Page 2A ' The’ Castlegar Sun Wednasday, July 24, , 1991 sunt ‘this week. has a different for- gentleman, Mr. John Bloodoft. ; John came into our office car- top > quality i instructors.” since become the William Seminstt, 58, born * and raised in the four-mile area ‘ “outside Nelson was up from Van- : couver for a short visit in Pass : Creek and decided to carve a : totem pole while there, “This is a holiday for me,” said Seminoff. “I work in a shop in secretary treasurer and has been trying to promote carving in gen- eral. To date, he has’won 18 rib- “bons at: various shows including a first prize for a mini totem pole, “which got me inspired to do more of them, as well as ceremo- nial spoons,” he said. Seminoff teamed about native arts from Victor Reece, a ‘Ksan Indian who is connected with :*down town V: and it's ‘ {nice to get out in the fresh air for once.” Seminoff took up carving ‘about two years ago when he retired and needed some sort of activity to fill his spare time. : “T lived in Manila for 20 years {idnd two years ago I retired and : returned to Vancouver where I } had started prior to that,” said 1 *Semeno ff. 1? “Iwas bored so I took up carv- : ing and was doing duck decoys. I ; thought I was the only one doing fait but I found out there are more ‘-earvers than members of the : Lions Club.” : Seminoff then joined the Rich- “mond Carvers Society which has 110 members from all over who carve just about‘anything. “We've got everybody in this aeeiea he said. “Doctors, wyers, anybody can curve. We also put on seminars with | WKO “l was bored so! took up carving” — William Seminoff “Totem pole carver U.B.C. through his work restoring totems. “Victor actually taught us more about Indian’ folklore than actual carving.” However, according to Semi- noff, “I'm not trying to be Indian with this work, it’s just the idea of carving different animals and fig- ures onto the poles that intrigues me. There is no spiritual value represented and I don*t mean to offend any natives in the area.”’- © “I'm not even using the proper carving wood. which is usually red cedar, This pole is carved from jack pine, it's not recom- mended,” he laughed. Castlegar Réd Cross joins in appeal BRENDAN HALPER Sun staff The League of Red Cross has launched an international appeal for $4,250,000 to assist the vic- tims of the massive flooding in the People’s Republic of China, which has left Two million peo- ple homeless. In addition to the homeless, the appeal quotes initial damage estimates in the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu at 1,270 dead and thousands wounded while more than 34,000 villages are submerged, A total of 75 million people have been affected by the floods on the Huai and Yangtze Rivers which have reached the highest level ever recorded. The destruction of over 1,000 km of roads has hampered com- munications and it is feared that the situation will deteriorate since the rainy scason has only just begun. When the floods hit, the Chinese Red Cross immediately dispatched medical teams and volunteers from Beijing to rein- force those teams from local branches of the Chinese Red Cross who were already present. “There is a large Red Cross in China,” said Gary Ockenden ‘of the Castlegar Red Cross. “There are more than 20,000 medical personel in the area, so they have manpower but they lack the resources such as medical sup- plies, etc. The League of Red Cross wants to put forward the resources needed to deal with this situation.” According to the Chinese Red Cross, water in the régions affect- ed by the floods has been con: taminated. The’ Red ‘Cross'nppeal is to supply medicine, water purification equipment, tice and blankets, - ‘Anyone wishing to! make donations should make -their donation out to the Canadian Red Cross Socicty, marked “China & Bridge Flood Relicf" and mailed to the Canudian Red Cross Society, 625 Columbia Avcauc, Castlegar, VIN 169, The full amount of the dona-‘ tion will go to flood victims ‘and tax receipts will be issued. The ; Red Cross cannot accept dona- tions in kind, such as’ efforts for flood victims | porting and distributing such goods exceeds their actual valuc, “We realize that their is not 9 large Chinese-Canadian popula. tion in this area,” said Ockenden, “But if anyone has rélatives or friends in China that they are ‘ concerned about, we Provide about the i clothes, etc, as the cost of trans- areas affected by flooding.” Continued from 1A tion drop-ins and i tg land/Trail riding in the next very pleased to note ‘that the selected alignment was devel- oped from suggestions and dis- cussicn at the public forums,” said Hanson. “It tells me that our public involvement neste is working.” The location of the new bridge is being reviewed by federal and Provincial fisheries agencies to ensure that fisheries resources in the area will. be p ted both election, said he’s pleased with the site selected. “When all was said’ and: done the site selected was’ the, best site that could have been: chosen," he says. “The. bridge has to be effi- cient, but I hope it won't have too much impact on people." |“: However Conroy: doesn" t share the same level of ¢ the extra traffic away ‘from Broadwater road. -° - He referred to a “Brilliant bypass” that would follow a route above Verigin’s Tomb and avoid much of Broadwater Road. According to Barcham, “It is one of the routes that will be examined,” he said. “That's the next step in the program, we're ining some to optimism ‘as Dirks, ah "Nobody i is opposed, ‘to Castle- during and after construction. Design of the bridge will begin immediately. The bridge and its approaches are estimated to'cost: about $22 million and should be completed by the fall of 1993.-' “People all over the Koote- nays will feel the positive effects from the completion ‘of ‘this bridge,” said Nelson-Creston MLA Howard Dirks: “The growth in industry to serve the expanded mill, and' the indirect growth in associated Business should provide the long-term benefits so badly needed in this area of the province.” Local NDP candidate Ed Con- roy, who will run in thé the Ross- William Seminott adds some finishing touches to his totem pole with mallet and chisel. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper at all, and hopeful- ly: we'll have some kind of spin off, But we're fooling’ ourselves to think we're heading for a Kelowna South,” he said. “As somebody who's lived'here for the construction of the original pulp mill and the Hugh Keenley side dam I've heard those stories before.” He said Castlegar will be left with the same basic industries it has now once the construction boom is over, “We have to sit back ‘and take a look at who we really are and our plans for the long term future.” Conroy—who now lives in Pass Creek but grew up in Castle- «.gar—added he would like to see a bypass built that would divert Pollution review the brilliant intersection.” Although their side of the river will be most affected, the city of Castlegar is also pleased with the City Admini tor, Gary Williams, said, “This is the site: we thought sie prefer- able as well.” He said that he doesn’ t have the detailed plans from the Min- istry of Highways and he regrets that some properties will have to be bought out. But he’ said com- pared to other options, the loca- tion of the Castlegar entrance makes sense. “There's not a lot of houses there—it's not like we're going through the middle of town.” Williams also said the bridge makes downtown revitalization practical."It will enhance the development of downtown.” » Continued from 1A tion which will define the con- : tamination and develop a remedi- al al progam: listed with a concem of air emis- ‘sions from the Particle, board ‘plant. Based on information con- tained in the list, the named sources their According to the release, of the 104 cases on the list, 63 opera- tions are out of compliance with the conditions of their permits, -are deemed harmful or potentially harmful to the environment and must take remedial action, «:. v< Forty-one of the cases are of a concem to BC Environment even though they are either technically in compliance, do not have a waste Management permit or do not require a.permit. ... - Environment Minister Dave Mercier says that 58 companies and local governments have been dustfall levels. pped from the p: list which was released last December. Police Report Al7 year old Castlegar youth was Killed in a hiking accident approximately 20 km. west. of Slocan City. The accident occured at approximately 12p. m2. Sunday, July 21. Trevor Sean Gilfillan was hik- ing in the Gwillim Lake-area of the Valhalla Mtn. Range with his father Mike Gilfillan when he slipped and fell 50 metres. ~The: Nelson RCMP with the ‘of coroner John.’ a Kirkhop ‘are conducting this investigation. Mario Lebreche of Canadian Helicopters in Nelson was instru- mental in removing the deceased from this Tugged mountain area. A two vehicle accident in the 500 block of 7th ave. at approx. 6:30 during the evening of July 19th resulted in $1,200 vehicle damage.A 32 year old Rasberry female was taken to the Castlegar RCMP detachment for a beathal- izer test. No official charges have been laid at this time. ae * At9:00 in the’ evening on the 19th'a vacant house was reported broken into. It is unknown what, if anything, is missing. There are No suspects in Meee c Continued from 1A + from various groups affiliated ‘with the British Columbia ‘Wildlife Federation (BCWF),. iwhich include the West Kootenay: { Outdoorsmen. . { We're not against industry, or {development, or. making: money. but there ‘are things definitely wrong with what the ; government ry ig eticupting todo here,” said teve Davis, President of the | West Kootenay Outdoorsmen. ~- i; Davis, who calls. ‘Castlegar. (home, has been an active wildlife tand usiast since‘his ’ he said. only those with the biggest. bucks ‘will be ‘able. to enjoy the pristine |. tldemess. Roberts has stated that thei no legislation which, guarantee: the public's right to ‘access Crown Land. Instead, he sai the pub! made it practice to.accept public : access to crown lands. tearly teens. He’ currently Operates :Aasland Taxidermy in Castlegar, ‘where Sunday’ 's meeting was vactually hel . Davis Fie its important that every person in the province ‘Know the intentions of govern- tment with Commercial Back- “country Recreation:‘on Crown Land. : ae Fe to “Our own: public access to the iCrown lands will be jeopardized if the provincial: government ‘moves’ ahead with the Proposed tion, except on site ‘specific approved facilities that the com- mercial Opera(or has constructed. ne The sentence. is far too vagu for wildlife and environmental ”, organizations, Roberts, who agrees that many of the responses sent back to the. ministry-state concems of public “access, says’ there will be a public _ workshop in the fall, “which will’ focus on bringing aes all the issues," he Says." Ss cites another Problem with the ‘discussion Paper, “It tained." To “Davis; that’ ‘Ss ‘taking. every- thing the province stands for, “Beautiful British Columbia’, and’. forsaking it to ‘gain big bucks: “Some wildlife species cannot tolerate high or even moderate levels of human contact,” he con- tinued.’ “They haven’ t even thought about the effects Wilderness Tourism Council fore- casts that by the year 2000’com- backcountry recreation in British Columbia will generate + over a half-billion’¢ dollars in direct revenues.” The dollars are definitely there. But outdoor and wildlife groups can’t help | but feel the government Cialization would have’ on either the landbase or the wildlife, 7 When looking at the figures however, expansion and diversifi- cation of commercial | backcountry recreation has reached a point where it now, represents: a signifi- cant coniponent of the overall tourism industry. “In 1986 total reveniies for the. industry, excluding sport hunting *: and fishing, were estimated to ‘be $55.7 million, ; * province's is ig to turn the pi into a northem, Disney Land for those whom cost is no object. " “I really don't think people understand how serious this whole thing i is. Maybe not tomor- row, oreven next year, but some- day the average Person will be » limited to what they ‘can and can- wa C: Either because the'n ‘money, or because there’ 's nothing Tet to see ly Way, said Davis. “If anyone cares to leam more about commercialization of. the , and what shows sig- nificant: potential | for expansion. ey, states how.the g Growth rates are esti jiat-15: + the gi is” 1g to legislate, please a give me a ‘call at 365-5240, that's to. ‘20: “per ‘cent: Pee “year, The Wednesday, July 24, 1991 The Castlegar Sun, ron? students venture to Castlegar few weeks,” she says, “The bond- y an—and that's all a part of the JIM ZEEBEN | Sun staff it faust seem, like another ‘planet. They come from a city whose neighbourhoods haye more peo- ple than our entire region. From a city where open spaces are an industry, to a place literally sur- rounded by wildemess,’ On July 20, 18-students from Aoyama Technical College in Tokyo, arrived. at the Castlegar Airport to take part in a learning holiday. . The students will be here for'a three week stay, in which time they will attend English classes in the momings and variety of recre- ational activities in the after- noons. . “Basically, this program is an English language/cultural exchange,” says Carrie-Lynn Brown, Tour Coordinator for the Selkirk College International Education program. “The stu- dents—who are city kids and don't et out to Tural areas—get to Participate in things they can't doin Japan.” . Five cultural assistants from Selkirk College will be spending time with the students.and show- Hen Party turns out BRENDAN HALPER Sun staff ing them the area. They will be exposed to local ‘Canadian pursuits such as house boating on Christina. Lake and canocing at the Creston Wildlife Sanctuary, Today, for example, after a morning of language study the students will go horseback riding at the D-Bar-D stables, go swim- ming_at the aquatic.centre, and take a golf lesson at the Castlegar course, Brown says the students par- ticularly appreciate the chance to try golfing. “T've heard it costs up to $300 to golf on weekends ‘in Japan,” she' said. “So $20 (local prices) for them is pretty much peanuts,” The students are staying with different families in the Castlegar area in what amounts to a short but very intense relationship. Sometimes, because of their three-week stay, the students will come back to take a full-time course at Selkirk College. The home-stay coordinator for the ” regular school year, Philomena says the tours are dramatic to watch. . “A lot of students get so attached to their families in only a cheap way of getting started.” ing they do is quite remarkable.” Brown says that,'There's.so much diversity in being a Canadi- learning. Things we take for granted, they’ve never exper: enced.” Students from aaveas Technical Golleue in Tokyo arrived at the Castlegar Airport, Saturday. They are here for a three week stay. ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper popular cook book According to the Hens, they of As it tured out the stud ori: had no So, your young one has gradu- ated from high school and will be leaving home for college, univer- sity or that ‘great’ job in Calgary. ‘Well that's really exciting...but they can't.cook, or wash clothes, or maintain a houschold, You're worried, and rightly so, there's nothing really wrong with Ichiban or Corn Pops but let’s face it, the nutritional value of these foods can be somewhat lim- ited. That’s where Cooking without Mom comes in handy. It’s a cook- book written ‘specifically for those who are helpless in the kitchen, or without any sort of household survival skills. Cooking without Mom was written,compiled and published by the Hen Party, a. group of nine local Castlegar ladies who have been getting together for about 20 years now. “We formed our group as an outlet for young mothers, so we could get out and talk and argue.” said Hen, Anne Zibin. “The idea for the book came around 1984 when some: of our children were Starting to:leave for jobs ‘out of town and. university: We thought it would be neat to put together a f recipes, hints and hints on how to do laun: But the idea never came to pass until late the next year. “In 1985 we decided to: get serious,” said. Zibin. “One:of the children said, ‘Hey guys, great idea, why not publish?". So we became even more serious about it and got.in touch with some were i ing the typesetting and graphic design, while the Hens wrote, an actual book. It was going to be a photocopied compi- Jation to go into the kid’s stock- ‘SUN STAFF | PHOTO / Brondan Halper In The Kitchen - The nine Hens (I-r) back-row, Shirley Wanjoff, Lola Sherstobitoff, Lola Tymofievich, Kathy . Popoff and Nadeen Ellasoff. Front row (I-r) Anne Zibin, " Mary Picton, Mary Cheveldave and Margaret Holuboft. compiled and proofed. “Everybody started contribut- ing recipes, ideas on household hints.and so on,” said Zibin. “We spent many nights arguing on things but it finally came togeth- er. The recipies tended to end up as several different versions graphic from Selkirk College.. ‘They need- ed'a project and we needed a Castlegar Doukhobors send care package overseas SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor , The Meatballs and Gravy recipe was the hardest.” Canadian government should send humanitarian aid to. the ‘Soviets, a group of Castlegar are one step ahead. While Prime Brian Mulroney is mulling over the decision on,whether or.not the .. It’s been an ongoing effort for these local Doukobors and their, Conroy. concerned over Westar sale . SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor ‘When it comes to! sale of, Westar Timber, the sawmill in Castlegar, City Coun- cil, local residents, and even plant employees have “expressed some “concerns over possible job losses. Ed Conroy the NDP:Candidate for the Rossland - Trail riding, believes these concerns to be completely valid, and ‘is afraid of history repeating itself." “When I think of the interest expressed in the Wes ar proceeded fo ‘sell the’ ‘Tree Farm Licence’ for a mere’ $3,400.” the same thing could happen here in Castlegar with Westar Timber.” Larry Bell, president ‘and chief executive officer of the Westar Group, announced that the amount of interest expressed ii in the timber is sub some potential buyers have expressed interest in only certain assets of the Westar package.’ Conroy believes, if only cer- tain assets are allowed for pur- chasesuch as a portion of the tree farm which feeds the mill. in Castlegar, it will mean less trees for the Bin and therefore less ings. First published in 1986 and introduced to the public at the ‘86 Castlegar Lions Trade Fair, the book is now into it’s fourth print- ing and a total of 11,000 copies are now in existence, It’s being sold in Coles and W.H. Smith bookstores and orders are starting to.come in from out of province. Cooking without Mom is counterparts from across the country to send some much need- ed supplies and tools to Russian Bech Paes from Georgia in the Baltics to the . Tula region, of the Russian Republic. Doukhobor men and women from Castlegar and Grand Forks spent the better part of Thursday morning packing crates with kitchen supplies, carpenter and welding tools, shovels, toys and scribblers for school children, and then labelling the crates in both English and Russian to be sent across the sea. The supplies, worth approxi- mately $4,500, will be leaving :Montreal July 30, and will arrive at their) destination cin early August. i “We've held fandmising drives to help cover the cost of the mate- rials,"” said Ellie Davidoff, one of the women helping to pack sup- Plies. “They” @oukhobor people) have left their homes and are ; moving some place totally new to : . Spiritual nities of Christ (USCC), plays a major role by helping to sponsor the i 3 efforts of Canadian “ox. tS *“3working: grou presently being marketed out of Kelowna by Sand Hill Book Mar- keting. “We originally did the dis- tributing and marketing ourselves and we still have some control over it,” said Zibin. “As far as advertising and marketing, we haven't really put in a Jot of ener- gy or invested a lot of money in radio and T.V. Most of us work full time so it hasn't been the main feature of our lives.” Main feature or not, it’s look- ing quite successful, but accord- ing to the Hens, “the main thing is that we've maintained control.” “The idea-is to keep on print- ing as long as it's selling and hopefully we'll keep control. Our marketing agent said that interest in the book is increasing rather than decreasing.” The Hens claim that making ; “thé Book was a good experience. “It was a lot of fun. Now we know what is involved, and it cer- tainly was a bonding time for us Hens,” laughed one. “It isn’t easy to get nine ~women to do anything together,” “laughed Hen, Margaret Holuboff. “It only proves that people can Survive and keep on-going.” The recipes are at least 90 per cent tested and have proved quite delicious in the process.The ladies have reccived letters of thanks from people who have found the book to be very helpful. “It makes it all worthwhile when we get letters like that,” said Holuboff. And the Hens, Mary. Chevel- dave, Nadeen Elasoff, h WEATHER — OUTLOOK: The forecast for Wednesday; Sunny with cloudy periods and a chance of showers or thundershowers as moisture feeds up from Washington state. Continuing very warm with highs in the low to mid thir ties. Lows near 15. Thursday. and Friday calls for unset: tled conditions and a chance of showers. Highs near 32. ALOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: Tomperature: Max/Date Min/Date © . Mean Normal Mean 28.4/20 9.6/18 17.7 20.6 Rain Total Nomal Total Precipitation: Snow 25.9 cm. Ocm. 25.9 cm. 4.0 cm. Normal Number of Hours 746 . Number of Hours Sunshine: 49.1 REMARKS: Weather conditions were abnormally cool, cloudy and: wet for the second week of July. Not our usual sum-: mer weather! Ed. note: If you are looking for some- } thing to do to beat the heat, check out our schedule } for the recreation complex pool in the Leisure Section ; : of today's paper. You'll be glad you. did! : Forecast provided by i The South - East Interior Weather Office at Castlegar, B.C. News Glance Volunteer firefighters from the Robson Fire Department hosted a very Hose Day Comp . Sunday, which involved othey from the area. The weather was warm and a great turnout of family and friends helped make the day 4 success, ‘Watch The Castlegar Sun for the competition results as wel as a profile feature on the event in next Wednesday’s edition. 3 ee One of Castlegar’s very own appeared in the July 22 Edition of the Province after attending the Folk Festival at Jericho Beach. George a retired ian, was interviewed by Provinge staff report, Lora Grindlay, who coll the thoughts and ideas on the three-day festival. michas, who was also given the quote of the day on the newspaper's front page, recalls festi- vals centering around lesbian rights, nuclear was and thé Nicauraguan revolution. He has missed only, two of the 14 annual festivals. ; Ws - eee The Kiwanis Duck Race was held last weekend, and once again proved to be a success. The Kiwanis Club would like to thank every- one who supported this year’s race ie q q z i ? é H é ‘ Smnggler's Cover, a treasure ine for children aged six - 12 will be taking place at the Castlegar Recreation Centre, Thursday. The action begins at 1 p.m. and will likely carry on throughout the afternoon until 3pm. Admission is $48 chuld. 5 ane Fitness Classes at the Recreation Centre have proved to be more successful than first anticipated. Classes include morning and evening aerobics and circuit weight training, with babysitting offered for morning sessions. Due to the great amount of enthusiasm sessions will continue to be offered the sessions for aerobics are from 9 am. - 10 am., and in the evening they are offered from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. aan The next set of swimming lessons will begin August 5 at the Castlegar Recreation Centre. Lessons will be offered from the Min, Holuboff, Mary Picton, Kathy Popoff, Lola Sherstobitoff, Lola Tymofievich, Shirley Wanjoff and Anne Zibin all agree on one thing. “It was great.” et nows ‘ion to White Lifesaving. 8 ay Events taking place at the Recreation Centre can now be found in the Leisure section of The Castlegar Sun. This includes all weer schedules and special events. Check it out! ed Ready to Deliver - Doukhobors from the CastioganiGrand Forks area sent a number of supplies to Doukhobors migrating from Georgia in the Baltics to the Tula region of the Russi: Republic, last Thursday. lopment, and aid for the up,: ‘said-it' wasn't ong ago that eight carpenters , the Castlegar/Grand Forks +area spent between four and cight weeks'helping the migrating SUN STAFF PHOTO / Sharlene mot! : Doukhobors:are. hoping:to sond ..another‘care: package with -sup- plies and tools in the near future? “As long as: these supplies are necded, I’m sure we'll strive ‘to send them,” said Davidoff. ab Castlegar and | surounding area eee", ” Soviet ‘Donkhotors build new for themselves. “It Feally: igave the men a chance .to’see firsthand that our efforts are being spprecinied,” he said.