The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, September 14, 1994

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Bverette Surgenor said the pilot project

will help blast kids off into the future in
learning.

pate in a pilot project involving multi-

More students compete for less university
—

ery

a8 a delivery system for math and science.”
Being one of only six districts across the

picked for the pilot project
ints popereaky which Couldn't be be

“It's an exciting opportunity for us.
‘That's a deal we can't tum down.”

Surgenor said the focus will be on leam-
ing the subjects through the use of technol-

ogy, and not on the technology
“hh’s an exciting way to lear. It's impor-

dian bom and

dent Dr. David Strang
posh riparia

The University of British
Columbia

has an annual budget of over
$700 million, also contributes
$2.4 billion to the provincial
economy through patents of
imventions made on campus by
fesearch departments

of the many other
Sees ventures UBC is
imvolved

At the monthly Chamber Lun-
cise Soper 12, UBC Pose

and about the pressure
currently being put on the post-
education system.

“It's inevitable that institutions
will have to sit down and figure out
how it's going to ration its places.”

The competition is so fierce
for those valuable places, that
Strangway told Chamber
guests that academic averages
are at an all time high of 3.39
as opposed to 2.5. And con-
trary to the public's perception
that post-secondary institutions
are catering to “foreigners”,
Strangway stressed that while
the student population might
appear to be “foreign” most

several pocbeevons removed
from their parent's homeland.
Strangway said that in 1986
foreign students only made up
one per cent, while in 1994
foreign student enrollment is at
only 3 per cent.

Strangway said projections of

tant to have innovation and change, but we
don't want to do it for the sake of change.”

over the next ten years there will

Before the project can be in, though,
thovn Stall pacers will wees

Kootenay briefs

Gone to pot

Four residents from Vallican
in the Slocan Valley were
arrested August 21 for culti-
vating marijuana. Police say
they entered a residence with

space

_ it is a source’ of pride, said

be around 4,000
the ages of 18-20 years-old enter-

tutions across Canada are grap-

future enrollment indicate tht

pling with, said Strangway

that UBC is assur-
noe that under-privileged stu-
dents such as First Nations
members are able to access the
university through grants.

“Last year we had the very
first Canadian Aboriginals
graduate in medicine. He was
the first of the First Nations.”

estimated street value of
$2,000 was also found. The

A country song?
John Sandelin, 58, of Winlaw
told a B.C. Provincial Court

ly undue hardship. Sandelin
claimed that his farm's
sewage system is broken,

so did the calf, the horse
broke its leg and had to be
shot, the heifer is missing, the
truck broke down hauling
hay, the tractor tires have
been shot out, the phone is

tools have gone missing.
Sandelin was in court plead-
ing for his release from cus-
tody at a bail hearing
following his arrest in
Nakusp for breach of a court
order prohibiting him from
drinking. A week earlier
Sandelin had been re!

on a recognizance of $5,000
for a weapons offence.

A ‘poor’ excuse
The Salvation Army in Nelson
is asking donors to drop off

Wednesday, September 14, 1994

The Castlegar Sun

Page 3A

A mouth full of misery

Dental repairs wait while ministry and profession balk

SHARLENEIMHOFF
Sun Edt

Sometimes it's like pulling
teeth to get some action.
Unfortunately for Castlegar
mom Pat Webb, she can't even
get teeth pulled.

Webb, 43, has been suffering
extensive pain due to the infec-
tions in her mouth. She has trouble
sleeping. As far as cating goes, she
must pick and choose her food

carefully. Since last June she
has been prescribed numerous

at best, only temporary. What
Webb needs is the services of a
dentist, since the root of her prob-
lem comes from a broken, and
now very rotten, front tooth. The
rot has spread to two near by teeth
and has infected her gums. But
despite this, Webb has been turned
down repeatedly by many local
dentists i i

“I've gone to see one dentist
personally. I wanted him to
understand the seriousness of the
situation and the pain that I was
in,” said Webb. “He refused, say-
ing he wouldn't get pai

The situation didn’t start this

Pat Webb, who, afer six weeks is stil waiting for some

much-needed dental work, is forced to sit on the side-
lines until social services and her dentist can come to

an agreement on cost.

seriously. Originally, Webb had
only chipped her tooth and after
seeing her dentist, he suggested a
partial plate. While waiting for
social services to approve the par-
tial, Webb’s tooth broke right in
half, causing her severe pain.

The longer she waits, the more

infected her mouth is becoming.
The more infected her mouth, the
greater the cost will be to fix the
problem. Dentists refuse to see
her, since social services refuses
to cover her bills—because the
cost of the dental work she needs
is too high. Social assistance

of up to $500. Becias of dental
work performed earlier, social
services has told her that new
work will exceed the $500 limit.

Meanwhile, Webb's tecth are
deteriorating, and she says the
pain is becoming too much to
bear. “It feels like there's some-
one in my mouth with a giant
knife, digging and twisting. It’s so
frustrating that sometimes all I
can do is cry.”

