ss _Castlégar News January 25, 1989 Old is new in b MONTREAL (CP) A building featuring windows that open, drink ing water from taps and lighting with ordinary bulbs is being touted as the office of the ‘90s. While ‘the brochure aimed at attracting tenants to the 30-year-old, 11 storey edifice is considered hype by some the reason for approach is the fear of the sick-building syndrome. Once referred to by the National Research Council as “they disease of the '80s”, the ill-defined syndrome is A product of the 1970s. \ simple energy-conscious The syndrome occurs when sealed offices — suffering from inadequate ventlliation, fluorescent, lighting and from photocopiers and become polluted cteria, as well as carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide Peter Kuczer, president of the company that owns the Montreal building, hopes awareness of the has created a market for Ith-conscious buildings. e on a kick for about 10 or few bucks on he said recently. “But we there was something more important than energy — our health. emissions machines various b other with cigarette smoke, to save a “The amount of time saved from absenteeism will surpass increased energy costs 10 o one,” Kuczer claims A recent Canadian study found carbon dioxide levels in modern office buildings to be an average 50 per cent higher than in older ones. Another Quebec study found several ed carbon mono p counts 20 times higher than normal Studies by the Canadian American governments have blamed the syndrome for headaches, rashes, respiratory and pregnancy problems, as well as for general lethargy. and BLAMES SYNDROME The studies conclude the syndrome replicates natural sunlight. It is widely thought to be easier on the eyes, While they are more reserved, architects and engineers don't dis miss the developer's boast that the project and others like it are the first of-a “new generation” of .office buildings. “If we come to our senses, these are the type of buildings we'll build,” said Glen Milne, “a professor of architecture and public policy con sultant in Ottawa. “But we'd have to burst the dream of the high-tech idiots who love technology for it's own sake.” “I suspect there's going to be a lot more consideration given to these type of buildings,” said Douglas is to blame for higher at and lower productivity, which have outweighed any savings gained through reduced energy costs. Besides windows that can open both vertically and horizontally, the building will offer purified water, not just in a cooler but running from taps And it will give the tenant the option of having incandescent light , rather than themore common nt. In more descent light req uires lectricity but better Right number, wrong OTTAWA (CP) For a little while, Mike Soulard felt like a-mill ionaire. Soulard thought he had won $13 million in a lottery Soulard found a Lotto 6-49 ticket from September in his wallet and decided to check the number before throwing it away A friend who works in a store that tickets looked up the winning ticket was worth $13 million sells lottery number. The Soulard slumped into a chair, un Another person who took the ticket and headquarters: The nfirmed as the jackpot able to speak was with him called lottery number was winner Soulard brother of his good fortune home to tell his While headquar drov his brother alled ttery ters, Mike was $0 overcome with-ex vomited Soulard ame out of the bathroom. -his brother had bad-news Mike ave gone a ticket and asked for the brother ex printed by into outlet: months age ing numbers. his d. The numbers are Our Action Ad Phone Number is 365-2212 in Memoriam HEART FOUNDA.ION accepts am donatior ds sent legar. B ANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY emoriam. donations. Informar 365-516: 1c ticket computer ‘on the same paper as-the tickets What Soulard had a printout with winning numbers It wasn't a total loss,"’ says his brother. ‘*He was so excited and up: set that his boss gave him the after. noon off. And now he knows his heart is in good shape of course, was Legals a h engineer € ing in indoor air control at National Research Council, “I think the whole concept of vent ilation has to be reviewed,” Walkinshaw quoted a U.S. govern. ment report which found that between 20 and 30 per cent of workers, feel their productivity is hampered by poor ventiliation, and that they could be 30 per cent more productive in improved surround ings “So you financial logic said. But some people in Montteal's real-estate industry are more cynical about Kuczer's building and dismiss much. of the enthusiasm as hype. “It's a gimmick? Absolutely,” an industry insider said, there's a definite to -it,” Walkinshaw see, NOTICE The Board of School Trustee: Castlegar) invites