A4 Castlégar News eptember 17, 1989 OPINION Feelings mixed Castlegar city council last week set in motion a process that could change the nature of development in the area surrounding the Sandman Inn and the Scotsman Motor Inn Council has introduced amendments to the city's community plan which would change the designation of propertyon both sides of Columbia Avenue north of 20th Street to service commercial from single-family residential, As well, council wants to change vacant property behind the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce office to service commercial trom parks, recreational and institutional We agree with Ald. Albert Calderbank, chairman of council's planning ang development committee, that the future direction’ of development in that area will likely be commercially oriented However, council has also introduced amendments which would allow bulk fuel sales and distribution — with underground tanks only under the service commercial category That move is in response to a formal application from Turbo Resources to build a bulk fuel facility on two vacant lots immediately south of the Sandman Inn At this point, we have mixed feelings about allowing such operations in that particular area. Don't get us wrong, we're delighted Turbo Resources is interested in investing in Castlegar, but our initial reaction is to question whether that's the best location for a bulk fuel operation To its credit, council intends to set a number of conditions on such an operation to “visually and audibly” screen the facility from adjacent residences But we also wonder about the effects of increased truck traffic a bulk fuel facility is likely to generate and how council, the provincial Ministry of Highways and Turbo Resources intend to address that potential problem Nevertheless, we're open minded if all interested parties can arrive at good solutions after a sensible public discussion of the issues And with that in mind, we'd like to see a good turnout at the public hearing on the proposals scheduled for Tuesday “kept. 26 at 6:30 p.m. in Castlegar city council chambers There aren't many residences in the immediate area that will be affected by the proposed dmendments to the community plan so we would encourage other Castlegar residents who may have opinions thoughts or suggestions about the issue to attend the public hearing — even though that may be bending the public hearing rules a bit This is your city folks, and it's on the brink of a possible economic boom if the well-publicized and long-anticipated pulp mill modernization takes place and — possibly in a year or two or three B.C. Hydro decides to fake ifs power ptant—project-tor-Hugh- Keenleyside dam off the shelf Let council know how you d like to see the city take shape Daigle used ‘twisted logic’ The media saga on Chantal Daigle appears over, at least until her story sold for $8,000, appears in a British tabloid She has been portrayed as a heroine With twisted logic, Daigle said she aborted her baby because the father might abuse the child No one questioned her defying a egal injunction, yet a Fruitvale father because, although carrying a healthy preborn baby imposed no threat to her health, travelled to Boston to have her week preborn boy or of four was recently sentenced to six months in jail plus a $1,500 fine for defying another injunction. He sat and blocked thé éfitrance of a Vancouver building babies are killed at the request of their mothers He chose non-violent, passive law she defied an injunction and girl pulled where preborn pieces. She travelled toa country pro-abortionists flag while chanting they want women to die.’ They ig nored the fact that many women are now dying from clinic abortions. where their ‘Pro-life is a lie, some burned breaking because he knew that one. quarter of the women who reschedule their abortions reconsider and have He broke the law to try lives. His law breaking is their babies and save They ignored this fact too — pro- described by the media as fanatic anar established help pregnant women, single mothers and By lifers groups for chy contrast, the media applaud Daigle’s law breaking which caused the death of her 22-week preborn, Babies have survived at that age! Even in the fully formed and finger women suffering from post-abortion syndrome. a civilized society does not They ignored a third fact permit freedom to choose to kill womb they now have feet, toenails, kicking legs prints. Daigle’s baby was capable of sucking its thumb, stretching, blinking liti Legalities netthet § 2. e except for rape, incest, fetal deformity difficult or serious risk to the mother’s health. 