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QUALITY, LUXURY, ELEGANCE, SECURITY & SERVICES AT AFFORDABLE PRICES OPEN ANY OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT Synopsis of Bylaw 507 AQUATIC CENTRE REFERENDUM BYLAW WHEREAS the Council of the City of Castlegar deems it desirable and in the public interest to conduct a referendum on the question of participating in the Regional District of Central Kootenay function of constructing, operating, and maintaining an Indoor Aquatic Centre in Castlegar; and Establishment of the function is contingent upon a defined portion of Electoral Area I” and Electoral Area “J” each passing similar referenda on the same question; and The R the sai ional District of Central Kootenay intends to conduct a referendum in Electoral Areas on October 15, 1988; and The anticipated cost to construct the Indoor Aquatic Centre including all charges is $2,200,000.00; and The annual net cost attributable to this undertaking, including any annual debt charges, shall be apportioned amongst the participant municipalities on the basis of assessment which may be taxed for the current year for hospital purposes. A poll shall be taken, of the electors qualit Castlegar to function of constructing, operating, and mai in Castlegar d to vote within the City of tors wish to participate in the jaining an Indoor Aquatic Centre The question on the ballot shall read “Are you in favour of the City of Castlegar participating in the function of constructing, operating, and maintaining an Indoor Aquatic Centre to be located in Castlegar and authorizing the borrowing of a sum not to exceed $2,200,000.00; the said sum. Strike notice sent By CasNews Staff Unionized employees at the Trail Daily Times and the Nelson Daily News are set to issue strike notice this week. “The employees have backed up their negotiating committee's ree- ommendation that strike notices be issued,” said Harold Dieno, president of the Communications Workers of America Local 226. The union represents 30 editorial, advertising, clerical and composing room employees and 10 pressmen at the two newspapers, which are owned by Sterling News Papers Ltd. Dieno said strike notice will be issued early this week, although he cautioned that a strike is not nec- essarily inevitable. “We have the right to exercise it (the strike notice) in the next three months,” said Dieno. Dieno was in the West Kootenay this week for negotiating meetings. He said the latest company offer was no longer a zero wage increase over the next three years, but declined to discuss a wage figure or other terms of the contract. Employees have been working without a contract since Aug. 31. Silva to speak here A representative of the Sandinista Worker's Central from Nicaragua will be in Castlegar this week to talk about occupational health and safety programs and about the current situation in her country. Judith Silva accepted an invitation from the Pulp, Paper and Wood- workers of Canada to come to Castlegar and speak on Tuesday and Wednesday. The topic of her first meeting will be on occupational health and safety programs and the trade union sector in Nicaragua today. On the second evening she will deal with a “free and safe Nicar- agua.” Silva has spent many years trying to improve working conditions in Nicaragua. TINY TREE . . . Federal Forestry Minister Gerry St. Germain met with Castlegar council Friday, after | acity pin. which he left Mayor Audrey Moore with a small” AGREEMENT continued trom front page Brisco told council later that he hopes the federal and provincial gov- ernments will double their commit- ments. “It's my view that it should be increased,” Brisco said, adding that he intends to lobby the federal min- isters for more money. But St. Germain said he couldn't comment further on the negotiations for a new agreement because it might jeopardize his position with his cabinet colleagues and with the provinces. However, he says he has made it known he wants to increase the funds. St. Germain also told council he is committed to manufacturing all wood harvested in Canada. He made the comment in response to remarks by Richard Maddocks, development officer with the Castle- gars and District Development Board. ( PREVENTING ) EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION Is the employer liable for sexual harassment in the workplace? Can an employee be mandatorily retired pointed out that with the surplus of fibre in this area, there i8.a push on to export chips or logs. But Maddocks said he doesn't favor that approach, noting it would at age 65? Are required to hire minorities or persons with disabilities? These questions and many other important topics for For the record ployers, pe managers and trade union officials will be addressed instructor: A Representative of the B.C. Council of Human Rights Date: Tuesday, October 11, 7-10 p.m. stlegar Campus call Ext. 261 before An article in the Sept. 28 Castlegar News reported on the wedding of Julianne Darlene Cseppento to Mar- cel Roland Borgsteede. Unfortunate. ly, the nameline below the accom panying photograph identified the together with all charges as well as the net operating and maintenance cost, to be paid by an annual levy on all property owners within the City of Castlegar, a defined portion of Electoral Area “I, and Electoral Area J", based on the assessment for hospital purposes? NOTICE TO ELECTORS TAKE NOTICE that the abo NO is a synopsis of a proposed bylaw on which the vote of the electors of the municipality will be taken at the Castlegar and District Community Complex on Saturday, October 15, 1988, betw: tween 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.; an ADVANCE POLL will take place at City Hall on Friday, October 7, 1988 between 9:00 a.m. and 8: Castlegar and District Hospital on Saturday, October 15. 