August 27, 1986 2" Casthiiti News VANDER ZALM CHARM SHINES THROUGH premier stepped jet Monday morning at the Castlegar Se iets barely 36 howe ter. he had sale of West Kootenay Power to a ‘aie Vander Zalm remained cheerful Mier ietreduetiine to odty officials, the premier was whisked off to city hall for a half-hour meeting with Castlegar council. But before heading upstairs to the council chambers, NDP candidate Corky Evans have wasted no time in pre 218 - 11th Avenue 365-6668 24 hour senting Premier Bill Vander Vander Zalm didn't let the opportunity pass to shake more hands with city workers. After his discussion with council about local concerns, Vander Zalm was presented with a videotape of the city and a locally crafted pottery bowl. Next stop was the Southern Wood Products sawmill. But before heading there, Vander Zalm was stopped outside city hall and presented with a Doukhobor spoon hand-carved by Pete Ogiow. At Westar’s sawmill Vander Zalm made himself as chamber of commerce types at a Trail Here, too, he didn't pass up the chance to shake company's G.O. Sutherland tug. From the mill, Vander Zalm headed straight to Trail for the announcement of the $55 million share purchase agreement. Again, in the lsbiy of the Cumtons he ro 7 a guest luncheon for 250. And again he made a point of shaking everyone's hand. Zalm with a shopping list of proposals which they say will provide a much-needed boost to the stagnant economy of chise fee revenues (to the city) in the future,” Moore She said franchise fees will $157,000 for city coffers in 1986 — or money and we're losing money,” added. Vander Zalm told council the three- day trip to the Kootenays is the first of Moore said the city has made a pre- liminary application for a low-interest Downtown Revitali- - loan under the zation Program for a $650,000 project it hopes to begin next year. “We urge the province to provide Energy Minister Jack Davis said the has “lots of energy”. How- ever, he said if B.C. can sell energy to the U.S. at a profit, it will While he made no commitment to with Keenleyside, he added: “It should be one of the first to be dered for export FOREST INDUSTRY Ald. Bob Pakula told Vander Zalm that council is concerned about the security of the sawlog supply for all operators in the area, but particularly for Westar Timber’s Southern Wood Products sawmill. He called for a “early and equitable” decision on the Ministry of Forests review of Westar’s Tree Farm License 2. Forests Minister Jack Kempf prom- ised to address the timber supply issue “in the near future,” adding that he will keep in mind the needs of Westar. “Certainly, I'm aware of the timber supply situation and the problems in the West Kootenay,” he said. Kempf said again later Monday evening at a public reception in Trail's Cominco Arena that he will try to swiftly resolve the problems that trouble the forest industry. “A resolution to those problems will He said the city supports Westar's application for funding under the fed- eral-provineial forestry agreement. BENEFITS In response to a concern by Ald. Len Embree about unemployment insur- ance benefits for forest firefighters, Labor Minister Terry Segarty said the issue is “still under careful review and investigation.” While the federal government moved last summer to ensure that forest firefighters are eligible for UIC benefits, the B.C. government has not followed suit. Other city concerns included in a written brief to Vander Zalm but which were not addressed during the meeting included: e Inonoaklin fishway — Council urged the province to proceed im- mediately with construction of the fish ladder on Inonoaklin Creek. © Castlegar Industrial Park — Council asked the province to seek “an early and equitable method” of re- lieving the city of its “unacceptable debt load” under the existing financial agreement. e Lower Arrow Lake Road — Counei said it supports an all-weather highway link Along the east side of the Lower Arrow Lake between Castlegar and Fauquier. Selkirk College — Council urged the province to provide funding so the college can “continue to effectively carry out its critically important role in the West Kootenay.” turned out, his aides had ordered it specially and she was the only passenger. After the reporter started asking questions, the flight was cancelled and she flew up by Air B.C. — with the Social Credit party. picking up the $119.90 tab. MAYOR AUDREY Moore was in her glory Monday morning while she whisked Premier Bill Vander Zelm small slip at city hall. After Vander Zalm, the five cabinet ministers and city council members were seated, Moore said: “It gives me great pleasure to welcome the premier of New Brunswick.” She recovered graciously, amid the laughter, noting that be ‘kilometerage’?) out of its new status as a mecca for Hollywood filmmakers. ‘The fact the city is setting for the movie “Roxanne”, a Screen Gems Canada comedy starring Steve Martin and Dary! Hannah, has been mentioned a few times in the CasNews, along with a page of photos. ‘The Trail Times also published some photos of the action on the set, and of course the Nelson News has been giving the movie more coverage than World War IIL The movie has even been mentioned in the two Vancouver dailies, The Sun and The Province. But perhaps the best article to date was in Sunday's Michael Sch- its entertainment section to the ‘Oh yes, the filming in the Queen City concludes today. ‘The cast and crew moves on to Vancouver to film interior scenes after 21 days in Nelson. A TRAIL HOUSEWIFE is one of 16 new Senior Citizens Lodge in Trail. 's Jessie Donan, active in the local senior citizen's association, is also one of the 12 nominees held over from 1985. ‘A total of 28 nominations hive been received to date B.C. Sona yeare or odne td inthe Judgment fon “has a 4 of volunt ty ice.” TWO BRITISH Columbiate and « Texan will be coming to Kootenay Country courtesy of Expo 86 and the B.C. Pavilion. The three sre winners in the Discover B.C. Sweepstakes sponsored by the B.C. Pavilion, Coca-Cola and Coast Hotels. A total of 27 free trips to the nine regions in B.C. were given away during the draw, including three to the Tilden rental car for 24 hours with 500 free ‘The prize is valued at just under $700. The names were drawn at random during a special ceremony on B.C. Day at the B.C. Pavilion. The winners were drawn from some 12,000 contestants who dropped official entry forms into specially marked boxes at the B.C. Pavilion and Coast Hotels. WOULD YOUR group or club be interested in | learning the history of Zuckerburg Island Park? Discover how to Outfox a Bug? Want to know more about | avalanches or earthquakes? | ‘These and a host other topics are the subjects of |} hot off the press and has been distributed to organi- zations across the Selkirk College region. d clubs are d to use the college for the 1986 B.C. Senior Award. Betty Wendel was ivities at the Kiro Manor speakers bureau which provides speakers free of charge | mee and pelle serves: CHICKEN 2 eee cscststeccnccstiimmatine® 0" ia ROUNDS. CANADA... -5 GOOEE KG. COFFEE CHILL ce mus. as Premier concerned OCOLATE BARS $14.09 about education COMINCO continued trom tront poge Qualify for a better accounti peal S.M.A, rs to Stor end designad to be completed while you work in your present Position. As an Accounting Technologist. ill be able ee posting 7 san capeng fon be completed in one throw Your Work on the new smelter will involve only about 40 people for site this year. By mid-1987 about 100 will be on the construction site, building toward a peak level of about 240 between early 1988 and early 1989. ee ee ee ae Cominco said the smelter’s design will be done at various company locations and the design team will build quickly during the first year. It will reach a peak of about 50 for a few months in the spring of 1987 and then taper down as Much of the construction work is expected to be done by people already on Cominco’s rolls, though the company says 2 “modest amount” of im pa. im certain trades may be 'y during the peak peridd. It is expected Trail's edd output will increase by 44,000 tons a year to 176,000 tons, and there will be a six million ounce in¢rease in silver to 17 million ounces. The new plant will use the Kivcet flash smelting process developed in the Soviet Union. meets thee entrance Seesrmenk els prs S.M.A. Professional Program. The Director of Education The of S.M.A.) of B.C. Box 11548, No. 1575-650 W. Georgia St., Toll Free 1-800-663-9646 West Kootenay Power, but added that Utilicorp will be able to attract new ee lowest price in town!* He also reiterated that Utilicorp will have to leave the resource here. “They can't take it with them,” he said. Energy minister Jack Davis added that ownership of the utility can't change without a public hearing. He said the utilities commission will likely hold a hearing in the West Kooténay in mid- or late-October and arrivp at a Moore said later she came away feeling Vander Zalm is “very much aware of the people's concern” about West Kootenay Power. She said that while he thinks investment is good for the area, he also knows residents feel “alienated” by the sale to a U.S. corporation. Moore said she is still “really con- cerned” about the precedent the sale sets. oN She said it is one thing to sell oil or gas companies internationally, because those commodities are finite resources. “Water power is a renewable re souree and goes on forever.” she said. “You've really sold imper- New fire started By CasNews Staff A lightning strike over- night at Little Mosquito Lake near Nakusp has started a new forest fire in the Arrow Forest District, bringing the total number of fires to date this season to 108. Eleven fires are currently burning in the district al- though last night's fire is the only one with a crew working petuity.” Stanley Humphries Secondary STUDENTS For students new to the school this year an students who, due to failures, may requir pregrar changes: - Counsellors will be available\to meet By CasNews Staff Premier Bill Vander Zalm agrees British Columbia's education system needs more money, but he's not sure where his government is going to find the extra funds, school board chair- man Kay Johnson said Tues- day. Johnson met with Vander Zalm for about 15 minutes Tuesday prior to the pre mier’s breakfast meeting with local Social Credit party members at the Sandman Inn in Castlegar. “I got a sense that even though he’s not had a lot of time (to study education issues), he has some definite Sexual standing of the problems in education. Johnson added that Van- der Zalm was surprised when she told him the school district has yet to hear if it will receive the $1.3 million it requested from the government's three-yeas. check on the status of the Castlegar district's request assault case adjourned By CasNews Staff A Castlegar man will ap- pear in Castlegar provincial court Sept. 3 to fix a date for trial on a charge of sexual assault. Lorne Horcoff, also known as Lawrence Kinakin, 21, is also charged with use of a firearm while itting an with a weapon, possession of arestricted weapon, uttering a threat and three counts of breaking and entering in connection with incidents July 19 at the City Centre Motel in Castlegar. Horeoff's lawyer, Ken Wyllie of | Nelson, received a ion of his indictable offence, assault plient in ooart Tuesday. Policeman killed NESPELEM, Wash. (AP) — A Colville Confederated Tribes policeman was killed and another was wounded in a shootout this morning on the reservation northwest of Spokane, a tribe official said. Sgt. Louis Millard was killed and assistant police chief John Dick was shot in the shoulder, said Dale Kohler, chairman of the law and justice committee for the Elmer McGinnis of Nes pelem was taken into custody after the shooting, Kohler said. McGinnis may have suffered a gunshot wound and was being taken by medical helicopter to Spo kane, Kohler said. Two of his daughters, Lila and Elsie McGinnis, were booked at Okanogan County jail for investigation of ren- dering criminal assistance and obstructing public ser vants, a jailer said. TYPE SETTING Give your newsletters. bulletins, etc, o Council asks premier for provincial agent premier and five cabinet ministers at city hall, that a ” government agent is “des- perately” needed. for a government agent in He said government agent Castlegar. Ald. Cari Henne told Van- der Zalm during a meeting between council, the “With eight provincial ministries and two Crown corporations represented in Castlegar, the council finds this situation unacceptable,” Adastra from making any promises to Castlegar “makes a lot of locate a government agent in sense,” Sherwood said. ernment agent Arnie Sher- wood supports the idea of an agent in Castlegar. “T'm all for it,” he said. Sherwood said hunters who lose their numbers or fishermen who lose fishing wishes Castlegar council licences must travel all the “luck” in its bid for a govern- way to Rossland or Nelson to ment agent, adding, “Tm SOUP MIX MIX wan AF aes SAUERKRAUT wn. 2:0. DI WITH 8 WETHOUT GARLIC AMD POLSKD. 1 Litre... BABY DILLS vu nasceoner soe... mT CHOCOLATE SYRUP... 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