly. With the amal- gamation of smaller school dis- tricts into larger units, the process will continue to accelerate, while there is only one very limited museum of education in Victoria. It is essential to encourage school boards to establish a poli- cy of preservation within their own immediate jurisdiction and designate suitable places for stor- age and cataloguing of artifacts. Trail is preparing an oral history of its pioneers. Three years ago, the Castlegar School District, with the aid of teachers Dick Unb introducing ... GE's 1996 Laundry Pair Your Choice Of... Money Down, Monthy Payments, A. 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Spectramatic, double 3-Piece King Size Sets fro 2-PIECE SLEEP SETS HOME GOODS Furniture Warehouse & Floor Covering Centre fr. Nae At China Creek Halfway Bety raul & Castlegar f through § WE DELIVER! SATURDAY NOV. 11 10 am-4 pm Wayling, Polly Corbett, John Landis, and Bill Oleski published a book A Historical Look at the Building and People that Make Up District #9. In it, School Superintendent Wayling writes “As time passes on, memories fade, faces change, and unfortu- nately, events of educational sig- nificance are lost to posterity.” In brief, the message reads “Don’t throw away those old text- books, school artifacts, those old flags and photos, not even that wooden 12-inch ruler. They could be a part of a local museum for they are-fast disappearing.” After the general introduction and discussion, Cuthberton gave a workshop on methods of col- lecting and cataloguing artifacts. Lunch for the seminar was pro- vided courtesy of the Castlegar District School Board. In October, 40 of the Retired Teachers Association held their first meeting of the year at the Fireside Inn banquet hall in Castlegar at which the president reported on the three-day British Columbia Retired Teachers Con- ference and annual meeting held in Vancouver in late September. “It was money well spent,” he said. “Well organized, informa- tive and friendly.” During the meeting, it was decided the Trail and District R.T.A. will make a donation to the Charles Bailey Memorial in memory of a valued colleague. The executive will determine the amount. Mr. Winstanley also reported on the progress of plans to have the Teachers Educational Muse- um in the Central School Her- itage Building. The second general meeting of the Associa- tion will be dinner meeting at the Crown Point Hotel Dec. 5. Obituary Elsie Shukin On Tuesday, October 31 1995, Elsie Shukin of Castlegar Passed away at the age of 67 years. Funeral service was held at the Brilliant Cultural Centre on Nov. 2 and 3 with burial at the Brilliant Cemetery. Mrs. Shukin was born November 24, 1928 at Cres- cent Valley, B.C. She grew up in Crescent Valley and married Fred Shukin there on January 28, 1961 and since made her home in Castlegar. During her life, she worked as a cook in logging camps, in the Packing house in Penticton and at Rasp berry Lodge. She was a member of the USCC, active in the Women's Cooking Groups and various choirs and a member of Women's Agiow. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, crocheting and sewing. She is survived by one son, Rick of Castlegar; two daugh ters and son-in-law, Janet and Alex Kabatoff of Bragg Creek, Alberta and Corrine Shukin of Castlegar; two grandchildren; two sisters, Tina Zmaeff of Gilpin and Mary Potapoff of Krestova. She was predeceased by her husband Fred. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. WEDNESDAY November 15, 1995 ‘Vol. 5, No. 52 ‘The weekly don City, RDCK reach TRENT BANCARZ _ Sun Editor The city and the Degional Dis- trict of Central Kootenay have reached an agreement in principle regarding treatment and disposal of Sewage and septic sludge. But not everyone is happy with the proposed agreement. Castle- gar mayor Mike O'Connor said he fears the city will get stuck paying for something “we really don’t need or are going to use.” “T'm not going to vote for any- sludge agr thing we don’t need or use,” he said during city council’s regular meeting last Tuesday. “This is just another one of those ripoffs by a regional district to get others to pay for something.” Under the agreement, a $150,000 pre-treatment facility would be jointly built. The Regional District of Central Kootenay would finance the plant while the city would operate and maintain it. The city would lease the land the plant is on for $1 per year and then bill the regional district for operating expenses. The city’s sewage sludge from its lagoons and the RDCK'’s septic fill at Ootischenia. The plant will operate under a User-pay system and it's hoped Ne there's a chance the city could be charged future tipping fees or underwrite some of the losses Le it's part of the RDCK's ‘ This is just another one of those ripoffs bya regional district to get others to pay for something.’ ~— MIKE O'CONNOR Castlegar mayor s ast Young be treated at the plant and then placed in the land- the-plant will either break even or “turn a profit.” If it loses money, ‘Tipe Buta, ulips 365-51 rt HARNAM MASTER PSYCHIC © PALMisTRY® = 4 © Tarot Canps ¢ > © FACE READING © +> HARNAM > will be In Castlegar > THURSDAY « NOV. 16 ONLY 8 am to 5 pm * Fireside Motor inn ~> Foran appointment > Ph: 365-2128, Gutted Garage - Albert Jenner was taken to hospital with burns after accidently setting fire to his Rosedale Avenue workshop. Jenner mistakenly used a gas mixture to light a fire in his shop causing an explosion. The blaze also damaged an adjacent mobile home. SUN STAFF PHOTO Karen Kerkhott Police warn of mail offer It often costs more to claim prize than it's worth KAREN KERKHOFF _ ae Sun Staff Castlegar RCMP are advising residents to be on the look-out for a mail Promotion cur- rently making its way around town. Cpl. Al Hudema has advice for those lured by promises of easy cash or big prizes. “It appears as if this is another of the many incidents where people are Promised some- thing for nothing. My advice to the public is to hang on to their Control Number attached to the company or they can register their claim numbers by