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Smart Shopper. ay s Legislative NOL; 80,.No, 28 : TWO'SECTIONS (A&B) rooS Feb. 2Published. very Thursday Morning at.“The Crossroads of, the Kootenays” ‘CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1977 a: 25 CENTS (HOME DELIVERY 22 CENTS) ___By RYON GUEDES Editor, Castlegar News “major federal ~DREE Details r Still Unknown “We were delayed in our regional deadline by the fact that we’ MI the fed- 28 \-sharing agree- «ment for B.C. expected in the zimmediate future, but the pros- pect of funding for a Columbia «Valley water system remains uncertain, ‘4. That was the: message eral g with new con- cepts, as well as over amounts Arrow Lake Most Feasible Source | of money and lengths of the _ agreements,” he said. He re- fused to comment. on state- ments by Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco that DREE Minister Marcel Lessar was the main opponent of the. province's DREE proposals, Asked how the low-growth Kootenay area would share in provincial-federal: aub-agree- ments, Bennett said the pro- vineial government's. program will be available ‘through the “DREE formula to all areas when the agreements are con- eluded with the federal govern- ment, ~ “We hope to be able, to “enter sub-agreements ‘shortly which will benefit the Kootenay areas considerably,” he said. “I look forward . to, considerable »neconomic progress for this area Poole Bill Bennett, Economic ', Devlopment Minister ‘Don {Phillips and Housing and Muni- cipal Affairs Minister Hugh Curtis. brought here in inter- » views with the Castlegar News last week. At .a local. Social Credit Association reception last Tues- day the premier said he ex- pected the provincial govern- ment would be signing and con- cluding agreements ‘ “very - shortly” with ‘the: federal de- ‘once: these’ ‘agreements’ have “been concluded.” “The premier would not comment specifically on the prospect of a DREE-funded Cohimbia Valley water system,’ . although he indicated ‘Curtis and Phillips were awaiting the outcome of. the city’s. water study. before taking further. action. (See’ story above). ~ Phillips said last: Tuesday the terms of reference for the study were very broad he would have to examine the pos- sible alternatives it offered before committing himself to DREE funding. of a water system for the area, -- : cbeén -short- ;.DREE: for many - Bennett’ said.. “It's” something we've worked on ter to subsidize coastal ferries. as. 8. precedent in . further. negotiations, “A major accomplishment was getting the federal govern- ment toadmit it owed a subsidy to the Pacific ferry system,” the ~ premier said. “The commitment * from them: that the’.ferry. to 5 Vancouver: Island is an ex- are coming along positively -with the fed- eral government,” Phillips told .the® Castlegar ‘News, “It .in- cludes a pretty big Package, but it doesn’t necessarily in his list of priorities. He said the “details of the DREE would be re- WELCOMED ASSISTANCE, in _ ete renege Vila ce po Results of the city's water study show surplus from Can- Cel!’s Arrow Lake system is the most feasible source of a new water, supply for Castlegar, Ald. ‘Brian Kilpatrick a nounced Monday. 3 Kilpatrick, chairman of city council's water study com- mittee, said the _ first-draft report from Kerr, Wood and Leldal, the engineering firm the city. hired in early May to carry out the study, indicated : the existing CanCel water supply system includes spare capacity to meet the needs of the city and surrounding ‘area for “at least the next 15 years.” The ‘firm—instructed by city council. to, consider an intake directly from the Colum- bia River:;above the Ferry Ramp, construction of an intake in the reservoir above the Hugh Keenleyside Dam, ‘and ‘use of CanCel's existing intake ‘and pumps ‘opposite: the ‘mill as well—decided on surplus from the eSmpany’s 64-inch supply imain because the Arrow Lakes have high” quality water re- quiring minimal treatment, Kil- patrick said, > “Many factors have an ef: “. fect on the water quality in the Columbia River below the dam, necessitating complete” water treatment: to meet an accept able standard’ of ‘domestic water supply,” Kilpatrick said. “The new supply to the ,eity from the existing CanCel dlevelopinent—to receive cheques Friday morning were, left’ to right, Mary Owens, Vera Barisenkolf and Dora: Nazaroff.’ The Ogiow, who system is readily adaptable toa new future intake from above the dam.” The study’ sized the pipe- line fromthe source to the city for two‘ alternative capacities, he said. One’ was’ a size suf- . ficient to serve the city’s pro- vealed within a: “reasonable period of time.” After a luticheon meeting last Thursday with Phillips and Castlegar city council, ‘Curtis told the Castlegar News..a multi-ministerial : approach- volving the departments of (continued on page 2A): —in- : Drug ‘said the terms of em. © for the ete hours ‘a’: week, $516.60. monthly—have- been‘ cleared: with. the. Canadian Union of: Public; Employees, which bargains for-city. public” works employees ‘and the: 15 applications received for the. City council created the position with .an motion | to combine parking regulation en- forcement with sprinkling regu- lations Gen in the same lege; which: offered’ firat ‘and second year university transfer courses ‘to NDU students this year, serves’ the entire: _ tension. of the highway.” The parents of - 200: ele- ‘ mentary students ended: their Sxboyeott of Slocan Valley schools / last-Thursday after the Nelson f school board reversed its de- cision to demote principal Alex reverzoff. Parents began the boycott : © May 18 in-an attempt to force « palship of the new Brent Ke “\nedy’, Elementary . School, scheduled next:year to absorb the South Slocan, Slocan Park and Crescent Valley ‘schools of ‘After nearly two’ weeks of. boycotts and. picketing: which’ cipals and teacher as: well as from. parents and students ‘in..Winlaw, ‘an in- formation picket line last Tues: day: greeted Premier Bil! Ben- nett! in Castlegar and stated ; their. grievances. - ‘School ‘board officials: said the continuing serious situation’ forced them to change their minds last Wednesday. -c! It's been a threatening ‘sitiation," ‘board chairman Donna ':-Graychick. said «last week. “The ‘people have - ob- viously ‘rebelled. “I think it’s : gorie far. enough. wt elt they i deed want’ Mr. ' get. Somebody had to come to az compromise * ‘and obviously. it was ‘not going to‘ be: them." Pe Back of Van Slogan Peraverzoff said'.he ; "The weather office also states the ‘temperature is to bea little above, the’ season's: He said the estimated ¢ of a new water system for only the city varies between $4,- 168,000 and.$7,106,000 as com-; pared to the $4,620,000-to-$7,-, 656,000 range estimated for a system serving tie outlying areas, “Senior government assist. ance for recovery of a portion of the capital costs from new development and possible as- sistance from CanCel and B.C. Hydro ‘will help’ to offee : portion of the initial expendi- tures,” Kilpatrick said. “s He.said the report recom- mended the Regional District of Central Kootenay be’ re- quested to consider cost-shar- ing for implementation of the. plan for a supply serving both the city and adjacent com- munities.” “Substantial savings to the _ elty and the surrounding areas ” could result if the joint’ ap- proach were taken on: this water supply,” he said. (Saturday ‘the Regional ‘District of Central Kootenay : received legal ‘authorization to conduct a water feasibility study for Castlegar, and Elec- tora] Areas I and J. i Under the water. study letters patent, received from the. department of. municipal affairs May 12, directors from the participating areas make up ‘a management commission bud- geted with a one-fifth mill levy to carry out the study. Area I director John Moran anid Area J. director Martin’ Van- derpol voted to contribute to the cost—estimated at $16,- 000—of the city's water study.) + The report did not include pipe sizing and storage facilities for the adjacent communities in a “wal r demand was 6.9 million gallons: for. a. system’ serving item, ge: provide “full balancing. of the < é ees and. an \adequate fire rese! to the high undeveloped bench ground in South Castlegar.) / Tho ' two ° wells ‘currently supplying the city will probably, be retained as limited al ‘sources of supply on an emer- °° ‘gency basis, Kilpatrick!eald. + “These two wells will mee! erie tse the uckley said. Selkirk principal Mitch'An- - derson ‘pointed’ out that the , :eollege’s ‘agreement, to run the institution is\:of an. interim * ‘nature, SAG the end of that term: £- the college will hear the long- : totake it over we'll consider it,” rm plans the government has “Ifthe government asks us he said.