Page 2A Name: Nicole & David Where you work: Home What you do there: Play with our toys Castlegar likes: Playing at Grandma & Grandpa's Best kept Castiegar secret: Keep It a secret Vehicle: Toy car and stroller What would you rather be doing? Making a mess Would you like to be our Face In The Sun? Or do you k Give us a call at 365-5266 or drop by our office at 465 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar. who Ls Mechanical failure causes emission KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff The easterly winds did litle on October 6 to fan the offensrve odor of sulphur dioxide that had mal odorously settled over Castlegar Celgar Environmental Manag- er, Jim McLaren verified that sul- phur dioxide emissions were released into the air after a mechanical failure occurred in the number two boiler, but was quick to assure that measures have been taken to avoid a repeat * emission. “We know what it is we have to do, and we'll do our best to not let it happen again Celgar modernization includ- ed installing a lime kiln, which burns non-condensable gasses, or NCGs. However, McLaren said that since late September, the NCGs have been burned on a tral basis in the power boiler which utilizes gas and wood waste to burn the gasses We have a permit obligation to burn the NCGs wn the power boiler for tnal McLaren said that dunng last week's emission the monitor at Scotties Marina on the lower Arrow Lake showed an instanta neous reading of 30 parts pet bil lion, while the one hour average was 13-16 parts per billion. The trial burning in the power boiler is expected to be completed some time, this week As well as the monitor at the marina, there are also monitors in Robson, and at Castlegar and District Hospital McLaren said that with any new operation there are bugs that need to be worked out—and Cel gar is working actively towards exterminating those bugs OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY, OCT 17, 1993 11:60 a.m. - 1:00 p.m SUNDAY, OCT 17, 1993 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m 1095 Quance Street, Robson Neat and Complete Hosted by: Lorraine John 605 Christina Place, Castlegar Just Like New Tastef $89,900 The Castlegar Sun KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff Did you know that only one unit of blood can benefit as many as four people? Or that donating blood is a completely safe proce dure to the donor? Did you also know that last year, in only one day, there were enough units of blood collected at the annual Castlegar Blood Donor Clinic to meet_and exceed Castlegar's own needs fora year? Once a n, the Castlegar Branch of the Canadian Red Cross will be hosting a Blood Donor Clinic at the Castlegar Community Complex. But, this year the Clinic will be held for two days, on Tuesday, October 19, from 2-8 p.m. and Wednes: day, October 20, from 1:30-8 p.m Chairman of the Castlegar Blood Donor Clinic, Dr. Keith Merritt, said last year, the collec- tion goal of 350 units was exceeded by 27 units—a feat which he attributes in part to the efforts of Stanley Humphries Secondary School graduates. “It was the best year ever. The Castlegar m SUN STAFF From October | to October 9 1,267 area drivers were stopped by the RCMP for seatbelt checks in B.C*s annual Seatbelt Cam- paign. Castlegar RCMP member, Corporal Al Hudema, said of the vehicles which were checked only 35 tickets were issued for People who didn’t buckle up. “That was 28 per cent of the operators/passengers who were not wearing seat belts. This is felt to be a good indication that the majority of the people do buckle up. Motorists are to be commended for their safe prac- tice of buckling up. Adjust driving habits this winter KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff The cooler overnight tempera- tures that Autumn brings, com- bined with deceptively frost-free nights can combine to make trav- elling hazardous—especially on bridge decks From sundown to sunrise and in shaded areas, condensation from the air collects on cold sur- faces and freezes. Bridge decks are particularly susceptible since cold air passing under the bridge causes the deck to cool very quickly creating frost on the deck faster than on adjacent road- ways.” advised Ministry of High- ways Informations Officer Eliah Farrell Farrell said that in moun- tainous areas like the Koote- mays, it is important that travelers begin adjusting their driving habits to suit changing fall and early winter conditions IT'S A GIRL John & Marg Simonen are pleased to announce the birth of our grand-daughter Erin Margaret born October 8, 1993 at the Trail Regional Proud > Ken an a4 Simonen r for Annie