ll New program teaches home-care techniques Corinne Jackson NEWS REPORTER Ask and you may receive. Castlegar and District Hospital has received some much-needed funding for di- abetes education. “It was seen as a priority of the community partner- ship committee,” Ken Talari- co said. “It’s money we ap- plied for.” The $31,000 program is designed to educate diabet- ics and their families about the disease, teach diabetic home-care and monitoring, the hospital administrator said. The service will be provid- ed in co-operation with the Castlegar and District Home Support Services and the Castlegar Continuing Care ncy. Although these organiza- tions are aimed at assisting seniors, Talarico said, that diabetes “hits all age groups.” The program will rely on doctors’ referrals to reach out to younger people and those without home support ser- vices, he said. “What we'd be looking at is identifying younger dia- betics and bringing them in- to the program. Teaching them, to the best of their ability, to monitor them- selves,” Talarico explained. In the past, diabetics in Castlegar have gone to Trail for the program. “(The Trail Regional Hos- pital) has a lot of Castlegar people in it and they're quite busy. So we suggested set- ting up (a service) for Castle- gar residents,” he said. Talarico said the commit- tee “felt it was a program that would benefit a lot of people in the community.” The committee responsi- ble for the service is part of the provincial government’s Community Partnership Program-Hospital Care ini- tiative. By working to under- stand, treat and prevent ill- ness, Talarico said that the program should create “de- creased health care costs.” Local health committee heads in new direction Corinne Jackson NEWS REPORTER A local health care plan- ning committee is telling peo- ple in Castlegar not to panic. A proposal that could see lo- cal hospital boards dismantled in favor of one super commit- tee is just that according to Liz Barbour — a proposal. The chair of the West Kootenay Health Care Plan Steering Committee is cur- rently examining ways to im- plement recommendations of the Seaton Commission. The inicial commission recom- mends the regionalization of health boards to cut bureau- cratic costs. “A lot of people think we'll dissolve everything,” she said. “But this is not necessarily what the regionalization process calls for.” Barbour said a so-called ‘su- per committee’ would only be created if people request it. “But this may never hap- pen,” Barbour said, calling ita hypothetical situation. The super committee plan is the final step of a five-step process which would see health care services in the province totally revamped. The local steering commit- tee is approaching Stage 3 of the Seaton Commission rec- ommendations and is current- ly looking to hire a facilitator to examine whether a super committee could work in this area. Kinnaird bus trip case closed not be laid against a bus driver accused of sex- Charges will ual misconduct of a Kinnaird Middle School student. RCMP say the case is closed following Crown coun- sel’s decisson not to lay charges. Police report that the decision was reached “after several in- terviews and a meeting with Crown counsel.” Corporal Al Hudema says this closes the file. The allegations arose June 20 after a school band trip to RDCK waste plan on ho @ Vernon meetings leave Cady wondering where solid waste plan is going Scott David Harrison EDITOR George Cady doesn’t know what to think. The chair of the Regional District of Central Kootenay says the provincial govern- ment is sending out mixed messages regarding solid waste management. “Here we go again,” Cady said. “One day we have all these rules that we have to comply with and the next day we don't. “What’s going on?” Cady said he’s confused about a couple of meetings he had with Environment Min- istry officials regarding the province’s new solid waste management plan. The plan — which calls for municipali- ties and districts to reduce sol- id waste by 30 per cent in 1995 and 50 per cent by 2000 —has been a sore spot with Cady, who argues that it discrimi- nates against his region. Those complaints may have paid off for Cady, as it appears that the government is ready to listen. “They’re not as cranky as we thought they were going to be,” said Cady, fresh from the meetings with the ministry at a Union of British Columbia Municipalities general meet- ing in Vernon. “Before (the government was) saying you haye do this or else,” he said. “Now they are telling us they were only pro- viding guidelines. “I wonder what kind of mes- sage they are delivering