THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON | “Mom! We were all singing ‘She'll Be Comin’ Around the Mountain,’ but Randy won’t stop with the ‘whack, whack’ part!” Sunfest pushes party NEWS STAFF The Castlegar Festival Society wants to party on. And contrary to the headline you saw in The News last Sat- urday, it’s not an all-night affair. “We trying to make this a family event,” festival president Derm Jackson. The five-hour event, scheduled for June 27, is expected to re- ceive final approval by the city following a7 p.m. public hearing Tuesday in council chambers. The public hearing is being held to allow resident to express their feelings about the proposed outdoor dance slated for Kinsmen Park. On May 5, city council through its support behind the pro- posal, saying the Castlegar Festival Society has been a key-play- er in prompting the city. MAXWELL SCHOOL OF DANCE Presents "By the Sea” Sat., May 23rd 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. SHSS Gymnasium Tickets $4.00 On Sale At West's Dept. Store PROCEEDS TOWARDS A PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE IN CASTLEGAR @ Castlegar Kiwanis Glub sending message to /a belle province ~ Scott David Harrison - The Castlegar Kiwanis Club has a message for Quebec — stay. The local club will take that message across Canada this summer when Bruce and Nancy Ketchum travel the nation en route to /a belle “It’s become quite a big project,” Carter said. “There are 100 Kiwanis:Clubs between % gar and Quebec and we’re hoping to get ‘them all involved.” Carter said the local club’s banner will be signed by all its members. He said similar banners from other Kiwanis clubs will be picked up along the excursion. “It’s been quite an undertaking and we've been getting a good response,” Carter said. “We want to let Quebec province. Honorary members of Kiwanis, the Ketchums will travel the nation with a banner attached to their vehicle which for al ‘This is a win-win situation The know that we care.” Ketchums, who will be travelling ] of us.’ by motor home, plan _—Kiwanis President Dean Carter to visit the 40 Quebec- based Kiwanis Clubs states ‘Our Canada includes Quebec.’ : “We are very excited about this,” said’ Bruce Ketchum, who previously lived in Montreal. “We have a special passion for this country.” Kiwanis President Dean Carter said the club started working on the plan after hearing a French-speaking Selkirk College student and a French immersion teacher speak about their Quebec. He said the emotion they dis- played during their speeches struck a cord with the 20-member club, prompting it to send a message to Quebec. The Ketchums, who happened to be travel- ing to Quebec, were later approached to car- ry the banner across the nation. to deliver the Castle- gar-originated message. _ “We're very attached to Quebec,” Bruce Ketchum said, “and we're attached to Canada.” A tentative travel plan has the Ketchums ar- riving in Ottawa for Canada Day celebrations. That will be followed by a three-month tour of Quebec, where the banners will be flown with pride. “This is a win-win situation for all of us,” Carter said. “We have to respect each other and respect our differences. “There’s no political intention anywhere along the way,” Carter said of the grassroots movement, “ nor would we want it.” There's something for everyone! 365-7266 Just arrived at the Gift Shop... JANTZEN SWIMWEAR Ladies and mens Open 8:30 a.m. -9:00 p.m. daily AINSWORTH pO a ante ea BOX1268, AINSWORTH HOT SPRINGS, B.C. 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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. @ Regional district continues to take criticism over its clean-up bylaw Jonathan Green NEWS REPORTER Zak Ackerman says the Regional District of Central Kootenay has gone too far. The Concerned Citizens of the Slocan Valley member says he will petition the provincial government to investigate the manner in which the RDCK is attempting to pass a con- troversial bylaw. Ackerman contends Unsightly Property By- law 923 is wrong and he wants the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to agree with him. “It is the position of the Concerned Citizens Forum that the regional district has over- stepped its authority as laid out by the Min- istry and the Municipal Act in implementing Bylaw 923,” he said. “his makes the bylaw il- legal as well as immoral.” Ackerman contends the bylaw could haunt the current board of directors, saying “we're very close to bringing this down around their ears. The CCSVis angry that the regional district wants to implement a bylaw which would fine residents up to $2,000 if they refuse to remove old automobiles, unused building materials and