Page 4A The Castlegar Sun _ Wednesday, April 5, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, April 5, 1995 /B | Speaker's Corner Castlegar student Tamara Terry is pounding the pavement in f search of answers to questions that correspond with news stories that have appeared in The Castlegar Sun. If you see Tamara, it could be your opportunity to appear in Speaker's Corner, which will be published each week Question: Are you in favor of the weather station being shut down and automated? A dream come true The new Twin Rivers Elementary School is one step closer to realiza- tion. Last week crews were pour- - ing footings for the new facility which is slated for completion by September 1996. ie... | i I don't think they need either, What is the point in predicting the weather? It's going to be how it's going to be. I hate listening to auomated voices. I'd rather hear the weath- er from a real weath- erman. Mark Bosse No. Everything today is much too comput- erized already and this action would put people out of work. —Loretta Todoruk We tend to rely on accurate weather for snowmobiling during the winter. The auto- mated weather from some other station would be as reliable as us predicting the weather for Califor- nia. More trustworthy weather is a must —Sherri Shaw Salmo challenge reaches Ottawa able members to dig into their - -Mathew Pierce SUN STAFF PHOTO Jeff Gabert The West Kootenay Fly Fishing Club hopes to hook others on their sport. Club members Colleen Samoyloff (left), Grant Saprunoff and Anne Clow (far right) recently presented Castlegar librarian Judy Wearmouth with a book and video tape on their sport. The book, titled The Gilly, and video, titled A Flyfishers' Guide, Flyfishing Strategies for Still Waters, are available at the library. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Karen Kerkhotf EcoCentre loses recycling contract to Ace That extends from Castlegar east RON NORMAN or he dumped in the Trail landfill. depot for the south end at the The Salmo penny power have responded with such Its easy! Nona Paulson and Marcia Jackson show how easy it is to recycle office paper. The two say that the best part of recycling is that they don’t have to spend valuable time sorting the paper before they | put it in the drum JN STAFF PHOTO /Karen Kerkhott The race is on! KAREN KERKHOFF- Although it’s too early in the Ss sta: game to determine who's recy- cled the most office’ paper, The al Paper Chase is Castlegar Sun went roving with m Eighteen busi their camera last week to find taken up The Sun's challenge to recyclers in action Employees of the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce and the United Way, who share the same building, are into the swing of things. “When we got it [the recy- cling drum] we got really excit- ed and dumped a bunch of stuff in it,”-said Nona Paulson. Besides being environmen- tally responsible, Paulson is impressed at how easy it is to recycle paper, which otherwise would have gone to the landfill. “There's no sorting, you just dump your paper. It’s great! Before this it was just going to the dump.” j recycle ther office paper The late.1 businesses to take up the Budget Rent A vhich employs five peo: hrifty Car Rental, with th employees, G&G Wood Wwe ar w one employee: Berg Con (ruction with three employees Canadian Regional! Airlines, with nine employees; The Castlegar branch of the Canadi un Red Cross, six employees Thompson. LeRose and Brown with th Castlegar and District Recre which employs employees and ation Centr ven peopk a Sun Editor Slocan Yalley Recreation Commission #8 Box 8, Slocan Park, B.C Phone: 226-7744 R e cing It NDOOR RECREATION Drop-in fee: $2 to all the following. Times 7:00 to 9:00 pam.-: Mt. Sentinel ess w School Ladies Volleyball - Thursdays, Mt Sentinal School Badminton Kenned Mens’ Basketball - Tuesdays, Winlew School Mens’ wiays. Mt Sentunel Mens Floor Hockey - Thursdays, W.E. Grapam School Mens’ Floor S HANDS-ON BREAD MAKING: Make vecaccia, Wheat & yeast free breads ) S king Labs- Apn! 8th to May 0 10 9:00 p.m. Inst. Abra Brin. Fee be RE REGISTER BY APRIL 121 ND KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE - A Pro-D Day Feast for kids Ages 8 & older: ‘“ nis fantasy crafts day. Frid 30 am. to noon. Slocan Park Hall PRE-REGISTER BY APRIL 13th day. Friday . Rec Fee: $15/1 sessio E THE SUN” - A Native Awareness Pro-D Day Ages 5 to 10 9 to noon and/or 12:30 to 3 p.m. Instructors: Dayne Davis & day. PRE-REGISTER BY APRIL 17th FICAL APPROACH TO GREENHOUSE PEST CONTROL: Saturday, April 2nd. Four Winiaw vctor Fred Dutoff. Fee $5/1 session. PRE-REGISTER BY IGNING A HERB, VEGETABLE & FLOWER GARDEN: Sunday, April 23rd | to 4 p.m, Netta’s ok ce $5()/6 sessions PRE-REGISTER BY APRIL 14TH a CLASSES w hool Ap! 19 to May 24:h (Wed). Beginners - 6 to 7 pm, Intermediates . RE-REGISTER BY APRIL 14th WLUPS HARP ic May 24 (Wed.) #15 BOISTER BY APR 9 pm. Instructor Terry ‘ORGANIC MECHANIX owing * VW Specialists ¢ Import Car Experts Used & New Parts ¢ ICBC Repairs Government Inspections Crescent Valley 359-7625 Trail EcoCentre has lost the recycling contract for Castlegar and the surrounding