CASTLEGAR NEWS, Friday, September 10, 1976 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Friday, September 10, 1976 : PEOPLE OF _TO THE | CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT ON THE OFFICIAL OPENING, , 1976 CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT SEPTEMBER 11 SATURDAY, ENA & CO UVEUINE CENTRE COMPLEX TURNING OVER THE KEYS — From left to right — Walter Gorkoff — work supervisor, Domenic Moro — owner Fame Construction, John Moran — Area | director, and Pat Metge — recreation director. WE'RE PLEASED TO. HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF YOUR NEW FACILITIES AS GENERAL CONTRACTOR and wish your community continued success in the future. F ame CONSTRUCTION LTD. We're certain this fine structure * industrial GENERAL ' CONTRACTORS * commercial lustrial 2711 RANDALL RD., TRAIL, B.C. will serve your communi for generations ftocome.... PH. 368-3388 t » Legialative Library( : Parliament Bldgs., Be Victoria, B. os V8V 1x4 Feb. 28 STLEGAR NEWS Published Every Thursday Moming at ‘The Crossroads of the Kootenays” TIME TO GRIN Girls who wateh their figures will usually have lots of help, VOL. 29, Nu. 88 eccation asi Osnse sting Haacee Gros Weta Oma f A new Vernon-based uni- . versity for the B.C. Interior, ; with “mini-campuses” in four other has been CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1978 Biara Was skeen — 2 Castlegar and District Arena and Community Centre ‘Selkirk Appointments for NDU Faculty and Staff? Instruction to those in remote © Commissioner Winegard of the recommended. by a special commission investigating uni- versity programs in non-metro- | politan areas, The new institution would eliminate Notre Dame Uni- versity (NDU) in Nelson, al- though the commission hopes the faculty and facilities of NDU could be part of the wider system of centres in Nelson, Prince George, Kamloops and Kelowna. Commissioner Winegard, in.a report. to the provineial government released Friday, says the multi-campus university -should’ begin asa separately-funded. -division s of , Sim imon Fraser University. -: “S"The-institution should be- come an independent entity by 1990, Mr. Winegard says. The William * new. division would b te $7.5 million by its fifth year of operation. He suggests the SFU board“ of. governors, which should be expanded. to include additional members from. the interior, be ultimately respons- ible for the expenditures and capital projects of the. new division, However, the funds should come separately from the Uni- versities Council of B.C;'to pre- community. colleges in technical programs, And it recommends some improved tuning of the edu- cational system, especially easing the transfer of creulits between different universities and between colleges and un> veraities. Th In one of the major recom: mendations, the commission - says thot “as many as possible - of the faculty and staff of NDU" < (should) be given appointments: < by Selkirk College and/or the new agency created.” _ Faculty and staff nearing was setup in May of this year to advise Education Minister Pat McGeer “on all matters related to the delivery of academic and pro- fessional programs outside of the Vancouver and Victoria metropolitan areas, and aca- theirs transfer Programs and: their vent ahy over . funding allocation be- tween the new divisi ji FU. Mr. Winegard. says-SFU_ should be given until December ‘: of this year to decide if it wants to take on the new division. Should it refuse, says the then a. single for the new . “University College | of Simon Fraser: University”. should be in Vernon, so as not to give undue importance to any. of the four “small uni- versity centres,” he says. Mr. Winegard, 51-year-old former president’ of Guelph University, says‘each campus would offer third and fourth year degree-completion pro- grams in arts, sciences and education. First and second year requirements: could be met . by the existing community col- leges. Each campus would also be encouraged to create its own “outregch programs to provide College Council Meets Tonight Status of Trail Business College proposal and the recent. developments at NDU. will be included in the prinelpelé re port when Selkirk lege ‘council meet this evening, their nee regular meeting since July. ‘The finance committee will be presenting its report as will the maintenance and / facilities council ‘meetings are pre to: the. public. i campus, independent univer: sity for the Iriterior should be