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Snow flurries. @ OUR PEOPLE The Tender Care Variety Centre has finally been realized. After years of penny- pinching and hours of pleaging, the centre officially opened its doors Saturday. page 9 @ LOCAL SPORTS The Stanley Humphries senior girls basketball team were the hosts with the most over the weekend, rallying in the fourth quarter to capture the Blue and Gold title with a win over Kelowna’s KLO. page 13 @ ARTS & LEISURE Christmas-morning faces will be a lot brighter this year thanks to the genoristy of the Celgar Emergency Response Team. The caring crew went on a shopping spree for needly children. preview 3 Farside 2 Harrison 6 Letters 7 Our People 9 Local Sports 13 Action Ads 16 Calendar Arts & Leisure Homes preview 2 preview 3 preview 4 Tuesday was a long day for High Tree Service’s Mike Arsenault. The diligent worker survived Old Man Winter's latest blast, as he trimmed tree limbs from overhead powerlines, turning them into mulch before they had a chance to cause electrical fires. Wednesday December 9, 1992 News photo by Corinne Jackson Moore, Smecher square off Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER It’s probably a first in Castlegar municipal politics. During Tuesday’s regular council session, Coun. Doreen Smecher challenged the mayor’s chair. It all started with a motion made by Coun. Lawrence Cher- noff to appoint mayor Audrey Moore as the city’s director to the Regional District of Central Kootenay. Before Moore could call a vote, Smecher interjected. “I had indicated I wished to be on the (RDCK),” Smecher said. “I think this should be handled differently rather than as a council resolution.” Moore replied that a motion was already before council. “Are you going to ignore the challenge,” Smecher asked. The events caught city councillors and staff off guard, and a brief recess was taken to see how the meeting should pro- ceed. According to the Municipal Act, when an appeal is made by a council member, the mayor shall be governed by a majority vote, which is what happened. By a unanimous decision, Moore’s chair was handed over to the city’s acting mayor — Smecher. What in turn happened was nominations were taken for the seat, and followed by a secret ballot vote. Chernoff nomi- nated Moore as the RDCK director, seconded by Coun. Jim Chapman, and Coun. Doug Green nominated Smecher. With only the seven elected members voting, the first bal- lot was rejected because one form was spoiled. One of the council members had written in the wrong name. Another vote wag, taken, and again one of the votes were spoiled. Members agreed someone was ruining their ballot inten- tionally. A suggestion was made to table the issue for anoth- er time, but with an RDCK meeting coming up Saturday they decided to try another vote. This time Moore was declared the successful candidate. It’s not known at this time what the count was for Smech- er and Moore, or what third name had been written on the first two votes. Coalition Unaccepting Rash Bureaucracy president Mike O'Connor called the event “a disgusting exercise.” Local residents in attendance were overheard calling the spectacle “a circus.” “Moore used her position to get the regional district seat,” O'Connor said. “Even in light of the ballot.” O’Connor said without Smecher on the RDCK, Castlegar will not get “equal and fair representation on the board.” Smecher had been sitting on the board for the past year. Chernoff was elected as alternate director for the RDCK. During the recess Smecher said, “if this was done by se- cret ballot it would be handled all at once and it would have been much tidier.” PAGE 3 + wa Soya