FHEST PRESS woth he Can Nove 9 years ago, a second-hand Gestetaer purchased Hrean Trall joweller Peter Durkin, was presented Campbell. The Gestetner was the first in a long TPOAY UBM a m, One One Man's Opinion * Commission. are making transmission of signals ‘possible. other self-help. organizations. has nothing to do with ‘it. Help Out jut Nakusp I don't blame the people of Suse fo for hate ‘upset ey anet wikh the Canadian Radlo‘Tetevision It seems that the august body in Ottawa has told the Nakusp T.V. Society that they must not watch Spokane T.V. According to an article by Nakusp writer Don Waterfield in the Vancouver Sun; Sept. 30 is the day the RCMP will be told to destroy or take into custody the batteries that The report advised that cable signals are allowed but signals via antenna are illegal. It ‘is obvious I am ignorant because I cannot see the difference between the two. Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco has raised the issue in the House of Commons, and the minister of transport replied in French though she is fluently bilingual. Bob is not. The minister, bluntly speaking in another language, supported the CRTC and the case was closed. Thave a suggestion for the Nakusp TV Society: Ask for the names and addresses of each of the members of the CRTC and ask them bluntly why they are so sympathetic to the commercial Cablevision companies and why they have chosen to lay the iron hand on TV. Co-operatives and In my opinion the people of Nakusp may be one of the last hopes we have to stop Big Brother in his tracks. It is not the money involved, or a few bad TV shows broadcast from Spokane. That The issue for me involves freedom. Freedom to read what we wish and see what we must to’ earn. I feel that all alternatives should be kept open for people to explore and educate, Itak ling me 1 watch, 2 gr toany go read or listen to any ideas. 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South Castlegar supply tank. je : City to Turn, : Off the Water a Of Offenders - City >. council. authorized water: regulations - inspector: ‘Clarence Ackerman last’ week ” ut off! water ‘to the Ala. : Brian Kil ick Residents ; ay RYON GUEDES itor, Castlegar News Koehn of public in d Pol- works and services committee chairman, told council ° last. Tuesday that reduction of eve- lution.Control Branch officials’ disclosure of the terma of thelr ning Sateting hours from 6 to 9 p.m. 6 to 8 p.m. was ae ary because of a’ heavier demand on the 90-foot tank. Night drawdown last Mon- day © reportedly “reached '19 feet—one foot above the alarm level—and early last: Tuesday. the drawdown decreased to"15 feet. Late last Tuesday the tank level was below the alarm level. © Kilpatrick told council city water, consumption. for July amounted to 65,694,500 gallons. Water pumped to'North Cas- + tlegar amounted to 27,219,100 the city during July, 80 homes were - issued. warnings, 10 homes’ were’ reported having tinklers operating while the © jers were absent, sprinkling me. home was found to have inued all'night and a‘spare twas found being watered. Central 7; Kote! % Hospital . District, ye aly =. fWere:the main: cause ‘of. the {large figure. . The, $57,000 alloc- ited telco monthly’ to School {District No. 9 also‘represented ‘the ac he said. venue statis- jweek of noise from the city's earby dog pound. i the petition, bearing si Margaret: : gional director. of the Miss B. Interior conimittee, said yester- day the ‘committee is. at- tempting « to. arrange BCTV. network coverage and has al- ready made: plans for local Gommunity 10, taping of the ‘Aug. 27 playdowns: 3": Holuboff ‘said 11 contest- ants from’ seven communities: . fre entered in the pageant, which: covers the territory south of Prince George to the U.S: border and west from the Alberta’ bo! through the Okanagan. ‘to: Merritt—the :gallons: compared to the 28,- 400 pumped to ae Cas- of pressure as, ene Kilpatrick’ said low water: supply, does resident reported that during A ; recent fire in South’ Castlegar, 18 Ninth Avenue