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While Stock Lasts Link Hardware Sale Continues Until April 30 365-7782 hesteta tive Victoria, Be V8V 1X4 ' Parliament ne by Published Every ‘Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” ‘VOL. 30, No, 17 “TWO SECTIONS (A&B) <> ase : ae eranen 1) CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1977 Cominco and <$425 Million Kootenay Program Over 8 Years {; | By RYON GUEDES Editor, Castlegar News. Cominco will invest Naa tnillion in a th Municipal officials and_ . businessmen attending the> press conference responded en- +> pansion program for, its BC. mining and smelting Sperations which’ will create 400 to 600 “construction jobs in the Koot- enays over eight years, group vice-president A.V. Marcolin saseenie at Trail last Thurs- ay. *: At-'a® special ‘press: con- ference—coinciding with a sim- ilar’. statement by | Cominco chairman F..E. Burnet at the company’s annual ‘meeting ,in ‘Mancouver—Marcolin told «an audience of newsmen, munici-, pal’ representatives and busi- , nessmen the “improved eco- nomic environment” in B.C. has enabled the company to. begin the $125 million first phase of ‘ construction which “will result: -in significant productivity gains and’ improved working condi. tions.” °° Reading from the Burnet ‘speech, Marcolin said work on farther’ ‘mechanization. of - the Sullivan mine at Kimberley has: already begun and constriction eparatjon pla plant for: ‘the ‘in Start this year. tie arth the Trail zin ‘e finery. will begin : in. 197 sal ‘impact’ of the - program would be at Trail, ‘the com- pletion « of Kimberley’s mechan- ized. mining program will pro- vide improved working: con- ditions, allow for..recovery of marginal: ore and provide a ¢ Jonger ‘maximum ‘life for the mine, and’ keep . the’ Koo! Ee tiarkets of: the, worl” te = the main impact of of" the 400 to 600 the yor. Chuck Lakes ment, "Trail: ta told the rn News he had . been slightly app talatetatetatata * Jed eo ddd} dcotocotttocic: | Mayor is Favorable _ City Studies | NEC Request City ‘counell referred to its finance ‘Tu when he recejved an invitation to attend the press conference. “I knew it was either going to be very good news or very ~ bad news,” Lakes: said. “I've been in Trail’ since 1950 and that’s the best an- nouneement Tve ever heard.” *» Lakes. cautioned | against taking the city's single industry for granted, however, and said Trail still needs to attract a more diverse business com- munity. Castlegar mayor Audrey Moore ‘said she was pleased - with the long-term, steady flow of income the program would » provide: over. eight years... esday a request for $10,000 to support the Castlegar National Exhi- bition Centre's 1977 budget. .admiufstrsioer. Duane Harder told counil tie National Museums Corporation, which: granted the centre $20,000 during its first year despite local financial support, will give the centre only $10,000. this year towards its operation over a six-month period. The Harder letter said the ‘National Museums Corporation is ‘convinced each community must be involved in financing the operations of its centre. “If the local ‘constituency. . said. In a letter to council NEC’ B.C. Gov't. to Blame School District Mi 1 col yiapproved a 2.91 ‘mill increase! for the'l977 sch told the Castlegar News Tues-, day the 47.621 mills to be levied this fe yea Tepresents a budget of ae on province-wide school levy aver-. age, five crease the: pi vincial government added to © the. basic “provincial? levy, ‘it represents a two-mill decrease from last year," he said. * For the city, the increase represents $94,404 or 6.87 per “cent, over the $1,373,692; col- lected. in 1976,: Dascher ‘said. For rural areas I and J the in- crease means $68,055 or 8.86 *’ per cent, over $746, 621 raised © last year, he ‘said. BEER BM MI will raise $20,000 then National Museums will advance our addi- tonal’ "$10,000° making | their contributions ° $20,000 ‘or half the ‘operating budget,” Har- der's letter said. “The alternative is to close the door and view the centre as’. a $200,000 mistake.” Mayor Audrey “Moore pointed out to council the city spends’ considerable ‘sums of money on parks and recreation facilities and should consider a community resource such. as the mustum. “The city .will be a. lot poorer if this fine building were to close down before it even reached its, potential," Moore ~ "She said the Regional Dis- trict of Central Kootenay has to fund ite CanCel to Expand $7.7 Million Sawmill Expansion Planned — A new smallwood sawmill scheduled for completion in 1978 will create 25 new jobs in the Castlegar area, Canadian Cellulose’ president Ronald Gross announced Friday. - Gross told the company's . annual meeting the new saw- mill will have an annual capa- city of 80 million board feet of planed, kiln-dried lumber and ~ will produce 25,000 .cunits: of chips:and will process small logs from four to 12 inches top diameter. Gross said the project.is‘a~ . major step. toward ‘achieving better utilization of the wood supply available to the | com- pany. He noted the mill will use about 58,000 cunits—i00 cubic foot required: to modernize the operations: .and’ improve working conditions.” ' + But he- said. when com- / pared: with four other pros- bers in Trail Monday‘night re- ° sulted. in an’ “overwhelming” vote to reject. Cominco's offer ; _ for a two-year contract, Similar “meetings will’ be held in Kim- berley: tonight;‘and’ in Salmo‘ Wednesday. . The. Trail meeting _ also took a vote.on ‘no contract—no work’, but this was defeated by a narrower margin. The cur- - rent contract expires April 30. Polling stations will be set up at the Trail operations and the union office on Wednesday... .. Members -will be asked if they “are in favor of the joint bar- gaining council's. recommenda- tion for strike aetion?”. ") Monday: nigh council irman Mary McLean termed _ y tt company's offer “a nate in’ the face". | * pective sites for expansion, .._ Trail always had its existing structures, electric energy, well-trained personnel, and well-developed communities : in its’ favor... After the completion of the second and third phases, which will require the remaining $300 - million; the Trail plants: will have an. annual capacity’ of 300,000 tons of refined zinc and: 200,000 tons ‘of refined lead, Marcolin said. Win, Dave's . CHICKEN See Page 2B: ° of “What is new about the of- . and ACTEmem-.+°fer,”,. he said, “is about, 4.6 i cents—the 1 Test was negotiated in the COLA clause in the last ngreement, The company offer isa test by Cominco to see if the membership is solid.” McLean's remarks were greeted: by -a- shout of “Shut ‘er down”. from’ the. audience, ” = Copies of the’ company’s offer to the Steelworkers and ACTE unions were distributed earlier this, week to employees at.Trail, Kimberley and Salmo. The. bulletins . were. detailed two-page summaries of the two offers.< The ee of wage and--.- * benefit improvement amount to approximately 49 ‘cents per hour at the.end of the first year seh and 40 cents per hour at the end ‘of. the. second. year—$80 ‘ per ‘month and $65 per month res- Anti-Inflation Board regula. tions 'of six per cent in the fist ‘year and four per cent in the . second year. The. wage increases: ‘are based on a COLA formula, a Cominco ‘spokesman’ said.» An- increase of 86 cents per hour is estimated ‘by. the end. of the first year. This would be rolled into the base rate. An increase’ of ‘a further 26 cents ‘is esti- mated by the end of the second year. The increases are pro- gressive with each three-month : Period and are based on rises in . the Consumer Price Index, he | The projected increases in ‘the CPI would ‘prodtce laborer rates (now '$6.11) of $6.75 and $7.01 per hour respectively’ at:: ‘the end of the first and second X years, and journeymen ‘rates > pectively for the: salaried ACTE “(now $8.11} of $8.80 employees. : The offers are close to the maximums, allowable by’ the. Tax Man Allows Two Days Grace On 1976Returns fi The deadline for filing 1976 personal. income tax returns. | has been extended to Mond: May 2, the revenue department ~ y announced this week. y The action is being taken -because the usual April 30 filing ‘ deadline falls on Saturday this year. All returns filed up to and including May’ 2 will be con- sidered on time, revenue of- ficials say. 7 Council Chambers Were Crawied Last Week When ‘ Caluumabia ini-1977, : me the ‘company has invested: in: the last four years combi ed, he said. es substantial part of: the ‘the ‘city “current year's capital spending Prince will. be “directed Rupert where the cantpany has an’ $118 ° million pulp ‘ modi- fication and kraft'mill improve- ment project underway, Gross said. He said conatrueton of the mill will ‘start about mid- vent Building to Continue; Sept. Water Hook-Ups ByRYONGUEDES Editor, Castlegar News Castlegar city council has lifted - iis 25-day-old bullding permits moratorium, Mayor Au- drey Moore announced Tuesday night.‘ : Moore said the morator- ium, imposed to prevent any further strain new water ‘lines would put on the city’s water supply, was lifted Monday after council hired the engineering firm’ Kerr, Wood and Leldal Associates Ltd. t the and the project is sched be completed during the fret quarter of 1978 and will be located alongside the com- pany's existing sawmill at Castlegar. Commenting on. the 60 additional direct. jobs to .be created, Gross said about: 25 would be in the interior woods and 25 in the lumber division, A company spokesman told . the Castlegar News yesterday ‘ the 25 jobs in the woods would probably be situated through- out approximately 100 miles of forest between Nakusp and Reyelstoke. "He. said the gross payroll for: the workers at the new ill: be, jing ‘operations’ expans: produce even more pressure on moving here.” : Local Lands: Consi ered For Land Freeze Thaw | © Anarrow strip of land east of the Castlegar airport, a small. piece