Castlégar News September 11, 1985 Westcoast Seafoods located at Castlegar Mohawk Friday, September: 13 10 a.m. to7 p.m. ‘WEE COLLEGE __| ice REI A TIER EET Robson ‘ had no choice’ By CasNews Staff Robson Volunteer Fire Department's. decision to would, jump Broadwater Road and; fed by high winds, head for the Robson townsite. He dif that had h fight ‘a fire outside its protection area came into q' at Saturday's Central Kootenay Regional District board- meeting. Bill Herchmer, representing the Town of Greston, asked if the regional board isn’t leaving itself open to a liability claim should something happen while firemen are fighting a fire outside their area of responsibility. they would have had‘ to evacuate Robson: “He told me it was a matter of life and~death,” Vanderpol said. He pointed out that when, he made the decision send the firemen, a second truck was put on standby’ the firehall in the event of another fire somewhere i For Four and Five Year Olds Will be held from October to April every Thursday morning at the Castlegar Pentecostal Church. Wee College is a very interesting Bible oriented Kindergarten Course. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL MRS. SMITH AT 365-3594 HOMEGOODS Mon. - Sat., 9:30 - 5:30 China Creek “Drive a Little to Save a Lot” THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW FOR YOU_ In Person at Waneta Plaza [® ‘I think we're opening ourselves to a very tough liability situation,” Herchmer said. Herchmer was commenting on the July 23 fire at through the regional mutual aid agreement. Robson: As well, Pass Creek firehall was put on standby Westar Timber's Irwin property near K side Dam. The Robson fire department sent eight firemen and fire _chief Dennis LaHue to the scene. But Area J director Martin Vanderpol said the fire department “had no choice” but to fight the fire. Vanderpol said the fire broke out in a pile of logs and was “completely out of controi:* “Hee said LaHue telephoned him to ask if the department should attend the fire. | LaHue said he viewed the fire as “dangerous for Robson,” Vanderpol said. Vanderpol added that there was concern the fire ~ & Sa the regional board examine who should decide to-send a fire crew outside a fire protection area. The board’s ive and A i will meet to investigate the issue and return to the board with a policy. Meanwhile, the Robson department charged Westar nearly $4,800 for the call. In a letter to LaHue thanking the. sie department, CBC to look into reception problems By RON NORMAN ‘ CBC has promised to aa into complaints fram Slocan __Valley residents about poor radio and TV reception. “We have a CBC crew travelling to Winlaw to complete some work at that site ‘and I have asked them to complete a detailed survey of the area so that I wilNnave more accurate details of where our servjce is unavailable,” Arnold Reeves, CBC's regional engineer, said in_a letter ‘to the Area H advisory planning commission. Reeves’ letter was in reply to a letter from a APC advising the Crown corporation of a “longstanding and persistent concern” among Slocan Walley, residents over the poor quality of CBC reception. The APC said in some spots CBC is .completely Westar’s fibre said the firemen “played a big role in ie ‘a potentially ious situation.” “At every public meeting held in the valley, TV and radio reception feature among the top items on the agenda,” said the APC. The APC asked the CBC to send a stronger signal. set USSR amazes Hansen “S Previously frozen. Fresh Regular Quality. In packages over 10 lbs. HiT continued from front page * the fire departments at Castlegar, Robson, Pass Creek, Tarrys and the airport back up each other in the event of an emergency. Voykin said the regional district has submitted three mutual aid contracts to the city. “Every time the regional district has written up an agreement, the City of Castlegar has shot it down,” he said. Voykin said Robson, Pass Creek and Tarrys fire departments decided to sign their own agreement earlier this summer. “We couldn't wait any longer for the city to come around,” he said. district,” Mayor Audrey Moore agreed that the regional district isn't to blame for holding up the mutual aid agreement. “The city does not blame the regional Moore said. However, she said the city ‘couldn't sign an agreement until it received approval from Selkirk College and the airport — which it only got last week. The city has firefighting contracts with both, she pointed out. Asked about the three contracts the The city rejected, Moore replied: not been suitable.” However, she said a contract should be signed shortly. roun gamble on lotteries § VANCOUVER (CP) — Three British Columbia fund- raising groups took:a gamble on lotteries this summer but are falling short of their goals. three, in Victoria, Manaimo and Kamloops, are $2.3 million below their fund- raising expectations as their lotteries draw to a close. “We thought it was: a-li- “They've General Hospital’s —KE! IN O’CONNOR_ KEVIN BERNHARDT Meet and talk to Kevin on Thursday, Sept. 12, 1985 4:30 p.m. Center Court— Waneta olaza. cence to print money but did we ever get a rude awak- organizer for the Kamloops Expo 86 Society. expected to raise $600,000 for events and promotions for the world's fair that opens here next- spring--A log cabin on Shus- wap Lake was the first prize. But with five weeks of ticket sales to go, receipts are barely above $50,000, about half of what they spent on the prize and promoting th lottery. Victoria-based Islands 86, which raised only $350,000 — $75,000-more-than_ex ip a repeater station to improve'r cases just bring some reception to the Slocan “Valley.” Reeves noted that the CBC is “quite aware” of its gaps in radio and TV coverage ‘in the valley. But he explained, “Since television and FM radio trans- mission virtually rely on a line-of-sight condition between _the transmitter and receiver, the mountainous terrain in the Slocan Valley makes-it economically impossible to cover the entire area without gaps in the service.” —————_— He said the CBC is attempting to find equipment to help > Passmore residents set up facilities to. transmit CBC-TV. However, Reeves said the CBC doesn’t have