Page 2A The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, March 11, 1992 FACE IN THE Sf Heritage Society launches JOHN CHARTERS To The Sun The Community Pride Project for Castlegar was launched with enthusiasm last week. In spite of short notice and a typically busy Thursday night, almost twenty people from a wide spectrum of Castlegar organizations accepted an invitation from John Covle President of the Castlegar and District Heritage Society to come and suggest how ajl might The City Voice newsletter will again be appearing weekly Articles will be written on a wide variety of topics. Should you have any question on topics you would like addressed please call. One of the topics at our recent budget meeting that requires further explanation is the planned relocation of the works yard. The problems with our current facilities include in- efficient and inadequate space, and upgrading to meet WCB standards. Dollars spent to improve conditions in our pre- sent location would be a ques- tionable investment, especially when considering its’ potential for redevelopment for commer- cial uses. Increasing the parking for the down town would be one such use. Several years ago the gravel pit areas close to the Communi- ty Complex was identified as a potential works ‘yard. There is a concern with truck and other heavy equipment through a pre- dominantly residential area from a safety and noise stand point. There are much better uses for river view property close to recreation and shop- ping While the Industrial Park is at the south end of town, it does have advantages of 1) being in an area of services, 2) being compatible with neighbours and 3) a services lot at a relatively reasonable price. These advan- tages outweighed our concern for being centrally located. This is also an opportunity to consolidate the two yards, thus allowing greater efficiency. Bor- rowing is not planned as it would be built using general revenues plus reserves allocated for this purpose, and if neces- sary, dollars could be realized from the sale of property. City Council will be consid- ering designs and construction proposals at the regular Council meeting of March 17, 1992. Ready... Aim .. ‘Dart enthusiasts should start preparing for a Muscular Dystrophy A-Thon, which will be taking place April 26 from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Pe Se tert For more information contact Dexter's, the Middle East oo of the Gulf War, the issues Glance Dart- ". Kawas, who now resides in the Lower Mainland, will a Nelson at the Chamber of Comunerce building, 7 p.m.. at the Brilliant Cultural Centre March 18 at = Decision Continued from 1A merchants feel July or August would be the best time to start construction because with many people on holidays, this is a slow time for business—also, only one or two Streets at a time would have to be disturbed by construc tion during the project. Cohoe Insurance owner Char. lie Cohoe fully supports the revi @ Community talization even though the bridge vill likely be delayed for a year. ‘I've been & proponent of revi- talization for years,” he ‘said. “1 think it'll make people want to be here, instead of the way it is right now, where there's no attrac- tion—I really hope it works because (downtown) is a pretty deplorable looking place, if you stop and look at it from the out- side,” Cohoe points out the benefits other small communities have realized from revitalization and feels Castlegar could reap the same rewards. “Of course I'm concerned about the bridge,” he said “Because I thought the bridge was going to tie the community back together.” Another downtown business owner, who wished to remain anonymou idl he likes the idea of a revitalization, but not the way it's presently planned. “The bottom line is-—we're all for it,” he said, but feels the widening of sidewalks will take away from store front parking. “We need more more parking, we don't need:it taken away.” Continued from 1A of Commerce is Laurie Renwick and the School District No. 9 rep- resentative is Tony Guglielmi Representing the Senior Citizen's Association and the Abilities Awareness ASsociation is Dan Bush while the Industry represen- tative is Fred Inglis. The committee chairman, also representing developers and con tractors is Walter Flux, better Treasure Shop to officially open BRENDAN HALPER Sun staff The Castlegar and District Hospital Auxiliary’s Treasure Shop will have its official open- ing on March 20. It is located...let’s just say the entrance is located around the back of Pharmasave, downtown. The auxiliary members decid- ed to call it a ‘Treasure Shop’ rather than a thrift shop because, “one person's cast-offs are some- one else's treasures,” according to auxiliary member Jean Young. The Treasure Shop location has plenty of space and already enough goods to give Woolco a run for their money. Ladies, men’s and children’s wear, a foot wear department, kitchen uten- known as the vice president of the Coalition