00 p.m.; @ MOBILE POLL will take place at the 1988 betwee 2:00 p.m. and,3:00 p.m.; and that Betty Price has been appointed Returning Officer for the purpose of taking and recording the vote AND TAKE NOTICE that the full bylaw may be inspected at City Hall, 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. during normal working hours (Monday to Friday — excepting statutory holidays from 8:30 a.m. fo 4:30 p.m.) from September 28, 1988 to October 14, 1988; and that the synopsis is not intended to be and is not to be understood as an interpretation of the bylaw Dated at Castlegar, B.C. this 30th day of September, 1988. Returning Officer City of Castlegar newlyweds as Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cseppento. In fact, they.are Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Roland Borgsteede. NOTICE Smoking Regulation Bylaw Please take notice that smoking fegulations pursuant to City of Smoking R Bylaw 5 as of Sars 1, 1988. Copies of the bylaw and further information are available at City Hall, 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 1G7 (phone 365-7227), at no cost. CITY OF CASTLEGAR ‘PER SESSION Evening Sessions ea Interpreting financial statements, what do they tell you Market Research, Demographics, Target Marketing Director's Responsibilties, To Business; Personal Liability Small Business Management — Business Plan Payroll and Employee Benefits, Records, Legal Requir Customer Relations — Stating & Public Relations Business Analysis Lego! $50/PER SESSION Saturday Sessions 1. Income Tax for Small Business 2. Franchising 3. Patents and Trade Marks WEST KOOTENAY Enterprise Development Centre ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS SEMINAR SERIES These seminars are geared to the practical needs of entrepeneurs and are presented by experienced instructors: nts. Profit Ratios, Leverage, Asset Management Sales and Contracts Nov. 9 Feb. 18, 1989 March 4, 1989 March 18, 1989 Register Now. Class is limited to the first 20 paid registrants. Location: Enterprise Centre, Castlegar Registration Deadline: 1 week prior to course/series Fee: As indicated or $230 prepaid for series of 8 For further information or to register, please contact: 1410 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, B.C. VIN 1H8 (604) 365. “A service of Selkirk College" gift — a seedling. Moore in turn gave St. Germain — CosNews Photo be better to have the manufacturing businesses establish here. “I would have a concern over us setting up an export process,” he said whereby logs or chips would be shipped to the U.S. or Japan. Maddocks added that Westar Timber has expressed interest in participating in an industry that could use the surplus wood fibre from the company's Tree Farm Licence 23. He pointed to the potential for “IKEA-type furniture” that could be manufactured from local timber. As Selkirk well, he said there is the possibility of manufacturing larch shakes. St. Germain was also receptive about a proposal to use Selkirk College as a “clearing house” for forestry research for Interior saw- mills. He suggested the college submit a proposal. “I would be glad to sit down with them,” he said. St. Germain also invited council and Westar Timber to write a letter to his ministry requesting federal funding for the white pine manage- ment program based at Nakusp. faculty signs contract By CasNews Staff Selkirk College and its instructors have signed a new two-year contract. The -contract—with—the—Selkirk College Faculty Association provides the college’s 90 instructors with a two-per-cent wage increase in the first year and 2.5-per-cent in the second. The deal expires March 1, 1990. Dale Schatz, Selkirk's vice-presi- dent of administration, said the negotiations were tough at times, but successful. “The negotiations were difficult but there wasn't any work stop- page,” he told the Castlegar News. “I think both parties were happy to get an agreement.” Schatz said the deal “includes in. structors basically on Castlegar cam- pus.” A spokesman for the faculty asso- ciation was contacted but did not offer a comment on the agreement. Police conclude investigation By CasNews Staff RCMP has concluded its investi. gation of an accident Sept. 18 involv- ing a semi-truck and trailor unit carrying 28 tonnes of sulphuric dioxide. The Calgary Trimac Transporta- tion truck went into a ditch on Highway 3 near Highway 3B. Castlegar RCMP report that an examination of the truck and trailer by a provincial inspector and the RCMP revealed the probably cause of the accident to be a punctured or deflated tire. “The tire deflation and the eleva. tion caused additional weight on