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Published Every: Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays”

TWO SECTIONS (AaB) <p

ve oe BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1977,

‘he “epic

“which began here 25 years ago

- "this month is advancing with

“continued positive thrust” into
“the forest ‘industry,: CanCel’s
‘personnel and. administration
“Mler-president said this week.
Commenting. onthe. anii-

a

jforest. industry “ at’ Castlegar,
Roy Murphy. sald; CanCel's

ioneering in the industry has
é to its role as’ the city's

wersary of the company's ven-
ure into the B,C.” interior. sald. “The

system in thei ‘atarton™ see
said. “That move 25 years ago
was really the start of a now
integrated industry.”
“We're :now at the’ point
where the company is certainly
playing a primary role in the.
Tevelegment of Castlegar,” he
dition of a new
sawmill at the eine is another |

Company Has ‘Responsibilities’ to Area

Cel has. several basic responsi-

bilities to local residents,

_. “I think our primary re-’

sponsibility is to provide jobs

and a tax base for the‘com-
munity," he said. . Occasions

’ where the company operation

has been shut down have de- .

of
positive thrust of ‘ae industry
in Caattegar.”:
‘Asked ‘about the’ -com-

" pany’s rolstiuahie. with the

rs said Can-

The Bi Bearey Commission approved last week a 97 per
nt increase in natural gas rates for Inland Natural Gas Co. .

A. local ‘Inland Natural Gas spokesman told the Castlegar ,
lows the inérease will coat the average Castlegar homieowner $21

more yearly,

$ Inland customers in Prince George will pay an average $16.21
x more. a year, ‘while Penticton Homeowners will Pay an average

}11.79 ‘more. t

The company did not get an increase of 27 cents a thousand
Fenbie feet it'had sought. An interim increase of seven cents a

ost:

rn v thousand icuble: feet di beod granted while the rate increase
‘4
rates, which “taclude the ‘interim raise, Increase
and

Jiepsts by! two: cents. cS

Industrial customers include Comineo in, Trail, B.C. Forest
lucts.at’ Mackenzie,:and Canadian Cellulose in Castlegar.
Inland has more than 70,000 customers . ‘in 60 Interior.

‘Saatural’ ‘gas, president R.: E. Kadlec’ said ‘Thursday of last week,
day after th commission granted the company an increase of

per. cent.

“While the ‘company is encouraged by the approval | (of the 9.7
) it was. extremely issppointed in the allowed:

eliminated

water supply tanks sep last
month's: t’ weather

warnings . to” residents °
abusing-‘the water supply, no
‘repeat offenders have been cut.
‘off from the water ‘supply and -
charged’ a total of $6 for re-
connection; Lutz said. 2 =

‘I don't ‘think it ‘will-be

ik But residents should ‘still :
avoid sprinkling during power -

qutages in the-city, Lutz said.
He ‘said -residen

month's power autiges serious-
ly ‘reduced — water’ pressure’
while: supply, Pumps remained

Boundary electoral.
‘ Jocal group's proposal for small

what effect the loss
of those ‘jobs could have on
residents, he said.

“The second responsibility
is to provide jobs of a type that

+ people want to go and work at,”

Murphy said. “Jobs that have

the right kind of working con-
ditions.”

“We. also have -a’ respon-
sibility to work with the city,
and to listen and communicate
with them if. we've: got, pro-
‘blems (such as’ pollution),” he
said, “It's our responsibility to
gét at these’ ‘problems ‘and ex-
plain that we're trying: to solve
them.”