the General Public to present riefs for its 1989-90 Operati MEETINGS WILL 89.02.08 Commencing at 15:00 at the School Board Office Palate ik Cacti s of School District No. 9 ing Budget. BE HELD On; ' 9 Appointments will be arranged for groups and individuals at 15 minute intervals. Written briefs School Board Office on or before 89.02.03 To be placed on the Agenda, please contact the School Board Office at 365-7731 Board of School Trustees School District No. 9 (Castlegar), 865 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. VIN IHS should be submitted to the « BUSINESS DIRECTORY TELEPHONE 365-5210 New insertions, co; hy and Busines Directory will be accepted up to 5.p.m of February for the Castl News . 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The road re; time s hi sent ig for the most pairs, which closed the highway fora i SH route. hon almo gears up for busy year By Cosdievig Staft, ed Lcniiinnttiiien’ as By CHERYL CALDERBANK The recent closure of the Cape Horn Bluffs north of Slocan made life interesting for Slocan Valley residents, especially those who travel the road to-and-from-work. Two of those people are Jim Hildebrand, who lives in New Denver, but works as village clerk in Slocan, and Vera Hamilton, who works as village clerk at New Denver, but lives in Slocan During the months Highway 6 travellers experienced closures and delays on the road, Hilde brand and Hamilton, like other commuters, were forced to take a circuitous route getting to and from work Hildebrand spent the night in Nelson when “he couldn't face the long drive down the valley to Nelson, Kaslo and via Highway 31A to New Denver. He also took time off work when the closure was in effect. At other times, he left his vehicle on one side of the bluffs and walked across to the other side, where he was met by his foreman He described the experience It a bit scary when you put your hand on a rock the size of a Volkswagen Beetle and it starts moving,’ he said. There was also the danger of falling off the edge of the road, which is situated 215 metres above Slocan Lake Hildebrand also took the tugboat to work on one occasion. He describes the water ferry arrangement as utterly unsatisfactory.”” The Iris G. tugboat ferried workers between, the communities of Sloecan and Silverton, Hildebrand says the tugboat travelled at an incredibly slow rate. It took 1% "hours to get from one community to the othier. He 1 it meant leaving Silverton at 5 a.m. and arriving at n at.6:30 a.m. His normal starting time at work is 9 four walk across as a dangerous “‘It_was_not very well thought out.”’ Hildebrand says of the arrangement, although he doesn't totally blame the Ministry of Highways. “The demands of the travelling public are very difficult to satisfy,"’ he says. Hamilton also made use of the tugboat for about 10 days. On those occasions, she would depart from Slocan at and arrive at Silverton at 8:45 a.m., but she didn't get home until 9 p.m. The tugboat could only time. The passengers bem carry eight passengers at a included a doctor, Slocan Forest Products employees, nurses, Hildebrand and Hamilton Hamilton also drove past. the Bluffs when~ she could. She describes ‘the driving conditions as “ter rible."” On a couple of occasions, Hamilton said, she called the district supervisor and complained that there were no flares or lights set up. The next morning, however lights were set up, she said During the first part of the closure get through so Hamilton ended up driving around via Highway 31A, but decided the route was too long. She said her ¢ar became covered in tar as a result of the pavement on the road breaking up. Hamilton added that she-also-spent countless hours sitting and waiting at both ends of the Bluffs. She also stayed overnight in New Denver on several occasions and stayed weekends no cars could there when heavy blasting was in progress The Bluffs closure not only isolated the villages of Silverton and New Denver, but also Slocan, Hildebrand said New Denver and Silvetton are enroute Kaslo and New Denver but Slocan is end of the line.” The closure meant an inconvenience to suppliers of services, who came as far as Slocan and then had to turn around and go back travelling to New Denver 7 He said frequency of servites and freshness of supplies were definitely affected by the closures and between he says. at the down the valley before delays ~ VOICE OF — Septic Service COLEMAN COUNTRY BOY SERVICE Sump & Septic Tank Pumping Phone 365-5013 3400-4th Avenue Castlegar CASTLEGAR FUNERAL CHAPEL Dedicated to.kindly thoughttul service COMPLETE FUNERAL SERVICE Cremation, Traditional Burial and Pre-Arrangement Plan Available Granite, Bronze Memorials Cremation Urns-and Plaques PHONE 365-3222 Bartle &. 