CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, July 20, 1978 Cunflo Tomorrow! Saturday! Sunday! NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE! Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief — Butcher, Baker or Candlestick Maker... Castlegar’s Sunflower Fest Is for all the citizens of Castlegar to enjoy. Come on out and reve) In the one thing we all have incommon — pride in ourcity! Enjoy Castlegar’s very own... wer Fest July 21, 22 and 23 ° Schedule of Events — Friday Castlegar Doukhobor Hall Doukhobor Women’s Bazaar and Bake Sale 3 10:00 a.m. Kinsmen Park Sunflower Penny Carnival, Sp: Safeway Doukhobor Women's Bake Sale 10:00 a.m. Kinnaird Park 6th Annual Castlegar Selkirk Lions Softball Tournament. Contact: Darrel Weir 6:00 p.m. to8:00 p.m. Cr Stand, C Selkirk Lady by R.R.C. #1. All Ages 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. VS Lions 6:00 a.m. to8:00 p.m. Old Arena Hall Teen Dance with Mandrake, Sponsored by the Youth Centre. $2 per person. Ages 13 - 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. — Saturday Super Valu Parking Lot Rotary Pancake Breakfast 7:00 a.m, to 11:00 a.m. Castleaird Plaza Sunflower Run, Sponsored by R.R.C. #1. Register at Recreation Office or start of run 315 a.m. Castlegar Community Complex PARADE MARSHALLING Parade Marshal: Sam Brown FLOAT JUDGING PARADE 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Kinsmen Park O Women's Ci ‘ 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. \. Parade Presentation Ceremonies 1:00 p.m. Vintage Car Games: Kinsmen Park Grounds = after the Pr Columbia Ave. 2nd Annual Bed Race. Starts at the Cana- dian Legion and goes to the Castlegar Co- operative Garage. Final race from the Gar- age to Intersection of Pine St. & Columbia Ave. 1:00 p.m. Kinnaird Park 6th Annual Lions Softball Tournament 8:00 a.m. to8:00 p.m. Concession Stand, Lady Lions 8:00 a.m. to8:00 p.m. Lions Bavarlan Gardens 10:00 a.m. Legion Horseshoe Tournament. Contact: Earl Rourke 365-8274 12:30 p.m. Lions Dunking Tank 1:00 p.m. Celebrity Dunk, Sponsored by Lions Club 3:00 p.m. Castlegar Curling Rink Bavarian Night Dance & Games of Chance, Sponsored by Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club. Advance Ticket Sales (see local advertising) 8:00 p.m. _—— Sunday Castlegar and District Golf Club Golf Tournament. Contact: Golf Club. Presenting the Lloyd Ackney Trophy Super Valu Parking Lot Rotary Pancake Breakfast Kinnaird Park 6th Annual Lions Softball Tournament 9:00 a.m. :00 a.m. Concession Stand, Sponsored by Lady Lions 8:00 a.m. Canadian Frog Jumping Competition 11:00 a.m. Lions Bavarian Gardens 12:00 neon Water-Filled Balloon Throwing & Catching Contest : 12:30 p.m. Lions Dunking Tank 4:30 p.m. Special Surprises for the Kids — Free Ice Cream, Balloons & Watermelon. Presentation of Trophies and Prizes to Win- nefs of 6th Annual Lions Softball Tournament Pass Creek Park Legion, Fun Ball Game 11:00 a.m. Kiwanis Fun-Day Events include: Food Concession Noon to 5:00 p.m. Bavarian Gardens Noon to 5:00 p.m. Logger Sports Competition: Log Burling, Chainsaw Sculpture, Ladies’ Nail Hammering, Chokerman's Race, and more 12:30 p.m. Ping Pong Ball Drop. Dropped from an aircraft, some of the hundreds of ping pong balls are marked for prizes for the kiddies 1:30 p.m. Kiddies Games. Watermelon Eating Contest, Blind Ice-Cream Eating Contest, and more 2:00 p.m. Offictal Sunflower Fest Frisbee Throwing Contest for all ages Legion Bingo See You There! 2:00 p.m. =, © Plan To Attend these Festivities! Salute to Discovery Celebrating Captain Cook's Bicentennial 1778-1978 < ys ex Cozumes> © This Page Appears Through the Courtesy of the Castlegar Sunflower Fest Committee and the following Community-Minded Businesses: City Centre Motel and Restauran 91.Main - 365-3434 Woodland Park Service & Hal’s Wheels 2005 - 7th Ave. 365-3355 Hadikin Bros. Lumbering Srilliant 365-3212 First Choice tsiting cone 78 Pine St. 365-2633 Hi Arrow Hrms : MOTOR HOTEL 615-2ndSt., S. 365-7282 The Finest Hotel in the Kootenays! Sentinel Building Supplies and Service Ltd. Roofing, Cement and full line of Bulldi Thrums : nee meer Skyway Distributors West Kootenay Agents for Molson’s Brawery and Carling/ O'Keefe Brewery 748 - 6th Ave., S. ‘ 365-3396 Inland Natural Gas Castleaird Plaza _ 365-7272 Blue Top Burger Fast Food, Chicken... The Works! 