caren oe CAR CRASH . . . A single vel Saturday near the overpass on Highway 3 has left one person in critical condition. The car, an older model Metoer, struck a pylon broadside when heading west on Highway 3 just before the Kinnaird bridge. The car was totalled. RCMP have not released the name of the injured driver. [RODGERS SAYS: reported with the No: ry in as saying that local teachers will have nothing to do hearings. Rodgers will meet with Barry Sullivan,:the one-man leacher input level of to post The om wl sve wrn brs tn vera and ‘ iudaria ratohipentent receneace Sullivan states in - sea tora ge br. wha ‘commission as thorough as possible, the commission will seek the opinions of parents, teachers and students of all ages in the province of British Sullivan also invites .representatives of business, with him as he travels province. re 5 Arthur Kratzmann of the University of Victoria ‘has is made ,.. :before the commission even starts, I doubt the integrity of the royal commission and of Sullivan himself,” Rodgers is quoted in the Vancouver Sun. “The commission is a farce and we won't take part in it.” Sullivan, on the other hand, has publicly stated that he is confident teachers won't hold a grudge when it comes to participating in commission hearing. “I won't look into their minds and I don't want to put d Sullivan's assistant and will help in See toe’ Papearck and writing: aivacta. #6 Vos enq' og will visit Castlegar Primary school at 10 a.m. and then the Special Needs centre. He will address the students of Stanley Humphries at 1 p.m., will meet with the CDTA at 3:30 p.m., and finally will meet with parents at 4:30 before attending the public hearing at 7 p.m. ‘As of yet, Sullivan has not received any written words in their mouths but as a major.partner in edi Td say they will view the commission as something to be part of,” he is quoted as saying. In 1986 Sullivan recommended the Social Credit government study the idea of creating a College of from C: The commission will travel during the months of May and June and will meet with individual groups during July Loita dle! veshe ahh wbbespsediesn pag tna the to D moving to Vancou- one of the most contentious issues in the current round of over the Bill 20, the proposed By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer Despite some opposition, most of Twin Rivers elementary school's Grade 6 students will move to Kinnaird Junior secondary school next September. Castlegar school board approved the move last week at it's regular monthly board meeting as a means of easing the burden expected by the increased number of Grade 6s next school year. Students from Robson elementary are also being moved along with the Twin Rivers students. All but 20 students from Twin Rivers are heading to KJSS. Those 20 will remain behind with 12 special education students, in part, to retain the district's Grade 6 goes to KJSS tonight,” he said. “That's part of the reality.” Trustee Rick Pongracz predicted that transferring the KJSS Grade 8 students to SHSS would also be a difficult decision for the board. “I'm not looking: forward to moving the eights,” he said. “But if it’s inevitable.” In other news, local school staff are concerned with the potential difficulties surrounding the board's no smoking policy. Smoking will be banned in all Castlegar schools, but many staff are having finding available smoking areas. According to the board's proposal, a smoking area must have “outside ventilation” which could mean an teaching prof act. ie ‘ 8 Tr dae SUPE uni Realy the lower Mainiahd-acd en at abe abvhrgireh Castlegar, the commission goes to Nelson on Sullivan, a lawyer Court judge's salary of $105,000 for his new role, will study every YOUNG LOCAL ARTISTS . - «Reception for artists Jett Mair, 20, of Castlegar, left, shown with his painting Three Dwellings, Dovid Walker, 24, of Nakusp was held at the National Ee: vaagbcach Centre reday evening. Both artists have had paintings chosed for juried art and the NEC teamed them up for this exhibit which runs to the end of May. Mair has been greatly influenced by local art teacher John Kalmakov and is a student in the fine arts program at the University of Victoria; and then Trail on Thursday. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 29, 1988. ed man jogging ‘south-city neighborhood of Sahali ne prompted complaints to police in the last mon’ ; But the morality squad is Roginy fi putting together a composite arawing tae eee ae ee quick for a lasting look. They do know he wears only running shoes. Parts compatible PORT ALBERNI (AP) — Logging, mining, fishing and tourism can operate side by side in British Columbia's recreational areas, says provincial Tourism Minister Bill Reid. Multi-use in the province will fill the demand “for wilderness tourism,” he said. “Part of the wilderness is compatible with other areas. “There can be fishing while logging, mining while logging and people can drive by and look at the sur- rounding area.” Some of the province's recreationally determined parks can be for “compatible use,” Reid said Thursday. “We cannot survive if we don't co-operate between all uses where possible.” Takes sweets BURNABY (CP) — When Phyllis Fox visits her actor son Michael J. Fox in Los Angeles, she takes him a snack of Nanaimo bars, a dessert made of chocolate, custard and coconut. “They don't have them down there,” “They haven't even heard of them. “But Michael doesn’t really have a sweet tooth,” Mrs. Fox adds of her Burnaby-born son, the star of TV's Family Ties and current hit movie The Secret of My Success. Meantime, Michael may soon be getting some competition from one of his sisters. Kelli Fox, a graduate of Langara College's drama program, will soon be touring the province with two other per- formers in a production celebrating B.C. Rail’s 75th anniversary. she says. Broker appointed VICTORIA (CP) — Neil de Gelder was appointed B.C. superintendent of brokers for a two-year term, May 10, 1987 Castlegar News ar News 1: 183 killed in plane crash WARSAW (AP-CP) — A Polish jetliner bound for New > York caught fire and crashed shortly after takeoff from Wardaw's Okecie Airport today, killing all 183 people ies. authorities said. ‘A spokesman for External Affairs in Ottawa said today the Canadian Embassy in Poland has been told that preliminary reports indicate no Canadians were aboard. Officials ‘said the LOT Police Airlines’ plane, a Soviet-made Ilyushin-62, crashed in woods about six kilometres from Warsaw when making an approach for an emergency landing. It was the worst commercial air accident in Poland since the Second World War. State radio said 183. people — everyone aboard — died in the-crash at 11:10 a.m, (2:10 a.m. Castlegar time) in the Kabaty Woods, near the town of Piaseczno. One witness said she was standing in her garden when she heard the plane approaching and looked up to see it crash only a few hundred metres into trees in front of her. Crying and shaken, she told Reuters news agency: “There was ah enormous bang as it hit the ground .. . I saw one body hanging from a tree.” Other witnesses said bodies were scattered all around as the plane broke up. Only fragments of its cabin, cockpit remained. and tail CREATES FIRE Pélish; radio. sid .fire from the crash spread to surrounding forests but was extinguished, The Associated Press said it was the worst commercial air accident in Poland since the Second World War. The official PAP newé agenty said the plane earried 172 ‘3 and 11 The identities and nationalities of those aboard were not immediately released by aifline officials. “We are trying to determine this (identities of the vietims) on the basis of tickets,” said a LOT employee at Okecie Airport. “As far as we know all were killed.” Charter flights operated by LOT to and from the United States normally are filled with Poles and Polish-Americans. Reuters news agency said a spokesman for LOT said foreigners may have been on board the plane. But he said there was no precise information. The plane was flight No. 5055, scheduled to arrive at Kennedy International Airport at 1:30 p.m., said Margarita Subiros, passenger service agent for Pan American World Airways in New York. Pan Am provides ground service for LOT in New York. The Polish air traffic controller, who refused to give his name, said the plane was full. The aircraft is a four-engine jet, the largest in operation in the LOT commercial, fleet. An officer on duty at Warsaw police headquarters said, “Of course there is a rescue operation going on at the moment, but I can't give you anything more.” The last major crash of a jetliner in Poland was on March 14, 1980, when 87 people were killed when an Ilyushin-62 went down as it attempted to land in Warsaw. GETTING READY .. Week Committee plan events and acti ies for upcoming weer Fran Farkas, city works crew Firefighters battle major blaze By CasNews Staff A lightning storm Friday afternoon sparked the Arrow Forest District's first major forest fire of the season. Duty officer Bill Cumming said 36 firefighters and six machines are battling a 24- hectare (60 acre) blaze near Munson Mountain about 6.5 kilometres north of the Castlegar-Salmo highway. Cumming said the fire, which is visible from Castle- gar, is presenting problems because it is close to a B.C. members Dempsey Hydro transmission line. lent Laura Goetting ond (From left) SHSS principal Gordon Shead, city Lagan, recreation director Pat Metge, Ald. Terry