residents had’ failed ‘to turn off their sprink: Jers to conserve water pressure » needed by.the fire department to fi ah the ‘fire. 494 North and.South Castlegar Sewer tax. i The total ing sum for granting a pollution control. permit to the CanCel pulp mill, at a lively public meeting Tuesday. ‘The PCB drew heavy. criti. - ism from about 100’ local resi- dents for ‘a four-year lapse between the company's original application for the air. effluent permit in August 1978 and the. recommendation. Residents - also charged that the PCB failed to publicize the’. application’ adequately, with the, result that only. one person gained recognition as a legal objector to' the issuance of ‘a permit to the mill,’ The recommendation, drafted by PCB processing en- gineer > Leon ' Krawezyk, ‘ pro- vides for the of the ack Pi ‘Lousy Legislation’ Subject of Criticism suance of the. permit and ‘re-' duction of ' flyash ‘ emissions from the power boiler to Level B Standards (two grains per cuble foot), 18. months. after’ permit. issuance. . PCB regional division chief ‘Al Hayman, who’ chaired the meeting, said the’ CanCel ap- - mill's ‘recovery boller with a new low-odor ‘system’ by Dec. 31, 1981, (a new. ki scrubber immediate! plication ¥ in local Newspapers and, under. pro- cedures in the Pollution Control Act, referred to processing en- gineers ‘to determine jits:vali-. dity and negotiate’ its terms with the applicant. Upon completion of negot- iations, persons opposed. to is suance of the permit who filed objections within 80 days of the application would be recognized by .the Pollution Contro) di- rector. as legal objectors, Hay- man said, Acting on recommenda- tions from the processing en- igineers and input from ob- ‘for ‘the overall $3,008,685,10 - levied. amounts to $180,927.35, according. to city statistics. - in the area, said’the “barking” and howling all day and night” at the pound “is enough to drive ahy sane person out of their’ mind, and particularly .in' the warm weather when all. doors and windows are open.” Ald. Dave Ferguson, pro- tective services committee chairman, told council the city has) considered moving * the pound several times “but every. time we mention moving we get petitions from, people opposed to our, “moving ‘it into their area.”- > He asked council to take no further action’ on. the ‘petition ‘gntil the results of new efforts” to conte the dog noises could. be established.’ Seren ‘told the Castle- -gar News Monday, the noises area result of allowing the dogs ~" room ‘for exercise rather than “penning them in all the time.” ‘He said the pound—located + ouiside the city before its pres- ent Sixth Avenue South site at : the . former »-Kinnaird’ works ~ yard—conforms to the’ regula- tions set by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- in'the mals. “But we're asking (the resi- dents’) indulge Ferguson _said. “We are trying toalleviate “the nuisance. from there.” ¢ Contacted | Monday night,” Bert MacNicol, one of the resi- : dents who signed the petition, aid the pound is “right across the street” from his home. ‘Asked how. frequently the ‘barking, occurred in’ the area," ‘MacNicol said there was_a dog barking over, there right now.” “When they've got three or. “four dogs over'there on a warm night when all the windows are. open, ‘you just can't sleep,” hes heavy top.:section “ may’ ‘have jectors, the. pollution control - director would retain final ‘thority for granting or refusing ‘the permit or calling: formal public‘hearing, Hayman said, Some;; members -.of the audience reacted with surprise to’ PCB) forest section head Mike Krueger's statement that the :CanCel ' application been submitted four yea: tint (cancel Just one in a limbo’ Castlegar asked: we don't have . facilities’ to monitor: every mill," he sald. , Jo “That means these gentle- men: (CanCel representatives) “dent ° Mickey:) Kinakin:; sald, “How'do you set the standard of what the mill should y don't | have a permit.to monitor y the | iovinee he permits: can’t all be isued sat ‘close watch on air ef- ‘flugnt levels at the mill, Krue- ger said: “ambient” ‘cheeks ‘of | the area are made periodically, a: but regular: monitoring ~ pro- wading de at the pak dig the weekend. (See story, —CasNewsFoto by Bye. Gapes 1 Asmashed main gate early last. Thursday «marked © the latest incidence of vandalism on public recreation facilities at Pass Creek Regional’ Park. Inspection by regional rec- reation director Pat Metge and the Castlegar News showed the” ' 20-foot-high® gate, built from wooden poles” anpronimaely six’ inches: in’ di: foppled Gate Marks New Destruction peas Crock a pact, -he:said. vandalism ‘which’ has: occurred at the park even before he took - over as recreation director in 1974. ~ “We're having a heck. ofa time with. yandale here,” he: sald. “They've been: bu ny “plenie’ tables and tearing down ‘Metge said the destruction of the gate is typical of the the sandbags which divert Pass Creek into the swimming pool.” “Last year, someone took.a © sledge! hammer’ and’ smashed the:stone barbecue pit-at the J park;”. Metge’ said. “F ojust_ can't. see why anyone would go. to all that broken open at:road level and its top section was lying on the ground with both supports splintered.” Metge said residents ina nearby house had heard.a noise followed: by.» “the sound < of / someone driving away” around 4a.m. Thursday. | | He said the gate, ‘chained and- padlocked . shut © every night, “had ~ probably ‘been broken. open by -.a'/ vehicle “easing up” against it ‘and the -Pass Creek Park Swimming: Pools Vandals Target “Vandals followed up. last Thursday's’ destruction’ of ‘the: main. gate. at.“ Pass’ Creek Regional Park with the dis- ruption of the park's swimming pools during: the weekend. ait ‘wilt ‘Phillips, a nearby - resident, told: the - Castlegar News. this ‘week: vandals “at > some time over. the’ weekend” tore away half of a 60-foot-wide dike which diverts water from ; Pass Creek into the Pools, © Philips: said ‘the dike is’ f ‘made ‘of “whatever rocks are available inthe krea and about 150.. sandbags.” He ‘said “the. : wel sandbags were found torn and: ' c strewn about the! pool area. Meeting to Dies ‘Puzzling’ Bill 82 _ ; Selkirk College represe! atives will meet Aug. 25 wi .members of the B.C.’ Associa- : tion of Colleges to discuss: the : impact. of Education Minister Pat: McGeer’s Bill 82 on post- secondary education in the pro-: vince, the college council shale’: : .man.said this week. - Bob.Buckley told the Cas- tlegar’ News — the “bill—which would : provide , 100 ‘per: cent funding and_a single legislative authority for most B.C. post- secondary’ institutions © under the scrutiny. of three’ cabinet- + appointed councils—contains “a lot of puzzling. questions.” “At a college council meet- -ing last Thursday Buckley. said what “he ‘found ' “upsetting”. about the bill was its complete lack of direction. ‘much,”: he told council -mem- ‘bers. “It allows the councils and the minister. to do. what they. ‘feel “is necessary at. thetime ‘without, having to do anything _ in particular. “They ¢ could ‘use this bill to centralize’ the® post-secondary system or they: could: just as use it: to, distribute’ it ‘equally: all over the Province,” i he said,’ -“Buekley, who will be “My, personal reaction is - that’ it: doesn't ‘tell. us. very... ; mong ‘the: Selkirk representa- ° tives’ at the Aug. 25 meeting, : sald Monday. that under the bill the Universities Council, which “previously, was responsible for: ‘the public-funded universities, would make comments on: bud- (continued on page Al7) Five Fires In District" This Week: 7" A spot fire yestérday. at Big: Sheep ” Creek, :near, the trouble to get a sledge hammer. or why they would wade out into the middle of a cold creek to tear down sandbags.” ., He said park workers find the. damage to. park facilities “rather. frustrating.” “We're considering ‘apply- ing for'a Canada: Works grant for work.on thé park,” he said, “But : when: you ‘see. this, it. wot Metge sald there has been no’‘indication of the ages of