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He said local response to medical emergencies will suffer because planes aren't always able to land in Castlegar during bad weather or at night. “t's going to downgrade the of jets to transport emergency patients in the wake of last year’s brouhaha over the use of those jets by cabinet ministers. “I've- been losing money on the response out of the area considerably,"’ he said. Nielsen was appearing before council’s conimittee of the whole to express his’ support for the in- Stallation of permanent edge lights along the runway at Castlegar Air- port. He said the lights could be used in an emergency such as the recent in- cident involving an AirBC flight which had to return to Castlegar Airport after ice formed on the plane’s wings. Currently, airport firefighters must Place 76 portable lights along the runway in an emergency, Nielsen However, he added, ‘It’s not the most modern system of doing things.” Nielsen said the ability to light up the runway faster will become more important when Adastra no longer Provides emergency medical flights because planes will have to land at Castlegar at night and in bad weather, not just take off. Nielsen said the permanent edge said. Responding toa question-frome,. lights ‘‘would not cost a lot.’ Mayor Audrey Moore, Nielsen said the firefighters leave the airport at 4 p.m, “*They’ve always been able to get the lights out for us,’’ he said. *'The cost would be in the main- tenance of the system."’ Council will vote on a recommen- dation to request the lights at is regular meeting Monday. Ad A Ltd. president Dale end emergency medical flights at the end of the month. says his y will CosNews tile phot Trustees refuse meeting By CasNews Staff The Castlegar school board won't meet with a committee of parents who want to discuss boundary changes between the Castlegar and Nelson school districts. The board turned down Monday a request from Boundary Review tee chairman Joe Moreira to discuss the effect of the boundary on students~tiving- in the-Voykin -and Webb subdivisions near the Playmor Junction, “It is my hope that our commitee would be permitted to outline our Position at a school board meeting early in the new year,"’ Moreira says in a Dec. 20 letter to the board. However, the board says the mat- ter is closed and there is nothing to be gained by a meeting. The board reached a formal agreement with the Nelson school district in late November for a discretionary boundary to be recognized by the Nelson and Castlegar school boards. That agreement allows about 35 to 40 students living in the Voykin and Webb subdivisions to attend Nelson district schools, despite a legal obligation to attend Castlegar district schools. Turner said in Noyember that the board did not want the area to go legally to Nelson, nor did it want to extend the di: boundary any further. He said Tarrys elemen- tary would be‘ threatened by insuf- ficient enrolment if the boundary legal boundary was established in the 1960s, before the Voykin and Webb subdivisions were built. The board will send a letter to the committee “‘to say its (position is) unchanged and to say a meeting would be of little use,"* Turner said. ' BLOWING SMOK Brian Crockett, a student at Valley Vista elementa CosNews photo by Steve Peden ry school, puffs away at the vapors from a i] ight to the school by Cal Moen, a retired Cominco employee who travels the area giving demonstrations. Local groups unite to oppose Persian Gulf war By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer A number of local groups have joined hands in their common pur- suit of peace as a result of the Per- sian Gulf war. Representatives and members of of Spiritual Communities of Christ, the United Church, the United Nations Association, and various member groups and branches will take part together in the Inter- national Day of Action Against the War scheduled for Jan. 26, Marjorie Malloff and George Richards told the Castlegar News in an interview earlier today. In Castlegar, a forum will be held at 7 p.m. at the Brilliant Cultural Centre. Jack Ross, Gary Ockenden and Andy Shadrack will be guest speakers. Ross is‘a member of the Society of Friends, commonly referred to as Quakers, and founded the Centre for Non- Violence. He will speak on non- violent solutions, Malloff said. Ockenden, the director of the regional office of the Red Cross, will speak about the role of the Red Cross in the war, with specific focus on the Geneva convention. The Red Cross is a neutral organization and not part of the peace movement, she said. Shadrack will give a historical overview to the events leading up to the war. He is a political science in- structor at Selkirk College. Also on Jan. 26, a walk and rally will be held in Nelson. The walk star- ts at 1 p.m. at Lakeside Park and will take about two hours to com- plete. Speakers are also scheduled at that event. The view shared by the groups is that war could have been avoided