10794 + LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY Wednesday, September 8, 1993 PARLIAMENT BULLDING VICTORIA BC VE CAN SPORTS Jennifer Postnikoff keeping the Terry Fox dream alive Page 16B The Castlegar Sun n Classifieds 365-7848 LOCAL . Need for Pathfinders Program being explored FEATURE Hands helping hands is their business BEDROOM apait turmshed, ava vs. 36 able Nov. Ist Downtowr SELL IT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS! 365-658 $790 ater 5.00 pn ‘ eeu ; . ’ : REE ry ern , 2-BEDROOM heated apt. stove, Indge PACIOUG 2:bedeopm apt. ubftiee:in You can sell any item in the icialsA rad rin drapes Trail Ph 364-2864 AVAILABLE OCT 1, in S AVAILABLE OCT. 1 in S bedroom suite in-quiet-buitding-w/taundry tacilities & large owner maintained yard No pets, vd. TWIN RIVERS Mote! Kite ublo, weekly rates 365.690: TWIN RIVERS MOTEL kitchen unit available 03, 365.6% Castlegar, 1 UNF 1 re $2607. Quiet, ns, female pre 365-3010. Available now + larg Close to Rec ‘Centre amenities and bus service. N/s, no pets. $400/mo including SHARED utilities. 365-2622 days or 352-5659 evenungs ACCOMMODATIONS BASEMENT SUITE downtown are: it able for quiet non-smoking individu: couple. $350/m0. Heat & lights inc., $175 damage deposit required, 365-7872 JRNISHED OR unfurnished 1-bedroom FL ROOMMATE WANTED to shar $200/mo. All utilities included. Av immediately. 365-7595 basement suite, 365-3321 eves HEATED & furnished 1-bedroom suite Utilities inc. For 1 pe only 365-5156 365-6610 call 365-7848 LARGE 2 BEDRM APT, 20 min. from college A Full Time experienced secretary is required for a new real estate office in Castlegar. Applicants-must- have-a cheery disposition, good telephone skills, and a working knowledge of word processors and computers. Inquiries should be directed to: David Buss, RHC Realty 601 Baker Street, Nelson ( Classifieds and reach readers all with Kootenay Classifieds. ask about putting it in the Nelson Daily News, Trail Daily Times, Townsman and Fernie Free Press! over the East and West Kootenays Place your ad at the Castlegar. Sun and Creston Advance, Grand Forks Gazette, Kimberly Daily Bulletin, Cranbrook Daily WEDNESDAY September 15, 1993 Vol. 3- No. 43 he Castlegar Su ‘The weekly newspaper with.a daily commitment’ Weather 75 Cents + G.S.T. CKCFC KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff Visitor in your Backyard Castleaird Plaza 620 - 18th Street 36€5-€e00e 7,00 BEAUTY CENTRE MACHADO'S GROCERY LTD. Bottle Depot — ) ICE +* HOURS: this is easy to miss Mon -Thurs- 9 am-6 pm Fri - 9am-9pm Sat - 9am-6 pm Sun - 10 am - 5 pm 1108 - 4th St., Castlegar Gol Down with a Coleman TSR® Rotary R.V. Air Conditioner * 13,500 BTU high cooling Capacity for utmost comfort $799 *Cooling ceiling assembly included in this low price. 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Fall, Winter or Spring tours available Value of $250 2nd prize: A gift certificate from Tavk ors Place for a Doukhobour meal for 4 people Value of $50 3rd prize: Two Castlegar T-shirts, courtesy of Von's T-shirts. Value of $45 HOW TO WIN 1. Find the clue in each merchant ad. 2- Write down the clues below the picture of the visitor attraction (it doesn't matter What order you put the clues in.) 3- Determine from the clues, what the attraction is and where it is located 4. Fill out the entry form and mail or bring it to The Castlegar Sun offices at 465 Columbia Ave. Castlegar, BC VIN 1G8 by 11 am on the Monday following the Wednesday paper Each week one correct entry will be drawn for an Aquatic centre pass and then retumed for a chance at 1 of the 3 main prizes. The winners of the 3 main prizes will be drawn on Monday September 27 at 11:00 am. Enter today! Braught to you by I think the visitor attraction is: Phone #: And it is located: Postal Code: Are you a subscriber? YES NO. Mail or bring entry form to The Castlegar Sun, 465 Columbia Ave. Castlegar, BC VIN 1G8 No later than 11:00 am on the Monday following the Wednesday Paper. The issue of Community Futures, its Board, and its past financial activities refuses to die Although an earlier press release of an “audit” into the financial and administrative procedures of the prior board of the