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Name: Brian

Where you work: Castl Golf Clubh

What you do there: Chef/Owner

Castlegar likes: Sports activities

Castlegar dislikes: None

Best kept Castlegar secret:.Castlegar Golf Course Pet: Cat - Okee Dokee Vehicle: Chrysler LeBaron What would you rather be doing? Golf In Bermuda

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Seeing father's disappointment may have been enough punishment for youths

Sun Staff

Two 13-year-old Castlegar boys received a valuable life-lesson from Provincial Court Judge Sperry on Monday at the Castlegar Court House. ij The Pai appeared before the court because of a September, 1990, inci- lent in Oliver. " e q :

in some

an 11-year-old cousin.

The next door neighbour of the relatives had been away in Vancouver’

with his family, and the trio decided to access his house and do a little dam- age. :

Entering through a window, the three boys proceeded to drink some beverages from the fridge and help themselves to some food, including

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Apparently, the pair were visting relatives of one of the boys and were

some ice.cream and fruit. : No eect ‘The boys also. decided to go through the house, doing about $150 dam- age. P Among their activities while inside the house, the boys tumed up the heat on a waterbed and helped themselves to some Atari video games... “You have embarrassed yourselves and your family," Judge Sperry told the boys before ordering them to each pay $75'to the victim as restitution,

<“Thope it is money that you eam, not money given to you by your fathers,”

The judge also ordered the boys to tum around and look at their fathers, both of whom were in the courthouse. Judge Sperry told them to look at the disappointment in the father's eyes and remember that look. L

Te was the first incident with the law that either boy had experienced, hopefiully the last as Judge Sperry noted before sentencing each youngster

Wednesday, May 15, 1991

'The'Castlegar Sun

'FACTS' combines forces of radio, parents to reach students

television and

‘cial Needs. ‘

The Stanley Humphries Secondary School t Advisory Council is coordi

ing Disabilities; Death; Discipline/2chavior Vt Nutrition; Teen Py and Spe-

Each program will include & moderator, a rep-

1 ng a series of shows to be broadcast live on Shaw Cable 10 and simulcast on QR 760 ‘

The series “FACTS,” (Families: Awareness and Communication with Teens in Society), will - be shown starting Monday, May 13, 8:00 to 9:00 P.m, then recorded and rebroadcast on May 15, 17 and 19. Then once'a month from September 1991 to March, 1992... :

| "The topics will include “Dropping Out,” on May 13. The fall and winter topics will include: Learn-

from Social Services and Canada Manpower, an SHSS teacher, as well as a parent and student. There will be a panel discussion, and video, followed by a phone-in question ses- sion, The discussion will be aimed at increasing

* awareness and understanding of dropout prob-

lems, as well as informing the public what sup- Port services are available, Every topic will show the importance of sclf- esteem, discipline and peer pressure. Each year, 100 th young C:

11 teens every hour make the decision that will affect their lives forever,

If the current dropout rate of 30, percent con- tinues, there might be as many as one million der-edi ined youth ing the

labour force by the year 2000, :

+ Everyone has a stake in reducing the high school dropout rates, Social costs result from unemployment, illiteracy and poverty. There will be a loss of productivity that the Canadian econ- omy cannot afford,

Phone calls to the live program will be accepted at: bee Castlegar—365-3122

drop out of school before graduating. More than

Greater Trail—365-5501

| cloudy with a few. showers and Fri-

Ce — OUTLOOK: The forecast for Wednesday; Increasing cloud. Highs will be between 20 and 22, The outlook for Thursday is mainly

day will be cloudy with periods of rain. Cool tempera- tures.

ALOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: Temperature: Max/Date — Min/Date ae Mean

21.65/11 6.1/0 112

Precipitation: Rain Snow Total Normal

Legal proceed

MIKE EPHRAN Sun correspondent Z

At the regional District of Cen- tral Kootenay Board meeting held on Saturday. Directors voted to continue proceedings against Wal- ter and Tina Bastsoff. The couple had been ordered to clean up their yard under the unsightly property by-law six months ago and a recent inspection by the building inspector had failed to convince him that they were making a sincere effort to comply, i

The property , on Pass Cree! Toad has been a source of complaint for several years.

Neighbors have complained of. wrecked automobiles, junked auto parts and scrap waste and fear their water sources could be polluted as a

It.

