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WEDNESDAY

September 2, 1992

Vol. 2- No. 39

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A regional conference on
teenage pregnancy is sched-
uled for Sept. 24 and 25 at the
Trail Campus of Selkirk Col-
lege. is two-day event is
geared to the needs of health
professionals, school counsel-
lors, prenatal course instruc-
tors and other participants in
community support to teenage
parents. Contact Continuing
Education in Trail at 368-
8229 for more information.

College news

A three-credit Industrial
Relations course of 15 weeks
duration begins Sept, 9. This
course is part of the Bachelor
of Administration Studies
degree program but may be
taken independently. The
class meets Wednesdays,
from 4-7 p.m.

Aglow Fellowship is resum-
ing its monthly meetings with
a morning coffee meeting at
the Legion Hall on Wednes-
day, Sept. 9 starting at 10
m.. Guest speaker for this
of the néw season is

Sue Barker of Kamloops.
Barker is a single parents and
assistant pastor. She has min-
istered extensively throughout
Canada and the Uaeeg ect

ad Well 8 Gverstas. In addi-

tion to a thinistry“ir prophecy,
she testifies to being miracu-
lously healed of cancer. All
interested women are invited
to monthly meetings.

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Glance| City releases

report details

Price Waterhouse report
available for public scrutiny

SHARLENE IMHOFF
Sun Editor

The City of Castlegar finally

released an edited version of the
controversial Price Waterhouse
report, which closely examined
the city’s overall operations two
years ago.
Released to the media Monday
morning, five city councillors
and City Treasurer Jacquie
Hamilton held a press conference
that afternoon to answer ques-
tions pertaining to the document.
Councillor Bob Pakula, Mayor
Audrey Moore, and Administra-
tor Gary Williams were missing.

The report, which cost taxpay-

agers appear unable to ting
municipal administrative opera-
tions up to an acceptable stan-
dard.”

The report also states that

‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jason Keenan

Quarterback Gord Sandrin (back) takes the shotgun
pass from Jason Scheufper during a flag football game
last week. The flag football season is well underway, a
sure sign that summer is quickly drawing to a close.

morale among city employees
was low, and that there were no
incentives to imprové work
habits or services to taxpayers.

“The draft is very candid, it’s
quite harsh,” said Councillor
Lawrence Chernoff. “But that’s
what we paid for, we needed this
evaluation to show us where
things stood.”

Things did not stand well.
Under the heading Municipal
Services, the report states,
“Municipal services and equip-
ment require a major program of
capital expenditures to bring
them up to acceptable standards.
There is no integrated plan to do
this.”

Due to the expected increase im,

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first for

the West
Kootenay

JASON KEENAN

Sun staff

The emotional impact of AIDS

stretches far beyond the infected
mi.

“Every so often, people come
up and say ‘My brother is dying
of AIDS and I need someone to
talk to’,” said Cindy Talarico, a
public heath nurse with the Cen-
tral Kootenay Health Unit.

“Many people's sons have it,
and left the area,” she added.
“Everybody at home is still

.”

The health unit will be hosting
the first of what Talarico said she
hopes becomes a monthly meet-
ing for the friends, families, and
partners of HIV-positive people.

“There are about half-a-dozen
who have dealt with it [the pain
of knowing someone die of
AIDS}, and want to help others.”
There are two main reasons why
there is so much pain.

The first is that acquired
immune deficiency syndrome is
fatal. AIDS attacks the body's
immune system. venting it
from fighting off diseases that the
body normally has no problem
net :

Once someone has full-blown
AIDS, they will die.

The second reason why a lot of
emotions, including pain, swarm
around AIDS is the way the dis-

“Because of the sexual conno-
tation, it has been a difficult dis-
ease for people to get
comfortable with.” The attitude

See AIDS 2A

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have to meet you...

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The Castlegar Sun

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SUN STAFF PHOTO / Sharlene Imhoff

Jay Hawkins, school bus driver and part of the maintenance crew for School District
No. 9., steam cleans the bottom of a school bus in preparation for undercoating. The
practice is dorie every year before the school season begins in order to prevent rust.

Celgar water rates remain unresolved

_AURTHUR JOYCE
For The Sun

Celgar Engineering Superinten-
dent John Eaton says the company
is still waiting to hear from the
City of Castlegar regarding a
request earlier this year for reduced
potable water useage rates.

For its first 29 years of opera-
tion, Celgar simply pumped water
from the Columbia River for use
in drinking fountains and show-
ers. Two years ago the company
paid for a tie-in to the City’s chlo-
rinated potable water system,
although Celgar supplies the
water up to the City connection
from its source at the Hugh Keen-
leyside dam.

Whether due to unduly opti-
mistic estimates or an unforeseen
rise in Consumption resulting
from the expansion workforce,
Celgar is currently using twice
the annual amount initially fo:
cast. “We originally thought it
would be $10-$12,000 per year,
now it’s up to as much as
$30,000,” says Eaton.

In a letter dated May 7, 1992
and addressed to City Adminis-
trator Gary Williams, Eaton cau-
tions that the City's proposed 32
percent rate increase could pre-
cipitate the installation of a pri-
vate chlorination system. Even at
current rates, the company feels

they cannot continue to justify the
expense.

“We would prefer an extension
to the original agreement- $10-
12,000 annually is a rate we can
live with,” says Eaton.

The letter further adds that the
advantages to the original agree-
ment lie in the City retaining tax

chlorination system, “a win-win
situation” for both parties. Fail-
ing this, Celgar has examined the
costs of installing such a system
and have determined it could pay
for itself within three years.
However, the City has estimated
Celgar would incur $18,000 in
capital costs for installation plus
annual maintenance costs of
$15,000.

In a memorandum by Rich
Soderquist to city officials carlier
this year, four alternate rate struc-
tures were proposed as possible
amendments to the current rate.
These include: flat rate, a fixed
quarterly rate regardless of water
consumption; constant rate, a
fixed amount per unit of water
used; declining block rate, a suc-
cessively lower rate per volume,
or ‘block’, as consumption
increases; or increasing block
rate, a successively higher rate
per block as consumption
increases. Soderquist says a reply

hasn't yet been made to the Cel-
gar request, pending a decision by
city council on which of the four
rates would be proposed. “If we
can’t get them to reduce con-
sumption under the current rate,
what's looking most likely is the

See TAXES 2A

QUOTE/UNQUOTE

“If any restrictions were
placed on Columbia