& 8 CastlegarNews, May 15, 1991 IN MEMORY Sunday, May 12, 1991, at age 81. tending his bees Tarrys; 10 gri en; 14 gi Fred Kalmakoff Fred Kalmakoff of Tarrys died at Mount St. Francis Hospital on Mr. Kalmakoff was born June 9, 1909, at Yorkton, Sask. He came to Glade with his parents in 1911. The family moved around, living at different places and finally settling in Shoreacres in 1929. He married Mary Kalmakoff on Dec. 12, 1919, at Shoreacres. In 1956, he moved to Tarrys where he lived until his death. Mr, Kalmakoff farmed during his life and worked for the Castlegar school district as a custodian for many years. After his retirement, he still enjoyed farming and looking after his home and He is survived by his wife Mary; three daughters, Marie Makaroff of Castlegar, Judy Anatooshkin of Calgary and Nancy i fof PHONE 365-5210 CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Avenue Castlegar © 365-2151 ‘and brother George one sister. Funeral Chapel Correction Saturday Kalmakoff of Grand Forks. He was predeceased by one brother and Funeral service will be held at the Castlegar Funeral Chapet beginning today at 7 p.m. and will continue Thursday at 10 a.m. with burial at noon at Shoreacres Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Information provided to the Castlegar News Incorrectly identified a daughter of June Elizabeth Vaessen in an obituary published Mrs. Vaessen is survived by Wendy Danchella of Salmo. Sorority marks birthday The Castlegar and Trail chapters of Beta Sigma Phi united to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the sorority’s founding April 30. About -75°-women gathered for dinner at the River Belle Restaurant in Trail. During the evening, Marianna i of Castlegar 32. CARD OF THANKS We the family of FRED FAMINOFF would like to thank all his relatives and friends who came to the funeral. Dr. Johnson and staff of Castlegar Hospital, Hospice and pallbearers. Special thank you to Philip and Olga Plotnikoff for con: ducting the services. Also special thank you to Mike and Teresa O'Connor of Castlegar Funeral Chapel for their kindness and sup- port. God Bless You All. Bill, Mary and Christina Faminoff and the rest of the famili 33. IN MEMORIAM CANADIAN CANCER SOCITY. In memorian donations information Box 3292 Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H6, 365-5167 104/25 CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION in Memoriam Donation, Box 1228, Rossland, B.C. VOG 1Y0. 104/80 34. LEGALS pores NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Take notice, sealed tenders will be eceived by the District Manager Ministry of Forests, 845 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 1H3 for the maintenance and servicing of Forest Recreation Sites and Trails in the Arrow Forest District Ministry ot A §% Forests Makes Arrow District South RC91NO5-001 Maintenance period June 14, 1991 to September 18, 1991. Tenders close at 11:00 a.m. (local time) on the 30th day of May 1991 Arrow District North RC91NO5-002 Maintenance period June 14, 1991 to September 18, 1991. Tenders close at 1:00 p.m. (local time) on the 30th day of May 1991 Particulars may be obtained from th e District. Manager, Arrow Forest District, 845 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, B.C. VIN 1H3 or at the Ministry of Forests, 101-6th Avenue Nakusp, B.C. VOG 1RO The lowest or any tender will not necessarily: be ac cepted read the Message from International and Sharon Chayko of Trail an- nounced the 1991-92 theme, ‘‘Time For Us.” After dinner, 11 different chapters received their “Ritual of Jewels’’ in a candlelit ceremony. Each girl who has com- pleted her required pledge training was presented a jewelled pin and long-stem yellow rose. The Trail chapter closed the evening events by inviting all in at- tendance to participate in its mini convention on May 25 and 26 at the River Belle Restaurant. members from The Exemplar Degree Chapter of Castlegar, Xi Gamma Rho, held a* tea and bake sale at the Senior Citigens Hall on May 4 to raise money for the Lions’ Club Hospital Bus Project Today Xi Gamma Rho’s new executive members will preside over the meeting after they are sworn in by present chapter president Linda Swanson. Taking on positions for the 1991-92 year are president Irene Pater, vice-president Wende Arnett, recording secretary Marie Phillips, treasurer Verona Walker and corres- ponding secretary Debbie Popoff. Also that evening, Popoff will receive her ‘Pledge Ritual” in a special candlelit ceremony among her new sisters. The chapter ends its year of 18 meetings on May 29 and won't meet again until the first week in September Fresh, new ads appear in the class ified section every issue. 