West Arm turned down tion from the regional noise —— — = West Arm Trucklines has lost its fight with Ootischenia resi- dents. The Regional District of Cen- tral Kootenay has rejected West “T'm pleased * Arm's application for an exemp- opposed West Arm's bid to oper- ate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. with the regional district motion,” said Bill THE KINNAIRD Church of God is holding its annual Christmas Eve service at 7:00pm. All welcome. CHRISTMAS EVE Candlelight service 7:00 pm at Calvary Baptist Church, 809 Merry Creek Rd. SENIORS ASSOC. #46 - New Years Eve party in our Hall starts 8pm. All seniors welcome. The Castlegar Sun 465 Columbia Ave. BC V1N1G8 365-5266 wy “ mom Hadikin, who lives next to the terminal. Office in Nelson Dec. 10 to hear the decision. But West Arm Bob MacLean says he hasn't given up. “The subject is not closed,” he told The Castlegar Sun. “We'll The regional bylaw places restrictions on trucks from 7 p.m. - 7am. weekdays and Saturdays and from 7 p.m. - 9 a.m. Sun- days. As well, loading, unload- ing, delivering, pecxing and unpacking is prohibited all day on weekends. MacLean said the decision won't drive his firm, which opened its terminal in May, from Ootischenia. “There's no question that A.M. FORD OF THE FUTURE COLORING CONTEST $500.00 WINNER Dan Ashman, dealer principal of AM. Ford in Trail, B.C. is proud to announce the winner of the A.M. Ford of the Future Coloring Contest Winner. Sales consultant Herb Amaral is shown presenting @ cheqae for $500.00 to 8, year old Kyla O'Brien of Blueberry. Kyla's teacher, Alexia Creek School, arranged for her students to do-the “It’s not necessarily the person with the most talent that wins — it's the person with a little talent that pushes him or herself. This particular contest wasn't judged on the “best”, because they were all good, in my opinion.” said April Reeves. “So we judged this contest in segments.” The first segment being "Does this drawing represent the person who created it? Is it unique? Secondly, have they used color? To what extent? Thirdly, attention to detail. Have they used explanations with their details? Fourthly, have they used their creative and logic talents in balance? Kyla's drawing exhibited all the above, along with a unique, distinctive flair for her character. One tiny 8 year old with Columbia director Ken Wyllie pe Sere we metice sajecting wyllie's Advisory Planning Commission had ded dents turned out to a Nov. 14 public hearing to voice their opposition to the tothe exemption. _ However, in a Dec. 6 submis- sion to the regional board, minal is not the source of the noise “(The) major cause appears to be overnight truck traffic on Highway 3,” said William Leith in a report prepared for West Am. He said a secondary noise problem is the hum from the own tests which found that the truck from the termi- nal “do not affect the sound meter.” Wednesday, December 21, 1994 The Castlegar Sun Pulp mill upgrading paying off from the Columbia River between Keenleyside dam and the U.S. border limit their con- “The results of a 1993 B.C. Eavironment study show a ip to one meal a week. “While the medical health offi- cer has indicated he is encour- aged by the downward trend, he does not find the data contained in this report significant enough to warrant the removal of the consumption advisory,” the min- istry said. The new data is based on a 1992 study by the federal Depart- ment of Fi ies and Oceans’ and a 1993 study by the provin- cial Environment Ministry. Dioxins and furans are toxic byproducts of the pulp chlorine In June, 1993 Celgar began operating its new expanded mill using a bleaching process that doesn’t use chlorine. Last year the Envi- Ministry, the Depart- ment of Fisheries and Oceans, and Celgar Pulp collected addi- either work Christmas day or New Year's day—but never both. Because there is also shift sometimes we get pretty busy. (Christmas is a busy time.” Reed said there is an arrange- ment made by which nurses FOR BARING A SHSS students suspended trict said he has scocived a verbal Happy holidays 20-50% SS24\ F Plush Giftware Board Games ° Puzzlesy, 20% | OFF) Reg. Retaill CHRISTMAS HOURS Wed. Dec 21 Thurs. Dec 22 Fri. Dec 23 Dec 24 Dec 25 Dec 26 Reg. Retail 9am.- 9p.m 9am.- 9p.m. 9am.- 9p.m. - Sp.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. Noon - llam.- Il Boxed Cards ah Xmas Wrap 50% OFF report from SHSS principal David regarding the imci- dent and is awaiting further “People the end of the day this is a fairly serious cvent. We're treating it as a very serious situation ~ Its unclear at this point Stop in and say hi to new manager Travis Ready pick up a free carnation MENS DAY TUESDAY free coffee till noon FS PHARMASAVE 1128-3rd St., (Downtown) Castieg 365-7813 Tri City Sash & Door DigecsesH i 2317 - 6th Ave., Castlegar - 365-7844 consumption im July, 1992. He based the advi- sory on 1990 and 1991 data. The advisory recommends consumers of whitefish taken tional tissue Pp from the Columbia River to eval- uate dioxin and furan levels. That information will be available early in the new year. “Dr. Ames will be reviewing and considering the consumption advisory in light of the more recent 1994 data when it is avail- able,” the ministry said. School board supports local hire for