, Page 2A The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, July 15, 1992 PACE IN Official Comm unity Plan Preferred Rate of Growth of Castlegar No Growth Low Growth (50 people / year) Med, Growth (50 - 100 people / year) High Growth (100 - 200 people / year) Very High Growth (200 + people / year) No Answer Level of Sstistaction of Quality of Life Selected For improvement ‘Not Selected No Answer Improve sidewalks Selected For improvement Pre-service to promote Sun? i Z Avenue, Castlegar. Nicotine patches to kick the habit now available in Castlegar BRENDAN HALPER : Sun staff You've tried and tried to buck the habit. You say you've tried all the “quit smoking’ products, left no stone unturned but nothing works. Well there's a new kid in town for those wishing to beat the nicotine god Nicotine patches have been available at Castlegar Pharma- cies for three weeks and are designed to aid in lessening the discomfort from withdrawal of The patch, a product new to Canada, comes in varying strengths and can be placed on different hair-free parts of your body. It provides a daily dose of nicotine to the addicted body, which is gradually decreased. The dosage strength provided by the patch depends on how heavily you smoke and what type of cigarettes you puff. But as Pharmasave Pharma- cist Doug Harvey warns, it is very important for anyone using dose. Also, the patches are only available with a prescription jobtained from your physician. Barb Rainville, a pharmacist at Carls Drugs in Castlegar, said the store has a large quantity of the new drug in stock. “I have chosen not to dispense the drug yet,” Rainville said. Apparently the company which manufactures the patches has failed to supply adequate detailed information relating to the drug. “That's totally negligent on the company’s part,” she said. “Some stores are dispensing it and some aren't.” Rainville is waiting for more information from the manufac- turers of the drug. She also wams that those people using the patches must avoid switching brands—the nicotine patches are a sustained-release drug, which releases the nicotine over a 24- hour period. The Health Protection Branch Yes No ‘Not Sure No Answer Hf yes to the above, who should pay? Developer Should Pay All Developer Should Pay Some No Opinion No Answer Should Castlegar have more single tamily dwellings? Percent Yes 67.0 Not Selected 33.0 No Answer roa Concentrate retail development? Percent Yes 46.3 432 10.5 THE OF THE HIGHWAY 3 OVERPASS? PLAZA AREA? Commercial development in Hwy. 3, Castleaird Piaza area? Percent Yes 726 ‘No 19.0 ‘No Opinion 64 No Answer _ 1F YES, WHAT TYPE OF COMMERCIAL OE DO YoU SUPPORT? ‘Tourist commercial" in Hwy. 3, Castleaird Plaza area Yes Not Selected Percent 6.7 ‘Highway commercial’ at Hwy. 3 and 24th street? Yes ‘No No Opinion No Answer commercial developments? Yes ‘No 283 Not Sure 23.3 No Answer _ DO YOU FEEL THERE IS A NEED TO DIVERSIFY OUR PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT BASE? Diversity employment base? Yes No No Opinion No Answer It yes to the above, what employment bases would you like to see? Heavy Industry Light Industry Survey Results No Answer Yes, What Type? Home Pick-up (ie. Blue Box) Depots Either WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITY RECRE- ATIONAL FACILITY INTERESTS? Children's/teen's facilities: Local girls given opportunity to ex JASON KEENAN | Sun staff As you read this, Janet Kalesnikoff and Rae Carter are probably looking at the morning skyline of Tokyo. The two students from Stanley Humphries Secondary School left for Japan yesterday on the Pacific Rim Exchange, sponsored by the British Columbia government. “T have no idea what to expect,” said Carter. “Everything's going to be new, everything's going to be exciting.” Though she’s travelled a lot, she said that Japan is some- Place new for her. “I've never really travelled before, so I'm really excited,” said Kalesnikoff. After their first night in Tokyo, the two will meet with their host family to spend a week ing the culture and fami- has ruled that d release drugs of different brands are not the patches to comp ly refrain from smoking. Failure to do so could result in a nicotine over- interc Because of sub- tle differences, consumers are advised not to mix brands. Pharmacist Tom Biln holds up some examples of the new nicotine patches. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper Break and enter at Carl's Drugs Sun Staff On July 10 at 3:45am. a break and enter occured at Carls Drugs. A rock was thrown through the window, thieves went directly to the drug cabinet and stole an undetermined amount of prescription drugs. Police are investigating further. ly life in the land of the rising sun. Kalesnikoff’s host family is in Yokohama, about half-an hour outside Tokyo, while Carter will be further south, near Mt. Fuji. They both agreed that the opportunity to learn another, vastly different culture is a great opportu- nity. “We just fit in right with the family,” said Carter. “I wouldn't just want to be a tourist for three ks.” After the week is up, they will spend a week at a camp in the mountains near Hakuba, on the side of Honshu Island opposite Tokyo. Seventy more students from B.C., as well as American and Albertan exchange partici- pants, will meet at the camp. They will then return to their host fami- ties for a week, and then return home. Their introductory Japanese lessons have given them a taste of what to expect, as well as the sim- ple, basic phrases they will need to communicate The girls were chosen to repre- sent the school district on the trip after their essays and oral presen- tations impressed the selection eommitice of five, which included > ° ay Janet Kalesnikoff (left) and Rae Carter are overlooki participating in a three week Pacific Rim Exchange to Japan. the two girls who went last year. The school district is picking up the tab for the girls’ connecting trip to Vancouver. Kalesnikoff and Carter had to tell the committee why they want- ed to go, and what they could show their Japanese hosts of Cana- dian Culture. For her presentation, Kalesnikoff did a comparison of Japanese and Canadian life. Carter put together a video montage of Canada, and explained the differ- ent cultures that make up the Canadian mosaic =Plan ing the skyline of Tokyo now. They are SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jason Keenan Continued from 1A why a plan such as this is necessary for the future,” he said. Grifone thinks Castlegar has a lot of poten- tial, and an OCP will provide the Necessary guidance for future devel- opment. In Castlegar's history, if city council wanted to travel a different route than what was stated in the OCP, it was as easy as Passing an amendment to the plan to make the changes. What results from that is ing called spot gz. which Flux says Castlegar has a lot of. “Even Columbia Avenue is non- conforming,” he said. Flux is hoping that due to all the work and money spent on this par- ticular OCP, city council will be more apt to follow it specially when three members of council; Councillors Bob Pakula and Mari- lyn Mathieson and Mayor Audrey Moore are on the committee. “But even after they adopt the OCP, there's no guarantee they'll follow it,” Flux finished. JASON KEENAN Wednesday, July 15, 1992 The Castlegar Sun Union members u BRENDAN HALPER Sun staff Local carpenters union busi- ness agent Len Embree is urging Castlegar Savings Credit Union members not to pull their accounts out. Embree said some trade ists have been inating their accounts in response to the use of non-union labour in the construction of a new credit union building. Members of Carpenters Union Local 2300 lobbied the Credit Union board of directors for several weeks prior to the contract being awarded to local contractor, William Berg Con- struction. Lately, they have been gathering the support of other trade unions in Protesting the lack of union labor on the job site. Carpenters are planning to petition the credit union manage- ment in order to bring about a general meeting of the board. “There are some pretty high feelings,” Embree said. “But we'd like them (credit union rged not to pull accounts Len Embree of the Carpenters Union Local 2300 Castlegar (right), gives a speech to fellow members July 3 at the construction site of the new Castlegar Savings Credit Union building. members) to stay at this point so we'll have support at the special meeting of the board of direc- tors. We need them to support us SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper in holding the board of directors accountable.” Hydro officials assess flood damage Sun staff Hydro has begun a campaign to save their reputation after the controversy of the flooding of -gar’s river-front last month while Arrow Lakes drain dry. “We're here to gather informa- tion, and inform the corporation (B.C. Hydro] of what we've heard,” said Harold Gruber, pub- lic affairs coordinator for B.C. Hydro. Gruber was in Castlegar late last week, along with Hydro pro- ject manager Lachlan Russel, to meet with Castlegar and District Heritage Society President John Coyle. They spent about 45 min- utes touring Zuckerberg Island, and the damage inflicted on the island by high water levels on the Columbia River. “I