aiadiatiertadiens as 8s CastlegarNews May 16, 1980 COMMUNITY NEWS winoare fire and Gordon Turner. teachers The_ Selkirk College“ Faculty Assaciation’s standing committee on professional excellence (SCOPE) has this The 1990 Selkirk College Faculty Association SCOPE award m left) are Maureen Little, Sandra Seggewiss Selkirk College honored Turner's award allows him to attend the National Institute of Staff and Organizational TELEPHONE 365-5210 — Siinecrovecerssahic BUSINESS DIRECTORY " Cc and for the i News Up to 5 p.m., Tues., May 29 for the month May 20, 1990 Vol. 43, No. 40 Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Avenue Castlegar * 365-2151 & Co. Certified General Accountant Office 368-6471 Residence 365-2339 1250 Bay Ave., Trail year's selections for the SCOPE award. Sandra Seggewiss, English in- structor, Maureen Little, nursing instructor, and Gordon Turner, head of the language, literature and communications department —at— Setkirk” College were the recipients of this year’s SCOPE awards. The award is conferred upon faculty who, in the opinior of the peer committee, demon- ‘Strate exemplary professionalism and excellence in teaching. “(Dr. Turner) is to be congratulated for —his— ongoing commitment to excellence in teaching aswell as his in- volvement in furthering the quality of education in the com- munity at large,’’ committee chairman Kathleen Pinckney said in a news release. Devel in Austin, Tex., this month. Seggewiss was selected for “teaching excellence, and for the development, over the years, of instructional materials of very high calibre,”’.Pinckney said “Her students have appreciated her creative teaching aides, classroom presentations BACKPAIN or MIGRAINE CALL 365-5527 For Appointment 2408-9th Ave. to her pi said. 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Other proposed cleanup measures will cut Celgar’s chlorine use by about 75 per cent and the introduction of peroxide is expected to boost Celgar’s rate of chlorine reduction to about 85 per cent, Wilf Sweeney, general manager of the modernization project, said in a news release. ~ However, only actual production testing at the mill ‘wilt -determinehow much chlorine can be replaced by peroxide while still producing market-quality kraft pulp, Sweeney added. **We would be one of only a few fully bleached kraft mills in the world to be in a position to determine whether we can make 100 per cent chlorine-free softwood pulp with the same brightness (whiteness) and strength that paper-makers and consumers demand today,”’ Sweeney said. It has always been our goal to eventually be a chlorine-free mill. Introducing peroxide will move us one stop closer to that goal."” Wayne Peppard, co-chairman of the Coalition for Information on the Pulp Mill Expansion, said he was “surprised’’ and ‘‘quite happy’’ with Celgar’s announ- cement of the switch to hydrogen peroxide. “It’s a step in the right direction — a giant step. “TP applaud them for making this move,”* he said, noting the peroxide process has been in existence for some time. Peppard said he hopes Celgar has ‘‘some more sur- prises for us’’ in areas such as transportation of wood chips when the company finishes its report for the second stage of the review the project is undergoing. Organochlorine discharges from the new mill will be cut by about one third from existing levels even though the new mill will produce twice as much pulp, Sweeney said, noting there will be no detectable levels of dioxins or furans — organochlorines which many consider to be a serious threat to health. Organochiorine levels will be further reduced by the higher rate of chlorine dioxide substitution that can be achieved, he said. : ‘When the proposed new chlorine dioxide generator is completed and a high rate of substitution is a conibinat with peroxide bleaching in 1994, the -new~ mill will “achieve Leese td that meet the —— new levels of 1.5 kil t f that has been pane by the B.C. fuse iramestig ** Sweeney “Our engineers are confident that research during the past year has produced enough reliable evidence that we can now integrate peroxide at this stage in the design process to reduce chlorine and ‘still meet customers’ demands for a high-quality pulp,"’ Sweeney explained. The project was designed to incorporate peroxide technology in the future, he added. “The decision to switch to peroxide is part of our commitment to our staff, to the people of Castlegar, and please see CELGAR poge A2 Company losses undecided By CasNews Staff last week to how much money, if any, Celgar Pulp Co. lost during a Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada union fall_of 1988 heard — from and union RENTAL APPLIANCES & TV Rent to Own Washers, Dryers, VCRs, TV, Stereos cat! 365-3388 1008 Columbia Ave., Castlegar RENT. WASHERS & DRYERS 364-1276 estimate. Let our tell you about the many services which have Williams the most respected name in the moving bus‘ness Ph. 365-3328 Collect ° Parties * Banquets 365-2539 Optometrist Roofing ~ ROOFING | * Guaranteed Work * Fair Prices © 40 Years in Business * Free Estimates JAMES lES SWANSON Ph. 36 267.764 7680 WICKLUM ROOFING CALL LORNE 352-2917 “FREE ESTIMATES" M. L. LeRoy 8.C. O.D. 