Host City to go Y pote ond Robin Tomlin, SHSS stud of C @ rept Air tankers from the base at the Castlegar Airport dropped retardant on the fire Friday evening, but the strikes were called off Satur- day because the fire was too near the power lines. on display additional financial burden since most schools have only while Walker has been philosophy of integration for the special needs students. Also, KJSS has room only for two classes of students. In order to accommodate the remaining Grade 6 plus the special education students, KJSS would have to move the Grade 8's to Stanley Humphries secondary school But school board chairman Kay Johnson opposed the move. She argued that Twin Rivers parents group wanted an “all or none” arrangement and would approve the transferring of the Grade 8 students to SHSS. She also said Robson parents do not want their Grade 6 children to move from Robson elementary. “If someone can show me how we can move all, we will,” she said. “I support the middle school (Grades 6-8) concept, but you have a little bit of sixes here and some there.” one staff room. Conroy joked that smokers “open an exit door and walk outside,” though he later said he agreed with the rights of people “to smoke if they so choose.” But the idea of smoking outside also has teachers worried since doing so may set a poor example for students. School administrators will commendations from their staff. In addition, the board is hoping it will soon find a rental space for the Castlegar’s Open Roads alternative school. The school needs another location since sharing the scout hall downtown is proving too difficult. The school needs space for its own equipment, privacy for teaching and uninterrupted class hours. bé considering _re- According to Johnson, enrolment is dropping at Robson elementary, leaving room there for the Grade 6 students. But trustee Ed Conroy defended the move as the only practical solution He argued that leaving Grade 6 students at Robson school would mean “split-classes” of more than one grade level . “I'd say one of the major arguments for closing schools is split classes,” said Conroy. “You can't have your cake and eat it too. “We have to make decisions like we're making The soonest an affordable alternative location can be found is 1988. But superi di of schools Terry Wayling is hoping that a rental space can be found sooner for the school in downtown Castlegar. Open Roads school is designed for those students who have difficulty coping in the regular academic structure. The board must consider all financial aspects of relocating, including transportation costs and access. ibility to SHSS. The proposed rental location was not disclosed. TODAY By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer Today marks the first day of Nurses Week in B.C. (May 10-16) as nurses around the province celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Registered Nurses’ Association of B.C. Nursing got its start in B.C. in 1912 and since then there have been a lot of changes to the profession. Among the things nurses will do during their week of recognition is examine the future of nursing in B.C. That future appears bright, except for an ongoing shortage of nurses in B.C., as well as in other provinces. But one of the places there is not a nursing shortage is in Castlegar Denise Reed, director of nursing for the Castlegar and District Hospital, said all the nursing positions are filled at the moment in Castlegar, but that the situation could change. “For awhile a lot of nurses were moving away from B.C. for a number of reasons. Some were economical and some were family related. There is a nursing shortage all over Canada,” Reed told the Castlegar News in an interview We do have problems with casual relief staff. We don't have enogh of them. However, we're quite well staffed in every area right now,” said Reed The hospital has 44 full-time beds, plus 55 beds in acute eare and another 15 in extended care. Margaret Nickle, department head of Allied Health at Selkirk College, says one of the reasons for the shortage of nurses in B.C. is because not enough nurses are being trained. “We don't produce enough nursing graduates. We only produce 40 to 50 per cent,” Nickle told the Castlegar News. She added that more than half of the registered nurses in B.C. come from outside of the province. Nickle said many nurses tend to leave the profession, one reason being job burnout. “Nurses do not stay in the work force for very long. Part of that is due to families, but a lot of nurses find the work too demanding,” said Nickle. Nurses week kicks off She added that the Selkirk College nursing program, which is regarded as one of the best of its kind in B.C., only