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Bag of 30. .... HH Alaskan Fish. 128 fl. oz. Fertilizer js Litre) Bottle ........... Rubber Plants .. Close-Up TOOTHPASTE Regular. 100 mL Tube ‘Hearing for $3m shopping centre . bid approved City council has named Oct. 18 as the date of a public hearing on the proposed use of two residential lots.on the Columbia ‘Avenue 1600 block as the site of a $8 palion shopping centre. At its Tuesday meeting council, supported planning committee chairman Ald. Al-- bert Calderbank's recommen- dation’ that Mendel Enter- : prises’: development plan for 1602 and 1630 Columbia Ave. — providing for'a | major food decided yan the proposal go to public hearing after questioning the -del- egation “quite heavily,” he said. Minutes of the Sept. 18 planning committee meeting show that under athe devel- store, and major d store and a‘ number of smaller retail stores — pro- -ceed to the hearing stage. Calderbank told council representatives’ of Mendel Enterprises and ARA Archi- tects, outlined their proposed 68,845-square-foot develop- ment in detail at a plainni oper's p sive commercial” zoning’ the size‘of the development would be ined by: the CASTLEGAR: BRITISH: COLUMBLS: SEPTEMBER 26, 1979 By RYON GUEDES CASNEWS EDITOR After five. weeks of: withholding - Castlegar's $27,000 share of Central Kootenay’ regional planning costs, , city council voted Tuesday to obey “under protest” a municipal affairs ministry request to pay up. Planning committee chai Ald. Albert Calderbank won unanimous support when he. moved "reluctantly" that city staff give the regional district the portion of the 1979 tax, requisition council previously refused to pay on the grounds Castlegar taxpayers’ 20-per’’ ' cent share of the planning levy was excessive:: {GROUP LEADERS for United Way canvassers’ in the: he: Mary Gernmilll, Renate palajek! Barb Kinakin,’’ Dick Castlegar ‘crea gathered at the Hi Arrow Arms® Mofor’ Way! Hotel Monday night to discuss plans for this year’s can-. Conred '-Brattebo, vassing blitz, which will be publicly kicked off downtown’ chevelteve: and Gwilym Hugh Oct. 5. Group leaders are; from left to right, front. row:: a News/MirrarFoto by George ice ing, and Vivian Murphy. Tom Bil fie Morshall Town, ‘Alex Back row, left to ‘right: Explaining his motion, he cited warnings by Ald. Gerald Rust last month and in a Sept. 12 letter from’a municipal . affairs official that the city — which peveeted about $30,000 for its own I pl — was legally required to pay the ley. The letter, signed by this year : matters ‘specifically concern-" ing in amount of land available and the setbacks and number of ‘parking spaces required. Mendel _. Enterprises spokesman Ron Mendel and ARA Archit committee meeting Sept. 18. proposed 68,845-square-foot development in detail at a planning committee meeting * Sept. 18. The committee members tive Mike ‘Rayburne, who de- signed the Bank of Montreal complex. at 420 Columbia Ave., proposed development i Moreon Fase AT Irrigation district approves study on replacement of Blueberry Creek A water feasibility study. funded with a $6,000 grant from the Regional District of Central —e Z -tions Nov. 17. “Blected City. of Castle gar’ officials. whose man- ‘Albert? C: -]_ dates'expire this year are > Mayor Audrey. ‘Moore, Ald. Elections Nov. 17: available i in Castlegar area, nomination : though: the. deadline - for... voter. ‘registration was Aug. 31,‘he said, residents eligible for the voters’ list ‘ean still register. if they is: also: Oct. 29." But an’ RDCK spokesman warned + that although’ voters ‘can rogister at the polls, poten- tial filing nom-.. submit ‘to the ““ination:’ ‘papers’ must “al- Gouk. .- Ending their, ‘terms on the School District’ No. 9 board are city trustees Pat Haley and Anne Jones as ’ well as Area I trusteo Lovette Nichvolodoff and: utooshkin, And on the Regional District of Central Koot- enay board, the term of “Area J director Martin Vanderpol is also drawing “toa close. 5 Only.Godderis has an- nounced plans to file pa- pers,for a bid’ for re-elec- Ald, Bud Godderis and Ald. Jim Area J trustee George An-* Three Salmo village. council seats open Three seats on Salmo village council will be open for Nov. 17 municipal elec- tions. Expiring are the two year terms of ‘Ald. Randy Backken, Ald. Gordon Pic- tin and Mayor Merle Han- son. ~ready have their names on “approved by’ city: council the voters’ list. ~The” latest ‘increase for’ Castlegar aldermanic stipends brought an alder- man’s annual pay to $3,527. The mayor’s’stipend, pres- ently $4,850, increases Jan. 1, 1980 to $6,000. All school board mem- bers receive a $2,000 an- nual stipend, while RDCK directors, who recently voted th 1 raises None of the beri members of council-’ have announced what their in- tentions are for the coming” election, at from $50 to $80 per regular - meeting, receive a basic $1,200 for 16 mbtetings *yéarly, as well as $40 per meeting. Spilt Leaf. 6"’ Pots. eerste “4. 49} $1.09 seceeee Each Everything you want from'a store and a little bit more CANADA SAFEWAY LIMITED Commission report signals | “approval of uranium mining The Bates that “green light" for uranium ex- ploration in B.C. is a sign of © future recommendations fa- voring uranium mining, Ross- land-Trail MLA Chris Ty Arey said this week. i Davey: was critical of thie fon last in the province under ‘ricter controls. “The -Bates commission had an to. turn “The Rossland-Trail- _ MLA, whois the New Demo-° * eratic Party’s energy critic'in the legislature, said he was the light to amber and ‘it didn’t,” he said. It's a green light for week i in an interim report to the B.C. cabinet from the . three-member commission — appointed tye the provincial and , the “impli- cation is that ther’, will be a green light for uranium min- ing when: and if ‘somebody wishes to go ahead and mine it, with uranium eine hazards and regulations under the chair- manship of Dr. D.V. Bates — HELP WANTED is the message being out by the Robson and District Fire Co: mission, ‘as: the construction of the Rob- son-Rospberty falls _ behind surrounding the safety of the miners and of the commun- ity.” d that the; report Blueberry * Irrigation’ Dis- trict’s firet step in efforts:to replace its endangered wa ‘tershed. Bill Cook, chairman their “irrigation . distri board, | told he ‘said, a recent letter from a Municipal affairs ministry official said the RDCK is the” ; irrigation ‘district’s only re- maining borrowing vehicle. “And to do this, they me a function of the region: al district,”"he said. f that the ratepayers have to pay off.” . Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy, who also at- * tended the Monday meeting, said he will be “talking in- formally with various min- istries" while the irrigation / provinelal government fo as-- sume because of the damage to the creek.— for which -Highways Minister Alex-Fra- er has.reportedly assumed partial. ireaponsibility in a letter to the board. “We'll. pretty “well be * PO waiting for that because that involves the costs,” the irri- gation district board chair- man said. “We'll know. then how much money we'll need for deputy mi Jobn P. Taylor, pointed out that under Section 784 (2) of the Municipal’ Act “the - amount requested shall be a debt due by the member municipality and shall be paid on or before Aug. 1 in the current year.” “Once the budget has been approved and the amount requisitioned there is no provision for adjustment and the full amount must be paid,” Taylor's.letter con- tinued.."I trust:the city will _ Clarify -this: -matter at. the Caitlegar in return for the $27,000. levy. An earlier attempt by Ald. Jim Gouk to move an amendment calling for “ser- vice in the amount. of the . few we're paying” from the the planning | committee © chairman and Mayor Audrey Moore, pointed out'that the regional planning . function did‘ not include munteipal: planning. ~ Calderbank oxjilained _. that the city opted out of. the ‘ ) >, Calderbank » also’ to ‘planning iP . “instead of paying: $27,000 we would have had to pay about. four, times that amount.” vo.“From the point of view: the regional district assist- eman > as:'a con+>*ing-us,'unless they are going’:” Arrow Lake praised a, Faia JA. provincial agency's y The RECK board's ‘en- icy. d 18 log transportation: on the Lower Arrow Lake and restriction of lakeside property sales have -won the support of Central Kootenay directors. Meeting. last week, the fonal‘district board en- “supply - we decide to go with, whe- ther it would be from the mouth of Blueberry Creek or - whether it means tying into the High Arrow.” Cook said. the .engin- eering firm Kerr, Wood and Leidal, retained by the City of Castlegar to study feasible water supplies for the muni- cipality and outlying areas, would probably be hired ‘to . conduct the Blueberry Creek study. ¢ “They've done so much - preliminary work with it,” he said. “They've got a good basis to start from and it would be foolish to go with another outfit.” He pointed out the en- firm's p raised among eee of the Koot- .enays and other. areas in B.C. . by the legal preblems faced by Genelle residents in their attempts to ‘halt uranium ex- ploration near their China Creek watershed. “T’m hoping that at least the external characteristics. that led to that will be _ More on Page A7 ‘mended’ the i wa- ter feasibility study recom- dorsed the environment and land use committee's approv- al of theuse of the Lower Arrow Lake reservoir as the major means of log transpor-- tation from the Deer Park area and of 85 lots and the maximum number which * could be ‘sold between Syrin- ga Creek and Deer Park in a B.C. Hydro resettlement pro- gram, motion, moved by Area J director Martin Van- derpol, also instructed plan- ning director Floyd Dykeman to participate in the final stage of the ELUC Lower Arrow Lake settlement study and called for “further public involvement in the plan process prior to a final decision being made.” Chamber membership drive nearing end ‘The ranks of the Castle- gar Chamber of’ Commerce have swelled to about 25 as the i Peters gaid the member- ship ‘drive, “which began about three weeks ago with nears the end ‘of its month- long recruitment campaign, treasurer Andy Peters re- ported this week. $3,662 federal grant goes to local group : The Rota ‘Villa Recreational Group has been given a grant the of $3,662 under the federal New res- ponses to letters distributed by the chamber's acting ex- ecutive, will probably end in another wedk. Hey told the Castlegar News he received some mem- bership dues and the cam- paign was “coming along fairly well” but “not as fast as Td like to see it.” The execu- tive has yet to set a date for national health and welfare ministry announced this week. The money will be used to. organize a recreational trict drill’ wells at the mouth of Blueberry Creek to secure an adequate supply. Although board. mem- ~ ‘bers feel the province has a moral obligation to the jr- rigation district, they are also aware it has no legal obligation, he said. “And we realize also the‘. a fact that the g has ‘ 3 for the development. of Rota Villa seniors housing The program will include crafts, games, exercises and . social events. Senior residents of the Castlegar area will be invited to participate in the program. The group president.is Helen Bonacci, of Castlegar. New Horizons is a program of the national health and welfare ministry to fund projects by groups of seniors: enabling them to remain active and involved in their bdo community. + the chamber’s first general meeting, he said. “What we're hoping to do is to give it. probably another week and see what money comes in,” the trea- surer said. “And then we'll call a general membership meeting of those who have paid and then we've got to decide where we go from there.” Correspondence discuss- ed by the board indicated the decisions had been based on the recommendations. of the ELUC's environment and + land use technical committee as well as the Lower Arrow land use and resettlement subcommittee on which RDCK representatives had served. The correspondence, re- ceived from ELUC secretary Denis O'Gorman last. month, included a copy of a letter to the chairman of the Kootenay ‘ resource management com- mittee outlining the ELUC Policy decisions on the Lower Arrow and requesting the re- establishment of the Lower Arrow land use and resettle- . ment subcommittee to start the final stages of the land use study. “I. would like to thank you for your past co-oper-, ‘ation in this study and relay the ELUC's desire that your staff continue to participate, particularly in the develop- ment of the detailed settle- ment plan,” O'Gorman said in another letter, sent to RDCK board chairman G.E. Mac-' Neill. The letter said MacNeill would be notified when the subcommittee is re-establish- ed. More on Page A7 not been looking after’ the~ rights of not just Blueberry but 6 great many water users in this province,” Cook ex- ‘ plained. “We're not the only water district with this kind of a situation.” A major problem faced by the irrigation . district - board is the legal uncertainty resulting from the transfer of responsibility for. irrigation districts from the provincial - water rights branch to. the municipal affairs ministry, he ° said. Although the Blueberry Creek ion District is a of the h fast week, was originally. Chedlod “a the end of September. —News/MirrorFoto by George Gammon J legal entity with a letters . patent and ‘previously had the power to borrow money, HEME Cony DISCLOSED: DISPUTES: Dl WEEKEND WEATHERCAST FOG patches will be evident } The Bates. oe DL on uranium. mining in Ann Landers BillSmiley ..). . Classified Ads, Re. 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