ER test om Castlegar News Moy 2,190 B.C. Briefs Ferry service Idunched NANAIMO (CP) — The B.C, Ferry Corp. has launched a new ferry service between N on V Island and T: on the mainland. A labor dispute that could have scuttled the first sailing of the a Island Express failed to ialize. Ship’s had strike to protest arbitrarily imposed 10-hour shifts. But talks between the corporation and the B.C. Ferry and Marine ‘Workers Union ironed things out. The Queen of Alberni left Nanaimo on schedule at 5:30 a.m. PDT Tuesday for the hy sailing to T: , the ferry said. island from Tsawwassen south of Vancouver to Swartz Bay near Vic- toria and from Horseshoe Bay north of Vancouver to Nanaimo. University opening-delayed PRINCE GEORGE (CP) — The University of Northern’ British Columbia won’t register its first students until September 1992, one year later than predicted, a spokesman says. 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With all polls counted, the final results showed 1,605 voters cast ‘‘no’” ballots while just 167 voted in favor of the referendum which would have raised school taxes in the district to hire additional teaching staff for the new program. Voter turnout in averaged 23 per cent. Castlegar school board chairman the district Gordon Turner said the message is clear. “It’s absolutely clear that the people of the community have simply said no more money for education from this community,’’ he told the Castlegar News last night after the final tally was in. ‘‘You couldn't have it any stronger or clearer than 90. per cent no,"" . Turner said the board's next step is to “‘sit back and relax for awhile”’ and perhaps lobby the Ministry of Education to allow boards to use some_of the money allocated inthe new program for materials and sup- plies to pay for staff to help im- plement the primary program Cunzecd cows LEGISLATIVE FARL. TAMENT VICTORIA B. VEV~ 1X4 FE LIBRARY BLD Vol. 43, No. 36 75 Cents He added that it’s unlikely the Castlegar school board will ever go to 4 referendum again unless it’s to raise money to save existing programs. In Castlegar, 975 people voted against the referendum while 82 were in favor, In Area 1; which included polls in Pass Creek, Tarrys and Shoreacres, 259 voters opposed the referendum and 38 cast yes votes. In Area J, which included polls in Blueberry Creek, Ootischenia and Robson, 371 cast no votes while 47 voted in favor of the referendum. If , the would } $1,000 of assessed value... —~ Minister of Education Tény Brummet earlier this year announced school boards will no longer prepare their budgets and submit requests for funding to the ministry, nor will they have the powet to tax local homeowners to raise additional fun- Boards will receive a set amount of money, called a block, based on the number of students in the district. Any money the board wants above that amount it must raise by going to a to ask district residents have raised homeowners’ school taxes this year approximately $1 for every RSSu Za y SS wastléga to approve a hike in their education tax. AG 22 12 33 295 3 289 H-O Pz Pass Creek 18 58 85 18 13 21 HOW WE VOTED CASTLEGAR Shoreacres 6 AREA J Blueberry Ootischenia Creek 90 TOTAL Courtesy reve Casth Tota Area | Total 38 259 Robson Area J Total 16 47 160 371 r News CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1990 WEATHERCAST Today: Cloudy with scattered showers. Chance of afternoon thundershowers. Gusty winds Highs from 17°20". Monday Cloudy with scgttered showers Probability of precipitation is 50 per cent today and Monday e 3 Sections (A. 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There was one spoiled ballot. After the vote, Conroy called-for unity to-allow the party to fight the ~-next- election, which some-anticipate may be announced soon. “Quite frankly, I wouldn’t mind that,’’ Conroy said, referring to the possibility of an election in the near future. He told reporters he and his campaign workers are in good shape to fight an election having just com- pleted the successful bid for the Rossland-Trail nomination. D’Arcy, who has represented Rossland-Trail in the B.C. legislature for 18 years noted ‘‘it was Sencstuds may ease By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI . Staff Writer People concerned over the estimated increase in acid-rain producing sulphur dioxide emissions from the Celgar Pulp Co. mill in Castlegar if the proposed expansion and environmental cleanup project is completed may have their fears allayed by the second report Celgar has been asked to prepare on the ex- pansion plans, pulp mill general manager Jim Browne said. The first impact assessment report estimated sulphur dioxide emissions will increase 37 times over the present emission levels. That figure represents a worst-case scenario and was deter- mined before Celgar decided what equipment it would install during the modernization, Browne told the Castlegar News following a Chamber of Commerce luncheon Thursday. People who attended the luncheon were given an overview of the Celgar project by executives of H.A. Simons Ltd., the industrial consulting firm that designed the proposed Celgar ex- pansion. Celgar has chosen a boiler system that will burn: much of the solids produced in the pulping process that contain sulphur compounds, Browne sid If Celgar finds the sulphur-dioxide emissions are reaching the worst-case levels, the company will put into use the boiler’s capacity to burn the solids at a much higher temperature, cutting back on the sulphur dioxide emissions, Browne explained. Two other mills in the world are already using this method and one has reduced its sulphur dioxide emissions by 90 per cent, he added Celgar’s initial report stated the sulphur dioxide emissions would in- MP says keep rail line By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer The expected increased volume of traffic hauling wood chips to the Celgar pulp mill in Castlegar if the proposed expansion project goes ahead should be travelling on the Midway-to-Castlegar CP Rail line rather than on the highways, Kootenay West-Revelstoke MP Lyle Kristiansen says. “These chips should be