Castlegar News October 20, 1990 ACTION ADS/LOCAL NEWS CARD OF THANKS We, the family of the late NICK OGLOFF of Raspberry Village would like to thank the relatives and friends for their kind support and comfort given us through our difficult time. We would like to thank the singers, the cooks, the grave diggers the people who sent donations ou cards and Cosine Thanks to Mike O'Connor and the Funeral Home and a very special thank you to Pete Relkoff and all the people who attended the service. May God Bless you All Wite Olga and family 84 IN MEMORIAM CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION In Memoriam Donations, Box 1228 Rossland, B.C. VOG 1Y0. 104/80 ALCOHOLICS anonymous and Ai- Ane. Phone 365-3663. 04/71 “Your Charity of Choice’’ Your caring gifts in Honou: Memuriam are a beautiful and thoughttul reminder. Pleese Conede’s to. 1 Killer hend 8.C. AND YUKON HEART FOUNDATION son sen VIN Sa Your Donation is Tax Deductible LEGALS The Salvation Army of Trail and Neleon each netted $5, ore from Toy Run in S holding the donation are Debby Swayze, Theresa Borm Sas Kevin he Salvation Army. Toy Run organizers are (from left) LEGALS Dennis Pighin, Trail director Cc jar director Jackie Rossland director a Evans and Lindsy Simmons, treasurer Sibylle H Smith, Fruitvale. ‘Salmo director u Larry J z, ‘ertson an d are Nelson d Precycling Precycling will reduce the volume of waste’ going to the Ootischenia landfill. The following are several i to help ‘s precycle: * Think before you buy, Do you really need it? cuts waste it away. Save alt little things such as paper clips, rubber bands, twist-ties, etc., to! reuse. ¢ When you no longer have use for something, sell it, give it away or see that it gets used by someone. © Avoid buying over Products, Pay for the contents, not the package. (Ten cents of every food dollar pays for its packaging.) * Buy fodd containers that are recyclable or reusable. * Avoid disposable products. Bring your own shopping bags or choose paper over plastic. © Buy bulk. * Buy durable, quality goods. © Buy products not dependent on batteries or use rechargable batteries. © If it’s broken, fix it. Don’t throw * Buy d-hand, rather than new whenever possible. * Bea “‘pro-active’’ consumer. tet your views be known to the manufac- turers regarding their products quality and packaging. © Compost your organic wastes. * Live the three R’s — re-educate yourself, fellow consumers producers; recycle everything possible; and reduce your consum- ption. Waste is a consuming ‘problem — precycle. En It's Time fora New, Energetic, thusiastic Person! VOTE kirk DUFF LAND ACT The purpose for which the disposition is required ts for legalizing existence of a hot tub deck Comments concerning this application should be ‘ jemior Land Otficer. Ministry of TENDERS Are now being accpeted for Office Cleaning at 1951 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, B.C. Tender forms are available at the above location and bids will be accepted until November 9, 1990. Duties will commence on December 1 1990. The lowest or any bidder will not necessarily be accepted. The successful bidder will be notified on November 23, 1990. For further information con- tact Mr. Steve Lake, 365-3122 TENDER NOTICE Columbia View Lodge is requesting tenders for the removal of the exleting Nurse Call System and the in n of a new Micro Processor Base Visual Nurse Coll System. Salvage shall be collected in a cen tral location and the contractor shall dispose of same at the owner's discretion Tenders will close at 12:00 noon on November 8, 1990. Tenders shall be addressed to Mr. P. Caraca, Chief Executive Officer of Columbia View Lodge, 2920 Laburnum Drive, Trail B.C. VIR 4N2 in a sealed envelope marked "Tender Docun Specification documents con be picked up at the C.V.L. between the hours of 7:30 o.m. 10 3:30 p.m For further information that may be required contact Mr. B. Korteland at 364-1271. Province of Ministry of British Columbia Forests BURNING PERMITS REQUIRED Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 112 and 110(1)(b) of the Forest Act burning permits will be required within the entire Nelson Forests Region commencing midnight, Oc tober 15, 1990 and continuing until midnight April 14, 1991 by any per son undertaking any of the following burning © All burning involving industrial operations including prescribed bur ning, land clearing, logging or any burning involving the use of mechanical equipment , * All prescribed burning for range and wildlite habitat enhancement * All burning of grasslands or fields The Nelson Forest described in Schedule “C Regulation 559/78. Inquiries regor ding burning permits can be made at any Ministry of Forest District Office R.R. TOZER Regional Manager Nelson Forest Region IF YOU HEAT WITH OIL... CALL * * +e ee area for over 30 years ESSO PETROLEUM We Provide More than ‘Just Fuel! You'll have the convenience of 9 equal monthly payments, avoid large winter bills, plus get