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LOCAL INTERVIEW ...
Christine Famenoft id
interviewed by CBC radio
correspondent Neil Gillon
during his visit to
Castlegar. Gillon is
working on a radio show

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CHEMICAL SPILL... A Teimae pup tanker ‘trailer flip-
ped on its side Sunday at the entrance to Highway 3
west on Columbia Avenue. The trailer was carrying
sulphuric acid which spilled onto the road. Traffic was

TRUCK SPILL

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slowed on Columbia Ave. while cleanup crews
worked feverishly to manage the spill.

CasNews Photos by Ron Norman

Mann said a private contractor removed the con
taminated soil from the median Monday and Jensen noted
that the acid only leaked down into the ground to a depth of
about seven to 10 centimetres. The soil was tested Monday
for acidity,

Jensen added that the acid won't have any effect on
vehicles which ran through it because sulphuric acid doesn't
react with rubber and was diluted enough by that time to

Famenoff, the museum's manager, Gillon went to Selkirk
College for an extensive interview with Dr. Bill Sloan on
the early history of the area.

Since he was slightly familiar with the area from an
earlier childhood visit he was given an overview with a
visit to Verigin’s tomb, the Keenleyside dam, the Syringa
Creek park, the Castlegar railway station and Zucker.

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The accident attracted a large Easter Sunday crowd of Deires april le. ie
onlookers in addition to a host of municipal and provincial
emergency crews.

Mann said a total of 24 volunteer firefighters joined him
at the scene. He said he stayed at the interchange well into

Sunday night and returned again Monday to supervise

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cleanup operations for another 10'/2 hours.
He said the acid didn’t present any real problems.
“There's no major problems with it”except when water
" he explained. Then toxic fumes can be created.

hits it,”

prevent any problem for car bodies.

Trimac is paying for all cleanup costs.

Meanwhile, Mann said the City of Castlegar borrowed a
vacuum truck from Cominco to clean out all the area storm

NEIL GILLON, popular host to the CBC Radio's
Early Edition, which originates in Prince Rupert on
Saturday mornings, visited the West Kootenay last week
to conduct a number of interviews on heritage aspects of

Mann said firefighters simply ensured the acid didn’t
get into the city's storm sewers, which would have been
hazardous.

“There was no need for evacuation,” he sai:
contained in one spot and put the lime on it

However, Mann said there was one moment of concern.
It came about 3:30 p.m. when a heavy rain started to fall,
backing up one of the storm sewers above the spill area. It
caused water to flow down Columbia Avenue and threatened
to push the acid around the sand and lime barriers.

“That was our biggest concern at one point,” Mann said.

However, crews quickly pumped the water away from
the spill area.

Jim Jensen, environmental safety officer with the En
vironment Mifiistry’s Nelson office, also said the spill hever
presented any “real danger,” even though it was highly
concentrated.

Jensen estimated the concentration at 93 per cent,
which is said is “very strong acid.”

“This stuff... burned off the grass as soon as it hit it,”
he said.

Smoke was clearly visible rising from the grass where
the acid sat in pools.

“We had it

sewers just in case any chemical leaked into them.

As well, B.C. Tel crews worked Tuesday to clean
underground lines with detergent. Some acid leaked into the
telephone company's underground area and onto sleeve
covers that protect the lines.

However, there were no problems with the lines.

Mann said neutralizing the acid with lime so quickly was
the “secret” to containing the spill.

Cominco spokesman Richard Fish credited the
Castlegar Fire Department with quick action.

“The Castlegar Fire Department was really on the ball
for this one,” Fish told the Castlegar News. “It was handled
very, very well. Everybody responded as they should have.”

Meanwhile, Mayor Audrey Moore applauded city fire
fighters.

“Our fire chief did a great job and so did our firemen,”
she said.

Moore gave special mention to Castlegar firefighter Len
Bleier, who is also a foreman in Cominco’s acid plant and a
member of the Cominco emergency response team.

“We were fortunate to have Len Bleier there,” Moore
said, adding that he knew exactly what to do and how to
handle the acid.

