sae a2 Castlegar News _ sepfomber 13, 1999 Split continued trom tront poge cluding the Vallican site, he said. “*If they win, the community will welcome them back, If they lose, then they are welcome back as visitors,"’ Barkley said. The residents need to sit down, resolve the problems and repair the damage that the situation has caused to the community, he said. **We have lost our park (the archeological park, over- seen by the Vallican Archeological Park Society) but if we mend our ways it can still’ be what we want it to be," Barkley said. Friml also said the park society has played an improper role in the dispute. “*They invited the band up here and led them to believe they had title to the land,’’ she said. The society executive should resign and ‘‘qualified, impartial’’ new board members should be elected, she ad- ded The group met on Tibor Molnar's property, which is directly adjacent to the archeological site, and the residents toured a gravel pit on Moinar’s land that has been the lastest battlefield in the road fight The band obtained an injunction that halts all work in the pit except the hauling of gravel already crushed to the bridge site. The band and archeologist Choquette have feared ar- tifacts or remains might be destroyed by the pit which sits about 1.5 metres from the property line of the archeological park, although the burial site is well within the park’s boundary. The pit became the subject of court action when it was Economy gets good report VANCOUVER (CP) — While TALKING . . . Valley resident Rory Lindsay talks to members of the Arrow Lakes Indian Band after a Sunday. discovered proper procedure had not been followed by Molnar and road sub: Paul Markin in Permits to operate the pit. Markin and Molnar went directly to the Agricultural Land Commission, which r through the RDCK. As well, a mines permit was needed, according to officials with the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Resources. The inj: and the Markin and Molnar to give up the pit and Markin will truck gravel in for the road from Winlaw, Donald Skogstad, lawyer for the two men, said last week. The residents also discussed the injunction Molnar was served from the band which states in part that the band isch title to hi Band spokesmen have stated the native people seek claim only to Crown land and have no intention of claiming private land. At Tuesday’s meeting, the band’s lawyer, Norman Evans, that and the reasons for the claim against Molnar. Evans said four acts that pertain to the situation — the Heritage Conservation Act, the Cemetery Act, the Soil Conservation Act and the Agricultural Land Commission Act, have been violated by ‘‘the very people who are run- ning this road.” If the permit process had been followed, the band could have made representation about the pit to the gover- nment departments but when that process was bypassed, court action became necessary, Evans said. “If a private land owner decides he doesn’t even want topayattention to the four acts and decides he’s going to go land such as Molnar’s that falls in the Agricultural Land Reserve, instead of going COUNCIL HOOFERS ahead and bulldoze his property, and possibly destroy the cultural heritage of these people, then we're going to take action.’” Evans said an exact claim has not yet been worked out but the band members ‘‘want to live a decent standard of living’’ and have the rights to their land returned. In response to jf uestion, he conceded will come ultimateff from “ordinary taxpayers" but poin- ted out ‘‘a tremendous amount of wealth has been taken from these people and they haven't been paid back. Yvonne Swan, spokesman for the band, in a personal and emotional address to the crowd, said she left her home and family in Washington to face an unknown situation because her people believe in taking care of the earth for future generations. **We believe in survival and we don’t take anything un- til we give something back — even if its only a prayer.’* The return of six bodies dug up at the site in the early 1980s and housed in a Victoria museum is of particular im- portance to the native people because they believe in a circle of life, Swan said. “We come from the earth and we must go back to the earth,"’ she said. Swan asked for understanding of her beliefs and the reasons for the Indian occupation of the area. “I have to do what I have to do because when I die I have to answer to the ancestors,"’ she said, ‘‘and they’re going to say, ‘What did you do for the future generations?” The injunction halting work on the pit and a partial in- junction granted to the Ministry of Highways which allows work only on the bridge will be dealt with in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver Thursday, Evans said. September 13, 1989 Castlégar News economists confirmed the glowing report card issued to the B.C. economy by Statistics Canada, Premier Bill Vander Zalm savored his province's position at the top of the class. “The record is such that we're the envy of everybody in Canada,” a jubilant Vander Zalm said Tuesday as he rallied Social Credit supporters in Quesnel, a gritty lumber town 420 kilometres north of Vancouver year, we may see some slowing down. It’s very difficult to put a time on this. If you could, you could become a millionaire.”” Of the 125,000 new jobs in Canada through the end of June, 57,000 were in British Columbia, Statistics Canada said. . Mike Plotnikoff of Lo one SPUD AIR. . homeg whic Castlegar News TREET TALK MAC ABERDEEN, 56 who started out as a student telegrapher in Castlegar in 1951, is preparing to retire after 38 years with CP Rail. Aberdeen has spent the last two years in Revelstoke as superintendent “*The decision to leave the railroad was a difficult * Aberdeen said in an interview with the Revelstoke **Here in Revelstoke it's chock full of good railroad people. It made my work a lot easier. It was an excellent job but | am looking forward to retirement with some anticipation.”