SSN), Castle News December 1, 1985 Births & Funerals BIRTHS AUSIIN To Mr. and Mrs. stuart Austin ot Castlegar, o boy, born Nov. 27 BRISBKE Biisshe ot Kasi, Nov. 2 To Mr. and Mis. Kurt @ itl, born CALLAGHAN — To Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Callaghan ef Fruitvale, a gitl, born Nov. 77 CASCAGNE ITE Mrs, Ronald Castlegar, a boy, CECCHINI fo Mr. Fars. Mork. Cecchini of Fruitvale, 6 boy, born Nov. 20 DWYER Dwyer of Nelson, Nov. 24. To Mr. and Mrs. Sean @ gitl, born FERGUSON — To Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ferguson of Winlaw, o girl, born Nov. 25. LEIT — To Mr. and Mrs, Steve How ot Nelson, 2 boy. born Nov. KOHORS! To Mr. ond Mrs. Allan Kohorst of Trail, a girl. born Nov. 22 McCULLOUGH/ DAWSON — To Craig McCullough and Lorel: Dawson of Procter,.a boy, born Nov. 14 MARK — To Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Mark of Nelson, a boy. born Nov. 21. OLYNYK — To Mr. ond Mrs. David Olynyk of Crescent Valley. a boy, born Nov. 21. PENNER — To Mr. and Mrs: John Penner of Nelson, a boy, born Nov. 21 PEREPOLKIN — To Mr..and Mrs. Dan Perepolkin of Crescent Valley. a girl, born Nov. 25. SCHUBERT — To Mr. and Mrs. John Schubert of Rossland. a girl, born Nov. WALLACE — To Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wallace of Trail, a girl, born Nov. 16. WASSICK/MYLREA — To Guy Wassick and Dianne Mylrea of Nelson, a girl, born Nov. WATSON — To Terry Watson of Fruitvale, a girl, born Nov. 16. ABEN — Antonia Johanna Aben of Nelson died Nov. 17 at age 85. She is survived by sons Henry of Nelson, John of Quesnel, Arnold ‘of Prince George and Tony of Kamloops: daughters Johanna of ry of Delta, dchildren; grandchildren; nieces and nephews. She was pred d by her husband Martin in. 1979: one infant son: two’ grandsons: and two gran- ddaughters. CORRADO — Josephine Corrado of Rossland died Nov. 23 after o briel illness at age 81. She is DOBIE — Gwendoline Jameson | Dobie. long-time. resident of Crawtord Bay and recently of Nelson. died Nov. 27 ot age 75, ed by her husband sons Prince Creston, daughters Ivy Jameson of Nelson, Anne Schwert- zer of Nelson; 19 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren: and sister Connie Millar of Salmo. GIEGERICH — Laura GC. Giegerich, formerly of Kaslo, recently in Vancouver at . She 1s survived by many . She was predeceased by sisters Elizabeth Giegerich, Helen McKinnon ani Margaret Swanson; and brothers Henry and Joseph. JMAIFF — Stanley Jmaitt ot Crescent Valley died Nov. 23 ot age 27. He is survived by his son Ashley and daughter Selina, both of Castlegar; father Atan and brother Jerry, both of New Settlement; sister Betty Jmaitt of Victoria; grandparents George and Mary Chigmarolt of Winlaw: ‘and several uncles and cousins. KONKIN — Polly W. Konkin of Thrums died Nov. 23 at age 76. She 1s survived by sons Philip of Thrums and Walter of Glade: daughter Annie Malakott of Nelson; 13 grandchildren; six sister Lucy Maloff of Thrums. She was predeceased by her husband Fred in 1977. LANDUCCI — Joseph Raymond Landucc: of Trail died Nov. 18 af- ter a lengthy illness at age 77. He is survived by his wite Fran: ces: daughters eee ‘Wall Spokane and Kenneth of 10 grandchildren; Stella Biker of Trail; and bro! made to the Our Lady of Per- petual Help building extension fond, 1555 McLean Street, Trail. LONG — Emma Elizabeth Long of Trail died Nov. 22 after a lengthy illness at age 84. She is survived by son Alex of Montreal and brother John Miller of Montrose. he was predeceased by her husband Bill in 1978 and two sons, Tommy and George. MUIR — Allan McGillivray Muir of South Slocan died recently at age 89. He is survived by his wite Olive: ‘nieces Beverley Sonosk: and Barbora ‘Mcintyre; tour grandchildren; and many neces ~ and nephews. SANTONI — Rizieri {sendy} San- to daughters Lorraine Swift and Bernice Harmeson, both of Pen- ticton; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; sisters in Italy; and many nieces ry tw ‘Christianson Vetere, both of Rossland: sister Eda Waggoner of Spokane: and numerous nieces and nephews. by her an. donations may be made to the charity of one’s choice. SMITH — Ernest Charles (Sam) Smith, formerly of Nelson, died Nov. 19 at age 81. He 1s survived by his wife Ann: son Arthur; daughters Dawn Anderson, Joon denser ond Marilyn Forliament: She was husban Pietro in 1982. DEL BUCCHIA — Bruno Del Buc- chia of Trail died suddenly Nov. 26 at age 76. He is survived by his wife Emma; daughter Carol Davis of Nelson; two grandsons; two brothers in Italy; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to the B.C. Cancer Society, Box 