Central Kootenay Community Futures Committee (CKCFC) indicated there was no wrong doing, a Review Report by Employment and Immigra tion Canada is much more: specific, and raises certain questions regarding the propriety of certain practices and expenditures by the previous CKCFC Board. An audit is strictly a numerical analysis of book. keeping, while a review is an analysis of the audit and any bookkeeping practices, and on occasion will also include recommendations. Information from the Review, which is available through the Freedom of Informations Act, appears to contradict the earlier press release. Among some of the findings and recommendations are: airline tickets in the amount of $486 were bought fer two spouses of board members, however, it is uncertain to ascertain if the tickets were reimbursed. The report says: “Even if they were, CKCFC’s fund should not have been used to pay for personal expens es for members”; a member of the committee travelled to Hong Kong at a cost of about $6,177. “This was approved in the Board Meeting of April 11, 1990, how ever there is no documentation to indicate the ratio nale for the travel, or EIC’s approval”, a receipt stating $1,575 was received by the Conference Com mittee for a large conference which was held, howev er, “There is no way of knowing if the meals were di ore The seven indiveduals wih During the review ye Joon const 4 wes Inc had dow Youth to be tried in absentia A Selkirk College student who including sexual assault with a weapon, will be tried Jan 31 1994, in absenuia The student, who can't be named under the Young Offend er’s Act, had failed to appear for his last court date June 18. The youth, a Hong Kong resident was charged with: breaking an In Cast ssue still alive jc entering of a dwelling: threaten is facing seven serious charges ing: unlawful confinement; sexu al assault with a weapon; theft under $1,000; possession of stolen property and illegal use of a bank convenience card gar Provincial Court September 9, Crown Council Hugh McSheffrey, requested that Judge Donald Sperry rule that the ise Could be held in absentia. Sperry ruled that the case _The colour purple ble-billed the CKCFC for $376 GST.” The nine typewritten pages of the review contain several references to the lack of documentation for expenses submitted such as: “There is no documenta tion to indicate..." ; “The review indicates that there was no letter of appointment as is required to be attached to the CFP agreement, under EIC's policy and procedures. In the absence of such a letter, the chairperson's renumeration of $1,000 per month could not be verified as to its appropriateness “The sub- contracts may be in violation of CKCFC’s conflict of interest policy and CFP agreement..." ; “In the absence of clear explanation of expense categories, it was not possible to determine. John Barr, a Community Futures Consultant who worked with CKCFC for almost four years staunchly defends the prior CKCFC Board, and praises them for their innovativeness and drive. “Having worked with them for over three years, I am not aware of any Community Futures group in B.C. which has put in as much volunteer time as they did. They.were a leading group in doing new and innovative things. Some of the points raised in the audit review were initiated because they were a lead. ing group doing different and innovative things such as partnerships with other groups.” Although it is precisely that partnership, specifically the interrelation between Comdel Enterprises Lid. and CKCFC which was under question, Barr defends the motives of the partnership. “I was fully aware and involved with most of the initiatives. They did it in fact with my blessings. I was fully aware and agreed in principal with everything they were doing.” Barr said cenain restnctions disallowed tor go: ment tunding to flow directly to CKCFC. how formation of Comdel provided an indirect means. by hich. money could be channeled to CKCF( Barr said he thinks the concept. which alloy Hons 4 be kevied before a formal audit or ins ton, thus sullying reputations, is untarr Thave a duthiculty with the fact that ib was mide < public process in which they are guilty until pr