Trrespayney The Castlegar.Sun with the Festival Society, is stepping down. “['ve just been spreading Myself too thin, it’s time for me to move on to something else,” said Whitehead. ’ He is not completely closing the door however, saying that he will be available if someone needs advise or assistance. : Not only are executives needed, but an army of volun- teers who can be on call for duty are also needed. “There's a lot of work to be done for this event and it has to be started soon. Otherwise we'll be backing ourselves into a corner,” said Burton. Anyone who is interested in playing a part in Sunfest can attend a meeting tonight = COST Continued from 1A° the biggest drawback of their chosen site will be the acquisition - of some 16 properties, ' “We have tried to contact all the property owners who we feel may be affected,” said Barcham, “We're trying to make sure pco- ple are kept up to date on what's going on.” Two other concerms involving the chosen site include environ- mental and heritage values of the area. “We have consulted the min- istries of Environment and Fish- eries and it appears that the location will have a very minimal impact on the area," "omplained Barcham. As far as high heritage value i is concerned, “there are no out- standing archaeological values prior to 1941,” he said. “We have the green light to proceed.” Members of the public had a chance to voice their concerns and questions. One Robson resident and property owner pointed out the possibility of the approach road causing water problems in his area, one that already suf- fers drainage problems during high water. The resident was assured how- ever, that the engineering consul- tants involved with the project would be taking into considera- tion the question of proper drainage. “All engineering and design concems will be addressed,” said Barcham. “Tonight we don’t have all the answers about the design Members of the public look over and discuss the chosen site for the new Robson Castle- gar bridge at an open house prior to the public input meeting. but we will be working on the details. We will handle any increase in water.” Another public concern was in regards to adequate pedestrian/bicycle linkage, “It will take longer to walk on this route than it would on the train bridge, which I think is unsafe,” protested one resident. Others were concemed with basic safety involving access to the bridge, traffic concerns involving left turns onto Columbia Ave. from the bridge. “Safety is a main consideration in this type of project,” assured Barcham. Even the issue of aesthetics was addressed. “Landscaping will indeed be a major factor,” he said. Property howev- SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper “We're waiting for the design consultants to finish so that we know exactly which properties will be affected and should be able to start coming forward with appraisals. sometime ‘next Febuary,” said Barcham, who hasized that properties er, was by far the largest con- cern, with residents asking when the appraisals would take place, at what market values would they be appraised and how much time ‘they would be given for relocation. would be acquired not according to project cost estimations, but rather, on the basis of negotia: tion. The ministry ‘hopes to begin construction of both bridge and roadworks by June of 1992. New members welcome at West Kootenay Camera Club The West Kootenay Camera Club will begin its third season with a meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at KISS in the library, begin: an associate member of the Ok Mainline. C i black an white photos of the » and. the of Kootenay Association of Photo- graphic Clubs, and is under the of the C: Arts ning at 7 pm. New ib welcome. The Club is open to anyone, any age, male or female, at any photographic skill level, who has a 35 mm. camera or a camera with a larger format. “The basic premise is we want to take somebody with an interest in photography and give them the skills, both in the technical aspect and in ition, so they can (Wednesday) in the b of Jenny's Cafe at 7 p.m. “The meeting at Jenny's is open to the public, and we're hoping to get an adequate response.” Lod create an image rather than a record,” explained acting presi- dent Ken Ferch. The West Kootenay Camera Council, The family-oriented organiza- Iti-projection slide ip for professional demonstrations for the benefit of the community. The West Kootanay Camera Club meets on alternate Tuesdays from until the end of tion ges social i among people with like i June. h ip