dial- ing a 1-900 number. It’s clearly stated on the letter that calls aver- age eight minutes at a cost of $4.99 per minute. Ed communications manager for B.C. Tel, said the 1-900 number is patched through to Alberta and then forwarded to California. Although Clark wouldn’t comment specifi- cally about the company, he did explain the Paign to “increase awareness of various retail Products and services”, and that only callers will receive discount coupons for savings ranging from 10-50 per cent on retail estab- lishments throughout Canada and the U.S But according to a report Prepared by the the Better Business Bureau of Vancouver, at least one person wasn’t so lucky after claim- ing her prize. It's not clear how the winner registered her claim, but likely ended up paying money,” said Hudema. Many Castlegar and area resi- dents have received mail from a marketing company based out of San Clemente, California. Andrews, Barton & Blaine, a division of Dam, Inc., has sent sev- eral residents a letter which states “our most recent list of scheduled cash fecipi- ents has your name on it.” The letter guaran- tees “a cash award is definitely yours”, and “+ .all you have to do is claim it and correctly answer the required skill question.” According to the notification, there is no purchase necessary nor is there any obligation on the recipient's part There are two ways in which to claim awards, which range in value from $1.37 to $10,295 “Lucky” recipients can either send a post card with their names, addresses and Award ‘My advice to the public is to hang on to their money.’ — CPL. AL HUDEMA Castlegar RCMP for her prize. The $1.37 cheque she received was retumed NSF. The BBB report also the compa- ny has gone by at least 29 other known names. Also included in the report is information received from the Los ultimate cost of making the call in relation to the cash value of the lowest award. “That's quite a profit. if the call costs $40 and you win $1.37.” Clark's assessment appears accurate. Odds given on the back of notice are one in 2.9 mil- lion of winning the $10,295 grand prize. If 1.5 million people call the 1-900 number, the company would earn roughly $6 million just on calls. The company claims the sSweepstake is brought to the lucky winner as part of a cam- Angeles BBB. It reads, “...Com plaints received by the Los Angeles Bureau generally allege deceptive or confus. ing advertising. Other complaints allege dis. satisfaction with the amounts charged on Pay-per-call promotions. The company has addressed these matters by Providing clarifica- tion of their offers or providing refunds.” The report also states the company has signed settlement agreements with attorney generals in Wisconsin, Oregon, California and New York resulting from complaints filed claiming deceptive advertising Buckle up for safety! Western Sub-region. It's the potential loss liabilities Mayor O'Connor said he can't agree with. “I'm concerned with tipping fees,” he said. “The city should not be charged for tipping — not now and not ever. I don’t want to see us footing the bill for a facility we do not need. I don’t want the sub-region coming here and ask- ing for us to help cover losses.” But Councillor Kirk Duff, who's also the city’s representa- tive on the RDCK board, said any future tipping fees would be off- set by savings in landfill fees. Duff called the agreement “rea- sonable” and warned the RDCK could ultimately build the facility and collect fees, no matter what the city’s position is. “The regional district could build something and tax us any- ways,” said Duff. “We'd simply get outvoted.” O'Connor replied the city has been pushed around by the RDCK too many times and now was the time to take a stand. SEASONAL Weather eement “If you want to roll over like all those times in the past, then snapped Mayor O'Connor. “I’m not rolling over on this one.” Councillor Bob Pakula point- ed out “it’s only an agreement- in-principle” and could be altered before a final agreement is adopted. “We can work something out before anything is signed if we have any concems,” said Pakula. Councillor Ron Armbruster said the city has to think of the future and sludge disposal will be something to deal with “down the road.” “Let's not lose sight of the big picture that eventually we'll need a place to dispose of sludge,” he said. “I think this could make existing facilities more efficient, To deny the proposal would be short-sighted in my opinion.” Council voted 4-1 in favor of the proposed agreement. Mayor O’Connor opposed the motion while Councillors Doug Green and Jim Makortoff were absent. A formal agreement must be in place by Nov. 25 in order for construction to start by spring of 1996. Zuckerberg break-in nets man $250 fine MARK HEARD _ Sun Staff Being caught with stolen arti- facts will cost a 20-year-old Castlegar man $250 and 100 community service hours. Roderick Hurst pled guilty to possession of stolen property Nov. 8 in Castlegar Provincial Court. Hurst also was placed on pro- bation for a year by Judge Don- ald Sperry. Court heard that on April 30, Castlegar RCMP responded to the alarm from the chapel on Zuckerberg Island. Officers arrived on the scene and found three men in possession of sever- al artifacts. Hurst was found in Possession of a stereo, glass vase, silver kettle and numerous native arrowheads. Prior to sentencing, Judge Sperry lectured Hurst on the important role the island has for the people of Castlegar. < “Zuckerberg Island is a rich and important archaelogical site that is viewed in high regard by the community,” he said. “Steal- ing arrowheads from there is like stealing the baptisimal font from the church.” Hurst's lawyer told court his client's colleagues were Tesponsi- ble for the actual break-in and his client simply was in the wrong Place at the wrong time when caught with the stolen goods. “If you run with wolves, you get shot as a wolf,” responded Judge Sperry. brance Day ceremonies. Lest We Forget - A local air cadet stands immobile in front of the cenotaph during Saturday's Remem- SUN STAFF PHOTO Trent Bancarz