Page 4A The Castlegar Sun New device for hearing impaired will make for better TV viewing JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun staff For hearing impaired televi sion viewers, programming will become a little clearer, since a new gadget has been made avail. able locally Shaw Cabjesystems Limited has now made available; free of charge, closed caption decoding devices for the deaf and hearing FREE SKATE SHARPENING Until the end of the Hockey Season Gerick Cyde & Sports 2181 Columbia Ave. B.C. 365-5599 impaired. “We have tried to make access to these free devices as easy as possible, through personal-pick- up at any Shaw Cable business office. There is no charge. for people who Can provide a certifi- cate of need from a physician or audiologist,” said Shaw Cable President James Shaw Sr. Previously, if people found the need for a decoder, they were required to purchase one of their own. “In the past, people have been required to purchase their own decoder, which cost in order of $200,” said Regional Manager Steve Lake With one of the decoders installed, the words will appear at the bottom of the screen corre- sponding to what is said during the program. To start, there will be 2,500 decoders available, and they will be divided among the 28 systems SENIORS ASSOCIATION OF CASTLEGAR - Would like to thank everyone who helped make our St. Patrick's coffee party @ success. Prize winners were - Helda Salmon; doorchimes. Pearl Mott; lap table. Our next business meeting - April 1, 2:00 pm. April 5 - Whist, 7:00 pm. April 15 - Social 2:00 pm. April 29 - Pot luck & entertainment, 5:00 ‘pm. USCC KOOTENAY LADIES ORGANIZATION — Pyrahi Fry, Bring your family and friends for dinner at the Brilliant Cultural centre, Sunday, April 4, 1-5 p.m. Feast on Pyrahi, Shaw Cable serves. The size of the system will determine how many of the decoders will be harided out in a given area “The number was an ¢stimate based on demand. If we need more we will make them avail able,” Lake said The $500,000 program is part of a December agreement with the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commis- sion when Shaw Cable applied to take over Cablecasting Limited “Part of the commitment.to the CRTC was to provide the closed caption decoding devices to all cable systems,” Lake said With these decoders it opens up a new range of programming previously unavailable to the hearing impaired. “There are approximately 400-500 hours of network programming per week that are transmitted containing closed captioning,” Shaw said Shaw Cable is currently: the third largest multi-system cable operator in Canada serving 890,000 subscribers throughout Canada. Selkirk students lucky after rog KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff Wednesday, March 31, 1993 While hauling dirt for the Castlegar-Robson bridge construction; the driver of this semi-trailer truck dumped more than the load of dirt he was hauling on the Robson side of the site, Tuesday evening. The investigation continues. SUN STAFF PHOTO (Karen Kerkhott A rogue wave nearly turned an outing to disaster when it capsized a group of Selkirk College Wildland Recreation students while on a whale-watching trip at Tofino. The four students, the operator of the boat, and two Japanese whale- watching tourists were spending March 25 watching whales when a wave, pies, coffee or tea. All for only $7 per person. Proceeds for various charities. MOUNTAIN VIEW LODGE — Easter Tea, Thursday, April 8th 1:30 - 3.p.m. Tickets $1.50 Crafts & Bake Table. LA. TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BR. 170 - Golden Anniversary Tea, Legion Hall. April 3, 2-4 p.m. Admission $1.50. Baking, sewing, white elephant sales. Door prizes. Everyone Welcome. Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. The first 12 words are $4 and additional words are 15¢ each. Boldfaced words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. Each consecutive insertion is half-price. Minimum charge Is $4. Deadlines are 3 p.m Wednesdays for the Saturday Shopper and 11:30 Monday for Wednesday's paper. 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They looked up and saw this wave just a split second before it washed over the Zodiac. Before they knew it they were in the water and the boat was upside down.” The occupants of the boat quickly scrambled onto the upturned boat, however, all the equipment, such*as the radio was under water. The occupants were able to salvage the oars and had paddled to the lee of a small rock outcrop before they were rescued by another group of stu- dents, who were gut on another Zodiac, whale- watching one and a half Grand Forks officer gets conditional di JODY LAMB For The Sun Throwing a man dowmron the hood of a car and then smashing him in the forehead with a flashlight got a Grand Forks police officer a conditional discharge Monday. “Your behavior on