1 hope this contacting all members of Parliament to ask for a and yawning! All carefully worded polls show the same majority is I was somewhat bemused to read Mr. Skogstad’s News, Sunday, Sept, 10) regarding gravel pit permits, specifically, tha you better have a lawyer to sor tatements (Castlegar nts (Castlegar tay protecting innocent human life from conception and not a com promise law protecting after 20 or 22 weeks (whefi they could survive) out the bureaucracy Don’t hesitate. Write now before the In case anyone else is inclined to acqujre this knowledge, I would like to advige that without benefit of a univer new law is enacted. Carol Albo Rossland Alertness ee pays off proximately half a dozen tel ¢ On behalf of the calls As far as | know, Mr client sity degree, and with two young children, a house, a garden and a job to tend to, | was able to find out and un derstand everything | needed to know about the legalities of gravel pit operation in the Castlegar and District Heritage Society, I would like Skogstad’s to thank the young people from the Athletic Associa tion who spotted the most recent van has not trucked in gravel from eight kilometres away, as stated in the As of Monday, Sept. 11 close to 200 truckloads of gravel have Castlegar Cougars newspaper dalism in progress at the Castlegar Rail Station and acted in a very responsible been excavated, processed and immediately manner by calling the removed from the Vallican gravel pit police. without benefit of any formally ap: Because of their awareness, the of proved permits. When Mr. Skogstad comments that gravel pits are than uranium mines, | personally find that a very chilling thoughy Dianne Novian Winlaw fender was caught and damage was kept toa minimum ‘more regulated Thanks again to these young mem bers who chose to be involved Sherrel Koren, President Castlegar and District Heritage Society Su. Caste News MEMBER OF THE B.C. PRESS COUNCIL ABLISHED A ¥ WICE WEEKLY MA PUBLISHER — Burt Compbell EDITOR — Simon Birch PLANT FOREMAN — Peter Harvey ADVERTISING MANAGER — Gory Fleming OFFICE MANAGER — Linda Kositsin CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hadiey Fe fir ots sen! ee eee Letters to the editor Talking important On Tuesday, Sept. 12, | attended an information meeting sponsored by the Vallican Archaeological Park Society This meeting was arranged to provide information about the archeological site and about the Arrow Lakes glogist Wayne Choquette ex: plained that tant to our un}ierstanding of the native he Vallican site is impor ed in this area for several Norm Evans, legal people who thousand years counsel to the Arrow Lakes Band, ex plained that his clients have no in tention of taking the land of private Vallican or anywhere else in the Slocan Valley Yvonne Swan, co-ordinator of the Arrow Lakes’ blockade, her heart to tell us that she came to landowners in spoke from Vallican to tend to the reburial of her ancestors However, when she arrived machinery was beginning work on the road, threatening destruction of the village site, and possibly of part of the burial site. Her focus then became the blockade to prevent further destruc tion Mr. Choquette and Mr stressed that the extent of the village Evans and burial sites has never been deter mined. We do know that the Lakes people did not live only on the two rectangular lots Heritage archeological park Arrow purchased by Trust and designated as an The media reported that ap proximately 100 people identifying themselves as pro-road met on Sun day, Sept. 10 and requested that the Arrow Lakes people be removed from the Vallican road site. This meeting was open only to those people willing to identify themselves as pro-road Those perceived to have differing points of view were discouraged from attending These 100 people were invited to at tend the Tuesday meeting, open to all people, to learn more about the con: cerns and history of the Arrow Lakes Less than a handful chose to attend. This meeting was arranged people because tours of the site are not available at this time upset and afraid, yet information such as that presented on Tuesday can help Many people are to alleviate those fears and lead to un. derstanding among parties. On July 5, | organized a community meeting to provide an opportunity for the community to hear information on the road and bridge issues. I hoped that this meeting would be the beginning of a dialogue among all parties and would prevent the polarization and misun derstandings which have occurred in our community. At the end of this , Regional District of Central Kootenay meet board chairman. George Cady offered to facilitate a meeting among all parties to try to resolve the issues. According to' our regional Bob Barkley, meeting never took place because the Ministry of Highways refused to at tend district director such a The Ministry of Highways received approval for the road and bridge alignment from the RDCK board in 1982. Funding for construction was not available until 1989. The Ministry of Highways, therefore, took out their seven-year-old plan and began to im Band ‘disruptive’ For weeks now, we have been hearing of all the injustices done to the Arrow Lakes Band Washington State Indian from Perhaps it has been long overdue to hear of the injustices the Arrow Lakes Indian Band has done to the area residents As the media has ducked the con cerns of area residents, we feel a need to let the public know exactly what disruptive actions band members have band arrived to claim their land (which the courts have not yet ruled is theirs) taken. Before the members Vallican was a peaceful, harmonious community with residents respecting each other's rights and properties Since the Arrow Lakes Indian Band has virtually stormed our community in pursuit of land claims, our com munity has turned into an outraged, emotionally distraught area To state that “we have nothing ainst the residents of Vallican’’ is merely words, with absolutely no meaning. From day one of their arrival blocked driveways, stopped residents from en they have residents tering their so-called land, cost the Ministry of Highways (taxpayers) and local contractors time and money in legal fees. But the most disrespectful, despicable action has been to