nt—n will alway AS « their head. 4 i always be there It should have been made public att the audit would go to trial Jan 31, 1994 whether the youth appeared or not Mario Furlan was out checking the progress of his grapes last Wednesday Furlan is closely monitoring the sugar level in his grapes which should be ready for harvest and wine making in several weeks SUN STAFF PH Van Putter The charges stem from an alleged incident in August, 1992 when a Castlegar woman was bound and gagged, assaulted, had ‘pictures taken of her and was robbed by two men Another youth who was allegedly involved in the accident fled the country last fall KAREN KERKHOFF 1 Sun staff A meeting was held Tuesday night by several res- idents who were concerned that their neighborhood _Asphalt jun le | The main parking lot at Celgar is being moved, yes moved. John King. left, Ron | The deh 9e, driving, and Mike Mortimer collect the large chunks of asphalt so it can be jp Castlegar ur recycled to pave the dump road on the Celgar property Le had become a “half-way” house for juvenile offend ers or ex-cons. The rumours kept the residents who live around around 8th Avenue and First Sueet in a state of apprehension as they tried to sort out who exactly was moving into a four-plex at that address. Nola Partington, District Supervisor for the Income Security Program, and the Supervisor for the Castlegar and Trail Social Services said that in fact, the residents who would be living in the four-plex were youths age 16-20 who are partici ng ina program which has been nicknamed “Genesis Pro ject Partington said the project is designed to help youths who are currently on social ass dependent on someone who is on social become more employable through educational upgrading, lifeskills training) and working in the community. One condition of the project is that it must benefit the community and not an individual or business. Although Partington was unable to com ment on the specifics of the project, which is con- tracted out, she did emphasize that the purchase of the four-plex was not done by Social Services, but KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff Zuckerberg Officials from the City, Selkirk hand last Sunday to welcome cr t a Sgar and District Recrea : Japan and delevat SUN STAFF PHOTO John Van Pun ypan and d Rokkoh Gro UD be treat | ; — ‘ J Kes am ‘ City welcomes delegates Care Centre; downtown Revite Island Humphries; Kootenay Columbia Day Care Centre; a gala reception College, and Celgar were on at Selkirk College, a tour of the Selkirk College Campuses: a visit i ' to nN. a barbecue a Centre: viewing of the pkin tor th Senior's Centre, a tour and th pening of Celgar expansion. a lunch at Celgar. a tour of Kinnaird Middle School dunner at the Hi Arrow Residents confront rumours rather by the contractor Cam Caskey, who is the property manager, and also oversees that the youths are eating well and Paying their rent, defends the project and the youths. and stressed that the youths who live in the house and are partaking of the project have done so by their own initiative—not as a requirement of a parole board, or a court order ‘This projects helps everybody and doesn’t cost the Community anything. These young people are not a burden to the tax payers anymore—they ‘re try ing to make something of themselves. Rather than draining the taxpayers these men are tired of being in the system (welfare) and are trying to do some thing about it.” “askey said the youths, who are mostly from Castlegar, will work 30 hours a week, and also receive 10 hours of tutored correspondence education. Castlegar City Director of Developmental Ser vices, Phil Markin, said the existence of the four plex, or the youths, does not contravene the zoning in that area, which is zoned R-4. The zoning, said Markin, allows for multi-family, senior citizen accommodations, single dwelling, or boarding or rooming housing The Tuesday night meeting was attended by Caskey, two of his formen who will be supervising the youths during work, and about SO residents 32 pages 3 sections Ann Landers . Business . Comics.. ' Editorial Sports. Profile . Classifieds Entertainment » ! Celgar supplement Stanley