ae «The Castlegar Sun’ Wednésday, July 17; 41991 Name: Lyle Tassone Where you work: At home What you do there: Rake the lawn Castlegar likes: Playing hockey School: Woodland Park Elementary Pet: dog - black lab - Misty Vehicle: Mountain bike What wouid you rather be doing? Eating ice cream 2 Westar Continued from 1A “What is in the best interest of the potential buyers should also be in the best interest of the com- munity,” he continued, i * However if only certain assets are allowed for purchase, such as a’ portion Of the tré' Farm ‘which’ feeds the mill in Castlegar, it will mean less trees for the plant and therefore less jobs available, A prospective buyer however, Bell, who attributes the high level of interest in purchasing the assets of Westar Timber to pre- dictions of an improved econo- my, said discussions with “selected ‘buyers ‘are expected to begin shortly and should be com- pleted by early fall. --- Fiscal 1990 sales for the com- pany totalled $243.5 million. The new press release states that since 1982, Westar Timber has been may ensure that: are maintained and even enhanced. “While price will remain the primary consideration in choos- ing a buyer, the purchaser’s intentions in terms of other opportunities will play an impor- tant role. We believe a fair bal- ance can be struck,” he said. Prior to a final sale, the Westar representatives told council that any purchase offers will require approval form B.C.’s Minister of Forests under the Forest Act reg- ulations regarding transfer of provincial timber licenses. In fact, the minister can even impose restrictions upon any such sale. One of three prizes finally Sun staff. It’s'been well over a month since. the’ draw “was first announced and finally someone stepped forward to claim one of the three prizes from the Sunfe st Lottery Button’ draw. ; Inez Walker. of Castlegar, Said she was vacationing at Christina Lake. when the numbers were first announced June 5, immedi- ately after the Sunfest weekend. ' ‘However, she was given the chance to check-the winning numbers again in the July 3 edi- tion of The Castlegar: Sun! Much the newspaper at my’ i aeighhor’ 's house when I ‘saw the winning numbers.-It's a good thing I-had kept my own number pinned up on ine calen- dar," she said. Walker is the Jucky winner of two admission passes, two day- long ride passes and two tickets toa concent at the Pacific Nation- al aL Eabipition (PNE) in Vancou- verhe Castlegar Festivals Soci- is still forward and collect their win. “ “We! re happy that someone has come forward tb clai one prize, now we Jhaive | to wait for the other two. “We're ‘hoping * ager its prod- ucts overseas. The company’ 's ” offshore sales rose from zero in 1982 to 27 per cent in 1990. ‘Westar’s marketing group has received significant public Tecog- Guatemalan family arrives at Castlegar airport after spending 10 years in relies camp “Stupid question,” laughed Andres Lorenzo Andres, when asked if he and his family were glad to finally be in Canada, “We don’t know the country yet but we're very glad to be here,” The Guatemalan . family arrived at the Castlegar Airport on July 12 after spending 10 years in a refugee camp in Quin- tana Roo, Mexico. They hadn't eaten for three days. “We left Guatemala because our country is at war,” said Andres, through a translator, "We have been living in tents and cul- tivating our own food, mainly corn and beans, There are four camps in Quintana Roo, in our camp there were 500 people, all from Guatemala,” Grandfather Franscisco Loren- zo Juan, as well as Ana Pedro Ramirez, Andres Lorenzo Andres and their four sons Estanislav, Ramiro, Pedro and Antonio, are presently staying in Nakusp. “They'll be staying in Nakusp temporarily until we can find accommodations for them in Nel- son,” said Margaret Stegman of the Nelson Refugee Support Society. The Nelson Refugee Support Society is a charitable organiza- tion formed specifically for the Classical JIM ZEEBEN Sun staff If you're walking past Banjo’s Pub this week and you hear the sounds of a violin doing things you've never heard, it’s not the devil dueling for some poor fid- dler's soul. Rather, it's the unique sounds of a,trained classical-violinist, Plugged into an amp, pumping out country music. Gord—better known as Gordie—Merril is a 41-year-old studio musician who is appearing at Banjo’s Pub playing top-fiddle for house-band San Jose West. ' “Everybody has gone to a vio- lin that’s electric,” says Merril. “But I think