Castlegar News ‘hy 70 1967 HANFORD HEARING Kootenay groups to make submissions tei Several local groups and individuals will be repre- sented Tuesday at a U.S. De- partment of Energy public hearing on the Hanford nu- clear reservation in Spokane, Wash. The hearing is to deter- mine the scope of an Envir- onmental Impact Statement the DOE might undertake prior to the possible re-open- ing of the N reactor at its Hanford military facility. Although there has bee an announcement that the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee has voted to put the N reactor on standby and stop the plans for a July 1 re- start, “That is by no means final, and the scoping hear- ings are more important than ever,” Spokane-based Han- ford Education League repre- , sentative Larry Shook said in a prepared release. The Natural Resources De- fence Council, a New-York based environmental group, has threatened the DOE with a lawsuit if ft does not conduct an environmental study before restarting the N reactor. The lawsuit could delay the restart for two ears. The Kootenay Centre for a Sustainable Future, based in Nelson and represented by Sandra Hartline, will give a submission at the hearing. “The people of Nelson live only 225 direct miles from the Hanford facility, and 70 per cent of the population of Loto numbers The winning numbers in Wednesday's Lotto 6-49 lot- Job openings Details of these and other job opportunities are available ot Troll Coneda Contre 835 Spokane Street Phone: 368-5566 The Canada Employment Cen: federal building. Post-secondary students seeking are encouraged to re} nttglrdressers ore required. in il and Castlegar area. (10. 3 134 and 206) | Certitied pre-school program co-ordinator required in Trail. (128) Experienced travel consultant required for part-time work (15) Foodservers fequired in Trail and Castlegar area. (150, 168 on A — shoting instructor is required in Castlegar. Must have Level | instructor, 5th figure and Silver Dance certificate. (165) Peas baker's helper trainee is wired for a Trail establish Night shift only. Wage is $4.50 per hour. (164) A personal care home is looking for an activity aide and a dietar aide — past experience is a must (207 & 210) LILY TAMELIN and fami to thank all the relative: and neighbors for their sym pathy and support during this time of sorrow in the loss of our beloved husband, son and brother. Special thanks to Mike O'Connor and statt of the Castlegar Funeral Home, Mr Pefe Relkoff, pallbearers gravediggers, singers and cooks and ambulance attendants s ryone yo ess. God Bless You All OUR CHILDREN, gran dchildren, relatives and friends we express our sincere thanks for your participation and gifts at our S0th Wedding Anniversary. Laure and Paul Samsonott. tery draw were 5, 16, 19, 25, fo 48. The bonus number was Niecawtine: the winning numbers for the Lotto West — The Pick draw Wednesday were 14, 19, 24, 25, 30, 43, 49 and 50. In the event of a dis- crepancy between any of the numbers above and the offi. cial winning numbers list, the latter shall prevail. ‘ mission as well. British Columbia lives within a 400 kilometre radius of the N reactor", Hartline says in her submission. “We are con- cerned that this reactor is al- ready 23 years old, is gra- phite-moderated, has no con- tainment building and has a number of icant safety defects, including the lack of BUSINESS DIRECTORY 365-5210 New insertions, changes Dteachery will hanecanOd Uae € Rocky View Tax & kkooping Service a fully ~op ry drog mitigation system to avoid a potentially catastrophic ac- cident.” The submission has been endorsed by the Nelson coun- cil and Mayor Gerald Rot- ering, and by Nelson-Creston MLA Howard Dirks. Roter- * Small Business & Contractors * Personal © Form-Logging No, 06 1848 Columbia Aver Me celege BCVIN I IRENE MORTIMER 365-2382 ing will be the hearing, and has arranged for a meeting on this issue with his Spokane counterpart. Jim Terral, representing i the Kootenay Nuclear Study Group, will present a sub- Several Kootenay individuals will be going to Spokane, including former Kootenay West MP Lyle Kristiansen. The KCSF is asking for the participation of as many Canadian groups and - indi- viduals at this hearing. If in- terested people cannot make it to the hearing, the Nelson group is encouraging them to write a letter to the DOE to be submitted at the hearing, and to send a copy of that letter to their MP and MLA. UtiliCorp reports $10.1 m profit UtiliCorp United Inc. of Kansas City, Mo. reported that its first quarter net income increased 20 per cent compared to the same period a year ago, in spite of lower revenues due to milder than usual weather and a rate reduction order in one state. Revenues were $179 million compared to $203 million in‘ the first quarter of 