June 28 (1992) with (the victim and his companion) is something every Police officer in this country must be embarrassed about,” Judge Don Waurynchuk said during sentencing in B.C. Provincial Court in Cranbrook. Waurynchuk foundeGonst, Steven Joseph MacRae of the Grand Forks RCMP detachment guilty of assaulting a man at Christina Lake, east of Grand Forks after hearing how the offi- cer stopped the victim and his friend and then pushed him against a car and struck him in the forehead with a flashlight for No apparent reason MacRae, 30, contends he acci- dently hit the man when he tried to restrain him. The incident in question took place when the vic- tim, who was walking a woman CASTLEGAR SLO-PITCH REGISTRATION ) Deadline: April 4, 1993 8:00 pm Cost: $200.00/ team of 6 men, 4 women Registration at Castlegar Community Complex Please provide us with contact person(s) and phone number(s) ») Indicate whether you wish a Competitive or Recreation Division For more info call Tom Campbell 365-6586 Kerry or Michelle Szkica 365-5329 ue wave capsizes boat hours after the incident occurred. The Coast Guard then towed the boat to shore. Gibson said the students had been wearing full survival suits at the time of the accident. Gibson said not only was the rogue wave an unusual occurrence, but the capsizing of the Zodiac was also unusual. “I was told that it is high- ly unusual for a Zodiac to flip.” ; The students were taken to shore where an ambulance was waiting. Gibson said one student, and the two Japanese tourists were transferred to the hospital in Tofino, but otherwise the remaining occupants suf- fered no serious injuries. One Japanese tourist was treated for a gash on the side of her head which required 20 stitches, while one Selkirk student was treated for a dislocated shoulder and a muscle injury to his leg. The student stayed in the Tofino hospital overnight, was flown to a hospital in Vancouver on Friday and then flown to Castlegar on Satur- day. The student has returned to classes, but requires the aid of crutch- es. Gibson said he realizes the outcome of the accident could have been much different. “We felt we were very lucky. It’s very seldom an acci- dent happens off the West Coast without a serious consequence, such as a drowning.” Now that the students are back in class Gibson said they have another assignment which is not as dangerous. scharge after abusing man to her home, met up. with MacRae, who had been called to the lake when someone com- plained of a party. “(MacRae) had no reason,...no night, no justification to intervene with the passage of (the victim) and his companion,” Wau- tynchuk said. During sentencing Wau- rynchuk said-the victim was doing nothing wrong when the officer approached him and struck him with the flashlight Besides having to report to a probation officer, MacRae is ‘writing a report about their trip. ordered to deliver a letter of apol- ogy to the victim and the young woman for his “inappropriate behavior”, post a letter of apolo- gy to fellow RCMP members at the Grand Forks detachment, and attend anger management and crowd control counselling. “T want to tell you Mr. MacRae that you were so far out of line in what you did that particular evening... you put not only your- self in peril, but others that you were dealing with. You can’t run roughshod over a bunch of kids,” Waurynchuk said. Suspect shot during arrest TRAIL TIMES land Provincial court yesterday to face charges of using a firearm to Trail RCMP yesterday admit- ted that Friday’s arrest of a Warfield armed robbery suspect was not without incident. David Phillip Bridge of Fruit- vale was arrested in the Rivervale area approximately 15 minutes after the noon-hour holdup at the Warfield Credit Union. During the course of the arrest a Trail RCMP officer discharged a gunshot, resulting in a facial injury to the suspect from glass that shattered in the red Toyota Tercel he was driving. Bridge was taken into custody and treated at Trail Regional Hos- pital. Nelson RCMP are currently investigating why the police firearm was discharged. Bridge, 26, appeared in Ross- YOU’RE NOT ALONE If you own woodland property, you're not alone. There are mgre than 21,000 individuals and families who own small scale woodlands in British Columbia And over the long-term, managing for timber and non-timber resources takes But where to begin? planning through one of our Woodland Foresters in your area. You may also be eligible for financial assistance in making your plan work. 