AA4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 14, 1979

Nine candidates se

JOHN M. MARSH
School Trustee

John Marsh is a can-
didate for trustee in School
District No. 9.

He is 45 years old and is
employed as a steam en-
gineer by Cominco in Trail in
the capacity of shift foreman.

He is fairly new to this
area, having been transfer-
red here by Cominco from
Kimberley two years ago.

Although Marsh has had
no previous experience in
holding or running for public
office, he has two main rea-
sons for becoming a can-
didate for the postion of
school trustee:

1) Lack of response
from the public when nom-
inations are called for, and

2) Concern about the
length of time to reach

LOVETTE
NICHVOLODOFF
Schoo! Trustee

After serving my first
term on the Board of School
Trustees,‘ my interests and
concerns have aroused my
enthusiasm to continue in the
following direction,

My views on education
and the future of our children
have not changed. I would
hope that anyone interested
in seeking the position of
school trustee in our coming
election would faithfully con-
sider the needs of.our chil-
dren above anything else,
The kind of education our
future generation shall have
is very important to me.

I have had the respon-
sibility of serving on the
building and grounds com-
mittee and found that a great
deal of improvements were
long overdue in our school
district.

Ad ti 1

A tremendous response
from parents and students
has been received to provide
bus services for students
from SHSS and KJSS to
enable all students in School
District No. 9 to participate
i with

playg
and equipment have been the
request of parents for a
number of years. I'm pleased
to say that plans are under-
way to have nature play-
grounds built in Area I
schools with the help and
cooperation of parents and
principals,

in
This request has been long
overdue and I'll support it all
the way.

The safety and trans-
portation situation for the
Glade children concerns me
and improvements have been
long overlooked. My désire is
tosee that equal services and
i ities are

Major imp: are
in the planning stage for
SHSS and near completion to
an addition at KJSS is well
underway. My interests to
see improvements in these

with hing
employees, resulting in pu-
pils receiving part-time in-
struction in freezing class-
rooms,

two b are

as they are our central sec-
ondary schools, and accom-
modate students from all the
district.

HAROLD LESLIE

Continued from AA3

2) 1 presented a per-
sonal 60-page documented
brief and helped Alderman
Knutson prepare Kinnaird's
official brief to the Canadian
Transport Commission to or-
der PWA to reduce its air
fares that they had inherited
from BCA.

We were successful and
I have not heard any com-
plaints about PWA service or
fares since. I have heard that

, the traffic volume has in-
creased substantially every
year since then.

3) I initiated and spear-
headed the acquisition of the
new arena land site. We
made a land trade and got the
land free.

The B.C. government
traded Marathon Realty
(CPR) a portion of Crown
land in the Revelstoke area
for this 28-acre site. Twenty-
three acres were then grant-
ed to Kinnaird free of cost for

money with much less for our
money.

6) We tried hard to es-
tablish Columbia Valley Wa-
ter Board with water from
the pumphouse at the Arrow
Lakes serving the entire
valley to the American bor-
der.

We could not get it
together and the final death
blow which we strongly op-
posed was the pumphouse
giveaway by the govern-
ment to CanCel. Castlegar, in
turn, drilled their No. 3 well.

I pressed council to drill
our No. 4 well which pro-
duces more and better qual-
ity water than two of the
other three wells. This well
will be maintained as a stand-
by water source even after
we have the new water
supply.

7) We did our part as a
council on the need for a new
(a) airpert terminal;  (b)
Doukt (c) Kin-

the new arena and
center,

4) I spearheaded and
fought hard for the location
of the new’arena which some
people were trying to have
located on (a) the present
Doukhobor Museum site and
{b) the college site,

5) The arena ways and
means committee presented
a referendum to the area
voters for a new recreational

, complex with a high ceiling,
acoustically-designed arena,
1,000-seat, half, 450 for
dances, with stage with large
kitchen. Four-sheet curling
rink with lounge, for
$600,000.

The vote fell short of the
then-required 60 per cent or
better. The timing of the vote
was June 16, 1971 — a very
difficult time of year to sell
an arena referendum when
people were starting their
summer holidays.