have a lot of difficulty understanding why the water has to be that high,” Coyle told the two officials. The causeway to Zuckerberg Island, which is maifitained by the heritage soci- ety, was had about a foot of grav- el topping stripped from, rendering it impassable to the emergency vehicles it was built for. When the river peaked last month, 175,000 cubic feet of water per second passed by the measuring point down-river at Birchbank. This is well below Hydro’s safe operating limits. “We expected to be able to get up to 225,000 [cubic feet per sec- ond] before any damage was caused.” Russel said the public has forgotten how high the water can rise, and he blamed this a lack of information. “There's been a breakdown in communication between us and the community.” He also said one of the biggest problems for Castlegar residents is the anoma- ly of a dry year in the reservoir behind Hugh Keenleyside Dam, and high levels on the river. “It’s a difficult circle for some people to square.” The high water level were created when water, which belonged to the United States under the Columbia River Treaty, had been held back and then released when the American requested it. But Coyle still had trouble squaring the circle “If it were a natural flood...that’s understandable,” said Coyle, insisting that the high waters were a preventable, man- made flood during one of the dri- est years in the past half-century. He blames the Columbia River Treaty for that problem. “If Uncle Sammy says give me a drink, we've got to send it down there,” said Coyle. “It’s a scary thought that someone else controls the water tap.” From what the hydro officials told Coyle, there doesn't seem to be much hope that the situation will change “I'm sure that there will be cir- cumstances when you pass those lower flow levels [175,000 cubic feet per second],” said Russel People have to protect them- selves, or take the risk, if they were recently effected by the high water on the Columbia. That includes the Heritage Society. “If we have to raise the cause- way, we will raise the causeway,” said Coyle. “We'll just have to figure out how to raise it.” John Coyle (left) explains the havoc wreaked upon Zuckerberg Island with B.C. Hydro Coyle said that Argo Industries will soon begin repairs to the washed-out causeway. They helped out the Heritage Society before, and Coyle said it would Officials Lachlan Russel and Harold Gruber (right). Six months later and police have no leads Perepelkin family battles heavy stress and bad rumors SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Six months have passed since Nelson resident Dennis Pere- pelkin went missing, and Castle- gar RCMP say they are no closer to finding the man than they were January 16, the day he was last seen walking across the Kinnaird bridge. “We're just as baffled as every- one else. We don’t know why or how,” said Corporal Al Hudema. The 42-year-old disappeared while driving his Esso truck to Castlegar. The truck was found in working condition on the east side of the Kinnaird bridge, with the keys still in the ignition. A search party, consisting of friends and relatives, combed the banks of the Columbia River but failed to tum up anything—as did Police divers and search dogs. Hudema said that RCMP have received no new leads for quite some time now, although Pere- pelkin’s photograph can now be seen across Canada, and 2,300 law enforcement agencies have have been very different if they were not around. “I'd have to whine and snivel to everyone I could, to get the causeway rebuilt.” SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jason Keenan Perepelkin's immediate family, wife Janice and daughters Lana, 22 and Laura, 21, believe their father is still alive. “We've done everything we ‘We've done everything we can, there's nothing more we can do. We're waiting, and it's very hard.’ — LAURA PEREPELKIN Daughter of missing man access to information regarding his disappearance. Hudema continued to say that if Perepelkin’s body is in the can, there’s nothing more we can do. We're waiting, and it’s very hard,” said the youngest daughter, Laura, who admits the stress is Columbia River, the lly high water levels might have hin- dered it to surface. “One would think that the body would have surfaced some- where by now.” Kalesnikoff owner SayS no employees to leave plant BRENDAN HALPER Sun staff Despite the continuing Province-wide strike by pulp mill workers which has adversely affected many saw mills, includ- ing Castlegar’s Pope and Talbot, Kalesnikoff Lumber in Thrums continues to maintain full produc- tion. Owner Peter Kalesnikoff said there has been no lay-offs or shift cuts, and that all of his employees are still working and will contin- ue working “The only loss we've had is the revenue for the chips,” Kalesnikoff said The sale of wood chips repre sents only 10-15 per cent of Kalesnikoff Lumber’s total rev enue Kalesnikoff, however, hopes both parties in the strike will soon come to an agreement be; ing to weigh heavily on all family members. “Everyone has aged so much. It’s something that you think about every single day. But if you think about it too much and start q Temperature: Max/Date 26.7/11 Precipitation: Rain 13.5 Sunshine: Number of Hours 33.9 greatly reduced. WEATHER OUTLOOK: The forecast for Wednes day; Sunny with a few cloudy periods and a risk of isolated showers. Hi to 28. Probability of precipitation 20% tonight. Mainly clear lows to 10. Proba- bility of precipitation 10%. Outlook for Thurs. & Fri.: Sunny thurs. highs to 28, for friday, increasing Cloud late in the day with chance of showers. Highs to 26. 9.7/10 Snow A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: Min/Date Mean 16.7 Total 13.5 Normal Number of Hours 618 REMARKS: The second week of cold, wet weather. The hay farmers are producing good crops, however are not receiving the fine weather necessary to cut. The slash burning program has ground to a halt with the present weather, yet at the same time the fire hazard has been Forecast provided by The South - East interior Weather Office at Castlegar, B.C. LAKE RESERVOIR FORECAST Area burned to date: U ble - bili Total number of fires to date: Number of fires still burning: .. Number of new fires. today ARROW FOREST DISTRICT DISTRICT FIRE INFORMATION Date: July 14, 1992 DANGER CLASS/FIRE HAZARD - Low ... 5 patrolling 16 hectares 0 Weather Outlook (related to fire suppression/prevention activity): of th fires h 's and ligh g Fire Action: Manpower: Initial Attack Crews monitoring Comments: Last year - 9 fires - 7 hectares asking questions you can't possi- bly answer, you go crazy.” Another cause for stress the family has had to deal with involves rumors about the case itself and reasons as to why Pere- pelkin went missing. “It’s gossip and rumors, and we're learning to deal with it,” she continued. Family members had discussed using the T.V. series Unsolved Mysteries as a means in which to draw attention to the case and hopefully derive more clues. The series however, has a list of missing People-reports that are in the pro- cess of being taped and televised. “I think they need to have some kind of a mystery-like twist to the story in order for it to be taped,” she said. Laura says she believes her father is still alive, and is still hopeful that someone will step forward with new information. DENNIS PEREPELKIN Earlier this year, the family established an information centre at the Chevron station in Castle- gar, asking commuters to relin- quish any information or details about what they might have seen on the morning of January 16. Gerald Rotering refusing to run SUBMITTED Former Nelson mayor and NDP member Gerald Rotering has announced he will not seek election as a Member of Parlia- ment for Kootenay West— Rev- elstoke. And he’s challenged others like him to follow suite. Long expected to try to suc- ceed retiring New Democrat MP Lyle Kristiansen, Rotering, 39, said Monday he would rather see more women and visible-minority People elected to Parliament than Pursue the job himself. Kris- (iansen announced July 8 that he will not stand for re-election. “Sure I'd like to be the MP. and sure I think I could do a good job, but so could many people, said Rotering, who has been Kris- tiansen’s constituency assistant since 1980. “I know a dozen New Demo- crat women in this riding who could do the job well for every- one. And I can't in good con- See Editorial Page 6A science Compete to keep them out of Parliament, when less then 15 percent of our MPs are female My political ideals simply over- ride my ambition.” Not only is Rotering not run- ning, he also challenges other New Democrat white males across Canada to support the NDP’s affirmative-action pro- gram. “Meet me at the back of the line boys — it ain't our turn,” he quipped “It's women’s turn. It’s the turn of visible minority. and native Canadians, and of people with physical disabilities, who are virtually unrepresented in Parlia- ment.” The federal NDP has an aggressive affirmative-action pro- gram in place to encourage more women, visible-minority and physically handicapped persons to run as Candidates in upcoming nomination races. The party is gearing up for the federal election expected next spring, or possibly this fall. ee