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The union’s lawyer says the company cannot claim in- terest on the amount, Espenhain ad- ded. The three-member arbitration panel, including mediator John Kin- zie, ruled earlier this month that the union is soley to blame for any losses Celgar suffered during the walkout The PPWC is arguing Celgar is a joint venture, owned by Montreal- and China-based companies, and exists to make pulp for its parent ___companies,_not_profits_in_its_own- right, Espenhain explained. Celgar can only claim expenses incurred due to the shutdown, he said, stating the union’s argument. The walkout stemmed from a dispute over the seniority of truckers asked to transport safety valves to Calgary for maintenance during a routine shutdown of the mill. The mill has taken the position Celgar suffered no losses during the walkout because the mill was not in operation at the time. Hearings to determine whether the union owes Celgar for damages during the walkout will continue sometime in the fall, Espenhain said. By ED MILLS Staff Writer Has the Western-based Reform Party of Canada unstuck itself from the label of lunatic fringe, wacky, kooky red-necked Western boys, and slipped into the mainstream of Canadian politics? Senator-elect Stan Waters thinks so, and he told a crowd of about 50 at the Castlegar Community Com. plex last week that B.C. is an important part of that Process. That doesn’t mean the still-fledgling party is ready to run the country. But it is prepared to hold the balance of power in Parliament after the next election, Waters said. “The West has been left out of confederation too long. The Reform can provide a very strong voice for the West in confederation,"’ he said Stan Waters, whom Albertans elected to the Senate but who has yet to be appointed by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, is quizzed by the media after his speech in Castlegar last week. Reform Party support growing, Waters says CosNews p Waters, 70, said that if an election were held this year, the Reformers, who currently have Beaver River, Alta., MP Deborah Grey as their lone representative in Ottawa, could win as many as half the seats in the four Western provinces “We're the fastest-growing federal party in Canada, we're getting about 200 new members a mon- th. We've got 35,000 members in three years. That’s explosive,"’ Waters said “‘In polls we're the most powerful federal party in Alberta right now and we'll soon be in that position in B.C.” And if Meech Lake fails, Waters said, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney may face a revolt from his Quebec caucus and an election may be closer then we realize — perhaps as early as next year. please see WATERS page A2 Taxpayers get break By SIMON BIRCH Editor Taxes on residential property in the City of Castlegar will increase 6.5 per cent in 1990 but most homeowners. lower school taxes and increases in the homeowner grant. The residential tax rate for 1990 is $9.8512 per $1,000 of assessed value. Last year. the rate was $9.25 per ‘$1,000. Castlegar city council at a special meeting Thursday gave third reading to the bylaw increasing the taxes and must give final approval to the bylaw at its regular meeting Tuesday to meet this year’s deadline from the provin- cial government. Using as an example an actual tax bill of a taxpayer in south Castlegar with a home and property valued at $69,700 (with 1989 figures in paren- theses), municipal taxes in 1990 are $686.63 ($644°73) school district taxes $822.35 ($863.73), regional district School tax By CasNews Staff A Castlegar homeowner with property assessed at about $43,000 will pay $47 less in education taxes this year, compared to 1989, school district secretary-treasurer John Dascher said following the announ- cement last week of this year’s tax rate by the Ministry of Education. This year’s provincial rate is 4.8 per cent-lower than the rate set last year in the distsrict by the Castlegar school board, Dascher said. Last year, the average homeowner paid $108 in property tax, the net amount payable from total education taxes of $538 after the homeowner grant of $430 was applied, Dascher said. The payable amount was up $57 over the previous year, he added This year, the average homeowner will pay $61 after the homeowner grant