school ae The Castlegar school board is sending a strong message to con- tractors who plan to bid on the new Twin Rivers Elementary School contract: hire locally. At a recent board mecting trustees discussed adapting a local hire policy for contracts, but recognized that in the end it might not be legally b di employment to residents and businesses of the West Koote- nay.” Chair Joanne Baker said the message is clear. “Tt creates the exp ion of Thanks to efforts of ‘Castlegar Legion volunteers, such as Al Olson, needy Castlegar families will be able to put a present under their tree for their children and celebrate Christmas Day with a traditional dinner. The Castlegar Salvation Army also filled ham- pers for those less fortunate. = Hampers SUN STAFF PHOTO / Karen Kerkhoff Continued from 1A comparable to last year’s total of 112 hampers. Once the hampers were filled, they were delivered by Castlegar Taxi, if necessary. The Castlegar Salvation Army also distributes food hampers. Besides supplying hampers for single people, the Salvation Army is also picking up the over- flow of requests from the Legion. Bonnie Carbert, family ser- what the board philosphoically believes.” John Dascher, secretary-trea- surer for the district, said it’s uncertain if the ministry will accept the local-hire inclusion. It all d ins Dascher, on policy accept lowest bidder whether they're local or not. But trustee Ron Norman made @ motion for local hire provisions which would be included in the tender documents. read: “The owner intends that this contract will provide how the statement is interpreted by ministry officials. Dascher also assured that the process of selecting the success- ful bidder shouldn't be delayed the board send a letter to Educa- tion Minister Art Charbonneau asking him to include provisions for local hire in the ministry poli- cy for tender documents. Vehicle found in Columbia River KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff Castlegar RCMP found a vehi- cle submerged in the Columbia River near the Robson boat sky's questioning, the two told RCMP that there were no passen- gers in the car at the time of the RCMP Cpl. Dave Beach said the young offenders had been apprehended earlier after receiv- ing a call from a resident who diving team to come from Nelson to help raise the car after being alerted that a car was under some five meters of water. When RCMP arrived on scene the tail lights of the vehicle were still on. Coupled with the fact there was a pile of clothing in the back seat, police speculated that a body might still be trapped imside the submerged 1982 Chevrolet C: Castlegar detachment that two offenders, a 17-year-old male, and 17-year-old female who were in custody, had admit- ted to stealing the vehicle and ported that was in his After receiving a description of the two and following foot- Prints in the snow, a foot chase “on: youngster was apprehend- ed in Robson while the other was apprehended outside his home in Castlegar. Both have been anges with theft of auto, p of break vices for the Castle- gar Salvation Army, said there was an increase in requests for hampers. “I'd say there is an increase of 25 per cent or more from last year.” Hampers are filled with the generous donations of food, cash and goods by local residents and businesses. Cuthbert said she’s touched by the generosity of everyone who has given to the fund. But she was especially impressed by the donations of food made by Kinnaird Elemen- tary School. “I'm just amazed at all the stuff that came in from them. There were six boxes full of food. They've been so good.” Cuthbert reminded people that donations for the food bank are needed all year long. The period after Christmas is an especially hard time as residents recover from the season of giving, she said. City to pay more for Ootischenia dump RON Sun Editor Areas I and Lower Arrow-Columbia have a larger assessment base than the other partners, they had to The City of Castlegar will be paying between $3,000 and $4,000 more next year for its share of the costs of operating the Ootischenia landfill. But the increased costs come without any increase in service. Still, it could have been worse. The city could have been paying $32,000 more without any pay more. in 1995. Castlegar was looking at a $32,000 increase— from $91,000 this year to $123,000 in 1995; Lower Arrow-Columbia an $11,000 hike to $41,000 next year, and Area I a $10,000 jump to nearly $38,000 Under the initial plan, Castlegar would have been paying for more than 42 per cent of the costs of garbage disposal for the subregion. city and the Regional Distt, of Central Kootenay reduced the 1995 costs. Councillor Kirk Duff, the city’s representative to the regional district, argued at the regional board meeting earlier this month that increasing expenses without any improvement in service is not fair. The change in the city’s costs came about because of the merger of the refuse disposal subregions. Under the old system, Castlegar was in a subregion with Area I, part of the Slocan Valley and the Lower Arrow-Columbia. However, under the new regional garbage dispos- al plan, the regional district was realigned into just three very large subregions. Castlegar is now includ- ed in what is called the Western region, along