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Dr. Gordon Campbell, founding principal of Selkirk College, was guest speaker at the college's 20-year reunion Friday night... A3

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VOL. 39, No. 82

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1986

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT . Premier Bill Vander Zalm responds to questions from the media during a

“scrum” following speech Friday morning at a break fast in Rossland

COLLEGE REUNION

Early days recalled

By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Charter students, staff, faculty and be Selkirk College reminisced about the college's early days at a 20th anniversary pioneer dinner in Castlegar Friday night About 150 people attended the reunion held at the

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Fireside Place

Since 1967, Selkirk College has been the college of the Kootenays. It had humble beginnings in September 1966 in converted bunkhouse buildings on Westar Tumber's Castlegar millsite. For the first semester the ramshackle wooden frame buildings were Selkirk College to 450 charter students, faculty and staff

Selkirk College was B.C.’s first community college. established through public referendum. Selkirk College had a new campus under construction. Ground was broken in June 1966, but labor unrest in the province at that time slowed construction so that occupation of the new campus

was delayed until January 1967

Moving day — Jan. 13, 1967 — was eagerly anticipated by students, faculty and staff and was celebrated by The Great Trek, which saw numbers of enthusiastic students shoulder the rough-hewn flagpole from the Celgar campus to the gleaming new facility in Ootischenia. Official dedication ceremonies were held in April with visiting dignitaries such as then-premier W.A.C. Bennett

In 1966 Selkirk College offered just five career ‘tech nology programs. Today it has expanded to offer 165 career/technology programs, four vocational trades training areas as well as the first two years of university transfer in academic Arts and Sciences courses.

In 1972 the institution acquired Rosemont campus followed by Trail campus in 1976. Today, Selkirk College is also in six smaller communities in the West Kootenay Boundary regions.

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Liberals nominate Esakin

By MIKE KALES Staff Writer

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Esakin has worked on former B.C. Liberal leader Gordon Gibson's and

you don't mind

“Then I hope someone parachuting in here.” he said

The Liberal party is bringing in a candidate from Vancouver to run in the Rossland-Trail riding during the pro vincial election

Party president Gary Jenkins told a nomination meeting Wednesday even ing in Trail’s Union Hotel that Tom Esakin, 25, formerly of Grand Forks, will fill the gap left in the riding

Jenkins, reading a letter from Esakin, described the candidate as a third-year political science student at Simon Fraser University who intends to enter law

federal Liberal party president Iona Campagnola's campaigns. He is also a fund raiser for the B.C. Young Liberals

Jenkins said he would have pre ferred a local candidate, but he has tried unsuccessfully since last Novem ber to find one

Before announcing Esakin's involve ment, Jenkins gave the six party members at the meeting a last chance to nominate a candidate

He was greeted with silence.

Jenkins said provincial leader Art Lee was determined to run a candidate in every riding. That ran contrary to Jenkins’ personal opinion

“I see no point in running a candidate merely for the sake of running a candi date,” he said in a letter to party members announcing the nomination meeting

“It is my fervent hope that two or three candidates from our party will be elected from the Lower Mainland. With this to build on we might be able to

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VANDER ZALM SAYS

CAT scanner gets go-ahead at last

By RON NORMAN Editer

Trail Regional Hospital will be getting its long-awaited CAT scanner.

Premier Bill Vander Zalm told about 260 supporters at a breakfast Friday in Rossland his government has agreed to fund 75 per cent of the $1.2 million cost of a new CAT scanner, plus the annual operating expenses, estimated at $200,000.

“We're proud of the B.C. health care system,” Vander Zalm told an appreci- ative crowd. “It's a No. 1 priority.”

The CAT scanner was only one of several major projects Vander Zalm announced. He also said the West Trail approach will proceed

“Contracts will be let before the end of the year for the next phase and completion of the West Trail app- roach,” he said. The first phase of the project was completed in 1983.

Vander Zalm also said the $1.3 million extension to Kiro Manor, which has already started, has been given formal approval by the treasury board.

In addition, the Expo legacy grant aplications for the Western Canada Ski Museum in Rossland and the expansion of the Fruitvale curling club were approved

The museum will cost $51,000, with Expo legacy funds covering two-thirds of that.

Hospital board chairman Don Nutini, who was on hand for the CAT scanner announcement, was “delighted” with the news.

“We're ecstatic,” he said.

He said the hospital's share of the CAT scanner will amount to 25 per cent of the $1.2 million cost, or about

SOCRED RALLY . .

$300,000. The hospital already has $450,000 in its CAT scanner fund.

“We have more than enough (mo- ney),” he said

Nutini said the hospital plans to meet with senior Health Ministry staff to work out the details of selecting and installing the equipment, which should be in by early 1987.

Meanwhile, Vander Zalm took some pointed jabs at the New Democrats in general and Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy in particular during a wide ranging 20-minute speech

“I find it very difficult to keep up to

Premier Bill Vander Zaim with Rossland-Trail Socred candidate Audrey Moore at breakfast in Rossland Friday

Cashews Photo

the leader of the other party when it comes to making promises,” Vander Zalm said.

He said New Democrat leader Bob Skelly has promised “money for this group and more money for that group.”

But he questioned where the money will come from to pay for the promises

“There's no way we can keep up to it all,” he said

Vander Zalm was particularly cri tical of the New Democrats’ job guarantee program. He said similar programs were attempted in China.

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CAMERA SHY

By CasNews Stall

Former Castlegar resident Dixie Dee Powers appeared in Castlegar provincial court Thursday and had her preliminary hearing date reset to Oct. 17

Powers. facing charges 6f fraud and sunning a pyramid scheme that RCMP say collected $3.4 million in the West Kootenay. stood before Judge Ron Fabbro in « capacity-fill- ed courtroom.

Powers, 36, also known as Laura Grace Gibbons, made a 15-minute

F Dixie Dee Powers outside pearance Thursday afternoon Castlegar courthouse following her court ap

POWERS BACK IN COURT

appearance in the afternoon. A 10 minute adjourament was called to enable her lawyer John Carpenter and Crown prosecutor Dana Urban to agree on a date for the pre liminary hearing.

Dressing in the same clothing as her Oct. 1 Nelson provincia! court appearance, Powers seemed some what relaxed in the courtroom. even smiling at someone in the audience

Court-@pectators waited for more than 5% hours — some arriving as

early as 9 a.m for Powers

appearance at 3 p.m

Carpenter, Powers’ lawyer in Castlegar, acted merely as agent for her new attorney, Paul Danyliu of Vernon. Danyliu is her third lawyer Lawyers Ken Wyllie of Castlegar and Don Skogstad of Nelson were previous representatives.

Powers is also being charged with failure to appear in court. She will continue to remain in custody until her Oct. 17 court appearance.