lying along'the Columbia’ at Brilliant and a large section between Raspberry. and . the Keenleyside Dam are. among . the. agricultural land reserve. sites the Provincial Land Com-. Bech after our: general _ discussion on April 28," land commission. chairman Gary... Runka’ wrote -McAdams, “we .would welcome public meetings with ‘our: advisory groups and the general public on any pro- posed adjustments to. the mission will be discussing with’ ALR. the Regional District of Central provide:'serviced, land to: Sskeintaodati seciles quickest and most economical method of securing a suitable water supply for the city. ‘In view’of the plans that are in motion at this time, council has lifted the morator- ium on building permits, but no water. connections will ‘be ‘al- ° lowed before Sept: 1, 1977,"" Moore said in a prepared state- ment. ‘‘It is a’ hope: of this council that by Mayo of 1978 a City Council Votes to Honor Late Ed. Mosby — City. ‘couneil approved in principle {Twesday a ‘local re- proposal, field and the other retired reai- “dents on’ whose" behalf, the proposal was made’ felt very“. strongly that: the’ plaque's in- scription should refer to Mosby as “Castlegar's first mayor”. Ald. Shutek added ‘later ~\ that” the plaque inscription should: refer. to Mosby. as “Castlegar's. first elected mayor.” Mosby's . predecessor as mayor, John Landis, was ap- pointed to the office,’ Shutek Shutek said city staff. will {investigate} plaque prices. A “ballpark” fi igure for the plaque price would be $500, he said. Kootenay ‘in a closed’ “pre © > liminary” meeting toda: ission, which has ‘been reviewing the agricultural has drawn’ up maps with ‘pro- _ posed changes, announced ‘this week public pi wanted at this’ time. ‘In a. telegram | received last Thursday fromthe B.C. Land Commission, the Regional District ‘of ‘Central Kootenay . was told public meetings’ could be held, but only: after a “pre- liminary” meeting ‘April 28. Earlier. ‘indications, were that ithe. meeting,’ where changes in:thé land reserve in + the ‘central Kootenays will be discussed, would be open to the public.) °°: * Since then, however, board chaicmad A. KS McAdams has — Called on City to’ Litt Moratorian proper water supply will be in place. The decision. to ‘lift the moratorium came five days after @ seven-man delegation from the’ Castlegar Downtown Busi- nessmen's Association accused the city of mishandling the entire water shortage problem. Spokesman Bjorn Edblad told a special meeting of. council ‘on Wednesday night of last week that Its decision to call the moratorium had not been based on sufficient investigation of the situation, > Edblad said the increase in ~ water usage due to construction in 1977 was taken into consider- . ation ‘it would take up only eight per cent of the’ water which is' now ‘used for water- ing.” Y -In other words, if the watering was lowered from 1,- ‘500 gallons per day to 1,380 per , day—that is, 34 minutes curtail- ment per household: per day— there would be no need to cur- tail building permits either this summer or next summer,” Ed- blad said in a brief to council. Edblad, owner of Castle Realty, said withholding build- ing. permits would have'a size. able ‘effect on ‘residents’ pro- figures ath “months of this. year,: ‘the city: . foregoing ‘$4. 6: million in: con- struction: ‘permits, (continued on pa: - Tilden, Budget “And Hertz Win Airport Spots _ City council voted Tuesday toaward car rental contracts at. - the Castlegar Airport to Tilden, © ‘Hertz and Budget. 03" Airport’ committee chair: ”. 7man Ald. : Gerald’ Rust.:.told council his committee reviewed tenders’ from. the three‘ com- - panies, as well as from ‘Avis, for one of the rental booths. vat the = airport, He said Tilden bid $5,900 = z for a year, Hertz. ° $5,403.83, Bedget $4,800 and Avis $41 °; Council approved Rust’s, : motion to allow Avis, currently occupying one of the booths, “a reasonable amount of time” for: winding: up its, bust irport. Pickets are Part Of B.C. Action. Picketing continued yer. . terday at the Hi Arrow Arms | Motor Hotel ‘after: last’ week's breakdown of negotiations be- ©. tween the Hotel, Culinary, and © ’ Bartenders Union Local 40-and) :-- the B.C. Hotels Association for “"an’ East and West’ Kootenay > - area contract. 5 “No one has made any at- tempt to cross the picket line,” union organizer Howard Woods told the Castlegar News Tues. * day, “except for a store-owner ..” who’went:in with’ some sup- - ‘plies. ‘Woods said union members i ‘inthe ‘area have not had an increase since last May and had been’ meeting :.with the‘ as- sociation since November, 1976 - to replace a contract which expired at the end of Septem- Jack Thompson, labor re- lations officer “for the 385-. member B.C.. Hotels Associa- ‘tion, ‘negotiating on. the Hi.” » Arrow’s behalf, said yesterday » “the, business just isn't” there” “in the area economy to pay for the union's package demand for. an extra 93 cents hourly over 17 months,