The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, July 7, 1993

Soyalac soy Infant Formula recalled

Formula contaminated with Salmonella bacteria

KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff

it is advised that you do not use it, but instead return it to the place from which it was purchased.

Health and Welfare Canada have issued a recall on 400 gram con- tainers of Soyalac Soy Infant Formula powder due to Salmonella bac- teria contamination. The containers which have been d are

are usually present within four to 72 hours after eating d food. ‘The np include: sudden onset of abdominal pain; watery diarrhea; nausea; fever and vomiting, ‘The iting and diarrhea which is often associated with Salmonella

from lot number 94/W5310/923081. The lot number can be found on the bottom of the container, Should you find a contaminated container

poisoning can cause severe illness in infants. The formula had been shipped to stores in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta.

Castlegar-Robson bridge on schedule

Completion

KAREN KERKHOFF

Sun staff restrictions.

The Castlegar Robson Bridge is proceed- ing on schedule for the July, 1994 comple tion date even though there are still environmental restrictions in effect due to spawning fish.

Ministry of Highways Project Manager, Rocky Vanlerberg, said even though there are restrictions in effect, work is continuing

Castlegar side.”

on the Castlegar side.

in areas which aren't affected by the

“The three piers (4, 5, and 6) on the Rob- son side are completed, and we're back fill- ing the multi-plate (train culvert) on the

Work is also continuing on the abutment Other than two dump trucks which ended

up on their sides earlier this year, Vanlerberg said safety on the site has been exemplary.

still slated for July 1994

“To my knowledge I haven't heard of any. injuries. SCI is emphatic about safety. All their workers are required to wear hard-hats, steel-toed boots and vests while on site. Car- penters, laborers—they all wear vests. SCT is very stringent about safety.”

The Castlegar Robson Bridge will be a two-lane six-pier steel structure, which will include a pedestrian walkway on the down- stream side of the bridge and about four kilo- meters of highway approaches.

Zero tolerance for family violence

Women's Equality Critic introduces bill for mandatory arrest

KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff

“Zero tolerance” is one of the many catchy little phrases which has become popular in the 90's. The first time it was heard nation- wide was during the anti-drug campaign which was waged on those individuals who tried to transport drugs across the Canadian and

where domestic violence is likely to occur.

“This bill enforces a policy of zero tolerance in matters of family violence. Enforcement officers in all jurisdictions will be given the legal authority to arrest and press charges against offenders in cases of domestic violence, or where domestic violence is likely to occur.”

Reid said mandatory arrest legislation has been enacted in some U.S. states since the 1980's and has been effective in eliminating dis-

Wednesday, July 7, 1993

No rest on Sunday for local firefighters

The Castlegar Sun

Arson suspected in weekend blaze of abandoned house

KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff

Sunday is traditionally a day of rest, but for the Castlegar Fire Department Sunday, July 4 was anything but a day of rest. Castlegar Fire Chief, Gerry Rempel, said last Sunday kept local firefighters on their toes. “It was a very busy day—we certainly had lots of practice.”

The fire department was called out to 13th Street and Columbia Avenue to attend a grass fire at 10 am., but when firefighters arrived, the fire was under control—thanks to the owner of the Castlegar Bicycle and Sports Shop and neighbors. “They did good by reporting it and by putting out the fire. We appreciate it.”

Rempel said the fire had been set by three children under the age of 12, and although no one was injured, Rempel stressed that arson is a serious: offe » and when minors are. involved parents can be held responsible. “When fires have been set by kids, their parents are libel and can be held responsible for any costs which are incurred.”

The second call out, which occurred at.5:58 p.m., was due to a transformer fire on a power pole at 8th Street and Columbia Avenue near the Arrow Forest District office. While attending the transformer fire a fire alarm sounded at Stanley Humphries Secondary Schoo! but it was a false alarm. “It-was probably-caused by the power out age

The final call of the day was the largest and most suspicious, and required help from Castlegar Fire Hall No. 2, and Ootischenia and Robson Fire Departments. At 9:31 p.m. the fire departments respond- ed to a fire at a vacant house on Merry Creek Road.

Rempel said although he is just beginning the primary investiga- tion, he suspects arson might be the cause of the fire. “It is suspi- cious—mainly because it is a vacant house and there are not a lot of ignition sources.” Due to the prohibitive lengthy distance of the clos- est fire hydrant to the house, the Ootischenia and Robson fire trucks, which have tankers, were used to shuttle water from the hydrant to the burning house. The house was totally déstroyed iin the blaze

Car window broken by | thieves, wallet and cigarettes stolen

pee: July I they broke the driv Sun Staff

er’s window

All the thieves gained from the entry was a wallet and some cigarettes. Castle- gar RCMP are continuing to investigate the incident

After thieves were unable to gain entry through the sunroof and a rear window of a vehicle in Blueberry on

Hey! Citizens of Castlegar, it's the 1st Annual Firemans' Mud-Tug of War!

