YOU ARE INVITED To tell us about your ideas, skills, or programs that you School were busy washing vehicles in the believe should be accessed by our schools. Your Safeway group Is fundr: for a trip to Alberta they plan to presentation will be heard by the staffs of Kinnaird alsing Elementary, and Blueberry Creek Schools ina oo comfortable, small group setting on May 16, 1994, Obituary Hilda Myrtle: McDonald School District #9's Community Interaction Day. May 7, 1994, Saturday, Hilda Myrtle McDonald of Castlegar, B.C. passed away at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel if you are interested in participating in this opportunity, please contact D. Zanet, at Kinnaird Elementary School. Telephone: 365-8478, Fax: 365-0338, by May 6, for details. THE AFFORDABLE MINIVAN. BUILT IN CANADA. 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Mrs. McDonald enjoyed sewing, crocheting. © ae: crossword puzzles and ing old movies. She is survived by four Ray McDonald of Randy McDonald 4 Roa Kirk of Victoria, Dianne .C.; three daughters, Steward of Owen Souad, Ontario, Yvonne Taylor of Elgin, Ontario and Cindy McDonald of . She is also survived by 15 grandchildren; 14 great-grand- children; two brothers, Al and Bill of Toronto; three sisters, May Clark, Eva Newman and Betty Bingley all of Toronto, Ontario. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral 1. June 4-5°10am.to4pm Discussion & Short Form Exercises $50.00 Long Form Exercises 5 Evenings - May 30 - June 3 7-9pm. PROFILE The Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, May 11, 1994 1B A dam site better © eam: 8 NRSC NES: RE ht middie: ‘A worker looks eight stories down into the Right bottom: Even mechanical ory ot the —_ have a certain : Rebar was secured into the bedrock before concrete was poured. Photos; John Van Putten and courtesy of B.C. Hydro ost of us who use the Hugh Keenleyside Dam roadway are aware of the recent work done to the locks from April 2 to May 9. But what most of us aren’t aware of was the scope and sheer magnitude of the pro- ject, or the care that went into the plan- ning of the project... Located eight miles upstream from Castlegar, the Hugh Keenleyside Dam, completed in 1968, was the second of three Columbia River Dams to be built by B.C Hydro. Of both earth-filled and concrete construction, the dam has weathered well except for one small problem—it leaked more than what is considered “normal”. B.C. Hydro Field Production Manager Daren Sanders said the recent project at the dam had two specific purposes— foundation treatment of the navigational lock and general maintenance. While it is normal, and healthy, that all dams leak, Sanders said recent stud- ies done in which core samples were analyzed and peizometer readings were monitored indicated that all was not well with the dam. “All dams leak a little bit, after 25 years the leakage was a-little higher than we wanted.” After several intermittent drilling projects extracted samples of the con- crete—core samples—it was deter- mined that there was a minor construction error that precipitated the undue leakage. “The original concrete. pourer didn't cover all of the bedrock. At some point the bedrock cracked.” The most logical treatment included draining the lock, and pouring new con- crete over the cracked bedrock. It made perfect sense to do maintenance to the lock and the gates at the same time. Armed with buckets, nets and-an-envi- a ERE ronmental plan which would assure minimal disruption to the environment or the fish, workers waited until the 106 t deep lock was drained before rescu- ing fish stranded in pools of water with- in the lock. In total there were 180 fish (175 of which were fingerlings) saved frem-a_fish’s worst nightmare— being left high and dry. Before concrete pouring could begin workers had to first prepare the bedrock by drilling holes in which anchors and rebar could be attached. That part of the project alone employed 40 workers, many of them local, who worked ten-hour shifts until the job was completed. A preliminary cost estimate for that portion of the pro- ject was close to $280,000. While bedrock in the lock was being sealed, the gates for the lock were also being serviced. Guides and rollers-on the gates were being repaired, or replaced if necessary. At one point the gates to the lock, which weigh 120 tons each, had been removed and laid onto their sides for easier maintenance. As well, bush- ings and pins were also repaired or replaced. Gates weré painted and other routine maintenance was also per- formed. The tab for that was close to $200,000, bringing the cost of the total project close to half a million dollars— many of which were spent right in Castlegar said Sanders. Now that the repair and maintenance is complete, weekly checks for leakage and water pressure will resume. Although an infusion of revenue is pee B.C. Hydro personnel can be proud. “We were environmentally incident free and safety free. The whole thing