Six finalists for WEATHER Celgar's interim NL expansion report published December 19, 1 Vol. 43, No. 101 Castlegar, B.C. TRAIL HOME HARDWARE BUILDING CENTRE 4 Sunny Friday. Mixture of clouds and sunshine HAND AND POWEIR — PRE-CHRISTMAS S R&R /\| 3 Sections (A, B & C) —_> 75 Cents Connmumng Probability of precipitation is 10 per cent through to Fridoy. CLEAR FL OODLIGHTS Avgitable in 75, 100 or 150 watts. WRAP IT UP! We hove o greot selection of Christmas wrap, ribbon and bows. By CasNews Staff The Regional District of Central Kootenay board of directors suc- cessfully tackled a number of problems in 1990 but faces ongoing challenges in such areas as taxation, land use and the management of waste, board chairman George Cady said. Speaking at the board's inaugural meeting Saturday in Nelson, Cady recalled the regional district’s unsuccessful legal fight to tax B.C. Hydro properties. “Our frustrating and frustrated attempt to achieve taxation from B.C. Hydro was not successful,’ said Cady, who /was re-elected chairman of the board by ac- clamation.. “‘It was a political decision that denied us the right to tax Hydro as everyone else in the province does and it will take a political decision to reverse that.”” In the meantime, he said the board must decide how it wants to spend the grants in lieu of taxes the regional district receives from B.C. Hydro and the “war chest” — $926,000 — the board accumulated for the legal fight. ‘I believe it should be used to the benefit of the whole district and not just those areas that have those par- ticular B.C. Hydro facilities in them,’’ Cady said. mony ih cout Hore roe Oe year, Hydro paid the regional district approximately $155,000 based on a formula which pays a cer- tain amount of money per kilowatt of power produced by Hydro’s dams in the district — or in the case of the Hugh Keenleyside dam near “As the province struggles to keep ds like ours are responsible to the boards would have to raise their own taxes and be directly responsible to the voters. Cady began his address by ing the i of directors who for various reasons did mot return to the board table this term, including Mayor Audrey PRICE BUSTER with a to cl any childs face 1 Our extensiy, E! his Chris tmas © toy dept. RDCK has cited 18 violations By CasNews Staff The Workers Compensation Board has cited the Regional District of Central Kootenay for 18 violations of industrial health and safety regulations at the Castlegar Aquatic Centre, the most serious of which is the location of the building’s heating and ventilation system in the pool’s ozone room. Regional district administrator Reid Henderson said Saturday he has discussed the list of violations, contained in an Oct. 16 WCB inspection report, with recreation director Pat Metge who has responded to the WCB’s complaints. Most of the issues, “with the exception of the ozone ."" have been addressed, Henderson said. isn’t serious neither, but the cen- tre was cited because new regulations on ozone systems were just passed. ““Our ozone system went in last year and at that time there were no regulations,” he told the (CasNews Monday. “So now, what (the WCB) is really asking lip ged Anlgn ctaetiaragerior JOYS OF CHRISTMAS Santa Claus takes time out to talk with one of his many children. Senta wes in a bit of a generous mood and gave the little one o mandarine at the Community Complex Dec. 17. — coon: by Dome von vier up to the i990 Gi: have just been put into place."” The Aquatic Centre uses ozone to purify the pooi’s water, cut- ting down on the amount of chlorine needed and helping eliminate the bleach-like smell of- ten associated with indoor pools. But having the ozone equiment in the same room as the pool’s heating and ventilation sytem violates industrial health and safety rules, the Workers Com- pensation Board says in the report. “In the event of an ‘ozone release, the entire building would be contaminated,’’ the report says. ‘‘The ozonation equipment be isolated from (heating and ventilation) equip- ment or an automatic shut-off in- stalled to prevent contamination of the entire building in the event of an ozonation equipment failure.”’ Metge said he has written to the WCB asking for ‘‘more direc- tion in terms of what they’re asking, with regard to the January once he’s heard back from them. He added that he did not un- derstand why the report was sent School board power suspect By DONNA ZUBER The Castlegar school board has no business approving bylaws and con- stitutions of Parent Advisory Coun- cils (PAC), trustees decided Monday at their regular monthly meeting, and Twin Rivers and Castlegar Primary will receive letters to that effect in the near future as its councils bylaws and constitutions were approved by the board at an earlier meeting. Superintendent of schools Terry Wayling said the board was wrong to approve the bylaws and constitutions in the.first place, and trustee Mickey Kinakin agreed, saying