This is the first time the RDCK has attempted to enforce an unsightly property by-law. During

is Vis aiding i siat-

the vote to

was unanimous except for director Josh Smienk. The had been invited to attend the board meeting to sub- mit their point of view but failed to show up. rene

In. other business the board voted to support'a recommendation that would provent Bill Henne of B.S.B. Enterprises from continuing his operations on Crown land in the Brilliant area.. Henne intended to develop the site-as a gravel pit but there has been considerable concern about the environmental impact. He ‘was ordered to put up a bond while waiting for a new application to Proceed and to clean up the site if the application of tenure is not approved.

There has been considerable opposition to the plan by local resi- dents.

Director Josh Smienk told the board of a letter sent by the RDCK ittee to the director

visit the building ed he was subjected to verbal abuse and threats of physical violence.

Chamber once again sponsoring

Sunfest window decorating contest"

ber of Cor ‘is p a “2 =. »%sWindow/Buysiness Decorating Con: Sun Sta “test to be judged during the Sunfest The Castlegar & District Cham- _ weekend.

Julie Jones knows the value of the ‘Community Options : Program. : ee

The. decoration contest is- open to all business in Castlegar and dec- oration can be inside and/or out- side.

The decoration is not limited to windows as the whole business can be decorated.

Ron Armbruster, chairman of the chamber’s membership and fundraising committe, will be one of the judges for this year’s event and is looking for a lot of imagina- tion from participants, f

“I hope they make it a very tough job for the judges,” said Armbruster.

First prize is $75, second prize is $50 and third prize is $25. ~

The theme will be in

general of fisheri¢s and oceans Pacific region.

The letter requests compensation for the loss of ocean salmon as a

The proposed joining of forces would be cost effective in that it will allow bigger plants to operate and recycled materials to be marked for higher prices.

ings will continue

could put them at similar risk of lawsuits, ~ Hs Director John Voykin gave a report on the A.G.M. of the associ- ation of Kootenay and Boundary icipalities which b ry

Directors were disapp

for h

i ipa and regional district rep-

wastes pick-up will not be reaching the whole of the Central Kootenay District. Several ities in the

sion.

" resentatives together for a busy ses-

the

Slocan such as New Denver, are

Not on the list of destinations sup- .

plied by the B.C. hazardous waste management corporation.

As the Hazmobile was supposed to collect PCBs from all of the schools in the area, dii doubt-

Minister of Municipal Affairs Gra- ham Bruce; Minister of Develop- ment Trade and Tourism, Howard. Dirks; M.P. Sid Parker; M.L.A. Anne Edwards; M.L.A. Robin Blancoe; from the Union of B.C.

ed that the clean-up could be a thor- ough one,

Patricia Sloane, the director of the operation seated that the prob- lem was insufficient funding to cover as much the area as had been

ip »P Joyce Harder; the mayor of Lillooet and executive director Richard taylor,

Other speakers included speaker and panel moderator, Mike Hallo- ran; the panel of integrated land use had bill Barlee M.L.A. author and Ki

and were requested to write to the waste ing the

ledge network m host Chris Murchie spoke on the com-

agen

urgency of the problem and the need for more funds to clean it up.

The RDCK headquarters is to

get a new roof. The present one has

been patched several times yet a

local and d ds their return to the area.

meeting was i ip last week by a major leak. The job is to d to cost about $15,000

Their sp ing g have been disturbed by the dams that have been built this century and the fish“are facing possible extincti

and req ests for tenders to be made locally.

particularly the upper Columbia Sockeye.salmon.

Only two sockeye were caught in the area last year. The letter also mentions the possibility of bringing the united states into the picture by petitioning them to do a status review on current fish stocks.

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The Boundary, East and Central istricts are to coll in the

A pap willbe purct chased to“handle: the large-quatity of.confidential materials the RDCK + have to deal with.

The RDCK will ask the Squamish-Lillooet region to keep them up to date on developments in lawsuit brought agairtst them by the department of the environment. in the sum of over $1,000,000.

The RDCK is concemed that an

hiring of a ‘coordinator for waste

ight in the new waste manage- ment plan being designed here

faimess program. |.