Local woman dies

Adella Lutz wife of Rob-
ert Lutz of Castlegar, passed
away Tuesday, April 5, at the
age of 69

A wake service will be held
Thursday at 7 p.m. at St
Rita’s Catholic Church and
Mass of Christian burial! will
be celebrated on Friday at 10
a.m. with Father Herman
Egberink as celebrant. Cre
mation will follow She is

Mrs. Lutz was born May 6, husband;
1918 at Bayard, Sask. and

Western

tendent

moved with her parents to
Kelowna in 1931. She grew
up and lived there until 1952
She lived in various towns in

has lived in one sister,
Castlegar for
years. She enjoyed walking
and bowling

survived by her

Stockton of LeDuc,

Cranbrook;

Welters of Kelowna;
brothers, Duff Holisky
New Westminster,

the past 13

Hollis of
many nieces and nephews

sons, Ken
Alberta

and Bob Stolz of Saskatoon;
two step-sons, Gene Lutz of
Toronto and Brian Lutz of
one step-daugh
Canada as she ter, Faye Duley of Lumby,
moved with her husband who B.C.; _ five
was a construction superin

grandchildren;
seven step-grandchildren;
Theresa (Terry)
three

Fred
Hollis of Kelowna and Joe
Abbotsford; and

Above Bobs
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Brisco
in Ottawa
hospital

By CasNews Staff

Kootenay-West MP Bob
Brisco is in an Ottawa
hospital for tests and examin.
ations.

Dorothy Gourlay, a secret
ary in Castlegar
constituency office, said it is
not known’ what health
probiems the MP is suffering,
but that he is in good spirits.
He was admitted Saturday

“He's in the
tests and

Brisco's

hospital for
examinations,”
Gourlay said. “He's resting
comfortably

Gourlay said all appoint
ments made by Brisco will be
re-scheduled once he's
released from hospital

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used later on his show.

Committee.

the area with selected citizens. These interviews will be

His guide during his visit to Castlegar was John
Charters, chairman of the Castlegar Heritage Advisory

On his arrival at the airport Gillon was taken to the
Doukhobor Restaurant for a Russian breakfast and a tour
of the Kootenay Doukhobor Historical Museum courtesy
of its chairman, Pete Oglow. After interviewing Christine

berg Island and the chapel house.

During lunch at the Charters's home he interviewed
Kathy Armstrong, publisher of the Beargrass Press, who
is currently working on Charters’ next book, Over My
Shoulder, edited by Selkirk College Graphic Arts
student, Susan Bond.

During the afternoon Gillon visited and interviewed
Castlegar pioneer Marjorie West. He had hoped to
interview several other knowledgeable citizens.

CASTLEGAR Taxi has moved its office from
downtown Castlegar to the former Block Brothers
building. The taxi office is located across the hall from
Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco's constituency office.

COURT FEE

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responds to this there will be time lags
involved,” he said.

Another headache for legal ser
vices is a clause which is designed to
provide some relief for those who
cannot afford to pay. The clause states
that under certain conditions no fee
will be payable to the Crown by a
person who is found to be indigent, or
poverty stricken.

Miller points out that the clause
doesn't guarantee relief from fees if a
person is eligible for indigency, but
merely “invites” the court to do so.

“Everyone is invited to waive the
fees for that individual,” he said.

In order to be declared indigent an
affidavit declaring a client's income,
expenses, assets, and liabilities must
be filed, which costs another $20. The
affidavit must be accompanied by a
praecips, a requisition form for indig
ency.

Miller says he is busy working on
these forms which have to be simple
enough for a client to fill out at the
court registry without the aid of a

lawyer and still have to be agreeable to
judges, court administrators and law.
yers.

Miller says the clause is also am
biguous because it doesn't specify for
what period of time a perséh is unable
to pay court fees. If they can't pay now
will they be able to pay several weeks
or months later and does this mean
more affidavits and preacips?

He says court fees will also affect
people who can afford lawyers’ fees.

Miller said a person settling an
estate worth about $225,000 would
need $900 in cash for court fees alone,
just to get the estate probated.

“That used to cost $50,” Miller
said. “It's going to affect everybody.”

The West Kootenay Women's
Association says the new fees are going
to pressure people into settling out of
court through mediation.

Association spokesman Patricia
Lakes says the association deals with
many single mothers seeking main-
tenance orders who cannot afford high
court costs.

“Every time that non-custodial

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sauna, an open sundeck dutside the
main facility,,a fitness room and weight
training room.

“Accebsibility is the key,” said
Ross. “We want this facility to be a
desirable year round operation.”

Ross said that by joining the
facility with the existing Commanity
Complex, operating costs will be less
than if the facility was built on its own.

“The idea is to keep costs down by
running the entire facility out of the
same office without having to raise the
overhead,” Ross said.

He added that annual operating
costs for an aquatic centre will be
somewhere “between zero and
$200,000.”

