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_ The water flow through
the. Hugh. Keenleyside
Dam, and the Kootenay.

- River at Brilliant’is being
reduced to a near historical
low’ this “week ‘to, erable
B.C.. Hydro: to. complete
water level measurements
and, ground water tests in
the area.”

“The flow-through rate ‘at.
the Keenleyside Dam will
be reduced to’ 5,000 cubic
feet per second ’by, 8 a.m.
tomorrow (Thursday), and
the flow of the Kootenay
River at Brilliant will be

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“SPRING CLEANING « .:. B.
advantage of the'low water,

Hydro‘workers took
evel Tuesday to leon

“reduved to 10,000 ‘eubie
feet per second,

This: reduction will see
the combined flow reduced
to 15,000 CFS compared to
recent flow measurement
of 67,600 ‘CFS taken at

Birch Bank near the Mur- |

phy Creek’dam site.

But Fred Marsh, ‘super:
visor . at, the Kootenay
Canal Plant,. saya this

‘reduction. does ‘not break ~

the record set in 1939 whien

the. combined. flows of

‘the Columbia and the Koot-

enay River were reduced
-to 12,900 CFS.

He explained that a flow

out the debris,

lock at the Hugh

“enable the Gomes lead-
zine smelter down river at -

ow, River’ “Treaty,” Bondurant

the’ Columbia: Rivi
by. 16 feet... -

A, BC... "Hydro spo es.
man; ‘said this reduction

- “navigation lock and its en-

of (16,000 CFS will still -

:said the: ‘water mca of ‘the

‘move ‘ sunken logs’ and

‘Columbia will gradually:be
brought back to normal
fe are not going below
drawdown that is al-
jowed | ‘by the Columbia

Meanwhile, the” regular
‘the Keenleyside

D: have taken advantage
of the. reduced flow to re-

other debris’ from the
trance.

“Marsh said this cleaning
project.usually takes place -

every: two years.

By CasNews stat

Central Kootenay Regional
board has agreed ‘to consider
sponsoring a federal employ:
ment program in Area-J that
would provide work for eight
people for 20 weeks.
: But.the decigion only.came
after the board rejected . a
recommendation \, from’ the
regional district administra-
tor that it not become direct-
ly involved in government
work projects unless the

project iss a regional district
responsibility... |
The-'Area ‘1 - project: in-
volves: upgrading. five. com-
munity halls which are. not
operated by-the regional dis-
trict. : 3
Administrator Reid Hen-
derson. argued that. by, spon-
soring the NEED ' projects,
the regional district runs the
risk: of- legal liability and

. would be responsible for any

work not carried out.

tap 100

* Kjolberg said -he, recog-
nized that‘the. project is ur-

Pi e
$68,500: cost ~ gent.” ‘He added ‘that ‘since «
bes

would pay the rest.
The board also noted that

Almost the same thing hap-.
‘pened in 1981 when the board‘

was instructed to go ahead

with the: purchase of ‘x-ray -

equipment for the Castlegar

: Hospital — on the condition

ithe province would share in
“the ‘cost.

- Bat. when the purchase
was made, the province’ in-

* formed'the:board it did not

‘have:the money to share.in‘

+ the cost and the board was

ing formula, the regional dis-

ve trict would. 40, per cant -

profes- ;, long,

ur

Yand 80

aters | of ieee and worth an esti-

Kootenay. Lake.

It is extremely ‘darigerous

for anyone ‘but experienced
professional divers, using the «

ment to conduct: the under-

‘water search,

Dave Goddard, a member ¢
's, special

ted $20 million, has been
midely publicized,

~ Randall Kemp, wrote, in

gar Hospital has sub-

mitted: its minor: ‘capital im-

+. <ontinugd of page A2 7

hits Nelson

- Kootenay Lake hid our: be-
loved nugget from view.”

Blair Suffredine,,. Hans
Hansen and Magnus Jern-
.. berg all of Nelsoh organized a
dive to find the nugget anda
local,motel, which is helping
to organize the contest, has
been deluged with phone in-
quiries from divers across
North America.