fees are $20 Members enjoy field trips and guest speakers as well as a 10 percent discount on film, process- ing. and framing courlesy of Vogue Studios. in Castlegar. and Nelson. The Club’s long-range plans include continuation of a ycarly Photo salon, following the very successful first annual salon held in conjunction \ with the 1991 Sun- Club is a member of the Association of Photographic Arts, fest a an annual publication of members’ Stanley Humphries receives donation of scholastic books from Sears | !Sun Staff : Stanley Humphries Secondary School was the latest to receive scholastic books from one of Canada’s Largest single retailers - Sears, “The index to the first 12 vol- umes of the Dictionary of Canadi- an Biography (DCB) is being distributed to over 3,200 sec- ondary schools across the country, compliments of Sears Canada Inc. : ‘The Index is the thirteenth vol- ume to be donated to English - and French-speaking high schools by Sears as the continuation of a Centennial project started in 1967. :The DCB is hailed as a land- mark in scholarly achievement. The world-renowned series is a rich biographical collection of individuals who have contribute in shaping Canada's destiny. "Sears is proud of its long- standing commitment to provide stadents with not only an excellent tool, but an imp reference \ work that Preserves Ca G: Joseph Reddington, president — and chief executive officer. “The Index volume completes the first stage of the DCB's initial goal of bringing the series up to the year 1900. To mark this momentous feat and the Corpora- tion's 24-year commitment to the DCB, Sears has designated pi 16-20 as "Dictionary Presentation Weck.” At this time - in conjunction with the distribution of the Index to:highschools - Scars has invited thé Prime Minister. of Canada and the Minister of Education in each province and territory to- accept the 13-volume collection as a symbolic gift-on behalf of all secondary schools. slices From left, assistant nbvanan sharon Peacock, librarian Corinne “amialin, nud Welfare of Sears and SHSS principal David Hogg. Castlegar Lions Club enjoys Sun Staff It was in with the new and out with the old during the Castlegar Lions Key Awards Night, held Tuesday at the Sandman Inn. Dave Shalanski, 1990-91 out- going president was given a send-off by his fellow Lions for ajob well don Shalanski aid his year as "president was both a: rewarding — and successful tenure. “We increased membership, completed many Projects and even started new ones,’ he’ said. “We were able to get the ideals Motel and Dennis Tucker, tep-; the Royal C: of Lionism in our to the forefront.” Awards Awards were presented to a number of individuals who either belonged to the club or were affiliated in some way with the organization. i ,, Corporate presentations were made on behalf of the Lion's Club to. Mark Zurek, represent- g co, Hugh Wilson, representing Celgar, Donna Jory..representing the Castlegar Sun, Al: Wheeler, Sandman Inn Legion Branch #170, Two citizen presentations were also awarded in keeping | with. mindness and the spirit of, Lionism. Recipients were Pat and Lee Boyer from Dexter's Pub and-Nancy Lingley, for the valuable assistance she provid~ cd to the organization. é ’ Club and president awards were then Presented with the project chairman award given to: Kirk. Duff and the Lion of the: Year award given to Hugh’ wit * son. annually per person. There is a $2.50 non-member drop-in charge. Currently, the club:has a photo display set up at the Castlegar brand of the Band of Montreal which will run until Sept. 28. “Come and see what you could be doing,” invites Ferch. “And attend our meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 24.” For more information phone Ken at 365-7515 (work) or 365- 5473 (home) or Ross or Chris at 365-2696. Castlegar unit of : Cancer Society to hold examination clinic for women The Castlegar Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society held its first meeting after the summer break on Monday, September 9. at the Central Kootenay Health Centre. The group spent time review-‘ ing the activities of the Society in the past few months, and heard of some improvements to be made tothe Society's anti-smok- ing campaign within the BC school system. The Society provides, both lit- erature and videos to schools to encourage students to lead a healthy lifestyle and so reduce their risk of developing cancer in later life. This includes being a non-smoker; eating a healthy, vices will become available -through the society’s.: new ifestyles