Unaccepting Rash Bureaucracy (CURB). Flux, who along with other leading officials from CURB, has been acting as a watch dog on council has criticized past deci- sions and action of council. Flux however, denies that his position of CURB has anything to do with his appointment to the steering committee by council sils, suitcases—everything in its own department The difference is that these goods have been donated by “If I'm going to be critical of the community then I should also be doing something to help improve it,” Flux said. He continued to say the city hall has become a more approachable place since the rise of CURB and believes that seck- ing public input has become more of a priority for city council. “This steering committee is going to try and get as much pub- It took members six weeks to gather the goods and donations and, “Volunteer labour put up the fireguard ceiling,” she said. lic input as it possibly can in order to put together this docu- ment. It's a total-community pro- cess.” In a news release issued to the media, Castlegar—Beyond the Crossroads, is déscribed as a pro- cess that should reflect sound planning principles but should also represent the attitudes and opinions about the future growth and character of Castlegar. March 20 “We're trying to help the com- munity and the hospital at the Same time—the auxiliary is very thankful of community efforts.” of the y and all funds will go directly to the hospital “The community has been just wonderful—great donations, great volunteers and business help,” said Stupnikoff, with a smile. “This is a big thing for the community.” The shop will be open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on opening day and will run the same hours Mon- day to Friday and 10 am. until 2 p.m. on Saturdays thereafter. The auxiliary has also received donations of books, magazines, furniture and col- lectibles. Community Pride Project cooperate to develop heritage and other related resources with- in the community or as the Her- tage Society President and round table discussion leader said in opening the meeting “We all want the same thing a better community to live in.” He then went on, “I believe that there is an awful lot of potential energy and talent in this town and I believe that a lot of it is going to waste.” He apologized to the men and women gathered around the Rail Station table, for the short notice of the meeting but stated that tele- phone conversations with BC Her- itage Trust Officials in Victoria had indicated “‘a need for speed”, if we are to get in on this free, training workshop, Community Pride. The people present he said, represented about half of the “movers and shakers’ who had been contacted, all but one of who had indicated their strong support, and wish to be included in a Heritage Trust Saturday workshop some time in May. Two of these people included Bob Inwood, a former Heritage “4 believe that there is an awful lot of potential energy and talent in this town and I believe that a lot of it is going to waste." — JOHN COYLE Society president already in place, he added. “The Trust sponsors the Community Pride projects but never inter- feres. The delegates, with Coyle act- ing as chairman and Marilyn Strong as recorder. then focused on suggestions to be used as a basis of discussion by the Com- munity Pride Workshop in May. These included: A clearing house calendar for community events, tourism direction and infrastruc- ture, signage, list of facilities for tourists and inventory of commu- nity resources; attractions for families with younger children, “McDonald's do it better”; guide a | | Trust Director, a facilitator and according to Dr. Bill Sloan, one of the best informed heritage people in the province. The other is Maureen Gardner, coordinator for tourism and TASK. Both live in the Nelson area. On invitation, Dr. Sloan then elaborated on the Community Pride discussion telling those pre- sent that the Community Pride team had done a number of work shops in the Kootenays with nothing but positive results getting people together and iden- tifying what was important for their communitics. They are experts and have a great deal of access to other experts which makes things much cheaper than going out on a commercial basis, he said. Moreover their work in no way conflicts with projects JOHN COYLE to major industrial facilities in the area; training for catering and hospitality services; fun tours; heightened awareness of attrac- tions and facilities for local citi- zens so they can direct others and enjoy themselves. Besides five members of the Castlegar and District Heritage Society and two observers, Denise Reed and Carl Henne, representatives included Bob Pakula and Doreen Smecher for the City, Bruce Wilson, the Castlegar Savings Credit Union, Bob MacBain, the Royal Canadi- an Legion, Susan Campbell, the Castlegar Recreation Centre, Dr. Bill Sloan, BC Heritage Trust, Barbara Tandory, The Kootenay Express, Pete Oglow, the Koote- nay Doukhobor Historical Soci- ety, Gwilym) Hughes, the Castlegar Hospice Society A general announcement for time and place will be made as soon as the information is avail- able. All those who are interested but may not have been contacted are asked to leave a message at the C.P. Rail Station office. Phone 365-6440, with name, address, postal code and phone number. Castena and District Hospital miay | members Jean Young (left) and Nettie Stupnikoff hold a few examples of the goods available at their new Treasure Shop, to be opening at 10 a.m. on March 20. The shop's entrance is located behind Pharmasave. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper Correction nience it might have caused. In the March 4 edition of The Castlegar Sun, a story titled Hospital workers favour job action stated that the Hospital Employees Union, which is negotiating for a new contract, included all hospital workers with the exception of registered nurses and doctors. The information was incorrect. The HEU also does not include pharmacy, lab technicians, X-ray technicians, dietitians, medical records, physio-therapists, recreational and occupational therapists or respiratory technicians. All of these workers belong to the Health Science Association Union. The Castlegar Sun apologizes for the error and for any confusion or inconve- BRENDAN HALPER RUBES By Leigh Rubin ck ier iS “No more procrastinating for me .- today I'm definitely going to start my crash diet.” Wednesday, March 11, 1992 The Castlegar Sun Residents hope to restart recycling in Castlegar JM ZEEBEN Sun staff Castlegar residents will have another chance to get involved with recycling. An ad-hoc Citizen's Recycling Committee has been set up to try and awaken the ity to the take the responsibility of recy- cling into their own hands. “I see recycling as being as important as garbage pick-up is now,” she said, adding that the ad-hoc committee is strictly to get the ball rolling. “We don't want the municipality to start idea of a recycling The informal group, which consists of three woman who met because of a common environ- mental interest, have initiated a program to recycle old newspa- per. “We were three mothers sitting around a table expressing our concern about the lack of recy- cling in Castlegar,” said commit- tee member Ann Godderis, recalling how the idea was born. Starting on April 4, and contin- uing on the first Saturday of the next two months, a truck from the Nelson recycling depot will travel to Castlegar to pick up newsprint. “Our hope is if this works and we get other groups out they can each take a month and we can at least have recycling once a month,” Godderis said. “We're extending an invitation to other groups to get in touch, and we are willing to provide ongoing sup- One attempt to run a recycling business in Castlegar failed last spring when the depot was used as a general garbage dump. This time however, Godderis is counting on the community to ig ON us ‘The other two women in the recycling depot, Mike Jessen Jessen said the three women were regular users of the depot and had each expressed concern about the lack of recycling in Castlegar. An estimated three per cent, or 30 per month, of the people who use the Nelson depot are from Castlegar. ‘We're just taking a community initiative to do what we can do and learn from there’ — ANN GODDERIS Committee member committee are Alice Maloff and Nina Koodrin. All of them belong to volun. teer organizations which will each take a turn at sponsoring one of the recycling days. The first scheduled pick-up, April 4, is being put on by Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. The next month, on May 2, the United Church will back the event and on June 6, the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ will orga- nize the day. “We're just volunteers; there's no money,” Godderis said “We're just taking a community initiative to do what we can do and learn from there.” The trio met each other through the operator of Nelson's Maloff was the first to call Jessen to ask about what she could do. “She felt at the very least the newspapers in Castlegar could be recycled aid Jessen. “I advised her we could make our truck available for a recycling collec- tion.” Maloff, who is active with the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, wasn't sure if those organizations could get enough volunteers to Tun a project. “I guess I was kind of the match maker,” said Jessen, who was the one to bring the three together. “It’s really the public spirit of these citizens making it happen.” People are asked to bring bun- dled newspapers and flyers to the Sateway parking lot on the allot- ted dates. A five-tonne truck from the Nelson recycling depot will be at the parking-lot to transport the paper There are a few conditions that must be met. Colorful advertising flyers must be separated from the newspapers . The ink from the inserts mixes with the newsprint and lowers the