serve an area resident an injunction against his personal property. This is no longer a matter of greed. It is totally incom: prehensable to us how a person with a conscience and compassion for man can attempt to take away someone's land which they have worked all their lives to acquire. Whose properties will they attempt to claim for their own personal gains next? The Vallican subdivision properties or perhaps all the Vallican? We ask the band members to look at themselves in the mirror. Do they see a properties ir respectful, compassionate people? If their answer is yes, than please respect the residents of Vallican and area and allow us to pick up our lives where we left of f before their arrival Sandra Soukeroff Valli and 67 others plement it, without further public con sultation. Significant changes have occurred since the 1982 approval of the road and bridge In 1982, the Vallican Archaeological Park property had not location been purchased by Heritage Trust, the Archaeological Park Society did not exist, fewer people were living in the and the Arrow Lakes people had not been contacted. Phe one factor that has nor changed is the urgent need for replacement of Vallican subdivision, the current dangerous bridge access in Vallican I feel that the Ministry of Highways has fueled the fears and misunderstan dings in our community by refusing to negotiate or even consult with the community, by threatening to aban don the project if it cannot be com pleted this fall and by proceeding with construction in the midst of the con fusion I also feel that it is incumbent upon all of us in our community to talk to each other, to make sure that we are well informed and to support a resolution to this issue that will con sider all points of view, including those of the Arrow Lakes people Susan Hammond Vallican NDP club backs land claim At the annual general meeting of the Slocan Valley New Democrats Club held on Sept. 11, the following resolutions were made with Monday respect to the issues in Vallican * The Slocan Valley New Democrats Club, in keeping with provincial party policy, Lakes people in their struggle to achieve a just settlement of their land claim. * On the issue of the Vallican road and bridge, the Slocan Valley New Democrats Club calls on the B.C government to negotiate a settlement that includes all concerned parties. Jo Brown, President Slocan Valley NE supports the Arrow Please address all Letters to the Editor to: The Castlegar News, P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar B.C. VIN 3H4, or deliver them to our office at 197 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar Letters should be typewritten double-spaced and not longer than JuU words Letters must be signed ond include the writer's full name and address. Only in very exceptional cases will letters be published without the writers name Nevertheless, the nome and address of the writer must be disclosed to the editor The Castlegar News reserves the right to edit letters tor brevity, clarity. legality and grammar Remember When? 40 YEARS AGO From the Sept. 22, 1949 Castlegar News Mr, Urkhart of the architect firm of Sharpe-Thompson, Berwick ani Pratt, granted permission to have the test-holes sunk on the new high school site which will determine the condition of the ground in which footings are to be made School enrolment is now over 1,000 and there are still schools that haven't opened yet due to the shortage of teachers At acribbage game held at the Legion on Tuesday night, Bert Lamb of Robson was dealt a 29-point hand. The foursome was comprised of Bert Lamb, J. Webster, who dealt the hand, R. Wadey and H. Pitts, who made the cut Castlegar Lacrosse Aces won their first game of the season when they defeated the Rossland Juvenile Reps 10-6 Monday night in Rossland. Among the high scorers for Castlegar were Poohachoff, Ewan Wallace and Joe Poohachoff. The team is being coached by Jack Wilson, a former Mimico Mountaineer, who organized the team last year and who is undertaking the position again this year Walter 25 YEARS AGO From the Sept. 17, 1964 Castlegar News School District. No. 9's population is 2,503 students. This is an increase of 146 over the June 30 figure when school ended for the summer vacation period. Number of full-time teachers ithe schootdistrict this-year is 100. The Stanley Humphries secondary school enrolled 722 pupils, of these 16 are on the adult program and 24 are senior matriculation school Castlegar’s senior and acting village chairman dropped a surprise announcement ai council's meeting Tuesday night that almost went unnoticed Comm. R.C. Maddocks, who is also the finance chairman for the village, commented that a matter that was un der discussion quite probably wouldn't be changed this year but that he couldn't speak for the next year ‘since | don’t intend to be seeking of- fice in December.”