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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, March 25, 1992

CEN

@ Logging

Continued from 1A
the regional planning process in
the Kootenays.
“In other watersheds in the
Slocan Valley, resource planning
and timber harvesting

‘If you know someone whose smile belongs on
page 2 give us a call!’

365-5266

Heritage Society using
f  eaeak oS. +
modern convenience

SUBMITTED

Answering services, an estab-
“dished fact in modem society, are
not everyone's cup of tea, but
‘One is making a big difference to
the operation of the Castlegar
and District Heritage Society.
" “The Society office located at
the Castlegar Rail Station Muse-
um is normally closed from
‘ November to the beginning of
‘May. Calls there get no Tesponse
‘and enquires seeking information
were forced to call one of the
executive members — President
John Coyle, Vice-President Ray
Gattinger, Secretary Carolee
Fitz-Gerald, Treasurer Verna
Keraiff, Assistant Treasurer
: Charlie Horrey or else P.R.O.

John Charters.

Last month the Society, with
the valued assistance of the
Casuegar Rotary Club and Pete's
TV was able to purchase and
install an answering service. Per-
sons, therefore wishing to volun-
teer their services, no matter how
little, artifacts or equipment, are
asked to call 365-6440 and leave
a message directed to President
John Coyle and a member of the
executive will return the call
Meanwhile the Society is hoping
to hire a coordinator to further
facilitate Heritage business.

The Society is please to
acknowledge this month, the
donation of an antique Projector

See SOCIETY 4A

SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan

Halper

Heritage Society members Joseph Killough

(teft) and John Charters stand behind the society's
} answering machine which was recently

purchased with

| the help of the Castlegar Rotary Club and Pete's T.V.

will continue with careful con-
sideration of water needs,”
Cashore said. “The decisions
we're announcing today are
aimed at helping CORE reach a
balance among the environment,
the economy, and society in
these areas of the province.”

The planned cut of 6,200 cubic
metres by SFP from the Hasty
Creek drainage area cannot be
redirected because there are no
other acceptable locations.

SVWA representative Richard

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Allin points out that because
there is a lack of alternate loca-
tions, the go’ s8

Allin said the SVWA will con-
tinue to pressure the provincial

is more of a deferral, not s ka
around.

“It indicates to me how tight
the situation is here, when the
company has nowhere else to go
to get 6,200 cubic metres of
wood,” Allin said, “It illustrates
that other forest values haven't
been taken adequately into con-
sideration, in determining the cut
levels in our area.

“We're pleased with the
announcement about Hasty

SFP spokesperson Terry
Dodds said the company is cur-
rently looking for alternate timber
Sources to make up for the two-
year long reduction in their cut—
he said the Hasty Creek area
reduction accounts for two per-
Cent of the total cut for the two-
year period.

“We're making all efforts to
ensure that this does not reflect a

Creek but di pointed that it
didn’t extend to all the consump-
live-use watersheds in the Slo-
can Valley.”

in the work force here
at the plant,” Dodds said. “I’m
Sure that at the end of the two-
year period, Mr. Owens and/or

his commission (CORE) will find
that the eight years of planning
we devoted to this watershed are
more than adequate—and at the
end of that time we fully antici-
Pate that we will be able to
resume operations at Hasty
Creek.”

Dodds feels the 24-month
period is a bit to long but says
he appreciates that this is a
monumental task Mr. Owen has
been assigned to and would
rather he take 24 months and
come up with an appropriate,
liveable process to all the par-
ties concerned, rather than rush
into a decision which may
Prove to be unworkable in the
short term.

Continued from 1A
for moving the Public Works
Yard do not warrant spending
Close to $1 million of taxpayers
money.
“City council should take thai

future development. People are
looking at lots in that area of the
community but they are not able
to build. People don't like being
told where they can or cannot
build,” O’Connor said.

A dis

money and spend it on i
services—not the Public Works

gto a
discussed during the council
Meeting, an analysis of the South
Tre Plant indi

yard,” said O’Connor,

The CURB president cited the
sewer system in the south end
and its capacity for treatment as a
prime example.

