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CANADA SAFEWAY LIMITED a 9 $1.09 Powdered Detergent $5.98 “Because of. what happened last summer and all the ‘harassment the company. has had from ‘the area the company : ‘Harsh Words | For College By GEORGE GAMMON, CASNEWS STAFF WRITER . Allegations that the resignation’ of principal. Mitch Anderson’ last month serious problems at Selkirk College are supported in the controversial Kratzman report made public last week. The report to the college board by a committee headed by Art Kratzman, a post-” failings of the administration at Selkirk College. ““The board has not: un- "y i experh, 3 the difference be- the general i de ~ tween policy and planning, and. b ficiencies as well as the prin- cipal’s lack of direction, and recommended: The’ principal be ré- sponsible for. all’: phases of. ‘policy’ recommendation and a rn implementation; re ‘e; The’ principal assume. _-sresponsibility « for-- the: de- st? of and monitoring,” the report = said. | “Our ‘committee is con- «vinced that :a large share of . the difficulties which exist at Selkirk “College stem from the lack of adequate, openly- and the now has decided ‘that it will not continue exploration of this’ area at all,” hes said to the applause | of the approximately 200 at the ion Complex. told the audience -he and the cor respected the Genello residents’ concern, but pointed out ; that “we're in an energy crisis and you have to have cettain types ‘of energy.” “If you think they're. ‘dangerous, what I'm saying is that you'd better make sure that's what you really think,” he said. “In your own conscience, in your own mind, you'd. better make sure that's what’ you really think.” Defending his firm's conduct during the tests — which started around spring, 1977 and ended in September, 1978 — . Amendolagine said he “had all the licences and all the permits that we required.” . “All the govertimont agencies ‘knew + we were up there," {discussed,’ and; explicitly . expectations and.consequent |. ‘ bath th 3 The = “poiee ‘Umderstiind their roles ‘and develop a workable com-: “munication system at t board “meetings. ’ * ‘ Crlticiam in the report was focused on -the lack of “adequate policy making pro- “ cedure, development of regu: lations.and inadequate com- munication within the ad- ministration. Opening ‘eatcaaats in the report’ included a de- seription of the college as “unstable,” disorganized and * ineffective.” Comments made through: out the report cited major Atomic Energy Control. Board procedure for licensing ‘and. principal, and, in logical sequence, those of the bursar and‘ other senior-administra 2 tive officials.” Lack‘ of written ‘Policy was stressed as a major fault in college administration. “This- is. perhaps the most. critical’ requirement facing all at the college — a procedure which, if effective- ly initiated, will provide a - focus or rudder for all gov- ernance and administrative - action,” it said. See y ’ The: report acknow- ledged the fact that many of MORE THAN 200 West Ke residents “China creck Uranium Hunt 2 Off he continued. “They visited us at the property and no-one ever: intimated that-we shouldn't be there or that we were doing something wrong.” “We tried to abide by all the rules and: regulations we knew of,” the mining consultant said. “We tried to get all the permits, all the government forms we knew we should get and sometimes we were a little late. But when we found out we had to have them we got them, and we tried to carry out an exploration to the best.of our ability.” Under questioning by Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco, who in ‘his own submission later criticized Atomic _ Bnergy Control Board said he did not have the required ‘AECB exploration when he began tests at the Genelle site in 1877 because “at the time I didn't know I had to have it.” He said district mines.ins Bruce Lang {(A,B&c & TV Teh told him he needed the permit after learning of the exploration work. The mining engineer told Brisco that in a subsequent trip to Ottawa he was instructed by the AECB to send all information on the exploration program to the AECB office. . Asked by the Kootenay West.MP whether Stampede intended to-provide the AECB with the exploration report required “in the first six months of each calendar year" under the terms of the May, 1977 permit, Amendolagine indicated . the AECB would receive it