ene a Dae & fp age ee atte Rha be nk. oe eee a4 _ Saturday, June 20, 1992 @ Water woes continue on bo @ Columbia River Treaty killing tourist trade at local marinas Neil Rachynski and Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTERS There is no middle ground. Depending which side of the Hugh Keenleyside Dam you are on, the water is either rising too much or dropping too fast. While a disposal company in Rasp- berry says five of its vehicles were half submerged in water, marina operators at Syringa say they’ve watched their shoreline recede some 500 feet. And according to a B.C. Hydro spokesman the Columbia River Treaty is tying up corporate and political hands, rendering virtually useless any effort to ebb the tide of migrating water. Peter McMullan, B.C Hydro’s man- ager of Corporate Communications, says they know about the kind of prob- lems that are happening in the Castle- gar area. “We're really sorry,” McMullan says, “but there’s nothing we can do. “These are not natural lakes. They were made for generating power and controlling water levels, not for recre- ational purposes.” Syringa Park Marina co-owner Kevin Smith was not impressed with B.C. Hydro’s response. “Thanks guys,” Smith says, “Pro- a mote B.C. tourism, right? Well kiss my Y ass.” q Both Scottie’s and Syringa Park [:4 Marinas have said if the conditions don’t change they each stand to lose be- tween $7,000 to $11,000 in moorage fees alone. Smith says that estimate doesn’t in- clude lost revenue from boat rentals, sales and servicing. “People’s yards are béing flooded and we can’t even float a boat,” Smith said. ‘Downstream, the operators of Ace Disposal in Raspberry say five of their vehicles and $10,000 worth of parts were flooded. Hans Kolman of Ace Disposal says when the Americans shout, we jump. He said if officials from B.C. Hydro “don’t _have enough jam and guts to stand up to those Yankees, they should step down.” Scottie Tait of Scottie’s Marina says the water level has “gone down seven (vertical) feet in the last week, a total of 18-and-one-half feet of water in four th sides of Keenleyside Greg Drais, reservoir co-ordinator for Bonneville Power in Washington, says the water being drawn from the Arrow reservoir is necessary for their salmon stock, and is a fisheries contri- bution that will continue until the end of June. Drais says under the Columbia Riv- er Treaty their are rules for each dam. “No one reservoir gets pulled more than any other one, it’s called ‘propor- tional draft” Drais said. Castlegar city council passed a res- olution Tuesday “urging B.C. Hydroto reconsider and release some water from the Mica Dam to take some pres- sure off the Arrow Lakes.” B.C. Hydro says they are not going to open the gates on Mica. “Doing that would just move the pain from one area to another,” Mc- Mullan said. But some progress has been made. Drais says an agreement outside of the Columbia River Treaty has been reached with B.C. Hydro. @ Saturday, June 20, 1992" ~ NEWS STAFF The RCMP are known to “always get their man. But sometimes they get more than they bargain for. According to Corp. Al Hudema one officer ran in to the wrong end of a skunk while in- vestigating a break and enter Wednesday. “It’s funny now but a very serious crime oc- curred,” Hudema said. Two young females allegedly broke into a residence in the 500 block of 3rd Avenue when one was caught and detained by a witness. At that time, the co-accused pulled a knife and both girls fled on foot. Police dogs picked up their scent and fol- lowed it to Zuckerberg Island. Hudema said that Const. Peter Redekop heard rustling in the bushes and went to in- vestigate. “Then the little black and white (animal) turned around, lifted his tail and nailed him,” Hudema said. He added that the suspect managed to es- cape capture. “Iguess we got skunked in more ways than e. One of the youths is described as wearing red spandex shorts with a blue and white top. The other was wearing black spandex shorts and a white halter top. Anyone with information concerning the os aaa robbery is asked to contact local MP. FULLY SERVICED R.V. PADS Close to Safeway Phone GRAD ‘92 ST. PETER'S DAY : (Petrov Deh) Sun., June 28 — K.P. Park (Salmo) 11:00 a.m. - Prayer Service (Moleniye) 12:30-1:30 p.m. - Picnic Lunch 1:30-3:00 p.m.— Choral Presentations & Speeches 3:00-4:00 p.m. — Softball Game(s) Please bring lawn chairs, a picnic lunch and softball gloves. Toll and a We. Sp by the C. Doc Have your RV cushions recovered and get Pe — 15% orr AVARIETY OF ABMICS Labor Costs & OFFER EFFECTIVE THOUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE INGSTHST., CASTLEGAR SEE 7787 At rear of Oglow Building SUMMER SOUNDS weeks.” And his tourist trade is suffering. “We've already got our tourists com- ing in,” Tait says, “and all of a sudden we're saying to them ‘wait a minute you guys, you gotta stop. We can’t take you anymore.” Tait is also worried about losing his regular customers, some of which he’s . News photo by Glen Freeman A frustrated Libarale Cappelletto points had to turn away. “We have agreed with B.C. Hydro to reduce the discharge (at the Arrow reservoir) by about 15,000 (cubic feet of Drais says the reduction started Tuesday. to a spot to show just where the water ter per second).” level was one week ago. ie x “And if you turn them away they’! go to Christina (Lake) or somewhere else. It’s not only this year’s trade but further down the road,” Tait said. “We'll still be able to meet our flow requirements downstream, and B.C. Hydro thinks it vill solve the flooding problem.” \ 365-8077 YOUR INVITED to bring your whole family this Father's Day for a Musical Drama called: “Heaven Help By Panasonic Give a listen to this! RX-CT980 + S-XBS™-+ Double Cassette Decks with High-Speed and Synchro-Start editing, Automatic Relay Playback, he i ' a | i } Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER Like the Columbia River itself, the recent water controversy is raging on. But this time it’s the Zuckerberg Island that has been caught in the current. “Our causeway is about two feet under wa- ter,” long-time Zuckerberg supporter John Charters said Wednesday. “Two of our bench- ter flow. “I don’t think it’s a good idea,” he said. “The current is very strong right now. There’s a lot of water going down that river.” Hudema said there were no laws being bro- ken by the children, but added that jumping from the bridge was “very dangerous.” MacKinnon agrees that there is a lot of danger tojumpers, and says that if the RCMP can’t do anything to deter the act, the city should. “I think that if this keeps up we're go- the Home" at the Calvary Baptist Church June 21st - 11:00 a.m. -TRUCKLOAD- Dolby™ “B" NR and Metal Tape Capability + Built-in clock/timer with Sleep Function + 5-Band Graphic Equalizer $ 2 , a AM/FM-Stereo Radio Cassette Player RQ-V185 Digital Audio Quality. 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It’s really a big problem because now we don’t have any vehicle access,” he said. “But I guess there’s not much we can do about it.” However, one person’s flood is another’s fantasy, as Rod MacKinnon witnessed. MacKinnon saw three boys using the Zuckerberg Island bridge as a diving board. “I saw it with my own eyes,” MacKinnon said. “These little (kids) just jumped into the river and had to swim like crazy to get to the shore.” And Castlegar Corp. Al Hudema feel no- body should be jumping from the Island’s on- ly link to the mainland. ieson says closing the Island would be a mistake. “We like the citizens of Castlegar and don’t want to find them floating face down in the river,” Mathieson said. “But I don’t think we should penalize everyone because three or four people want to endanger their lives.” Mathieson added that she visited the is- land during the peak of the flooding and found “probably 40” people enjoying Columbia Riv- er Treaty flow. “I think it would be much better to urge danger seekers to think about what they are doing and stop doing it.” : Council is currently drafting a letter to the province, objecting to the high river flows. 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