with the villages of Nakusp, New Denver, Slocan and Sil- verton, and all of the electoral areas up the Slocan Valley, as well as its old partners. The change meant a shift in the assessment on which garbage costs are based. Since Castlegar and Molly's Pub offers free dinner and entering tools, trespass at night and possession of stolen Property. One suspect pleaded guilty to the charges while the other has been remanded to court at a later date. Under provisions set out by the Young Offender's Act, nei- ther suspect can be named. SUN STAFF If you're alone at Christmas, you know that cooking a tradi- tional Christmas dinner is no fun But what would Christmas be without a traditional home- cooked meal? Molly's Pub at the Marlane Hotel knows that, for one reason between the But after hours of negotiation, the regional board agreed to phase in the new costs .For 1995, Castle- gar will pay a three to four per cent increase. Duff said by that time, the regional district should have new “tipping” fees in place which will recover 100 per cent of the costs of garbage disposal. However, if for some reason the new fees are not in place, Castlegar will be faced with another three or four per cent increase in 1996, Duff said. Tipping fees are new to the regional district, but not to the area. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary introduced tipping fees for its dumps. The fees were to come into effect Jan. 1, RDKB has since p but the their imp for six months, until it has the proper equipment in place to handle the change. Duff said the Regional District of Central Koote- nay has asked for a report on proposed tipping fees to be ready for its March meeting. or another, there are those who will have do without the dinner and all the trimmings. And so, for the sixth year in a Tow they will be offering a free meal of turkey, ham and all the Colin Boka, manager for Molly's, said it makes sense to put on the “We've always done it. He suggested the earliest the fees could be in place would be July. We're open every day of the year anyway. We have a mort- gage to pay.” Last year almost 30 people attended the free Christmas sup- per. Owner Molly Boka will be cooking the meal, while staff will help with the dishes. The dinner will be from noon to 2 p.m. Christmas day. Police briefs Roadkill possession A Castlegar man was charged Dec. 12 for illegal possession of game. Castle- gar RCMP say the man, whose name is being with- held, was in possession of roadkilled deer which is ille- gal to possess unless autho- rized to do so by conservation officers. Tobacco theft Castlegar RCMP are investi- gating the theft of some 12 car- tons of cigarettes from Super Valu in the Castleaird Plaza at 4:30 am. Dec. 13. The thieves had smashed a window and grabbed the cigarettes which are valued at $550-$600. Staff room theft LD.A. Pharmacy employees were surprised to find that two purses and a wallet were stolen from the staff room Dec. 12. This is not the first time this has happened; two similar incidents were report- ed to the Trail RCMP within the last two weeks. RCMP are now advising businesses to secure all personal belong- ings and not leave such items as purses unattended. Charged Castlegar resident, George Worobey, 80, has been charged with failure to remain right of center line after a motor vehicle accident Dec. 9. Worobey was west bound on Highway 3B near Fruitvale when he lost con- trol of the vehicle he was driving while negotiating a right hand curve, crossed the center line and struck a power pole. His wife, a pas- senger in the vehicle suffered mild whiplash, but did not require treatment. Worobey escaped injury. Damage to the 1989 Honda Civic is esti- mated at $7,000. Sweet tooth Thieves made off with a candy vending machine Dec. 17 from the mini-mall at 3rd and Columbia Ave. RCMP are still investigating the theft. Charged Michael Hauck, 24, of Kelowna has been charged with driving with no license and driving too fast for road conditions after a two vehicle accident in which three peo- ple were sent to hospital. While negotiating slushy roads, Hauck lost control of the vehicle he was driving in the 3800 block of Highway 22 Dec. 17 causing it to strike another vehicle driven by Luciano Dalla Lana, 38, of Castlegar. Both drivers and one passenger were treat- ed at hospital for underter- mined injuries. Damage is estimated at $7,000. Dog owner charged Gordon city bylaw after his dog, Mocha, entered a rabbit cage and killed a neighbor's rabbit Dec. 17. After attacking the rabbit, Mocha was trapped inside the cage and was sub- sequently impounded by an animal control officer. Turner was charged with a dog run- ning at large and had to pay $60 to have Mocha sprung. Because this is not the first time Mocha has attacked a rabbit, Castlegar RCMP are also considering laying a charge under the Livestock Protection Act. Vehicle rolled Edward Chickoski, of Rion- del has been charged with driving too fast after he rolled the vehicle he was driving Dec. 17 at the High- way 3A off ramp onto High- way 3 is estimated at $2,500. Chickoski was uninjured. Soda jerks Castlegar RCMP were alert- ed Dec. 18 that a group of youths were stealing pop from the outside compound of Super Valu, but when police arrived the youths had already departed.