‘wt parking available at the NEW Parking Lot on 13th Avenue Access from the south end of 13th. Avenue(beside the Railway Station).

We value your patronage and arc own beat to make

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Sponsored by the City of Castlegar Reuitatiyation (7

American borders. Simply put, it means exactly what it implies— there will be zero tolerance for those who blatantly transport drugs.

But now the phrase zero toler- ance is being used by Libéral Women’s Equality Critic, Linda Reid when she speaks about fami- ly violence. Reid has recently introduced a bill into the Provin

‘Mandatory arrests will allow us as a society to stop protecting the offender and better look after the needs of the families.’

— LINDA REID Women's Equality Critic

cial Legislature which would give legal authority to enforcement officers to arrest and press charges against individuals who commit

domestic violence

The bill would also give legal authority to enforcement officers to arrest and press charge

inst individuals

Local residents beat the tax rush

Sun Staff

Castlegar residents know how to meet a deadline

According to city officials, more than 90 per cent of 1993 taxes were paid on or before the July 2 deadline set by city hall

As well as collecting its own, the city also acts as a collector for the school board, Regional District of Central Kootenay and Hospital

Its total tax bill for 1993 added

up to $9.6 million, but only half of that is actually paid to the city. Because residents meet or beat the deadline, they were given a break on their home owner grant This year, more than $1 million in homeowner grants were paid. City staff also report that more people are using a prepayment plan to pay taxes. This is the second year phat a prepayment plan has been offered, and the number of people using it has increased well over last year say city officials.

Driver claims amnesia

Sun Staff

Castlegar RCMP are trying to determine exactly who was the driver of a vehicle was which was involved in a single-vehicle acci-

dent June 30. Kevin Ozeroff, 22, of Castlegar,

Honda which left the roadway on Highway 3A in Thrums, admitted that although he had been in the vehicle when the accident occurred, he denied to police that he was the driver. Corporal Al Hudema, of the Castlegar RCMP detachment said it is believed that alcohol was a contributing factor in the accident, and that it had been reported that Ozeroff had an odor of alcohol about him when questioned about the accident by the RCMP. When asked who the driver was at the time of the accident Hudema said Ozeroff said he didn’t know. RCMP are continuing their investigation.

the registered owner of a 1992

cretionary arrest, which at times can be fatally flawed, resulting in unnecessary deaths. Mandatory arrest would set out specific condi- tions in which an officer were required-to arrest an offender, or potential offender, thus greatly reducing the incidents of domestic violence and abuse.

“The system must be changed to protect the victims

The victim, in most casés, a woman, must be hurt, maimed or killed

before the police are able to arrest and press charges

Mandatory

arrests will allow us as a society to stop protecting the offender and better look after the needs of the families before violence occurs.”

Accident victim in Stable condition

KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff

The name of a motor vehicle accident victim has finally been released by Castlegar RCMP as being Trevor James Melvin Smaaslet, 23, of Raspberry,

The accident occurred June 26 on Broadwater Road in Robson, when the vehicle, a 1974 Ford which Smaaslet was driving left the road and rolled. Smaaslet was take to Castlegar Hospital and later transferred by air ambu- lancé to Vancouver General Hospital where he underwent surgery for serious héad injuries.

Castlegar RCMP member, Corporal Al Hudema said the name of the victim couldn't be

Stolen vehicle

_ recovered

Sun Staff

A 1986 Plymouth Reliant which had been stolen from Tamarack Street in Castlegar June 30 was recovered July 1 near Hugh Keenleyside Dam.

Castlegar RCMP are. continu- ing their investigation.

released until Smaaslet's moth- er, who was vacationing in the Yukon, could be contacted Smaaslet is listed as being in stable condition at Vancouver General Hospital.

@ Hire

Continued from 1A Doreen Smecher.

Leadership and public rela- tions qualities are high on the list of needed attributes for a city administrator, as well as past experience in municipal affairs or administration.

Some community representa- tives have been asked to join city councillors on the selection committee and will sit in on this weekend's interviews. Ron Armbruster, from the Castlegar and District Chamber of Com- merce, and Henry John from the Economic Development board have been asked to be part of the selection committee. Also present for the interviews will be Barry Jackson from Selkirk College, who wil be chairing the interviews. The selection committee should be announc- ing the successful candidate by next week.

