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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, January 8, 1992

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expectations and feelings around

Staff said she even had two clients who were left homeless this season.

“The shelter allotment for someone on income assistance is $325 per month,” Staff said, pointing out that many can’t afford recent rent increases in

“So far as I'm aware, only one hotel in town maintains this level ($325) of rent—and it's full,” she said. “There is a need for low- income housing for single péople wader 65—right, gow there is no protected rate.

“If you include those living in someone's living room, there are a tot more than two homeless people,” Staff said.

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Legion indicates an increase in need for charity food hampers

Sun staff

There were plenty of people in need this past holiday season but thanks to the Royal Canadian

jon and members of the com- munity, they didn’t have to go without.

“On the whole, there were more people in need this year for some reason,” said Legion mem- ber Earl Rourke. “Although last year was a banner year, we got a lot again this year.”

He added that the Legion's Community Hamper Fund is not just a Christmas program, but rather year round.

“Anything we have left from this Christmas drive, we give Kare cvigns the following year,”

New» publisher leaves Chamber

Castlegar News publisher Dave McCullough has resigned from his position as director on the Castlegar Chamber of Com- merce board.

A news release. issued by the chamber on December 20 stat- @d"McCullough will be leaving Castlegar” as the reason for his withdrawal.

“Not true,” said McCullough when contacted at The News.

“Although I have resigned from ‘my position at the chamber, I have fo plans to leave Castlegar at this time.”

McCullough also stated he had no ighmediate plans to leave his

uncertainty “I'm not totally certain about

the future, but because I am extremely busy, I felt it would be unwise to try to contribute to the business community at this time.”

McCullough began his post .as publisher at The Castlegar News last May. He previously worked as editor and then publisher of the Meridian Booster in Lloyd- minster, Alberta.

Our mistake...

In a Cutline in the January | edition, The Castlegar Sun erroneously attributed the Hamper Distribution Day to the Lion’s club, rather than the Legion club which is correct. The Castlegar Sun apologizes to both service organizations for any inconvenience the error might have caused.

Castlegar mayor to appear on televised constitution panel —

wick, from the Department of Geography at the University of

Castlegar Mayor ‘Moore has been invited to join a —_ of other high profile Cana- dian personalities in order to con- tribute their perspectives on constitutional proposal during a T.V. broadcast on the Knowledge Network. According to officials at the network, two programs will be

province-wide referendum on the ‘constitution.

‘The first entitled Re- ordering Canada 1992, begins with a look at why past attempts at constitution building have ended in failure. It then explores some innovative solutions which

were offered at last year’s Inter—

Provincial Accord Conferénce. Held last April, thecconference

British Ci and Larry Bell, president and chief executive officer of the Westar Group Lid. The 30-minute special is sched- uled to air January 13 at 7 p.m..

The second program, t@ which Moore has been invited, is sched- uled to air January 19 at 7 p.m..

Titled, The Constitution: Who Cares? the show will present the federal government proposals and the issues as they affect B.C. resi- dents.

Arien Heath, an official from the network, says the 90-120 minute special will be an involv- ing experience ‘as panel members respond spontaneously to the “what if” scenarios posed by the moderator Rafe Mair, who will

) take on the role of ‘naive inquisi-

tor’.

“The content outline will include three issues: Provincial input into national decision-mak-

was chaired by Dr. Walter Hard-

Pharmacist Tom Biln orders additional supplies of

the vaccine PedvaxHIB.

SUN STAFF PHOTO Sharlene Imhott

Mayor Audrey Moore ing, the division of powers and Aboriginal rights,” said Heath.

The 15 personalities, including Moore, will answer Mair’s ques- tions within their own body of knowledge and experience.

“I think the program will help us understand other people's points of view,” said Moore, who says she is looking forward to the taping of the program on

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January 9 in Vancouver.

As well as her elected civic

position, Moore has been as Third Vice-presi

of the Canadian Federation of Municipalities. She will join other personalities such as Ian

ing, who is a reporter for theNational -as well as a lawyer, and Melvin Smith, a public policy consultant who was a ranking advisor to the B.C. gov- ernment on constitutional reform and related issues.

