The Castiegar Sun May 10, 1995 Moms. We asked the children of Castlegar to write and tell us why their mom is so special. We received more than 200 responses. It wasn't possible to print them all so please don't be upset if your letter isn't here. Your mom knows you love her, From a random draw of all the letters submitted, the winner of a gift basket from Samson's Soap Shop, a make-up makeover from Boulevard Headquarters, an 8 x 10 portrait from I think my Mom is great because she brings me places, she takes me to soccer. She feeds me. She Cxecosive stuf sme bought — bedy Tina merlor and ~ sort A Aoeies My noe 9 dese and a mire r ome L thine she Shoaid wine G Crature Oy eee borne of. My mom Le very \ove Why MoM is the best in the world. on ‘rips. Wx Picture Place and a manicure from Zazoo Beauty Centre is Crystal Cooper's mom . We hope you enjoy reading the letters as much as we did. Happy Mother's Day! Some of the things that my Mom does for me are: she cares for me when I'm sick. She let's me visit my dad. She takes me to Calaway Park, she cooks, and she bought me Super Nintendo. Are ilick Mandy Ma 5 1995 My mom is greatest Secause she to Dairy, Queen, She loves me. She tucks me in to bed. My mom calls when J'm outside. She cooks for me. Sometimes she gets i angry at me but she still loves me. » For countess 2AS0NS. SNe 1S WAG Te “PU ng, A= Goitn tne amecaol a chid \\ke re makes Ker a Saint. AIM, OVA AIAT, Tears , +endina TO OM ma wr ANAS. He Srcenath vrQgkes her 4 sud sec oF Flower weauino a ragnsg AV Lovise Bohrer ~ Francois may 5 1995 \ takes me | My mom is the greatest because she ‘reads me _ books and she goes to Subway Sometimes and she gives _ ice cream and she tucks me into bed and some times she loves me. Dale Hoo dbjegFtF Wy TOT 4 ELK My mom is the best because she y bo bee why in my meni should win PK etn Bon inrapine: Mom buys my favorite |cereal. Mom vacuums the house. Mom is the best in the world. feeds me, she puts clean clothes on me, and keeps me under a nice warm. roof. She loves me too! That's why I LOVE her. (orey Bojechko Grade | Love cor y Roses ore Red Poses ore Pred I viok ts are BNE Mh IEA G mom I love you c Te and yov love me " by Bonne may Apor BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1994 WEDNESDAY May 17, 1995 challenges 2 and wins! hockey star/10A he Castlegar Sun a fires in three months/3A no fear has conquered it all/1B MIXED Weather 3A Vol. 5-No. 26 with a dally commitment’ 84 Cents + G.S.T. oe ieeneee bridge over water Keenleyside still on track RON NO! Sun Editor nays to develop generating power on the lower Columbia River. The Keenleyside dam generat- ing project may go ahead this fall as scheduled, despith the collapse of the Columbia River Treaty de benefits Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy said Tuesday. “It looks as though the projects may not be ae H , the U.S. electrical utility Bonneville Power Admin- istration announced Monday that it is pulling out of an agreement it signed last fall. Conroy said the Columbia River Treaty Committee, which negotiated the Columbia Basin Accord, will meet with the Conroy told The Castlegar Sun in a telephone interview from his Victoria office. “I’m elated.” But Conroy was also cautious. “I want to talk to more people first,” he added. Conroy said he was given the information on the dam projects Tuesday-morning by Energy Minister Anne Edwards’ office. The downstream benefits agreement was worth $5 to $6 billion over the next 30 years of the treaty. A portion of those benefits were to be directed to the Koote- pr g next week to see how to proceed. He called it “a sad time for a lot of people.” But Edwards said the Accord will remain in place. “Our government remains committed to the Columbia Basin Accord and the Principles ~~ Of partnership we have devel- oped in the region,” she said in a Prepared release. “My officials will be meeting with Columbia River Treaty Committee representatives over the next number of weeks to review strategies to ensure that the agreement is recognized on both sides of the border.” Meanwhile, Conroy said the American decision caught him by surprise. “I was shocked, like a lot of People... . .The idea that the whole thing could very possibly be in jeopardy is not pleasant news.” reason for backing out of the deal. Bonneville officials said the pact was too rich, in light of the recent drop in the price of electricity. “The price of power goes up and the price of power goes down,” Conroy said. “Thirty years ago we made a deal with them that was a very poor deal for the province of B.C. stuck to our end of the bargain.” But he said the Americans couldn’t stand by their deal of 30 weeks. Conroy believes there is more to the American decision to pull See KEENLEYSIDE 2A thirk my w tre greatest greaict becoue she me. I acd beovrc wher Tan sty she f “ flare ¢ hhoct. 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But less than an hour later, several young people had man- aged to sneak inside. Usha Strebchuk and Megan Sutherland climbed through the fence in protest. The two Stanley Humphries Secondary school stu- dents also created a petition opposing the fence and were ask- ing Passersby for support. Several residents stopped to discuss the issue with the girls before a spring shower forced the girls to leave and seek shel- ter elsewhere. Meanwhile, another youth was attempting to cut through the plastic fencing with scissors while friends played hackey- 2A British Columbia will no longer be a one area code Province after October, 1996. B.C. Tel communications manager Ed Clark said the addi- tion of another area code was made necessary sooner than originally expected. “When we introduced 604 for long distance dialing within the province we thought that would give ys enough numbers until 1998.” But a growing technology and Population has demanded the early addition of the new area See TELEPHONE 2A Sleepy? Join the bed races in been given a reprieve. The Ministry of Highways has agreed to re-open the wooden footbridge nerwoen The move is subject to a Highways Minister Jacki Pement said. As well, the Regional Dis- trict of Central Kootenay agreed Saturday to bring the footbridge under the jurisdic- tion of regional parks. The spearheading the footbridge, said he’s Pleased with the latest devel- opments. “It looks now that things are all coming together,” he said. He said his group will work over the next year at having a society take over ownership of the footbridge. “We certainly appreciate having the year.”