Page 2A The Castlegar Sun Wednesday,-March 22, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Page 3A @ Power Continued from 1A a number of years until the power projects are completed and start producing revenue. According to Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy, once the pro- jects have been completed, the people of the Kootenays will own the third largest power utility in the province. Conroy said they will also retain the option to pur- chase power produced in the East Kootenay, should it ever be put up for sale by B.C, Hydro. The basic message by every- one on hand at the Complex was one of partnership, prosperity and power to the people of the Columbia River Basin. “This accord represents an exciting new partnership between the Province of British Columbia and the entire Columbia River Basin,’ said Smienk. “By working closely with the people and listen- ing to their ideas, the province and the CRTC have developed a framework that would give the people of this region a more pow- erful role in the social, economic and environmental future of their communities,” “This is not your government giving you something,” said an ‘energized Nelson-Creston MLA Corky Evans. “This is your com- munity taking something back. “What happened today is not Please recycle The Castlegar Sun i= VALUMART COMPUTERS p22] "YOUR TOTAL COMPUTER NEEDS" 1 367-9128 ae r OFFICE PAPER | RECYCLING Ecocentres recycling plant has huge volumes of waste Paper to grade, sort and bale. Doug Dilling, left, and Nick Letwin high grade office paper while manager Mickey Pazurik contributes a couple of phone books to the next bale. All mixed waste paper from the Ecocentres is shipped to Seattle for export overseas. \ Trail 367-9595 Kootenay Recycle Hotline 1-800-661 -9900 } an authority, it is a trust. This entitlement will not make us rich and this accord is not intended to give us our share of the plunder, This accord is intended to lead to the road that ends the plunder.” @ Trust —— Continued from 1A Harcourt stated on Sunday, the. Trust will ensure that “the power will go to the people in more ways than one.” The group will also be required to have at least one pub- lic meeting annually where all financial books will be opened and a 20-year plan for operations on display. “The public will be the one setting the direction in which the money will go,” said Smienk “They'll set the parameters after they are approved at the annual meeting. “Control will be invested in the Board but it will also be within pardmeters set by the public.” Two directors of the Trust will be appointed by each of the groups within the CRTC, chaired by Smienk, namely five regional districts and the Ktunaxa-Kin- basket Tribal Council. The remainder will be area residents appointed by the Province. “We want to ensure that local values and priorities come first,” said Harcourt. “It is an unprece- dented shift of power into the hands of the people of the region in more ways than one. “Power to the people of the Columbia River Basin is start- ing today.” Legislation establishing the Trust will be presented in Victo- ria in the coming months. THE ULTIMATE MOUNTAIN TRIKE Now Here! Cs Sepia 536 Ward St, Wednesday, Mafch 22, 1995 B.C. Liberal leader Gordon Campbell explains his party's positions to two Castlegar women Friday afternoon at the Fireside Inn banquet room. Campbell slams accord RON NORMAN Sun Editor Liberal leader Gordon Camp- bell says Sunday's Columbia Basin Accord is a bad deal and that a Liberal government wouldn't have tied the benefits to upgrading the dams along the lower Columbia River. Campbell made the comments during a visit to Castlegar Friday, two days before Premier Mike Har- court officially signed the accord. “What the government's really Saying is we will give you some benefits here if you do exactly what we say. And I think that's exactly the thing that gets us into trouble.” Campbell said the public will see through the announcement. “This government has devel- oped a technique of really creating & HEA) See us for all your tural g gas or. propane fireplaces; appliances; furnaces; sales & installation. FREE QUOTATION 1008 Columbia Ave., Castlegar 365-3388 > ENTER TO WIN $100 Find the gun) located in the ads in this spring's Home & Garden Guide published Wednesday, March 22 in The Castlegar Sun and the Trail Times. Fill out the names of the businesses.on the entry form below. Then decide from which business of all the businesses advertising in this supplement, you would like to receive a $100 gift certificate. Fill out that name on the entry form and send or bring your entry to: The Castiegar Sun 465 Columbia Avenue Castiegar, B.C. VIN 1G8 entries are due Tuesday, April 4 at 12 noon. One entry will be randomly drawn from all the correct entries received and the winning name will be published in the Sunday, April 9 issue of the West Kootenay Advertiser. 1! 1 saw the sun In the following ads: 4. 3. if | win, I'd like a $100 gift certificate to: NAME: Bho ee oe ee ee ADDRESS | 2 weer rrre=e$K“- POSTAL CODE: r | | 1 ! | ' ! | ' | | I | 1 ! 