prepares its students for nursing positions in hospitals, not in the community. The Selkirk College program started in 1971 and since then a total of 262 students have graduated from the program. Nickle added that more than ‘half of the staff at the Trail Regional Hospital are graduates of Selkirk College. “They are as good as any other nurses in B.C. and better than some,” said Nickle., The program itself is 24 tiéntls of study and has a capacity to accept 36 students in their first year and the students are taught both theory and technical skills. Reed said there are several kinds of nurses who work at the Castlegar hospital and they range in areas from intensive care to general floor nurses “intensive care nurses observe the vital signs of patients and they have to understand the different heart rhythyms of the patients. They have to know a lot about the technical equipment and they have to be able to respond to any kind of emergency,” Reed said. Emergency department nurses deal with both emergency and non-emergency cases. They can also with who are out in the field. There are more than 28,000 registered nurses working in all areas of the province's health care system. The Registered Nurses’ Association of B.C. is responsible for registering nurses, evaluating and granting approval of nursing education programs and, when necessary, reviewing the performance of individual nurses The history of the RNABC goes back to the fall of 1912 when representatives of graduate nurses associa. tions in Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminister met to form a new association. But it was not until 1918 that the provincial government enacted legislation establishing the Gradu ate Nurses Association of B.C. In 1980 the B.C. Nurses Union was formed to handle the bargaining negotiations. developing an impressionistic approach. COMINCO continued trom front page ductivity gains, work week. The steelworkers are seeking a con- tinuation gf cost-of-living payments tied to thefrate of inflation in addition to an unspecified general wage in crease. Other union proposals involve improved pensions and job security. The company says any increases in compensation must be offset by pro The last major 1974. é | including a longer Cominco was a four-month strike in Cominco spokesman Richard Fish said a lengthy strike this time would postpone completion of the company’s tion. The threat of a strike did cause some concern about the weekend fair, said Eric O'Dell president of the fair's society, “but people are anxious to work stoppage at enjoy themselves.” “They may watch their pennies a little closer, but I think there will be more of them out.” TEACHERS continued from front poge staff needs of individual schools will be met by relocating teachers. For instance, Wayling said Stanley Humphries secondary school will see a staff reduction equivalent to about 2.5 full-time teachers while Kinnaird jun- ior secondary school will need an in- crease of one full-time teacher in order to deal with the influx of Grade 6 stu- dents from Twin Rivers elementary school. Wayling also said there will be no increase in the number of non-teaching staff, but he said the hours of three of the child care workers will increase to seven hours a day from five. On the other hand, non-teaching members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees will receive about a five per cent pay increase over two years. Castlegar teachers have not yet completed contract negotiations with the school district. INDUSTRIAL PARK continued from front page However, in a written response Moore took exception to a number of Ogiow’s points. She noted that in cadition to the 23 subdivided lots, the city also has two parcels totalling about 12 acres which were created as a result of the industrial park development. “This land can be very readily subdivided and serviced or sold as is for industrial use,” Moore said, adding thé land is valued at just under 10 per cent of the total outstanding debt — or about $240,000. She said no city staff has been assigned the specific task of selling industrial park lots — “as far as I know.” “The former (city) clerk did spend a great deal of his time in support of the overall efforts of our industrial commission, however.” She said the industrial commission employed paid agents or other staff.” Since mid-1986 she said the Castlegar and District Development Board Society has had two part-time paid officers and a paid secretary. “A fairly small part of that organization's function under its service agreement is to promote the sale of our industrial park,” Moore said. She said the $3,000 spent on a consulting firm was to ‘at no time TERRY WAYLING . . fewer teachers MAIL continued from