Legislative Library. Parliament Bldgse. 501 Victoria, B. Ce VBY VX4 Fab _— “CASTLE Published at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” TODAY'S PRAYER O Crestor God, we thank You for the life of the In- finite One that transforms the human nature and re- creates man into the image of God. VOL. 33, NO. A3l 35 Cents . CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, JULY 27, 1980 2Sections (A&B) * Land claimants ‘cautiously optomistic’ “Cautiously optomistic.” That's the way Nesta Hale, mem- passed on as recommendations to B.C. Hydro senior Jnanngoment and I would isfy residents as to lot sizes is nec- cpearys The questionnaire was sent out 168 as well as ber of the Arrow Lakes Committee, describes the group's re- action after a mooting in Victoria snd another with an independent consul- tant here. The group, consisting of land- . owners displaced as a result of flooding for the Hugh Keenleyside Dam in the ‘60's, was formed in an attempt to have some input into a promised B.C, Hydro resettlement plan, The six committee members met with independent conaultant ‘John Connolley to present their views on re- settlement. Connolley was hired by B.C. Hydro to work with the group. “The results of the meeting will be— think to. government,” Connalley said Thurs- : day. : “I'm sure B.C. Hydro will take the stance of the property owners" Con- nolley added. One of the requests of the group was that whatever decisions are made, they be made within a year, The decision has already been de- layed for too long, Hale said. “Connolley said we had basically two alternatives. We can accept the present lot lines, or we can ask for the land to be rezoned.” Hale added that responses from a questionaire indicate rezoning to sat- - Y ocenk and owners. The only problem was rezoning “is Victoria or Regional District can hold it up for up to two years” which is why “we asked for the one year time limit,” Hale said. és Other concerns of the group were that lots between the Hugh Keenley- side Dam and Tulip Creek were un- acceptable, that no lots be created at Syringa Creek and that lots should be an average of one acre in size. Resettlement site preferences in- clude Cayouse Creek, Deer Park and Broadwater. “It's easiest for B.C. Hydro to sell © lots as they exist at Cayouse but that is Rotary Pancake Breakfast proved a good wo taking In SunFest ‘80 activities. breckte st is being serv __ morning starting at 9. a.m, to start the da: Saturdays pareas had a good showing of floats in all categories Including : this industrial entry of Cominco. Ninth Avenue concems stem partially from inaccurate info Residents concerned that Ninth Avenue in the south section of the city will be widened as part of a subdivision plan do not have much ground for their fears, Mayor Audrey Moore said Friday. ‘Although some landowners on the Water regulations announced Close to empty tanks in the south end of the city have resulted in water regulations for that section. These took effect on Thursday. A spokesman for the city told the Castlegar News regulations went into effect following continuous alarm soundings on a monitoring board. At one point there were less than three feet of water in the tank. While all of the City of Castlegar has water from the Arrow Lakes in the lines, it is the pumps in the south section that cannot keep up with delivering the amount demanded of it. “Pumps just are not able to keep up, they've got to have a change to stop,” said the spokesman. The problem felt by the south end of the city will not exist once the entire avenue were under the impression the entire avenue would be widened under the Kinberry Heights replot plan, only three properties will be affected, Moore said. Those properties will not lose any land under the scheme, rather they will be ‘reshaped to remove a blind corner that poses a potential danger, the mayor added. Residents have also voiced objec- tions to the proposal which would make Ninth Avenue a through avenue. Never- theless, those concerns are not enough to warrant a change Moore said. Changing the plan now means the city would owe the department of municipal affairs over $82,000 due to an agreement made in 1976 between the two levels of government. The agreement called for the prov- incial government to provide the city with $117,300 to draw up the plan and in turn the city was to approve the by-laws necessary for the plans implementation. Failure to do so would cost the city the $82; The mayor r added that in many ways it would be beneficial to Ninth Avenue residents to live on a through avenue. Reasons include better access for emergency vehicles and easier snow removal, . “If people are concerned thet Ninth Avenue will be used for drag races, 1 can’t see it. The proposed road has too new system is date for this is late fall. Those affected by the fegulations are asked to sprinkle from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. only, wang only one sprinkler at a time. many corners." Moore said. The jivision proposal ‘‘is prob- ably one of the best things we've done,” she added explaining tant it will serve the interests of people who have been requesting permission to sub- divide for years. “We've had one gentleman in here asking for permission to subdivide for years. We told him to hold off so it could be done properly.”” “This plan serves the best interests of the city. If we asked the opinions of not putting the land to its best use Connolley said the group told him. That statement prompted the group to recommend that Deer Park be rezoned to form smaller lots, Broad- water be subdivided for one acre lots, Cayouse Creek be subdivided to pro- vide shoreline property and that lakeside frontage be approximately 100 ft. A second meeting took place in Victoria last week between Hale, group member Wally Penner and Minister of the Environment. “They were receptive and ad- mitted there had been no significant input” from concerned claimants, Hale said. Finding lodging in Castlegar is no small undertaking Students may be the hardest hit in Castlegar’s housing crunch according to Marilyn Strong of Selkirk College. Strong, who tries to match up students with places to live, says “there is definitely a lack of places and even a greater shortage of suitable places for Selkirk students.” Ofthe approximately 700 students attending the college, some 200 are . from outlying communities and “must find accommodation in town,” she added. Because students “come from as far away