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e Castlegar Sun

WEDNESDAY, May 5, 1993

e Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, May 5, 1993

Longest line dance in B.C. at Sunfest

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KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff

hree free line dancin which held May 1

The longest line dance in Briosh = June 9 at the Casth Columbia is planned to occur in Community Complex Castlegar during Sunfes 93 Wescm for this guaranteed th Daze, and you can be part of it be held atthe Communit

Immediately after the Sunfest —_ PleX. the Chamber ‘of ¢ f parade, which is to be held June 12,the Pete's TV, Castlegar City Hall longest line dance dancers will lack up their heels at Kinsmen Park. If you «se

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Bruun. Time Magazine devoted he library in Castlegar was cation Of an interesting and

re what exciting visit by world us writer/cartoonist, Ben Wicks, known to many Mavis and Bill” political

on strip, talked to some 60 residents, who were fortu

a full page to Wicks, recognizing the unportance of his communi cation skills.

In 1986 Ben Wicks was pre sented with »Canada’s highest civilian award, the Order of Canada. His wife also received the Order of Canada in 1989 for nough to have heard he her work with children in the mung Third World, making them one began with a comical of the few couples in Canada to be so honored

Wicks entertains Castlegar residents

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BUSINESS

Glance

On the move

Rod Zavaduk's Castlegar Sports Centre has moved from 6th Ave. to Columbia Ave. in the Shaw Cable building, across from the Sandman Inn. Castlegar Sports Centre is known throughout the Kootena’ fishing supply specialists.

Correction Our apologies to Marnie Llewellyn-Thomas for incor-

Yes, it can happen even here

SHARLENE IMHOFF

Sun Editor

Panagopoulos Pizza, Playmor Foods and the Hi Arrow Beer and Wine Store have all been hit. More

recent are two armed robberies in Trail: one of which was at a resident's home.

“These are crimes committed by hard criminals who are coming here from the Okanagan. One of the reasons why they are targeting’ this area is because ‘of its innocence: very few businesses have ers to sleep at night knowing that even without «¢ alarm systems that compare with those in the proper locks and security systems in place, they had Okanagan, and a lot of residentes leave their doors nothing to fear unlocked all day long, thinking it can’t happen

Now they do. here.”

According to Constable Mark Williams of the Williams stressed that small spoils during a hold- Castlegar detachment of the RCMP, crime is going up are not necessarily deterrents. “‘In Trail, the armed nowhere but up in the Kootenays, and one of the thief got away with a whole $20.” reasons for this trend is the innocence.of its people

An age of innocence is coming to an end in the Kootenays

The kind of innocence that made it okay for local residents to leave their doors unlocked in the after noon and even at night, and allowed business own

Branch cription as to why Canadians

Sundays 12 pm - 6 pm ke differently than the Wicks, with great narrative Mon. - Thurs. 2 pm - 10 pm British, which is where his style, explained some back-

Williams strongly suggested that businesses invest in a security system and begin training staff how to deal with a potentjal hold-up. To aid the public busi-

rectly stating last week that her vacation was a perma- nent move

Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy (middle) presents a cheque for $15,000 to the Castlegar and District Devel- opment Board, which was accepted by Dave Gairns,

It can’t happen here,” and “We don’t need to lock our door” are two phrases said by locals who,

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6:30 pm (Mon.) 9 am (Tues.) - "92 USCC YOUTH FESTIVAL (Part 5 of 6)

6:30 pm (Wed.) 9 am (Fri) 6:30 pm (Sun.) - WEST KOOTENAY TODAY

7 pm (Wed.) 9:30 am (Thurs.) 7 pm (Sun.) - FAITH ALIVE

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nt is derived. With the use of ither sarcastic drawing of Mulroney. Wicks plained that the air enters the youth and makes a U-turn at the vt of some nasty, ugly mus les and straight out through the e. hence the nasally sound, As the laughs and applause he took on a more seri tone and he began describing ot about himself and his work Ben Wicks was born a bldéck m London Bridge. After leav ng school at the age of 14, he worked at some thirty jobs ncluding; barrow boy, prefes- sional musician (clarinet), win jow cleaner, commercial artist urnalist. In 1957 he emi Canada with his wife n, whom he met while ying his clarinet in a club As a syndicated journalist, he has wnitten on Haiti: and Biafra. and has lived with rebels of northern Ethiopia Covering Africa's longest war. In 1986 he visited the Sudan to write on tb refugee situation, as well as cov Uganda World of

