Castle Sear News PAGE A4, SATURDAY, June 15, 1991 MEMBER OF THE 6.C, PRESS COUNCHL ESTABLISHED AUGUST 7, 11 WEEKLY MAY INCORPORATING THE MID WEEK MIRROR PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 12, 1070 AUGUST 27, 1900 MPBELL — PUBLISHER, AUGUST 7, 1947-FEBRUARY 15, 1973 BURT CAMPBELL PUBLISHER EMEMITUS - PUBLISHER, FEBRUARY 16: 1073 MAY t 1991 Meow 1 t5 — Dave precupougn — Simon Birch Cana iN — Peter Harve) EDITORIAL Attitude refreshing The Castlegar and District Hospital Society members who voted overwhelmingly Thursday night in favor of opening the society's board meetings to the public and media showed a refreshingly enlightened attitude towards the principle of freedom of information. While it remains to be seen just how freely the board of itrustees will discuss hospital business in public — the motion passed Thursday allows the board to set the format of the ;meetings — simply opening the doors is a welcome step in the tright direction. As several society members pointed out at their annual ‘ meeting, the public expects and, indeed, has a right, to observe either firsthand or through the media how the 1 board an 1 budget now exceeding $5 ‘million — mostly taxpayers’ money. i A Fu as a \ + Uilllltreunnscrecedtennmmlilltintitilhiillldmyy eelthere ulltlltttylinnif gpyyyysery “iy “lly Ss =< 5 REMEMBER WHEN LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Shoot for the top “If you're doing recycling to feel good, 25 per cent is great. If you’re doing recycling to solve the trash problem, go for the i ible amount. In that way, as a few still fail to grasp, the hospital is not like a private business — it’s a public institution. Of course, some things such as legal issues, personnel matters and property transactions should stay behind closed doors. That’s expected, and that’s how other public bodies such as school boards and d the “In a pilot test in East Hampton, Long Island, we achieved 84.4 per cent recycling.” — Barry Commoner: Mother Earth News, April 1990 A recycling project in Castlegar has than the fi 1 aspect of the open-meeting issue was the acknowledgement by several members of the hospital society that open meetings can lead to a better understanding by the public of the society’s function and how the hospital works. : Better understanding can, in turn, lead to increased pert for and interest in the hospital. The. media, of course, must.play.a key.role in the di v MW d or is near coll we approaching recycling in the way we should to achieve 85 per cent recycling? I submit that we are not. Months have gone by and we have hired a Larner a of garbage daily. A household of four people would produce in an eight-week period, 672 pounds of waste. Paper could be picked up on weeks one, three and six; glass, week two (48 pounds); metal, week seven (48 pounds); plastic, week five (83 pounds). Weeks four and eight, 100 pounds would go to the landfill or incinerator, with the 211 pounds organic Any Interior residents who have enjoyed professional theatre touring productions over the past many years will feel the affects of this decision. The Arts Club, Green Thumb Players, Carousel, Kaleidoscope and the Kootenay’s own Theatre Energy are just a few of the many companies across the country that hire actors, directors, stage managers and technicians who have to be d by the p Surely arrangements through the city could be negotiated for the composting of organics from senior citizens’ villas or apartment buildings. There are some old abandoned landfill depots for metal and other material until a truckload is ready for hi; to the factory. and study the problem. What we needed was a market established for our glass, plastic, tin cans and paper. Initially we needed one the city’s liaison to the zhospital board, points out frequently, health issues in this = area are not reported as often as they should He’s right, and we at the Castlegar News promise to do ter. Being able to report the business of the hospital board will a good start. ‘QUOTES “I just can't understand the justice system, how it works. I pay ithe taxes and I can't use it.” ~ Vallican resident Tibor Molnar on a court injunction > preventing him from disturbing the soil on his property > because it may contain native Indian artifacts or remains. “If time doesn't fly, | smeeting’s wrong, you're bored.” ella A of the Castl errr i “I hate to sound arrogant, but I’m certain with the players : coming back next year and the players I'm going to bring in, plus my coaching abilities, I think we'll do well.” : Kevin Chevaldave, new coach of the Castlegar Rebels ‘with arr garbage pickup chosen as a pilot project for complete recycling of 85 per cent of our garbage. One month would have been ample time to find markets and begin the project. All garbage must be ‘Sorted by the Hazardous or toxic wastes could also be picked up by ar with our service. I feel that the rep garbage : services should be an d from Studio 58's excellent program. The program is recognized nationwide as having a very high standard. It is, quite simply, one of the best theatre schools in the country. The decision to can it is yet another educational “cost-cutting measure” that is simply not worth the price. West Kootenay residents are known for their support of the arts. Those who wish to register their concern should write to VCC’s