The present complex
cost several times more

JR.

naird-Salmo highway link; (d)
sewer system; (e) amalgam-
ation.

The reasons for success
were, and which are my
present beliefs, are:

(a) Keep the people
well-informed;

(b) Involve the people,
ask for their help.

(c) Pay heed to what the
people are saying — when a
person has a problem, listen
and do whatever you can to
help;

(d) Never lose sight of
the fact that as an alderman,
you are a servant.

The present and future
problems are many, and I
have tried to list a few of
them by way of paid ad-
vertisements listed as elec-
tion issues.

These problems can eas-
ily be resolved if we first can
persuade council to return to
doing city business in an
open-style council system,

B' HOCKEY

. CASTLEGAR REBELS

GRAND FORKS
BORDER BRUINS

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1979
GAME TIME: 8:00 P.M.’
ARENA COMPLEX

ADMISSION:
Adults $2.00
Students & Pensioners $1.50
Children $1.00

provided to all students. It
should make no difference
what area the students come
from — if it lies within the
boundaries of School District
No. 9, we have the respon-
sibility, as trustees, to pro-
vide these needs to all stu-
dents.

Serving on the discipline

whereby you, the taxpayer,
or resident of this city, can
again have the right to
present a problem before the
council, and can know what is
going on. Then apply the
above-listed guiding princi-
ples of attitude.

We will be experiencing
a fast rate of growth in the
near future. We must control
this growth. We must en-
courage new industry and
commercial growth but, at
the same time, protect our
residential areas so that
Castlegar can be a good place
to live in.

committee gives me an over-
look as to the problems that
arise in our school system
and a chance to improve
these channels to help atu-
dents understand the impor-
tance of morality, respect to
all people and encourage
these students to take active
roles in our community and
our school activities.

I have been appointed
chairman to a newly-created
Energy Conservation Com-
mittee, which has success-
fully arisen in our district. Ad
Hoc appointments that I have
served on are Professional
Development and Scholar-
ships and I have represented
the board on the West Koot-
enay Health Unit.

‘

My time is flexible and I
have the energy and enthusi-
asm to aftend all committee
meetings as I have done
faithfully in the past two

years. Having had children in,

our school system contin-
uously for the past 15 years,
and will have for the next six
years, I can clearly see where
improvements can be met.

This is why I am asking
for your support on Nov. 17.

I am a. candidate for’

school trustee in Area I,

Iam 52 years old, mar-
ried with four children. I
have lived in Tarrys for 61
years and my children have
had all their education in this
school district.

I have served on the
school board for 18 years and
gained much knowledge in
the affairs of running a schoo)
district. I have served on all
committees, but most of my
time was devoted to build-
ings and grounds.

ANNE JONES
For School Trustee
_RE-ELECT

JONES, anne

ek trustee positions

My main accomplish.
monts while in office were to
upgrade rural area schools to
a standard comparable to the
rest of the province,

If elected, I would con-
tinue to press for even more
improvements in this area,

We have a good ed-
ucational system here now
and I would devote my time
to making as many im-
provements as are. possible,

My 18 years’ of exper-
ience as school trustee, plus
my knowledge of the building
industry, will help me to

“contribute to a better ed-

For City Alderman
VOTE

ucational climate in this dis-
trict. cay
My children’ are all
grown now; so I have the
time and energy to devote to
this position.

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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS?

SNOW REMOVAL
_W-A-R-N-I-N-G

Notice is hereby given that all Motor Vehicles must be off the streets
during snow removal or so parked that the main roadway is clear for

snowplowing.

Bylaws Nos, 72, 314 and 331 provide for impounding of all Vehicles on the

street during snewplowing — at t!

je owner's expense.

‘In the business areas, all cars must be off the street after 12 midnight to

allow for snow removal,

In residential areas
your area, i

please move your vehicles when a snowplow is in

IF VEHICLES ARE NOT REMOVED, NO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED:
YOUR VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED AWAY.

DUE TO FREQUENT ACCIDENTS, VEHICLES

LEFT IN THE STREETS

DURING SNOW

REMOVAL WILL BE TOWED AWAY AT THE

OWNER'S EXPENSE.