There was a broad range of reso- lutions, -

The meals, entertainment, orga- nization and hospitality of the Fer- nie council staff and citizens were excellent, said Voykin, and received raves from delegates and guests. ews

Next years host’ for the annual session will be Castlegar.

sees gies “

, At the Central Kootgnay region-} al hospital meeting that followed the RDCK session, director Ken Wyllie reported that the new Castlegar extended care facility is readying itself for patients and is expected-to open its doors on June 20th. It will be called the Mountain View Lodge.

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Selkirk College hosts Perinatal seminar

MARION ANDERSON

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Sun staff —_—.

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The first topic in the nine-hour con-. ference was a breast-feeding work- shop: ing and M: i

with Sunfest’s “A Salute to Music” and the deadline for entries shall be 12 noon on May 31, 1991.

Judging will take place Friday, May 31, in the afternoon. Entry

forms are available at the Castlegar

Chamber of Commerce.

Selkirk College was the place for Perinatal educators and interest- ed public, Friday, May 10.

b Postp IPP group leaders, consumers and other participants in community support

About 90 mostly women, attended a variety of work- shops. The conference was intend- ed to meet the needs of Prenatal course instructors, Public Health

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“Transportation is a problem for us,” say Green. “Because Castlegar is so long and spread out, we end up spending a lot of time waiting for a means to get somewhere. We try to access public transportation whenever possible, and we often have to tailor sch to fit the

people we have working with these individuals,” say Green, “That's good. They need to hear from: the community.”

And what they've been bearing is good news to the society and the employees involved.

“We're hearing about how cre- ative the workers are, in coming up with ideas and handling different

public system’s.” “We've been getting some feed- back from the community on the

” which is a must for these workers,

The community has told the society on many occasions that the

to Friday's schedule started off at 8:00 a.m. with registration, coffee, muffins and fruit. From that point on it was getting down to business.

people working for them show a lot of ingenuity, dedication and creativity.

Common Difficulties with presen- ter Frances Jones of the Vancou Breast-feeding Centre. 3 Selkirk College provided lunch . for all the participants at noon, and then at 1:00 p.m. two concurrent workshops were scheduled. A choice was given between attend- ing a Curriculum and Community Issues Workshop with Sue Little, or. Pade Pana)

a ig On : Diabetes, presented by Jetty Sools- ma of the Burnaby Hospital in Van- couver. by

The p most of

its funding through the y of Social Services:and Housing, and gets also contracts with the Min- istry of Health and Welfare.

The people who are being served by the society need a differ-

. ent kind of support.

“What they need,” explains Green, “is people support. Encour- agement. If you notice that some- one is doing a job, like Julie, who helps at the Rec Centre, then make contact. Introduce yourself. Ask questions, We're looking for natu- tal kinds of connections. We don't’ want to be treated like a special group.” :

Some people are uncomfortable

when they are near a handicapped’

person. But the excuse is quickly ©

: being washed away. Everyone - - experiences situations where they are uncomfortable. That's life. And ~.

life is also communicating. with

* ‘fellow human beings; on all levels. .

“Even. with what appears to be a non-response; almost everyone understands when contact has been made,” said Green.) ;

Contact is being made on'a;

,daily basis at the Kootenay Society » for Community Living. Taking that

Jerry ; tal Health Centre,..or Judy: Coch: Ss ing C. ian’:

and VBAC Couples.

A variety of displays were also set up in Selkirk College's main : lobby. Materials and resources | were available for the Perinatal educators and consumers during the ' conference, J

Independent displays were also | invited, such as “Snappies,” a home-based business in Nelson that makes re-useable diapers. Friendly demonstrators were happy to show - the latest in diaper design, for both ; ease of use and baby’s comfort.

*-Ann Johnson, who works close- ly with ICBC. was on hand to pro- | mote the proper usage of car seats and infant carriers... ‘

Several years ago, the Ministry’: : of Health directed the public health to teach: prenatal classes to the community. pin fata ror

Mike ‘Phillips. a memberjof the

., Committee responsible for the coor- | :* dination of the conference?‘and ! Continuing Educator in Trail said, “,

z ing tad} 2 ‘the

Now. that cach community has

Contact: out-into the

«.,. Was just. the: next step. It:was

matural thing to do:

to.its\own

di

a ‘was needed to Compare. notes ‘and share experiences."*

HM ZEEBEN Sun staff

“The West Kootenay is home to any talented writers and i

ered at Castlegar’s library to celebrate writing.