area. Ace Recycling of Brilliant won the six-month contract with a low bid of $8,600 a month. Alpirie Recycling of Trail also bid on the contract. Ace spokesman Dean Kattler said his company took over the recycling operation on April | Trail EcoCentre was the sub- ject of considerable controversy last year over the condition of its recycling depot beside the Castle: gar Foods store. As well, the firm came under fire when large quantities of recy- clable materials were found Kattler said he’s glad to have the recycling contract “We're off and running.” And he promised a more “pro active apprdach” to recycling That includes the construction of a three-sided building to house the recycling bins on the Castle gar Foods parking lot In addition, Kattler said the Castlegar depot will be staffed with someone to help patrons unload and sort recyclables and discuss how to recycle properly And he will have assign on Columbia Avenue directing patrons to the depot Kattler said his aim is to make recycling “easy To that end, he plans a secon! Ma, PACIFIC HOMES ~~ ANNOUNCEMENT the appointment of JIM RANGER Office 352-5551 Residence 825-4650 As asales agent for the West Kootenay Please contact Jim for information, construction details, costs, etc. regarding Pacific Homes’ complete line of quality pre-fabricated package homes. Ma». PACIFIC HOMES 19486 - 60TH AVE., SURREY, B.C. V35 8ES TOLL FREE 1-800-667-7880 * FAX 534-4990 Aasland Taxidermy location, He said that depot, which will also be staffed, should be up and running in less than a week Kattler is also responsible for the complete west waste manage- ment subregion of the Regional to Playmor and up the Slocan Valley as far as Nakusp. He intends to have four unstaffed drop-off sites in the val- ley: at Slocan, Silverton, New Denver and Nakusp, along with a collection depot at the Slocan District of Central Kootenay Valley Co-op. ITY OF CAS PUBLI R NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on: DATE: Tuesday, April 18, 1995 TIME: 6:30p.m. PLACE: Fireside Motor Inn (Banquet Room) 1810 - 8th Avenue Castlegar, B.C. in order to afford all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the following amendments to Official Community Plan Bylaw 651 and Zoning Bylaw 553 an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in these amendments. BYLAW 734 (Amends Official Community Plan Bylaw 651) The intent of this bylaw is to amend Schedule “G” to Schedule “1” of Official Community Plan Bylaw 651 by adding a portion of Lots 20 and 21, District Lot 7174, Kootenay District, Plan 2041 to the designated Development Permit Area No. 646-93, as the applicant intends to construct a 15 unit seniors housing development on the subject property at 2216/2220 Columbia Avenue. BYLAW 735 (Amends Zoning Bylaw 553) The: intent of this bylaw is to amend Schedule “A” of Zoning Bylaw 553 by changing the zoning designation of a portion of Lots 20 and 21, District Lot 7174, Kootenay District, Plan 2041 from R1 (Single Family Residential) to RS1 (Special Residential), as the applicant intends to construct a 15 unit seniors housing development on the available for inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from . April 5 to Tuesday, April 18, 1995 inclusive, at City Hall, 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar. For further information conceming this matter you may contact the Director of Development Services or City Clerk at 365-7227. Dated at Castlegar, B.C. this Sth day of April, 1995, Dianne Hunter City Clerk Challenge has reached as far as Ottawa, *On March 23 Kootenay ‘West-Revelstoke MP Jim Gouk raised the campaign on the floor of the House of Commons. “The project has caught the interest of people all over B.C. and it's still growing,” he said. Gouk Cited the tiny commu- nity of Salmo (pop. 1,069) who enthusiasm that they're putting up highway signs proclaiming “Penny Starts in Salmo”. Salmo residents have’ chal- lenged every city, town and vil- lage in B.C. to a per capita penny-gathering competition. They plan to send a truckload of pennies to Ottawa on Cana- da Day. “Salmo challénges all honor- jars, dresser drawers, penny ‘banks and collect more pennies on @ per capita basis than the rersidents of Salmo,” Gouk told ‘the Commons. The pennies will be applied against the national debt on July 1 and could save the federal government $10.5 million annu- ally in pennies that won't have to be minted. Residents ponder future of the Endicott Centre has given us a slightly different ore information LIONS SOCTETY OF BC Residents of the East and West Kootenays participated recently in plans to coniplete the down- sizing of the Endicott Centre in Creston. Endicott has served people with mental disabilities from throughout the Kootenays for 30 years. Many individuals from the Kootenays spent parts of their lives there and a number of East Kootenay residents sit on the board of governors. With the change of philosophy from institutionalization to com- @nunity living for people with dis- abilities, the centre has been intégrating their clients into the community for the past 15 years. Staff has provided training to jthese