March 9, 1966 Births & Funerals we BUENKI To ond Mrs. Michoe! Stews By ‘iret, @ boy born Feb. 25. CESA — To Ange ‘ond Gerry Ceso of Nelson, « boy, born Feb. 25. HOOGE To Terese and Glenn Hodge of Salmo, @ girl, born Feb. KLATIE yor end Ross Kiatte ot Balfour, 0 girl, born Feb. 25. LARSEN — To Fran and Cory Lor sen of Casino, a girl, born Feb 23 LEPINE — To Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Lepine of Trail.@ boy, born Feb. 16 McCONNACHIE To Denise and Bill McConnachie of Fruitvale, o boy. born Feb. 20 MENZIES To Sherry and Wayne Menzies of Costiegor, o girl, born March 3 — To Loretie and Sondy Moe of Neon, girl, born Mor ch? ROCHON — To Jocelyn ond Jett Rochon of Nelson, o boy, born Feb. 25. WATERLOW To P ‘and Peter Waterlow of Nelson, o boy, born Feb. 24 ZOOBKOFF To Alexy and Wally Zoobkott of Nelson. o gir! born Feb. 25 DEA CATALANO — Charles 8 (Charlie) Catalano of Troi! died Feb. 24 after o brief iliness at oge 87. He is survived by his oocend wite Elitabetto (Betty) Eugene (Nick) of Denver Chas of Warfield, and Williom of Yerowver ter Florence et Toronto; 15 gran Sittaven and eight great sis nephews may be mode to GB CAT scanner the Trait FAUROT — Mary Jane Fourot of Rossland died suddenly Feb. 25 at age 60. She is survived by her husbend Donald: deughters Wohrmann Christopher of two Sontcuntrens brothers William of Kamloops and Arthur of Clearbrook; sisters Joon of Peochland ond Marlene of Castlegor; step-mother Mor Wolker of Society, division, 200-3540 Ave., Vancouver, VOW 366. FUELL — Jomes Fuel of Nelson died March 1 at age %. He is Ellen Lily Fuell, George Fuelll of Calgary: son ond daughter-in-law Kenneth and Mario Walter of Calgary; five @rondchildren; 12 greot grandchildren; sister Phil Taylor in € numerous nieces HAMMOND — Leslie (Buddy) Hammond of South Siocon “hued March 4 at age 73. He is survived by his wife Sadie; doughter ond son-in-law lie ond Chet Gehue of Kelowna; four gron: dchilren; one great-grandchild. sister fand brother-in-law Eileen Broadhurst of ond 5 -in-low Muriel Campion of T Thomes Henry Jones of Trail died Feb. 28 at age 84. He is survived by his wite Eleanor doughters Jean Jackson of North Vancouver, Marjorie McLennan of Burnaby and Karen Barnacle of Kingston, Ont.; dehildren; and a endeh hil eight _gron torial ions may be made to the B.C Heart or Concer Fund, Box 310, Trail LAKTIN — Eli Nicholas Loktin of Vancouver; sons and doughters in-law William and Mable Laktin of Seimo and Nick and Francis Loxten of 100 Mile House; 1! great end numerous stony Terenko Pasutti March 1 af Sager \iness ot age 47 her husband L pasurl of 1 grandchildren end Sophie Say of Kelowna; sister Beth Ritchie of Kamloops; brother Korol Soplywy of Kelowna; and many other relatives. Memorial donations may be made to the B.C. Cancer Society, Box 310 Troll. PELOSO — Giuseppina Peloso of Trail died suddenly March=! ot She is survived by her grandchidren. Peloso of nieces and nephews in Conado and italy. Memorial donations may be mode to the 8.C. Heart Fund. Box 30, Troit ROBERTS — Mark Robe: merly of the Saimo and Fruitvale rea, died Feb. 27 9. He doughters Wi Kelowna, Amelia Carruthers of Prince Albert, Sask., Jane Bur den of Vancouver, May Keller of Creston and Gwendolyn John of Fruitvale; sons and doughters-in law John and Belle of Surrey and Joseph and Beth of Voncouver several grandchildren; 22 great grandchilren; several grect eat-grondchildren; and close riend Laila Madsen of Salmo. ROOS — John Edwin Roos of Nelson died March 2 ot age 55 He is survived by his wite Mar the; deughter and son-in-law Evelyn ond Lonce Blades of Calgery: son John William Roos of Los Angeles; four gran dchildren: parents Ellen Roos of Kelowna and John A\ Cranbrook trodwers ond elsters Castlegar, Fritz Roos ine Strachan, both of Cranbrook, Johan Roos of Sweden, Eva Unser of Spokane. Lucille Miller of Corpentersville lil, and Darlene Adoms of Kelowna: ond several nieces and nephews TREWHELLA Richard (Dick) Trewhella of Rossland died sud: denly Feb. 19 at the age of 71. He is survived by his son. Bill of Wartield. WEBSTER John Webster of Kaslo died suddenly Feb. 26 at is survived by WOLVERTON Ralph Edwin Wolverton of Christina Lake died nephew Ralph Johnson of Trail ZARUBIN Marie Zorubin - coos Valley died Feb. 18 o She is survived by her Ritbond Poul, son Derren ond doughter Nino; sisters Cathy Koodrin and Olge Sherstobitott both of Crescent Valley: parents Fred and Tine Zmoett of Crescent Volley; and numerous aunts, un cles, nieces and nephews Joy Ramsden Bridge Accounting “BUSINESS DIRECTORY Auto Rentals PERSONAL INCOME TAXES — $20 365-2659 anytime Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 SOLIGO, KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Castlegar Henry John, B.Sc. C.A. Resident Portner MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave, Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 Amway AMWAY® PRODUCTS Come to You SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY BACK. 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Call now 4 HOURS: Fri. 7 0.m. to 12.30 p.m. #. —8a.m.