59. ca Castlegar News October 11, 1989 Replacing stolen The Canadian Press Passports can be a nuisance to get and an even bigger nuisance to replace if stolen To get one, you have to fill out a long application that must be countersigned by a guarantor and accompanied by two photographs Then you have to éurrender a birth certificate or other proof of citizenship to External Affairs while the ap plication is processed. The fee for a passport is $25, And when the passport expires after five years, you can't just renew it, you hate to: go through the whole procedure again A similar screening process is per formed when a passport -is lost or stolen overs Embassy or consular staff need to establish you're who you say you are, and that can be time-consuming, par ticularly if all other ID has-also been lost or stolen LOSSES NOT HIGH External Affairs says about 1,000 Canadian passports are reported is available free at any passport office. Before issuing a replacement passport, the consular or embassy staff will want’a copy of the police report, plus three photographs of you, plus, of course, confirmation of your identity At this stage, it helpsa lot if you have some ID, So always’ carry passports separately from other identification to reduce the chances of losing both The best ID is a birth certificate or certificate of citizenship — the same document needed to obtain a passport in the first place. HAVE PHOTOCOPY Gloria McArthur passport policy in Ottawa, says people reluctant to travel with their original birth photocopy acting chief of certificates should carry ‘2 It’s also helpful to have a photocopy of pages 2 and 3 of your passport, which include the passport number, photggraph, date of Issue and signature Otherwise, consular staff will ask social insurance Any ID with a picture onitis particularly helpful for a driver's licence, card, and so on. Tips for traveling missing each month — a tiny fraction of the estimated five million passports held by Canadians at any given time But officials acknowledge that Canadian passports are a valuable commodity among people who want forged passports. Hence the time consuming screening process, even when a traveller needs fast Says lan Hamilton. ternal Affairs consular assistance to C Ourfob is to serve the Canadian public so you try to do that with as much alacrity and aplomb as you can, but being mindful there are people who would love a replacement head of the Ex section that provides ‘anadians and to get their hands on a Canadian passport WHATTODO Should a passport disappear on a trip, here’s what to expect and how to help the replacement process along That can may be a First report it is to police take language some time there barrier and police may be busy with more serious complaints Then, many dreds of kilometres away it may be. you'll have no matter how hun to go in person to the Canadian embassy or consulate in that country If there is no Canadian diplomatic there is representation in the country, usually an honorary consul a diplomatic representative of Britain or nor mally some other Commonwealth country ——authorized—to—assist Canadians when necessary LISTED IN BOOK The External Affairs booklet Bon Voyage, But. . . lists all Canadidn em bassies, high commissions and con sulates around the world. The booklet 1 aetiiindinaiadiiaeaae But unfortunately, officials say, most_travellers whose passports are lost or stolen also lose their ID. When that happens, your name and date of birth will be faxed, Telexed or phoned to the passport division in Ot tawa, which will then check its files, in application for the original passport That information cluding your application contains plenty of including your hair and marital and the which the eye color, height, weight status, previous marriages name of your guarantor eonsular officer may then use to double-check your identity So how long would all this take? ATLEAST DAY McArthur would only say the time needed varies widely, depending on everything from the country you're in and the ID you have, to how busy the consular staff is and the time differen ce with Ottawa. But it sens safe to assume it would take at least a full working day even if all went smoothly, and may take up: wards of two days Let’s put it this way,’” McArthur adds. ‘When the consulate or embassy is aware of your travel plans and when you must continue, they will try to get ALUMINUM SHEETS 24'2" x 36 T1012 — 78€ Each 3 10 24 — 60¢ Each 25 or More — 50¢ Each CASTLEGAR NEWS 197 Columbia Ave., Castlegar HEAVEN Why try t t Pacific Home ... FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T WAIT. fit into someone else we'll create the perfect size idea of what your home style and you on the trip as scheduled."’ Also depending on the circumstan- ces, a so-called emergency passport might be issued. A one-page document that gets the bearer back to Canada, it can usually be issued faster than a passport takes replacement passport and the fee is $6. Areplacement passport, by the way, costs $25, the same as a new one. It is good for only one year, but can later be extended for another four years fora $5 charge. 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Mon Jay: Low cloud in the morning then little ‘obability of pre font through Monday s 10 per 3 Sections (A, B & C) Ministry policy not ‘sinister’ By CasNews Staff A new Ministry of Education policy that will allow Victoria to compile a list of personal information about all B.C students has\not been an issue with the Castlegar ‘chool board or ad- ministration, superintendent of schools Terry Wayling said The new polidy, which Wayling says was a recommendation of the Sullivan Royal Commission on Education, has reportedly been criticized by trustees on several school boards, The trustees say the policy amounts to an invasion of privacy The ministry is asking school distric ts to send Victoria the information schools normally their students, such as the child's place of birth, names and addresses oF parenis nd the language spoken at home. These records have always been kept by the districts and schools but this is the first time they will be on file in Vic toria, Wayling said Thursday The Castlegar administrators are currently sending out the information, collect on continued on page A2 BRUCE JOSEPHSON .. misses the Kootenays Josephson appointed to FENDER BENDER . . @ tow truck was called to help clear th tersection of 3rd Street and lth Avenue in downtown Castlegar after a minor traffic accident Thursday afternoon. Draft report outlines curriculum changes By CasNews Staff Education has the new 2000: A Assessment and B.C end of The Ministry of released a draft of curriculum, titled Year Curriculum and Framework for the Future, edu: have until the December to make changes before the final document is written, Castlegar-superintendent of schools Terry Wayling says. The final draft can be around spring break Wayling added Year 2000 outlines the changes that are to be made in the school system in B.C. based on the recomm of the Sullivan Royal Commission school ators suggestions for expected next year, ndations work experience a graduation requirement, according to an Education Ministry news release A student letter grades but will have a‘* that a record of his or her work skills has will not receive profile’ will have and list the types of knowledge, and student displayed, the ministry says. Implementation of the primary mwas optional this year and the af school board chose to wait to But the ‘am must be in place by Wayling attitudes the progr Castleg study the program more primary prog the 1991-92 said, and the entire new curriculum is expected to be in the schools by 1995 sschool year, junction with the new curriculum plan The act will enable school boards to implement the new curriculum and such as through outlines new greater_parent parent advisory groups at each school requirements involvement he said WKP to cut demand for power By CLAUDETTE SANDEEKI Staff Writer West Kootenay Power is embarking on a new program to cut power con sumption in the area by encouraging its undertake that customers to home improvement projects will cut heating needs The program, and unveiled at a press conference last called Power Sense week in Castlegar will have $3 million in its coffers to dole out in the form of grants and low-interest loans, to par ticipating WKP users with electrically heated homes, spokesman for the utility said The new initiative stems'from aa in. creased demand for power and a limited number of options to meet that Jim Brook said during demand vice-president ir charge of finance the press conference We---couldadd__‘generatin facilitie: from B.C he said or we could purchase pow Hydro and-otheputititiess These are much more expen sive than and will have They will cause increases in our present sources some environmental impact ustomer rates.” Brooks said the new program will rot “eliminate the need for additional esources,”’ sucha a gas turbine plant ‘However, our Power Sense programs will delay the need for ex pensive additional generation anc power purchases,”" he said WKP had i gas turbine Okanagan. year by the B.C. L s application to install a plant in Oliver, in the ‘arlier this Comm environmentat c WKP. public turned down ilities because of Jack Fisher administrator, said in an interview Thursday The commission instead encouraged WKP to consider * Fisher said The company is continuing to look a serious effort at conservation, for a site for its gas turbine, he said, WKP would like to gover adding the plant build would nment guidelines on emissi not exceed the ions The cornerstone of Power Sense is d program th who undertake Homeguar will homeowners heat-saving improvements to homes