STABLISHED AUG. 7. 1947 vy. CAMPOELL the advertiser « INCORPORATING THE MID-WEEK MIRROR PUBLISHED PUBLISHER AUG. 7, 1947-688. 15. 1979 PUBLISHER — Burt Campbell! B0ITOR — hen Norman mona OF COPYmOHT Ful. complete and sole copyright n ony TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4, 1900 SEPT. 12, 1978-AUG. 27, 1990 honed matter produced by Couie News Lt. “oprah te. proveded ty the ey Collecting garbage Garbage collection is a lot like a watch. When it’s running well we don't even notice it. But when it breaks down, it can Be a headache. Let's hope Castlegar council hasn't bought itself any headaches by switching its garbage collection contract to a new company. It shouldn't present any problems, after all collecting garbage is pret- ty straightforward. And there is no denying that the ew firm will save the city a con- siderable amount of money — $35,000 this year alone. Over the five-year life of the contract it could add up to nearly $175,000. That's a saving that can't be taken lightly, especially in view of the city's tight financial situation. Still, there is always some ap- prehension when a new company takes over from one that has held a contract for the last 18 years. Geronazzq Holdings Inc.. has provided Castlegar homeowners and businesses with good service for nearly two decades. It was in part because of the company’s flexibility in interpreting the gar- bage collection bylaw. Under the bylaw, which was blish in Ww 's Castlegar News, the wellncior is only required to pick up two con- tainers and one cardboard box of household refuse, or three plastic bags of refuse. Yet, anyone who has driven down Castlegar streets on garbage pick-up day has obser- ved residents placing more than the allotted number of containers by the curb. Others place items that, strictly speaking, are not household refu: Under the letter of the bylaw Geronazzo Holdings could have retused to pick up the extra gar- bage. Yet it didn’t. Perhaps it reasoned that wi one householder may have four con- tainers, a neighbor might only have two. Perhaps it simply overlooked the whole thing. In any case, the garbage was picked up Ace Septic Tank Service Ltd. of Robson, the new company, has assured Castlegar council it will pertorm equally well, though not all of council was convinced at fir- st. Ald. Len Embree wondered how @ company that bid $35,000 lower than the current contract could provide the same service. However, after a meeting behind closed doors, Ald. Embree came way satisified that the new firm can do the job. a Unfortunately, the general public and the media was not privy to the information that seemed to satisfy Ald. Embree’s concerns. Therefore, we can only assume that Ace Septic Tank Service will do the work. But the proof is in the work it- self. That comes beginning June 1. And both council and the new company can be assured that city residents will be watching closely to see that the service they have come to expect over the last num- ber of years is maintained. SIR! GENERAL SHIRLEY CARR, SIR! CLC VOLUNTEERS, SIR! REPORTING rom WAR, SIR! Good show Carr. . Ma see, the enemy has ready drawn the battle lines... Letters to the Editor Committee worked hard Re: Stanley Humphries graduation. As a parent of a 1988 grad, I would like to thank Grant Lenarduzzi, the other teachers and the grad committee for trying to give our grads a “quality graduation” rather than a~ “quantity graduatio: Our children have gone through 12 years of hard work in school and now it is time for their graduation. In the past, the ceremonies were held in the arena, where the acoustics are very poor. The atmosphere there alone is for jeans and t-shirts, not beautiful dresses and tuxes. This year the grad commit- tee tried very hard to see the beautiful grads in an appropriate setting and that they had a sound system that is second to none in B.C. The committee. saw both of the buildi and chose the Brilliant Cul- Ron Norman MEMO: To Highways Minister Stephen Rogers. I see you've been taking a lot of heat in the media for your decision to unload the Castlegar-Robson cable ferry and I've come to the conclusion that you desperately need a new public relations person. So while you look for a permanent one, I thought I'd offer my services — gratis of course First off, brush up on your diplo- macy. It’s important to keep in mind that you are a politician, Steve. That means you're elected to your posi tion. You are not a general (or in the case of the inland ferry fleet, an admiral). You are supposed to gov ern, not command. I say that because of the way you went about informing residents in these parts that your ministry doesn't want to operate the ferry any more. Now, I know these people aren't exactly at the top of your Christmas card list, Steve, especi ally because of the way they booed your boss Bill VZ when he made a whistle stop through here last month Still, it wasn’t really fair to shut the ferry down during low water and never start it up again. What really burned people in these parts was the lame excuse that the ferry wasn't operating after water levels rose because of a small crack in the hull. Of course, that wasn't the real reason, was it Steve? The real reason came a few days later when you announced that the Highways Ministry would never operate the ferry again, and that it would remain down un either local government or a private contractor took it over. Really, Steve, that's deception. And it only raised peoples’ ire. It's another reason why you need a good PR person; your image around here is only slightly better than Moa- mmar Khadafy's. By shutting down the ferry while local governments decide whether to take it over, you've only stiffened local resolve. Some in this area view the move as a pressure tactic. And they're likely right. Local politicians find themselves facing a situation where if they don't take over the ferry, it will go to the private sector which will amost assuredly mean tolls. But if they do take it over, they will be completely responsible for the ferry costs. At $300,000 a year those costs are substantial. In fact, the ferry would only be second to the Community Complex in the amount of tax dollars it would require from area residents. Now, your ministry officials men tioned some sort of subsidy, Steve. But local governments shy away from subsidies because they have a habit of disappearing after a while — the experience of the local school board being still so fresh in resi- dents’ minds. Faced with shrinking provincial funding, the school board has raised local residential taxes to pay for ever-increasing education costs. People are afraid a similar scen erio awaits a government that takes over the Castlegar-Robson ferry. If, down the road the provincial government decides it wants to reduce the subsidy, or not provide an increase — or even eliminate it altogether — the local government would be left holding the bag. Of course, it could always impose tolls, but then that would be the same as privatizing it, wouldn't it Steve? Any way you look at it, the Castlegar-Robson ferry will almost certainly have to have tolls if it is to continue without provincial govern- ment assistance, right Steve? But then, I have a hunch that's really what this whole exercise is about, isn't it Steve? It's about turning the ferry over to the private sector and charging users. So where does that leave us, Steve? The ferry still isn’t running and nothing has been resolved. It's a little /like playing “ seeing who will be the blink. But really, is government is supposed to work, Steve? tural Centre for THEIR grad. They went there and organized everything to a “T,” including the seats. They spent many months of planning and or- ganizing. Now, only a month from graduation, the grads have to start concentrating on final exams. And to top off their anxiety, they have to start planning their grad ceremonies from square one again. All of this is happening because one mother stirred up a lot of controversy and the ceremonies had to be changed from the Brilliant Cultural Centre to the arena. Some of the mothers this women had behind her have never seen the cultural centre and have no idea about the seating there — what a shame. They- don't even know what they rebelled against. ‘The centre has been used by world the arena. I have also attended many art and cultural events in the Brilliant Cultural Centre and, therefore, can honestly say that it's sad that on account of one person, our lovely daughters and handsome sons have to renown singers, dancers and All of them said they have seldom per- formed in such a gorgeous building. As far as the number of invitations go, no schools in the area have more than six invitations — and don't forget that the invitations weren't even out yet. Many families didn't need six invitations. Couldn't we have com- promised? It was shallow thinking on. one mother’s side who wrote to the news- paper. One day her excuse not to have the ceremonies in the cultural centre was “bomb threats,” “it's a church” and “security.” The next paper it’s a “seat: ing problem” and “the air cadets have no clue what is happening.” Now that the ceremonies have been ‘changed to the arena another letter appears blaming the teachers and the grad committee. What a pity! As far as the few mothers whose children signed the petition go, the only knowledge they had about the cultural centre is what they read in the paper. Of the ones I talked to, not one had had a grad before. Could it be that the blind led the-blind? I have had three children graduate in Province got $122m last year in taxes For the past number of years the government of B.C. has been collecting an annual water rental tax from the four electrical utility companies of the West Kootenay, namely B.C. Hydro, Cominco, West Kootenay Power and the City of Nelson. In a recent survey we found that the monies collected ex ceeded $122 million for 1987, going directly into general revenue. We feel very strongly that we are not getting our fair share back for conservation in this part of Region 4. Other studies show that we are the highest “dammed” area of the prov ince, with 12 dams on three major river systems and thetimpact on our wildlife resource as &*result of reservoir flooding and the construction of trans- mission corridors has been devastat ing In discussing conservation projects with Environment Ministry staff in Nelson, we are told that funding is the major problem, as always, and as the Habitat Conservation Fund is dwind ling, we are left with no major conser. vation projects for our area. This alarms us all. Everyone is aware that the HCF is derived from a voluntary surcharge on licences of hunters, fish- ermen, trappers and guides. We know too that the dams and transmission corridors are here to stay and that most of the power generated here is transmitted to other parts of the province or to the U.S. What we are left with is severe impacts on our fish and wildlife re- source; what we request is fairer compensation to the West Kootenay to help offset losses to habitat and wild life. We hope that Environment Minister Bruce Strachan understands the situ ation we have been left with over these last many years and how it has impacted on one of our region's main resources — tourism. Public meetings will be held on this subject after we receive his reply to our request. Jesse Ridge Chairman Fishery Comm., Nelson Red and Gun Fred Salekin Secretary, West Kootenay Outdoorsmen Effort well worth it This'year we made our third trip to Spokane to watch the Kinnaird Junior secondary school band march in the Lilac Parade. I am sure that most parents who have watched the parade have experienced the same thrill of pride as we did when the only Canadian band marched by. Asa parent who has not been able to be deeply involved in the organization of these trips, I would like to give credit to Ken Nelson, the KJSS band director. Many teachers in the school system, “put out” considerably beyond what is required of them, with very little recognition, and Mr. Nelson is certainly one of them. Attempting to teach Grade 6, 7 and 8 students to march in time, while playing their instruments, and then taking on the responsibility of transporting four bus loads of students to Spokane, starting out at five if the morning, is not some. thing which most of us would be willing to do. Thank you! Thanks also to the other teachers involved, the parent chaperones and the Band Parents Group. Excursions of this kind are valuable learning exper- iences. They will be remembered by the students and are well worth the effort involved. have a nd-class In conclusion, I would once again like to commend the grad committee for working very hard to make your grad a big, beautiful event. May the differ- ences be ironed out and you remain friends and live in peace and under- standing for the rest of your lives. Happy graduation! Katharine Kalmakoff Castlegar Still not too late It's not too late for community groups.to apply for provincial govern- ment funding for summer works proj ects. Despite the fact that the JobTrac Program was eliminated in the latest provincial budget, a new program, “Toyrism Civie Pride” is in the works. Under the direction of the Ministry of Tourism, Recreation and Culture, ToGrism Civic Pride will operate on much the same criteria as the scrapped JobTrac of last year. There is one major drawback, how ever, and that is Tourism Civic Pride will allocate only one-quarter of the level of JobTrac, some $4.5 million. Under questioning in the legislature the tourism minister admitted this new program is being planned, but could not provide specifics or dates. The minister is, however, accepting appli cations right away. I encourage every small business and community group considering summer work projects to apply for Tourism Civic Pride funding without . delay. Given the cut in funding levels an early application may be the only chance for many important local projects. Anne Edwards, MLA Kootenay Picture free ad In 11 years of advertising and sub- scribing to the Castlegar News and with all the buildings I've painted downtown not once has my business been mentioned in your paper. Yet my out-of-town competition gets a great ch by seven-inch ad in the May 11 issue free of charge with a CasNews photo of some guy holding a paint roller. The building mentioned in the cutline is not even in the picture. No story here, just a free ad. Thomas Falcon Painting Letter ‘crude’ I was surprised to note the crude language in the letter to the editor in Sunday's paper entitled “Help Sought.” Most of us don’t expect better from Ms. Bakken, but we do expect better from the editor of the Castlegar News. R. Parfeniuk Castlegar more letters page AS __ ~cott —Home—at—€reston, The IODE May Day was a grand success and drew hundreds of people from the surrounding district into town. Columbia Avenue was lined with people to see the parade, which started off from the school headed by the IODE float carrying the Queen, Ara Reed, the Princesses and attendants. The parade was a colorful display of floats, decorated bicycles, tricycles and wagons, * * A special invitation is extended by the Group Committee to all parents of Boy Scouts and Cubs to attend a Boy Scout film and short comedy to be shown on Saturday May 29th at 7:30 p.m. in the Coronation Hall. According to your tax notice a penalty of 10 per cent will be applied on unpaid taxes on and after July Ist. * 6 « The Kinnaird Women's Institute held a very successful farmers dance on Friday, May 2ist. + * « The Castlegar Robson Legion Branch 170 Women's Auxiliary held their regular monthly meeting in the Memorial Hall, Tuesday evening. Sev- eral committees gave their report for the month. The Castlegar hospital is running as efficiently and as economically as it\is possible\to run on the budget it has, Castlegar council was informed Tuesdy ight. Fee A picture taken of Castlegar by photographer Gordon Pettitt and dis- tributed to 30-odd B.C. weekly news- papers by the Castlegar News has resulted in further publicity for Castle- gar. + * « The Pollution Control Board is to be asked to enforce the powers given it under the act, village chairman Carl Loeblich told his council at its meeting last week. * 8 « Parallel parking on Columbia Ave. in Castlegar is to be implemented in front of the Credit Union — Castlegar Sporting Goods block and in front of the Oglow Block where diagonal park- ing Presently’ exists. The grand opening “of the City Centre Motel dining room and coffee shop is to be held tomorrow. * 8 « The Kootenay Society for Handicap- ped Children has realized only $3,000 of its $18,000 target for the Castlegar area towards the proposed Dr. Endi- Castlegar” council was told Tuesday night. 15 YEARS AGO From the May 24, 1973 Castlegar News A “Gathering of Friends” at Pass Creek Park last weekend saw hun- dreds of young people pour into the Castlegar district from all over British Columbia, Alberta and parts of the United States. A spokesman for the festival esti- mated about 1,500 people attended “the largest cultural event in the his- tory of the Kootenays” in the course of the two days. * 8 « Columbia Incentives shareholders have voted to invest in Carefree De- sign Enterprises, the firm recently awarded a $182,000 federal govern- ment incentive grant to manufacture recreational campers and trailers. . The low bid of Inter-Mountain Industries of $124,337 for the con- struction of a new school at Pass Creek was accepted over that of Fame Con- struction for $138,335 by the board of trustees for School District No. 9 at its last regular meeting. . 8 An assessment agreement between the town of Kinnaird and the Regional District of Central Kootenay was lifted from the tabled items at the last meeting of council and signed. * *# « > The condition of the various play- grounds is posing a problem of upkeep for the board of trustees of School District No. 9. 5 YEARS AGO From the May 22, 1983 Castlegar News Just one day after voting 94.1 per cent in favor of strike action, Cominco's 3,800 production and intenance workers in Trail and Kimberley served the company with a strike notice. However, the strike ‘notice cannot take effect because the company has applied for mediation, * A proposal to change the location of the Crescent Valley post office has local residents fighting mad. More than a dozen people turned out with placards Saturday morning to protest the post office's proposed move to Rose's Restaurant near Playmor Junction. MORE LETTERS I am writing to indicate my full and complete support for those private citizens and elected officials who are calling on the B.C. government to operate and to continue funding the Castlegar-Robson ferry. I have found all the reasons given for the i many locations in Castlegar. For the young people and our han- dicapped citizens the ferry is an im- portant source of both security and in- dependence. The security can be a comfort to those who care for them, and the can be a source operation and funding to be both reasonable and compelling. I felt it would be helpful, however, to try to enlarge on two factors that I think may be worthy of greater attention. Highways Minister Stephen Rogers has indicated that the ferry is a convenience, and not an essential ser- viee. I think that analysis is completely incorrect. The population profile of Robson is, in my opinion, somewhat special in nature. Although citizens of all ages are present in the population, I think it would be found that in Robson there is a higher preponderance of el- derly citizens and similarly, a higher preponderance of young couples and young children. Both groups require more extensive and often more critical health care. For the elderly, strokes and heart attacks are a great concern. For the young couples, difficult pregna- ncies and unexpected deliver e not unusual. Children have a high accident rate problem. In all instances, seconds can make the difference’ between life” and death, between complete recovery and lifelong incapacity. On the evening of Tuesday, May 171 drove to the Robson side of the ferry from the Castlegar and District Hos- pital. Allowing two minutes to get to and wait for the ferry, and four minutes to cross on the ferry, the trip from the Robson side to the hospital, would take 10 minutes. From the Robson side of the ferry, using the B.C. Hydro dam route, to the hospital took 20.5 minutes, allowing a 1.5 minute stop waiting for the light on the dam to turn green. From the Robson side of the ferry, using the Brilliant route, took 17 minutes. The hydro dam route is not well-lighted and can be very treacherous in winter. The Brilliant route is somewhat better, however, the likelih of on both routes is not very strong. Con- versely, the ferry-through-city-centre route is well lighted. Assistance can be obtained on the ferry itself, and at of pride and self-respect for the young Canada, leaving, apparently insuffi- cient funds to run the Robson ferry. It was with some irony that I read in today’s Trail Times and Castlegar News that tomorrow the four western premiers are setting sail for three days of meetings” on a $3 million luxury yacht. In addition, I think the following ical fact is worth It people and our citizens. My understanding is that our ferry employed five persons full time, four persons part time, and two persons in an auxiliary capacity. For the past many years I have regularly used the ferry. The ferry workers have always been hardworking and cheerful. ‘They have worked in very bad weather and many times in uncomfortable condi- tions. I am sure that their friendliness has made many a stranger to our area, feel welcome. The ferry workers and their families have in some instances lived for gener- ations in our area. Their children have gone to our schools. The ferry workers and their families have contributed greatly to our communities and have brought credit not only to themselves, but to their fellow citizens as well. The ferry workers deserve to keep their Castlegar and Robson are in an area that statistics Canada refers to as economic region 92. It has some of the highest unemployment in Canada. For the first four months of 1988, January to April, unemployment in economic region 92 was 21.1 per cent, 20.7 per cent, 21.1 ent and 17.2 per cent, an average unemployment rate of 20.025 per cent. The same rates for the province of Newfoundland were 17.4 per cent, 17.9 per cent, 17.8 per cent and 17.5 per cent, an average of 17.65 per cent. For our downtown businesses to re- main viable, and to continue their very significant contribution to the economic and employment base of our com- i the of our ferry, with provincial funding, is essential, Although our valley has in it some of the most productive and highly skilled work forces in the world, our citizens do not share a great deal in the wealth they produce. Millions of our tax dollars are provided to other parts of was not that long ago, and at a time when we had a much narrower tax base, that we had two Castlegar- Robson ferries fully operational. The citizens of our valley cooperated in the reduction to one ferry, and it is com- pletely unreasonable of the govern- ment to eliminate the service alto- gether. I think the people of our valley must take the position that we will not allow one more job to be lost, and that we expect the government to use our tax dollars to at least fund our funda- mental, essential needs, one of which is the operation of the Robson ferry. Before closing what I appreciate is a very lengthy letter, I wish to add one brief comment. A Tuesday, May 17 Vancouver Sun article indicates how very hard Mayor Audrey Moore is working to try to restore the ferry operation. I think she deserves great credit for that. A Thursday, May a Vv Sun article app indicate that Mr. Rogers, the Minister of Highways, had spoken only to Mayor Moore about the Robson ferry. I know that Mayor Moore does not consider herself to be the only person to be consulted about maiters involving our valley. She recognizes that she is only one member of a team made up of herself, five other aldermen and an alderwoman, When the team makes a majority decision, I know she will support it whether she’s in the majority or not. I would wish those supporting the continued operation of the ferry, a great deal of good luck. In my exper- ience these matters take a great deal of patience and perseverence. Two ques- tions always have to be answered in the following manner. How long can we last? As long as it takes! How tough can we get? As tough as we have to! Terry Dalton Castlegar Thanks for the enlightenment What a thankful that Harry Killough has enlightened all of us in relief! I'm so his letter ades” News). “Political Char- (May 8 Castlegar “Un-Canadian” decisions are the root of all our prob- lems. Anything that our govern- ments do, with which we do not agree — label it un- Canadian — impugn their motives — question their identity. Innocent suffer in B.C. Any government in power would not feel sorry for a community like ours which put on a demonstration like the one that took place in Castlegar last month at the airport, school and library when the premier of our province visited this area. Now everyone is up in arms about the closure of the Castlegar-Robson ferry. What do the taxpayers ex- pect from Vander Zalm's Socreds when we have NDP Chris D'Arcy as our MLA? politics Now senior citizens of Rob- son are suffering from the actions of their offspring in Castlegar. That's polities in B.C. nowadays — the inno cent suffer. Fern Schwartzenhauer Castlegar OFFICE AID Luella Andreashuk Hos Changed Location For income Tax or Of course Mr. Killough will have to identify exactly what is and what is not considered un-Canadian. Perhaps, he could take lessons from Joe McCarthy and his Committee on un-American Activities. Oh heavens what have I suggested — that would be Rail closure Ferry essential service only beginning Concerning the upcoming public hearings into the ap- plication by CP Rail for authority to abandon the operation of the (track) Baundary Subdivision be- tween Robson West (mile 30.7) to Midway (mile 126.2) plus Carson and Carmi Spurs — a total of 100.3 miles of track. There have been over the last six years drastic cut- backs in the number of main- tainence of way employees who work on the Castlegar to Midway sections. The proposed abandon- ment will not only affect the employees of CP Rail, those being sectionmen, bridge and building crews, traincrews, signal maintainers, dispat- chers, operators, rate billers, clerks, mobile operators and all those involved in main- tenance of road i but it will pose an economic loss to the communities in the form of tax revenue and scooter ) aay. spent at In prrvncoige we can expect to see a large increase in truck traffic through the af- fected communities, namely large chip and lumber trucks. CP Rail has already served notice of closure * effective June 12 of abandonment of approximately 180 miles of track between Spences Bridge and Penticton, which will surely translate into economic losses to a number f ies there. May 22, 1988 C ‘astlégar as MAY SPECIALS All Fabrics 25% Off Style Patterns 20% Off All Patterns $1.00 ea. 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My concern is for the safety of school children and other non-drivers, who must now use the walkway along- side the CPR train bridge to get to and from downtown Castlegar. The walkway is often subject to vandalism, and is frequently in need of repair, making it extremely hazardous for users. While there is now a bus service to Robson, its limited hours and lengthy circuit limit its use by residents. This forces children who par- ticipate in sports and other extra-curricular school acti- vities to use the bridge. It is also my understanding that access to the bridge is through private property. It is my belief that, due to the ferry closure, it will only be a matter of time until serious injury or death oc- curs. I would urge Highways Minister Stephen Rogers to “forei; i of our un-Canadian central commit- tee. the ir Tim Barry Nelson the decision to close the ferry before some unfortunate accident occurs. 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