298 g or
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2.18/ kg

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Kim Adamson’s brand new
workplace may be sparkling,
but it’s not quite as exciting as
the sparkling she sees in the
children and the mothers she is
helping.

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The Castlegar Rebels
looked good in a season-open-
ing 9-6 home win over Nelson
Friday. But the locals didn’t
look as good in a 9-2 road loss
to Spokane Sunday.

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The spirit of wood is alive
and well at the West Kootenay
National Exhibition Centre.
Some 1,200 students are ex-
pected to take part in a pro-
gram that examines the scien-
tific and artistic value of wood.

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October 14, 1992

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Although the holiday season is still a couple of months away, Ralph Carroll took advantage of the nice weather last week to get
in a little pre-Christmas tree trimming. Carroll was at the Doukhobor Museum getting some apple trees ready for winter.

Council race strikes a nerve

Neil Rachynski ;
NEWS REPORTER

Lawrence Chernoff isn’t happy |
with what a couple of Castlegar’s by-
election candidates are saying.

The incumbent Castlegar city councillor said two of the
three nominees are focusing on an irrelevant issue during the
campaign.

“T’ve taken some exception to what’s been said — the hon-
esty thing. They're saying we’re doing something dishonest
here,” Chernoff said.

Chernoff, who wouldn’t names the candidates, said honesty
at city hall isn’t even an issue for Saturday’s byelection.

“My personal feeling is that honesty doesn’t even come in-
to play.

“You're in a position of trust,” he said. “I've been meeting the
goals I’ve set for myself for council.

“You have to work as a team or it doesn’t function. It’s like
playing soccer eee got to move the ball as a team or you
don't score the goals.”

Councillor Jim Chapman agrees.

“(The candidates) are talking about something that hap-
pened three years ago,” Chapman said.

“The Price Waterhouse report was made a long time ago,”
he said “They are talking about that report as if it still applies

<<] to us today and that’s a crock. That’s
bull++++,”
The $24,000 report, commissioned
- over two years ago, criticized Castle-
gar’s operations and management, giving city hall failing
grades in areas including honesty, service and teamwork.
“We’ve got one of the most progressive, most dedicated
councils in a long time,” Chapman said. “I find that a damned
insult. I can only defend what’s happened in the last two
years. There’s more going on in the last year-and-a-half than
has gone on in the last 10 years.
“They’re flogging a damned dead horse.”
Mayor Audrey Moore wouldn't address Chernoff’s displea-
sure with the two candidates.
Moore would only say, “I wish (the candidates) all the best.
I’m quite prepared to work with whomever the people choose.”
Although she disagrees that council is closed, Coun. Doreen
Smecher said the city should deal with honesty as an issue.
“It’s a perception, and we have to change that perception,”
Smecher said.
“We have to regain our credibility.”
Smecher said there are some things the candidates have
voiced that she agrees with.
“I can’t argue with what they’ve been saying,” Smecher
said. “I agree with Doug Green saying he’d like to make the
budget understandable.”

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