Pearman we oe Nand lag ny eae The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, December 9, 1992 Variety Club of B.C., cut the ribbon during the afternoon cer- The Tender Care Variety Centre held its official grand opening ceremonies last weck- end, much to the relief of the Columbia Child Care ly renovated bui 1s mow known as the Tender Care Variety Centre. Platinum Sponsors of the project, Ed Conroy and Keith Simmonds, representing the provincial government, and Dal Richards, ambassador for the centre. parents and children who will be using the new centre, volun- teers and contributors, board members of the KCCCS execu- tive, city councillors, and Ronald McDonald, who enter- tained children during an after- noon show at Hobbit Hill, The total cost of completing the Tender Care Variety Centre has reached $370,000: But Conroy says she is certain that amount will increase to approx- imately $400,000 when the:fin- ishing touches are completed. “We also have to purchase equipment and finish working on the playground outside,” Conroy said. to officially open the ' Other guests included the Stanley Humphries Career Prep Program an There are 28 new faces which Byers Transport, in Castlegar. “Truck driving has interested me for the past three years. This isa can be seen at local busi Castlegar. The new faces belong to stu- dents who are enrolled in the Career Prep Program, which is offered by Stanley Humphries Senior Part of the Business Prep Pro- progr good opp y for students to find out what they want to do.” This is the second year the Career Prep Program has been offered. Last year when the course was offered, only two sub- ject areas were included, but b of the of the gram ng, 100 hours with an employer of their choice. Career Education Coordinator, Verna Chernoff said time spent with local businesses is an impor- “So far, what they have done in school has been mainly theory. \, Now the students are in the work- force to put imto practice what they have learned in theory.” Career Prep Program student, Kathy Manson, 17, wants to be a truck driver, and she is investigat- ing truck driving as a career by course, the Prep program is now offering four subject areas. The four subject areas offered are fashion merchandising, gener- al mechanics, food service, and informations management. Chernoff is grateful to the managers and owners who are welcoming the students into their businesses, and taking the time to “Our business community is excellent at supporting our pro- gram. It costs the businesses money to do that.” Selkirk College Status of Women remembers Montreal massacre dered in Canada last year, and 62 per cent of those women were murdered by their partners, On Dec, 3, Selkirk College | Status of Women and Human i Commis- and faculty members that the massacre is not an isolated event. “They didn't see the massacre as an isolated event. It is con- nected to issues of violence and fear all around us in our commu- nity.” During the ceremony there were 14 red roses placed, as a symbol of the 14 sion, and Selkirk College students partici- Pated-in.a dis- ~~ — cussion and presentation in commemoration of the 14 women. who were murdered three years ago im the Montreal massacre, and to address the vio- lence that faces women , every — MADELYN MACKAY Provincial Representative roses honored lost with their deaths They were enough to be studying in non- traditional fields.” After the discussion, a video called “Inequality in day of the year. Members and students spoke of the mags murder by student Marc Lepine, and how it relates to them. Status to Women Faculty Provincial Representative, Madelyn MacKay, said the com- mon thread of the discussion was the observation from students school board trustees. School District No. 9 new appointments An inaugural meeting, held Dec. 1 at School District No. 9 office, has determined new positions for The Board has the fi Management: Operations: Education: Planning: to will teceive a remuneration fromi the school Board bers was ~ board of $7,770, the Vice Ch the Classroom” was viewed. The video was pro- duced by Simon Frazer Universi- ty, Concordia, and many other colleges and universities across Canada. MacKay said the video showed that in the classroom there is an inequality of who receives the most academic attention, “The white males got the majority of the attention, next were the minority males, then the white females, and finally the minority females. There is an order in the classroom, some peoples needs are subordinate to others.” students consider careers through work experience brave” - ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Karen Kerkhoft Seventeen-year-old Kathy Manson wants to be a truck driver, the Career Prep Program at Stanley Humphries’ Secondary School will let her find out if it's truly her bag. Secondary school