Page 2A The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, October 14, 1992 “We don't want to. be hearing Ground breaking ceremony takes place, but city suspends development permit Sun Staff The official ground-breaking ceremony has taken place, but Castlegar City Council has decided to hold-off it's decision to grant a development permit to Rick Holdings Ltd to build the Southcentre Mall. City council received a letter from the Alberta-based develop- er stating it intends to subdivide a portion of the property. Council was under the impression that no subdividing would be done. At a special meeting last Thursday, the city decided to sus- pend its decision to grant a per- mit, and instead laid out a number of conditions which must be met before subdividing can take place. Part of this includes entering into a service agreement and providing a security for land- ~~ scaping. Eleven residents attended the public meeting to voice concerns they had in regards to the new mall. Polly Chernoff, a resident near the mall site, said she is con- cemed about traffic flows in her residential neighborhood as well potential noise levels due to the unloading of merchandise at night these running trucks coming around at all hours of the night," Chernoff said. Chuck Kucera, engineering consultant for Rick Holdings Ltd., explained that the Met, which is the anchor store in the mall, is a department store and not a grocery store, and therefore no refrigeration trucks would be used. -“The clothing stores in the mall will likely be unloading their goods during working hours as well, and not at night,” Kucera said. Another resident commented on the design of the mall itself, saying it looked like something out of the early 1950s. “Where did they dig that design up? It looks like a cheap box'to me,” said Gabe Ferreux “Why don't you give it some character." Cynicism throughout the com- munity, due to the number of false mall proposals, was another issues Kucera was asked to address. "I hope that we can allay your cynicism by our performance," Kucera said. "This company would not have spent thousands of dollars if it was not serious about building this mall." 4 a ae © 7 A? i\_ . A ground-breaking ceremony held last Friday brought out Dan Rodgers, Western Cana- da District Manager for Met Mart, Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore, Rick Filante, Presi- dent of Rick Holdings Ltd., and. Joe Selvage, Vice President of Operations for Met Mart. 1992 SUNBIRD LE © 2.0 It. overhead cam EFI engine @ Automatic transmission © Antilock brakes ° Air conditioning © Cassette stereo system THREE TO CHOOSE FROM 1992 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE SSE Ultimate Pontiac Road Car! 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In order to maintain control Wednesday, October 14, 1992 The Castlegar Sun Class of ’93 working to avoid JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun staff Stanley Humphries 170 gradu- ating students are planning to take control of their own future. An informational meeting brought out more than 100 par- ents in to the SHSS library last Thursday. The meeting, geared to on planning graduation cere- monies, was initiated by the stu- dents’ Grad Council. “We wanted to see where the parents are coming from. Now we are going to have to see what the students want,” said Graeme Basson, Grad Council Chairper- son. In order to help the students plan for their graduation, several parents volunteered to help plan and organize. Incidents at last year's gradua- tion celebrations, which involved violations of the Liquor Control Act, have made it difficult to plan for this year’s ceremonies. “It’s time to move ahead instead of ” Basson said. over what types of qi end up on the program, the calls will be screened to make sure they are appropriate “It’s simple when we get a call, we take the caller's name and tele- phone number, then we call back. Using this method there is so control over what types of ques- tions are put on the air,” Ehman said. There may not be enough air time to get all the questions on the program. “Some of the questions will be answered on screen and others will be handled off screen, it depends on the nature of the questions,” Ehman said. When asked by the school board what would be done if a question was asked that they could not answer, Ehman’s response was, “Lf we don't know the answer, we take the student’s number and call them back when we know the answer. It is the suse as any teacher does, get back"to the student once they have found the answer.” “Shaw Cable has indicated, if there is enough interest and it attracts the viewership, they would dedicate an entire educational channel for the Kootenays,”"Ehman said. Although the program looks good, some of the trustees were concemed about difficulties in get- ting enough volunteer help to keep the program going. “It's a very good initiative at the time, but we can’t expect miracles. It looks very easy (to get volun- teers), but it’s not,” said Joanne Baker, School Board Trustee and Chair of the Education Committee The program will be produced by John Eglington, Principal at Castlegar Primary School, in con- junction with Stanley Humphries Secondary School Video Club. Ehman was looking for support from the school district in notify- ing parents about the program and help from teachers to answer the inquires. “I certainly support the pro- gram