1521 Columbia 365-7600 Anderson Insurance 61 Maple Agencies Ltd 365-3392 © Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 295 Columbia and Castleaird Plaza C.E.C. Restaurant Kootenay Doukhobor Historical Site 365-6622 Columbia Auto Service Columbia Avenue 365-5422 Stedman's "931 Columbia 965-7366 Kootenay Savings Credit Union 106 Maple Street 365-3375 South Slocan 359-7221 Caldsct Groceterla & Laundromat 1038 Columbia 365-6534 Fields Store Ltd. 310 Columbia 365-3255 ~ Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd. Tarrys 399-4211 Trans-X Lid. SS #1, Site 26 C-2 365-6563 Legist Parita Victoria, Be VV Lat Siva Library, nab Bhigoe, 501 Distributed Bright and Early Every Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” VOL. 81, No. 80 TWO SECTIONS (A&B) CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1978' GG Bide. 25 CENTS wa rae ae ear: det STRUGGLING FIREMEN . . . putting the prior, night’ Pata Wy sil ai faa - . Y oe ae — Practice Into combating the real thing as a Grumman Twin orev ais roped Te cet >a ~ CanCel SS off for Investigation LAST STAGE, .. firemen cover the aircraft's remains with foam before the ai -RDCK Eyeing Morato Sy RYON GUEDES CasNews Editor e A motion seeking a pro- vincial government morato- ium; e@ Investigation of a Thompson-Nicola regional land development bylaw; e Aninvitation to a special 12-member federal govern- Uranium Mining Control Bylaw Investigated ment-appointed task force ex- amining the impact of nuclear energy development on .com- munities. That was the outcome of efforts by a “scared” director, Genelle residents and spokes- men for an environmentalist group last Thursday to win the Regional District of Central Council Telegram To Prod Minister Municipal Affairs Minister Hugh Curtis can expect a tele- gram from city council, Council decided Tuesday to request Curtis’ attendance at a discussion weighing the city's proposed Arrow Lakes water supply against results of the environment ministry's tests last month on a groundwater source at Selkirk College, to ensure the minister will be prepared to go to tender this fall on an alternative source. Members of council sup- ported Ald. Gerald Rust’s mo- tion to send the telegram after citing their lack of success in contacting Curtis and in urging him to discuss provincial gov- ernment assistance for the city Proposal. Ald. Jim Gouk, a member of the select committee formed to negotiate the ‘city's tie-in with the CanCel Arrow Lakes pipeline, told council he was “stumped” by the minister's failure to discuss the two prospective water systems. He said the investigation of the Selkirk College aquifer’s capacity—of which results were released to council July 17—has delayed discussion since the i icipal affairs “Kootenay board's support in the fight against test drilling on uranium deposits near China Creek. Following presentations by Genelle resident Gordon Rutley and members of the Kootenay Nuclear Study Group, Area J director Martin Vanderpol gave the board notice of his motion to ask the government for a moratorium on exploration and mining of uranium in B.C., “or ‘at least a moratorium on ex- ploration and mining near watersheds.” Vanderpol told directors China Creek—mostly — lying within the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary—runs for “about half a mile” through his own area. In addition, the drilling di d by Manny Consult- and economic development min- istries first authorized it in December 1977. “Now the report's in and they won't talk to us for another reason,” Gouk said. “Right now I'm open to even the most ridiculous suggestions anyone has to offer because I'm stumped.” He jokingly said he was considering applying for for- eign aid to one of “the Arabian countries that have lots of money.” “We can chuckle and smile all we want, but I don’t find it too humorous,” Ald, Len Em- bree’ told council. “T didn't find it to be very humorous two years ago.” Embree said the provincial government was “quite pre- (Con't. Pg. A2, Col. 5) ants on behalf of the China Creek Uranium Consortium in- cluded at least 25 holes up to 100 feet deep and less than 100 yards from the watershed used by residents of the Fairview subdivision at the extreme south in Area J, he said. Watersheds in as many as four Area J communities could be affected by radiation con- tamination resulting from fur- ther drilling in the area staked by. the consortium, he said. “I would very much hesi- tate to turn these people over to the mining consortiums,” Vanderpol said. “I would prefer a situation where we stop the damage before it is done and I really do believe there is enough uranium around that for the time being they can stay out of the watershed areas.” rium-Bid- He cited a recent letter from the Blueberry Creek Irri- gation District, covering an area slightly to the north of Fairview, which urged RDCK and RDKB directors to take “prompt action to stop this callous and unrestrained abuse of watersheds,” and the Area J advisory planning commission's July 13 resolution supporting Genelle.residents’ attempts to prevent the tests. He also noted the B.C. Medical Association health planning council's i » the PCB burns at the side of the runway The Pollution Control Board has upheld CanCel’s appeal against the terms of the air emissions