a free-wheeling single axle.” The dri- ver, 66-year-old Gunner Gredslund of Kamloops “over corrected after feel- ing a pulling motion on the trailer.” Gedslund was uninjured in the accident and the chemical was con- tained within the truck and trans- ferred to another the following day. Police report no charges will be laid against the driver or the company. FIELDS inued from front page aderten, bought two wooded lots at the end of his street. He picked up the lots on 5th Avenue for just over $545 each. The owner of the lots has one year to pay his taxes and interest before Fields becomes the rightful owner — and then Fields can do anything he wants with them. But for now, Fields must leave them as is and is required to “maintain” their present con- dition as the Municipal Act states. Fields says he might build a house on the lots “If I get a hold of it, and if I don't, I don't.” Since nobody else was there to bid on properties, the city bought up the remaining nine at the total cost of $28,780.18. Square. We are happy to have done the electrical work for the City Centre . from the Brattebos. SANLAND GENERAL & ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING 2108-10th Avenue, Castiegar 365-3033 sy October 2, 19868 Castlegar News KIDNAPPED .. . thrown in jail By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer Castlegar Alderman Law- rence Chernoff and Mayor Aud- rey Moore were caught by sur- prise Friday as three Alpha Phi Sorority Sisters kidnapped and handcuffed the pair before thro- wing them into the slammer at the newly-opened City Centre Square. The masked trio first nabbed Chernoff, who was at the Com- munity Complex Friday morning expecting to meet with lottery Officials to discuss funding for the proposed aquatic centre. “I thought I was going to go to have a super meeting with somebody from the lotteries to get some dollars for the aquatic centre but I get down there and I get cuffed and get brought down to the new City Centre mall,” he lamented while sitting in the makeshift jail set up in the entrance to the mall. “It's my day off but I think what we're going to do here if we can raise some bucks for the aquatic centre . . . I'm 100 per cent behind the project and I want the project to go.” The kidnapping was staged to raise funding for the aquatic centre project and Chernoff's jail cell was ‘complete with a table and donation box with the pro- ceeds going towards the project Moore was just as bewildered by her abduction as the trio of kidnappers cuffed her right in her office. “I wasn’t given any advance notice at all,” she said from behind the bars of the jail. “I just got off the plane and just arrived at city hall.” The abduction was master. minded by Alpha Phi sisters Fran Metge, Karen Zavaduk and Wende Arnett and the jailing of the city officials at City Centre Square was held in conjunction with the mall's official open house. Miss Castlegar Lisa Dodds cut Mayor Audrey Moore is led up Columbia Avenue from city hall to the new City Centre Square Friday morning where she was tossed into a makeshift jail. Moore and Ald. ihiiodlene GRAND OPENING . during its open house Friday. the ribbon to declare the mall officially-opened. “I now pro- claim Castlegar City Centre Square mall officially open,” she said. Proud mall owner Leo Bosse was on hand for the ceremony, pleased that the mall had finally been completed and was ready for business. The building was formerly Bob's Pay ‘n Takit before Bosse purchased the building and renovated it. Bosse also donated $50 to the aquatic centre fund, issuing a challenge to others to do the same. “I'm pleased with what we've accomplished,” Bosse said, while casting a glance over the main floor of the mall as people flood ed in. “I think we've got a better facility than we planned to start out with.” Lawrence Chernoff were eventually ransomed for just over $1,000. Funds go to the new aquatic centre. Lucy and Leo Bosse, owners of City Centre Square, shown outside the newly-refurbished building CosNews Photo by Brendan Nogle CosNews Photo The mall has 12 retail spaces spread through the main floor and the lower level. There are also seven office spaces in the upper portion. Bosse said three of the 12 available retail spaces have been leased on the 4,975- square-foot main level. He also said there is still some office space available. Moore was also pleased Bosse’s project is a success. “I was whisked off down here to Leo’s wonderful centre and I can't think of a better place to be in jail if I'm going to be in jail,” she said, while making a plea for her release. “We've just had a donation from Mr. Bosse of $50 and he's helping us out . . . help Lawrence and I out of jail and be as generous as possible.” Mulroney calls Nov. 21 election By EDISON STEWART Canadian Press OTTAWA — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, placing his free-trade deal with the United States on the line, called an election Saturday for Mon day, Nov. 21. “I invite Canadians to judge our record,” he said outside Government House, after Gov.