NOTICE TO PARENTS

Please warn ycur children about digging and playing in caves in the
snowbanks on the streets — a terrible accident could occur if the children are

caught by the snowplow.

The Corporation of the City of Castlegar

ALEX LUTZ,
Superintendent of Works & Services
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_ November 14, 1979

PCB engineer's
report on dump
hit by directors

A Pollution Control Branch engineer's report on the operation of
the Ootischenia refuse site has met with sharp criticism from Castlegar |
area regional representatives. E

Directors for the city and Areas | and J, at the regional district's
last regular meeting, challenged the justification and accuracy of R. C.

Schurr's criticisms of maintenance a
refuse sites in Central Kootenay.

Findings in the report,
dated Sept. 11, were based
on an investigation including
four visits to the local refuse
site as well as inspections of
other RDCK dumps in late
August, :

Area I director Jphn
Moran, chairman of the
three-member commission
responsible for the Ootis-
chenia dump function, at-
tacked R.C, Schurr, head of
the PCB processing division's
interior section, for “condem-
ning everything” while fail-
ing to “give us a bit of credit
for what we've done.”

Moran objected to
Schurr's comment that on his
inspection of the dump after
sundown Aug. 26 he “ob-
served people who purposely
drove to the Ootischenia site
to watch the bears.”

“This is no concern of the
management committee,” the
Area I director said. “What

engineer's statement that

it the Ootischenia dump and other

The board voted to send

when the had
only one piece of machinery
at the site covering stopped
and no other machinery was
rented when the equipment
broke down or was vandal-
ied. oe

“Naturally it stopped,”
he said. If we rented another
piece of machinery every
time that machine went down
we'd have a continuous run of
vandalism. The idea of rent-
ing a machine is absolute
nonsense.”

Among the inaccuracies
pointed out by the directors
was Schurr's statement that
the cost of the building hous-
ing the site's machinery was
$8,000 to $9,000. The cost
.was actually about $15,000,
Moran said.

The Area I director also
cited an error in the en-

-gineer's statement that the

kind of an,
write that in?”

“If people haven't got
more sense than that, what
do you expect? Certainly
we're not going to stand
down there and tell them to
keep-away — they'll tell us
where to go.” :

He also objected to the
engineer's reference in the
report toa “pile of uncovered
garbage” on which two black

_ bears were feeding.

“After sundown, natur-
ally the attendants are long
gone, possibly eight hours or
so," Moran told the board.
“You can imagine what gar-
bage has accumulated in that
period of time, ona

. would...

Castlegar and Areas H, I and
J — were taxed one mill to.
run it. The commission has.
raised its lovy to 1.25 mills to
buy a new loader and erect
the building, he said.

Moran told the board
that when Schurr met with
him during his inspection of
the site the engineer “was
not prepared to listen to
anything I said to him” and
was reluctant to inspect the
refuse site with him.

Mayor Audrey Moore,
Castlegar's representative on
the board, said the engineer

weekend.”

: “What was he doing
down there at 6 p.m.?” Moran
asked. “He should have been
down there in the afternoon

was ly careful in
never coming into city hall to
speak to me.”

“I think it's very inter-
esting that this man was
i lective in the

when the was
down there.”

“He told me he was
down there with his wife and
his wife was feeling nauseous
from the smell down there,”
he continued. “What was his
wife doing down in the gar-
bage dump in the first
place?”

“My wife would get nau-
seous too if she happened to
visit the garbage site on
Sunday as an outing,” Area J
director “Martin Vanderpol
said. :

The engineer's revela-
tion that on each visit to the
site “anywhere from six to
over 12 flies entered the
vehicle used for transpor-
tation” also drew ridicule
from Vanderpol. .

“We have been wonder-
ing why he took his wife to a
garbage dump on a summer
night,” the Area J director
said. “I've discovered it.
They count flies.”

“T've always objected to

people he saw on that man-
agement commission," she
said. “And I think it's un-
fortunate he came on a
weekend.”

