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MRS. BS Housekeeping Service. Con tit
ov in now. Call 365-3372 tor your part
1 housekeeper to do those things you
never find time tor 349

Electrical Contractor

* Hourly and Cont

CALL PETER LIVINGSTONE

365-6767

Student Placement

BY RESPONSIBLE 14-year-old. Summer
babysitting job, Robson aréa or Nor!
Castlegar. Monday-Friday, References
availab'e. 365-805! ask for Tennille. 3/48
RELIABLE. 15-year-old willing
lawns in South Castlegar, Phone 365
3045 oF 365-3492 ask tor lan 348
13-YEAR-OLD girl willing to babysit or do
edd jobs, after school and on weekends
Contact Jo-Ann at 365-2153. 348
14-YEAR-OLD SIUDENT willing to do odd
tobs, babysitting, yardwork, etc. Call
365-2375 ask tor Kirk ttn Ol

to mow

©06-JOB8. LAD 13-year-old looking to
etc. Call 365-2375 ask tor
ttn O1
NEED @ job? High school and coll
students may offer their services under
this category. Drop us a line or phone the
Action Ad number at 365-2212. We will
fun your ad tor 3 issues at no charge
tin 43

Giveaway

2- YEAR-OLD. Collie Retriever cross ex
cellent with children, 365-3512 348
2-YEAR-OLD spayed female Calico cot
2-year-old neutered male. Shepherd
cross and dog house. 365-2750 348
FREE ‘fluffy kittens: Before 8 am. or
leave message. 399-4759

TWO KITTENS. 7-weeks old, | Calico, 1
grey-tobby, tree box of kitten chow in
cluded. 365.6988 3 50
PUREBRED German Shepher
365-7726

ONE PART Manx long-toiled black and
white kitten, 365-3643 3 50
ADORABLE KITTENS, 2-months-old
Long-haired part Persian. 365-7014. 3 50

4-year-old
3 50

6—6-week-old kitten, 3 part Manx. 365.
375) 349
SIX cute kittens, 2 months old, Calico
and black. 365-3751 349

iF you have an item youd like

giveaway, please drop us a line or
phone 365-2212. We'll run your od for 3
issues free of charge tin 25

Share-a-Ride

Lost

YELLOW and green budgie — June 25.
hospital area. it tound please call 365
2257, 365-8455. 50
ONE Moiorola Spirit pager, approx
June 6. It found please phone 365.2617
350

3-YR,-OLD purebred German Shepherd
‘s-size female, Crescent Valley

Goose Creek oreo. Substantial reward.
359-7196 349

- Found

SET OF KEYS a! Bank of Commerce
Owner may claim by identifying. 365
3325 350
HONDA key ot Robson Hall, Friday
evening, tag has initial R. 365-3836. 3.50
PAIR prescription glasses, possibly
childs. Found on Columbia Ave:, South
Castlegar. Owner may claim by iden
titying. 365-2289 349
FOUND items are not charged tor. if
you've found something, phone the Ac
tion Ad number 365-2212 anytime during
business hours. We'll run the ad 3 issues
free of charge Hn 43

Business Oppor.

EARN what you want to earn. Be an

Avon Sales Deoler. Ihe greater your

success, the higher your reward and the

prouder you will feel! Please call
Charlene 365-2497 tor on oppointment
7

PROFESSIONAL soles and marketing

@ manutacturing
company. NEW

plete training ontidential inter
view, call 365-6495 749
EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY for experien
ced. energetic cook with good business
sense, to lease kitchen. Apply Lions
Head Pub, Robson. 365-5811, 365-3969
349

Notice:

CHAPEL HOUSE — Zuckerberg Island
Heritage Park open 7 days
CASTLEGAR RAIL STATION, Mon.-Sat., 8
@.m. -5 p.m. For further information,
phone 365-6440. tin 43

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FOR

AREA J
JUNE 24

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Personal

ALCOHOLICS anonymous and Al-Anon
Phone 365-3663 104/71

Our Action Ad
Phone Number is 365-2212

Announcements Greek 'kamakias''
ace AIDS problem

MIKE ond MARY KANIGAN of Castlegor
and Joseph and Carmen Gillevett

Charlotietown, P.£.1. are pleased to an-,

nounce the forthcoming marriage of
their children Richard ond Carmen
dding to take place August 5, 1989.

