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Cs vow tht Published at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” WW EATHERCAS patches Thureday moming VOL. 34, NO: 84 35 Cents CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1981 3 Sections (A, B & C) temas face costly changes Robson water and sewer systems to cost $3.5 million : By RON NORMAN Staff Reporter Residents of Castlegar's outlying communities turned up in large numbers Monday and Tuesday to hear the Central Koot in some areas has reached the saturation point and the regional district inspector has halted any further sub- divison in the area. Costs for ‘the individual for water and District's proposed settlement plan. And if anything became clear at the two meetings, it was that growth costs money — a lot of money. About 100 Robson-Rasp- berry residents heard they will have to pay $400 - $500 a year more in taxes for the next 25 years if they want improvements in water and sewage disposal. Regional planner Don Har- asym said improvements to the present water system and a new sewage treatment system will cost at least $3.5 million — and that's after all available government grants. Area J regional director Martin Vanderpol said resi- dents did not commit them- selves on the proposal, but agreed the regional district should continue with its studies. However, Vanderpol said the water quality in Robson- Raspberry is “far below what is acceptable," and some people are becoming worried. He said there are “woak- nesses” inthe distribution system as well, and the dam need ding. In addition, fringe sewage pap haat would ond proposal. However, he said that's not all. A distributton system latidn would increase to 1,500 — again double the present 88. from the wells or C: system to the homes would also have to be installed — at a cost of $310,000 or $40 a year for 25 years to each oc- curred ma new homeowners shouldered a share of the expenses Vanderpol pointed o Monsehile, Blueberry Creek-Fairview also faces difficulties with both water quality and quantity. Costs for a water system ‘for that area will be $545,000 if residents can hook into the Castlegar water system; or $770,000 if wells have to be drilled near the Columbia River. Harasym said that adds up to $125 a year for each home- owner for 25 years for the first ‘alternative and $175 a year for 25 years for the sec- That means a water sys- tem for Bluebery Creek- Fairview might cost home- owners more than $200 a year for 25 years, depending on the scheme selected. said the fringe settlement plan calls for resi- dential development in Rob- son-Raspberry, Brilliant and Bluebery Creek-Fairview, with the other outlying com- munities remaining rural-res- idential. ! If a water system went ahead and Blueberry Creek- Fairview was fully developed there would be some 500. homes there — double the -current 246 units. And popu- CUPE extends bargaining unit Castlegar ‘school’ district's teacher aides, child: care be affected by the move. Local. 1298 represents workers and lab have voted in favor of joining., Canadian Union of Public inadequate water pressure means fire protection is not what it should be. Turning to sewage prob- lems, Vanderpo! said the soil ployees local 1298, Results of the vote — which took place Sept. 23 — were made public at Mon- day's Castlegar school board meeting. Seven workers will Budget postponed Meeting set for Nov. 2 OTTAWA - VICTORIA (CP) — Prime Minister Tru- deau has proposed to meet the 10 premiers Nov. 2 in a final effort to win consensus on the constitution even though it means postponing the federal budget scheduled for the next day. ‘Trudeau announced Tues- day night he is ready to put off the budget by one week in order to accommodate the premiers’ demand for a first: ministers’ conference early next month. The prime minister, res- ponding to the premiers re- quest following their two-day meeting in Montreal, said he wants the proposed Ottawa to : Premier Bill Bennett, spokes- man for the provinces. Premier Bill Bennett re- served comment Tuesday on an invitation from Prime Minister Truedeau for a Nov. 2 first ministers’ meeting on the constitution. On arrival in Victoria from Montreal, where he was chairman of a two-day meet- ing of the premiers, a hag- gard and obiiosly tired Ben- nett said he had not been officially informed of the meeting. “If he’s (Trudeau's) replied positively, it's good news Bennett said. “I hope he'll bé writing to me on it and I'll see it tomorrow and I'll make some on it then.” as, long as necessary until a con- sensus is reached or it has become clear that agreement is not possible. Should the premiers reject the offer the government in- tends to present the con- stitutional resolution to Par- liament for the final two days . of debate. next week. The latest proposal aimed at resolving the federal-pro- vincial impasse on the con- stitution resolution came in a Telex’ to British Columbia Castlegar residents are re- minded to turn their clocks back one hour before they go to bed Saturday night as daylight saving time comes to an end. y An official close to the talks questioned the need for a Friday deadline for a reply to the invitation, saying that about 75 school district, employees. 