you're going to hear a very versatile fiddle from me.” “Put it this way, it ain't old- time fiddle—but I do some of that too,” said Merril, a tall thin man with a moustache and the unnily shoulder length hair of a nition for its the Canada Award for Excellence in Marketing, Innovation and Creativity and the British Columbia Export Award for increasing export sales. Westar Timber's assets and operations include sawmills in Hazelton, Kitwanga, Vanderhoof, Castlegar and Malakwa. The company has approxi- mately 1,100 employees. they'll show up fairly soon," said Dick Dunlap, a Sunfest commit. tee member. First prize of the draw consists of a retum trip for two adults to Vancouver courtesy of Time Air. ‘Two nights accommodation af-the rock musician. He grew up in Edmonton and began playing the violin at age six, “I started in the °5SOs with the classical violin,” he says. "I played in my first rock band from "69 to "74." Merril's early career also included stints with the Alberta Youth Orchestra . And when he was 17, he played traditional vio- lin with the Ed: Refugee camp survivors (| Lorenzo Andres and their fou purpose of sponsoring these types of families, “This family has proper landed immigrant status,” said Stegman, “The Canadian government lets private groups sponsor these peo- ple. We do our own fundraising which also includes asking ‘SUN STAI PHOTO. /Brondan Halper -t) Franscisco Lorezo Juan, Ana Pedro Ramirez, Andres r sons Estanislaz, Ramiro, Pedro and Antonio. friends and d money.” “We didn’t know when they were going | to get here,” she said. “It's been in the works for two years now, we've been fying to get them here but we’ve been having problems attaining the ig our own . gov funds’ for travel money.” ‘ According to Stegman, the Society is hoping for donations of household items suchas toys, ete. “We're going to be having a Spanish dinner to raise fands, sometime in the fall,” she finished. violinist plays with electricity ny. The fiddle he is using at Banjo’s, a Roth made in Ger- many, will be the same one he’s packed around for more than 30 years. “I can’t remember not playing that fiddle,” he says. Presently he’s still based out of Edmonton where he has done work for the CBC, and Royalty Records—who he also tours with. “I'm freelancing as well as doing stuff for myself,” he says. “A lot of work I do is because I can play’a lot of different things.” He recently taped a t.v. special with Chrystal Plamondon for an organization called Project Dis- covery. “It will be on in the fall,” he says of the show which features New Orleans-style j jazz, Cajun and Blues music, One project he’s been looking into is working with a vocalist to allow his own music a better chance at commercial acceptance. “You never hear instrumentals on the air,” he says. : This week is only the second time he's been to Banjo’s and, although he hasn’t done a lot of touring lately, he’s seen his share of travel. “Three years ago I did a tour for Royalty Records through Denmark,” he recalls. “And in *85, I went to Moscow with Brian tickets to see Phantom of the Opera courtesy of BCAA Travel, Second prize consists of a side of beef, cut and wrapped, cour- tesy of Canada Safeway. Holders of the winning buttons must notify the Castlegar Cham- ber of Commerce and bring i the Georgian Court Hotel and-two tom ld her prize Debbie Hart: (le), sal Walker of Castlegar her earnings. Walker realized bers which had been drawn just after the Suntest claimed winning button to the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce during normal business hours to have it verified. Once again, the remaining Sunfest Lottery Button winners are: Eis! Prize - #1437, Second t secretary, ‘presented winner. Inez she held one. ‘of thrée winning num-.. F PHOTO? Jim Zeeben Merril says he also helped Fustukian on two aibums and, “lots of singles,” “I did some concerts in West- two years to get Gordic.” He says he heard about the violinist from members of San Jose West and likes his playing and his em Canada with Gary Fjel and I've worked with just about everybody in Alberta.” He says he made a decision to slow down on tours to concen- trate on music. “On a lot of the touring, I'd be a side-man,” he says. “I had, maybe 19 notes, and do that for only 45 minut it was ical Merril too, has become fond of the area, : “I enjoy myself. here. The comments from. the people here have always been good,” he says. “I've met some friends here. It's a very friendly community anda beautiful area—I might even doa ly unsatisfying,” | Banjos co-owner, Mike Bann, says before he managed to bring Merril in the first time, early this spring, he had,“been trying for < the highest marks possible in their icfest ie Canad, a national | competition for junior sec= little ig Out here,” .He'll-be ‘playing. locally ail week until Sunday and he says people who are within ear shot, “Will hear some fiddle tunes with ‘year-old Professional, Music pro-_ tional music scene. The music: students, held'at the end SUARLENE Sun Editor.