eligible for grants of up to $1,000 and low-interest loans of up to $4,000 to be paid back over five yea’ atan interest rate of five per cent The first $2,000 of any defined-as-primary-projects. basemeht f what are such-as upgrading ceiling, wall or wall insulation, will be split between a grant and a loar Secondary projects, such as 1 pane window glass witha double-pane or better glass and financed by loans only, eplacing single or putting in storm windows will be cording to a doors. summary of the Homeguard program WKP that after the loan is paid off, the “benefits alculates homeowner with no costs,"* said, since the loan will be paid off savings on heat bills will increase added that a homeowner WKP f any ple ec oblig roceed with the work Ww KP will >f—smatter contac 1 free assessment of without _being also introduce a number programs designed continued on page AZ than Staff Writer Red Cross By CLAUDETTESANDECKI Y offers meets the Tate 1986. rescue effor county court CasNews Staff s iy a package home to suit your requirements. $ youf creation and we do all the work. 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But, he added, they feel their roots are in Castlegar and the Kootenays where they have many friends. “We miss both the town people,” the judge said Josephson was born and raised in and the Saskatchewan and received his law degree from the University of Saskat chewan continued on poge A2 primary (years one through four). intermediate (the next seven years) and the graduation program, which will in corporate what is now Grades 11 and 12 The new system will focus more on the individual child working at his or her own rate. The clude graduation program will in options for various caréer college/university and will make programs and a preparation program outlined in Year 2000 and comment to the ministry by the end of the year, Sandy Peel, education, says in the news release “This input will be used to prepare the final document which will serve asa blueprint for provincial curriculum and assessment work leading into the next century,"” Peal says. Wayling said the new School Act put in “place piece of legislation in con deputy minister of was recently as an abling”® Salmo to vote on toll-free calls By CasNews Staff B.C. Tel customers in Salmo will be ballots starting mailed tomorrow asking them to vote on a proposal which would give them one-way toll free telephone service to Nelson About 980 subscribers in the Salmo exchange (357) will get the ballots. The voting period will take place between Oct. 23 and Nov. 20, B.C news release Tel saysina Similar voting is currently underway in ¢ B.C. Tel's customers asked to vote on astlegar where are being or extended toll-free, area, continued on page A2 one-way you were one of the 1,700 people who learned to swim or took water safety courses here this year, then-you_are familiar with the more visible activities of the Canad Red Society organizations that benefit from United Way funding Cross one of a number of loc The approximately 60 active volunteers who staff the Castlegar branch office at the Sandman Inn and its various programs provide a wide range of emergency says Gary Ockenden astlegar for the East and and community services Kootenay regional director in ¢ West Kootenays mediate help when their homes burn down are provided For instance, families who need im with food, shelter and clothes for three days until they can make arrangements with friends, families and in surance companies, Ockenden says The volunteers in charge of those services a times of disaster, he says, adding that the local emergency program, Karine provincial chairman of emergency services. responsible in communi coordinator of 1 Johnson, is also the registering all displaced people in the area and helping them connect with their families, Ockenden says. so close ‘to home, says Ockenden who helped co During an emergency the Red Cross has the task of And the Red Cross helps out when the disaster isn’t icane Hugo ra As well. the Red Cross has a **tracing avaged the area, Ockenden sa service that has helped eight people in the Kootenays thi year who have either bet 3 been sought by someone from another country, he the people it thquake ar pre m about 150 wheelchairs afety programs. During t If you are ent-lending As say Red Cre re loaned out free of ¢ the Red Cross is active with young people, earthquake in Armenia, y3s made inquiries in the Kootenays who had relatives ir x, Ockenden says »bably the best chance you've got The office in the Sandman Inr also b Ockender and walkers service, says, and othe well sons addition to the swimming les continued on poge AZ for examp! 1 seeking someone overseas or says the Soviet Union for he ear last seeking someone across borders, we're an equip: year equipment harge for up to three months and water the society runs a leadership training