5:3! School district. secretary- treasurer John Dascher. told. the board the district will set up a meeting with the union in the near future t ioned that full development could. only occur if water is made available. : Some 100 residents at- tended the meeting in Ooti- More on page A2 $200 a year for overpass Woodland Park residents could be hit with an addi- tional $200 on their tax bills each year for the next 20 years if the proposed over- pass from the area to the new community complex goes ahead, Castlegar council learned recently. Works and services com- mittee chairman Ald. Len Embree said THERE'S HEAT again at Stanley Humphries Senior Secondary school as Walter Konkin of West Arm 22 AMechanical :( (foreground) and school maintenance now firm and show the pieke osed overpass cost Based on an average Woodland Park house value of $100,000, the overpass ~ would:cost each homeowner mortizdd $278 per“year over 20 years. -asSmbree said that “figure” would be reduced to about $200 a year if'the city shared“: in’ some of the costs. He said: council will inform wage rates and working hours for the: three groups. the premiers had requested a meeting during the first week of November and “we'd look pretty silly if we didn't show up.” Another official, noting that Trudeau is making the meeting conditional on it being “the one final attempt to reach a consensus on this issue,” said this obviously is aimed at Quebec, and pre- dicted that Premier Rene Levesque would reject it. The prime minister said he is prepared to postpone the budget by one week in order to accommodate the pre- .miers' request for a first ministers’ conference in the first week of November. Meanwhile, government should immedi- ately bring in a budget, Op- position Leader Joe Clark sqid today. Nosebleeds cause. student problems Castlegar school board Monday agreed to take a look at installing a humidifier in the new Kinnaird Elemen- tary School after receiving a complaint from a Castlegar parent that his son suffers nosebleeds in the new school. The parent said he feels the school’s electric heating system is the cause of the nosebleeds. Trustee George Anutoo- shkin suggested the board take a reading of the room before installing a humidifier, pointing out that if it needs to be installed, it may have to be put on the air system. The, board referred the problem to the building com- » mittee. But Anutooshkin said later the board should hold back payment from the contrac- tors — Nixon and Browning — until satisfied with the new heating system. Anutooshkin also ques- tioned why a_ humidifier wasn't included in the origin- al school plans. But board chairman Ann Jones said the board can't hold back payment for some- thing not specified in the contract. However, the board will hold back $5,000 for damage to the fun housing which occurred during installation. Payment will be forwarded when the damage has been repaired. the federal the who the overpass, and depending -» on the response, will return to council. Woodland Park residents had petitioned council for the proposed overpass. No race to file papers Prospective area politici- ans are, taking their time filing their nomination pa- pers. it seems everyone is waiting for the last possible moment before Moriday’s noon deadline. Castlegar city has had only two sets of nomination papers turned in — one by behool trustee Doreen Smecher and the other by Mayor Audrey Moore. Board chairman’ Ann Jones’ term is also up this rear. i So far, though, ‘Moore is the only one to have taken papers out for the five council’ seats up for grabs. Other council members whose two-year terms expire this year include aldermen Carl Henne, Charlie Cohoe and Albert Calderbank. Ald. Jim Gouk’s seat must also be filled for the remain- ing one year after his resig- nation. Henne has said he will be running again, though Calderbank at last notice said he wasn't sure. He indicated he would be leaving it until the last minute. Cohoe has decided to bow out of the race this time after one term. Meanwhile, two sets of nomination papers have been taken out at Castl school get boilers back In working order, Heaf start Monday after being d By RON NORMAN Staff > ANGE RSGRE oF Cat oa Kootenay Regiopa “could be looking at ce :firehalls in the new future — one at Pass Creek and the other at Tarrys. The firehalls are part of an overall Area I protection proposal finalized Monday at a regional district advisory . planning commission meet- ing. APC spokesman Fred Bo- jey said Tuesday the fire “We should