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AND YUKON HEART FOUNDATION Et Your Donation is Tox Deductible CANADIAN CANCER 3292, Castiego SOCIETY Legals APPLICATION FOR A WATER LICENCE WATER ACT (SECTION 8) We, John and Polly Ostoforoff of Site 16, C-1, R.R. No. 2, Castlegar, B.C (Tarry’s) hereby apply to the Com ptroller of Water Rights for a licence to store and divert and use water out of Tarrys Creek whict east and discharges. ir River and give not plication to all persons affected The point of diversion v. at point of diversior $192)_The quantity_ot diverted or stored day. The purpose for will be used is domestic The land or mine will be used is L Kootenay District P Objections to this app filed with the said Water Re the Comptroller < dings. Vi 8 onal Water Manager Nelson, B.C. VIL 584 withing thirty days of the date of the first publication of the ap plication The date of the first publication was Nov. 19, 1989. 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But it appears untikely many in the community will stop eating the contaminated foods. By LAURIESARKADI BROUGHTON ISLAND, N.W.T. (CP) ching a hunk of raw, blood-red frozen seal meat is sen: reveren ibou fur. as their provider Mun. 1 you've got 10 cover by of Inuktitut for Broughton window, because it poses thé substance He certa He's a sort of stumpy Charlton Heston in Kooneeliusie has taught his five sons to respect the majestic mountains and shimmering white landscapes Sitting in the drafty office of Auyuittug National Park on Broughton Island with his son David, the park warden, acting as interpreter, Kooneeliusie explains the bond he has nurtured with the animals he hunts. I don’t think 1 can live without country food. | don’t think I can stop, “Lcan’t afford a steak at The Bay care too much about chickens and all that because my body's not used to that kind of food, I'll take them every once ina while, but I'd rather not eat them at all. As his tawny, cherubic face he recalls the federal researchers who visited his home to ask about his family’s diet “It was mostly concei with PCBs or something like that but I never really concerned (myself) too much about * he says, adding he knows ** nly doesn't concern himself with the com: plex ecological chain of events that carried the PCBs CAN'TSTOP * he says in the guttural syllables I don’t really gazes out a frosted ed with something to do I heard about them, maybe a little bit’ about $5 DISCOUNT On Any Cleaning $45 or More! DINING, LIVING Prenitrcstt HALLWAY Sengeord $4g% WHOLE LHOUSE $ ee . ett te Aa @ WE MOVE FURNITURE ® PREE ESTIMATES # NO TRAVELLING CHARGE POOR BOYS Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners "Da CoUrON HE NOU STANDARD CHESTERFIELD SETS $29°° 1» ' 379% 365-2488 DDT and a wide range of pesticides from foreign coun- tamination in the Arctic is severe enough to warrant diet changes for the Inuit was finally answered March 6 after Union, E to his once pristine homeland. 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Drawn by a general ate in the Soviet community of — migration of air to the North, they fall into the water Broughton was annoyance, for the E said Harriet “excellent’* have undergone “We're for them,"’ Inuit Hun ners packaged foods The white, freckle-faced former bush pilot loathes the prospects of any further deterioration of the Inuit’s traditional diet She says that since the onc systematically placed in settlements 30 years ago, they near economies and lifestyles swayed to the white man’s destroying destroying their traditions, we're destroying everything says Gemmill onto their children.” Describing the Inuit as * Gemmill says that over centuries of adapting their limited food sources the Inuit derived every element of a well-balanced diet Now Inuit children, who once chewed on boiled animal bones for calcium, suck on candies and slurp sugary colas from cans Gemmill and other territorial employees can work on finding solutions to the logistical nightmare of get- ting affordable, fresh fruits and vegetables to norther who are becoming increasingly hooked on where they work their way up the food chain, from th plankton that feeds the fish to the sea mammals a eventually the Inuit ‘They are the innocent victims, that’s my bigg-st says Lorie Gemmill, regional nutritionist astern Arctic nomadic people were cultural genocide as their their way of life, we're “They have nothing to pass ‘amazing technologists,’ Wanted Logs @ Cants © Rough Lumber TOP PRICES FOR LOGS — Any Exportable logs, including Pulp CANTS — 8-ft. to 16-ft. ROUGH LUMBER — 8-ft. to 16-ft. If you've been thinking of selling logs, now is the time! Call 406-296-3114 Days, Keith or Gene 406-296-2364 Nights, Gene Celgar promises answers