for the simple reason that the local education system would be highlighted,” Mickey Kinakin said. Enrollment up-in School District No. 9 JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun staff The number of students enrolled in School District No. 9 is higher than Ministry of Edu- _ Cation projections. There are a total of 2,199 full time students in the school dis- trict compared to the expected 2179 students. The greatest single increase was at Stanley Humphries Sec- ondary School, with 712 full time students, 40 more than was projected by The Ministry of Education. The number of students at SHSS were as high as 891 in past years, then a progressive decline over a three year period brought the numbers down “This years increase is a sign that things are back on the upswing,” said Lachlan Farrell, Assistant Superintendent of School District No. 9 Earlier this year the SHSS administration decided not to a grad march or dance. “We could not get a definitive answer as to what withdrawal of sponsorship meant,” said Dana Peterson, one of the parents who volunteered to help in planning for the grad. Students and parents were told that if they wanted to have ceremonies other than the award and diploma presentations, they would have to plan and take Tesponsibility themselves. Basson said the students want this grad to be, “For the grads, by the grads, and make it the best grad ever.” So far there are mixed feelings on whether a dry (alcohol free)or a wet grad (alcohol available)should be held. “We [grad council] are hoping for a dry grad,” Basson said, “but it depends on how the other stu- dents vote.” With.a very organized and pro- fessional attitude, the grad coun- cil has taken the unfortunate Be counted! JASON KEENAN | Sun staff Elections Canada has made their list. Now they need your help in checking it twice - and making sure you're on the list. “It’s important because you want to protect your right to vote,” said Bruce Striegler, spokesman for B.C. and Yukon Elections Canada. The initial door-té-door enu- meration period for the Oct. 26 constitutional referendum was closed on Oct. 7, so anyone who has not yet been enumerated has to go through the revision pro- cess. Your last chance to register for the vote on our constitution is Oct. 19. “According to the act, the seventh day before poll day is the last day of revision,” said Striegler. There is a different process for urban and rural residents, and Striegler said the most effective, and easiest way to ensure your name gets on to the list is to contact the returning officers in either Nelson or Trail. In an area like Castlegar and its surrounding areas, people may have difficulty figuring out whether or not they are in an urban or a rural enumeration area. Either office can help the unenumerated sort this out, and how they should go about being enumerated. Striegler pointed out that there is a secondary importance in being enumerated. “This voters list could form the basis of the voters list for the next federal election,” he said. When a nation-wide enu- meration like the current one is done, it can remain valid for up to one year. There is the strong likelihood a federal election could be called within that time period. If citizens ensure they are enumerated this time, they won't need to worry about it again if a federal election is called in the next year. “Hf you're on the voters list, you're there.” incidents that tamished the repu- tation of SHSS grads and is using it to find the good in this year's group. They have rted this school year with various well organized grad activities. To keep the group moral high, the Grad Council plans on having Some sort of a group activity at least once each month. Last year's graduating class held two activities during the entire school year. This year’s class has orga- nized two very successful events already . As a group, the graduat- ing class have participated in the Terry Fox Run raising $800-$900 and over 40 students from the donated blood at the Red Cross blood Donor Clinic this past grad fiasco WEATHER OUTLOOK: The forecast for Wednesday; Cloudy with sunny breaks and scattered showers, flurries at higher elevations. Windy at times. Cool with high tempera- tures near 8. Outlook: Sunny , cool conditions are likely on Thursday. Cloudy periods and slightly warmer temper- atures are expected for Friday. week Parents of some of the students feel the schools’ withdrawal of sponsorship of the graduation cer- emonies is putting the punish- ment on the wrong people “This years class’ is being held at the ransom of the past,” said Richard Dodds, another parent who has volunteered to help. A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: Temperature: Max/Date Min/Date Mean 18.2/8 2.6/7 88 ’ Precipitation: Rain Snow Total TR 0 Number of Hours 28.2 REMARKS: A series of weak systems tracked across the interior to our north and provided fairly cloudy but dry conditions during the week. Forecast provided by The South - East interior Weather Office Stanley Humphries Secondary School grade 12 student, Venie Voykin, winces as a nurse pricks her finger to take a blood sample during the Red Cross Blood Donor Clin- ic, held last week. More than 40 students from the 1993 graduating class gave blood. SUN STAFF PHOTO (John Van Putten ABSOLUTELY THE BEST GMC TRUCK VALUE IN THE KOOTENAYS SONOMA e 2.5 It. 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