-9o.m Call 365-6256 Mon Legislative wiorary,. Parliament Bldgs... Victoria, B. C. Vav 1x4 SO Bellevitie By RON NORMAN Editor The Rights. ‘The petition, filed Jan. 2, is the first step in a legal challenge to a 1966 provincial order-in-council exempting the Crown-owned utility from paying taxes on its properties along the Columbia and Peace river systems. Included as a co-petitioner along with the regional district is Meadow Creek Cedar Ltd. 1 District of Central Kootenay has filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court claiming that B.C. Hydro's tax exempt status is discriminatory under the Charter of ‘The regional district plans to cite section 15 of the Charter which says everyone enjoys equal under the law. The petition charges that the regional district and Meadow Creek Cedar have been denied equality under the law. “The Regional District of Central Kootenay is unable to collect taxes on lands and improvements owned and/or occupied (by B.C. Hydro),” says the petition. ‘The petition adds that the regional district is unable to obtain a comparable tax base on industrial property because of Hydro's tax-free status. 2 ne en i TO SMILE . By CasNews Stafl Glen Carew says it's “three zeros short” to retire, but the Castle- gar barber won't turn down the he won in last Wed nesday’s Pacific Express lottery “My big plan is to pay off my mortgage and buy a decent vehicle,’ said Carew, who doesn't intend to retire from cutting hair at His Place Hairstyling on Columbia Avenue. Carew says he was sitting at « CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1986 RDCK starts court action As well, the petition says Meadow Creek Cedar is required to pay taxes on the assessed value of its land and improvements, but “it's neighbor (B.C. Hydro) . . . enjoys tax exempt status on the lands and which it Cady would only say later that McDannold “gave us a whole bunch of information.” B.C. Hydro owns or occupies more land and owns in the same area.” Despite filing the petition, the regional district hasn't yet decided to proceed with the court action. Board chairman George Cady said in an interview Tuesday the board will make a decision at its next meeting on March 22. The board met Saturday behind closed doors to discuss the court challenge with Guy McDannold of the Victoria law firm Harman, Wilson and Co. than any other individual or corporation in the regional district. If Hydro was taxed like the privately-owned hydro-electric utility West Kootenay Power and Light Co., the regional district would generate an additional $2 million in taxes a year, Cady said. However, he pointed out the taxes would go to the province — not the regional district. continued on poge AZ . Castlegar barber Glen Carew holds a sample of the Pacific Express ticket BARBER WINS $100,000 “I was the first one to shake his hand.” that netted him $100,000 in last week's draw. CosNews Photo by Sumon Burch locally. However, papers Australia, “maybe next year or ina couple of years when the kids are older.” By CasNews Staff Robson and Raspberry residents won't be drinking water supplied by the City of Castlegar Castlegar council Tuesday rejected a request from the Robson/Raspberry Improvement District to hook into the city’s water system Ald. Bob Pakula, chairman of the Works and Services Committee, said the addition of Robson and Raspberry homes would “overtax” the city water system Pakula said the city’s maximum daily demand is 5,000 gallons per minute which is also the present capacity of the water system. iA Council won't supply water Robson/Raspberry presently has a maximum daily demand of more than 1,500 gallons a minute If Robson/Raspberry residents hook ed into the system, the city would have to supply up to 6,500 gallons per minute. To meet that the city would have to install two additional pumps in the Meadowlark pump station, Pakula said And that would only bring the system's capacity to 6,650 gallons per minute. That would also mean leave the city without any surplus capacity for expansion. “We don't see at this time any other solution (but to say no),” Pakula said. Robson/Raspberry Improvement District had asked the city to consider supplying the district because of proposed improvements to Pass Creek Road The road is immediately adjacent to Pass Creek, from which the improve. ment district draws its water. The im provement district is concerned that any work on the road will affect the water quality in Pass Creek. A December 1985 engineering report suggested four options for the im provement district — one of which was heoking up to the city’s water system. That was estimated to cost $504,000, excluding any payment to the city for using the system. Council rejects smoking bylaw By RON NORMAN Editer A proposed “clean air” bylaw for Castlegar went up in smoke Tuesday night. Castlegar council turned down the bylaw, which would have banned smoking in all confined public places and restricted smoking in other public areas. However, council agreed to have city staff investigate how the bylaw could be applied in Castlegar and asked the Health and Welfare Committee to raise it at council at a later date. Committee chairman Ald. Nick Og- low had recommended that council not proceed with the bylaw “at this time.” “Compulsion at this time will be counterproductive,” Oglow