started as soon as possible. The report also calls for, expansion of the B.C. Institute of Technology (BCIT) to. pro- vide increased support for happened to sum- S The Castlegar weather of- fice’s climatological; summary for the month of August can give you a little insight to why people felt it never arrived. Cloudy skies, precipitation and frequent, often sialeat should be given the option to retire without loss of. pension and others should be given “generous settlements,” it says. last year should be guaranteed completion of their programs in” ARB: 25 CENTS (HOME DELIVERY 22 CENTS) Large Turnout Witnesses The $2 million “Castlegar © and District Arena and Com- munity Centre was officially opened Saturday ‘afternoon ‘ with a large number of area residents taking the opportun- “ity th eae the new tagility first hand, Recreation and Conserva- tlon Minister and Deputy Pre- : mier of British Columbia Grace McCarthy declaired the build- 4 ing officially open. Having. attended the funeral service earlier that day of Pasquale “Cap” Capozzi, an ; Immigrant from Italy who ar- rived almost penniless and died «4 millionaire, ‘the Hon. Mc- *. Carthy drew a parallel between the opening of the community centre and the life’ of Mr. : Capozzi, calling it a life of suc- tees and ing and the success of life in this community are only going to be if you remember the contribu- tons of the citizens that went before,” ‘she said. “A family that plays to- ‘aaer-Guthor, as.onpnsed tothe family _ who doesn't, will stay together” she said, urging everyone to keep the building going for the benefit of all. Master of ceremonies Claude Bissell introduced many guest speakers, each having a word to say about the Castlegar and District Arena and Com- munity Centre. Area I director and chair- man of the Regional District of Central Kootenay, John Moran, who-has been engaged in this venture from the beginning stated it is designed for further “The success of this build. New Interior University Setup Recommended When’ the Winegard com- mission visited Nelson in one of a series of public hearings, there were demonstrations and mass turnouts by focal resi- dents supporting NDU as a four-year degree-granting insti- tution. Says Commissioner Wine- gard: “Despite ‘all the points made by the people of Nelson,’ the commission is convinced that the chances of a full-fledged university remain- NDU students‘ enrolled © ing viable both academically and financially without a large population base is very small. “The small city university isa story from the early part of this century and will not be. “Soy fepeated in the “70s.” recorded as’ the’ wettest and dullest’ August on recor, In “‘August'a previous re- cord in 1968 of 99.6 mm of rain was broken’ by. 140 per cent. ‘This is 460 per cent more than the normal of $0.6 mm. Sunshine totalled a dismal 178. 4 hours, nearly 50 hours I last year and weather ‘Picture in atat : Mobile Dentists to Serve Slocan-Crescent Valley Remote areas, and places | where dental services are lack- ~ ing, are the prime target for a Dental Externe Program which is currently setting up shop in Kootenay areas. Dr. Donald E. Marquis, regional dental consultant’ for, the three health units in Koo- tenay-Boundary, said that four * qualified ‘dentists will be set- ting up mobile clinics, each with two chairs and fully equipped, for the next 10-12 weeks in selected. communities in the West Kootenay and Boundary areas. Two other dentists will be similarly employed in ° the East Kootenay. One of these clinics is already, ‘open at Fruitvale. Dr. ? Bruce Johnson will supply “dental services to the area for the: next:12 weeks, with his clinic set up behind the WKHU Users of Goose Creek Watershed Petition RDCK Residents who draw their’ domestic’ water, from Goose Creek: have : petitioned the Regional District of - Central Kootenay stating lea water- shed is being ruin “The petition,ibearing close to 100 “signatures, reads as , follows: We, the undersigned, take our cooking and drinking water from Goose Creek, Lately {for about two weeks at least), as a result” of ‘logging tions. carried: out by. Ha Logging. in the waters! water has become cloudy and at the best of times downright, muddy and filthy, with a horrible after-taste of oil. We strongly object to this disregard. and inattention: on the part of both the logging company and the authorities, We insist that something be done immediately. The bad water is having a harmful effect on all