the vandals although he. does’ sus- “pect'several youths with whom he has had trouble’in the past. The acts of vandalism would : probably receive more notice if ‘they, were. carried out in city: . “parks and handled through city council, he said. “An ROMP spokesman Fri- . ¢; makes you wonder whether it's ‘ * grams.do' not’ begin: until ‘S permit is issued. : “Until the permit, is: issued Front. Street North and\re- moval of a’ Pine Street loading - zone: were ,among the traffic regulation changes city counell approved last week.’ nel gupported originally. equipped :: scrubber, which. did not meet slevel A Fequirements, was out-, ‘ (continued ‘on : Bee ann) “sing of appropriate signs at :-end streets in South:Castlegar was proposed ‘because of con- tinued verbal complaints: from Fesidents in the area, ~ ae ‘Ackerman weonieale: which et ‘with council's ap-’ “proval ‘called for loading ‘zone ‘status ‘rather’ than “two-hour; + parking “on the. two parallel parking spaces, in front. of the. Maple Street liquor store, one- hour’ rather. (than: two-hour. parking beside t on First Avenue North and “no parking” signs on both sides of South: Second - Street © from Seventh Avenue South tothe Ae. TEST: Last chance for one Failway. crossing into Woodland Ald.” works and services committee : chairman, told council the post- ‘Campfire Ban - _Now in Effect “Says. Forestry: | Castlegar is included in the four,’ West .-Kootenay:;, and before you enroll.e: Boundary forest. zones’. where =’ ‘campfires have been banned indefinitely,’ * District “ranger °°" Hugo. Wood ‘said ‘Tuesday. Wood ‘said: the zones in- clude. the Grand: Forks-Kettle Valley ares, the -Trail-Nelson, ti day said police have no suspects: vin the park break-in. -Kaal area, Naku ‘and: ‘the Revelstoke . Santa’ Rosa Summit Highway, brought the Castlegar Ranger District's total of fires‘to‘five this week, according to the dis- « trict. ranger. Contacted yesterday after. noon, Hugo, Wood: said fiye fire ‘ fightera were on:their. way by” * truck and | helicopter to the fire, which he said appeared to have been ‘started by a campfire. © ‘Wood . said’; grass fires which “ occurred’, Monday. in Glade and Genelle were -both believed to. have been started : by, children. > ‘In the Pass Creek area last “Thursday, ‘smal! - bush ‘fires ‘were put out at Strawberry <> Village ‘and First Falls, Wood Pegaldee 200 ‘Only one out ot 16 worked properly. “s; That's “the ‘result of a : provincial government agency’ ‘s' -Tecent tests on Castlegar fire “hydrants: ‘The tests, part of an over- all survey of city fire ‘protection . facilities: by Public Fire.Pro- tection Survey — Services, showed only one hydrant on the Ninth Avenue South 1900 block had an adequate water supply. -’; 2 “Reliability of} power sup- ply for well pumps is a matter ‘of concern and alternate power supplies should” ‘be contem- He emotl in saan taal: tenance by regular of “hydrants” and” valves: is needed,” 5+ rt The survey also said tests ; of fire : department. pumpers showed “a failure to meet their rated; capacity,” and that fire : alarm recetving systems ahould :- be ‘revised ‘to establish’ a “unified fire. alarm. receiving service” rather than depending : on: ‘the . exiting commmneteil : ; the | survey. described the ‘city. fire. preven: :: tion : code: as \“obsolete™ and. y and (Friday ‘with. some after- noon cloudy periods, highs near 35°C and lows-from 10 to 12°, ay Outlook for the ‘weekend is for ‘continuing dry, warm weather. inspection = support Ald.Dave ‘Ferguson told ~ counell Hast’ week he: would report on the points covered in © the survey after a’ meeting in =“ September ©. with North ‘and South’ Castlegar fire chiefs. yo“"The' major. recommenda- tion ‘of it’ is. that ‘there isn't enough water,”. Ferguson’ said Monday. (“We already -know. ” about’ that.” °" i “As far’ as water is con- : cerned, we're just! stuck right: naw,” he said, “The rest of (the plated," the survey ‘said:‘‘Im- ‘urged its’ replacement ‘with a survey) ian't that urgent.” eeseree woe SSS eee