B.C. juveniles are Western Canadian champs! First interprovincial tourney in the Kootenays/7A WEDNESDA August 5, 1992 Vol. 2 - No. 26 Glance Summer hours A reminder that The Castle- gar Sun's summertime office hours are Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Ducky winners Congratulations to the win- ners in the Third Annual Kiwanis Duck Race, held last Sunday at Pass Creek. All 1,000 duck tickets were sold, and the winning ducks belong to these people: !st prize ($1,000), Rhonda Sorenson; 2nd prize ($300) Joan Muller; 3rd prize ($200) Marcella Chemoff and 4th prize ($100) Samantha Thor-Larsen. The Kiwanis Club wish to thank all those who supported this Project which supports vari- ous Community programs. How about Castlegar? The provincial government has announced that five new screening mammography centres will be opening in northern B.C..The new Screening centres are in Prince George, Dawson Creek, Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Terrace. Now the big question. .When mobile screening vans came to Castlegar, they were very popular with local women. Is there a chance of Castlegar having its own centre? Whatamalon ding-dong No, it's not a spelling error, it's the latest “go crazy” event at the Community Complex for kids age 6-12. Whata- malon ding-dong will take place August 11 from | p.m to 3 p.m., and will consist of water games and lots of watermelon eating. Be pre- pared to get wet, and messy! Already 10 children have been signed up for the event, so don't wait too much longer. Call the complex for more information. Mad scientist Have you ever wanted to be a mad scientist? Well, if you are between the ages of 6 and 12 the opportunity awaits you at the Castlegar Complex. It all happens August 13. Call the complex for details. Hot wheels! CURB to show collective Support in October Sun Editor The members of the Coalition Unaccepting Rash Bureaucracy (CURB) will be throwing their support collectively behind one candidate when a by-election is called this Fall. The candidate, in all likeli- hood, will be a member of the watchdog organization. Mike O'Connor, president of CURB, said at least five individ- uals have expressed interest in running for a seat on city council, which is currently held by Coun- cillor Marilyn Mathieson, who has unofficially resigned. “We'll be throwing our sup- port behind one candidate, although we don’t know who that will be yet,” continued O’Con- nor, who says he has also been approached to run for the posi- tion on council “If Marilyn does resign and we still have more than one person from CURB who is willing to run for council by October, then CURB will have a meeting and get the members to vote on who they think is best suited to be a candidate,” said O'Connor. The president of CURB, cur- rently an American citizen though striving for his Canadian citizenship, says he knows exactly what kind of person it will take to run as a candidate for city council. “We need somebody who's not going to take all this crap,” said O'Connor, referring to other pre- sent city councillors whom he believes are told how to vote by Mayor Audrey Moore. O'Connor says he believes there is great interest in the com- munity regarding the by-election, and he hopes voters will have more than one person to choose from when voting. “For the process to work, there should be at least two or more candidates running,” SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper Harry Maglio helps extinguish a fire which started in this large truck’s rear brakes last Thursday morning at the junction of Highways 3A and 6. For all the loca Peak fire season for Arrow Forest District Over 100 fires recorded since the start of summer/2A The Castle ‘Leading the way in supporting local business’ Arizona cyclist Paul Kezmoh assumes a mor rest after a long day of bicycle touring. S Castlegar last week. gar Sun 104 4 LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY FARLIAMENT BUILDINGS VICTORIA BC VBV 1X4 CONTEST Something smells at the Castlegar Sun! Could it be your feet in the Barefoot/Barbecue contest? MIXED Weather 3A 75 Cents + G.S.T. Made in the shade Se ai / ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper e horizontal state at Castlegar’s Kiwanis field picnic area to ee page B1 for a Profile story on Cycle America’s visit to Councillor hoping by-election will bring out voters Only 22 per-cent showed up for last referendum SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Edi City Councillor Kirk Duff is hoping that a by-election to replace Marilyn Mathieson cou- Pled with the new RCMP build- ing referendum will bring more people out to exe their right to vote “I think that by holding both the referendum and the by-elec- tion at the same time, there will be more enthusiasm on behalf of voters,” said Duff, who remem- bers the last referendum held in Involvement in accident has man calling for more left-hand turning lanes SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Jim Anderson is calling the lack of left-hand tuming lanes on Highway 22 at certain intersec- tions a death-trap. Highway 22 is the same stretch of road known as Columbia Avenue north of the Highway 3 and 3A intersection. Highway 22, however, stretches southward to Trail. The speed limit on this part of the highway increases from 50 km to 60 km, has two major intersections (20th St and 24th St) yet contains no jeft-hand turning lanes "I don't understand why there is no left-hand turning lane on this major highway. It's an extremely busy highway, with commuters from Nelson and Trail using it every day,” said Anderson, who was involved in an accident on the same route not too long ago. "I'm sure there is an accident every month on this road.” Anderson says that along with a left-hand turning lane, there should also be signalled cross- walks at both 20th and 24th Streets. “Another good reason to put these in is the number of children who have to cross this major highway to access the Communi- ty Complex.” While some might think the responsibility to provide such safety features rests on city See SAFETY 2A Castlegar RCMP search for male hitch Sun Staff ; Castlegar RCMP are secking the assistance of the driver of a vehicle who picked up two hitch- hikers, a male and a female, and drove them to Castlegar around midnight, last Friday night The subjects were picked up on Highway 22 in front of Com- inco. Anyone having any infor- mation about the two individuals is urged to contact the Castlegar RCMP immediately at 365-7721 n iker after woman claims sexual assault The information is being sought as RCMP are investigat- ing a report of sexual assault. The 18-year-old female hitch-hiker reported to police that she was sexually assaulted near Mike's R.V. on Columbia Avenue, by the unknown male hitch-hiker. She said that she met the hitch- hiker when travelling to Castle- gar. The suspect is described as being a white male wearing blue Jeans and a baseball cap, 20-25 years of age, with a slim build. Castlegar, a paving issue which bought out a mere 22-per-cent of eligible voters. “We want to see a lot more than a 22 per cent turnout. I'm hoping that the by-election will allow this.” Duff also commented on Math- ieson’s still unofficial resignation from city council. “She was a strong voice on council, and she knew her stuff. She'll be missed,” said Duff. When it comes to replacing Mathieson, Duff says he doesn’t Entertainment ....... 2B Quote/Unquote “It seems to affect my want to see it done by acclama- tion, which would mean that if only one candidate stepped for- ward, he or she would be assigned the position. “I would really like to see two or more candidates running for the position. Then I’m sure things will really heat up in September.” entire body, but my knees are the worst.” —Brad Armstrong, age 16, talking about living with Juvenile Ankylosine Spondylitis, a form of Arthritis. See page 2A Vilgrain shoots, the Red Cross scores SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper New Jersey Devil and summer-Castlegar resident Claude Vilgrain (right) hands over his Alka-Seltzer plus award cheque for $1,000 to Harry Grossmith of the local Red Cross. See story 7A. | news and sports — the Castlegar Sun ?