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Corinne Jackson
NEWS REPORTER

Ferenc Stefanissin, 85, and
his wife Ester of Castlegar are
resting in Trail Hospital in
satisfactory condition, the hos-
pital’s head nurse, Rosemarie
Haight, said Tuesday.

On Aug. 20 at about 7 p.m.
the Stefanissins, who were
driving along Hwy 22, four km
north of Trail in their 1986
Honda, were struck by a
southbound 1989 Mercury dri-
ven by Hayden Gibson, 81, of
Trail.

Gibson’s vehicle crossed in-
to the oncoming lane of traffic,
striking the Stefanissin car.

All three people sustained
serious injuries and were tak-
en to Trail Regional Hospital.

According to Trail RCMP
Sgt. Cowan, Gibson died later
the next day in the hospital.
Police are continuing their in-
vestigation.

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Police in Castlegar are look-
ing into the death of Kristie
Winterhalt, 28, of Lloydmin-
ster, Alta.

Winterhalt was driving 12
km east of the weigh scales on

Hwy 3 toward Castlegar at
around 11 p.m. on Aug. 20
when her car left the road and
entered the right hand ditch
and rolled. The cause of the ac-
cident is still under investiga-
tion.

Winterhalt was in Castle-
gar working on Celgar’s ex-
pansion project for Cana.

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Meanwhile, a 16-year-old
Castlegar youth escaped seri-
ous injury on Aug. 19. in a
three vehicle accident.

The youth, on a motorcycle,
had stopped behind a vehicle
turning left in the 1700 block
of Columbia Avenue when
Gaetano Dermody, 21, of
Castlegar ran into the rear of
the motorcycle, pushing the
vehicle into the car turning
left.

According to Const. Oster,
the motorcyclist came away
with a burn on his leg, proba-
bly from the exhaust pipe.

“He hit his head, but he had
a helmut on, so that probably
saved him from serious in-

jury,” Oster said.Police esti-

mate total damage at $1,500
and charges are pending.

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Hydro increases drainage rate

Neil Rachynski
NEWS REPORTER

It’s happening again.

B.C. Hydro is dropping the water level at
the Arrow reservoir.

During the week of Aug. 16, water was
being drawn from the Hugh Keenleyside
Dam at a rate of 46,000 cubic feet per
second.

As-of Friday, the dam was releasing
water at a rate of 70,000 cubic feet per
second — and some people aren't happy.

“It’s like I’ve been saying all along, we’re
not operating here on our own basis,”
Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy said.

“Right now there’s no checks and
balances. People in this area are tired of
this,” Conroy said.

Flood damage occurred below the dam in
June when water came gushing out of

Keenleyside at 125,000 cfs. That draw was
for the United States under a fisheries
agreement of the Columbia River Treaty.

This time around, no one is positive why
the water from Keenleyside is being pulled.

“If it’s being drawn, it’s because the U.S.
is calling for electrical energy,” B.C. Hydro
spokesperson Al Geissler said. “I’m not
certain, but I suspect it’s for the loss of
power from a generator.

“(The U.S.) have just as much of a goal to
get as much water in the reservoir as the
rest ofjus.”

Geissler added, “When a plant goes
down, they have to get power from another
source. All generators in the system absorb
the loss.”

Conroy says one of the main problems is
clearing the way for an open discussion
with the Canadian and U.S. power

companies.

“We have to open the communication
process,” Conroy said. “We have to get our
heads together and realize this problem
isn’t going to go away.

“The government is helpless in this.
Even though it’s called B.C. Hydro they are
independent from the government.”

And while the debate continues, marina
operators above the dam can only watch as
the water level once again begins to drop.

“(B.C. Hydro) promised us (the June
water draws) would be it,” Syringa Park
marina owner Sid Smith said. “We’ve lost
three feet for sure this past week and now
it’s looking like five.

“Visitors from Syringa Creek (Provincial
Park) come over and ask ‘where’s the
water?’ They have to pack a lunch to find

INCREDIBLE JOURNEY

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— Billing
dispute
continues

i City, Flux agree to
disagree

Neil Rachynski
NEWS REPORTER

The city has filed a counter-
claim against Walter Flux.

The City of Castlegar and Flux
have been: at odds over a billing
charge for a water and sewer con-
nection.

“They have to answer to my
summons and put a reply out and
send it back to the courts,” Flux
said.

The dispute began over a year
ago when Flux received a $1,734
bill for work done by the city —
work that Flux says he has al-
ready paid for in full.

Prior to going to court. both
sides will present their case at a

News photo by Neil Rachynski
Ken McColm took some time off his Incredible Journey to meet with some supporters during a breakfast
appearance last Friday at the Sandman Inn. His crusade should end some time in November in Victoria.

settlement hearing. If no agree-
ment is reached then the case will
be heard in small claims court. The

statutory holidays.

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Charbonneau bringing good news

NEWS STAFF

Art Charbonneau is coming to
town, but nobody’s saying why.

The Transportation and High-
ways minister has scheduled a
press conference for tomorrow
morning at the highway pullout
just downstream of the old ferry
ramp, but just what the minister
will say is anybody’s guess.

“He’s coming into town, there’s
no doubt about that,” said local
MLA ED Conroy, “but at the pre-
sent I’m not at liberty to make any
annoncement.”

The News believes the minister
will annourice the spending of

earliest date is Sept. 11.

Court action might have been
averted if the city accepted a mo-
tion Aug. 18 by Councillor Bob
Pakula. That resolution would

some $3 million this year to- have seen a committee struck to

ward the construction of off
ramps for the Castlegar-Rob-
son bridge, following the sale
and removal of.12 Columbia
Avenue homes this October.

Castlegar city councillor
Kirk Duff would neither con-
firm nor deny that’s why the
minister would be in town,
saying, “It’s good news. That’s
all Tl say.” ~

Despite a Social Credit
promise to have the bridge
built by 1993, the NDP axed
the project, saying it couldn't
afford the expenditure.

examine delinquent water and
sewer accounts on an individual
basis.

Pakula’s motion was tabled by
council until after the court mat-
ters with Flux are settled. Once
that is done the city will reconsid-
er Pakula’s resolution.

“No committee was struck, and
that defeats the purpose of the mo-
tion,” Flux said.

“I started this because they
wouldn’t talk to me,” Flux said. “I
stood up and spoke to council, and
(Mayor Audrey Moore) said ‘do
what you have to do.’ So I’m doing
what I have to do.

“Tm as confident T’m going to