104 4- 18-92 N LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS VICTORIA BC VBV 1X4 WEDNESDAY May 1, 1991 SPORTS _ idea takes off. Kids go after library/4A SUNNY Paes 3A ‘Voli 2- No. 18 castoger ‘British Columbia "75 ‘Cents + asT "Grass fire brings out = —— By NANCY LINGLEY Sun Editor “Seavey UKE” ea Sun Editor A Supreme Court jury found a Castlegar man not guilty on two | counts of sexual assault. The verdict was brought back to the court last Wednesday after just . decision,” said defense counsel David Crossin of ‘Vancouver. “The system wol The trial ‘began on April 15 in Nelson Supreme Court with Judge Raymond Cooper presiding. *On -Wenesday, April 17, Crossin requested time to ider his after The Ootischenia Fire Depart- ment was able to bring a runaway grass fire under control in “five to seven minutes,” said Ootisch . 5 were very helpful pulling ~ hoses and looking after traffic control,” he said. He also r mentioned that there was “plenty of volunteer help from local came through the Castlegar station said Bosse. The Ootischenia Emergency Fire number, 365- 3200, is not yet in service, but “it should be in place within the week," he said. The chairman’ of the Fire Commission noted that persons who receive a new telephone and program the emergency fire’ number into it should not “test” it. “Please! Don’i: test: \it,”” Fire Commission Chairman Larry Bosse.. “We knocked it down and brought it under control with the help of a payloader from the gravel-crushing people,” added Bosse. ; Half of the newly-acquired ~ Ootischenia Fire Di 66 Please! Don't test it. . . In effect, you are dialing an emergency number and it activates the base. id ” equipment responded to a grass on the banks of the Columbia River late Monday afternoon. “We had the triple combination pumper with 500 gallons of water. on board,” Bosse explained, “but * our water tanker truck was just finished being painted. We were due to pick it up at 5 p.m., in fact.” call came in at'about 4:20:, p.m. said Bosse‘and he had no idea’ how the fire started. . “It was the second official call: out of the Ooti i : Fire which was much appreciated : The fire, which was contained before it threatened any residential _.area, bumed about an acre of the riverbank. The call to respond to the fire 99 The fire response system for the Ootischenia department is the “most modern equipment avail- able,” said Bosse. “We have updated the Robson freq ii d Bosse. “In effect,: you are dialing an emergency number ‘ and jit activates the base, which will record the call, and all the portable radios go off.” i The Ootischenia Emergency ae Fire number will be easy to find in the directory when it is listed this “It will be listed in three places,” said Bosse. “Under C, under the Castlegar Fire Depart- ment; under O, for Ootischenia calls that come in are recorded Separately with the date and time. Local clubs win “By FRANK ISERNIA ‘Sun staff writer that the activities taken on by their club have made them one of the Department. Everybody showed up: ” eventually,” he said of the 12 5 The Slocan Valley Wildlife pees ived the Roderick of the fire ‘The fire was located on the East Side of the Kinnaird bridge on the bank below Ootischenia.” i! > The RCMP attended: the fire and. Bosse said he would: like to, ne Siegel to.t of Rocky Mountain _ think the ae fo approximately 1:50 p.m. At 5:53 p.m., a knock was heard on the door, and it was all over by 6:05 p.m. ; The alleged victim, who remained in a cout to hear all of the over four hours of deliberations by the eight man, four woman jury. There was an audible gasp of finding that'the Crown intended to call sasyen sor eight” character relief ‘from the *s wife and daughters before they rushed to embrace the accused. “I’m glad for you. It’s the right to. the character aiuieseed being called by the defense. With Judge Cooper's absent, on the day the v verdict was made. “I have nothing to say at this time," said the accused as he left the courtroom with family. aod friends following his ordeal. :Haig-B B.C. BY ial Trophy ata Wildlife Federation convention held recently in ».Cranbrook. The trophy was awarded to the club in recognition of its successful Tsito_the Passmore area, a ect that was voted ingest e “\ SVWA president Mike Rowden “i and vice-president: Ron Milton, retired to deliberate the case after the lunch break on Wednesday at’ who accepted the’ trophy io Cranbrook on ‘behalf of the association, presented the award to the membership last Thursday night at a meeting held to discuss Bill C-80. \ The West Kootenay Outdoors- men Association was presented with a certificate for the best improved region during the Cranbrook convention. | WKOA president, Steve Davis, who accepted the award, said that this certificate confirms the fact most imp! and progressive Fir fh and under F, for Fire Department.” ee region in the province. Davis said that the award and certificate is a tibaie to all local clubs. : the court adj until Monday, April 22, when a series of character witnesses, both for and against the accused paraded through the stand. Testimony and closing statements were completed by Tuesday aftemmoon. Judge Cooper then adjourned the court to prepare his instructions to the jury. : On Wednesday morning, the judge instructed the jury on the points of law necessary to the trial. Following the moming break, Judge Cooper reviewed | the evidence heard during the course of the trial for the jury.The jury Goats transplanted to Siocan Valley By Leigh Rubin f, course Urealize-that society is partlally to. blame for. the’crime y'all committed. ’ ‘Unfortunately only have. enough fone for: You.' By FRANK ISERNIA ~ Sun staff writer oa Mountain goats will be brought back to. the Passmore area where they became an almost extinct species years ago strongly due to loss of - SVWA led by -p to ship 10 more white mountain goats artes in June oe the Purcell Mountains where they live in the wild, normally high up in the bluffs, to join the first eight that were transplanted on Passmore mountain a year ago ind joint venture with the Ministry of Conservation branch in Nelson. This ‘natural ‘habitat ‘as opposed to some that were shot by hunters. i In a project that has eamed the. ‘Slocan Valley Wildlife Association a f poet trophy. from the British Columbia Wildlife Federation , the - mimute drive from Castlegar, while others were flown to Nelson from ‘Rowden. come down, ta: earth following has only been once or twice in B.C. transplant from Toby Creek to Passmore took just over an hour-and-a-half to’ fly the goats, one at a time, from the Invermere Airport to the Castlegar Airport and then release them in Passmore, a 25 See GOATS : 2A Highland Hecopiee head pilot Keith Ostertag;: who: donated his services: and SVWA President Mike: