“classroom at KJSS, the

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Sun staff

An information forum promy
ing French‘ anginge:and ‘culture

‘attracted 40. pedple to. ‘Kinnaird i
School’ on: .

Junior Second:

ween parents and govel
low -young Canadians

of the Canadian: Parents for

French, B.C. representatives :

Linda Evans and Donna
Archibald travelled from the

“Lower: Mainland to address: ‘the

Castlegar crowd |

It was a membership drive
looking to add to the 10 local par-
ents who already belong to the
organization. Nationwide, the

: CPF has 18; 180 members, includ-

ing 5,237 in B.C..:
At the forum, held in a French

“{t's Important to.’

be.aware of any:
thing that enriche

, your child's edu-

cation.”.°

— Linda Evans
Anglophone

included teachers, parents, and °

school children interested i in the:
program.

A video produced by CPF doc-
umented students from French
Immersion classes across the
country. The general theme of the
60-minute production was kids.
having fun leaming French. One
scene showed children ‘at immer-
sion camps leaming Quebecois

SONgS.

“Many of the counsellors
come form Quebec,” said one
woman from the video. “They
have a vitality—a colour—that
kids. from’ B. Cc. don’t often geta
chance to'see."

The goals of CPF, as outlined

in ‘their mission statement, is to
_. y provide educational opportuni:
* ties.to-learn and use the French

language. They: also aim to ) Pro-

The cost of joining the
is $25 per year, or $60 fo:
years. The-.money is eve!
divided between the national
-and provincial programs.

There are currently 55 stu:

dents in French Immersion pro-:.-

grams in this area, and 27, 000
throughout the province.

The publicity director for
B.C., Linda Evans, has been
involved with the B.C. chapter
of CPF ‘since’ its beginings’ one’
‘decade ago."Evans, an afiglo:
phone, became‘ in Olver
her own children’ started:
French programs.

child’s education,”

“We're trying to let pe

know what we're doing and

we're a national parents group.’
Citzeenti 4 in Cast

and respect among speakers of

SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper

The Tarrys Volunteer Fire. Department is a little ‘closer to obtaining a Jaws of Life’
system following. a $1,000: donation by West Kootenay Power's Castlegar divi-.:
a0 nager; ‘Doug Fergusson.(I-r) Chief Jim Richards, Captain Walter Konkin,. -
ain: Bob Kalmakoff, Doug Fergusson. and Fireman Kelly Poznikoff.. The
astlegar Sun apologizes for the ae in publishing this peer

'P'

ie Greater ‘Trail area
ith'the approval of
jit, chairman of the
ict of Kootenay

ire and recreation

they accept the recomment
of a recent advisor:

¥ Sandy Santori point-
city, in

and West Kootenay, but
facility’ users can dra’

‘irk College, RDKB
services and Comin-
ices, had “developed a

needed because ‘of the competi

tion among post-secondary insti=

tutions, to :find ‘students for

‘such as el

commonly Offered. :
"We have so much expertise in

this area and it is great to see the

initiative taken,” Conroy said. °

plete workload in French:

continues for two years befor
the number of courses in Fren
scales down: in. ue schoo

\Put/on by. the B.
Public

the publicity director for the’ B.C. Chapter
of Canadian Parents for French, became involved with

ee " BUN STAFF PHOTO /Jim Zbobon

ich. language when her children entered school.

“Most parents are anglophones.”
saaient to. Archibald,

not. just

-w up in Quebec
168. at a.di-lingual

“to phone the ricwspaper five min--

utes before ‘deadlint "laughed

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14)
tives of local ‘literacy: organiza-
:tions ‘in Castlegar, Trail, Nelson
and Ni
The purpose of the workshop
was to teach literacy organization
reps how to maximize public

Nancy Sp
ing’s Director of Publ Rell

from Vancouver.

Spooner who is managing the
Literacy, Public Awareness Cam-
paign, taised some

educational‘o
activities.” :

ly more,
Panding for the Public A

ness Campaign, and the Media
forkshop < comes fri cost-

‘shared ‘project between ‘the B.C.

Ministry of Advanced Education,
Training : and Technology, and the

points regarding the set-up of
photos. She talked about general

Klit added that he thought it.

was a “good project to bring to
this area because we have over ‘

120 volunteer firefighters justin ©

the Greater ‘Trail area plus 16 to

118° professional firefighters
excluding. Cominco.” Conroy
noted firefighters at the Castlegar

“Airport could also benefit from

the facility.

“Although the government has
yet to announce whether it is pro-
ceeding ‘with the advisory com-
mittee’s
said the city:wanted to be the
leaders. in this field even before

the facility. in

, the: nearest

anigton, and Bend, Oregon. The
‘advisory committee is suggesting

ion, Santori

gan, 20, dica’ ‘shortly afte
arrival:at-Kelowna. ‘ospit:

1 Literacy

and Ciaaaity Canada.

"SUN TARE PHOTO rn per

for any¢ ne seeing an altercation
‘between pedestrians and occu-
pants, of a vehicle in the area on

‘morning | to report it to

the’ detachment. ‘The suspect's

vehicle, a grey-1978' Pontiac

Grand Prix: was recovered later
ac.

The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday;'November'20, 1991’

TRAIL TIMES

"The headlines in The Vancouver |

Sun have ‘not only caught the eye
of Trail mayor Sandy,Santri, but
have « ‘his full attention,
In a three-part series which
began Saturday, he Sun has
expounded on the problem of
blood Jead levels und Cominco’s
application for a four-year exten-
sion on its i trol

basically, att mpt to, destroy a
community 6... - Hats, all x

enraged when The Vancot
printed an article in which the
‘West Coast Environmental Law

requirements. The series of arti-'..

cles has done little to boost
Trail’s jmage, says Santoti. ,

"What the Sun has done is a,

pure case of sensationalism,” said
Santori, who is also chairman.of
the Trail Lead Task Force, which

was formed last year by the. City.,

to-monitor smelter emissions, |
identify high lead level areas in |,
.the community, conduct blood

Local family

Reunions are a special time for
families. They allow members
from near and far to come togeth-
eras one clan, to catch up on the

remember fondly those who have

ee:

For one Castlegar family, a
recent reunion meant much more.
than that—it meant binding
together for the first time, what
the second world war had tragi-
cally torn apart.

Jadwiga rsokolowski, a resi-
dent of Castlegar for over 40
years now, was separated from
her 18 month-old daughter at the
start of the second world war.
Three weeks ago, the two were
reunited for the first time.

The story. began almost 50
years ago, when Jadwiga and
Stephan Sokolowski, the young
Polish parents of 18 month-old
Stanislava, were sent to various
labour camps in Germany along
with thousands of others.

\Stanislava, was, taken i in by a

grandmother.
oe tee the war ended in
resulting strict commmu-
nist "rule in Russia where
Stanislava was then living was
far too powerful, and her parents
could neither retum nor commu-
nicaté with family.

The couple, faced with possible
prosecution because of their Pol-
ish roots at that time, were forced
to make a decision which would
ultimately change their lives, And
in the 1950's they immigrated to
‘Canada, without their first-bom.

“It was a horror to live through.
‘We didn’t know where she was,
and no-one knew where we were
either,” said a teary Jadwiga.

After crossing the. ocean,
Stephan and his wife worked as
farm laborers in Saskatchewan for
one year, Like other it

‘toiling the prairie soil fora, year,

without pay was, one way, in
which they could write off. the
debt they incurred to the the Canadi-
an government by travelling to
Canada.

After one. year on the prairies,
the couple moved to. Castlegar,
where they would settle and raise
four more children. ~

“Tt was so hard to. be separated

like that. I'would see children ;

Betty, the family would often seek

out ways in which to locate, their.
sister. ,

“We would uy and find. some.
ways to communicate. But the sit-
uation in the Soviet Union was,
tense, and

ion called'for a ‘public
inaulsy into Cominco’s an

The first, part of the series
headlin

duced with; “It's hard to see any-

‘thing | pretty ‘in the = gia smielter. ;
Ki

smelter is for all’ appearances, a
showcase for everything that wns

the lives of people being affected,
“Yes, there are some children

with high Icad Jeyels but the arti- ~
‘cles make it appear as if cach”

‘child's life is at risk which is
totally false,” ‘says Santori, shak-
ing his head at a headline in the
second part of the series which

‘= weads “Trail: Great place to cal!

home, or slow death?”
A 1990 study prepared for the
provincial ministries of health and

found in’

pollution-control permit appli
tion: This came on the heels of an’

“announcement that the Federal

Centres for Disease Control in the
U.S. had lowered the threshold ‘at
which ‘children ‘are ‘considered to
have lead poisoning from 25°

grams per decalitre of blood

qi about the

Revolution.”

