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WEDNESDAY cAsnews 12 Noon Tuesday SATURDAY CASNEWS 12 Noon Thursday Classified Display Ads Deadline —_—_——— FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Pea 9 apie pnt or Open 9:20-5:30 Tues. to Sot.” “Boxed Ads” WEDNESDAY CASNEWS 11 a.m: Tuesday SATURDAY CASNEWS 11 a.m, Thursday ORDER BY MAIL Print your Action Ad on o seporate piece of paper and mail to Action Ads. Box 3007 Castleger, B.C. VIN 3H4 The a News reserves the right to. clossity ods under ap- propriate headings and to determine page location Castlégar New an Premier Bill Vander Zalm brightened Castlegar's prospects of developing a 28-hectare (70 acre) riverfront park by presenting the city with a GO B.C. cheque for $200,000 on Monday. The premier made the presen- tation to Mayor Audrey Moore in council chambers crowded with aldermen, city staff, residen- ts and local and provincial media shortly before he returned to Vancouver. City council unveiled its plans for the park last week. The Proposed park stretches between Inland Gas Park and Zuckerberg Island along the Columbia River and may include a lake, soccer and ball fields, docking facilities for boats, a visitors’ centre, am- Premier Bill haope Zalm dons the fire chiet's shortly hice the headgear fire commnlesion @ cheque fo $90,000 towards the construction of irehall. phitheatre and interpretive cen Moore didn’t get a chance to tre. go over the specifics of the park, “It gives me great pleasure to tentatively called Twin Rivers accompany Howard (Dirks, Park, with Vander Zalm because provincial secretary) and Walter of time restrictions, but the Stories and photos by Donna Zuber (Siemens, Socred candidate in Rossland-Trail) to participate in this presentation because you've fought long and hard,”’ Vander Zalm said. ‘‘Howard’s been, put- ting a lot of pressure on the right people and finally lotteries came up with a contribution towards the purchase of those lands in order to see this park established.”” premier did take a look at an ar- tist’s conception of the park. “When Castlegar becomes one of the major cities in B.C. then people will come to appreciate all the more what’s been done today because the park will become far more important naturally as ur- ban development continues to take place,’’ Vander Zalm: said. Vander Zalm upbeat on one-day visit Premier doles out $200,000 to city for riverfront park Mayor Audrey Moore (right) presents Premier Bill Vander Zalm with a handmade gift at city hall Monday while his wife, Lillian, looks on. ‘8 B.C. plugged as ‘best’ province A luncheon hosted by the Trail Rotary Club and local chambers of commerce Monday gave Premier Bill Vander Zalm a@ chance to get a head start on the campaign trail with around 200 people in atten 9 hear his mostly upbeat views on the and his "s peck exports more than 40 pér cent to the Pacific Rim. As well, B.C. is the largest exporting province — double the ni nal average — to Europe, he said. “*Similarly, we've fiscally outperformed every province in the country,” he said, adding that the has had a balanced budget for two The juncheon was one of several stops on the premier’s itinerary during his trip to the area, which included stops in Castlegar, Trail and Montrose. His wife, Lillian, joined him on the trip. Vander Zalm set the tone for his speech during the luncheon with the message ‘‘up your attitude.’” He adopted the slogan from a T-shirt given him by KBS radio following an apen-line program earlier in the day. “That's really a great slogan,”’ he said. “Up your attitude — and that’s what life ought to be about.” On that note, Vander Zalm plugged the province for being the '*best’’ in the country, crediting his government for tal initiatives other governments wouldn't ‘‘dare to do. However, he did admit that ‘‘we have problems,”’ referring to his meeting earlier Monday with officials at Cominco where he learned about the smelter's financial difficulties resulting from high water taxes and low metal prices. “It's up to us, the governments, to work out these problems,” he said, adding he would take Cominco’s concerns back to Victoria. “We need good healthy industry, we need lots of industry and we need a diversity of industry.”” Vander Zalm said his government has lived up to its commitment made four or five years ago to turn the economy around, attract new industry and expand existing industry, and it has resulted in an that is ** and attractive to business and industry. — Putting an emphasis on exporting to Pacific Rim countries and Europe and away from U.S. markets has particularly helped the province, he said. Ooti He B.C.’s now-diversified export markets with Canada as a whole, saying Canada is 85 per cent dependent on U.S. exports while B.C. now consecutive years. “We've seen the growth, we’ve seen the expansion, we've seen the new business, and by and large we've prospered better than any other place in the country,”’ he said. ‘‘We’ve come to be number one.”’ Vander Zalm was quick to point out weaknesses in other provinces, particularly Ontario which he said is ‘‘now suffering’’ from poor fiscal management during better economic times. Ontario voters elected an NDP government for the first time last fall However, the premier did acknowledge that British Columbia is affected by the rest of Canada and the rest of the world but has legislation in place to address problems before they become critical rather than after the fact. Vander Zalm cited the Job Protection Act, the Fair Compensation Act, the Taxpayers’ Protection Plan and a freeze on taxes as examples ‘‘which further sets the stage to keep this province number one in the country."” The Fair Compensation Act identifies the taxpayers’ ability to pay and the taxpayers’ Protection plan prevents the government from spending beyond the growth of the economy and forces it, by law, to balance its budget over five years. ““The growth of the economy determines the limit we can go during that budgeting process when Preparing the budget for that particular year,"’ he said. “*That’s a very courageous approach in my view.”” Finally, all tax rates have been frozen for three years with a review at the end of that three years, he said **We're saying to industry, we'll provide that Predictability, we intend to keep this province Prosperous."’ Fire hall gets $90,000 The Ootischenia Fire Protection Commission is now $90,000 closer to getting its fire hall built after Premier Bill Vander Zalm presented commission chairman Larry Bosse and acting fire chief Bill Hadikin with a cheque on Monday. The funds from GO B.C. were presented to the commission during the premier’s one-day visit which included stops in Castlegar, Trail and Montrose “They’ve long worked to establish a fire hall and it’s now our pleasure to submit to you a cheque for $90,000 towards your very worthwhile project,”” Vander Zalm said. Hadikin credited Bosse for spearheading the effort to establish fire protection services in Ootischenia. “*(Bosse) is the chairman of the commission and actually got most of the ball rolling,"’ Hadikin said. “He's worked very hard, extremely hard in the last couple years. We wouldn’t have this without this cheque and Larry.”* But in an interview later with the Castlegar News, Bosse was quick to share the credit with Ken Wyllie, Area J director of the Regional District of Central Kootenay, the regional district as a whole and several others who have helped with the project along the way The $90,000 grant will pay for half of the estimated $180,000 cost of the fire hall. Bosse said he hopes construction can begin “within 10 days.’’ He said it should take about 2 months to complete the main floor Most of the major equipment has already been purchased, he said. Location of Castlegar-Robson bridge now up to ministry By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer Residents of Castlegar and Robson gave the Ministry of Transportation and Highways a lot to think about last night during a mecting held to gather public input on the ministry's proposals for a bridge connecting the two communities. The meeting followed a three-hour open house at the Fireside Inn, The ministry also held an open house basi week in Brilliant. Opening | night’s meeting were ministry Charges laid against Celgar has chosen following studies conduc- toa last yéar, and to discuss possible representatives opposing the location because 10 to ed homes would be to related Barcham said. However, very little attention was paid ( any. sites other than Site No. 1 which garnered the most attention from both supporters and opponents. Editorial, page A4 A bridge at Site No. 1 would cross close to the existing train bridge and while it would be one of the least ex. pensive of the five proposals — an estimated $17.9 million — studies show it would have the most conflic- Dave Syivest, @ resident of ist Street in Castlegar, presented « Petition of 85 names to the ministry Sylvest was ‘backed by several other ji di Frank to start on the Robson side at the same point but end closer to the old ferry site on the Castlegar side. Wyllie, Area J director of the District of Central Harvey who said he has lived on Ist Street for 30 years and hasn't the “slightest interest in a new home.”’ Judy Pachon also opposed Site No. | but for different reasons. She lives on Columbia Avenue near Ist Street anc said all the traffic coming off the bridge on the Casticgar side at Site No. 1 would disturb the neighborhood even more than it does now. “You name it, we have it already going dowe that street,’* she said. . Site phoned 1 received just when Kootenay and a long-time Robson resident, said Site No. 1 is ““preferabie’’ for Robson residents because it gets the truck traffic off Broadwater Road sooner than. the other sites. As well, a revised sitc would ‘ the di it By CasNews Staff The B.C. — Environment Ministry has laid charges against Celgar Pulp Co. and H.A Simons Ltd. following an in vestigation into. the alleged Management Act and one count under the Fisheries Act, the ministry said The maximum fine under the Waste Management Act is $1 million for each count while the of ef fluent into the Columbia River near Castlegar on April 23, 1990. Celgar has been charged with six counts under the Waste M Act and one count traffic patterns between Castlegar and Robson,” he said He “acknowledged. Site No. | Would Rave the greatest impact on ‘Castlegar, and urged the minisiry to Choose @ site with as tittle impact on @5 possible, which he said his would Xen Wl Miia oheing he se under the federal Fisheries Act, the ministry said in a news release H A. Simons of Vancouver, a contractor employed by Celgar at the time of the alleged incident, has also been charged with three counts under the Waste fine for each count under the Fisheries Act is $5,000. The Environment Ministry did not specify in the release what the alleged discharge of effluent con- tained. Spokesmen for the Con- servation Officer Service in Castlegar, which laid the charges March 15, were not available for comment today. The first court appearance on all charges is scheduled tor April 1S in provincial court in Castlegar Pleese tee