Page 18B The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, April 19, 1995 eee eee = a Professional Businesses and Services Business of the Month anac Kitchens of Castlegar is located at 3124 Waldie Avenue, Robson, and has been your local dealer for Canac Kitchens Ltd. for more than 2 years..For more than a quarter of a century Canac has been one of North America's leading kitchen cabinet manufacturers: In the process, it has established a reputation for innovative design, fine quality cabinetry, on-time delivery, professional installation and highly competitive pricing of kitchens for every taste and budget look forward to serving you in 19951 The kitchens, door styles and accessories in stock, represent a selection from the exciting product range available. Within each group, door colours and hardware are generally interchangeable. Canac can also arrange for your custom millwork and store fixture needs and provides service and installation throughout the West Kootenays The staff of Canac Kitchens including owner Stephen Henry, his wife Eva, and workers Chris Craft and Chris Miller To view our complete product line stop in to our location in Robson or call 365-0762. Discover for yourself why we are the heart of your home. APART. FOR RENT 1 BDRM bemt suite on 9th Avenue S. Castlegar. Close to schools, hopping and recreation. $500/mo. incl. appliances and utilities. N/S, NP. References required. Available May 1. 1-604-359-7527 leave mes. sage or call after 6 p.m, 1 BDRM bsmt, suite for rent. Sepa- rate entrance and garage. Partially furnished. $400/mo incl. utilities. W8.906-73138 1 BDRM bsmt suite in dntn. N/S, N/P, damage deposit and refer- ences requir 1 BDRM furnished ground level suite in S. Castlegar. Utilities includ- od, 965-3191 ity to cut library funding ON NORMAN Sun Editor Castlegar council plans to cut funding to to join the library. Castlegar and District Public Library nearly one-third this year, The Castle ar Sun has learned. The city proposes to reduce its annual rant to the library by $59,000: from 194,000 last year, to $135,000 in 1995. Councillor Ron Armbruster said the ion is a result of the Regional Dis- 1 BDRM fumished suite, appliances and utilities included. N/S. Ri ences required. 365-7392 after 5 pm. 1 BDRM suite, bright, large yard, new community complex, quiet building, laundry facilities, N/S, N/P. 365-2622 or 352-5659, 1 bdrm. apt., dntn. location. Suit- able for 1or 2 people. N/S. Heat inc. New paint, carpet, & blinds. $400/mo. Ref's required. Reply 2 BDRM apt. Includes FS, w/D Avail immediately. 365-2960 2 BORM bsmt and one bdrm above ground bsmt suite $420/mo each includes Utilities: 365-7636 or 365- a EE 2 BDRM duplex. 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ROOM in bright, spacious, modern house with 3 other active, N/S people. No pets. Private yard, deck with view, laundry, +space. covered parking. Central to every- thing. $250/mo + utilities, 365-5886 ROOMMATE TO share 2 bdrm. house. Dntn. Castlegar. $240 + all evening q 3010. “a $ i ing gutted a mobile home at the of Central Kootenay’s decision to join full partners in the library. Residents in ¢ Lower Arrow Columbia voted in a cent referendum to pay up to $50,000 towards annual library costs. Area I residents are expected to go to the polls in the fall to decide if they, too, want Armbruster said the $135,000 is 40 per cent of the library's proposed 1995 budget He said that is the same as the city’s share of other regionally-shared functions, such as the Community Complex. Armbruster, who is chair of the city's administration and finance committee, as well as council's representative on the library board, said that the city red cent will leave the library with a $32,000 to $40,000 shortfall in 1995 However, he said that shortfall could be covered if Area | residents agree to join the library. ‘Armbruster noted that the library board is “addressing” the situation and assessing what impact the shortfall will have in library operations. He said the library board will report to council on the impact. “If need be, the (city) budget can always be amended.” Council will adopt its 1995 budget at next Tuesday's regular meeting. The pro- posed budget re an overall two per “The whole economic development function is under review,” Armbruster said He noted that if the review indicates that the function should remain as it is, then the city will earmark similar funding as last year. The new budget contains new fees for | taxes. Other chane in the budget include the elimination of the $25,000 the city pays as a portion of regional economic development homeowners, among them $86,000 for garbage collection Other budget items include $5,000 for a new city logo, a $50,000 increase in winter road maintenance, a $35,000 increase in. boulevard maintenance and a $25,000 increase in street cleaning. Parks operations and maintenance costs will also increase, from $237,000 in 1994 to $271,000 this year. 2 The Castlegar Sun The weekly newspaper with a dally commitment’ 75 Cents + G.S.T. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jeff Gabert Fire Commissioner Bill Walkley investigates the charred remains of an early-morn- ing fire at the Hide-a-way Trailer Park last Thursday. The fire resulted in the total loss to the trailer. Jim Kelly. According to Kelly, the fire was quite advanced when he and the firefighters arrived on the scene shortly afterwards The Robson Fire Department had the blaze quickly under con- trol and completely extin guished by 5 a.m. The mobile home was unoc- Sun staff A fire early Thursday morn N Hide-a-way Trailer Park in Rob- ison. No ope was living in the ome when Yhe blaze broke out Cause of thefire has not yet been determined? though a fire as investigating Go green! Recycle the Sun cupied at the time of the fire and was under the final stages of renovations. Kelly said he began work on the building in Decem- ber and the new tenants had planued to move in at the begin- m Jody Cénningham was the Sfirst to see the blaze when she ot up at about 2:30 a.m.. She nediately contacted the fire department and park caretaker Fire destroys house ) JEFF GABERT ning of this week. “It was a lot of work and I spent a lot of time on this unit,” said Kelly, who fast entered the building at 8 p.m. on Wednesday night to get a tool and do a quick check. “It was totally renovated. He estimated the owner of the trailer park had spent $7,000- $8,000 on improvements to the unit, including new cabinets, skirting, drywalling and a com. pletely, new bathroom. In addi tion, Kelly believes he lost at See FIRE 2A Proposed soil permit a concern RON NORMAN Sun Editor Castlegar council has post- poned making a decision on a request for a soil removal permit in the Merry Creek Road area until the property owner can address several concerns. Peter Saliken wants to remove 25,000 cubic metres of gravel for use as fill at the proposed Canadian Tire site on south Columbia Avenue. However, council expressed concerns about the traffic prob- lems created by the 3,000 to 3,500 truck movements through the residential neighborhood. Phil Markin, director of devel- opment services, said there would be a truck down Merry Creek Road every minute and a half for 12 hours a day for three or four weeks. “That is a heckuva lot of traffic for a small residential area,” commented city administrator Jim Gustafson. The city’s technical planning committee recommended against the project, as did Barry Comin, the former superintendent of pub- lic works. Comin pointed out in a report that the gravel would be removed from the hillside immediately adjacent to a recently-constructed condominium development He said the quarry plans do not include a proposed haul route, reclamation plans, drainage pro- visions, hours of operation and a number of other issues. He noted that potential prob- lems include dust, noise, traffic, and property damage. “No matter the quality of dust control measures put in place, dust conditions will exist above a level acceptable within a residen- tial neighborhood.” he said. Besides the problems the number of trucks will create for the residential street, Comin said they will also increase con- gestion at 18th Street and Columbia Avenue. He suggested that the existing road “could not withstand the loading/volume of truck traffic proposed” and that washdown from the quarry may result in flooding within Merry Creek. It was the last issue that con- cerned Councillor Bob Pakula. “My main concern is that creek bed,” he said. Pakula said he is worried about possible sloughing from the hillside that could damage the creek. There was also concern about the stability of the hillside once 25,000 cubic metres are removed. Mayor Mike O'Connor said he is worried about the truck traffic on Merry Creek road. “I don't think Merry Creek Road was designed to handle that kind of traffic,” he said, adding: “I think that roadway will take a terrible beating.” He said the road is a residen- tial street and wasn’t built to highway standards. See CONCERN 2A College looking at 10 per cent fee hike KAREN KERKHOFF _ Sun Staff Selkirk College students could be facing a 10 per cent tuition increase this fall. The Selkirk College board passed a motion last week to begin proceedings which could see the increase become reality. Dale Schatz, vice-president of administration for Selkirk Col- lege, said the tuition hike is nec- essary because the board is grappling with a “significant” shortfall in funding But Schatz pointed out that the increase, while helpful, won't go a long way towards balancing a budget, which last year was some $20 million. This year the college requires an additional $442,000 in order for "Operations to remain status quo”. “We have a significant prob- lem in balancing the budget,” Schatz explained in an interview Even though students may have to shell out 10 per cent more next year, Schatz said Selkirk’s academic tuition fees are still among the lowest in the province. Other colleges and post-sec- ondary facilities are also looking at increasing tuition fees by some 10 per cent. Although 10 per cent is a large chunk of cash for most stu- dents, Schatz said the increase by the other facilities will still leave Selkirk College as one of the least expensive facilities to attend. “We'll still be the cheapest Place to get post-secondary education It was also pointed out the assuming there is a |O per cent increase in tuition fees elsewhere in the province, it will still take a 26 per cent increase in academic tuition at Selkirk to attain the provincial average cost of post- secondary education See SELKIRK 2A WEDNESDAY April 26, 1995 VARIABLE Weather 3A SPORTS g With registration almost doubling over previous years, organiz- ers scramble to find fields in which to play /8A LOCAL Man travels by horseback from B.C. to Manitoba to raise funds for underprivileged children RA PROFILE Students in the Castiegar school district contribute their thoughts on stopping the violence AB