Saturday, October 31, 1992 @ TheFARSIDE Pasco ML Eicaliont: WINTER DRIVING: Teach i for coping with hazards of winter driving. son ‘to mec gry a vehicle under dangerous cota Thurs., Nov. 12, 6-9 p.m., $15. Fee includes a winter driving CASTLES IN THE SAND — VIDEO AND LEARNING CIRCLE: Castles in the Sand profil list Josh Litman’s heroic but losing battle with | The film f on the medical inter he experiences and his determination to give as much energy as possible to his job and ~eheen Thurs., Nov. 5, 8-10 p.m. $4. Free to Hospice volunteers. Selkirk College Faculty Lounge. INDUSTRIAL FIRST AID: This course is accredited by the WCB. Successful completion qualifies for a “C” ticket or for upgrading to "B" or "A" first aid ticket. Required for employment as an industrial first aid attendant. Tues. & Thurs., 6:30-10:30 p.m., Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Nov. 3-Dec. 6 $450. RAISING SELF ESTEEM: All accomplishments in life are a direct reflection of one's fic and self levels. Learn how to recognize and develop attitudes to enhance your selfworth. Tues., Nov. 10, 24 & Dec. 8, 7-9 p.m., $30+GST. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER CALL: CASTLEGAR CAMPUS - 365-1261 Selkirk College ) aes COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR Ni ber 6th, 7th, C: Community C Sponsors — Blueberry Creek Recreation Commission. 2/87 AT WEST KOOTENAY NATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE Selkirk Wi rs and Spi “s Guild, Mi ible Art Fashion Show, November 20, 7 p.m. Tickets $8.00. Phone 365-3337 or 365-6194. Sale November 21-22, noon-4 p.m. 5/87 CHRISTMAS BAZAAR Chri Bazaar at M in View Lodge, Saturday, November 14, 1:30- 3:30 p.m. 4/87 BOTTLE DRIVE 1st Robson Cubs will be holding a bottle drive on , November 7th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Your support will be very much apprecitated. 2/87 1ST SEAL GENERAL MEETING Sh Ri y, ber 4th. Former Shoreacres School, 7 p.m. 2/86 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. 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Tn Cas’ provincial court Wednesday, Crown Hugh McSheffrey said the pros- ecution plans to make an application to have the young offender’s cage heard in eppinary court. including sexual assault with a weapon, un- lawful confinement, threatening, breaking and entering of a dwelling house, illegal use of a bank convenience card, theft under $1,000 and possession of stolen property. Under the Young Offenders Act the name of the accused cannot be revealed. McSheffrey said the Crown will also request that a psychological report be drawn up to ex- amine the student’s mental fitness to stand tri- al. The prosecutor may have to prove there are grounds of mental instability. In addition, Crown will also ask that a pre- 4 aston report be issued. The report would de an examination of the accused’s atti- tude.and behavior, performance and atten- .«@ameerat school, and relationship with family mies members. ‘tis wiihiiimewesremedaniaih charges)" © w8@FOwn counsel's applications have been ad- journed to Nov. 4. No plea has been entered. The allegations follow an Aug. 27 break-in at a Castlegar residence in which a young woman was sexually assaulted. Pipe bombs no Halloween prank Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER Castlegar RCMP hope to break the pipe bomb case be- ‘ating. fore the night of Halloween. “We've got two guys work- this before Halloween,” Cpl. Al Hudema said. Two rural mail boxes have been destroyed by pipe bomb explosions since Sept. 30, and police are concerned it’s only a matter of time before someone gets hurt. “People can get seriously maimed or injured,” Hudema said. “‘T’ve witnessed what pipe bombs can do, they’re devas- “It’s not so much the bomb but the shrapnel. It can blow ing on it to get tothe bottom of your arm or leg right off.” -Hudema said with some “pretty good leads” they should break the case. out. “It looks like there is a circle of young offenders, which makes it tough to crack. It’s a very tight circle, very close- mouthed. They won't, for lack of a better word, ‘rat’ on their buddies.” Hudema said youngsters out trick or treating should be warned to leave a pipe bomb alone if they should spot one. A pipe bomb is a normal looking pipe with two caps screwed to each end. Out of one end a fuse will be sticking “T’ve also heard rumor that people are hiding fire crackers in pumpkins,” Hudema said. He cautions people to be wary of pumpkins in areas like a ditch or on the road. DEREK Happy Birthday Nov. 1 Lots of love from Mom, Dad & Celina ANDREA HANLEY Happy 10thBirthday From Grandma & Grandpa, Genelle CRYSTAL MINNAERT Happy 14th Nov. 4 Love Toto, Peter, Ben Jenny & Ken STEPHANIE VILEGAS Happy 5th Birthday Oct. 26 From Kerri RYAN DAVIS Happy 13th Birthday Oct. 31st Love Mom, Dad, Richelle & Rhiannon CRYSTAL MINNAERT Happy 14th Birthday Nov. 4 Love your Cousins in Castlegar THIS WEEK'S WINNER IS INDICATED BY THE DAIRY QUEEN LOGO. Phone in your birthday wish or drop by the Castlegar News office. We will print it free of charge. All birthday greetings must be in by 10:00 a.m. Thursday for our Saturday paper. Our phone number is 365-7266. Pick Up Your Royal Treat At The Castlegar Dairy Queen. Dairy Queen, WE TREAT YOU RIGHT’ ALL DAY CHICKEN SPECIAL Chicken Sandwich & Large Fries Chicken Sandwich Saturday, October 31, 1992 J Second RONT CALL THE NEWS @General Inquiries 365-7266 OUR HOURS The News is located at 197 Columbia Ave. Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on weekends and statutory holidays. SUB RATES The News is published by Castle News Ltd. for Canwest Publishers Ltd. Mail subscription rate to The News is $37.50 per year. The price on newsstands is 75¢ for each edition. The price delivered editions is only 90¢ a week (collected monthly). GST extra. Second class mail registration number 0019. Conroy predicts break up of Canada Scott David Harrison EDITOR Ed Conroy says Canada’s future is in question. The Rossland-Trail MLA says he can see the nation breaking up within five years. “I hope I’m wrong, I really hope I’m wrong, but something tells me it can happen,” he said Thursday. Conroy said Monday’s no vote on the Charlottetown Agreement has him counting the days before Quebec votes for separation and Canada sees another Oka. “What we are going to see is the beginning of the end of this country as we know it,” he said. “If (Quebec premier Robert) Bourassa loses the provincial election, and it appears that he is losing support now, we'll see Jacques Parizeau in there and Quebec will separate. “When that happens, we’ll have a fractured country and the Americans will be rubbing their hands in glee just waiting to take over the Maritime provinces. That will leave Ontario and the West and who knows what will happen then.” Conroy said he expects the country’s Native population to step up their cries for self government. “We've already been threatened with boycotts and blockades,” he said. “Well, if Natives are so upset about (the rejection of the Charlottetown Agreement) why didn’t they vote for it?” Conroy said national chief Ovide Mercredi “was shot down by his own people. “It was a great deal for the Natives and why they would vote against it, I don’t know.” Conroy said Canadians lost sight of what they were voting for, choosing instead to cast ballots against Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, the GST and the Canada-U.S. and North American Free Trade Agreements. “It came off like a protest vote and that’s too bad. It was about the constitution, not anything else and we missed our chance.” Conroy said he campaigned for the yes side because he believed the ill-fated constitutional package offered Canada a future. Now, he says that future is in doubt. “What I am really worried about and why I said vote yes was because everyone reached an agreement with this deal. The leaders on the political parties, Natives, the provinces... everyone reached agreement through compromise and negotiation. “I fear we have now lost that ability to compromise and work for the best of our country,” he said. “I hope I’m wrong, but I can really see the demise of the country within five years.” RUNNING ON EMPTY Lost teen nas family nopetul W@ Father pleading with daughter to phone home Scott David Harrison EDITOR A Trail father is crossing his fingers that his 14-year-old daughter comes home safely. Sarah Carlsen left for sehool on Oct. 23 and has never returned. Her father Olaf suspects his daughter has run away. “This is the first time anything like News photo by Jonathan Green Local RCMP and fire crews were called out to Arrow Lakes Drive across from the pulp mill Tuesday when a fuel truck caught the shoulder and slid into the ditch. The tanks were empty and no injuries were reported. Sarah Carisen this has ever ——————— happened,” said Olaf. “We didn’t have any problems at home as far as I was aware of.” Olaf said his family has been devastated by Sarah’s Castlegar coach gets snubbed NEWS REPORTER Banquets can be fun, and one in Richmond last Friday was probably no exception. But for John Ritchie, it wasn’t much fun at all. A teacher and basketball coach at Stanley Humphries, Ritchie was also a coach for the Cana- dian team that competed in last month’s Paralimpic Games in Barcelona, Spain. The banquet honored all the British Columbians who were part of both the Olympic and Paralimpic teams that competed in Barcelona, but Ritchie found out a little too late to attend. “I wasn’t informed about any of this,” he said Thursday. “Where I found out was (a story in last Fri- day’s) Vancouver Province.” Ritchie said the oversight hasn't left him unhappy for himself as much as for some other team members who might have been overlooked. “I’ve been told the interior of B.C. doesn’t get the same treatment as the rest of the province,” he said. “I hope none of the athletes were left out.” But Municipal Affairs, Housing and Recreation ministry spokesman Bob Bearpark said mistakes can happen, and that it may not have been made at his end. He said the banquet was quickly organized, with the invitations only going out earlier this month. “The whole event was put together in a three-week period,” he said. “We got the word on Oct. 5 for the event to go ahead on the 23rd.” Bearpark said the invitations went out on Oct. 9, and because Ritchie has recently moved, it might have been sent to his old address. “That’s probably what happened,” he said. We’re sorry it happened, but there was no ill intent.” Ritchie said he doesn’t buy the address excuse. “I would say that if the excuse is he got the wrong address, then (something’s not right),” he said, adding that any mail with his old address is for- warded by the post office. “They have my new address.” Bearpark said he would contact Ritchie to apolo- gize. disappearance. He said she likely headed to the Lower Mainland with some male friends or is hiding out in the Castlegar-Nelson area. “She’s never been away for any length of time without calling,” Olaf said. “It’s not like her. All we want her to do is call us and let us know she is OK. “We want our daughter back,” he said. “My wife (Christina) is very distraught, My whole family is quite upset.” Sarah Carlsen has medium length blonde hair, blue eyes, stands five-foot-three and weighs 115 pounds Anyone having any information about the whereabouts of Sarah Carlsen is asked to contact any detachment of the RCMP.