1986. Net income for the period was a record $10.1 million versus $8.5 million a year earlier. Primary earnings per share were 95 cents, up nine per cent from 87 cents in the prior year's quarter. “First quarter earnings were below anticipated results, because of the previously announced Iowa rate reduction order affecting our Peoples Natural Gas division,” president and chief executive officer, said in a C. Green, Jr., Richard prepared release. “The order was received at the close of the quarter. Revenues were also reduced by lower electric and gas consumption in much of our service area and reduced purchased gas costs.” Of UtiliCorp’s total first quarter revenues, 25 per cent were from electric operations and 75 per cent from gas. Operating income was 46 per cent from electric operations and 54 per cent from gas. Results for the three months ended March 31, 1987 include the contributions of two recently acquired divisions. Northern Minnesota Utilities, which was acquired in December 1986, had gas revenues of $11.3 million in its first full quarter as a division. West Virginia Power, which became a division of UtiliCorp on March 1, revenues of $2.0 mitlion. had electric Revenues of the three other divisions were Missouri Public Service, $53.4 million, down 4.3 per cent from $55.8 million a year earlier; Peoples Natural Gas, $107.4 million, down 24.2 per cent from $141.6 million; and Kansas Public Service, $4.9 million, down 14 per cent from $5.7 million. 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Son: Delieviite Sst ; yn pat By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer The first hearing 6£ the British Columbia royal commission on education drew little interest last night, with only 20 area residents attending and only two formal submissions, Commissioner Barry Sullivan also heard seven informal submissions from parents and residents during the two-hour. hearing at Stanley Humpliries secondary school. Following the furor over the Social Credit government's Proposed Teaching Profession Act which would make. major. changes to Teacher bargaining, the Castlegar and District ~ Teachers’ Association chose, not to participate in the hearing. } ox CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1987 5 Sections (A, B,C, D & E) sienediiaeiiiaimuniaeeal Rodgers said Bill 20, the Teaching Profession Act, is an indication of the approach to education by Premier Bill Vander Zalm's government and called the commission a ‘We ‘hae here students from single-parent families, teenage mothers, children who have their own apartments and abused chijdren,” he told Sullivan. “We see students with psych problems. “T don't see sigiropeenaeoures. basdibnipises Upaddreas those concerns, Perhaps, ‘thie is a question ‘of funding.” Mike ‘of the whitewash. “Mr. Vander Zalm has already made up his mind,” Rodgers told the Castlegar News Tuesday. “This royal commission will not be listened to. 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But partway across Whitelock slipped and ended up in the drink. He was pulled from the water to a nearby satety boot. —ConttewsPhote by Terry Baldock for the pi 's 500,000 students. The — would create a college of teachers and their pr continued on page Ad CITY BUDGET inside WHEELCHAIR ATHLETES: The Canadian Wheel- chair Sports Associo- tion’s demonstration team visited Castlegar schools Monday and Tuesday giving demon- strations in- volleyball and basketball .. . 82 we kicked off with a number of activities... , 83,84 Industry hit with major increase By RON NORMAN Editor Castlegar homeowners and businesses likely won't have to pay any more on their city tax bill this year, but local industry and utilities will not be so fortunate. Castlegar council gave third reading Tuesday night to a 1987 budget totalling $4.22 million, up some $34,000: from last year's fig: ure of $4.19 million, or less than one pér cent. Ald. « Albert Calderbank, chairman: of the administra- tan add finAneg gem called the budget and #wellwithin lin “On the whole, we're run- + nitig a pretty tight ship,” he sald. But while the budget may Le up only slightly from last year, city taxes will jump more than nine per cent. About $2.4 million of the $4.22 million budget will come from general taxation. Slocan Park That’s an increase of more than $200,000 from the 1986 tax levy. The remainder of the bud- get revenue is raised by things like frontage and util- ity taxes, provincial grants and grants in lieu of taxes. Industry and utilities will pay all of the $200,000 tax in- crease. Industry's 1987 tax rate will be 27.9549 per. $1,000 of taxable value, compared to 21.5379 in 1986. And indus- try’s share of the $2.4 million tax levy will be $943,800 this year compared to. $735,650 last year — a hike of more