310. Trail Vespers service Dec. 8 Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) will present their 1985 Christmas Vesper’ ser- vice next Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The service, called Faces of Joy, will be held at the Castlegar United Church, 2224-6th Ave. ht great. grandchildren: brothers Bill Smith of Trail and Altred Smith of West Vancouver; and sisters Mary Poselthwaite and Ethel McDonald, both of Nelson. Pryce chosen society head Colin Pryce has been elec- ted chairman of the Castlegar Multicultural: Society.. The rest of the new executive in- cludes: past-chairman John Voykin; vice-chairman Buta Nannan; secretary Elizabeth Voykin; and treasufer Marti McCaffrey. This fall the society spon- sored a poster and prose contest in honor of Family Week. Many students from local schools participated in this contest. Polly Corbett, and Lynn Wilson judged the posters, and Jim Chapman judged the prose. The posters and prose, including the winning ones, are on display at the Castle- aird Plaza. The society’s main project this year is to sponsor Can- adian citizenship | classes, which will begin in the new year. Since it takes approx- imately three months to pro- cess application forms for citizenship, it is impcrtant to fill these forms out soon. The multicultural society has arranged to help inter- ested people fill out their forms at Castlegar Primary Seals campaign raises $2,898 By CasNews Staff The B.C. Lung. Associa- tion's 1985 Christmas Seal campaign has raised $2,898 in the Castlegar area so far this year in the annual drive to raise funds to fight lung dis- ease. All Wet ; .. answer in Wednesday's paper Crossword way, for 91 Noisy upris- 99 Genus of orange oh perchh ‘ACROSS: Tetress Gol Kaew 106 Tiblical 101 “TH You 112 Bachelor in My 10 Kichetangeto 114 Piauram wire oop Dreams” School on Thursday from 7-9 103 Peon’ p.m. or on Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. wee . : Application forms must be accompanied by proof. of landed immigrant status and any two of the following: driver’s license, certificate, home country, medical card, social insurance card, student card, or library card." Special photographs must be taken and sent with the application form. Vogue Stu- dios here in Castlegar is equipped to produce these pictures. The fee for applying for citizenship is $40 per adult and $25 per minor (under 18 years of age). This year, the project coordinator is Alexia Turner. Citizenship classes were held last year in Castlegar for the first time. Classes in- volved learning about Cana- dian government, history, geography and economy. Voting procedures and how to get on voters’ lists aay cial 124 were also covered. The course ended ona light note with a mock judge who “interviewed” 107 Do the Lam a rr r ps ye ‘Average time of solution: CRYPTOQUIP OSH OLXX JOM HPGY ZMIHYMK XYLMG DMPWLRY GYNK ROoMICZO Y ZMLDYWPGY ‘Today's Cryptoguip clue. Ht equals W ‘d Puzzle P ed by the following busi wees WANETA WICKER & THE KITCHEN CORNER 1458 Bay Ave., Trail 368-8512 COLUMBIA COIFFURES Ph. 365-6717 programs of public and pro- fessional health education, school education programs directed at teaching school children about lung disease PAUL’S PLACE LTD. CHRYSLER — DODGE — PLYMOUTH Waneta Junction, Trail 368-8295 SCHNEIDER'S "MEMBER OF TIM. BR-MARTS LID. BUILDING SUPPLIES LTO. Waneta Junction 368-6466 TRAIL and the health hazards of cigarette smoking, medical equipment grants and pati- ent ilitati Our Action Ad Phone Number is 365-2212 ‘Across the province, con- tributions to date total $609,478, which represents 66 per cent of the 1985 cam- paign target, D. Stuart Fra- ser, president of the B.C. Lung Association, says in a news release. The annual Christmas Seal campaign was established in 1922 in B.C. as the official method of appealing to the public to raise funds to com- bat tuberculosis, Fraser says in the release. “Today, with tuberculosis under control and no longer the life-threatening disease it used to be, funds raised by the B.C. Lung Association through the Christmas Seal campaign are directed to- ward the prevention and control of-all diseases of the lungs,” Fraser says. Funds raised in the cam- paign are used to support medical research _ projects, Mon. - Saturday, 9:30 a.m. - CHRISTMAS SEASON SHOPPING HOURS Starting Monday, Dec. 12 Fri., 9:30 a.m. = 9p.m. 5:30 p.m. ers SPECIAL CARE NEEDED For a special youngster. Trail MHR is looking for a home able to provide intensive care for an emotionally handicapped 17-year-old- boy. . Caregivers must be prepared to invest a lot of time, energy