Wednesday, June 22, 1994

” ‘The Castlegar Sun

Corner claims yet another transport vehicle

cefemony took place at the Provincial
last Priday, under the guidance of Citizenship Judge Fro
Littlefield.
from seven to 70, were formerly
Italy, Wales, Mexico, Hong
citi-

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From: June 14 To: June 20

TEMPERATURE:

wen: 29/20th Low: 4.1/14th MEAN: 13.7

PRECIPITATION:

RAIN: 16.2mm SNOW: O

SUNSHINE:

THIS WEEK: 50.9 hrs.

to be. part of Canada. ies
¥* she said with a smile. The Grzesiak family is residing in

TOTAL: 16.2

ivingvion family, now living in Rossland but formerly of
their objective all along was to become Canadian

is.a real fn of and here, as

of safety,” said Roy, thinking of his two children

were quite violet when we left South

WORMAL: 59.9
ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE:

citizen Fe Murdoch has bees living in Canada . a me ~ ‘ : ree
ecg Sangin: fame. sayy AG. Markin & Son Lid. truck which ended up on its side is only one of the many vehicles that has failed to negotiate the off ramp
at the junction of Highways 3 and 3A. Luckily the driver of the vehicle, Daniel Hamm, 38, of Castlegar only received minor injuries.

Castlegar RCMP have laid charges against Daniel Hamm of Castlegar after the opposite ditch and lose its load of gravel. Luckily, Hamm received minor
an early morning accident June 21. injuries but did not require examination by a physician in hospital.

Hamm, 38, was charged with driving too fast for road conditions after he Damage to the vehicle has been estimated at $15,000.
exited a merge from Highway 3A to Highway 3 too fast causing the truck he Fire fighters were called to the scene to mop up a small amount of fuel
was driving, owned by G. Markin & Son Ltd., to cross the center lane, roll into spilled during the accident. The recommended speed of the exit is 50 km.

McPhail will Eyery vote counts says health council

t with

. P . nay Regional Healsh Planning Board voting power and that areas such as areas equal say ‘whem: it comes to healtir

ay 9 Genesis re Sun staff ‘ aay Sate MNT level the health ‘ Nelson, trait ani Chiflegar, WEA tik ~*~ clite ertandlat nwt re pm vet tat wart |

—— care playing field. ditionally service peripheral areas, are “Everybody's participation’ dnd wpaniaw’ '

Every member of the Community Health The CHC will consist of 10 repre- equally represented when it comes to _ will count as much as the person sitting

Council (CHC) will get two votes when = sentatives—two from each district, deciding funding allocations and other _ next to them. I’m really pleased with the

iding regional health issues no matter which includes Trail and district, Nel- _ health care issues. decision.”

what the size of the area they represent. son and area, Castlegar and district, i

Castlegar and District Hospital Boar Grand Forks/Boundary, and Arrow
Chair Margaret Nickle said the decision, Lakes/Slocan Valley. Nickle said it’s a rural and an urban representative, a move
which ‘was made at a recent West Koote- important that each area have equal he said will allow both rural and

Gouk says Yukon land claim

June 13 is a day Castlegar resident Vi Plotnikoff just off Columbia Avenue.
Imsband Serge | With her .., fhe A ts the cab, |. A =h Castlegar
the of . ; aha to be

No. It’s not the second com-
ing, at least not in the usual

angels with wings

and glorious life is about to
unfold. The two windows, ori
nally given to St. Andrew's
Anglican Church in Trail in
memory of Anna

The CHC will answer to the Regional
Health Boards and will be responsible for
the p i imation and manage
ment of local health resources.

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was this ugly and angry crowd and there she was
pushing the carriage.”
remembers looking out the back of the taxi

i

roy, who will be escorting
McPhail on tour, said it's unlike-
ly that McPhail is visiting to
make any important announce-
ments, and instead plans to
“touch base” with resi and
“It’s a tour to hear concems in
the ity.”

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along the north bank of the territory, said Kootenay West-

mail does not arrive on week-
ends, only during

He also stressed that the
impact om customer service
would be “none at all”.

There will still be the same
three-day standard delivery

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Lorne Ashton (|) and Jim Waldie carefully display

one of two stain-glass windows that will be honored _

during a special service this Sunday at St. David's

which the high-profile Genesis

Program group home was situated.
McPhail will be visiting the
iety for Community

ing an appearance at the Young
Moms award tea. McPhail will
also be visiting Salmo, Kimberly,
Nelson i

poate <a ree
you come to it—

Sooner than you thik

SUN STAFF

Church in Castlegar.

will be dismantled within the
next couple of weeks.

‘The footbridge was slated to
be closed to foot traffic June 30,
the same day the Robson-Castle-
gar bridge, which also has a
pedestrian walkway, was sched-
uled to be completed.

Recent local to

the proposed closure has both

ard, footbridge will close

“Based on similar footage it
could cost in the nei

Although the Ministry of
ion and Hi

of $300,000, and then within
five years they might have to
look at replacing the footbridge.”

chuk said he

+ Pp ighways is
responsible for upkeep of the
footbridge, CPR requires that it
be in good repair because it

Although 4
understands the opposition to

of the

the prop

bridge, he reiterated that the
new Robson-Castlegar Bridge
will also have a walkway for

CPR property

CPR Media Relations Offi-
cer Steve Morris said CPR
concurs with the ministry's
decision to close the foot-
bridge, which Morris said is in
“dire need” of repair.

A public meeting re i
the future of the feohstton
being held Wednesday, June 22
at the Castlegar Arena Complex
at 7:30 pm.

It's possible that by the time
you get next week's Castlegar
‘Sun the gar Bridge
could be completed and in use.
Ministry of Transportation and
Highways Project Manager
Vanlerberg said the con-
neers and Constructors, are a
fews days ahead of the schedule,
and at their discretion the bridge
could be open for traffic prior to
the scheduled completion date of
Tune 30, 1994.
The project, said Vanlerberg,
is like any investment and starts

ing, concrete finishing, removal
of safety nets and erection of the
ian handrail are ly

being carried out, said Vanler-
berg. “Tt should be looking quite
clean and final within the next
few days.”

Lower Arrow Lake just above
the Hugh Keenleyside Dam.

BC hydro Engineer Daren
Sanders said hydro construction

to be completed by the end of
July at a cost of around
$200,000 to $250,000.

Sanders said an interesting
aspect of the project concerned
the acquisition of quality and
large cedar logs—they were dif-

ston to Grand Forks and up to
Golden and Revelstoke, but
good sounl cedar logs of that
dimension are few and far

to wait for a rise in the water
level. ‘When the water reaches the
logs it is likely that they will be
hauled out by tug to their final
resting spot in front of the dam.

Using a specialty designed drill bit, Project Supervi-
sor. Don Eholt (r), and employee Neil Dermody work
in tandem, drilling a cedar log that will be part of a
new trash boom at the dam. — SUN STAFF PHOTO [aren Kerkhof

working on the project for a life-span of about 15 years.

Revelstoke MP Jim Gouk
Bills C-33 and C-34, now
before the House of Commons,

not clean, the issue of sclf-gov-
ermament will continuc.”

Truck drivers told they’ll
take back seat to tourists

SHARLENE IMHOFF “[The Ministry] is discrimi-

Sun Editor

Andy Roberts docs not con-
sider himself a second class citi-

in Roberts, and other truck-
drivers like him, feeling a little
left behind.

As of June 1, the Victoria-
based Executive Council for
Mari :

raled that .

order to accommodate the
increasing tourist traffic that
summer brings.

Three loaded trucks would be
allowed only if no private cars
are im line. If there are, that

onto the ramp would have to
wait for the next ferry i

mating against us as truck
drivers. We pay taxes too,” said
Roberts, owner of the Castle-
gar-based McRae Creck Trans-

port Ltd..
Roberts is not alone in his
ing, a number of truck drivers
for a fal

initiative, decided to block traf-
fic for approximately 15-20 min-
utes. Police were called, but the
episode was considered both
minor and brief.

Dale Schweitzer says he sym-
plaints, and as Acting Marine
Manager for the Arrow Lakes
he’s heard a lot of them.

“I can appreciate their frustra-
tion, but we're frustrated too. Ir:

seems like truck traffic has. if

increased, as has private vehicle
See FERRY ~ 2A

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