before the end of June.:, i ‘Asked by an Argenta resident about plans for other Stampede claims, the mining consultant repeated that ‘the company “stated they're not going to do any work in ‘this area,” A ‘I can’t answer for what they have all over the world,” he said, Told by the i that: of the tnvested “at least $250, 000" in iaced oa of the site, several ‘3 plans for the claim. over the “From what I understand about the Mining Act, in order to keep your claim Up you have to put $200 work in a year,” one spectator said. ‘In other words, 20 years from now if your company wanted to sell it — which is what they do with mining claims — that would be possible, wouldn't it?” “You said it," Amendolagine replied. “It certainly helps the value of what you're selling if there's an ore deposit there,” Murray added. commission member James ‘‘Commenting on his tour of the China Creek deposit with ‘ fellow commission members earlier that day, Murray said the ‘New Sewer, Water Tax System Eyed City staff will investi- gate the possibility of a per- parcel water and sewér tax replacing Castlegar’s present frontage tax, city council * decided Tuesday. Finance committee chair- man ‘Ald. ‘Jim Gouk won -support:for his recommenda- os tion: that’ staff examine city ‘ its : higher taxation for: the same Bates commission hearing on thé safety of mining and in B.C. last Thursday. The most: significant statement of the evening came from mining © have Moreon Page A3 ~ ig! right), who 1 Ltd. will net ) d 1 Brisco sco fom ‘ett who criticized federal Atomic Energy Control Pp in top. inset are bers Valter dsepp Dr. David Bates, and James Murray. Kootenay. West MP Hits Exoloration Licensing a Practices Can ‘Drive a Mine Truck’ Through Loopholes auranium mine in Kootenay West," he continued, to the uranium “pre- sents sufficient loopholes to - the applicant to drive ‘a mine . truck through,” according to Kootenay West MP Bob — Brisco, In.a wide-ranging pre- sentation last- Thursday to the provincial government- in- PP of ‘AECB requirements for exploration of uranium and thorium: deposits include a prospector’s licence from the province or territory. con- cerned in order’ to stake claims, he explained, as well as the reporting of deposits quiring into the safety of of .05 per cent by weight of uranium or thorium to the board in Ottawa.” China Creek Uanium Con- sortium; Brisco''said the AECB requires reports in duplicate on the progress and results of exploration’ work planning to carry out. such detailed’ exploration as ex- tensive surface work, dia- mond drilling, test pitting or preliminary underground. _ B.C. Pollution Control Board uranium mining and explora- tion in B.C., Brisco-criticized In addition, a person work for uranium or thorium is required to ‘obtain “a surface exploration permit and/or an underground ex- ploration’ permit” from the board before it.is underway, he said. Citing terms of the sur- face exploration permit on the. property’ annually within the first six months of each calendar year. Although the six-month period “ex- pires in six months time” for the consortium, his inquiries revealed no report had yet been provided, he said.. ‘ He also pointed out that nowledged it does ‘not’ nor- for water assessment rolls and’ the advantages of Jovel of ‘service, Gouk “said” Surrey and a number of other B.C. municipalities are now using ‘the per-parcel system. | “It would make it far less complicated,” Gouk told the Castlegar News, “For one thing, with the, court of revision we'ye just gone through an exercise where we've just had, to reconvene it twice because: of people questioning how much money they should be charged.” Sewers, at’ thé: south: end: would. be be i taxed the same and all: city * euld isthe). pletion “of the new Arrow. Lakes’ water supply. Asked whether size of each lot will determine the rate structure, the finance committee chairman said the city “might strike a median.” Honor Commitment, Vander Zalm Told City council. voted Tues- day to repeat its request to Municips) Affaire Minister Bill Vander Zalm for his Heather : Hallett - to send ' Vander Zalm a letter “to remind him of his commit- ment” to take .part with C and 1 Dis- ministry's in discussion of Castlegar's re- gional district costs. In response to the minis- mally “provide exploration letter form. ‘permit application forms as “I submit. to the ‘com- auch, ” but receives’ details