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VIN IHS (604) 365-5886 ‘A Service of Selkirk College KJSS students hel Valentine's Day was made special by Five Kinnaird Junior secondary school students The five Grade & students Abictkoff Keus, Teanna Plotnikoft and 1 Postnikoft — heard of the difficulties being experienced by young Jerred Mobe from a serious illness, Kerrie ja Hedman, Jessi of Castlegar who is suffering On their own initiative, the five girls ing ac tivities to raise money to help the Moberg family with Jerred’s rapidly undertook @ series of fund increasing medical costs The girls organized bake sales, a raf fleand anair band contest and through their hard work raised $425 The parents and grandparents of the girls helped with the baking and Pete's TV donated a Walkman for the raffle The Moberg family members said they find it encouraging that the youth of Castlegar is community minded and expressed “their appreciation for the girls’ efforts Ua eat J showed their p family 5 spirit recently by to help pay for Jerred Moberg's medical Former Westar By CasNews Staff A former Westar Timber employee injured on the job is now taking part in a new Worker's Compensation Board Program designed to retrain him for new work > Lyne Reorda is participating in a WCB-sponsored program called Ac cess Ability, a 12-month course designed to retrain seriously injured workers as computer programmers The program is now in its second year Reorda was working at Westar-in TORT. In addition to his regular duties; it was his job to help clear the huge conveyor.belts that feed lumber into the mill when they get plugged with wood, a WCB news release explains ABout S$ p.m. on Feb. 17, 1981, Reorda was standing ona catwalk next LYNE REORDA . +. fetraining to the conveyor, clearing a particularly large pile of wood which was jammed Answer to Sunday Crossword Puzzle No. 352 HERITAGE WEEK Feb..20-25 CPR Station Open House all wegk — Monday to Saturday, 9:30-4:30. sBnjoy Weaving Demonstrations and-on- Saterday Old-Time Fiddlers will be on location @lso an Accordian Band. KIE|S UMI LIE|NIT i INIE| JEINIUIA employee retrains almost to the ceiling, the WCB says Before he'd finished, the.conveyor started again and a large cedar log caught Reorda’s arm. The log pinned his arm against the ceiling and smashed his righthand. Within two hours Trail Regional Hospital where a Reorda was in specialist operated on his hand trying to repair the damage Eventually, Reorda fost two fingers and needed six more operations to TeCONStreCT TS NATL = Reorda returned’ to the mill in r under a graduated, return program sponsored by the WCB. He tried various job: were unsuitable because his hand . but most wasn’t strong enough, the WCB says It—was—atthat—time that —his rehabilitation consultant suggested he apply to Access Ability After a rigorous selection process 16 individuals are picked from around the province. They spend nine months in a specially designed classroom and computer lab at the WCB's Rehabilitation Cenire in. Richmond Thrée more months include practical ing at a local busine tudents pass the course graduate as qualified, entry-level computer programmers Reorda applied and was accepted ir to the program. He's half way through now more than “*T had no idea what | was getting ir to," he said I'm enjoying it. I find it really chall It’s surprising what a person can do with the right instruc Yukon election chilling experience WHITEHORSE, Yukon(CP) Tony Penikett has traded his tired old Volvo for a more reliable rental car, Opposition Leader Willard Phelps jokes about adopting the boy scout motto 1's election time in the Yukon where campaigning in the dead of face-numbing winter, with temperatures plunging close to -40, gives a whole new meaning to the rigors of Government | eader door-to-door canvassing “You better pack survival equipment because you never know when you're going to break down,”’ laughs Phelps, the bearded leader of the Conservative party. "Be prepared,"* For the governing New Democrats, the phone has over taken the face-to-face kitchen confab as the major tool in the campaign for the Feb. 20 vote. We're doing a lot more phone the cold weather,” invassing because of * sid NDP campaign manager Max **Whether it's as effective femains to be seen."” Says Phelps, whose doughnut-shaped riding of Hootalinqua encircles Whitehorse: “IS very difficult to substitute phone fer personal attention.”” And in the wide-open, sparsely populated Yukon, per sonal attention can often mean the difference betwen win. ningand losing : The territory is home to 28,000 people — roughly the , or Corner Brook, Nfld. — spread over a rugged area only-slightly smatter than Manitoba CLOSECALLS Calling the territory’ selection a close race is like saying it will snow in Whitehorse in February. Nail-biting votes are a given in a region that has just 16 seats, 14,000 voters and where six ridings were decided by 59 votes or less in the last election Fraser same as Kanata, Ont At dissolution, the Penikett-administration, which was elected in April 1985 and remains the country’s only NDP government, held eight seats. The Conservatives had six and the Liberals one. There was one vacancy The Tories had held power since 1978 when-all three major parties began running organized slates. But in the Yukon, where individualism flourishes, there were pockets of unrest in the Tory ranks 1n_1985,_they—lost_Watson—Lake—after—a—bitter nomination fight left three like-minded conservatives run ning against a New Democrat, And in Whitehorse North Centre, the 