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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, March 17, 1993

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Battle to Storm the Wall a Selkirk College highlight

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Preliminary findings show sturgeon are decreasing

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-Going green

The spirt of Saint Patrick's day Association Center last Wednesda‘

was alive and well at the Castlegar and District Senior's 'y. Smiling up front are (left); Sara Jacobson, holding on to “Young Pat,” and Isabel Gerrard sporting the colors of theday, green, green and more green. Standing behind are; John Raymond and Nelson Latta.

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HEU workers hold ‘study session’

SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor

to protest retroactive pay delay

person for the Castlegar local.

More than 90 days have passed and employees

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More than a dozen Hospital Employee Union workers from the Castleview Care Centre partici- pated in a ‘study session’ to protest the p g" delay in receiving retroactive pay, last Friday

morning.

The study session, which lasted for one hour, is considered illegal by union standards, but ‘not Mi unusual. And by the following Tuesday, employees

say they haven't received any money. “This delay is not acceptable to us,” Hitchen said There are approximately 30 HEU members

ved at the intes Privately owned facility, although it does receive

care facility, which is a

government money to help fund 40 beds.

A spokesperson from Vancouver-based Chantel

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Hope for Heritage Society

City comes thro

KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff

The Castlegar and District Heritage Society has been on a roller coaster ride of financial up and downs, and théir latest annu al general meeting has definitely left them on a roller coaster high

Carolee Fitz~Gerald, secretary of the Society's board of direc- tors, said the last meeting which was held March 18, was encour- aging to members. Not only did the Society receive a firm com mitment from City Hall for a lump sum of $10,000, but Fitz- Gerald said the city has agreed to fund another $14,500 to the Soci- ety “if it can be found.”

“T'm happy with it. I think the city has worked hard, and they've gone out on a limb. That gives us a certain degree of hope we never had.”

City councillor, Bob Pakula, cautiously verified the city's commitment to fund a total of $24,500 to the Society, but said that since the budget has been made up since December, finding the funds might be difficult

“The council made a commit- ment—we just have to identify the source of the funds. If we add something we have to take it away from somewhere. It has been agreed to by council, we have a commitment from council, we just have to find it.”

Fitz-Gerald said the promised

ugh with funding

funding helps make the future look clearer for the Society; in fact, she said the Society can now afford to hire a full-time coordi- nator, The hiring of a coordinator will render the Society eligible for grants, which is a position the Society hasn’t been in until now.

“Everybody is pretty happy. We will now be able to hire a coordinator.”

A hiring committee, which consists of Brenda Terhune and Chris D’Arcy, has been estab- lished and will be meeting this week in order to formulate a plan to hire a coordinator. The Society will also be applying to hire staff through the Ministry of Social Services.

Two face charges after Kootenay ram killed

SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor

Two men have been charged under the Wildlife Act after a Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ram was killed near the Salmo Creston summit at a feeding sta tion, February 27

William Cunliffe and Ronald Tessman have each been charged with one count.of hunting out of season, and one count of unlaw ful possession of the carcass of a Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ram. The maximum penalty for hunting out of season is a fine of $10,000 for a first offence, and unlawful possession of a ram car-

cass can bring a fine of $5,000 for first time offenders.

President of the Trail Wildlife Association, Dennis Venturini, said he is relieved to hear that BC Envi- ronment's investigation has result ed in charges. And he's certain a huge influence on the outcome of the highly publicized incident was due to area hunters and concerned citizens putting pressure on gov- emment through letters, telephone calls and publicized meetings. "We wanted to send a message to gov- ernment that this kind of action will not be tolerated."

The death of the full-curl adult ram, which was shot with a bow while at a feeding station,

Student’s request to sell condoms in school given green light by board

KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff

School Board No. 9 trustees received an unprecedented Tequest during their regular board meeting, March 22

The request was for two career prep students, Mark Kyle and Martin Whitehead, to sell con- doms at SHSS each lunch hour for one school week. The plan to sell condoms is part of their unit assignment, which was to, formu- late and then implement a small business. However, it was the two students who decided on the nature of the business.

Although the majority of the board supported the request to sell the condoms, Trustee Bonnie Horswill was definitely opposed to the proposal. Horswill handed out her written response to the request, and additional informa. tion regarding sexually transmit ted diseases (STD's) and the safety of condoms.

The written response said in part: “I'd like to compliment the students that were here the other

the only way to prevent STD was from abstinence. She finished her Presentation with a written and verbal natice. It said: “Mr. Chair. man, I'm not prepared to encour- age or to approve of anyone taking that risk with their health or life. I don’t think the board has the right. Mr. Chairman, I ask to have my negative vote recorded.” See CONDOMS 3A

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brought wide spread publicity and surfaced the issue of Native hunting rights in the West Koote- nay. It is believed that both men are from the Femie area.

The Kinbasket Tribal Council stated earlier that it did not con. done out-of-season hunting by. anyone, including its members Their latest comments in light of these recent events were unavail

able at press time. The first courte?y.

appearance for the two men is scheduled for April 19, in Nelson

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| Lock closed The navigation lock at the Keenleyside Dam will be closed and therefore unable to accomodate any traffic on Saturday, March 27

Library happenings

The Castlegar Library invites the public to visit with two of Vancouver's most interesting CBC personalities; Bill Richardson and Marge Meik- le. The event, which will include an afternon tea, will take place at the library on March 25 at 2:30 p.m

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“When our contract was signed by the union:and the owner on December 14, it implied that retroac- tive pay, which dates back to April 1, 1991, would be paid within 60 days,” said Jean Hitchen, chair- ————————$

Wayne Balshin, director of Human Resources for Chantel Management, said the company has

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like to present some additional general information.”

The additional information supported Horswill's belief that

Castlegar police still searching for camcorder and VCR thieves

Sun staff

Even though Castlegar RCMP responded to the alarm within five minutes, thieves still made off with about $10,000 worth of goods from Pete's TV, March 17

Corporal Al Brown, of the

Castlegar RCMP said entry was gained shortly after 4 a.m. when thieves smashed a front glass door and left with several cam corders and VCR's.

“It doesn’t take long for it to add up.to $10,000 when it's VCR's and camcorders.”

Brown is requesting that any- one who has knowledge of this

incident, or has been approached to purchase camcorders or VCR's for a bargain price con sact the RCMP.

“If anyone has any knowl edge of this we'd sure like to hear from them. If this stuff hasn't sold yet, it will quickly That's what it’s usually for—to convert to cash

Spring has sprung!

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Mountain ski Resort.

Steve Baustert (front) and Murney Luchka from Sky High Parapenting in Rossland practice some down hill skiing with a bit of a lift. The two were doing a tandem run at Red

SUN STAFF PHOTO / John Van Putten