told coun- cil. He warned that a clean air bylaw would “create unnecessary distord” in the community and positions on the issue. He also said the city would be unable to enforce the for more action on the bylaw. “Tm not too happy about just dumping it,” Calderbank said. “We're talking about public places.” He pointed out that council has banned smoking during its regular meetings. “We have already made a move in the right direction,” he said. Calderbank called on the Health and Welfare Committee to “delve down” into the bylaw “a little deeper.” continued on poge AZ SUBMITS HIGHER BUDGET ALD. NICK OGLOW . bylow ‘counterproductive’ Board defies Victoria By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer Castlegar school beard has cautious- ly raised the stakes in its budget battle with the provincial government by submitting a preliminary operating budget of $8.75 million, more than $500,000 above the funding level set by the government, board chairman Kay Johnson announced Tuesday “The $8.75 million is a hanging-on-by your-fingernails budget,” said John son, who added that the board felt the government's funding level was not adequate to continue district staffing and services at current levels. The budget figures given to the Castlegar board by the government City vehicles to convert to propane By CasNews Staff Castlegar council voted Tuesday to convert all city vehicles to propane fuel, despite rapidly falling gasoline prices. Ald. Bob Pakula, chairman of the Works and Services Committee, told council the city can save nearly $18,000 a year by converting 20 of the 25 public works vehicles to propane Pakula said the conversion will cost $26,000, but the city should recover that in less than 18 months. “In 17.9 months, it’s paid for,” he said. “The only vehicles that won't be converted to propane are the fire trucks and five public works vehicles. The city’s 1986 contract price for regular gasoline is 47.8 cents a litre. compared to 25.5 cents a litre for propane Pakula also said propane causes less wear and tear on engines and produces less pollution than gasoline While he conceded that propane doesn’t provide as much power as gas. he said that shouldn't be much of a factor However, Mayor Audrey Moore cautioned that gas prices are falling “You better just hope that saving stays that way,” she said $300,000 pias the vanwe 1985-86 operating budget of $8.5 million. Johnson said the board would have to close some smaller schools and reduce the district's teaching staff by 10-15 teachers if the board went along with the government's funding level. Even if the board gets the full $8.75 million it is requesting, Johnson said some staff reductions may still take place The Castlegar board's request is modest compared to other B.C. school districts which are defying the govern ment's budget guidelines. Earlier this month, the Quesnel school board announced it will submit an operating budget $1.52 million above the government's funding level while the Prince George board said it is requesting $2.6 million more than the government has allocated for the district. Castlegar school board's decision not to submit a recovery budget — defined as a budget that would begin restoring full educational services lost during restraint — goes against recommenda tions last month from the Castlegar District Teachers’ Association and Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1298, both of which are con- cerned about the increased erosion of staff and services in the district. But Johnson said the board decided to be “cautious” in its approach to the government She said that if the board asks for a large increase in funding, the govern ment could turn around and say “you find the money,” which would mean the board would be forced to raise local taxes. Based on the current tax rate, raising an extra $250,000 in school funds would cost the owner of a $50,000 continued on pege AZ INSIDE D'ARCY REACTION: Rossland Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy soys Tuesday's throne speech shows the provincial government realizes its policies over the last three years havent really worked . a4 a3 cor crash Also found were the predecessors of the bled them into most of o skelton "GERTIE UNVEILED: BERKELEY, Calif dated dinosour skelton, a 225-million-year-old dog-sized relative ot the brontosaurus, hos been unveiled along with the bones of four creatures that predate the dinosours The bones of Gertie, an unclassified dinosour covered last summer in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park remains of The dinosour was removed trom the park in a block of stone Paleontologist Rob Long and other scientists at the University ot California removed the small bones from the block and reassem WRITING AWARDS: The Castlegar Writer's Guild has handed out their annual student writing awards HOSPITAL SPENDING: Castlegar and District Hospital hos submitted a list of minor capital works projects totalling more than $400,000 -A2 LOCAL HERO: A Nelson mechanic has been awarded the St. John’s Ambulance meritorious certificate for his role in helping victims of a The oldest independently were dis the squat dinosours alligator-like thecodonts