CASTLEGAR NEWS, June 11, 1980 THIS STARDUSTER was among the several which took part in the Columbia Garden's Air Show last weekend. To the left is Montey Pearson and his father, Elton, who own the homebuilt Starduster and va Carlsons. Skeeter and Doris Carlson who flew to the show. in a Puss-Moth, a plane which Cominco used in its earlier days and now belongs to the —Nows/Mirror Foto by Lols Hughes NEC features B.C. Griisis’ show The B.C. Artists’ Show will be exhibited at the National Exhibition Centre in Castlegar until the end of June. This is an artist-run group show. It is an answer to the need of the artists to get their own work out, seen and responded to. It at- tempts to serve the com- munity of artists in the province. It also serves the public by providing an op- portunity to see some of what is being done in B.C. today. DECLARES WAR Continued from front page Area E alternate director -Wally Penner, representing the rural Balfour area, pointed out tourism and Beetie bii A dose of public involve- ment has been prescribed by the forest service to bring relief to its headache number one, the mountain pine beetle. The appointment this month of a public involve- ment co-ordinating team headed by Norm McLeod fits a ministry pattern to invite public advice on ways to reduce the swelling waste- land of dead and dying lodge- , bole pine trees. A whoppi 500,000 in communities on Kootenay Lake depend on stable water levels. He suggested the communities could not afford to risk the pine trees have been killed or possibility Hydro’s conclusion that the diversion would’ not.» menaced by the tiny bug that have any effect on the lake level was inaccurate. Hydro's t Grant said the first stage wa: pping acres of mature lodgepole has chewed a swath of des- truction through the Golden, Invermere and Cranbrook forest district d-stage detailed g ion study prog s completed in July, 1978 and ‘and enpineerine taaaihil should be finished “about the end of this year.” Around spring, 1981 when the Crown power company “is in a position to assess whether it wishes to proceed with the project or not” Ministry and industry experts meeting at the East Kootenay Insect and Disease Cc it came up with a and if it decides to seek pi ial government app! 1 it will set aside more than a year for the application as well as appeals, he said. Construction could not start “until at the very earliest, if we got all the go-ahead, 1983," Grant said, and the diversion would not be in place until 1986, Campfire and travel rules for B.C. forests Sunny days are usually the best times to venture into B.C. forests but cloud-free skies also mean the woods are drying out.: ‘Continued dryness will signal the forest service to shift its fire hazard codes posted at district offices from low or moderate to high or extreme. The latter is a code that may dictate the imposition of campfire or travel restric- tions and perhaps a sudden revision to your vacation plans. While fire and travel restrictions are a nuisance to free-spirited holidayers, there would be less forest to play in without them. It’s a true, yet sad, fact that dozens of forest fires are attributed to the few careless acts of those who love the woods the most — you and I. A discarded match, a burning cigarette or an es- caped campfire threaten to ignite costly fires that reduce thousands of acres of lush green forests to ashes each year, FREE Estimates Automatic Borderline Transmission In the Nelson forest re- gion there was a record of 1018 fires last year and-for- esters are braced for another troublesome season. Restrictions are a re- minder of human folly and a safeguard from their ex- cesses. . In times of critical fire hazard, imposed travel res- trictions suppress activities like berry picking, hunting, stream fishing and prospect- ing in the forest. During rare complete closures, all industrial and recreational business in the forest is prohibited. Campfire regulations un- der the Forest Act may not apply in municipal areas and federal or provincial parks but authorities for these areas tend to rubber stamp the need for their own res- trictions, Stoves fueled by gaso- line, propane, briquettes or fires lit in approved campfire pits are not affected by reg- ulations available from the nearest forest district office. FREE Towing within a 20-mile plan to salvage as much beetle-attacked wood as pos- sible in the next five years before it surrenders its econ- omical value to weathering. About 20 million cubic me- tres of wood will he har- vested. To brief the public on the reality of beetle damage and salvage work, Norm McLeod, ‘a former summer student with the ministry and his Invites public advice 1z coming Percy Davis, will introduce a heli- copter tour and a public workshop to