permit for the local pulp mill. And according to one al- derman, that decision shows the PCB is not doing the job for which it was created. City council members were told Tuesday that in its decision following the public hearing conducted here May 16 on the appeal, the PCB granted Can- Cel permission to meet Level “B" total reduced sulphur emis- sion standards for its recovery boiler by Dec. 31, 1979, and to extend to April 30, 1979 the permit’s March 31, 1979 dead- line for completion of modifica- tions to the company's No. 1 power boiler. Ald. Len Embree, com- menting on the decision, noted ated to regu: late polluti “and in my opinion it's failed miserably.” ° “After 12 years of opera- tion the PCB said ‘these are the Demonstration Turned Into Airport Disaster Water Bomber Pilot Killed in Crash By LOIS HUGHES Managing Editor A fire-fighting demonstration turned into a flery disaster Tuesday when a water bomber crashed, burst Into flame and killed its pilot at Castlegar Airport. Dead is Robert Smith of Abbotsford, believed to have been In his mid-30s, after his large, twin-engined Grumman aircraft plunged to the side of the runway at 11:08 a.m. While several spectators who came to see its capabilities looked on, the aircraft—owned by Con Air of Abbotsford—made two passes, dropping 800 gallons of the fire retardent Phoscheck and appeared to be making a final turn when a wing dipped and the plane plunged to the ground. Within two minutes of the crash the airport was closed to traffic and did not reopen until 3:80 p.m. Eyewitnesses reported the aircraft was approximately 250 to 300 feet from the ground PCB ‘Not Doing Its Job’ Appeal requirements CanCel needs to meet a particular permit, " Embree said. “CanCel then had four years to institute the restrictions that the PCB in- sisted they had to have to get their permit, the company appealed it, and the board simply granted their appeal.” In addition to the decision to allow CanCel's extension of the power boiler deadline and its installation of a relatively inexpensive process in its exist- ing recovery boiler rather than a new $35 million replacement which would meet Level A standards there is even further cause for alarm, Embree said. He pointed out that a provision in the section on the power boiler will allow CanCel to apply for amendment of the new permit if it does not meet Level B standards by July 30, 1979. 2 “It’s an open-ended thing,” he said. “There's absolutely no restrictions on CanCel to meet’ Council Reconsiders Tranquilizer Gun Use “City .council has recon- sidered its decision to eliminate dog control officer Jim Vigue's: use of a tranquilizer gun to apprehend animals. Council Tuesday approved 8 directive by its protective tal health committee's recom- mendation that uranium mining not be allowed “until a safe, proven, permanent disposal technology is developed for the wastes that have already been generated.” Inan apparent reference to Mines Minister Jim Chabot’s statement that opposition to the: China Creek drilling was just “a socialist front,” Vander- (Con't. Pg. A2, Col. 1) services for - city staff to determine whethér liability insurance can be ob- tained to cover Vigue while using the gun. Committee member Ald. Jim Gouk told council one of the main reasons for discontinuing the use of the gun, based on one inquiry, was one insurance company’s refusal to insure the dog control officer for liability while he was using it without (Con't. Pg. A2, Col. 3} Commitiee Discusses Job Search Results The five-member commit- tee appointed to find new jobs for nearly 200 International Woodworkers of America mem- bers left out of work by the June 17 fire at CanCel's local sawmill operation was ‘sched- uled to discuss its progress ata meeting yesterday afternoon. Contacted earlier yester- day, chairman Chris D'Arcy, MLA for Rossland-Trail, said City sprinkling regula tions should remain the same despite a heavy draw- : down which took a Castlegar South storage tank's water level down to a dangerously- low seven feet Monday evening, according to Ald. Gerald Rust. Alderman Cites Widespread Infractions the drawdown, Rust told council Tuesday they should not be changed “until ade- quate policing of infractions is carried out.” Rust said an example of the inadequate policing of the regulations was pro- vided Saturday evening, MACLEODS 337 Columbia 365-3412 >. when in an attempt to build up the tank's water level, the city sounded the siren at the Castlegar South firehall. "I get extremely upset In response to city ‘works superintendent Alex Lutz's recommendation that regulations be tightened fur- ther in an effort to reduce Stricter Water Policing Needed when within a two-block area and immediately ad- jacent to the firehall people are standing out on the road or on the sidewalk looking _ toward the