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The Castlegar Sun

WITH LOITERING TEENS

Fitness owner finally fed up

KAREN KERKHOFF
Sun Staff

Hooters fitness owner Gerry
Hoodicoff has had enough.

He's tired of cigarette butts lit
tering the entrance to his business.

He's tired of discarded beer
cans and bottles being left in the

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He's tired of the foul graffiti
painted on the back of his busi
ness watt.

He’s tired of parents who don't
know, or care, where their chil
dren are.

But most of all he's tired of the
teens who “hang out” in front of
his business and who, he says, are
responsible for all of the above

“They're very intimidating,
they're messy and leave [sun-
flower] seeds, crap and beer bot
tles behind.”

Hoodicoff said the loitering
problem has been ongoing for
the last three or four months, and
he has finally reached his break-
ing point

“The city has to do some-
thing—a curfew or something

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The city needs to provide a facili-

ty to get them off the street. They

have no business hanging out

here. I pay taxes why should I
* have to put up with it?”

But Hoodicoff is quick to say
that the sole responsibility
shouldn't lie on the shoulders of
the city,

“It ties with the pereits just as.
well, They should know where
their kids are.”

Hoodicoff said he has com-
plained numerous time to
police, but despite the RCMP’s
efforts to chase the teens away
they still return

He's now lodged a formal
complaint with the police.

Even though Hoodicoff is fed

up with the teens, he's quick 1p~

say that, generally, most of the

youth who hang out in front of
his business are typical teens just
looking for a place to be.

Cpl. Dave Beach of the Castle-
gar RCMP agrees with Hoodicoff
and said that teens are the same
everywhere, including the Okana-
gan and Prince Rupert where he

h + used to live.

“It's a small percentage who
are causing the problems.”

Beach said that although he
sympathizes with Hoodicoff,
there is little that police can do
unless the teens_are breaking
the law.

“They have to be creating a
disturbance or committing a
crime. Otherwise they're like
anyone else; they can be on the
sidewalk. If they're doing wrong
we can do something.”

Highways workers
reach settlement

~ SUN STAFF

After intervention by mediator
Jim Kelly, highways workers: in
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and Emcon Services have
reached a tentative agreement.

The two sides on Friday
reached a two-year agreement
pending union ratification,
which is scheduled for tonight
with balloting to be ‘completed
by April 10.

Nicolle Binnie
Halifax-bound

SHSS student off
to debating finals

KAREN KERKHOFF
Sun Staff

The settlement in some
400 BCGEU members from
Kootenay-Boundary, Okanagan-
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vice areas where Emcon holds
highways maintenance contracts.

These BCGEU members have
been without a contract since
Nov. 7, 1994.

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Castlegar teen Nicolle Binnie
has recently been recognized for
an attribute many parents active-
ly discourage—arguing.

But when arguing is construc-
tive and meant to make a point,
while at the same time staying
within specific parameters, the
“A” word is known as debating.

After debating at the Provin-
cial Law Foundation Cup in
Burnaby March 10, 14-year-old-
Binnie won the distinction of
representing B.C. at the Canadian
Junior National Debating Com-
petition in Halifax in mid-May.

The Grade 9 Stanley
Humphries Secondary School
student won the privilege by
debating whether intoxication
should be permitted as a defense
to any criminal code offense.

Jeremy Palmer, the SHSS
debate and speech coach, praised
Binnie for the accomplishment,
and said she will only be the
third debater sent to the Junior
National, the first and second

being Janet Kalesnikoff and Can-
dice Larche in 1989.

“Nicolle is an honor roll stu-
dent who, in spite of a heavy
academic and co-curricular load,
has competed in five debating
tournaments.”

The fly in the ‘ointment,
though, is the cost of sending
Binnie to the nationals. Air fare
from Castlegar to Vancouver and
from Vancouver to Halifax will
cost close to $1,000 alone.

And so Palmer has been urg-
ing the community by way of
correspondence to support Binnie
in her quest.

“She will “be a fine and
thoughtful ambassador for her
school and community.”

In 1996 Castlegar, along with
Trail and Rossland, will co-host
the 1996 Law Foundation Cup on
its 25th anniversary. Some 250
debaters and their coaches will
participate in the two-day event

Those who wish to contribute
to Binnie’s trip can do so by
writing a cheque to SHSS and
sending it in care of Jeremy
Palmer at SHSS.

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Wednesday, March 29, 1995

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new drivers. There
are careless drivers at

Speaker’s Corner

Castlegar student Tamara Terry is pounding the pavement in
search of answers to questions that correspond with news stories
that have appeared in The Castlegar Sun. If you see Tamara, it

could be your opportunity to appear in Speaker's Corner, which
will be published each week

It's a good policy.
There are a lot of
crazy drivers out
there,
young drivers.
—Maria Melo

Question:

Are you in favor of
the proposed*two-
“year probation for
new drivers?

Yes, this would pre-
vent my insurance
premiums from going
through the roof and I
believe that new
drivers should prove

All the young people
are taking drinking
and driving for grant-
ed and they should be
prevented from caus-
ing accidents.

—Fred

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—Corrine Marsh

KINNAIRD PARK

City concerned
about vandalism

SUN STAFF

KAREN KERKHOFF
Sun Staff

~The Great Paper Chase is well
on its way. Since last week three
more businesses—Kootenay
Savings Credit Union, Industrial
Equipment Co. Ltd., and Brian
Brown, C.G.A., have taken up
The Castlegar Sun’s challenge to
recycle their office paper. This
now brings the grand total of
local businesses participating in
the challenge to 10.

Although we freely admit that
we have tried to induce business-
es to take up the challenge by
offering great prizes, we're glad
to say that all businesses which
have joined say that they're in it
for the ecological benefit, and
not the prizes.

Almost all businesses were
surprised to find out how easy it
is to get the bins, and how easy it
is to recycle what they have pre-
viously sent to the landfill. The
added incentive is that it doesn't
cost a penny. Even the phone call
to the Trail Ecocentre is free.

The contest runs from April 1
to April 30—-so there's still time
to join in the fun. All you have to
do is call The Castlegar Sun for
more details.

Starting the week of April 1
The Castlegar Sun will be sur-
prising some participating busi-
nesses with a visit. We will talk
to employees about the The
Great Paper Chase and will take
pictures to run in the next edition
of The Castlegar Sun.

This will be done on a weekly
basis until the end of the contest.
So, if you haven't already taken
up the challenge, now is the time
to do so.

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Vandalism at Kinnaird Park is
a growing problem, public works
superintendent Barry Comin told
Castlegar council last week.

Comin said he raised the
issue during a recent meeting
with Castlegar school board
officials and requested that the
board approach Kinnaird Mid-
die School staff and the parent
advisory council with the city’s
concerns.

“The board was somewhat
reluctant on taking action and
suggested the city consider
installing video surveillance
cameras,” Comin wrote in a
report to council

However, Councillor Bob
Pakula questioned the value of
the video cameras.

“How long do they think
those cameras would stay
there?” he asked.

Meanwhile, another issue the
city discussed with the board was
parking problems at Kinnaird

Elementary School.

The board has also requested
that the city place guardrails
along the sidewalk down 24th
Street to ensure the safety of
students walking to and from
school

While the city indicated it
will review the request, it also
pointed out that the guardrails
block snow removal from the
sidewalk and would further
reduce visibility.

The board and city are also
investigating joint purchasing
of supplies.

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