taglatstive Library,

vin

’

’ Parliament Bldgs., 50L Belleville st :
Victoria, B. Ce

VBV 1X4

Published Bright and Early Every Thursday Morning at:

<NEWS

“The Crossroads of the Kootenays”

Ly ghey
NGF]

diy

- 80 Cents

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SHUREDAY, ‘FEBRUARY 1, 1979

bial

Three Sections (A,B&C)

RDCK R

Bight Sons of: Freedom
sect members charged with
attempted arson have had their
trial date changed from March
1 to March 26.

The four men and four |

women will remain in custody
at the‘Lower Mainland Cor-
rectiona! Centre for the addi-
tional three weeks, :

, One. of the cight, Mary
Braun, will also be tried March
26.on a separate count of
attempted arson for allegedly
trying to burn down an office
building last Nov. 26, adjacent

to the home of Stephan Soro- i

Kin, leader of. the ‘R

ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION to the Castlegar and District’
Public Library Association 1979 executive Menda wore, left

to right, Roy Ward, Marlene Good, Al Lea
Knutson, Sally Willams, Allen Selb!

Ommundsen. Also elected

itt, Lorene
and Art
but .not

Boyd a i
pletured was John

. Breckenridg Expansion of {he 117 Pine St. branch was cited

at.M eneral meeti

a top priority. for the

association this year. (See story

stow.)
'—CasNewsFoto by Ryon Gueries

Doukhobor sect. (See earlier
story on page BI.)

Promised

7 1@ brick or some such part of the through public subscription, he’ proposed site of a 115-room, prehensive commercial — in a ed in coming into a develo, f
At least one bidder for the St. branch will bea top priority lower floor as well,” he said. —_ expansio said, the city would be required , $2.7 million to $3.1 million hotel meeting Monday night. ment that would create prob H
Castlegar Airport management . for the Castlegar and District He cited the difficulty of Ex plshning later the asso- go to public Hearing, the presi-

contract with the federal trans-
port ministry has promised to
retain present airport employ-
ees. 5S

Michael Nasmyth of Nel-
son, a partner in Adastra
“ Aviation — which operates: a
flying school, . charter service
and fuel concession at the
sirporty+ this owevk=said-his +
firm will’ provide: high-quality
service, maintenance and man-
agement ‘standards’ if “it-:is -
awarded™-the ‘contract. after
tenders close next Friday.

Nasmyth said airport man-
ager John Michelson ‘would
remain in his present position
and other airport personnel
would be added to Adastra's
present eight-man operation.

He disagreed with Koote-
nay West MP Bob Brisco's
statements last week that the
private operation of the airport
would mean large cost in-
creases, poor fire . protection

* and potentially dangerous run-
way conditions,

Tenders were called early
‘last. month for operation of
Castlegar Airport after the city
announced its plan to withdraw
from the airport function March
31 after operating the facility
‘for about two years. Nasmyth
said only five parties out of 18
which had taken out tender .
forms showed up at a recent
ministry briefing on the airport.

Castlegar RCMP were call-
ed to the home of Alex Popoff,
adjacent to the Ootischenia

Expansion of its 117 Pine

Public Library Association in
1979, chairman Allen. Selbie
said Monday.

* In his year-end report for
1978, Selbie told -association
members the branch “appears
to be the logical place to ex-
pand” because its demands for
“space seem ito be greatest and
the ‘existing i

One intent,

be partic ip:

Additional Space Needed for Pine Street. Branch

Expansion i is the Goal for 1979

some 20 feet and extend the

finding the necessary financial
assistance necessary for, the
expansion as a major obstacle
to the project.

“The grants from govern-
ments keep changing but-we
hope to solve the problem this

coming year,” Selbie said. “Part _

of the funds will be solicited

i from the seneral public through

‘by “purchasing” a.

ciation’s difficulties in securing
funds for the project, expected
to cost $50,000 to $55,000, the
chairman ‘told - the Castlegar
News the association is “more
or less at the mercy of the city.”

