Wednesday, September %. 4992 |

TheFARSIDE -

By Gary Larson

Every August, the

in the grueling Tour de Frank.

id test their endurance

PolicCBEAT

Jessica Waneck, 19, of Castlegar has been charged with failing to yield on a left turn.

On August 31, Waneck turned into the Sandman parking lot and collided with a vehicle southbound on Highway 22.

According to a police re- port, there was $35,00 in damage to the two vehicles.

eee

RCMP are looking for a second man in connection with a breaking and entering into a Columbia Avenue house on Aug. 27 at 6 p.m.

Already charged is Quentin Anthony Schmidt- Paborn, 19, of Edmonton, who will be appearing in court on Oct. 1

A foot chase after the two male suspects resulted in one man entering the Columbia River and returning after a short swim.

The house, owned by the

department of highways, was purchased for the new bridge site.

No damage was done in- side the building.

eee

Pete Postnikoff, 66, re- ceived a cut lip in a fight on August 26 at 9:45 p.m.

By the time police arrived at Banjo's Pub to break it up, the suspect had left, Const. Imrie of the RCMP said.

Both people were inebriat- ed, Imrie said.

eee

A rock was thrown through the upstairs window of John Avila, 508-9 Ave., on August 25 at 10 p.m.

Avila, 52, was sitting in his armchair when the rock and glass from the window nearly

hit him.

According to Const. Imrie, there are no suspects."

There's not much to go on,” Imrie said.

COMMUNITY

CONCERT IN THE PARK Fun-filk celebration of God's love, Saturday, Sept. 5, 3-6 p.m. Hongmes

Park.

SENIOR CITIZENS BUSINESS MEETING September 3rd, 2 p.m., Seniors Hall. New members welcome. 2/69

Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. The first 15 words are $5 and additional words are 30¢ each. Boldfaced words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. There is no extra charge for a second insertion while the third consecutive insertion is half-price and the fourth and fifth consecutive insertions are only half price for the two of them. Minimum charge is $5 (whether ad is for one, two or three times). Deadlines are § p.m. Wednesdays for

Saturday's paper and 5 p.m.

Monday for day's paper.

should be brought to the Castlegar News at 197 Columbia Ave.

COMMUNITY

Bulletin Board

BACK nIES

B.C. Grown No. 1

GREEN CABBAGE

-55 kg.

Made fresh in store 1.94 kg.

Seedless © 1.74 kg.

Castlegar Foods

BREAD

570 g.

Foremost

MILK

Skim © 1% © 2%

Old Dutch

POTATO CHIPS

Assorted ¢ 200 g. Limit 3

Homogenized ¢ 2 Litre

Van's

ALL BEEF WEINERS

| POTATOES

10 Ib. bag

1°

Fleet Wood

BLACK FOREST HAM

100 g.

Soft Drinks

COKE & SPRITE

Regular & Diet © 2 |.

Lovie ENGLISH]

CUCUMBER

with $25 purchase

Free

Overlimit price $1.49

1"

500 g.° 1% e2%e4% F 11. with $25 purchase with $25 purchase

Overlimit price $1.49

Overlimit price .99¢ |

&@ Wednesday, September 2, 1992

AJhe News

SecondFRONT

CALL THE

The News is located at 197 Columbia Ave. Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on weekends and statutory holidays.

SUB RATES

The News is published by Castle News Ltd. for Canwest Publishers Ltd. Mail subscription rate to The News is $37.50 per year. The price on newsstands is 75¢ for each edition. The price delivered by newspaper carrier for both editions is only 90¢ a week (collected monthly). GST extra. Second class mail registration number 0019.

Wilson doubts Harcourt's judgment

Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER

Gordon Wilson wants to renegotiate the Columbia River Treaty.

The B.C. Liberal leader is ready to open a 28-year-old Columbia River water agreement with the United States that is binding for another 32 years.

“I insist (the Columbia River Treaty) be opened for negotiations,” Wilson said. “But I don’t trust the premier to negotiate.”

Wilson says NDP leader Mike Harcourt’s performance at the constitutional talks in Ottawa illustrated the premier’s inability to negotiate for B.C.

“We need to be a lot more aggressive in making sure British Columbians are served first,” Wilson said.

The Liberal leader also criticized Harcourt for his handling of the Castlegar-

Robson bridge issue.

“How is it possible midway through a budget year to suddenly come up with funds,” Wilson asked. “(Harcourt) got it from other projects he promised. He robbed Peter to pay Paul.

