The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, March 16, 1994 Classifieds 365-7848 mmevicrortes CAN MOBILE HOME FOR RENT 2 BEDRM mobile home in Britii- ant, available immediately. Ret's req'd, No pets. $500/mo. 365- Ro ervccecomsepatscatitiosipiigtcte ied as 2 BEDROOM mobile home to- cated at Sandpiper Motel. Fur- nished or unfurnished. Available April 1st: 365-3849. 0000 TRAILER WITH addition 4 bed- room for sale or rent. 357-9316. APART. FOR RENT 1 BDRM semi turnished, $460/mo, includes heat, phones 365-2727 or 365-3975.Atter Spm. __ 1 BEDROOM suite near bus Fridge and stove quiet per- son(s) only $450 utilities includ- 71. 1 BEDROOM unit, includes all utilities, furnished or untur- waned available unmuse PE PROF ESSIONAL 1 LARGE turnished apartment SUNSHINE SPECIAL All tound including cal $600/mo. 365-5613. __. 1-BEDROOM turnished apart- ment, utilities included 365- 7353 after 6 p.m. 365-2460. _ 2 BEDROOM apartment walk- ing distance, downtown, non smoker, 365-2622, 365-7127. 2 BEDROOM house for rent available’May 1. Located on riverbank near hospital. Semi-turnished including laundry phone 367-9670 af- ter 6pm 2 BEDROOM suite between Castlegar and Nelson, new paint $450/mo. Plus 1/2 hy- dro. 365-8467, 2 BEDROOM suite recently r ted, new app ’ downtown Castlegar, non- smoking, no pets , kids wel- come, $575/mo. plus utilities, reterences required, phone 359-7978, Peter or Ann Controls and Refrigeration Ltd. © Heating Air Conditioning . Commercial Refrigeration oP HVAC © 24 Hour Emergency Service * DESIGN * INSTALLATION * SERVICE 365-4999 ° PLUMBING ¢ HEATING e GAS FITTING © SHEET METAL « AIR CONDITIONING © COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION Phone 365-2485 « Fax 365-7626 613 - 13th Street, Units 1 & 2, Castiegar, BC STORAGE CASTLEGAR & MINI-STORAGE CENTRE UNITS You Store It You Lock it CLEANING 1 & 2 Bedroom Apts. in Castlegar. Near West Kootenay Power Office. From $300 mo. / 364-5603 2 BEDROOM suite, bright, clean. Washer, ee ca- CITY CENTER motel has 1 BDRM kitchenette utilities in- cluded and 1 BDRM apartment available March 1/94, 365-6251, CLEAN, FRIENDLY, 1 BED- ROOM, suite, main floor down- town Castlegar, private entrance, storage, carport, heat ble TV no pets, $550/mo. 365-2538, 965-1280, 00 4 PLEX apartments for rent. 2 - 2 bedrooms, $550/mo. 1 -1 Bedroom $475/mo. 1 - 4 bed- room $800/mo. water and hot water included. convénient i A April 181/94. Call after 6pm. 365- 6010, AVAILABLE MAY tst 12 bed- room suite central location in South Castlegar. Close e to bus route and community complex. Nice back yard with lots of privacy laundry facili- ties, non-smoker, no pets fel asa phone. 365-2622 or cluded, laundry. Quiet couple FURNISHED 1 bedroom apart- ment in quiet building $450/mo. Utilities included. No pets 365- 7042 after 10am.) FURNISHED TWO bedroom townhouse, down town, Laundry ONE BEDROOM fully furnished suite utilities inclyuded available April 1, non-smoker, 365-8153 ONE BEDROOM suite $450/mo, two bedroom suite ONE LARGE bedroom apart- ment with fridge, stove. Utilities Included central, 365-5006. ___ SELKIRK MANOR 18 2 bedroom apariments available, 965 - 3034, SENIOR'S APARTMENT build- ing located in a quiet.neighbour- hood within easy walking distance to downtown has a 2 on site, available April 1st._no pets, phone 365-7042, _ LARGE 1 bedroom ground level apartment with fridge and stove no pets, non-smoker preferred. $485/mo. 965-3886. LARGE FURNISHED one bed- room basement suite utilities in- cluded. non-smoker, no pets, ideal for pegs responsible cou- suite lable imme- diately. Call 365-2622 days or 965-7177 eves. SMALL 2 bedroom house(up- Stairs) partially furnished $450/mo. utilities included north Castlegar, 365-5948. UPHILL NELSON - Main floor of quality home. 2 bedroom large kitchen, dinning room, cludes utilities washer dryer . N/S, N/D, no pets , 2-4 people can shaie, 1-354- WOODLAND PARK is now ac- cepting applications for 2 &3 bedroom suites membership participation a must. 365-2677. RENTALS WANTED 2 BEDROOM wanted April 30th/May 1st, for single non-smoker with 2 cats. 365- 6720 of 365-2271, MATURE MAN - steadily em- ployed, good references requires small house or cabin. Have a well trained dog. Call Peter 365- 7241 during business hours. SHARED ACCOMMODATIONS ROOMMATE WANTED to share 3 BDRM home with lady & large dog, for April 1st. Rent firept view, $850/mo. In- AL SERVICES includi ee ee non- You Keep The Key! 365-6734 815 HWY 22 (Nexd to Ernie's Towing) Brilliant M Storage -Large variety of units -Easy access «Competitive rates Tel. 365-6385 FAX# 365-FAXS ~ PHOTOCOPYING — — FAXING (Send & Receive) — 4 Stationery * Computer Diskettes Ribbons Rubber Stomps * Business Cards , Letterheads & Envelopes © Magnetic Signs For more Miig Seteney information call 365-6531 For more information call 365-5266 Cathy -Nicole . Let me show you how to get more mileage out of your advertising dollar. 