and committment to the therapeutic plan, working co-operatively with social worker, teacher and others. A high fee for services will be paid in recognition of the effort required. Please Call : JOHN RATHBURN Social Worker Intensive Child Care Resource }-6465 Nelson — 354. fi" a What does AirBC have to offer Castlegar? Non-Stop Dash 7 Service ~ to Vancouver Twice a Day. pc Air and AirBC are working together to save you valuable time on connecting rie flights. Advance check-in service, through baggage check-in and pre-selection of your seat on your Beginning December 1, 1985, AirBC. will provide non-stop Dash 7 service between Castlegar and Vancouver twice a day on week days and once a day on weekends. The Ideal Aircraft for Castl AirBC will be flying the de Haviland Dash the ideal connecting CP Air flight are all available through AirBC at the Castlegar Airport. The Best of Times. AixBC also offers prime time departures and arrivals; Depart Castlegar Arrive Vancouver 8:35 am 9:55 am 3:35 pm 4:50 pm One non-stop flight daily weekends. aircraft for service into Castlegar. Mountainous terrain and adverse weather can play havoc with flight schedules. But there will be times when the “Short Take-Off and Landing” capabilities of the Dash 7 will enable it to get into and out of Castlegar when conditions force cancellation of f jet service. $179 Return Excursions. AirBC offers a special 3-day (72 hour) return excursion fare to Vancouver for 15% less than the prevailing economy fare. Call us for details. In Castlegar call toll free 1-800-663-0522 or contact your travel agent. More flights, more often. Ze", - WEST'S TRAVEL AGENCY est, p “hese 1217 - 3rd St., Castlegar Ask for Marion, Myrt, Dawn or Lisa 1410 Bay Ave: 368-5595 Trai HENNE TRAVEL FOR MORE INFORMATION Call Nesta — 365-6616 Open Tues. - Fri., 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. CL, MAPLE LEAF TRAVEL ‘Ye 501 Belleville St Feb. 28 Board eyes Grade 8 move By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer The Castlegar school board is Couaidertiis transferring years,” Wayling said. the Grade 8 class at Kinnaird Junior Secondary school to “The enrolment patterns as Projected by the ministry. show enrolment at He said that SHSS will for several (that) space," he said, adding that the increased elementary as part of.the negotiations with the Stanley Humphries secondary school to ‘boost declining ministry for renovations of the SHSS gym, a specific enrolment at the high school. The board stated its willingness to transfer the class in a letter of intent to the Ministry of Educatgion. enrolment figure was agreed on to justify the “In order to justify the, enlargement of the gym, we need a certain enrolment figure. The figure of 850 was a for their allotted. pi As a result.of these projected circumstances, ministry officials suggested the board_send a’ letter. of intent The board revealed publicly the content of the letter for critical figure in these discussions.” the first time at a special meeting Monday night Previously, the board had discussed the letter_at_an. in-camera meeting. The need ‘for the letter — which was sent at the As of Oct. 31, “We needed to enrolment at SHSS was 774. indicate some intent that there would be 850 students in that school to justify the extension,” he said. suggestion of ministry officials — arises from the on-going y renovations to SHSS, in particular the enlargement of the 10 years. school’s gymnasium, superintendent Wayling explained at the meeting. In addition, Waring ® Layee Ly, estimates show that of schools Terry over the next eae omen ary, schools will be short of space (and) the ~ board will have to make critical decisions about the use of VOL. 38, No. 97 KJSS to ane! Wayling said. But Wayling cautioned the cireumstances, may never “In fact, the Grade 8s may never be moved,” he said. However, the letter — and the way the board handled it — upset some trustees. Rick Pongracz said “ meeting. “It’s actually embarrassing,” we're trying to hide something.” RSv tk Castlegar News would mean that-rooms would no longer be used to'transfer the Grade 8 class from 5 it’s a dangerous precedent” to debate something in-camera and then bring it to a public he said. “It sounds like there. Peaeac: ind the procs Wecssdey ts Us essee easton such as the letter to the public meeting and debate them ‘Trustee Doreen Smecher made the motion to bring the letter to a public meeting at the last “I only asked that it be brought forward so that it be known,” Smecher said. “I didn’t expect it to be debated.” Wayling said. Wayling said time was also a factor in not bringing the letter to a public meeting. - “We didn’t have time to discuss the letter with KJ teachers or parents” before the ministry required the letter, Pongracz said he didn't know why the board had to specify the Grade 8 class at KJSS as the means of boosting enrolment at the high school. - He said the board could have stated only the intention of bringing the enrolment to 850. CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1985 WEATHERCAST Cloudy today with isolated night will be mainly cloudy 1. Tonight wil main! with lows near -1. The outlook is for mainly cloudy skies, temperatures but ery’ little Preciptiation through Saturday. 