* JACK WILLIAMSON PAVING LTD. of Crescent Valley has won a hefty $433,199 contract to carry out improvements on Highway 3. The contract calls for the reconstruction and paving of more than 40 ir Gibson C d wings and a t: k holds one of his jail section. cosnews Phos kilometres of highway in the Sparwood, Fernie and “Iko areas. The company submitted the lowest of two tenders for the project which is slated for completion at the end of September JIM HENKE, formerly of Nakusp, has developed a successful and innovative hook for heli-logging Henke, the president of Sky-hook Systems Ltd. of Vancouver, has developed a new, reliable way to minimize turn times and maximize heli-logging profits. The hook was stress-tested to simulate a load of 150,000 pounds. Lifts now on the market do not exceed 35,000 pounds. Henke is the son of Eva and Paul Henke of Nakusp. 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Central Credit Union. “I look for it to be fairly buoyant through this year, but by mid-year next Program continued from front page “While Barry will continue to be based in Nelson he will travel exten- sively throughout the region and work with suppliers of business development services in all communities to developa plan for improving services to the local business community,” Dirks says in the release. Barry's program will also provide counselling to business people in areas such as loan applications, Penner said Penner said Barry will work with the Federal Business Development Bank which helps business people who are looking for loans when they have been turned down by conventional lending agencies and banks Mackie, who works out of the Economic Development Board office in Castlegar, expressed concern about the new provincial program when it was proposed earlier this year He said the provincial program, The following winning numbers were drawn in Monday’s lottery: B.C. KENO — 2, 5, 6, 13, 15, 19, 28 and 36; The following are the winning num- bers in weekend lotteries: LOTTO 6/49 — 18, 22, 39, 40, 43 and 47. The bonus number was 48. There was no winner of the jackpot prize of $2,393,751.50. The four extra winning numbers for British Columbia were 18, 22, 81 and 83. B.C. KENO — 13, 17, 22, 23, 25, 27, 088958, 942129, 558740 and 215236. LOTTO B.C. — 4,7, 17, 30, 32 and 37. Thes numbers, provided by The Canadian Press, must be considered unofficial begun March 1, would be similar to his and would cause in the Western step Dancing A b (left) leads bers of Cast! some steps in Western Line Dancing after Tuesday night's council t meeting. The latest North American dance craze is one of several courses offered this fall at the Castlegar Recreation Complex. city scduaiNarsegh Radon study slated PENTICTON (CP) — The B.C Health Ministry has chosen seven In terior B.C. communities for a new radon gas monitoring program However, a spokesman for an in dependent radon-monitoring organization in nearby Grand Forks questioned why the study will ignore business community. He said the two levels of government should work together and combine their efforts. The provincial program was to provide information, counselling, referral services and business-skill training, according to a news release at the time. Mackie said recently that he had been concerned in part because the provincial program was to be run by a person in Victoria who would be in the area only part of the time. Penner said someone from Victoria started the program here but the inten- tion all along was to have the program locally run. The purpose of both programs is to help small businesses know what ser- vices are available in the area and where to find them, Penner and Mackie agreed. Robson continued from front page unique, he said. There were many private systems in place when the district took over water management in the area and although the board recommended replacement of old pipes many people chose not to, he said “Some people seem to think you can put a pipe in the ground and it will last forever,’” Austin said Chatten said ‘‘someone with exper- tise’” should be brought in to assess the situation and a mediator should be brought in from Victoria But unless the district board con- travenes any of the bylaws by which they are governed, Victoria has no need to step in, said Rob Rounds, manager of the improvement district section of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Culture. Part of the purpose of Tuesday's Protest was to make other Robson residents aware of the situation, Chat- ten said “I hope there will be a response from people receiving this poor water service,’’ she said. The system needs to be improved, Chatten said, even if it’s expensive. “If we have to pay more for a while, maybe it will be worth it.”” the part of the province, where 70 per cent of the province's uranium claims are located Starting within the next month, a $70,000 study of radon levels will be conducted in volunteering homes in Penticton, Kelowna, Vernon, Nelson, Valemount, Quesnel and Prince George. The program, conducted through the University of British Columbia, will monitor levels of the gas in 75 homes in each community, said Dave Morley of the ministry’s radiation