ofus who’ use it, especially: the children. ‘The petition was presented to RDCK at its meeting Satur- day. by Lower Slocan Valley Brew. board, the pollution contro) board and the B.C. Forest Service. building; Dr. Garry MacGraw’s clinic starts next week beside the Salmo Secondary School; Dr. Bob Sturrey will be. at Slocan for 10 weeks, and at Crescent Valley for two weeks after that; and Dr. Pat Cassidy will establish his clinic at Mid- way to service the Greenwood to Rock Creek area. Dr. Marquis explained that the program, operated through the. provincial dental health “services, is much like a private dental service, in that there isa fee for service. There are no restrictions in the dental ser- vice provided, he said, except that extensive continuing treat- ments may not be possible if, they would carry on past the closing date of the clinic. “We call these dentists ex- ternes,” he said, “but it. ; shouldn't be confused © with interns, All the dentists are fully-qualified and registered, and are recent graduates from various dental. colleges.”’ He said that last year, the program provided complete dental care for 1,100 British’ Columbians, cout ofa total of -more® than 2,000, Many of. these received partial treatments, mainly’ be- cause the program was over- Subscribed. Marquis said that mae "wishing dental treat- ment should apply to the clinic when they are set up, or at health unit offices or village of- fices. He said the clinics are open to all residents of all ages, but: recommended that people who have a family dentist {should continue, with him, f “The main purpose of the program is to reach those people who currently have no dentist available to them,” he said, 3 less over 100 hours less than the normal. On Avg. 11 the highest temperature of the month was recorded at 28.4 which is five degrees colder than’ the pre- vious low set in 1975. Cloudy skies prevented the mercury from dropping too low at night with the result that the Mr: Winegard says Maher . educational : facilities “are .un-. .. evenly. distributed : within: the -total population of the province. He ‘notes that by 1979 about 839,000 people will be living on the Mainland to the north and east of Hope. A further 108,000 will be living on-Vancouver Is- land to the north and west of Nanaimo. He said that at the public meetings there were numerous accounts of problems, dif- iculties, and hardships for stu- dents from the Interior en- deavoring to attend coastal universities. “There is no question that the residents of the non-metro- politan areas feel deprived in terms of post-secondary. edu- cational opportunity,” he said. mean minimum was hear normal, At 23.1 de- grees the mean maximum temperature was the lowest on record while the mean tempera- ture of 17.5 degrees was only .2 degrees warmer than the pre- vious low of 17.3 degrees set in and is at this time. { c He attributed the excellent beginning to the department of recreation and conservation, the full ‘support of RDCK as well as the direction and assis- tance of the City of Castlegar and staff, building committee chairperson’ Ald. Audrey nd-Trail MLA loore, Chris D'Arcy, Regional Recrea- tion Commission No, 1 director Pat Metge, Mayor Ed Mosby and the mayors of the sur- rounding communities as well as the provincial leaders “who - have contributed in spirit,” Mayor Mosby gave a hearty: applause from the Podium for the “investment in the future of Castlegar and area and for the betterment in the quality of life in our com- munity.” Named Chairman ‘The appointment of She, Holden as campaign for the Castlegar and District United Way has been “an- nounced by the executive fol- lowing - its. regular meeting Tuesday night. ‘This is the first meeting since the summer recess with the ‘main business being the _ Official Opening of Complex “If we do not make the effort we will suffer dearly,” he said. “What did not show,” Mayor Mosby stated, “were the, hours of toil and effort to struggle over costa on the nart of dedicated people. We should all be grateful to them for their efforts. “These are the people put in. charge of bringing this building into being,” he said. Ald. Moore spoke of the $619,000 grant from the. pro- vincial government stating without this we could not have proceeded with such a building costing just over $2 million. She called attention to the + fact that the new facility was situated on 4.9 acres of land which was donated by the city and that the building com- mittee explored every avenue of finance but did not receive any funds from: the federal government. “I am not sure that is an honor,” she said. Noting that the building was sited on 21 acres’ she visualized a swimming pool, parks, as wellas track and field, all as part of the overall plan.’ But for today she stated, relating to the first facility, “it is yours, use it well and enjoy it - to the full.” School District No. 9 chair. man: Pat’ Haley called the ‘Castlegar and District Arena and Community Centre an as- ~ set to the school district fox an laying of plans fc United Way. Campaign: 5 which will take lace in October, Bid to Stall Hearing On Water. Licence Fails. bere fe sumpicen but that it be.” the City, of Revelstoke, the ‘provincial fish and game branch - and Revelstoke NDP MLA Bill - King were refused an indefinite postponement © Monday {of a hearing to determine whether BC. Hydro should be issued a water licence for the ropased Revelstoke dam. E The three ‘sald objectors have not had enough time to assess Hydro's data, and noted that most objecting groups do- not have sufficient. funds to finance their own technical studies. - ‘The city's lawyer, Galt Wilson, said Hydro's material is not. complete. He said Hydro has not. ‘completed studies on how to. contro] the Downie slide area, 40 miles north of the proposed $1.2 billion dam. Mr. Wilson told Howard DeBeck, the provincial ¢omp- troller of water rights who is conducting the hearings. “It is most important that all aspects of this hearing not only be mentally. “Participation is the name of the game, not winning, Win- 3 ning isvan extra award,” he ne DiAry, when addres.” sing the gathering, stated “this < just didn't. happen,” that it > needed the: support. of | th d that’ the’ Fights and safety’ of all citizens of this. valley: be ‘pro- tected.” He: said: the hearings should be halted until DeBeck retains an independént group * to investigate all safety aspects of the project. Monday was the first day of the hearing, which .is expected to last two weeks. +> Hydro's application calls “for about 90,000 cubic feet of water per second to be diverted from the Columbia River. Some 1,5 million acres of water would be stored behind a 530-foot,' “mile-wide “dam three miles north of Revelstoke.’ ‘The resulting 80 mile-long ry ,000 and doubted” if any: district. with the same popula- tion had ‘this kind of complex.: “The community effort has: reflected in this area for years,” He called attention to other. projects that grew because of it; the Improvement Society, the old arena and the parks in < Thrums, Robson and Blueberry. > “That same spirit is still: here. I commend -you all. You are the people that did it, we just happened to be in office at the time,” he said. © g Walter Tymofievich of the’ Selkirk Lions Club said the shave been able to providing lake to the Mica Dam. It would be B.C.’s second largest dam in terms of total energy output. Most of the more than 30 objecting groups and individ- uals fear a catastrophe will occur if the Downie slide breaks power for the new Complex. |“ e club was instrumental in supplying equipment for the first aid room, the table and chairs for the board room as’ well as 350 chairs in the recrea- | Regional Ne Alouf was on hand at Saturday afternoon's official opening of the Castlegar and District Arena and Community Centre to see the results of groundwork that began during the time he served this __ area. Here Pat Hogan, Mr. Alouf, Castlegar and District C typical of every service club” who have already made a con- tribution or have indicated they’? te will be making a‘contribution, ° . Following the dignataries | addresses, guided tours of the . facility we were given, children’s’, films shown, and arts and crafts Choir entertained during. the ” afternoon as did the Castlegar. Figure Skating Club. In the evening, a hockey. - game between Castlegar Mid- gets and local Intermediates ” was held which ended in a tie. The day's activities con-. cluded with a dance sponsored - by the Castlegar Kiwanis Club: Passing School + Buses Will Bring Charge Motorists in the Castlegar arga are being charged with what is becoming. an all too common occurrence, the sing of a school bus when it is displaying its flashing ‘red lights. Local RCMP remind the motorist that a yehicle ap- proaching in either di-ection to a schoo! bus with its red lights flashing must come to a full stop and is not to proceed until - the lights are no tonger flashing.