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his contemporary but conservative house is scaled for economy in siting and construction, sultalbe for a young family, empty nesters or as & second home. It is only 50 feet wide to fit on a. narrow lot and It carefully packages three bedrooms and living spaces into just 1,422 square feet, with an optional balcony room of 585 square feet. Despite the economy in size, the house is nicely detailed, with a wide cleresto- ry. window at the center, flooding the vaulted living room with natural light. A log sized fireplace centered on one wall warms the ing room, and there is a sliding

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door out to a sheltered patio or wood deck.

The dining room, for more-formal meals, and the nook for breakfasts or snacks, both adjoin the U-shaped kitchen, The nook also has a bright, cheery window seat

The master bedroom has wall closets flanking the back of the living room fire: place, and a private bath with a shower The hall bathroom serves guests and the two front bedrooms, both with window seats.

A utility room between the hall and garage walls moves two feet into the garage to make way for stairs when the vaulted balcony room is added. This area, open with a railing to the living room below, offers extra bedroom space or a den, crafts room or play area for children. In the daylight basement version, stairs are

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ly hypothetical and based on & 25 per cent reduction of the college's provincial grant, a

Being a student has never been easy, and with proposed government reforms put for- ward by Liberal Human Resources Minister Lioyd Axworthy, it could get a lot tougher. A

In a letter to faculty and staff at Selkirk

3 4 thet

College, President Leo Perra

situation he sees as a “worst-case scenario”. He doesn't see any change to next year's

budget, which already conta'

cent tuition hike, and said that even if

a 10 per

hy’s plan is imp

by Axworthy could have a devastating effect on the college's budget and tuition. “Tt is estimated that the shortfall in these EPF revenues would require a tuition-fee increase of close to 165 per cent,” said Perra. “Such an increase would see an annual tuition fee increase of $1,000 and a

education system hard. According to the plan,

period or effect has not been made clear.

A hy’s cuts are all part of a com- the cut in payments in a plan put forward plex social reform discussion paper called “The Green’ Paper” and it hits the national

the federal govern- ment intends to eliminate the Established Program Financing (EPF) transfer payments to the provinces within 10 years. The cuts are slated to start in February 1996.

d, the time j an System.

But Perra says it is unloading the govern- ment's oh fiscal problems on students.

“That's putting an unfair burden on stu- dents,” said Perra. “They are the ones who are going to be paying off the debt the rest of their lives, and they are not the cause of the deficit we are facing.”

‘The proposal is not sitting well with stu- dents across Canada, and here in Castlegar,

tuition double

dents are starting to hear some sour notes.

In order to combat the obvious implica- tions of the Green Paper, such as higher tuition, Axworthy plans to expand the cur- rent student loan program and also create an additional loan program to run in con- with the present Canada Student

tions have renamed the plan “Learning Making lifelong debt a way of life”

In order to protest the plan, students across Canada will be holding a national student demonstration today

The Selkirk College Student Association is in full support of the protest after an offi- cial strike vote was held last Thursday. According to the Association all classes and courses will be unattended today and stu-’ dents have been asked to attend an informa- tion foram from. 11 a.m.-3 p.m_in the.Pit”.

Despite the protest, Selkirk information services officer Joe Lintz says today will be business as usual.

“The college is construing today .as operations as usual,” said Lintz. “If they

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rise from $1650 to $2650.” In-an interview with The Sun Perra has- tened to point out that these figures are strict-

since fees, i

are now facing increased tuition- demand for student loans and d debt loads. Many student organiza-

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Rodrick mad over bill

Shaw Cable practice irks customer

RON NORMAN — Sun Editor

businesses like West Kootenay Power and B.C. Gas don’t require

Pat Rodrick is mad as hell and she's not going to take it anymore. ' The Castlegar woman is upset because Shaw Cablesystems has charged her a $2 fee for not pay- ing her cable bill on time. But on time to Shaw Cable is a month. in advance—and that’s what irks Rodrick.

“They want their moncy in advance and if you don’t pay it they, charge you $2,” an irdte Rodrick told The Castlegar Sun.

“They bill you a month in advance, but I don’t watch TV in advance.”

Rodrick says she contacted the Shaw Cable office to complain and an employee told her that B.C, Tel follows the same prac- tice of requiring payment in advance of the service

But she countered that other

to pay in

“Shaw Cable has a bloody monopoly, that’s the problem,” she says.