and the supplementary amount, announced by Victoria this spring, is deducted from total education taxes of $512, Dascher said. The supplemen- taxes $193.40 ($182.74) and hospital district taxes $34.53 ($33.35). Add to those figures assessment authority and finance authority levies and water and sewer frontage taxes, and the 1990 ‘total is $1,959.63, up slightly from $1,946.68 in 1989. But this year, that taxpayer gets a homeowner grant of $528.09 while vlast year the grant was $430. The net effect is a reduction in tax of some $85 — to $1,431.54 this year from $1,516.68 in 1989. The savings will vary among homeowners. The tax rate for businesses will in- crease to $21.5741 from $20.2635. All other categories such as light in- dustry, major industry and utilities are also up. With the increases, the city will take in an additional $329,601 in tax revenue in 1990 — a 12.5 per cent in- crease, city administrator Dave Gair- Ns says in a memo to council. The ad- ditional revenue is a combination of please see TAXES page A2 es down tary amount, which would total $21 for the average homeowner, is calculated as 25 per cent-of the total tax not covered by the homeowner grant of $430. The Ministry of Education an- nounced earlier this year that Victoria will begin setting tax rates for school districts, a power that used to belong to school boards. Boards are now given a block of money to run their districts each year and if a board wan- ts extra funds for new programs or initiatives it must request permission to raise local taxes for one year by going to referendum. The Castlegar board lost a referen- dum May $ requesting $200,000 from local homeowners to hire extra staff to help implement the new primary Program which will be put in place in all B.C. primary schools this fall Castlegar was one of nine districts to seek extra funds through referendum this year. Only two Lower Mainland boards were given the go ahead by local homeowners to raise taxes. Future use of burial site discussed Natives oppose development By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer A Meeting of parties interested in the future of a native burial site near Vallican in the Slocan Valley was convened Friday in Castlegas to discuss ‘‘an agreement on future uses’’ of the site, said Cliff Hewitt, manager of B.C. Heritage Trust, a provincial department that owns the land. Bui members of the Arrow Lakes Indian band, whose ancestors are buried on the site, do not want any development on the burial grounds, said band spokesman Yvonne Swan. ““We came here to tell him (Hewitt) to forget it,”" Swan said. ‘We'll take care of it (the site)."" Members of the band have been living on the burial site all winter following a battle last August with the Ministry of Highways over the placement of a road beside the site. The band blockaded the site and went to court in an attempt to prevent construction of the road which band members said would disturb the burial grounds and destroy ancient artifacts from a native village in the path of the roadway. ‘The ministry won the court challenge and the road and a bridge were built, replacing the old Vallican bridge, which residents and Highways Ministry officials said was dangerous,-with—a-safer route between Vallican and Passmore. Swan said the band members are also angry they were not officially invited to the meeting which was attended by members of the Vallican Archaeological Park Society, a group which has assumed a caretaker role over the burial grounds, Regional District of Central Kootenay director Bob Barkley whose region, Area H, includes Vallican, and representatives of the parks and recreation branch of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Culture. B.C. Heritage Trust also falls under the jurisdiction of that ministry. Hewitt contacted the Colville Confederated Tribes on the Colville reserve near Colville, Wash., a native con- federation that the Arrow Lakes band now belongs to, rather than contacting the band itself, Swan explained. Band members found out about the meeting indirectly, she added However, Swan said the band considers the issue of development on the site secondary to the issue of the return of remains taken from the burial grounds in 1981 by the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria. The band has been talking with the museum for about a year in an attempt to have the remains returned to the band for reburial on the Vallican site. In a letter to museum director Bill Barkley earlier this month, band members told him the remains should be returned to the Arrow Lakes Indian, not B.C. Heritage Trust “We have been physically occupying the ‘Vallitan site’ since Aug. 20, 1989 in order to protect it from further please soe BURIAL SITE page A2