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Proposals for two of Bel’s contract areas, Central Kootenay and Selkirk, were called earlier this month and the third, Kootenay Boundary, will be called in late May or early June, Gillis said. Mica Creek and has-a cufrent contract value of $25.2 million, the ministry says. The ministry has not released the Kootenay- Boundary area specifications but the area extends north from the U.S. border to part way up the Lower Arrow Lake area and west from around Trail to just past Rock Creek, Gillis said. Errol Hicks, the Highways Ministry’s regional manager of operations in Nelson, said ‘significant in- terest’’ has been shown in the contracts for the areas. 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It isn’t the kind of thing-you gets the contract, Highways Minister Rita Johnston said. “Each proposal work,” the process very can be too con- employment and “New contractors will be required to offer em- ployment to employees whi Johnston said + e that local communities will continue revenue opportunitits Private-sector contracts.”” are already doing the “Rest assured benefit from created by Upper Arrow Lake to just south of Galena Bay, all of Kootenay Lake and north to Glacier National Park. The current contract value is $39.7 million, the ministry says. The Selkirk contract includes 1,651 lane-kilometres of highway and 73 bridges. Its area extends from west of Revelstoke to the Alberta border and as far north as Hall said he doesn’t know who his competitors are. . “But I know they're out there.” He added he isn’t concerned with how many com- petitors there are because, ‘after you know you've got one or two it doesn’t make much difference.” please see BEL page A2 Nurses balk at job changes By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer Licensed practical nurses working in acute care at the Castlegar and District Hospital are upset with an administrative decision to employ long-term care aides, insiead of LP- Ns, in the hospital’s new inter- mediate- and extended-care facility. The Hospital Employees Union and hospital administrator Ken Talarico have been discussing the issue and they hope some kind of compromise can be reached, but neither would give details. Licensed practical nurses employed in the existing acute-care unit at the hospital will have the opportunity to move to the new facility when it opens in May, but would assume their new positions as long-term care aides, not LPNs. Union representatives say this will create a gap in health care services because of the differences between long-term care aides and licensed practical nurses. “Long-term care aides are training for four months and licensed prac- tical nurses train for 10 months,"’ Karen Darnell said on behalf of LP- Ns in a letter to the Castlegar News last month, ‘‘A nursing team requires the skills of many medical i and these all have a place in our health care system."" Area representative for the union, Heather Suggitt, would not comment ‘on the issue because of the ongoing discussions with the hospital. Talarico said the hospital’s position is that long-term care aides, together with registered nurses, can meet the needs of residents in the new facility. ‘Basically we're making changes in staffing levels to what we feel is the appropriate level of skill required, in addition to the registered nurses,”’ Talarico said. See te faves on ies afternoon at LET'S PUT IT HERE * fhe Celger pulp ml. The = ‘ie » A Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore works the Is while P Dirks (left) _ start of Celgar's Rosslond-Trail MLA Chris D’ fry ¢ ve sod-turning ceremony ceremony mai one S700 million up of the pulp pe a Costtews photo by Donne Zuber City to seek opinions on hall's fate By SIMON BIRCH Editor Castlegar city council will seek public opinion on what should be done with a deteriorating Kinnaird Hall which the city’s engineering departmént estimates will cost $167,000. to bring up to .current building, fire and health code stan- dards. The hall, one of Castlegar’s few historical buildings, is used by several community groups but general use of the building was down considerably last year leaving it an uneconomical operation for the city. However, because of what engineering and public works direc- tor Kenn Hample calls ‘‘strong community attachment” to Kinnaird Hall, council will consult Castlegar residents before deciding the fate of the building. “I can’t see recommending we spend $167,000 without input from the people,"’ Ald. Bob Pakula said at Monday night’s council meeting. Hample suggested the city could complete the public consultation by the end of June and his department could have a report on Kinnaird Hall ready by the end of July. Those time limits mean some work could be done on the hall this budget year if that’s council's decision, he said Ald. Lawrence Chernoff said council should follow a process of public consultation similar to that the city used in presenting proposed changes to Columbia Avenue. The city made presentations to several community groups and held a public meeting before approving the changes, designed to improve the traffic flow on Columbia Avenue. Mayor Audrey Moore said ‘‘all the options would be laid out’ to the public about Kinnaird Hall. Hample, in a memo to council, says. Kinnaird Hall.is in ‘‘a.state of deterioration.”’ The kitchen does not meet public health requirements and the structure does not meet a number of building and fire code requirements, he said. The city spent $17,212 — $13,542 for maintenance and $3,670 for utilities — on the hall in 1990. The city recovered about 10-15 per cent of those costs through user fees. Hample said that without con- sidering any changes to the existing floor plan of Kinnaird Hall, a Program of improvements and their costs would include: * Work to bring the hall up to current building and fire code requirements for public safety — $43,000. © Upgrading the $12,500. © Interior decorating — $98,000. © Exterior renovation — $14,000. Hample said in the memo some of the options available include: the city undertaking a multi-year program of improvements to éncourage greater use of the hall, with or without “‘modification’’ of the user fees; Private ownership and/or operation and maintenance of Kinnaird Hall; turning over operation and main- tenance of the hall to one or more community groups; or disposing of the property. kitchen — Mayor says developer raising expectations Mayor Audrey Moore says Van- couver developer Sandy Reid may be But the union says the reason behind the decision is financial. Talarico admitted funding played a part, but. insisted long-term care aides would provide the ‘‘ap- propriate level of skill."’ Long-term care aides are paid about 90 cents an hour less than licensed practical nurses, which would save the hospital about $25,000 a year, he said. If the hospital and union fail 16 reach an agreement, Talarico said the nurses have the options of bumping other LPNs with less seniority, ap- plying for other positions or being laid off. The union would not Interpretation centre eyed as tourism boost By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer Says in @ news release. The project may also include several smaller in- A ility study is y to help a regional committee decide if a Columbia River interpretation centre would benefit the Kootenays, and if 50, in what direction the committee should proceed. The Columbia Im- sites along the Columbia River and be set up for tours, the chamber says. “An interpretive centre basically tells people what the Columbia River has im @ way of a role in the. socio- Cc hired two Luelia A told the its options until it hears shes Talarico, Suggitt said. She is expec- ting a response next week. “Until we receive that response, we don’t know where the union will go afterwards,” she said. ee consulting firms shortly after for- ming last month to “look at the feasibility of establishing a major in- terpretive centre in the proximity of Highway 3 and hydro projects,"” the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce ‘Castlegar Mews this week. “It’s not a Interpretation Cen- ‘was one of the recom- made for boosting * ‘Activity in the tourism it Opportunities strategy completed last spring by the Kootenay development region’s task force on parks, recreation and tourism. The Ministry of Economic ~ Development is funding the study but not the committee members who are all volunteers. “We want to increase the traffic in the Kootenay region . . . so we'd like to have a destination,”’ Andreashuk said. “‘Hopefully, as more people come and visit the region, they'll stay longér and that will help the economy. please see CENTRE poge A? raising the hopes of Castlegar resi- dents prematurely with his announce- ments in the media that his proposed shopping mall next to the Sandman Inn will be built and open by the fall. Moore, commenting on a memo from Castlegar’s director of engin- eering and public works, Kenn Hample, who notes that neither Reid nor his representative has brought the plans to city hall, said Reid’s Statements ‘‘may raise unreal expec- tations."” y ‘A seriously committed developer would be in here talking to our staff by now,"’ the mayor said at Monday night's council meeting. ‘I hope this memo triggers that kind of action."’ Reid could not be reached for comment.’ In an earlier interview, he said construction Of the mall could begin AUDREY MOORE - ‘unreal expectations’ im the spring and be finished in Oc- tober. But city administrator Gary Will- iams said city staff would normally