than $208,000 or. 28 per cent. Utilities will pay -about $24,000 more in taxes this year, from $75,750 to nearly $100,000 — an increase of about 32 per cent. Calderbank said in an interview following the coun. cil meeting that industrial taxes were increased to off- set recent assessment ap ALBERT CANDERBANK * ... ‘reasonable’ peals and to keep the tax rate ratios the same. He pointed out that resi- dential taxpayers will likely pay about the same as in 1986. “Generally speaking, very few will pay more,” he said. While tax rates for both homeowners and businesses will increase this year, they will be offset by reduced property assessments. For instance, the owner of a mid-range home assessed at $55,000 last year paid about $395 in municipal taxes. This year the same home would likely be assessed at about $48,000. The owner would pay roughly the same amount as last year (multiply 48 x 8.222), or $395. The same applies for busi- nesses. While the tax rate for businesses. . from 14.8588 per $1,000 of taxable value to 16.4441, the actual taxes will remain the same for most properties because of the drop in assessments. Of course, owners of homes and businesses which did not drop in assessed value or ac- tually increased in value will pay more this year. For ex- ample, a home worth $55,000 continued on page A2 Three unions back eerie? at bargaining table in crash By CasNews Staff A 4l-year-old Slocan Park woman was killed in a two-car crash 15 kilo metres east evening. of Castlegar According to Castlegar RCMP, Net tie Poohachoff was killed when the car she was driving collided head-on with the vehicle driven by William Makonin, 39, of Glade. The accident happened at about 9:10 p.m. Monday on Highway 3A. Pooha ghoff was dead on arrival at Castlegar and District Hospital. RCMP say -Poohachoff was east bound on Highway 3A in a 198i Honda and Makonin was westbound in a 1973 Ford. Makonin was uninjured and his vehicle sustained approximately $1,000 damage. Poohachoff's vehicle was to- talled. The accident is still under investi gation. Meanwhile, a Creston woman and her two daughters are in following a single-vehicle accident in Castlegar Saturday. According to RCMP, Doris Johnson, 40, of Creston, sustained injuries to her neck after she lost control of her 1974 Ford near the Kinnaird Bridge on Highway 3 around noon and struck an overpass abuttment. Both Johnson and her nine-year-old daughter Laura are listed in satis. ’ factory condition in Castlegar and Dis trict Hospital. Her younger daughter, six-year-old Rita Johnson, was flown to Vancouver Children's Hospital where she is listed in stable condition The accident is still under investi gation. By The Canadian Press Two of five locals of the United Steelworkers of America representing Cominco Ltd. workers have rejected the services of mediator Vince Ready, spokesman Jim Saare said Tuesday. Saare, president of Local 9705, one of two locals bargaining for the 600 clerical and technical staff, said Com inco is still pushing for concessions Monday from its workers. “We really aren't going anywhere he said. Cominco's mining and smelting oper ations at Trail and nearby Kimberley have been closed since Saturday by a strike by about 3,000 workers. Ready, a freelance mediator, met with union leaders Monday. The three steelworkers’ locals rep- with mediation,” forts, work to the posi lines and resenting about 2,300 production and maintenance workers were still press- ing ahead under Ready's mediation ef. said Miles Dean, secretary of Local 480. Officials were discussing a frame- resume talks with Cominco within the next couple of days. But Saare's group has gone back to jon it was in when negotiations first broke off May 2. “Cominco is still coming at us with cost relief,” said Saare. coined word for concessions. The next step is that we continue on the picket “It's a newly sontinue with our strike.” Dean said even if a mediated settle continued on poge A4 hospital month. one of the past the. aya.” 2 ‘Thursday, perature ‘of old mark of pearly 20 years old — in the rw 11 daga of the (26.6 compared to 26.1 set in 1966), ‘May 6 (26.1 compared to 24.4 set in 1909) and May 12 (28.4 compared to + | 21.8 set in 1971). Tn fact, this May ‘could go down a But Jim Fishwiek of the Castlegar aitport weather office says things should teturn to normal over the Fisliwick said Tuesday, adding that temperatures will be cooler, but normal for the time of year. Temperatures should be around the 20-22 range this week with clouds and the occasional shower. May 9 the” soared to 91.4, beating the old mark of 26.9 set.in 1969. Récords were alao set on May § Fishwiek said the large ridge of high pressure that sat over much of the southern half of B.C. earlier this month is being replaced by a trough.