Wednesday, January 29, 1992 & THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON “Bad guy comin’ in, Arnie! ... Minor key!” RCMP hunting for van At 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22, two Selkirk College students were run off the road by a late-model Chevy van. The van, red in color with a beige top and black roof rack, exited Highway 22 north- bound and headed east on It failed to merge properly, and forced a 1983 Mazda off the road. The driver of the van did not stop. Twenty-year-old Paul Poohachoff and his 19-year- old passenger Kimberley Palmer were taken to Castle- gar hospital, treated for minor injuries and released. With no new leads, local RCMP ask that anyone with information on the-accident contact them as soon as possi- ble. COMMUNITY Bulletin Board ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Robson Recreation Society, January 29, 1992, 7 p.m. Robson Halll. (4/5) CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CLUB GUEST NIGHT (Men Welcome) Thursday, February 6, 7 p.m. Supper. Speaker: Jerry McCollough, Football Coach from Spokane. Featuring: “Tools”. Reservations 365-7607, 365-3886. (4/7) THRIFT SHOP — CASTLEGAR AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Opening in March, 1128, 3rd Street, behind Pharmasave The Auxiliary is accepting now donations of good clean clothing, resalable articles, furniture, household items are welcome. Blueberry 365-6587, Kinnaird 365. 8117, C 365-8 148/365-5147, Ootischenia 365- 6475. Drop-offs are accepted on Saturday mornings from 10 A.M. - noon. 10/08 5 CORRECTION NOTICE ROBSON SUNDAY SCHOOL WILL BEGIN FEBRUARY 2 at 10:00 A.M. at Robson Community Memorial Church. All children welcome. For more information 08 contact Corinne Lamb 365-7534. Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. The first 15 words are $5 and additional words are 30¢ each. Boldfaced words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. 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Watch for more great. in ys C gar News. 24 Cm CALL THE @General Inquiries 365-7266 @Ciassifieds & Delivery 365-2212 @News 365-3517 @aAdvertising 365-5210 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. statutory holidays. SUB RATES Last yenctied aro rola News Lid. for SINGING IN THE RAIN? News photo by Ed Mills While not exactly singing in the rain, Maria Ponte and Irene Melo aren't letting the a dane weather get them down Monday as they enjoy a friendly chat outside a restaurant on Columbia Avenue. Perepelkin- family not giving up Wi Nelson family awaiting - word from father who went missing en route to Castlegar Jonathan Green NEWS REPORTER Every time Lana Perepelkin hears the telephone ring, she crosses her fingers, “Maybe it will ‘be my dad,” she said. Lana’s dad is Dennis Perepelkin, who went missing Jan.16 on his way to work in Castlegar. The 42-year-old Nelson man’s Esso fuel truck was later found intact on the east end of the Kinnaird Bridge with the keys still in the ignition. Search parties have failed to turn up any sign of Perepelkin, and this has the family puzzled. “We don’t know what’s happened,” she said. “It’s just a big mystery.” Lana said since her father disappeared, none of the family have returned to work, taking each day one at a time. “Basically we’re going day-to- day,” she said. “We don’t know what else to do.” As local police continue in their search, the family has come up with a plan. From 6 a.m. until 6 p Thursday, an information Booth will be set up at the Castlegar Chevron station, and the family asks that anyone with details to come forward. Hospital petitions for new link @ Hospital board putting pen to paper to show unanimous support for proposed Castlegar-Robson span Scott David Harrison EDITOR Support for the Castlegar-Robson bridge is picking up steam. Working on a request from Castlegar city council, the Castlegar and District Hospital Board will put pen to paper, endorsing the $23.5 million project. “The bridge is important to us because when you’re dealing with patients that come in from Pass Creek or Robson, every cutbacks. - The bridge is one of hundreds of projects around the province that has been put on hold by the newly-appointed minister, pending a review of transport costs. Charbonneau has announced that his budget will be slashed by as much as $100 million in 1992, leaving the fate of the Castlegar-Robson span in question. “We're just looking out for the welfare of our patients,” Horvath said. “That is paramount to us.” Horvath said a letter will be sent to Charbonneau’s office this week. He said the minister must be aware of the hospital’s prior to his visit on Feb. 24. minute counts,” board chairman Bill Horvath said of Thursday’s unanimous vote. “If you can shave off four to five minutes of travel time with a bridge, it’s a real benefit.” — Horvath said the board will follow city council’s lead, issuing a letter to Transport Minister Art Charbonneau calling for the bridge to survive pending governmental " “The fresher the letter is in his mind the better it is for us,” Horvath said. Horvath said the board is optimistic that ° the Castlegar-Robson bridge will be built in time for the proposed 1993 opening. Horvath’s optimism may come with aut reason, too. The Ministry of Transportation aiid Highways announced Monday that it will examine the possibility of acquiring five additional properties on the Castlegar side of the span for an underpass. The study comes in the wake of public hearing held last year. “We got some very good ideas from the public and (an underpass) is one of them,” the ministry’s Eliah Farrell said. “We can see the benefits (of an underpass) from a safety point of view and from a traffic point of view.” Farrell wouldn’t say whether the study meant the bridge would be built. Instead, she said the ministry is proceeding under the authorization of the current eet _ handed down by the ousted S: Ald. Doreen Scmecher ape she was pleased the ministry is continuing to research the Castlegar-Robson bridge. “It’s certainly encouraging,” she said Tuesday. “I hope this means there won't be a hold-up on the bridge.” A final decision on the bridge will be made when the New government reveals its budget in March.