Saturday, September 5, 1992

TheFARSIDE

By Gary Larson

“This is it, Maurice! I've warned you to keep your hens off me!”

PolicC BEAT

Randall Donald, 33, was ar- rested Aug. 31 in his residence on Knight Road in Raspberry and charged with possession and cultivation of a narcotic, a police report stated.

Police seized 36 marijuana plants from Donald’s resi- dence.

The investigation is contin- uing.

A 34-year-old Coquitlam man will appear in court on charges of impaired driving.

RCMP responded Aug. 29 to a motor vehicle accident in the 500 block of Columbia Av- enue.

A vehicle driven by David Parr, 24, of Robson was rear ended as he was slowing for the lights at 6th Street. The driver of the second vehicle

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was taken to the detachment by police for a breathalyzer test, a police report said.

All three occupants of the Parr vehicle went to hospital with whiplash injuries.

Police estimate the damage at $2, 000.

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Police are asking anyone with information about a break-in and assault in the south end of Castlegar on Aug. 27 at 6 a.m. to please come for- ward.

A police report stated that at least two people entered the residence . A female was home at the time and was assaulted by the culprits.

It seems part of the motive was robbery, it said.

Castlegar do not have any suspects at this time.

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model of new bridge

@ Plans will be ready for public meetings in October

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Castlegar and Robson resi- dents will get a look at their long awaited bridge even be- fore the first shovel full of soil is turned.

Project manager Rocky Vanlerberg said Thursday that the Transport Ministry is

ting a series of drawings and models to together to give the public an idea of what the $26 million Castlegar bridge d that through the

pletion in June of 1994.

“Our intention is to go to the public level,” he said. “We want to bring the public up to full detail before it goes to ten- der.”

Vanlerberg said the Castle- gar approach will be built roughly where the property at 111 Columbia Ave. sat, while the Robson approach will sit roughly halfway between where Pass Creek enters the Columbia River and where the CPR railway bridge cross the river.

Vanlerberg said he antici- pates the public meetings will be held in October, but couldn't offer a date.

“The earlier the better,” he said, “ but before I get all of my details together, there’s no sense going to the public.”

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Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER

The Office and Technical Employees Union Local 378 officially went on strike Thursday.

The OTEU’s 102 members are in a contract dispute, largely over pensions, with West Kootenay Power.

“This looks like it’s going to be a long one,” OTEU communications director Paula Stromberg said.

The timing of the strike has led to allegations of joint bargaining by West Kootenay Power’s director of community and public affairs, Mike Bradshaw.

When the OTEU members were not in a legal strike position, they were collecting $125 per week from the union while

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 213, who are also negotiating with WKP.

Now that the OTEU is on strike, its members get an additional $120 per week from the international branch of the union.

Asked if the OTEU was holding off on reaching a settlement in order to collect the extra $120, Stromberg said that wasn't the case.

“We would try to be in touch with the IBEW to try and simultaneously come to an end,” she said. “We’d do our best to get things resolved at the same time.”

But Bradshaw wondered what links the two unions.

“There are two separate bargaining units and agreements, and now suddenly they

Second utility union now on strike

“There’s a fundamental principal of bargaining that may be falling into questioning by the OTEU using this strategy,” Bradshaw said.

“Don’t misconstrue this as joint bargaining because it’s not,” IBEW assistant business manager Brian Robson said. “We’re at a point where both unions are discussing the same topic — pensions.”

“All (the OTEU members) can do is wait for the cold weather, which will increase the demand for services and increase pressure for the company to settle,” Stromberrg said.

“It’s peculiar (Stromberg) would say that,” Bradshaw said. “The services by the OTEU don’t have anything to do with seasonal patterns. They’re administrative personnel.”

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are related,” he said.

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Corinne Jackson NEWS REPORTER

Women across Canada are feeling left out of the backrooms of decision making.

A group called “It’s our country...let’s talk — C’est notre pays...parlons-en”, is calling on women to band together and show their support for a uni- fied country.

Even though women make up 52 per cent of the voting population, they are grossly underrepre- sented in important policy-making circles, a mem- ber of the Montreal-based group said.

“We have the vote. We have a voice. We have to start acting. And not like a silent minority. We are in fact a majority,” Heather Niderost said.

While visiting Castlegar, Niderost left a form at the local library for women to sign.

The form is addressed to the women of Quebec and calls on Canadian women to “work together to- wards a new understanding of eachother.”

“I need you, your language, your culture and your friendship for my Canadian identity to be complete,” it says.

“The purpose is to get the general population in-

volved and talking, bypassing the powerhouse

Teri Weston of Glens Falls, New York put pen to paper at the Castlegar Library Tuesday, signing a proclomation to the women of Quebec, telling them the province belongs in Canada.

Women urged to speak out

News photo by Corinne Jackson

completely. It’s the people who vote in the referen- dum,” Niderost said.

It became apparent to a few women gathered in a Montreal kitchen nearly a year ago, that their voice was not being heard, she said.

“Everybody was depressed. It felt like (sepera- tion) had suddenly happened and there were a lot of us that didn’t want that,” she said.

“We realized that there were a heck of a lot of women in Quebec who were misinformed that the country didn’t want them anymore. But breaking apart the country wasn’t our idea.

“We decided,” Niderost said, that “perhaps we could make a real difference in the future of the country.”

Since that first informal meeting, the grassroots organization has been spreading the call for unity across the country.

According to Niderost, signature lists will be sent out to different towns in Quebec and to news- papers to be printed.

“For all we know, this may be the beginnings of something bigger. Maybe this grassroots organiza- tion will help in serving to bind our country to- gether,” Niderost said.

Fairways bid bears farewell

@ Three are gone, but was a fourth left behind?

Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER

Three black bears have been removed from the Castlegar and District Golf Club.

Conservation officer Barry Farynuk said a mother and her cub were captured Tuesday.

“I went out with our bear contractor on September 1 at night and located a sow,” Farynuk said.

“We tranquilized the mother,” Farynuk said. “The cub was up a tree near the trap and was also tranquilized.

“The mother and her cub were relocated to the Slocan Valley.”

Farynuk said over a week ago another adult black bear was taken from the 7th hole on the golf course. That bear was relocated in Nancy Green.

“I feel pretty proud of the work we did,” Farynuk said. “The bears can pose a serious threat to public safety. The only other option would have been to destroy them.”

But while three bears have been safely removed, there is talk of a fourth bear on the golf course.

An unnamed source with the golf course said a second cub belonging to the relocated mother bear was left behind.

“Another cub is running loose and it may die,” the golfer said. “Some members are upset the conservation office would leave a cub alone.”

“That’s the first I’ve heard of it,” Farynuk said. “I’ve never been phoned from the golf course and I wish they would.”