“The sewage treatment facility
in the south end should be

P d so it can

that the

developments projected to occur
in the south end; a new mall, an

“This is a serious thing, all
future development in the south

d for sewage cap is
about 300 esfu (established single
family residential). Currently, the
available capacity left is about 80
esfu.

As well, there are three major

ng building
could stop,” O’Connor said. “It
Seems to me that a city’s duty is
to provide water and sewer to its
citizens, that’s why we pay
taxes—isn’t it?”

Officials from the City of
Castlegar state that “different
money” is used for the sewage
system than for capital projects
such as a new Public Works Yard.

“We can’t use money which is
delegated for one thing and spend
it on another. The sewage fund
has to generate its own funds—it
must be self-sufficient,” said
Gary Williams, city administra-
tor.

The city also stated it is taking
4 wait-and-see approach concem-
ing major new developments in
south Castlegar.

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Continued from 1A
employer has the right to commu-
nicate with their employees dur-
ing Contract negotiations, as long
as that communication is written
in a neutral and factual manner,

“We have made an application
to the Industrial Relations Coun-

Castlegar urged to participa

JASON KEENAN

cil (IRC) to have all [union]
charges dropped,” Livingston
said. “I think the IRC will take a
look at the union’s allegations
and our position, and dismiss the
charges.”

Jean Weir, the Chai of

ee’s Local, said “They (HLRA]

sent their information to the

head of each department at the
ital.”

The union has one bulletin in
the basement of the Castlegar

the Castlegar Hospital “Employ-

right now. He said the

Sun staff

Castlegar City Council and the
Recreation Centre want to replace
Participaction Challenge with
Community Pride Day on May
28.

Verona Walker, recreation
Coordinator at the Castlegar and
District Recreation Centre, said
“we've had enough of Walk-a-
Block. After eight years we
thought we needed a change.

“We want to focus on Castle-
gar, On your neighborhood, and

kn

$2,155 for food, decorations, and
advettising will, in all Probability,
be approved.

“Instead of participating for 15
minutes in the one day, we want
to get the people participating all

p explained Weir. The
HLRA releases were Posted on

te in Community Pride

that “it will be a chance to meet
everyone in town.”

“Community Pride will be sort
of a neighborhood coffee Party,”
added Walker. Each of the 14
neighborhood parks would host
activities like children’s. games,

‘Instead of Participating for 15 minutes in the
one day, we want to get people Participating all
day long, and all night long.’

— JIM CHAPMAN
Councillor

on ing your neighbor,” said
Walker. “Lots of people have
been here for years but have
never been to Zuckerberg Island
or the train station.”

Councillor Jim Chapman said
a funding request for Community
Pride Day is before the finance

day long, and all night,” said
Chapman. “We expect that 1,500
People will participate:”
Chapman said “Community
Pride Day will be a great event
and an exciting event.” He added

entertainment, hot dogs and pop,
family games, and community
and fitness information.

Walker anticipates that People
will walk to their neighborhood
park. This would fit in with the

the bulletin boards found in each
department. The departmental
boards are supposed to be there
for departmental news, not to out-
line HLRA bargaining positions.

“I don’t call that fair bargain-
ing,” said Weir.

eee

Day
fact that Community Pride Day is
being held during Participaction
week. As well, educational infor-
mation on community, wellness,
and family fitness will be avail-
able at each park.

“We are going to tie into and
register as a Canada 125 event,”
said Walker. The main difference
between the Canada 125 National
Neighborhood Party and Castle-
gar's Community Pride is their
dates.

The federal government is
sponsoring the Canada 125
National Neighborhood Party on
June 14 to celebrate the 125th
anniversary of Confederation.

Walker said organizers are still
looking for volunteers to help out
at Community Pride. If you want
to volunteer, contact Verona
Walker or Susan Campbell at the
Rec Centre at 365-3386.

IAN off and running after receiving grant

Local coordinator to travel thro

JIM _ZEEBEN
Sun staff

At the March 17 city council
meeting, two members of the
Abilities Awareness Advisory
Committee announced the official
Start of a newly created organiza-
tion dealing with disability issues
in the B.C. interior.

