CASTLEGAR ‘NEWS, Thursday, July 5, 1979

B.C. Forestry ‘Strike Force’

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CASTLE a: NEWS

Is Thursday, July 5, the 186th

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% Underground services
* Paved streets

Ornamental
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Executive home. 1,780
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fully finished ba: .
teak cabinetry, excellent
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BRAND NEW.
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( ___ Phone 365-2111 . )

Behind Super Vatu.
Ideal. MLS

. fot. Three

beautiful

kitchen, carport, quality
carpeting. -

Two-bedroom on 3 acre:
in park-like setting. Ex-
quisite fireplace,

Wwely finished.

in) Woodland Park.
Three bedrooms, beautl-
ful fireplace, full base-
ment, brand new, and
landscaped.

Castlegar Savings
Credit Union,
Connors Road

CASTLEGAR -

Norm Werre
Wallace Reid

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ment, aluminum siding.
'Four-pe. bath. In sub-&
division. $47,800.

He il ! 1 '

= PGA aD aC

Quatity home on large One-year-old home, with

landscaped : lot. re. 3 bedrooms, full base-
rooms, fin- \.

iahed ‘up ath Geant ment, fireplace. Offers?

Three-bdrm. home on
100x150-ft. lot.  Utlilty
toom on main floor. S.
Castlegar.

TRADE
Owner will consider ve-
hicle or traller on this
3-bdrm., alr-conditloned
home.

ROSSLAND - Busy Coffee Shop

Good revenue apart. bldg.

365-3703
+ ° 365-7051

The term “strike force”
brings to mind 4 military unit
specializing in quick, accur-
ately-timed armed assaults.

, Buta visit with B.C, for- °
est. service officers at the
Nélson forestry region's air
operations tanker base at
Castlegar airport reveals the
term:is also appropriate for
thoso; battling forest fires.

it“We work on a one
strike concept,” said forest
service officer, Bub Perchie,
ons: of the members of the
protection division, at the
tanker base. ‘
iui"The term refers .to
control of a fire with the first
flight,.:and is directed at
containing the fire by,10 a.m.
tho following day.”

vc/The base presently has
four aircraft at its disposal,
Perchie said, three tankers
‘and:a twin-engine Bird Dog
aircraft.

Conflict of Interest

Bob Perchie and Nelson forestry region
lations officer JeffLee = ©

public
“My role is concerned
with logistics of the opera-
tion,” he said. “I'm respon-
sible for what type of air
action will be taken, or what
steps will be taken to contain
or. control: the fire. This
includes the use of aircraft to
drop the retardant.”

Perchie added that the
‘Bird Dog’ is appropriately,
named for its usefulness in
locating the fire finding the
‘most suitable path for the
tankers to follow.

John Laing,’ who pilots
the craft, explained that it is

Question

Dismissed by Salmo Alderman

. Salmo village council
members are not in conflict of *
interest if they benefit finan-
cially. from the location of the
proposéd Highway 3 ‘bypass
route, Ald. George MacNeill
said last’ week. =

Speaking at..a regular
meeting of council, McNeill
dismissed the. question of
conflict ‘of interest on the
ground that council members
had no statutory powers over
the provincia] highways min-
istry.” :

SP ccmnére is‘no question of
conflict of interest, as council
members have to make a
living, and questions could be ~
raised in almost any area,” he
said.” :

“They are not fighting
the highway,” MacNeill said,
referring to opponents of the:

bypass route who have ac-
cused council members of
conflict of interest. “They are
fighting personalities.” -

Problems with the water
system in Salmo are con-
tinuing with sand deposits
being found in the water

cerning a student program

where he was given. respon-'
sibility for selecting students”

for summer jobs. Council
decided there wes still time
to use regular application
forms, and students would be
chosen on the basis of work-

_ concerning

gned to Battle Forest Fires

primarily used as a prelimin-
ary safety check,

“My job essentially is to
make a trial run to determine
what the safety aspects are
the tanker
flights,” Laing said. \“This
inelades escape routes and
hazards that may arise when
the tankers are involved ina
drop, The trial run is design-
ed so that anything that we
do the tankers will be able.to
do,”

“Drops are made from a

specific height, generally

about.70 feet from the canopy
in-order to ensure that the
retardant is not spread too
thin over the area,” he said.

There are currently
three tankers at the base,
two A-26s and a Firecat,
although a DC-6 is also
usually on the tarmac,
Perchie said.