Her mouth -has caused her
other problems as well. A recent
award-winning graduate from
Selkirk College, Webb has just
completed three years of training
to become a social worker.
Although she has itted a

Fire guts three Trail businesses

‘STERUNG NEWS SERVICE

Three stores in downtown
Trail were gutted September 12
in a fire that took more than five
hours to bring under control

The fire started in the base-
ment of the Salvation Army
Thrift store at 1369 Cedar
Avenue at about 6 p.m., but
quickly spread to Launer
Brothers Jewellers and Ash-
ton’s Ladies Wear.

No one was injured in the
fire, the cause of which is
under investigation by the

i fire i "s

ple and will feel the loss of
$6,000-$8,000 a month in rev-
enue from the store, said Cap-
tain Kevin Moore.

“We fund a lot of what we
do from there. The loss is going
to be tough.”

The Knights of Pythias Hall
and Shopper's Drug Mart on
side of the guttered stores and
Cominco’s data centre on the
other suffered minor smoke
and water

“We are pretty happy that we
saved what we did,” Dennis
said. “The data centre is pretty
important to this area.”

office. One ane reriener was
treated at Trail Regional Hospi-
tal for smoke inhalation.

The Regi Fire Service's
Trail hall called in personnel
and equipment from the Com-
inco, Warfield, Rossland and
Montrose halls to assist.

“We almost i iately had

Asa
members of the Artisan 's Co-
op evacuated all of their one-
of-a-kind wares from the
basement of the KP building
when the fire started to flare
up again. Earlier in the
evening Shopper's owner Ray
LeRose and some of his staff

to go to a defensive Position on

number of resumes, the majority
of her work at this time comes
through her efforts as a volunteer.
She lisps badly, is taking pain
killers and admits her smile is
nothing pretty to look at.

“Let's face it. It’s my front
teeth, and who has confidence in
someone when it appears they
can’t even carry out personal

g.
Webb continues to visit the
local social services office hoping
that full coverage will be granted
for the dental work she needs.
“It’s been more than three
months now and I’m not sure how
much longer I can stand this.”

Overhead concerns?

No, we haven't been under
military attack, nor has there
been secret missions conducted

the Salvation Army

said Acting Fire Chief Norm
Dennis. “We thought we could
save Launer's but we couldn't.”

The blaze appeared to be
under control by about 8:30
p.m. but then flames started to
flare up again and calls for
more assistance went out.

“We thought we were start-
ing to get it under control, but
there are just not enough fire
potes in an old ne like

supply clothes and food stuffs.
The group will not be able to
Provide food assistance to peo-

files, cash
narcotics and computers from

The Chinese restaurants on
Bay Avenue joined together to
supply drinks to the fire fight-
ers, while the owners worried
about damage to their business-
es and living quarters across
the alley from the fire.

The fire attracted a large
crowd of onlookers as the large
plume of smoke was visible
throughout the community. At
1:30 a.m. water was still being
Poured on a few hot spots as the
job of mopping up began. Sever-
al firefighters remained on the
‘scene overnight to keep an eye on
the site and secure the buildings.

The Penny Carnival heid leGiaaiaamany aameet helped to raise more than $500 of i i : these patients, but out of Castle

which half will be donated t the Castlegar Clu ‘ ‘on social Though residents might have
cheque is John Evans (right) Mart general manager, from bins. One resident told these patients, he says he can understand seen military helicopters based
Read. Also on hand for the presentation was Tim Horton’s Salvation Army officials that i earated sieves of ovechend, and the ministry is not at the Castlegar Airport, Airport
(middle) and Lions member Carl Linkletter (left). The remaining her husband caught someone se Manager John Perry assures that
the helicopters, and their pilots,

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THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1994

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KAREN KERKHOFF

Trial run for Celgar wood room

“The old water barker didn't meet our environ-
standards.”

Sun staff

mental

left in it.
Celgar’s M:

It might be over 30-years-old, but Celgar offi-
cials think that the wood room still has some life

of Human R

viable

explained Blessin.

Blessin, said the shut down of the wood room in
1988 occurred at a time when the market was glut-
ted with wood chips, but a shrinking chip market
has now made the reopening of the wood room a

Replacing a water barker with a mechanical
device was one of the changes the wood room
has_undergone in anticipation of Pp r4

daily needs.”

This week the wood room will be undergoing
“operational trials” and if all goes well Blessin said
it could process almost 40 truckloads of round
wood a day. But even sep the © seemingly large
Al amount of wood proj
ally bacis Bicasia sal it fo il a anil drop ‘a the
bucket for the mill’s needs.

“That's a very small percentage of our overall

. the bins. When
Ceca cera

toid -him ‘that~the items: |

belonged to the Salvation
Army the pilferer said, “And
to us too.” When her husband
insisted, the pilferer told him
to “go to hell.”

Pooch drops pounds

Laurie Thouret is celebrating
what she feels is a miracle

dona

Local firefighters to host province

SHARLENE IMHOFF

Sun Editor

Members of the Castlegar Vol-
unteer Fire department have begun
Preparations to host more than
150 delegates and their spouses
during the British Columbia Fire
Training Officers Association’s
20th Annual Conference.

The conference, scheduled to
take place in Castlegar from May
28 to June 1, 1995, will involve

ing help in planning from both

theme.
“The theme of this conferenge >

is mutual aid, which fits in welk
with the area because we have so
many departments here with
mutual aid agreements with one
another.”

With two days of theory work
and another of Practical work,

workshops for hefightore as

well as a separate program for

Castlegar city council was
informed of the local depart-
ment’s endeavor and expressed
its fall support for the five-day
conference.

Chairman of the committee to
host the event, firefighter Andy
said Castlegar is receiy-

Andy Roberts
gating the use of ‘inf ;

y. Her dog, eight-
year-old Bobbie, went miss-
ing while out on a hike with
some of Thouret's friends.
For 38 days the fate of Bob-
bie was unknown until a BC
hydro worker found the
pooch at a bush cabin only
4,000 yards from where she
went missing. Bobbie's mas-
ter said she had given up
her

Bobbie was alive. The dog
had lost over half her body
weight but a local veterinari-
an pronounced her in good
health despite her ordeal.

A ‘glass’ act

Alden Roberge, 19, stood

before a provincial court
judge and explained that it

Donald Sperry, although

which would be to all

d up the

end-of.

participants prior to the start of
the

will be on hand to display their

The department is also investi-

“These packages would con-
tain information and perhaps
gifts, such as certificates, from
local i bs

to just anoth-
er life experience—one that
cost Roberge the price of

cing it more difficult,-if not-impossible in some cases, for

wll cern wit dens oy i mode in rer cel
: nage nandepedind apewehapeenn virion aabaie fe bot
Sr ee Neon neonate aaa dhands are tied.”

‘Mink

are here for training only.
“They've been doing moun-

tain flying training both day and

night They have night vision

patients on Social srvies, say it is specialy ical
‘before

ate in horrific conditions

Health
with the College of Dental

‘Division, says
Sungeons.

so they can do that.”

The added benefit, said
Perry, is that for three weeks,
while training, the exercises
have brought an added benefit
to Castlegar.

“They've bought their fuel
here and they’re staying in local
hotels.”

The pilots have been in
Castlegar about three weeks and
are wrapping up their training
this week

Continued from 1A

none occurs. Already traffic patterns show

serious flaws duc to

“We have to do something, we can’t just sit

and put it off. It’s going to cost the public no mat-

Councillor Brenda Binnie, who

Says she sees south-end traffic problems firsthand
while driving school bus for District No. 9.

tex what,” added

Because both routes are so important,
Councillor Kirk Duff stated “...
a decision I don’t want to make and
shouldn't. Maybe we should take it directly

to the public.”

Promise to prosper from
agreement now on paper

SUN STAFF

The pr

eastern B.C., comes from the sur-
plus of power that was created as
ameuk of three dams built in the

incial gy has
agreed to give the Columbia-
Kootenay region a direct say in
what happens to future money
coming to the province through a
Columbia River Treaty down-
stream benefits agreement,

Kootenay region dur-
ing the 1960s.

Under W.A.C. Bennett, that
additional power was original-
ly sold for 30 years to Ameri-
cans for a lump sum of
US$254 million. Over the life
of the new agreement, which
expires in 2024, more than $5
billion will be added to the
provincial Mane

Premier Mike Harcourt says he
has plans for that money as well,
such as retraining the jobless,

authority to invest the money

At the ‘same time, Edwards
announced the details of the main
with the A i

ducing the p *s debt and
ing the K

region for the flooding of homes
and farms by power dams.

But the head of a fiscal

which gives B.C. an up front pay-
ment of $250 million and an
arrangement that allows the
province to either bring down-
stream benefits ¢! home
or sell to markets in the U.S.

= in 1998.
‘The 950-megawatts of energy,
enough to power all of south-

dog group has stated that
all money derrived from the
Columbia agreement should go
into reducing taxes and the
debt.

“Job training doesn’t create
jobs. Lowering taxes does,”
said Troy Lanigan, B.C. direc-
tor of the Canadian Taxpayers’
Federation.

City council may not have much choice but
to do just that—especially if it decides to bor-
row money for either one or both of the pro-
jects, because a referendum is needed if

maybe it’s

borrowing exceeds five years.

If all of this sounds confusing don’t
worry—it’s confusing to councillors and city
staff as well. They hope to review a number

of facts before making any decisions during

yet another meeting with the Ministry of
Highways, tentatively set for September 27.
It’s expected that the meeting will be open
to the public.

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Guest speakers from local and regional

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and Justice throughout the worid.

7:00 - 9:00 pm -

Evening program at the Brilliant Cultural Centre,

featuring Special Guest, Ms. Lynn ORSTAD, M.
Ed., Red Cross Co-ordinator, Emergency
International Service.

Ms. ORSTAD will be speaking and showing slides on her recent
experience in Rwandan Refugee Camps.

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This community event is sponsored by the Kootenay Region United
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