and MRS. J.P. (Joe) Cushner cor
dially invite their fiends to join in
celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniver
sary at an Open House on June 25 trom 2
P.M. - 4pm, at 2140 Columbia Ave. No
gilts please. I-raining open house will
be held’ at Castlegor Curling club
Lounge 50

WE WISH to express our sincere thanks
and appreciation to all our friends
neighbours and relatives tor th

dness and compassion extended to our
family in the passing of our dear mother
grandmother and greot-grandmother
Mrs, Mabel Horkott, We wish to extend
our. sincere gratitutde to Dr

© Connor

Singers

Ladies Cooking Club and those who sent

cards and baking. May God Bless You
Maria Zeberolt and family. 50

THANK YOU to the following merchants

Magique. Champion Sports.
Breweries, Karnies, Scratches

Tanlines, Wonder Fries, Mohawk, Pete's
1.V., Mitchell Bldg. Supplies 50
THE CASTLEGAR UNIT Of the Canadian
Cancer Society would like to thank the
many canvassers who helped make our
April campaign a success. Through your
ettorts we exceeded our goal 50

in Memoriam

CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY. In
memoriam: donations. Information Box
3292, Castlegar, 365.5167 104-17

THE B.C HEART FOUNDATION laccepts
with gratitude ‘In Memoriam’ donations
which help promote Heart

Cards sent to next-of-kin

Castlegar. 8.C

IN LOVING MEMORY of Pat
Jollimore. who passed away June
1988

To soon taken trom us

Dear Lord forgive
A silent teor

A constant wish

That she were here

It was your will

And thot we know

But she was ours

And we loved her so.

We miss and love you as o wite
and grandmother. And we will for all
times to come. With love forever
husbond Doug and her loving children
‘and grandchildren

Night Night God Bless Mom

Legals

mother

Province of Minvstry of
British Columbia Forests

NOTICE

Persons intending to harvest timber
trom private land

Timber removed trom private lands
must be 100% hammer marked with
a|timber mark specific to that proper
ty

Allow up to six (6) weeks to obtain o
registered timber mark

Specitic marking exemptions may be
obtained from the Forest Service
Applications for exemption must be
made in writing to the District
Manager of the appropriate Forest
District

Further information may be obtained
from the nearest Forest District Of
tice

Arrow Forest District
365-2131. Nakusp 265-3685

Castlegar

KEN E. ARNETT
District Manager
Arrow Forest District

ATHENS (REUTER) The
Greeks have a word for their
professional playboys who make a
living dating female tourists
“Kamakia’”, or harpoons

The kamakia, now preparing for
the summer influx of vacationers, earn
their money from commissions for
taking foreign women to discos, bars,
restauratits and tourist shops ’

One man in his 30s nonchalantly
estimated he sleeps with 150 tourists a
summer, adding up to more than 2,500
women during his 17-year career

“It's a nice way to pick up foreign
women, to go out and drink
something,”” he said. ‘‘There's no
push for sex, no hurry. First day, two
weeks. It doesn't matter.””

“Greek women," he said in ex
plaining why he became a kamaki
‘First of all, they look in your pocket
when you go out and expect you to pay
for everything. Then they want to get
married.’

The financial rewards for a kamakia
can be significant, but fear of AIDS
has had some impact on this renowned
class of Greek males, Who firmly
believe in their sexual prowess

“Of course, we're worried,"” said
the man lounging on a motorbike at
Syntagma Square in central Athens.
“We use condoms and look very
carefully at whom we’ re going with.”

Many women from northern
Europe vacation in Greece especially
to find Greek lovers. Two years ago a
group. of Swedish women on Crete
complained to the island's police that
the fear of AIDS had scared off the
local men.

Greece has the lowest rate of
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
in the European Community, with
about 200 reported cases, Dr. George
Papaevangelou of the AIDS Preven
tion Society said in an Athens inter
view

He attributed the low rate in part toa

Reduced blood flow
may link sex crimes

OTTAWA (CP) — A group of Ot
tawa found that
reduced blood\flow to part of the brain
could be linked to especially violent
sexual crimes by some people.

Ina pilot study, doctors at the Civic
and Royal Ottawa hospitals found
discovered that blood flow to the right
underside of the brain, known as the

researchers has

temporal lobe, was decreased or absent
in 12 of 13 especially violent-sex offen.
ders

And there was a direct correlation
between how much the blood flow was
impeded and the degree of sadism, said
Dr. Robert Reid, who presented the
findings to an international meeting of
nuclear medicine experts in St. Louis,
Mo.

