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The Castlegar Sun

City

DEREK ZEISMAN
Sun Editor

Jt seems the Regional District
of'Central Kootenay just isn't
willing to let sleeping dogs lie —
especially where the redevelop-
ment of the Castlegar Airport is
concerned.

Castlegar City Council exam-
ined a letter from the RDCK at its
regular meeting last Tuesday,
concerning the ongoing transfer

of the airport from federal to
municipal hands.

The tersely-written one-page
letter contained a resolution call
ing for city council to meet with
RDCK officials and community
advisory groups (6 discuss the
airport's future operations on
local land uses.

“How many times are we
going to do this?” asked a visi
bly frustrated Mayor Mike
O'Connor.

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“What's the point? We've
already had 10 meetings with
these guys.”

, The city and the region have
been embroiled in a messy strug-
gle over the future of the Castlegar
airport for most of the past year,

Although the city was the
only organization to come for-
ward with an airport redevelop-
ment plan when the federal
government announced its
intentions to spimoff the facility
last year, the RDCK intervened
with a note of last-moment
opposition — delaying plans for
an official federal-municipal
signing ceremony by more than
a month. The region com-
plained Of-not having been con-
sulted in the initial airport
transfer plans.

The transfer to the city ended
up going ahead as planned, but
not without written protests by

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Wednesday, September 13, 1995

the RDCK, as well as demands
that the region maintain control
over the airport lands, even as
Castlegar continues the process
of taking on responsibility for the
airport facility itself

~The issue here is that the
Regional District wants controt of
the airport lands. And it’s not
going to happen,” said O'Connor.

Castlegar Coun. Bob Pakula
was similarly irritated by the
RDCK’s invitation for further con-
sultations on the airport lands, but
said he wanted to take a more
direct approach in getting the city's
message across to the region.

“If they want a meeting I'm
going to go. I'm not scared to talk
to them,” said Pakula.

Coun Kirk Duff, the city’s
representative at the regional
level, was also unimpressed with
the RDCK’s latest “negotiation”
tactic, pointing out that the matter

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is now pretty much a done deal.

“I'm not prepared to change
council's position on this matter, 1
won't go for it.”

O'Connor made it clear to
council that he was opposed to
any further m« ngs with the
Regional District, until such time
as the RDCK agrees the city has
full control over both the airport
and the land it rests on.

“The meeting they want 1s
redundant,” said-O’ Connor.

“We've told them a hundred
times if we've told them once
We are not changing our position
— we don’t know what we're
going to do with the land, let
alone what restrictions are going
to be put on it (by the federal
government].”

The RDCK's proposal for a
joint meeting was tabled by
Castlegar council to an undecided
future date.

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Narcotics Act

Walter Michael Gleboff has
been found guilty of two offens-
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was sentenced to jail for three

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months. The sentence was hand-
ed down Sept. 6 in Castlegar
Provincial court by Judge Don-
ald Sperry.

Fined

Judge Donald Sperry also
found Brock N. Postill guilty of
an offence under the Narcotics
Act and has ordered the inan to
pay a $1,000 fine and a $200 vic-
tim’s surcharge. Postill has six
months to pay the fine or he will

impaired driving

Marie-Jose Eugeni Schulz has
been found guilty of impaired
driving and has been prohibited

from driving for one year.

Probation

Edward Richard Czechowski
has been found guilty of uttering
threats and has been placed one
one year probation with condi-
tions. Charges of assault causing

bodily harm and obstructing a

face 24 days in jail police officer were stayed.

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Wednesday, September 13, 1995

The Castlegar Sun

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Skateboarders vs. Heritage Society in vandalism dispute

KAREN KERKHOFF
Sun Staff

If you continue to abuse it, you'll lose
it, That was the message sent to local
skaterboarders by city officials at a mect
ing held last week.

The meeting, held in the North Fire
Hall, was called by the city in response
to complaints of vandalism issued by the
Castlegar Heritage Society.

Society members complained that
local skateboarders, who use the adjacent
parking lot for skateboarding, were help-
ing themselves to items belonging to the
society in order to build skate ramps. But

the items being borrowed, but rather the
issue of the items being “trashed”

“An original cedar door was used as a
ramp and was trashed, as well as donated
two-by-fours and borrowed pallets, We
can't afford to replace these items,”
explained Deb McIntosh of the Castlegar
Heritage Society.

Heritage Society volunteer Bob Switzer
told local skater and Youthspeak represen-
tative Matthew Pierce that a picnic table
had also been used as a ramp — rendering
it useless until repairs were made. “It took
one girl half a day to sand and plane it.”

McIntosh suggested to Pierce—who
admitted that the job of cleaning up after

whelming—that a work party be formed.