and peaceful solutions sought. ““We were all for the extension of the sanctions,"’ Richards said. ‘Our Position was that the sanctions were please see WAR page A2 Bus drivers behind wheel By CasNews Staff The Castlegar school board has approved a policy change which puts bus drivers behind the wheel of School buses on day trips within the Kootenays rather than teachers, Approved Monday by the board, the change in policy — part of the School district’s collective agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents the bus drivers — puts an end to concern for student safety, relieves teachers of driving responsibilities and gives bus drivers more hours of work. “I understand the drivers and teachers are very happy about it,’”’ school district treasurer John Dascher said. Safety concerns stemmed from driving buses back to after a long day of coaching, for example, although there have ‘‘never’’ been any problems, chairman Gordon Turner said. teachers Castlegar ““CUPE has been control of the Meanwhile, striving to get please see DRIVERS page A2 By CasNews Staff Jan. 18. RCMP investigate stabbing in Robson Castlegar RCMP are investigating the stabbing of a Robson man The 27-year-old was stabbed in the stomach area by a 19-year-old female from Castlegar, the RCMP said. * The victim, whom police would not identify, was taken by private vehicle to Castlegar Hospital and was later transferred to Trail Regional Hospital for emergency treatment, Police said. The victim is now listed in satisfactory condition. Police are also withholding the name of the alleged assailant Pending the outcome of the investigation. Membership up, circulation down at library By CHERYL CALDERBANK Special to the Castlegar News Membership at the Castlegar Library increased to 3,510 last year although circulation of books and other materials declined to about 94,000 from 1989's total of 98,222, library board chairman. Ron Norman said Mon- day. ‘ Norman, Joy Anderson, Polly Corbett, Jim Crawford, Terry Dalton, George Helen Moore and Jean Sylvest were elected by ac- clamation to the library board for 1991. The library's highlight of the year was when librarian Kay Mealing received the Castlegar and District Rotary Club’s annual service award. Speaking at the board’s annual general meeting, Norman said 1990's circulation on a per capita basis is the equivalent of lending nearly 15 books to every man, woman and child in the community over a one-year period. Kosowan, Jane Lippa, hadn't experienced in recent years. However, Norman said diligent work by Hanham, the and library accountant Clarice McKinnon, allowed the board to bring in & balanced budget. the year with a balance of $1,600. Norman thanked Castlegar council for its finan- cial support of the library in 1990 under difficult circum- stances. without the library," “City council once again showed its faith in the library and we appreciate that very much,”’ he said. Norman also noted that last year the provincial government changed its library funding, for the first time recognizing local support for libraries. . “Because of the strong financial support from the City of Castlegar, our library received an increase in Provincial fu: 50 per cent,”’ he said. Weermongis edt einen ae the library lent an average of 9,000 books per month between January and March, but cireulation dropped dramatically in April as tural members ‘showed disapproval of the new $50 mem- fee. “We wene sorry to lose some long-standing patrons but were cheered to see people gradually coming in to Pay their dues, saying they'd tried but they couldn't live said. board's treasurer, The library ended Because the fees are calculated on a sliding scale throughout the year, more rural residents joined the library as the price went down for a total rural member- ship of 646, compared to 1989’s total of 842. Wearmouth said a major focus in 1990 was the fledgling literacy program the library initiated with the adult basic education faculty at Selkirk College. The library invited three Vancouver speakers from different Provincial literacy groups to give a workshop in the library. Thirty West Kootenay people willing to volun- teer their time as tutors or interested in organizing a Program attended the workshop. Sue Port agreed to act as volunteer i and made for the founding meeting, held in the library in March, which resulted in Project Literacy West Kootenay. During the long wait to hear the fate of the group's grant application, Program to raise local awareness about the prevalence of literacy problems in the area. A preliminary series of t sessions was given in the library by Patti Bossert, ABE instructor, for people from Nelson, Trail and Castlegar and six matched pairs of tutors and lear- hers are nOW Working together. In recognition of her efforts, Port was given a Canadian Library Association literacy volunteer award. Port pursued a vigorous publicity dodndedatdiae ee Cee ee Re ee Seaertak Set ae ee _ Pete: REEL CTT CRER ESS a