Legislative Library, Parliament Bldge.. 501 Belleville Sst Vitteria, B.C. Pythians installed The Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters held a joint installation of their executives... 84 Castlegar SUNDAY CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1967 Vol. 40, No, 7 Rebel all-stars Four Castlegar Rebels were named to the KIJHL West Division all. star team .. . B2 The ib in § 6-49 draw were 12, 16, 20, 27, 41 and 42, The bonus number was 37. The winning number in Friday's Provincial lottery draw is 3213807, "s Lotto sual Hockey Minor sports wri- ter Surj Rattan takes a look at Minor Hockey | Week in Castlegar A aoe Bl r News me a MLiSe eT WEATHER AST with a few snow fin and light accumulation. near 0°; Outlook for Mon- sor is ryconceat with light snow. hance of vapcaneien Sunday is 80 and percent, * -_ 60 Cents 2 Sections (A & B) GROUP ARGUES WKPL sale not in public interest By The Cansdian Press ‘The B.C. Utilities C would The council opposes the sale because- need a permanent monitoring mech- anism to ensure an A it a radical departure from the long-established principle of Can- lives up to its p in the p adian hip and control of our of West. Kootenay Power and apirng says the Council of Canadians. “The problem of lectri: which has served Canadians well ‘for almost a century,” Orr said. presents serious difficulties and i . “The ap- proved, will: constitute a dangerous mechanism) can only be regard the least practical alternative for sh tecting the public interest,” council representative John: Orr told the commission Friday in Kelowna. The commission is holding a hearing into the proposed sale of West Koot- enay by Cominco Ltd, to UtiliCorp United Inc. of Kansas City for $80 million Cdn. Orr said the commission should ask UtiliCorp for further to public interest, not only for the dive concerned but provincial and national. interests as well.” Canadian regions, especially those in British Columbia, with access to cheap electric power will have an advantage in new devel- worthy says cabinet should overturn or suspend an Investment Canada de- cision spproving the WKPL sale to sovereignty. Axworthy said it was unusual that Canada opment and encouraging further pro- cessing of Canadian resources, he said. There is also the paneer for ex- permit a valid evaluation of its com- mitménts, and “in the event that these commitments are accepted, it would seem prudent to require that they be made contractually binding.” By CasNews Staff The issue of it Slocan of U.S. laws and policies on West Kootenay through UtiliCorp, such as in taxatiqn, water a ruling on the proposed takeover before the provincial commission made a decision. He noted the federal agency did not ask the commission for transcripts of the hearings. about the tak rights, and trade, Orr said, and this might not be in Canada’s interests. “The ministries of forests and en- Forest Products a cutting permit for the Springer Creek area in the Slocan Valley is heading to the courts. The Slocan Valley Watershed Al- liance, an environmental group op- posed to logging in Springer Creek, is seeking an injunction to halt the Ministry of Forests from granting Slo- can Forest Products a cutting permit. The creek acts as a watershed for the Slocan Valley and the alliance argues any logging in the area would pollute the water supply. The alliance and the forests ministry met on Monday in an attempt to reach a mutual agreement on the cutting permit issue. have 7m i tiations with the Slocan Valley Water- shed Alliance,” alliance member Herb Hammond told the Castlegar News in an interview. “We were ready to assure them that we could resolve this issue, but they just broke off negoti- ations with us. Our lawyers are now in the process of filing the court claim and we intend to serve the document early next week.” Hammond added that he is sure the Forests Ministry will issue Slocan Forest Products a cutting permit this week.and said the move would violate a memorandum of agreement signed by the ministry on July 12, 1985. “The memorandum requires that all Brian but the prime minister did not respond. continued on poge A3 Court action next step parties agree to a water management plan. The alliance has not agreed to the .-plan presented by the ministries,” said Hammond. Another alliance member, Wayne Peppard, said the water management plan the forests and environment ministries have developed will not protect Springer and Dayton Creek from potential damage that may be caused by logging operations. e alliance is convinced that plan provisions such as cross-stream felling and skidding, and ground skidding on steep slopes mean the water supplies will be damaged by logging,” said Peppard. In a Jan. 12 letter to the alliance, continued on page A3 YOUR DAD WAS PAID and Trail wildlife associations (bottom) help tag and inspect animals. SETTING THE TRAP . . . Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep feed under trap “ent near Deer Park (top) moments before trip is set. Members of Castlegar Photos tor CosNews by tred Wacnek By RON NORMAN Editer A herd of relocated Rocky Moun- tain Bighorn Sheep has settled nicely into its new home near Deer Park. A total of 20 sheep were moved in early 1984 from the East Kootenay to Grey Wolf, about six kilometres north of Syringa. “Within the two years we esti mate that the original 20 grew to 87,” says Fred Wachek, president of Sheep like it here the Castlegar and District Wildlife Association. Wachek and about 25 other iem- bers from the Castlegar and Trail wildlife associations took part in a sheep trap Wednesday coordinated by Peter Davidson, a sheep biologist from the Environment Ministry in Cranbrook, and Guy Woods, a biologist with the ministry's Nelson office. Wachek said the trap was neces- sary to check the herd’s health and to tag rams. “Appearance-wise, their health is terrific,” he said. The rams were branded on the back of their horns to prevent poaching. While Wachek says there has been no poaching that he knows of, there is always concern about poaching with trophy class animals such, as bighorn sheep. The sheep were trapped by erecting a large net and then baiting it with fermented apple mash and continued oh poge A3 Staff Writer now) to school each miorning in snow story‘again. buy a home, car and groceries than Smecher By CasNews Staff Castlegar school trustee Doreen Smecher is one of only two B.C. trustees to be invited as an observer on the Ministry of Education’s new ad visory committee on teacher training. The committee, made up of represen tatives from B.C. universities, the B. Home and School Federation, the mini stry itself and B.C. teachers and school trustees, will begin the first of a series of meetings this month to address the question of teacher training and provide an interim report to Education Minister Tony Brummet by June 30. “I think it’s extremely exciting,” said * Smecher. “There's a lot of things I'd like to know about teacher training. 'd like to see something really concrete and solid.” Smecher pointed to continued pro- fessional development for teachers as one of the topics she would like to see addressed. Smecher explained that teacher up on new committee is part of a teacher's salary increment pattern, and salary adjustments are tied to increased experience. “I'd like to see professional de velopment tied to condition of employ. ment rather than salary,” she said. “That may sound hard but I don't see how we can have current education if a teacher doesn't have professional de. velopment for 10 or 12 years.” Smecher, who has served as a school trustee in Castlegar for eight years, grading and pi on page A3 ploy same things. Since 1981, “luxury” You now have to work seven mini sirloin steak. Among the increases are three takes 3.3 years to earn enough three-bedroom house in Castlegar, years in 1949. The true cost of a lot some 21 weeks of work. With information from Statistics Canada and back issues of the Castlegar News, the actual amount of time ‘on a job required to earn the money to acquire life's necessities has increased dramatically over the years. items such as cigarettes and sirloin steak have increased the most. pack of 20 cigarettes and 10 minutes longer to enjoy a But a case of beer, on the other hand, cheaper in terms of job minutes than in 1949, by .7 hours. BETTER By MIKE KALESNIKO According to almost every family's folklore, when * father was young he had to walk 10 miles (16 kilometres up to his neck. And on his first job he was paid $1 an hour to clear fields with his bare hands — and he was thankful. To make matters worse, whenever a younger family member complains about wages, father starts telling his No more. The facts are in. Dad was better paid — not dollar-for-dollar but minute-for-minute. It now takes a Castlegar worker making an average of almost $10 per hour approximately 2.1 years longer to it took a Castlegar in 1949 making $1.20 per hour to purchase the IT'S CHEAPER... than in 1949. utes longer to buy a than two days is actually major ones: It now money to buy a compared with 1.9 has also risen — by ever before. Even Telephone actually costs less now In the past six years though, both housing and lots have fallen, by almost one year of work for a lot and almost three-quarters of a year for a home. Most notably, months to pay your income tax. In 1949, you worked less you must now work about three Some of our biggest price complaints are unwarrant- ed, though, since they actually cost less than in 1949: Gas costs less of your working time, a four-door Chevy is less expensive and interest costs on a loan are cheaper than a flight to Toronto from Vancouver takes fewer weeks of work. continued on poge A2