‘ ‘Twenty-five delegates from the Rossland-Tyail constituency. will Join other delegates from across the province this weekend to elect iy hew Social Credit leader, One local delegate, Ron Ross af Castlegar, ‘says he is looking forward to joining the: 1,500- 2,000 other: delegates at'the'lead- ©! ership conference scheduled for. this Saturday, Members of the Social Credit i party voted Ross; his wife Elainc, and other delegates in about. one month ago during a delegate selection meeting held in Trail, though, it wasn’t until the recent leadership Tace that Ross became more involved in, Social Credit ° Politics, ::Moving to Castlegar in 1975 from Surrey, Ross believes it is in the Kootenay’s best interest to slect'Rita Johnston as Premier of the province. ; our shure,” he said, u As examples, Ross mentioned the time Johnston ‘was Minister of: Highways. “She ‘solved two major highway problems in. this area, involving the Slocan Bluffs and the East ‘Trail Approach, he | said. While Ross ‘states he ‘is a. strong Johnston supporter, he ‘sus-"*) pects the process of climination may take up to three ‘different ‘ voting sessions before one of the five candidates acquires over 50 per cent of the votes, “I'd say we're. probably going to have a lady leading the party after Saturday's events," he con- tinued, " True,’ Premier Rita Johnston and Socred grand dame Grace McCarthy may or may not: be tied, but they are certainly close enough now. in terms of delegate support that it is difficult or point- less to say which of the two is now ahead. Ross himself is not new to the ::“In the ‘past, the Ki Have always been buried under the requests of Vancouver and Victoria. Since Johnston has been in power, we have finally gotten ways of politics, he sat on the’ Surrey Municipal Council along with Rita Johnston and ‘ran against Bill Vander Zalm for the position of Surrey mayor in 1973. - 48 worthwhile she'll support it, he’ 8 Proved that more than ‘once.” While some have labeled the iP race as “ “I'd say we're Probably going. to have a lady ‘leading the party after Saturday's: events, a — Ron Ross Castlegar voting delegate Ron Ross “While working with Rita Johnston I got to ow her quite and maybe even “borderline bor- ing”, Ross feels it is just the par- ticular time of year in which ‘the Contest takes Place. “Usually a well. She's ip race is not held in July person. Very down-t toeath.” In fact, he describes the leader- ship of Johnston ‘as “*A real con- trast in style’) to that of the last premier. i “Johnson doesn’t play politics like a lot of people do. Ifa project when everyone is out enjoying holidays. ” Still he feels the con- test is becoming more interesting as time passes by. “This weekend should prove to be very interesting. I’m looking forward to it,” Castlegar Royalty keeping busy this summer BRENDAN HALPER Sun staff . If you've been wondering what Castlegar’s royalty have been up to lately as our city ambassadors, well, they’ve cer- tainly been busy. Two weeks after the Miss Castlegar Pageant, Miss Castle- gar Kirsten. Mason and Princess Lesa Draper attended Cran- brook's Sam Steele Days and took part in the pageant there. Following the Sam Steele Days, Mason and Draper rode in the parade in Nelson’s annual Chatagua Festival on June 28. “After that we went to the pageant in Osoyoos and they took us on a big tour of the town and the different attractions,” said Draper, “we then took part in Lake with a gathering and dinner afterwards.” 