“Entrants must pay: a $50

‘g. entry fee.and. sign liability

heavy nugget to a rowboat —
broke and: 400 feet (121
inetres) of the blue waters of
$ F ts

relies investigate

rash of break-ins.

By CasNows Stalt
A rash; of break-ins has
taken place in the’ Castlegar

area in the past week, the *

Castlegar RCMP report,

On March 29, a home on
4th Ave. was entered and
jewelry ‘was stolen. RCMP

did not disclose the value of:

the jewelry.

Thenonthe night of March .

81, a truck canopy was stolen
from a yard in Thrums. The

“canopy -was made of white

fibreglass: with windows on

-. the side,and rear and a vent

also yaaid ‘the
gional district would: be res:

-ponsible to adequately. su)

vise the work carried out, He
questioned . who: ‘would ‘be
responsible for. covering’ cost
overruns, and noted that the
prograihs may. ‘itean: more.,-
work for regional district
staff. °

But Area I director John
Voykin said, “If we don't
support a program like this
then we're just another gov-

that-is doing alot of
talking and. not doing any-
‘thing, about: the situation to-

yin said the community
alls’'need “upgrading and

‘ould not be eligible for gov-
‘€rnment funding if each hall
‘applied separately.

The program is designed
for workers who have ex-
hausted, unemployment in-
-surance benefits and Voykin

continued on poge A2

in the roof.

April 1 saw a breakin at
Super-Valu. The super mar-
ket on Columbia Ave. was
entered through the rear
‘door, which had been pried

open. It is not known what
was taken. wy

The following day it was
discovered that entry had
been gained through an open
window at Bartle and Gibson
and a small safe — about two
cubic feet in size — was

stolen. Police would not say if
any money -was stolen. ‘i

Then on April 4 it was dis-
covered that the Boundary
Mechanical Ltd. building at
2205 - 14th Ave..was entered
through a rear door. An un-
successful attempt was made
to open the safe.

On the night of April 2, a
lock was broken off a switch
on the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way track, but the switch
was not moved.

On April 3, a report ¥ was
made of a break-in at a home
on Columbia Ave. Entry was
gained through a rear’ win-
dow and a small amount of
cash was taken.

And on April 4 it was dis-
covered that 50 cases of beer
were stolen from a trailer at
the Labatt's warehouse.

As well, four bikes were

reported stolen over the past °
four days.

RCMP say these incidents §

release formg before getting

..8 chance. to find the nugget

and winhing 10 per cent of its

- value.

-The organizers say the

, ‘depth soundings and charts

of the area where the nugget
was supposedly lost shows a
bench-type shelf about 15 to
30 metres wide, down about
18 to 22.metres. .

Beyond the shelf, the lake.
bed drops off suddenly to a
depth of 121 metres, raising
the question of whether, if
the nugget exists, it fell onto
the aut or into the deep lake
botto:

George Cady of Lardeau,

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Minister
in
week
predicting that a prov-
incial election will be
called “soon”, page A2

ate Affairs
Jim “Hewitt was
Castlegar last

The Vancouver-based rock group Payola$
Swept four of the major awards the annual

Juno cer

80 kilometres north of here,
an experienced diver, says he.
heard the nugget tale 14
years ago and searched the
shelf but found nothing. . -

“I don't believe the nugget:

is there, and if it is, it’s dowd
400 feet,” he said. -

While diving experts agree
that a dive’ of 80 metres or
less poses few. problems for
experienced recreational di-
vers, the sharp drop off from
the’ shelf to, the 121-metre
bottom is another’ story.’ :

Goddard says inexperienc-
ed divers would find it dif-
ficult to’ maintain’ neutral
bduyancy and with the sharp

drop off, along the ledge,-

“they're asking for a fatal-
ity.”
Leonard Seigo, Nelson res-

: ident and former diving

guide, agreed that a fatality
could result from the search
pointing out that the high
altitude of Kootenay Lake

adds to underwater decom- ‘

pression problems which be-
come serious at depths in
excess of 30 metres.

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