“It just grew so much. At first I never
thought I needed anybody else’s help
But now I need to get more organized
to get more people to help [with clean-
up),” said Pierce

Mayor Mike O'Connor told Pierce he
has heard several “favorable comments”
from the ity reg: g the suc~
cess of the move of skaters from city
streets to the city parking lot on 13th
Ave. However, O'Connor suggested to
Pierce that he organize skaters to clean
up after themselves and maintain the
parking lot — the only facility which is
even close to meeting the skating needs

“You have

down,” said O

governance.

instead of us having to put our foot
‘Connor.

Castlegar RCMP Staff Sgt. Kerry
Solinsky and Cpl. Al Hudema were also
on hand to emphasize the need for self-

“No one expects you alone to be the
c .” Hudema told Pierce, “You
need to formulate a committee. The Her-
itage Society is a profit
that struggles from day-to-day.”

But Pierce also told those present that
the problems lie not just with skaters, but
with other teens who have little or no stake
in the longevity of a skateboarding area.

to put your foot down, skaters. People are down there partying
too — and they're not skaters.”

City clerk Dianne Hunter suggested to
Pierce that he mobilize skaters by giving
them something active to do, such as
building skating ramps. She said this
might be more readily accepted than hav-
ing him delegate clean-up duties to his
skating companions.

Hunter pointed out that skaters would
B! be p be more iastic about
‘ caring for something in which they have
ownership.

Pierce left the meeting agreeing to mobi-
lize skaters and lobby parents and business-
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Evacuated

A truck carrying 34,000 litres
of propane overturned on the
Waneta Hwy. outside of Trail
Monday morning. Residents
within a one mile radius of
the accident were evacuated.
On scene at the 8 a.m. acci-
dent were the RCMP, the fire
department and Emcon Ser-
vices. The driver was takén
to hospital by ambulance for
treatment of minor services.
Traffic to or from the Waneta
Border and Pend O'reille
area was rerouted to
Columbia Gardens Road via
Fruitvale. Cleanup continued
until late Tuesday evening.

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Police believe that an early
morning accident Sept. 6 was
the result of a driver who fell
asleep at the wheel. Police
say that Robert Rempel, 44,
of Westbank, B.C. lost con-
trol of his 1986 Chevy pick-
up at the intersection of Hwy.
3 and 3A causing it to travel
off the roadway. Damage is
éstimated at $6,000.

Charged

Brian Roberts of Blueberry
(Creek has been charged with
failing to keep right after a
single-vehicle accident Sept.
1. Police say that Roberts
was on Hwy. 22 at the Blue-
berry Creek tumoff when the
accident happened. Damage
has been estimated at $3,000.

investigating

Castlegar RCMP are investi-
gating an accident on Broad-
water Road Sept. 2 in which
Orville McLeod of Castlegar
rolled the 1993 Suzuki hatch-
back he was driving. Damage
is estimated at $8,000.

McIntosh said it wasn't just a matter of

skaters, spectators and loiterers was over-

of local youth.

“It would be easier if it were just

help build a skateboarding ramp.

City of Castlegar hires new director of engineering services

DEREK ZEISMAN

After a five-month vacancy
period, the City of Castlegar now
has itself a new director of engi-
neering services.

Rob Wilson was sworn in at
last Tuesday's city council meet-
ing, taking the official oath of
office before Mayor Mike
O'Connor and local councillors.

He takes over from Barry
Comin, formerly the city’s
superintendent of public
works. Comin’s position was
eliminated last April with the
decision to create a new posi-
tion, titled director of engi-
neering services.

Changes in the new position’s

Rob Wilson

job description called for it to be
filled by a professional engineer
with a degree and pertinent work
experience, After a detailed
search process, it seems the city
has now found its man.

The 31-year-old Wilson, who
received his bachelor’s degree
in civil engineering from the
University of British Columbia
in 1987, was employed as an
engineer with the City of Van-
couver from 1987 to 1992, han-
dling street and sewer design
and construction.

After his five-year work stint
on the coast, he moved to Ver-
non to work as the city’s munic-
ipal design engineer, overseeing
the development of new subdivi-

in that fast-growing community.
Wilson, who started his new

the city staff to tackle those
issues successfully.”

“We want to promote development
in this area ... the key to making it all work
is good Infrastructure.”

— ROB WILSON

Director of engineering services, City of Castlegar

Castlegar job the same day as his
swearing-in, said he is looking
forward to tackling the challenges
waiting for him in the city.
“Castlegar is going to be
facing a lot of issues in the
next couple of years. I’m look-
ing forward to working with all

Wilson said he will be making
municipal infrastructure improve-

ment one of the top priorities of
his new job.