4 On August 15, Draper. will be competing for Miss PNE. “Miss PNE will be selected on August 20,”said Draper. “Whoever is picked represents the PNE and all of the lower mainland,” said Mason. According to Castlegar Royal- ty Coordinator Joanne Baker, “this is the first year we've gone into the Miss PNE.” This fall, after all the work involved in representing Castle- gar throughout the summer is fin- > Starting their p ished, Mason and Draper will be ry edu- cations. Draper has already been accepted and plans on attending Washington State University. “I'll be going down on July 21 to pre-register and I'll be taking Recreation Administration with a Business Administration minor,” she said. Meanwhile, Mason will be heading to Selkirk College for University Transfer courses, “I'm hoping to attend the Uni- versity of Victoria,” said Mason. “I'm interested in attaining a of Cc ing.” According to Draper, “We're having a lot of fun representing Castlegar and promoting the [WEATHER OUTLOOK: remain into.the: weekend, The forecast for Wednesday; Mix of cloud and sun- shine with isolated showers, risk of afternoon ‘and evening thunder- showers. Highs near 28. Thursday : and Friday calls for a little more sunshine however. the threat of afternoon. and onne thundershowers will 5 4 Precipitation: — Rain 0.8 cm. Number of Hours 74.4 Sunshino: A LooK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: Temperature: Max/Date Min/Date bh gapyaz: ' 30.3/9 Snow Ocm. “Mean 24 Total 0.8 cm. 19.6 cm. Normal Number of Hours 63.7 The th REMARKS: Considerable thunderstorm activity across the region this past week however it was not reflected in. the weather recorded at the Castlegar Airport. Scattered showers most afternoons is making hay. farming diffi- cult. Ed, note: Hats off to the CKQR Airheads who beat the Castlegar Sun Sweatsocks at softball this past fect for it. Thanks! was Forecast provided by The South - East Interior Weather Office at Castlegar, B.C. town and Sunfest. It's a di ful experience meeting different people.” ‘Members of the community should be reminded however, that . the girls are still available to attend events in the area. * “We would like to have people in the community invite us to local events such as grand open- ings and things,” said Baker. City to utilize new land from Ministry as public works yard Sun Staff. : gton’s Chitagua Dave ‘There was‘a parade, a lun- cheon and the Chewelah Fun Days with booths set up for sell- ing crafts and other activities.” As if that isn't enough for one summer, the girls will be leaving on July 25 for Penticton’ 's Royal’ *« Extravaganza. - | “After we arrive, there will be @ pageant,’a dance and an all- night Splash and Bash,” said Draper, “We'll be in the parade on Saturday and then off-to Kelowna for Miss Lady of the '@ Accident After soliciting the Ministry Highways for close to six years now, Castlegar has finally received a free Crown grant involving land which will be used as a public works yard. “It’s been an outstanding " request byt the city for.quite some * said Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore.” The land, a 0.9 hectare site, with an. estimated value of $58,500, is located immediately south of Highway 3, west of the Columbia River, _ 3 The’ property ‘ origi ally belonged” to the province for highway purposes, but it Soon became a surplus to their needs. According to Herb Hess, Man- ager of Land Administration for the Ministry of Lands and Parks, the parcel of land was transfered in 1988 to his department from the Ministry of Highways, He says it was in January of 1990, that an official application from the City of Castlegar was received by his office. The City is planning to use the land as a publics work yard, since the current downtown works yard iS ‘ho longer deemed as an | APPro- Briate Spot and does not fit in with the City’s downtown revital- ization scheme, ‘ouncil is discussing the pos- The Celgar site i to €- Celgar update of activity or completed this past week. As of this week the project is 71 although reports indicate that no milestones have been either started FAST FACTS 71 per cent of supplies, Jabour and material has thus far been The per cent committed, meaning that project itself (ph cent complete. . is 10.4 per Engineerii is 51 per cent sibilities for the d yn. site, but as of yet no decision has been made,” said Moore. . ‘The newly acquired land will be amalgamated with adjacent land already owned by the City to allow for some much needed space. 2 ' > Continued from 1A tmick was 4. .66 meters (tall).”