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60SECONDS

Miss Castlegar Kirstin Ma-
son and Miss Castlegar
Princess Lesa Draper share
some of the privileges they’ve
enjoyed and some the adjust-
ments they've had to make af-
ter wearing the city’s crowns for
the first six months of their re-
spective reigns.

page 9

¢LOCAL SPORTS |

The Castlegar Rebels have
put their season back on track
with a pair of wins last week-
end in the Kootenay Interna-
tional Junior Hockey League.

The wins over Beaver Valley
and Elk Valley extends the
Rebels unbeaten string to
three games.

page 16

@ WORK PLACE

Local merchants are feeling
merry about the Christmas
season.

A look at a few local busi-
nesses shows that Castlegar
people are opting to shop at
home this holdiay season,
which is coming aS good news
to local merchants.

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Wednesday

November 27, 1991

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HEARTS OF GOLD

News photo by Ed Mills
Castlegar residents once again gave generously during the Castlegar Fire Department's Christmas toy drive. Local firefighter
Ray Hackett is flanked by daughters Kim (left) and Meghan, who in turn are surrounded by some of the donated gifts.

Scott David Harrison
EDITOR

Lawrence Chernoff says the time to
act is now.

The Castlegar alderman says the city
must go ahead with its road referendum,
despite only having a verbal commit-
ment on funding from the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs.

The road referendum is scheduled for
Dec. 14.

The referendum, if passed by the
city’s 6,400 eligible voters, would allow
Castlegar to borrow up $1.286 million
from the Municipal Financing Authori-
ty to pay for the first two years of a five-
year road rehabilitation program.

Payment for the final three years of
the program would come from the city’s
capital funding.

“We're playing catch-up here, that’s
what it’s all Rava Chernoff said at a

deteriorate like they
Chernoff admits the city hasn't spent

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as much money as it should on road re-
pairs and resurfacing. But, he added, the
city budget didn’t allow for the necessary
funds to keep up with the potholes and
cracks.

In the 1991 budget, some $150,000
was delegated to road work. Gity plan-
ner Barry Comin said the road repair
figure should realistically be $350,000
to $400,000 annually.

“If we don’t do it now the
costs will be out of reach in
the future.”
— Ald. Lawrence Cheroff

Chernoff and Comin said Castlegar
simply doesn't have the tax base to
pump that amount of money into road
work

Chernoff said “the time is right” for
road repairs through the referendum. Ac-

Referendum gets green light

cording to a repayment schedule, the city
wouldn't begin to pay back the $1.286 mil-
lion loan until 1994 — which by no acci-
dent coincides with the completion of the
Celgar expansion.

Chernoff said Celgar’s expansion
would increase the city’s tax base.

He said that new tax pool would allow
the city to resurface roads and fix
drainage problems at no cost to home-
owners.

“Even if there was an increase (in tax-
es), it would not be a hefty one,” said
Chernoff, adding that if tax hikes were
needed, it would work out to $23 per year
for homes valued at $75,000.

Comin warned that citizens must rec-
ognize the need for road repair and vote in
favor of the referendum.

“If we don’t do it now, the costs will be
out of reach in the future,” he said.

A public hearing on the proposed work
will be held on Dec. 5 at from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. at council chambers.

please see Referendum page 4

FOR 44 YEARS