Lottery” which will appearing.soon in our mail- boxes. oft Arrangements were : for'thé Breast Self-Examination clinic to be held towards the end of October. Posters will go up around town, closer to the date, to adveftise'the event: The Soci- ety encourages women of all ages to take a little time to attend the clinic and learn how to prop- erly-examine themselves for early signs of breast cancer, Four local volunteers will attend the Kootenay District. A.G.M. in Fairmont in early October. Here they will improve high-fibre diet and ing pro- their k ledge of the Society's and will then use longed exp to ultra-violet radiations, both natural and salon-produced. Now that the Cancer Society in BC is solely responsible for all fund-raising for cancer research and treatment in the province, it is hoped that the extra funds needed to maintain present ser- ‘Committee awards were pre- sented to Steve Jankola, Jim Chapman, : Mark Zurek and John. Kozniuk. Other awards were, presented to Carl Linkletter for-his duties as, projects chairman, Tim. Allen as. ing new, ber and that knowledge at the local level. The next meeting of the Castlegar unit of the Canadian Cancer Society will be held on November 18 at the same loca- tion: Everyone is welcome to attend. a successful year helped get everything off the ground., ;. Castlegar foundi ‘Wednesday, September 18,1991 The Castlegar Sun "Kootenays tobe ur and training needs of the TRAIL TIMES The ¢. is going out to rep- tesentatives from business, government and education to particip ‘in a discussion of the future labour and’ training needs of the West Kootenays, ., Reg Conway, who is organiz- ing the first meeting, explained Castlegar United Way preparing for kickoff The United Way in Castlegar will be off and running after hold- ing a campaign kickoff this Satur- ly. ‘All the action takes place at the c ity-Comol A with a pancake breakfast at 8:30 a.m., followed by.a huge flea market in the parking lot. Nona Paulson, administrator for the United Way in Castlegar, says local agencies who benefit by receiving support from the United Way will be setting up booths in the complex. As well, the Castlegar Library will be holding a book sale in the com- Plex later on in the day. 2*“The whole idea behind the « ‘Although United Way month is October, the door to’door can- ee will take place Sept. 25 26 because of warmer weath- er. rad longer daylight hours. “Expect to see local residents asking for donations during this time. ‘When Castlegar residents donate to the United Way, they are actually helping 10 local agencies including the Kootenay Columbia Child Care Associa- tion, Childrens’ Hospital Founda- tion, Arthritis Society, Canadian Institute for the Blind, Red Cross and the Castlegar Association for Community Living. “There are so many people in Castlegar.swho beftefit from these agencies as well as others, These agencies need the sup- port of the United Way to ensure that they can continue to provide these services,” said Paulson, Last year, the United Way raised $46,000, which was a bit short’ of their goal of $50,000. This year, Paulson says The Unit- ed. Way hopes to reach the $50,000 mark, or even surpass it. . “Through door to door dona- tions as well as the payroll deduc- tion plan that many corporate sponsors are participating in, we - feel confident we can raise this money.” The employee payroll deduc- tion plan is followed by a number of major sponsors, such as; Cel- gar Pulp, Cominco, Westar, Castlegar Hospital, West Koote- nay Power, Selkirk College and School District #9. Smaller groups are also getting in on the plane such as Adastra Aviation Sei Castlegar's own city employ- 2 The United Way has adopted a mission statement which explains their role in society. “To promote the organized capacity of people to care for one another.” Paulson believes this can be possible once again in Castlegar, through a dedicated group of vol- unteers and large amount of car- ing people ready to meet the needs of their community. “People working together can make the world a better place. And Castlegar will benefit if we have a strong United Way servic- ing the commmnity: 7 a Labour Market Co-ordinating Committee was formed last fall at a similar meeting held in Creston to discuss the labour market needs of the East and West Kootenays, The group met again May | and “discussed, among many items, the need for a plan- ning/working committee with seperate representation from the West and East Kootenays, These committees would plan future agenda items and issues for the Labour Market