“But we're ‘not going to * go on running it indefinitely.” McGeer' put ‘the ‘college council in charge of the univer- sity—purchased | ‘for ' $835,000 and renamed the David Thomp- ~ /son‘ University Centre by the provincial. government—until its role as a regional centre can ve be developed. The council’s additional responsibility brings : the number of students served «by the college to between 1,200 1,400. gin i tribution of its’ croduiia in the’ Kootenay -region’ has touched: off a-unionized ‘beer boycott - against. the company, . Members of the Brewery and Soft Drink Workers ‘union in Nanaimo,'Kélowna and Kam- loops have: pledged‘ to boycott ‘ Labatt's beer products in-sym-’ pathy for four. fellow. members in. Cranbrook ‘who “lost their jobs last Wednesday. because of sto take over its own ‘Distribution “of “Labatt's beer in the Kootenays has been. done for the last five years by Skyway. Distributors - Ltd. ° of” Cranbrook and Castlegar. ; ‘But with the recent: ac- , quisition of Columbia Brewing ' Co. Ltd., Labatt’s has decided: Skyway: aap ‘pick: ‘ eted” Labatt’s and’ their own: shop last Tuesday, but. by the next. morning, ' they. had /re- Ported’ back:for a final day of work, * The workers in Nanaimo, Kelowna; ‘.and. Kamloops pledged ‘to support a boycott, gaid John Langley, Vancouver... ffectively putting Skyway out ‘of business and putting four of the company's’ 10° ‘unionized employees, out of work. business ative for the: union, ;becausé:they. had ex- pressed’ fears that -Labatt's:’ f aight continue to enlarge its own distribution operations in “batt products “has affected the » begin ‘After'm more ina $50 Sorth ‘of invitations. went’ out. to ° nearly 300 cultural: grqups and -interested individuals in Castle- gar, Trail and Nelson, the at: tendance Tuesday night at the founders’ meeting for. a new: Society to run’ the ‘local Na- tional Exhibition “Centre was not overwhelming. Only eight persons—aside from a Castlegar News re. porter, NEC’ administrator Duane Harder and Elmer Veri- gin, Kootenay: Doukhobor. His- torical . Society . president—at, tended the meeting, : called: to takeover from the organization ~ which has operated it ‘since it opened a year ago. if Verigin! told the meeting y the KDHS, which had originally provided ‘the force: behind lo- "+ eating. the NEC in'the area, by ‘Sapplying for federal’ govern: other parts of B.C. 7 “A spokesman for. Labatt. t . tribution of Columbia’ and La- jobs ‘of a number. of Skyway’; Distributors Employees.” :. <“However, permanent jobs are being’ offered ‘by Columbia Brewing in Creston and other © points,” the spok insaid, “It: ment funding :! for ‘one of: five museum buildings it planned t to: - build in'B.C.. ‘A rough technical drawing and an estimated cost of $100,- » 000 were ‘accepted as official applications and the society re-~ ceived shortly ‘$100,000 in the mail, Verigin said. ‘jnadequate'to pay for the con- is believed they will offset the’ number of people now out of ; work,” ion of the building,’ and ~: combined with the provincial government's $71,000 grant sand $64,000 in cash: donations, ‘Parenta was the I advice, and physi- the, centre's’ eventual»: cal work: “the cost.of oaing 2 the NEC reached $235,000.‘ Verigin said: the KDHS * ‘was’ eager to devote. more of their time. to completing their own original project, the Douk- .:. hobor. Village, adjacent to the * NEC, and leaving the operatios of the building to'a new. group. The KDHS' would®still be in- plications and lobbying for. sup: | port for such projects as paving *. for the site, or accessibility to” -the .forestry ‘department’s | water, line for fire preventio “ and-irrigation, He told the group that at! the initial stage of forming a_ new society, their limited num, : ber made them more workable. as a steering committee and fn” Ne ‘drawing: up, a: constitution: for.” the society.” °? + «=... Merigin said although only:; eight people had atténded the. meeting, 13 had responded to.. the . original invitation indi. °: cating their. interest. ‘Harder told the. Castlegar: News. ‘later although © he. © thought: the’ group. attending. was capable of functioning as a: steering committee he was surprised at the lack of official . * | Fe tatives ‘fr 1 ‘The. federal ‘funding was. presentatives {com regions cultural organizations, ©. * .. ‘Tm’ really disappointed : that there wasn't’ more of a \~ positive response - from the-* Trail Art: Club, or. the Trail,- Nelson. and Castlegar Arts Councils,” he said.