All polling stations, level access. If the following appear On your card from Elections Canada, contact the Elections Canada office in your riding if you need level access. er a grad class is an important con tributor,” The change this year from a one-day to a two-day clinic is considered by Merritt to be a gift of sorts—one which he hopes the residents can keep. “The question is can we get enough donations to keep that gift?” The clinics have been held every year since 1988, and Mer- rt said there hasn't been a year in which the goal has not been met. This year he hopes the goal of 700 units of blood, or 350 units per day, can also be met. Although the actual donation of blood is a fairly simple and quick process—usually about 10 minutes, a donor can expect to spend about an hour at the clinic Upon entering, potential donors will be given a strictly confiden- tial health questionnaire to fill out. The questionnaire will ask questions regarding general state of health. The donor will then be interviewed by a Clinic Nurse to determine if the donation can be obtained safely. If the donation is not deferred, a drop of blood obtained from the Pa donor's finger will be tested to determine if their hemoglobin, or red blood cell level, is adequate If the hemoglobin is adequate, the donor will then be eligible to donate blood. -Red Cross out for blood! Merrittsstressed that the dona: tion of blood is an absolutely safe procedure for the donot A single use necdle is used to obtain the blood, and the blood is taken away; not given.” prior to hour after the donation. Donor facts and tips DON'T DONATE if you have a history of: hepatitis; heart prob- lems; high blood pressure; kidney disease; infectious diseases; dia- betes on medication; epilepsy; cancer; blood disease; or if you have @ high risk Of éxposure to the AIDS virus. BEFORE DONATING eat a substantial meal one to four hours AFTER DONATING refrain from strenuous exercise for six to ¢ight hours following the donation, and don't smoke for at least one IN ORDER TO DONATE one must weight at least 50 kilo- grams, or 110 pounds; must not have donated within the last 70 days; must bring identification if they are a new donor, must be between the ages of 17-60 if they have never donated before; or between the age of 17-70 if they have donated before A person might have a temporary deferral from donating blood if: they have an active case of the flu, cold or sore throat; they have recently had major surgery; they are on any medication which might affect the donor or recipient when donating; have had a preg- nancy within the last six months; have had sexual contact or expo- Sure to body fluids of a person with hepatitis in the last 12 months; have had ear piercing or tattooing within the last 12 months; have had a recent immunization; or have recently travelled to malaria- tisk countries or are on anti-malaria medication. otorists make habit of buckling up Wu4 Wednesday, October 13, 1993 Race for school board KAREN KERKHOFF involved in educational Sun staff Castlegar City Hall needs to buy a revolving door to accommodate the andidates who have declared their intentions to run for seats on the School District No. 9 Board Although officially, only incumbents Bonnie Horswill and Joanne Baker, and newcomers Bev Maloff,. Rose Paszty and Ron Norman have filed Papers announcing their intention to run for trustee Sun Staff has received verbal confirmation that incumbents Vice-chair, Bill Hadikin, Evelyn Voykin, Tony Guglielmi, and Mic key Kinakin will also be in the elections race. Baker, who has sat gn the board as trustee for one term, or three years, and who believes in keeping community partners informed and as chair or vice-chair he lenge trustee for one term, sa chair or vice-chair she The current vict that if nominated for would have to consider commitments demand a known his position in fay that if nominated for for chair or vice-chair she would accept the posi tion. Trustee Tony Guglielmi, who has served on the board since 1985 also said that if nominated Bonnie Horswill, who has been a board what the make-up of the new board was before deciding if she would accept the nomination, hair, Bill Hadikin, has said Outspoken Mickey Kinakin who has made The Castlegar Sun attracts five hopefuls issues, said if nominated —_ would definitely accept the chalk nge if trustee Voykin would accept the position of chair or vice-chair if nominated to dd so. In May of this year Chair, Gordon Turmer announced that due to personal commuments he would not be returning to sit on the board Although trustees are elected by the public, both the chair and vice-chair are