Mayor Audrey Moore opened

the evening and librarian Judy .

Wearmouth acted as MC. The night featured Balfour's Ross Katte, winner of the CBC

prose essay award for 1990. His

reading of “Leaving the Farm,”

which won $3000 from the broad- casting giant, was “really moving,” said Wearmouth. “I thought it was a success—we should definitely do it again.” ‘

As well as Klatte, authors: from the Castlegar writers’ guild read from their works to an attentive audience. “Every year we have a visiting guest author,” said Wear- mouth. “This year it was nice to also have local writers.”

Great opportunity for local writer

Along with the library and the guild, Selkirk College played a large part in the proceedings as sev- eral of the school’s faculty gave readings including Gordon Tumer, Jim Terral, Mark Mealing, and Myler Wilkinson,

A Jim Ch: who

they were just as good.” Ch

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was

impressed by the high school stu-

dents who showed up for the event.

“The young people who read were

very good,” he said. “The entire night went exceptionally well.”

A ding to Ch the

read from his short story “The

Stone Mason,” thought everyone

deserved credit. “I hate to have too

much emphasis on the college,” he

said. “Even though some are in ions other than academi

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sports. “We look forward to a strong

The Sun is proud to announce that Castlegar native Jim Zeeben has agreed to join our editorial

A graduate of doth the Applied Writing and the Blec- ‘tronic Publishing programs at

irk College, Zeeben brings an eagemess to leam and a strong work ethic to the Castlegar Sun. *

Although he and his family moved away from Castlegar when he was just ten-months-old, Zeeben considers the area home and is looking forward to becom- ing involved in the community. Zeeben enjoys skiing, hocke' football. In fact, Zeeben is hoping to play some flag football in Castlegar this summer.

The grandson of Peter and Lucy Zeeben, of Castlegar, Jim graduated from high school in Abbotsford and then di

college in V 23-year-old Zeeben will be covering a wide range of beats for the Castlegar Sun, including municipal politics, education and

*" An avid sports enthu ty

from Jim,” said Sun publisher Jon Jarrett. “His enthu- siasm for the job and the commu-

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. forward to his contributions each

a Writer nity make him a fine addition to our staff. I know that our readers will enjoy his articles and look

week,”

Tulips Flow

After-30 years as a flower shop serving the Castlegar area, the store now known as Tulips flowers is planning.a move into a new build-

ing just a few blocks away in the downtown core.

“Now is a good time to do it with the low interest rates and Castlegar’s ding ” says Katherine Soloveoff who runs the store along with her husband

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The new building will be located directly behind the Castlegar post- office at 301-11th Avenue—on a Parcel of property the Soloveoffs have owned for a number of years.

Tulips Floral co. made an appli-

“\}) Castlegar Lady Lions’ (right to left) Fran Farkas, Kat ‘ present Louette Nichvolodoff (far left) with a cheque for t | Emergency. Response Unit. Nichvolodoff is the Admi

| Services In Castlegar.

A Help

ing Hand

y Popoff and’ Rae Penman he purchase of a Personal nistrator of Home Support

being taken over by an : gar merchant.

library was packed. “About 50 peo- ple showed up—you can't fit any- more than that in there,” he said. The writers’ guild plans to con- tinue to promote local talent and their next project is an anthology of work by local writers. The book Started around six or seven years ago under the name Osprey's Nest. This year's edition is going to be “bigger and better” says Chapman.

Hours 20.1

Total 36.6 cm. 11.0 cm. .

Normal Number of Hours

59.6

On the 7th, 15.5mm was a new daily record. The old was 11.0, set in 1983. Cool and wet says it alll

Forecast provided by The South - East Interlor Weather Office at Castlegar, B.C.

Fate of Kinnaird Hall will be placed in hands of the citizens

JIM ZEESEN Sun staff

The future of the Kinnaird hall will be put into the hands of the citi- zens it has served for almost 50 years.

Castlegar city council announced

our plan to hold’a number of public meetings,” said mayor Audrey Moore.