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Highs Sund neo 19. the outlook tor Rondon ents is for moinly sunny skies, Castlh” =a a el 1WEWS Celgar begins using peroxide Mill to cut back use of chlorine By CasNews Staff Celgar Pulp Co. announced Friday it has begun using hydrogen peroxide to bleach pulp at the Castlegar Permanent facilities enabling Celgar to routinely use peroxide in the second stage of bleaching were ii by Dupont Canada Inc. and put into regular service this week, Celgar said in a news release. The use of peroxide to bleach pulp will allow Celgar to reduce the use of chlorine in the bleac! ing process, the company said. The use of chlorine to bleach pulp Produces byproducts commonly known as dioxins and furans which have been shown to cause cancer and birth defects in laboratory animals. “This installation allows us to reduce the use of gaseous chlorine in the first stage of bleaching,’’ Ceigar general manager Jim Browne said. ‘‘We expect that the use of hydrogen peroxide will enable us to reach 40 per cent replacement of chlorine gas in the current mill,’* Browne said such a rate of replacement will have a direct impact on the volumes of dioxins and furans that are produced in the bleaching process at the existing mill and discharged as waste. “It will be several weeks before we can measure the full impact of this process change on our pulp and stalled wastewater,’’ Browne said. ‘‘However, the experience we gain by using hydrogen peroxide with our existing equipment will greatly assist us in reaching our goal of eliminating chlorine after we have the new mill."” Celgar, which is spending $700 million on moder- nizi The new mill is scheduled to begin producing pulp in mid-1993 and will incorporate advanced Pulping g-and expanding the Castlegar mill, says it’s com- mitted to making the new mill free of chlorine. JIM BROWNE ++. mill will and a new y system that will bring a number of major improvements, impact including helping to eliminate the discharge of detectable levels of dioxins and furans into the Columbia River, the company says. B.C. faces red ink VICTORIA (CP) —_ British Columbians face their first” deficit budget in three years next week, Finance Minister John Jansen said. “The pressures on the social ser- vices ministries are very significant cost pressures and there will be a deficit,"’ said Jansen, who delivers his first budget Tuesday. “I'm not going to indieate-to-you how big it’s going to be,"’ said the minister. ‘“‘But given the revenue declines we've seen, there’s going to be some difficult choices to be made. But you'll ~be pleased with the budget, I’m sure.” Jansen has held the post only two weeks. The budget, which is being in- troduced later than all but one in the last 40 years, has been handled by three different finance ministers. The fiscal year began April 1. Mel Couvelier resigned and was replaced by Elwood Veitch in early March. Couvelier resigned because he felt former premier Bill Vander Zalm should have given up his legislative duties while under in- vestigation for conflict of interest. Premier Rita Johnston, who took over when Vander Zalm eventually resigned, brought Couvelier back, only to fire him weeks later over an alleged breach of confidentiality. She then moved Jansen from health to finance. Couvelier, who boasted two con- secutive balanced budgets, had Suggested his budget deficit could be as high as $1 billion. Some analysts Predict it will be between $1 billion and $2 billion. “I did make some changes and they'll be apparent,’’ Jansen said. “‘Change of philosophy perhaps to some degree, a change of fiscal direc- tion perhaps another way.”’ The minister could be adopting selected principles of .the Taxpayer Protection Act, which was passed earlier this spring when Vander Zalm ‘was premier and Veitch was in finan- ce. That legislation freezes selected Provincial taxes, such as sales and in- come, and requires government to balance its books over a five-year Period Although the throne speech May 7 to open the current session of the legislature made no mention of the act, Jansen hinted a deficit this year would have to be dealt with in the future. “Consider it in the long térm,”’ he said. Jansen wouldn’t comment on OK, PULL OVER ae " Constables Phil Noonan & out the kid's bikes at Castlegar Primary school Thursday. order and teach basic bike handling skills. _ ils ip left) and Mark Williams have their hands full checking officers have local schools to hold bicycle rodeos to make sure the youngsters’ bikes are in good working visited several Council adopts $9.5M budget By SIMON BIRCH Editor Castlegar city council has set a budget of $9,538,342 to run the city for the