nominated by trustees. Nominations opened October 4 at 9 a.m. and will close October 15 at 4 p.m School District No. 9 ¢ mploys 240-250 employees and manages an annual budget of $15 million. Allschool board candjdates and city council candidates are required (o register at Castlegar City Hall It was unknown at press time © would accept the chal ad that if nominated as would first have to see chair or vice-chair he it seriously as his work lot of his time vor of rural schools said chair or vice-chair he | A surprise birthday party was held for Ruth Waldie, 84 and Ruth Maze, who turned 96. The party was hel Citizens’ Association centre last Thursday. Hair pulling results in arrest SUN STAFF A 35-year-old Duncan man is to appear in provincial court in Castlegar December 15 to answer to charges associated with an incident which occurred October 9 at the Marlane Hotel Castle gar-RCMP that they were called to attend to a fight in the parking lot after they received information of that a man had pulled a female by her hair out of a pickup at the Mar- lane Hotel The man was drunk at the time of the incident left, who\recently turned d at the Castlegar Senior SUN STAFF PHOTO /Jo! Body bags, dead babies not a KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff the person who has the plastic babies. Most of us know that we are living in trou bled times— the signs are all around us. But son killing babies. The winner of the game being CUPE Local 3116 Treasurer 1s offended that such a gam game the game. Thus far over 50,000 signatures on @ petition have been sent to Parliament requesting that the game not reach the shelves highest body count of Nova Pear might end Anyone wh of Canadian stores. fended or « 1 by the Page 3A WEATHER OUTLOOK: The forecast for Wédnesday; Morning fog patches or low cloud then a mix of cloud and sunshine. High temperatures from 14 to 16. Outlook for Thursday and Friday: Moisture moving into the West U Kootenay from off the Oregon coast will give occasional cloud Thursday. Ridge rebuilding along the Coast Friday will bring a cool, light northwesterly flow to the Interior for the weekend A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: Temperature: Max/Date Normal Mean Min/Date Mean 25.9/5 3.3/10 12.5 9.6 ‘Precipitation: — Rain Normal Total Snow 2.0 2.0 9.6 Number of Hours Sunshine: Normal Number of Hours 44.3 34.9 REMARKS: Except for a narrow band of thundershowers the night of the 6th, Indian Summer continues for Southern B.C Where was this weather pattern during the summer months? } Forecast provided by The South - East interior Weather Offic e at Castlegar, B.C ARROW LAKE RESERVOIR FORECAST n/a at this time Collins pinch-hits for fog-bound Mel Hurtig STERLING NEWS SERVICE The bad news was that Party leader Mel Hurtig was a no-show his airplane fog-bound in Vancouver The good news for National Party candidate Bev ‘Collins was that the 200-plus voters who came to the Civic Centre Saturday morning to hear Hurtig stayed to give her a warm reception and solid vocal support Introducing Collins to the temporarily disappointed crowd was campaign manager Leon Rolinger who said that the Kootenay West - Revelstoke rid- ing, from a national standpoint, “is Statistically one of the top five in B.C.” “We started at around four per cent.” he said. “And now we're up to between 19 and 21 per cent RCMP officer David Fayle controls traffic as Stanley Humphries students check motorists for their seatbelt use as part of ICBC's Car Click Challenge NS TAFF PHOTO Vohn Van Putten Students from Robson Elementary School pack boxes that will be sealed and sent to Romania along with hundreds of other supplies donated by local residents. The deadline for packing containers with listed supplies for Romania has been extended for a few more days. Boxes are available at SuperValu and the container is being filled at the Recreation Complex eas’ Photo submitted with few excepuons, provide symbol does not ELECTIONS CANADA The non-pait for th who could imagine that there is a product on the American market that is so offensive, pant of its playing pieces include a body bag? The product is entitled Serial Killer Board Game, and includes along with a body bag, 25 toy babies and four serial killer figurines The object of the game is to move a serial killer pawn over a map and earn points by Armbruster throws hat in SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Canadian Airlines Manager Ron Armbruster is the latest to file nomination papers as a candi- date for city councillor Armbruster, a resident of Castlegar since 1988, is the fourth such candidate. Others @ Housing Continued from 