firehall when right behind. them their sprinklers are going full- bore,” he said. "It's been well-docu- mented by the press and in the bylaws of this city that when the fire siren goes the sprinklers are turned off.” He added that while driving along Ninth Avenue South and Tenth Avenue South Monday he saw eight ‘inkl ing at 9: the committee—also composed of union, CanCel, Canada Man- power and the provincial labor ministry—would assess the re- sults of their attempts to find temporary or part-time em- ployment for the unemployed workers, D'Arcy said the committee had investigated the part-time employment available from the forest service and the highways ministry, and inquired to B.C. Hydro whether temporary em- ployees would be required for clearing debris from the Hugh Keenleyside Dam and Duncan Dam reservoirs. The Rossland-Trail MLA said CanCel has been selling logs to Kootenay Forest Pro- ducts in Nelson and Slocan Forest products in Slocan City to protect its logging operation and p.m., 40 minutes past the time allowed for evening sprinkling. Tuesday at 5:50 a.m. more than an hour before the period allowed for morning sprinkling, Rust said, at least three sprink- ° lers were operating at (Con’t. Pg. A2, Col. 5) Pp extra shifts at the two sawmills. Rut he said the native Indian blockade of CP Rail east of Cranbrook had restricted the flow of cars carrying logs to the sawmills. The cars resumed their norma! steady flow once the blockade was lifted Satur- day, he said. when it appeared to stall, The crash was immediately attended by the airport fire- truck manned by foreman Emil Marchildon and airport mana- ger John Michelson. Fire trucks from both the Upheld the requirements of the permit even now,” The mill's present TRS emission level, as cited by CanCel lawyer W.A. Esson in the May 16 hearing, is about 240 parts million. The PCB Level A limit is five parts per million, while the Level B maximum is 20 parts per million. Ald. Bud Godderis, health and welfare committee chair- man, presented a PCB official's letter responding to the city’s May 29 query on the possibility of the company eventually reaching Level A standards for TRS emission. The June 20 letter from PCB administrative officer S.R. Mitchell, written before release of the board's decision, said PCB director Dr. C.J. Mac- kenzie will require CanCel to “provide additional: works. to meet the Level A‘ objectives” should: monitoring show the ambient air quality objectives are exceeded after the sched- uled program to meet Level B bj eS. “Hopefully, someday we will have Leve) A standards,” Godderis said. "Certainly the health and welfare committee {Con't. Pg. A2, Col. 3) Ps : Wot ae SAWED SYMBOL of Castlegar Sunflower Fest celebra- tlons during the weekend springs to life at the hand of chainsaw sculptor Bruce Jacobs In one of the Loggers’ Sports Day competitions held in Pass Creek Park Sunday. Three days of Sunflower Fest events attracted enthusiastic attendance from both residents and visitors. + —CasNewsFoto by Ryon Guedes south and north sections of Castlegar also responded as well as the Castlegar and Trail ambulances. i Ambulance attendants had witnessed the crash from the ambulance depot across the river from the airport and were at the scene in minutes. After the flames were ex- tinguished foam was laid over the entire accident area to preserve the wreckage for investigation into the cause of the crash. A Transport Canada investigator reportedly had ar- rived Tuesday mid-afternoon. Tronically, Monday, the evening before the incident, clouds of black smoke “were evident from the Castlegar Airport where, through a mu: tual-aid fire practice) the air- port firemen and members of the north and south city fire departments were practising the same water fog techniques used in Tuesday's crash. Walt Weslowsky, chief pilot for Con Air, told the Castlegar News he had little to say on the incident until the transport ministry and the insurance company finish their investigations, But he did state that there had been no.apparent mechani- cal malfunction of the aircraft. ‘he Grumman Twin, for- merly a navy tracker, had been in service since May 1: The Con't:Pg° a2)’ Colt INSIDE STORY é ~ e SHIVERS: Taking the annual. Sunflower Fest plunge. Page B1 e SURVEY: How did you choose your church? age BS e SHRINE: A tribute to local conservationist Mel DeAnna. Page AlO One man's Opinion P. AnnLanders ... BillSmiley .. . . Classified Ads, Real Estate, and Automotive. . . Pages A8-A9-A10 Pages A4-A5 Page A6 . . Pages B3-B4 Weekend : _ | Weathercast CLOUDY today with a chance of showers and thun- der showers this afternoon and evening with a slow ]. " improvement into the week-, end. ‘ For convenient home delivery: of the Castlegar News, call Telenews . 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