acting provident, Ross Carter, 1155 East staff should also be ined through the same union. If we are going to have recycling, let’s shoot for the top. Eighty-five per cent is not a dream, it can be done, but I, for one, will not participate in a plan that guarantees 1 for our exii rbage di for any to work. We also should use the existing collection system for pickup and delivery to central depots for packaging to deliver to the market. Why should I haul my own garbage to a recycling depot and thereby put someone out of work? If we recycle 50 per cent of our garbage and haul it to the depot ourselves so that someone can start a business selling paper, will one-half of our garbage collection staff be put out of work? It has been estimated that the average composition for garbage is 34.5 per cent paper, seven per cent glass, seven per cent metal, five per cent plastic, 31.5 per cent organic and other material at 15 per cent. Thus the area around the tri-city area of ga people just so someone can have a business and pocket the profits. The profits, if any, should go to the region in order to make garbage services cheaper. Fred Peitzsche Ross Spur Undeserving victim som have Lor learned that the provincial fiscal has trickled done to yet another und: ving , VST 4N3. Meredith Bain Woodward Winlaw Please address all letters to the editor to: Letters to the Editor, Castlegar News, P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4, or deliver them to our office at 197 Columbia Ave. in Castlegar. Letters should be typewritten, double- spaced and not longer than 300 words. Letters MUST be signed and include the writer's first and last. names, address and a telephone number at which the writer can be reached between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. The writer's name and city or town victim. Studio 58, the theatre training program at the Langara campus of Vancouver Community College, has been told it can accept no new students this fall. Many, including department chair Katherine Nelson, Trail and Castl atan population of 50,000 people producing three pounds per capita per day equates to 75 tons Shaw, fear this tolls the end of the Langara theatre program. of only will be published. Only in exceptional cases will letters be published without the writer's name. Nevertheless, the name, address and telephone number of the writer MUST be disclosed to the editor. The Castlegar News reserves the right to edit letters for brevity, clarity, legality, grammar and taste. oe Dyess ecenenrenecee “The of all employees should be to analyze all situations; all p prior to their have answers sto these problems and move swiftly to solve these problems when called upon . However ... When you are up to your ass in alligators it is difficult to remind yourself that your initial objective was to drain the swamp!” - Public Notice It’s a mad, mad world my masters and it’ been a madder spring, but the rains, literal and figurative, seem to have passed away, and the sun, literal and figurative, has begun to shine. The “deja vu” sense of living in the northwest corner of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland persists but, some good things have happened in recent days - and one tragedy. aeawwousenescasesrecrenens Sun begins to shine in a mad world New causeway, restored rail station and an exciting Sunfest make life worth living the island, and the fortuitous presence of Lawrence Chernoff and his ambulance, both at this end of the causeway, is a chilling reminder of the warnings about ambulance access. Had the heart-attack occurred on the island it could have been a most difficult situation. However, thanks to Argo Industries and Celgar Pulp Co., that particular scenario has been avoided and we have a b Then there was the Sunfest celebrations. We couldn't have had better weather if we had put in @ special order. People flocked to the Rotary Club’s annual pancake breakfast - juice, coffee, scrambled eggs, sausage and all the pancakes you could eat. It has become a kind of an old- home-week event with regulars coming to both morning sittings, year after year. Again, Rotarians supplied the labor and ion while Castl SuperValu di d all of the materials and space. A special thanks goes to SuperValu manager Richard Howes who not only came to the store two hours early each Reflections and recollections By John Charters at no cost to the citizens of Castlegar - in itself something of a record. True, the cable left over from the $100,000 pedestrian suspension bridge, also built at virtually no cost to the city, is still lyirig in the parking lot where it was left seven years ago. iracles? ch supporters of the Castlegar and District day but was super-helpful into the bargain. Heritage Society. They made a cash donation of — also go to Purnell Distributors of $500 to the station at the ing in addition to callery bp b ee napkins, their already generous support and Leonard, cut an r eating essentials. who has just published his latest volume of I missed the Castlegar Queen contest, Drolleries and Impertinences, has placed copies unfortunately, since I was attending the of all his books on sale at the station, with all Selkirk Vintner's wine tasting party. proceeds going to the society. Talk about good e Anath Park. After eight years of frustrating attrition, the island will