Moore, who lived in Québec for a number of years, says she will be advocating the views of the Union of British Columbia

when q' on the panel. She also says her own personal views will be expressed as well.

“Canada is too fine a country to be tom apart. I believe there is much more that binds us together than there is which could tear us apart.”

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ria known to develop into Menin- gitis is called Neisseria Meningi- tides. According to Ames, there are 13 known strains of Neisseria Meningitides, of which only four or five can be combated with a vaccine.

“This is the type of bacteria that has been causing the report- ed deaths across the country,” Ames said.

It is also the same bacteria which caused Meningitis to afflict the 18-year-old in Trail.

“There were actually two cases of Neisseria in Trail, but only one developed into Meningitis,” the health officer continued.

Because the number of cases of Meningitis in 1991 were no higher than those in previous years, Ames says he is unsure as to why the disease is causing so much attention.

“The emotional label attached to Meningitis seems to be more meaningful to people,” Ames continued.

One reason why people are concemed over Meningitis might

be that the disease’s early stages can easliy be confused with a cold or flu bug—something which is prevalent during the winter months.

A sore throat, fever and run- ning nose can all be symptoms of Meningitis or the flu, or a cold. However, if the added symptoms of a stiff neck, a rash and disori- entation prevails—the situation is serious.

“Meningitis proceeds very quickly, between 12 and 24 hours,” said Ames.

Infection is spread by direct contact. For examples, kissing, sharing the same cup, or sneez- ing.

“If a person has come in con- tact with someone with Meningi- tis, an antibiotic called Rifampin is available.”

Since the single case in Trail has been detected, over 50 people who may have come in contact with the affected 18-year-old have been given Rifampin. Ames finished by stating no cases of Meningitis have been reported in Castlegar or Nelson

Cancellation of national pageant won't ect Miss Castlegar say local officials

SHARLENE IMHOFF ‘Sun Editor

Even though officials have decided to pull the plug on the nation’s Miss Canada contest, the smaller Miss Castlegar contest will not be affected—at least not this year.

“We're going ahead as planned with our own pageant. In fact, invitations are going out this week to girls who wish to com-

that the traditional Miss Canada pageant, seen by millions of Cana- dians every year, has been can- celled due to a lack of funding and times. The doesn’t believe though, that this decisionwwill have any adverse affects on the number of entries in Castlegar’s pageant or the enthusi- asm it generates in the community.

“The girls don’t enter our con- test hoping to be Miss Canada, I think it’s the honour that you

make ‘Miss Home Town’ that brings the girls in,” Baker continued.

While the pageant will go ahead as planned this year, Baker did add that things might be dif- ferent if the Miss Interior pageant was cancelled as well. The Miss Interior pageant is the subsequent contest in which Miss Castlegar would compete “If that particular pageant was cancelled it would affect us a

Kirsten Mason, Miss Castlegar 1991, ‘says the removal of Miss Canada is a "sad thing". The Selkirk Colelge student believes the pageant was something to look forward to and really get excited about.

“There was a lot of hard work and intellect involved in the crown- ing of Miss Canada,” she said

Lesa Draper, First Princess, says she is disappointed that Miss

Canada was cancelled. The 18- year-old believes that when it comes to pageants, people can be easily confused.

“Some people immediately associate pageants \with beauty and that's wrong. The girls who enter these pageants go through a lot of training and they work very hard. They must be talented, intelligent and very confident Pageants help develop a person on the inside,” said Draper, who is currently’attending Washington State University.

Unlike other years, Miss Castlegar 1992 will be held sepa- rately from Castlegar’s summer- time festival—Sunfest

Rather than the June 26-28 weekend, which has been desig- nated as Sunfest, the pageant will be held “during the first weekend in June

“We can't hold the pageant at the end of June for a number of reasons, the most important of which is Provincial exams. In preparing for a pageant held that late, many of the girls would likely have to drop the pageant because of study time,” Baker said.