Kristine Stan-

Once Stanbra arrives in a par-
ticipating city, her job will be to
develop contacts, assess local
needs, and help re-establish

affordable homes for people with
disabilities.

Stanbra has been extremely
active in volunteer organizations

pal advisory ‘

One of the long-term goals of
IAN is the completion of a com-
puter data-base. That listing
would act as a directory of ser-
vices available to the disabled in
the network's

‘We've been doing
this for four years and
we're finally seeing
Some funding.’

— KRIS STANBRA

Presentation out-
lining the hist
and goals of the
Interior Access
Network (IAN).
“We went in
front of—city
council to inform
them that we got
our funding,”
explained IAN’s

region.

The govern-
ment money
will also be used
to publish a
quarterly
newsletter.

Both Stanbra
and Lafortune
have been long-
time volunteers
working with
dish

IAN Coordinator

coordinator Kris
Stanbra. “We received a Start-up
grant to operate for five months.”
The money, which came in
from the federal government on
March 4, will enable LAN to pay
for a co-ordinator, Stanbra, to
travel around the interior.
“They're really enthusiastic
about getting connected in other
Cities,” saidStanbra, who will
travel to 10 cities throughout the
B.C. interior. “We want to Pro-
mote teamwork among individual
organizations.”
The geographic boundaries of
TAN are the Alberta border on the
east, the U.S. border to the south,
as far west as Highway 5, and the
Trans Canada to the north.

y issues.

“We've been
doing this for four years and
we're finally seeing some fund-
ing,” Stanbra said. “The grant
will keep us going for five-
months.”

Lafortune said that with a
break for summer the group will
be able to stay funded until the
end of October, continuing on
however they can after that.

“Even if there isn’t any addi-
tonal funding we'll go on as we
have in the past,” she said.

Currently, the network is orga-
nizing a conference in Kelowna
for June 17-19.

Titled Housing Forums/Interior
Solutions the three-day event will
talk about creating accessible yet

network is based in Castlegar,
which was the first municipali-
ty in B.C. to create a mayor's
advisory committee on the
needs of citizens with disabili-
ties.

IAN itself came about after a
Pais of conferences. The first,

ughout Kootenays

held in Kelowna in early 1991,
Saw the creation of a networking
organization. Then, later that
same year, a conference in
Castlegar came up with the name
Interior Access Network and out-
lined its objectives.

Now that IAN has received the
financial help it needed, Stanbra
says her immediate objective is

ing the network.

“We're concentrating on get-
ting me on the road and getting
this conference in Kelowna
underway.”

By Leigh Rubin

Edgar knew his book, “How to
Overcome Writer's Block’ would be a best-
seller ...if he could only get past the title.

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Wednesday, March 25, 1992

The Castlegar Sun

Union strength attracts Industri

Steff

On Apeil 23 Castlegar will host
the Industrial Relations Act
Review Panel which is holding
hearings in 11 cities around the
Province.

Chaired by Deputy-Minister of
Labour Claude Heywood, the
Panel consists of labour lawyer
John Baigent, mediator Vince
Ready, and a lawyer representing

Tom 4

“T think this is an Opportunity

for those who have a view to

themselves on how labour
legislation should be,” said Al

new review,
“One issue I know will be dis-

al Relations Act

yp
and impact third-parties not

cussed is 'Y-pick ’
said Strachen. “Bill-19 was
designed to really curb secondary-
Picketing and the unions were not
happy with that.”

Strachen said that whole issue
needs clarification.

“Using something fairly close to
home, if the mill was involved in a

ved in this dispute?”

During the boycott it was
extremely difficult to resolve dis-
agreements. Often lawyers were
needed to settle cases in the courts.

With the boycott lifted, govern-
ment officers Can now try and arbi-
trate a situation according to a

strike or lock-out would it be Pprop-
er for workers to picket their union
neighbors who work next door?”
Strachen said. “Is it Proper to get

City to pass up free land due to d

SHARLENE IMHOFF

Strachen, an Ind

Officer based in Nelson. “Those
who are at the meeting will hear
what other people are saying.
We're prepared to give people time
to speak and we expect people will
make written submissions to the

L”

The Castlegar forum covers
industry in the area from Creston
to Grand Forks and the U.S. border
to Galeena Bay.

Strachen thinks the Castlegar
meeting will have a considerable
impact on any changes to the cur-
rent legislation.

“It will most definitely have an
impact. This is a fairly heavily
unionized area with sophisticated
employers and trade unions,” said
Strachen, citing several labour
Organizations such as the United
Steel Workers of America, and
Pulp and Paper Workers of Cana-
da. “Those are some pretty big
names whe will be well organized
for this review.”

Strachen said he was involved
in a previous review of the act held
in 1987. It was the time of the
Social Credit government's Bill-
19—a piece of legislation which
alienated many union members.

A five-year boycott of the act by
some labour groups was only lifted
two-weeks ago, after promises of 4

City
endorses
twinning
with China

All except one councillor voted
in favour of endorsing participa-
tion in the Federation of Canadian
Municipality's Municipal Profes-
sional Exchange Project with
Yueyang, China, during city
council’s meeting last Tuesday.

Councillor Doreen Smecher,
who voted against the proposal,
said she has no problems with
Participating in such a program
but feels council should have
received more information
before holding a vote.

“(Tuesday’s meeting) was the
first time that (the exchange) had
come before council. We have
never sat down as a council and
talked about the program and its

Sun Editor

The City of Castlegar is pass-
ing up a free land offer due to the
high cost of developing it.

West Kootenay Properties, a
group of land shareholders from
Castlegar and area, have offered
the city a portion of their land
next to the Purcell reservior prop-
erty to be used for construction of
a new RCMP office as well as a
new fire hall

The offer, which was made
through an official letter hand-
delivered to City Hall in January,
still has seen no reply.

“When you send an official let-
ter to City Hall you expect to
receive an official reply back,”
said one shareholder in West
Kootenay Properties.

Paul Oglow of Castlegar, says
he can appreciate the fact that

“It's a lot less money than
bringing in a lawyer,” Strachen
said. “Both sides can trust in an
officer, he’s not there for one side

City Hall has been busy, though
he would like to receive an
answer soon.

The land which is being
offered, located around the area
of Mazda and Kalawsky vehicle
dealerships, is worth anywhere
between $50-$100,000, according
to shareholder Carvil Morrey.

“The land is readily devel-
opable and we would let (the
city) have whatever is necessary
for the construction of a RCMP
building and/or fire hall,”
Moorey said.

The issue of development and
its costs, is one of the very rea-
sons why city officials say they
are turning down the offer,

After seriously looking at the
offer and realizing the costs of
developing such neccesities as
an improved access, road-right-
of-way, water, sewage, drainage,
Power, telephone, gas and light-

Local forestry technician

BRENDAN HALPER
Sun staff

There are at least 1,000 kilo-
metres of Forest Service roads in
the Arrow Lakes Forest District
and everything from industrial to
recreational vehicles must now be
Properly insured before operating
on those roads—even if they can-
not be insured for highway use.

All vehicles using forest ser-
vice roads in British Columbia
must now Carry at least $200,000
worth of third-party liability
insurance, Forests Minister Dan
Mitler:announced dast Wednesday.

Arrow Lakes District Opera-
tions Manager ‘Ian Hamann said
there is always the potential for
vehicles to be involved in an acci-

@ Action

dent.

“Motorcycles and four-trax are
a concern for us,” Hamann said.
“Anybody on the road without
insurance is running a risk—
we've had the odd instance with
young kids who aren’t even driv-
ing age.”

Miller said vehicles using For-
est Service roads only must be
insured for third-party liability
through private insurers, while
vehicles using provincial high-
ways as well as forest service
roads must obtain the insurance
through the Insurance Corpora-
tion of B.C. (I:C.B.C.).

The minister said the provin-
cial cabinet has approved an
amendment to the Forest Service
Road Right-of-Way and Recre-

Review Panel

or the other,”

The forum will be held in the
conference room at the Hi-Arrow
hotel

Strachen thinks this year’s trav-
elling forum will reach a better
agreement than the 1987 attempt.

“I guess I take some comfort in
the names on this panel. They are
three people who are all at the top
of their field,” Strachen said. “I'm
looking forward to being able to
hear and see what interested par-
les are looking for in changes to
the Industrial Relations Act.”

evelopment cost

ing, the city has determined the
costs of developing the area
exceed the costs of building a
new RCMP station and fire hall
Put together.

“We really appreciate the offer
but it doesn't make sense for the
cily to accept land that would
Cost a horrendous amount of
money to-develop,” said Council-
lor Kirk Duff.

According to City Administra
tor Gary Williams, cited addition-
al reasons as to why the City has
refused the land offer. >

“The Properties Division of the
RCMP stated the area was
unfavourable for a new RCMP
building,” Williams said.

The administrator also report-
ed that the Fire Chief, when pre-
sented with the area for a
Possible new fire hall, turned
down the idea

OUTLOOK:
temperatures near 15

and Friday will also be wa

Temperature: Max/Date Min,
14.1/22

Precipitation: Rain S

2.4

Number of
Hours

Sunshine:
32.8

REMARKS:

lent conditions over the h

ahead of normal.

at Castl

March 21 1408.13 ft.

WEATHER

The forecast for
Wednesday; Sunny and warm with

chance of precipitation. Thursday
sunny with temperatures near 11-13. Saturday calls for

afternoon cloudy periods with a few scattered showers.
Temperatures will remain mild.

A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK:

-2.8/22 6.9

Increasing number of requests for slash and range
burning forecasts. Ski hills still operating with excel-

of grass burning is in high gear — about 3 weeks

Forecast provided by The South - East Interior Weather Office

ARROW LAKE RESERVOIR FORE

- 10%

rm and

/Date Mean

now Total

2.4

Normal Number
of Hours

29.9

igher runs. The spring ritual

legar, B.C.

* March 28 1409.

e

2
=

unaffected by latest government ruling.

ation Trail Regulation to remove
the risk of off-highway vehicles
being operated on Forest Service
roads without third-party liability
insurance.

“The result would be a consis-
tent application of liability insur-
ance protection on the Forest
Service road network while main-
taining the current provincial
highway vehicle registration and
insurance processes,” Miller said.

The new rule will mainly
affect off-highway vehicles not
registered with I.C.B.C., such as
those owned by logging and con-
struction companies, according to
Ministry of Forests Manager ‘of
Engineering, Younas Mirza.

“The mandatory third-party
insurance was introduced so that

the public will be protected,”
Mirza said, adding that the matter
was under discussion within the
ministry for two years.

Darcy Dickson, a Forestry
Technician with Castlegar’s
McLean S N Forestry Services
Ltd, said, “It Probably won’t
affect us—more so the logging
companies.”

Woodlands Manager for Fruit-
vale’s Atco Lumber, Hans Lowe
said, “I guess it affects us—but
not in a big way. Most of our
vehicles are insured for highway
use anyway.”

There are nearly 35,000 kilo-
metres of Forest Service roads in
the province compared to about
43,000 kilometres of paved and
unpaved provincial highways.

DAN MILLER

Continued from 1A
gy Control Board and a BC gov-
emment representative.
The Canadian officials will

consider the need for a Canadian
study of possible effects of the
Green Run, the current risk to
Canada from nuclear waste stor-

Local student chosen to take

Sun Staff

part in parliament process

ever travelled was to Edmonton,”
Kalesnikoff said. “I’m pl

Forum for Young Canadians,
an organization which brings stu-
dents from all parts of Canada to
Ottawa each year to discover how
government works, has selected
Janet Kalesnikoff, a grade 11 stu-
dent at Stanley Humphries High
School, to be one of some 500

d icipating in the 1992

costs before this,” S her said
when contacted at her home.

According to a memorandum
detailing the FCM program,
Castlegar first took steps towards
a twinning relationship with
Yueyang, China in 1991, by host-
ing a delegation from the city and
signing the attached protocol. That
protocol anticipated a return visit
by city representatives in 1992.