He pointed out that the

Firecat is the only model of

its kind in the province,
although there are two more
on order. It provides a “few
added dimensions" to fire

contro}, he added.

“The shorter takeoff run
allows it to land on marginal
strips, Uke ‘Grand Forks,
providing more accessibility.
The tanker also has four bay
doors, unlike the A-26s which
have two.” .

“This allows the pilot
better use of retardant, in
that the doors can be opened
in sequence making it possi-
ble to cover a longer stretch,”
he explained. It also is more
practical for grass and light
fuel fires, as there needn't be
an abundant waste of retard-
ant.”

* “The Firecat has a short- «

er takeoff run, is a highly
manoeuverable aircraft, and
provides better visibility for
the pilot as it has bubble

windows which allows the

operator to lean out to check
position of the fire, and the
accuracy of the ‘retardant’
drop,” Perchie said.

the year, On this date In 1811,
lo declored its Ind j

ence,

The capacity of the
A-26s is approximately about
825 gallons, the Firecat about
800, and the DC-6 about’
2,500, said Perchie, and the
three minutes it takes to load
each tanker is a crucial phase

section

Thursday, July 5, 1979

of an operation so dependent
on the time factor.

“The retardant used at
the Castlegar base is Phos-
Chek, an enriched fertilizer
with iron oxide added to give
it a red color enabling us to

asseas how accurate the drop
was,” he continued. “A gum
thickener is added to the
mixture to ensure that it
holds together sufficiently.”
Perchie explained that
the viscosity of the mixture is -
checked in the base tank
periodically, and a corrosion
inhibitor is added to protect
the aircraft.
“In addition, it is non-
toxic and is a long term
retardant providing protec-
tion even when it is dry. Any
of the retardant remaining
after a fire provides nutri-
ents for continued growth.”
The base operates on an
alert system which is deter-
mined by present fire hazard
conditions, said Perchie, and
the alert system is the
degree of readiness to take
action.
“High hazard is red alert
ivevaft and flight
ly from dawn to
dusk. Yellow alert every-
thing is in readiness in half an ©
heuer, and green alert ia
usually during heavy rainfall,
with little or no chance that a
crew will be required.”

lines, it was at
Tuesday night's meeting.
Pressure problems have also
been oceurring, and council
decided ‘that; payment of an
invoice of $5,188 for installa-
tion of'-a* new: pump, be
postponed until an answer is
received ‘from Mecman En-
gineering and Testing Ltd. of
Cranbrook toward :approval
of payment. a

2 . *

Salmo fire chief Lino
Muto approached council con-

ing qualifications,

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2-room addition. Included are most appliances,
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PHONE 365-7514
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“SERVING CASTLEGAR FOR 12 YEARS”

This neat little 2-year-old
home has-been reduced to
$49,000 for a quick sale. An
MLS listing.

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super construction, plus a
beautifully planned home
with spacious rooms,
appealing to you, please do
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Quallty construction Is evi-
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beautifully well-maintained
and easy to care for iome In
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g The acreage you've always
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C-1-zoned property on Col- acres fronting main road.
umbla Avenue. Gross prof- Fruit trees have been plant-
its over $6,000.00 per year, ed on property. A Cooper
with three rented sultes. Exclusive.
$61,900.00. MLS —- :

Glen Wilson

Jackle McNabb
385-3407 8

Betty Taylor
365-6695 365-2642

CLUSIVE LISTING. First
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Beautiful-1- to 2-acre par--

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from $10,000.00.

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Rustic log cabin, with rock
fireplace, on acy

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new on 7 acres of land. The

‘2-bedroom home, in
wy maculate condition.

THIS TOPS THEM ALL. i

Here’ £ lovely acbetroom .
ome, located ctose to the pRicED TO SELL ail

high school in North Castle- 5 — Neat

gar. Upstairs fireptace; and 7 bedroom home with full

finished bathroom, bed- D22ement, Rec room, cold

A sunken living room Is
only one of the attractive
features of this lovely 3-
bedroom home in Columbla
Helghts. All appliances In-
cluded. Priced at $32,000.
00 for quick sale.