In 1951, the Celgar,
Development Company, a pre-
decessor to what is now Cana-
dian Cellulose, was formed to

explore the possibilities of the
Arrow Lakes region as a source
of wood supply for pulp manu-
facturing:

An initial survey of the
region resulted in the purchase,
in 1952, of three sawmills
located between Castlegar and

“Revelstoke. At the same time
an application was made to the
provincial government for a
‘Tree Farm Licence to cover the,
Arrow Lakes region and the
area to the north of Revelstoke
up to. Mica Gers :

lag involved:
fiw

program hasbeen completed,
‘public: works’ ‘Supervisor Alex

carried out’ last “ week ” by:
Williamson Blacktop of. Trail,

for. “Meadowbrook Drive,
parking lot at Pine Street ‘and’
‘Fitst ‘Avenite’. SNorth,":, First:

South‘and Sixth Street
, Also” “included wi

The following three years
were spent in making a forest
inventory, developing a long
range working plan for sua-
tained yield of the forest, and in
determining the manufactured
products which would make the
maximum use of the allowable
abnual cut,

‘By mid-year of "1985 the
plans for the ,development of

the area had been approved by ° -

the government and TFL No,

23 was'issued to the company. .

+ .and? services, committee; “said

By RYONGUEDES ©
itor, legar News *

: . A Rock: Creek ‘rancher’s

~ comparison - ‘of current beef

production costs with those in

: 1967, “strong statements” from.

“Regional. District. of Kootenay.
areas and &

‘about 120 per cent in the last 10

years while consumers continue

this’ week: the: city: would be

d by the d

of city council's works,

* Can -el's Quarter-Century In Gules |

‘The successful construc.
tion and operation of a bleached
kraft pulp mill in the interior of
the province heralded a new
chapter in the history of the
pulp and paper industry in B.C,

‘> For ‘many years the
growth of the industry had
been tied to the coastal regions
of the ‘mainland and to the
major‘ islands: where logging
costs were low, log movement

Pacific Western Airlines -

passengers will be paying an
average five per cent more in
fares this year because of in-
ereasod fuel costs, a company
spokesman. announced last

., based only on the increase in

fuel costs, will vary on the air-

along the coast easy, ‘and where.
companies maintained deep-sea
shipping : facilities adjacent’ to,
thelr mills.

CanCel was the firat com:
pany to build a pulp mill in the
interior and became's pioneer
in floating log bundles from,
cutting sites tothe. pul;

and sawmill, over. 100:
away, on the Columbia Rive:

PWA wees

from $29.15 while the price.

ticket to’ Kelowna. from Ed:
monton will jump five per cext:
to $65. wat

line's runs to 45 communities in. |,

es pone ana uy toabace
seven per cent added to the
fare for others, he sald. :

Barry, Ehman, PWA Cas-

“tlegar: terminal manager; con: ;

firmed: company announce-

ments that the one-way

_ Vaticquver fights would’ in-

crease by five Ber cent from
‘$44, i

anid he had teas con-

cerned that ‘landscaping . would

not be in time ‘to be.

after the.
voice for paving the highway,
Kilpatrick said“ the city
would. probably” ‘take ovet the
. section “as: soon as the. high:
ways department pays the bill.”
City ‘council voted in’May ’

“to accept the highways depart-

ish ) said. “*Not ‘Because it's

© Bishop told the Castlegar. :
News Tuesdsy-the rising: pro--,

duction coats result - largely

‘seale farming are among the ; fro

: Negotiations between rep
resentatives of the. Interna~
* tonal Woodworkers of America”

lin,
“yesterday. declined, comment
on progress, made -in ‘the’ ne-

* duction.

briefs scheduled. for. p

tion 'to the’ legislature's pel
iprices inquiry atthe Regional
,Reereation Commission Com-

“plex Sept. 14.

In one of a series of public
hearings . throughout the pro-
vince, the standing 10-member
““eommittee on agriculture will

receive presentations from pro-

ducers, ‘distributors and. whole-
salers as ‘well as private briefs
on all’ aspects of food pro-

A brief by T. F. Bishop, a
purebred. shorthorn cattle

Tenders Called

‘For Planned

Highway Bridges

Tenders for construction of

bridges ‘on’ the. Castlegar. |

Imo: highway. link-jare. ex-

pected to be called this week, a :

. between $20 and $30 a, ton’ to:

Opens Sept. 15.