protection service Radon is the first gas to be released when uranium begins to break down in the soil. It is now thought to be the second-leading cause of lung cancer af- ter smoking Although 70 per cent of the provin ce’s uranium mining claims are in the Boundary-Similkameen region, which includes Grand Forks, communities in the region were omitted from the study, said Donald Pharand, spokesman for the Fructova Environ mental Resource Centre Roadblocks will continue in B.C. VICTORIA (CP) — A provincial court ruling that random police road- blocks violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms will not stop the prac- tice, Attorney General Bud Smith said “It will be business as usual,”” he said. “Random checks will continue and infractions found as a result of them will be prosecuted.” Judge Alan Filmer made the ruling when he found Scott Morash not guilty of driving while under suspension. Police in suburban Saanich had stop- ped Morash on a matter not related to his driving Filmer based his decision on a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling that says roadblocks set up specifically to catch impaired drivers are the only ones allowed under the Charter. Smith said Filmer’s decision was restricted to a narrow set of facts, and is not considered a precedent. British Columbia will continue to follow the so-called Husky decision by the Supreme Court of Canada im 1988 which states random police checks are justifiable, he said. No decision has been made whether to appeal Filmer’s decision, Smith said, ‘‘because the case itself is not a broad precedent for anything in British Columbia.”’ Solicitor General Angus Ree said Smith should consider appealing. Ree said he was angered by Filmer’s ruling “‘because I’m trying to somehow cut down the carnage on the highways and here this is the complete reverse of it.’” “We've. brought in seatbelt legislation to save costs in injuries and People’s lives,”” he said. ‘We suspend drivers because they're not safe on the highways. “This almost gives free reign to anybody — whether he’s ever had a licence or a driving course — to sit down behind the wheel. It scares me.”” VICTORIA (CP) — The provincial government is trying to take back some of the authority over logging practices that it gave forest companies two years ago. A memo obtained by the Vic toria Times-Colonist says a policy under which forest companies got more control over development plans, harvesting programs, in- For the record Information the Castlegar News received for Peter Chernenkoff’s obituary which appeared in the Sept. 3 edition was lacking the following details which Mr. Chernenkoff's family would have liked included: Mr. Chernenkoff was predeceased by his first wife, Mary He is survived by his second wife, Helen, of Victoria spection programs and waste sur- veys is not meeting with public ap- proval “It has become clear that this concept would not be in full har- mony with public expectations and that some forest service presence on a cutting authority is required to ensure approved plans are implemented as intended and that the public interest is protec ted,” says a memo from Wes Cheston, assistant deputy forests minister Province to take back forest control Under the policy, the provincial government signed letters of un- derstanding with companies holding tree farm and forest licen ces. NDP forests critic Dan Miller said the change of heart shows that Forest Minister Dave Parker's ad- ministration is in a shambles. “This is a fairly major policy that has been quietly overturned, because it didn’t work,’ Miller said. Companies with letters of un- derstanding with the government are being advised that the forest service will be monitoring their operations more closely, not withstanding what is in the letters A letter has been prepared for all 250 licence-holders in British Columbia advising them that changes are on the way to the terms of theletters. “This approach to contract ad- ministration does not appear to be in harmony with what the public feels is appropriate and we feel that in addition to auditing, we should do as much monitoring as our resources allow,”’ says the letter An industry representative described the move as regrettable anda step backward. Tony Shebbeare of the Council of Forest Industries said it represents a return to the days when Forest Ministry personnel came in cold to a site and went stric- tly by the book He said the industry will inter- Pret the move as a ‘‘symbol of lack of trust.’” But the director of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee said it was ‘great news."” “We told them it was a dumb idea to let the companies run the whole show,”* said Paul George. Pastor's trial continues NELSON (CP) — A 13-year-old girl broke down in tears Tuesday when she was questioned by the lawyer for an Evangelical pastor charged with sexual assault Leigh Harrison asked if she con sidered herself flat-chested, then said “You are not very developed, are you?” Harrison is defending Laurence Fullerton, 52, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of sexual assault and three of touching for sexual pur poses The charges involved three girls un der the age of 14 who attended a camp of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada north of Nelson in 1988 Court was told about 70 youngsters aged six to 14 attended the camp in southeastern British Columbia. Fuller- ton was the camp pastor and a coun sellor About. 25 church members are at your TICKET TO SLIDE! 1989/90 SEASON PASS . 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