The Castlegar Arts Council names an interim executive, after going without one for eight months. The acting executive will carry out business until the annual general meeting in September. Castlegar Rotarians play host to six Japanese professionals, who have been travelling and study- ing in Washington, Idaho and South Central B.C. for the past several weeks. The Castlegar News bids farewell to 17-year publisher Burt Campbell and welcomes new-man Dave McCullough, previous publisher of the Lloyd- minster, Alta., newspaper The Meridian Booster. _ Westar Timber lays off some 150 workers, but a company spokesman says they will be called back to work in about five weeks. The Castlegar Railway Station, the oldest landmark building in town, is reopened by the Castlegar and District Heritage Society after exten- sive renovations. : ' Slocan Forest Products Ltd. follows suit with other’B.C. mills, laying off 14 people. About 55 pro-life demonstrators create a hu- man chain along Columbia Avenue, protesting abor- tion. Castlegar city council lowers residential tax rates by 24 per cent. Castlegar city council introduces its 1991 bud- get of some $9.5 million, over $1 million higher than the previous year. Castlegar radio CKQR 760 AM is sold to a Grand Forks company by 22-year owner Gordon Brady. Selkirk College is forced to eliminate four cours- es because of cuts in provincial funding. JUNE « Kirstin Mason is named Miss Castlegar 1991, ._ defeating five other candidates. Nelson residents Katherine Rowe and Pat McLaughlin are appointed to the Selkirk College board of governors. West Kootenay Power linemen in the Koote- nays and South Okanagan return to work after a week-long strike. Luella Andreashuk becomes the new manager -of the Gastlegar Chamber of Commerce. ___- Some 150 Westar Timber workers laid off in May return to work. i Rick Smith of Robson is named the city’s new— animal control officer. ___ Castle, ws reporter Ed Mills places second in the feature story category of an annu i an Community Newspapers Association competi- tion. Celgar Pulp Co. pursues legal action against one of its unions over an outstanding arbitration award of more than $651,000. Stanley Humphries Secondary School an- nounces it will receive $6.4 million from the province for the second phase of its renovation project. Celgar Pulp Co. union employees vote 69.3 per cent in favor of strike action to back contract de- mands. Cominco Ltd. issues layoff notices to 266 work- ers at its Trail operations. Castlegar and District Hospital reports an op- erating deficit of $24,081 for the 1990-91 fiscal year, less than half of the previous year’s deficit The Castlegar Library receives an $18,517 grant from the province. JULY Selkirk College receives word from the province that a $1.95 million loan application to build student housing is approved. ; A strike vote taken by Celgar Pulp Co. employ- ees in June is ruled invalid by the Industrial Rela- tions Council. - : Castlegar’s average rate of unemployment for the three-month period ending with June is down ~~ 2.2 per cent compared to the previous three-month’ average ending in May. aN 1UsLLuG INU WVatiy AIG iw wa LUO Tita meat Celgar Pulp Co. is cited for five breaches of in- dustrial health and safety regulations relating to its expansion by the Workers Compensation Board. The City of Castlegar receives over $66,000 in an annual B.C. Hydro grant, more than $22,000 higher than the city budgeted for. Celgar Pulp Co. and H.A. Simons, one of its contractors, will go to trial on Dec. 9 after pleading not guilty to charges stemming from an incident in April, 1990. A 17-year-old Castlegar youth is killed in a fall while hiking near Slocan. Westar Timber shuts down its Arrow Lakes log- ging operations in anticipation of a strike by Celgar Pulp Co.’s union employees. AUGUST Celgar Pulp Co. locks out some 300 workers in response to disruptions caused by members of the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada during contract negotiations between the two sides. Canada Post announces plans to shut down the Castlegar post office within two years. Castlegar welcomes Anna Zabinska, a 16-year- old exchange student from Poland. ae Protesters and Slocan Forest Products meet © head on over logging at:Hasty Creek. NDP Leader Mike Harcourt visits Castlegar prior to the election campaign. Celgar Pulp Co. and the Pulp, Paper and Wood- workers of Canada reach an agreement, ending a 18-day-old lock-out of 300-workers. Canadian Union of Postal Workers employ- ees in-Castlegar go on strike, joining union mem- bers_across Canada in rotating nationwide strikes. ' The Tarrys Fire Department receives an $18,000 GO B.C. grant that will help purchase a jaws-of-life extrication system and emergency res- 8 PREVIEW TV Listings for TEST MAGAZINE (In Stereo) R) (In Stereo) ( wih BASSMASTER BP Top 100 Tournament. at Bull Sunday, Jan. 5 through Wednesday, Jan. 8 Truck Contest. (R) (In Stereo) OKIN' USA WOR ILD SPORT (R) ND TRACTOR POWER Tot CELEBRITY OUTDOORS (In Stereo) Shoals, At 7:30 (21) :00 Gis) (18) (21) 8:30 (15) @) Wisconsin's MOTORING '92 (R) TRUCK PORTS it the Davies County Fair- RUCKS AND TR petition a Ky. ( actor pulling com 9:00 G5) TRANS! (21) ING (R) (In Stereo) from Great Britain . (R) (In Stereo) P RACI INSIDE WINSTON “Game 0 rounds in| Owensboro, g f the week featuring teams NHRA TODAY (R) (In Stereo) and Europe.’(R) 10:30 (21) WINNERS ite, Texas. 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