At Kinnaird Park

The official opening of the

new’ Castlegar. Fitness ‘Circuit. «

at Kinnaird Park will take place ©

next Thursday evening at 6:80. °..

What is a Fitness Circuit?
It is a. new concept in physical:
exercise development, ©:

It is a well-known fact that ©
because of our leisure-orienta-
ted 'society,,. more ’ and’
people are auffering from ail-

. ments attributed to the Inck of.

exercise, and the simplest ‘and

He’ said ‘land prices’ have
increased,’ depending on: their
location, by. anywhere from 100
to 2, 000 per: cent.’

Meanwhile, ;: the: price. of
grain’ feed’ has increased

risen from $25 a ton'to‘$60-or.

$70, he said. Last: year” hay:

went up to $5 a ton, Bebop
said.

The eat is one of. the
cheapest. food products i in, pro-

ments’ offer’ of $67,000 for. up-
keep’ of the. highway ‘section |

after rejecting its April offer of

:$58,000 which did not cover the

$8,000 cost of carpet. sealing

al resetting manholes. >
“The roads: and: paving’ al-

‘location took up more than half

the city’s $135,470 road | an

port budget."

Revised Réport

‘Draft Expected

This Week.
The revised draft of a con-

1 engineer's water feasi-*
bility réport for. Castlegar and

outlying areas is expected later

this “week, . Area’ J. director
Martin Vanderpol said Tues-

‘Vanderpol

pbson, . Bhicberry, Ootis-
chenia, Raspberry, . southern
Edgewood ‘and the Champion:

eat exercise.

With » this: in “min
Castlegar, Minor; Hockey, :
sociation: and a‘ group of eight
boys under the'direction of Don
Mair have d, and ‘just *

ministry:
said this week: .

Information « officer.’ Ray.’

‘said cénstruction of a
Beaver Creek, on

leadows Siding end of the

eee ata with:
he -company—differs from |

jose in coat ‘and ‘other ‘south-” g

spokesmen were

“IFLRA
unavailable: for. Comment. f

f the

completed, a new: outside area.
with unlimited exercise, pote:

"Fitness Circuit. The project re
* Cana

celved a gran from

z P
ly: third mile soft-surfaced ning.

1978 :
the ‘grading ray for* the

“final Section,’ he said. /

losing money for ‘the. last -fiv

+ years,” ‘Bishop'said, “If you're ‘<
~going to.run a business y

got: to: get-a return on our
inyestment."}::
A director. of the. Rattle

the Regional District“;
board, of

seeded, but agreed this month's
damper weather would be more.
suitable. f

Other work ‘planned for. ‘the i

park—allocated $3,700-in the
parks and recreation budget in
includes, ‘planting ‘of.

a Link” fence, 5

“Hopefully we'll have:

‘about ‘a $5,000 budget for the.
park’ next” year,” ‘he ‘said.

““Possibly there will be a akate-

board track and toboggan’ run,
a | basketball hoop, ‘picnic’ tables:
and a: walkway.” :

“This -year's work: on ihe
park will be completed. by the
end of the month, he said. =

~ Embree\said the city ‘has
received no bids for ‘stuccoing
the’ community hall. althou;
some grading: and’ filling’
been done around the building:
and cleanups have’ been made
around the playground, ..°

He ‘said’ response: tothe

‘adventure playground, built ‘on:

the civic property this summer:
by: students employed ‘unde:

i a water board and 'improt

ment district repreventatives| i
be

4 ies it to the Lower Columbia °’
Vater Commission for, final ap-
+ proval %

al.
The first, draft. was refer-

an area for’

including sit-ups, hurdles, pull-. >

(continued ‘on: page. “A8):

Area A

but few attend. <<
‘« CHIPPING: Bill Smil

Sof the Arrow Lakes as the only

water source for outlying areas
wellas Castlegar—in the re-

“There ‘was not much time:

for us (outlying area residents) :

study: the first ‘draft," Van-

derpol said. “This time we have
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