-Gen. Jeanne Sauve dissolved Parliament. The key issue will be “who can best manage change in the years ahead,” he added. Flanked by three Maple Leaf flags on either side with the portico of Sauve's official residence as a back drop, he promised his Conservatives will offer “an agenda of confidence for Canada,” with the free-trade pact “very much a centre-piece” of the campaign. Liberal Leader John Turner, al ready campaigning in Toronto, wel comed the announcement. The election “is as important an event as this country has had in our history,” because of Mulroney's plan to make Canada “a colony of the United States” through free trade, he said. “We're going to be saying to Canadians: This is more than an election, this is your future.” Turner also said the NDP is as much a captive of labor as the Tories are of big business. NDP Leader Ed Broadbent, res: ponding at a snap news conference in Ottawa, took a different initial tack than Turner. He said the election will be about honesty and fairness. Broadbent immediately attacked Mulroney for not saying whether he will allow former industry ministry Sinclair Stevens to run for the Con- servatives. Stevens has the nomination in the Toronto-area riding of York-Simcoe, but a judicial inquiry earlier con. cluded that he violated the govern ment’s conflict of interest guidelines 14 times while in cabinet. “He (Mulroney) ought to indicate that Sinclair Stevens has no place running for Parliament,” Broadbent PLAYED DOWN Mulroney said he would decide Sunday which candidates he accepts, but played down questions about Conservative scandals, saying “as long as Canada persists in electing human beings to serve in Ottawa that there will be problems of this to have taken precedence. He pointed to the creation of jobs in Canada — more than 1,000 each day he has been in power, he said — and promised increased social aid to those who need a national com: mitment to “a pollution free Canada” —and an agreement with the United States to cut emissions which cause acid rain. He also said he wants a televised debate with the other two leaders early in the campaign. The election call kills the gov. ernment's child-care legislation, which the Senate had promised to pass within hours. Mulroney said as late as Friday the bill was “very important,” but favorable polls seem to have takne precedence. The election call came just two days after a poll suggesting the Tories had indeed reached 40 per cent in support among decided res pondents, compared with 31 per cent for the NDP and a stunningly-low 26 per cent for the Liberals. Nevertheless, Mulroney tried ‘to blame the Senate for the loss of the child-care legislation, scoffing at the Liberal senators offer on Friday to pass the bill today if he could wait that long. “If you believe in statements like that you still believe in the tooth fairy,” Mulroney said. A key issue will be the govern ment’s free-trade deal with the United States. HASTY continued from front page the moratorium was lifted, my application came up and the ferry was shut down.” He added later: “A lot of people naturally thought the two issues were connected bécause of the timing involved. They both came up at the same time, but they are two different issues.” Koftinoffalso—pointed—out—that while there was at one time a minimum distance a liquor agency outlet had to be from a community with a liquor store, that is no longer the case. “They have recently been awarded in areas as close as a couple of miles.” Koftinoff said another requirement is that the community have a number of services. He pointed to the community hall, post office and firehall as examples in Robson. Koftinoff also said the agency liquor store should not be a threat to the Castlegar government liquor store. “I would be carrying in the vicinity of $5,000 to $10,000 worth of stock, versus probably $200,000 to $500,000 in the liquor store.” He said his selection would include some popular red and white wines, some hard liquor, and liqueurs “and that's it. It's by no means somewhere where people are going to come and shop . . . It’s a convenience.” He said the liquor outlet would be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to around 8 Koftinoff also pointed out that the store would not Jead to layoffs at the Castlegar store, because he would have to purchase his liquor from the Castlegar outlet. The sales would be credited to Castlegar, and staffing levels are determined by sales, he said Ald. Terry Rogers wondered what response Koftinoff would receive had he polled businesses in downtown Castlegar. “It's a pretty sensitive time,” Rogers said, noting that the closure of the ferry seems to be having an effect on downtown businesses. “The good old liquor store is at least one thing that draws people downtown.” However, Koftinoff suggested con sumers would still have to shop downtown anyway City scraps experiment By RON NORMAN Editor Castlegar council has scrapped an experiment that set a precedent in deviating from the official community plan. The residents also said they were not properly notified of the decision. allowed transport trucks to park their trailers on a city-owned lot in the south end after nearby residents complained. “We have been informed by members of our city that we have created problems,” Ald. Terry Rogers, chairman of the planning and development committee, told council this week. Rogers said the city agreed to allow