Cute two-bedroom home in
North CG 7 =

room, and third bedroom

fe

decorated home with a low
maintenance yard. Appli-
ances included. Call for

= multi-residential use. This MLS listing. dnd

THE RIGHT PRICE —
$65,000.00! This lovely
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bullt-In vacuum

Yy-acre v OVW property

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coal and wood stove. for

cooking. Asking $22,900.
MLS

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Gordon Gemmiil
Manager 385-7900

system, sauna, and sum-
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lavel, landscaped lot. Call
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ew. This neat little 2-year-old fan
home has'been reduced to buys:

$49,000.00 for a quick sale. 4

An MLS listing.

OLD FASHIONED COM- MLS

halt home in Norit; Gastio. fully k

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gar. Two bedrooms on main full. basement. oes

floor, upper floor could be MLS - Po 2 to

third bedroom or studio.

Full basement, lovely land- new modular home,

scaped yard with view of basement. $62,000.00."

Jack Young
365-8117

3 would be a great. holding

river. $37,500.00.

listing

clusive area of South Cas-
tlegar. Call. the Cooper
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Super Investment Opportu-
nity: South Castlegar. Lot

property has a good solid a
three-bedroom fame, and A, s00d-sized commercial
lot, jcioee eo downtown, ‘16

property. More detalls at eady for a business:
COOPER AGENCIES. speculator. $75,000.00. :
: - Cozy starter home, tocated|
across from elementary
school in South Castlegar.
Only $29,900.00. =
BONNINGTON — if :
want to live In the country
hall the conveniences of
check out these good

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1. Ye-acre with 24° x
48° basement. $19,500.00:

2.1 acre with beautie:

3.¥e-acre with brand:.
full:

track speeding ‘drivers,’ is
Metrictly arbitrary,” an RCMP
spokesman said Friday.

8. Sgt. Robert Kraus of ©
the Castlegar RCMP detach-
ment, said patrols are estab-
lished only when manpower
and a pilot are available.

“Currently the program
operates about once a week,

~Slocan WI

be more patrols as the funds
are made ‘available. Long
weekends are not usually
monitored, as the traffic
~situation is co bad we would
‘only catch a few individuals
passing when there is a
double line.”

to Obtain

50 Year Certificate

» 1 The June meeting of the
Sloean Woman's Institute
began with 23 members and.
four guests ehjoying a Rus-
sian’ meal ‘featuring: borscht ‘
and. pyrahi, served By bonis

was laid free of charge; that
the cedar chest raffle tickets
are now on sale, proceeds to
go towards furnishing a
rsingle-bed ward at the New
Denver, Health Centre; and a

‘Bullanoff and her family.

pre:Various topies of busi-
‘ness: were: discussed during
the “evening: the Japanese
dishes that are housed in the
W.1: Hall will be given to the
Japanese: society at ‘New
Denver; money is: to be
donated to the district board
for. the convention fund; a

, 60-year: certificate will be

sent for to commemorate the
-60-years that Slocan Wo-
men’s Institute has been in
existence; a picture of Ade-
laide | Hoodless, founder of
Wi, will be purchased for
the hall; and paint will be
ught'to finish the painting
he hall.
It, was noted that the

ft party would be
held in June with 20 per cent
of the money from orders
going toward the ward, as
well. ?

Book awards will be’
presented to students at
W.E. Graham and Slocan
Elementary Schools, i

Several members vol--

- unteered to help with the

Labor Day float. :

A souvenir cover with
the Diamond Jubilee stamp
on it was received and a
letter read from a pen pal in
England.

Roll call for September
is.a handmade article for the
cedar chest. :

Tea time raffle was won

new. carpet in the W.I. Hall

“Parkade Fund Would
Allow for Expansion

A proposed city parkade fund will allow downtown
inesses to expand their premises without having to
provide additional parking stalls, according to Ald. Albert
Calderbank. : ue
*" “Galderbank, who as planning committee chairman won
‘city‘council support last week for his recommendation that
city staff draw up the necessary bylaw for payment of $3,488
per stall in lieu of parking by expanding businesses, explained
“the ments would be deposited in a special city fund
ifnally used to build a parkade or purchase property
juitable for. additional parking.
“He explained that a city bylaw bases the number of
king spaces required of busi on the
number of square feet they occupy but the shortage of
suitable property downtown has held up many extensions in
‘the elty’s core ared. The $3,488 figure was the result of careful
; consideration by the city’s advisory planning commission and
council's planning committee, he said.

by Mrs. P. Ravestein.

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“I feel it’s quite an important step, particularly for the
area in C: ” he told council.

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