Selkirk College board chairman
Elizabeth Fleet was ‘at last night's
meeting and said when the pool is built,
the college will use it at least three
hours a week per four-month semester
for physical education purposes. The
college currently books the pool in
Nelson. Fleet was unsure of the price

the college is paying for pool time in
Nelson on top of the travel fees, but
said she will find out.

Fund-raising is a major concern for
the society and the eight people in
attendance at the meeting were asked
for their suggestions on how money can
be raised locally to get the ball rolling.

Ross said there are three main
hurdles for the society to clear if the
proejet is to be a success. He said the
community will have to really want this
facility and vote for it should there be a
referendum; money will have to raised;
and the provincial government will also
have to provide help. Ross said the key
is community backing.

“We're really looking for com
munity support,” he said.

Six officers were elected to the
project society board at the end of last
night's meeting.

Ron Ross was elected president;
Gus Young vice president; Ed Chernoff
secretary; Alexia Turner treasurer
with Hugh Wilson and Satoshi Uchida
elected directors.

parent goes to get access, it’s another
barrier towards taking it to court,” she
said.

“If I just file an action in family
court, I have to pay this $100.”

Lakes said the new fee schedule
was pushed through quickly by an
order in council in a “very suspicious
way.”

“It seems in both cases they didn't
even inform the bar association.”

Lakes said the new fee schedule is
contrary to assurances given by the
justice reform committee when it was
in Nelson that the justice system will
be less costly and more accessible.

Miller said submissions to the
committee, which is still touring the
province, were made as late as Feb
ruary 1988 and there was no warning
before the new fee schedule came into
effect.

“There was not one word from the
committee that this was coming down
the pipe March 31,” said Miller.

It was “cloaked in secrecy, accord
ing to court administration,” said
Miller.

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homeowners across the province who
are not on municipal sewage lines and
have to install their own septic tanks
and drainage fields. There is a $100
charge for re-inspections of residential
sewage facilities which aren't up to
standards.

Drainage field replacement or im
provement inspections cost $100 but
replacement of an entire system costs
$200 for an inspections and permits.

“Drainage field replacement in-
spection is $100 providing the septic
tank is intact,” Harnadek said.

Harnadek said the inspections are
mandatory. .

“The Health Act requires a person
to get a permit before installing a
sewage disposal system that d
charges into ground,” he said. “It's a
normal occurrence.

He also added he didn't know why
the province introduced such a high fee
for a service which until the beginning
of this month was paid for with taxes.

Trade meeting scheduled

By CasNews Staff

Local politicians and mem
bers of the business com
munity will be holding a
public forum next week on
the free-trade agreement
with the U.S. The meeting
will be held at the Uplander
Hotel in Rossland on April
14, at 7:30 p.m

The forum is open to any
body wishing to express their
views on the free-trade
agreement and will also give
an opportunity for interested
people to hear local politi
cian’s views on the agree.
ment

Kootenay West MP Bob
Brisco will be present along

Paul Samsonoff
passes away

Paul Samsonoff Jr. of
Castlegar passed away sud
denly Saturday, April 2 at
the age of 43.

Funeral service was held
at the Brilliant Cultural Cen-
tre Tuesday and today with
burial in Park Memorial
Cemetery

the past 16 years. Some of
obbies were building
guitars, riding his motoreycle
and keeping his truck in im
maculate ‘condition
Mr. Samsonoff is survived
by his parents, Paul and
Laura Samsonoff of Castle
gar; two sisters, Valerié
S of Vancouver, and

Mr. was born
June 28, 1944 at Nelson but
grew up in Castlegar and at
tended schools here. During
his life, he worked at Wood
land Park Esso, Pete's TV
and at the time of his death
he was working at Plaza
Texaco. Mr. Samsonoff was a
great lover of music and
played with the band Amber

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Phone

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Joyce 365-3091

Our hostess will bring gifts and
greetings, along with helpful
community information.

Olga and brother-in-law Bill
Kanigan of Port Alberni; one
nephew, three nieces and
three great-nephews; and
Aunt Mary Stooshonoff of
Grand Forks.

Funeral arrangements
were under the direction of
the Castlegar Funeral Chap-
el.

with federal Liberal hopeful
Dr. Garry Jenkins, federal
NDP member Joe Irving, Trail
Larry Brown of Selkirk Col
lege, Wade Zammit, general
manager of Wester Timber's
Southern Wood Products
sawmill, representing the
lumber industry, Gordon trict

Moore will
meeting which is being spon

Ron Schmidt of the United
Steelworkers of America in

Castlegar Mayor Audrey
moderate the

sored by the Trail and Dis-

Thompson of Cominco and

University Women's
Club.

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