1A investors are selling there, buying much better here, and saving money at the same time.” In dealing with potential clients, Brown and other Realtors here list many different reasons for relocating to Castlegar: less crime than the Okanagan; better weather and job prospects than the prairies; incredible recreation areas and the potential for growth. I'd say that between 70 and 80 per cent of the new arrivals to Castlegar readily state that the quality of life style and opportu- nities in the Kootenays was the big draw.” On the average, the price of a home in Castlegar is 20 per cent higher than it was less than two years ago. The average price tag on a three bedroom older home with a carport is now reaching $120,000. And it’s unusual to find anything that is less than $85,000 in Castlegar at this point in time = Socred___ Continued from 1A the province {The NDP} ar away at our future and like every British Columb who behev merprise, | think Is time to take back B.C McCarthy, a selt contractor, wall also visit Cran brook. Nels and October 14 travelling to Kelowna hen Georg: chipping in individual mployed Trail on Prince a game role modeling running for city councillor include political newcomer Bren da Binnie, as well as Bob Pakula and Kirk Duff, both of whom are seeking re-election Amnbruster has been a member of the Castlegar Rotary Club since 1989 and served as a direc tor on the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce since up on Canadian store shelves, and wonders I's bizarre and a sad comment on society to even think about selling the game Pearson said there is a current movement across Canada to convince: Parliament to b: possibility of such a yame entering Canada and how someone can even consider’ buyin UC being available for sale, is advised to also ’ the petition, available at the Castlegar Library It's bad and the game beconx But should Parliament ignore the petition available in Canada Pearson advises people can take further action 1989. In 1992 he was named president of the chamber Armbruster, who has 16 years of management experience in the airline industry served on the Strategic Financial Plan ning Committee for the city Through his own career and involvement in community life Armbruster says he is confident last year Dead bears still a KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff Castlegar Conservation Offi cers are still trying to determine who killed and then dumped four bears in a rock quarry on Sulli- van Creek Forest Road near Birchbank The remains of the carcasses, one which was a cub, and another which was a female had been found by a person using the quar Ty atthe beginning of October to obtain rock Although three of the bears were intact, Conservation Officer Mike Krause said it appeared as though the female carcass had been harvested for its gallblad der—which is considered a deli cacy in other countries—but which is a crime in Canada pun ishable by up to a $10,000 fine It 1 saw it in the store 1 would definitely go into the manager and make a complaint.” council ring he can effectively deal with peo- ple and serve the citizens of the community The deadline for filing nomi- nation papers is this Friday after noon. Unless seven or more people file nomination papers, all of the above candidates will receive their positions on council by acclamation. mystery Castlegar Conservation Offi cers’ are also looking into the poaching of a cow elk on Balsam Road in Krestova which was dis- covered September 30. Krause is asking that anyone who has any information about the bears or cow elk contact the Castlegar Conservation Office “We're looking for information about the person(s) who have done these dirty deeds CP Rail to abandon Slocan Valley tracks “The reality is the traffic will go to the highway STERLING NEWS SERVICE any way, CP Rail says it plans to shut down its rail line in the Slocan Valley, saying it no longer makes eco. se to keep the scenic, 31-mile route nomic said Bower “We can't compete price wise with trucks in the short haul CP Rail’s strategy has been to close short-haul lines and truck goods to re-load céntres where they are loaded onto trains for the long haul “We are no longer going to operate the line,” said We were serving our customer in Slocan City CP Rail’s Don Bower in a telephone interview from Vancouver. “It doesn't make any sense to run a short haul else line for one customer.” Bower cited the poor economics of the line as the The notice of intent reason for closing the rail link between South Slo- can and Slocan City once a week This meant tying up one $70,000 car for that time when it could be hauling somewhere