4 Sections (A, B, C&D) WKPL seeks six per cent ate hike By CasNews Staff West Kootenay Power has applied to the B.C. Utilities Commission to increase its electricity rates by six per cent effective Jan. 1, 1986. “The increase is necessary primarily to offset higher costs resulting from the construction of required new facil- ICE PALACE . . . Fire hose to flgod outdoor skating rink at Slocan is kept running, forming a hu; the build-up of water freezes. Two la uge ice palace as Is take a break from skating to get a drink of water, and watch the water cascade out from the open nozzle. — CosNews Photo: INAUGURAL ADDRESS Moore rejects user fee By RON NORMAN Editor Castlegar council will look at new ities,” West Koot Power it J.A. Drennan says in a news: release. In an interview Tuesday, the com- and “innovative” ways to bolster city coffers. without increasing taxes or pany’s public Jack Fisher said the new facilities are needed to improve service to the South Okanagan. “It's basically an upgrading of ser- vice the South O between Oliver and Kelowna,” he said. Fisher added that “the main capital expansion” will allow West Kootenay Power to increase the voltage in the South Okanagan to 230 kilovolts. Despite the rate increase, West Kootenay Power customers will still pay approximately one-third less than the average paid by customers of other major utilities across Canada, the release says. ¥. Fisher said that in 1985, the average West Kootenay Power customer — whom he described as an average consumer using 1,000 kilowatt/hours per month — paid $31.03 per month. A six per cent increase would boost the total by $1.86 per month to $32.89. The same amount of energy con- sumption under B.C. Hydro’s rates costs $51.41. T?ansAlta charges its customers $61.64 for the same rate of consump- tion. B.C. Hydro and TransAlta are West Kootenay Power's closest geographical competitors. continued on poge A2 user fees, Mayor Audrey Moore said Monday. “I am committed to a full, in-depth examination of some innovative ways to augment our revenues — outside of tax revenues, outside of user fees,” Moore said in her inaugural address. But before the new council ad- journed its first meeting, a 1986 provisional budget calling for a 3.7 per cent tax increase was introduced. The city collected $2.14 million in taxes in 1985. The 1985 provisional budget calls for an $85,455 increase to $2.22 million. However, administrator Dave Gairns pointed out in a memorandum to council that council may still reduce or increase the budget before adopting it in mid-January. Gairns noted that the 1985 provis- ional budget called for a 4.5 per cent tax hike, although this was reduced to 3.7 per cent when the budget was adopted. “The provisional budget . . . gen- erally reflects a continuation of exist- ing programs and levels of service, and increases are mainly in the areas of labor and utility costs,” Gairns said. Meanwhile, Moore's address includ- ed a look at the past year and a look at the year ahead. She pointed to a number of ac- complishments in 1985, among them: © the development of the Inland Venture promotion e@ a new building at, the city’s industrial park e the creation of an Expo 86 com- mittee’ e the ii on Freedomite women end 7-day fast VANCOUVER (CP) — Two Sons of Freedom women serving prison sen- tences for arson have ended a 57-day hunger strike, prison spokesman Tom D'Aquino said Tuesday. “They're eating now, but that may stop momentarily,” D'’Aquino said. He said Braun, 63, and Tina ~\SImaeff, 69, drank fruit juice;~butter- milk and soup Monday. ‘The two women gave no explanation for ending their fast. Braun, weak and dehydrated, was d to General Hospital while Jmaeff re- mained in a hospital unit at Matsqui Institution. Another Freedomite, Mary Astafor- off, 71, died Nov. 24 while serving a 10-year sentence for burning four public buil at the General's Ministry. “It is not doing them any good and it is not doing