ASTLEGAR NEWS —— Bright ano Early Every Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” "TIME TOGRIN VOL. 31, No.2 ‘TWO SECTIONS (A&B) CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1978 City HUNGRY FLAMES leap from the rool of the City Centre Motel during last Hotel Fire Puts Eight Students Out in the Cold Left Homeless for 2nd Time Selkirk Collage They re aot prsent atthe at the City Centre Motel, fot Main Sat Tmraey, ‘The students, evieted the previous day from campus accommodation be fuiteases where they had been yap Seeeetieetee ted City to Move Cars Without Any Warning By LOIS HUGHES When snow falls, especially in the abundance experienced recently, it's pot snow some see but dollars, lots of lars. This is the price put on the the Ct yon the hy bas gent. It did so just pe pape dey and widen the re vehicles towed away. Ta OID RIKI nowlall this winter has 1978 ated len of betwen SH Keved he Breen comed ie an elec eae lead Lo combustible material Marilyn Btrong, Selkirk College tude act ordinator, stodets'saylag st the baal trying to evaluate their losses. trom th communky at rye to ess stadeats, tat te Reve sendy been been recorded st 1043 conth metres with 59.2 ce Koviag falls from an 1 2 fonday. tz said when they have poled sen rqupmest tnd: 19 tens who Council Studies Under-15 Pool Hall Ban ‘Potentially Unhealthy Situation’ By RYON GUEDES prend k yylaw which would promi chidren under reactions from council. mem ber Under. the proposed ba aimed at Winard's Palace Funteria on 91 Main St children under the age limit cannot be “permitt ployed in any pool or bird vspeaing in taver of the bylaw, Foter.aetenine tortion commie chairman, said the potentially wnbethy site atin or Lb earl ob in” ‘onthe commitie felt tg on ok be children of this age could be spending tele time at nigh.” But Ald. Len Em ened he wind os yin 0 prob pabliy af tN ty to enforce it “IL would be rather ridic ulous to have bylaws and not be thle enfarce them.” Embree bd who comes in prado 2 birth certifica “The manager pol ‘ind that impousible to or Audrey Moore told counet te bt He also questioned the inet sod mecing the rena Does this mean oa nt take my 1 earl son pool at 2 p. Seeceuba'd de teow? Fooge orca matte Embree asked. mediated in a dispute three In response to the ques between the Wir ton, cty eek Bary Balgara ard’ Palace management and ssid that inhis opinion Embree Main Srvt residents and con amusement hall erred ‘owner would in that case be id the pro contravening the bylaw. Pang Ahh Contacted yesterday, Wi ralace co™owner Al Olsen berg eid be would comply with the bylaw if itis adopted, “but 1 doubt it will salve anything” “Leertainly have no desire (continued on page A2) tee had ly researehed the ap- plication of similar bylaw: other municipalities. wewhere we've gu! to ly to get them out of thit a environment at an early rg |. Jim Gouk said he ‘would prefer approval of “some form of curfew” to tele ese send be lp ing lanthe the ety would have diely ‘enforcing sud “Are we going enki Tie pais were among earl ceeupants Stage Inns Lid. is whe thene. Towing Manage a 2 expected to start construction lasing ome planned hte in Castlegar: look at a piece of property” in Castlegar “I hope to have acquired ile all the se ‘the dormitory, she i Water Rood sence Costs Rising Snow Means Dollars son said his company was unable to bid on the three Front Street lots put up for sale he has been at the airport a bY the city becouse his option to flight has never been cancelled because of ground conditions. “The Hotel-Depot Construction Expected to Start in Spring porchase foot adjacent lets from Casban Enterprises Dee. 20, and balding for the city lots closed Dee. 27, “Actually, I needed some kindof anawer belore Nov, “L needed that 30 days bash went rah dev tote wire on me.” In addition, the minitaum price st by iy oul forthe lots was significantly higher than the $48,000 he had ori rally offered, Johnson said, “They were ashing $60,000 (Columbia Avenue) for only 197,000." he said. Johason also said the city gave him no indication of New Works Projects Under Consideration iy coun isracted ety stall Tossday at projet ould Page cut. belly unter a. winter works incentive