She still maintains however, that the incoming Castlegar roy-

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alty would participate in Sunfest activities.

“We do want to be involved,” Baker finished.

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WEATHER OF DECEMBER 1991

A west to southwest flow of relatively mild Pacific air dominated the weather pattern across the Kootenays through the month of December. The mild, moist air gave

degrees.

Temperature High This Year

Date

8.4 Low Precipitation Rain Snow Total Precip.

Sunshine

cm. and below normal hours of sunshine. A mean temper ature of -.2 degrees is well above the normal of -2.4

ig low snowfall of 16.8

~ Wednesday, . January y 8, 1992

- Castlegar's first baby of 1992 finally arrives—fashionably late

JM ZEEBEN Sun staff

‘Castlegar's first baby of 1992 had it all under control.

Bradley John Demke was born on January 3 at 9:31 p.m., to Monica and David Demke at Castlegar & District Hospital.

At birth, Bradley weighed in at @ very healthy nine pounds and five ounces.

“Everything went smoothly,” said a smiling Monica, 24, from her bed at the hospital.

Both baby and mother were resting and doing fine.

The newest addition to the Demke family joins five-year old Crystal and three-year old Davie.

The proud parents said they had been expecting a Christmas baby.

“When that came and went we were hoping to hold out until the were in the hospital ( on January 3) and we found out there had been no New Year's baby yet.”

Bradley took his time, coming 10 days after he was due and three days into 1992.

But it was still in time for mom and dad to pick up some of the traditional bonuses of having the first child of the year.

The hospital auxiliary present- ed the family with a baby T-shirt,

SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jim Zeeben

Bradley John Demke, the et baby to arrive at the Castlegar and District Hospital in 1992, is fondly cuddled by proud mom, Monica and dad David. The newborn also has two siblings at home, Crystal and Davie, who are anxious to meet their new brother.

reading “Born in the Castlegar Hospital." and an engraved silver

Doctor Jon Van Vliet, the physician who delivered little Bradley, gave the Demkes an infant car seat on behalf of the B.C. Medical Association.

“Doctors are trying to encour-

age everybody to secure children in car seats,” he said.

It was the second New Year’s baby Van Vliet has ever delivered and the first in more than a decade.

“The gifts will help | a lot,” said the happy father, trying to look at the practical side of the situation.

For their part in having the New Year baby, the Demkes will also receive gift certificates and presents from various Castlegar merchants including: a floral bou- quet from Tulips florist shop, a balloon bouquet from Parties R Us, and $50 gift certificates from Goonies and OK Welders.

OUTLOOK:

The forecast for Wetinesday; Cloudy with a few sunny breaks with highs reaching 2. Probability of precipitation 10%. The forecast for Thursday and Fri day calls for a mix of cloud and sun with the occasional snow flurry. Highs should reach anywhere from 0 to 2.

2.86/31

Precipitation: Rain

TRACE

Number of Hours

17

A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: Temperature: Max/Date. Min/Date

0.1/3 10

Snow

27.8cm. 30.0 cm.

Mean Normal

Mean

Total

Normal Number of Hours

10.5

Temperatures remained mild over the past week. the ridge of high pressure which lay over the Kootenays through the last three weeks of December moved eastward, resulting in a southwesterly flow bringing in moist Pacific air. The 28 cm. of snow which fell was greatly appreciated by the skiers.

Forecast provided by The South - East interior Weather Office

Nothing fishy about hatchery designed to keep breed alive

Salmon problems on the coast do not pose same threat in regional fresh water hatcheries

JIM ZEEBEN Sun staff

Fish hatcheries on the pacific coast have come under fire for their damaging affect on wild salmon population, but the same threat isn’t posed in local waters.

An article published in the Vancouver Sun on January 3, reported that wild salmon stocks off the coast of B.C. are in dan- gerof extinction because of an everstocking of hatchery raised salmon.

There are two hatcheries in this area but only one—near Wardner, east of Cranbrook—is

from a fear that hatchery-bred fish are diluting the gene pool by breeding with wild salmon. Also, large scale hatcheries attract more anglers than wild populations can naturally with- stand.