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar RICKI— CANADIAN CHAMPION , Ron and Sandy Franks, who breed and show award-winning Yorkshire Terriers have recently moved their business from Hilltop Thrifty to Columbia Plaza. Their store carries a full line of dog find supplies for cats, small rodents, fish and aquatic animals. ea Surgenor & Rogers CERTIFIED GENERA 2313 -6 Avenue Castlegar, B.C. 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Studs *Partition Systems ° T-Bar Ceilings 04/30794 *% LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS BC VB8V 1X4 WEDNESDAY March 23, 1994 i ere area Castlegar ar hos pital official pleased with meetin STORY TREE Le 0 ie OO PPPOE ow The Castlegar Su i th wa We ee we me es tah aee ae! oe Saal VARIABLE Weather 3A Vol, 4 - No. 18 ‘The weekly newspaper with a dally commitment’ ¢ 75 Cents + G.S.T. -Think of me! ae tp RCMP Constable Darren Oelke prevbats a Think of Mé ticket to a motorist. radisiey this motorist was only posing forthe Shot and not ‘Speeding, but others who receive the Think of Me ticket will also be on the receiving end ‘etratic Speeding ticket. For mote information on the Think of Me program turn to page 3A. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Shartene Imhoff No new taxes SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor B.C.’s mining industry; the threshold for tees pulek on on With the @ of four to $32,000; restore the bile trade-in government agencies, the start of a debt-management plan and an indefinite tax freeze on existing and new taxes, B.C. premier Mike Harcourt is call- pe bead pat provincial bud- sound economic wel think pasdple nb jist stant this extend the full home-owner grant to more residents. Nom, homes valued up to $450,00 will be eligible for the full grant, up from the previous $400,000 ceiling. ing to realize the government is having in wrestling the deficit down,” said Harcourt, who maintains that under this budget, the deficit will be further cut from from $1.28 billion to $898 mil- lion. Harcourt spoke to The Castlegar Sun, commenting on various aspects of the budget, late Tuesday afternoon. In addition to freezing tax rates, tax cuts totalling $112 million will be introduced to . Welp”>. ordinary British for envi * BC. "s economy grew by 3.2 per cent, its best growth in two years, * More new jobs were cre- ated in B.C. than in any other province. More than 76,000 néw jobs between February * New capital investment was up by 8.4 per cent * Housing starts increased 5.4 per cent to an all-time record of 42,807 units * Merchandise -exports grew 16.2 per cent in 1993 tally-friendly solar, wind and micro-hydro power generating worth by 20 per cent + An average of 63 new tax pak beats to create jobs ae were formed every day-of the ad Municipal candidates disclose election campaign costs and contributions SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor The deadline has now passed for municipal can- didates in the 1993 election to disclose any cam- paign expenses incurred or contributions they accepted while seeking public office. All candidates in the race for mayor, council and the school board, filed these reports prior to the March 18 deadline set out under the Municipal Act. Topping the list for campaign expenses as well as in accepting campaign contributions is new mayor Michael O* Connor, who secordet spending $2,884.45 on his el contributions made by a number of individuals as RCMP seize well as local businesses, totalling $2,518.66. Fol- lowing close behind was Audrey Moore, who spent $2,365.99, though Moore’s records show no public contributions were made to her campaign. Also running for the position of mayor was then-city councillor Doreen Smecher, who spent $1,836.93, and accepted one private donation of $100. Lawrence Chernoff, also a councillor seeking the mayor’s chair, paid $1,297.31 in election expenses, and accepted $692.14 in donations to his campaign, the, majority of which came from the Ambulance Parantedics of B.C.. The most ign by a di secking election to arity councillor’s position was Brenda Binnie, whose expenses totalled Seed oe ak $1,919.42. Binnie’s contributors were mainly union backers such as CUPE Local 2087, Local 1298, the West Kootenay Labor council and oth- ers, whose total contributions were $1,975. City Councillor Kirk Duff was the next highest, ling $690.00. He one private dona- tion of $50. David