By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer Celgar Pulp Co. officials can’t provide all the answers right now about the impact the planned mill expansion will have on Castlegar over the next three years but they will keep all interested parties up to date as information becomes available, mill officials told representatives from about 20 area businesses, organizations, boards and provincial ministries at a meeting Monday, Celgar’s assistant general manager Jim Browne told reporters at a Press conference Tuesday. The meeting — co-chaired by Celgar’s industrial relations manager Ron Belton and Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore — was the first opportunity for Celgar to hear concerns from t that will be affected by the proposed expansion, Browne said Although Celgar officials say they don’t yet have all the an - oolle SUNGLASSES Children's Special FRAMES & LENSES | SUNGLASSES $6 4 50 % 1490 Cedar Ave... 364.9911 Trail, B.C. 2-Yr. Warranty on Frames. Starting at. Trail Optical Births & Funerals BIRTHS ANDREWS — To Barb ond Brian Andrews of Trail, a boy, born Nov APA — To Gail and Frank Apa of Delta aboy. born Nov. 24 BOZZER — To Sandra and Paul Bozzer of Trail, a girl, born Nov. 1 BRIGGEMAN To Tara and Alon Briggeman of Genelle, a girl, born Oct 29 To Jacqueline and Robert a boy HEAVENOR Heavenor of Blueberry Creek born Nov. 21 LARSH — To Nadine and Bob Larsh of Castlegar, a boy, born Nov PFEIFER — To Joni and Tim Pfeifer of Rossland, a girl, born Nov. 13. WILSON — To Christine and Willy Wilson of Trail, a boy, born No: DEATHS BARBOSA Helena Barbosa of Castlegar died Nov. 20 at age 8! Barbosa is survived by her husband An. tonio of Castlegar; one daugliter, Maria Castlegar; three gran one great-granddaughter Manual Olivera of Mon. and a sister, Emelia Olivera of Portugal FABBRO — Allan Dino Fabbro, o Trail died Nov. 11. Mr. Fabbro is sur vived—by—his—wite—tinde: Michool ond Greg: daughter Melinda his mother Flora; brother Gerry; sister in-law Sharon; three nephews and one niece. He was predeceased by his father Fioravante (Dante) Fabbro. FLETCHER — Arthur Edward (Ted) Flet cher, a former Nelson-area resident died at Penticton Regional Hospital Nov 10. He was 79. Mr by his wife Ann daughters Elsie McDowell of Chilliwack Pear! Steirier and her husband Arnold of Nelson and Betty Williams ond her husband Norman of Creston; step: children Tom Maunder and his wife Gloria of Winnipeg, Randy Maunder and Dartmouth, Paylette of Winnipeg and Orval Rance of Vancouver; and many grandchildren and greot-grandchildren. He as predeceased by his first two wives. Esther and Ethel KATASONOFF Roman Katasonoff of survived by his wife, Helen of Vernon. Sne son, Ken of Victoria; two-deughters Nettie Soloway of Sicamous and Molly Kolesnikoff of Grand Forks; five gran: dchildren; two great grandchildren and his brother Fred of Win! Nancy 8. Laing. fener her husband Leslie of Sidney; daughter Judy, son-in-law David Brown and gran ddaughters Malcolm of Surrey Victoria; brother Walter Nisbet of Ar nprio, Ont; and many nieces and nephews MERMET Joseph longtime Nelson resident, at Kootenay Lake District Hospital was 82. 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Central Foods. swers, they believe it’s important to supply what infor mation they have as it becomes available, he added **We don’t have any secrets," secrets are in finalizing arrangements with suppliers,"’ which must be kept between the supplier and the company To ensure information is getting out, the company will work on a one-to-one basis with community organizations and boards to supply tliém with the information they need as Celgar obtains it, Browne said As well, Celgar plans to set up an information centre in downtown Castlegar, employees, to provide information to the publ planned construction as well as the mill’s operations Celgar officials were surprised to discover how little is known in the community about how the mill operates and what it produces, Browne said. Several concerns about the expansion were brought up at the meeting, which Browne “planning session’’ for the city Browne said, ‘The only possibly staffed by retired Celgar about the ind Moore described as a ByC The meeting was closed to the media and the publi cd The concerns ranged from whether materials for the planned $630-million upgrading and expansion will be bought locally to how an influx of workers to the area will affect recreational facilities and the delivery of emergency services, according to a list made during the meeting by Lorne Parnell, an official with one of Celgar’s parent com panies, Stone-Consolidated Inc Some of the concerns, such as the Castlegar school board's fear that approximately 1,000 workers migrating to the area