“When we analyse the data, we find
that the greater the decrease in blood
flow, the more difficult the patient was
to treat and tended to be the worst type
of offender,”’ Reid said

Reid, a specialist’ in
medicine, said the impeded blood flow
damages the temporal lobe, which con.
trols emotion and sexual instincts. The
flow can be slowed or stopped if a child
is strangled by its umbilical cord at bir

nuclear

legals

HIGHWAYS-TENDERS

Electoral District: Nelson-Creston
Highway District: Central Kootenay

Project of Job Description:
Control Service Contract within
the Central Kootenay Highways
District for Resurtacing Hwy
31A (Kaslo-New Denver

Tender Opening Date /timie:

June 30, 1989 at 2:00 p.m

Friday

Surety Bid Bond or Certitied Deposit
Cheque is not required

Tender documents with envelope
plans, specifications and conditions
of tender are available tree of
chorge ONLY trom Ministry of Tran:
sportation and Highways, 820 Nelson
Avenue, Nelson, B.C. VIL 2N9 bet
ween the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 12 nobn
‘and 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m y.

{
Phone number of originating office:

354-6521

Tenders will be opened at Ministry of

Transportation and Highways District

Office, 820 Nelson Avenue, Nelson.

B.C., VIL 2N9.

.P. WILLIAMS

District Highways Manager

FREEDOM Wostry of Transportation
and ttighways

MOVE "

th, through later drug or alcohol
abuse, or head injury from a car or
motorcycle accident

ONE FACTOR

But Reid stressed that damage to the
temporal lobe alone does not cause
sexual aggression. Instead, it appears
to be another of many factors that can
push a person with a prior abnormal
tendency over the edge.

“This is not to say if you hit
someone over the head, then two years
later he'll be down for rape,” Reid said
in an interview from St. Louis.

The researchers tested the men by in
jecting them with a mildy radioactive
substance that is carried by the blood
through the brain. Their brains were
then photographed to display a com-
puterized image of how the blood
passed through the tissue

Reid said further research is needed
The scientists want to see if there are
blood flow changes when the men are
sexually stimulated with violent por
nography and they also want to look
for changes in the patients after treat-
ment for their sexual aggression.

The technique, in the works for
about 2/2 years, could eventually be
used to predict: whether one offender
needs more drastic than
another, Reid said

treatment

publté information campaign
However, some kamakia hanging
around Syntagma Square did not seem
concerned about AIDS.
AIDS‘MYTH’

“1v’s amyth, just a myth,” said one,
slouched over ‘his motorbike. He
estimated he has slept with more than
2,000 women

But his colleagues on the tourist
island of Rhodes are taking the mattet
more seriously. The island’s kamakia
formed an association in Aprit with
meibers required to carry an iden
tification card negative
AIDS test

The card: also
discounts at local cafes, restaurants
and discos the natural habitats of
the kamakia, who usually range in age
between 25 and 35

Papaevangelou
worried that the 8.5 million tourists
expected in Greece this summer will
boost the number of AIDS cases

“1 don’t believe this is a problem
because I believe we have to take
precautions all year round. We are not
going to ask for screening of tourists.
Never. This is not the way to prevent
the spread of the disease.”

Despite AIDS, many kamakia will
be pursuing their calling this summer

“We live day-by-day,” one said
before heading off to the race track for
a rendezvous. “It’s a better living. It's
like a drug people need.””

The Hot Box

Up to 10 words for only $2.49 for
one time, $3.49 for two insertions or
$4.49 for three consecutive issues.
Ads must be paid for at time of
placement

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entitles them to

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dition. 365-3479 3/50
1983 TRAV-L-MATE 5th Wheel. 18, very
good condition, $8,000. 365-7734. 2/50
4-TON Camper Special Chev. 365

3/50

SUPERCAB Vanguard camper, 2-100 cc
motorcycles, 2 10-speed bikes. 365-7443

1982 MERCURY LN7. New tires battery
low miles, $3500. 365-2639 349
HOLIDAY in style.
Dreamer camper
365-5253

WANTED: 0-2, Caterpillar Tractor runnin
oF not. 226-7882 wal
WANTED: to housesit, June 15 to end ot
August. 365-3308. 349
COFFEE TABLE, ping-pong table, 1969
Mazda, offers accepted. 365-3138. 3/48
OLDER Camper fully equipped. $700
firm. 365-6206 3/48