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ground to a few of his many books. Starting with his first effort, “No Time To Wave Good: bye”, which also seems to be the one nearest and dearest to his hean No Time To Say Goodbye

which lasted sixteen weeks on the Sunday Times best seller list, deals with events that took place a few days before war in 1939 in Britain. This event was massive, yet it was hidden away from the world as its significance was small; during a time when mil lions upon millions of people were facing their worst night mares, the world fell into a des: perate and destructive war. 3.5 million children aged five to fourteen were put on trains and taken out of the inner cities and sent to billeting homes, in the remote, rural areas of Britain The propaganda that preceded this mass exodus was quite pow- erful in nature. It effectively made parents feel like they didn’t love their children, if they weren't willing to send them away, for their own safety. The intention of the British govern

Ben Wicks

many of the storie's that he coud To ‘his utter shock some of the stories were not pleasant at all People who have kept their secrets hidden for all these years; were now Opening up with tales of physical and sexual abuse they endured while billeted with these country folk during the war. Wicks said that fortunately this was the exception rather than the rule, as most people wanted to use his book as a way of expressing their thanks to their “second families” for all they did for them during that desperate time

As coincidence would have it there was a person in the audi ence who had also been a “child evacuee.” Clarice Mckinnon of Castlegar was eight years old when the war began. She related her expenence to me. “I remem- ber having to hang on to my two younger sisters, and how fnght ened we were. Father would cycle over a hundred miles every other weekend to see us. After

women were given notice of ter- mination to open the jobs back up for the returning soldiers. The young children who hadn't seen their fathers in as much as five years or some not-at all, now had to re-identify these men as dad. This sounds like a great work of courage and determination, and should make for some great reading

‘Promise You'll Take Care of My Daughter” targets the war brides that left with Canadian soldiers at the end of the war. Wick’s joked that you could have followed their trail, like in Hansel and Gretel, except in this case it was diapers out the win- dows of the trains instead of bread crumbs. Many British women travelled by rail across Canada to meet up with their Canadian husbands after the war. To some, there was shock and surprise, upon realizing their beau in uniforth was a logger in northern B.C., or a native Indian

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Investment strategy

The Bank of Montreal and Nesbitt Thomson Inc. are presenting a free spring investment strategy on Tuesday, May |! at 7 p.m. at the Castle & District Recreation Centre on 6th Ave. For reservations please call Jackie Swanson at the Castlegar Bank of Montreat at 365-6488.

Free flowers

Chang's Nursery in Castle- gar will be giving a free flower to the first 100 moth- érs who visit their 9th Ave location on Mother's Day, May 9.

Charge it

The Polar Pantry in the Mid Town Plaza now takes Visa as well as MasterCard

Travelling in style

CKQR has a brand new on location vehicle for their remotes. It's an MPV van co- sponsored by Castlegar

who is treasure? of the board. Also pictured is Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore. The City of Castlegar sent a let- ter to the Ministry of Economic Development, Small Business and Trade, requesting that the Development Board receive funding again this year. The amount rep-

resents half of which the board will receive this year.

Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy presents a cheque for $20,000 to the Regional Business Library, located at the Business Centre in Trail. Accepted by Marten Kruysse, the money will go towards operation of the library and acquisition of reference materials. The business library

in their ignorance, are only setting themselves up to

nesses in this process, RCMP are willirig to guide become victims

local businesses in their crime prevention methods.

“Business security checks can be done by our members. We're prepared to go through a number of exercises to explain how you can be. better prepared.”

Williams also stressed that businesses should look out for each other, and that the best crime pre- vention, is Co-operation between business owners and residential neighbors—all of whom can provide extra eyes and ears for RCMP.

“Every little bit of information can help us do our job that much faster.”

The Kootenays was once immune to large-scale crime. That isn’t the case anymore, and residents and business owners better become aware of it,” said Williams, while addressing an audience of about 20 during a recent Chamber Luncheon.

In the last year alone, big crime in the Kootenays has increased by 30 percent: Police expect the increase to continue, saying its a spill-over from the Okanagan

Armed robberies are a perfect example

sion network — ment at the time was to protect service for the West Kootenay is a Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Economic Development function

The cheque fepresents half of the total amount the

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urtime books. “When The Boys Came Marching Back Homé recalls the ordeals of the families a r the men returned The women had held factory jobs supplying the ‘armies with muni- tions. food. clothing, and vehi- cles. When the men retumed, the

great man. He is such a pleasant fellow. and even though he is world famous and has pretty well “done it all feel like you are somebody like him and not less. I asked him for a scoop before he left and he said “My autobiography will be out next year and no one else knows about this, since it has just been approved.” What a guy!