More on Page A2 ‘Common Sense Can Make Water Go a Long Way - Rust A little common sense hear city fire alarms, sug- try's decision not to attend a meeting tentatively scheduled this month, council approved a-motion by Ald. trict of Central Kootenay in di of the planning — function which will cost the city about $27,000 this year. A March 20 letter to the city from the minister said his ministry “would be happy to participate in discussions leading to a change in the present cost-sharing — for- mula,” Bes The RDCK board voted late last ‘month to delay taking on a municipal plan- can only submit here that a ning function until after a - ‘granted May 28, 1978 to the the federal agency's criteria for. issuing ‘exploration per- Taits as well as discussing health ‘and. environmental impacts. and‘ the need for public accessibility tq~ yet- unreleased, ‘information on the.nuclear power industry. In his opening remarks the Kootenay West MP told the commission that in con- sultation with mining and environmental ‘engineers there was “general agree-.' * ment” that the geography of the riding ‘does not in any . way, lend itself to uranium mining.” - “The topographical na- ture of this area, with its relatively narrow’ valleys, steep mountainsides, large and small bodies of water present immediate barriers’ to storage or so-called dis-« posal of mine wastes — that. is, uranium,” he said. “Indeed in the opinion of. those engineers with whom I have: consulted, it‘ would be extremely unlikely that the, LADIES’ would ever issue a licence for* AUXILIARY. members ‘of the Royal Canadian Legion; local No. 170, presented hospital board chairman John Dalziel on’ Monday with a.$3,000 cheque, proceeds ralsed through the group's weekly bingo games. Presenting the cheque, which will go:toward furnishing a new four-bedroom ward, the federal agency ‘has ack- president of No, 170's:ladies’ uxiliary: as well as Connie Champ, bingo chalr- man; and Edna Dodgson, executive ‘will give Castlegar residents another two or three weeks of liberal sprinkling regu: lations, city council's works and services committee chair- man said Tuesday. Ald. Gerald Rust told council continued careful use of water — including the restriction of sprinkling be- tween 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. — may get water users through the summer without more rigid gesting that. residents. turn off their neighbors’ sprink- lers in the event the alarm sounds while the neighbors are not home. “Staff have also had a number of calls regarding all- night sprinkling,” he con- tinued. “We are not saying you can't sprinkle all night. yr a, little judgement and common sense should prevail.” © “For instance, ,if some- body goes to bed at 10 p.m., puts the sprinkler out and runs it all night, that’s not sprinkling,” Rust added. “That's just an utter waste of water. There's no section of ground that requires six or seven hours watering.” meeting between ministry, city and RDCK representa- tives to discuss the cost- sharing formula: Castlegar council has sought reductions in its plan- ning levy on the grounds that + the city also operates its.own planning department, for which it budgeted $24,660 last year. “For | the most part, people in this community are doing very well by ‘this restriction and as long as they continue to co-operate in this manner I feel we will maybe survive another, two or three weeks, maybe ano- ther month,” Rust said. “Restrictions of a much more rigid nature were put ‘on last year'in the very early part of June, so we've almost gained a full month this year. T think a good part of this is le to the new water the the ‘Castlegar and District Hospital. ‘Dalziel sald he could not overemphasize the major role the ladies’ auxiliary has is Kay Bate, . played in aiding the hospital. tank installed this year.” But he stressed the importance of residents turn- ° ing off sprinklers when they irae of the past BY at Castlegar and District Hospital. RETORT AS Two men’s opinion on One Man's Opinion. Anniversaries and Milestones . . . Classified Ads, Real Estate and Automotive . . Pages AS-B4-BS-B6-B7-B8 Comics 3 Page B12 Community Closeup Page C6 Editorial Page C2 HP MEDS Stony with afew afternoon cloudy periods and a risk of an afternoon thunderstorm. Cooler tomorrow with in- creased possibility of show- ers with the balance of the long weekend _ basically sunny. Job File Max Haines... -