A® Castlegar News September 4, 1991

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COMMUNITY

New
Slocan
bridge

opens

By CasNews Staff

Bright sunshine shone and
the first nip of fall was in the air
Tuesday morning as the new
$950,000 Slocan City bridge was
officially opened by Nelson-Cre-
ston MLA Howard Dirks and
Ald. Dianne Smith of the Village
of Slocan.

Dirks, minister.of economic
development, trade’and tourism,
described the opening of the
bridge as “a significant day for
Slocan” and said the bridge is a
tribute to the council of Slocan,
the citizens of the community
and the citizens of the west side
of the Slocan River who held
meetings with Highways Min-
istry officials to discuss the pro-
posed project.

Dirks said the new bridge,
which replaces an old wooden
trestle bridge and then a foot-

Nelson-Creston MLA Howard Dirks and Aid.

bridge Tuesday morning. The $950,000 bridge

Dianne Smith of Siocan o'

ficially open the new

replaces an old wooden trestle bridge.

bridge, “suits the lifestyle of the
community.

“You didn’t want a monstrosi-
ty... what we have is what the
community wanted.”

CasNews photo
Slocan City

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Dirks also paid tribute to
Highways Ministry officials
involved, including bridge man-
ager Larry Brown, regional
director Gordon Sutherland-and
district manager Don Williams,

Smith thanked the people of
the community who expressed
their views on the bridge
replacement to Highways offi-
cials and, in a humorous vein,
also paid thanks “to the engi-
neer who stuck his pen knife
into the (old) bridge and found it
lacking.”

The first vehicle officially
across the bridge was the Vil-
lage of Slocan truck driven by
village foreman Jerry Simmons.

The bridge, built under bud-
get and completed earlier than
scheduled, by Bilco Construction
of Winfield, is wheelchair acces-
sible and local resident Gail Val-
liere used the ‘sidewalk to cross
the bridge to the applause of the
crowd. 2:

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BACK TO THE BOOKS

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It’s back to classes for students in the Castlegar schoo! district this week, including this youngster
who looks like he expects lots of homework, judging by the size of his bag.

‘CasNews photo by Donna Bertrand

THE
CITY
VOICE

At the Trade Fair
information booth city
staff met a lot of people
who gave us their
comments, good and bad
about city business.

Thank you.

One major complaint —
right up there with Paving — was animal
control.

“Where is the dog catcher”

“Why does my dog have to have a tag andI
see all those other dogs running without one?”

“Dogs are messing up my yard.”

We took your grief to heart and have
updated our animal control bylaw. Folks, there
are now some pretty hefty fines in place for dog
owners who do not control their pets.

There are approximately 6,500 people in
Castlegar and the city has licensed about 300
dogs. Now it does not seem fair to some that all
taxpayers bear the brunt of costs for the animal
control officer, record keeping, vet fees, and so
on.

With this in mind, a user-pay fee schedule is
now in place. Having a license can save you as

much as $60 if your pet is caught and spends a
night impounded.

If your dog is licensed and caught running at

large, the first offence impound fee is $30, the
running at large charge is $30 and a stay at the
veterinarian is $7 a night plus GST.

The cost of a licence is $12 to $40 depending
on gender. If you are thinking of getting a
potentially dangerous animal, please think
twice. A pit bull will cost you $1,000 to license.

We have a very nice dog catcher. Not a
Disney felon with huge net and chains — more
of a mild-mannered Dad with pets of his own.

Rick Smith is issuing warnings and can sell
you a dog tag. Your dog’s identification goes
into the city’s computer and if the pooch gets
lost — and it’s always the ones who “never
leave the-yard” that do — city staff can trace
and quickly reunite pet and owner.

If you are going on holidays, please give the
city an alternate phone number. It is difficult
when someone comes back from vacation to find
their unclaimed dog given away or put to sleep.
This can happen after three days of
impoundment.

We know we are not going tomake everyone
happy with this bylaw, but we are hoping it will
solve some of the problems we have
encountered with dogs running at large.

And what about the felines you may ask?

That is another story, albeit an interesting

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PROPOSED COLUMBIA RIVER BRIDGE
BETWEEN CASTLEGAR AND ROBSON

OPEN HOUSE
AND
PUBLIC MEETING

The Ministry of Transportation ahd Highways is proposing to
construct a new bridge over the Columbia River at
Castlegar. Several sites were considered and substantial
public input was received after two Open Houses and a
Public Meeting in March 1991. A site, which was suggested
at the Public Meetings, has now been chosen. The Ministry
would like to meet again with the Public in order to explain
why the site was chosen, and to answer any further
questions regarding the proposed new bridge.

Public Meeting:

Wednesday, September 11, 1991
Castlegar & Dist. Recreation Centre
2101-6th Avenue, Castlegar

Doors open 4:30 p.m. for Open House
Public Meeting — 7:30 p.m.

Ministry staff will be present to explain the location and to
answer your questions. We look forward to your attendance
and participation

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