special discount for full participation We can provide you with automatic fuel delivery with our Data Point 1560 computer Dependibility at competitive prices We're convenient, with facilities near you! Provide you with top quality, name brand products All backed by our record of reliability in serving this Denny’s Furnace Service COMPLETE FURNACE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE! Phone: 352-7565 or 365-7838 FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL BRILLIANT RESOURCES LTD. 365-5185 or 352-3713 Not Mon secretary Dianne eerie The toys were distributed earlier from the run in which 190 motorcycles and 284 people took part. FOR ALDERMAN we \ es Truck Sale! MW, Leader October is Truck Month and we're steering you to Heavy Duty Savings on new and used Trucks! BRAND NEW MAZDA SHORT BOX 4x4 Auto. Trans., Stereo 13,990 1991 MAZDA Nobody but nobody beats this truck OR OUR PRICE *9290 and nobody has a befter price . . BRAND NEW BRAND NEW MAZDA B2200 | CAB PLUS CAB PLUS 4x4 5-Speed Stereo & Auto. Stereo & BRAND NEW MAZDA LONG BOX 4x4 5-Speed, Stereo & ONLY $13,990 When all is said and done nobody has a better truck and that's a fact! BRAND NEW MAZDA MPV Industry's top Rated Passenger Van $16,990 WEDNESDAY October 24, 1990 Vol. 43, No. 85 Castlegar, B.C. Green is gold for Rebels Tonight: increasing cloud. Lowsnear 4°. Thursday: Cloudy with Periods of rain, Highs near 12°. Friday's outlook is for o mixture of cloud ond sun. Probability of precipitation is 30 per cent tonight Reformers press right buttons 4 Sections (A, B, C & D) eaifbe. 75 Cents rising to 80 per cent Thursday ---B3 @A0"- gap ’ ea! LATIS BLD PARLIAMEN | PA orth B. yil FEB: Businessman touts rail system for chips By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer Revelstoke businessman John Meade says his company could set up a system to ship wood chips to the Celgar pulp mill in Castlegar ‘‘on a shoestring’’ if the provincial government would buy the soon-to-be-aban- doned Midway to Castlegar rail line and lease it to his company. The line would then be saved from being dismasitled in the future and Meade’s company, Boundary Transpor- tation, would have time to complete its proposal, Meade told reporters Friday after making a presentation to the panel conducting hearings into Celgar’s expansion and modernization proposal. Friday's \session, day two of technical hearings into Celgar’: 's Proposal, was devoted to the planned ex- pansion project. Gordon Sutherland, regional director with the Ministry of Transportation and Highways in Nelson, told the panel later on Friday that the ministry is considering buying the rail line right of way but not the rail line itself. ““We are researching avenues the ministry has available to it to acquire the right-of-way corridor,’’ he os , In September, Canadian Pacific Railway was given permission by the National Transportation Agency to abandon the Midway to Castlegar line in early December. The B.C. government opposed the wood chips by rail or barge but can do nothing to promote such alternative modes of transportation except to encourage that they be ‘used. Celgar’s have that hauling the wood chips by truck is the only economic means for moving the chips since the company would have to bear the costs of building loading and unloading facilities for rail and barge shipping. Meade said that if the province bought the rain line, it would be forced to deal with what he sees as the main The NTA delayed the abandonment for 90 days to allow the provincial government time to decide if it wants to negotiate with CP to keep the line operating for Celgar, Neil Thurston, the director of rail rationalization, told the Castlegar News in an earlier interview. Sutherland said the ministry favors shipment of block in his company’s plans to operate the line — provincial taxes on railway property. Rail lines are currently assessed at more than $99,000 per 1.6 kilometres and property taxes on the lines is about 3.5 times the residential rate, Meade said. Bridges and real The Boundary line is worth about $2.2 million right now, since an abandoned track is assessed as scrap metal worth about $15,000 to $22,000 per 1.6 kilometres, he said. However, if his company buys the line at that price, it would then have to pay taxes on an assessment of $99,000 per 1.6 kilometres because the line would be considered viable once again, Meade explained Kirk Rockerbie, an analyst with the Transportation Ministry’s policy branch, said property tax on rail lines has been an issue for several years and as a result some amendments were made‘to the legislation affecting the taxes. Those amendments, which came into effect in Sep- tember, lower taxes levi on abandoned track or rail lines with low traffic densities, he said. estate are assessed separately from the track itself, he ad- ded. please see RAIL page A2 City could survive By CasNews Staff Five to 10 years after a shutdown of the Celgar pulp mill other