Immaculate 11.5
fully self-contained.
3/49

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a

July 23-30, 1989 approximately

Excellent working

qualifications to

Cranbrook,

Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd.
Journeyman (M/F)

MILLWRIGHTS, PIPEFITTERS,
PRESSURE WELDERS, INSTRUMENT
MECHANICS, ELECTRICIANS, CARPENTER,
MASON, MACHINISTS

Crestbrook Forest industries Ltd., Pulp Division requires the
above trades personnel on a temporary basis for the period of

conditions
necessary but industrial experience is preferred

Apply in contidence. giving full credentials of experience and

MR. C.C. PURDY
Industrial Relations Manager
Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd.
Pulp Division
P.O. Box 4600

Crestbrook Forest Indust

Pulping experience is not

C. VIC 457

1989 tax notices were mailed on Tuesday, May 30, 1989, and
any property owner who has not received a tax notice should
contact the Finance Manager at City Hall (365-7227) im
mediately

Owners of homes with an assessed value of $50,000 in both
1988 and 1989 will tind a total increase of $187.31 in their 1989
property taxes (excluding water and sewer frontage taxes). Of
that total, 20% or $38.55 represents the increase in general
municipal tax approved by City Council

Increases in the total residential property taxes levied by the
City, School District No. 9 and the Central Kootenay Regional
District in 1988 and 1989 are as tollows

1988 Increase 1989 Increase
City 3.97% 2.72%
School District 13.59
Regional District 11.19

Total Increase

Members of Council and City staff will be pleased to answer any
questions relating to property taxes levied by the -City
Questions concerning School District and Regional District taxes
should be directed fo the School Board Office in Castlegar (365
7731) and the Central Kootenay Regional District Oftice in
Nelson (352-6665).

SS,
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when he purchased
this 1987 Pontiac Fiero
from salesman
Bebbleman during
the May
Promotion

Brian

AL MARTIN

Of Rossland accepts a $10,000 cheque from
Gary Maloney. Al became eligible for the
2nd Annual “No Bull Sweepstakes” drawn

Steering You Straight.

YOUR KOOTENAY CADILLAC DEALER

PONTIAC BUICK GMC LTD.

1700 Columbia Avenue * Castlegar

C. DL. * 365-2155

Castlegar residents
Pam and Rod Mosby
are the first-prize win
ners of a trip to Mon
treal on Via Rail in the
Syntest: button’ lottery #

The . Edmonton
of the National Hockey.
League
Castlegar's Darcy Mar
tini in the eighth round
of the June
drott BI

A3

Martini
chosen

Oilers

took

17 NHL

LOTTERY

NUMBERS

The winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto
26, 27, and 41. The

6/49 draw were.6, 10, 1
bonus number was 4.

The winning numbers drawn Friday in the
B.C. Keno lottery were 4, 20, 29, 39, 43, 49, 51

and 56.

The $1,000,000 winning number in Friday's

Provincial lottery draw is 4306003.

Funin
the Sun

The CasNews presents
its annual Fun in the
Sun pull-out tab with
some ideas on how to
enjoy summer in the
Kootenays

unda

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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1989

Highs 26-28
An increasing westerly
give increasing cloud and a 50-per
cent chance of showers. Highs 23

The outlook is for unsettled

4 Sections (A, B, C&P)

s day with the

Judi Closkey (cent:

. She d the award from

Stanley p! award

for
retiring teacher Jim-Crawtord (right) while her proud father Jack Closkey, an
administrative assistant at Stanley Humphries secondary school, looks on.

SHSS grads ready

By CasNews Staff

Sette for nothing less than all you can be

Castlegar school board chairman Gordon Turner
left the Stanley Humphries secondary school
graduating class of 1989 with that challenge during the
graduation ceremonies Saturday afternoon at the
Community Complex

Each graduate has been
brightness’ that makes him
brightness should be nourished,

*May your future be a blazing success,
the 149 graduation candidates.

About $24,000 worth of scholarships and bursaries
during the two-hour

given ‘‘some special
1 her unique and that
Turner said

he said to

were given out this year
ceremonies

The Stanley Humphries award, which goes to a
student who has demonstrated all-round achievement in
academics, “personal endeavors” and service to the
school, went to Judi Closkey. The award includes a $350
prize

The K.T. and R.E. McGauley Memorial scholar
ship, for highest academic achievement, went to Greg
Peregryta, as did the Governor General's Bronze
Medal

The bronze medal is awarded for
achieverfent at the secondary school level while silver
and gold medals are awarded at college and university
levels.