the community any good.” He said Freedomites were parti- cularly worried about the two sur- viving hunger strikers since the death of Astaforoff. ~ Cran arranged a conference call on the -weekend between ~Jmaeff, her doctor and famity-members who urged her to consider giving up the fast. Jmaeffs daughter Katie Koodrin drove to the prison to see her Monday along with Braun's brother John Cher- noff. Chernoff's son, Harvey, represented the Freedomites in the meetings with prison officials and the other sects, Cran said. Sons of Freedom member Peter Museum in Castlegar. She had also been on a hunger strike. The women had gone without food since they went to jail Oct. 7 to serve seven-year sentences for burning a house in Gilpin, near Grand Forks. Greg Cran, British Columbia Douk- hobor relations officer, said represen- tatives from the Sons of Freedom, the Reformed Doukhobors and the Ortho- dox sect drove all day Monday from their West Kootenay homes to meet with prison officials in Clearbrook and to see Braun and Jmaeff. “The community is making an appeal to them to end their fast,” said Cran, who has been appointed mediator be- tween the groups by the Attorney said the women should be freed “because we don’t want them to bring them back home in coffins.” Doctors can't force feed: the women because of a 1983 B.C. Court of Appeal ruling which said the court had no power to order provincial corrections officials to force-feed Astaforoff, who was on a hunger strike at the time while serving another arson term. The Sons of Freedom is the smallest of three Doukhobor sects. The largest — the 5,000-member Orthodox group — has often been the target of Free- domite bombings and arson. The Re- formed group's 800 members are former Freedomites who have re- nounced the violence and public nudity of the Freedomites. inside stow MAIL: Albert Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park by the heritage advisory committee e feasibility study for a new leisure centre + Moore said a group of service club members headed by Ron Ross have prepared a study of the aquatic centre and will make a presentation tonight to council, the recreation project society and the Community Complex recre- ation and management commission. Looking ahead to 1986, Moore said continued on page A2 Johnson board chairman By CasNews Staff Kay Johnson is the new chairman of the Castlegar school board. Johnson, entering the second year of her first term on the board, was unop- posed for the chairmanship at the inaugural meeting of the board Monday night. “Last year has been a fight against a government which looks at the education ees in terms of profit and loss,” Johnson said, adding that sometimes she wondered if the fight was worth the trouble. But Johnson said she “looked at my daughter” and realized how important she is. “All kids in School District No. 9 are important,” she said. “We're charged by this community to be advocates of our children.” pcos pledged to use her energy was unopposed as the board's new vice-chairman. At the start of the meeting, sec- retary-treasurer John Dascher swore in newly-elected trustees Tony Gugli- After the meeting, Johnson said she expects changes in the way the board staff, parents and and board members in the coming ‘Alse at the meeting, Gorden Turner saying that with the two newly-elected trustees the will be more receptive to input from par- ents. ih was left won- dering this week just why a letter from his daughter in Surrey took nearly so long to get ‘to Castlegar... A3 MURDER CHARGE: A Nakusp man has been charged with murder . . -A2 ; GRANNY, GRANNY, GRANNY: When Margaret Killingbeck of Amherstview, Ont., told a friend she had become a grandmother three times in one day, the friend assumed one of Killingbeck’s seven children had gi en birth to triplets. Wrong. In fact, three of Killingbeck's children, living in three cities across Canada, had each become a parent in a 12-hour period. At 10:44 a.m. last Thursday in Calgary, Reanada Erica Brock Killingbeck was born. At 5:30 p.m. in Mississauga, Ont., Kyle Lloyd Rantucci arrived. And, at 10:18 p.m. in Ottawa, Adam Scott Hodgins came on the scene. Killingbeck’s reaction to the arrival of her 25th, 26th and 27th grandchildren? “1 was just so confused, | didn’t get very much sleep,” she said. “It was all just too much for one day.” ANNIVERSARY: The Central K | District celeb d its 20th birthday Saturday... A4 DOLL WARNING: The collar worn by the popular Cabbage Patch dolls could endanger children... AS STAYING PUT: The City of Castlegar isn't going to move its works yard after all. ..A7