A provincial grant. for
which the city would be re-

quired to apply - would only’.
over, one-third of the cost, he:

hopes tor

"Seeks: Liftin ng. of Larid ‘Freeze

3” raise some" “funds” *°

lo pay the remaining amount.

Another source of funds
being considered by the asso-
ciation is the Koerner Foun-
dation, which makes “once-in-a-
lifetime” grants for: projects of
that nature, Selbie said.

He said the. association,
is “desperately in need”

“year .: one Y

- Board Backs Area I Thaw Bid _

CasNews Staft
“The Regional District of
Central Kootenay will ask the
B.C. Land Commission for ex-
clusion of all 108.3 square kilo-

metres of ‘Area I from the

agricultural land reserve.
RDCK directors approved

director John Moran's motion

Saturday to’seek- release of the .

Veitch Reply to -City
Draws New Protest

The B.C. travel ministry
drew further criticism from city
council last week for minister
Elwood Veitch’s statement that

“he did not plan ‘to correct a ~

travel film on Highway 3 which
omitted the West Kootenays.
In response to Veitch's-
Jan. 16 letter saying he could
not justify the estimated $6,000
cost of including references to
the West Kootenays in Valley
of a Thousand Peaks, council
members supported a parks

and

electoral area, which includes
Shoreacres, Tarrys, Glade,
Thrums, Brilliant and Pass
Creek, following his report that
_ out of 51 residents attending a
Jan. 15 public hearing none
opposed lifting the land freeze.

Moran told the board the
application for release of the
entire electoral area from the
ALR was necessary because of
the high cost of processing

commendation that pi Fepeat
their concern to the minister
about the omission, .

The minister, responding
to the city's original Jan. 3
letter stating council's concern
over the error in the film's map
showing’ highway accesses to
the southern Canadian Rockies,
noted that the location map
portion is only from seven to 12
seconds long,

More on Page Al0

s from | the
area.

“We find we are receiving
applications every board meet-
ing for removal of land in Areal
from the ALR,” he said. “And
in most cases (the B.C. Land
Commission) refuses the first
application and then they'll
turn around and take the
second application, which in-

nation of the land,’ which is
costing this board money.”

He added that Area~ I
residents whose property is
included in the land freeze are
being taxed for improved land
“while they can't do a thing
with their land.”

More on Page Al0*

otischenia

Saturday.

He said the’ majority re-
quired under the Municipal Act
for the rezoning decision — one
of the points disputed by the
board early last month in‘two
hours of debate over the appli-
cation — is “50 per cent plus
one” rather than the two-thirds
majority. board chairman

sary at. the board's Jan. 6
‘meeting. :

Municipal -affairs ministry
officials, responding to a re-

City council’s planning
committee will. recommend a
rezoning ‘application for“ the

dent of the hotel chain Sand-
‘man Inns Ltd. said this week,

Contacted Tuesday after-
noon in Vancouver, Bob Gag-
lardi said he had learned the
committee decided to make.the
recommendation on the prop-
erty — three lots’on the 300
block Seventh Avenue South

George MacNeill ruled neces- .

By RYON GUEDES
CasNews Editor

queat for, clarification on the
Act's requirements for such’a
decision, told the RDCK that
under Section 778, Sutisection 2
of the legislation, only a simple
majority was needed in a vote
to adopt or amend a regulatory
bylaw such as a rezoning bylaw,
Henderson said.

Area, J director Martin
Vanderpo) stressed that .the
decision, upholding reeommen-
dations of both the Area J

Ltd, has an option to buy
subject to their rezoning from
single-family residential to com-

Gaglardi, who is also presi-
dent. of Northland Properties,
said the Seventh Avenue South
property was one of two sites
originally considered for the
development. The cther, on
Meadowbrook Road, drew
heavy.’ opposition; from_ neigh-
‘poring. residents while. prob-

rose.wil

ejects Hipwell Rezoning Proposal

Local realtor ih Hipwell's proposed commercial development of 9. 2 2 acres ‘in
Ootischenia finally met rejection by Central Kootenay directors In a closed meeting

The regional district board decided to turn down Hipwaeil's. application for
rezoning of the property from “developing urban" to “‘commercial’’ use "until a
“subregional plan of the district of Area J has been completed, at least Insofar as the
Section on Ootischenia Is concerned.”