“(Harcourt) is trying to mend some bridges, no pun intended.”

The forest industry is another sector where Wilson wants to see aggressive approaches taken in an effort to gather inventory.

“A comprehensive inventory is needed right now,” Wilson said. “We need a land use strategy.

“The solution is not to shut down the forest industry. There’s no doubt past logging practices have been sorely lacking. But the best insurance is an inventive, active forest industry.”

Responding to a study that calls for a 45 to 50 per cent reduction of the annual allowable cut over the next five years, Wilson said, “I don’t know how you can sustain the industry with a 50 per cent — reduction. We need to change the way in which land use decisions are being made.

“The problem with ‘log as you talk’ negotiations is you create the incentive for companies to stall talking,” Wilson said. “If you have a moratorium the other side can stall talks and prolong the moratorium.”

Slocan Valley environmentalist Colleen McCrory said the amount of land environmental groups want protected is not unreasonable.

“We're asking only for 3.4 per cent of all productive forest land in the province, and that hardly gives us the edge,” McCrory

BOCC! ANYONE?

News photo by Jonathan Green The place was Kinnaird Park, and the game was Bocci. Similar to lawn bowling, it is played faithfully by these tion. gentlemen, who took advantage of the nice weather last Sunday to engage in some friendly competition.

Thrums blaze doused

Corinne Jackson NEWS REPORTER

Tarrys Volunteer Fire Depart- ment and help from neighbors helped avert a potential disaster this weekend.

Neighbor Lonnie Comin report- ed a fire at 1415 Lookout Road in Thrums at about 12:30 p.m. Sun- day.

Within 10 minutes the volun- teer fire department was at the site. They called for reinforcement from the Pass Creek and Crescent Valley volunteer fire departments, as well as the Ministry of Forests.

The owner, Lorne Plotnikoff, was away for the first 45 minutes of the one-and-a-half-hour opera-

“It looked like we already lost

Siddon upbeat on constitution

(the fire) when we arrived,” Tarrys Fire chief Ralph Merriman said. The fire, only 200 feet from the base of the mountain,was headed towards some brush, a load of hum-

Jonathan Green NEWS REPORTER

If you stand close: enough to Tom Siddon, you might be able to hear the strains of ‘O Canada.’

Canada’s Indian Affairs Minister, and MP for Richmond, Siddon was in Castlegar Friday for a par- ty function on his way to meeting with a tribal coun- cil in Cranbrook.

At a news conference Friday evening, Siddon talked about several issues pertaining to aboriginals and Canada, most notably the constitutional talks that ended earlier that day.

Siddon said the deal struck between Canada’s gov- ernment and aboriginal leaders Friday, one that took two years to arrive at, is something that’s been worth waiting for.

“The deal is historic,” he said, adding that one ma- jor hurdle still has to be cleared. “The sticking point is having Canadians endorse it.”

Siddon said the agreement, which calls for Quebec to be recognized as a distinct society, establishes a third level of government for aboriginals and creates an equal and elected Senate, will benefit Canada for years to come.

“It’s a major overhaul of the Constitution,” he said. “If we have a referendum and Canadians support this, I think Canada is going to take off.

“I think there’s not much to hold Canada back.”

Siddon said the deal looks to be beneficial for all Canadians, especially the aboriginals, who felt they had been on the outside looking in for too long.

“I think they’re really excited from what I’ve heard,” he said. “This is more than they ever could have dreamed of.”

Siddon said the agreement serves to cap two dif- ficult years between aboriginals and whites in Cana- da, something that all started with the uprising at Oka.

Since then, he saidheadway has been made on sev- eral aboriginal issues, including land claims.

“There’s been some real progress on land claims all across Canada,” he said. “We have made more progress this year than the entire century.”

And though the fight to please all Canadians isn't quite over, Siddon said they have come a long way.

“It’s been a long and difficult journey since July of 1990,” he said. “I think there’s some real up times coming.”

ber and a neighbor’s trailer.

The occupant of the trailer was away for the weekend.

A couple of neighbors with front-end loaders were able to help put out the fire by moving lumber from the area.

“As things progressed, we can- celled the call to Pass Creek. Cres- cent Valley still came up to help us,” Merriman said.

Plotnikoff credited the volun- teers with averting disaster through quick action. “If the fire department wasn’t there and there was a good wind the moun- tain would have been gone for sure.”

Merriman suspects that the fire was caused by heat produced from the sun hitting some brokenglass that was buried in the thick grass.

About one acre of land was scorched.