Co-ordinating Committee mect- ings.” Conway stressed everyone needs to be aware of training isses and trends affecting local companies and organizations. “I’m sure I don’t have to Stress that a trained, skilled work force is fast becoming the key element in ing that all discussed in Castlegar kets, “Training needs are in the spotlight and I believe we all need to address those issues for our particular region (the West Kootenays).” Conway says to keep abreast of changing needs, necessary solutions must be WEATHER: OUTLOOK: Overnight lows 8 to 10. The forecast for Wednesday; Sunny skies with high tempera- tures ranging from 25 to 28. Thursday and Friday continuing sunny and warm with clouds moving in from the west later Friday. High tem- peratures ranging from 24 to 27. ped. He said federal and provin- cial governments have estab- lished funding and resources to encourage development of training needs and this has to be searched out. "The issue is not restricted to big business,” Conway noted. “Every employer and every 27.2/12 Precipitation: Rain -2cm. N of or ion needs to in the planning of our future needs. Many of us need to attend just to get a feeling or an understanding of the need.” The meeting will be held Wednesday at the board room large and small businesses can remain competitive in both domestic’ and international mar- in Selkirk College, Castlegar campus, at 7:30 p.m. Less lightning results in low summer fires Smokey the Bear says there have been 59 forest fires in the Arrow Lakes Forest District to date. Of those, 47 were caused by lightning while 12 were caused by people. “Our normal average is 70 per cent lightning caused and 30 per cent human,” said Arrow District resource officer for protection Skip Walsh. Eighty per cent of this sum- mer’s fires were caused by light- ning. “We had one major fire up east of Nakusp which I think considered still burning, Walsh, By this same time last year there had been 69 fires to date. Walsh attributes this year’s drop to the fact that there were less lightning strikes this season. A total of 25 hectares have burnt this year, as compared with last year's 35 hectares, Also, there has been less money spent on fire suppression in the Arrow District, with $361,000 this year and $596,000 last year, “We are expecting warm and er to Friday and ask that Castlegar sidewalks | made more Banta You may have noticed some changes happening to Castlegar’: 's sidewalks lately, Particularly i in the downtown area. , Changes that will make the an allotment every year for these ‘ramps in our budget.” About six ramps are done each year, depending on the budget. : “The Abilities Awareness “These ‘changes for wheelchair ramps are nothing new,” said city engineer Barry Comin. “We have Cc has pinpointed in the neighborhood of 16 locations were in really bad shape. “One area we really have trou- ble with is around the inter- change. It’s a pretty. bad spot, Pretty vhairy for wheelchair access.” * ._ Kris Standbm, of the Abilities they would like to see changed,” said Comin. “There were a cou- ple on the bridge downtown that said, “The city of Caniepar’ is excellent with carrying out the curb cuts. We had a meeting with Barry Comin during the spring of this year and he announced that they would be carrying on with these improve- ments. “It does make it easier to get around, -not just for people in wheelchairs but for the elderly as well, people who use walkers or canes.” Hasty Greek court decision sets precedent 84 supporters await judicial outcome ; On Sept. 17, 84 of said, of the Hours 53.0 A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: Te Max/Date Min/Date 4.0/15 Snow Ocm. Mean Normal Mean 12.5 15.2 Total Normal Total .2cm. 4.16 cm. Normal Number of Hours 51.6 REMARKS: A cool dry week at the Castlegar Airport. A ridge of high pressure remained along the coast giving a cool northwesterly flow of dry air to the southern half of the province. The forests are showing the effects of the moist spring and summer.as slash areas are still damp slowing the prescribed burning program. Forecast provided by The South - East interior Weather Office at Castlegar, B.C, on the charges, a The matter is under consideration, it has been but the Hasty Creek blockade near Silverton, were to appear in court in Nelson after their arrests on Sept. 6. : Hasty Creek Tesidents and ‘were arrested after failing t to obey a court order which stated they must allow Slocan Forest Prod- ucts (SFP) to gain access to the area in order to begin logging road construction. Residents and