industries — such as tourism — could partially fill in the economic hole left by the pulp company, Castlegar city ad- ministrator Gary Williams said. But the initial harm to the Castlegar. and West Kootenay economies would be “‘very substantial’’ and includes “lots of short-term pain,’’ Williams told reporters Saturday aftet. making a presentation during technical hearings into Celgar’s expansion and modernization proposal. Tourism has the ‘‘potential’’ to put as much money into the local economy as the wages paid to Ceigar workers, Williams said. On the other hand, tourism businesses require more services from the city while providing fewer tax dollars than a large industry such as Celgar, which needs fewer city services, he pointed out. The effects of a shutdown by Celgar could also be mitigated by the regional economy and the city’s position as the ‘‘transportation hub’’ of the West Kootenay, Williams said. Celgar currently accounts for about 44 per cent of Castlegar’s tax base and that could increase to 75 per cent if the expansion project goes ahead, Williams told the panel conducting a review of Celgar’s proposal. Celgar paid a total of more than $1.2 million in school, municipal and regional taxes in 1989. Ministry has plan to speed up projects By CasNews Staff The Ministry of Transportation and Highways has designed an ac- celerated program for upgrading West Kootenay highways in an- ticipation of increased truck traffic carrying wood chips to the Celgar pulp mill if the company’s proposed expansion and modernization project goes ahead, ministry representatives y. The accelerated schedule would en- sure work on Highway 3A from ‘Castlegar to the junction with High- way 6, Highway 6 to Nakusp and * FREIGHT AND PDI METALLIC PAINT & DEALER INSTALLS EXTRA * NO CASH NO PROBLEM Gary Maloney's LET OUR FINANCE SPECIALIST HELP YOU WITH YOUR PERSONALIZED PAYMENT PROGRAM. WE WILL TAILOR-MAKE A PAYMENT JUST FOR YOU AND MAKE YOU A DEAL YOU CAN BE PROOD OF. CASTLEGAR MAZDA 265-7241 713-17th Street, Castlegar D. 7956 id. vehicle skidded After colliding with the truck, CosNews photo by Clouderte Sondeck Kwok’s vehicle hit a light standard slammed into a cement retaining wall. Kwok’s vehicle was totally demolished and Bankert’s truck suffered approximately $2,000 in damages, RCMP said. Kwok was transferred to Trail Regional Hospital from Castlegar and District Hospital and is in satisfactory condition with mild head injuries, a Trail hospital spokesman said today. On Tuesday, a Castlegar-bound sideways on Highway 3A in Thrums and Emergency service crew members and passers-by help pull 20-year-old Kar Sung (Ryan) Kwok from the wreckoge of his 1986 Pontiac after a collision with a logging trock on Sherbiko Hi Monday Collision with truck injures car driver By CasNews Staff A collision between a 1986 Pon- and tiac and a logging truck Monday on Sherbiko Hill in Castlegar sent a 20-year-old man to hospital with head injuries. Kar Sung (Ryan) Kwok was in- jured when his car collided with a 1981 Western Star logging truck as Kwok attempted to pass the truck on the right, RCMP said. The driver of the truck, 23-year- old Bryce David Bankert, was at- tempting to move into the right- hand lane when the accident oc- curred, police collided with a Nelson-bound vehicle, police said. The accident occurred at about 9:45 a.m. Both drivers were taken by am- bulance to Castlegar and District Hospital. The driver of the Castlegar-bound vehicle, Audrey Repin, was treated at Castlegar Hospital while the driver of the Nelson-bound vehicle, John Ed- mondsun, was transferred to Trail Regional Hospital suffering from injuries to his leg as well as facial cuts and bruises, RCMP said. Both accidents are under in- vestigation by the RCMP. ighway 23 from Nakusp to Galena Bay and from Revelstoke to Shelter Bay would be completed by 1993, the ministry says in a brief presented last week to the panel reviewing Celgar’s proposal. - Without the acceleration, some projects would not be completed until 1995 or 1997, the ministry says. The speedier program would cost a total of about $21 million — about $3.6 million more than the projects would cost over a longer period of time. The accelerated schedule requires an average expenditure of $7.1 million per year, while the slower program Council approves closure By CasNews Staff Public parks in Castlegar will close vat 10 p.m. City council approved the bylaw closing the parks after the protective services committee made several changes to the bylaw in the wake of opposition from aldermen earlier this month. The revised bylaw was presen- ted to council last night. The parks will close between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., two hours less than the 10 p.m. to 7 p.m. period first proposed. As well, a fee of $25 will be charged to groups who obtain a permit to remain in the park after the closure time only if city crews must lock up park facilities when the group leaves, protective