66 votes of independent Georgd Stalker may have been the difference in a close race that went to the NDP. In this election, the independents have vanished. The NDP and Tories have each nominated 16 candidates, the Liberals 15 “It took time fo bring the more under the party banner,”” defeat and 3 nruly of our ranks says Phelps. “1 think it took a years out (of power) to bring home the message loud and clear. We now have a unified party and We're better prepared, obviously.”” The. NDP claim, however, that the Tories are the “same, tired bunch"? Yukoners threw out in 1985 TARGETS COMPLAINTS Fraser says the ‘negative’ advertising campaign adopted so far by the Tories — they are charging the NDP with mismanaging the economy new ideas. shows they are bereft of “They're conducting a negative campaign because that's the only thing their good at, compla "* said Fraser But Phelps, armed with a federal auditor general’s report that found four Yukon government departments overspent a total of $4 million in the 1987-88 fiscal y n- sists he will push the issue of economic management “The economy is faltering,’’ he says. ‘Bankruptcies are up, retail housing sales are dowh. cerned about the increased dependencey on government and the increased size of the public sector.”” Penikett called the election one day after introducing a goody-filled $329-million budget that offers a $695,000 surplus. The bulk of that funding, about 64 per cent. of the total, continues to come from the federal government. Of that, 58.6 per cent or $194.6 million is in the form of a specific grant to the territory and people are'con Penikett says his government has done a good job of diversifying the economy, creating new jobs in forestry, farming, fish processing and manufacturing. He is-also pushing his government’s role in concluding an agreement in-principle on a land claims settlement with the Yukon’s 7,000 Indians But he must fight the election without veteran cabinet ministers Dave Porter and Roger Kimmerly, who have both quit politics ‘The New Democrats” strength isin rural Yukon. They held Six of the nine rural seats before Porter's resignation in Watson Lake and think former provincial representative Maurice Byblow, who sat out the 1985 election, can regain Faro fromacting | iberal | eader Jim Mel achlan Fraser speaks wistfully of gaining additional seats in Whitehorse—But_observers-say-it_may—be-a_question-of holding on to what they’ ve got 7 Penikett is relatively safe in Whitehorse West, but! Kimmerly’s old riding of Whitehorse South Centre is up for grabs and cabinet minister Margaret Joe is in a tough battle in Whitehorse North Centre, where the Tories, who have often been accused of lacking native membership in the party, are running Pat Joe The Liberal candidate in that riding is popular five- term Whitehorse Maai, KON Branigan. But he has lost four times as a Liberal in the Yukon — twice territorially, twice federally — and admitted two years ago that him carrying the Liberal banner was like ‘‘putting on the old fluorescent paint when people are hunting you Meech details requested WINNIPEG (CP) Leader Gary voice to the Manitoba NDP Doer has added his Liberals calling for Premier Gary Filmon to reveal his proposed changes to the Meech Lake constitutional accord “Tthink Mr. Filmon should finally outline his position on it."’ Doer said Monday after Prime Minister Brian government thered by Although Carstairs— has make the accord acceptable to his Like Doer. He insists his goal of reaching a workable compromise won't be fur: taking position on changes Liberal accused Liberal deputy leader Jim Carr said Monday the time has come for Filmon to lay his cards on the table a firm’ public Carr charged that apart from giving vague indications he doesn’t like the clause recognizing Quebec as Filmon has never spelled out his objections to the Leader Sharon Filmon of 4 distinct society * February 15, 1989 _ Castlegar News _ 4s Family violence a problem WHITEHORSE, YUKON (CP) — WANTED — CLEAN COTTON RAGS eV)... Castlegar News '197 Columbia Ave., Castlegar Yukon politicians are failing Vo respond to an epidemic of family violence, spys: the chairman of the Yukon Advisory Council on Women Isstie . Betty Irwin ‘says an estimated 800 Yukon women are, or will be, battered by the nfen they love. The territory has CasNews Classified Works. Phone 365-2212 a total population of about 24,000 “If we'd estimated that 800 women AIDS, they (the politicians) would consider it an had contracted emergency and mobilize all possible resources. Yet we don't consider 800. battered women an epidemic. But it is In an attempt to make family violen ce an issue in next Monday’s territoriat clection, the cauncil sent a fite question survey to all candidates, The results were released Tuesday Of 47 candidates the’ survey 30 responded to But only 14 respondent directly answered the five question child abuse and the abuse of the elderly. The Fest—either posed about wife-battering offered—their—own Suggestions or generally endorsed policy statements made by their respec tive leaders Most respondents acknowledged the need to increase public awareness, and to provide shelter spaces for battered women and -chitdren and counselting services for victims and offenders ¢ it you currently have an RRSP. or are thinking about opening one, .do you know what the limitations and benetits are tor income tax purpose Find out from the income tax specialists at H&R Block. We could save you time and money on your tax return. 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