Castlegar Mayor Audrey
Moore says the city is still in the
process of co-ordinating the
retum trip and that the details in
the council package were very

reliminary.

p “We have already signed the
protocol for establishing a sister-
city relationship with Yueyang,
China and have hosted visitors
from that community in our
own,” Moore said. “The next
step of the FCM program is to
retum that visit.” :

Although communication
from Yueyang has requested that
the visit take place in May,
because of the current ‘political
situations’ taking place in Castle-
gar, the city is hoping to resched-
ule the visit for October.

Moore says that the Chinese
people will be expecting the
mayor to visit their city as well
as one other city employee.
While in Yueyang, a an the

jority of her time wi spent
taking pet in municipal duties.

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See TWINNING

Particip
Programme.

“I'm really excited about the
opportunity. The farthest I’ve

JANET KALESNIKOFF

P 8s
to learn a lot while I’m there—as
well as meet new people.”

Students selected for the
Forum programme take part in a
number of interesting activities in
the nation’s capital, including
actually sitting in the Commons
and Senate chambers, talking to
Parliamentarians and senior pub-
lic servants and visits to Govern-
ment House and the Supreme
Court of Canada. The students
will also participate in a mock
Cabinet discussion of immigra-
tion policy, and take part in a
staged debate on federal-provin-
cial relations,

By the end of the week-long
Programme, Kalesnikoff hopes to
have learned a great deal about
the challenges and complexities
in the way their government oper-
ates. As well, and equally impor-
tant, she will have acquired a
better understanding of her fellow
Canadians.

“I know the basics. about the
Parliamentary system but not as
much as I'd like too,” she fin-
ished. “It's definitely going to be
interesting.”

Introducing . . .

The Castlegar Sun would like
to welcome and introduce our
new Sales Consultant Christine
Collen. Christine, who was born
and raised in Grand Forks, has
spent the last 12 years in Prince
George. She has since moved
with her husband to Castlegar
and is once again enjoying the
friendly atmosphere and sunny
skies that Castlegar has to offer.
Welcome Christine!

age tanks that may rupture or
explode from chemical pressure
and will discuss a joint emergen-
cy notification arrangement.
“This is precisely the kind of
immediate follow up we were

looking for,” Kristiansen said.
“And we got it.”

Kristiansen’s constituency
assistant Gerald Rotering, feels
Ottawa's response came as a result
of political and media pressure.

“Lyle and other M.P.’s have
been pushing for five years,”
Rotering said. “But until recent-
ly nobody gave a damn about
Hanford.”

Castlegar resident Chris Johnston tries on a sweater
Opening of the Hospital Auxiliary's ‘Treasure Shop.’

during the March 20 Grand
SUN STAFF PHOTO/ Brendan Halper

day, March 29.

The latest phase in Castlegar’s sister city relation-
ship with Embetsu Japan will occur at the end of this
month. Previously the visits back and forth have
involved goverment representatives and students and
instructors at the post-secondary level. This visit will
be the first for students at the junior high school level

Nine young people, aged 12 to 14, will be accom-
Panied by three adults on the trip to Castlegar. They
are spending a day and a half visiting Vancouver and
Victoria before flying here on the afittmoon of Sun-

In order to get a good idea of Canadian life and to
be a part of the school system, the visitors will be
hosted by Castlegar families for two of the three
nights of their stay. Sunday evening will be their first

eral of our local
berg Island, Sel

home cooking!
On Tuesday

Early Wedn
their trip home.

That evening they will get their first taste of C: i

naird Junior Secondary, attending classes with their
homestay partners. That evening everyone involvetl
in the visit will gather at City Council Chambers for a
reception honouring our guests.

long, but the activities planned promise to give thei
@ good introduction to the things that make our com-
munity a good place to live. Please give this group a
warm Kootenay Welcome when you see them. :

Opportunity to visit with their $
tay families, as they all go to the
Aquatic Centre for a swim, or a
sauna.

On Monday the Kinnaird Junior
Secondary student from the
families will join the visitors ona
tour of the area. They will stop at sev-
| spots of interest, including Zucket-
kirk College and Syringa Creek

the visitors will spend the day at Kin-

esday morning the group will staft
They will not be in Castlegar for very