the board “has no business reviewing anyone’s bylaws.” The board has returned PAC ap- plications to Kinnaird Junior secon- dary school and Tarrys elementary requesting the councils to review their bylaws. Given their decision Monday, trustees approved the two applications in principle only. In other PAC business, the board decided to turn a letter from Sarah Tupholme “‘chairman of the Robson school PAC, over to its legal depar- tment. Tupholme’s letter questions where and when a child’s safety stops being @ parent’s responsibility and starts being the school’s responsibility. In other business, the board tran- Sportation committee has been ap- Proved to research and prepare a motion for the annual trustees’ con- ference to request the Attorney General’s department to increase penalties to motorist who violate school bus traffic laws. “A $75 fine is absolutely nothing for a school bus violation’,” Kinakin said in support of the motion. More simple ways of dealing with offenders were discussed, however the board was in final agreement that imposing stiffer fines was the only way to educate drivers. Kinakin said the only way the RCMP will take a report of a violation from a witness is if they sign a sworn statement, and that the RCMP aer reluctant to take licence about the amount of vandalism to school property. He said the vandalism seems to have moved on to KJSS now — panes of glass at the front end were smashed. “it is an issue,”’ he said, sharing his concern with the trustees over the amount of money it costs to pay out so and what it will cost if insurance stops covering the damages due to the frequency. Ghosts silence Vander Zalm VICTORIA (CP) — Premier Bill Vander Zalm had little to smile siront yonestey when he entved "psd be had oven am to say Sad for a meeting to look at the leader- ship issue. “I don’t know how much more substance we can put in the ghosts before he (Vander Zaim) realizes whether to hold a leadership conven- tion. E if 15 ridings vote to hold a te vi whose 200 employees receive layoffs By CasNews Staff And CP Staff Slocan Forest products Lid. was forced to lay off another 200 mill employees, truckers and loggers last Friday, leaving only a skeicton staff “The government is trying to ex- tract just too much money out of the ““We wish we could make an an- mnouncememt that (the layoffs will last) only a short period and we'll be up im January or whatever. But we can’t. “If we don’t get some sympathy from the government, and we don’t see an appreciable turn in the lumber market, we could be down for a con- Co-Operatives Ltd. Salmon Arm. About 100 workers are affected m the Federated layoff at the end of this week, said spokesman Doug Pockett of IWA-Cagada, the wood- workers’ union. be down for ap- * Pockett VICTORIA (CP) — Enough Social Credit constituencies have called meetings to force the party to look at Premier Bill Vander Zalm’s leadership, dissident yesterday. But the 15 ridings planned meetings for next month still must pass a resolution for the convention, which is a first step toward a full leadership conven- tion. ““We need at least 15 per cent of each riding, a quorum, to at- tend those meetings, then 75 per cent of those must vote in favor of a special resolution,” Telep said. “1 think it’s significant the ‘ings are taking place. I think fj talking to the executive of ridings there is support (for ‘a convention).”” The party constitution says 15 of the 75 ridings must pass a special resolution for a comven- tion. Delegates to that conven- tion would then wore on whether Leadership up in air refused comment as they arrived for a meeting. Fimance Minister Mei Couvelier puckered his lips and biew a kiss at one female radio reporter who by not standing up to the premicr on the leadership question. The latest riding executives to approve membership Victoria-Beacon Esquimalt-Meichosin near Vic- toria and North Deka, a subur- ban Vancouver riding. Jess Ketchum, Socred executive director of operations, said the executives of more than 13 ridings have decided against holding meetings Teiep and Ken Tuininga. another suburban Vancouver Socred constituency president. say they are the grassroots im a political chess game pitting them against Vander Zaim and party hierarchy “I chose him. (Vander Zaim for leader im 1986) because he was to hold a The process could take as long! as a year. Vander Zaim must cali an election in less than a year “We were confident our sup- port was there,” said Telep, president of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows riding cast of Van- couver ““We're expecting another two (meetings) for sure this week and there may be more. He (Vander Zaim) didn’t seem to want to Vander Zaim can lead the party to victory but wonder about its Twiminga said be saw the demise of Social Credit im Alber- ta im 1971 and “‘it rings a bell” in British Columbia. Both Telep and Tiiminga said Monday they have been