She noted that in the
section of Schurr's report
which dealt with the: high-
ways ministry's, use of re-
gional refuse sites did not
mention the number of ani-
mal carcasses the ministry
asks the Ootischenia dump
commission and the regional
district to bury.

“IT have been standing at
the Ootischenia site one
morning when at least six
{dead) animals were brought
in by the department. of
highways and we had to dig a
pit and bury them immedi-
ately,” she said.

The ‘Castlegar director
also noted that in his recom-
mendations, Schurr said the

b Ooticehont.

civil servants taking too long
a coffee break,” he added. “I
think I prefer the coffee
breaks to counting flies.”
While listing some of the

of the i
site management commission
“intend to continue operating

"in an unsatisfactory matter”

unless steps are taken to
change their position. But in
his datic

posed by

» to machinery and other com-

mission property at the site,
Moran said, the engineer
failed to note that the re-
cently-erected building hous-
ing equipment had already
been vandalized.

“One of the panels on the
door was hit with something
and cracked,” he said.
“There's no mention of it in
here.”

Moran was critical of the

h on Nel-
son refuse, the, engineer
suggested “consideration be
given to encourage the city to
change its position.”

“I would choose to be
encouraged rather than in-
timidated,” Moore said.

The PCB engineer's re-
port also drew criticism from
other directors fur its evalu-
ation of refuse sites else-
where in the RDCK.

deputy minister:

Mid-February {s the
scheduled completion date
for construction of B.C. Tele-
phone's $1.3 million plant
centre on Meadowbrook

The building, of which
construction started in Sep-
tember, will include a 10,000-
square-foot warehouse, 3,600
square feet of office space

Road, a B.C. Tel spok
announced last week.

John Dormer, public af-
fairs administrator for the
company's interior division,
sald the centre will house
installation, repair, construc-
tion and engineering sections
serving the, West Kootenay
area and benefit both custom:
ers and the local econom:
when completed.

and appr ly 8,600
square feet of garage space
with four bays fully equipped
to service the 105-vehicle
fleet serving the West Koot-
enays, Dormer said.

He said a total of 45
people will work in or be dis-
patched from the new centre.
Most of these employees al-
ready work in Castlegar, he
pointed out, although a su-

RAL PHASE of construction of B.C, Tel’s new $1.3 million
1 Meadowbrook Road, Scheduled fer

pervisor for the warehouse
section will be transferred
from Cranbrook.

“The plant centre can be
classed as strictly for the
West Kootenays, with the
exception of the warehouse,”
Dormer said. “From a ware-
housing point of view, it's
going to be a central location
for both the east and the
west.”

He agreed the opening of
the Castlegar-Salmo highway
link a year ago “probably had
a bit of bearing” on the choice
of Castlegar as the location

warehouse section of the centre
K i

for the B.C. Tel distribution
centro,

“Time is of the essence,"
he explained. “Right now
we're using Trail as our dis-
tribution centre, so that
means we travel throughout
all the West Kootenay from
Trail.

“From Castlegar it cuts
down the travel an awful lot,
Along with the airport, the
highway has made it a choice
location.”

In addition to providing
better service, the operation

of the centre in Castlegar will

EWS) Completion seen in 3 months |

result in a “spinoff” benefit to
the local economy, Dormer
added,

“With these new facil-
ities, we will be able to better
administer our outside plant
work forces and their equip-
ment,” Harry Dyrndahl, B,C.
Tel district customer service
manager said in a news
release last week,

“By allowing us to im-
prove the efficiency of our
operation, the new centre
should be of major benefit to
us in providing service to the
public.”

will supply the East and West
A lets Cacal

plant centre nears

B.E. Marr a letter ii
Schurr's report “is unac-
ceptable.”

in mid-Feb
fice space and a four-bar

y. the building will house a warehouse, of-
garage area for servicing the company's 105-

vehicle West Kootenay fleet. A B.C. hydro spokesman s

esta

Department Store

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Store

id Friday the

y areas when Pp
as the centre's location because of its central highway location and its
airport facilities. A total of 45 people will work in the new centre. (See
story above.)

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