front poge one customer from the North Wes: Territories. A post office box in Nort costs $5 a year to rent. * But Julie Caswell, communica- tions officer for Canada Post in Vancouver, said there are several reasons why Canadians would have an American post office box. “I'm sure there are a variety of reasons. Some might have the post office boxes for business purposes, I really wouldn't want to comment on all of the reasons,” Caswell told the Castlegar News in a telephone interview. - She added that Canada Post's business has been increasing and that it is not being hurt by Cana- dians using the American postal system. “We're certainly not losing any money,” said Caswell. primarily establish market prices for the lots in 1981 and to “comment on marketing procedures. They were not hired to either promote or sell industrial park lots.” Moore also said the chamber has never been actively involved in the promotion or sale of the lots. She noted that while only one lot has been sold for $45,000, Elektro Dohmen Enterprises has a lease and an agreement for sale to purchase a lot for $27,000. “It's interesting he overlooks we have $200,000 worth of building,” Moore said She said it is true the city has four years “at the latest” to repay the debt — unless the date is extended by the province or the agreement is altered “The province showed no reluctance to amend the agreement in 1984 to allow for deferring interest payments,” Moore said, “and there i e is no obvious reason to assume that they are not now symputhetic to the larger probem and willing to a reasonable solution, as they have repeatedly indicated.” Finally, Moore says she is “unaware of any involvement” of BCDC in the industrial park — either in the past or presently. Moore called Ogiow's comments “extremely negative input from one member of council who I expected a great deal more positive from.” Atte ino. vt i *"4170-miflllon lead ‘smelter modernize’ Securities Commissioner Doug Hyndman announced. De Gelder, 34, will replace acting superintendent David Sinclair effective June 1 and is taking a leave from the Vancouver law firm of Ladner Downs. Tax refunds OTTAWA (CP) — The tax department has already sent out 6.3 million refunds totalling $3.5 billion, one week after the tax filing deadline. “It’s about 55 per cent to 60 per cent of the total we expect to be sending out this year,” said department spokesman Andre Labadie. Died accidentally KELOWNA (CP) — A coroner's jury has ruled that a Kelowna teenager who fell off a cliff while fleeing an RCMP patrol car died accidentally. The jury took two hours Friday to render the verdict and offered no recommendations regarding the Feb. 14 incident in which Darren Michael Gendron was killed. Bomb blast BEIRUT (AP) — A bomb planted under a car ripped through two cars in the Christian town of Zghorta in northern Lebanon Saturday during a visit by President Amin Gemayel. Police said one person was killed and 34 injured. Gemayel was meeting with former president Suleiman Franjieh at Franjieh’s residence about 1 kilometres from the explosion, local reporters said. Clark in Germany BADEN-BADEN, WEST GERMANY (AP) — External Affairs Minister Joe Clark arrived in West Germany on Saturday on the final leg of an eight-day visit to four European countries. Clark will hold talks Saturday with West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher before returning to Ottawa. The two men are expected to discuss the West * European and NATO response to Soviet bloc proposals for elimination or reduction of nuclear weapons in Europe. Clark proposes takeover bill New Democrat energy critic Glen Clark has intro- ship restricts economic de- duced a bill aimed at pre. venting the takeover. of B.C hydro-electric utilities by for eign interests. Clark says the bill, which would amend the Utilities Commission Act, is designed to encourage regional econ. omic development by protec. ting domestic ownership and control of hydro-electric util ities. “Electric power is a vital and stragegic sector of B.C.'s economy, and yet the Act, as it stands, simply doesn’t rec. ognize that,” said Clark, MLA for Vancouver East. “The government has to realize that foreign owner. velopment by discouraging diversity and taking jobs away from British Colum bia,” Clark added in a pre- pared release. Cark says any kind of for eign takeover leads to a re- gulation nightmare. “Effective regulation of a foreign-owned utility is ex. ceedingly difficult, if not im- le. ‘At the very least, the costs of regulation soar with foreign ownership.” Clark says if this bill is passed, its immediate impact would be to disallow the sale of West Kootenay Power and Light Co. to the Missouri based UtiliCorp United. By CasNews Staff