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The federal government said Tues- day the pulp company may proceed with its $650 million cleanup and ex- pansion of the Castlegar mill if Celgar meets more than 40 recom- mendations dealing with air and water quality, wood-chip supply, transportation, the impacts of the Project on the community and the Recommendations, page A2 Process of making pulp. The Celgar Expansion Review Panel — an independent three- member panel appointed last June by the federal and B.C. governments — made the recommendations to federal Environment Minister Robert de Cotret, federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernard Valcourt, B.C. Environment Minister Cliff Serwa and Provincial Secretary Howard Dirks. Company officials eye recommendations “They have concluded that meeting these recommendations, together with some additional con- ditions they have specified, will enable the project to proceed,’’ a joint federal-provincial news release said. The ‘additional conditions’ were not specified. “I would guess they have to do with normal licensing Wilf Sweeney, general manager of the Celgar project, said the company is studying the final recommenda- tions. In a terse prepared statement released a short time after the gover- mment announcement, he added that “‘Celgar had reached an agreement with financial institutions that will be involved in the project to extend “They're being reviewed by the bank’s engineers and lawyers as well as our own,’’ Browne said. Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore said the joint federal-provincial an- nouncement “‘is cause for celebra- tion”’ but added that she wants to hear Celgar officials say the project will proceed. “*l want to hear the company say “We're proceeding.’ You realize that we've heard words about this com- Pany proceeding since 1972 so I want the company-to-come out and say “Yes, we're committed and we're moving.’ But it’s still good news.’’ Moore said the review panel did a and so on,” mill manager Jim Browne said today. The panel has made its recommendations, but “‘there’s also the law of the land,” he noted. Browne wouldn’t comment on the extent or number of recommenda- tions, or if it's what ‘the company expected. “*It's just a fact of life."’ to allow time to properly review the recommenda- tions.” Browne said he expects Celgar of- ficials to review the recommenda- tions reasonably quickly because “it’s our area of expertise.”’ But he said he doesn’t know how long it will take others involved with the project to review the recommen- dations. job. “*I think the panel has given a very good set of recommendations. I think some of them may need some refinement but I think by and large it indicates to me that the panel listened to all sides of the issue and in their independent, competent way they have judged the project to be worthy and they have made some please see CELGAR page A2 AUDREY MOORE .» ‘good news’ TRICKY TWISTS students at ue Rivers elementary to ae hh on ie cody pa during an reeutles in educational By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer marshmallows stuck in molasses. But this is a gym class. educational While some students looks like they're playing a game of twister without the vinyl mat, another group looks like a drama class pretending to be And what the students are doing are exercises in gymnastics. "The Primary 4 gym class at Twin Rivers elementary school strayed from its usual activities last Student teachers put lessons into practice group of Primary 4 CASNEWS FEATURE limitations are,’ how they interact,” well.” "* Learning how to teach physical education is one of about 20 courses the student teachers take during the 12-month program offered for the first time this year in the West Kootenay. Gerry Ehman, manager of the Open Learning Agency, said the program was developed because For the students, ‘educational gymnastics helps children learn about their bodies and what their he said. ‘Also, as part of that Process, we can teach’them about balance, we can teach them about different shapes, and we can teach them-about speed — those concepts.”’ The regular primary teacher, Irene Furrey, said having the student teachers was a good experience for the students and for herself. “*I'm enjoying the chance to watch the kids, and * she said. ‘“They’re liking the activities. And they're enjoying someone being there to tell them “That's a good idea’ or “You did that Ministry Godiiw on plans for interchange By SIMON BIRCH Editor The Ministry of Highways has hired a consultant to draw up pre- liminary plans to improve the High- way 3-Highway 22 i ge in will hold at least one open house on its plans to build a bridge ‘across the Columbia River to connect Robson to Castlegar as soon as Celgar Pulp Co. .announces it will Proceed with Castlegar, the ministry’s regional director said Tuesday. Gordon Sutherland told Castlegar city council the ministry has given the consultant six weeks to come up with the plan. He said it would take the ministry about six months before it’s ready to seek tenders for the Project, intended to improve. traffic safety at the interchange. “The actual -design documents would take the better part of six months to prepare,’’ Sutherland said. “‘The earliest possible date would be late fall of this year. That would be the very earliest.’’ He said he doesn’t know yet how much the improvements will cost “Until we get some idea of the functional design we can't put a numpber-to-it:"* Sutherland said the ministry will seek public opinion on the plans at an ‘‘open-house type meeting.” Meanwhile, he said the ministry its jon and pro- ject. ““We’re ready to go to the public right now with the information we've Sutherland said. The federal government said Tues- day the pulp mill project may Proceed if Celgar meets several recommendations the Celgar Expan- sion Review Panel has made. The B.C. government had already given approval in principle to the project Ceigar officials are reviewing the recommendations. Break and enter charges laid By CasNews Staff Charges have been laid against three suspects in connection with a break and enter and theft Jan. 25 at Carl's Drugs. Lindsay John Arthur Fifer, 20, of Vernon, and Carl Philip Rowell, 24, of Lumby, B.C., have each been charged with breaking and entering, theft and possession of stolen property under $1,000. Patricia Lynn Rowell, 25, of New Denver, has been charged with breaking and entering and theft Castlegar RCMP said the arrests are the result of quick cooperation of local detachments A New Denver detachment mem- ber is responsible for locating the two male suspects in their vehicle and capturing the female suspect, Castlegar RCMP said. School board wrestles with role of councils By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer In the process of getting an- swers to liability questions raised by a Parents Advisory Council, the Castlegar school board came across a bigger question — What is the board's responsibility to the councils? “We need to clearly identify and define what our role as a board is with (PACs) and what their role is,’ trustee Evelyn Voykin said./ The School Act legislated Parents Advisory Councils in 1989 and gives parents the right to establish one council for each School in the province and have a say in school matters. The act says each PAC mist, in consultation with the school principal, make bylaws to govern its meetings and business, but no ific guidelines are given. “As PACs mature, we are going to need to see more struc- legitimate. entities unto EVELYN VOYKIN - role needs defi “We turn to the board for an- swers to questions, but we should have a method of finding our own answers,"’ she said. ‘‘I think it's going to be a trial and error thing."" Since the board raised the question last month, Voykin has spoken to members of the West Kootenay branch of the British Columbia School Trustees Asso- ‘ciation. The issue will be raised ‘informally’? at the annual general mecting. of the BCSTA this month. Both Voykin and Paszty said PACs have worked well in the Castlegar school district. “We do have a very open district for parent involvement compared to other districts in the province,” Paszty said. “The key to this is ‘working selves, but there should be some kind of (regulations)."" Rose Paszty, chairman of the Stanley Humphries secondary school PAC, agreed. with the princi and trustees. And it's working, we've seen some changes in the Added Voykin: “‘This district has been really successful. We've please see COUNCILS page A2