RDCK administrator Reid Henderson told the Castlegar. News Monday that an “overwhelming”
majority of the 20 directors on the board supported the Miotinn to reject the application,

Advisory Planning commission
and the RDCK ‘technical plan-
ning committee, did not repre-
sent opposition to Progress in
the area.

“First of all let us establish
what is progress,” Vanderpol
said,

He noted that the overall
plan for the Arrow Lakes sub-
region, which includes Area J, -
will be ready in rough draft

More on Page AlQ

Public | Hearing Expected

ministry over a proposed access,
to the highway, he said. _ :
“We're not really interest-

lems,” he said. “We felt this:
property (on Seventh Avenue’
South) would already:be more
conducive to a hotel.” -

He noted another hotel.
was under construction across :
the street from the site of his‘
company’s proposed hotel,

: , Depending on whether the -
city approves - the rezoning,
=More o on Page Al0:

nshee Owners Planning

‘Another Application to City

After city council's re-
jection last week of their
application to rezone 8.9 acres
of property from rural to resj-
dential use, the principal own-
ers of Banshee Development
are planning another applica-
tion in the near future.

Ald. Jim Gouk, president

of Banshee and the centré of
the controversy over the un-
successful rezoning bid, will
apply for a three-acre subdivi-

. sion from the 8.9-acre parcel.

He said approval of the
subdivision would the
principals “some flexibility” to
sell, develop or build on -a
Portion of the land,

Fire Protection Expenditures.
To be Presented. Wednesday

Robson area taxpayers will
.examine Wednesday recom-
mended major expenditures for
their new volunteer ‘fire de-
partment, a  srckesmat for the

Cliffe Churches told the
Castlegar News the committee
will present its recommenda-
tions both on equipment ex-
ible and land and build.

volves some board member
running out to make an exami-

fire
protection stsevinig committee
reported this week.

No Government Funds Available for Proposed Counselling Service

dogs had caught it a anntiog

week,

abuse and alcoholism counsel-

number of organizations and

Bad News for Problem Drinkers

based Access, which also serves

to.
Ts 30 p.m. at Robson Hall.

He said the committee =
although the residents of the
area from the Hugh Keenley-
side Dam to Brilliant Elemen-
tary Schoo! voted Nov. 18 to
spend up to 15 tax’ mills on fire
protection —.is required to
apply to the Regional District

Churches said. “Because now
we're going to spend the money
they've approved.”

He said the committee,
which had earlier been .con-
cerned about the apparent lack
of available land for the planned
fire hall, had found two sites
and was prepared to recom-
mend the use of one of them.
Other details on expenditures
have yet to be finalized by the
committee, he said.

Commenting on council's
decision to refuse the original,
rezoning application, Gouk said
he and the other Banshee
principals were “disappointed
not so much in the decision but
in the way it was made.”

He said he was “attacked
personally” for: his interest in
the application at the Jan. 11
» public hearing on the proposed
rezoning and the application
itself. was turned: down last
Tuesday because of the report- ©
ed absence of a development
drawing which was found the-
next morning in city files.

“That doesn't alter the fact
that it’s turned down and we
can't reapply for a year in the
same application,” Gouk said. .
“Even as a member of council I
think the power that allows it
to reject an application without

giving any reason and to not

give an applicant an oppor-
tunity for appeal or reappli:
cation for a year is awesome.”

