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Recyclii and you Cas Humane trapper 7+ Aa prior been obtained through the Huma: Rights Branch) Women's program off and running By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer A meeting held earlier this week at city hall to introduce the province’s new Community Initiatives Program for Women resulted in one: steering committee being formed to develop a community needs assessment and a second to establish a networking system. About 20 people, including three men, attended, some of whom were there representing other community groups. Carel Scott, Kootenay regional coordinator for the program, organized the meeting to discuss what Castlegar’s needs are in terms of women's issues and to determine if people here want to take part in the program. She said she was Pleased with the turnout and the outcome of the meeting. ¢ assessment committee will ap- ply to the provincial government for @ portion of the $300,000 in grants it has for programs throughout the Province. The maximum Castlegar can apply for at this time is about $10,000, Scott said. The Minister of Government Management Services, Carol Gran, minister _Fesponsible for women’s programs, devéloped the program to improve programs and services for women. The program will ‘‘identify service needs, eliminate duplication of services, and develop a long-term Strategy for community-based pro- gram delivery,” the government says. If the local committee is suc- cessful with its grant application, the money will be used to hire a person to carry out the assessment. The program is broken down into three stages: the needs assessment, a planning program, which includes resource networking, and a pilot Project. At the beginning of each stage, the committee can apply to the province for more funding. However, Scott said the committee should not limit itself to just one source of funding. “Once you have documentation, you can it looking elsewhere for funding,’’ she said. Patricia Lakes of Castlegar Com- munity Services questioned whether the province would in fact have fun- ding available for the next stages. “Otherwise, we have yet another study without funding,” she said. Scott said she could not give any t J acKCountry CKCOuntry yy : ry ¢ PPortunities a CosNews = by Donne Zuber By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer About 60 Castlegar residents attended a Parks Plan 90 public meeting Thursday at the San- dman Inn to participate in the planning of the provincial park system. “I was really happy with the turnout and what was said,”’ Gordon Rathbone, manager of the Ministry of Parks’ West Kootenay district, said. The Ministry of Parks created Parks Plan 90 to ‘‘give everyone a chance to help British Colum- bians find a balance between parks_and other suitable land uses,” a ministry newsletter says. The series of meetings and presentations are the first public on the of guarantees on behalf of the p: but would take that concern to the ministry. please see WOMEN page A2 Nelson station slammed NELSON (CP) — City council has been told it has the dubious distin- ction of having the worst municipal Police station in British Columbia. “You should at least be em- barrassed about it, if not concer- ned,” Police Commission chairman David Edgar told Nelson council. Nelson is one of 12 B.C. com- munities with a municipal police for- ce. Complaints about the small station in the basement of the regional district office have gone on for 20 years. Edgar said he is not going to force the city to build a new station. But the provincial Workers” Com- pensation Board has warned council it faces heavy fines if it doesn’t either fix up the old station or find a new one. The board says the parade room — used for coffee, lunch, cooking, changing, writing reports and com- outer \ work — is inadequate. pege AS a plan. The ministry has also held meetings in Nelson, Creston, and Trail and has meetings scheduled in Grand Forks, Greenwood, Crawford Bay, Kaslo, Silverton, Nakusp and Revelstoke. The Ministry of Forests is also participating in Parks Plan 90. ““We heard concerns from the mining industry and logging in- dustry and from the other side who want to see more areas Protected,"” Rathbone said. ‘‘It was about an even split on presentations. Everyone had heartfelt opinions about what they thought should happen.”” People attending the meeting, or the open house set up Thur- sday afternoon, were given forms to fill out and return to the ministry with their comments. Ray Lee of euler sdb takes a be Master at the dieplay set up at Bicar bee aver Inn by Parks Plan 90 meeting draws 60 in Castlegar Rathbone said summaries of the comments the ministry receives will be sent to those registered at the meeting or open house by the end of April. An ac- tion plan based on the summary will be prepared in early May for submission to the provincial cabinet which will then approve certain areas for further study. **We’re trying to come up with how much protected land people think they really can afford,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s a public input process. think it’s working quite well.’’ ‘The ministry says the provin- cial parks system is designed to Seniors say health fair, poor By CasNews Staff Almost half of Castlegar seniors who responded to a health survey last year rated their health as fair or poor. But that figure jumps to 71 per cent in outlying areas, survey results show. Arthritis and heart, back, kidney and dental problems topped the list of health concerns senidrs reported in the survey, Carel Scott, who coor- dinated the survey, presented the results to Castlegar city council this week, “The form worked very well for Castlegar," Scott said, although she added that some questions could have been reworded to make them easier to understand. Scott told council the survey most aware of services available in the areas of finance and health and least aware of counselling services. Overall, seniors have health- Promoting habits such as exercise, do not smoke, eat three times a day, have someone to talk to and volun- teer, survey results show. The results were similar for Castlegar and the outlying area. The only difference was 30 per cent of responses from the outlying area said they are lonely or depressed compared to 17 per cent of the Castlegar responses. The survey has led to two overall recommendations: © When grants are written for Castlegar and area, extra money should be requested for the project to adequately address both the ethnic distribution of the community and the in its ethnic distribution as well as its geographic distribution.”” Of the 500 surveys returned, 284 were from Castlegar and 216 from the outlying areas, with every com- munity represented. Forty-one per cent (205) of the surveys were from Russian-speaking seniors and’ four percent (22) were from Portuguese-speaking seniors. Men accounted for 40 per cent of the surveys, a level Scott called “‘unusual.”’ Seniors described their ideal home as a small home on one level with no stairs and a small yard in Castlegar or the outlying area close to family members, doctors, shopping and a bus route. The survey showed seniors are the i (SO per cent in Castlegar and 50 per cent in 11 small outlying communities). In- cluding a map of the area makes the geographic distribution easy to see for grant reviewers. * Person-to-person distribution is the most effective technique, in- cluding community meetings in outlying areas, when community in- put is needed. Scott said she’d recommend that approach in this area whenever Possible. She added that volunteers working in specific communities is helpful. Scott's report also included several Suggestions for new programs or ser- vices requiring funding as well as recommendations not requiring fun- ding. Valhallas disappoint forest industry VANCOUVER (CP) — A com- mittee funded by the forest industry says tourism jobs and economic benefits predicted with the creation of Valhalla Park never materialized. But a Parks Ministry official says it’s probably too early to tell what impact of the park will preserve natural environments and provide opportunities for recreation. The balance between preservation and recreation is determined by the nature of the area. have on the region. The 49,600-hectare — Vathatla Wilderness Park was created in 1983. A committee estimated at the time that 38 direct -and indirect jobs would be lost in the forest industry as a result of creating the park. Those losses, however, would be of- fset by between 140 and 240 new jobs in the tourism and recreation industry, the committee said. Eight years later, the industry committee says the number of new tourism jobs created as a result of the park is 16. “This analysis— clearly points out that optimistic forecasts provided in 1983 — forecasts that led to creation of the park — haven't panned out. please see VALHALLAS page A3 By CasNews Staff People in Castlegar don’t have totook very far to see the benefits of the Variety Club's annual telethon, said Katrine Conroy, administrator of the Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society. The. club has approved a * $109,000 grant for the society to help gets its new integrated ser- vices into place. This year’s fundraiser stafts tonight at 8 p.m. and runs through to 6 p.m. Sunday. The telethon will be broadcast live on BCTV. Last year the club raised Providing licensed day-care ser- vices for children under three years ‘Old, including children with At present, there are no licen- sed day-care facilities in Castlegar for children under three. There are also no day-care centres in B.C. which provide the services under one roof as the society will, she said. Therapy and services will also be expanded for speech and physiotherapy clients, the Parents Helping Parents support group and the parents and infant play group of the West Kootenay In- $3,789,136. Public spokesman Ann Collette said the club's goal every year is to just beat the previous year's total. The society is expanding its services with $68,000 goij towards the purchase a renovation of an additional building and $41,000 towards the purchase of equipment. The society's plans include of-school children to the Aquatic Centre with a pass. ““That went over really well,” Conroy said, Child care society gets $109,000 grant