individuals to assure suc- essful community integration d support to them as needed ¢ number of people living at ¢ centre has been reduced from 173 in the 1980s to 24 now. } The Kootenay Society for Community Living, which fadministers the centre, is now iconsidering options for ongoing juse of the facilities. At a recent meeting of the ‘board a planning forum was facil- itated by past-president Debbie Kozak of Nelson, president Mag- gie Lindsay-Tadey of Cranbrook, and Endicott board of manage- ment president Suzanne Kennedy of Ta-Ta Creek. Some 30 people from through- out the Kootenays participated, including several former resi- dents of the centre. Of primary concern is the lifestyles of those still residing on the property. Ideas were proposed for the use of the several build- ings and large tract of land that make up the properties of the Endicott Centre. Since the centre still provides support resources and training for caregivers, respite opportuni- ties and emergency placements, self advocacy and life skills training, and an administrative centre for KSCL, continued use of some of the facilities by KSCL was highlighted. The meeting stressed that the Endicott Centre is not closing down. The need for continued liaison with government min- istries and the working staff and assurance that any changes meet the needs of the clients and com- munity was paramount in the discussion. Suggestions included remod- elling residences into apartments for community rentals and open- ing the facilities for community use such as an arts centre, a rid- ing ranch or a senior citizens facility. A training facility for human service workers, a generic service for seniors and a coordination centre for resources, information and administration were other options discussed. There was a Hospital gets help SUN STAFF Castlegar Hospital will be receiving two vital pieces of equipment—a life pack defib rillator and a gastroscope thanks to the Castlegar Hospital Auxiliary. Hospital board member and Auxiliary member, Nettie Stup- nikoff, told trustees at a recent board meeting that the Auxiliary will purchase the two items at a total cost of some $35,000 Stupnikoff said that over the last five years the auxiliary has donated some $69,000 to Castlegar hospital for such needed purchases Money raised is through rummage sales, the Hospital Auxiliary Treasure Shop and the Castlegar Hospital Gift Shop and countless hours of volunteer work This year Castlegar Hospital will spend $138,150 on the pur- chase of equipment consensus that a multi-options approach may be best. Centre administrator Kelly Frederick stated, “All can be accomplished. Multi-use is an option. Bringing in the communi- ty would be beneficial to the remaining residents and uses of the buildings could be changed by relocating some people.” The need to employ consultive services and structure firm time lines and commitments for change were addressed. Creston councillor Bill Pfiefer noted that most of the people in Creston were unaware of the expanse of the facilities and that they might be available to the community. He suggested the public be informed and have input into the plans. The group decided to strike an advisory committee of for- mer centre residents, the KSCL board, Creston residents and others interested in the future of the facility. The committee would report back to the region- al meeting Steak Neptune Open Mon. to Sat. trom 4:00 prn Schad Har. 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We are looking for deserving coaches from the area to recognize through the 3M/Castiegar Sun 1995 Community Coach Recognition Awards Program. Along with ized certificates and a distinctive LocalC ition Award pin, winning coaches will have their pi ‘e in The Casti Sun. ae Sa aa BE TEE LTE Fe a TTA | 3M/Castlegar Sun 1 COMMUNITY COACH RECOGNITION PROGRAM | Note: Coach must reside in area served by this newspaper Name of Coach; Sport: League: __ | | Nominated by:___ | | | | | | Coach's Profile. Please provide a brief history on the nominee, outlining such elements as years of! coaching, gful coaching achi etc. Attach a separate sheet if necessary Winners of the 3M/Castlegar Sun Community Coach Recognition will be judged on the following values and tandards. Please give an example of how the coach you are nominating exemplifies these values and standards * Demonstrating respect for officials, opponents and parents, and'espousing a philosophy of fair play * Demonstrating concern for all-round development of the athlete and instilling guidetines reflecting responsible conduct beyond the playing field * Presenting, through example, a positive image of coaching * Applying relevant training theory and coaching techniques, etc National Coaching Certification Program (NCP) Please send entries to: ‘ Attn: Marilyn Strong, The Castlegar Sun, 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar V1N 1G8 or call The Castlegar Sun office at (604) 365-5266 for more details. Please include your name and phone number, along with your nominee's name and phone number Deadline for entries is August 31, 1995 Ce eee Le meme eee ee eee eee eee 0