will mean a large increase in the number of students for the district to cope with, can’t be answered until the company hires its crews and knows how many workers plan to bring in their families, Browne said. However, Celgar was able to provide the meeting with Statistics on the number of workers that will be hired and how long they will be in the area. and 15 per cent of general manager J capacity will com processed by local The mill will at area sawmills ( Only about 240,000 cubic metres, or between 10 panded Celgar pulp mill will be able to process will come from new trees being cut in the area, Celgar assistant The rest of the stockpiles and also alleviate an overabundance of chips unless they have some way to dispose‘of the extra chips, he said, Celgar currently exports its excess chips Lorne Parnell, parent companies, Stone-Consolidated Inc., said the continued on poge A2 continued on a2 QD =. ar News CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, WOODROOM MAY REOPEN .AUDETTE SANDECKI ‘Staff Writer the total volume of wood chips the ex- im Browne said Tuesday. nill’s 2.4-million-cubic-metre chip ¢ from timber already being cut and sawmills, Browne said. be able to use all the chips it currently that can’t increase their cutting rates an official with one of Celgar’s 1989 WEATHERCAST Tonight: Cloudy with clear periods lows around -2°. Thursday: Cloudy with sunny periods, highs near 3 Outlook: Continuing dry and mild Probability of percipitation: 10 per cent tonight and Thursday 3 Sections (A, B & D) Hydro officials to face media By CasNews Staff A B.C. Hydro representative and representatives from one of the utility’s private consulting firms will be under the hot lights and in front of the cameras Dec. 5 on a live open-line program to be televised on Shaw Cable Channel 10. Peter Calder, Hydro’s project manager for lower Columbia River development, Ann Walkey, project coordinator for Cornerstone Planning Group Ltd. of Vancouver, and Shelagh Johnston, also of Corer- stone, will answer questions from media representatives from the Castlegar News, Kootenay Broad- casting System and CKQR radio as well as the executive director of the Castlegar and District Development Board, Harry Stan Shaw Cable will broadcast the program from its Castlegar studios starting at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 INSIDE AIDS day page A2 CasNews photo by Simon ® 2 ..\\| Mayor touts coordination of projects By SIMON BIRCH Editor Mayor Audrey Moore said Tuesday she is encouraged by sympathetic responses from B.C. Hydro chairman Larry Bell and provincial Energy Minister Jack Davis to her suggestion that Hydro time its construction of the Hugh Keenleyside dam generation project to coincide with the com- pletion of the proposed Celgar pulp mill expansion Both Bell and Davis in letters to Moore written within the last two weeks indicate they agree with the mayor's suggestion that the timing of the Keenleyside project could help Castlegar plan for a longer-term and more orderly development and avoid a quick ‘‘boom and bust” cycle likely to occur with the relatively short-term h m1 i JACK DAVIS “It’s very important to have coor- dination between the two projects,”” Moore told reporters after Tuesday night’s Castlegar city council meeting ‘Then we could, as a city, manage that Lottery numbers The winning numbers drawn Tuesday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 8, 15, 18, 39, 45, 46, 51 and 56. Rebels hope Legion donations page B3 NDP LEADERSHIP D'Arcy undecided By CasNews Staff Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy said Tuesday he hasn’t made up his mind for whom he'll vote at this week's New Democratic Party leadership convention in Winnipeg “I’m going there completely with an open mind,’’ D'Arcy told the Castlegar News. “I’m going to be looking for someone vigorous, ar ticulate and in touch with the issues.” The longtime New Democrat MLA said he doesn’t want a new leader who's “‘stuck on the old rhetoric.”” D'Arcy said the New Democrats, like the Liberals who will select a new leader next year, need someone with fresh ideas to lead the party into the 1990s. Asked if that ruled out Dave Barrett, for whom D'Arcy served in the short lived NDP government in B.C. from 1972-75, the Rossland-Trail MLA said no. “I don’t think Dave has been using CHRIS D'ARCY . » « will decide at convention the old rhetoric,”” said D'Arcy, who knows the former premier personally “He's a known quantity,” D’Arcy added. ‘Others aren’t. That’s why I’m keeping an open mind.” He said some of the issues he'd like to see a new leader tackle include spousal pensions, government More on NDP, Page AS recognition of care-givers who stay at home, passenger rail transit and fair