coming year. Passed at a special meeting Wed- nesday — the legal deadline for B.C. higher than last year's $8.37 million. “Increased revenues are generated through greater use of grants from senior levels of government, the adoption of a user-pay philosophy, taxes from new construction and a small increase to compensate for in- flation,”’ director of finance Jacquie Hamilton said in a memo to council. Among the major increases in the 1991 budget is an additional $160,000 listed under the category of environmental development services, for which council has budgeted $362,782, up from $202,400 last year. Mayor Audrey Moore said Thur- sday the city’s AUDREY MOORE + +. City using more grants budgeting ‘practices such as putting costs “where they belong.” The city will raise an additional $508,709 in municipal taxes this year, sive development plan is the primary reason for the additional expense. However, the costs are partially of- fset with government grants. Protective services have increased almost $130,000, or 15 per cent, in Part to upgrade some of the city's firefighting units and to hire a full- time deputy fire chief to ease the workload of fire chief Bob Mann, Moore said She added that the city has in- creased its protective services budget in anticipation of possible higher policing costs. The city is spending almost $80,000 less this year on transpor- tation, environmental health, and public health and welfare but Moore said the reductions are ‘‘not significant’ and simply reflect better the total revenue from taxes to $3,463,295, a jump of 17.22 per cent. However, council lowered the tax rate on residential property this year in the wake of a sudden increase in the assessed value of property. As a result, Castlegar’s revenue from municipal taxes on_ residential Property will increase just 2.56 per cent, to $1,118,419 from $1,090,520. Hamilton said about 11 per cent of the overall increase in city revenues can be attributed to new construction and the completion of the Partners in Enterprise program which granted Partial exemptions to industry from taxation. “The balance of the increase is less than the rate of inflation and can be justified by our increased expenses,”* Hamilton said. Hotel staff joins union By CasNews Staff The\Sandman Inn has gone union. The hotel's employees, with the exception of the pub, voted 34-7 at a meeting Monday in favor of joining leases the pub and therefore its staff have a different employer. Steelworkers spokesman Susan i ion is looking ing for the workers but has had signs that there may be some * ing blocks." Local United that changes are coming as & result of the move. “t's just not (going to be) the Same happy-go-lucky staff anymore. With any union it goes that way. It’s the tension that's there. ‘It’s it . Among those signs is that a six per Inn's entire staff — front desk, cent pay raise announced by the Possible tax except to acknowledge that the throne speech feferred to “those who can afford to ‘do so may be asked to contribute a More so vital and essential ‘oan be ” and kitchen, catering, i and company was rescinded following the i & different Wheeler said. The members are in the process of electing their bargaining committee that the had joined the union. Sandman inn manager Allan Wheeler: said he's worked in union and non-union -places so he knows or and compiling their Proposals prior to beginning the collective bargaining process, which Will begin in the next couple of weeks, Carrigan said By SIMON BIRCH Editor Castlegar council is poised to dip into the city’s coffers for some large outlays of money on major projects over the next five years, according to the latest five- year capital i City eyes major projects Mayor Audrey Moore said Thur- sday, The figures in this year's five- year plan are part of the city finance department's 10-year capital plan the department was asked to prepare as part of the adopted this week. A legal requirement under the Municipal Act, the five-year plan is adopted annually but does not guarantee the city will spend the money where it says it will However, if an amount ‘isn’t earmarked for a certain area — for example, $5,000 for storm sewers — then the city can’t spend it. “If we undertook Work in 1991 and it wasn’t in the capital plan, we wouldn't be able to do it,”* city’s develop- ment plan, director of finance Jacquie Hamilton said. Moore said the plan is scheduled for release at the end of the month. “We're hoping to have a far better handle on where we're going financially as soon as the comprehensive development plan is completed,”’ she said. Among the more noteworthy expenditures listed in the current five-year plan is $150,000 per year for roads