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The two seven-year-olds and one five-year-old netted approxi- mately $100 cash, most. of which Corporal Al Hudema of the Castle- gar RCMP said was recovered. “We got $67 of it back. They're going to make restitution for the rest.” Two of the children were from Silverton, while one was from Robson. The incident occurred while owners of a Broadwater residence were away on holidays. Thurs., Fri 365-3752 Wednesday, March 31, 1993 The Castlegar Sun Electrical fire strikes Credit Union sign ” KAREN KERKHOFF ae Sun staff The sign at Kootenay Savings Credit Union was lit-up-a_little brighter than usual when a fire erupted, March 24 Greg Stewart, Branch Manag- er, said the Fire Department was called when the odor of buming wood became evident. Although the “fire” was limited to the facade behind the sign, Stewart said safety for employees and customers was foremost *“We could smell it. There was a bit of a short in the sign. It’s better to be safe than sorry Gerry Rempel, Castlegar Fire Chief, said the cause of the fire is not certain, howe he did veri- fy that the fire appears to have started behind the letter G in the sign. “It now says Kootenay Savins Credit Union." Rempel said after the power was disconnected to the sign, the smouldering cedar was doused with water, and firefighters stayed on hand to be certain the fire was extinguished. There were eight firefighters and one pumper truck which responded to the call. The fire- fighters were on the scene for approximately half an hour. Both Rempel and Stewart said evacuation of customers and staff was not necessary Found! Castlegar's 1992 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR 18 Join the celebration on Tuesday April 13, 1993 at the Fireside Banquet Room 6:00 pm cocktails 7:00 pm dinner Advance tickets only: $12.50 available at: Pharmasave Carl's Drugs Castlegar Sun office KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff The Brilliant Doukhobor Bridge is one step closer to being renovated. Andrew Davidoff! gpokesper son for the working group, said a letter of application has been submitted to the B.C. Heritage Trust, which provides funding for heritage restorations. “The application was for the second phase, which is the engi- neering portion, and possibly restoration costs: They have sup- plied funds in the past for her- itage projects in B.C..” The funding which has been requested for the engineering portion of the project will go towards magna-flux testing of the suspension cables to deter- mine if they are still safe enough to be used, or if they need to be replaced said Davidoff. “We asked in particular for funding for magna-flux testing of the cables and for the rest of the second phase engineering, such as preparation of the restoration drawings. We asked for any assistance they could give us with respect to the actual restoration expenses.” Davidoff said the total cost of the restoration is unknown until the results of the magna-flux test- Page 5A ing is learned “The cost of the restoration Ts dependant on the second phase engineer studies and what the Cost will be. We're still doing a feasibility study Although Davidoff is confi dent that the magna-flux testing will show that the suspension cables are still safe and won't need replacing, he said should the test come back unfavorably, the working group would then have to reassess their position If the test comes back nega tive anf® shows massive core disintegration we will have to look at the feasibility regarding the cost of restoring the bridge and consider all the options available at the time.” Currently the Ministry of High ways maintains ownership of the bridge, however Davidoff said that an agreement has been made “in Principle” that ownership would be transferred to the Regional Dis- trict of Central Kootenay. ‘We are continuing deliberations with Tespect to the transfer of owner- ship to RDCK. Highways has agreed in principle to transfer ownership, but the details stilt need to be worked out.” The bridge, which was built in 1913 by the Doukhobors was used for the last time when the new Brilliant bridgé was built Above: Fire chief Gerry Rem- pel and volunteer firefighters attended to an electrical fire at the Kootenay Savings Credit Union, last week. Learning Disabilities Assoc. of B.C. presents Implications of current educational changes on support services for students with learning disabilities Speaker: Dr. Mario Strauss Coordinator of LD/LA + Ministry of Education Thursday, April 1, 7 pm - 8:30 pm Stanley Humphries Seconday School (Activity Room) E EVERYONE WELCOME 9 At that time the bridge was slat ed to be dismantled, but David off said Community interest in preserving the bridge prevailed, and the bridge was saved from the wrecking ball Davidoff said there are many Application made to ministry for Brilliant bridge restoration people in and outside the commu-~ nity who have been active in pur- suing preservation an restoration of the bridge, such as the BC Her- itage Society, local historical and heritage societies, cultural groups and diverse individuals Surprise roadblock successful Castlegar RCMP officers were busy over the weekend. 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