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Castlégar News

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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1989

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Serving the Slocan Valley, Salmo, Ymir and adjacent areas

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-—— SILVERTON FUNFEST ——

Broomball action was fast and furious at Dewis Park during Silverton Funfest Feb. 10 ies Rebels came out on top

RCMP to increase valley presence

By CasNews Staff The ROME

their presence

¢ looking at increasing 1 the Slocan Valley af ter a meeting with residents held in Winlaw

Superintendant Jim Druchet of the Nelson subdivision of the RCMP said there will be more highway patrols in

However Bob Barkley Area (Slocan Valley) director for the Regional District of Central Kootenay said the RCMP are reluctant to come up the valley to take fingerprints wher a break and enter has been committed

Traffic problems are a major cor

cern for-residents, especially b

STORE HOUR: Monday-Saturday 9:30-5:30 Thursday-Friday 9:29-9:00

schools and the rest of the community

Druchet said the RCMP will try to get co-operation from the people in the community in getting a neighborhood watch program started 1e help-police detect crimes

More than 65 people attended the mecting held Jan. 25 with the RCMP

Druchet said the RCMP discovered at the meeting that many residents are not calling in to report crimes

ebicles sneha cobip tricks which residents complained are speeding following too close and cutting cor ROMP are it creasing patrol » ensure high Way's are being u ina safe mannner Barkley, who chaired the meeting, said residents su 1

gested more highway

patrols are needed to enforce the

existing speed limit. Seme residents

|. Winlaw man sentenced

By CasNews Staff A Winlaw man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after being charged

Ee with offences dated from Nov. 5 to

4

Jan. 24 Scott Allen Lerch, 18, was sentenced Feb. 7 and will serve his sentence at New Haven Correctional Centre on the Lower Mainland He pleaded guilty to charges of breaking and entering, possession of

iM stolen property, theft, false pretenses

and breach of probation

Lerch was charged last month with four counts of breaking and entering and theft from the Kootenay Co-op on Baker Street; three counts of breaking

and entering and theft from the Nelson Avenue Fairview Esso, where he was a previous employee; breaking and en tering and theft from Simon's Grocery in the West Arm Plaza; attempting breaking and entering at Tip-Top Ser vice on Hall Mines Road in Uphill Nelson; three counts of forgery; three counts of uttering forged documents and four counts of false pretenses

Also arrested with Lerch was a young woman from Nef name cannot be published t is under charged-with-one-count-of breaking and entering and theft; three counts of forgery; and three counts of uttering forged documents

whose ause she

18 years of age. She was

see b reduction in speed lir blems with larger tru

Residents also want to sce more Barkley

also complaints

of drunk driver

Mice visibility in the There were at the

on the hig

“<Fhe Pouce are PCM The MeagS from the valley that there are éoncer ” Barkely said The majority of people at the Winlaw, although people from Slocan Park. and Slocan

uso attended

ned people up here

meeting were fror

The meeting was well received once citizens realized that perhaps the problem was not as grreat as per ceived,’ Druchet said. ‘*We can statistically say that police coverage to the area has been no less than any areas policed inthe subdivision

“We are going to try and enhance our overall awareness and citizens will be appreciative of the extra efforts,” headded

Druchet also noted that there is nothing to indicate the crime rate has

vattey-since the RCMP detachment

was closed nearly two years.ago.

increased—in-the Crescent Valley

He said suggestions were made to have the Crescent Valley detachment reopened but there is nothing to in dicate why there should be a detach ment in the area. He said residents are receiving adequate policing

The ROMP wilt also havea sub office from which to work when they The RCMP.will have Winlaw fire hall to

respond to complaints and look after

are in the area

access to the

the community's needs

The Nelson subdivision polices the area from Stoean City to the village of Slocan. New ROMP are in charge of the area from Slocan to Summit | ake near Nakusp

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Pool, museum referendums March 4

By CasNews Staff Residents in Area G will vote March 4 on two Regional District of Central Kootenay referendums which, if passed, will provide ongoing financial support for Salm's swimming pootand museums in Salmo and Y mir

If the referenduris are approved, residents will be tax¢d and the RDCK along with the Vallage of Salmo will provide the funds

The first referendum asks residents if they are in favor of a tax increase to provide funding for museums in Salmo and Ymir. The secorfd referendum, if approved,’ will provide funding for operational expenses for Salmo’s out door swimming pool

Salmo village council has already voted to help fund the projects, said Brian Snelgrove, the village’s clerk But the funding is contingent on the referendums being passed in Area G

Area G director Hans Cunningham said that if the first referendum is ay proved, societies in Salmoand Ymir will receive funds for operations of museums in the two villages