Keen was next, spending $359.52; fol- lowed by Bob Pakula who spent $340.03, and Walter Flux at $311.84. None of these candidates had campaign contributors. Ron Armbruster’s campaign-cost-$227.87 and Jim Makortoff's campaign totalled only $38. Doug Green was the only candidate who, upon turning in disclosure forms, has listed no cam- didates who were in the race for a seat on the school board spent the following on their cam- paigns: Rose Paszty $1,462.34; Bonnie Horswill $739.87; Bev Maloff $708.41; Joanne Baker $481.80; Antonio Guglielmi $280.98; and Ron Norman $117.79 Any municipal candidate who failed to disclose these figures by the March 18 deadline would have received a $500 fine and an extension to file. If a candidate had then failed to respond by the second deadline, set in April, the candidate, if elected, would have. automatically forfeited their position in government. They would then be ineligible to run in the bielection that would follow, or the next general paign nor ip Can- City officials to review quality of service Eee GLASS & TRIM LTD. For more information call 365-5266 TO ADVERTISE IN THIS DIRECTORY Call Tracy ¢ Cathy ¢ Nicole Cathy -Nicole - Tracey 365- - 2278 marijuana Two Raspberry residents, 38-year-old Jeanne Russell and 32-year-old Mark Slack have been charged with pos- session of marijuana for the of trafficking. Slack and Russell were arrested at their residence March 18 after a search war- rant was executed and mari- juana valued at over $3,000 was found. The two will appear in Castlegar Provincial Court to answer to charges May 18. Both have since been released from custody. SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor Representatives from the City of Castlegar and Regional District of Central Kootenay are District table. Currently the city pays the Regional District $1.17 million in taxes to cover the costs of running the- sesub-regional oe as well some administra- tive costs with the RDCK. Depending on all cost-shared functions in order to determine quali- ty of service. The review, which is expected to start soon, will cover all sub-region functions. That is, all services that are cost-shared among the City of Castlegar, Area I and Area J. Some of these sub-region func- tions include: Refuse and Recycling, Aquatic Cen- tre; Economic Development; Regional Parks; Transit, and Cultural Facilities. “We've given ourselves approximately one year to complete this review, and if any changes are needed they will likely be implemented in the 1995 the function, the city will contribute anywhere between i Lp cent to 62 per cent of the charges ng the “Some oft a services, those which we contribute a significantly greater amount, are based on the city’s assessment base,” continued Duff. Currently city council for the annual public budget metas. oe which members of the slap are on they feel is pcrienl-caheter kc bene tanasonct why council has approved some capital projects and not others. The meeting, which will be held April 11 election in three years. Just hanging proud: budget process,” said City Councillor Kirk Duff, who is also the city’s at the Regi sth in the Fireside Inn Banquet Room, will involve all and the mayor. Chip barging proposal left high and dry SHARLENEIMHOFF Sun Editor A proposal by Finlay Naviga- tion to barge chips down the Asrow Lakes to the Celgar Pulp- mill has hit an economic sand- Celgar Pulp Wood Procure- ment Manager John Lebidoff said the pulpmilling company reviewed a barging proposal submitted by Finlay Navigation Proposal just didn’t measure up economically. Although he declined to com- ment on the specific difference, Lebidoff confirmed that Finlay Navigation’s proposal’could not financially meet or beat Celgar Pulp's current mode of trans- Porting chips by truck. Finlay Navigation submitted a Proposal outlining the costs of building a barge that would hold approximately 36 loaded B- location near the Hugh Keenley- side dam, eliminating chip tracks bound for Celgar along the Slocan Valley corridor, which represent approximately 20 per cent of all chips trucks that arrive at Celgar Pulp. While Finlay Navigation would con- struct the barge for under S7 million, the je service agreement cost charges with Celgar were never disclosed. “It doesn’t matter what loca- Eee SUN STAFF PHOTO / Shariene imhoft Recreational volleyball continues to take place each last week, and concluded that eee when all is said and done, the trains. The barge would trans- port chips from Shelter Bay to a See BARGING 3a Wednesday night at Kinnaird Middle School. Anyone is welcome to drop in for a good time on the court. It could be your child—please drive safe i