enlist more public muscle into the sal- vage of the 23 drainages where the bug has a foothold. It happens that parts of these drainages are water sources for the communities of Cranbrook, Kimberley, In- vermere and Luxor, Elected leaders and media representatives from East Kootenay communities are being issued tickets for the helicopter ride June 23 to give them a “hands on feeling for the problem” as McLeod puts it. The passengers. will learn the reasons why a salvage program is necessary to prevent waste of the forest resource. The life cycle of the cul- prit is one topic of a public workshop being designed to introduce the need for public involvement. The workshop is set for July 5 at the Town and Country Motor Inn. There, guests will learn what drainages are affected — the main subject to be addressed by Cranbrook for- est district manager Ross ozer. The keynote speech, the Schools to display talents at Waneta A special air will be about Waneta Plaza Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday when the mall will be the center of a special display for the areas secondary and el- ementary schools to present the highlights of the school ar. This includes displays of arts and crafts, home econ- omy and industrial arts by the students including music Friday which begins at 1 p.m. Appearing first on Fri- day is a 150-piece orchestra and choir from the James L. Webster School followed at 2 p.m. by a concert by the Beaver Valley Junior Sec- ondary Schoo! band. In the evening, starting at 6:45, it is band music by the Rossland Secondary Schoo! which will include in its musical selections dance and jazz groups from within the main band. of public involve- ment will be delivered by it's arthitect, Dr. Bruce Fraser, who is on contract to the ministry to explore new av- enues for public involvement. The effect of the beetle plague on recreation, water resources, grazing, wildlife and timber harvesting values will be subjects of afternoon group talks with represen- tatives of the public, rod and gun clubs, civic officials, you name it. The meeting is open to the public. Elected YSCOL'S Toi} vary reabeetnrtcrrapasy SUBDIVISION Continued from front page not speculators trying to be- come rich” and the only in- tent of their application is to secure lakefront lots on which they can locate homes, The owners have “worked thousands of hours and taxed their finances to the hilt” since 1975 trying to operate the resort, he said, it has failed to show a profit. Evans said poor high- . ways to the south and west, competition at cheaper rates by government campsites in the valley and-the lack of other activities hindered profitability. In addition, he said, the absence of sub- regional planning in’ ‘the Slocan Valley provides’ no means to restrict develop- ment of the property.. Reviewing Hills resi- dents’ arguments against permanent closure and sub- division of the resort, the Area H director said the property, occupying “about half of the usable lake frontage within miles" at the north end of Slocan Lake, is essential to local tourism. According to residents the owners failed to make the resort economically ’ viable because they did not live in Hills or “utilize local talent to draw business,” he said. In addition, Evans said,. resi- dents claim the owners’ ori- ginal intent upon purchasing the ‘property was to subdiv- ide it. 5 The Area H director noted Hills residents have traditionally enjoyed free ac- cess to the lake. While the owners argue they bought and improved the land and question the right of the public to use the lakefront property, residents say the land is “private in name to B.C. Chamber of Commerce Representatives of Chambers of Commerce from all parts of British Columbia, met in Kelowna for the 29th annual general meeting of the B.C. Chamber of Com- merce, elected R.K. Wood of - BCSTA member is new CSTA president B.C. Schoo! Trustees As- sociation past president Rubymay Parrott is the new president of the Canadian School Trustees’ Association. Parrott, who is a Saanich school trustee, won the elec- tion at the CSTA 39th annual general meeting May 31 in Montreal, beating Harald Gunderson of Alberta and Robin Kilburn of the Mari- times on the first ballot. Parrot said she will try to provide a strong edu- cational voice across Canada and will also seek the co- operation of other national educational agencies. 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McLaren of Campbell River is treasurer, and Brian Prentice of Burnaby is legal counsel, Among the directors for the coming year are two dis- trict members, Tom Oglow of Castlegar and D.R. Nuyens of Trail. : only," and there would be no resort if there wére no ser- vices provided by the com- munity, he said. riginal motion asking the