Cunningham explained that a new

building ‘was recently built in Salmo The building is shared by the museum, library and Boy Scouts. But the Salmo Artsand Museum Society doesn't have any funds, The grant in aid would cover” basic maintenance ofthe building

Ymir’s museum ‘society’ is in the former Ymir school been renovating the building and plans

The group has

to use the upper level for displays while the basement will be used for arts and crafts activities A grant-in-aid for

pool will enable the facility to opera more efficiently. Cunningham said the pool was built about 25 years ago. Up until recently the pool has been able to pay its own way

One way of raising

funds for the pool has been through local bingos which have provided part of the operational expenses for the pool. Cunningham said the rest comes from gate receipts and other donations

If the referendun sroved, the swimming ‘season in Salmo will lengthened. Cunnin quality of service

hould also improve

Reid district's administrator-treasurer, said the RDCK provides grants-in-aid to a number of groups, such as libraries

Henderson, the| regional

and television societies.

must submit an annual budget to the

The groups

regional district before any money is

received

Costs to taxpayers in Area G are set

cents per $1,000 of assessed property. This means that a taxpayer with a $40,000 home in Ymir will pay an additional $7.76 in taxes if both

referendums are passed

But Henderson explained that some residents won't pay any more in taxes if they normally claim the homeowner’s grant. He said any tax increase would ainst the homeowner's That means if a homeowner's $500, the minimum a

first apply a grant taxes are homeowner under age 65 must pay is $250. The remaining $250 can be claimed under the homeowner's grant f the owner lives at the residence. If only $250 out of the maximum $380 is claimed, the homeowner won't pay any additional money if the taxes are

tary school

wellas the school

cable run, ramps, platfot

isalso helping

received another donation towards its fundraising ef forts for an adventure playground at Winlaw elemert

Slocan village council at a recent meeting voted to

the village’s grant-in-aid funds which are held by the Regional District_of Central_ Kootenay about $7,000 the amount raised for the $12,000 project Terry Jarrett of the Home and School Association said the playground will be used by t

The playground will include tire swing , tube slides, a tire bridge steering wheel, a tunnel and will also incorporate an space ir existing wave slide which was built by a

Jarrett said Schoot District No. 7 plans and will maintain the playground

A number of people and organi? ped in towards the project. Bel Maintenance is donating sand for the project and Castlegar Savings Credit Unior

zations have chip

Playground funded

By CasNews Staff The Winlaw Home and School

Willy and the Walkers, a blues-rock group based in

Association has Vancouver, perfor

concert

Jarrett Said tickets for the concert sold so well the

hall was filled to ¢

contribute $50 towards the project with the grant fron coming back to doa

This_brings

he community a’ nir nvof $25 w people , a 30-metre their names printed Albert

jocal resident equipment and don;

hasapproved-the

seriously until last

the end of April

Winlaw Hall. Winlaw Hall donated the space for the

The group has also raised funds through a hot lun:

ch program and bingos —— ~_The group plans to put up a plaque which will in Je names of contributors

The playground is being purchased from Child Pheider forthe adventure playground has been iff the works for about 10 years but the plan wasn’t taken

the beginning of 1989.

The group hopes to have the equipment in place by

med a benefit concert last October at

apacity another benefit

She said the group will be

Anyone who donates a ill have his or her-name engraved in who donate $100 of more will have in large print

a company that manufactures the ates any profits to the handicapped

year and the push has been on since

SLOCAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Doctor needed

By CasNews Staff Slocan Community Hospital_and Health Care Centre is looking for a full-time resident physician The only doctor in the New Denver Silverton area, lan Cowan, unexpec tedly quit and left the community Dec 21 Hospital board

Gilchrist said the position has been ad

chairman Jim

vertised and a few inquiries have been made.-But-he said hiring a new doctor takes

to find a doctor who is content and

me, adding that it is important

feels comfortable in the area

The New Denver-Silverton area has hada

basis

Joctoravailable on a temporary ntil today. Brian Woodfall has been practicing in the community since Feb. 6 substituting for John Brighton, whois out of the community. Brightor works out of the New Denver Medical Clinic but doesn’t have hospital privileges

Gilchrist said Colm MeNeill has also been looking after residents in the ab

sence of a physician Nakusp has been gracious in sup:

plying co age," Gilchrist said, ad

ding that afew residents also travel to Nakusp for medical services Gilchrist said there is enough work

in the area for two doctors

I would like to see two doctors that would work together or share the load," he said. "*No doctor wants to ork seven days a week, 24 hours a

T think there's a good living here

for two doctors

Slocan Community Hospital and Health Care Centre is a 10-bed hospital with an attached 30-bed extended care

facility attached to it