and which one we're supposed to believe,” he asked. Cady says the solid waste management plan is flawed because it relies on infrastruc- tures that don’t exist outside the Lower Mainland. He said as much as the RDCK would like to comply with every as- pect of the solid waste man- agement plan, it can't afford it. “The government is taking a model for the Lower Main- land with its dense population and trying to apply it here,” Cady said “That’s not fair for smaller places like Kaslo or Yahk which can’t afford to build something they don't al- ready have.” Because of Cady’s objec- tions, the Environment Min- istry is asking the director of its municipal waste branch to meet with the RDCK board. Ron Driedger will outline the province’s expectations at a special October meeting. “Things certainly aren't as hard and fast as they first ap- peared, but there are still a lot of questions to be answered,” Cady said. “Right now, I really don’t know what to think. The whole thing is up in the air.” Wayward Mexican boards wrong train Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER Whoops... talk about tak- ing a wrong turn. Or to be more precise, a wrong boxcar. A Mexican citizen who ar- rived in Nelson Thursday thought the CP Rail boxcar he rode in was supposed to go to Seattle. Nelson City Police re- port the man was seen leaving a CPR boxcar in Nelson and was later arrested on Baker Street while “attempting to look inconspicuous.” A police statement claims the man had spent quite some time travelling the train and “was surprised when the ar- resting officers told him he was in Nelson.” It is believed the man hopped a train in Reno, Nev. There are some conflicting reports, though. A spokesper- son for Immigration Canada, who asked to remain unidenti- fied, said the man was trying to get to Arizona. “One of the problems is that (illegal aliens) are never going where they say they’re going,” the spokesperson said. “They tend to travel by themselves a lot. “He was on a (U.S.) work permit and there are other fac- tors I can’t mention. (The American government) asked that the permit be lifted. The spokesperson says the man is 25 to 26 years old, while Nelson police list him at 23. The immigration official said the disparity in ages could orig- inated with the wayward trav- eller. The spokesperson also said the co-operation between local and federal authorities makes a difference in these cases. “(legal aliens) can get away with a lot more (in the U.S.) than up here,” the official said. “In Canada, there’s better co- operation with local authori- ties. “In the U.S. it’s quite differ- ent. They have so many cases there it’s like ‘who really cares.” The official said Porfiro Ju- rez has been sent to Vancouver for a deportation hearing. SEES ATE! -P 2. oe a TE, AY Se a 2 AT Ty 4 Phone in your birthday wish or drop by the Castlegar News Office. We will print it FREE OF CHARGE starting Saturday, Oct. 3. All Birthday greetings must be in by 10:00 a.m. Thursday for our Saturday paper. Our phone number is 365-7266. @ Wednesday; September 30, 1992 Glade residents rally against clearcut Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER The Arrow Forest District called it a typical case of Not In My Backyard. And NIMBY was the message some cerns heard Monday night. Hamann told the crowd the Arrow water,” Hamann said. Forest District studies a watershed’s quantity, quality and timing of flow. “One finding was that the removal of 60 Glade residents gave to representa- tives from the Arrow Forest District Monday night at the Glade Communi- ty Hall. Atco Lumber Ltd. of Fruitvale has clearcut plans for 80 hectares of timber in-the Glade Creek Watershed. And Glade’s water users were told there’s nothing they can do about it. Ian Hamann, the district’s opera- tions manager for harvesting, said the choice of whether or not logging would occur isn’t even an option. “We're not here to make a decision,” Hamann said. “The decision to log the area was not made yesterday or a year ago or 10 years ago. It was made many, many years ago.” Hamann said the reason for the meeting was to develop a technical committee that would deal with con- Cott meets WKP, IBEW at the bargaining table Corinne Jackson NEWS REPORTER They’re back at the table. West Kootenay Power and one of it’s striking unions were called to the negotiating table by mediator Don Cott Monday morning. Although talks between the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and WKP “broke off at dinner,” Mike Bradshaw said talks resumed at 9 a.m. Tuesday. “There is only one way to gage it and that’s that we're still