other “unsightly” matter from their resi- dences. During a Wednesday meeting by the CCSV, Ackerman said they got some unexpected sup- port. He said a member of the area’s Advisory Planning Committee questioned the bylaw. Bob Lerch said the law is poorly defined and needs to be brushed up before it is passed. “It’s just too broad spectrum for my liking, but I’m not against (having a bylaw),” Lerch said. ‘ Citizens want bylaw ruled illegal RDCK administrator Reid Henderson said Valley residents are overreacting. He said res- idents are not responding to the bylaw as much as they are to they way it has been addressed. Henderson said Valley residents wrongly believe the district was trying to pull the proverbial wool over their eyes. He said the regional district has handled this bylaw the same way it has any other. He said the Municipal Act states that a district must advertise its bylaws only after the three readings have received approval — something the RDCK did. That third reading has since been rescinded as the district attempts to clean up the language of its own clean-up bylaw. Upon completion, the bylaw will go before the RDCK again before being shipped to Municipal Affairs Minister Robin Blencoe for his seal of approval. BOY’S BEST FRIEND ; District spies on Valley? Wi Low-flying helicopter has Slocan residents on edge Scott David Harrison EDITOR Austin: Greengrass says someone’s been spying on Slocan Valley residents. And he suspects the Regional District of Central Kootenay is involved. Greengrass says a helicopter that toured the Valley last week, snapping photographs of area homes, could be part of a district plan to. have the Unsightly Properties Bylaw implemented. He believes the photographs could be used against property News photo by Glen Freeman There's nothing like a boy and his dog. Here, nine-year-old Steven Yofonoff and Indy prove that puppy love goes a long way as they embrace for a picture worth a thousand words. owners who have chosen not to comply with the bylaw which prevents homeowners from Robson ferry fight continues stockpiling old cars, building supplies or other ‘unsightly’ material on their properties. “The official story is that it Scott David Harrison EDITOR The battle for the Robson ferry continues. Using the-recently-released Inland Ferries Report as its weapon, the Robson-Raspberry Ferry Users Ad Hoc Committee is adopting a new approach in its fight to restore the vessel. The group intends to write the four other communities that were to have their ferry services cut by the then-Socred government. Spokesperson Terry Dalton said the group will send packages to ferry user groups in Marguerite, McLure, Fort-Langley-Albion and Arrow Lakes in the hopes they will take up the ' fight. “I do think this will work because when people find out that they were to lose their ferry'service, I think the communities will write letters of support.” Dalton said he will ask ferry groups to write Premier Mike Harcourt and Transport Minister Art Charbonneau, demanding the immediate return of the Robson ferry. He said outside pressure may force the government to overturn a Dec. 21 decision that broke a 1988 promise to restore the cable ferry. ; Dalton said he would also explore a loop hole which may permit the Robson ferry’s return. Although Charbonneau said the government couldn’t afford the $250,000 expenditure in its operating budget, Dalton said he will ask the government to use its capital expenditure plan. That plan allows the provincial government to finance projects outside of its normal operating costs. It is the same plan that is enabling the provincial government tq go ahead with $1.267 million project that will see the Paulson bridge repainted. The Paulson bridge is located 48 kilometres west of Castlegar. “We will be bringing (the capital plan) up with the minister,” Dalton said, “and the painting of the Paulson bridge will be part of that package.” Dalton said if the group doesn’t get a satisfactory response, it will continue with its lawsuit expected to be heard by the B.C. Supreme Court in November. was a private contractor that took those photos, but those photos could be purchased by anyone, including the regional district,” Greengrass said of the aerial passes that took place last week. RDCK administrator Reid Henderson categorically dismissed the claim, saying the regional district would “never participate in covert operations” to help a bylaw get final approval. ~ : “We don’t spy on anyone and we don’t intend to,” Henderson said. . Henderson said debate over the bylaw has been blown out of proportion. He said the regional district is not being underhanded and, if approved, the bylaw would benefit everyone.