Off our public highways and are a vast poten- tial source of revenue for a well-run branch ling,’’ the New Democrat MP told the National Transportation Agency which has been asked by CP Rail to reconsider CP’s 1987 ap- plication to abandon the branch line. “‘It is with a mood of outrage that | intervene in this application,” Kristiansen said in a formal brief to the NTA. “Having fought CPR’s abandonments in the past, | know well — as do the people of the Kootenay West and Boundary regions — that the CPR has not encouraged continued viable cargo rail service on the Midway leg or, for that matter, on so many other now-abandoned bran ch lines before it.” A total of 19,000 loaded chip trucks will be heading for Celgar from the Grand Forks area annually after the expansion, which means 38,000 truck movements per year back and forth between the two cities, a news release from Kristiansen’s office says. continued on page A? fears crease 37 times over current levels to allow the mill to reduce its emissions of another causes the familiar foul odor However, the amount of sulphur in sulphur dioxide is less than the amount of sulphur in the odor- causing compound and therefore less sulphur will be emitted overall, the report said. The new boiler system will allow for recycling of the chemicals used in the pulping process, regeneration of the large quantities of water used by the mill and generation of electricity through the burning of the solid wastes, said Wally MacKay, technical director with H.A. Simons. The burning process, along with the burning of other wastes and hog fuel, will allow Celgar to be energy self. sufficient, although the company will continue to buy some electricity, MacKay said at the luncheon. The new system will allow Celgar to use much less water to produce twice as much pulp, he said. Less effluent will be released into the Columbia River from the new mill and what is released will be less toxic because of changes to the pulp-making process inside the mill, MacKay added continued on page A2 pulp-mill clear the mood of the hall’’ before the vote and said ‘the party members spoke decisively.” The delegates had their minds made up_and_were not likely_persuaded-by campaign literature or speeches before the vote, he added D’Arcy said he will continue to work for the people of the area for as tong as he is MLA “‘It-is my duty to the public and-my duty to the party,’’ he said. D’Arcy will continue to represent the riding until an election is called. The_veteran politician shook-hands with his successor after the results were announced and both men_said they will work together to see that the Social Credit party is defeated in the riding. During speeches before the ballots were cast, D’Arcy told the delegates the vote was not about personalities but about how the New Democratic Party will be viewed by the local elec- torate when an election is called. “The legislature will be sitting on Monday and someone needs to be there to speak credibly for the riding” on issues such as taxation of B.C Hydro properties and social services, he said. Premier Bill Vander’ Zalm and other MLAs in B.C. are interested in the decision made in Rossland-Trail, D'Arcy added. Conroy, who is vice-chairman of the Castlegar school board, told the delegates the biggest issue the party faces is how to “reconcile environ- mental protection” with economic Prosperity.”* “The future is up to us,"’ he said “We must act collectively to effect constructive, positive change."’ The environment—and the economy of the area were both debated during the campaign, par. ticularly over the issue of the proposed Celgar Pulp Co. expansion and modernization. Conroy wants public Kéarings-on the issue and says the major project review process Celgar. is undergoing should take as long as necessary to address all the concerns raised over the project. D'Arcy has maintained the expan- sion should be approved as quickly as possible so Celgar can begin clearing up its air and water emission. Con cerns about possible impacts from the expansion could be dealt with while the modernization is being carried out, he said. By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer Plans are underway to form a joint federal-provincial panel to carry on the review of Celgar Pulp Co.'s expansion plans, a federal official said Friday Paul Scott, deputy regional director of the federal environ- mental _assessment_review_office, told the Castlegar News the move will allow Celgar to meet the en vironmental requirements of both levels of government and possibily speed up the review process. “We're getting véty close’’ to deciding how such a joint panel would be set up and recommen dations may be ready to submit to the federal and provincial ministries of the environment in a week or two, he said in an inter view from Vancouver Such a joint panel, which would be set up specifically to oversee the Celgar review, could speed up the review process because Celgar would be meeting the environmen tal requirements of both levels of government at the same time, Joint review panel in works Scott said. Similar joiifi panels have been set up for other. in dustrial reviews in B.C. and other provinces, he added The requirements Celgar has been asked to meet, included in the terms of reference for a second impact assessment the company has been asked to write for the provincial committee currently conducting Celgar’s' teview, should not change if the joint panel is established, Scott said Scott was one of a number of federal officials a West Kootenay delegation met with in, Vancouver on Thursday. The delegation, in cluding’ Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore, Trail Mayor Marc Mar colin, Warfield Mayor Bill Trewhella and Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy, told the federal representatives the Celgar expansion project. must not be delayed any longer than necessary, said Richard Mad docks, executive director of the Castlegar and District’ Develop: ment Board. Man of the 90s Ben Dillen is Cas- tlegar's Man of the 90s. Photo... 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