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Eric Wilson, Canada’s inter Kootenays

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Wilson visiting

The former Nelson teacher, who has crafted 17 best-selling mysteries for kids, will visit with his fans on May 17 at Cranbrook’s Key City Theatre (tickets: 426- 6811) and May 19 at Nelson's Capitol Theatre (352-6363). Show begins at 10:30 am. and the price is $4.25 per ticket (GST included) An early response is suggested, as this very popular author’s shows regularly sell out

Eric Wilson was voted Author of the Year by the Canadian Booksellers Association “for introducing children to a love of books and the history and various cultures of Canada”. Widely trans- lated, he is three times winner of Spain's Silver Plate award for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.

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The Love Shop in Thrums has a new name. It 1s now Shades of Love. Their Thrums location and phone number remains the same 399-4370. The Love Shop also has a psychic available for consultations on week

ends.

Newly certified

David Oglow of Oglow's Paint and Wallcoverings in Castlegar and Grand Forks earned the title of Certified Coatings Consultant and was awarded his certificate on April 19, 1993. David took the training; developed by the National Decorating Products Assocation in Cal- gary. David is now thorough- ly knowledgeable about coatings, product applica- tions and decorating

Enter soon

With any Panasonic purchase at Pete’s TV, customers can enter to win a Panasonic VHS Camcorder. Draw date will be in May

Celebrate

Plans for Selkirk College's 25th anniversary on the July Ist weekend are well under- way. Watch The Sun for con- tinued updates

Sign of the times Congratulations to Jason Markin for the design and installation of the néw Lion's Head Pub sign in Robson. At night, the letters, eyes and mouth light up.

Driver Beware!

With all the construction and road rebuildng happening in the Caslegar area, automo bile, truck, and motorcycle drivers are urged to drive carefully and be patient as progress finally reaches the Kootenays'

Business news? 365-5579

Regional Library will receive from the Ministry of Eco- nomic Development, Small Business and Trade

Selkirk business students best team

Selkirk College Business stu dents captuted the top spot a the Best Team, Industry A, at the 1993 B.C. Colleges’ Busi ness Competition held Feb. 26 28 in Richmond. Neighbouring East Kootenay Community Col lege captured the Best Team Industry B title and the Top Team Overall was judged to be Capilano College

This annual competition draws teams of top business stu dents from each of the B.C. Col leges and Universities to compete head-to-head in a simu lated business competition.

Selkirk College's team was comprised of Ron Anderson and Diane Allen of Nelson, and Leona Powell and Kathy Elias of Castlegar. The two Nelsonites are majoring in Accounting and Finance in the college's two year Business Administration

counterparts are both enrolled in Business Information Sys tems, a program that speetattvc s in computer applications in business. This is the first year students in the Business Infor mation Systems program have been named to the team

The Selkirk team was guided by veteran Buskas, marketing instructor John Breckenridge, math instructor, and George Mclvor accounting instructor. All have combined their talents to guide prize-winning teams in this competition for several years.

For their efforts, the Selkirk Team brought home an engraved brass plate and four individual plaques denoting Best Team Industry A. Anderson received an overnight bag as.his individu- al award while his team mates each won a Memo Master 500

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REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY

CALL FOR PROPOSALS PILOT RECYCLING PROJECT

Electoral Areas |, J, Portion of H, and the City of Castlegar Sub-Reglion

The Regional District of Central Kootenay is proposing a Pilot Recycling Project for Electoral Areas |, J, Portion of H, and the City of Castlegar for a period of one year with the possibility of renewal

The District has prepared a Terms of Reference detailing the requirement

of the project

The Regional District would appreciate receiving proposals from firms to

undertake the project. Interested firms are invited to obtain a copy of the Terms of Reference and forward submissions based on the Terms of Reference detailing estimated costs, timing experience onsimilar projects and credentials

descriptions of previous

Proposals will be received until 4:00 p.m., Thursday, May 13, 1993 at

Regional District of Central Kootenay 601 Vernon Street Nelson, B.C. V1L 469

Attention: Mr. Barry Baldigara Secretary/Assistant Administrator

The Jowest or any proposal will not necessarily be accepted The Regional District of Central Kootenay reserve's the right to reject any or all Proposals and to accept the proposal deemed most favourable in the interest of the Regional District of Central Kootenay

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