Ever wondered how Castlegar’'s water treat- ment plant works? Or what makes city hall tick? Or perhaps you've always wanted to take a look. around the local firehall but have never had the chance. Now you have, thanks to the City of Castlegar's first annual Municipal Aware- ness Week. In order to focus atten tion on the role of local governments and the im claimed Mu ness Week across B.C. water treatment kicks things off at 10:30 a.m. Monday. The centre is located near Westar Tim- ber's Southern Wood Pro- ducts sawmill. Just turn onto the road leading into the sawmill and partway down make a right turn onto a gravel road. You can't miss the treatment centre. It will be open for one hour Monday, and for one hour Wednésday, Thurs. day, and Friday mornings. The Community Com- plex will also be opening its portance of participation, May 11-17 has been pro- pal Aware- In Castlegar there will be a number of special ac- tivities and public facilities . A will be opened to visitors. An open house at the centre doors to visitors from 2-9 p.m. Monday, and then again Tuesday, Wednes day, and Thursday. For times see the ad vertisement on A. special municipal awareness week commit tee headed by Ald. Terry Rogers has been working on the agenda of events and activities. One of the innovative features will see a group of Stanley Humphries secondary school students shadow city politicians and employees to learn what their jobs entail. As well, SHSS students will hold a mock council meeting Thursday after- noon from 2-4 p.m. in the council chambers. Castlegar council will take its regular bi-monthly meeting outside the council chambers Tuesday night for the first time in recent memory. Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the community complex As well, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Thursday city hall and the firehall will be throw- ing their doors open to any resident who wants to walk in and see how their city government operates. Municipal Awareness Week has the support of both the Union of B.C. Municipalities and Muni- cipal Affairs Minister Rita Johnston. “Generally speaking in British Columbia, fresh water keeps pouring from the tap, municipal roads are maintained, trash is removed, and recreation centres are built and oper. ated effectively,” said John Johnston. “Most people take these municipal func tions for granted.” However, to judge from voter turnout during mu. nicipal elections many either don’t know or, worse, don't care where these services originate, says Johnston. “This lack of awareness could be seen as an indication of how well local governments gener- ally funetion — because, if they didn't, people would probably become more in- volved,” she adds. “Ignorance is bliss — up to a point,” said Johnston. “The bottom line is that the effectiveness of local government is the citizen's responsibility,” concluded Johnston. “If you don't vote, you really can’t complain. And if you're really concerned, take part. You can make a difference. “I have spent many years in municipal politics and know that involvement is the only way to get things done, no matter what the issue.” Hansen visit affected KELOWNA (CP) — An in- struction-only campaign by teachers put a damper on a presentation to Rick Hansen on Friday when he met stu- dents in this central-Okan- agan community. About 2,500 students were on the field at Kelowna Secondary school to see the Man in Motion, but principal Don Ennis said there would have been a few hundred more from other area schools had it not been for the tea- chers’ protest. “It’s really a shame,” said Ennis. ‘It's only at a couple of Four refugees picked up Four Nicaraguan men were picked up in Salmo on Thursday for crossing the Canadian border illegally. Salmo RCMP said the four men had bypassed the Ry kirts border crossing south of Creston by coming through the bush on Tuesday. They walked to Salmo where they were arrested and jailed until Immigration authorities took them to Cranbrook. Only one of the men spoke limited English, so an inter- preter was brought from Nelson. He said the four were seeking asylum in Canada. schools, but I'm not happy with that.” Public school teachers in British Columbia are refusing to take part in extracur: ricular activities in a protest against proposed labor leg. islation. Clyde Howard, a physical education and social studies teacher who led fund-raising efforts, said he was angry the teachers allowed their dis. pute with the province to in terfere with the cheque presentation. But Howard did have some cause to be happy since Kelowna students far exceed ed his fund-raising expec tations. “At the beginning it looked like it was going slowly,” Howard recalled. “But when (Hafisen) started