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blocks on 2nd, 3rd, 4th
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“WE TAKE ANYTHING ON TRADE’

WE

MEAN IT

When Gerald Quintanilha decided to trade in his old truck he

said “You've gotta take the dog (Rocky) with it.” So — we did!
Here's Rocky, Gerald and Gary Maloney with Gerald's new truck.
So — if you've got something that you don't want — trade it in.

We'll take anything -- AND THAT'S NO BULL! — iust ask rocky

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Slippery road conditions were to blame for the si
p.m. Monday on Columbia Avenue opposite Chiec
tered to William Calhoun of Nelson, went over t
escaped uninjured and there was no damage to the car.

ingle-vehicle accident about 5:40
ken Time. The vehicle, regis-
he.embankment. The driver

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City tax

RON NORMAN
Sun Editor

Castlegar taxpayers will be get-
ting a break on their share of the
Regional District of Central Koote-
nay’s 1995 provisional budget.

The city paid $1.14 million
to the regional district in 1994
and will pay about $1,500 less
this year.

The regional district's provi-
sional budget came into effect
Jan. 1 and is a transitional budget
until the final budget is adopted
in March

The budget totals $15 million,
about the same as last yea
municipalities and electoral
areas. However, municipalities
and districts only pay for those
services they use

The largest expense for Castle-
gar is the Community Complex
at $353,069 in 1994. That will
decrease in 1995 by some
$44,000 or 12.5 per cent to
$309,080.

However, the next largest
cost, the aquatic centre, will rise

payers get break

by some $17,000 or 7.6 per cent
in 1995 to $238,317. And so
will the costs for Pioneer
Arena—by. 10 per cent or some
$4,000 to $45,440.

The city’s share of administra-
tion costs will remain about the
same at $152,000, as will eco-
nomic development costs, which
ring in at just under $49,000.

Development services costs.
will drop by some 21 per cent or
$13,000 to just over $48,000. As
well, the cost for providing recre-
ation programs will increase by
18 per cent or $12,000 to some
$81,000.

The city’s share of the regional
parks costs, will remain about the
same in 1995 at $21,350, but tran-
sit costs will rise by 12.5 per cent
or nearly $9,500. In 1994 transit
cost the city some $76,000. This
year it will cost $85,400.

Meanwhile, Areas I and Lower
Arrow-Columbia will see their
share of the regional district bud-
get increase

The budget that is shared by
all taxpayers in Area I will jump

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THE MEET

Time: 9:30 am-12 noon.
SENIORS ASSOCIATION

supper and dance Jan. 28,

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ADVOCACY - A new Community Advocacy Group
Developing in Castlegar! Ongoing training and
supervision will be provided. Everyone welcome. Please
call 365-2104 to register and confirm location of the first
group meeting. Date: Thursday, January 19, 1995,

Mixed cards played every Friday 1 pm. Drop-in
Tuesdays 10 am with games and lunch served. Potluck

WELCOME FOR OUR FUNCTIONS. revere

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3.6 per cent or some $12,000 to
about $366,000. i

Like Castlegar, Area I's
biggest single shared item is the
Community Complex at
$107,000 in 1994. It fell by more
than $11,000 to just over $96,000
in 1995.

However, its share of the
aquatic centre rose by some
$2,000 to nearly $56,000 in
1995. Area I will pay about
$15,000 for economic develop-
ment in 1995, the same as in
1994. The cost of general admin-
istration will also remain about
the same

However, planning costs will
increase by some $6,000 to
$27,000, as will refuse disposal,
which will be hiked by $10,000
to $33,000.

Costs for the recreation pro-
grams will also increase—by
$5,000 to just over $25,000. And
the taxes for Pioneer Arena will
jump by some $1,500 to $14,150
in 1995

Other services in Area I, such
as animal control, street lighting
and house numbers are paid by
those residents affected.

The cost of the Pass Creek fire
department will remain about the
same at $62,500, while those for
Tarrys fire department will drop
from some $75,000 in 1994 to
$62,500. in 1995.

In the Lower Arrow-Columbia
its general tax level will increase
some 3.9 per cent to $437,000 in
1995.

Again, its largest jump came in
refuse disposal which rose some
$15,000 to $42,000.

In addition, building inspec-
tion costs increased $4,000 to
almost $20,500 in 1995. The
costs for the aquatic centre in
Lower Arrow Columbia were up
$4,000 in 1995 to just over
$78,000.

However, costs for the com-
munity complex fell by some
$17,000 to $101,000.

The costs for economic devel-
opment.and general administra-
tion remained stable at $16,300
and $51,000, respectively.

Recreation programs will cost
about $4,000 more in 1995, at
some $26,500.