* commissioner A Victoria University student from Castlegar has been awarded a $400 Dominion Command Royal Canadian Legion scholarship. Miss Linda Ferworn, who took her Grade 13 at SHSS here last year, has won the award, her second from the Legion. Last year she was awarded a $200 Legion scholarship 15 YEARS AGO From the Sept. 19, 1974 Castlegar News The acceptance of a new, two-year contract Sunday by 240 non-teaching employees of the school districts in the West Kootenay ends a two-week old strike and paved the way for the opening of schools Monday in the three West Kootenay centres. Schools in Trail and Forks including Selkirk College have returned to nor mal operation, but some school distric tsinthe Castlegar, Grand districts, 1 Kootenay will continue to remain closed because of the two-week strike by Canadian Union of Public Employees workers. Enrolment totalled 2,952 in School District No. 9 at the conclusion of Monday's teaching day the first day of school following the ac: This is also ceptance of a bargaining settlement between the schools and Canadian Union of Public Employees Elementary, which includes kin dergarten, totalled 1,825 Stanley Humphries Secondary School 809 and Kinnaird Junior School 318 Secondary 5S YEARS AGO From the Sept. 16, 1984 Castlegar council this week threw its support behind a proposal to combine all Arrow Lakes Forest District staff in one location City administrator Dave Gairns said the new forest district manager has in dicated he would like to see all local forestry staff under one roof in a new building on its Golumbia Avenue property next to the Castlegar school board office. A Castlegar man was rushed to Trail Regional Hospital Saturday with un determined injuries after his 1974 Mer cury sedan collided with another automobile on Highway 22 north of Trail The vehicle, driven by John Overennay, 39, of Castlegar was travelling south when it collided with a 1962 Pontiac Castelarin, driven by Gregory 20, of Genelle, said Const Murray Adair of the Trail RCMP. September 17, 1989 Castlegar News 45 SITTING DOWN ON THE JOB... —— Higgins applies duct seal to the heating pipes at the new on Centre while p: g inside the b win predicted VICTORIA (CP) The New Democratic Party appears headed for a decisive victory in a byelection Wed nesday in the Cariboo riding, an Angus Reid poll released Friday suggests The poll also indicates cage in four previous Social Credit byelection losses — that Premier Bill Vander Zalm's performance as party leader is a major factor i paign as was the the cam Of those polled, $8 per cent said they would vote for NDP candidate David Zirnhelt while 34 per cent said they would vote for Socred Joe Wark Liberal candidate Darwin Netzel received five per cent while Indepen dent candidate Reg Cullis, a former Socred, drew three per cent support Independent Jerry received less than one per cent LeBourdais Fifteen per cent were undecided vote The telephone poll of 409 Cariboo riding residents was conducted Wed nesday and Thursday for the Van couver Sun. The results are said to be accurate within plus or minus five per centage points 19 times out of 20 Most of those polled in the central British Columbia believe Vander Zalm treated former highways minister Alex fairly. Fraser represented the riding for riding said they Fraser un 20 years until he died of throat cancer last May In addition, almost half were Vander Zalm said Friday the Reid compared with other polls he is familiar with, in cluding # party poll “*bothered"’ by the government's recent announcements of projects in the riding worth millions of dollars, the poll suggests poll results are ‘*way out" al REEL ta te WITH BARRY BROWN is IT TIME FOR A CHANGE? Have you married or increased your family size since buying your first home? more appealing than stair painting, fixing and lawn cutting? Has your job status changed? r Would you like your home to retlect your improved economic statu: Have extended family members ecently moved in with you? 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Need more coun and cupboard space. or a cook top island Health problems? floor living, or Would one maintenance tree LETTER TO THE EDITOR Changes suggested When I received my tax notice last June, I, along with many others, was shocked at the increases in taxation at alllevels L attended the recent ‘‘Property Tax Forum” held at Castlegar and submit- ted my brief for the panel's con sideration This forum was clearly advertised as a “public forum"’ and our input was being asked for. The disappointment came when I saw so politicians, along with school trustees, using the forum as their hearing and the lack of response from local tax payers. My complaint is very simple. The pot of dollars is only so big and it doesn’t matter to me how they decide to divide it up. In the end they will always come back to the property-tax payer to pick\up the shortfall, and that is the level where I want more control many local and input from the local taxpayer. Too many projects are undertaken without the consent of the taxpayer and I say that is wrong Those taxpayers trying to survive on fixed or limited incomes should not be given two or thee weeks notice to find additional tax dollars, without prior opportunity to vote on the needs of their community My recommenations to the panel are as follows and I would hope that if you agree or have your own opinion, that you would join with me by sending your comments to the finance. My.recommendations ° All budget municipal and regional, that require an increase in local property taxes, even for the maintenance of existing ser be put to referendum for ap- minister of increases, school, vices, proval PERSON WIN THIS ee LT CENTRAL FOODS — | | CHEDDAR CHEESE CANADIAN MILD . LUNCHEON MEAT ie COOKED HAM wet 6%), 9298 3179 CRACKERS PEERLESS . TOMATO SOUP MARGARINE BLUE BONNET APPLE JUICE WILLIAM TELL . OREO COOKIES CHRISTMAS FUDGE-O, DOUBLE STUFFED. CHEESE BUNS MINUTE MAID. 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