program pr pore by che lore ew Democratic Prt in renpoas toa Dee. 30 letter from ident — asking “on very short notice” blow back the existing snow to make room for the next down (continued on page A2) Committee to Pay Off Sewer Project Claims ity couneil voted Tuesday Id. Gerald Rust, sewer Airport manager John Michelson says in all the years pay % between $2,000 and $3,000 to residents sete by the Castlegar South sewer project. for the Canadian Union of Castlegar, rai, Nesom jer cent Lo eight per cent. He said the Castlegar board's share of the repay. Pyke, area representative ment, to be deducted from CUPS members wages, wil ‘Schoo! Boords Not Fined $50,000 Each Pyke ‘Completely Incorrect’ appeal their case toa federal tribunal ‘This tribunal was es tablished to hear appeals on AIB orders, and I think this paid that arbitration procedures (with th tractors uf the project) have not been finalized.” Counel supported Rust’s recommendation ht he ewer Hib speamadr per if Le paid aie peep eperpidaer hy I otstandiog dina vd tat AB took 11 oath to lsue i role and repayment order,” Brisco Brisco said the most che AAIB should ask for in this case is a wage rollback, effective Jan. 1, 1973. the committee can deat with these chins Friday afternoon and that the cheques can be in the mail within a wee” be si t said. several of the a connected wih the pre which involved complete ors pyre - system in most of Castlegar South—originate from when it was started more years ago. ier all, the AIB than (wo what projects could be taken ns federal provnca ‘municipal government. capital works program—council asked city staff to report the result of their investigations to council Ald. Gerald Rust told coun ha hd “nlnad eengy about winter works toting’ tat. variow lees of government had previously tried to implement them locally but had met with limited “L don’t think it will assist ws in this munky i it planned along. of previous wit wuts pre serams,” Rust s i. Bud Goddess be saw the positive aspects of the lead to subs ‘working conditions. But he said his taain criticism of the pro posed program was that it was short-term, not regenerative and not based on the real economy of the area.” ‘Ald. Len Embree, who made the motion, agreed the billion in 1978. Under the pro posed program, $400 million ‘would be introduced diately and applications from ‘eve men par ination on the Although he has sold his interests in a separate com pany: Stage Inne, Cranbrook Lid, “owns the concept of a wet Kanloopt and about 18 other location Pegon plobicnsiny RCMP Holds Conference ore forthe industry here On 1 Mander deal rien 1 Detachment of the neat wil be holding Weekend = Weathercast conference of an informative ature in the Reglonal Recre ns Compe Manay a1 1830 | CLOUDY sie wih» few : > of the con | of some ference isto asst the business wuch matters thefts, robbery and shoplifting. bys possible will attead, Board Orders a 6% Increase for Teachers A sixpercem wage increase it incaded in three:man arbitration board's guidelines for settlement between local School istrict No.9 schoo! said this week Y arbaratio ear which arrived in the mall Monday, incoded percent iacenas in head aches and subject churmen's $55-percapita allotment for the ‘ery pro- inaional development fond, a new $700 elemestar yearly allowance and administrative allowance 490,000 in addition to the wage increase. Changes to benefits seroma included the adjustment of counsellors Totaling about be teacher o pay TS per coat ol hm cats the secrcary tramaret “tei he arbitration Lard alia ordered the sho board to adjust ntinuance and group life insurance plan pemcene ben <0 Regan ae arrangement in which ew professional development fund eat recommended bythe board woul aneot Le S30, an increase of about $1,000 ov yeu Thy tinue Gr ainneeniie eens WANA 86 increase, he said ath sides are lel townd to bey. the arbitration suidelines. The three-man board—consisting of Dan Geronazzo, faday romemusie’ Was Beats’ ad acel’ tet Pol ticipating would be "processed quickly, with a minimum of red tape.” representative Jack its ruling nearly a ‘month after school board and Leachers’ positions we 1 presented at a special arbitration hearing.