1 ! I ! | 1 ! ' ' | ! I | ! | | t | I ! | ! | L of Sterling , their families and dependents are not eligible. Gift certificate must be accepted as awarded, no cash redemption. Winner agrees to have their name published. patterns of deception, of trying to deceive the public. And I think people are tired of that. They'll look beyond it, they'll find out what the facts are and then they'll make their own choice.” TRAIL | auTO BODY | Complete Body & Paint Facilities Auto Glass Replacement ‘Towing 2316 - 6th Ave., Castlegar 365-5114 S SURGENOR & ROGERS CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS * Personal Income Tax ¢ E- File Services © Direct Deposit Options « Capital Gains 365-7208 800-1444 Columbia Ave., Campbell was in Castlegar on the last leg of a three-day tour of the West Kootenay that took him to Trail, Nelson and Creston. He caucused with local Liberals Fri- day moming before meeting the public later that afternoon. Only about 20 area residents tumed out for the informal gather- ing. Campbell spoke with residents in small groups, answering ques- tions and responding to concems. Campbell criticized the propos- al to use some of the Columbia River Treaty downstream benefits to install generators in Keenley- side dam, saying it is too costly. “The numbers that we have suggest that it’s about seven cents a kilowatt hour” to install generators in Keenleyside dam he said “I can tell you that’s way low down on the list in terms of cost effectiveness. B.C. Hydro itself is out right now asking for indepe- dent power producers to give them proposals. And they've said they won't even consider any- thing that’s over 3.8 cents a kilo- watt hour. Well, why are we considering seven cents a kilowatt hour here?” But B.C. Hydro spokesman Al Geissler said Campbell is wrong: SUN STAFF PHOTO /Ron Norman “That's not true,” Geissler said in a telephone interview. “Keenleyside is not anywhere near seven cents. If it was seven cents, one would ever build it.” Geissler said Keenleyside, Bril- liant and Waneta dams are all about 3.8 to four cents a kilowatt hour. Geissler also pointed out that Keenleyside is not owned by B.C. Hydro, but by the Columbia Power Corp., which includes the Columbia River Treaty Commit- tee headed by regional director Josh Smienk. Geissler said Smienk would never have agreed to the project if it Cost seven cents a kilowatt hour. Meanwhile, Campbell said the public doesn't have all the infor mation on the dam projects. “T think that before you make a decision on how you may or may not invest hundreds of millions of dollars it’s a good idea to have lots of information and to talk to people who really know what they’re talking about as apposed to people who are trying to drive a political agenda.” Campbell said a Liberal gov- emment would have given a “sig- nificant portion” of the downstream benefits to the area for use as the area sees fit. @ Hospital Continued from 1A in Castlegar right now,” she told council at its last meeting. “We don’t want to lose that facility.” Kootenay Lake District Hospital board has agreed to the amalgama- tion, but Trail Regional Hospital board has asked to have until the end of March to make a decision. Mayor Mike O’Connor echoed Binnie’s comments, saying the city should point out to the Health Minister the recommen- dations in the Rowlands report and then seek assurances that Castlegar hospital will at least rétain the services it has now. O'Connor questioned why the Province spent money on the Row- lands report only to abandon it “Why isn’t it being imple- mented?” Councillor Jim Makortoff said the process used to determine the amalgamation “smacks of back- room politics.” Binnie agreed. “I really have some bad feelings about how this was dealt with.” The decision to amalgamate the Nelson and Trail hospital boards was made during a Jan. 31 meeting involving Conroy, the chairs of the two boards, along with Debby Zeeben, chair of the West Kootenay Regional Health Board, and three Ministry of Health officials. Conroy said the amalgamation is a good idea because it gives Trail and Nelson regional status and, if he gets his way, provides Castlegar with the administration and some ancillary services, such as maintenance, food Preparation and laundry. “There is something here for everybody,” he said. \YRHOFER Certified for over 10 years © GLASS ETCHING "YOU NAME IT WATER COLOURS — I'LL FRAME IT" CALL THE PROFESSIONALS SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Vogue Studios at their new location 1502 Columbia Avenue Columbia Plaza (next to Met Mart) Castlegar, B.C. 365-7515 © CREATIVE MATTE CUTTING © FRAME RESTORATION NEEDLE POINT Return to sender Trail RCMP are w: get rich quick chain letters Castlegar, driven by Darle: ‘eteraan of Ciatlegat: has been charged Bhi oan folowing too close, ‘Tétal damage was estimated at $9,000. Ball field grant application pulled RON NORMAN Sun Editor The provincial government has pulled a grant application for the fourth ball field for Kinnaird Park because of the storm of contro- versy surrounding the proposal. The Castlegar Ball Associa- Ethel Chmara, who lives near the park, said the residents decid- ed to register their.opposition with B.C, 21 officials after wait- ing for three months for council to hold a public meeting on the ball field proposal. Chmara said residents had asked last December for a. public and only. notified B.C tion, an for all city ball field user groups, had applied for a $39,000 B.C. 21 grant to build the new field. However, area residents wrote to B.C, 21 officials last month, citing opposition to the pro- posed fourth field. More thar 2,100 residents have signed a petition opposing the removal of trees in the park to make way for the field. 