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The fence was taken down last week to howls of protest from residents, who wanted it left in place at the downtown park. = Fence SUN STAFF PHOTO / Ron Norman Continued from 1A replace it. Cyril Sookachoff, public He said the city will divide $15,000 worth of playground fence if the is ful. “At what cost?” Koreen asked. At last week's meeting, Coun- cillor Jim Makortoff also expressed concerns about the removal of the fence. Makortoff said the fence pre- vented drivers from using the park as a short cut and asked if there was anything that could |e | ae =m gee ‘ose | ae es: (|e rei anes n ss These Concise Guides on building Sheds and Gar will provide you with advice and detailed drawings which will save you hime and money on your construc: tion Be sure to pick one up welll in advance of building your project. iese 334 3:36 GREY PATIO BLOCKS GREY PATIO SLABS ax 16” 99 24" 430" 99 > n compound ‘apa, ond érywol Green Turf 12' Width Promotional | PACKAGE INCLUDES: 1. 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Asked about the possibility of the park being turned into a park- ing lot, O'Connor replied: "Not yet", though he acknowledged that it could happen. Councillor Brenda Binnie told council that she supports the removal of the fence. “T think that the idea of taking down the perimeter fence at Kinsmen Park is an excellent idea. I think that park’s too small to be fenced in.” She suggested using some of the fencing to replace damaged fencing at Kinnaird Park and the backstop at Kinsmen Park. Continued from 1A office,” Willson said. “If either one of us is sick, the Castlegar weather office is shut down.” Willson said the reduced hours will mean that forecasts for part of each weekday and all weekends will be “generic” and come out of the Kelowna weather office. The office will return to 10 1/4 hour days, but only five days a week, on Nov. 1, which is the end of the fire season. Willson pointed out that Richards has been with the Castlegar weather office almost since the day it opened on Oct. 29, 1972. Willson opened the office that day and Richards “was a week behind me.” That was 22 1/2 years ago. “Jim Richards is going to be very, very sadly missed,” Will- son said. Man charged with theft SUN STAFF thefts were reported the employ- lied a description of the RCMP are charging a 20-year- old Castlegar man with posses- sion of stolen property after theft of items from lockers at the Recreation Centre May 17. Police say that a number of locks had been cut from lockers with a bolt cutters, lockers had been rifled through and money taken. An cagle-eyed Recreation employee had noticed that a man not “known” to staff was hanging around the complex. When the ce P man to the RCMP. However when RCMP arrived the man had departed the facility. Shortly afterwards a complex employee retuming from lunch spotted the man walking down Sherbiko hill on Columbia Avenue. Police were notified and quickly apprehended the man who was found to have bolt cut- ters and some $200 cash on him. The man’s name can’t be pub- lished until formal charges have been laid. M&J Grocery 2253 Columbia Ave. KIDS ON; PARADE Sunfest Kid's Parade Sunday, June 4 Entry forms available at: Book Shop 1010 - 4th St. For more Info. call: Clemm 365-3389 Debbie 365-4981 Artistic Aromas 197 Columbia Ave. ee ee ae Wednesday, May 24, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Page 3A WARNS YOUTHS City takes down fence Castlegar council has taken down the fencing around the downtown public amenity area between the Marlane Hotel and The Greek Oven. For now, anyway. “This fence (was) a statement to the youth using the area that large gartherings and disruptive behaviours will not be tolerated by the city,” council said. The orange plastic snow fence was erected after the city and the * no more than six youths gath- er in the area at any one time; * there are no more complaints to the city or RCMP. about youths’ behaviour, * there is no vandalism in the “Failure to meet these require- ments will result in the fence going back up,” said council. “I think we took the right steps,” Mayor Mike O'Connor told-The Castlegar Sun in an interview. “And. some of the par- ents got the message as well.” O’Connor called it “a simple RCMP com- plaints about youths gathering in the area. However, council placed con- ditions on the fence coming down. Council said the fence will remain down provided: * of ” He said the city couldn't keep repairing and replacing items damaged by the youths. “God help them,” he said. “We're going to the maximum with all of these now.” The Sun captures several awards SUN STAFF The Castlegar Sun came up a winner at the annual 1994 Ster- ling Newspaper Awards. Acting editor Ron Norman captured the award for best local editorial. The editorial, entitled “Local Plan Needed”, was a comment on the Kootenay- Boundary CORE land-use plan. The Sun also took top honors for Best Special Section with its Tested by Fire issue. The supple- ment looked at area firefighters. Circulation manager Marge Lalonde took first place when The Sun won Best Circulation/Carrier Revenue. The Sun also picked up a num- ber of honorable mentions. Edi- tor Sharlene Imhoff and reporter Karen Kerkhoff were noted in the Best Spot News Photography category for their photographs of the Vogue Studio fire that involved four downtown busi- nesses last October. Kerkhoff's story about jailed New Settlement Doukhobors, entitled “Spirits high despite imprisonment”, was given honor- Ribbons send message of hope KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff Last week employees of Cana- da Safeway were shocked to find that co-worker Gwen Hubscher was diggnosed with a brain tumor. f' But this week employees and customers have rallied and now sport yellow ribbons of hope. Co-worker Liz Markin said that when fellow employees heard about Hubscher, they want- ed to do something. “It took us by surprise. We were so shocked. It started out that someone mentioned