services committee chair- man Lawrence Chernoff said. The initial bylaw wording charged the fee to any greup that sought a permit, he said. However, no changes have been made to the penalties for violating the bylaw, which were also opposed by some aldermen. Anyone violating the bylaw will be liable for a fine of up to $2,000 or im- prisonment for up to six months. The bylaw, which is an attempt by council to control vandalism in the parks, passed third reading Tuesday and must still receive final adoption. Feds face court battle over controllers By SIMON BIRCH Editor The Regional District of Central Kootenay is going to court in an at- tempt to stop Transport Canada from removing air traffic controllers from Castlegar Airport After seeking the advice of its lawyers, the regional district board voted at a closed meeting Saturday to ask the Federal Court to quash the federal agency's decision to replace the controllers with staff from the airport's flight service station effec- tive Oct. 31 Regional district board chairman George Cady told the Castlegar News today the court challenge will be based on arguments that the federal government made the decision without following ‘‘the basic rules of fairness and natural justice, including the right to be heard."” “The second (argument), and the Strongest one the lawyers suggest, is based upon the law of legitimate ex- pectations,’’ Cady said. ‘‘The courts have held that when a_ public authority has promised to follow a certain procedure and an in- __terested person relied and acted upon * that promise, it’s not in the interest of good administration or in the interest of fairness to disregard that promise and to deal with that person by (a) procedure different than the one that was committed to."’ Cady said the regional district had “legitimate expectations’? that it would be consulted about changes to the tower’s operation in the wake of letters to Cady from former transport minister Benoit Bouchard and his successor, Doug Lewis. “*That never came through,’’ Cady said, referring to the promise of con- sultation. ‘‘Considering the safety of all the people of this district and Editorial, page A4 Kootenay-Boundary as well, we think the (controllers) should remain (at the airport).”” Cady compared having flight ser- vice specialists in charge at the tower rather than controllers to ‘‘a differen- ce between somebody telling you how to cross the street and somebody else taking you by the hand and showing you how to get across.’ Lewis and spokesmen for the flight service specialists say safety won't be compromised by the removal of the controllers Lewis said Transport Canada is removing the controllers from Castlegar because the number of air- craft movements per year don’t justify staffing the airport with con- trollers as well as flight service specialists. Controllers are needed elsewhere in B.C. where there are shortages of controllers, he said Critics of the decision point out that the terrain around Castlegar Air- port makes it one of the most difficult airports in Canada from which to take off and land SHSS to get new cafeteria, student lounge By CasNews Staff The Castlegar school board has ap- proved $1,$00 to temporarily turn the activity room at Stanley Humphries secondary school into _a_ student lounge and cafeteria The cost is low because much of the work will be carried out by the students, said Doreen Smecher, chairman of the school board's buildings and grounds committee Industrial education students will build benches and the lower half of the walls will be painted as murals, she told the Castlegar News. Food Prepared in the current kitchen at the school will be served in the new lunch area, she added. The need for a lunch space was identified as a high priority when staff at the school surveyed the students this year, Smecher said Since the new gymnasium was built several years ago the students have had nowhere to eat their lunches ex cept in the hallway by the gym entran- ce, she explained The current cafeteria is ‘‘totally \ eerie ay xc ae inadequate,"’ she said The planned upgrading of the high school, which is in its first phase now with the construction of a new in. dustrial education wing, will include a new cafeteria and lounge space for the students, Smecher said But the lack of cafeteria space has always been used as a prime example of why the upgrading is needed, she said. The school district has received funding to prepare working drawings for the completion of the upgrading, which will revamp all of the school not now under construction except for the activity room. A local commit- tee has plans to turn the activity room into a community theatre. Smecher said the architect. may have the drawings ready to submit to the Ministry of Education for ap- proval in February or March and ten- ders could be called for the project in late May or early June The second phase of the upgrading will take about a year to complete, she said. .