“We want to promote develop-
ment in this area. There's certain-
ly a lot already pending, but the
key to making it all work is good

Wilson — who is new to the
Kootenays, having grown up on
Vancouver Island— is now in the
final phases of receiving his mas-
ter's degree in civil engineering
from UBC.

He is married with three young
children.

NOTICE

KAREN K OFF

Sun Staff

Castlegar resident Jinn Dah}
would like to think that the two
kittens now residing in his
home weren't thrown off the
Robson-Castlegar bridge.

But he doesn’t know quite
what to think these days.

A few weeks ago while
strolling across the bridge,
Dahl thought he heard a kitten
crying. But because it was get-
ting dark, it was hard for him to
figure out exactly where the
cries were coming from.

At first he thought the kitten
might be on one of the bridge
girders. But with nightfall
quickly approaching, there was
Hittle he could do.

"The following evening
while watching TV in his Ist
St. home, Dah! thought he
heard the meows again. This

Armed with a can of cat
food, Dahi set out to rescue the
kitten by canoc.

“My friend watched out for

“he said.

Bonnie and Clyde live
to see another day

When Daht arrived at the
island he was to find

es, but I brought food. And
they jumped right into that
food.”

Dahl brought the two furry
felines home for safe-keeping.
He i he believes they are
brother and sister.

Dah! said he’s not certain if
he'll hold on to his new family
additions, although ‘he’s bought
kitty liter and food for them
and has even bestowed the
dubious names Bonnie and
Clyde upon them.

“I don’t know if I'm going
to be able to keep them or not,”
said Dahl. “But the more I look
at them...”

Even now the thought that
the two kittens might have
been intentionally discarded
like unwanted garbage both-
ers Dahl,

“F don’t know how they got

how the kittens found their
way to the island remains
unanswered, the two have at
least been rescued from a cer-
fain death.

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Everyone who has trouble hearing is welcome to have a test. Modern
electronic equipment will be used to determine if you have a correctable loss.
Everyone should have a hearing test at least once a year if there is any
trouble at all hearing clearly. Most hearing problems gradually get

worse. An annual test will help you keep track of a progressive loss. No
hearing problem of any consequence should ever be ignored.

Building sale
complete

The Eremenko building
in downtown Castlegar has
been sold. Listed by RHC
Realty, three sealed bids
were presented to Judge
Cooper in Nelson Monday
afternoon

‘The $337,700 bid submit-
ted by the McLaren consor-
tium of Nelson was the
successful submission.

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Castlegar RCMP are investi-
gating a two-vehicle accident on
Frank Beinder Way Sept. 9 in
which Michael Lebedow, 18,
was sideswiped while being
overtaken by a vehicle driven by

a youth.

Lebedow was then forced off
the road by another vehicle caus-
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come to rest in a ditch.

There were no injuries in the
accident. However, damage to
the vehicles was estimated at
more than $3,000.

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PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that a Public hearing will be held on:

Date: Tuesday, September 19, 1995

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Place: City Council Chambers

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1810 8th Avenue

Castlegar, BC
in order to afford all persons who believe that their interest in property is
affected by the following amendment to Zoning Bylaw 553 an
opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting
matters contained in this amendment.
Bylaw 718
The intent of this bylaw is to:

« amend Schedule "A", being the zoning map, by changing the
zoning designation of Lot 15, District Lots 12353 and 13093, Kootenay
District, Plan 15535 (4600 14th Avenue) from M3 (Specialized
ial) to Mé (Specialized Industrial);

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Windows - Level 1: This course is designed for new users of Windows software and
introduces the basic Windows screens and functions. Tues. & Thurs, Sept. 26 - Oct. 5,
6:30 - 9:30 pm. (4 sessions) $84. Castlegar campus.

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Heartsaver (formerty CPR “A”): Adult CPR techniques. Wed., Sept. 27, 6:30 - 10 pm.

Developing Capable People: Training for teaching assistants, childcare workers, school
counsellors, parents and other adults who are in a position to influence the lives of children
and teens. This program has been developed by internationally acclaimed family
psychologist Stephen Glenn. The program consists of nine 3 hour sessions. Wed., Sept.
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license, This course consists of three hours of theory which includes, defensive driving
techniques, rules and regulations of the roadway, observation pattems, and three $5 minute
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A copy of the above bylaw and relevant background documents are
available for inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from September 6 to 19,
1995 inclusive, at City Hall, 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar.

For further information concerning this matter you may contact the
Director of Development Services or City Clerk at 365-7227

Dated at Castlegar, B.C. this 6th day of September, 1995

Dianne Hunter
City Clerk