value of the recy- cled product Newsprint was singled out by the ad-hoc committee because of the volume of waste it makes up. Jessen said a study conducted by a west coast consulting firm claimed that 40 per cent of garbage at landfill sites is paper. The three-month trial might be prolonged if the recycling com- mittee deems it can get enough volunteers. But Godderis stressed the fact that they are just a stop gap mea- sure. Other means must be found if recycling is to become a per- manent service in this city. As for the best way to bring newspapers to the depot, Jessen said it's easiest if people wrap a string around the bundle or put them in a box. Another way, which Godderis prefers, is to fill brown paper bags with stacked newspapers. “It feels good [to get recycling re-started.]" Godderis said. “I’m doing something instead of feel- ing powerless.” AIDS cases remains relatively low in the Kootenays Sun staff The number of new AIDS cases coming out of the Central Kootenays has remained rela- tively constant over the past five years, according to Dr. Nelson Ames of the Central Kootenay Woodworkers BRENDAN HALPER Sun staff “Local International Wood- rica (TWA) mem- bers are becoming increasingly concerned about Tree Farm License (TFL) 23, according to TWA Canada, Local 1-405 Presi- dent Tony Ferreira. Ferreira says Westar’s Castle- gar sawmill was purchased by Pope and Talbot on the condition that the large TFL, stretching from just north of Castlegar, on the Lower Arrow Lake, north to Highway 1—would be trans- ferred to Pope and Talbot. “Pope and Talbot is not interest- ed ees eat dition isn't Health Unit. Of 1,198 cases reported in British Columbia since testing first began on October 7, 1985 to the end of 1991, six of those were from the West Kootenays. “From a provincial aspect, the number of cases here is quite low,” Ames said. “It’s not as rampant here.” Ames attributes this to the fact that the percentage of people living in higher risk groups would be higher in the lower mainland. The number of people testing HIV positive in Central Koote- nays however, “Is 10 to 20 times higher (than the number of actu- al AIDS cases),” according to Ames. “We don't follow up case reports with specific contacts— our major activity is in preven- tion, not treatment.” The Central Kootenay Health Unit offers HIV testing and counselling services. feeling frustration and concern over TFL length of time it is taking for the Ministry of Forests to come to. decision regarding the TFL. The ministry's decision is sup- and in hopes of speeding up the decision-making process “His Office will look at all the information and then make a rec- c ion to the Minister of posed to be ced on. March 26. Forests (Dan Miller).” ‘Employees really don't give a damn about the bureaucracy and the politics—all they want is their jobs. That's what we're asking the politi- cians—speed this thing up and give me my job.’ — TONY FERREIRA Local 1-405 President _ As a result, a Petition which ” Ferreira said. “It’s pretty hard on run a mill without trees—this is what really worries us.” According to Ferreira, mem- bers are also angry about the Motorists reminded Effective March 9 through the end of the school year, school buses at Stanley Humphries will no longer be able to enter the high school’s parking lot for of loading and unloading chil- dren. This is due to construction taking place at the school. Instead buses will off-load in the morning on 7 Ave and will have their flashing lights activated. This will impact pedestrian traffic in the area and motorists are reminded of their obligation to stop when buses are loading or unloading with red lights flashing. Viola- collision on Highway 3 at Broad- water Road. A vehicle driven by George Samorodin of Castlegar failed to stop at the stop sign and collided with a north bound vehicle driven by Patricia O’dell of Trail. Several people were taken to hospi- tal with minor injuries and released. eee RCMP are investigating a hit- and-run which occurred on High- way 3A at Glade, March 7 at 4:15 p.-m.. A 1979 BMW driven by Paul Poohachoff of Castlegar was west bound when he was struck by an old full-sized vehicle as it was entering Highway 3A from Doukhobor Road. Poohachoff lost control of the vehicle but managed to come to a safe stop. The other vehicle was last seen headed east bound on Highway 3A. There were no injuries. d the y for four days and a letter of protest from each of the 280 union members, were sent to the office of Paul Ramsay, Deputy Minister of Forests—to show their concern According to the present agreement, Westar would retain the section of TFL 23 located north of Highway 1 “But something strange hap- pened here,” Ferreira said. “As far as we knew, Sicamous (West- ar’s Eagle River Mill), was in favour of the Umber transfer— and Jo and behold, when the hear- ing was held in Sicamous—it was totally the opposite.” Ferreira claims a Westar offi- cial that met with Eagle River employees, made the recommen- dation that they move to secure the timber north of Pingston Creek—located 50 kilometres south of Highway 1—a portion of timber he says Westar Revelstoke wants as well “The problem we are faced with is that a lot of people are hurting,” he said. The Castlegar mill has been shut down since last October. “Employees really don’t give a damn about the bureaucracy and the politics—all they want is their jobs. That’s what we're asking the politicians—speed this thing up and give me my job.” March“is Red Cross Month and the Castlegar branch is busy preparing for its annual general meeting where they will elect new members of the Board. They are also looking for a Chairperson for Creations. This special person will organize a group to make crafts, and market the products produced. It is an important part of branch fundraising. They are also looking for a volunteer Chairperson who will contact new volunteers, keep in touch with them from time to time and maintain volunteer records. Meanwhile at City Hall, Mayor Audrey Moore, Red Cross work- ers and volunteers raised the Red Cross flag. (I-r): Nelson Newlove, Ann Robert- son, Sandra Stoochnoff, Mayor Audrey Moore, Gary Ockenden, Karine Johnson, Harry Grossmith and Marnie Henne. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Shariene Imhoff Wednesday; Mainly sunny showers. The long range cast calls for a weakening temperatures. Precipitation Temperature: Max/Date 13.2/7 Precipitation: Rain 5.2 Number of Hours 28.5 WEATHER OUTLOOK: The forecast for highs near 13. 10% chance of of high pressure maintaining fairly sunny skies and mild A Look BACK aT THE | PAST WEEK: Min/Date “1.1/5 Snow with fore- ridge is unlikely Thursday or Friday. Mean Normal Mean 6.6 Total °o 5.2 Normal Number of Hours 27.2 REMARKS: Temperatures well above normal for the week with several daily records broken. Rain fell on three of the seven days while no snow was recorded. Freezing levels were 3200 metres at times and never dropped below 1500 metres. Ski hills still operating with fine spring conditions. and in some cases the earliest on record. Forecast provided by The South - East Interior Weather Office at Castlegar, B.C. ARROW LAKE RESERVOIR FORECAST March 7 - 1411.9 ft. = Golf courses are operating March 14 - 1407.8 ft. T S.H.LS.S. Scoop by Sonoko Cambara he monitoring system for the new Student ‘which will be completed in March. The cool Groups will play this role in keeping everything in order down there. They will take turns ing there during A-G time to pick we any litter or gum that also be asked to spend their time at lanch hour there, making sure being (responsible) young jults, we will do our best in keeping it a nice place for every~ one to enjoy. ‘ * Doing oa pst in picking up liter or hassling any creative graffiti artists will make ap of ‘We should play a part in jing the lounge as pleasant an environment as possible. Noon hour will still be present and the custodians will rescue us frorn the heavy- duty cleaning. Midnight Volleyball for Grads will happen on March 27. ‘We'll keep you posted, = Castleview Continued from 1A these empty beds are having on the community,” Ramage said in an earlier interview. Chantelle Management, own- ers of the facility, stated that the empty-bed situation in the cen- tre has reached a crucial point financially and that the care home would be in danger of closing—ending 52 jobs and leaving an added 36 seniors without a home. Ramage feels this would add to an already overloaded wait- ing list of 96 people. Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Con- roy says he has not made a deci- sion one way or another on whether to support Castleview. “I'm making enquiries and I'm benefitting from the infor- mation,” Conroy said. The MLA stated he has talked to officials from Castleview Care Centre and the Ministry of Health, although he is still wait- ing to speak with Duncan Dodds, continuing care adminis- trator at the Central Kootenay Health Unit. Dodd's supervisor, Margaret McNeil, regional director for Continuing Care division tor Okanagan-Kootenay, has told The Castlegar Sun that the gov emment was committed to fund- ing only 36 out of the 61 beds at Castleview. Through the information Conroy has recieved from the Ministry, he says he realizes it is not always possible for people to receive bed openings in their chosen location. DIANNE RAMAGE “When the government is looking at the number of beds, they're not viewing one commu- nity but an entire area. Accord- ing to the government, when viewing the district as a whole—there's enough beds,” he said. @ Tariff Continued from 1A government to-continue asserting itself on this trade issue. Canada has already taken the case to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in Geneva. “As Canadians we feel help- less that there's not much we can do,” Friesen said. “Everybody should be screaming blue murder and telling their local politicians to fight this thing.”