The cost of the Robson fire
department will drop some
$25,000, from $110,000 to
$85,000. As well, taxes to pay for

y Creek fire dep
will decrease some $12,000 to
$50,000 in 1995.

However, the tax bill for the
Ootischenia fire department will
jump some $6,000 to $117,000 in
1995.

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Wednesday, January 11, 1995

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Even the bitter cold couldn't stop progress. Despite s'
place three modulars for the new Robson daycare on
School students watch as progress marches. on. The daycare will be managed by the Kootenay Columbia
Child Care Society which also manages Hobbit Hill Children's Ceritre in Castlegar.

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ub-zero temperatures and a biting wind workers helped
its foundation. In the background Robson Elementary

SUN STAFF PHOTO / Karen Kerkhott

Canfor chips away at Slocan

KAREN KERKHOFF
Sun Staff

The planned takeover of Slo-
can Forest Products Ltd. by Can-
for Corp. is before the courts
once again.

Last week, the proposal was
put before the Supreme Court of
B.C. to determine if the offer vio-
lates_the Forest Act. Last
Wednesday a Supreme Court Jus-
tice ruled that the decision should
rest in the hands of Forest Minis-
ter Andrew Petter.

But Petter volleyed the con-
tentious issue back to the
Supreme Court. In proceedings
before the court on Monday the
minister's counsel advised the
court that the minister supports
SFP’s position that the deposit
receipt structure proposed by
Canfor would result in a change
of control without the prior con-
sent of the minister.

Canfor’s offer to SFP is con-

Is this -
yours?

Castlegar RCMP report
that an archery target and
arrow holders were

< a” at ,

tingent upon the minister's
approval which would then
allow the transfer of SFP’s har-

vesting privileges to 6.5 million

cubic metres of wood.

Earlier last week Petter said a
decision regarding the sale could
take months and has assured that
he won't app! the tak

ings into the offer regarding
the Forestry’Act and the Secu-
rities Act will be long and
controversial.

SFP, Barber continued, has a
solid business plan from which
income will far exceed that of the
offer and offerg_a “better value”

without public hearings being

to
“Slocan Forest Products is a
1 4 °

held in the affected

“I wquld have to consider if
such a transfer is in the public
interest, and we would have to fol-
low the public process. Approval
is by no means a formality.”

As well, a securities commis-
sion panel has askéd Canfor
Corp. to consider extending its
Jan. 10 offer deadline so the
panel might have time to consid-
er issues surrounding the
takeover bid.

Specifically, the panel is trying
to determine if Canfor’s offer of
issuing deposit receipts to SFP
shareholders violates the Securi-
ties Act. According to the Ontario
Securities Commission, issuing
deposit receipts has never been
done in Canada before.

Ike Barber, CEO for SFP, the
third largest company in the
province in timber holdings, is
calling the unsolicited $638 mil-
lion offer from Canfor for the
West Kootenay-based mega cor-
poration an out-and-out “corpo-
rate-raid”. Barber charges that

ip an on
Ridgeway Drive in Castlegar
Jan. 9. The owner of the
items can claim them by
identifying the items at the
Casth CMP

P proposal would be
risky and will result in stockhold-
ers being shortchanged.

“This is an nted con-
solidation of timber rights and

It is an

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Barber also claims that hear-

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Canfor, which is a buyer of *

wood chips, is hoping to gobble

up CFP and its stock of chips. If

successful with its corporate,
coup, Canfor would have had the

most extensive cutting rights in

the province.

SFP sales topped $466.4 mil-
lion in 1993, while Canfor’s sales
reached $1.2 billion during the
same year.

There are some 2,000 employ-
ees of SFP, 200 of which are
employed at SFP in the Village
of Slocan.

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WE HAVE
HE ANSWERS.

Jeannie Pickard (Florist), Kaslo, B.C.

‘I'm a small business person
and CORE’s land use plan
for the West Kootenays
concerns me and it concerns

my customers. What we _-
really need here is a land
use plan that is made by the
West Kootenay people.”
— JEANNIE PICKARD.

ere in the Kootenay-

Boundary area, we're

concerned about the
future. The future of our
workers, our families, our
communities, our environment.

Many of the land use
recommendations presented
recently by the Commission on
Resources and Environmgnt
(CORE) to the governmént do
not reflect the needs, concerns
and aspirations of our families.

The government will be
making a decision about the
CORE land use recommen-
dations for the Kootenay-
Boundary area soon.

What we really need is a land
use plan developed right here
in the Kootenay-Boundary area
by people of the Kootenay-
Boundary - a plan that protects
our land, our businesses and
? our families.

We deserve a say in our
i future. We hope the
? government will listen to us
: To find out how you can help,
? please call. 1-604-365-2351

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