taxation policies. D'Arcy said he would also like to see the new leader press the Conservative government on revamping defence policies in light of the dramatic changes sweeping through Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union “Twanta leader who'll address these issues in a positive way,” D’Arcy said, adding that it doesn't matter if he disagrees personally with the new leader WKP customers may pay KELOWNA (CP) Okanagan Valley electricity users may pay the cost of West Kootenay Power's failed bid to build a $33-million generating plant in the valley The electrical utility company wants to bill customers for the $1.5 million it spent seeking permission to build the plant first in Kelowna, then Oliver, 70 kilometres south of here. “‘All they want to do is recover it over a five-year period,”’ Rob Pellat, secretary of the B.C. Utilities Com mission, said The company first tried to build the plant in Kelowna two years ago but was turned down by city council It then applied to the utilities com mission for permission to build on a site near Oliver. That bid was rejected by the provincial government in May “The expenses should properly be the responsibility of the owner, rather than the ratepayer,”” James Miltimore, past president of the Electric Con sumers Association which opposed the application, says in a letter to the com: pany urely the ratepayers’ respon sibility for the expenses of the utility normal, operations should be limited to reasonable and prudent and activities."” But a company official disagrees. ALLOW COSTS “Costs of examining projects must be allowed to be included in rate base, provided that those costs are prudently incurred,"’ Stu McKay, senior vice- president of operations, says in a letter to Miltimore. “Otherwise companies would not spend any money on trying to improve ways to provide better or less costly continued on page A2 in-a and responsible way.”* Earlier in the meeting, the mayor called the responses from Bell and Davis ‘good news — slightly qualified good news at this point — but good news.”" In his letter dated Nov. 17, Bell says he is ‘‘most sympathetic to the concerns’ Moore raised in a four-page letter she wrote to Bell in October “‘As you mentioned, we are in- deed looking at the possibility of developing projects in the Kootenay region in a way that would better meet concerns raised by yourself and others,”’ Bell writes. “The idea of developing the projects one after the other is one. way of providing a sustained period of development. It may also provide a very practical sider the expansion of the Celgar pulp mill in our planning is helpful.” However, Bell cautions that Moore’s suggested timetable would require Hydro_tobegin the Keenleyside generation project sooner than in- dicated in the Crown utility’s resource plan. “We will examine our suggested timing more closely prior to releasing our 1990 resource plan next spring,” Bell writes Despite Bell’s statement on the timing of tlie project, Davis, in a letter to Moore dated Nov. 22, said he has been advised that Hydro will submit an application for the Keenleyside generation project in 1990 in an- ticipation of licensing in 1991 Therefore, it appears that B.C Hydro’s schedule is consistent with a timetable that will benefit Castlegar,” Davis writes. In her letter to Bell, Moore says she has been advised that Hydro is con benefit by allowing the and continued employment of a stable and well-qualified work force to com plete the various construction projec- ts. “Your suggestion that we also con sidering ¢ of the lower Columbia River and that the “projects contemplated could take ap proximately 20 years of actual con- struction time continued on page A2 Deadline nears for short stories Hey kids, have you written your Christmas short story yet? Don’t delay, there’s less than one week left to get the stories in. The contest is open to children ages 14 and under. And it’s easy to enter. All you have to do is write a story of any length as long as it’s less than 300 words. The story must begin with the line, **It was Christmas Eve when everything started’’ and end with the line, ‘*No one thought it would be that kind of a Christmas."’ There are three age categories eight and under, nine, 10 and and 12, 13, and 14. Three stories from each group chosen by judges as the best in their categories will be published in the Castlegar News Dec. 23 In addition, first, second and third place winners in each category will receive gift cer- tificates. Just mail or drop off your story at the Castlegar library or at the Castlegar News, 197 Columbia Ave. Be sure to include your name, address, telephone number and age. But hurry — the deadline is 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4