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The build ing houses the Scout Hall, library and museum In other news, a swishbarrel” race is planned for May. The event, set for May 13. will be put on_by ‘the Salmo Fire Department. The consists of four eight-person teams rolling barrels along a 2'- kilometre course “It’s a good Saturday afternoon entertainment," Berukoff said The race will be followed by 3 spaghetti feed and a S0s-60s dance sponsored by the chamber. Fhe annuat Salmo Days celebration race relay SLOCAN VALLEY end. The events will include logging competitions, a demolition derby and games for the kids Salmo’s rock mural has also been gaining a lot of attention. The murat. is three to four metres high and four to five metres Made out of rock, it depicts a prospector panning for_gold. The mural, situated_in the downtown core, is lit up at night wide In other news, conditions at Salmo Ski Hill are reported to be excellent Berukoff notes that the ski hill has put in an outdoor skating rink where residents can skate free of charge. In addition, there are than 16 kilometres of cross-country ski trails at the ski hill more Logi LAUNCHED This is the first issue of the Voice of the Valleys The Voice of the Valleys will be published once a month by the Castlegar News, and will appear as a section of this-newspaper In addition, it will be mailed on non-subscribers in the Slocan Valley Thrums/Tarrys/Glade/Shoreacres, upper Pass Creek and Genélle“as an extended market edition its own to Ymir/Salmo. In announcing publication of the Voice of the _Valleys CasNews publisher Burt_Campbell__said extended market editions “are becoming increasing ly common in the newspaper industry {small areas to be more concentrated ‘‘rather than spread ing that coverage over many, many issues of the paper, a bit at a tim Also, extended market editions allow advertisers — at a modest surcharge to_extendc their reach to potential customers. larger numbers. of Inquiries concerning news items for the Voice of the Valleys may be made to the news department of the Castlegar News at 365-3517. Advertising enquir- ies can be directed to 365-5210 while inquiries should be made to 365-7266. The next edition of the Voice of the Valleys will be published on Feb circulation Silverton worried about post office By CasNews Staff Silverton's mayor is concerned about the future of the post office in will be closed although it has indicated a number of times that some smaller post offices service. But that would mean resi dents would have to go elsewhere for postal services Policing increased The Recovery * Custom Upholstery * Automotive & Furniture Call 365-6869 By CasNews Staff The Slocan Valley is being policed equally as well as it was with the closing of the Crescent Valley RCMP detachment nearly two years ago According to Jim Druchet, super: intendent of the Nelson. subdivision ‘of the REMP, there are increased 9 Crescent Valley Winlaw area which is policed out of Nelson. In the Slocan area, which is policed out of New Denver, there are more personnel and patrols on the road, Druchet said “Our presence in those areas has drastically increased over the past 18 months,” Druchet said, adding that there is more coverage being given by highway patrols and better res. ponse time, even though the RCMP takes a while to respond to some calls. Druchet noted that the subdivision hasn't received any complaints from citizens regarding inadequate ser vices “We haven't had any problems identified to us with respect to lack of services provided,"" he said. “Any concerns that people may have, we want to know about it,"” he’ added.~ the Slocan Valley city Veteran Mayor Ran Harding says the federal’ government has been cutting back on postal services and adds that the government has indi cated some small communities could lose their post offices. “We hope ours won't be one of them."* Harding said. ‘‘The village is absolutely opposed to it." He adds that nothing firm has been-said by the federal government, It's a tremendous inconvenience “This would be terribly inconven: to any municipality to have the post - ient."? he said office moved out of the community,"* says the former MLA and MP. He says the village has written the government opposing any closure of the post office “We want to retain our facilities here just as we are,’ Harding said If the post office’ were closed, Harding presumes that the munity would have to resort to box The post office residents of com: surrounding area Harding said post office represen tatives will be coming to Silverton in the near future to discuss the siti ation with the community Silverton population of just under 300 people but also another 100 people in the