principal sets down new rules for smoking students KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff There have been some new rules set down at Stanley Humphries Secondary School in order to alleviate some of the problems associated with’ stu- dents smoking In a news release from SHSS, this initiative was implemented in direct response to many prob- lems associated with students smoking. One of the problems noted was the habit of spitting, which was associated with smoking, and the ion of “filth” “It's going quite well. So far we've had one incident with a student who was smoking out- side the designated smoking area. He is now doing some school service, he’s picking up garbage.” The SHSS Parent Advisory Group has volunteered to help to patrol the smoking and non- smoking areas to reinforce the new rules. “It is just excellent that they would take that up.” Hogg stressed that although parents will be patrolling, the parents won't be policing the and litter around areas where the students smoked, which was just outside the cafeteria. Besides the filth and litter, many students were often late for classes. Students who smoke are now required to smoke at the new designated smoking area, which has moved from behind the cafe- teria to the back lot, behind the gym and the band room, well away from foot traffic, and classes. SHSS Principal, David Hogg, is pleased with the results of the new rules which went into effect Dec. 7. “They're monitoring it, they’re not policing it.” The level of responsibility and maturity shown by the smoking’ students does not go unnoticed by Hogg. “People are doing their part. We understand that in order to reach the designated smoking area they have to walk through the snow to get there, and that can be uncomfortable. But, they are complying and we are very Pleased. We appreciate the coop- eration we are getting from the smokers, that’s extremely responsible.” Wednesday, December 9, 1992 The Castlegar Sun Local Lions club inducts first woman as member KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff For the first time in the Histo- ty of the Castlegar Selkirk Lions Chub, a woman has been inducted as a full-fledged member. Chamber of Commerce Man- ager, Renee Read, is not a mem- ber of the Lady Lions, but a full-fledged member of the Castlegar Selkirk Lions, which in the past has been an all-male chub. Castlegar Selkirk Lions Presi- dent, George Allan, is optimistic about Read’s installation. : “T think it is a very good thing to finally have a lady in the club. The clubs have found that having @ woman as a member is an asset. Ihave not heard one negative word from any club that has a woman as a member.” Allan also said that installing Recent petition SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor 4 think It Is a good thing to finally have a lady In the club.’ — GEORGE ALLAN y Lion's Club President Read as a member is part of a natural progression. “We are taking a step forward, not regressing. This will be a big step forward, and it should be a good step.” The Lions asked Read to join the club a year ago, but Read said she was unable to commit at that time. “I couldn't make the commit- ment at the time. For a person to join a club just to have their name on the roster isn’t a good thing.” Read is now able to make that meeting against can Valley Concerned Citizens Forum, Brian Bailey, said More than 200 signatures are now on a petition which protests the Regional District of Central Kootenay’s bylaw 923, otherwise known as the Unsightly Premises bylaw affecting residents of the Slocan Valley. The additional names were gathered by the Slocan Valley Concermed Citizens Forum at a public meeting held Saturday evening at the Winlaw Communi- ty Hall. Legal Researcher for the Slo- b 60 and 75 people attend- ed the meeting. “We didn’t have as large a turnout as we expected to have, but it was a quickly-planned meeting, held only one week after the bylaw was passed.” Bailey also said that conflicts with other planned events might have lessened the number of Slo- can Valley residents who had Planned to attend. Even though the numbers were down, Bailey insists that emotions are running high. “Feelings on this issue are get- Festivals Society survey could SUN STAFF Castlegar and area residents will have the chance to be a deciding factor in the future of Sunfest has in the area. The Festivals Society, which consists of a small core group of people, is in the process of con- sidering what should be done about the summer-time festival, Sunfest by plet ing a survey that can be found on page 7A of the Castlegar Sun. The survey, put together by members of the Castlegar Festi- vals Society, is designed to estab- lish the importance of and impact and blishing where Sunfest stands with the community is a good way to start, according to one festival committee member. “Not only do-we want to deter- mine what the community wants, we also want to determine firm commitment, and lead the way for other women who might want to join the Lions. “I said yes, I would be the first, so other ladies can join. The women have been involved in the fund-raising anyway.” Read's husband Phil, is a member of the Lions, and Read said she received support from Phil and other members of the club in her decision to become a member. “I was supported by a lot of the other Lions in the Club. I look RENEE READ forward to working with them.” Read was installed as a Lion of the border. Some valleys will see WEATHER _ OUTLOOK: The forecast for Wednes- day; A variety of conditions are anticipat- 0d @s the main storm track moves south sunny breaks and snow flurry activity should be confined to the ridges. High . temperatures near zero. Lows about -4. Outiodk Friday: cloudy skies but with sunny breaks. Chance of @ éhow flurry, Temperatures ranging from highs near 2 to lows'of ~4, - 7 for Thursday ard 16/30 : Rain 0 0.2 on Dec. 8, at a ing held by the Lions at the Sandman Inn. adds names to RDCK bylaw ting stronger. We're letting people know that the challenge right now is no longer a political one, but a legal one,” Bailey said. The Slocan Valley Concerned Citizens Forum, under the legal research of Bailey, have let the RDCK know that it has every intention of challenging the new bylaw. Bylaw 923, said of the SVCCF, is written vaguely and forces them to clean up their Properties. “We are very serious about this,” Bailey continued. Slocan Valley residents, whose names are on the petition, said impact Sunfest whether our current committee is big enough to handle Sunfest,” said Derm Jackman, president of the Castlegar Festivals Society. The survey, which asks resi- dents to rate the level of commu- nity pride in Castlegar, also allows those who complete the questions to win a portable Com- pact Disk player, which will be drawn at a later date. See Survey page 7A Ronald McDonald was the hit of the day duri Grand Opening, Saturday. While the adults mi bon cutting ceremony, Ronald McDonald took care of the kids. It was a great show, as any one of these Castlegar youths will attest to. ng the Tender Care Variety Centre xed and mingled after the official rib- in making the sheltered stop, D'Arcy, from the Rota Villa board Castiegar's first bus shelter was put firmly in place last week by city employees. On hand to watch were various representatives from organizations which assisted located in front of the Rota Villla, a reality. L-r: Chris ; Earl Rourke, representing the Legion; Brita Haley, chair of the Rota Villa; Myrtle Thomas, from the Rota Villa; Rae Penmann, director of Rota Villa; Jim Chapman, city of Castlegar; and Phil Markin, Rotary club. Donations towards the sheltered bus stop came from the Castlegar Rotary Club, the Selkirk Lions, Kiwanis, Lady Lions, Celgar Pulp, Pope & Talbot, United Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners and the Legion. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Sharlene imhoft Mayor's position challenged during RDCK SHARLENEIMHOFF Sun Editor Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore has been elected by coun- cil to represent Castlegar as a director on the Regional District of Central Kootenay—but the election was far from usual, and her position of chair over city council was challenged in the Process. , The positions of director and alternate to the RDCK board are mormally chosen every year through councillor-appointment. This year, Councillor Lawrence Chernoff appointed Moore as director and himself as the alter- nate. Moore read the appointment to council during Tuesday night's meeting, and called for a vote Councillor Doreen Smecher, who has been the director repre- senting Castlegar to the RDCK for the last three years, indicated that she was still interested in holding her previous position and wanted to discuss the motion fur- ther. “Are you challenging the chair?” questioned Moore. Smecher replied that, yes, she was and a vote was called to decide whether the chair be sus- tained. Councillors voted that a replacement was needed for this Particular item on the agenda and since Smecher currently holds the ‘acting mayor’ position, she was given the chair. Council then withdrew the pre- vious motion and decided to instead elect, by secret ballot, a director to the RDCK. The secret ballot election, involving the mayor and six councillors, had to be done three separate times before a choice was made between Smecher and Moore. The reason: someone Bailey, realize that they are chal- lenging all the unsight! a bylaws throughout the ROCK and not just the one which affects Area H. As well, Bailey said that i realize i meeting take place in New Denver, since Bailey said many residents in that “I'm not certain when that meeting is going to take place, but it will be happening.” City loses long-time employee “SUN STAFF A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: ” Temperature: Max/Date Min/Date -13.0/4 Snow Mean _ Normal Mean 2B %, . Total *, Normal Huriper ern ees REMARKS: A dry, coo! northwesterly flowot air: moved across ‘ weak i the ys through Thursday. A Ing to early morning ridge top cloud , howevel, this usually burried Off by noon. The flow became southwesterly Fliday-with the occa- sional band of high level moisture moving in‘from the paiffic. By late Sunday low level moisture invaded southem'B.C. from Wash- ington state to give the occasional snow flumy. —_—___—__i1.___i, Forecast provided by The South - East intetier Weather Office at Castlegar, 8.0, sige entaniiendtiaes developed éad- NOVEM peratures fell, we received near normal Temperature j High This Date Year 11.9 1 Low 5.3 26 The City of Castlegar flag has been flying at half-mast this week, in order to honor long-time employee Peter Makortoff, who passed away Dec. 3. Makortoff, who was 57, began working for the Town of Kinnaird in 1964. After the amalgamation of Kinnaird and Castlegar, he was employed by the City of Castlegar and spe- cialized in water and waste. Makortoff was also involved in the labor movement and was president of Local 2262 up until two weeks ago. his trade for more than 28 “Peter was a professional man in both his duties with the city and with the union. He will be sadly missed,” said Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore. Peter Makortoff is survived by his wife, Ann, his two sons James and Frederick, their wives Ellen and Janet and two grandchildren, Karina and Christopher. Main Councillor appointments will walt Castlegar City Council has decided that the standing com- mittees of council will not be chosen until a later date, after a working meeting has been held. The appointments will be known after a special meeting is called by the city. appointment tie each time. “This is being done purposely to negate the process,” said Moore. The third secret ballot resulted in four votes for Moore, and three votes for Smecher. Chernoff was appointed as Public Works depa SUN STAFF The City of Castlegar Public Works department has almost completed the move to their Spoiled their ballot not once but twice, resulting in a new | ion in the i park, in South Castlegar. Rain Snow Total Precip. Sunshine 52.9 29.1 78.4 35.4 A series of Pacific systems moved across B.C. througti the month mal rainfalls predominated for the first portion of November then, as tem- BER 1992 snowfalis. Day Year 19.2 4 Record 1975 20.2 243977 | 155.4 130.1 186.9 95.1 Environmental advisory group tours through expansion site on weekend SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor For the first time since its incep- tion in October, members of the Celgar Environmental Advisory Group were given a tour through the expansion project, Saturday. Hosted by Jim McLaren, envi- ronmental manager for Celgar Pulp, a group of 15 people were given an overview of the goings- on at the mill—regarding both industry and the environment. McLaren boardroom setting. “Sometimes it’s difficult to sit through ings when you can’t visualize what is being talked about. This tour allowed me to bet- ter understand many of the issues discussing earlier,” said Bob Miller, who represents the a second or even third tour of the Site, perhaps when construction is mative. I would like to:do if again, but this time I'd like to, get a little more in-depth. It would be inter- esting to actually walk through the buildings in a basic hard-hat tour.” McLaren said it is in Célgar’s best interest to make all informa- tion available to the environmental advisory group, including tours of the facility. “T guess they would like to get more familiar with the nuts and bolts of the Operation. We'd be more than happy to accommodate The Celgar Environmental ; is an i Panel that reviews, recommends and reports publicly on the state of environmental concerns, it might have. There are 27 people on the committee, some of whom repre- sent land use groups, regional is- tricts, municipal government and i Canada, Two of the 74 District of K y Boundary on the advisory commit- tee. Miller said he would appreciate Duane Monsen, engineering technician for the city, said much of the heavier equipment, such as trucks and loaders, have already been put in place, and it’s mainly office equipment that is left. He was hopeful that everything would be in place by members represent the interests of the Lake Roosevelt Water Quality Council rtment moves into new location Tuesday. “Hopefully the weather holds out,” Monsen said, ° The new building contains a warehouse, machine shop, office spaces and service bays for various departments such 4s Carpentry or water/sewer,