* ) He said ‘the B.C. government . is to blame for issuing them a permit, although .he added, “We're at fault for hitting the : bridge, and it (the raised road the-... ory) does ‘sound a little. far- fetched, “I hope the people. we're’ working for don’t think we're pulling the wool over their eyes.” . The filter, about. the height of a ‘tobe second- floor window, was being hauled to H.A. Simons—the con- tractors working for Celgar’s for use in the Sti. cizing process of the new mill. “It arrived on site a bit dinged up and it’s being checked out," said Leon Fisher, a mechanical — engineer for H.A..Simons. ° Fisher’ said. he ‘believed the $500,000 damage estimate was . too high, but, “We're in the mid- dle of discussions,” he said. “I really don't want to say much about it.” He did say that the filter will be ‘repaired completely, adding, “They (Celgar) wouldn't accept it if it wasn’t.” . The R Paving h . Sawatzky said the area will be Tepaved to allow for the trans- Portation of large cargos to Cel- gar. “As of Monday the clearance was lowered,” he said, adding that.once the remedial work is completed the entire paving pro- ject will be completed. ey * The:néw. pavement is meant to last 15 to 20 years. And, _Sawatzky said he believes the last time the over- Pass’s clearance was-measured was when the Toads were paved in 1968. “It’s not Columbia Bith’s fault,” he said, “They did work under our direction.” y would not comment : for the Ministry of. Highways, Frank: Sawatzky, said an investi- gation is under way. “,“Ie’s more embarrassing than anything,” he said from his Nel- son office. “The overpass should ; have been’4.76 meters.” on the cause of the accident, say- ing, “It’s under investigation.” But, he did say that there were other possibilities such as the train bridge's foundation settling into the ground, or an error in the original measurement. Castlegar city engineer © Castlegar’s city engineer, Kenn _Hample was telieved of his duties 10 ‘city i was ‘let go ‘after his stated proba- lod. [tion Nelson Highway. Pa’ =) . height, cf:an ,over: pass located, west.of Kinnaird Brid and: ‘discover the. stated hetont Oe 76 m) Is" neotee replaced — “We're not sure what we may do: with the position yet. There may just! bea complete.restruc- _ cular. the: i n will filled. We'll probably more‘ about the situation * finished Last ‘week, “there. were.. ‘approximately: 373 people working aes site. This number is expected to it mncreage soon. Approximately ui people are working to build the on-site camp, g their efforts on the rec-centre, kitchen, dining room, and various bunk houses. It is anticipated that the camp will be complied on schedule by August oo | Corps Continued from 1A” people in the Castlegar area, “We're planning to. come to Castlegar within.a week or so,” said Bob Williams, Environment Youth Corps Manager with B.C. Environment. “We'll be setting up a project in conjunction with B.C. Parks, known as Park Facili- ty Construction.” : There are three projects sited these projects,” said Williams. “We'll be hiring local people from the Castlegar area. Hiring will probably start late this week or early next week. There should still be some applications at the local Canada Employment Office.” According to Williams, involvement in the project a with the West Kooten of Parks. These include the reconstruc- » tion of the Slocan to Evans Lake ~_ Trail, the upgrading of the Drin- non Pass Trail, both i in the Val- which covers the handling of © tools; job site safety, basic first aid and resume writing: * ° Young people, aged 16 10 24, who are interested in joining a hallas, and work in R Ty Park planting seedlings and native shrubbery. “We're ooking at a two month period for the completion of Police On Friday July 12 a tmck trav- elling down Broadwater Road in Robson lost control and rolled after hitting the gravelled shoul- der. Daniel Stelck, the lone occu- pant of .the vehicle, was uninjured in the mishap. The 1987 Toyota pick-up he was driving however, suffered exten- sive RCMP to crew, an and organi- zations with project proposals can call the Environment Youth Corps Hotline at 1-800-663- 0340. report Staff at the Inn received a phone call from an unidentified source at approximately 8:49 p.m.. The caller implied that an explosion would detinate at exactly 9:30 pm. RCMP and other investigative authorities were called to the scene and immediately began to search the. area, which was quickly abandoned by local ‘The search however, bomb threat received by the Fly- ing Steamshovel Inn, located in Rossland, Thursday, July 11. tumed up nothing and Police say they are still investigating the incident. : & Celgar Continued from 1A :) these things ‘are going to last. There's a number of charges involved. When the charges are gi coaally by CITIC B.C. 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