Gouk said the drawing
planning committee member

The meeting iy
will also elect for two and

Ald, Len Ei ibed asa
“rough eae with insufficient

1: bs +, 5

i dump, at ‘11 p.m. Saturday The provincial government Ald. Bud report- ling or on Access, told individuals in the Castlegar of Central Kootenay for a three-year.terms the member- inforenalion: os the Propoced

i because a cougar had gotten has the money to spend ona ing on a Jan. 17 meeting council the prospects for se- area had indicated there was a further referendum on each of ship of the Robson and District resent ona seh Ay ly a
— | into the basement. fulltime between ofthe curing the estimated $34,000 need for such a service, pro- the two expenditures, Fire Department Committee, _ photostat o he detailer an

H service in Castlegar, but not committee, CanCel, the Inter. needed annually for the service _vincial government spokesmen “We want to really em- © Churches said. The veyor's map with the

t The cougar hadapparently the imagination to spend‘it, a -national Woodworkers of from the government were have told the city all the money _ phasize the importance of J with a total membership of application.

H broken through a winder ed member of city council's health America, the Kootenay Alco- poor. available for such purposes was _ ple getting out to this meeting,” More on Page A2 More on Page A2

i get into the and welfar saidlast holism Society and the drug Godderis said although a being used up by the Nelson-

i

disposed of-the animal.

to raid the poultry pen and
chased the large cat.

Police say they opened a’
basement door in hopes of
luring the animal outside but it
would not leave. Police then

Date
Set

The trial date for Kurt-

nee k

Christian Liesner, 39, charged In response toa query —_ velopment department, said newly-issued “A” pub li- ernment.” San Lantcrs 28 is Page AS va be a with overnight

with wilfully attempting to set by the city planning depart- the branch recently hired an cences. Provided the hotel Access representatives at- 10-1 i ex... is ne Bs o

fire. to the Thrums General ment late last year,.a Liquor architect to investigate the meets all the government tending the Jan, 17 meeting Gores : Bei Outdoors

Store last March, has been set Distribution Branch official feasibility of dards and it + “said quite clearly" they cannot Entertainment... Page Ad Pulpit and Pew Pag

for March 26. : has confirmed that the gov- the existing Crown-owned it will open at 10:30 a.m. and serve the Castlegar area prop- Erma ee Pages AS-A7-B3
In the charge, the store ernment liquor store-at 91 stores throughout the pro- close at 12:30 p.m. rather erly with their present staff Pheepegrer vie Pee Be Spore: snes

which was razed, has been Maple St. is “under review © vince. The branch had no than its present 11 p.m. : ne

identified as the property of

wes Good News From B.C.
Liquor Distribution Branch

Although it had no good
news for those seeking a
local alcoholi i

year planning for upgrading,
self-serve conversion and

service, the city did have
two pieces of good news for
local drinkers last week.

and part of 1979-1980 fiscal

A Jan. 3 letter from
Joan Gadsby, director of the
branch's planning and de-

some other location in Cas-
tlegar, the letter said.
Council also voted last
week in a closed sedsion to
authorize extension of the
Castlegar Hotel's operating
hours by 90 minutes under’

plans to relocate the store in

closing time.

Liesner,

Castlegar and Trail. He cited
the recent expenditure by the
provincial government of about
$1 million on advertising during
Alcpholism Week as ‘evidence
money was available.

“I think the $30,000 we're
talking about in- terms of an
alcoholism counsellor is quite
minimal when you consider the

«huge expenditure that took
place in this advertising cam-
paign,” he said. “That's why I
say imagination is required on
the part of the provincial gov-

Godderis said.,
More.on Page A2 -

yl

Our most'serious and most
Ignored form of drug a-
buse.

ATTACK . BI
Provinclal government la-
bor practices come under
fire from area trade union-
ists.

One Man's Opinion . Page AS

ey cr

“att

ALCOHOLISM 84

a WEEKEND WEATHERCAST
CLOUDY today with brief
periods of sunshine. Tomor-
row is expected to remain
basically cloudy, making it
very unlikely the
will see his. shadow. The
weekend will remain cloudy
with snow flurries and slightly
milder temperatures, High

Your Stars