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Castlegar News
TREET TALK

LOCAL COOK Nila Hoolaeff has just had her own
cookbook published. The book is called “Doorway to
Creative Cuisine” and consists of appetizers, salads,
soups, a vegetarian section, main courses and ethnic
foods, in addition to desserts and beverages.

The book is available at Pete's TV, Mother Nature's
Pantry or from Nila herself.

MARY ANDERSON’S annual gourmet Christmas
party was interrupted by a frantic telephone call last
Friday evening

No, it wasn't an irate wife wondering if in fact her
husband was in attendance at what is éssentially a stag
affair (“I enjoy the contpany of men,” says Mary. “I
always have. I find their conversation interesting and
stimulating.”)

The call was for CIBC manager Bill Craven from his
wife, Karen. It seems their four-year-old son Philip had
locked himself in the bathroom, filled the bathtub, and
couldn't get the taps turned off

Why not use the emergency poke-hole? “We can't,”
explained Bill. The same youngster had filled the small
hole with gum on an earlier occasion!

ONE OF THE casualties of the CBC cutbacks
announced Tuesday was $3 million for capital expendi

i a
ting ceremony which marked grand opening of
recently remodelled and enlarged store.

Canttown Proto

tures. Now, on the surface that looks innocuous enough,
but it means stereo radio and other broadcast services
won't be extended as scheduled.

For the Castlegar area, it probably means a delay in
bringing CBC-FM stereo here.

KARIN AND HANS Gustavsson have an unusual
hobby: they breed and raise Papillon dogs.

French for “butterfly,” Papillon dogs have a long
history in both France and Italy and can be seen in many
paintings of French royalty down through the years,
especially recongizable because of their erect long ears
(which give them the “butterfly” designation)

Karin says the small toy spaniels are especially good
house dogs. They're so small they can exercise properly
simply by running around the living room a few times!

HERE'S AN ad we spotted in a recent Grand Forks
Gazette: “Looking for love? ‘Young, goodlooking,
red-headed male seeks love, friendship and life-long
compénionship, Enjoys country living and froticking n
wide open spaces. Loves children, good cooking, cats and
fun times. (My name is “Frisky” and I'm a six-month-old
collie-cross. The dog catcher loves me, but he’s not my
style).”

CENTURY 21 Mountainview Agencies should be
moving into its new building (located between “Moore's
Mountain” and new Safeway) between Christmas and the
new year

That's the estimate of Glen Wilson, one of the
partners in the firm and the man entrusted with the
worries, frustrations and joys of ramroding the project

Smallwood
forest licence
a ‘concern’

By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN
Staff Writer

The Arrow Lakes Tugboat Society is concerned about
possible “peculiarities” regarding the granting of a forest
licence last summer to Smallwood Lumber Ltd. of Salmo.

According to a Nov. 13 brief prepared by Castlegar
lawyer Terry Dalton on behalf of the 30-member tugboat
society. three of the company’s four-man board of directors
were employees of Westar Timber Ltd. when they made a
bid for licence no. A22062 in Salmo

The bid beat out six other tenders, according to John
Cuthbert, of the Nelson Ministry of Forests.

The brief — submitted to Westar and the Nelson Forest
Ministry — says a record search revealed the company’s
board of directors as: Gordon Frank Fitchett, Roger Woods
Crossley, Frank Park and Theodore Verdon Johnson.

Ed Conroy Jr., spokesman for the tugboat society, said
Parker now works as a sawmill superintendent at Westar in
Castlegar; Fitchett used to be a Nelson Westar employee
and Crossley was Westar mill manager in Nelson

The brief says the original notice inviting applications
for the forest licence indicated that “bids will be considered
only from persons or companies who do not directly or
indirectly own or operate a pulp mill.”

But Cuthbert said Monday Forests Minister Tom
Waterland chose the “best proposal.” and “we consider it to
be done fairly and honestly.”

Regarding Smallwood's board of directors, Cuthbert
said, “From our point of view it doesn’t matter. I imagine it
would be between Westar they may not like their
employees competing.”

“The operating ones have resigned from Westar — the
ones that are involved in operating the committee
although there may still be one employed.” Cuthbert said
“And that was considered alright.”

Westar k Jack Hi ke d
Monday that “ “one of the conditions of the invitation to bid on
the licence was there could be no ownership participation by
any company directly or indireetly involved in the pulp mill.”

