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Saturday, February 15, 1992

THE FAR SIDE

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Life on a microscope slide

Victim program waits &
for government funds

Glen Freeman
NEWS REPORTER

Victims of crime are still
waiting.

‘Castlegar city council has
offered its help to start a vic-
tim assistance program.that
some think is overdue.

city’s 1992 budget,” Ald. Kirk

Duff said. “Hopefully that ~

amount will be matched by
other levels of government.”

If that amount is matched,
the victim assistance program
could be working with $30,000
a year.

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enough,” said the Trail victim- g0vernment don’t support our
assistance program co-ordina- _ bid, we will go ahead with the
tor Kay Medland. program,” said Duff. “It's a

“Those we help say that our
service is invaluable. This ser-
vice supports victims of crime
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RCMP Const. Russell Sang- “It will be an asset to our
ster met with council in community,” he said.
November to ask for funding. The Victim Assistance Pro-

“(We have set aside) gram should be in place by
$10,000 for a program inthe summer or early fall.

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Jonathan Green
NEWS REPORTER

It was a scary 24 hours for Dale
Callow.

The owner of Central Taxi was
forced to close down Tuesday
evening after he ran out of the
necessary funds to stay in busi-
ness.

“I don’t even have the money to
declare bankruptcy,” he said
Wednesday afternoon.

But by Wednesday evening,
Central’s four cabs were back in
service after the company’s 12 dri-
vers acted out the role of white

ights.

¢ “We got bailed out last night,”
Callow said Thursday. “The dri-
vers backed me up.

“They came up with the money
between themselves to keep us in
business.”

The source of Callow’s money
woes started back in August,
when he took over the company

and its debt load of $100, 000 to | %

some 35 creditors.

“I could see the dollars that
could be generated here,” he said,
alluding to the Celgar Pulp Co. ex-
pansion project.

But: through the company’s
payroll plan, Callow saw that
more money was being paid out in

ployed, suddenly making them
employees.
“They’re employees, you have

to deduct,” Callow said the gov-.

ernment told him.

An auditor was sent to look
over Central’s books and deter-
mined that Callow owed the gov-
ernment some $3,300 in back tax-
es. But through a breakdown in
communication, the government
never received the money and
froze the company’s bank account
until the funds were paid. That
forced Callow to call it quits... for
24 hours.

“For a lousy, three soured

Central survives closure

dollars it puts 12 men out of
work,” he said Wednesday.

But those 12 men were back be-
hind the wheel Wednesday night
after putting up the money owed
in back taxes.

“It’s a real privlege to have peo-
ple like that behind you,” Callow
said. “They’re No. 1.”

With his drivers bringing in
some $3500, Callow said the first

order of business would be to give *

the government what they came
looking for.

“We're pretty sure that’s what
where it’s going to go,” he said. “To
get them off our backs altogether.”

wages than the company could af-
ford.

With that in mind, he had a
lawyer draw up a non-voting pre-

ferred share agreement for the
company’s 12 cabbies in Novem-
ber. For $1, the drivers would keep
a percentage of their daily take,
while Callow would receive the

rest.

“As far as we knew at that time,
that made them self-employed,”
he said.

Being self- employed, Callow
thought the drivers wouldn’t pay
income taxes. But a phone call
from Revenue Canada last month
proved that theory wrong.

Since Central’s drivers didn’t
own their cabs, Callow was told
they weren’t considered self-em-

Ferry
users
ready

1 Ad Hoc Committee asking
Minister to commit to
Castlegar-Robson bridge

Scott David Harrison
EDITOR

The Robson-Raspberry Ferry
Users Ad Hoc Committee is ready.

Nine days before Art Charbon-
neau’s visit, the committee has
prepared a list of question to
throw the Transport Minister’s
way.

' Surprisingly, the status of the

Robson ferry isn’t topping the list.

News photo by Jonathan Green

Holding federal government payment notices for over $3200, Central
Taxi owner Dale Callow called it quits Tuesday evening. But, thanks to
help from his drivers, Central's four cabs Were back out the next night.

Support sags for Bloc

Glen Freeman
NEWS REPORTER
Castlegar’s Block Parents program is in trouble.

k Parents

that Block Parents provide a valuable service.
“I know of three instances since September where
children would have benefited from Block Parents,”

The community-orientated watch program islos- %4id Andrews at the parent meeting held in Blueber-

ing it’s appeal, according to the Castlegar RCMP.
“I wouldn't like to see it go under,” Const. Russell

ry. “And that’s in our small community alone.”
The meeting inspired at least two families to apply

Sangster said. “Our involvement with Block Parents the program, but more is needed.

tells people that we care about our children.”
The Block Parents program

While there are about 100 local families enrolled

in the Block Parents program,

is a community-based service

that offers protection to chil- ‘We can’tignore this program.

it is unknown how many of
those are active, according to

dren who are in harmful situa- Qur children are worth too much 5#é*tr-

tions.

“For instance,” said Sang-
ster, “if a child is lost, being
harmed by a dog or bothered by

to do that.’

“You don’t sed many of those

— Const. Russell Sangster familiar red and white signs in

windows anymore,” said Sang-

bullies, the Block Parent would :
shelter that child for a short time.” “Tm surp

ster.

rised, because there is very little cost in-

Sangster talked with 15 concerned parents of volved, it’s just effort on the part of the community,”

Blueberry Elementary School children Tuesday, h® said
telling them of the program’s im “We can't ignore

portance.
Blueberry’s Principal ‘Trudy Andrews understands children are worth too much to do that.”

this program,” said.“Our

Instead, spokesperson Terry Dal-
ton says committee will put the
proposed Castlegar-Robson bridge
at the top of the agenda.

“We want the minister to make
a commitment regarding the
bridge,” Dalton said, one day after
the committee’s strategy session.
“We want him to agree that a link
between Castlegar and Robson is
necessary.”

Dalton said Robson deserves to
be enlightened regarding the pro-
posed $23.5 million bridge, which
is currently being reviewed.

He said Charbonneau owes it to
the Robson people to reveal his in-
tentions during Feb. 24’s 90-
minute town hall meeting.

To help persuade Charbonneau
into giving Robson a hint at what’s
to come, Dalton said children, se-
niors and disabled people would
help pose a few questions.

“We want to know what Mr.
Charbonneau’s plans are,” Dalton
said. “Ifhe plans on approving the
bridge, we want to know that. Ifhe
is not planning on building the
bridge, we want to know what we
can do to restore a link between
Castlegar and Robson — that link
being the ferry.”

To help persuade Charbonneau,
Dalton said

Dalton said the committee
won't abandon the Robson ferry if
the minister approves the bridge.
Instead, he would petition the
minister to restore ferry service
until the bridge opens.

Dalton said the committee will
only abandon the ferry if it is told
to by the citizens of Robson. He
said Robson has been backing the
committee’s four-year battle with
the province.

“As Thave said before, you don’t
always fight the last time for the
last time,” Dalton said.

“Sometime you fight the last
time for the next time, so nothing
like this every happens again to the
citizens of Robson.”

The town hall meeting begins a
7 p.m.

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