years,” he said donment process This 30-mile line has not made sense for filed with the National Transportation Agency, is the first step in the aban Animals on road cause accidents | SUN STAFF A Salmo man, Erol Onaran 29, narrowly escaped injury after the 197% Toyota he was driving ent a ditch and rolled The accident occurred Ostober 9 on Highway 3 near the weigh scales when Onaran swerved to miss an animal Damage to the vehicle wa estimated at $2,000 No charges have been laid — A Pass Creek man old Michael Thommes escaped injury October 9 when he 3-year swerved to miss a deer and struck a guard rail Thommes was travelling on | Highway 3 approximately‘ kilometers west of Castlegar Damage to the 1984 Ply mouth was estimated at $1,000 damage No charges have been laid eas | when the incident happened } | ] $a He added that he had been counting on Hurtig’s presence to put th Party into the lead During a telephone interview later Rolinger said there is a chance Hurtig may be able to come later in the campaign Collins began the rally with a reading of her standard speech Statement of party policies and principles emphasizing the need t retum sovereignty to Canadians and out of the hands of rooms and the White House." She remarked that the board 33 entire industrial sectors in this country are for eign owned as opposed to none in Germany and Japan. She said Canadians were tired of hearing that they could do nothing about the deficit, unemployment and the environment The key, she said, was to stop the domination of our economy by foreign interests with a grass roots movement which did not accept donations from “corporations, unions and special interest groups.” Speaking more personally, Collins told of her own experience in Ottawa as a salesperson of high-tech equipment to various govern ment departments She said that, “research and development have been dismantled” and hundreds of creative ideas have been shelved because of a lack of money Collins called for sweeping changes to the electoral system, the elimi. nation of, “corporate and third party donations, free votes by M.P’s and all. 270 recommendations of the Lortie Commission." Her next target was the NAFTA. Collins said her Party was preparing a petition which would force the Governor General to return the issue to Commons and set up a national referendum. She added that she favors dealing with many contentious issues through the process of binding referenda Barrett plays hardball with Reform SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Have you ever considered how baseball and running in a federal election can be a lot alike? As in baseball, politicians can throw curves, and a squeeze play at the plate can look an awful lot like candidates jostling for last minute media’coverage just before voting day. Another example: it’s the middle of the game, you know you're team is struggling and a pinch-hitter is brought in to make a play. Well NDP candidate Heather Suggitt did just that by letting Esquimalt Juan de Fuca MP Dave Barrett stand at the plate in her own rid ing. The result was a double maybe even a triple in the NDP’s home-town cause Met by a crowd of more than 50 people in Suggitt’s Castlegar campaign office, Barrett was treated more like a demi-god than a politician by the long-tink tedvatid applauded cach and every Pre upporters who encoura ton Manning put-down Barrett, who was an honored speaker at the Hi Arrow Motor Inn later that evening, said he was disgusted by Reform Party Teader Preston Manning's com ments on fiscal responsibility “The Reform’s policy on fiscal responsibility are nothing more than fiscal stupidity,” said Bar rett, who earlier had been quoted for calling the Reform Party Right-wing Wackos” Barrett said he overheard Preston Manning comparing himself to Tommy Douglas, and couldn’t believe the stupidity and the nerve of the Reform Party leader. “How dare you compare yourself to Tommy Douglas: everything he stood for you're against,” said Barrett to a highly appreciative audience Barrett said the Reform Party is not much different from the Liberals or Conservatives and continued to describe them as bedfellows: all subscribing to the Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement. Barrett also said that up until a few weeks ago, the Reform Party was given a free ride by the media Finally the media ts starting to ask questions they should hiv ked long ago The Ref Party ty just now having ¢ ADSM Ough ate stents -athbout their plans to cut important social program: Barrett continued to stress that it was and always will be the NDP who have stood up tor the " rights of the working class