Peregrym has also received a scholarship from
Simon Fraser University which will total about $9,000
over four semesters, SHSS principal Gordon Shead told
the audience of parents and friends.

academic

to face challenges

The Leaders award, for outstanding leadership,
was given to Carrie Gorkoff. The Aggregate award
which is presented to the runner-up for the Stanley
Humphries award, went to David Kravski

Valedictorian Fernando Amaral told his classmates
many small events went into putting them where they are
“Graduation is a process, not a product, which
began some time ago with the first day of school and
now comes to an end," he said

Shead told the students to maintain an
by anticipating challenges, adapting to them
and then acting on “what is good and best for you

He told the graduates challenges should never be
feared and they should commit themselves to being life

today

attitude of

success’

long learners.
continued on page A2

AWARDS
PRESENTED

More than 40 community groups, businesses and
individuals gave almost $24,000 in scholarships and
bursaries to Stanley Humphries
graduates Saturday in the annual awards ceremony at
the Community Complex.

The following graduates received awards

Arrow Lakes Tug Boat Society bursary ($200 each)

continued on page A2

secondary sche

By SIMON BIRCH
Editor

Lawyer Ken Wyllie outpolled his
(wo Opponents by a two-to-one
margin Saturday to win the Area J seat
on the Regional District of “Central
Kootenay board of directors
Wyllie received 439 votes
cent of the total votes cast
byelection to replace Martin Vander

pol who resigned at the end of May
Dennis La Hue finished second with
219 votes, 25.9 per cent, while Darlene
Schultz ended up third with 193 votes
Voter turnout was

$1.6 per
in the

per cent
42.5 percent

Allthree candidates live in Robson.

Wyllie said he felt **a tremendous
sense of relief and excitement’’ after
receiving the news of his victory

I don’t think | ever anticipated the

depth of the public response,"” he told
the Castlegar News Saturday after
the results were in

Wylbe said he will now start work on
negotiating better services for Area J,
mentioning in particular better fire
protection for parts of the area

“Our area deserves better services
than it's got,”” he said

Wyllie, 43
commending La Hue and Schultz for

was gracious in victory

campaigns which he said in
they

their

dicated the commitment

willing to make for the community
Wyllie also said Area J residents owe

were

a‘‘debt of gratitude’ to Vanderpol for

By CLAUDETTESANDECKI
Staff Writer

It’s time to bring Castlegar into the
1990s says Jenny's Cafe's Jack Larsen
who is trying to revive the downtown
improvement plans that have been
proposed and dropped several times in
the last few years

Larsen said he has talked to between
24 and 30 business people in the down
town area and “everyone seems for
it.”

There's a lot of potential
Motivation out there — it’s just not
moving yet,"’ said Larsen, who came
to Castlegar about a year ago to help
his brother run the cafe

Larsen said he is also finding: sup-

port from Castlegar aldermen, Mayor

yllie wins
Area J seat

and four for Schultz

Wyllie’s biggest margin of victory
came in Ootischenia where he easily
outdistanced the other two candidates.
Jakarta, Indonesia, beginning in Sep- Wyllie took 150 votes in Ootischenia
tember while Schultz garnered 20 and La Hue
southeast Asian country ° 14.

Schultz, 36, a bus driver for the On their home turf of Robson,
Castlegar school district, said she is Wyllie edged his fellow candidates
**slightly’’ disappointed with the by 49 votes, finishing with 193 while La
results but added that she wouldn’t Hue and Schultz ended in a dead heat

HOW AREA J VOTED

Blueberry Ootischenia Robson Advance Total
Dennis LaHve 47 4 144 \4 219
Dariene Schultz 25 20 44 4 193
Ken Wylie 89 150 193 7 439

his, 16 years of

district director
Vanderpol resigned to accept a job

teaching English at a state university in

service as regional

He leaves this week for the

have done anything different in her
campaign

“Congratulations to Ken
he'll do a good job because we will be
vigilant,"’ Schultz said

La Hue said he is ‘not at all’ disap.
pointed in the outcome

“For the first try it’s not that
bad,"’ he said. “‘I think we learned a lot

on campaigning

“Ethink Ken did a good job and |
congratulate him,"’ said La Hue, 34, a
firefighter at the Castlegar Airport

Wyllie won all three polls Saturday
to coast to the win. However, La Hue
topped the advance poll June 16 with
14 votes compared to seven for Wyllie

I hope

Audrey Moore and the Economic

Development Board
Castlegar looks like a town out of

thé 1950s, he said, and it needs to

modernize to bring in the tourist
dollars that are now spent in Trail and

Nelson.
Editorial, A4

People don’t stop in Castlegar, Lar
sen said, because there isn’t anything
to stop for

One ‘of the factors motivating Lar
sen is that Ministry of Municipal Af
fairs Revitalization
Program tunds are due to run out in
March

Downtown

with 144 apeice.