as the Northwest Territories and Nova Scotia “few of them can bring ” furniture and ‘therefore must find furnished accommodation. And of course students are often operating within a strained budget and ‘can't afford what is on the market," Strong added. Strong says that some landlords simply do not like to rent to students. Often students “arive with pre- conceived ideas of what they want and when they can’t find it they get upset,” Strong added. “We advise students to take what - they. can get at first, at least get shelter ‘over, thejr heads, Then they can:start g' around for somewhere. else to live,” she said. Complicating matters are’ the special needs that some have. the renter is expected to be a full-time babysitter.” This year the lst went out to students on Friday and Monday of last week and Strong said that by “the end of the week we'll have landlords calling to say take my name off the Liat, we've already rented.” “The situation is worse than ever this year, possibly because previous renters have sold or won't rent anymore” she added. Students hardest hit in housing hassle If a man’s home is his castle this town is desperately short of castles. Those who wish to buy a home have to be quick on the draw and _ “ready to pay through the nose” according to local real estate agents. The situation is even tighter for those wishing to rent. .Houses are nearly impossible to find, apartments have, waiting lists months long and suites are renting at prices that leave no doubt it is a “seller's market.” ‘The manager ¢ of Woodland Apart- ments on Silverwood ‘Créescent--won't- even take applications any more. © “We have a waiting lst of 80 I re Married students “obviously have dif- ferent. requirements than single stu- dents,” Strong adds. To aid in finding housing for the students Strong and another worker ie i STRONG. . .notan easy task prepare a list of all the available rental accommodations in town and send a copy to every student that qualifies. Qualifying students are those that live “outside of commuting distance” which is considered beyond Trail or Nelson. In addition, the student must be d for anyone who might be r tely affected in any subdivision proposal we'd have no more subdivisions.” Moore added that residents do have alegitimate worry for the safety of MOORE wae plans to proceed their children due to increased traffic on the road but added that speed limits could be reduced if requested. City planning technician Andy Swet- lishoff said last week he understood the concerns but added “what's wrong with living on a through street. Most people in Castlegar live on one.’” Renters whose names appear on the list are those who contact the college or previous landlords whom Strong contacts. It is up to the student to contact the landlord who decides if they want the student as a tenant. Problems sometimes occur when landlords “expect too much from the students” Strong said. “For instance if SEP valone. ceived another five or six phone calls from people looking for a place to live,” Lorna Roy co-manager of Woodland Apartments said Wednesday. + “It's wicked. We have people calling from Vancouver looking for a place to live,” Roy added. “We get so many applications its driving me up the wall.” Woodland Apartments have a total of 60 units and has had “one man on the waiting list since Janauary. The average wait is at least six or seven months,” she added. The situation is most difficult for families, Roy addes. “There was one family came to me a couple of weeks ago that had been camping out in a tent at Rossland. Camping out with kids can get pretty rough.” Roy says the situation is worse this year than ever before. “We've always been full, but this year, I just don’t know what's happening. I know there are a lot of men with families working for Cominco.” Requests for assistance in finding rental accommodation average “about eight a week” at the Castlegar News office, a spokesperson there said. Castle Realty has “tried unsuc- cessfully” | to place people in rental Greg said this week. : The problem, he said, is that there ‘are just too few rental accommodations in the area. “Simply more demand than supply.” The situation for buyers is not much better. “There’s a shortage of homes for sale because of the interest rates being so high: "Now that they’ve started to go down people are starting to purchase,” Nichvalodoff added. “The homes that go the fastest are those in the below and early 50's range. They're being eaten up quickly. The homes in the early 60's will go next.” Malcolm ‘Scott of Century 21 agrees but adds that homes are selling faster now than they were three months ago. Most new homes begin at $65,000 and for that reason aren't moving as fast, Scott said. “A lot of people have moved to the area and were promised permanent jobs at Cominco, Now they want to set some roots down and are looking for places to buy.” Breweries lock-out union, but SunFest suds in supply The deadlock between B.C.'s three major breweries and their union work- ers will not affect the beer gardens taking place as part of SunFest ‘80 weekend. Molsons, Labatts and Carling . O'Keefe locked out members of the Brewery Workers Union as of two a.m. Saturday. Beer garden organizers stocked up early in anticipation of such an event. The Kinsmen gardens bought 300 cases. This is more than they had last year. At that time. all the beer at the Kinsmen garden was sold, organizer Merv Rush said Thursday. The local liquor store received a shipment of beer Friday morning and by late afternoon had about 800 cases left. A liquor store spokesman said he expected all that beer to be gone by the * end of the day. Talks between breweries and the union broke down Monday when the breweries issued a Friday midnight deadline for the unions to accept the wage offer. Negotiators for the companies offered the workers a $1-an-hour wage increase in each year of a three-year agreement. However, union president John Langley said there was much more than money involved. (<2 See Tea ees) You're Getting =) .? SUPPLEMENTS Safeway Super Valu Reflections and Recollections. . Smiley........ (Not all supplements in all papers.) Page A4 Writers’ Den......... + Page 63 {Si SUNDAY Closer BLUE LAKE CAMP Learning by participating Page B2 ENVIRONMENTAL Ann Landers......... Pages A3 Page B4-B5 . Page 83 .Page A3 ..- Page A3 Classified Ads. Erma Bombeck, My Answer... Pulpit and Pew. . — als EN ou BEA REALIZE BET’ © 1980 King Featurea Syndicat, Inc. 7.29