have year-round access for ambulances and fire engines. If the lesson of the House fire of five years ago, the last- minute save by the Cast: international Lacale disaster would have swept them totally out of existence. at how much has been in 60 brief a period. Special thanks should go to seniors Leonard and Doreen Howe, residents of South Slocan but B.C. in a similar situation and am still amazed accomplished cause for was when = re Ad, Bob Pelain uth heoags onset an, Piy i eonen went as the City of Castlegar’ vat heen’ Heritage Conference at Revelstoke. Heritage- cum-tourism is a rapidly growing B.C. and in Canada. all “An almost impossible job of selecting the very Caran the she said. eb the Candies toe tephete sotectove Unreead tier visited the busy tables. In the meantime, the wine tasting ea arene eae a please see SUN page the city to get in to the free, Ministry of Tourism program, Community Pride. Rene peeiee e Senrenes to the eh anges 40 YEARS AGO From the June 14, 1951 Building permits issued last year totalled $544,000. This Permits issued to date this year total $107,700. Village Clerk AT. Horswill reports tax collection good, $1,673 being since the first of June. The total tax figure for the village is $10,829.57. eee “Another big step in the advancement of education in this district was taken when the local Kiwanis Club decided to sponsor a $50 scholarship in music each year. This gesture has been accepted with great joy by the music students. 25 YEARS AGO From the June 16, 1966 Castlegar News Plans for a $350,000 motel, service station and restaurant complex by the site of the new Kinnaird interchange were revealed at Tuesday's meeting of Kinnaird council. An application for such a development has been submitted by the British American Oil Co. and the site concerned is 100,000 square'feet of land lying on the east side of the Trail-Castlegar highway, south of the interchange. eee Development of a third domestic water well for Castlegar would appear to be the most feasible answer to the town’s water problems and serious negotiations with Celgar along these lines are expected to get started within the next three weeks. 15 YEARS AGO From the June 17, 1976 Castlegar News The city of Castlegar is to become the operators of the Castlegar Airport. Groundwork for this agreement has been laid at previous meetings withthe airport committee chairman and representatives of the three cities presently involved, namely Castlegar, Nelson and ail. eee A total of 41 awards, totalling $4,955 were presented at the 1976 commencement exercises of Stanley Humphries secondary school students on Friday evening of last week. Three students, judged on academic ability, service and citizenship, received the three top awards presented by the school each year. eee No date for the hooking up to the sewer in the southern part of Castlegar was available Tuesday evening when council held its regular meeting. Sewer chairman G.C. Rust said it would be foolish to say when hookup could take place until all the testing was complete. Indications are that KOOTENAY COLUMBIA CHILD CARE SOCIETY Annual General Meeting Monday, June 24 7pm HOBBIT HILL CHILDREN’S CENTRE 749-11th Avenue, Castlegar Pro’ WHEN WILL YOU Ponpa | LAWNMOWERS TROWELEX REN AND SALES ‘esa CasNews file photo Mayor Audrey Moore helped Education Minister Jim Hewitt five years ago this week with a traditional sod turning at the Castlegar Library to mark Its expansion made possible by an Expo Legacy Fund grant. testing would take place in approximately one week. “Generally speaking,” he said, “we are hopeful connections can commence in the latter part of June or in the first couple of weeks in July.” 5 YEARS AGO From the June 15, 1986 Castlegar News Westar Timber Ltd. has agreed to sell its Skeena pulp mill in Prince Rupert and its sawmill in Terrace to Repap Enterprises Inc. of Montreal for $100 million in cash. But the sale doesn’t mean Westar’s parent company, B.C. Resources Investment Corp., intends to get out of the forest products business. BCRIC chairman Bruce Howe said Westar Timber will retain its pulp mill and sawmill in Castlegar and three sawmills around the province. eee Labatts swept all three of its games this week to move into second place in the Castlegar Commercial Fastball League. The victories gave the brew crew nine wins in 13 games for a total of 18 points. eee The remanufacture of western red cedar and the production of edge glued boards are two “promising” manufacturing opportunities that could provide more than 35 direct jobs in the Central Kootenay, a study prepared for the Regional District of Central Kootenay says. ‘AMERICAN ARROW LAKE ELEVATION 1404.85 ft. by June 15 Forecast of Elevation 1410.10 ft. by June 22 SALE PRICES IN EFFECT UNTIL JUNE 29 GOODSYEAR ¢- FREE WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND BRAKE INSPECTION - MISTER TIRE 480 Columbia Ave. 365-7145 EXPRESS° TRAVELLERS CHEQUES : CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION For All Your Financial & insurance Needs CASTLEGAR 601-18th St., 365-7232 “Real ¢F’state WITH BARRY BROWN MAKING YOUR HOME HOME SAFE HOME (PART 1) ‘No tasks ore more important than hoods or dampers approprigte to the those associated with eaiey? and fuel being used. keepinga Besides keeping 2. 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