have’ a com-. plete breakdown as close as_ ‘poenbTa Tor the’ people public meeting,” he said. _ Bojeyssaid the proposal trouble calls for firehalls similar to the new hall-in Robson and equipping them with 1600- gallon capacity fire trucks. He said the firehall in Pass Creek will serve Pass Creek - and Brilliant and include on6: ave; et Gut chare abel so The increased fire Protec: ee will mean homeown: fire truck and a fe th drive “quick response bn The Tarrys hall will serve Thrums, Tarrys, Glade and and be i will goto a public hearing scheduled for 1 p.m. Nov. 1 at Tarrys Hall. Bojey said cost estimates for the two firehalls and equipment have not yet been settled. with one fire truck. Bojey said a quick response unit isn't necessary for the Tarrys hall because the area it cov- ers is flat-enough for a fire truck to make a proper res- © ponse. Board backs plan Castlegar: school board Monday threw its support “behind the p: $1 mil- service has also been ruled out, she said. eae trend is to discon- lion regional brary on the old arena property. “T’'m very mueh in favor of it,” said chairman Ann Jones, after hearing a tinue them.” She said prohibitive costs are a major factor. The ol 1 Library will ee by. about one-third, Depending on the response at the public meeting, the proposal will go to public referendum — though it will not be included in Nov- ember's municipal elections. Hydro sets water ievel B.C. Hydro has decided on a water level for the prop- osed Murphy Creek Dam near Oasis. However, Hydro informa- tion officer Flint Bondurant said Tuesday the level must first go to Hydro's board of to be reviewed by the board of directors first. Hydro has levels: either 1890-feet, Erina feet. or 1410-feet. Meanwhile, a Hydro dele- gation is scheduled to appear Before Castlonar. council directors for approval. .Bon- Ta durant said the board meets Nov. 2'and the reservoir level is supposed to be on the agenda. (Hydro initially tél the has two iles which from the library board's Sally Williams. “I lik¢ the lo cation.” Williams told the board the proposed 10,000-sqare-foot building would last as long as 40 years, “even more.” She said the library board had two. options: either the old arena site or the new community complex. With either of those two sites, the board won't have to pay for land, she noted. Williams said . the board chose the old arena because of its location. “A public library needs to be on the main shopping ar- tery,” she said. And the new community complex is “sim- ply not visibie.” If it was on Columbia Ave. would have placed the new brary there, she added. the board —— cost $100,000 to operate. last year, she said. If the new regional library was to operate a bookmobile it would cost $60,000 a year to operate in addition to a $40,000 purchase price. The $50,000 operating figure is “half again” the new library's estimated budget, she said. “It's a great idea, but it’s just. phenomenally expen- sive.” The school board’s support was for approval in principle for the new library. NOON | _ DOLLAR board — though none had been returned by this morn- ing. i Lavette Nichvalodoff's (Area I, Thrums-Shoreacres) and George Anutooshkin's (Area J, Lower Arrow Lake- Blueberry Creek) terms ex- pire this year. In toa from school trustees, Wil- liams said the library board will not operate a Kinnaird branch if the new library goes ahead. “It would be nice to have both libraries, but it's just too expensive.” In addition, a bookmobile MONTREAL (CP) — dollar ‘in terms of Canadian funds at’noon today was up 1.6 at $1.2055. Pound sterling was down 9-50 at $2.1904. In New York, the Canadian dollar was down 7-50 at $0.8296 and pound sterling was down 9-20 at $1.8170. News it sfrould ay a statement : water level ee red ating system from Hugh Keenleyside Dam. Mayor Audrey Moore told a recent council meeting Hy- dro has assured her it will in- stall fi a capacit K ide Dam if there is crown corporation backed off when it realized the level had further development on the Columbia River. Private bank proposed for BC V. (cP) — Bight Bells Colombia’ bow nee said Teeny, they with a head office in Van- couver. It would deal pri- marily in commercial lending to tothe federal soiamncnant to incorporate a new bank to be known as Western and Pacific Bank of Canada. R Curtis Purden of Vic- toria, for the Jacques A. Seigneuret, for- mer senior vice-president and general manager of the National Bank of Canada in group, said the would be the first was made following comple- tion of a year-long analysis of inking needs in Western Canada. He said the bank, to be privately owned, would have authorized capital of $50 mil- lion and would operate ini- tially in B.C. and Alberta, and chief é officer of the new bank. “B.C. and Alberta in par- ticular have clearly demon- strated they will support a regional bank with strong Western ties,” Seigneuret said.