trucks to use the lot at the corner of 6th Avenue and 24th Street ona 30-day “trial basis” in a bid to decrease traffic congestion on 6th Avenue. Council had said it would re-evaluate the decision at the end of the 30 days, which was Friday. A five-member delegation led by former alderman Jim Gouk protested the decision at a meeting last Monday of the planning and development committee. The delegation presented a 53-name petition representing residents from Ist, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th avenues, Columbia Avenue, 24th and 27th streets and Dumont Crescent. The delegation expressed concerns that the use of the lot would: © decrease property values; e present problems for children walking to school; e@ remove the buffer between the 6th Avenue residential area and the industrial section of 6th; create early-morning noise; But Rogers defended the way council arrived at its decision, pointing out that it was discussed during an open council meeting on Aug. 16 “It was... done in very, very open fashion,” said Rogers, adding later: “It was not an action that we tried to sneak past anybody.” In addition, Rogers noted that the city sent out 25 letters to neighboring residents asking them to comment on the use. Rogers also took issue with the charge that the use of the lot contravened the community plan “The use of that land was totally legal,” he said. “There was no obligation at all for the city to inform anybody of anything. But our committee (preferred) to work as openly as possible and (thought) that the local neighborhood would wonder why trucks were suddenly parking in what was otherwise an empty lot.” Rogers called it “a good news, bad news situation.” He said the bad news is the move created problems for Tocal résidents, but the good news is that it helped improve the traffic problem on 6th Avenue Ald. Lawrence Chernoff said he was surprised by the reaction of the delegation, pointing out that he never received any calls about the lot “and I live down the street from it.” sam GREENS continued from front page agree, saying that the Greens have kept track of votes, particularily in B.C., and “traditionally the votes do not come from the New Democratic Party.” She said that people who have had a conservative view of the envir- onment are changing their opinions with increased public awareness of ecological problems. But Kristiansen pointed out, “The New Democratic Party—is-the-only major party who is not tied financial ly to the major corporations who are polluting the environment.” He said he doesn’t think many NDP supporters will vote Green in the Nov. 21 federal election “Most sense,” people will have more he said. “I think they're (the Greens) running a candidate wha is counter. productive to the environment.” Kristiansen said the possibility of a split vote should be taken seriousty, pointing to an election lost in 1952 in Vancouver-Burrard by only one vote. Kristiansen said that although the NDP is supportive of the envir onment, it has to deal with a variety of issues. He said the Green environmental platform is “nice for academic dis. cussions,” but doesn't work in real: ity. “One cannot stress those (environ mental) issues more than the more immediate concerns that people out ‘on the street feel are more impor tant.” AIR CADETS OFFERS LOTS OF PROGRAMS By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer Castlegar youngsters looking to get involved in flying can get a head start with the Castlegar No. 581 Royal Canadian Air Cadets. The air cadet program is for youngsters aged 12-19 and offers a wide variety of programs along with regimented military training. The 30 members of the Castlegar group are in Kimberley this week end attending a survival camp. Michelle Feeney, secretary-treasurer and vice chairman of Squadron No. 581 in Castlegar, says two of her kids are involved with the air cadets “It's a lot of work,” she says of the drills and courses the cadets go through every Wednesday night at Stanley Humphries secondary school. “The air cadets are a great stepping stone to get into the Air Force.” The local squadron offers year-round training for young people and provides them with the opportunity to acquire career-rounding skills in both the technical and flying phases of aviation The cadets go flying in both Castlegar and Trail as part of the air cadet experience. “The cadets go fan-flying with officers and will do map work,” Feeney “As well, they fly gliders in Trail.” The cadets wear uniforms and start out as just plain air cadets. They can increase their rank to corporal and sergeant after passing promotions. The squadron is another group involved with the United Way in Castlegar and canvasses on behalf of the agency. “If we need a grant or assistance we can apply to the United Way,” she says. “We work for all the service clubs in Castlegar.” After a cadet turns 19 he or she is no longer eligible to be with a squadron. Feeney says the cadets can pursue scholarships and stand a good chance at getting into the military service if they wish Classes include aircraft study, weather, map ping and numerous other programs which deal with the military and fying. “It's an excellent opportunity for kids.~ says. exams for she says