But he added; “They were a group of individuals who
set out on their own and after they got the deal in place, left
Westar Timber, and they're now. “Ponsting | as it
entrepreteurs.”

Heavenor said Parker “is not in a decininé making role”
with regards to his position at Westar in Castlegar.

Smallwood is-“another independent controller of wood
in the area we're dealing with,” he said

The tugboat society's brief also points out that although
bidding for the licence closed on April 24, 1984, Smallwood
didn't become incorporated as a company until June 26,
1984

They got the licence before they were even a
company,” said Conroy. “It kind of goes to show it's kind of a
funny deal.”

Cuthbert said “it's probably correct to say” that
Smallwood made a bid when they were still unincorporated
but added that the licence wasn’t actually awarded until the
company was incorporated

Although he couldn't recall the exact date, Cuthbert
said the licence was awarded “sometime this summer.”

According to the brief, the original notice inviting
applications said bids would only be considered from

persons or companies who are established or operate in the
southern part of the Arrow timber supply area.”

Conroy said one operator's bid for the licence was
$50,000 while, he says, Smallwood got it for $3,400.

However, Cuthbert said the decision on the licence was
also based on whether proposals had “social and economic
benefit of the long term to the province

“We were looking at the Proposals, and this one, after

‘able study and research, was judged
by ‘the minister to be the best ‘proposal and the licence was
awarded to them.”

Conroy also said a logging co-operative in Salmo had
presented ‘essentially the same” proposal for the licence
including plans to construct a “high-tech” mill — and had
made an identieal bid, but was unsuccessful

Cuthbert said Smallwood's proposal includes plans for
the construetion of a mill, which must be in operation by July
1985.

The brief says beginning Nov. 5, 1984, “a log supply that
seems to Constitute approximately 10 loads per day began to
be delivered from the Smallwood licence to Westar Timber
Ltd. ... This would not seem to be an instance of log trading
as Smallwood has no mill.”

The Smallwood licence stipulates that up to 30,920 cubie
metres can be logged annually, according to Conroy

He said before the strike of marine workers at Westar,
which began Nov. 21, Smallwood was logging “10 to 15 loads
per day out of there” at about $700 per load

The tugboat society’s brief says members are concerned
that the Smallwood licence “would become essentially a
wood lot for Westar Timber Ltd. with the results that their
employment security would be lessened without the
employment @pportunities for the people in the Salmo area
being in any way increased.”

“The people in Salmo should be logging that wood, and
prétessing that wood in thier own area to provide employ.
ment for the people there.”

{The tugboat society's brief also addresses concerns
about Westar's management of their five-year tree farm
licence, whieh expires at the end of this month.

George William Chernoff
of Winlaw passed away
‘Thursday, Dec. 6 at the age
of 80 years.

Mr. Chernoff was born
July 10, 1904 at Aaran, Sask
and came to British Columbia
with his parents settling in
Brilliant.

He married Percia Plotni
koff at Appledale in 1929 and
they moved to Winlaw where
he has lived since. He worked
throughout his life as a car
penter.

Funeral service was held
today at the Appledale Com.
munity Hall with burial in the
Perry Siding Cemetery

Mr. Chernoff is survived
by his mother, Katie Cher
noff of Castlegar; three
daughters, Mrs. Nitk Kaye)
Barisenkoff of Ootischenia.
Olga Harshenin of Kelowna
and Mrs. Walter (Lucy) Osto-
foroff of Thrums; 14 grand
children and seven great
grandchildren; and two
brothers, William of Castle.

SYNOPSIS: Very cold air is creeping slowly into the region from the northeast
Along the coast, Pacific systems are skirting the area across Washington state

so very little precipitation is expected for a day or two.

Sunrise: 7:37 a.m. Sunset: 3:52 p.m.

Cloud

Thunderstorms

gar and Pete of Raspberry
Lodge

Mr. Chernoff is pre
deceased by his wife, father
and one sister, Annie Cher
noff.

Funeral arrangements
were under the direction of
the Castlegar Funeral Chap
el

VANCOUVER (CP) — Joy
Leach, former president of
the B.C. School Trustees
Association, said Tuesday
she is resigning from the
provincial education policy
review committee.

Leach also said that Henry
Armstrong, the association's

executive director, is drop-
ping out of the committee.

During the weekend, Bur.
naby school superintendent
Elmer Froese said he was
quitting the committee be-
cause he wanted to spend
more time on the district's
work.

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