Search for lost hiker suspended Police waiting for further information

A two-day aerial and ground search for a missing backpacker in the Valhalla wilder-

ness area has been suspended.

RCMP say the search for Shawn Scott

Grindle. 18, in the Mt. Heimdal

been halted pending further investigation and development of information which might

lead to his location

Grindle, five-foot-seven and 135 pounds, was last seen June 17 when he was dropped off about five kilometres down the Berry Creek Road in the Valhalla range of the Selkirk Mountains. Grindle was embarking

area has

subdivision

on a 10-day trip in the mountains and was scheduled to contact his parents June 27. He failed to do so and police were contacted.

On July 1, RCMP conducted a aerial and ground search of the Mt Ground crews from the Provincial emergen- cy Program also searched the area that day but found no sign of Grindle or any evidence that he had ever made it that far.

On July 2, PEP ground crews from Slocan and New Denver tried again. along with the police service dog and handler from Nelson

Heimdal area

RCMP say a small camp was located off a logging spur connected to the Berry Creek Main Line, where a game board and Pieces as well as an empty juice can were found Grindle’s father. accompanying the search tcam, recognized the game board as the Property of his son, but subsequent searches of the area where the camp was discovered failed to reveal Grindle's presence

RCMP and the family urge information to contact the RCMP at 358-2222

any additional evidence of

anyone with

School District No. 9 signs new principals

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WEATHER

OUTLOOK:

The forcast for Wednesday: Cloudy with sunny periods, scattered afternoon showers or thundershowers: High temperatures near 23.

A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK:

Temperature; Max/Date Min/Date Normal

Mean

Mean

23.3/1st 7.7/28th 15.7 17.9

Precipitation: Rain Total Normal

Total

Snow

12.4 12.4 18.0

Sunshine: Number of

Hours

Normal Number of Hours

43.8 57.9

REMARKS:

To the disappointment of the majority of those concerned an unstable airmass maintained our cool, unsettled weather conditions throughout the week.

Forecast provided by The South - East Interior Weather Office at Castlegar, B.C

ARROW LAKE RESERVOIR FORECAST July 2, 1993 1430.6 « July 9, 1993 1429.6

The end of the school year meant new beginnings for two Schoot Distridt No. 9 employees, who each signed a new contract to take over the position of principal. Grant Lenarduzzi (left), will begin the upcom- ing school season as principal of Robson Elementary School, while John Eggleton will be principal of

Castlegar Primary School.

SUN STAFF PHOTO / Sharlene Imhoff

RCMP search vehicle for handgun

Report of man loading handgun taken seriously

KAREN KERKHOFF

n staff

z what appeared to be a n The RCMP promptly spot- Nowadays some toys look ted the men and the vehicles more authentic than the real in the 1700 block of thing—especially toy guns. Columbia Avenue. The vehi- and Castlegar RCMP can __ cle was stopped, and the men attest to that! were taken to the RCMP On July 2 the RCMP __ office for questioning received a call regarding two The vehicle they were males in a Blue Plymouth driving was towed to the Horizon who were seen Castlegar RCMP office and

searched—and what..the RCMP found in the vehicle was not one handgun, but four air pistols

Castlegar RCMP member Al Hudema, said although the “weapons” were just toys should the men have used the toy guns in a threatening manner they could have been charged. “It would have been iHtegal should it have been

used in an offense or to make someone belicve it was real

Their intentions appeared to be legal.” Because the two meA “appeared to be innocent of any illegal intent” Castle- gar RCMP released them without being charged

Hudema went on to say that any item which 18 used to commit a criminal offense can be classified as a weapon

WEATHER OF JUNE 1993

Bands of unstable, cool and moist air crossed the southern interior at fre quent intervals. This resulted in a mean temperature of 0.5 degrees below average. There were 16 days with measureable precipitation: we normally see about 12 days but surprisingly total precipitation was only 61.0 mm which is 3 mm below what we normaily see. The abundance of cloud kept the number of hours of bright sunshine 42.5 hours below normal. Mean wind speed was 6.7 kph well below the 28 year average of 8.1 kph.

