PE RINE aah NR ih ge EI Si rena ar Castlegar’s Annual Business and N ‘ Tax news Having children can be taxing at the best of~ times” but there are tax breaks this year which make it pay to beaparent c3 alls Country classes Selkirk College of- fers a six-session workshop by locat farrier Darcy Jones who will focus on im- proving the care and condition of horses cé Artists selected Nineteen artists have been selected from the Kootenay: Boundary Juried Art Show. to represent the West Kootenay at a provincial exhibit in Chilliwack.,.C8 New Scout Robin-Gilmore was recently invested into the 1st Bonnington and..South Slocan Scouts which meet every Thursday in South Slocan...C4 VHBIce-: CASTLEGAR BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1989 te Valleys Serving the Slocan Valley, Salmo, Ymir and adjacent areas Alliance blasts TFL proposal By CasNews Staff “Nothanks. That was the emphatic message that the Slocan Valley Watershed Alliance gave Minister of Forests Dave Parker ata public forum on tree farm licences in Nelson March 6 Richard Allin, addressing Parker on doubts that the ministry will be abl adequately pounce TFS We oppose the dimishing role of the Forest Service in the management of our forest,”” Allin said. About 10 SVWA supporters then gathered at the podium to sing a protest song to Parker, to the tune of “NV ing behalf of the + described Two Clementine. examples of logging in the Slocan Valley in the last two years —* both clear cuts on Ranch Ridge above Highway 6 near Hills. He said the resulting snow and mudslides which blocked the highway and ran into Slocan Lake are an example of things tocome if the Slocan Valley gets any more TFLs Parker's message to the public is that TFLs will improve forest management by giving loggers—the financial incentive to take care of their “crop.” Allin didn’t buy it “Where is the evidence to support this?” he asked. “‘It’s certainly not around us."" The SVWA called for community control of forest lands, and has applied. Earlier, the alliance mustered nearly 100 protesters outside Eagles Hall where the forum was being held. The demonstrators carried placards and chanted ‘no more TFLs" as Parker strode briskly through the crowd returning from a dinner recess “We're all here and we're all saying no,” SVWA co-chairman Herb Hammond told the crowd. ‘Forests sustain us — we don’t sustain forests Hammond predicted that the gover nment will end up putting the TFL issue ‘on the burner until the next elec tion.”* ‘Our forests are being mismanaged under the current system and_ the solution to that is community con trol,"” he said. He was cautiously op timistic about the success of the 16 industrial Review and Forecast tothe ministry fora TFL. Allin said the Singing protest Members of the Slocan Valley Watershed Alliance gather at the podium tosinga forests ministry is passing the buck and hour forum protest song to Minister of Forests Dave Parker who was at the Eagles Hallin Nelsonto abdicating its responsibility to the “It's making them (the ministry) gc gather public input on the ministry’s prop Hoi the of tree farm public to ensure the ecologically sound back and re-think what they th licences in the province. — voice ot tne vatieys photo by Niels Petersen stewardship of forests, and said he would beaneasy issue,”’ he said parks pretty well in the province will be operating under permit,"’ Mackie said esi en & poo ——eEVeess=eeeeews se However, Valhalla Provincial Park wilh still be and imuseuin support © |CONTRACTED =—_____ Meanwhile, area supervisors are working to develop contracts for permit holders at other parks. O U T We're working like crazy to develop a contract By CHERYL CALDERBANK companies like Burlington Northern. The RDCK, along with the Village a permit,"’ Mackie said. ‘‘We're spending a lot of time Rural Area G residents overwhelm- The costs td résidents até set at 9.7 cen- of Salmo, will provide the funds for the dealing with quality operations.”* ingly approved two Regional District ts per $1,000 of assessed property. Ac- project. Salmo’s village council had By CasNews Staff “When people are running the park under permit it of Central Kootenay referendums cordingtothe RDCK, most peopl¢wili already voted to help fund the projec Tourists and residents in the West Kootenay _ isto their best interests to doa good job," he said March 4 to provide ongoing financial _not be financially affected asaresultot ts shouldn't notice any change this summer as provincial The government is currently negotiating with some support for Salmo’s swimming pool the referendums being passed. The The RDCK’s portion of the funding day use and overnight parks are contracted out to permit — employee groups to set up permit contracts. Group and museums in Salmoand Y mir provincial homeowner grant may ab- -is $8,400 per year for each referendum holders from Syringa Creek Provincial Park near Castlega In the swimming pool referendum, —sorballor part of the tax increase continued on C3 Peter Mackie, area supervisor for the Columbia- Kokanee Creek Park -near Nelson are currer tly A once-a-year opportunity to tell your firm's story. Once a year this edition provides Castlegar and district residents with a comprehensive story of what progress their city and our area has made i over the past 12 months. It does this in both words edition you and your ® and pictures, thus affording our people with a clear in | MAIL | Progress is an to be a part of . BUSINESS / FIRM NAME BUSINESS “ADDRESS — understanding of the growth and development of our community. The largest single edition we will 85.3 per cent of those voting were in favor of a tax increase to provide fun ding for operational expenses for Salmo’s outdoor pool. A total of 157 people voted yes, 24 voted no and there were three rejected ballots. In the museum referendum, 82.6 per cent of those voting were in favor of a tax jncrease to provide funding for the museums. A total of 152 voters said yes, 29 said no and there were three rejected ballots Voter turnout to the polls was 23 Wocknitznamed junior citizen By CHERYL CALDERBANK sponsored by the British Columbia and A New Denver youth has been selec’ Yukon Community Newspaper ted as One Of TT Junior Citizens of the Association and Air Canada. Year in British Columbia and the — Wocknitz was nominated by Valhallas, said although Parks and Outdoor Recreation is contracting services out to permit holders, it won't be letting go of the management of any parks Last year, Rosebery Provincial Park on Highway 6 and Lockhart Beach Park on Kootenay