supporters had been maintaining a road blockade since Aug. 19. “The only aspect no firm decision has been made “This will probably be a precedent- setting decision. for the courts in B.C...” — Sally Hammond... Media Liaison is that our lawyer Peter Ritchie, from Vancouver might have trou- ble getting here in 1 time,” said Creek and Td rather not comment any. A ding to H the tee media liaison.Sally Ham- © mond, going to the court date. lanes are having trouble getting ee due to the public ser vice employees strike.” This ‘date held particular were Jack Smith, Jim Chap: and Dave Ridington. One of the first Promotions for the Lions Club was a two-minute Leo Plamondon as co-ordinator for Timmy's Telethon, A little bit of history. Tho;glub: was, chartered Jan- by. the. Salmo and uary 23.1971 and was, sponsored , IP spree at the old Super Value. In- 1981 the Castlegar and Rossland Lions Clubs sponsored th ile club's ma whose pledges of quite: few thousand dollars went.to the Lions, Crippled Children: 's Aso: ciation. :- : VE egal oi 4 in that a 4 to be reached as to ‘whether s laid against the protesters would be civil or criminal. “That decision is up to. the judge,” said Hammond. “AS of yet. we don't know who. “Slocan Forest’ Products i is f big issue now at hand. is indeed te question of civil: versus charges. “This will probably be a prece- dent-setting decision. for the _. courts in'B:C.,” she said. “It seems there may be a shift taking Place. in terms of how civil dis- obedience is viewed. Hasty Creck residents and: watershed: committee supporters are’ still maintaining a camp near the ‘original blockade site, and ing quite neutral in what scems ton. be more of an observer status.” »At the time o} P “unknown what the Outcome of the | So you want to build a fence, add a sundeck or pave your driveway and you don’t know whether you need a building permit or not. There are very few minor modifications that don‘t need a building permit. like: window or door repair Gif exchanged for the same size. you" re okay), cupboards, paint- ing, retaining walls under | meter in height and storage and garden sheds for residential use not exceeding 9.5 m2 (100 sq. ft.). Keep in mind that all must comply with all other applicable bylaws. All other renovations not Obtaining a building permit: modifications or additions, materials being used and the value of the work being done:: Once all information is submit- ted to. the Building Department it can take from two to ten days: for approval of building permit depending on how busy the Inspector is, High blood pressure, you say? Well, leave yourself some extra time for paperwork prior to begining your project. Remember, the’ more informay tion you provide before you start’ the quicker the Building Depart: + ment can accommodate you... When the permit is approved: the is notified’ do require a buildi pemnit. When you are ready to obtain a building permit there are usu- ally questions that you need answered. The first step is knowing when the Building Inspector is available to you. His hours are from 8:30 to 10:00 and 3:30 to 4:30 Monday to Friday. If you are short of time please phone Nona and she will be happy to make an appointment for you. Generally, the information the Building Department requires is an application which can be obtained at City Hall, a site plan, a detailed drawing of and payment can be made. Work can then be started (permit is, good for approx. two years)<| which are appli to your project will follow upon: i ion from tor. Examples of what inspections should be called for are siting, footings, framing, insulation, vapour barrier and final i inspec- | tion. Twenty-four hours prior notification of inspections called” for is greatly appreciated. Proce- dures for New Single Family Dwelling Units and Commercial | Buildings will be presented in 4] later article. : “Media Walson for the Hasty: Creek Watershed Com- “mittee Sally Hammond, speaks to‘a crowd of sup- porters.on:Sept. 6, shortly before:84 blockaders were arrested for failing to obey a‘court order. The seven’ dozen ‘appeared in Nelson: Provincial: Court decisi on whether ges.against “them are: ey a civil or criminal nature: Unfortunately, The: Castlegar Sun was unable to receive any ’ resull rior: to. press time. » SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper Close to 130 enthusiasts participated.in this year: : “Terry. Fox’ Run, held at the Community Comple’ only were there runners, but joggers, walkers and: even some crawlers. ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper!