Page B12 Wednesday, December 13, 1995 @ Selkirk designed specifically to allow technologists to develop skills in busi ness management and to learn advanced technological skills such as GPS, GIS, Traverse PC and more. Another option can lead technolo- gists toward degree options in Forestry or Resource Mana Tl first Advanced Certificate program begins in January, 1996. Applica- tions are invited now. For details, contact Angus Graeme at the Castle gar campus. GED Test Dec. 15 is the closing date to register to write the next GED test which is offered at the Castlegar campus Jan. 13, 1996. A completed GED application form, together with the $40 registration fee must be received by the Ministry of Education in Victoria by the registration deadline to be eligible to write the test. Applications, GED study guides and information is available at the office or any Selkirk College Coun- sellor. Computer Training Selkirk College in Trail and Nelson offers individualized training on a wide variety of the latest computer software, These specialized short courses are suited to the computer literate individual who desires to leam or upgrade their skills in such applications as Microsoft Office, WordPerfect for Windows, AccPac, E: . Simply Accounting and many more. Sponsorship may be available for qualified candidates. Contact the Nelson Human Resource Development Canada office at 352-3155. Specialized short course training begins in January. The NEW MANAGEMENT of Smitty's wishes you and your family a MERRY X-MAS and a prosperous '96 Unexpected last minute Party Plans? | ZALK TO US © WE ARE HERE TO SERVE. 6100 a.m. - satis Sunday Brunch : Sunday Buffet 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. E0704 5 p.m.- 8p.m. SMITTY'S RESTAURANT 1810 8TH Ave., Castlegar, B.C. VIN 2Y2 (604) 365-3138 = Internet Continued from B11 puter” on the map through which al) highways pass, there are highways which have more traffic on them than others. These heavily-trafficked pathways generally lead to the areas of most interest to the travellers. If you leave your house and you know the right turns to make, you will lly wind up you are Areas of interest could include anything. Abeokiely anything. Feder- al databases, on-line keyword searches through library card catalogues, UPI and AP news wire services (several of our oo National Newspa- pers provide electronic on-line news Service updates, guitar di groups, Space Shuttle photography, and 50 on and so on, Given time to explore, you will find the places you want to visit most often. Who pays for the Intemet? Everyone does. There’s no centralized structure (although main groups do exist to address Internet issues: the Internet Architecture board, the Internet Engineering Task Force and the Internet Society), so everyone pays for their own piece (i.e. your own computer, your monthly service fee to your local service provider) of the Internet. For those of you who are already on the internet, try this week's “sight.” It contains very sophisticated computer graphics. The title is CJC Home page at http://www.asb.com/ust/cjc1/ (*that's the number one, not the letter 1). Warning, this is a graphic intensive site. If you don't have a fast computer, 486Dx 100mbhz or better, be prepared to wait for the images to download. Anyone who has a modem of less than 14,400 will have a very long wait. if you have any issues or questions regarding the internet, please write to me care of this newspaper, Toy batteries can be dangerous Batteries in toys can lead to dangerous situations such as heat build-up. To prevent injuries related to batteries in toys, follow the guidelines below: Protester - A man who declined to identify himself picketed in front of the Merry Creek Road medical office to protest abortion. SUN STAFF PHOTO Trent Bancarz * Follow all warnings and instructions carefully. * Make sure all batteries are installed correctly and not in a d position. It's easier to do business with someone you know. Call me for all your advertising needs - including flyers. Wy 465 Columbia Avenue The East Castlegar CATHY Ross Rais 604-365-2278 ¢ All batteries used in a toy should be of the same age and * Parents should check batter- ies in toys frequently. Batteries should not be left in toys for long periods of time. * Teach children that battery- operated toy vehicles with wheels should never be put near hair as the hair can get caught and pulled into the wheels of the vehicle. + Always keep button batteries out of reach of young children. Button batteries are dangerous if THE SPINNING WHEEL RESTAURANT They were voted the Best vegetarian restaurant by Castlegar Sun readers in 1995. Could it be because the cinnamon buns are the size of a small pizza? Could it be because their vegetable strudel is one of their more popular specials? Or could it be the banana cream and chocolate pies? residents are discovering order. the great vegetarian meals available at The Spinning Wheel Eatery. And they are taking visitors to enjoy the authentic Russian borscht, pyrahi, vareniki and other delicacies Tired of Christmas turkey? Place your order now for borscht and bread or any of the menu items for take out and head cook Olga Hoodikoff will prepare Whatever the reasons more and more Castlegar everything to your Chinese food fresh from our wok... Lunch Smorg * Tues \- Friday 12 pm - 1:30 pm Saturday & Sunday Smorg * 5-8 pm Seating and dancing up to 80 people. Specializing in Mexican & Western Cuisine 30 am daily * CLOSED ON SUNDAY CASTLEROCK CAFE Columbia Ave., downtown Castlegar Open Sat., Sun., Mon., Holidays + 4.9 pm Tues - Friday * 11 am -9 pm 982 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. ‘Eastgate Garden 365-7414 OE am 365-2519 Located across from the airport beside the Doukhobor Museum, the eatery is already receiving booking for Christmas and birthday parties. They are licensed for beer, wine, and special coffees and would be pleased to accommodate any special requests. This December and into the new year they are open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm (later for reservations and Mondays for private bookings). Cominco and Celgar meal tickets aécepted Head cook at The Spinning Wheel Olga Hoodikoff | | displays her famous cinnamon buns type. Do not mix and match older batteries with newer ones or alka- line with carbon or rechargeable with non-rechargeable + Only charge batteries that are intended to be recharged. Recharging batteries that are non- rechargeable could result in rup- ture of the batteries. + Instruct children that if bat- teries come out of a toy, to give the batteries and the toy to an adult for re-installation. If batter- ies continually fall out, the toy should be returned to the store where purchased- swallowed by a child. * Do not allow a child to sleep with a battery-operated toy. Gift Certificates Avallanie Youre Inucted... 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Visiting Dorothy and Lorne Ashton’s home is a bit like visiting Toyland at a major department store. The only difference is the Ashtons’ home is likely better decorated. Approximately 2,500 lights, countless streamers, several table scenes and a few boxes of icicles hang throughout the home. No room is spared the touch of Christmas decorating, not even the bathroom. When one flicks the lights on in some of the rooms, Christmas music starts to play. Dorothy estimates close to $5,000 worth of decorations and lights hang in the home Toyland - Dorothy a and Lorne Ashton turn their home into a holiday wonderland every year. The decorations Couple creates ‘house of lights’ and the days to set 1 Tike ig takes app ly + ™ she-says. “T’ve done this for over 10 years now and we probably have twice as much as we had when we started. I really enjoy it. Every year changes and we seem to get more and more every year.” The power bill must be astronomical. Not so, says Lome. All the lights are flashing ones and the Ashtons use few of their regu- lar lights during the Christmas season. “There's no jump in the power bill at all,” says Lorne. “And we've never blown a breaker.” The lights are also on flashers to prevent the home from getting too hot. SUN STAFF PHOTO Trent Bancarz Onee the season is over, it takes nearly a week to take everything down. ~when-we take it dowti,* explains Dorothy. “Otherwise, we'd never remtember where to put it back up the next year.” Once everything is taken down, it takes 4 while to get used to their home again, say the Ashtons. “For about a moath after everything is down, it seems so bare and empty in here,” says Dorothy. “There seems to be so much room in here ail of a sudden.” The Ashtons invite anyone who would like to see the house to drop by between 4:30-6 p.m. They're located at 1495 Columbia Ave. and are the fourth mobile home in from the road. Condoms come in Machines expected in January Sun Staff Senior high students in Castle- uped through sales. Before voting on the motion former chair Joanne Baker said installing the machines was a @ Out that AIDS gar will soon be able to p condoms in school. At a school board meeting held Monday night trustees passed a motion which will see one con- dom machine installed in the male and one machine in the female student restrooms at Stanley SHSS peer counsellors gave a tion of the machines to board At the presentation the counsel- lors told board members that according to a recent survey, 184 parents, or 73 per cent of parents is now a concern for all. “I don’t believe we have any choice. This is more of a health issue than birth control. Years ago parents would die if their daughter got pregnant - nowa- days that seems very minor. I don't believe this will promote sexual activity,” said Baker. Trustee Bev Maloff agreed with Baker, but said should the machines or condoms be mis- used, they should be removed. “If they start thrashing them they should be removed,” said Maloff. Trustee Tony Guglielmi also responded to the. motion, stating that aren't the surveyed wanted machines installed in the school, while 67 per cent of students polled wanted the machines installed. Peer counsellors also told the board the machines will cost $364.69 each and will cost $99.50 to stock with 144 con- doms and assured trustees the cost of the machines would be answer to” the Problem asa whole, he machines was a good move. “Maybe this is a band-aid for what's taking place, but it’s the best band-aid we have.” It’s projected the machines will be installed by the end of January. City joins airport | common front TRENT BANCARZ Jim Sun Editor Gustafson. ee said “a mountain” The City of Castlegar will join a “common front” with 15 other B.C. municipalities negotiating to take over airports. At its meeting last Tuesday, Castlegar City Council voted 6-0 in favor of joining the B.C. Airport Communities Common Front. Sludge wars may be over TRENT BANCARZ Sun Editor will lease the land the plant is on for $1 per year and then bill the regional district for The sewage sludge wars may finally be over. At its meeting last Tuesday, Castlegar City Council voted 6-0 in favor of endorsing the Regional District of Central Kootenay’s waste management plan bylaw. Councillor Kirk Duff was absent. Under the plan, a $150,000 sewage sludge pre-treatment facility will be built in Castle- gar. The RDCK will finance the plant, while the city will maintain and operate it. The city The treated sludge will be placed in the landfill at Ootischenia. The plant will operate under a user-pay sys- tem and it's hoped the plant will cither break even or turn a profit. The city and regional district have been debating the issue for almost a year. Last month, city council agreed with most of the RDCK'’s latest prop but di d with Earlier this month, the RDCK again revised the proposal and excluded the city from any liability for losses, debt, operation and maintenance expenses or capital replace- ments for the plant. Castlegar mayor Mike O’Connor had opposed all the previous proposals and said the latest deal is one he can live with. “Isn't it great that it’s taken the regional dis- trict a whole year to recognize the fact we possible tipping fees for the city or underwrit- ing any losses the plant may have. h "t be paying for a facility we don’t need,” said O'Connor. The plant’s construction starts this spring. Holiday Style - This Woodland Drive home is well-decorated for the holidays. The recent heavy dump of snow has created a Christmas feeling in Castlegar. SUN STAFF PHOTO Trent Bancarz Merry Christmas from t Cc illor Kirk Duff was absent. The goals of the Common Front are: * to facilitate operating local airports gn a business-like basis and pursue federal and provincial agreements and of di will be required for the offical transfers of airports to lciniielis unk ie would be similar for each munic- ipality. The Common Front would provide legal advice to the members and legal costs would be pooled. The city will pay $5,000 to join the organization. “You're going to be dealing with a set of documents this (approximately two feet) and if we stayed on our own, $5,000 wouldn't buy very much legal ice,” he said. Councillor relationships which allow this to happen. * to operate the airports with- out local taxa- tion. The Common Front will pursue agreements and arrangements with federal and —e provincial gov- ermments which ensure local air- ‘You're going to be dealing with a set of documents this high. ing members to if we stay on our own, $5,000 isn't going to buy very much legal advice.’ Doug Green questioned a membership clause requir- accept any additional terms or condi- tions estab- lished by the Front’s steering committee. Gustafson explained any- thing from the JIM GUSTAFSON City administrator ports are operat- ed without committee would have to th the Front's board on bsidies from local taxpay * to ensure the operational independence of each airport. The Common Front will seek to ensure airport operations are pro- tected against unilaterally- imposed federal regulations which put unwarranted require- ments on the airports. Another benefit to joining will be savings in legal costs, which Castlegar will have rep- resentation. In addition, the city could always pull out of the Front if it was in the city’s best interest. The Common Front has a pro- posed budget of $100,000. Any unused portions will be returned to member municipalities. Council pay set for ’96 The mayor, city councillors and city management staff will get 2.25 per cent raises for 1996 According to city bylaws and Policies, the above's compensa- tions are increased annually by the amount equal to the B.C Consumers Price Index for the preceding year. The mayor's annual indemnity e Castlegar Sun will increase $289 to $13,216 for 1996. A councillor’s annual indemnity will go up $145 to $6,608 per year. Council indemnities are set by a bylaw passed in 1993. A citi- zens’ committee recommended the current bylaw after studying the issue that same year.