But Jamie Corbett says Shaw Cable is willing to allow Rodrick to pay monthly, if she wants.

Corbett, Shaw Cable's region- al sales and marketing manager at its Cranbrook office, said Rodrick must still pay in advance for the month.

He said Shaw Cable provides a number of flexible payment plans, including quarterly and yearly schedules.

“The majority of subscribers like the idea of paying in advance,” he added.

Meanwhile, Rodrick also said she received a card notifying her @£ the addition of seven new channels to her cable service. The card indicated that she would be

automatically billed for the new Is unless she indicated that

KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff

Lana Sommerville, Castle- gar’s current reigning Miss Castlegar, is in Vancouver Gen- eral Hospital after saffering injuries incurred in a motor vehi- cle “accident Jan. 15.

Sommerville, 17, is in the spinal cord intensive care unit in Sable condition after being trans- ferred, from Trail Regional Hos- ‘pital on Jan. 17 ,

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iven wick Evdoktmoff, 19, of”

Winlaw, when it was struck head on by a vehicle driven by Stanley McPherson, 53, af Winlaw. According to police reports, McPherson was attempting to pass another vehicle near the Passmore firehall on Highway 6 at 11:45 a.m. and, due to poor weather conditions, was unable to complete the pass safely. McPherson and his passenger 63-year-old Ruth Townsend, also of Winlaw, were transported

Paramedics at air crew memorial

RON NORMAN Sun Editor >

Two Castlegar ambulance paramedics were among the more than 5,000 people who attended the memorial service on the weekend for the five people killed in a Medevac air crash near Masset earlier this month.

Lawrence Chernoff and Ray Nichols were in Vancouver Sat- urday to pay tribute to the two pilots, two p: ics and doc- tor who perished Jan. 11 when

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Lana Sommerville . . .in Vancouver hospital

to Kootenay Lake District Hos- pital with minor injuries and later released.

Evdokimoff, Somerville and another. passenger, Lockin McGreal, 17, were transported to Castlegar and District Hospital.

Both Evdokimoff and McGre- al were treated and released, while Somerville was later trans- ferred to Trail Regional Hospital with serious injuries.

McPherson was charged with failure to complete a pass safely.

Joanne Baker, coordinator for the Miss Castlegar Queen Com- mittee, was shocked to hear of the accident, but believes that Somerville will triumph over her injuries

“She's a very determined kid—she'll come through this just fine. We're all hoping she'll be up and around soon.”

Baker said: Castlegar’s princesses will fulfill Som- merville’s responsibilities as Miss Castlegar until Somerville is able to resume her duties.

Sommerville is a senior at Stanley Humphries Secondary School and celebrated her 18th birthday on Jan. 17, only two days after the accident

she didn't want them.

“T had to check this “x” off if 1 didn’t want them,” she said.

Rodrick said she received the card about three weeks ago, at the same time that Shaw Cable intro- duced the new channels in the East Kootenay.

“I told them where to stick it,” she said.

But Corbett said it is the first such incident he's aware of.

Shaw Cable sent similar cards to subscribers in the East Koote- nay, but none were supposed to be sent to subscribers in the West Kootenay

Rodrick is unhappy with the billing practice, know as nega- tive billing

“It's not right,” she says.

But Corbett defended the prac- Paw hats ate ane PE See SHAW 2a

KAREN KERKHOFF 7 Sun Staff

A Genelle woman is dead after a two-vehicle accident on Highway 22 near Castlegar's Industrial Park Jah. 18.

Castlegar RCMP say Rhorfda Myers, 25, was retarning home from working a shift at Castle- gar Mohawk at around 8 15 p.m. when her 1986 Honda sud- denly took a left turn into the path of a Ford Escort driven by Sian Deyoung, of Trail:

Myers was pronounced dead on arrival at Castlegar and Dis- trict Hospital

Deyoung was admitted to

Woman killed in crash

Castlegar and District .Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

Cpl. Al Hudema said the road was snow covered at the time of the accident, but refused to hypothesize if road condi- tions were a contributing factor.

“Whether or not the roads were a factor is still under investigation.”

Hudema said witnesses told police that it appeared as if Myers: was attempting a u-turn at the time of the accident

But he stressed that the cause of the accident is stil undetermined.

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