getting close, we just went crazy. I mean $21,000 — I didn’t even consider that amount. I was looking at about 14 or 15 thousand.” $9.5 MILLION The city raised an addi tional $157,560 from its more than 60,000 residents. With two weeks left in the two year tour, Hansen and his team have raised more than $9.5 million that will be used primarily for spinal cord re. search. Howard said he began raising funds about a year ago even before it was cer. tain Hansen would visit Kel owna “We went for it anyways, and the kids worked really, really hard. I'm just so proud of them and proud of Rick for what he's doing.” Hansen rolled on to a stage — the back of a flat-bed truck — to the strains of We Are the World, played by ‘the Kelowna Secondary school band. With the sun beating down on the jubilant crowd Hansen gave his usual thanks, but he also told the students not to be afraid to reach for their goals and dreams. “There is a real difference between winning and being a winner,” he said. Hospice Society members busy Members of the Castlegar Hospice Society have been busy over the last few months attending a full-day workshop “Circle of Life” by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Virginia Satir in Grand Forks in late March. It is hoped that this same workshop will be made avail able locally next fall. It re ceived high recommendation from those who attended. From March 12 to 24, 20 members and volunteers par ticipated. in a series of four workshops in a hospice train ing program offered by Sel kirk College. The four instructors in the course provided material in dealing with communication skills, the dying person and their needs, bereavement and spiritual and cultural needs. Recently, volunteers have been placed with clients and their families who have had need of hospice service. In the near future the so- ciety will be establishing a screening committee for vol. unteers. Following this it is hoped the society will soon establish the position of eo- ordinator of volunteer ser- vices The society's informational pamphlets were distributed to a number of Castlegar homes by the Girl Guides of Canada during their recent annual cookie drive. As well, an informational table was made available at the recent spring tea held at Kinnaird Hall by the Girl Guides. The society's annual gen eral meeting is to be held Monday at the Castlegar Health Unit. Mike O'Connor of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel will be guest speaker Cumming also said the fire, which started about 4:30 p.m. Friday, is difficult to fight because it is burning across the tops of the trees and not on the ground. “There's snow on the ground,” he explained. “ burning up top.” Cumming added: “We'd like to hopefully have it under control by (today).” Weather Sunny today and Monday with occasional bands of high clouds giving a risk of thunder and lighting. Highs 24°-28° both days and chance of precipitation both days is 20 per cent. Court news In Castlegar provincial court this week, Ronald Countryman pleaded guilty to one count of theft and two counts of fraudulently ob- taining food and lodging. He was sentenced to 12 months i for the first charge, and two, three-month concur rent jail terms for the latter charges. * 6 -« Keith Kessler pleaded guilty to one count of po- ssessing a narcotic. He was fined $1,500 and placed on probation for nine months. . Corey Heagy pleaded guil ty to one count of possessing stolen property. He was sen- tenced to 50 hours of com- munity service work and pla. ced on probation of nine months. * 6 « Sidney Jensen pleaded guilty to one count of failing to-comply with a probation order. He was sentenced to 113 hours of community ser vice work and was placed on probation for six months * Laurence Demeo was fined $100 when he pleaded guilty to one count of common as: sault Police file A two-vehicle crash on Columbia Avenue Tuesday morning resulted in a total of $1,200 damage. According to Castlegar RCMP, Shelley Roy, 26, of Trail was driving a 1978 Mazda when it was struck by a 1985 Jeep driven by Jaan Sarg, 46, of Castlegar. Roy was pulling out of the Shaw Cable parking lot onto Columbia Avenue when the collision occurred The vehicles sustained some $600 damage each There was no injuries and Roy was charged with failing to yield A slip in a routine vehicle check cost one truck driver about $1,000 in damages this week At approximately 7:30 a.m Thursday Elmer Haydey. 49. of Spruce Grove, Alta. was checking the brakes of his 1978 Kenworth tractor, near Ron's Motel on Highway 3 when the vehicle rolled away and struck nearby concrete abutments Haydey neglected to block the tires or use spring brakes before starting the proce dure No charges will be laid.