@ Saturday, August 1, 1992 Heritage society waits for B.C. Hydro Saturday, August 1, 1992 @ a2 TheFARSIDE By Gary Larson “Whoa whoa whoa, young man! You walk the plank like everyone else! Check out our incredible menu - Stuffed Quail Boned Quails, Stuffed with | $ 16° to perfection and served with ~ a Mandarin Orange Sauce....... Raisins and Nuts. Roasted Linguine/Mussels Tender Linguine pmmareer ith New Zeal: Mascole Gerke, Onions, $ 14° Tomatoes, Peppers & Wine ‘i Purse of Seafood A Demet eet — weaned in Filo Pasty. and $ 1 5 served with a Perno Dill Cream ......... All Specials include Soup & Salad Bar, Rice, Potato or Pasta Fireside Restaurant 1810-18th Ave., Castlegar For Reservations: 365-2128 Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER Councillor Marilyn Math- ieson’s departure from the city is all but etched in stone. “Until I put my resignation in it won't be official,” she said. Mathieson’s husband,Stu- art, has been transferred to Vancouver. Although she can legally retain her seat from another riding, Mathieson says it wouldn't be fair to Castlegar citizens to remain on council “I’m very disappointed I have to leave,” she says, “I’m not looking forward to living there.” Mathieson has lived in Castlegar for the past 15 years. She says what bothers her is that she was beginning to see a number of projects for the city get off the ground. Marilyn Mathieson pro “Oh, for sure. I was just get- ting some things I thought main propo- nents of the down?own revitalization gram. “Until I know I’m going, I’m not going to hand in my resignation,” Mathieson said. “I want to be on those committees as long as I can.” If she does resign, she will inform the city 30 to 45 days in advance of the proposed RCMP building referendum. She says synchronizing a NEWS STAFF head. ee Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to use your _ According to RCMP Cpl. Al Hudema, someone had an accident on the 1100 block of 3rd Street that they won't soon forget. “A window was broken at Bosse’s Jewellery Thursday at (12:40 a.m.),” Hudema said. “The window is going to cost about $300 to replace, but there was no entry.” But there was hair found on the broken window, a tell-tale sight that this was not your average vandal. “You can figure that someone was horsing around and fighting,” said the stores co-own- er Ray Bosse. “It’s obviously not a burglary. There was no blood and no other damage.” Police are checking hospitals for head in- juries, but currently there are no leads and no suspects. said. “But someone’s got a headache,” Bosse byelection with the referen- dum would save the city about election wouldn't be practical. “If you want a whole pile of political nonsense you may want to add more time.” As far as any ambitions to enter public office in Vancou- ver are concerned, Mathieson says, “never. “Who wants to sit in council in a big city? Here you can see results and talk to people and know where you stand. “I don’t think the world ends with politics. There’s more to life.” ae News photo by Neil Rachynski Someone in Castlegar must have a huge headache after ramming what RCMP believe to be their head into the front window of Bosse’s Jewellery.. Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER Medicare in Castlegar may soon be getting a facelift. According to a recent re- port, Dr. Jon Van Vliet has suggests that Castlegar doc- tors will leave the medicare system. But according to Min- istry of Health information of- ficer Michael Galway, that doesn’t mean Castlegar is los- ing medical services. Local doctors prepare for direct billing? cumbersome. “It will be like any business “There are hundreds of medical practitioners in British Columbia who are not part of the Medical Services Plan,” Galway said. Galway said that doctors who are not covered by medicare must follow certain procedures which may seem transaction,” he said. “You: doctor first of all has to tell yo he has opted out, then the; have to say how much he is ga ing to charge you. “Seven doctors fron Nanaimo have filed to 9; out,” Galway continued. “I ally can’t say ifany more will Mathieson regrets departure SecondFRONT | CALL THE NEWS @General Inquiries 365-7266 OUR HOURS The News is located at 197 Columbia Ave. Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on weekends and statutory holidays. SUB RATES _ The News is published by Castle News Ltd. for Canwest Publishers Ltd. Mail subscription rate to The News is $37.50 per year. The price on newsstands is 75¢ for each edition. The price delivered by newspaper carrier for both editions is only 90¢ a week (collected monthly). GST extra. Second class mail registration number 0019. @ President says Crown corporation’s visit nothing more than lip service Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER John Coyle is not impressed. The president of the Castlegar and District Heritage Society complained that B.C. Hydro never sent him the information they had promised after officials examined gg damage at Zuckerberg Island on July Coyle says he requested numbers and figures that relate to flood levels from the Hugh Keenleyside Dam, but he isn’t getting any co-operation. Harold Gruber, B.C. Hydro’s public affairs co-ordinator, says “we’re still reviewing what is it we found out from people in the (Castlegar) area.” He contends that such a study takes ime. “We fully intend to provide those numbers,” Gruber said. Almost immediately after speaking with The News, Gruber contacted Coyle to re- assure that the information would be on its way. Gruber says B.C. Hydro was caught off guard by the impact the water flows from the Keenleyside dam had on some local residents in June. “We were surprised that flow caused damage,” Gruber said. “What we've decided to do is make people along the river aware of operating levels and that we don’t want encroachment.” Gruber said Keenleyside draws should remain fairly consistent through the rest of the summer. “I haven’t heard of any significant changes,” Gruber said. “The message is Arrow (reservoir) is going to be below full pool. There’s no way it’s gong to fill up with the way things are.” Coyle says Argo Industries Ltd. has once again offered to fix the causeway at Zuckerberg Island for free. During last month’s flooding, the crown — or gravel top — of the causeway was washed away. Coyle had sought some sort of compensation for the damage from B.C. Hydro but the Crown corporation says they are not liable. On the same trip B.C. Hydro met Coyle, they also met with officials from Castlegar city council. Mayor Audrey Moore says she was not impressed with what B.C. Hydro had to say. Moore would not give specifics but did say a letter has been drawn up for council’s approval in August that is “not an optimistic letter.” ON THE BAAL News photo by Glen Freeman Folksinger-songwriter Stephen Baal wrapped up the Concerts in the Park series Thursday at Kinsmen Park. Baal returned to the annual event by popular demand. NDPers aunt for . nopefuls @ Chris D’Arcy not interested in New Democrat vacancy Scott David Harrison EDITOR Local New Democrats are wondering where the candidates are. Three weeks after Lyle Kristiansen announced that he would not seek re-election in the federal riding of Kootenay West- Revelstoke, only two hopefuls have tossed their names. in the political ring: Nelson’s Heather Suggitt and Revelstoke’s Mengia Nicholson. Chris D’Arcy Sihota awaits committee report Credit law in the first sitting of the B.C. @ Labor Ministry says no to Local 1 invite har legislature if labor helped elect a NDP pending outcome of Bill 19 study government, but he failed to do so. Scott David Harrison EDITOR Moe Sihota won’t be coming to Castlegar. Despite an invitation from the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada Local 1, a spokesperson with the Labor Ministry says Sihota isn’t ready to discuss controversial Bill 19. Instead, Christine Rushforth says the Labor Minister will await the findings a of a three-person committee that has been touring the province. “There have been over 500 written and spoken submissions,” Rushforth said, “and among them, I’m sure the PPWC made a presentation. With all those submissions, it’s going to take time to make the most out of the public hearing process.” Local 1 is calling for immediate changes to Bill 19, a labor law which prohibits the prevince’s unions from erecting full-scale pickets. Sihota had promised to revamp the Social Rushforth said the complexity of B.C.’s Labor Code forced Sihota to appoint the three-person commission instead. end to the pulp industry shutdown. changes to Bill 19,” Rushforth said. “Any changes would have come at the exclusion of public input and the minister wanted everyone to speak on this issue.” them to Sihota in September. public input as he can.” That commission includes mediator Vince Ready, the man who successfully negotiated an “With all the goodwill in the world, it would have been impossible for (Sihota) to make Rushforth said the commission is currently writing its recommendation before presenting “The process has taken longer than the minister would have liked,” Rushforth said, “but he thinks it’s more important to get as much Meanwhile, two long-time New Democrats have announced they won’t seek the nomination. Former Nelson mayor and current Lyle Kristiansen constituency assistant Gerald Rotering says he won’t run because he feels it’s time for a woman, minority or physically challenged candidate to take their place in Ottawa. Joining Rotering is one-time Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D’Arcy. D’Arcy, who ran as an independent candidate in the last provincial election after losing the party’s nomination to Ed Conroy, says the Kootenay West-Revelstoke race can go ahead without him. “I’m really not interested in the federal scene, or even politics at this point,” D’Arcy told The News Thursday. “I’m interested in civic affairs, but I’m not prepared to run for office.”