any plans to-upgrade coverage in the area for at least another four years. “The only plan that exists for the Slocan Valley is the installation_of an FM radio transmitter at Winlaw in 1989/90," he said. Reeves said he hopes the transmitter will cover some of the radio service gaps, but admitted the project is “some years away.” + “If the current economic conditions within the CBC ‘continue; F-don't-see-this_project | implemented earlier than 1989," he said. = RES Area H regional director Peter Duck called the letter “encouraging.” Duck also said he’s discussed the issue with Kootenay West MP Bob’ Brisco, who has offered. to undertake a house-to-house questionnaire early this fall to assess reception problems. uck also said Cominco has given valley residents six _ relay stations at a value of $800 apiece. “research and™ rehabilitation;— THEATRE continued from front page He says he hopes to bring the play to Castlegar. Planned for February and March is a play, so far: titled, about life in the Kootenays and rural Canada. Theatre Energy will also continue its theatre in but $850,000 short of its ta: get, has asked the govern- ment for one week of receipts from its Lotto 649 or about $1 million. Jury selected for trial CRANBROOK (CP) — A Seven-man, five-woman jury was selected Tuesday for the first-degree murder trial of | Terrance Wayne Burling- ham. The 23-year- -old ‘Cranbrook man is charged in the Decem- ber 1984 death of Brenda Lee Hughes of C . The ducation pr Calling the Play, about drug and Icohol abuse, wilt be_ performed at schools in the spring, Rowberry says. aR Grew The company is hoping to avoid acting. out the: eal-life tragedy of a bankruptcy by “soldiering on,” as: Rowberry calls it, with volunteer help, the promise of ingle-project funding from the Canada Council and a: hoped-for $10,000 grant from the B.C. Cultural Services: Branch. Rowberry says the B.C. government grant is necessary for the November production. Meanwhile, the company will rely on an advance on the $1,500 grant the city-of Nelson annually gives it and: will also solicit donations from private sources. “We're looking for support in the community and going around with a tin cup,” Rowberry says. — “We've received some money from individuals and’ ill be soliciting businesses.” Rowberry says he is optimistic the company can survive with the support of the local community but adds, Besides Rowberry, Theatre Energy-consists_of_a company administrator and a core of four éombination: body of the 16,year-old girl was discovered in her home. She had been shot while her parents attended a Sun- day morning church service. The jury was ii 1 writers. The company started in 1975 as a collection of theatre artists writing and performing plays about the history of the Kootenays. 7 In the beginning, Rowberry says the company operated on very small Canada Council grants, mounting excused until Sept. 23, while the B.C. Supreme Court jus- tice considers the admissibi ity of certain Crown evi- dence. ‘one, two, p: a year. He says at one point the company almost collapsed but an influx of new people, ifcluding himself, moved ‘Theatre Energy into more conventional theatre in order to build up an audience. _still some who do not take a STUDY AT HOME WITH SELKIRK HOME STUDY Selkirk College's Home Study Department is offering several credit courses. * Courses may use instr Network, Accounting 153 Biology 204 Cell Biol English 110 College Composition of “the above. Home Study credit courses allow you to register and then complete the course FROM YOUR HOME. You will be assigned a tutor who will maintain regular contact with you by mail, and telephone. Some cour- ses may require face-to-face seminars or labs. COURSE OFFERINGS INCLUDE; logy Chemistry 50 Basic Principals of Chemistry toe. or any combination Math 50 Intermediate Algebro.and Trigonometry Math 100 Introductory Calculus Math 101 Calculu: Physics 50 Introductory Elevates English 111 History 104 Canada 1534-1850 History 107 Western History 204 History of B.C. several Psychology 240 Child Development Sociology 120 Introductory Sociology 1 Writing Aerobics An Electronic Workshop. dit general ourses are available. Look tg office in your c for details or contact the Continuing Selkirk College CAMPUS : Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3J1 — 365-7292 CASTLEGAR VANCOUVER (CP) — Wheelchair athlete Rick Han- sen was amazed at the lack of facilities for the handicapped in the Soviet Union during his three-day visit to Mos- cow, says a bpokesman for ~ the -Man-in-Motion tour. Hansen, who was restin in Gdansk, Poland, Poland, Tuesday, said people in Mos- cow made him feel “like a man from outer space,” Mur- iel Honey said. “They were staring at him because people don't go out in wheelchairs.” Honey said Hansen, who is wheeling around the world to raise money for spinal cord had difficulty at Moscow's airport, which does not have elevators or escalators for the handicapped. Hansen, who was in Mos- cow Friday, Saturday and Sunday, met with four Soviet citizens who have artifical limbs and a-leading Soviet designer of artificial limbs. Honey said Hansen was expected to head for Warsaw today and plans to spend two weeks in Poland. Club -reports—|— welcome Has your group, club or society done something newsworthy? Is it planning something of interest to the community? While quite a large number of Castlegar and district clubs and organizations have publicity personnel who reg- ularly present reports . of Castlegar News, there are advantage—of_this_opport- unity to tell the public of the~ accomplishments of their groups. This is a reminder that such reports are welcome. News submissions should preferably be typed, double- spaced and no longer than 500 words for easier editing and handling. They should also include the name and telephone number of persons handling the publicity. For organizations _ with members who have 35-mm cameras, the Castlegar News supplies free 400 ASA black- ‘and-white film and will dev- elop it for publication. We will also lend out a camera for _ picture-taking upon request on a first-come, first-serve basis. 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