While wild salmon have developed for tens of thousands of years, hatchery salmon have imperfections such as reduced fertility, reduced growth, and poor survival techniques.

There is no real concern about wild trout stock in the Upper Arrow Lake suffering from an influx of hatchery fish.

A fisheries biologist with BC

a provincial op The other is the Hill Creek regional hatchery used to supple- ment Gerrard trout population decimated by dams on the upper Kootenay River. The salmon problem stems

Env in Nelson said the only reason Gerrard rainbow trout are placed from a hatchery into the Upper Arrow is because few wild stock remain.

Gerrard trout, which reach weights of between 20 and 30

pounds, are world famous for their trophy size.

Bob Lindsay said provincial policy is to conserve wild stock.

to coastal waters.

Even though wild salmon populations are declining the annual catch—about 500,000—

The Hill Creek hatchery which supplies the lake was built as compensation for the Revel- stoke dam which depleted wild stock in the first place. The dam

‘We don't stock hatchery fish on top of wild fish but there wouldn't be many trophy Rainbow trout in the lake without the hatchery.’

— BOB LINDSAY Fisheries Biologist

locked the route of mig fish which spawned upstream from the dam.

At first, BC Environment attempted to catch and breed native Gerrard remaining in the lake. Because so few remained this proved to be economically

“The Arrow Lakes situation is a little different than the situa- tion with hatcheries feeding fish into the open ocean,” he said “All we're doing is replacing fish lost because of the dam. We're not trying to put more fish in than were traditionally there.”

Because of the size difference, Arrow Lakes can’t be compared

stays the same. The difference is made up with hatchery fish.

In the Arrow, the trophy fish sought by anglers was all but eradicated.

“We don’t stock hatchery fish on top of wild fish but there wouldn't be many trophy Rain- bow trout in the lake without the hatchery.”

Lindsay said the province still hopes to maintain the native fish remaining and is looking at feasible methods to do so.

One method might be a catch- and-release policy on wild trout omen by hen

hatch-

According to the Sun article, some fisherman found hatchery salmon posed less competition than their wild counterparts.

But with trout, Lindsay: said wild Gerrard are similar to hatchery ones in all but looks.

“They're quite different in appearance,” he said, siting a different coloration. Native stock have yellow bellies and fins.

“But they're the same size, have the same lifestyle and their behavior is almost identical. We've never had people tell us the fish don’t have any fight in them.”

According to Lindsay, no con- cerns have been raised about hatchery fish in local waters. Various studies have monitored

ery bpstsaie sport fish for small lakes which for various reasons cannot support a wild population.

duced into lakes either in the spring or fall, over

an extended period of time. eee

Choosing a winner in colouring contest no easy task

The Castlegar Sun's Christ- mas Colouring Contest was a great success. We received over 50 entries and had a tough time deciding on the winning one as there were so many good entries to choose from.

Eventually the judges chose Cathrine Walden's entry as the winner and for her efforts she receives a gift certificate for $50.00 from Canada Safeway.

Cathrine Walden - 7 Receives a gift certificate from Canada Safeway

Second and third place go te Cheryl Tereposky and Deanna Ambrosone with honourable mentions going to: Sean Porter, John Pucci, Emma Davis, Alycial Lakevold, Lisa Ham and Joey Wood.

The Castlegar Sun would like to thank all the participants of the Christmas Colouring Contest and look forward to seeing more of

your work in upcoming colouring

Cheryl Tereposky - 12 Receives a gift certificate from Pharmasave

contests.

We would also like to thank all the participating merchants who so generously donated gift certifi- cates to the contest. We look for- ward to your continued support in future contests.

Congratulations to all the participants

Deanna Ambrosone - 11 Receives a gift certificate from McLeods Store

Sean Porter - 9 Receives a gift certificate from

John Pucci - 11 Receives a gift certificate from Chevron Town Pump

Emma Davis - 9 Receives a gift certificate from Castlegar Sports Centre

Lisa Ham - 12 Receives a gift certificate from iggies Restaurant