that we should wear yellow ribbons as a staff and it sort of snowballed from there.” Now customers, who have come to count themselves as friends of Hubscher, are also wearing yellow ribbons and donating money for bouquets. Hubscher has worked at Castlegar Safeway for 17 years and is known by many cus- tomers as the smiling friendly face behind the bakery counter. The Castlegar woman is scheduled to have surgery for removal of the tumor at St. Paul's Hospital tomorrow. But until Hubscher is home and recovering, friends and co-work- ers say they will continue to wear the yellow ribbons . “Yellow is for hope,” says Markin. able mention in the Best Hard News Story category. And Sun sports reporter Jeff Gabert won an honorable men- tion in the Best Sports Story cat- egory for his feature entitled “Legend of the Comet”, the story of Pat Haley. The awards are presented each year by the Sterling Newspapers Lid. and the judge this year was Brian MacDonald. Meanwhile, Kerkhoff won an honorable mention in the 1994 Jack Wasserman Memorial_ Award for a story she wrote about Mountain View Lodge. The award is given for com- munity-related stories written by reporters with less than three years of experience. The award.is part of the B.C. Newspaper Award competitions » - PERSONAL AF} : AL AFFAIRS Beg as rf ig ta wil Two teams of students from Stanley Humphries Secondary School studied the stock market before entering in a national trading simulation competition through Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. Team members are (back I-r): Brad Armstrong and Bryce Sowerby, who were on the team that won regionally, and front (I-r): Brent Jack- lin, advisor Doug Sly and Ryan Swedburg. Students Bay Street whiz kids KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff A team of two Stanley Humphries Secondary School stu- dents have turned $100,000 into $131,151.36 in only 12 short weeks. Unfortunately, the money wasn't real, and neither was the stock-market trading simulation in which Bryce Sowerby and Brad f Armstrong recently participated. The two SHSS students took first place for the B.C/Yukon division in the Wilfrid Laurier University stock market competi- tion and 18th place nationally. Sowerby and Armstrong entered the competition which encourages high school students from across ‘the to participate in thé 12- weebtrading simulation. Police briefs “Free”bie ' Neighbors of Kinsmen; Park were surprised on May 20 to see two 15-year-old girls running near the park wearing only their bras and panties. When ques- tioned by police, the girls said they wished to “express their freedom”. The two were turned over to their parents Party animals Castlegar RCMP are consider- ing laying charges against a youth who hosted a party which the RCMP broke up. Police say that when they arrived in the late evening of May 19 they dis- persed some 50 youths from a residence in the 500 block of Sth Ave. There was also a report of a hit and run to a van parked in the vicinity of the party. Sockless 4 A windsock used to determine wind direction for incoming flights was stolen from the Castlegar airport on May 20. Police say that thieves cut down a pole to steal the windsock. The windsock is four metres long and orange in color. There are no suspects. Suspicious fire RCMP are investigating a “suspicious” grass fire which occurred in Blueberry May 20 at around 6:30 p.m. There are no suspects in the case. Windows smashed Castlegar police are asking that anyone who has any infor- mation regarding the breaking of eight Kinnaird Middle school windows to contact them. The windows were broken over the weekend. Hot seat Castlegar RCMP are investi- gating the theft of an oak bench with ornamental legs May 17 from a residence in the 3300 block of 8th Avenue. Take that! A residence on 2nd Street and anothdr on Southridge Drive had paint balls thrown at them May 21. There are no suspects. Egged A vehicle parked on Sth Avenue needs a good wash after someone threw eggs at it May 22. Police say the owner has no idea who may have wanted to damage his car. Police are investigating. Traffic watch A recent traffic watch resulted in one seatbelt ticket, three speeding tickets and 10 tickets for intersection violations, in addition to other related tickets. Come and experience Internet in Action fee CPEN HOUSE Bam Friday, May 26 10 am - 4 pm Kootenay Computers 2313 - 6th Ave., Castlegar Or call James or Milton ¢ 365-2323 The two, under the advisement of SHSS teacher Doug Sly, tumed $100,000 into $131,151.36 by trading in various stocks on the Montreal stock market. Sly said that in preparation for the competition the trio studied stock market trends prior to investing and finally settled on PC Docs, Diamond Fields Resources and Ashton. When the competition began, the three bought into Diamond Field Resources Inc. at $17 and sold at $29 thereby making a tidy profit. But Diamond Fields. con- tinued gaining after they sold and went to $55 per share. But it was Ashton that they pinned their hopes on and which, Sly said, was their downfall. Had Ashton performed how they antic- Airy Mountain ipated Sly believes the three might well have won the ition. “It sort of won us and then lost us the competition, Ashton came down big time. Had we played it properly we would have won the whole thing.” In fact, the three investors believed in Ashton so much that Ashton was their computer password. Besides learning about the stock market first-hand Sly said the three “had a lot of fun” investing and communicating after school hours by Internet. “We communicated on Internet as much as we did at school.” The trio will be receiving a trophy and $250 to be split between them. They plan on dOhiting $25 towards future MANUFACTURER’S REBATE NAVE $210: IN CASH REBATES BY MAIL Come in today and make your best deal on Whirpool Home Appliances Then save even more money when you register ato receive up to $210 in cash rebates SOME MODELS EXCLUDED. COME IN FOR DETAILS. 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