Temperature High This Year

32.2 20

Date Record Day Year

36.8 23 1992

Low 6.1 11 23 1992 Precipitation Rain 1981 Snow iy z n/a Total Precip. 1974

Sunshine 1981

Ministry turns down request for $405,000 Funding for secondary access through town denied

SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor

applied early in February to the provincial Ministry of Municipal

Affairs for a grant of $405,000 in order to begin phase one con- struction of a secondary access in Castlegar. The city’s request, for the most part, was refused. Instead, the provincial govern- ment said it would approve wi grant of $45,000

“We received the govern- ment's answer late in June The letter stated there was insufficient funds for this pro- ject,” said a senior staffer

Ask and you shall receive, right? Wrong! Just ask city hall, which

RCMP chase car thief

The Mounties always get their man, and following a motor vehicle chase an Edmonton man, 38-year-old Ross Alexander Dickson, has from city hall been arrested and charged with The grant request was made impaired driving, dangerous to the Municipal Affairs

through its revenue sharing program for major municipal highways. This means, that if the government had approved the entire $405,000, the city of Castlegar would have had to match that amount before it could receive any money. The City of Castlegar however, has not set aside that money in this year’s budget, so chances are it knew that applying for the grant was a Pong shot

That doesn't mean the city can't plan ahead. As recognized in the recently completed Strate- gic Financial Plan, Castlegar resi-

and obstructing a police officer. On June 29, Castlegar RCMP had stopped Dickson for investigation of impaired driving, but when requested to exit the vehicle Dickson refused to do so, and instead drove away in his vehicle. The RCMP followed him south on Columbia Avenue and east on Silverwood Crescent where Dickson then attempted to ram the police cruiser with the pickup he was driving. The pursuit continued on Silver

operation of a motor vehicle

decreasi

KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff

of calls

about “nuisance” bears are

ng”

wood Crescent where the pick. up rear-ended a 1981 Honda car which was being operated by a 17 After hitting the Honda, ollided with two bears which were foraging in

hicles and Dick We ¥ 1 auested. Dickson

year-old Castlegar driver calls regarding the pickup then nwo parked son wit bernies and saskatoons are now catching on

sill appear in Rossland Provin cial Court to answer fo those char There were no injurk ind total damage was

estimated at $8,000,

bears. Tim Horton's Donuts offic

Maybe it’s the availability of * ple are becoming more conscientious, but Castlegar Conservation Otticer, Barry Farynuk, has reported that there have been no turther

ve had no complaints ‘at all, and have traps. IVs been fairly quiet. I'm not sure if it's because the huckl

wild” food, or it could be that peo

nuisance™ bears since the last calls regarding th

Tum Honon’s dumpster

Not had to set any

oul. of if it 4s because people are

Whatever the reason, that is good news for residents, and for the

jals have declined comment

dents have placed a relatively high priority on a secondary access route through Castlegar. Current plans state the large undertaking could be completed in two phases—the first of which would cost more than $800,000, with the second phase costing more than the first

Phase one would include the con- struction of a 1.1 kilometer route from 17th Street to 14th Street, while phase two would extend the route to Arrow Lakes Drive

City hall has not given up though, and one y official said application for the grant will be made again

Investigation rules Perepelkin

drowned Foul play not suspected

SHARLENE IMHOFF

Sun Editor

A coroners investigation into the death of Dennis William Pere- pelikin concludes that the deceased died as a result of fresh water drowning. In a report issued by Coroner Amie Sherwood, July 4, he states that the immediate canse of death was probably hypother- mia and that the death occurred near the Kinnaird Bridge on the Columbia River on January 16, 1992 at approximately 7 a.m.

The coroner also states there is no evidence of foul play, but that the entire event be classified under ‘undetermined’.

Local boy going to Science Academy Only 42 in all of Canada will be attending

KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff

When one thinks of a scien tist many preconceived visions come to mind, such as the wacky and absent minded pro fessor portrayed by Jerry Lewis in “The Nutty Professor

Nothing could be further from the truth—and the Deep River Science Academy in Deep River, Ontario is out to show selected Canadian youn s that science and techn dynamic, fun, and an part of our modern world

One Blueberry youth. K Skibinski—a recent Stanl Humphries graduate selected as one of 42 youths from across Canada who h been accepted at the Science Academy. The academy offers

has been

scientifically inclined students encouraged Skibinski to apply the opportunity to experience for the academy. Foster's the world of science through — encouragement, and Skibinski's actual hands-on biology or talent landed him a place in the physics research—a challenge Science Academy which will Skibinski is looking forward to run from June 28 to August 6 ‘I've applied to work with Although the camp will DNA investigating. It's a include lectures and hands-on world-wide project, and the experience Skibinski is looking little piece IT work with can t {to attending it. “I've then contribute to the project F vs like brology DNA investigation is a $5 bil »-biologist lion project for students Skibinski admits t¢ enjoying and doing well in b gy throaghout school. In tact he intends to pursue at ca imiucro-biologist 10 Skibinski'’s natural ony

anyone Ninety per cent of all ser meat and affinity for biology entists who have ever lived became apparent to Chris Fos- are alive ter, a SHSS teacher who is als that sctence

are both int

which goes to sh ind technol and doing

involved in the Talented and resting

Gifted program (TAG), and he — well in Canada