Renovations at the hall were dis- cused at a council meeting in March but the estimated price— $167,000—given by public works

. was unfeasable. *

“We want the hall to stay open,”

said Gerry Rust, a former Ald

use that hall.”

Tou; health regulations have left the kitchen unusable sighting such things as the need for a com- mercial dishwasher.

The cost of updating the area to meet the new requirements is part of so high.

Rust says his group has looked

reported, “The accurate infomation will come when we call the public meetings,” he said. “It’s a good looking facility, they've just let it run down.”

No dates have been given by the council on when the public hearings will be held. “They're not scheduled

" at this point but it’s always been

council’s intention to get public

into the matter and says the costs opinion,” said city-clerk Betty are much lower than what bas been Price.

Program will assist Crestbrook employees

CRESTON - Crestbrook Forest Industries Led., IL.W.A. Canada local 1405, Employment and Immigration Canada and the ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology have entered into an Industrial Adj ices A to assist the employees of Crestbrook

who now is part of an alliance try- ing to save the hall. “I think the fig- ure they’ve given is totally out of line. There’s a lot of small groups like the scouts and guides that could

in move cation to city council for a variance permit to construct the single- Storey building with only five park- ing spaces, contrary to Section 16.8 of Zoning bylaw 553 which Tequires ten parking spaces. However Soloveoff doesn’t believe the busi: needs re

Forest Industries Ltd. — Creston Vaneer and Remanvfacturing Division, to make the career adj tonew i

The Creston Ind Adj following persons.

Services Com

s fa hy Forest ies — Croton Vei and Remanufacturing Division); Jim Kennedy (Senior Industrial Relations Coordi —oa Forest Is ies Ltd.) incial and Federal Tepresentatives to the committee are Don Adams (Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and gy) and Habib Bajwa (Employment and igration Canada). Other to the ittee will include Melba Moisson (Canada Employment Centre) and John Anderson (istrict Supervi i of Adv d i ining and Technology). East Kootenay Community College — Creston Campus has also offered its assistance to the Committee. Areas of services to be considered include Career Counseling, Resume xf Skills U; ing and iti

parking. : i.

“Sixty per cent of our business is done over the phone,” she says. “We do a lot of deliveries.”

The new store is expected to be open by September, in time to offer a flower arranging course in con- Junction with Selkirk College. Also Planned is a new program, operat- ing along with the international flower delivery service FTD, called Flowers after Hours.

“You'll be able to order any time,” Soloveoff says. “They (FID) will accept the order and the customer can pick it up at eight in the moming.”

Silver Rattle Antiques which Currently shares space in the store front with the florists will also be moving into the new larger facility.

“We're waiting for a building permit,” says Soloveoff. The new building will be 1100 hundred square feet larger than their present location and will have what Kaiher- ine calls a “solarium look to it.”

“The doctors across the way Support the move,” says Soloveoff. referring to the medical centre located kitty-comer from the pro- Posed site. Several doctors wrote letters to city council.in support of

“the florists /**

The reason the Soloveoffs are moving in the first place is that their lease on'the building where they are currently located has run out and their present location is

Search.

D Opp , have begun imp

‘The Creston Adj Cc ing a number of these services.

Water colour exhibition coming to area in June

NELSON - An exhibition of water colour paintings by Jeanie Ryley opens at the Nelson Museum on June 1 and continues until June 30. Jeanie Ryley is a former resident of Nelson for many ears who now lives in Ver- non, after some years in 100 Mile House. :

Jeanie Ryley began painting in 1981. She joined the 100 Mile Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists 2s a supporting member when it was formed in February of 1981. She has exhibited her work in their annual exhibition in 200 Mile House and in a in Vancouver.. He work was also exhibited

Objects VII”.

__ Since ber move to Vernon in 1990, Mrs. Ryley has exhibited in the Okanagan Artists Show in Vernon, and in the Mainline Regional Juried Art Show at Summerland. A one-woman show of her works was exhibited at Corcord Homes in Whiterock.

Mrs. Ryley will be guest at an open house at the Museum on Sunday, June 2nd from 2 - 4 pm, The public is invited. The exhibition hours are from 1 - 6 pm daily.

- Exhibitions at the Nelson Museum are assisted financially by the Gov- emmeat of British Columbia, Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Culture, ‘and the City of Nelson. A small admission fee is changed to those who are not members of the Muscum.

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