talking to each other. “That’s probably the most important signal,” WKP’s di- rector of community and pub- lic affairs said. IBEW spokespeople were unavailable for comment. The union has been on strike in a dispute over pen- sions since July 17. While talks between the IBEW and the company have been called twice in the last 17 days, WKP’s second striking union has not been so lucky. The Office and Technical Employees Union, on strike since Aug. 30, has not been called back to the table Paula Stromberg said. “People in the union do cer- tainly speak with Don Cott,” the communications director said. “(But) we have nothing to report.” Stromberg said that they will sit back down at the table “when the company calls us.” However, Bradshaw said that while talks with OTEU have not been scheduled, the union has “insinuated pretty strongly” that they will not ne- gotiate until the IBEW dis- pute is settled. “They have made that clear all along,” Bradshaw said. Slr etchers MEXICAN DAY Thursday - Ali Day 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. aa PLichards on Columbia 1004 Columbia, Castlegar - Glade resident Nick Denisoff asks representatives from the Arrow Forest District if logging in Glade Creek is really worth the cost compared to leaving it alone. His comment was met with jeers and laughter from the audience. Both West Kootenay MLAs faced the timber can actually increase the flow of crowd and tried to ease the tension. “Everyone’s going to have to com- promise a bit,” Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy said. “If we stop logging in all our watersheds we could see about 80 per cent of logging stop in this area. What happens to those jobs?” Nelson-Creston MLA Corky Evans spoke of how the local forest industry pays the bills. But he said the ultimate decision is with the electorate. “It’s not up to politicians to tell you how much wood you want to trade for jobs,” Evans said. “But realize the fur- ther the annual allowable cut drops, the more forest jobs we lose in the West Kootenay.” Glade Community Watershed Com- mittee member Louella Bartlett said the meeting was meant as a pacifier. “Our input will be minimal,” Bartlett said. “They came here to com- fort us. “We don’t believe forest jobs have to News photo by Neil Rachynski _ : / have | be at risk. We believe forestry is mis- @ College opens education wing with "¥. special ribbon-cutting ceremony With Castlegar’s immediate needs met, Perra said Selkirk will now address the con- Corinne Jackson NEWS REPORTER It’s got a long way to go. community. or desks. to accommodate. . Selkirk College’s new wing is only one step in its plans to meet the needs of a growing “We're trying to keep balancing the balls as they fall from the air,” Leo Perra said. The college’s president said that the new wing will accommodate 350 student stations, “We were using a lot of lab spaces for class- rooms and a lot of classes in places too small “General rooms were moved to specialized labs or classrooms and so they became less flexible for use,” Perra said. The new space, he said, provides a good quality teaching space. The wing will be offi- cially opened Friday at 2:30 p.m. when Ad- vanced Education Minister Dr. Tom Perry does attends a special ribbon-cutting ceremo- cerns of the Nelson campus. He said funding has been allocated for a new shop facility for woodworking and major appliance programs. Construction will begin in October. Acknowledging the difficulty of funding, Perra said that the province should adopt a master facility plan. “(The plan) looks at current facilities and future needs,” he said. “It is supposed to bring all of that together and:provide a sense of di- rection for the school that the ministry will ac- cept. “There is still a tremendous amount to do,” Perra said, listing the needs of the Selkirk campuses. He said library budgets are half of what they should be and facilities for special needs students and computer programs must be up- graded. “We have diverse needs,” Perra said “The challenge is to meet as many of those in as quality a fashion as possible.” — - ARROW LAKE ELEVATION 1412.00 ft. on Sept. 26 Forecast of Elevation 1411.40 ft. on Oct. 3 OUR ACTION AD PHONE NUMBER IS 365-7266 For ACCOUNTABILITY Vote The NéWs Not just "The News" Outs: COMMERCIAL PRINTERS AS WELL! Why rent? .. . WITH 5% DOWN AND EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS YOU CAN OWN YOUR OWN HOME! We have a good selection of new and used mobile homes. Pads available in family and adult:parks. BELAIRE MOBILE HOMES 4375 Columbia Ave., Castlegar - 365-8077 WE "SELL, BUY OR TRADE” Di. 9468