Lake were both contracted out. However, Mackie said the 36-site park at Rosebery has been under contract for a numbet of years Mackie said that- under the old system, revenue collected from the park'went into the general fund. Un der the new system, the revenue offsets the price of the contract. ‘The permit holder bids the price of the permit, less the fees collected negotiating contracts with the government Mackie said that if contracts with employee groups are unsuccessful the contracts will go out to tender He agrees that the new system is actually privatization. However, Mackie said he doesn’t like refer to it as such because the word has bad cc notations Mackie said the area supervisors will maintain an arm’s-length relationship with the permit holders We set the standard but we can’t tell them how to do their job," he said Lf we have complaints we will react very strongly them," he said. Mackie added that it will be uf ________ GER e e percent Yukon longtime friend Diane D'Angelo, He added that last year a number of positive Parksand Outdor ecreation to mak he pe OWNER / MA pu ] ish in 1 oss. The largest proportion of the taxes Jeremiah Wocknitz, a 12-year old — chairman of the Arrow Lakes. school responses were received from tourists at Rosebery and __ holder is meeting the standards set to be paid will beborne by utilities such student at Lucerne elementary-secon- board. He was cited for his long list of Lockhart Beach If they're not capable of it, they will be down th as B.C. Tel, Inland Natural Gas and dary schol, was recently chosen from community services, leadership West Kootenay Power, and also by 198 applicants in the program which is continued on C3 New resortin works for lake “What you will find this year is all major roadside — road Because of the magnitude of this edition, we have to start putting it together NOW. If you have not yet been contacted, call us TODAY. We will be . more than happy to work with your firm in —g.year opportunity designing an advertisement appropriate for this For “further nformation Rye P>, hE “c astlegar! B. 3007, Castlegar. ars call Advertising ot on a this. one News EXTRA COPIES will be available by calling the Circulation Pp F266 special edition. Watch for it Sunday, April 9, 1989 Display Advertising 365-5210 By CHERYL CALDERBANK Plans are in the works for a second resort on the pic turesque Slocan Lake Franz Capital Corp. of Silverton is in the process of raising $500,000 to begin construction of the first phase of atime-share resort development NFBC Securities Inc. has been appointed agent in con nection with the proposed offering of shares. FCC com pleted its public offering and listing of shares onthe Alberta Stock Exchange in November 1988 The resort will be known as Indian Creek Lodge. The first phase of the development will consist of a small lodge and six cabins to be constructed on property owned by FCC president Burkhard Franz on thé west sidg of Slocan Lake The property is the largest parcel of private land within Valhalla Provincial Park with over a mile of lake frontage. Franz said once the initial $500,000 for the first phase of the project is raised the resort will pay for itself. He said he bas no doubt that the company will be able to raise the necessary funds found if traditional Japanese mountain villages, accor ding to a description of ‘the project prepared by Grant Copeland and Associates. Construction will be log post and-beam organically integrated with the lakefront wilder ness setting. Recreation facilities will include an outdoor hot spa, hiking trails, a small dock on the lake and an enhanced sandy beach At present, Silverton Resort is the only resort in the Slocan Lake area. The site FCC is trying to develop is currently remote and quiet, requiring access by boat from the Village of Slocan at the south end of the lake or from the villages of Silverton and New Denver to the north and across the lake. Because the level part of the lodge site is constricted in size, the scale of the lodge has been kept small and “storybook” or ‘hobbit house’ in scale All buildings would be snuggled into the natural lan dscape and forest cover A build-32-cabins-pl be rented by the week as a vacation resort and two will be retained as staff quarters and other uses. The corhpany expects to earn approximately $1.5 million in revenue and $1.1 million in gross profits from the sale of timeshare units. After sales of the timeshare units are completed, revenue will be derived from the rental of resort units, maintenance fees fromthe timeshare units plus income from other activities. Net income is expected to Stabilize at about $80,000 per year Franz, who was born and educated in Austria, has been. a landed immigrant and permanent resident of €anada since 1982. He hasexperience in the area of tourism and ski resort management in Austria, as a part-time manager and shareholder for a ski and summer resort FCC hopes to begin in June construction of the first phase which consists of the first six cabins, road, boat lan ding and related facilities. The company hopes to complete construction by November. The sale of timeshare units would begin in May 1990. hopes to obtain all permits required by Implementation of the proposed lakefront develop: ment will require development permits from the Ministry of Parks, Regional District of Central Kootenay and the Ministry of Health as well as a permit for water rights Ministry of Parks officials have already indicated thei support for the proposed project, Franz said Estimated construction costs for the projec $466,921. According to an analysis prepared by Gi Copeland and Associates, no difficulty is anticipated taining the necessary permits to proceed with the first*phase of the proposed development Local contractors are available to build the cabins and main lodges from local materials. FCC has already set prices for its units. Timesharing units will be sold at $5,000 per week at prime time, $3,500 per week at swing time and $1,000 per week during low time, Rental units will be set at $600 per person per week from May to October and $100 per week from November tc April ° The design for the project integrates features from northwest coast aboriginal architecture with features lodge and related facilities over the next four years. Of the total cabins built, 14 will be sold as timeshare units, 16 will May and complete financing to raise the necessary $500,000. Timesharing units will be sold primarily through sale agents who will be paid a T0-per-cent commission. FCC continued on C2