21 officials following the Feb. 21 council meeting when there was still no announcement about a public meeting. Council decided at its March 7 meeting that a public meeting will be held, but didn't set a date. A date has since been set for March 29 at 7 p.m. at the Com- munity Complex. City clerk Dianne Hunter said there will also be a site tour of the proposed field at 4 p.m. Council said the delay in the public meeting was because it was waiting for the various ball field user groups to confirm their commitment to the fourth field. The user groups have pledged to match the $39,000 B.C. 21 grant with volunteer labor, cash and equipment. The. city promised to pay the remaining one-third of the $120,000 total cost of the field. Chmara said residents also met with Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy last week to explain their opposition to the field. In addi- tion, residents have informed B.C. 21 officials that they would support the ball association grant Trail Ecocentre employee, Brian Findlow, empties the first drum of office paper to be recycléd at The Castlegar Sun last week. Great Paper Chase hot. item The Great Paper Chase is on, and the response from the Castle- gar business community has been heartening! As of Tuesday, less than one week into the challenge, seven local businesses have taken up The Castlegar Sun's challenge to recycle their office paper. Castlegar Business Services, B.C. Gas, Castlegar Mazda, West Kootenay Power, the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce, R. Dayies & Associates, and Koote- nay Columbia Child Care Society have all agreed to pitch in. SUN STAFF PHOTO /Marilyn Strong There’s still time to join the Great Paper Chase. To enter all you have to do is call The Castle- gar Sun for further information. The challenge runs from April 1 - 30 which just happens to be Envi- ronment Month. Those who enter are eligible to receive great prizes. Board gives nod to fields KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff “At least we know what the cost is and we will Castlegar school trustees gave unanimous approval in principle at their last meeting to allow the development of two field hockey pitches on district property. Trustee Bev Maloff told the board that it's esti- mated that the four acre property adjacent to Kin- naird Middle School can be developed for some $230,000, which she assured wouldn't be carried by the board. “All I'm asking for is the use of the land. We would go to the community for support.” Maloff hopes that the fields could be developed in time for the 1996 Summer Games, but wonders if she might be dreaming the impossible dream “It's a dream. If we can't (get community sup- port}, we can't. We'll see see if we can get support from the community and individuals.” It’s estimated that trees on the property have a value of around $2,000 which would go towards the cost of development. High-cost items contributing to the estimate are and seed. fencing estimated at $5,000; a sprinkler system estimated at around $15,000, soil testing, clearing The KMS ‘field hockey team, which recently earned second-place in regional playoffs, will no and upkeep. longer have a field hockey pitch once a fence is erected on the main ball field as planned. If the hockey pitches are developed the Castlegar school district would be responsible for maintenance The four-acre parcel lies between Kinnaird Mid dle School and Johnson Road in Kinnaird if the money was used to upgrade present fields “We're hot against the ballplayers,” she told’ The Sun in an interview. “The only thing we're objecting to is (taking) trees out of Kinnaird Park for a ball field, That's the one and only thing.” Chmara said she is concerned about the format for the March 29 public meeting. “My fear is that the meeting is going to be a railroad job.” But Hunter said the meeting, jointly sponsored by council and the ball association,. will be to explain the proposal and listen to residents. She said those opposed to the plan will be asked if there is any where else in the park the field could be located. Hunter noted that Kinnaird Park is the only city park that can accommodate a tournament-style facility because it already has three fields. She said Twin Rivers Park is undeveloped and Kinsmen Park in downtown Castlegar is too small to add more fields. Outside the city, Pass Creek Regional Park only has one field. Hunter said the Wall associa tion has looked ai installing lights at the fields at Kinnaird Park instead of a fourth field However, she said the capital cost is similar and a fourth field could be used more than a field with lights. #” FORECAST ° 365-3131 SOUTH-EAST INTERIOR WEATHER OFFICE THE CASTLEGAR SUN WEATHER ALMANAC CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN ; OR SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT cums remPeR ATURE ee 'd POP % 40% SUNSET : 06:05 CLOUD THICKENING WITH PERIODS OF RAIN, : HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY summa TEMPERATURE : 5° POP % 80% SUNRISE :. 05:47 FROM: Mar. 14/95 TEMPERATURE: MAX: 13,3/47th RAIN: 45.1 mm PAST WEEK: 16.2 MIN: -2.4/17th PRECIPITATION: mm and cm Snow: 0.0 cm SUNSHINE: Hours and tenths ALMA 4.0 tinnninpreenie emer eRe 10: Mar. 20/95 MEAN: 5.5 TOTAL: 45.1 mm NORMAL: 27.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE: The National. 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