Improvement of Area J's water
systems to supply more and better
quality water for drinking and fire
protection was a key issue in the cam-
paign for all three candidates, each of
whom was therefore left with the
Yhallenge of convincing voters he or
she was the best person to get the job
done

As well, all three candidates said
they support the Robson-Raspberry
Ferry Users Ad Hoc Committee which
wants the provincial government to
restore the cable ferry service across
the Columbia Riverbetween Robson
and Castlegar

Downtown improvement
plans may be revived

Applications for funds must be by
require
detailed plans to be formulated, ac
cording to a pamphleton the program.

As well, the program only funds cer

order of city council and

Lain percentages of various parts of the
Additional

funding would have to be found for the

plans, the pamphlet says.
project

The program includes start-up gran
tsto fund planning for changes, capital
facade improvement

improvement

works loans,

grants and business
area (BIA) grants that can assist in
BIA

putting

establishing a office, hiring
managers and

market

together a
study and promotional
strategy

continued on page A2

Trans

By CLAUDETTESANDECKI
Staff Writer

Factual errors in a report listing

recommendations for the Kootenays, including a Robson

Castlegar link, should not greatly concern anyone because

the report is only in the draft stages, according to the

regional development liaison otticer for Minister of State
for Kootenay Howard Dirks

Wally Penner said statistical data for the

released easlier this month were gathered from a number of

sources such as Statistics Canada and the figures may not

The draft report puts high priority on a bridge or
bypass route between Robson and Castlegar

Penner‘was responding to a letter he received from
George Stein, spokesman for the Robson-Raspberry Ferry

transportation

Users Ad Hoc Committee
Stein's letter points Out a number Of statistics in the
report that he says are false or inaccurate, In an interview,
he said he could not understand how such etrors could go
report unnoticed when area representatives such as Moore are on
the task force
Penner said the task force members do not compile the
always be accurate data and write the report — that work is done by task force
The task force members, including Mayor Audrey
Moore; wittsporthe errors andthey will be corrected wher
the final report is released, Penner said Friday before a
scheduled task force meeting on the report
Anyone who Criticizes the draft is “pul

that shouldn't yet bea plan," he said

secretary Valerie Richards
The task force members review the written document
and make suggestions for changes, he said
One of the main errors Stein said he found in the report
was the secting of Robson's population at 400
Robson-Raspberry’s population is more like 1,500, he

ngapart aplan

said, and goes up to about 3,500 when the residents of Pass
Creek and Brilliant are included

Penner said the population figure was noticed right
away when the report was released and will be corrected
The actual number of Robson residents is about 900, he
added

Stein said calling the Hugh Keenleyside dam an alter
Castlegar and Robson is
Hydro has said the dam is

nate between
“‘questionable’’ because B.C
‘not a public highway and is not available to traffic at all

route

times

The report calls the ferry a non-essential service
because there are two alternate routes between the com
munities

The report also says the ferry is not a suitable solution
to all the transportation needs of the area because heavy
trucks from Celgar Pulp Co. and Westar cannot travel on
the ferry. A bridge or bypass would be the only solution

ortation report under fire

that would include industrial traffic, the report says
Stein said the ferry is not able to carry the number of
*“*most certainly is capable of

trucks now on the road but it
carrying any vehicle licensed for public highways in B.C

The ferry was part of the southern trans-provincial
highway system until the Kinnaird Bridge opened in 1966,
he pointed out, and carried many heavy trucks, including
chip and logging trucks

The report says *‘upwards of 350 trucks
through Castlegar weekly if CP Rail service was reduced.

The number of trucks through the downtown core was
at 1,700 in 1988, Stein said

The report also says about 3,000 vehicles per «ay
would use jhe proposed bridge. That number doesi”t seem
to include the traffic that would use the ferry, Stein said,
since the same figure of 3,000 vehicles is used to estimate

would travel

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