-It describes varying’ proble
faced by local families perceive
to'be caused by high’ blood ‘lead |
levels and' concludes’

the story of Annie Jean Dupper- |

on’s horses that developed mus-
cular weakness |

ie in the Iate 1960s,"

A FAMILY REUNITED—(-r) The Sokolowski family in Castlegar reunited with their
daughter/sister, (I-r)John (son), Oleg (grandson),
‘(daughter) and Betty (daugti

vart of these reforms allowed

families to search for relatives -

who had long since disappeared.
That was when Stanislava, who
by now was married and had

grown children of her own, decid- Re

ed it was the time for action:

“Luckily, she had a friend who

had acquaintances in California.
Through them, a letter from
Stanislava found its way to Jad-

wiga's muailbgy in Coteen et *

last spring.
Never had one etter caused so

much joy in the Sokolowski

family.

2“It was incredible. ‘We all sat .

around, reading the letter, and
then'we-all cried,” said Betty.
“We'only wished that our father
could still be alive to See that com.
tact had been made.”

‘Sadly, Stephan would ' never
again see his first- bom. He pissed
away-eight years earlic 7
Gorbachev was unleashing

I
and her 24-year-old son Oleg.

walked in to the Vancouver air-. 3

port where they -were-met-by an

entourage of cheers and tears.
“The entire family came out

the occasion. It was early i in'the

moming

‘was wide awake,”:said Bett:
whose husband, and:brother-in-
“law took turn: vider aping:the

between families who had been
separated was next to impossi- ° :
ble,” said Betty. {

For Stanislava, the ‘separation

from her parents at: such a-young .

agp. Jet lot of emanencred aoe.
tions. °

EA eo is Cases and 4
‘ fe amazed at the ‘hospitality’

Santori'said'the articles “serve
No purpose whatsoever" and that |

id arching Backs: {

Trail had an average blood-lead
level of 13.8 microgrhms, witha
range from four.to 30 micro-

grams. A second, more. detailed

+ study, is currently underway.

“I'm confident the levels will
be lower than previously,” says
Santori, adding he thinks the Sun
should publish these as well. But

he has little hope of that since

See UPSET.

the, San Tacks “any i y for.

auto insurance. Those big, com-

pound-curved, state-of-the-art
Z windshields are ‘ clear example.
: “The list price for the standard

1990 Chevrolet Caprice wind-

Jadwiga (mother), Stanislava

te . You don’t have to look far
to see how today’s techndlogy is

adding annually to the cost of

- shield is $222.75. Its 1991counter-
2. $417.58. Unless it’s the:

nal “solar-coated” model, in

(WEATHER

OUTLOOK:

The’ forecast fo

Wednesday; Cloudy with a few:
showers or wet snowshowers. high:
‘| temperatures near 4. The forecast
for, Thursday and Friday calls for.a
‘| weak upper. disturbance to ‘provide’ clouds: anda chance
of showers on Thursday. Sunny periads are: likely by Fr |:
day asa ridge of high pressure’ builds over our region.

‘| ALOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK:
Many Oate

ap.oya2. * sofas

Temperature: Max/ Date

Prociptation: yi ‘Rain a

8.8 mm.” ny

Sunshine: Number of

- Hours

15.4

‘Snow #

Mean “Normal | -

REMARKS:

Relatively normal conditions F peeuailed during the
week. Ed. note: A few more dumps.of snow.like the
last couple and the base at Red Mountain will be
looking pretty good. Ski season is not far off

Forecast provided by The South - East Interior, Weather Office
at Castlegar, B. Co

Continued from 1A
in the north, one in the Okana-
gan, one in the Lower Main-
land, and another in the
Kootenays, because, on the
basis of economics alone, many
firefighters are precluded from
simulated training available
only through such a facility.
The education component

the ‘actual facility (tower) being
constructed at approximately
$1.5 million at the provincial
government's cost. More con-
crete budgets will be estab-
lished once approval in
principle has been received,
said Santori.

Along with a number of ben-
efits to fire departments and

offered in.Trail’s prof isan
added bonus.as the nearest
institutes offering a firefighter
program are Spokane and Bran-
don.

The City is proposing a

 ForRisine
Autoplan
Is Right
Of You.

In Front

» the city of
Trail proposal noted such a
training facility would “provide
a direct economic benefit to the
city of Trail in terms of perma-
nent jobs for the duration of

sts